Panaji: Despite Goa continuing to record below-normal monsoon rainfall this season, the state has received enough rain to sustain agriculture and allied activities, said Parveen Kumar, director of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-CCARI).“The state usually gets surplus rainfall, much of which flows into the Arabian Sea. Though rainfall is…
The three-day tournament starting August 14 will feature 120 of India’s leading young volleyball players at the refurbished Don Bosco Oratory Indoor Court in Panaji Panaji: Goa Guardians, the Goan franchise in the Prime Volleyball League (PVL), have announced a national under-21 volleyball tournament with participation from all 10 franchises.The three-day tournament starting August 14…
Margao: Luiza Fernandes, who had eluded Margao police for six days after the abduction of her husband Sanjeel Kudchadkar, was arrested on Wednesday. She was traced to Karwar and brought to Margao, where she was formally taken into custody.Police said Fernandes had been admitted to a civil hospital in Karwar and was kept under watch….
Mapusa: Goa excise department officials intercepted a liquor smuggling attempt late Tuesday night and seized over 200 boxes of illicit liquor at Satarde, Naibag-Poroscodem in Pernem.The vehicle, carrying consignments of local liquor brands allegedly concealed beneath fertiliser bags, was travelling from Karwar to Satara in Maharashtra.The driver was taken into custody. Excise officials said the…
Panaji: Goa’s only zoo, at Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, has recorded births of five species under its conservation breeding programme so far this year.The births include a female sambar deer on Jan 16, a female blackbuck on Feb 2, a female spotted deer on March 4, a male gaur calf on April 4, and a jackal…
Panaji: A day after the Union environment ministry issued a draft notification proposing the declaration of 108 villages in Goa as Western Ghats ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs), spread across 1,461sqkm, chief minister Pramod Sawant said there remains scope for the state to submit objections.Sawant said the final notification would be issued only after Goa is…
Villagers of Costi gather to pray for shutting down the piggery plant Margao: Residents of Costi-Kalay in Sanguem have protested against a piggery in the village, alleging that it is contaminating local water sources and posing a health risk.A large number of villagers, including women, gathered recently to voice their anger. They warned that authorities…
The demand came a day after authorities began shifting cattle from the demolished gaushala at Deusa Margao: Residents of Zambaulim on Wednesday demanded the closure of the Dhyan Foundation-run gaushala in their village within 15 days, alleging poor sanitation, pollution and a lack of transparency in its functioning.The demand came a day after authorities began…
Margao: The Goa State Amritkal Agriculture Policy, 2025 (GSAAP-2025) has been defined, so far, by its ambitious targets — doubling pulses acreage, soil health cards, cold storage units. But a set of procedural recommendations in the policy’s Part B go to the heart of why farmers say the policy hasn’t translated into relief on the…
Five Bangladeshi nationals arrested in May this year have been named in the chargesheet Panaji: The crime branch on Wednesday filed a nearly 400-page chargesheet in the Dona Paula house dacoity case, naming five Bangladesh nationals arrested in May this year, more than a year after they allegedly tied up two elderly members of the…
