The main programme will be held at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the public at 6.30am Panaji: More than two lakh people are expected to participate in the International Yoga Day programme across 1,500 centres, said chief minister Pramod Sawant. The programme will commence at 6am and will continue…
Panaji: Despite the southwest monsoon arriving in Goa on schedule, the state is witnessing one of its weakest starts to the rainy season in recent memory, with rainfall activity remaining unusually subdued and weather conditions resembling the pre-monsoon period.Data released by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Goa, shows that between June 1 and June 16,…
Gauree.Malkarnekar@timesofindia.comPanaji: Over the past decade, at least 300 govt primary schools have had to close in Goa, with parents increasingly showing a preference for nearby privately-managed aided schools. As it is was largely govt schools offering education in the mother tongue, now with the closures, only 8.8% of all primary school enrolment in Goa is…
Paul FernandesPanaji: Goa’s markets and roadsides in summer stir old memories, as vendors showcase some tangy fruits ranging from the popular kandam and churnam to assaim and zamblam. However, bhedsam, well known for its medicinal properties, was as usual missing from this fruit basket.Foraging through shrubs on hill sides, these fruits with unique taste and…
State government had received a complaint from an anonymous person that between 2008 to 2010, Edwin Colaco had travelled to Portugal to register his birth and marriage, which is the first step to obtain a Portuguese passport. PANAJI: In an embarrassment for Goa police, state government on Tuesday suspended anti-terror squad (ATS) SP Edwin Colaco…
Fr Caetano Pimenta Pereira, left, greets Pope John Paul II in 2002 PANAJI: Cabo Verde’s dream World Cup debut is being cheered across the world. But tremors felt some thousands of miles east had a different echo altogether, a strange umbilical cord joining two former Portuguese colonies through its love for football, music, and saudade,…
Located next to the Mapusa bus stand and market, the property spans 5,203sqm, and has served as a key accommodation facility in North Goa for decades Panaji: Goa Tourism Development Corporation’s (GTDC) Mapusa Residency, one of its oldest properties, will be redeveloped at an estimated cost of Rs 60 crore. Despite its central location, the…
Margao: Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai has strongly opposed state govt’s proposal to redevelop the Margao KTC bus stand under the public private partnership (PPP) mode, warning of a public agitation if govt pressed ahead with the plan.“We won’t allow the bus stand to be built on the PPP model in Fatorda — there’s no question…
Sanket Arsekar (left) with Tushar Chikodi Margao: Every week, three times without fail, 28-year-old Tushar Chikodi makes the now-familiar journey to a hospital for dialysis. Both his kidneys have failed. For four years, this gruelling routine has been his life.Watching this unfold has been his close friend, Sanket Arsekar. What began as a feeling of…
TNNMapusa: A Kazakh national Alexander Arkhipov, who was awaiting deportation, escaped from Mapusa detention centre at 8.45pm on Monday.Police said Arkhipov scaled the high compound wall and flee the premises. A police officer said the incident occurred shortly after the inmates were let out of their cells for daily routine.Seizing the opportunity, Arkhipov walked towards…
