Panaji: Goa has secured the 4th spot among 36 states and Union territories in Niti Aayog’s Investment Friendliness Index 2026, scoring 53.1 overall and emerging as one of only five states nationally to be classified a “Top Performer” — those scoring above 50.The state also ranked first among seven city states and Union territories evaluated…
Suraj P KaisuvkerPonda: After two days of relentless rain, the Opa weir has started overflowing, with the Khandepar river level at the Opa barrage crossing 5.4m on Friday.To prevent flooding along the riverbank in Opa ward of Khandepar village, the WRD opened all four gates of the barrage at the Opa water works to release…
Sanguem and Valpoi centres recorded very heavy rainfall of 133.5mm and 122.1mm on Friday Panaji: With 47 days of the monsoon and nearly three weeks of peak season month passing by, the seasonal total is yet to cross the average of July rainfall, though the last 24 hours were one of the wettest of this…
Valpoi: Torrential rain hit Sattari taluka on Friday, rapidly swelling rivers, flooding roads, and disrupting daily life in several areas.At the Keri–Ghoteli bridge, the river rose sharply after incessant rainfall, reaching the level of the bridge.The road linking Guleli with Paikul, Murmune, Shel, Dhada, and Melauli was shut after the Ragada river overflowed onto the…
Margao: The railway protection force (RPF) has intensified its crackdown on tourists illegally trekking along railway tracks to reach Dudhsagar Falls. At least 32 visitors were fined a total of Rs 16,000 during a special drive last Sunday, even as authorities warn that the monsoon treks continue to endanger lives and train operations.Last week, a…
Times News NetworkPanaji: The cybercrime cell of the Goa police on Friday busted a fake call centre operating in South Goa and arrested six persons. The call centre was cheating US nationals on the pretext of providing loans and money.Cybercrime SP Raji Raut Dessai said the call centre was allegedly run by Visvadipsinh Harisingh Jadav…
Vasco: The public health department has directed civic bodies, municipalities and panchayats to curb illegal mosquito fogging and warned that FIRs will be filed for violations.Under secretary (health-II) Pooja Madkaikar has instructed health officers to ensure fumigation is carried out only with permission and to register an FIR against any individual or agency conducting unauthorised…
Panaji: A total of 85 students of a govt high school in Merces were made to sit on the floor for an hour after no desks or benches were provided in any of the classrooms. The incident took place at the temporarily-shifted premises at Hedgewar high school, Cujira. Students, including those from Class X, were…
Screen-sharing is now one of the few techniques most commonly exploited by fraudsters, said cyber cell officials Margao: Aruna Fernandes from Velim just wanted to pay her gas bill. A stranger called on WhatsApp, sent her an app, and asked her to install it. She did. Within minutes, Rs 2.2 lakh was gone — drained…
Panaji: In a state where Konkani is both the mother tongue of its people and the official language of governance, Goa govt’s own directorate of official language has spent the past couple of years trying—and failing—to hire a single translator for the language.“We wanted translators for the department of printing and stationary to translate the…
