Margao: To handle emergency situations during monsoon-related calamities, the Margao municipality has stepped up preparedness by deploying ward-wise teams comprising workers, vehicles and supervisory staff to respond to distress calls. The teams have been tasked with carrying out desilting of drains, removal of silt and garbage, bush-clearing and other monsoon-related works within its jurisdiction as…
Mapusa: The Ravindra Bhavan project at Tuem in Pernem taluka has received clearance, with officials stating that construction is expected to commence in Aug and be completed within 30 months.Spread across 50,000sqm, the project is estimated to cost Rs 113.2 crore. Officials confirmed the timeline following a planning committee meeting held on Thursday and chaired…
Margao: Using Yoga Day to target BJP, state Congress president Girish Chodankar on Sunday accused BJP govt of reducing governance to an exercise in political optics.“Every household in Goa today understands the importance of yoga because people are constantly struggling to maintain balance amid rising prices, unemployment, financial insecurity and anti-people decisions of BJP govt,”…
Churches across Goa held special prayers seeking the early arrival of the monsoon, on Sunday Panaji: Responding to a call from the archbishop of Goa and Daman, Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrao, parishes across Goa organised special prayers and processions over the weekend, seeking timely and adequate rainfall amid the state’s prolonged dry spell.From candlelit processions…
International Yoga Day was celebrated across the state on Sunday. CM Pramod Sawant joined school students in the celebration at Shyamaprasad Mukherjee indoor stadium, Taleigao Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday urged people to practice yoga daily for better physical and mental well-being as over a lakh citizens participated in International Yoga Day celebrations…
The Asia Cup Bridge Championship has 300 players from 16 Asia-Oceanic countries participating in this seven-day quadrennial event at Dona Paula Panaji: The Asia Cup Bridge Championship got off to a colourful start on Sunday with about 300 players from 16 Asia-Oceanic countries participating in this seven-day quadrennial event at Dona Paula.Patron of the Indian…
Panaji: More than 1.1 crore sqm of land across Goa have been proposed to be brought under the Non-Developable Area (NDA) category in the Regional Plan of Goa in a fresh notification issued by the town and country planning department.The department continues to designate already protected zones such as sand dunes, forests and mangroves as…
Ponda: A 26-year-old senior official attached to a high court in Karnataka died on Saturday after a car driven by his friend, Basalingappa, an assistant registrar of the high court, crashed into a roadside temple at Bhoma. Witnesses said the victim, Triloknatha Hiremath, died on the spot, while four others were trapped inside the vehicle…
Vasco: A three-year-old boy died after being electrocuted when he came into contact with live wires while playing in a shed at his house in Mangor Hill, Vasco.The deceased was identified as Ankush Yadav. The incident was reported at around 3.41pm on Friday.Vasco police, who are investigating the case, said the child accidentally came into…
India does not have a pool of strikers good enough for the top tiers Panaji: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has made it mandatory for clubs in the top two tiers of Indian football to have a domestic striker on the field from start to finish.If the starting striker is being replaced due to…
