Canacona: With the monsoon approaching, residents of Shristhal and nearby areas have raised concerns that the large quantity of molasses effluent remaining at the Shristhal Industrial Estate could overflow into nearby water bodies and cause environmental contamination.Officials had earlier assured residents that the molasses effluent stored in a damaged tank would be removed before the…
Colva: Former Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Amit Patkar said there was neither consultation nor discussion with him regarding the change in the party’s state structure.Patkar was speaking to reporters after the unveiling of a statue of Jack de Sequeira, popularly known as the Father of the Opinion Poll, on the occasion of Goa…
Margao: Taking charge as the president of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) on Saturday, Girish Chodankar trained his guns on what he called ‘Jodi No. 1’ — chief minister Pramod Sawant and town and country planning minister Vishwajit Rane — accusing them of working to “sell Goa”, and vowing to expose their machinations ahead…
Panaji: Former Allahabad high court chief justice Ferdino Rebello launched a blistering attack on Goa govt at an online meeting of the Enough is Enough movement, accusing it of surrendering the state’s land, rivers, and villages to a rapacious real estate lobby. The movement held the meeting online after the Corporation of the City of…
Vice president CP Radhakrishnan visited the research and technology exhibition at NIO TNNPanaji: The ocean is not just a source but a living ecosystem to respect and protect aquatic life, said Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Saturday, on his visit to CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography. “ India’s oceans are not boundaries that separate the…
Vice-president CP Radhakrishnan with CM Pramod Sawant inaugurating the Mario Miranda exhibition in Panaji Panaji: Vice-president C P Radhakrishnan and governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, at an event to celebrate Goa’s 40th statehood day, stressed on preserving Goa’s ecology, coastline, rivers, forest, and heritage with sustainable development.Addressing the gathering at Kala Academy, Panaji, Radhakrishnan said,…
The 5km walk for those aged above 65 years saw healthy participation Panaji: Goan athletes won 20 gold medals on the opening day of the 3rd National Women Masters Athletics Championship 2026, with Betty Sebastian D’Silva picking up three for herself at the Athletics Stadium, Cujira, Santa Cruz, on Saturday.Competing in the 60+ age category,…
Maria Imelda de Sousa was among the first athletes to arrive for the National Women Masters Athletics Championship Panaji: At 6am on Saturday, a sprightly lady with her kit bag walked into the Athletics Stadium at Santa Cruz in Goa and strode straight to the registration desk. Maria Imelda de Sousa was among the first…
Panaji: The coastal state of Goa will witness a rare phenomenon of a microblue moon on May 31, where the moon will appear slightly smaller than the usual full moon, a sight which happens only twice or thrice in a century.A blue moon is the second full moon appearing in a calendar month, and a…
Panaji: The searing heat conditions persisted towards the end of the summer month, as the maximum temperature inched up to 35.1°C in the city and the mercury dipped fractionally by just 0.2 degrees on Friday night in Mormugao.The port town was reeling under oppressive heat on Thursday night, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Panaji,…
