SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024
Gold, cigarettes and saffron worth Rs 16 lakh seized at Dabolim Airport
VASCO: Queuing up to scan their bags before check in at Dabolim Airport would soon be a thing of past as Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials at Dabolim Airport have decided to introduce in-line x-ray baggage system. Purchase orders for the same have already been issued and the new system is planned to be put into operation by mid 2018.
PONDA: Irked over the digging up of the main road for laying sewerage pipelines, which has caused inconvenience to the public, Ponda residents have demanded that the work in front of Almeida High School be taken up during Christmas holidays.
VASCO: Following complaints from local residents as well as management of Mata Secondary School in Baina, Vasco over dumping of garbage from railway bogies close to Mata school premises, the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) on Monday issued notice to Vasco railway station authorities.
PANJIM: The Goa unit of the Congress congratulated newly elected INC President Rahul Gandhi and said that new and young blood will take the party to new heights.
Parrikar says there was wrong propaganda that rivers would be nationalised; Asserts that rights over rivers will remain with Goa; States signing of MoU on national waterways will give Goa back rights to its rivers
PANJIM: The Congress Legislative Party (CLP) has written to Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari demanding that the six rivers from Goa be removed from the National Waterways Act, 2016.
PANJIM: PWD and Transport Minister Sudin (Ramkrishna) Dhavalikar on Monday said that nationalisation of rivers is important for smooth navigational routes and claimed that the State government does not have the necessary funds to dredge the rivers at such a massive level.
Activists oppose signing of MoU with Centre; Demand that permission given for inclusion of Goa’s six rivers Act be withdrawn
PANJIM: Arguments in Ex-CM Digambar Kamat’s anticipatory bail plea in the main mining case will continue on Saturday.
Activists say all their queries have not been answered; Demand that Goan rivers be removed from the list of inland waterways
PANJIM: Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) on Monday slammed and rubbished media reports that the party would be merged with BJP during its forthcoming general body meeting scheduled on December 17. MGP, taking note of the media reports, also alleged that it could be a case of paid news.
As per the new order, each labourer will now receive Rs 422 as daily wages
CUNCOLIM: Irked over the frequent power cuts in the municipal area, Cuncolim residents have now decided to come out on the streets to protest the lethargic attitude of Electricity Department in solving the issue.
In sharp contrast to their counterparts, 1.9% of females in Goa use tobacco and 4.2% drink alcohol; Goa holds its top rank in tobacco prevalence with 9.7% in GATS Survey 2016-17
PANJIM: The State government on Monday informed the High Court of Bombay at Goa that it needs three weeks to review and finalise the draft tender policy for digital taxi meters.
PERNEM: Police booked 12 persons involved in connection with the sand extraction and the locals for blocking NH 17 on Friday.
PONDA: Veling Priol Kuncoliem Sarpanch Mangaldas Gaude along with panchas has sought government cooperation in the solving garbage disposal problem at tourist parking space near Manguesh Temple at Mangueshi.
PANJIM: When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. That is an unwritten motto among the defence forces in India.
Wants One Time Settlement scheme extended till March 31, 2018
Bill to amend Land Revenue Code to be introduced in Assembly Session
Babita says will issue a clarification in an apt way and through the presentation will inform the people what we learnt from the training prog after Christmas & New Year
MARGAO: Cuncolim Police along with Animal Welfare Board activists raided an illegal slaughterhouse in Chinchinim.
PANJIM: The session’s court on Monday adjourned the hearing on the anticipatory bail plea moved by social activist Aires Rodrigues, who has been booked for sexual harassment, to December 15.
PANJIM: Human Rights Defenders, an NGO, on Monday said they have written to the Central Vigilance Commissioner informing that the Vigilance Department and Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) are incompetent to recover the loss suffered by government due to the beach cleaning scam.
Men’s team locks horns with Maharashtra while the eves clash with Karnataka today
BETALBATIM: CAC Cansaulim got the better of Varca SC, 2-0 to move into the quarter-finals of the Martins Cup organised by Betalbatim SC, at Betalbatim ground, on Monday.
CUNCOLIM: Rossman Cruz Nagoa Sports Club, Verna defeated Parish Youth, Nuvem, 4-1 via tie-breaker to move into the quarter-finals of the all-Goa Cuncolim Union Trophy inter-village football tournament, at Government village school ground, Cuncolim, on Monday.
TALEIGAO: Goa Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will organise the 79th Cadet & Sub-Junior National & Inter-State Table Tennis Championships in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa.
PANJIM: Salgaocar Football Club beat Benfica Sports Club, 4-1 in the U-14 league organised by Goa Football Association, at Chicalim ground, on Monday.
PTI, Ludhiana: Hosts Minerva Punjab FC rallied to get the better of Chennai City FC 2-1 and grab the top spot in the I-League pecking order here on Monday.
COLVALE: Pilerne Sports Club advanced into the semi-finals of the all-Goa Late Pio Jose Goveia Soccer Cup, as they kept their cool to register a 6-5 win via tie-breaker over Sao Jose De Areal, played at Colvale church ground, on Monday.
Culinary Arts is an extremely important discipline of art at the Serendipity Arts Festival 2017, (SAF17) that begins in a few days. Café speaks to Odette Mascarenhas, one of the curators of this discipline, and finds out all about the Goan cuisine at the festival
On the late Mario de Miranda’s sixth death anniversary, Café speaks to Goans who pay tributes to the legendary artist
The Mandovi bridge construction traffic chaos has spilled over to the arterial roads of Verem and Betim; The poor state of the roads and their narrow width has led to constant daily gridlocks; Saligao and Porvorim MLAs send note to CM suggesting ways to open up the traffic in these village roads
The Corporation, in a letter dated Sept.19, 2017, has stopped Muslims outside Goa from using the St Inez kabrastan; The trust has now appealed to the Goa Human Rights Commission
Cards will be used to pay electricity and water bills
The Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) intends to complete the Miramar-Dona Paula road in all respects parking, landscaping and rectifying the concrete road by end of January 2018. However, there is no clarity on when the cycling track and jogging path will be ready and thrown open for public.
PTI, BEIJING: Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that China handled the Indian troops' "trespass" into Dokalam area with "restraint" and through diplomacy, demonstrating the "value and emphasis" Beijing attaches to its ties with India.
PTI, CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today took a dig at rival parties over 'dynasty politics' saying unlike them the ruling AIADMK offered scope for hardworking grassroots workers to rise in the ranks. Citing his own case, the chief minister said "I have reached this stage after working hard for years."
PTI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Pope Francis has inquired about the hardships and sufferings caused to Kerala's fishermen community in the Ockhi cyclone that ravaged the coastal belt on November 30, the Archbishop of the Latin Catholic Church said here today.
PTI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Thousands of fishermen today took out a march to the Raj Bhavan here demanding a coordinated search operation to trace missing fishermen and a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Ockhi-hit areas even as the toll in the cyclone rose to 42.
