WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2024
Educational institutions, panchayats, Vasco civic body celebrate in Mormugao
AAI awards contract to Dilip Buildcon Limited; Work to commence soon after monsoons
Says grants to be used for Swachh Bharat and women empowerment
Margao Ravindra Bhawan chief regrets that younger generation is not aware of many events of freedom struggle
Says ‘there is news’ that drugs are sold in the coastal belt; Asks police to be ‘more alert’
PANJIM: Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) sleuths arrested two sisters on charges of alleged drug trade. According to police, Yogita and Chaitali Naik were allegedly caught with 14 kgs ganja and 20 grams MDMA worth Rs 16 lakh at Mapusa.
Rave, trance EDM party organisers under extensive surveillance, deaths of two men, almost certainly of drug overdose has kick-started massive police action
Club Nyex manager Rohan Shetty and owner of Curlies Edwin Nunes held for allowing sale of drugs on premises; Decision on cancellation of club licences to be taken later
18th All Goa Fishing Competition and Sea Food Festival keeps Goenkarponn alive; Provides a taste of Goan culinary delights
MARGAO: Social Justice Forum Sao Jose de Areal today held a two hour long demonstration protesting the coal pollution the villagers suffer from the Goa Carbon Limited.
Two other buses on ethanol also introduced; 40 such buses to be introduced on the road
MAPUSA: Calangute police arrested two Karnataka natives Sachin Rathod and Raj Pawar for cheating tourists.
Tourism Department receives proposal from Gujarati firm; Dates suggested are December 28 and 29
Calls on people to join hands with government to make Goa a plastic-free State; Unfurls National Flag at main I-Day function in Panjim
Potholed roads in Narayan Nagar have caused a number of accidents
CURCHOREM: Curchorem police on Tuesday obtained three-day remand for Francisco Costa (48) who was arrested by Curchorem police in connection with an attempt to murder case on Monday.
Civic body in a fix in disposing an ambulance, a car and three compactor trucks, which currently occupy the huge space in the old market yard
Win five-goal thriller after Alister scores the match-winner
PANJIM: Aashrun Gautam, Tanisha Crasto and Arjuna Fallary won double crowns each at the 4th Rasik Painguinkar Memorial All Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament, organised by Rasik Memorial Trust in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association (GBA) and Sports Authority of Goa (SAG), at Multipurpose Hall, Fatorda.
CHANDOR: Immaculate Conception Sports Club Paroda blanked St Rock Youth Club Majorda 4-0 to move into the quarter-finals of the 44th Chandor Seamen Football tournament, played at Chandor ground, on Tuesday.
MAPUSA: Holy Cross Parish Youth, Verna registered a well deserved 2-0 win over St Francis Xavier Parish Youth, Corgao to clinch the All Goa 14th 9-A-Side Parish Youth Football Tournament, organised by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Youth, Arambol at Arambol Church ground, recently.
ANJUNA: UC Nerul blanked St Savio Sports Club, Calangute 2-0 to enter the final of North Goa Mc Dowells’ No 1 Yaari Premiere Cup inter-village football tournament, organised by Anjuna Gymkhana, at Anjuna ground, on Tuesday.
BENAULIM: UB40 Colva defeated St Sebastian Union Club 3-1 to clinch the 11th Sereno Cardozo Memorial Rolling Trophy in the final organised by Best friends of Illeant, Benaulim, recently.
MAPUSA: Saligao Sporting Club scrapped past St Anthony’s SC Marna 2-1 to make it into the final of the Vagator Soccer Cup, organised by Vagator Parish Youth Sports Club, played at Vagator ground, Oxren on Saturday.
Niraj and Ameya are on 2.5 points
The village of Socorro played host to a day of celebration, fun and festivities as the Socorro Socio-Art and Cultural Association, Porvorim celebrated its 5th annual Pattoleanchem Fest with traditional music, dance and food
The proposed educational hub at Davorlim-Dicarpale panchayat promises to ease the problems faced by the citizens of Margao, specially students, who are literally at the mercy of the ever-increasing traffic. It would also provide relief to parents, who are perennially ensnared in the daily traffic and rush to drop their children to school each day. However, the sheen of the project seems to have been dulled by reports that suggest that the hub may not come up as scheduled and there were certain forces at work which ensured that bottlenecks remained
Many feel FDA needs to conduct more raids to deter the wrongdoers and check hygiene standards
Margao Municipal Council (MMC) has collected a whopping Rs 2.30 crore by way of sanitation tax from residential as well as commercial establishment as on date and many are yet to pay the tax. The amount collected is for the current financial year as well as the balance of last year.
Even as Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar unveiled plans to have the transport system in Goa fuelled by bio fuel prepared from household waste, the bio plant managed by the South Goa Planning and Development Authority at its market has proved to be successful but unfortunately does not have many takers.
