08 Dec 2017

Goa

Sardesai emphasises on clear heritage policy

Inspects Reis Magos Fort; Says ropeway project to enhance the beauty of the fort; Assures that the demand by Old Goa residents for a heritage master plan would be looked into

Holistic disaster management plan for Goa needed: Khaunte

VASCO: Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte, who is also chairman of state disaster management authority, on Thursday, said that there is an urgent need to have a holistic disaster management plan for Goa.

Fishermen’s issues will be resolved soon: CM

PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has assured that issues raised by the Fishermen Forum will be resolved at the earliest.

Aires fails to appear; issued fresh summons

PANJIM: After having failed to appear before the Crime Branch (CB) sleuths in connection with probe into sexual harassment case on Thursday, activist Advocate Aires Rodrigues has been issued fresh summons to appear on Friday.

GSPCB moves to criminally prosecute MPT, SWPL

Ripper machine driver Manoj cremated

Main accused in cannabis case applies for bail

Pollution board moves to criminally prosecute MPT and South West port for excess coal handling

Complaint filed before JMFC Vasco for trial and punishment of officers of MPT & SWPL; Alleged gross violation of consent to operate conditions cause of complaint

Centre had not condoned delay for renewal of Hede’s mine, done by Kamat govt in 2007

Piecing together of information negates Hede’s claims; 1994-2000, the government condoned delay of 30 mining leases which did not include lease at Collem; The file suddenly surfaced in 2005 and was condoned during Kamat’s tenure

4-yr-old boy drowns in a swimming pool

One booked

PANJIM: An employee at a reputed Salon in Panjim has been booked for sexually harassing a woman on Thursday.

Seek report on illegal scrap yards, South Collector directs deputy

Contemplates action in form of show cause notices or under Section 133 of CrPC

Notice period to open a new school reduced

PANJIM: The government has relaxed the condition and has reduced the period of notice of intention to open a new school from six months to four months before the commencement of the academic year.

Shubhalaxmi elected women’s commission chairperson

PANJIM: A day after the unceremonious exit of Vidya Shet Tanavade, Adv Shubhalaxmi Naik has been elected new chairperson of Goa State Commission for Women.

Literary fest calls upon historians to transcend chauvinism

PANJIM: The VIII edition of Goa Arts and Literature Festival (GALF) kicked off with Ramchandra Guha demanding historians to transcend chauvinism.

Govt examining reasons behind no placements for qualified Goans in big industries: Khaunte

Says study report will be with the Labour and Employment Department by Dec-end; Officers will visit big companies and ask them to create skill development for Goan youth

Reginaldo calls CM ‘safeguarder’ of corruption

Margao: Congress’ Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar calling him “safeguarder” of corruption in Goa and added that zero tolerance to corruption propagated by BJP in the state has become a mirage.

Drive against commercial use of non-transport vehicles launched

PANJIM: Transport Department launched a month-long special drive against the illegally operated non-transport vehicles for the commercial purpose in the State.

Manipal team conducts super-major surgeries onboard Lifeline Express

All 5 K’taka cancer patients successfully operated

Sports

Signals, Port Towners draw

Corps move to fourth position with 11 points from seven matches, while the Vasco SC have eight points from equal outings

Warriors prevail over Saints

MAPUSA: Cuncolim Warriors edged past Goa Velha Saints 1-0 in the Vedanta Women's League organised by Goa Football Association and played at Duler Stadium, Mapusa on Thursday.

FC Tuem, Bogmalo secure win

MAPUSA: Football Club of Tuem registered a 2-0 win over Youth Club of Colvale in the GFA’s U-14 League, played at Asonora grounds on Thursday.

Santa Cruz Educational Complex sports meet held

PANJIM: The annual sports meet of the Santa Cruz Educational Complex, Santa Cruz was held recently, at Santa Cruz Village Panchayat ground, Santa Cruz.

Vikas, Sunil, Prakash excel at veterans TT

PANJIM: Indian Paddlers showed their supremacy in both men and women individual events, sweeping all but one medal, in the Forza International Veteran Cup Table Tennis Championship, organised by Goa Table Tennis Association in collaboration with Forza Sports Management and the Sports Authority of Goa, at Dr S P Mukherjee stadium, Taleigao, on Wednesday.

Goa’s first horse riding academy inaugurated at Sunshine Worldwide School

PANJIM: Sunshine Worldwide School launched Goa’s first Horse Riding Academy. The Sunshine Zippy Horse Riding Academy was inaugurated earlier by Chief Guest, Sidharth Kuncalienkar, Vice Chairman GSIDC and ex-MLA Panjim, at the Sunshine Worldwide School Campus in Bainguinim, Old Goa on Wednesday.

Cafe

All that Jazz - In Concert in Goa

Jazz enthusiasts can look forward to a heady cocktail of new age jazz in Goa at the upcoming Jazz India Circuit’s Goa International Jazz Live Festival (GIJLF) 2017

CELEBRATING MUSIC AND UNITY

Two festivals will be held in Goa this weekend – Muzgachem Fest at Carmel College for Women, Nuvem on December 9, 2017 and Ekvottachem Fest at Corlim, Old Goa on December 10, 2017. Café finds out what new will be happening at these two venues

Goa ready to feel serendipitous the second time

The capital city of Panjim will play host to the second edition of Serendipity Arts Festival that begins on December 15, 2017. Café takes a peek into the schedule

Opinions

Terror of vigilante politics

Editorial

Goan artists feted outside, but little respect at home

Other Voices

Why the present Moment matters?

People Edit

Election in Gujarat

Letters

letters to the editor

North Goa

Debris of devastation, sullies peak season in Candolim

Beach beds, mattresses, tables, chairs, everything was floating in the water with shack owners struggling against time to be back in business; Ill luck continues as nature offsets government’s act of issuing shack licences on time

Baga beach under hawkers’ menace

Police say they continue to get rid of the hawkers and will get rid of the menace very soon

Calangute beach turning into a shed for strays

Abandoned cattle and stray dogs have become permanent residents of the Queen of Beaches, making beach lovers’ visit a pain instead of pleasure

No profit in growing crops, say Bicholim villagers

Agriculturists complain of wild boars, monkeys and porcupines destroying their produce, despite having a fence

India

China protests India’s drone ‘intrusion’

Indian drone crossed over the border with China and crashed in the Sikkim sector which includes Dokalam after losing contact with the ground control prompts protests

HM asks border states to check influx of Rohingyas, Bangladeshi migrants

BJP candidate sparks row, says ‘need to reduce’ Muslim population

Posters seeking support for Ahmed Patel as CM stir controversy

Fisherfolk stages rail roko protest

Demanding steps to trace more than 1000 fishermen reportedly missing after they put to sea from Kanyakumari

Online petition against FRDI Bill gets thousands of signups

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