Panaji: Vishvesh Naik on Tuesday resigned as RG’s general secretary and also gave up his primary and founding memberships. His departure came after the lone RG St Andre MLA, Viresh Borkar, said on Monday that he had dissolved all committees and that Naik’s order terminating his primary membership was null and void.A day after his…
Times News NetworkMargao: Authorities on Tuesday shifted 102 cattle from the demolished Dhyan Foundation gaushala at Deusa, Quepem, to a recognised gaushala in Bicholim after the animal welfare organisation failed to comply with govt’s order to relocate the animals.The relocation was carried out by officials from the directorate of animal husbandry and veterinary services after…
Chirag Yadav won 111 points, the fourth-highest tally overall, at Nations Cup Panaji: Chirag Yadav remembers the loss against Indonesia in the semifinals, more than any other game in the AVC Nations Cup at Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Ahmedabad.The national volleyball team strung together five wins against New Zealand, Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, Australia and Bahrain…
Gauree.Malkarnekar@timesofindia.comPanaji: Twenty-five years after it became operational, one of Goa’s five engineering institutes, Shiroda-based Shree Rayeshwar Institute of Engineering & Information Technology (RIEIT), asked state govt not to admit students to first year to all four of its engineering programmes for the new academic year 2026-27. The decision comes after the private engineering college consistently…
The chief minister said that unregistered borewells will be fined by govt Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said state govt has now made it mandatory for those who dig borewells to undertake water conservation measures, with the help of engineers of the water resources department. He said that if ground water recharge measures…
Panaji: Even as talks continue between state and Union govts over how many villages should be notified as Western Ghats ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs), the environment ministry’s draft notification proposes declaring 108 villages in Goa as ESAs, spread across 1,461sqkm.Goa govt had urged Centre in 2024 to drop around 21 villages from the prospective list,…
Margao: State govt has appointed a new district magistrate for Kushavati, withGurudas Desai taking over as the collector of the newly notified district. Desai will also hold additional charge as managing director of the Goa Human Resource Development Corporation (GHRDC).Desai, who was serving as additional collector-I, North, with additional charge of the GHRDC, will be…
Ponda: At least 50 residents of Sapana colony in Bethora, Ponda, gheraoed drinking water department officials on Monday over continued irregular water supply. They threatened a “Ghagar Morcha” after four days if the supply is not normalised.Despite assurances from chief minister Pramod Sawant, residents have not regularly received water for the past three months.Villagers met…
Panaji: Power minister and Marcaim MLA Ramkrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar on Monday said that the decision regarding the permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa project lies with state govt.“Govt will discuss the issue and then decide. That it was opposed in the gram sabha does not mean it will not happen because…
The officer said that once the casino rules are notified, the gaming commissioner will be fully functional Panaji: The notification and implementation of the Goa Public Gambling Rules to regulate casino operations in the state may have to wait until a new govt forms in the state, as the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling…
