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Covid deaths appear declining, but working people still on the road
After playing havoc for the last nine da
Around 50 die every day, 246 Covid deaths in 5 days
As predicted, unfortunately, the month o
Covid19: 98% recovering but Bardez exploding; May getting scary…
423 deaths due to Covid19 in mere 32 day
Goa’s Pride, India’s best film editor, Waman Bhonsle, no more
He was the Pride of Goa and the finest f
Why is the Goa Govt treating Konkani Cinema as ‘Kaajro’; a bitter tree?
Do you know how the Goa government treat
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Society
Covid deaths appear declining, but working people still on the road
10 May 2021 22:02 ISTAfter playing havoc for the last nine days, Covid19 death rate appears to be declining. The picture however would be clear only tomorrow when the GMC bulletin reports deaths of the second half of the day.... READ
Around 50 die every day, 246 Covid deaths in 5 days
05 May 2021 18:53 ISTAs predicted, unfortunately, the month of May is becoming scarier day by day. With an average of around 50 per day, a total 246 Covid deaths have been reported in the last five days against 346 deaths reported in the whole month of April.... READ
Covid19: 98% recovering but Bardez exploding; May getting scary…
03 May 2021 15:40 IST423 deaths due to Covid19 in mere 32 days is, no doubt, quite scary. In fact the number of Covid deaths has shot up in the first two days of May; 78 deaths till the afternoon of 2nd May. But, in reality, it is not as scary as it sounds, except Bardez taluka, which has now become the hub of the pandemic. ... READ
Issues
Will anti-CAA rally of Church change political equations in Goa?
24 January 2020 22:22 ISTThe ruling BJP of Goa was least shaken up with anti-CAA & NRC rallies also being held in Goa under different banners, but not until the Goa Church entered the nationwide movement. Completing the circle, the huge rally held in Madgao today brought together the Christians, Muslims and the liberal Hindus on one platform. ... READ
Will bring BJP CMs on board to resolve Mhadei row: Yeddyurappa
28 May 2017 22:19 ISTState president of BJP B S Yeddyurappa has taken the responsibility of bringing BJP chief Ministers of Goa and Maharashtra together to resolve the decades-old Mahadayi row. ... READ
Properties of Digambar and Churchill attached in Louis Berger scam
30 March 2017 21:01 ISTThe central government’s Enforcement Directorate has moved into action, attaching properties of former Congress CM Digambar Kamat and former minister Churchill Alemao in the Louis Berger bribery case. ... READ
Infrastructure
Frustrated Goan’s petition to bring Ola, Uber into Goa goes viral
28 April 2017 21:29 ISTA rather fervid online petition by a Goan citizen on Change.org has gained stupendous traction since it was uploaded two days ago.... READ
Travel Goa to Mumbai in 6 hours, by 2018
22 September 2016 22:19 ISTGoa to Mumbai by road would be hardly six hours, by 2018. ... READ
GMR to build Mopa airport, first phase by 2020, 4.4 M traffic
26 August 2016 20:37 ISTBengaluru-based GMR Airports Ltd has been selected to construct Goas new Mopa airport in four phases at the total cost of Rs 4500 crore. ... READ
Politics
SC raps Goa Govt, scraps 5 civic polls, delivers nationwide verdict on SEC
12 March 2021 15:18 ISTIt was a court case regarding uneven reservation of wards in the civic polls of Goa. Going to the root cause of it, the Supreme Court has delivered a historic judgement for the whole country - no government officer can hold the constitutional post of the State Election Commissioner. All should step down immediately. ... READ
Will disqualification petition in SC affect BJP; benefit Congress? (By Sandesh Prabhudesai)
17 June 2020 21:59 ISTWill the Supreme Court admitting disqualification petition against 10 MLAs, who quit the Congress and joined the BJP, have any impact on the existing all-powerful BJP government of Goa? And will these MLAs, including three ministers, lose their status?... READ
Goa Forward embraces Shivsena for Earthquake, forming Front to topple BJP Govt in Goa
29 November 2019 13:58 ISTIn a dramatic development, Goa Forward has joined hands with Shivsena to topple the BJP government of Goa, on the lines of Maharashtra, by extending the Maha Vikas Aghadi to the tourist state. ... READ
Economy
SC again stops Goa mining from 16 March, orders fresh ECs & recover dues
07 February 2018 13:06 ISTWithin six years, the mining industry of Goa has received a second blow of closure. The Supreme Court has cancelled all the 88 mining leases of Goa.... READ
NGT orders 25 miners to appear before MoEF, face closure threat
11 August 2017 21:08 ISTThe National Green Tribunal had directed 25 mining leaseholders of Goa to appear before the Ministry of Environment and Forests on 7th September, in connection with the alleged invalid environment clearance they are holding. ... READ
Shifting all casinos on-shore in 3 years; Goans to be debarred: Parrikar
24 July 2017 23:16 ISTChief Minister Manohar Parrikar has finally spelt out his proposed policy on casinos, a classic U turn, from vehemently opposing any kind of casinos to now shifting the ‘offshore’ gambling on-the-shore. ... READ
Culture
Goa’s Pride, India’s best film editor, Waman Bhonsle, no more
26 April 2021 15:37 ISTHe was the Pride of Goa and the finest film editor of India, a recipient of the first ever National Film Award instituted by Government of India in 1978. Waman Bhonsle, from Pomburpa in Bardez, expired today early this morning at 89. ... READ
“आमी बदल्ले, तुमी केन्ना बदलतले?” ‘काजरो’तल्या गांवकारांचो रोखठोक प्रस्न
05 April 2021 14:13 ISTद गोवन स्टुडियो हे संस्थेन निर्मिल्ल्या काजरो ह्या कोंकणी सिनेमाक अंदूं प्रतिश्ठेचो राष्ट्रीय सिनेमा पुरस्कार फावो जालो. हो सिनेमा ज्या गांवांचेर आदारिल्लो आसा त्या सत्तरी गांवांतल्या सावड्डें गांवच्या गांवकारांनी समेस्त गोंयकारांक आनी मनीसजातीकच एक रोखठोक प्रस्न विचाल्ला. ... READ
Why is the Goa Govt treating Konkani Cinema as ‘Kaajro’; a bitter tree?
23 March 2021 19:22 ISTDo you know how the Goa government treats the local Konkani or Marathi cinema, which wins the prestigious National Award instituted by the Government of India? Make them desperate and completely frustrated for their rightful government funding, so that Goan filmmakers don’t dare to produce another quality film. ... READ