19 May 2022

Goa

GMC rusticates 4 students from hostel for assaulting companion

Directs that if they are found within the boys’ hostel campus during rustication period it will be extended

No coercive action against mining leases before June 6, Govt tells HC

Who is Charles Correa Foundation? Asks Gaude

Is Charles Correa alive to give advice? Asks minister

Calangute villagers demand action against illegal pubs and dance bars

Complain that most businesses are run by outsiders; Give panchayat 15 days to take action or threaten to take the law into their own hands

Goa says who Charles Correa was

Artists to architects point out the work of two of Goa’s greatest sons Correa and Mario de Miranda, stamped on Kala Academy’; And the Charles Correa Foundation is the legitimate stakeholder of Correa’s legacy

State-of-the-art Mopa airport work leaves villagers high and dry

43 natural springs may run dry as Mopa construction work dried water flow; Supreme Court order clearly states all springs have to be preserved for construction work

Use money for Tamnar for rooftop solar panels, say Greens

Criticise Power Minister Dhavalikar’s statement on starting Tamnar project post monsoon

WRD Minister inspects Mala lake

Tar balls wash up on beaches to haunt villages along seashores of Salcete belt

Dabolim couple’s ‘golden’ dream home ground to dust even as 44 other houses get saved due to stay order

Wife had pledged her gold to get a loan for their home, not quite knowing that it would fall on the funnel zone of the airport, tired of going to court they felt that they would be protected since 44 others had got a stay order on the demolition of houses ordered in the funnel area of the airport. The couple are on the road now with a loan on their heads and her gold with the bank

RND facing shortage of sailors for past 7 years

Objection or not, the railways are pushing the double-tracking project with force, say locals

Ancestral land kept to absorb vibration from passing trains now being claimed by railways, the panchayat has moved court

Assembly monsoon session from July 11

State Budget, which was tabled on March 30, to be passed during the monsoon session

BJP ready for panchayat polls: Tanavade

Mining leaseholders urged not to remove pumps during monsoons

To remain at mining site for pumping out water from pits during monsoon, says CM; Directed to remove all machinery and equipments from the site by June 6

Rectify delimitation of Reis Magos Village Panchayat: Collector

16 senior scale officers, 13 jr scale officers transferred

Concern raised over failure to repair retaining wall of culvert at Dovondde

Fire reduces hundreds of fruit bearing trees to ashes in Mandrem

Contractor's workers set fire to grass in area which quickly spread and destroyed hundreds of trees in the vicinity, allege locals

No pending issues with KTC drivers,staff salary: Chairman

Dept available to provide technical expertise for Atal Setu: PWD Min

Delay in releasing turtle hatchlings: Forest guard transferred

Sports

Little Gaurs League concludes on high note

Saligao United, Rossman Cruz win shoot-outs, Morjim prevail

Cafe

It is tough but a cool head will certainly help

Instances of tourists and staff exchanging words in bars and restaurants have occasionally come to light. The DGP urged the members of the hospitality industry to take the help of the police and not take action on their own. Members of the hospitality industry voiced their opinion

Common Goans get to showcase their collections

Hobbies like stamp and antique coin collection which could be seen within the confines of individual homes are now getting a public platform to showcase such collections at the Goa Science Centre, Miramar as part of its International Museum Day celebrations

Opinions

The heat is on

Editorial

Of potholes, bridges and an impending monsoon

The expected smooth ride over the Atal Setu has just not materialised for the simple reason that the bridge has been developing potholes ever since it was opened for construction.

People Edit

It’s time of official transfers

Letters

Letters to the editor ( 19 May 2022)

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