THURSDAY, MAY 09, 2024
Residents welcome the link, but worry about possibly chaos; GSIDC assures no bottlenecks will be created
PANJIM: The United Balrath Employees Union (UBEU) has written to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar seeking his intervention in the matter of fulfilling the assurance given by the government to the balrath employees.
Says it was done as per Panchayat Raj Act
MARGAO: Margao Councillor Manoj Masurkar yesterday shifted the garbage transfer station that he had erected at Sirvodem at the junction leading to the sewerage treatment plant and replaced it with a bench for people to sit and some potted plants.
PANJIM: After having accepted the recommendations of the Goa Lokayukta that suggested reopening the beach cleaning scam, the State government on Tuesday conveyed to the institution its decision to re-open the case by Anti Corruption Branch (ACB).
Captain of Ports will have right to grant or reject permission for dredging
MARGAO: JMFC Carlo Santana da Silva on Tuesday discharged the case filed by Margao Town Police against Francis Pereira for desecrating the Krishna Temple at Calcondem and ordered that he be released from the jail for this particular case.
Floor management may weaken opposition sting; Four bills to be tabled, 703 questions to be answered
PANJIM: The State cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Act, thereby making the issue of no objection certificate (NOC) from TCP Department mandatory for sale of land in any part of the State in a bid to curb conversion or illegal sale of orchard land.
PANJIM: Environment Secretary Daulat Hawaldar will hold additional charge as Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) Chairman till a full-fledged chairman takes over.
VASCO: Vasco-based environmentalist Advocate Savio Correia has said that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar must give an opportunity to those who were present at the interactive session in Panjim on Monday to seek clarifications and express their views since the meeting ended abruptly.
VASCO: One Shivdas Gawde working at JMFC Vasco was found dead inside the office toilet on Tuesday evening.
Says Goa govt should de-notify all 6 Goan rivers from the National Waterways Act, 2016 as done by Kerala govt
Lawyers submit CCTV footage supporting the argument; Plead that all charges against journalist be dismissed
MAPUSA: Two of the accused in Verla-Canca bank robbery case have been remanded in police custody for seven days, while a third one for six days by a Judicial Magistrate First Class at Mapusa.
MAPUSA: Four Goan youth who were abducted on December 10 from Kolhapur have been released unharmed by their abductors on Tuesday afternoon.
Says government land located in heart of Vasco should be utilised for greater public purpose
VASCO: As many as six people including a woman and a senior citizen were injured when a Scorpio jeep driven allegedly by an inebriated person rammed into several two wheelers at two different locations in Vasco on Tuesday.
Oppose proposal to form a subsidiary for cell towers
PANJIM: Advocate Aires Rodrigues again skipped deposing before Crime Branch (CB) on Tuesday in connection with the sexual harassment case registered against him. While CB sleuths issued him a fresh summons to appear for questioning on Wednesday, it also awaits the order on Rodrigues’ anticipatory bail plea by the North District & Sessions Court to decide their future course of action.
Men’s team wins five-goal thriller against Maharashtra while the women’s team scores a fluent 3-1 victory over Karnataka to successfully defend their titles
MAPUSA: Liston Colaco netted a brace as Goan Football Club eased past Corps of Signals in the Goa Professional League match, organised by Goa Football Association (GFA), at Duler Stadium, Mapusa, on Tuesday.
QUEPEM: Cuncolim Union trounced St Rock Youth Club, Calata, Majorda 2-0 to march into the quarter-finals of the Fr Agnelo Youth inter-village football tournament, organised by Fr Agnelo Youth Sports Club, Paroda and played at Panchayat grounds, Quepem, on Tuesday.
FATORDA: Raia SC defeated Parish Youth, Nuvem, 4-3 via the tie-breaker to move into the quarter-finals of the Bro Eulailo Vaz Memorial football tournament, at Fatorda ground, on Tuesday.
PANJIM: Xetrapal SC and Siolim Sodiem SCC played a hard fought 1-1 draw in the Second Division League organised by Goa Football Association, at Sangolda ground, on Tuesday.
Serendipity Arts Festival is a multidisciplinary event on the banks of the River Mandovi in Panjim. A cultural experience in itself, the festival brings together visual, performing and culinary arts
Goa Cultural and Social Centre will be organising the All Goa State Level Mando Festival on December 13 and 14, 2017. In its 51st edition, Café finds out how the love of Mandos and Dulpods is still prevalent in the younger generation of Goa
This year, India won the Miss World title after a drought of nearly 17 years and this development has Goan girls hopeful about a future in fashion and pageantry. Café finds out how Goan girls can develop themselves into worthy contenders for similar pageants
Not only do Margao’s ancient heritage structures need revival and restoration, it should avoid new structures replacing heritage ones
Road Traffic Authority had issued a no parking notice in January this year; Vehicle owners use empty spots filled up by MMC for parking
Mobile toilets were also put up at strategic points by the contractor; No traffic chaos caused during the fair, only parking for two-wheelers missing
“It takes all sorts of people to make this world”. By this adage we get a clear cut message that we have to live in this world in perfect harmony with different types of people; having diverse characters.
Says results will be 'zabardast' as Patidars, OBCs, Dalits and farmers are angry
PTI, NAGPUR/AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation against his predecessor Manmohan Singh over the Gujarat polls drew more condemnation today with NCP chief Sharad Pawar telling him "shame on you".
PTI, NEW DELHI: The SC ruled out for now a plea to suspend the life sentence of a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case pending the completion of the probe by CBI's Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency in the larger conspiracy aspect.
PTI, SHILLONG: Eighty-year-old Kyiek Mukhim, a nurse-cum-midwife who assisted in the delivery of over 1000 babies and attended to innumerable medical emergencies in the remote villages of Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district, has finally taken voluntary retirement.
PTI, TIRUPUR: Six persons were sentenced to death by a court here today in connection with the suspected honour killing of a 22-year-old Dalit man in full public view in nearby Udumalpet in March last year.
