Thursday - Oct 10, 2024
Margao: A large group of protesters, for the second day in a row, set up roadblocks in Margao and surrounding areas, effectively disrupting daily activities. They are calling for the immediate arrest of former RSS chief Subhash Velingkar due to his derogatory remarks on St Francis Xavier. The protesters dispersed around 9.45 pm, announcing plans to continue their action
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Sunday - Oct 6, 2024
Panjim: Days after the former Goa unit chief of RSS Subhash Velingkar called for a “DNA test” of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier, who is revered as the patron saint of Goa, triggering protests across the state, Goa police Saturday said Velingkar is “absconding” with the help of Pramod Sawant and raids are being conducted to trace him
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Monday - Sep 30, 2024
Panjim: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday directed Goa police to transfer all deputy superintendents of police (DySPs), police inspectors (PIs), and police sub-inspectors (PSIs) who have been posted at the same police stations for more than three years. Sawant directed DySPs and PIs to move to accommodation in the jurisdictional
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Thursday - Sep 26, 2024
Panjim: The Opposition Congress party has alleged massive hill cutting and minor mineral mining activities since 2021 on the Calapur, Santa Cruz hill slope, along the National Highway 66. Goa Pradesh Congress Committee vice president Sunil Kawthankar on Wednesday challenged the Sawant government to show the environmental clearances
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Friday - Sep 20, 2024
Lisboa: More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal on Wednesday, with seven deaths since the worst spate of fires in recent years spread out of control over the weekend. Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro declared a state of calamity for the hardest-hit areas late Tuesday, invoking powers to mobilize more
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Friday - Aug 30, 2024
Margão: Maina-Curtorim police, who were investigating the case of sexual harassment filed by a woman lawyer, found themselves in the dock after the father of the accused in the case died by suicide at his house in Davorlim on Thursday. The deceased lawyer, Jayant Prabhu, 70, in his suicide note, accused a lady police sub-inspector who had come to his house in search of
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Monday - Aug 26, 2024
Shiroda: Students and businessmen alike in several villages in the Ponda and Dharbandora taluka are bothered by the extremely poor mobile network and internet connectivity in their area, a pressing problem that was highlighted by the Shiroda People's Forum during the 2022 assembly polls. Parts of Shiroda, Nirankal, Bethora, Panchwadi and even localities in Borim
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Saturday - Aug 24, 2024
Calangute: An senior citizen, identified as Deodita Fernandes, was allegedly murdered on Thursday in an apartment at Calangute. The local police said that Fernandes, 64, a resident of Caraswaddo, Mapusa, was found dead in suspicious circumstances late Thursday night after she had gone to her flat in a building at Naika Vaddo, Calangute, on Thursday afternoon
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Friday - Aug 16, 2024
Sanguem: Several farmers who attended a meeting called by social worker Mithil Ulhas Dessai at Netravali and Verlem to discuss problems faced by the farming community, said they were facing huge losses due to incidents of wild animals damaging agricultural and horticultural crops and at times even attacking human beings
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Sunday - Aug 4, 2024
London: Goa day event was held at Cranford Community College Grounds today on 4 August 2024. After a long-term gap, due to Covid this time an excellent and great Goa Day was held. Goa Association UK were the organisers of the event. Chairman of the Association Ravi Vaz was the main pilar behind the event who worked hard to make it a grand success The event
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