Panaji: Goa’s long-awaited first veterinary college at Curti has received central govt approval. The letter of permission (LoP) for establishment of the Goa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, for BVSc and animal husbandry degree programme came from the Union ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying on Tuesday. The department of animal husbandry is…
Panaji: Data released by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education on Tuesday shows a trend of more students scoring higher marks at the Class X public exams. The figures indicate that at the 2026 Class X exams, as many as 276 students scored over 90%.Another 1,848 children had scores between 80% to…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Tuesday slammed the water resources department for turning a blind eye to 70-plus illegal borewells identified in and around one housing colony at Chimbel.“If this is the situation in one area, we can imagine what it is like across the state. What’s disturbing is you have 70 borewells in…
Forced to play in Goa due to state assembly elections in Bengal, East Bengal played like the home team at Fatorda Margao: East Bengal would be tempted to look at the table and pinch themselves. Is this for real? Win the remaining four games in the Indian Super League (ISL), and the title is theirs…
Bernadette Szocs is the reigning European Games champion in women’s singles Panaji: Dempo Goa Challengers showed big intent at Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 7 auction by signing Bernadette Szocs as the highest-valued player of the auction in Mumbai on Tuesday.The two-time champions’ strategy saw them anchor the squad around elite global performers Szocs and…
Panaji: The operation of Goa police’s Calangute traffic cell has come to a standstill after the village panchayat switched off the main power switch over the non-payment of an electricity bill amounting to Rs 8 lakh.The cell has been operating at the Poriat football ground at Tivai Vaddo since 2012. The traffic cells were shifted…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed secretaries of panchayats across Goa to permit all panchs to inspect any documents, correspondence and schemes that will form part of the agenda of panchayat meetings. The HC directed access to be given between 10am and 12pm at least seven days prior to a meeting.The directions were…
Panaji: Following the instructions of the Supreme Court, the Bombay high court has taken suo motu cognisance to implement open prison system in Goa.The Supreme Court directed every state to implement open correctional institutions.The high court has also asked the relevant state authorities to place on record a report specifying the present position of both…
Panaji: For years, Goa’s liquor supply chain has been like a leaking bottle. Premium scotch has been trucked in from Haryana, evading duties worth crores. Goa-manufactured whisky has moved out to Maharashtra disguised as pharmaceutical supplies. And through it all, the state’s excise department has had no reliable way to track a single bottle from…
Panaji: Following a petition from students, the directorate of education (DoE) on Monday issued a circular directing higher secondary schools not to charge more than Rs 100 for prospectus-cum-admission forms.The students had petitioned that some higher secondary schools charge up to Rs 1,000 for the prospectus.“It has been brought to the notice that certain schools…
