SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024
PANJIM: The North Goa Rent-a-Cab Association has threatened to protest outside the assembly on July 27 the first day of the session, if their permits are not legalised.
On Monday the youth had the police arrest two men who had dumped garbage at the site
Demand that these demands be discussed in the forthcoming assembly session
FIR filed against one ex-minister and Louis Berger; Digambar and Churchill will be called for questioning; Wachasundar interrogated by Crime Branch
Rotary Club of Margao Midtown installs solar panel at home of the Falkars; does what the govt could never do- light a home
MARGAO: In a strong rebuttal to the allegations and indirect insinuations about his involvement and that of former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat made by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, former PWD Minister Churchill Alemao welcomed the CBI inquiry called by Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar.
GSPCB says work would begin post monsoon if tender process completed
Six other MLAs also vow to take up MoI topic in assembly
Inspects electrical works carried out at the school; statement of only one UDC taken till date
Two fishermen lost their lives when a trawler capsized off Vasco on August 1, 2014; compensation was promised but till date not a rupee has been seen from the government
PANJIM: Stating that farmers have not been taken into confidence while drafting of the Outline Development Plan (ODP), Mapusa farmers submitted a letter to the Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar asking that they be taken into consideration failing which they would protest in front of the Legislative Assembly on August 10, when it will be in session.
VALPOI: ACGL company, after being in the bus body building sector for 32 years, has moved to the international market and developed an attractive looking passenger bus – ‘ELANZA’ which will be supplied to Dubai city.
PANJIM: The Goa Government Employees Association (GGEA) on Tuesday highlighted the disparity in pay scales among government employees and asked the Chief Minister to intervene.
PANJIM: Directorate of Transport has transferred 80 per cent of its officers from all five border check posts with immediate effect asking them to join the new posting by July 22.
OLD GOA: Around 16 families residing near the Military camp, Bambolim-Curca, got power connection after 30 years as the Power Minister Milind Naik and St Andre MLA Vishnu Wagh released power to the families at a function on Tuesday.
MARGAO: Even as the image of Jesus on a banana tree in a house at Colva has got faithful from not just Goa but across the world trying to catch a glimpse of it, a picture of Jesus with blood dropping from His eyes in a house in Utorda is now drawing people. Priests from the parish have now taken possession of the image.
PANJIM: Ashnoy Rodrigues overpowered Baba Daniel in the final of 16th all Goa coconut breaking contest organised by Active Boys of Calangute, at Calangute Association ground, on Sunday.
MARGAO: Sporting Club of Davorlim edged past Ambelim Sports Club 4-3 via the tie-breaker to move into the semi-finals of 26th Super Soccer football tournament organised by United Boys Dando, Colva, at St John the Baptist ground, on Tuesday.
CALANGUTE: Football Club of Siolim prevailed over Milagres Sports Club, Mapusa 5-4 vie the tie-breaker to move into the quarter-finals of 17th Vagator 2015 all Goa inter-village football tournament organised by Vagator Parish Youth Sports Club, at Ozrant ground, Vagator, on Tuesday.
PANJIM: Chinchinim Veterans outplayed Ponda Veterans in the tie-breaker by scoring a 6-5 victory to advance into the next round of late Mathew Braganza Veterans Cup football tournament played at Duler Stadium, Mapusa, on Tuesday.
With the Spanish town of Ador being in the spotlight for enforcing three hour-long siestas, Café speaks to a couple of Goa’s older establishments, inquiring what prompts the shutting of shop mid-day, and how, if at all, it affects day-to-day lives
Fuelled by the love of books, two voracious readers, Apurva Kulkarni and Esha Nadkarni in collaboration with Gallery Gitanjali, will host the new book club ‘Between the Lines’. Their rationale is to find fellow travellers in the world of books, exchange perspectives and enrich each other. The reader, rather than the book, will be at the pivot of this club
Caranzalem is a narrow strip of coastal farmland with the Arabian Sea on one side and fields on the other. Originally a hamlet of Taleigao village whose Panaji end-point is called Tonca and the other, Donapaula, Caranzalem belongs to two panchayats – Taleigao Panchayat and Panaji Municipal Corporation.
Herald’s Battle for Margao sees its first significant way forward to treat the Sonsoddo dump, stuck in the garbage of inefficiency; But there needs to be strict timelines and clarifications for red flags raised
The Margao Municipality has had two successful attempts at door to door garbage collection in the past which eventually failed due to lack of transport facility.
This photo by David Aguiar on Facebook shows how the BJP continuously puts up flags on vital traffic signboards thus making it difficult for people to read the signages.
TIf you’re from Margao, one thing is common about the underside of the Margao flyover from Kharebandh to the stretch leading to the Margao Railway Station.
Joseph Silva made big news in the 2011 Margao Municipal Council election when he beat Piedade Noronha, an MMC council veteran and former Chairperson.
One can see how the reality of Goa affected by economic constraints and migration had such a huge impact on the portrayal of gender roles in Romi Konkani literature
