Panaji: Union ministry of information & broadcasting has appointed filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker as the festival director for the 57th edition of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi), to be held in Goa in Nov.“I feel privileged to have witnessed the evolution of this festival. From attending it in 1984 to continuing my association over…
Panaji: The 2026 edition of the Campus Bird Count (CBC), a growing citizen-science initiative conducted as part of the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), recorded an impressive global turnout this year, with 395 participating campuses, 2,382 eBirders, 558 bird species and 20,874 checklists submitted.In the state, 12 institutions took part in the exercise, collectively…
Panaji: Labour Day was marked by demands for better working conditions in the state. The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) general secretary Christopher Fonseca criticised govt for overlooking the eight-hour workday system and instead forcing workers to work 12-hour shifts.AITUC has called for scrapping the contract labour system and demanded a minimum monthly wage…
Margao: A 130-bedded working women’s hostel being built at the Cuncolim industrial estate under a central govt scheme faces an uncertain future after the Goa Industrial Development Corporation’s (GIDC) board flagged a sharp cost escalation and asked state govt to consider either scrapping the project or shifting it to an alternative location.The project, funded under…
Panaji: To systematically identify, document, digitise, and scientifically conserve manuscripts across the country, many of which remain scattered in private collections, temples, institutions, and archives, Goa govt has constituted a state-level standing committee that will facilitate the implementation of the national manuscripts survey. With this move, Goa joins other states across the country in operationalising…
Panaji: Union ministry of information & broadcasting has appointed filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker as the festival director for the 57th edition of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi), to be held in Goa in Nov.“I feel privileged to have witnessed the evolution of this festival. From attending it in 1984 to continuing my association over…
Panaji/Valpoi: After the family of a 28-year-old man and members of the community led a morcha to the Valpoi police station on Friday, the police sub-inspector (PSI) investigating the case was transferred to the reserve line at the North Goa district headquarters. The family of the deceased man, Moin Shaikh, alleged that the investigating officer…
Panaji: Tempted by promises of money being doubled, Goans have invested in chit funds, dubious schemes and other frauds that have left them poorer by more than Rs 500 crore over the last seven years, said chief minister Pramod Sawant here on Friday.Citing data from the Economic Offences Cell, Sawant said the amount could go…
Panaji: As many as 1,584 public representatives, including zilla panchayat members, councillors of the City Corporation of Panaji (CCP), municipal councillors and village panchayat members, failed to submit mandatory statements of assets and liabilities for 2023-24 to the Lokayukta. In contrast, all MLAs filed their disclosures for the same period.Pratibha Dessai, registrar at the lokayukta,…
Jamshedpur players try to stop FC Goa’s Muhammed Nemil on Friday Panaji: Manolo Marquez was left fuming after Jamshedpur FC defender Pratik Chaudhari was only shown the yellow card, despite, in the eyes of the FC Goa coach, denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to Muhammed Nemil early in the first half.“It’s a very clear red…
