Margao: The general body meeting of Gomantak Bhandari Samaj, held in Panaji on Sunday, was dominated by a sharp demand to halt the issuance of caste certificates by the samaj body and to conduct elections within the next four months. The meeting was convened after the Bombay high court granted permission to administrator Sakharam Naik…
Ponda: A Sunday outing turned tragic when a 21-year-old IIT Goa student from Ladakh went missing and is feared to have drowned in the Okamb rivulet at Dharbandora. Imtiyaz Hussain, part of a group of around eight youths on a picnic, had ventured into the rivulet behind the Sanjivani sugar factory for a swim, but…
Panaji: Goa continued to experience sweltering conditions on Sunday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recording a maximum temperature of 36°C while the “feels like” temperature surged to a scorching 47.3°C during peak afternoon hours.Weather experts attributed the oppressive heat to the near absence of pre-monsoon showers across the state this summer season.“Traditionally, May is…
Margao: With the southwest monsoon fast approaching, residents living along the banks of the Sal river have raised an alarm over the unchecked spread of water hyacinth across large stretches of the river. They have urged the water resources department (WRD) to undertake and complete de-weeding operations before the rains set in.The concern stems from…
Vasco: Dabolim airport police arrested on Sunday an Afghan for travelling on a forged Indian passport.Police said a wing in charge of the bureau of immigration at Goa International Airport, Dabolim, Shanigaram Sriharsha, filed a complaint that Iwraj Hiro, an Afghan, presently residing in Delhi, was caught while travelling on a forged Indian passport and…
Bicholim: Former chief justice of Allahabad high court of the Enough is Enough movement said that the group is not against development, but is opposed to those who bend and break laws to push projects.“We are not against any individual, a political party or development,” said Rebello at a public meeting in Karapur on Sunday….
Panaji: In a bid to curb human-animal conflict in Goa, state govt has begun mapping human-animal conflict hotspots across villages and forest-fringe areas. According to the forest department, the mapping process is being carried out using records from agriculture and waste management departments, along with complaints registered with forest authorities to identify vulnerable locations and…
Panaji: The town and country planning (TCP) department has issued yet another set of corrections in the Regional Plan under Section 39A of the TCP Act, proposing the conversion of more than 25,000sqm of land. Spread across Bardez, Pernem, Salcete, and Bicholim, the land parcels are currently classified as natural cover, orchard land, and no-development-slope…
Panaji: The directorate of mines and geology (DMG) has received a total of 110 bids for 24 low-grade iron ore dumps which have been put up for auction in the second phase. Director Narayan Gad said that around 50 companies have submitted their bids for the dumps, and some have submitted multiple bids.Gad said that…
Ponda: Ponda police on Saturday arrested Suhana Naik, 36, from Bhandarwada-Amona for allegedly cheating three people from a single family of Rs 18 lakh by promising them jobs in the health department.Police said Naik, employed on a contractual basis in a govt department, cultivated a network of contacts, and approached peopel from Usgao, promising them…
