Now, Goa grapples with home-grown cannabis
While Goa has always had its fair share of problems with drugs, particularly in the touristy coastal belts, the state is now grappling with ...
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Showing posts with label Goa News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goa News. Show all posts
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Infra being built is not for coal sector, says Goa CM
Even as opposition to coal transportation and major infrastructure projects increases across the state, chief minister Pramod Sawant said o...
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Goa: Peddlers enrol for drug rehab to scout for clients, ousted
The drug treatment clinic (DTC) set up in 2018 at the North Goa district hospital in Mapusa has been trying its level best to help addicts r...
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GMR planning logistics park near Mopa airport
GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL) plans to set up a logistics park on the 232 acres of commercial land available at Mopa, where ...
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Dudhsagar falls see weakest ever start to season with mere 110 visitors
The Dudhsagar waterfalls saw the lowest number of footfalls at just 110, on Sunday, on the first day of the start of the tourist season to t...
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Saturday, August 15, 2020
Economic revival plan: Civic bodies to be adopted
Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said policymakers will adopt all of Goa’s 191 villages panchayats and 14 municipalities, including ...
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Three out of four naval gallantry awards for Goa-based Navy men
Three of the four Indian Navy personnel who received gallantry awards on Independence Day are based in Goa at INS Hansa. The list of gallant...
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Goa: Covid claims 5 women, 1 man on Saturday, 369 new cases
Goa’s Covid-19 death tally shot up to 99 on Saturday with five women and one man succumbing to the virus. The state’s active caseload rose t...
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Sunday, May 24, 2020
Slammed for ‘weak’ SOP, Goa issues another, but it’s not much stronger
The state government on Sunday issued a revised standard operating procedure (SOP) for travellers entering the state. As per the new terms, ...
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Portuguese passport sought as few jobs in Goa: Class X paper
In a major goof-up that has left the Goa Board shamefaced, a sentence in Saturday’s Class X English language paper stated that Goans are opt...
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SEC flounders on SOPs, and Goa CM endorses the goof
On Saturday when the state executive committee announced a set of extremely diluted protocols for domestic travellers, promptly tweeted by c...
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Goa hits double-digit milestone, sees highest single-day spike with 11 cases
Goa’s count of active Covid-19 cases jumped from 39 to 47 in a day, as 11 train passengers tested positive for the novel coronavirus even as...
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Friday, May 1, 2020
In ‘green zone’ Goa, liquor shops likely to open on Monday
Goa, categorised as a green zone by the Centre, is likely to see retail liquor shops open from Monday. Chief minister Pramod Sawant told TOI...
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Monday, April 13, 2020
Help bring us home: Cruise crew to Goa CM
The 93 Goan crew members stuck on board the cruise ship Karnika since March 12 have written to chief minister Pramod Sawant to facilitate th...
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Thursday, April 2, 2020
46 in Goa who attended Jamaat meet identified and quarantined
Chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Thursday that his government has identified 46 people in the state who attended the markaz of the Tabli...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Goa government to start online medical consultancy
Citizens unable to visit doctors during this lockdown period need not worry as Goa government, in association with Clinikk Healthcare, has i...
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Goa: Faking a ‘fast’ for lockdown parole, prisoners get caught in the act
After an agitation launched to secure ‘lockdown parole’ a few days ago by some inmates at Colvale Central Jail failed, a few of them began a...
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France, Italy bring in flights to take back their citizens
In addition to the two German and Finnish relief flights that took off from Goa International Airport on Tuesday and Wednesday with 647 pass...
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Government identifies 9 in Goa who attended Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi
The state government said on Wednesday that nine persons in Goa who were in Delhi to attend the Tablighi Jamaat’s markaz last month have bee...
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Goa washes its hands of food supply, outsources it to netas
Ten days after the lockdown began, chief minister Pramod Sawant’s much-touted home delivery system has turned out to be a damp squib. The st...
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