The project aims to create comprehensive infrastructure for a cricket academy and allied sports Panaji: State govt has approved the demarcation of land at Loutolim in Salcete as an investment promotion area (IPA) following a proposal by M/s Venture Building Dreams Private Limited to set up a cricket academy and allied sports arena.The proposed project…
The child rights panel recommended periodic safety inspections of all govt school buildings to prevent incidents that could endanger children Panaji: The Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (GSPCR) has recommended that state govt conduct periodic safety inspections of all govt school buildings to prevent incidents that could endanger students’ lives.The commission inspected…
Participants said the plantation drive was an effort to continue helping preserve these ecologically sensitive habitats Panaji: Environmentalists and volunteers planted around 300 mangrove propagules at Cortalim in memory of Fr Bolmax Pereira to honour his mission of conserving Goa’s fragile coastal ecosystem.Participants said the plantation drive was also an effort to continue helping preserve…
Under existing rules, all nurseries engaged in the production of fruit and ornamental plants are required to register with the agriculture department and obtain a licence Panaji: The directorate of agriculture has announced a crackdown on illegal plant nurseries operating along Goa’s highways, with inspections set to be intensified and legal action initiated against violators.Agriculture…
Chimbel gram sabha unanimously resolved to boycott MLA Rodolfo Fernandes for repeatedly skipping village meetings, despite attending nearby events. PANAJI: Chimbel gram sabha in Tiswadi taluka on Sunday unanimously decided to boycott its MLA Rodolfo Fernandes for failing to attend discussions on important issues of the village.“The MLA has attended just a single gram sabha…
PANAJI: There are three smart classrooms in the aided high school in which Sachin Naik (name changed) teaches in Tudal, Canacona. Like in most schools, the smart classrooms were readied with donations or with funds set aside from govt maintenance grants, after state asked institutes to lay stress on integrating technology into teaching as recommended…
We are now quite aggressive, quite prepared to go inside Pakistani territory and to any length in that territory, said the former Army chief at an event marking 26 years of the Kargil War Panaji: India has permanently shed the doctrine of restraint that shaped its response to Pakistan-backed aggression for decades, former Army chief…
Ponda: Villagers have opposed govt’s acquisition of Katamgal Dada Shrine land for the IIT campus at Farmagudi in Bandora gram sabha. They want the land to be protected as a biodiversity site.Surel Tilve, a local, said the shrine land is a natural water-harvesting site that has kept the land in nearby villages fertile.On June 28,…
The Assolna Xetkarancho Ekvott aims to reclaim nearly one lakh sqm of agricultural land in the village Panaji: Assolna’s fertile fields witnessed the return of agriculture to a landscape that had lain largely abandoned for 40 years. Locals formed a community farming group called the Assolna Xetkarancho Ekvott and launched the ambitious initiative on Sunday…
The newly appointed president alleged that a number of paddy fields owned by the comunidade had changed ownership and land use during the term of the previous managing committee Margao: A day after his appointment as president of the comunidade of Margao was opposed by a section of the components of the comunidade, Patricio Coutinho…
