Sunday - Mar 3, 2024
Mumbai/Panjim: According to a report by the Centre for Promoting Indian Economy (CPIE India) almost 77 to 79 percent of Goa's population is online and access the internet or world wide web at least 4-7 times a month at the bare minimum. This is more than twice as that of Bihar and some other states. Similarly, nearly 50 per cent of Goans use mobile
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Monday - Feb 26, 2024
Vasco: Villagers of Arossim have filed their objections against the construction of the proposed overbridge by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), before the deputy collector and sub-divisional magistrate Mormugão, who is the land acquisition officer. The villagers fear that the overbridge will lead to their houses being demolished. The delegation claimed
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Friday - Feb 23, 2024
Panjim: The Goa police on Tuesday registered a first information report (FIR) against unidentified persons for unlawful assembly and attack on state Social Welfare Minister Subhash Phal Desai after the unveiling of a statue of Shivaji Bhosle at a village in South Goa
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Friday - Feb 23, 2024
Panjim: A case has been registered against a Russian national for allegedly sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl, who also belongs to his country, in North Goa district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on the intervening night of February 4-5 when the victim, who is currently on a vacation in Goa
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Friday - Feb 23, 2024
Panjim: A motorcyclist flipped over Old Mandovi Bridge and plummeted into the river when the two-wheeler he was riding was hit by a rent-a-car on Thursday evening. The victim was identified as Javed Sadekar, originally from Margao and currently residing with his wife and three minor sons at Nachinola. He was working for a casino company and was proceeding to
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Saturday - Feb 17, 2024
Panjim: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has thrown a spoke in the wheels of the INDIA front and potentially queered the pitch for the Congress in its traditional stronghold by announcing a nominee for the South Goa Lok Sabha seat. Captain Venzy Viegas, the party’s MLA from Benaulim, will contest from the parliamentary seat, which is represented by Francisco
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Saturday - Feb 17, 2024
Panjim: The Goa police on Friday arrested a physical education teacher for raping a minor girl student of a government school on multiple occasions, an official said. As per a complaint filed at the Mopa police station, accused Kalpesh Chandrakant Mahale is an employee of the Sports Authority of Goa, and he was deputed
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Saturday - Feb 17, 2024
Aldona: Mukti Nagvekar, a 30-year-old resident of Sai Nagar in Aldona, is making waves in her community with her recent venture into Goa’s struggling public transport sector- with an electric rickshaw. With two children to support, she decided to take advantage of the government’s e-Rickshaw scheme about a month ago
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Sunday - Feb 11, 2024
Ponda: Goan social activist and Lion Ularico Rodrigues slammed the local authorities at the Panchayat level for their indifference toward the discharge of polluting chemicals and effluents by a factory in Bethora (and other factories at large in the area)
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Saturday - Feb 10, 2024
Margao: The Goa chapter of the economy and environment Think Tank - Centre for Promoting Indian Economy (CPIE India), in a statement released on Thursday, likened the river Sal - often called the lifeline of Salcete - to a gutter, drain or nullah, which can no longer be called or termed as a river in most places where it flows
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