Margao: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) has urged the Union ministry of ports, shipping and waterways to defer the proposed inauguration of a newly constructed terminal building as the “Captain of Ports Department” on June 26, objecting to its current designation.In a letter to the Union minister, GPCC president Girish Chodankar said inaugurating the…
Vasco: Heavy rainfall triggered fresh landslide incidents in Dabolim on Wednesday, with large boulders rolling onto the road from a hillside at Merces Vaddem. No casualties were reported.Continuous rain over the past two days in Mormugao taluka, while bringing relief from heat, has led to landslides at Merces Vaddem and Nanak Nagar. Residents said several…
Margao: The directorate of fire and emergency services responded to 109 emergency calls across Goa on Tuesday as heavy rain and gusty winds triggered widespread incidents, director Nitin Raikar said.More than 100 of the calls were related to fallen trees and branches that blocked roads or damaged structures in different parts of the state. The…
PANAJI: A tourist from Bijapur who ignored safety advisories and warnings from his friend, slipped while sitting on the rocks at Baga and lost his life on Wednesday. The 34-year old man, identified by Goa police as Ashpaq Masali, had come to Goa for a holiday with his friend, a woman from Sangli.The two spent…
FN Souza’s projector was sold for Rs 36.1 lakh, 64 times its higher estimate Panaji: Renowned artist of Goan-origin Francis Newton Souza’s artwork St Sebastian (1957) fetched Rs 7.3 crore, more than double of its higher estimate, at the recently-held Saffronart Summer Online Auction.Estimated to be between Rs 1.8-2.8 crore at the time, the work…
The facility is spread across approximately 4 lakh sqm at the tail-end of Phase IV of Verna Industrial Estate Panaji: Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has allotted three of the six large plots at the Hello World Innovation & Research Park coming up at the Verna industrial estate.The facility, which is spread across approximately 4…
Panaji: A two-word text saying “the fingertips” and sent past midnight to a young woman by a man old enough to be her father can’t be brushed aside in the context of a rape case involving the two, the Goa govt argued in Bombay high court this week while appealing the 2021 acquittal of journalist…
Indian women’s team sealed their place in the last-four stage, while India B surged to the top of the Seniors table with a commanding lead at the 5th Asia Cup Bridge Championships at Dona Paula on Wednesday Panaji: Indian women’s team sealed their place in the last-four stage, while India B surged to the…
Mapusa: A fire ripped through an unauthorised scrapyard at Colvale in Bardez in the early hours of Wednesday, destroying materials worth lakhs. No casualties were reported in the incident.The blaze, which broke out between 4am and 5am on Wednesday, spread swiftly as tightly packed stockpiles of highly inflammable plastic, rubber and scrap metal fuelled the…
Margao: A delegation of scheduled tribe MLAs, ministers, and leaders called on chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday, pressing him to vigorously pursue the demand for political reservation of STs in Goa and ensure the process is completed before the 2027 assembly elections.The delegation comprised assembly speaker Ganesh Gaonkar, tribal welfare minister Ramesh Tawadkar, MLAs…
