Panaji: Goa’s manufacturing sector has urged state govt to provide a minimum 12-month transition period for implementing the new Goa Rules under the four labour codes and to hold consultations with industry, labour and other stakeholders before finalising them.Govt has circulated the draft rules to industry bodies, business organisations and other stakeholders for feedback.Industry representatives…
The complex includes a football pitch, 1,350-seater covered stands, a multi-purpose lawn, children’s play area, and outdoor gym Panaji: The Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA) has decided to scrap its move to hand over the football ground at Campal to a private operator for a 10-year period. The GSUDA has moved a file to…
Chandrahas Desai additional director of agriculture Panaji: Chandrahas Desai assumed charge as additional director of agriculture on Wednesday, succeeding Sandeep Fol Desai, following an order issued by the department of personnel directing him to take charge from July 1. He will continue to serve as managing director of the Goa State Horticulture Corporation Limited (GSHCL).Desai…
Margao: The Aam Aadmi Party, which has made attacking the Congress central to its politics in Delhi, Punjab and Gujarat, is now ready to join hands with the same Congress to take on BJP in the 2027 Goa assembly polls.The party on Wednesday named a three-member team to conduct alliance negotiations on its behalf: state…
Panaji: Govt has extended the services of Goa Medical College dean, Dr J P Tiwari, by three months following his retirement on June 30. An order issued by joint secretary (personnel), Nancy Fernandes, states that the extension will last until Sep 30, subject to vigilance clearance, finance department concurrence, and cabinet approval. Tiwari was appointed…
Times News NetworkPanaji: A tourist from Karnataka, Sandeep Salayam, was found dead in his hotel room at Calangute late Tuesday night. Salayam, a former driver of an ex-Karnataka minister, was rushed to a nearby hospital on Tuesday and declared ‘brought dead’.Police said an unidentified woman had joined Salayam in his room after he arrived in…
Croatia will be up against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in the Round of 32 on Saturday Croatia’s record at the FIFA World Cup since finishing third for the first time in 1998, is bettered only by former champions France and Germany. In six editions, they’ve ended runners-up, have had two third place finishes and are now…
A private ambulance equipped with an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and a trained paramedic costs between Rs 6,000 and Rs 8,000 per match. 981 inter-village matches were held last year Panaji: The Goa Football Association (GFA) has said suggestions that it should provide a dedicated ambulance with advanced life support at every match ignore the…
Panaji: National wind surfing champion Katya Coelho, 26, has become the second Goan sportsperson after Brahmanand Shankhwalkar to have a chapter dedicated to them in the new Class VIII Konkani textbook. The textbook has been created and is being implemented from this academic year under the National Education Policy (NEP).Director of the state council for…
Panaji: A Pocso court has sentenced a man to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl in 2024. The girl was found to be four months pregnant. Her mother asked her to undergo an abortion, but she refused and said she wanted to continue the pregnancy.The girl said the relationship was consensual and…
