Margao: Saras Powar clinched the title at the Republic Cup All Goa Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2026, held at Margao. Saras finished on 8.5 points after drawing with Aarav Chopdekar of Mormugao on the top board to claim the championship. Rejmon Gavin Fernandes of Mormugao Taluka secured second place with 7.5 points after defeating Aaryavrat []
Street circuit at Mopa after Mormugao protest forces shift
NT Reporter Panaji The Indian Racing Festival 2026, Goa Street Circuit, will be held from February 14 to 15, 2026 near the Manohar International Airport, Mopa. The event was proposed to be held in Mormugao in November 2025. However, following protests by locals, it was cancelled. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant made the announcement on Saturday. []
CM: Mechanism soon to ensure deletion of dead voters names
Panaji : Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said the government will come out with a mechanism to ensure the timely deletion of names of deceased persons from the electoral roll. This mechanism will be developed in consonance with Election Commission of India (ECI) instructions, Sawant said while responding to the calling attention by Mormugao MLA []
Goa to seek more time for SIR exercise
Panaji : Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that he will request the Election Commission of India (ECI) for time extension for the special intensive revision (SIR) process following the demand from the Opposition MLAs who cited various flaws in the exercise. The Opposition legislators were speaking during the calling attention on SIR by Mormugao []
Nearly 80 Ktaka exporters eye Mormugao port as container services resume
Panaji : Goas recently resumed container shipping services from Mormugao Port could see increased freight movement from Karnataka, with industrial units from the neighbouring state showing interest in using the fortnightly vessel service operated by the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI). Around 80 exporters from Karnataka expressed willingness to transport cargo through the Vasco port [] The post Nearly 80 Ktaka exporters eye Mormugao port as container services resume appeared first on The Navhind Times .
Panaji feels the chill, mercury dips below December normal of 20C
Panaji: Goans woke up to markedly colder mornings this week with the mercury dropping several degrees below the December normal. Panaji and Mormugao, in particular, saw a sharp decline over the past four days. On Wednesday, Panaji recorded a minimum temperature of 19.4C, 1.4C below the average normal minimum for the month, which is 20.8C. [] The post Panaji feels the chill, mercury dips below December normal of 20C appeared first on The Navhind Times .
Baina dacoity case: Six nabbed in Odisha, Mumbai
Vasco: Mormugao police have arrested six of the dacoits involved in the daring Baina dacoity at Nayak familys flat, with police officers confirming that the accused were traced to Odisha, Mumbai in Maharashtra and other locations. The arrested accused are expected to be brought to Goa late Wednesday night or Thursday morning. According to police, [] The post Baina dacoity case: Six nabbed in Odisha, Mumbai appeared first on The Navhind Times .
Seasons first cruise liner docks at Mormugao port
Vasco: Goas cruise tourism season began on Monday with the arrival of the international cruise liner MV Celebrity Millennium at Mormugao Port, bringing 2,078 passengers from countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and India. The vessel, which sailed from Singapore and called at Cochin en route, will continue to Mumbai before returning to [] The post Seasons first cruise liner docks at Mormugao port appeared first on The Navhind Times .
Baina dacoity: 24 hrs later, police yet to identify gang
NT Reporter Vasco More than 24 hours after the violent armed robbery at Chamundi Arcade in Baina, Vasco, police are yet to arrest the gang of seven men who stormed the sixth-floor flat of Sagar Nayak, assaulted the family and escaped with valuables worth several lakhs of rupees. Mormugao deputy superintendent of police Gurudas Kadam [] The post Baina dacoity: 24 hrs later, police yet to identify gang appeared first on The Navhind Times .
Major blaze guts Zuari Nagar scrapyard; fire personnel battle flames for hours
NT Reporter Vasco A major fire broke out ata scrapyard in ZuariNagar early Wednesday morning, prompting a large-scale emergency response from fire brigades across the region. The blaze, reported at around 3.15 am, was so intense that engines from Verna, Vasco, Margao, Panaji, Goa Shipyard, Mormugao Port Authority and Paradip Phosphate were rushed to the [] The post Major blaze guts Zuari Nagar scrapyard; fire personnel battle flames for hours appeared first on The Navhind Times .
Dacoits assault Baina family, decamp with `45 lakh booty
NT Reporter Vasco/Panaji In yet another dacoity, a gang of at least seven armed and masked robbers assaulted a family in their sixth-floor flat at Chamundi Arcade in Baina, Mormugao taluka, and decamped with Rs 1 lakh in cash, gold ornaments and silver utensils all worth Rs 45 lakh in the early hours of Tuesday. []
No plans to increase coal handling, CM assures Goans
NT Reporter | Panaji A day after thousands of Goans gathered in Margao to demand that the state government stop handling of coal at the Mormugao Port and also halt its transportation and related projects in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said coal handling capacity in the state has not been increased at []
City wakes up to seasons coldest Mon at 20.6C, Mormugao 23 C
NT Reporter | Panaji Panaji woke up to an unusually cool morning on Monday as the minimum temperature dipped to 20.6C, 2.4 degrees below the normal, marking the seasons lowest so far. Data from IMDs Mormugao observatory showed a minimum temperature of 23C, 1.2C below normal. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) attributed this fall to []
MPA only accredited green port in India
NT Reporter Mumbai Giving a lift to the state, it was announced at the India Maritime Week 2025 that Mormugao Port Authority (MPA) is the only accredited green port in India. The green accreditation, which is for the operational areas of the port, is valid until June 2028. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who attended the []
