Panaji: Security guards and housekeeping staff employed through the Goa Human Resource Development Corporation (GHRDC) are set to receive a significant pay hike, with state govt deciding to extend the benefits of the 6th Pay Commission to employees who have completed 10 years of service.Chief minister Pramod Sawant said the state govt has decided to…
Panaji: The Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) is set to roll out ultrasonic smart water meters across all industrial estates at a cost of Rs 30 crore. The move is expected to improve water management and boost Goa’s standing under the Centre’s Industrial Park Rating System (IPRS).The proposal, which was approved at Thursday’s GIDC board…
Karapur villagers staged a protest against the mega project in their village, outside the Town and Country Planning office at Patto in Panaji on Friday Panaji: Residents of Karapur-Sarvan, who have been protesting The House of Abhinandan Lodha’s luxury housing project for the past 69 days, brought their agitation to the state capital on Friday…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said that under the 12 years of double engine govt under PM Narendra Modi, the state has seen overall development from expansion of national highways, new trains, upgradation of railways stations, opening of bank accounts, institutions, benefits for fisheries sectors and among others.He said over 2.27 lakh total…
Margao: Police sub-inspectors Sanket Naik and Gaurav Naik were suspended from duty on Friday in connection with the assault on a group of persons at the Maina-Curtorim police station earlier this week.Three police constables – Chetan Koli, Samir Sudhir, and Pundalik Parit – were already suspended earlier in the case pending inquiry.The incident is learnt…
Panaji: Amid protests from MLAs across parties, along with public anger over electricity bills linked to the installation of new smart meters, chief minister Pramod Sawant on Friday put the rollout of new smart meters in the state on hold.The CM told the electricity department to check the bills, and until that is complete, there…
Panaji: The timely onset of the southwest monsoon has finally brought relief to Goa after what meteorologists describe as one of the warmest and most uncomfortable months of May in recent memory.While temperatures were only marginally above normal on average, a prolonged spell of intense heat combined with unusually high humidity and warm nights made…
Removal of the natural storm barriers, the complainant said, has exposed the residents of Moira, Tivim, Colvale, and surrounding low-lying villages to the threat of flooding Mapusa: The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) on Friday inspected a site along the Moira river to examine the destruction of mangroves within the eco-sensitive coastal regulation zone…
Panaji: The directorate of fire and emergency services has outlined a proposal to create an online fire safety training module, which will be used to train fire personnel, volunteers and external agencies. The department expects to spend around Rs 12 lakh for the creation of a virtual training platform to improve capacity-building across the department.The…
Panaji: A test for human papillomavirus (HPV) made at Verna has become the first Indian-made HPV test to meet international scientific benchmarks for cervical cancer screening.Every year, cervical cancer kills an estimated 80,000 Indian women. Globally, the disease claims more than 3,40,000 lives, with the overwhelming burden falling on countries that can least afford the…
