Staff Reporter Margao Padayatras organised in Margao and Fatorda evoked huge response on Saturday in favour of BJP South Goa candidate Pallavi Dempo. BJP came all guns blazing on the penultimate day of the campaign with a roadshow and two public meetings in Cuncolim and Fatorda Saturday evening which werelargely attended. The BJP leaders commenced []

Staff Reporter Curchorem BJP South Goa candidate Lok Sabha candidate Pallavi Dempo will get a lead of more than 15,000 votes in Sanvordem constituency, said former PWD minister Deepak Pauskar after joining BJP. The BJP has fielded Dempo as it has a policy to project women in politics. Dempo is a very good candidate as []

Staff Reporter Panaji Director General of Police (DGP) Jaspal Singh has said that elaborate security arrangements have been made for incident-free Lok Sabha polls on May 7. He said that various measures have been taken by the police in view of the elections. In terms of security, all the arrangements have been made throughout the []

Staff Reporter Panaji To enhance accessibility, inclusivity, and participation in the electoral process for the May 7 Lok Sabha polls in the state, several initiatives have been taken by the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Goa. A total of 1,725 polling stations have been set up across the state, with 863 in the []

Staff Reporter Curchorem Alleging that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fooled Goans on giving special status, mining resumption, providing employment, and other issues, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Amit Patkar said that if Viriato Fernandes is elected and INDIA forms the government at the Centre then mining will be resumed at the earliest. []

Staff Reporter Mapusa Stating that though he is unhappy with the state BJP leaders for not acknowledging his contribution as Chief Minister towards the development of the state, former Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday said that he has extended support to BJP candidates in the state to strengthen the hands of the Prime Minister []

Staff Reporter Panaji Leaders of various Scheduled Tribe organisations have extended support to INDIA bloc candidates in Goa and resolved to defeat the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for ditching the Gawada, Kunbi and Velip communities on the political reservation issue. Addressing a press conference on Saturday in Panaji, tribal leader Rama Kankonkar said Saturdays announcement []

Staff Reporter Panaji The high-pitched campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Goa will come to an end at 5 pm on Sunday, paving the way for polling on May 7 to elect two members of Parliament from the state. Both Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA and Congress-led INDIA bloc have pulled out all the stops []

PTI Jammu One soldier was killed and four were injured as terrorists ambushed an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district on Saturday, three weeks ahead of polling in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency. Poonch is part of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency which goes to polls in the sixth phase on May 25. []

Staff Reporter Mapusa Cracking the Mapusa temple burglary case, the Maharashtra police have arrested four people, including a Bangladeshi, in connection with the theft and recovered `7.02 lakh in cash and other items from the accused. Four thieves had burgled the Bodgeshwar temple in Mapusa in the wee hours of April 29, stealing over `10 []

Mapusa: Lashing out at the Congress, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said the opposition party is only resorting to politics of religion and its leaders have never taken Goa seriously. He said Congress-led governments that ruled the country for 50 years only thought about development, not execution. Congress governments looted the country, and people []

Assures to pursue dual citizenship issue Panaji: Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor said that safeguarding democracy is one of the main concerns of the Congress this election. He said that under the BJP there is an atmosphere of fear and intimidation when it comes to expression of personal and public opinions. Tharoor, who []

Margao: Industrialist and chairman of the Dempo group of companies, Shrinivas Dempo, on Friday said that BJP South Goa candidate Pallavi Dempo entered politics in order to widen the scope of their social work. He assured that, if elected, she will use the MPLADS (Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) funds for the deserving []

South Goa Congress candidate Viriato Fernandes is a Navy veteran and Kargil hero. From his days as an activist to that of a politician, he has come a long way. In an interview with Ruvina Khan of The Navhind Times, he speaks his mind on several issues Q: This time, all three main contenders for []

Ministers Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj said DCW did commendable work New Delhi: The women and child development department of the Delhi government has sacked 52 contractual workers of the Delhi Commission for Women citing violations of rules, drawing a sharp reaction from former panel chief Swati Mailwal, who dubbed the move as a Tughlaqi farman of []

Gonda: Celebrations broke out at Kaiserganj MP and former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singhs home here after the BJP named his son Karan Bhushan Singh as its Lok Sabha candidate from the constituency. The party replaced Brij Bhushan Singh, who faces criminal charges of sexually harassing women wrestlers, with his son []

Guwahati: Assams eminent conservation biologist Dr Purnima Devi Barman has been conferred with the Green Oscar Whitley Gold Award in recognition of her work in conserving the endangered Greater Adjutant bird, locally called Hargila. The Whitley Gold Award is the highest honour given by the UK-based Whitley Fund for Nature for outstanding contribution to conservation. []

New Delhi: Haryana Congress MLA Dharam Singh Chokker has been directed by the Supreme Court to join the probe in a money laundering case in which one of his sons has been arrested and the other is absconding, the Enforcement Directorate said on Thursday. Sikandar Singh Chokker was arrested by the federal probe agency from []

Young people should go for thorough check-up New Delhi: Health experts on Thursday said gym goers, especially those in their mid-30s and 40s, should get themselves properly evaluated by doctors before beginning their exercise regimen, as sudden heart attacks has returned to India, claiming the lives of at least four people three young adults []

Takes serious note of parties seeking details of electors New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday asked political parties to immediately stop and desist from any activity that involves registering people for post-election beneficiary-oriented schemes through advertisements, surveys or mobile applications. The election watchdog said it has taken a serious view of political parties and []

Panaji: The state government has taken up `71.50 crore worth works on road improvement, water supply, sewage and buildings for the exposition of the sacred relics of St Francis Xavier at Old Goa, which will be held from November 21, 2024 to January 5, 2025. The government has already set up a task force headed []

Panaji: The state government on Thursday released a comprehensive and revised plan to tackle the menace of noise pollution, aiming to establish a robust framework for monitoring and mitigating noise levels and ensuring a better quality of life for people. The amended plan supersedes the previous notification and introduces several key measures to curb noise []

New Delhi: The CBI is not under the control of the Union and the government cant supervise either the registration of offence by the agency or its investigation, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday. The Centres submission assumes significance as the Opposition parties have been accusing the government of misusing central probe agencies []

New Delhi: India on Thursday said it has lodged a strong protest with China for carrying out construction activities in the Shaksgam valley in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in an illegal attempt to alter the situation on the ground. Spokesperson in the ministry of external affairs (MEA) Randhir Jaiswal said the Shaksgam valley is a part of []

PTI Hyderabad Amid Congress attack that the BJP would change the Constitution and scrap reservations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that he would not let the quotas of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs be given to Muslims on the basis of religion. Training his guns on the Congress, he accused the grand old party []

PTI New Delhi Manipur police personnel allegedly drove the two women from the Kuki-Zomi community, who had sought refuge in their official gypsy, to a mob of around 1,000 Meiti rioters in Kangpokpi district, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chargesheet has said. The two women were subsequently stripped naked and paraded before being brutally []

PTI New Delhi Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended a senior Vistara official for lapses in conversion training of pilots, a source said on Tuesday. Vikram Mohan Dayal, vice president of training at the full service carrier, has been removed from his post, the source said. There was no comment from []

PTI New Delhi A voter turnout of 66.14% was recorded in phase one and 66.71% in phase two of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission said on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the Congress, CPI-M and TMC questioned the EC over the delay in announcing the final voter turnout figures for the first two phases []

Staff Reporter Ponda/Mapusa President of All India Mahila Congress Alka Lamba criticised BJP for politics of religion and blamed BJP for creating divide between Hindus and Muslim or other communities. She said If BJP comes to power once again, their government will change the constitution and will make major changes in the laws, Lamba said, []

Staff Reporter Margao Formerchief minister Churchill Alemao on Tuesday came out in support of South Goa BJP candidate Pallavi Dempo saying the goodwill shown by industrialist Shrinivas Dempo will hold good for his wife in the upcoming parliamentary polls. Dempo is a good friend of mine and has always been very helpful to people and []

Staff Reporter Panaji Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said that in the last ten years, Goa has received special treatment from the Modi government in all respects. He also said that PM Narendra Modi at the Saturdays mega meeting in Sancoale also assured that Goa will continue to get the same kind of support []

Staff Reporter Curchorem Mahila Gram Udyog will be started in all rural areas to make every woman self-dependent, said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. Sawant said Pallavi Dempo has been selected as the South Goa candidate because she is very active in social as well as educational fields for years. The Dempo family should be appreciated []

Abdulla Khan &Vishant Vaze Valpoi/Sankhali One-fourth of the North Goa Lok Sabha constituency, seat-wise, is made up by the talukas of Bicholim and Sattari. Three assembly segmentsBicholim, Mayem, and Sankhaliare in Bicholim taluka, while Sattari taluka consists of twoValpoi and Poriem. Currently, four of these five assembly constituencies are represented by the BJP in the []

Soiru Velip Panaji Quepem and Canacona, the two hinterland South Goa talukas, are likely to be crucial for both the BJP and INDIA block led by Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, as a number of issues facing the people here still await attention. As per the mood of these talukas, which have three []

Margao: The election-related corner meeting of the BJP leaders seeking votes for the party candidate Pallavi Dempo evoked good response at Comba in Margao on Monday. Margao legislator Digambar Kamat said that within one year, India will rise economically. Education and health are the two important sectors which will help India grow, he added Dempo []

Bhiva Parab Mandrem: In Pernem talukas two assembly constituencies Pernem and Mandrememployment, or rather the lack of it, is a major issue that holds the potential to upset five-time BJP MP Shripad Naiks applecart. Naik, who is contesting for the North Goa parliamentary seat for a record sixth term, faces a challenge as the youth []

RuvinaKhan Vasco: The Mormugao taluka, which has four assembly constituencies Vasco, Dabolim, Mormugao, and Cortalim is viewed by the BJP as a ground where they stand solid for the upcoming Lok Sabha parliamentary elections. For a decade now, the BJP has proven its popularity in the state assembly elections here. In 2012 and []

Registers victory in VP polls winning in all 11 wards Panaji: The Taleigao Progressive Development Front backed by MLAs Atanasio Babush Monserrate, wife Jennifer on Monday registered a resounding victory in the panchayat polls for the sixth time underscoring their unshakable dominance in the region. Winning in all 11 wards, with four candidates being unopposed, []

People congratulate Panaji MLA Atanasio Monserrate on Monday over the resounding victory of his panel in the election to the Taleigao panchayat. |Nandesh Kambli

They should be updated before new academic year begins New Delhi: The ministry of education (MoE) has asked the NCERT to conduct a review of its textbooks and update them on yearly basis, according to sources. So far, there has been no mandate on the frequency of updating NCERT textbooks. However, the National Council of []

Congress attacks BJP over alliance Bengaluru: The JD(S) has decided to suspend Hassan MP and former prime minister HD Deve Gowdas grandson Prajwal Revanna over sexual abuse allegations, party chief HD Kumaraswamy said on Monday as the Congress and others tore into the BJP over the issue and its alliance with the southern party. The []

Indore: In another blow to the Congress after the Surat fiasco, its Lok Sabha candidate from the Indore constituency, Akshay Kanti Bam, withdrew his nomination on Monday, ahead of the May 13 polling, amid indications that he is headed to the Bharatiya Janata Party camp. After Bam opted out of the race, the Congress in []

Mapusa: Striking yet again within two months, burglars sneaked into the Shri Dev Bodgeshwar temple in Mapusa in the wee hours of Monday, tied a security guard to a chair and decamped with more than `10 lakh in cash from two donation boxes. Giving details of the theft, the Mapusa police said the thieves entered []

New Delhi/Hyderabad: The Delhi police have summoned Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on May 1 for questioning in a case of a doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah circulated on social media and the police in some BJP-ruled states also swung into action making the first arrest in Assam. Notices have been issued []

There will be near-permanent heatwaves, intensified cyclones New Delhi: The Indian Ocean is expected to experience surface warming of 1.4 C to 3 C between 2020 and 2100, which will push it into a near-permanent heatwave state, intensify cyclones, affect the monsoon, and lead to a rise in sea levels, according to a new study. []

Says India will never bow down Ahmedabad: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said talks between India and China are going smoothly and in a good environment, and India will never bow down. Singh, who is in Ahmedabad to campaign for BJP candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections, said India has become a powerful country []

Mumbai: The Mumbai cyber cells SIT on Sunday arrested actor Sahil Khan in connection with the Mahadev betting app case, a police official here said. The actor was apprehended from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh on Saturday after the Bombay High Court rejected his pre-arrest bail plea, he said. He was subsequently brought to Mumbai and placed []

New Delhi: In a setback to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, its Delhi unit chief Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned, criticising the partys alliance with the AAP and the statements of Congress candidates Kanhaiya Kumar and Udit Raj. In his letter sent to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, Lovely also said that []

Abdul Wahab Khan Panaji: The appearance of industrial effluents mixed with domestic wastewater in the St Inez creek has threatened to derail the ambitious Rs 10-crore worth project, which aims to make Panaji the first city of the country to reuse treated wastewater for irrigating green spaces. The project under the Smart City Mission, which []

New Delhi: The AAP claimed the Tihar jail administration has denied permission to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals wife Sunita to meet him on Monday. Tihar jail official sources said the permission has been given to Delhi minister Atishi who had applied last week to meet Kejriwal on April 29, while Sunitas application was received []