Panaji: A special court directed charges be framed under the NDPS Act against Sukdev Koli and Ravindar Bhil of Maharashtra after they were allegedly found in possession of 29.6kg ganja.According to the prosecution, they two men were caught with the drugs near the Duler petrol pump in Mapusa in June last year by crime branch…
Panaji: The Phase-I of Census 2027, House Listing Operations (HLO), held from April 16 to May 15 in Goa, was completed recently.For the first time, the Census was carried out across the state using a dedicated mobile application. Preparations for the next phase of Census 2027 are in progress and further details will be announced…
Panaji: A Mapusa court held that the arrest of a Ukrainian national for allegedly staying in India without a valid visa was unnecessary and that the police should instead have sent him to the foreigners regional registration office (FRRO) to complete the required formalities.41-year-old Ukrainian national Dmytro Stepanov said he was stopped near Mandrem police…
Panaji: The new building of the Goa state museum will be reconstructed within a year. “We will reconstruct the museum as soon as possible and exhibit its 10,000-odd artefacts,” chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday.“In addition, we will have a dedicated gallery for people to showcase their personal collections to the public,” he said…
Panaji: Over 10 crore sqm of land, including agricultural land, salt pans, khazans, and low-lying areas, will be declared no development zones (NDZ), said town and country planning (TCP) minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday following a TCP board meeting. He also said that the department would not grant any technical permissions for construction within religious…
Panaji: In the shadow of an escalating US-Iran conflict and a volatile geopolitical moment, PM Narendra Modi issued an appeal that landed squarely in the holiday plans of millions of Indians: avoid unnecessary foreign travel, skip the destination wedding abroad, and turn instead to the extraordinary diversity of destinations within the country. It forced a…
Panaji: Seventy-four-year-old Isaac Sayed’s day starts with namaz at pre-dawn, after which he starts his yellow-black motorcycle and heads to the busy streets of Margao, just as he has done for more than five decades. He spends long hours riding through the heat and traffic in search of passengers. Despite over 55 years in the…
Panaji: Ambulance drivers have been instructed to shift patients to private hospitals only if relatives provide written consent, GVK EMRI 108 Goa head Sushma Saini said on Monday. “The reason we ask you to sign the form is so that there’s no lobby going on … because we don’t want ambulances to take you to…
Canacona: By early March, long before summer reached its peak, wells had already dried up across Ziltawadi, a forest village at Gaondongrim, Canacona. In these elevated parts of Goa’s southernmost taluka, tap water is irregular through the year and becomes even more erratic in summer. With wells empty, families are now forced to dig holes…
Keri: The directorate of archaeology has initiated the desiltation of the sacred Koti Tirtha tank in Narve, Divar island.This tank, a testimony of the historic Saptakoteshwar temple built during the period of Goa Kadamba rule, was lost on account of the Portuguese religious persecution. In 1654, the Portuguese authorities issued orders prohibiting residents from visiting…
