Times News NetworkMargao: In a significant step towards opposition unity ahead of the 2027 assembly polls, Congress and Goa Forward Party (GFP)—until recently seen as being at loggerheads—broke the ice on Saturday, with the two party presidents holding talks on forging a common front against BJP.State Congress president Girish Chodankar and GFP president Vijai Sardesai…
Pernem alone accounts for just over 51% of area proposed for conversion Panaji: More than half of the 71,861sqm of land proposed for conversion to settlement zone under the latest set of applications processed under Section 39A of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act is concentrated in Pernem taluka, underscoring the continuing development pressure…
Jamshedpur’s senior team is currently participating in the Durand Cup Panaji: Nine years after successfully bidding for Jamshedpur to have its own franchise in the Indian Super League (ISL), Tata Steel has withdrawn its team, Jamshedpur FC, from the top tier football league.The steel giants won the bid with Jamshedpur in 2017. Since then, the…
Rainfall records of the past five years show Goa received 1,171mm in July 2022, 1,777mm in July 2023, 1,986mm in July 2024 and 1,186mm in July 2025 Panaji: July 2026 has gone down as one of Goa’s driest Julys in recent years , with the state receiving just 662.2mm of rainfall during the month—almost half…
Panaji: Sustainable construction, climate-smart materials, energy efficiency are polity priorities for state govt, said chief minister Pramod Sawant at the National Conference on Goan Architecture & Sustainability that was held in the national capital on Friday.Addressing policymakers, architects, urban planners, sustainability experts and construction industry representatives, Sawant said that new technologies need to be harnessed…
Margao: The dhangar community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status is snowballing into a statewide movement, with the community drumming up support from across Goa ahead of its Aug 15 deadline for govt to act on the over two-decade-long demand.Publicised as a mega event, a dhangar convention has been organised in Bicholim on Saturday ….
Govt has come out with SOPs for regulating the import of minor minerals from outside the state for export from Goa Panaji: State govt has taken a decision to allow export of minor minerals from Goa. It will charge Rs 65 per metric tonne of minor mineral exports from the state. Minor minerals include ordinary…
Panaji: Revenue minister and Panaji MLA Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate visited Santa Cruz on Thursday and announced that he would open his office to serve the people of Santa Cruz. This created speculation in political circles about him exploring an option to contest the next assembly election from there.The constituency’s incumbent MLA, Rodolfo Fernandes, had joined…
The unit will function from the VSESA wing at Van Bhawan, Panaji Panaji: Govt has established a dedicated project management unit (PMU) at the forest department head office, Van Bhawan, Altinho, to streamline compensatory afforestation processes and assist agencies seeking forest land diversion for non-forestry projects. The decision follows a communication from the forest conservation…
Human rights body took cognisance of TOI report Panaji: Acting on a TOI report highlighting the water woes of Arpora residents, the Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) on Friday recommended that the department of drinking water be designated the sole agency to receive complaints of water shortages and accept payments for road cutting, to avoid…
