19 Feb 2017

Goa

Tension at Hathwada over bid to install Shivaji statue

VALPOI: Tension rent the air at Hathwada over an alleged attempt to install a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at the junction on Saturday.

Abolish inequality among workers, says Retd Judge

CURCHOREM: Retd Bombay High Court Judge Justice U V Bakre said inequality between workers from organised and unorganised sector should be abolished.

Daddy’s Home Special School Annual Day

MARGAO: To commemorate its 27 anniversary, Daddy’s Home Special School will celebrate its Annual Day on February 19. The school caters to children with special needs, will organise a function at its Gogol premises from 10 am onwards, wherein the students guided by the staff will showcase their talent of music, dance and acting skills.

Guirdolim panchayat a tad lax in tax collection

Although it collected around Rs 3.87 lakh by way of house tax, outstanding house tax is around Rs 4.67 lakh; Though Rs 38,370 was collected as trade/professional tax an amount of Rs 1,79,654 is yet to be collected

Nadkarni cannot appear for Goa

PANJIM: In a setback to the Goa government’s fight to stop the proposed diversion of Mhadei waters, by Karnataka, the Central Government has withdrawn the permission for Assistant Solicitor General Atmaram Nadkarni to appear for Goa at the Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal. Adv Nadkarni is a former Advocate General of Goa.

Goan seafarer found hanging on ship

MARGAO: A Goan seafarer Conceicao Silva, aged 27 years, was found hanging in his cabin on the ship. Conceicao is from Fatorda and is said to have committed suicide on board Costa Magica by hanging himself in the small cabin with the help of a bed sheet.

Who gave licences within 100 mts of highways: The Govt

Excise Department amended Act to ban sale of licence within 100 mts of highways, with loophole that government could grant such licence; hundreds of outlets were granted licences due to political pressure since 2012

Ponda, Mapusa too on highway of sorrow

Herald continues its foray to different parts of Goa, in solidarity with those who will lose livelihoods and businesses due to the Apex Court dictated liquor ban along highways. Today we bring you heart rending stories from Ponda and Mapusa

Generations served happy tipplers, till the ban tipped them over

Mapusa’s Portuguese-era liquor outlets face the axe; third generation family members of liquor sellers numb with anxiety

20 rockstar families made the finale really Grand

They were all winners, and then there were three shining star families who won the top three places in the Family Rockstars event of Junior Herald

Mulgao sarpanch voted out

BICHOLIM: Mulgao Sarpanch Santosh Saraf was voted on Friday.

School has terminated teacher’s services soon after incident

Management says this has been the only incident in the school; advisory issued to teachers not to indulge in corporal punishment

Temporary relief for 14 Mopa families

PANJIM: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Mopa Airport project proponents not to shift 14 Dhangar families, from their current place of settlement – Mopa Sada – that has been acquired for construction of second airport. The families had been resisting the shifting.

Four charged with hurting a woman

PANJIM: The women police station have registered a case against four women for allegedly threatening and physically hurting a lady. The FIR against Poonam Pilarnkar, Sonia Pilarnkar, Jayashri Naik and an unknown lady, all residents of Britona was registered based on a complaint filed by another woman.

GBB member secretary in shortlist for GSPCB post

Three with experience in environment field picked out for pollution board’s chairman post

Musician Tome selected as King Momo for fifth time

PANJIM: The King Momo for Carnival 2017 has been finalised with musician Roque Tome Fernandes chosen to rule over Goa during the four-day festivity. This will be his fifth time as King Momo.

NGO writes to PM questioning closure report in rape case

PANJIM: NGO Savera has petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioning the wisdom of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in filing a closure report in the horrific case of a rape of a school girl in 2013.

10-metre portion of bailey bridge at Borim collapses

Locals say the remaining portion is a danger to fishermen and sand extractors, hence, demand its immediate demolition

Coastal fire stations proposed

Menon says govt has approved proposal for re-designing and re-construction of existing building and construction of new administrative and training block in Panjim

Rs 30 crore Central grant on offer but with a condition

State must submit Integrated Cluster Action plan by February 28 to avail grant

PhD for Jaison in Physics

PANJIM: Jaison Joseph has been awarded PhD for his research on soft magnetic materials in nano-thin film form. The research was carried out at Department of Physics, Goa University.

Raju clears the air, rules out closure of Dabolim airport

MARGAO: Union Civil Aviation Minister Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Saturday made it clear that Dabolim Airport would not be shut down after the commissioning of the new Greenfield airport at Mopa.

Aviation Secy: 43 unused airports to be operationalised within a year

MARGAO: The Union Civil Aviation Ministry on Saturday said that 43 unused airports will be operationalised within a year. The Civil Aviation Ministry said that flying to these facilities would be as cheap as Rs 2,500 for an hourlong journey.

Morjim accident victim succumbs

PERNEM: An accident victim on Saturday succumbed to his injuries in the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim.

Sports

Mandopa SC, SWC Zaino play out a draw

Jade scores for Zaino in the 37th minute while William nets before half-time to draw level with the rivals

Ketan stars in Mustifund’s win

PANJIM: Riding on a strokeful knock by skipper Ketan Nandrekar, Mustifund High School, Cujira scored a thumping win to march ahead in the U-16 Dilip Sardesai Trophy Cricket tournament, organised by Goa Cricket Association, at Campal ground, on Saturday.

Mahila Nutan HS in final

PANJIM: Powered by the half centuries of Raviraj Naik and Ayush Verlekar, Mahila Nutan High School of Margao defeated AJD Almeida HS of Ponda by 40 runs to enter in the final of the 17th Mukund Trikannad memorial inter-school U-16 cricket tournament organised by Margao Cricket Club (MCC), at Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium, on Saturday.

Cafe

Outfoxed this season?

Leicester City FC, also known as ‘the foxes’, seems to be in dire straits, the season after winning the English Premier League. Café catches up with a few fans to get their take on the matter

THE YOUNG MAN AND THE RIVER – HAZARIKA’S TALES TOLD AT ASSAGAO

Editorial

On bar and outlet closure, take a call which is human and humane

People Edit

Highways and Liquor Shops

Letters

Letters To The Editor

Letters To The Editor

Review

WHY DIDN’T GOVT FORM A LIQUOR POLICY

The government and the stakeholders must prepare a presentation stating how Goa’s case is different based on its topography and also hard sell its own liquor policy, states Shweta Kamat

Are you typsy or frenzIED behind the wheel?

VRISHANK MAHATME scripts facts and figures to give a big picture of how rash driving is growing gradually & claiming more lives. He does so as the debate rages on whether drunken driving or rash driing is the reason for deaths on National and State Highways

Taking stock before moving out lock, stock & barrel

Close on the heels of the crisis that erupted after mining was banned in the State, Goa is witnessing a similar situation with the SC order banning sale of liquor around the highways which will impact several thousand people. VIBHA VERMA speaks to some of them

Face Off

This Wednesday, the Nuvem-Arlem bypass NH 17B was blocked when two massive bulls were locked in a fierce battle. They were a threat to cars, trucks, buses and two-wheelers. The zipping past vehicles not only came to a grinding halt, they had to take a det

‘After note ban, poll code & now ban order will hit tourism severely’

VIBHA VERMA speaks to Travel and Tourism Association of Goa President Savio Messias to find out how the ban will dent Goa’s ‘spirits’

Fly on the wall

Will the corrupt politically mighty in Goa ever face Sasikala’s fate?

Goa Social

SERVING SILENTLY

PIO ESTEVES treks to remote Deshnur village to find how Fr. Menino Gonsalves is making people from all religions spiritually stronger

Come on Lyndon, let's Futsal

This 22-year old lad who lost his dream of being an aviation engineer, due to a mishap has not held himself back to go on to represent Goa at futsal and be a champion despite his physical disability. NESHWIN ALMEIDA tracks this gutsy lad

THIS CRUSADER HAS PETAL POWER

Rajendra Kerkar is a Man with a Mission to protect the flora and fauna in his beloved Goa. Jui Damle is in conversation with this brave crusader

India Spend

Why UP Can’t Deliver What Voters Want: Clean Air & Water

As many as 46% of urban voters and 26% of rural voters polled before elections began in Uttar Pradesh (UP), said that the air they breathe is polluted, according to survey conducted by FourthLion Technologies, a data analytics and public opinion polling firm, for IndiaSpend. But air pollution isn’t an issue that political parties in UP address–or want to.

More women are delivering in hospitals, so why are so many still dying in childbirth?

Surujmuni Marandi, 24, had decided to deliver her baby at the Godda district hospital in north-eastern Jharkhand. Like many other women, she was drawn to the idea of free medical assistance, medicines, nutrition and postnatal care for poor, pregnant women promised by Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), the government programme aimed at reducing India’s high maternal mortality rate (MMR).

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