Panaji: Directorate general of mines safety directed mining companies to take precautionary steps, including the constitution of a monitoring cell, to avoid any untoward incident at mines during the monsoon. The monitoring cell shall plan, monitor and prevent the possibility of any untoward incidents.At present, five mines are operational in the state and the directorate…
Priyangka marked her return to football after recovering from ACL injury with two goals and an assist Margao: India, as expected, cruised to a 11-0 win against Maldives in their SAFF Women’s Championship 2026 opener but there’s a reason why coach Crispin Chettri wasn’t entirely happy at the Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Monday.“I think…
Colva: Colva police have arrested three people in connection with the murder of Shashi Lakra, 27, at Mobor, Cavelossim.Police said Sanjay Manjhi, Asish Kumar and Jagnandan Sidar, along with Lakra, hailed from Chhattisgarh and were employed on a trawler stationed at Betul jetty.According to investigators, on Saturday afternoon, four men had taken the trawler across…
Panaji: The Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (Goa-SEIAA) has granted additional time to the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) at Dhargalim, Pernem, to explain why it failed to pay the pending penalty amount imposed for violations during the construction of the institute.The accountant general (audit) for Goa state, through a letter dated Feb…
Panaji: The Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (Goa-SEIAA), at a recent meeting, said that project proponents required to prepare an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report or environmental management plan (EMP) must engage accredited environmental consultant organisations from the relevant sector and category.The Goa-SEIAA decided that “wherever EIA or EMP is required to be prepared…
Ponda: A small section of the 750-mm cast iron rising main pipeline supplying the 54MLD water treatment plant near Opa Water Works detached near a mechanical joint at Curti hill, leaving several areas in four talukas without water on Monday.The drinking water department began repairs on a war footing. Work is expected to be completed…
Nepal defeated Bhutan 1-0 in the opening match of the SAFF Women’s Championship at Fatorda, on Monday Margao: Nepal were made to huff and puff their way past Bhutan as last edition’s finalists secured a 1-0 win in the opening match of the SAFF Women’s Championship at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, on Monday.Gita Rana’s strike that…
Mapusa: Traffic on the Goa-Maharashtra highway came to a standstill at the Patradevi-Banda checkpost on Monday morning after residents from Sawantwadi blocked the road for nearly an hour over an alleged assault on a family at Mandrem beach in Goa.The protest was triggered by an incident on Sunday involving a family from Sawantwadi on vacation…
Margao: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday pledged to secure political reservation for Scheduled Tribes in the state legislature ahead of the 2027 assembly elections.Sawant made the commitment while addressing a gathering of tribals at the ‘Prerana Din’ function in Quepem, organised in memory of Dilip Velip and Mangesh Gaonkar, who laid down their lives…
Margao: Power minister Ramakrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar on Monday hit back at the opposition over its criticism of the smart meter rollout in Goa, asking Congress and AAP to first address the issue in states where they are in office before raising a hue and cry in Goa.Dhavalikar said the smart meter implementation was under way…
