18-year-old held for rape of 10-year-old
Vasco: Mormugao police have arrested an 18-year-old youth for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl at his house on Monday night. Mormugao DySP and SP Gurudas Kadam said the accused and the girl are distant relatives and that their families live close to each other. The incident, police said, occurred after the family of the accused []
Centre notifies Deendayal, JNPA, Paradip, and Mundra as mega ports
The Centre has notified the major ports of Deendayal (Kandla), Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), Paradip, and Adani Group's Mundra Port as mega ports. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, in a gazette notification, said the central government, under sub-section (1) of section 73 of the Indian Ports Act, 2025 (27 of 2025), notified the criteria for classification of a port as a mega port; whereas major ports of Deendayal (Kandla), Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), Paradip, and Mundra Port, a port other than the major ports, satisfy the said criteria. India has 12 major ports and over 200 non-major ports. The 12 major ports are Deendayal (Kandla), Mumbai, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Ennore (Kamarajar), Tuticorin (V O Chidambaranar), Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Kolkata (including Haldia) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port.
Centre approves Rs 13 cr seafarers
Vasco: Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal has approved the establishment of a Seafarers Welfare Centre at Mormugao Port. He also said that an existing reputed Maritime Training Institute/College in Goa was being considered for affiliation with Indian Maritime University to strengthen maritime education and training. The approval for Seafarers Welfare Centre []
Municipal ward delimitation notified
NT Reporter Panaji The Goa State Election Commission has notified the ward delimitation for the ensuing elections to 11 municipal councils. The notification covers Mormugao, Margao, Mapusa, Curchorem-Cacora, Bicholim, Cuncolim, Quepem, Canacona, Valpoi, Pernem and Sanguem municipal councils. It also specifies the areas, Assembly constituency parts and house numbers falling within eachward. As per the []
If our enchanting waterfalls are part of tourism, then safeguards cannot be ignored Goa witnessed another heartbreaking tragedy in its hinterlands when a 17-year-old Class XI science student from a higher secondary school in Headland Sada, Mormugao, drowned at the Tonir-Kajredhat waterfall in Savarde, Sattari. The school had organised a trekking expedition to Sattari as []
Rs 26-crore Mormugao PHC to be ready by August 2027, says Sawant
Vasco: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday said that Mormugao would get a Rs 26-crore 20-bedded Primary Health Centre (PHC) by August 15, 2027. Although the Chicalim Sub-District Hospital was located within an 8-9 km radius, the government decided to provide Mormugao with its own PHC, said Sawant after laying the foundation stone for the []
Doorstep ration delivery reaches 3,000 beneficiaries
Panaji: Around 3,000 beneficiaries across different talukas have been covered under the Civil Supplies Departments pilot project to deliver ration supplies at beneficiaries doorsteps. The service has been launched in Tiswadi, Ponda and Bicholim and will soon be introduced in Mormugao and Pernem. The initiative was started after it was noticed that food grains were []
