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Panaji: The Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC) is set to undertake major redevelopment works, including the construction of a new head office in Porvorim and the modernisation of major bus stands across Goa.KTC managing director, Rohan Kaskar, said the corporation proposed a new head office building in Porvorim, where it owns a sizeable parcel of land….
Panaji: A defiant town and country planning minister Vishwajit Rane on Saturday said that he can bring 45,000 people from Sattari to Panaji to counter the ongoing protest by the villagers of Palem-Siridao against Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act.Addressing a gathering in Sattari in the presence of chief minister Pramod Sawant,…
There are two kinds of people who land in Goa. The first has done their homework. They know the difference between a shack and a sham. They understand that Goa is not just about parties, beaches, and sand. They arrive with a plan.The second group? They step off the plane, and assume the universe will…
Panaji: A Mapusa court acquitted ex-deputy chief minister and former Goa Cricket Association president Dayanand Narvekar and his wife Sushma of forgery and cheating in a 16-year-old case involving their son’s birth certificate. It was alleged that they hatched a criminal conspiracy to benefit their son by showing he was born a year earlier, to…
For years, planning a holiday in India meant choosing between two familiar choices: beach or hills. Goa or Manali. Sand or snow.Not anymore.Today, the most searched destinations on travel apps are just as likely to be Ayodhya as Alibaug, Varanasi as Vagator, Ujjain as Udaipur. A generation that grew up posting sunsets from shacks and…
Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee hit back at Home Minister Amit Shah’s criticism regarding a fire tragedy, drawing parallels to other incidents and questioning the PM’s accountability. KOLKATA: If home minister Amit Shah blames CM Mamata Banerjee for the fire tragedy in Anandapur, then PM Nar-endra Modi is equally responsible for the Goa nightclub blaze a…
NEW DELHI: European Council President Antonio Costa on Tuesday said he was “very proud” of his ancestral roots in Goa and described the connection between Europe and India as “something personal to me”, as New Delhi and the European Union announced the conclusion of an ambitious free trade agreement (FTA), described as the “mother of…
António Luís Santos da Costa NEW DELHI: India and the European Union have concluded long-running negotiations on a landmark free trade agreement, a move leaders on both sides described as historic, as European Council President António Luís Santos da Costa highlighted his personal connection to India through his Goan roots.Costa, who led the EU delegation…
PANAJI: A 37-year-old Russian national, Alexei Leonov, arrested for the double murder of two Russian women, claimed to have allegedly killed 19 Russian women in Goa, Delhi and Uttarakhand. Goa inspector general of police (IGP) K R Chaurasia said that Goa police verified the claims and, except in one case where he was found to…
Margao: Even as a new signboard has been installed at Quepem’s taluka revenue office — replacing the reference to South Goa district with Kushavati district for the office of the mamlatdar and head of the taluka revenue office — administrative officials maintained that the search for a permanent location to house the new district headquarters…
