WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024
RAIPUR, APRIL 6 Ambushing policemen who were out on an operation against them in thick forests, Naxalites carried out their deadliest attack in the early hours today killing 76 CRPF personnel who appeared to have walked into their "trap".
PANJIM, APRIL 6 In a clear indication that the Congress managers had taken the wind out of the G7 sails, confident-looking Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Tuesday ruled out plans of reshuffle in the Cabinet and also talks of dissolution of Goa assembly.
PANJIM, APRIL 6 While Chief Minister Digambar Kamat today denied any talk of dissolution, the Navelim legislator and PWD Minister Churchill Alemao today claimed that today's Cabinet meeting was called to take a decision on the dissolution of the House.
PANJIM, APRIL 6 It was like a T-20 match. There were many fours and sixes but ultimately it seems they couldn't survive the war of attrition. The Group of Seven (G7) non-Congress MLAs of the ruling dispensation, who had pushed the Digambar Kamat government to a brink of crisis, appeared crestfallen on Tuesday as the NCP central leadership cold-shouldered them.
MARGAO, APRIL 6 Relegation threatened Sporting Clube de Goa coach Vishwas Gaonkar fancy his chances of pocketing full points when they clash with JCT, Phagwara in a 20th round match of ONGC I-league at Nehru stadium, Fatorda on Wednesday.
MARGAO, APRIL 6 The All-India volleyball tournament organised by Wilred Leisure Sports Club in association with Sports Authority of Goa, Volleyball Federation of India and Goa Volleyball Association, will get underway at St Alex church court, Curtorim on April 10.
MARGAO, APRIL 6 Al-Fatah Cricket Club were134 runs behind Sarvodaya Sporting Club on the second day of Goa Professional League cricket tournament at Dr Rajendra Prasad stadium, here on Tuesday.
Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, who has been accused by an Indian woman of marrying and dumping her without a formal divorce, has approached a criminal lawyer who had fought a case for former Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar.
With around 20 more days of shooting left for his bio-pic Rakta Chatritra on the life of the outlaw-politician Paritala Ravi, Ram Gopal Varma is already thinking of his next film.
MARGAO, APRIL 6 The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on Tuesday has virtually ruled out the question of realigning the NH-4 highway passing through Ponda taluka on technical grounds, but has left it for the political class to take a final decision on the route.
KOLKATA, APRIL 6 Former Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik had another googly bowled at him when a fatwa was issued on Tuesday against him by a Muslim cleric in the wake of Hyderabadi girl Ayesha Siddiqui accusing him of marrying and then abandoning her.
PANJIM, APRIL 6 The Cabinet today approved the Sports policy making Goa the first State in the country to award marks to the students who excel in sports. "The benefit of the sports policy had to be given to the students who are appearing for exams this year," Kamat said at the post Cabinet media briefing.
NEW YORK, APRIL 7 Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath has been summoned by a US federal district court for his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots based on a case filed by a Sikh outfit.
MARGAO, APRIL 6 The Town and Country Planning department on Tuesday carried out a site inspection of the proposed construction of St Anne's school in Benaulim. The inspection was held following a requisition made by the Benaulim Panchayat to ascertain the exact space earmarked for vehicular parking.
CANACONA, APRIL 6 Canacona Municipal Council's recent publication of tenders running into lakhs of rupees pertaining to works in municipal wards seem to have run into rough weather with citizens claiming the works are carried out in private properties without obtaining non-revocable NOCs.
PANJIM, APRIL 6 The process of beautification of St Inez creek was delayed further as sub committee on Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) insisted that the slums along the creek should be removed first.
MARGAO, APRIL 6 The Returning officer for the Benaulim Assembly constituency has reserved his orders to April 20 on the petition filed by Colva Panch Calvert Gonsalves against Benaulim MLA and Tourism Minister, Mickky Pacheco.
PORVORIM, APRIL 6 Taking cognizance of the demand of the residents of Porvorim, the Traffic Police department has finally removed the metal barricades laid near O'Coqueiro circle, Porvorim, on Tuesday morning.
PANJIM, APRIL 6 People gulping down bottles of soft drink or asking for chiller mineral water along the roadside restaurants symbolizes the rising mercury in the State. But good news is that the temperatures although have turned up, they are almost one degree lower than last year but the humidity has jumped quite high.
PERNEM, APRIL 6 A 28-year-old waiter, who was arrested in connection with the murder of his friend, has been remanded to seven days custody. It may be recalled that Balwantsingh Mehra (32) of Uttarkhand, who was working as a waiter at a restaurant at Girkarwado, was allegedly stabbed by Irfan Ali,
PANJIM, APRIL 6 Child right activists have claimed presence of child labour in Goa even as the state labour department clarified that these labourers were 'non Goans' and 'migrants'. In a survey conducted by three different NGOs-Children's Rights in Goa (CRG),
MARGAO, APRIL 6 Asserting that the ongoing political developments is certainly bad for the state of Goa, senior Congress leaders Ravi Naik and Francisco Sardinha have called upon the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to assert himself and deal the political situation with a firm hand.
PANJIM, APRIL 6 Finally, Goa will be in the league of weather stations which are equipped with sophisticated Doppler radar which will make climate forecast a much accurate task.
MARGAO, APRIL 6 The District Magistrate, South G P Naik on Tuesday issued directions to all the Taluka mamlatdars to video film all the places of worship located on public places, government acquired land and Communidade land in the district.
MARGAO, APRIL 6 The Green Goa Foundation has served a legal notice on the Chief Secretary to forthwith cancel, revoke and withdraw the license issued to Ms Orange Fish Entertainment Pvt Ltd to organize the Goa Fest on the public beach at Cavelossim from April 8-10.
CANACONA, APRIL 6 A Dutch national residing at Palolem has accused the Canacona police of adopting an indifferent approach in investigating a burglary at his cottage in 2009. Alleging that Canacona police initially took nearly three months to register FIR, Dr Salee Eden has accused the police of striking a dubious deal with the accused persons, who are Russians.
PERNEM, APRIL 6 A 54-year-old man from Gosaviwado-Korgao, Pernem, died, while his wife was injured, after the motorcycle in which they were travelling collided against a truck along NH-17 at Malpem-Pernem on Tuesday at about 3.30 pm.
PANJIM, APRIL 6 While workload of the Children Court has increased, there has been no corresponding increase in its staff strength. Repeated requests for more staff has not yielded any results and President of Children Court was compelled to write a letter to the High Court to inform about increased work load and it be given more staff.
PANJIM, APRIL 6 The Gujarat government has planned to have golden jubilee celebration on completion of fifty-years of its statehood. A year-long celebrations has been planned beginning from May 1 with participation of Gujarati people spread across the country.
PANJIM, APRIL 6 With there being more than one instances wherein important files from the custody of competent authorities have gone missing, one of the affected parties have sought intervention of the High Court requesting it issue orders to appoint a competent
SANGUEM, APRIL 6 Sanguem Judicial Magistrate First Class Sudhir S Shirgaonkar convicted Shailesh Parkar and Narayan Parkar for offence punishable under Section 34 of Standard of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act 1985 and sentenced the accused to pay a fine of Rs 1,000 each
MARGAO, APRIL 6 The race for the vacant post of Margao Municipal vice-Chairperson is hotting up with Councillor Livramenta Barretto deciding to contest the election scheduled on April 9. Councillor Raju Naik was considered the front runner for the post after incumbent vice-Chairperson Babita Naik quit the post following an understanding with the ruling body.
MARGAO, APRIL 6 The Mull Goenkaranchi Songhottna has urged members of the Scheduled Tribes to accurately register themselves with the Registering Authority and help avail various government schemes without any problems.
QUEPEM, APRIL 6 South Goa Collector G P Naik has issued a notification prohibiting mining traffic along the Quepem-Curchorem road from April 7 to April 10. In his notification issued on Tuesday, Naik stated that mining traffic has been prohibited along the Quepem-Curchorem road from April 7 to April 10 due to the ongoing SSC exams.
QUEPEM, APRIL 10 Opposition Leader Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday stated that iron and manganese contents have increased drastically in the atmosphere due to the mining activity around the Salaulim project.
