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Ponda: After much delay, rides to Dudhsagar waterfall at Collem in the Dharbandora taluka commenced on Friday even as local all-terrain vehicle operators continued to be at loggerheads with the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) over its ticket booking website.Since last year, the Dudhsagar Tour Operators’ Association has been demanding that they be allowed to…
Panaji: Lack of manpower is responsible for colleges not being made accessible for students with disabilities, Spandan, Inclusion Accessibility Consultancy Services, founder Neha Trivedi said on Thursday at International Purple Fest.“Teachers are definitely overworked and cannot handle inclusive education services. Inclusive education services is an activity of its own account. It’s like counselling services… you…
Panaji: The St Francis Xavier Church compound in Chicalim had an unusual gathering on Monday evening. There were dogs of different breeds, cats too, and at least one person stood expectantly with a bowl full of guppies or rainbow fish.According to the registration list, there should have been 60 people with their pets, some of…
Panaji: In a direct push for Atmanirbhar Bharat, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged the people of the country to take a pledge during Diwali not to purchase foreign products. Shah said that if the business community decides to sell only swadeshi products, then soon India will become a great nation.Shah was in…
Panaji: As the monsoon season 2025 nears its end, all major reservoirs in the state, as well as the Tillari dam in Maharashtra, have recorded ample storage. All these reservoirs are filled to capacity.The storage has to suffice Goa to meet drinking water and irrigation needs till the arrival of the next monsoon season. Selaulim…
Francis Newton Souza, the Goa-born teen who got expelled from school for making dirty drawings on the walls of the school loo and who had an appetite for both risqué and risk, is now India’s third priciest artist. His landscape ‘Houses in Hampstead’ sold for $7.576 million (approx Rs 66.9 crore) at a Sotheby’s auction…
Mapusa/Panaji: Households across Goa are feeling the pinch as prices of kitchen essentials like onions, potatoes and tomatoes have risen by up to Rs 10 just as the state enters the festive season with Dussehra.“The erratic rainfall in the last week of Sep has impacted vegetable rates in Belagavi’s wholesale market. As a result, prices…
Omkar has been raiding banana plantations and destroying crops in Goa’s villages close to Maharashtra It is an elephantine problem that has brought together three neighbours — Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra — to launch a concerted operation to rescue and rehabilitate a 10-year-old elephant Omkar. It is a gargantuan effort that will involve at least…
Abandoned houses like this one in Siridao village in north Goa are a common sight across the state Who doesn’t like Goa? Many like it strongly enough to want to move there for good. Their numbers seem to keep growing every year and have even sparked concern on the ground over ‘demographic change”, over-construction, and…
Panaji: In a major relief to state govt, Centre has clarified to state govt that forest clearances obtained by erstwhile mining lessees can be transferred to the new lessees.The clarification came from the Union environment ministry after state govt had sought its view on the transfer of stage-II approvals granted to mining leases which were…
