Panaji: State recorded 28.5 lakh tourists between Jan and March, with events continuing to drive arrivals, said the tourism department on Thursday. However, the war in West Asia has taken a toll on the industry, with hotels and travel agents seeing a decline in arrivals.The department said that the India Energy Week, which brought more…
Ponda: The special land acquisition officer of PWD has invited claims for compensation from owners whose land had been acquired for the widening of the Ponda–Bhoma highway.The officer has acquired an additional land of 46,308sqm for the widening of the road. A notification has been issued, with the area covering the villages of Priol, Veling,…
Panaji: The Bombay high court found that govt officials failed to follow the childcare leave (CCL) policy and directed them to strictly comply with it to ensure its purpose is met.The high court said that even if the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (IPHB), where the petitioner’s wife worked, was understaffed, its director should…
Panaji: The complaint against a nightclub operating in an area categorised as salt pans in Bardez took an unexpected turn. The matter before the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) was being pursued by the complainant entirely through his lawyer, with him never appearing at hearings. The nightclub owners disputed the genuineness of the complainant…
Panaji: The crime branch of the Goa police on Thursday arrested a man from Uttar Pradesh in connection with a viral social media video allegedly showing unidentified men soliciting a woman near the popular Tito’s Lane at Baga, North Goa.Taking suo motu cognisance of the clips circulating online, the crime branch went on to register…
Panaji/Mapusa: Less than 15 days after a fire at Arambol beach gutted six private shacks, six cottages of the Dallas Beach Resort at Ashvem were gutted in a fire on Thursday night.The blaze, which was reported around 8.45pm, quickly engulfed the wooden structures of the resort near the Ajoba temple. While the property sustained extensive…
Margao: Anticipating a major law and order flare-up over the proposed dismantling of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji at Headland Sada, the Mormugao sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Prataprao Gaunkar on Thursday clamped prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.The order effectively bans the assembly of five or more persons and…
Panaji: The Save Old Goa Action Committee has objected to the naming of a historic pillar in Old Goa as “Hath Katro Khambo” in a recent gazette notification, calling it inaccurate. The group submitted photographic evidence showing the monument is identified as “New Pillory” and hundreds of villagers have signed a petition opposing the name…
Panaji: Unidentified thieves decamped with gold ornaments from a three-storeyed house at Kadamba Plateau.Old Goa PI Gourish Malik said that the incident took place on Sunday night. He said that house owner Rajiv Arora, in his complaint, did not disclosed the value of the gold ornaments that the thieves took.The theft was committed on the…
Bicholim: A 23-year-old man from Vithalapur, Sanquelim, who was observing a fast as a ‘dhond’ ahead of next week’s Lairai jatra at Shirgao, drowned in the Vathadev river on Thursday afternoon when he stepped into it for a holy dip.Police said Damodar Naik was an epilepsy patient and suspect he had a seizure and fell…
