SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024
MARGAO: The Margao Town Police on Monday arrested a 68-year-old Babli Fernandes, a native of Andheri, Mumbai for allegedly setting 13 two-wheelers on fire at two different places at Khareband on June 15.
PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday refrained from making any comment on the recent seizure of 100kg ketamine by the Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) from an industry owned by a BJP functionary at Pissurlem.
VALPOI: Eleven patients from Sattari have tested positive for dengue fever, said a health official.
Says fight against colonial power will be complete only when this problem is resolved; Guv Sinha calls for including Liberation struggle in syllabus
Petitions Governor, CM seeking new plan that prohibits non-traditional activities in CRZ areas; Wants new CRZ law drawn up based on facts, science, public interest, public participation
Wants to clear bottlenecks that are delaying highway projects; Says every decision was referred to him when he was in USA
Counsel in Goa says all investor claim settlements will be settled; Claims complainants have confessed they were misguided and willing to withdraw cases
Admits his illness delayed the plan to make the State free of plastic by May 2018
PANJIM: On humanitarian grounds, the State Cabinet on Monday decided to recommend to Governor Dr Mridula Sinha the pardon and release of three aged prisoners, who are ailing and have served the maximum of their life sentence.
PANJIM: Former Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane was discharged from Goa Medical College and Hospital on Monday morning, a day after he was admitted for mild fever and urinary tract infection.
PANJIM: Around 2,200 students from across the State will participate in the International Yoga Day to be held on Thursday.
Says Goa is ahead of other states in many spheres and time has come to compete with foreign countries
Will install 450 cameras in Panjim under Goa intelligent management system project
Vijai Sardessai, along with Digambar Kamat, were discussing this issue with DySP Prabod Shirwaikar and SP Dinraj Govekar
PANJIM: The 12-day monsoon session of the State Legislative Assembly will commence from July 19.
MARGAO: It’s an irony that the South Goa Collectorate has six water purifiers with drinking water facility for employees in the back end area but just one purifier across the complex for citizens.
MARGAO: An incident of alleged illegal tree felling was reported at Curtorim on Monday.
Namresh and Remedious score for the winners while Beneston nets a consolation goal
In a socially aware step, Xaxti Riders, a group of cyclists from Salcete, decided to take their road trips to another level; they rode to the village of Kurdi in Sanguem and cleaned up the area
Mother-daughter duo Cecilia and Melinda Viegas hosted their first joint art and photography exhibition, titled, Beyond Borders, to commemorate the first anniversary of the family’s overland trip from Goa to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The exhibition was well received by art lovers
Don Jevonn is Herald’s in-house food critic. He (or is it she?) will appear incognito, sample wares from off the menu and then leave, having paid the bill in full. For Don Jevonn is one of Goa’s quintessential characters and believes that in order to be objective, he must appear to be your average diner
The administration ought to be focused on ensuring basic services are in place and working efficiently instead of flying in the air
The accused in the alleged market scam in Panjim are still walking free and some have been elevated to positions of power which is an indictment of the state of affairs
The state of-the-art market complex in Porvorim will be delayed a little bit longer and the contractor has been warned of consequences of further delays
The Chinese envoy to India said that bilateral ties between India and China can't take the strain of another Doklam episode and emphasised the need to find a ‘mutually acceptable solution’
