Panaji: State govt on Thursday regularised 300 illegal houses constructed on govt land, comunidade land and land owned by individuals under the Mhaje Ghar scheme. State govt urged the people who have still not applied under the Majhe Ghar scheme to regularise their houses to apply.Chief minister Pramod Sawant said that a total of over…
Panaji: Crime branch of Goa police on Thursday conducted a state-wide verification drive at scrapyards as part of preventive policing and internal security measures. The drive was aimed at verifying workers and identifying any illegal immigrants or people staying or working without valid documents.SP crime branch Rahul Gupta said that nine teams of crime branch…
Panaji: Goa govt has adopted the Centre’s revised dearness relief (DR) rate of 60%, entitling state and family pensioners to an enhanced payout from Jan 1 this year. The arrears accumulated in a five-month period between Jan 1 and May 31 will be credited along with the June pension, according to a gazette notification issued…
TNN Public Grievance Panaji: In July 2022, chief minister Pramod Sawant launched a portal that promised time-bound redressal of public grievances. But almost four years later, the data tells a different story. There are 704 complaints pending for over a year against different departments received on the public grievance redressal portal, as per the state’s…
Gauree.Malkarnekar@timesofindia.comPanaji: As Goa marks World Environment Day on June 5, the state stands out as the only one in India with a comprehensive policy framework in place to tackle climate change. Alongside an approved State Action Plan on Climate Change and a Clean Energy Roadmap, the Goa State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan is in…
Bicholim: Bicholim residents have demanded that at least two doctors be posted on night duty at the Bicholim community health centre (CHC).Social activist Sachin Mayekar said the only doctor on night shift is not able to attend to all the patients. “Patients suffer, or they have to go elsewhere,” he said.On Wednesday, Mayekar said, a…
After 17 years at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Purushottam Kattel joined SAFF as general secretary After 17 years at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), what made you take up the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) job?I saw SAFF as an organisation which has a lot of potential but not explored. I saw a lot…
Bicholim: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday inaugurated the restored 17th-century Sanquelim Fort, a historic structure built by the Sawant Bhonsles, the rulers of Sawantwadi, which had remained neglected for years.The restoration, carried out by the department of archaeology at a cost of Rs 3 crore, is part of state govt’s broader effort to preserve…
The appellant had approached the NGT seeking restoration of the dunes and removal of structures belonging to the alleged violators Panaji: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed a plea seeking restoration of sand dunes allegedly damaged during the construction of an illegal road on Sernabatim beach, upholding an earlier inspection report by the Goa…
Panaji: St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar on Wednesday met North Goa collector Ankit Yadav and submitted a memorandum demanding strict action against illegal hill cutting, land filling and other environmental violations in his constituency. He urged the deployment of flying squads to step up enforcement on the ground.Borkar said a spate of recent incidents in…
