Panaji: In order to address the recurring problem of waterlogging and flooding in Miramar, particularly around Stella Maris Church, the Corporation of the City of Panaji has decided to deploy a submersible pump to draw out stagnant water from the road directly into a drain network further away.In preparation for the monsoons, the corporation has…
Canacona: As part of pre-monsoon preparedness, the cleaning of drains and gutters in various wards of the Canacona Municipal Council began in the Chaudi area on Friday, council chief officer Laxmikant Desai said.To prevent drains from clogging and avoid flooding, Desai is supervising the cleanliness drive, which commenced in Canacona’s main town of Chaudi.Desai said…
Colva: Several villages along the Salcete coastal belt received heavy pre-monsoon showers accompanied by intense thunder, lightning, and gusty winds for nearly half an hour on Saturday evening, leading to power outages.Villages such as Cavelossim, Carmona, Orlim, and Varca experienced power failures, leaving residents without electricity for over two hours after trees collapsed onto 33KV…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday attended the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, where BJP for the first time formed a govt. Sawant congratulated and wished Adhikari a successful tenure in service to the people of Bengal.He said that this marks the beginning of a new era and a new…
Panaji: The Bombay high court has granted activist Swapnesh Sherlekar three weeks to file a reply in the defamation suit filed by House of Abhinandan Lodha Pvt Ltd against him.The HC has asked Sherlekar to justify his statements, which the company said are defamatory. The court has restrained Sherlekar from disseminating statements that are part…
Panaji: A narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances (NDPS) court has sentenced Mukesh Bhagat, a native of Bihar, to simple imprisonment of one month under the NDPS Act after he pleaded guilty for ganja possession. In 2022, Porvorim police, led by PSI Sitaram Malik, had found the accused and another with ganja weighing 2.5kg, worth Rs…
Panaji: A narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (NDPS) court has directed police to frame charges against four people— Kapil Jhaveri, Ana Lilia Nucamendi Gonzalez, Eva Abraham Ova and Tony Fernandes— in connection with a narcotic raid in Aug 2020 at a villa at Anjuna.During the raid conducted on Aug 16, 2020 between 12.15 am and…
Panaji: The West Asia crisis and mounting anxieties over the opening of the Strait of Hormuz have shattered the assumptions underpinning India’s maritime security, a senior ministry of defence official said on Saturday at Vasco.“The new world order is such that there is no order today,” said A. Anbarasu, additional secretary and director general (acquisition)…
Margao: For the first time since the inception of the Indian Super League (ISL), the Derby is likely to decide the title winners in the top tier of Indian football.The Derby between Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan SG and East Bengal is the most followed fixture in Indian football. This season, when the teams face off…
Panaji: Youths from other states prefer to work in fake call centres operated in Goa because of nightlife, weekend parties, enjoyment and the state’s tourist status, Goa police said.The fake call centres have been involved in cheating Americans on the pretext of approving their loans and medical billing advances, among other schemes, through a fake…
