Chors target Salcete as cops detect only 30% cases
Margao: Salcete appears to have become the favourite target of thieves and burglars, with 314 cases of house breakings and thefts registered at the four police stations across this police sub-division...
View ArticleNon-cognizable plaint filed against Mickky
MARGAO: With convicted Nuvem MLA Francisco 'Mickky' Pacheco yet to be arrested, the Colva police on Monday registered a non-cognizable criminal complaint against the former RDA minister for evading the...
View ArticleA dying river
Times Panchanama: Telaulim- Salcete Isidore Domnick Mendes Like almost all Salcete villages, which face a herculean task to save the Sal river from extinction, Telaulim, too, faces a formidable...
View ArticleViola told to submit FD receipts for lapse
MARGAO: Margao judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) Pooja Kavlekar on Wednesday directed convicted Nuvem MLA Francisco Xavier 'Mickky' Pacheco's surety Viola Fernandes to submit both fixed deposit...
View ArticleVavurla: The mountain village that Goa forgot
MARGAO: Located 1600m above mean sea level, Vavurla in remote Quepem and bordering the Canacona taluka, is blessed with nature's bounty. Sadly, this idyllic village on the mountaintop lacks any basic...
View ArticleDavorlim assault: Police arrest Margao resident in case, on lookout for one...
MARGAO: The Maina Curtorim police on Wednesday night arrested Javed Shaikh, a resident of Malbhat, Margao, from a...
View ArticleQuepem villagers want fish meal plant shut
MARGAO: Around 200 villagers from Subdolem and Cordem in Quepem taluka have submitted a 15-day ultimatum to the government to shut down a fish meal plant operating at Bendurdem in the vicinity of the...
View ArticleCrawling to teach the sound of music
MARGAO: This is no ordinary music teacher who gives home tuitions. Agostinho Fernandes, 31, lost the use of both his legs after his first birthday, but, it hasn't stopped him from travelling across...
View ArticleSouth Goa polls: BJP used development card, Cong failed to develop positive...
MARGAO: While most political pundits had shied away from predicting the results of the South Goa elections citing "silent votes", chief minister Manohar Parrikar, at a news conference in Margao on...
View ArticleFollowing inspection, GCZMA plans to clean up River Sal
MARGAO: Following an inspection of the river Sal on Monday, the Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) will be looking at a holistic process of cleaning up the river starting from the source at...
View Article10 teachers to be felicitated today
PANAJI: The state government will honour ten teachers this year for their services at the official teachers' day celebrations to be held at Kala Academy at 10.30am on September 5. Educator Supriya of...
View ArticleThe Pope's sickle and the governor's corn
Goa's harvest festival, as elsewhere in the world, has thrown up several charming traditions. Steeped in history, four hotspots of the celebration-Taleigao, Raia, Salvador do Mundo and Divar-flood into...
View ArticleRaincoats pour in at fag end of monsoon
Panaji: It was only last week, almost three months after schools reopened, that the directorate of education was able to complete distribution of free raincoats and notebooks to primary school...
View ArticleThis election is about ushering in development, a confident Narendra Sawaikar...
MARGAO: Ridiculing the propaganda of the Congress that the elections are a referendum on Mopa airport and secularism, South Goa BJP candidate Narendra Sawaikar said that this election is about the...
View ArticleA bridge underwater
"Padd'dde Buddlem" (Paroda is flooded) is a common lament during the monsoon season among residents here and surrounding villages. The low lying area in the heart of Paroda on the banks of River...
View Article50% sitting ZP members can’t contest March 18 poll
Rajesh Chodankar PONDA/BICHOLIM: The fresh process of delimitation and reservation of seats has thrown at least half of the total zilla panchayat representatives in both talukas out of the race in the...
View ArticleMore LPG distributors for Goa, monopoly to end
PANAJI: In what will bring relief to LPG cylinder customers in Goa who had to endure harassment and poor service from the limited existing LPG distributors who had a monopoly over customers, the two...
View ArticleBarcem-Quedem's thirst may end
BARCEM-QUEDEM: The water woes faced by residents of Barcem-Quedem in Quepem may come to an end by next year if the JICA project sees fruition. The eco-sensitive village of Barcem-Quedem suffers from...
View ArticleIllegal construction stirs controversy in Quepem
Quepem: An illegal construction in an open space in Kamumoddi, Xeldem, approved by the town and country department and other government departments has stirred up controversy regarding alleged...
View ArticleKavlekar defies odds, emerges victorious
QUEPEM: Chandrakant 'Babu' Kavlekar is one Congress MLA who fought the odds to get his candidates elected....
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