Indian women’s team sealed their place in the last-four stage, while India B surged to the top of the Seniors table with a commanding lead at the 5th Asia Cup Bridge Championships at Dona Paula on Wednesday Panaji: Indian women’s team sealed their place in the last-four stage, while India B surged to the…
Mapusa: A fire ripped through an unauthorised scrapyard at Colvale in Bardez in the early hours of Wednesday, destroying materials worth lakhs. No casualties were reported in the incident.The blaze, which broke out between 4am and 5am on Wednesday, spread swiftly as tightly packed stockpiles of highly inflammable plastic, rubber and scrap metal fuelled the…
Margao: A delegation of scheduled tribe MLAs, ministers, and leaders called on chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday, pressing him to vigorously pursue the demand for political reservation of STs in Goa and ensure the process is completed before the 2027 assembly elections.The delegation comprised assembly speaker Ganesh Gaonkar, tribal welfare minister Ramesh Tawadkar, MLAs…
The Sao Joao cancellation follows an earlier special cancellation issued a few years ago to mark Goa Liberation Day Panaji: In a first-of-its-kind philatelic tribute to Sao Joao, a centuries-old festival celebrated across Goa on June 24 in honour of St John the Baptist, India Post on Wednesday released a special postal cancellation to commemorate…
Panaji: The project management unit (PMU) of the CARES scheme has been officially named a registered space tutor by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) until 2029. The team can now organise special space learning activities with Isro’s support for students in Goa which will likely help inspire children to become scientists, engineers, researchers, and…
The expelled members have threatened to send a legal notice to the party Panaji: Revolutionary Goans lurched deeper into internal crisis on Tuesday as members aligned with St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar publicly challenged the legality of their expulsions, raising pointed questions about due process, financial transparency and the very legitimacy of the party’s central…
Landowners and other interested parties have been given 21 days from the date of publication of the notification to file objections to the proposed acquisition Panaji: The ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) has initiated the acquisition of 8,863sqm of private land at Bhoma and Kundaim villages of Ponda taluka for the proposed four-laning…
Mapusa: After a fatal accident that killed a 22-year-old scooterist, the Mapusa traffic cell has begun a drive against illegally parked heavy vehicles on the national highway and service roads in Colvale.Following a representation from the Colvale panchayat, traffic officials registered six cases against heavy vehicles found violating parking rules. Authorities also carried out an…
Mapusa: The Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) and the water resources department (WRD) launched an emergency cleanliness drive across the town after severe waterlogging inundated low-lying areas, major junctions and the Mapusa market.The flooding disrupted business activity and caused hardship to traders, vendors and consumers, while also exposing shortcomings in the town’s monsoon preparedness.Municipal engineers, along…
Margao: A Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) inspection of the old Margao bus stand has triggered concern among gadda owners, who on Wednesday met Margao MLA Digambar Kamat seeking assurances that any redevelopment of the site would not jeopardise their livelihoods.Seeking to allay fears, Kamat said no decision affecting vendors would be taken without…
