Panaji: Revenue minister and Panaji MLA Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate visited Santa Cruz on Thursday and announced that he would open his office to serve the people of Santa Cruz. This created speculation in political circles about him exploring an option to contest the next assembly election from there.The constituency’s incumbent MLA, Rodolfo Fernandes, had joined…
The unit will function from the VSESA wing at Van Bhawan, Panaji Panaji: Govt has established a dedicated project management unit (PMU) at the forest department head office, Van Bhawan, Altinho, to streamline compensatory afforestation processes and assist agencies seeking forest land diversion for non-forestry projects. The decision follows a communication from the forest conservation…
Human rights body took cognisance of TOI report Panaji: Acting on a TOI report highlighting the water woes of Arpora residents, the Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) on Friday recommended that the department of drinking water be designated the sole agency to receive complaints of water shortages and accept payments for road cutting, to avoid…
Panaji: Loud beach parties, unlicensed masseurs trailing tourists on the sand, and touts hawking cruise tickets could soon cost offenders as much as Rs 1 lakh. Tourism director Kedar Naik issued a notification on Friday listing 19 activities as punishable “nuisances” at the state’s tourist places, giving police and tourism officials sharper legal teeth to…
Margao: Goa Tamnar Transmission Project Ltd (GTTPL) has issued a public notice invoking Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, seeking Central government authorisation — with powers akin to those a telegraph authority holds under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 — to survey, construct, erect and maintain electric lines and electrical plant. The request relates…
Panaji: In an embarrassing situation for state govt govt over its decision to convene a brief assembly sitting, speaker Ganesh Gaonkar on Friday said that the upcoming three-day monsoon session of the Goa legislative assembly is a “short” one.Governor P A Gajapathi Raju has summoned the eighth session of Goa legislative assembly from Aug 31…
Villagers corner officials seeking answers on the water crisis Ponda: Department of drinking water (DDW) officials in Ponda faced their second gherao in four days on Friday as residents protested acute water scarcity at the Daag-Ponda office.This time, residents of Talem-Bondbag cornered the officials. On Monday, residents of Sapana Colony in Bethora had staged a…
Panaji: RG’s disciplinary committee has issued a formal notice to former party treasurer Ajay Kholkar, directing him to appear before the committee as part of ongoing disciplinary proceedings. The notice was issued by the disciplinary committee late on Thursday.Given that the party’s central executive committee (CEC) had leveled allegations against 10 suspended members (Aditya Dessai,…
Panaji: The Selaulim reservoir, which supplies most of South Goa, began overflowing at 3.30pm on Thursday, the latest spillover recorded in 13 years. Last year, the dam – which is Goa’s largest – overflowed on June 25, while spillover typically occurs in the first or second week of July. This year, a rainfall deficit of…
SP (crime branch) Rahul Gupta said the first case stemmed from the arrest of Kerala native Abhiram Pulikkal for alleged possession of narcotic substances Panaji: The Goa crime branch, in coordination with the Delhi crime branch and the Telangana anti-narcotics bureau, busted two interstate drug networks, leading to the arrest of three accused and the…
