The Navhind Times

NT Reporter Panaji The state government will appoint water inspectors to monitor wastage and issue guidelines to regulate the use of potable water, Minister for Drinking Water Subhash Phal Dessai announced on Saturday. Urging people to use water judiciously, Phal Dessai said the government is exploring restrictions on private swimming pools and examining technological solutions []

NT Reporter Panaji A month-long house-to-house verification drive will commence next week as booth level officers (BLOs) will move to re-enrol eligible citizens whose names were omitted during this years special intensive revision (SIR) process. The campaign targets approximately 1.39 lakh deleted voters recorded during the SIR drive. Reinstatement depends on meeting specific eligibility conditions. []

Shoma Patnaik Panaji Goan industry got hit by a power tariff hike on Saturday, as the government passed on the burden of higher power purchase cost to industrial consumers in the state. The upward revision in electricity charges for industries is until January 2027, and is with immediate effect. The tariff hike is earlier than []

NT Reporter Panaji Goa welcomed 76.9 lakh tourists between January and September, with a marginal increase of 0.76 per cent in footfalls over the 76.32 lakh tourists during the corresponding period in 2025. Domestic travellers powered the tourism count during the first nine months of the year even as the number of foreign tourists decreased []

NT Reporter Margao Priol MLA Govind Gaude on Saturday said artificial intelligence (AI) wouldnot replace humans, but urged students to master the technology without becoming entirely dependent on it. He spoke about its applications across various sectors while cautioning against its blind use. Gaude was speaking at the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan Sankalp Manthan programme []

NT Reporter Panaji The North Goa Fast Track Special Court has discharged a man accused of having sexual intercourse with a woman on the false pretext of marriage, observing that a marriage not taking place due to intervening circumstances does not, by itself, establish a fraudulent promise made with deceitful intent from the beginning of []

NT Reporter Siolim The long-standing demand for an upgraded fish market in Siolim is being addressed with the laying of thefoundation stone for its reconstruction at an estimated cost of Rs 1.1 crore under the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC). The project, whose foundation stone was laid on Friday, involves dismantling the existing dilapidated []