Oyster collection is an important source of daily income for several families in Betul Canacona: Betul fishermen have sought clarity from state govt over reports of cadmium contamination of oysters, saying the issue has created fear and uncertainty among fishermen families, depending on shellfish harvesting for their livelihood.Local fisherman Avinash D’Silva said that oyster collection…
11 officers tasked with completing the digitisation Panaji: To ensure that all Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) in the state are computerised, the registrar of co-operative societies has appointed 11 officers to handhold those PACS that have yet to come on board.The registrar of co-operative societies wants all 58 PACS in the state to be…
Mapusa: Anjuna police have registered a criminal case against a Mumbai-based couple for allegedly cheating a Siolim resident of Rs 85.5 lakh on the promise of lucrative business returns.The FIR was registered on Friday on a complaint by 40-year-old Megha Gupta. Police identified the accused as Sancket Kamdar and Heena Kamdar, residents of Vile Parle…
Calangute: The mysterious death of a tourist from Karnataka whose body was found in a partially decomposed condition last Tuesday in a car parked at the parking lot has now been registered as a case of murder by Calangute police.A murder case against unknown accused persons was registered late on Friday night after the post-mortem…
Bicholim: Residents of Ladfe, Goa-Dodamarg, and nearby areas such as Van, Maulingem, and Kudchirem are facing difficulties due to a shortage of passenger buses, especially after 8pm. Residents said that with no night bus service, many people, including working women, are forced to walk 3-7km home after work.They said the lack of adequate street lighting…
Panaji: A Valpoi court has directed 39 Melaulim villagers and activists involved in the Jan 2021 protests against IIT to remain present before the sessions court, North Goa, on Sept 11.The villagers and activists had clashed with police over the setting up of the IIT-Goa campus at Melaulim, leaving several persons, including police personnel, injured….
Panaji: The department of information technology, electronics & communications (DITE&C) is in the process of securing approval for the drone didi training scheme to scale the initiative state-wide. Under this scheme, the department wants to sponsor the training of 100 women every financial year, aiming to create 300 certified women drone pilots over three years.The…
The 16 proposals cleared by the board include changes involving orchards, natural cover, cultivable land, and land under irrigation command areas Panaji: The latest round of land-use changes under Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act has once again put the spotlight on Morjim, with the TCP board recommending the conversion of 31,222sqm…
Bicholim: The Sanquelim Municipal Council (SMC) has launched a four-way waste segregation system under its ‘Swachh Sankhali, Sundar Sanquelim’ campaign, in line with the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules.The initiative, launched on Independence Day, will see residents segregating waste into four categories using separate bins: blue for dry waste, green for wet waste, black for…
Mapusa: Mapusa police station has been facing administrative and operational disruption due to a shortage of vehicles and a shutdown of its canteen, triggered by the redeployment of home guards to newly procured Police Control Room (PCR) vehicles.A source said the police department has purchased 600 four-wheelers to address the shortage across PCR units and…
