Goa needs to improve credit-deposit ratio, financial literacy among educated: Sawant

Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday called for improving Goa’s credit-deposit (CD) ratio and strengthening financial literacy, especially among educated professionals, while praising banks for achieving 91% of their annual credit distribution target.Addressing the 133rd State Level Bankers’ Committee meeting, Sawant said Goa’s CD ratio improved from 34.17% in Dec 2025 to 34.62% in…

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Bhagwant Mann on enacting new anti-sacrilege law

Batala: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday described enactment of the state govt’s latest anti-sacrilege legislation as a “service” entrusted to him by “Guru Sahib himself”.Speaking during an anti-drug awareness programme at Sachkhand Nanak Dham, Mann termed the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Amendment Act, 2026 a “historic law”.“I am nobody to…

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Second murder in four days rocks Limbayat

Police intensified combing and patrolling operations in the area Surat: A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death in Limbayat on Wednesday, the second murder in the area in four days, prompting police to intensify patrolling and detain three suspects.According to police, Ashifkhan Pathan (26), was attacked after a quarrel with Kalimuddin Shaikh, Shehzad Siddiqui and…

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