Panaji: Twenty-seven-year-old food delivery agent Malappa Nagareddy cannot afford to skip work even for a day. His daily earnings of Rs 1,500 are the sole support for his ailing mother’s medical expenses.A major share of his income goes into petrol enabling him to complete 20-25 deliveries daily, often forcing him to skip meals. With petrol…
Panaji: Pre-monsoon showers brought relief from the scorching summer heat on Tuesday as the maximum temperature dropped by 2°C within a span of 24 hours. The temperature fell from 34.3°C on Monday to 32.4°C on Tuesday, leading to cooler conditions in the state capital.Panaji: Excavation along a 6km stretch of the Old Goa-Pilar road to…
Calangute: Large hotels and under-construction projects in Bamonwaddo, Candolim have been allegedly discharging raw sewage into nullahs flowing through agricultural fields, causing pollution, local farmers have said. They claim the issue persists despite complaints to authorities.Local farmer Piedade D’Souza said, “The sarpanch and ward members had come and promised that they would do something, but…
Panaji: The directorate of panchayats has dismissed an application by a resort owner at Saunta Vaddo, Calangute, who challenged a demolition order of the Calangute village panchayat after 14 years.The owner went to the director of panchayats seeking condonation of delay of 5,231 days to appeal against a 2011 demolition order of illegal structures.The additional…
Panaji: Excavation along a 6km stretch of the Old Goa-Pilar road to replace a decades-old water pipeline has turned the key link into a perilous route for motorists and pedestrians, even as pre-monsoon activity intensifies.The digging work from Azossim through Mandur and Neura to Pilar over the past few weeks has raised heavy dust in…
Panaji: The Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) awards for 2025 were announced on Tuesday, recognising exemplary contribution in the field of conservation of biodiversity and environment.TOI reporter Gauree Malkarnekar was named winner of the Green Journalist award of the Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) for “playing a vital role in highlighting Goa’s environmental concerns and…
Panaji: The issues of an illegal reclamation in khazan land, non-functioning of the local biodiversity management committee (BMC), and a five-hour power outage in the village dominated a heated gram sabha of Neura panchayat on Sunday.The members were agitated over damage to the underground power cable during excavation work for a new water pipeline.The five-hour…
Panaji: A North Goa court has convicted Suraj Kurtikar, Kishor Kurtikar and Ulhas Kavlekar from Mandur and Azossim in a 2020 assault case and has ordered them to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 each and compensation of Rs 3,000 each to each of the victims.The prosecution said the accused persons abused Ashish Naik and…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said work force entering the state for work during the monsoon will be screened, as they are often found to be carriers of malaria.“Health department will keep checking for vector-borne diseases. Before renting out premises, blood tests should be compulsorily conducted and proper tenant verification must be carried…
Bicholim: The pre-monsoon works have started in full swing in Bicholim town, with labourers deployed across different wards to ensure timely completion.Vasco: A major landslide near Mormugao harbour on Monday afternoon claimed the life of a worker and injured another during retaining wall work along the national highway.The victim, Manoranjan Bind from Jharkhand, was trapped…
