Margao: Cutting across party lines, members of the Scheduled Tribe community gathered at Sanguem on Sunday to reiterate their resolve to secure reservation of assembly constituencies ahead of the 2027 legislative assembly elections.The gathering, which saw key functionaries and workers from several political parties from across Sanguem constituency, was held to demonstrate their united determination…
Panaji/Mapusa: The forest department is awaiting the results of a postmortem examination after a year-old leopard cub was found dead in Pernem recently.Speaking on the incident, a senior forest official said a postmortem examination is being conducted and that initial findings would help determine whether additional laboratory testing would be necessary.“At this stage, we do…
Grace Dangmei (right) made 95 appearances for India and scored 24 goals Margao: It was fitting that Grace Dangmei had the captain’s armband when India won the SAFF Women’s Championship for the first time in seven years on Saturday.Grace, 30, captained India in the opening match of the championship but was left out for the…
Under coach Crispin Chettri, India scored 18 goals in the tournament and conceded just one Margao: So, Crispin Chettri’s CV is enhanced, and so is his reputation to take risks.Even before the SAFF Women’s Championship kicked off in Goa, the India coach was clear with his goals: promote juniors, develop Indian football. If there’s a…
The church told its members to plant one tree in their own home, and gift the second one to a Muslim or Hindu neighbour for planting in their homes Panaji: A parish in Ponda turned the state’s call for tree plantation over 90 days during the monsoon into an opportunity to link parishioners with different…
Panaji: While welcoming the govt’s plan to plant 10,000 saplings in 90 days, the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) warned that the initiative could repeat a familiar cycle in which trees planted during the monsoon are later removed for road widening, utility works and infrastructure projects.Without proper planning, species selection and maintenance, plantations…
CM Pramod Sawant (left) met Union home minister Amit Shah (centre) along with North Goa MP Shripad Naik and MLAs from the ST community Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday urged Union home minister Amit Shah that Centre should reserve assembly seats for the ST community before the next assembly elections in 2027.Sawant met…
Panaji: The directorate of archives is conducting trial runs of an online platform that would allow users to search records, submit applications and eventually obtain digital certificates from their homes.A demonstration of the system is expected shortly, with officials expressing confidence that services could go live by next month.The first record series slated for online…
Panaji: For years, researchers, Goans seeking ancestral records, and people tracing historical documents have lamented about the lack of digital access to archival material. The directorate of archives is in the process of completing the digitisation of thousands of documents ranging from land registration records and notary deeds to centuries-old Portuguese documents, official gazettes and…
Panaji: Waste paper from govt departments may soon have a new lease of life, as it will be used to recycle and manufacture books. The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has taken up a pilot project under which approximately 30 metric tonnes of outdated and obsolete textbooks were collected for recycling.Through this process, the waste…
