Panaji: ‘Mhajo Flat’, a scheme announced in the state budget, will be rolled out within 15 days, chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Thursday. It aims to resolve a long-standing legal tangle that has left between 30,000 and 40,000 flat owners across Goa unable to register their properties in their own names.Sawant said that thousands…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Thursday stayed the felling of 80 trees for highway widening between Cortalim and Margao. It pulled up the tree officer for permitting removal of 422 trees “without reasoning” and lack of a proper study.A division bench of Justices Valmiki Menezes and Hiten Venegavkar directed the PWD (highways) executive engineer…
THE GOOD FIGHT: At Aguada Fort Jail (top), hundreds of freedom fighters braved Salazarian onslaughts Goa Revolution Day, observed annually on June 18, commemorates the historic civil disobedience movement launched in 1946 by Ram Manohar Lohia and Juliao Menezes. Their defiant public gathering at Margao 80 years ago ignited a mass movement against Portuguese colonial…
Times News NetworkMapusa: A young woman died on the spot, and two men were critically injured in a multi-vehicle collision involving a speeding Mahindra Thar, two scooters, and a parked goods carrier at Morjim late Wednesday, police said.Police arrested the driver, 45-year-old Vikram Ashok Gaba, a Haryana native residing in Calangute, on Thursday. He had…
Panaji: The cybercrime cell of Goa police has arrested a 33-year-old Bengaluru-based businessman for allegedly cheating a 45-year-old housewife from Margao of over Rs 33 lakh by luring her with promises of high returns through a fake share trading investment scheme.The cybercrime police station registered an FIR based on a complaint filed by the victim,…
Margao: Goa police have suspended head constable Samir Fadte, who was among four persons taken into preventive custody after his car came dangerously close to chief minister Pramod Sawant’s convoy at Amona last week. An inquiry into the incident has been ordered.Fadte was driving a four-wheeler on the night of June 12 when he allegedly…
Panaji: Two years ago, Goa introduced several changes to its school schedule as part of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP). One of the key reforms was advancing the start of the academic year from June to April. Sources now said education officials are reviewing the implementation of the NEP in the state,…
Panaji: The assistant director of transport (North), Panaji, on Wednesday, has ordered the suspension of Jagdish Sardesai’s driving licence for six months after concluding that he was involved in a case of negligent driving under the influence of alcohol that resulted in an accident last month. The order was issued after examining records, submissions, and…
Panaji: Within a week of obtaining Centre’s nod to establish a permanent campus for IIT Goa at Farmagudi, the state cabinet on Wednesday decided to transfer five lakh sqm of govt land to IIT Goa. Chief minister Pramod Sawant said an additional two lakh sqm of adjoining privately owned land has also been identified for…
Panaji: Nearly two years after the Goa College of Engineering (GEC) recommended demolishing the structurally unsafe Panaji municipal fish market, the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) has initiated steps to rebuild the facility.The civic body on Tuesday floated a request for proposal (RFP) to appoint an architect for designing a “modern, efficient and…
