500 fruit trees planted at Chapoli: Around 500 fruit-bearing tress were planted at Nagar Van Chapoli, Canacona, to celebrate World Environment Day 2026. The saplings were planted by Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar, in the presence of assistant principal chief conservator of forests Praveen Kumar Raghav, deputy conservator of forests Santosh Kumar Reddy and others.POWER SHUTDOWNMoira…
Bicholim: Bicholim police on Saturday morning arrested two residents of Shirgao, Bicholim, for firing gunshots during an argument with a relative over a family dispute. The accused, Prajyot alias Shirish Laxman Gaonkar, and Girish Laxman Gaonkar, first phoned up the victim, Upendra Chandra Gaonkar, a senior citizen, abused, and threatened to kill him.Later, the accused…
times news networkPanaji: As Goa starts its mission to plant and raise 10 lakh trees within six months, chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Saturday that panchayats and zilla panchayats have a major role to play, involving local schools, colleges, youth clubs, NGOs, self-help groups, and biodiversity committees in the plantation and maintenance of these…
The confrontation was triggered after forest officials attempted to stop villagers from carting away mining ore rejects from the dump, threatening to lodge a police complaint against those involved Margao: Tense moments were witnessed at Kevona in Sanguem taluka’s Rivona on Saturday after locals clashed with forest department personnel over the transportation of mining ore…
Ponda: Protesting the hike in cattle feed rates, the entire panel of directors of the Goan Seed Farmers Produce Organisation has threatened to resign. The directors had even tendered their resignations to Goa Dairy. However, after an assurance from dairy officials, they agreed to defer their move to Monday, milk farmers said.After the closure of…
More than 130 village panchayats have already issued permissions for the installation of reverse vending machines Panaji: Goa’s first reverse vending machine to collect specific items under the deposit refund scheme was installed at the naval base INS Mandovi, at Verem, in partnership with the naval station’s environment wing.Recykal, the private agency appointed to implement…
Calangute: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo on Saturday said the death of a youth in Mapusa, linked to a garbage dumping incident, highlights Goa’s waste management crisis.Lobo said that with no waste collection mechanism in the surrounding villages, people bring garbage bags when they come to Mapusa for work or to drop their children off at…
Panaji: The North Goa district magistrate constituted a four-member district committee to audit examination centres for tests conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination scheduled for June 21.North Goa deputy collector Ishwar Madkaikar, has been appointed chairperson of the committee. The other members are Shaikh M Salim, deputy superintendent…
AICC secretary and Goa co-in-charge Anjali Nimbalkar was in the state on Saturday Margao: The change of guard at the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee was not a hastily taken decision but was preceded by one-on-one discussions that the Congress high command held with every key stakeholder in the state, AICC secretary and Goa co-in-charge Anjali…
Panaji: South Goa MP Viriato Fernandes has written to Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, urging Centre to address a range of long-standing gaps in maritime welfare, particularly from the indignity faced by Indian seafarers denied shore leave at domestic ports.Fernandes has also presented Sonowal a five-point proposal to overhaul Goa’s maritime…
