Panaji: Of the 28 reforms recommended for Goa under the Centre’s ease of doing business framework, state govt has implemented 12 recommendations, while 16 reforms remain under discussion and in various phases of implementation within departments.The progress is part of phase II of the national reform exercise, according to a status report dated May 8….
Panaji: The captain of ports department is auctioning off a govt-owned hopper barge, one of its primary dredging assets, even as requests from the river navigation department for desilting and dredging of critical ferry routes remained unaddressed for over five years.The department has moved to sell the MV Hopper Barge COP II PNJ 693 along…
Panaji: The North Goa collector issued an order last week to ban taxis from parking in the capital’s general parking lots, the order is yet to be implemented. Taxis are still occupying general parking lots in the city. Panaji traffic cell of Goa police, which is the implementing agency, is functioning with less than 50%…
Panaji: Two minor girls allegedly stole gold ornaments worth Rs 15 lakh from a house and sold them to local jewellers, spending the money on themselves and playing arcade games at malls, police said. A taxi driver accused of assisting them in selling the jewellery has been arrested.According to police, a 14-year-old girl came into…
Margao: The general body meeting of Gomantak Bhandari Samaj, held in Panaji on Sunday, was dominated by a sharp demand to halt the issuance of caste certificates by the samaj body and to conduct elections within the next four months. The meeting was convened after the Bombay high court granted permission to administrator Sakharam Naik…
Ponda: A Sunday outing turned tragic when a 21-year-old IIT Goa student from Ladakh went missing and is feared to have drowned in the Okamb rivulet at Dharbandora. Imtiyaz Hussain, part of a group of around eight youths on a picnic, had ventured into the rivulet behind the Sanjivani sugar factory for a swim, but…
Panaji: Goa continued to experience sweltering conditions on Sunday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recording a maximum temperature of 36°C while the “feels like” temperature surged to a scorching 47.3°C during peak afternoon hours.Weather experts attributed the oppressive heat to the near absence of pre-monsoon showers across the state this summer season.“Traditionally, May is…
Margao: With the southwest monsoon fast approaching, residents living along the banks of the Sal river have raised an alarm over the unchecked spread of water hyacinth across large stretches of the river. They have urged the water resources department (WRD) to undertake and complete de-weeding operations before the rains set in.The concern stems from…
Vasco: Dabolim airport police arrested on Sunday an Afghan for travelling on a forged Indian passport.Police said a wing in charge of the bureau of immigration at Goa International Airport, Dabolim, Shanigaram Sriharsha, filed a complaint that Iwraj Hiro, an Afghan, presently residing in Delhi, was caught while travelling on a forged Indian passport and…
Bicholim: Former chief justice of Allahabad high court of the Enough is Enough movement said that the group is not against development, but is opposed to those who bend and break laws to push projects.“We are not against any individual, a political party or development,” said Rebello at a public meeting in Karapur on Sunday….
