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…
Panaji: Scientists from the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) have documented tumor-like skeletal growths in Turbinaria corals for the first time anywhere in the world, warning that the abnormalities could threaten coral health and the marine ecosystems that depend on them.Known as skeletal tissue growth anomalies (STAs), the abnormal, bulbous growths have previously been…
Leon Mendonca won back-to-back Global Chess League titles with two different teams Panaji: Goa’s Leon Mendonca was part of the Ganges Grandmasters’ title-winning campaign in the Global Chess League (GCL), and the victory, his second in as many years, carried a special significance.“Winning back-to-back Global Chess League titles with two different teams makes this incredibly…
Panaji: BJP Curchorem MLA and former minister Nilesh Cabral said he may have to rethink whether to seek the party ticket for the 2027 assembly elections, claiming BJP did not adequately recognise his work after he stepped down as a minister on party orders.In an interview with Prudent Media, Cabral said that despite being a…
Panaji: GFP’s decision to walk out of an alliance with Congress and join hands with AAP has provided Goan voters with a flashback of 2017, when GFP aligned with BJP despite winning on an anti-BJP plank, said state Congress president Girish Chodankar.He said the GFP-AAP tie-up went against the electorate’s sentiments, and that local NGOs…
Borkar has insisted that none of the MLAs who defected should be allowed to join the alliance Panaji: The Congress and the Revolutionary Goans (RG) have reached an in-principle agreement to contest the 2027 Goa assembly elections together, but the proposed alliance is contingent on the Congress committing to RG’s Person of Goan Origin agenda…
Among the Sanvordekars, each family’s turn to celebrate Chaturthi comes only after several years Every Ganesh Chaturthi, Goa quietly witnesses a different kind of pilgrimage. Across villages, families return not only to celebrate, but to the place where their stories began — ancestral homes that hold vows, rituals, and memories older than anyone present. In…
Canacona: Women from remote villages of Gaondongrim, Cotigao, Poinguinim, Shristhal, Agonda and Loliem have been brought together in a women-led farmer producer organisation (FPO) as part of a beekeeping initiative to earn additional income. About 300 women are involved, with proposed annual honey production of 40 kg per woman.The objective is to build a complete…
India head coach Khalid Jamil had named 26 probables for the three friendlies against five-time world champions Brazil, two-time world champions Uruguay and FIFA World Cup 2026 participants Panama Panaji: India coach Khalid Jamil has been forced to call for an additional cover in defence after only 16 players reported for training on the first…
