SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024
Wants people’s participation in planning for villages
Biodiversity Board says 6.2 sq kms in panchayat area covers several lakes, springs and khazan land
Goa Foundation to file application to make CM respondent as well
Says State bandh will affect Chaturthi festival; Asks Govt to withdraw VAT on petrol
Jaideep and Prathamesh score for the winners while Victorino nets a consolation goal
Drupad Gaonkar is a Goan performing artiste currently residing in Auroville, Puducherry, India. He is a mime exponent with interests in art, dance, theatre, and juggling and holds the world record for his 50-hour long mime marathon, which is the longest till date. Café catches up with Drupad, who is in Goa for a series of workshops
Goa West Coast Swing Rally was held on Siridao beach for the third consecutive year. Goa was the only Indian state to have been part of the WCS flash mob in 2016. This year, cities like Mumbai and Pune have also joined in. Café finds out more about the rally that took onlookers by surprise
The generation of losses at Goa Dairy touched a raw nerve and the farmers whose lives were directly affected by this co-operative started an agitation that resulted in RCS making a move and action being initiated. Santosh Naik takes us through on a journey as to how this problem was sorted out and what is being done to help bring it back to profit
Board members resigning, an abrupt withdrawal of a case challenging the RBI, limits placed on withdrawals and a general sense of gloom over Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank. It’s all happening at this bank which was once the pride and joy of the state but now reduced to a pathetic state. Andrea Fernandes look at the situation closely from the ground to try and understand as to what is happening
Revolutionary Goans is a strong group of Goans who have banded together to safeguard Goa's identity, culture, nature, and heritage, and furthermore, to empower Goans in different fields. Their latest initiative, the Goenche Daaiz, has seen this group promoting traditional Goan items such as the Ghumot. KARSTEN MIRANDA speaks to the team to find out what drives them
The recent absence of governance in the state due to the ill health of the CM has led to demands by the Congress for the imposition of Presidents rule but they have not gone as far as to move a no confidence motion against the government. Pradeep Padgaonkar General Secretary (AAP) and Yatish Naik, Spokesperson Goa Pradesh Congress Committee presented their positions
The challenge for the Tourism Master Plan is to ensure that tourism can be used to conserve and preserve the environment, the heritage, the culture and the community
Dismisses ‘mahagathbandhan’; Says opposition is in a denial mode and trying to create obstacles in the progress of the country in their machinations to prevent Modi's continuance in power
