24 Apr 2019

Goa

Panjim by-poll a prestige issue for BJP

Party’s core committee meeting to finalise candidate today

My remarks on social media misinterpreted: Sardinha

Six villages, three cities notified for implementing waste management

Se Old Goa, Aldona, Oxel, Navelim, Chicalim and Uguem are the villages and Panjim, Cuncolim and Valpoi are the towns identified for compliance of Solid Waste Management Rules

Ammonia tanker overturns at Chorla Ghat disrupting traffic

FAULTY EVMs, LOWER TURNOUT MARK POLLS

74.72% cast vote for LS compared to 76.86 in 2014; 82.65% vote for by-polls; Benaulim has lowest voting percentage

Mahadev Naik rejects speculation he didn’t put in enough effort in Shiroda

Shiroda voters believe it will be a close fight between BJP and MGP

Electors carrying only voter slips asked to bring ID cards

5 EVMs malfunction in Mandrem; voting passes off peacefully

Mapusa saw 78.20% come out and vote peacefully

Benaulim records lowest voting

Polling stations across Goa go eco-friendly this election

Marle-Tirval voters make good on threat, boycott voting

Legal notice to govt over lack of burial grounds

Minor fire breaks out at a Parra house

Sports

I-League clubs shooting themselves in the foot: AIFF secy

Goa girls clinch Nat 9-a-side football title

Damodar HSS clinch State U-19 hockey championship

Assolda, Bardez Veterans, FAG to play for cause at KFL 5.0

Assolda Veterans win shoot-out

Satyawati Soiru Angle HSS U-19 baseball champs

Bamborda get the better of Poriebhatt

National Open Blind chess championship from April 25

Drishi Boys emerge victorious

Cafe

Special handholding for the specially abled and other poll stories

Voting day in Goa today and the state made special arrangements to ensure people with special needs were not unconvinced when they stepped out to vote. We also spike to some young voters on their experience

Requiem for Sanya, as the violin gently weeps

Sanya Myla Cotta. To have to now prefix her name with a the word ‘Late”, will be lifelong lament not just for a music loving family which made several sacrifices to nurture the musical talent of their prodigious daughter but for the music fraternity of Goa and all the distant shores where music lovers applauded and loved her renditions. Those who watched and listened to her truly believed that this 32 year old Goan girl from Aggassaim, would have joined the global hall of fame of women violinists like Sarah Chang and Hilary Hahn

Opinions

Lanka bomb blast echo in Campaign 2019

Editorial

EVM reliability leaves major doubts

The reasons not to use electronic voting machines in the election process keep mounting, and the Election Commission of India will soon have to take a decision on this.

People Edit

A revelation on demonetisation

Letters

Letters to the Editor

MANDATE 2019

Glitches in EVMS, VVPATS hamper many polling booths

As per the reports available from Election office, total 11 Control Unit (CU), 11 ballot unit (BU) and 35 VVPAT were replaced during the polling process

IDhar UDHAR

Iddhar Udhar