The forest department has seized the logs that were meant to be smuggled out Margao: The range forest office, Quepem, foiled an attempt by teak smugglers to transport logs from two illegally felled trees at Avedem, Paroda.The forest department has booked an offence against unidentified persons for the illegal felling of the trees and seized…
On Tuesday, Goa police busted an alleged fake call centre operating from a villa at Aldeia de Goa in Bambolim and arrested 10 people Panaji: Three months after the Goa police crackdown on fake call centres, such operations are resurfacing in the state. Director general of police (DGP) Alok Kumar said on Thursday that he…
The figure painting features an elongated face sprouting multiple antennae‒ like eyes and wearing a strychnine grin Panaji: A 1965 artwork by F N Souza, titled Hanuman the Monkey God, was sold for Rs 15.6 crore at Saffronart’s Autumn Auction, establishing a new global auction record for the highest-value individual work on paper by the…
Panaji: The shelf-like bracket fungi on trees are appearing thin, leathery and shrivelled. While a drying mushroom may seem insignificant, fungi are highly sensitive to forest humidity and depend largely on moisture in the air.“Bracket mushrooms need continuous moisture to grow. Without it, the canopy microclimate can change within hours,” said naturalist Parag Rangnekar. “When…
The PWD has reopened entry and exit points in a staggered manner, but experts say these stopgap measures cannot address fundamental design flaws Panaji: On Sept 11, the day the six-lane elevated corridor opened, the North Goa district road safety committee met in the state capital. Even though the Rs 641-crore flyover was just hours…
Sawant said there were no faults or major changes in the alignment of the elevated road Panaji: Entry to Atal Setu for traffic from Porvorim will be reopened Friday, with chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday saying a complete traffic management solution for the six-lane elevated road at Porvorim would be put in place within…
The Porvorim exit access along the elevated corridor was opened to vehicles descending from the Atal Setu a day earlier Panaji: As part of the plan to reopen entry and exit points to the new six-lane elevated corridor at Porvorim, the entry near Hotel Neo Majestic was opened on Thursday, allowing vehicles to get onto…
On Sept 21, chief minister Pramod Sawant held a review meeting with PWD minister Digambar Kamar, Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte, Mapusa MLA Joshua de Souza and the DGP, Traffic SP, PWD engineers and other authorities to discuss the safe reopening of the Porvorim elevated corridor Panaji: “A six-lane over a four-lane road, it is a…
Sunil Chhetri had an astonishing career for India with 95 goals in 157 matches Bengaluru: Sunil Chhetri doesn’t know what it will be like to be at the Sree Kanteerava stadium here on Friday.For years, Sree Kanteerava stadium has been home to India’s most capped footballer. It is here that fans started to call him…
Based in Slovenia, goalkeeper Som Kumar trains with the national team in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Panama coach Thomas Christiansen was pleasantly surprised to see Ryan Williams in the hotel lobby and stopped to chat for a while, before his pre-match media interaction on Thursday.The two have known each other from their time in England. Christiansen coached…
