MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2024
Vasco: The air intelligence wing of the Commissionerate of Customs, Goa Unit, seized 2 kg crude gold worth Rs 54.28 lakh which was being smuggled by a Kerala native through Goa International Airport at Dabolim, on Sunday.
Lawyer says ‘Human Rights’ is a misnomer for ‘Humanitarian Rights’; Opines that humanity is interdependent
PONDA: The 387th birth anniversary of Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj was celebrated at Farmagudi with processions and programmes on the life of the great Maratha warrior king.
PANJIM: After creating much havoc in Goa, the Monkey Fever (Kyasanoor Forest Disease (KFD) is now being wide spread in the neighbouring Maharashtra
Excise dept asks GU, GIM for presentations; institutions will conduct surveys and advise State on tapping markets and communications
PANJIM: With still 7000-odd postal ballots yet to be received from government employees, deployed on the election duty, the political parties have continued their unofficial campaign by meeting the electorate and seeking their votes.
PANJIM: Taking note of allegations by political parties that government servants are accepting bribes for their votes, the Goa Government Employees Association (GGEA) has asked politicians to stop making such ‘irresponsible statements’, which could lead to protest or revolt by the employees.
PANJIM: The special facilitation camp organized by the Chief Electoral Office (CEO) for postal ballots of government servants and police personnel received a poor response with 1210 casting their votes on Saturday. Of the total 15,590 postal ballots, CEO has till date received only 8470 ballots.
MARGAO: A youngster lost his life and two others were injured one whom seriously, in an accident that occurred at Tembi Raia yesterday afternoon involving a truck and a scooter.
PANJIM: Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik has opposed the State government’s move to hold the next aero show at Mopa stating it would be against the interests of Goa.
New Plan to focus on mapping of sand dunes, assessment of beach carrying capacity, demarcation of HT and LT lines
Immasab 29’, Melroy 51’ and Abbhay 60’ score for the winners while Necil pulls back one for the Cuncolim side before the breather
DULER: AIFF put up a spirited performance and registered a 2-0 victory over Dempo SC in the U-18 I-League match played at Duler stadium, here on Sunday.
Six goals were scored in the first half while another three were struck in the second as the battle ended in favour of the visiting Punjab side climbing to the seventh spot while the Red Machines stay rooted at the rock bottom
VASCO: Churchill Brothers are grounded at the bottom of the I-League table following their 4-5 loss against Minerva Punjab, and new coach Derrick Pereira feels his side has to be ‘reinforced’ for the second phase.
PANJIM: FC Goa North 2 defeated GFDC Poira, 4-1 in a boys U-13 pre-quarterfinals match of the GFDC Rising Star Football Festival at Aldona ground, on Saturday.
Some bridges in Goa are very old and either require urgent repairs or need to be replaced with new ones
Deep depression on the Francisco Luis Gomes road which runs along the city of Vasco has been causing a lot of inconvenience to the road-users.
As one climbs the hill from Mapusa and enters Assagao. one sees a board "Welcome to the village of Flowers". But as one travels further inside the village, you find groups of dogs lying on the roads and in open spaces
The Varca Panchayat has dug a drainage (which was not required) just in front of Armando Mansion, by side of the Varca Church. But the drainage is left half done.
Exposed transformers pose a serious threat to the lives of innocent pedestrians proceeding along the concerned routes. Seen in the picture is one such instance in the vicinity of Sai Service Pvt. Ltd. at Curti in Ponda.
BRICS brought about a lot of improvement in the power distribution lines along the Colva-Cavellossim MDR road but the Power lines on internal roads of the villages seem to be begging for attention from the Power department, the local bodies and the MLA.
We have recently returned to Goa from a trip to Southern Maharashtra via Kudal railway station. My husband and I remarked for a low tourism, provincial railway station on how clean it was with men picking up garbage whenever possible from the platform railway lines.
Mapusa Municipal Market is dangerous to the busy shoppers, specially on Friday and Saturday, who come to do their weekly purchases. The threat to life of the people comes in the form of the two-wheelers moving around in the crowd posing danger those walking with their bags.
This was the garbage condition on Monday evening (February 13, 2017) on Colva beach in-front of the fisheries area. This is a consistent situation from time to time on the Beach stretch from Colva to Varca even in this tourist season.
One of the sign boards on the Titan-Airport highway going towards the airport just before Zuari Oil taking u-turn says “Caution’ dead slow oil trucks ahead". This is located behind the metal beam road side crash barriers, which is supposed to be visible to all drivers as a safety sign board.
