Margao: Congress and RG on Saturday announced that they have come together “in principle” for a pre-poll alliance to take on BJP in the 2027 assembly election.RG president Shavina Shirodkar and Congress state president Girish Chodankar told reporters that the over three-hour meeting that preceded the briefing centred on issues that would form the common…
Margao: AAP and GFP are set to seal their pre-poll alliance in Goa, with AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal likely to formally announce the tie-up on Sunday.Kejriwal on Saturday posted on his official X handle, “Am going to Goa today to make a very big announcement.”While the seat-sharing arrangement between the two parties is yet…
Colva: A South Goa sessions court granted bail to Mohandas Sawant Dessai of Curchorem, who was arrested by the Economic Offences Cell (EOC) in June in connection with alleged financial irregularities at Ashtagandha Urban Cooperative Credit Society.According to the prosecution, the EOC registered a case in 2024 under various IPC provisions, alleging that before 2023…
Times news networkPanaji: Even as a number of court orders exposed investigating officers adopting a casual approach to test identification parades (TIPs) in rape and murder cases resulting in acquittals, Goa police maintained that parades are not mandatory in all cases but directed the investigating officers to conduct those promptly, especially where the accused is…
Margao: Nearly nine months after chief minister Pramod Sawant’s Dec 19, 2025 deadline to clear all pending claims under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) lapsed, the tribal welfare department has told the state legislative assembly that no fresh timeline has been fixed to dispose of the 4,467 claims still pending across the state, more than…
Early on the second day of the festival, women would play Davali and Maand to create folk music and sing traditional songs. The ritual was believed to awaken Ganapati from his night’s sleep Keri: Women working in agro-horticultural fields in Sattari and its surrounding areas once used everyday household utensils such as Davali and Maand…
Panaji: During inspections of sweet and farsan manufacturers in Bardez, the food and drugs administration (FDA) destroyed 320kg of farsan worth Rs 64,000 and 185kg of mawa worth Rs 37,000 prepared in unhygienic conditions.The mawa was found being stored without proper refrigeration and other items were found stored without any packing in open cardboard boxes…
Panaji: Goa Forward Party (GFP) has urged govt to immediately initiate steps to fill all 58 vacant deputy superintendents of police (DySP) posts in Goa police. In a letter addressed to chief secretary V Candavelou, GFP president Vijai Sardesai also asked govt to expedite the pending promotion process of eligible police inspectors.“Ensure that promotions are…
The sapling distribution, dressed up as a green initiative timed to the festive season, is only the latest in a string of high-visibility activities Gauns Dessai has undertaken in the constituency over the past few months. Margao: For years, it’s been something of a ritual. Ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi, Curchorem MLA Nilesh Cabral delivers grocery…
Canacona: An eight-foot-long python weighing 25-30kg was rescued on Friday morning after becoming entangled in old fishing nets used as fencing behind a house at Talpona in Canacona. Local fisherman Anil Keluskar spotted the reptile struggling in the net, alerted villagers and informed the forest department.Harish Chodankar of the Canacona range, who freed the python,…
