Colva: At midnight on May 31, a 61-day fishing ban will come into force along Goa’s 105-km coastline, bringing fishing activities in the state’s territorial waters to a halt. Nearly 1,500 trawlers will suspend operations during the monsoon period. While the fishing season has ended on a relatively positive note for some trawler operators, several…
Canacona: Frequent sightings of leopards and bisons in Canacona over the last few days has alarmed the villagers. They said there has been an increase in incidents of disappearance of domesticated animals, as well as many animals in their livestock are getting injured by the wild animals’ movement. Poinguinim village has been particularly hit by…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday, after returning from his New Delhi visit, said that during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he sought relaxations on the curbs on playing music post 10pm. Sawant said that the PM has agreed to consider Goa’s case for the relaxations and has instructed officials to address…
Lallianzuala Chhangte tries to find a way past the Jamaica defence with a freekick at The Valley, home to Charlton Athletic, on Wed Khalid Jamil’s message to the team in the dressing room was loud and clear: defend in numbers and ensure no goal at least for the first half an hour.It was typical of…
Mapusa: The people of Tuem in Pernem taluka are worried after mamlatdar Ranjit Salgaonkar issued notices to property owners demanding payment of pending fines linked to illegal stone quarrying, warning that properties could be confiscated on the directorate of mines and geology’s directions.An official said the mines directorate has begun proceedings to attach houses, private…
Panaji: Since 2020, when the Building Plan Approval Management System (BPAMS) was introduced, the town and country planning (TCP) department has processed 6,033 technical clearances and a mere 7 construction licences through the online mode.Despite the BPAMS being brought in to bring transparency and ease of doing business, data suggests that the TCP department prefers…
Panaji: A long delay in completing the audit of accounts of the Azossim-Mandur panchayat since 2018-2019, slow pace of laying pipeline along Pilar-Old Goa road and criticism about biodiversity management committee’s (BMC) functioning raised some dust at the recent gram sabha.At the meeting chaired by sarpanch Prashant Naik, the members alleged that disbursal of development…
Panaji: Biometric authentication of 98% or 1.58 lakh school students in Goa has been carried out by their schools, as per Centre’s school education department’s data. From nursery level up to Class VIII, there are 1.61 lakh students enrolled in the state and the Centre has directed Goa govt officials to complete authentication of data…
Mapusa: The people of Tuem in Pernem taluka are worried after mamlatdar Ranjit Salgaonkar issued notices to property owners demanding payment of pending fines linked to illegal stone quarrying, warning that properties could be confiscated on the directorate of mines and geology’s directions.An official said the mines directorate has begun proceedings to attach houses, private…
Panaji: The olive ridley turtle nesting season has recorded a decline in the number of nests and eggs this year, with figures lower than those recorded in 2025, which had followed a strong 2024 season.According to the forest department data, Morjim beach — one of Goa’s most important turtle nesting sites in North Goa —…
