Mapusa: Three members of a Saligao-Guirim family died after a speeding Mahindra Thar crashed at Nemble in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district on the Mumbai-Goa national highway on Monday afternoon.Police said the driver lost control while negotiating a turn in the ghat section when they were travelling to Bhirwande-Kankavali.Shrimati Nanodkar, 58, a Guirim panch, and her sister…
Former player and current NEROCA FC coach Gift Raikhan passed away aged 45 on Monday. Kolkata: Amidst the World Cup fever that has gripped the state, the football community in Manipur was left in a state of shock following the sudden demise of former player and current Neroca FC coach Gift Raikhan at age of…
Panaji: Even though govt schools make up more than half of all schools in Goa, they account for only 13.7% of total student enrolment, prompting Centre to ask the state to conduct a detailed analysis and take corrective measures to restore confidence in govt schools.During a review of the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in Goa…
Panaji: Goa police’s traffic cell has urged the PWD to undertake road upgrades to decongest Merces and KTC Panaji junctions, including merging the Bambolim–Panaji service road with the highway and adding adequate directional signages.The inspection of the Merces junction and KTC Panaji junction was conducted by the North Goa District Road Safety Committee (DRSC)’s monitoring…
Calangute: Amid a rise in accidents involving rental vehicles, the Calangute traffic cell conducted a special enforcement drive against illegally rented private four-wheelers operating with white registration plates and seized five vehicles over the weekend.The drive was aimed at curbing unauthorised commercial transport activities in the tourist belt.Meanwhile, Calangute police continued nakabandi operations at various…
Anti-Incumbency, MLAs’ Performance Denting Party BJP Panaji: With assembly elections hardly six months away, the state unit of BJP has kicked off its pre-poll exercise by conducting an internal winnability survey of all the 40 constituencies. The preliminary survey has indicated that 50% of the 20 seats in North Goa are vulnerable.The saffron party, which…
The Asia Cup Bridge Championship has 300 players from 16 Asia-Oceanic countries participating in this seven-day quadrennial event at Dona Paula Panaji: The Asia Cup Bridge Championship got off to a colourful start on Sunday with about 300 players from 16 Asia-Oceanic countries participating in this seven-day quadrennial event at Dona Paula.Patron of the Indian…
Panaji: The enforcement directorate (ED) on Sunday provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 1,023.9 crore of the AVS Group, including assets located in Singapore, in connection with illegal iron ore mining case.ED investigation revealed that the AVS Group, part of the Salgaocar Group and associates, operated 10 mining leases during 2007–12 and generated…
Panaji: Catherine Fernandes remembers carrying a stone on her head as a ten-year-old girl, praying for rain. It was an old village ritual, the kind passed down without explanation, simply understood to work. Now 76 and living in Calangute, her knees no longer allow her to make that particular offering to St Anthony. But she…
Anxious parents outside the NEET examination centre at Cujira on Sunday Panaji: A total of 4,371 students appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) at 12 centres across Goa on Sunday. The examination was largely incident-free, though a handful of students at two centres alleged they were denied entry to the exam halls.Heavy…
