18 Sep 2020

Goa

Already delayed, pandemic pushes CZMP finalisation further

State seeks time till March 2021 to submit Coastal Zone Management Plan; Says State has written to Centre seeking permission for online public hearing on draft CZMP

Decision on opening schools after October 2

NIH, Roorkee conducts salinity study in Mhadei on Goa’s request

Lokayukta directs ACB to file FIR against Cumbarjua MLA

Directs that Law Secretary be impleaded as party and copy of complaint forwarded to CM

German national finds mother dead in flat

Goan drug dealer arrested by NCB, was involved in a 5-yr-old death case of two youth in Curtorim

Chris Costa, known as Chris Pereira in police records was on the run after two suspected drug related deaths in Maina-Curtorim; Goa Police couldn’t pick up a man nabbed swiftly by the NCB

Locals of Loutolim remember Chris as a kid but haven’t seen him for long

Still coming to terms with how a village boy could be linked to such a big narco-case, which the nation is following

Govt to decide on reopening schools post October 2: CM

Only after assessing the situation and in consultation with stakeholders, for Std X and XII, following strict health protocols; Online education to continue

Ensure Major Ports Authority Bill 2020 is scrapped, Goencho Avaaz urges MPs

Says if the ‘draconian’ bill becomes an Act then it will give MPT the authority to frame its own rules and override the existing rules of the State govt

CCP issues order for construction of 310 toilets

This, after having already declared Panjim as open defecation free nearly a year ago; MoU signed on PM’s birthday

South District hospital to start taking COVID patients from Saturday

No VIP treatment, all in need will get beds, says Home Minister

Online admissions: College first year second merit list to be announced today

CB takes Mustafa to sites related to Walke murder

Finds out that the trio had done a recce of the area and had been keeping close watch on the shop before the robbery attempt

Missing girl found in Karnataka

‘KTCL to get around 100 electric buses’

Transport Minister says 25 buses to be operational by November

Dharbandora accident victim dies

36th National Games postponed due to COVID

Take over pvt hospitals or announce subsidised charges, Cong tells govt

Cong wants govt to intervene, address financial issues of cabbies

Special meet discusses new system integration, new tech compatibility

State plea for condoning delay in filing case deferred to Oct 1

Ponda residents want stagnant water pumped out from construction sites

Complain that a plot dug for laying the foundation of a building is filled with stagnant rainwater; Demand that fogging be carried out in the town to prevent spread of dengue

109 new COVID cases detected at Mopa airport project site

Out of 96, 69 villages removed from ESZ list

Sattari 43 villages, Sanguem 23 and Canacona 3 villages have been removed from ESZ

7 accused get 5-day police custody in Anjuna assault case

Cafe

Are unemployed touts taking over tourism, in Goa?

Tourists are flooding in and the touts are active offering everything under the sun. With the ranks of the unemployed having swelled many could be tempted to take to petty crime. Café spoke to players in the tourism industry many of whom said that the menace of tourism touts and off the books illegal tourism business has been rampant, with authorities turning a blind eye

Opinions

The buck starts here

Editorial

Capping of rates in private hospitals a ‘farce’

The State government’s move to cap the rate of COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals appears to be nothing short of a farce on the people of Goa, who have already been hurt badly by the pandemic.

People Edit

Pulse of New Education Policy

Letters

Letters to the editor (18 Sept 2020)

Videos

AAP convenor Elvis Gomes steps down from his post, Rahul Mhambre to hold interim charge

Calangute police arrests three suspects accused of harassment and cheating tourists in Calangute.

PM Modi's birthday was celebrated at Old age homes in Bastora Moira and Nachinola in Aldona

GPCC vice president Sankalp demands govt to intervene & address financial issues of cabbies

Distribution of masks and other items during Covid in Margao by BJP Mandal

Supreme court is the only option against Navy by MPDA says Sankalp

Margao BJP Mandal distributes face shields, sanitisers and corona keys

GSM felicitates plasma donors at Verna

KTCL to get 100 electric buses while 25 buses to begin operations by Nov-Dec says Mauvin

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