The Navhind Times

NT Reporter Panaji Panaji MLA and Revenue Minister Atanasio Babush Monserrate on Saturday declared that he remains steadfast in his decision to contest the Panaji Assembly seat in the forthcoming elections, dismissing speculations surrounding recent political developments within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Monserrate affirmed that he has no intention of leaving the BJP, asserting []

NT Reporter Panaji The state government is considering setting up a data centre in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Saturday, while stressing that such projects require careful consideration given publicsensitivities. Speaking at the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Farmagudi-based Goa College of Engineering (GEC) held at Lok Bhavan, Dona Paula, the Chief Minister said []

Amresh Parab Panaji The Goa Traffic Police have booked an average of one case per day since 2023 against private vehicle owners illegally renting out two- and four-wheelers, primarily to tourists visiting the state. According to police statistics, a total of 1,471 cases of unauthorised private vehicle rentals have been registered over the past 45 []

DR. LUIS DIAS Touristification and casinofication sound like made-up terms, but they have unfortunately entered our lexicon. Touristification is the process where a neighbourhood, city, or region transforms from a place for local residents into a space designed and consumed primarily for tourists. The word was coined in the 1980s, and was initially used as []

Dr. Nandkumar M. Kamat Hold your hands together and then try placing one over the other with both palms facing down. However you turn them, they cannot coincide perfectly. Many molecules possess this same property: their mirror images contain identical atoms joined in identical sequences, yet their spatial arrangements differ. This molecular handedness lies behind []

Frederick Noronha Old age isnt a battle. Old age is a massacre. Thats how Philip Roth described it in his short novel Everyman. Roth strips away the romanticism of aging. He frames the gradual loss of health, energy, and peers not as a heroic fight we can win, but as an inevitable, systematic dismantling of []

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! The famous star with the cool name has a big announcement: it has a sibling! For the first time, astronomers have captured a photo showing a smaller star next to the iconic red supergiant we all know and love. That Betelgeuse has a companion is not a major shock for astronomers. []

JOHN AGUIAR Brigadier Ian St. John da Costa belonged to a generation that witnessed Indias transformation from a young nation into a confident republic. A soldier, writer, administrator, and community leader, he lived a life defined by duty first to his country in uniform and later to society in civilian life. Born on September []

PRAJYOT MAINKAR Indias ornamental fish industry made the news this month for an odd reason. The government values it at about Rs. 3000 crore at home, yet exports totaled just Rs 16.94 crore in the latest year on record. The gap isnt peculiar to India. Live ornamental fish worth roughly $350 million cross borders each []

A clear tracking system could help prevent missing files and strengthen accountability The South Goa Advocates Association (SGAA) has been strongly pursuing an important issue: delays in mutation, partition and revenue proceedings. Besides, they also flagged missing mutation files, and alleged corruption in the system pointing to private agents operating around government offices who expedite []

As Defence Minister, he attempted to streamline procurement processes and inject urgency into long-pending decisions, becoming famous for his hands-on approach October holds great significance in the life of Manohar Parrikar. On October 24, 2000, he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa for the first time, going on to serve as Goas []

New Delhi: The Indian military must operate with a long-term strategic vision while remaining prepared for immediate and emerging challenges, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, asserting that an integrated approach is crucial to success in modern warfare. In an address at the Army Commanders Conference, Singh urged the top brass of the force []

Imphal: Thousands of people across Manipurs five valley districts took to the streets on Friday evening to stage a sound protest against continued killings and the alleged governments failure to restore normalcy in the state. Protesters in different localities of Imphal banged utensils, struck electric poles with hammers and honked vehicle horns between 7.30 pm []

Itanagar: Protesters clashed with the police during a 12-hour bandh against the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, prompting security forces to fire tear gas shells to disperse the agitators, officials said. The bandh was called from 5 am in Siang, Upper Siang and East Siang districts against the proposed 11,200 MW []

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) and resident doctors of AIIMS Delhi have condemned the teaser of Sunny Deol-starrer Suryaa: Ant Se Aarambh Tak, alleging that it generalises corruption in the medical profession and risks justifying violence against doctors and healthcare workers. They demanded an impartial review of the content and appropriate corrective action []

NT Reporter Panaji Heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty windshit several parts of the state on Friday, with Canacona recording 101.6 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast isolated to scattered rain and thunderstorms to continue on Saturday. Old Goa recorded 51 mm during []

NT Reporter Ponda Goa plans to build three small dams at Kajumol in Mollem, Gawal-Manke in Shiroda and Charawane in Sattari to strengthen water security and meet future requirements, Water Resources Minister Subhash Shirodkar said. The initiative is aimed at planning for the next 25 years rather than addressing any immediate water shortage, said Shirodkar, []

NT Reporter Panaji The Digital India BHASHINI Division launched a Konkani large language model (LLM) at the Goa AI Tech Conclave 2026, held at INOX, Panaji, on October 22 and 23. The model is intended to help artificial intelligence systems understand and generate Konkani in text and speech. During the inaugural session, the BHASHINI team []

On the occasion of Navratri, the programme, Srujan Sharada was held recently. It was jointly organised by Shaant Swar Brahma Sangeet Saunstha, Bicholim and Shri Mahamaya Devasthan, Borde Dicholi, in memory of Vaibhav Prakash Nayak, at Shri Mahamaya Devasthan, Dicholi. The programme began with the lighting of the traditional lamp (Samai Prajwalan) and inauguration. []

Flags casteist divisions during elections as a major challenge New Delhi: Coining a slogan, We Will Do It, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that India will become a developed nation by 2047, but flagged casteist divisions during elections as a major challenge. Addressing the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Sabha to mark a quarter-century as []

Agency to be selected to organise road shows Panaji: The Tourism Department plans to spend Rs 4.35 crore on promotional road shows in Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, with an estimated Rs 1.45 crore to be spent in each state. The department has retendered the request for proposal (RFP) to select an agency to []

Prolonged closure unreasonable: Mayor Panaji: The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) plans to reopen the Campal football ground, which has remained locked for around one-and-a-half years, mayor Rohit Monserrate said after the corporations monthly meeting on Wednesday. Monserrate said the prolonged closure of the ground was unreasonable, particularly when Panaji has limited recreational []

Study says maintaining landscape connectivity is essential for preventing genetic isolation Abdul Wahab Khan Panaji : Goa may be a small part of Indias Western Ghats, but it holds strategically important habitat for the sloth bear, with a new national assessment identifying 357 square kilometres of suitable habitat in the state, including 37 sq km []