Panaji: The town and country planning (TCP) board approved 12 private applications under Section 39A of the TCP Act to convert green cover into settlement zones, totalling 2.1 hectares across Bardez, Salcete, Ponda, Tiswadi, and Sattari.The approvals include applications from Chicalim sarpanch Kamla Prasad Yadav and his son, cricketer Veer. Their applications involve conversion of…
Panaji: The body of 76-year-old Sebastine Fernandes of Sirlim, Dramapur, Salcete, was found in a decomposed state inside her residence. Police said preliminary enquiries revealed that she was living alone. A neighbour alerted the police after discovering her death.The body has been preserved at South Goa District Hospital (SGDH), Margao, for medico-legal formalities. Margao police…
Political observers say that even as the scramble for opposition unity plays out, the governing party is far from immune to its own tremors Margao: As Goa heads towards the 2027 assembly polls, the popular perception has been that the opposition is in disarray while BJP sits comfortably, watching its rivals fall apart. The picture,…
Panaji: The Town and Country Planning department continues clearing conversion applications for land parcels to settlement zones under Section 39A of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act. In its latest tranche, 37 land parcels are slated for conversion to settlement but simultaneously, the department has also moved to demarcate 1 crore sqm of already…
Margao: A new political outfit calling itself the “Goa Congress Party” has applied to the Election Commission for registration under Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The development comes barely two days after state Congress president Girish Chodankar alleged that BJP had earmarked Rs 100 crore to float and back a…
Gauree.Malkarnekar@timesofindia.comPanaji: Over the past decade, at least 300 govt primary schools have had to close in Goa, with parents increasingly showing a preference for nearby privately-managed aided schools. As it is was largely govt schools offering education in the mother tongue, now with the closures, only 8.8% of all primary school enrolment in Goa is…
Margao: A woman from Raia, Salcete, lost Rs 1.5 lakh to cybercriminals operating through fraudulent online loan applications, in an incident that occurred on March 22.The complainant, Maleeha Shaikh, told police that she had been browsing for online loan options when she came across two platforms — ‘Cash Bus’ and ‘Rupeeli’ — which she believed…
Margao: A Margao couple has alleged that their property in Sao Jose de Areal, Salcete, was illegally transferred through a forged special power of attorney (SPA) and a fraudulent gift deed executed without their knowledge, Fatorda police said.Complainants Anant Lotlikar and his wife, Savitri Lotlikar, residents of Aquem Alto, Margao, alleged that Pandurang Lotlikar of…
Panaji: The town and country planning (TCP) department has proposed to classify 41 lakh sqm of ecologically sensitive land across Goa as non-developable area. While the department claims that it is taking steps to protect ecologically fragile land, environmentalists said that these paddy fields, mangroves, khazan lands, water bodies and sand dunes are already protected…
