Goa
- Politics
Congress names Chidambaram observer for Goa polls
New Delhi: With a shift of focus to the upcoming Assembly elections, Congress has turned to its veterans for election management, appointing former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to supervise its campaign in Goa…
- India
First flight from Goa takes off for UAE after protocol allows international flights
Panaji: With the United Arab of Emirates (UAE) lifting a ban for transit travellers for six countries including India, the first UAE-bound flight left from Goa Airport with 30 passengers on Friday…
- India
Demolition of Delhi church: Former Goa CM Churchill Alemao blames BJP
Panaji: Goa MLA and former Chief Minister Churchill Alemao on Wednesday slammed the ruling BJP for facilitating the partial demolition of the Little Flower church in Delhi earlier this month. “The construction of…
- India
COVID-19: Goa adds 132 new cases, two more fatalities
Panaji: Goa’s COVID-19 caseload reached 1,69,971, after 132 people tested positive for the infection on Tuesday, an official from the state health department said. At least 157 patients were discharged from hospitals, while…
- Sports
Ajay Jadeja fined Rs 5K for dumping garbage in Goa village
Panaji: Former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja, who owns a bungalow in the picturesque Aldona village in North Goa, has been fined Rs 5,000 for dumping garbage in the neighbouring village of Nachinola,…
- Offbeat
Videos of waterspout off Baga beach goes viral
Panaji: A day after a rare and spectacular waterspout emerged off the popular Baga beach in Goa, the state government lifeguard agency on Tuesday issued a public warning against rushing towards the phenomenon…
- Crime and Accident
UP: 20-year-old pregnant woman hangs self
Bhadohi: A pregnant woman hanged herself at a village here after her husband refused to take her along to Goa where he had found a new job, police said on Tuesday. Shivani (20),…
- India
Goa govt to submit policy on vaccine procurement to Bombay HC
Panaji: The Goa government will submit its policy related to procurement of vaccines from private sources to the Bombay High Court, even as the Court said that there is no clarity on hiring…
- Hyderabad
COVID-19: 3 cryogenic oxygen tankers from Thailand land in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: With India reeling under a massive oxygen shortage across states in the ongoing second COVID-19 pandemic wave, Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) here imported eleven cryogenic oxygen tanks from Bangkok,…
- Offbeat
Frame your questions, answer them; students love IIT Goa’s new exam style!
Panaji: Due to the ongoing pandemic and the disruption caused to the academic cycle this year, many universities across India are choosing either to postpone or cancel the conduct of final examinations…
- Photos
Cyclone Tauktae: Relief works in Goa
Goa: NDRF personnel carry out restoration works after tree fell on a road due to Cyclone Tauktae, in Goa, Monday, May 17, 2021. (PTI Photo) Goa: NDRF personnel carry out restoration works…
- Sports
Prithvi Shaw travels to Goa for vacation; stopped for not having pass
Mumbai: India batsman Prithvi Shaw was stopped while on his way to Goa in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra for travelling without an E-Pass, a police official said on Friday. The incident took…
- India
COVID-19: Goa imposes 2-week curfew from May 9
Panjim: In view of the rapid surge in COVID-19 infection, the Goa government on Friday imposed a two-week curfew in the state from May 9 till May 23. Announcing the curfew, Chief…
- India
COVID-19: Maha declares 6 states as places of sensitive origin
Mumbai: Struggling to contain the huge COVID-19 surge, Maharashtra on Sunday declared six states, including the national capital and the NCR region, as the places of “sensitive origin” in a bid to stop…
- India
COVID-19: Negative RT-PCR report must for train passengers travelling from 6 states to Maharashtra
Mumbai: Train passengers from Kerala, Goa, Rajasthan, Delhi-NCR, Gujarat and Uttarakhand will now be required to produce a negative RT-PCR test report taken at most 48 hours before travelling to Maharashtra. The…
