Margao: In an unusual incident, a German Shepherd named Jimmy was allegedly abducted from Borda on June 5, walked all the way to Seraulim by a ragpicker, and was sold for Rs 4,500 before being traced and reunited with his family the same night.The South Goa District Society for Prevention of Cruelty towards Animals (SPCA)…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Murda comunidade to clear all the debris dumped in the mangrove area by June 30. Only 25 truckloads of debris were removed from the site over the past few days, with the HC terming this pace of removal “extremely slow”. It said that a large amount…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Sewerage and Infrastructure and Development Corporation of Goa Ltd to process all sewage connection applications of residents near Mala lake within one week. This is regarding a suo motu PIL concerning large quantities of dead fish found floating in Mala lake.During the hearing on Tuesday, the…
Panaji: The State Road Safety Council, chaired by Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho, on Tuesday deferred the rollout of AI-enabled traffic enforcement cameras across Goa, while confirming that the associated traffic signals will become operational next week.The cameras, installed under the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) project, were originally scheduled to go live on June 16….
A retaining wall is being constructed along the Khandepar river basin at the downstream side of the Opa barrage Ponda: As the river basin couldn’t be emptied due to tidal water in the Khandepar river near Opa barrage, the water resources department (WRD) has deferred levelling the river bed in front of the barrage to…
times news networkPanaji: While National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 implementation has started at the primary and the upper primary levels, the new study methodology and textbooks will come into force from Class IX to XII only later. Some components like the ten subject systems with school assessments subjects have been introduced in Class IX and…
Gauree.Malkarnekar@timesofindia.comPanaji: From this academic year 2026-27, textbooks aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) are now in force in all classes from I to VIII, as per the revised books provided by the NCERT. Local contextualisation has been carried out for the social science subject, known as ‘the world around us’ in primary classes.Director of…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday called for steps to regulate unregistered media personnel in Goa, warning that fly-by-night operators could create confusion and disruption during the 2027 assembly elections.“As elections near, people mushrooming with cell phones pose a risk of undermining the profession,” Sawant said at the Goa Union of Journalists (GUJ) awards…
Panaji: Mining activities in the state are set to get momentum in the next mining session, which will commence after the monsoon, as the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has granted consent to operate to nine companies to export 7.5 million tonnes per annum.The state could only export 20 million tonnes per annum from…
Lack of buzz for World Cup Panaji: The billboards and flex boards have come up. Cut outs have been placed. Some have even termed it as one last dance.While the world starts the countdown to watch Messi, Ronaldo, and Neymar in their country’s jerseys probably for one last time at football’s greatest spectacle, back home…
