Panaji: A 19-year-old resident of Margao, Yash Mehta, died in a road accident after he was stuck in a car which caught fire on Saturday.Agasaim PI Anant Gaonkar said that the accident took place in the wee hours on Saturday near Sainik Aram Ghar on NH 66.Gaonkar said that 18-year-old Harsh Jain was driving a…
Times News NetworkMargao: In a significant step towards opposition unity ahead of the 2027 assembly polls, Congress and Goa Forward Party (GFP)—until recently seen as being at loggerheads—broke the ice on Saturday, with the two party presidents holding talks on forging a common front against BJP.State Congress president Girish Chodankar and GFP president Vijai Sardesai…
Panaji: Every Oct, Goa braces for the usual arrival of charter tourists, hotel bookings, newlywed couples, and lately, the onslaught of negative opinions in the comments section. Having taken a couple of blows over the past two years, this year, the state’s tourism department has decided to go on the offensive.According to an internal note…
Rainfall records of the past five years show Goa received 1,171mm in July 2022, 1,777mm in July 2023, 1,986mm in July 2024 and 1,186mm in July 2025 Panaji: July 2026 has gone down as one of Goa’s driest Julys in recent years , with the state receiving just 662.2mm of rainfall during the month—almost half…
Panaji: Sustainable construction, climate-smart materials, energy efficiency are polity priorities for state govt, said chief minister Pramod Sawant at the National Conference on Goan Architecture & Sustainability that was held in the national capital on Friday.Addressing policymakers, architects, urban planners, sustainability experts and construction industry representatives, Sawant said that new technologies need to be harnessed…
Margao: The dhangar community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status is snowballing into a statewide movement, with the community drumming up support from across Goa ahead of its Aug 15 deadline for govt to act on the over two-decade-long demand.Publicised as a mega event, a dhangar convention has been organised in Bicholim on Saturday ….
Govt has come out with SOPs for regulating the import of minor minerals from outside the state for export from Goa Panaji: State govt has taken a decision to allow export of minor minerals from Goa. It will charge Rs 65 per metric tonne of minor mineral exports from the state. Minor minerals include ordinary…
Panaji: Revenue minister and Panaji MLA Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate visited Santa Cruz on Thursday and announced that he would open his office to serve the people of Santa Cruz. This created speculation in political circles about him exploring an option to contest the next assembly election from there.The constituency’s incumbent MLA, Rodolfo Fernandes, had joined…
The unit will function from the VSESA wing at Van Bhawan, Panaji Panaji: Govt has established a dedicated project management unit (PMU) at the forest department head office, Van Bhawan, Altinho, to streamline compensatory afforestation processes and assist agencies seeking forest land diversion for non-forestry projects. The decision follows a communication from the forest conservation…
Panaji: RG’s disciplinary committee has issued a formal notice to former party treasurer Ajay Kholkar, directing him to appear before the committee as part of ongoing disciplinary proceedings. The notice was issued by the disciplinary committee late on Thursday.Given that the party’s central executive committee (CEC) had leveled allegations against 10 suspended members (Aditya Dessai,…
