Panaji: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the introduction of the Goa Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2026, in the assembly, proposing stringent penalties for religious conversions allegedly carried out through force, coercion, undue influence, allurement, fraudulent means or marriage. The Bill provides for imprisonment of up to the end of life, fines…
The Bill also seeks to enable cooperative societies to file returns online Panaji: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved amendments to the Goa Cooperative Societies Act, 2001, to address long-pending issues involving redevelopment of cooperative housing societies, execution of conveyance deeds and the proposed Society’s Advisory Harmony and Redressal Authority (SAHARA).The Goa Cooperative Societies (Amendment)…
Sporting’s new coach Dipankur Sharma has an AFC ‘A’ license holder with more than a decade of coaching experience across India’s football pyramid Panaji: After experimenting with a foreign coach last season, Sporting Clube de Goa have shown faith in a domestic coach to steer them back into the I-League, now rechristened Indian Football League…
Panaji: After another leopard attack was reported on Saturday night, the residents of Varchawada, Arambol, are planning to approach the Goa Human Rights Commission, accusing the forest department of not doing enough to help them.A leopard was captured on the CCTV camera around 1.30am on Saturday climbing to the first floor of a guest house,…
Panaji: A 20-year-old man from Maharashtra, Tejas Narhare, was arrested by Goa police on Monday in connection with an alleged “digital arrest” scam in which a Canacona resident was cheated of Rs 42.6 lakh.The cyber crime police station registered a first information report (FIR) based on a complaint filed by the Canacona resident. Police said…
Panaji: A 47-year-old woman from Kundaim, originally from Tamil Nadu, lost Rs 2.4 lakh after cyber fraudsters lured her through a fake Facebook advertisement promising housing assistance under the “CM Vijay Talpatate Yojana.”The woman, who lives in Goa with her daughter, came across the advertisement claiming that poor people from Tamil Nadu could receive Rs…
Panaji: Fresh damage to horticultural farms in Pernem has been reported after Omkar, the sub-adult elephant that has repeatedly strayed into Goa from neighbouring Maharashtra since last year, entered the state again over the weekend.The elephant raided farms, fed on crops and felled young dwarf trees before moving towards Tamboxem, where Forest Department teams are…
Panaji: Goa govt is set to introduce a sweeping overhaul of the state’s only jail at Colvale, with dedicated enclosures for transgender prisoners, tighter surveillance to curb organised crime behind bars, probes into sexual harassment, and the creation of open and semi-open correctional institutions.State govt will pass the new Goa prisons and correction service bill…
Panaji: After the NEET (UG) fiasco and a prolonged delay, Goa’s first round of admissions to first-year undergraduate medicine and dental seats will finally be held on Tuesday.With an increase in MBBS seats this year, the directorate of technical education (DTE) will conduct admissions for 250 MBBS seats. Of these, 212 state quota seats will…
Panaji: Scientists at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Dona Paula, Goa are studying some of the ocean’s most unusual marine animals that produce venom to find compounds that could help make new medicines for pain relief, fighting infections, and treating nerve-related diseases.This project began along the coast of Goa with support from the Council of…
