Panaji: Smaller hotels and guesthouses in the state continue to underreport tourist check-in data, said tourism director Kedar Naik on Monday. He said that a number of hotels and guesthouses are operating without a valid registration licence in the state.Naik said that such non-compliance hampers effective tourism management and data monitoring of tourist footfall. “A…
Keri: Ganje, a remote village in Ponda taluka, tells the story of a bygone-day port that was widely used to transport goods to the ghats. Ganje, which was earlier part of Sattari taluka, is now under Usgao panchayat.Shantadurga and Ganjeshwari are the presiding deities of Ganje. In Guleli panchayat, there is a village called Melaulim,…
Mapusa: A gatecrasher at a wedding at the Ganeshotsav Mandal auditorium in Arambol on Sunday fled with a bag containing gold jewellery and a mobile phone worth Rs 20 lakh, belonging to the groom’s family, while members of both families were busy with a photo session.Police suspect the intruder struck around 3pm when the Palyekar…
Mapusa/Margao/Panaji: Availability of clean washrooms is a basic need for users of public bus stands. However, the toilets at major bus stands, especially at Panaji and Mapusa, lack hygiene and maintenance. Commuters said the lack of regular cleaning forces them to not use the facilities.In the women’s washroom at the Panaji bus stand, sanitary napkins…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Monday directed the civil registrar of Salcete to register the marriage of an Indian man and a Russian divorcee according to the name in her passport, which contains her ex-husband’s surname.The couple had approached the HC after the civil registrar refused to register their marriage, as the woman continues…
Panaji: State govt has successfully auctioned four of the six mineral blocks put up for bidding. Anand Minerals and Venkateshwara Rao have been declared successful bidders for two blocks each, director of mines and geology Narayan Gad told TOI.The four blocks were awarded at bids exceeding 100% of the reserve price, which govt has set…
Panaji: Goa Human Rights Commission recommended that the insurance medical officer of ESI Hospital, Margao, refund Rs 4.8 lakh to retired multi-tasking staff member Teotonio Jose Maria Pereira, deducted from his gratuity after a pay fixation review.The commission directed the amount be refunded within 60 days, failing which it will attract 8% interest from the…
Panaji: Goa recorded its warmest night of the summer on the intervening night of Sunday, with high minimum temperatures and humidity reported across the state.India meteorological department (IMD) data showed Panaji logging a minimum temperature of 28.4°C, around 2°C above normal, while Mormugao recorded 28°C, about 1.1°C higher than average. With relative humidity at 83%…
Panaji: After nearly a decade of investigation conducted by the CBI and Goa police in connection with the murder of 22-year-old Swedish-Finnish national Felix Dahl, the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) in Canacona allowed the CBI to close the investigation in the case. The court accepted the view of the premier investigation agency on the…
Panaji: It has been over a decade since the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education adopted the sports merit marks policy. It allowed students to be compensated with marks for the time stolen away from their academics for participation in sports events. The policy was meant to create a level playing field in…
