At 31, three-time Olympian Manika Batra has plenty of honours in her kitty Panaji: Manika Batra took time to get into the groove at Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), the country’s franchise-based league.Representing Ahmedabad APL Pipers, the experienced paddler was stunned by 16-year-old debutant Syndrela Das in her opening match, suffered a reverse against another teenager,…
Panaji: In an embarrassment for Goa police, a number of court orders have recently exposed investigating officers taking a casual approach to test identification parades to identify accused persons in rape and murder cases, resulting in acquittals.Advocates and retired senior police officers said that investigation by Goa police officers fail to meet the standards that…
Panaji: Muskaan (name changed), 13, a resident of Chimbel’s Indiranagar slums, recollects telling her construction worker father every day to get her a pizza and cupcakes. But it is only through the short story she recently got to pen that she felt satiated.“I could not have such food in reality but at least I could…
Goa hosted the Formula Street Race Weekend on Feb 14-15 as part of the Indian Racing Festival (IRF) at the Manohar International Airport, Mopa Panaji: While people across the state took to the streets protesting smart meters and high electricity bills, state govt granted ex-post facto approval for the electricity department to bear the full…
The Al voice-bot, hosted on the cloud platform, will handle the majority of incoming citizen calls in Konkani, Marathi, Hindi and English Panaji: State govt will set up an AI-based 24×7 helpline for the public to raise grievances and a 15-seat physical call centre to verify the accuracy of grievance details captured by the bot,…
FPNitesh Rane acquitted in 2013 Goa toll booth vandalism, assault caseA Mapusa court on Thursday acquitted Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane and others in the 2013 Dhargalim-Pernem toll booth vandalism case. The group led by Nitesh was Goa bound when they allegedly refused to pay the Rs 250 toll fee at the booth at Pernem on…
FPNitesh Rane acquitted in 2013 Goa toll booth vandalism, assault caseA Mapusa court on Thursday acquitted Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane and others in the 2013 Dhargalim-Pernem toll booth vandalism case. The group led by Nitesh was Goa bound when they allegedly refused to pay the Rs 250 toll fee at the booth at Pernem on…
Margao: Eight sheds of a gaushala run by Dhyan Foundation at Deusa in Quepem were demolished by unidentified persons in the early hours of Wednesday, triggering a dispute between the animal welfare organisation and the management committee of Shri Damodar Devasthan, Zambaulim, on whose land the shelter stood.Dhyan Foundation alleged that over 150 men trespassed…
The commissioning ceremony for INS Malvan, the second indigenously designed and built Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare shallow water craft, was presided over by Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, Chief of the Air Staff. Panaji: In a veiled critique of the Indian Air Force’s troubled record in indigenous fighter jet and engine development, Air Chief Marshal Amar…
Panaji: A potentially serious incident was narrowly avoided on the Mandovi river when the RoRo ferry Dwarka nearly collided with a traditional ferry as both exited simultaneously from the Ribandar side.Heavy rain had swollen the river, making manoeuvring difficult on the Chorao–Ribandar route.Witnesses said the vessels came dangerously close while leaving the ramp area. The…
