Panaji: Govt will launch a carbon calculator under the ‘Net Positive Panchayats’ initiative to assess energy consumption and the state’s carbon footprint. It will also roll out a ‘Green Cooking’ pilot integrated with PM Surya Ghar.Chief minister Pramod Sawant said Goa has set a target of installing 21,200 rooftop solar systems by 2027, generating 65MW…
Margao: Former state Congress president Amit Patkar on Tuesday announced that a massive anti-drug awareness campaign will be launched in Curchorem soon after Ganesh Chaturthi.Patkar said that the town had turned into Goa’s “drugs capital” and said that the local MLA, BJP govt and the chief minister are responsible for Curchorem’s decline into the state’s…
Bicholim: Chief minister Pramod Sawant inaugurated the redeveloped Bicholim bus stand on Tuesday.Built by Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) at Rs 16 crore, Sawant said the bus stand is an important interstate transport hub as the buses from Maharashtra and Karnataka travel via Bicholim.The chief minister said govt was considering linking all bus stands…
Of the four cases, two clubs have been demolished, but two other constructions—despite demolition orders—are yet to be removed Calangute: The Calangute Constituency Forum (CCF) claimed that Goa’s eco-sensitive coastal belt can be protected only if the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) proactively enforces the CRZ notification, 1994, instead of ignoring “blatant violations”.Agnelo Barreto,…
AAP state president Valmiki Naik said on Tuesday that discussions with GFP had progressed significantly. Margao: Talks between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Goa Forward Party (GFP) for a pre-poll alliance ahead of the 2027 assembly elections have reached an advanced stage. GFP, however, made it clear that its suspension of talks with Congress…
Colva: Additional sessions judge Sudhir S Shirgaonkar dismissed the bail application of a man who was arrested for allegedly assaulting another man along with others and causing his death last week.Francisco Dias, along with Greyson Antonio Fernandes, Domnic Fernandes, Ashley Fernandes, Henry Fernandes and others, allegedly formed an unlawful assembly and brutally assaulted an unidentified…
Panaji: From next month, reflective tapes will be fitted on transport vehicles across Goa to make buses, trucks, taxis, goods carriers, and other commercial vehicles more visible at night and reduce the risk of accidents. In July alone, 590 accidents took place at night, compared with nearly 900 during the day.The directorate of transport issued…
Panaji: The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has granted its nod for the construction of a bridge connecting Chorao island in Tiswadi to Salvador-do-Mundo in Bardez over the Mapusa river. GCZMA said a public hearing can be held by inviting stakeholders and residents, and their concerns and suggestions should be noted regarding the project’s…
Christ in a Village, 1958 Hanuman the Monkey God, 1965 Christ in a Village, 1958 Hanuman the Monkey God, 1965 Christ in a Village, 1958 Panaji: ‘Christ in a Village’, a 1958 work by Goan-origin modernist Francis Newton Souza, is estimated to fetch Rs 12-18 crore at Saffronart’s Autumn Auctions this month, making it one…
In contrast, groundwater monitoring stations in South Goa have shown an improving trend Panaji: Despite Goa being categorised as ‘safe’ with only 21.4% of its groundwater resources extracted, groundwater levels are showing a declining trend across the state’s North Goa coastal belt, according to water resources department (WRD) monitoring data collected over the past five…
