Panaji: Tata Power Company Ltd has formally applied for a power distribution licence for Goa.The company has petitioned the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC), which regulates the power sector for Goa, seeking a licence to distribute power to consumers in the state.At present, the state electricity department is the sole distribution licensee.The JERC, hearing the…
Bicholim/Canacona: Fire stations across Goa, particularly in rural areas, remained busy responding to rescue calls on Saturday as heavy rain and strong winds battered the state.The Bicholim Fire Station received around 20 rescue calls between late Friday evening and Saturday evening after trees collapsed at several locations across the taluka.According to fire officials, the estimated…
A GIDC officer said that providing artisans with access to organised workspace, utilities and logistics will be beneficial as these facilities are typically unavailable in home-based settings Panaji: Continuing to focus on cluster-based development, the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has moved to establish a dedicated handicraft cluster at the Verna industrial estate. GIDC has…
Calangute: Two beach clubs in Candolim that were illegally built in the no-development CRZ zone and recently demolished after two years of delay in implementing high court orders have not yet restored the beach, said NGO members who filed the PIL.“As per the HC order, they have to clear all the debris and restore the…
Mapusa: A public passenger shed in Purva ward in the Kasarvarne panchayat has been turned into a garbage dump, triggering outrage among residents and commuters.The bus stop, located in a ward represented by deputy sarpanch Sakshi Naik, is strewn with trash, with waste dumped directly on the seating area.With the rain, the rotting garbage has…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday called on youth and women self-help groups to take up the mantle of being ambassadors for a clean Goa and a green Goa.Sawant said that the state spends crores to maintain trees, shrubs and saplings planted along the highways. He also said that exorbitant funds are paid to…
Margao: AICC general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal on Saturday launched a scathing attack on BJP govt in Goa, alleging chief minister Pramod Sawant was involved in “the biggest scam” in the state, and that land was being grabbed from Goans in the name of development, bypassing local bodies through special rule provisions.Venugopal told reporters…
Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal held a meeting with senior Goa Congress functionaries in Panaji on Saturday Margao: Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal on Saturday held a series of one-on-one meetings with key party functionaries in Panaji, in an exercise seen as an attempt to paper over internal differences and firm up…
Margao: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday hit out at BJP govt’s healthcare model, terming the Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) poorly designed and demanding that the health cover be raised to Rs 10 lakh per family without eligibility restrictions.Addressing the media along with Goa in-charge Atishi, state president Valmiki Naik and other…
Calangute: Akshata alias Rupashree C, the prime suspect in the death of Sandeep Salayam, a tourist from Malpe, Karnataka, in Calangute, was remanded in five days’ police custody by the JMFC, Mapusa, on Saturday.Akshata was arrested in Bengaluru on Friday by Karnataka police and handed over to the Calangute police team on transit remand. She…
