1,678 tourists evacuated, over 100 still stranded Gangtok: Three Army personnel died and six soldiers went missing after a landslide hit a military camp at Chhaten in Sikkim, a defence official said on Monday. The landslide, which occurred at 7 pm on Sunday near Lachen town in Mangan district, was triggered by heavy rainfall in []

Agencies New Delhi The Senior India Womens National Football Team will face a stern test as they gear up for two FIFA Womens International Friendlies against higher-ranked Uzbekistan on May 30 and June 3, 2025, at the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellencein Bengaluru. Led by newly appointed head coach Crispin Chettri, the Blue Tigresses have []

Staff Reporter Panaji Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai said that Pope Francis will be remembered as a spiritual teacher of the highest order, who tirelessly spread the message of human love, global harmony, and peace. Terming him as a bold reformer, Pillai said that Francis courageously addressed critical global issuesbe it terrorism, climate change, or []

Staff Reporter Panaji Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced on Wednesday that henceforth no new sanad (a certificate granting permission for non-agricultural use) will be issued for farmlands, as per the Goa Restriction on Transfer of Agricultural LandAct, 2023, When mediapersons pointed out that despite notifying the new agriculture policy by the government, paddy fields are []

Staff Reporter Panaji The online admission process for undergraduate (UG) courses will commence from April 11 onwards, the Directorate of Higher Education (DHE) said. Around 10,000 seats will be filled across the different programmes in various colleges. The admissions will be conducted on the SAMARTH e-Gov platform and online applications will be accepted from 11 []

Staff Reporter Panaji Officials from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) have separately interrogated Israeli national Yaniv Benaim alias Atala (50), who was recently arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Goa Police in a drug-related case. Sources said both central agencies questioned Atala regarding his possible links to national and []

Staff Reporter Margao Its not the kind of experience most tourists expect on a relaxing holiday but for a group of Brazilian visitors on a dolphin-watching trip off the Benaulim coast, the outing turned into an unexpected wildlife rescue when they discovered two turtles entangled in ghost nets adrift in the sea. With help []

Staff Reporter Panaji The government is revamping the Goa State Incentives to Encourage Investments Scheme 2017 to improve the usefulness of the initiative to local industrial units. The umbrella scheme to incentivise industry is being revised under the Raising and Accelerating MSMIE Performance (RAMP) project, for which Goa has been sanctioned Rs 61.6 crore by []

Staff Reporter Panaji With over 60,000 registered micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the state and many among them facing difficulty in supplying components and equipments to large companies the government announced a buyer-seller meet on April 11, for large and small industry to come together and do business. The buyer and seller meet []

Staff Reporter Sinquetim Compassion SC were crowned champions in the GFA U-13 Girls League after a 5-4 win via tie-breaker in over Union of Chinchinim Villagers at Sinquetim ground, Navelim on Thursday. Compassion got off to a flying start with Asma Bandodkar breaking the deadlock before Jasmine Baral doubled their advantage. However, Chinchinim refused to []

Staff Reporter Panaji The state government has amended its Motor Vehicles Rules to recognise mobile applications as legitimate fare meters for taxi services. The notification, published on Thursday, marks a major shift in how ride-hailing services can operate in the popular tourist destination. The new rules, effective immediately, eliminate the mandatory requirement for physical printers []

Massive attack spread over 10 regions Moscow: The Russian military said its air defences shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 Russian regions on Monday night in what appears to be the biggest Ukrainian drone attack on Russia in three years, hours before key Ukraine-US talks were to start on Tuesday. The attack, which killed []

Staff Reporter Panaji Stating that land converted between March 2023 and July 2024, was 10 times more than the land converted during 1986-2005, Congress on Friday demanded the sacking of Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Vishwajit Rane and Chief Town PlannerRajesh Naik. GPCC president Sunil Kawthankar blamed Rane for the mass land conversions that []

With good coffee and great food, Paz Goa, Vagator, is the kindof cafe youll keep coming back to RAMANDEEP KAUR | NT BUZZ Just a short walk from the beach, Paz Cafe in Vagator exudes a relaxed and peaceful vibe, away from the crowd. Named Pazwhich means peace in Spanishthe cafe has a European-inspired aesthetic. []

PTI New York/Washington US President Donald Trump said he has received strong signals from Russia that it is ready for peace and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has written to him saying his country is ready to come to the negotiating table and also sign an agreement on minerals and security. Trump made these remarks []

Staff Reporter Panaji Varun Albuquerque (39) has been conferred as the Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation inGoa. Albuquerque is a Director of the Alcon Victor Group that has diverse business interests ranging from real estate development to hospitality and healthcare. The notification on February 12 in the Gazette of India states that the President []

Submit memorandum to Education director Special Correspondent Panaji: Parents of school students from across the state on Thursday submitted a memorandum to director of education Shailesh Zingade stating that they want the new academic year to begin from the first week of June as was done all these years, and not from April 1. Stating []

Skipper Ashleigh Gardner, bowlers star in their six-wicket victory Bengaluru: Ashleigh Gardner led from the front with a blazing 58 off 31 balls as bottom-placed Gujarat Giants snapped their losing streak with a dominant six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the WPL here on Thursday. Opting to bowl, GG put on a disciplined bowling []

Rain washes out Pakistan-Bangladesh clash Lahore: Afghanistan and Australia are set to face off in a high-stakes virtual quarterfinal at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Lahore on Friday, with both teams vying for a place in the semifinals. The stakes could not be higher. The loser of this Group B showdown will likely be []

Jaipur: The nearly weeklong deadlock in the Rajasthan assembly over state minister Avinash Gehlots remark on former prime minister Indira Gandhi ended on Thursday following Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharmas intervention. The suspension of six Congress MLAs, including its state chief Govind Singh Dotasra, was also revoked after Opposition leader Tikaram Jully tendered an apology []

Soiru Velip Panaji In the midst of deportation of illegal Indian immigrants by the United States, a Goan youth from Ponda taluka has remained stuck in Cambodia for over a year after he was caught by the local administration for entering the country illegally. According to Goa Commission for NRI Affairs, the youth was promised []

Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday stressed on enhancing the 112 Emergency Response Support System to significantly reduce the response time across the state. The directions were issued by Sawant during a high-level meeting held at Mantralaya with top officers. He also reviewed the key agenda of the 27th meeting of the Western Zonal []

Shahin Bepari Lambe Panaji: Goa agriculture department has managed to successfully cultivate dragon fruit in the states unique climatic and soil conditions, proving the crops viability for commercial farming. Success of the project provides hope for transforming Goas wasteland into productive agricultural zones, offering new opportunities to farmers. The experiment, which began in September 2022, []

208-page report flags violations in process of issuing licences New Delhi: The Delhi government suffered cumulative losses of over Rs 2,000 crore due to the 2021-2022 excise policy for reasons ranging from weak policy framework to deficient implementation, according to a CAG report tabled in the assembly on Tuesday, sparking a fresh showdown between the []