MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2024
Special camps at taluka levels organised for ROs on postal ballots
Asks DMA to expedite the process as financial year is ending
PANJIM: South Goa Collector Swapnil Naik has submitted a report to the Chief Electoral Officer stating that the Army personnel who voted in Navelim on February 4 did so as per the Supreme Court guidelines.
VASCO: Upset and annoyed at panchayat for giving provisional NOC for the Mini India park at Quelossim, the locals and RDA Minister Alina Saldanha confronted Sarpanch Hilario Figueiredo, on Friday.
Excise department had amended the Act to ban sale of licence within 100 mts of highways with a loophole that government could grant such licence; Hundreds of outlets were granted licences due to political pressure since 2012
Highway that cuts through Margao, has cut the joy of socialising at taverns and the security of age-old businesses
The story of woe stretches from Mala to St Cruz; restaurants have received notices from the Director of Panchayats to remove advertisements indicating availability of liquor on Highways
100 shops, bars, restaurants in Vasco, 290 in Mormugao will face the SC dictated closure
Offshore casinos are beyond 500-metres of National Highways; excise licence of cruise boats not to be renewed beyond March 31
PANJIM: The Children’s Court has allowed a convicted teacher’s plea seeking suspension of one year jail term in a criminal case of physical and psychological abuse on a child.
MARGAO: Police personnel from South Goa are unhappy as they are yet to get the honorarium for election duty.
Submit memorandum to collector expressing support
In short term, AAI to introduce newer facilities and decongest airport during peak hours; In long term, aero bridges and parallel taxi way to be rolled out
Most cases booked are of driving without helmets: 1,71,191 in 2015 and 1,57,406 in 2016
MAPUSA: Waste and sewage is being discharged into River Chapora by W Hotel since more than a week, now.
PONDA: Two hundred students of Government High School at Davshirem-Usgao boycotted classes for the second day on Friday by staging a dharna at the under-renovation school.
MARGAO: This year’s Margao Carnival parade likely to follow the same route as last year’s -- from Ravindra Bhavan circle to Colva circle.
DONA PAULA: Making health technologies affordable was the discussion on a Saturday afternoon at the Difficult Dialogues at the International Center, Goa.
PANJIM: Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik has demanded the resignation of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar after the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) asked him to be ‘circumspect and careful in future while making (political) statements’.
Raju Vasudev Haldankar, a Goan footballer, won the National final of the Million Dollar Kick and is among the six Indians who will take the flight to the US to take part in the National Football League (NFL) training camp and probably make a career in the league. All six were part of an event known as ‘Million Dollar Kick’ which was the culmination of city try outs in Goa, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Shillong, Dehradun, and Lucknow. As Raju takes the flight for the first time ANANT BAKHALE takes a look at his background and his future plans
The Vasco based coach will take over as the head coach after the team's match against Minerva Punjab, while Alfred Fernandes will continue with the club as asst coach
PANJIM: Don Bosco Higher Secondary School became the first Higher Secondary School to have its own tennis courts which was inaugurated, in Panjim, recently.
CURTORIM: Cuncolim Union defeated Sao Jose de Areal 1-0 to move in to the quarter-finals of the Wilred Leisure Soccer tournament, organised by Wilred Leisure Curtorim, on Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs grouind, Curtorim, on Friday.
MAPUSA: Calangute Association Sports Club had to wait till the tie-breaker before making their way into the semi-finals of the XI Reira Soccer Cup, with a 6-5 win over Penha de Franca, organised by Saligao Sporting Club, played at Saligao ground, on Friday.
The finals of Junior Herald Rockstars, a novel event platform that showcases talent whilst celebrating the bond between the parent and the child, is taking place today. Café has the details
Against its mandate of only bigger projects, GSIDC gets into petty works of water supply through tankers and beach cleaning. SURAJ NANDREKAR investigates
The GSIDC was floated by the government in 2001 to speed up the implementation of its projects. However, the costs have scaled enormous heights. SURAJ NANDREKAR digs deep to find out how the expenses have soared in the last four and half years
Following the demonetisation, expectations for first time home buyers were high that the real estate prices would fall. However, the real estate companies and their captains view on this will surely shock the first time buyers, as the prices are not going to plummet or “correct”, VIKANT SAHAY reports
Roadhouse Hostels is a chain of backpackers hostels who wish to ensure that the travel experience one has gets duly shared with the world. Recently, the Goa-based startup raised an undisclosed amount from Indian Angel Network. Rajesh Borah, COO Roadhouse Hostels spoke to Ajit John about the company and plans for the future.
