Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said the Central Site Selection Committee has given in-principle approval to a 4.5 lakh sqm land parcel at Farmagudi in Ponda taluka for IIT Goa’s permanent campus. A six-member panel inspected the site.Sawant said he has invited Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to Goa to lay the foundation…
Canacona: The Manohar Parrikar Bypass (NH 66) from Char Rasta to Mashem has become a major accident hotspot, with frequent crashes attributed to poor lighting, overspeeding, stray animals and road depressions.Over the years, the 7.4-km stretch has witnessed several fatal accidents, prompting residents to demand urgent corrective measures.In a recent incident, a family travelling from…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Monday directed the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) to conduct a site inspection at Murda in Tiswadi in connection with a large scale land filling.The HC on Monday morning directed the inspection to be conducted at 3pm the same day and that the report be placed before it…
Panaji: Chief judicial magistrate court, Merces, on Monday sentenced Atul Madhusudan Rangnekar, proprietor of M/s Balaji Constructions, to simple imprisonment of six months in a 2020 cheque-bouncing case of Rs 60 lakh. The court convicted him under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and also directed him to pay a fine of Rs 10 lakh as…
Licences to be renewed by Aug 15 Panaji: The tourism department has extended the Goa Beach Shack Policy by one year, allowing existing operators to renew their licences for a fourth consecutive tourism season. Tourism minister Rohan Khaunte said renewals will be completed by Aug 15, enabling operators to prepare well in advance for the…
Colva: Less than two weeks after PI Vikram Naik was transferred from Colva police station, banned bullfights (dhirio) have resurfaced.Colva police have filed a case against bull owners Benard Gomes of Seraulim and Riya Khan of Pedda, Benaulim, under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act for allegedly organising dhirio on Sunday.PI Videsh Shirodkar…
Several African countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, already have Molbio Diagnostic test systems within their healthcare networks. The tests for Ebola samples are being validated at some of these locations. Several African countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, already have Molbio Diagnostic test systems…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said that the Centre has halted the recruitment process at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) so that Goa’s concerns about non-Goans being hired could be addressed.Sawant said that he took up the issue of NIT Goa recruiting candidates from other states with Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan,…
Panaji: A senior citizen couple travelling to the Goa Medical College (GMC) for a doctor’s appointment died in a road accident at Bambolim on Monday after they took the highway instead of the service road, which was blocked due to a tree fall. The incident took place at 4am on Monday.The couple who were on…
ISL champions East Bengal made a plea for a 16-team top tier football league Panaji: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) accepted a club-led model to run the Indian Super League (ISL) from next season at a meeting convened by sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on Monday.The agreement will be for four years…
