Colva: Salcete is the heartbeat of Goan football. No other taluka has as much passion for the sport as this little cluster of villages, which accounts for 44% of all professional minutes by Goan players in the top two tiers of Indian footballIn Salcete, Colva is hard to miss. It’s known for its beach, traditional…
A single machine can assist in harvesting up to 300 trees a day Screenshot Panaji: With traditional toddy tappers and coconut climbers becoming increasingly scarce, farmers in Goa are finding it difficult and expensive to get their coconut palms harvested. To address the problem, a petrol-powered mechanical climbing machine is now being tested in the…
Panaji: The Sangeet Natak Akademi has proposed that the Goa govt establish a tiatr-related academic centre in Delhi to promote research and help take tiatr closer to Unesco recognition.Sangeet Natak Akademi deputy secretary (Drama) Suman Kumar said tiatr’s inclusion as the 56th element in India’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage should be used as…
Tejpal surrenders in Goa court, to serve 10 years in rape case PANAJI: Former Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal, sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by the Bombay HC last month for raping a junior colleague in a hotel lift in 2013, surrendered before a court in Mapusa, Goa, on Monday.Tejpal had appealed against the order in…
On Aug 28, late in the evening, two unidentified assailants opened fire at Shrinivas Nayak, director of Majestic Pride Group, which operates offshore and onshore casinos in Goa, as he was leaving the hotel for his residence Panaji: The crime branch arrested two more accused in the Porvorim Hotel Neo Majestic shooting case, taking the…
Official sources said that the Quepem market complex has already been commissioned, but that allotment of shops, stalls and offices to the original lessees is still contingent on a set of statutory formalities that remain in process Margao: Seven years after the Quepem Municipal Council (QMC) demolished the old market building to make way for…
Panaji: Onion prices rose to around Rs 70 per kg this week, up Rs 10 from last week, as traders await fresh supply.Traders attributed the increase to limited availability of the new crop and relatively low rainfall.“New stock is coming, but the supply is not coming out much,” said seller Ali Bepari, adding that the…
Male members of the Malik family perform the dance Keri: Fugdi is primarily a folk dance performed by women of all ages, but in Kudne, male members of Malik family in the Kelmekar faction perform it on the second day of Ganesh Chaturthi.At the centuries-old ancestral house in Chauki, the Malik family celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi…
Colva: Colva police registered an offence against four people and over 150 unidentified individuals for allegedly forming an unlawful assembly, trespassing onto a property, damaging fencing, stealing equipment, issuing threats and using abusive language in Cavelossim.Police said Margao resident Sandeep Shinde lodged a complaint on Friday alleging that James D’Costa, Jane D’Costa, Shelton Fernandes and…
Panaji: Goa stands under pressure today between a rapidly-warming Arabian Sea and a Western Ghats landscape facing growing developmental strains. Climate change is intensifying heat, extreme rainfall, flooding, and coastal risks, while unplanned development is weakening the natural systems that provide protection to communities in Goa, said climate scientist Roxy Mathew Koll on Sunday in…
