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Goa: Congress to protest near Raj Bhavan over farm bills
Panaji: The Goa Congress will hold protests in the state on Monday against the Centre’s farm bills which were passed by Parliament recently. Goa Congress spokesperson Agnelo Fernandes said the party would submit…
- India
Goa govt to lift ban on new jobs from January 2021: CM
Panaji: The Goa government will lift its ban on new recruitments from next January, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Saturday. The government had banned fresh hiring till December 2020 because of the…
- Bollywood
Deepika, Ranveer fly back to Mumbai from Goa
Panaji: Actor Deepika Padukone and her husband Ranveer Singh on Thursday flew back to Mumbai from Goa, ahead of her appearance before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Deepika is slated to appear before…
- Politics
‘Love Jihad’ curse to society: Goa BJP leader
Panaji: Goa BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Vinay Tendulkar on Sunday termed “Love Jihaad” a curse to the society. This is a very critical issue that has cursed our society for quite…
- Sports
ISL 2020: Odisha FC to play all ‘home’ games in Goa
Bhubaneswar: Odisha FC on Wednesday announced that the club will be playing all the ‘home’ games of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2020-21 season at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim, Goa. The…
- Entertainment
Vagator rave party: Co-organiser of Sunburn festival arrested
Vagator (Goa): A co-organizer of Sunburn EDM festival was arrested on Tuesday by the Goa Crime Branch, in connection with a rave party organised in Vagator wherein 23 people, including three foreigners, were held on August…
- India
Union minister Shripad Naik tests positive for COVID-19 opts for home isolation
New Delhi:Â Union minister Shripad Y Naik on Wednesday said he has tested positive for coronavirus infection and has opted for home isolation. The minister of state for AYUSH and defence said he…
- India
Goa tops in number of COVID-19 tests per million: Minister
Panaji: Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has said the state topped in the country in terms of the number of COVID-19 tests conducted per million people. Till Tuesday evening, 1,53,792 tests were conducted…
- India
Cane growers to meet Goa CM on Friday over-harvesting rates
Panaji: A group of farmers sitting on hunger strike outside a state-run sugar factory in Goa over the demand for better harvesting rates for the crop called off the agitation after Chief…
- India
Goa reviewing decision on municipal polls
Panaji: The Goa government on Sunday said it is re-evaluating the decision to hold municipal council elections in October in light of the COVID-19 situation in the state. The government said that…
- India
COVID-19: New academic session in Goa likely from September
Panaji: The Goa education department is expecting to start the new academic session from September this year, state education director Santosh Amonkar has said. The annual academic session in Goa begins in…
- India
Goa may use WhatsApp to communicate COVID test results
Panaji:Â Amid the rise in Covid-19 cases, Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, here on Sunday, conceded that Covid-19 test reports were getting delayed, and added he was trying to streamline the process. Speaking…
- India
Salary in aided Goa schools to delay as dept staff quarantined
Panaji: The Goa Education Department has said that the disbursement of salary to the teaching and non- teaching staff of the aided schools in the state may get delayed for the current…