Goods news for Goans, says CM, thanks Union government Margao: In a major relief for hundreds of Goans, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has decided to accept revocation certificate as an alternative document in lieu of surrender certificate from those Indians who have obtained Portuguese citizenship and are applying for Overseas Citizenship of India []

Bardez taluka registers highest pass percentage Panaji: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) on Sunday recorded pass percentage of 85% at the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) examination 2024 with girls once again outperforming boys. The pass percentage this year dropped by 10.47% compared to the last year. This effect of []

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a political movement that brings together people from all walks of life. In an interview with Asianet News on the Lok Sabha elections, the Prime Minister said BJP is with Christians. He said BJP has ruled Goa with the backing []

New Delhi: Students with four-year undergraduate degrees can now directly appear for National Eligibility Test (NET) and pursue PhD, according to University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman Jagadesh Kumar. To pursue a PhD with or without a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), the candidates will require a minimum of 75% marks or equivalent grades in their four-year []

States asked to submit report within 15 days New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has asked all states and Union territories to investigate any violations and take appropriate action, including suspension of registration, against hospitals performing illegal organ transplants, officials said on Sunday. In a letter to all states and Union territories, Dr Atul Goel, []

Low supply leads to high prices at start of season, says vendor Bhiva Parab Panaji: Mango season is here, but the king of fruits, mango, especially the Goan Mancurad variety, seems to be way out of the common mans reach. A single good quality Mancurad mango is presently priced around Rs 90 with rates of []

Curchorem: Curchorem police on Saturday arrested two persons and recovered narcotic substance worth over Rs 8 lakh following its detection by a static surveillance team deployed at the Curchorem railway station. Police sources said the surveillance team spotted the two persons moving suspiciously outside the railway station along with three bags and, upon questioning, they []

Vasco: A 70-year-old woman, Gayatri Marathe was found murdered at her bungalow at Khariawada, Vasco, on Sunday evening. The senior citizen was living alone after the demise of her husband two years ago. According to sources, the deceaseds maid knocked on her door in the afternoon. As Marathe failed to open the door, the maid []

HSSC exams 2025 set for mid-Feb, allowing students early prep for JEE, NEET Panaji : Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) said that the supplementary examination would be tentatively conducted from May 16 onwards. The supplementary examination will be conducted for those candidates who are placed in needs improvement category or who []

Staff Reporter Curchorem Taking a dig at the Opposition for spreading rumours about danger to the minorities under the BJP-led central government, Curchorem MLA Nilesh Cabral has said that the country has seen unprecedented progress over the two terms of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also said that after the BJP rule at the []

Staff Reporter Panaji With Panaji facing a flood-like situation following heavy unseasonal showers, the Congress on Saturday censured the government over the haphazard manner in which the works are being carried out under the Smart City project. Following an inspection of heavily waterlogged sites, Congress leaders, including the state unit president Amit Patkar and spokesperson []

Staff Reporter Margao Like other parts of the state, Salcete also witnessed waterlogging with several road stretches getting inundated and choked drains overflowing. Such a situation was especially witnessed in Margao, Fatorda and surrounding areas. There were also reports of a couple of trees uprooting and falling on the roads in Fatorda and the old []

Staff Reporter Panaji With Panaji being in mess due to ongoing Smart City works, a heavy bout of unseasonal rain on Saturday brought the state capital to its knees. Besides overflowing of choked drains, several arterial roads, especially the 18th June Road were completely flooded, leaving the shopkeepers and residents fuming. Rainwater also entered some []

Staff Reporter Panaji In the wake of a lineman losing his life in Bicholim on Friday, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said the government will bring a ban on use of inverters in the state, which produce a reverse current. Sawant said the death of Manoj Zambaulikar occurred due to a reverse power supplying []

Staff Reporter Panaji Withdrawal of three opposition candidates from the Taleigao village panchayat election fray has given a boost to the panel led by MLA Atanasio Babush Monserrate and his wife Jennifer, since the number of unopposed candidates has now increased to four. The candidates, who secured unopposed victories, are Siddhi Kerkar from ward No []

Staff Reporter Margao Recalling how Goa maintained its identity through the Opinion Poll, leaders of the INDIA bloc have called on the people to vote in large numbers on May 7 considering it as the second Opinion Poll so as to save the state. The Congress party along with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), activists []

Staff Reporter Sankhali With polls to the two Lok Sabha parliamentary seats in Goa just days away, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is campaigning for around 16-18 hours a day. The CM has been campaigning tirelessly with the sheer determination to ensure a victory for both the candidates and has made several visits to constituencies in []

Staff Reporter Panaji In order to allow for conduct of Lok Sabha polls in a free, fair and peaceful manner by addressing electoral queries, and providing people a forum to lodge complaints, the Election Commission of India (EC) has set up control rooms across all the assembly segmentsin state. ForNorth Goa parliamentary constituency, control rooms []

Sporadic violence at some places; voters in six districts of Nagaland boycott; Tripura records highest polling at 80.17% New Delhi: A voter turnout of over 62% was recorded in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 102 seats across 21 states and Union territories amid sporadic incidents of violence at some places and an []

New Delhi: Accusing the Enforcement Directorate of being petty and politicising what he ate, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asserted before a court that the food he consumed was in conformity with the diet chart prepared by his doctor and sought insulin to be administered to him in jail. The embattled politician moved []

Mapusa : The tar ball nuisance has raised its ugly head yet again. The Little Vagator beach (Ozran) in North Goa has been seeing the re-emergence of the black sticky substance in the last four days, causing inconveniences to tourists and local visitors. Locals said that tar balls appear in May every year. However, this []

Dubai: An apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran saw troops fire air defences at a major air base and a nuclear site early on Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan, an assault coming in retaliation for Tehrans unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country. No Iranian official directly acknowledged the possibility that Israel attacked, []

PTI United Nations The US has vetoed a resolution in the UN Security Council on the latest Palestinian bid to be granted full membership of the United Nations, an outcome lauded by Israel but criticised by Palestine as unfair, immoral, and unjustified. The 15-nation Council voted on a draft resolution on Thursday that would have []

He may be stepping into electoral politics after 17 years, and that too with very short time on hand for campaigning, but this is not deterring INDIA blocs Congress candidate Ramakant Khalap in the least. The former Union minister, who recently announced that he is feeling young and full of energy, told Soiru Velip of []

Two shooters, who were arrested for opening fire at Salman Khans house, spill the beans New Delhi: Days after the arrest of two shooters, who allegedly opened fire at Bollywood actor Salman Khans home, the sleuths of Delhi polices special cell and the crime branch tracking the gang activities have revealed the new modus operandi []

Voting to be held for 102 LS seats in 1st of the 7 phases New Delhi: The 2024 Lok Sabha polls kicks off on Friday with voting for 102 seats spread across 21 states and Union territories in the first of the seven phases of the worlds largest electoral exercise as Prime Minister Narendra Modi []

We have proof on irregularities in Mapusa Urban Bank Panaji: Trying to corner North Goa Lok Sabha candidate of the INDIA bloc Ramakant Khalap over Mapusa Urban Cooperative Bank (MUCB), Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday hinted that the government could reopen the MUCB file, if required. Without taking the name of Khalap, Sawant alleged []

Reserves verdict on pleas New Delhi: Underscoring the importance of voter satisfaction and trust in the electoral system, the Supreme Court on Thursday told petitioners, who sought its direction to go back to using ballot papers, not to suspect the efficacy of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and appreciate if the Election Commission does good work. []

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has attached a bungalow and a flat, apart from equity shares, worth about `98 crore of actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra in connection with of a money-laundering case linked to the alleged crypto assets Ponzi scheme. The federal agency has issued a []

Dubai: The United Arab Emirates tried to wring itself out Thursday after the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, with its main airport allowing more flights even as floodwater still covered portions of major highways and communities. Dubai international airport, the worlds busiest for international travel, allowed global carriers on Thursday morning []

New Delhi: Ann Tessa Joseph, the sole woman cadet among the 17 Indian crewmembers of an Israel-linked container vessel that was seized by Irans military on April 13, was released on Thursday following concerted efforts by the Indian mission in Tehran and the Iranian government. Joseph expressed gratitude to all, including the Indian authorities who []