Sanket Arsekar (left) with Tushar Chikodi Margao: Every week, three times without fail, 28-year-old Tushar Chikodi makes the now-familiar journey to a hospital for dialysis. Both his kidneys have failed. For four years, this gruelling routine has been his life.Watching this unfold has been his close friend, Sanket Arsekar. What began as a feeling of…
The main programme will be held at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the public at 6.30am Panaji: More than two lakh people are expected to participate in the International Yoga Day programme across 1,500 centres, said chief minister Pramod Sawant. The programme will commence at 6am and will continue…
The archaeology department has currently covered the structure with tarpaulin to protect it during the monsoon Panaji: The directorate of archaeology has inspected a partially exposed brick structure found in Cumbharjua after locals unearthed remnants of a buried construction during digging activities. The structure, locally referred to as a ‘Gumbat’, appears to be made of…
Panaji: Eight works by Francis Newton Souza will go under the hammer at the upcoming AstaGuru Collectors Choice Auction on June 22 and 23. In this auction, the 1994 oil on canvas is the highest-valued work in the exhibition valued at Rs 1.5–2.5 crore. It features a dramatic urban landscape with angular buildings, a tree…
Panaji: Goa has emerged as a preferred location for setting up fake call centres that defraud unsuspecting people.Fake call centres are being operated from commercial complexes, bungalows, and residential buildings across Goa, where many properties remain vacant. Over the past month alone, Goa police have raided around four fake call centres operating in the state.According…
Goa police have registered over 17,000 cases of over speeding till May this year, as compared to over 6,000 in first five months of 2025 Panaji: Cases of over speeding have seen a 200% jump in the state and have been a major cause of accidents from Jan to May 2026 as compared to the…
Briefing about the decision Panaji: With no clear decision coming out of the Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (GSEIAA) meeting on Monday, villagers of Karapur-Sarvan demanded that the minutes of its meeting should be uploaded onto the department’s website within two days.In an ultimatum, the villagers said they would hold a massive protest on…
The court also asked the Goa state legal services authority to appoint an advocate under free legal aid to represent the victims’ families in the case before the high court Panaji: The Bombay high court on Monday directed details of deceased employees of Birch by Romeo Lane to be placed before it, to decide on…
Mapusa: Mopa Airport police on Monday arrested three men for allegedly posing as Naga sadhus and cheating a 59-year-old Pernem resident of cash and gold jewellery worth about Rs 1.2 lakh last week.Police arrested Narunath Parasnath Madari, 39, Dipaknath Suramnath Madari, 26, and Jannath Parasnath Madari, 26, after they were intercepted in Maharashtra’s Dhule district…
Panaji: Calling for India’s renewable energy ecosystem to be strengthened and accelerated, Union minister for new and renewable energy Pralhad Joshi called upon the industry to submit a detailed assessment on the potential for repowering ageing wind projects.He said that India aims to achieve an installed capacity of 100GW of wind energy by 2030 from…
