The Navhind Times

Power Minister cites summer heat Panaji: Amid widespread public concern over unusually high electricity bills, the electricity department has revealed that it received 2,469 complaints regarding incorrect billing from consumers between April 1 and the present date this accounting year. Of the total complaints received this year, 1,278 were for incorrect billing, 606 for high []

Panaji: Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah will arrive in Goa on Saturday evening on a two-day visit. He will inaugurate and name the new Bharatiya Janata Party state headquarters located on the Old Goa bypass on September 6 at 4 pm, after which he is expected to interact with the state BJP leadership. []

Vasco: A 37-year-old motorcycle rider was killed on Friday afternoon after a high-end car allegedly collided with his two-wheeler and dragged it for nearly a kilometre before both the vehicles caught fire at Upasnagar, Sancoale. According to sources, the accident occurred around 2.15 pm when the car, approaching from an internal road in Upasnagar, collided []

Kyiv: Russian attacks overnight killed at least three people in Ukraine, local officials said Friday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said US envoys are expected to visit Kyiv within the coming days as part of renewed diplomatic efforts to end the war. The air war between Russia and Ukraine has intensified as the conflict stretches into []

Panaji: Motorists can expect traffic restrictions and diversions on key routes from September 5 to 7 as Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits Goa to attend the Western Zonal Council meeting and other programmes, including the presentation of the Presidents Colour to the Goa Police. According to the Traffic Police advisory, restrictions on September 5 []

Says no fees for consumers and small-time vendors New Delhi: Unified Payments Interface or UPI payments remain free for consumers, and any future merchant charges (MDR) will apply only to certain categories of merchant transactions, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Allaying apprehensions in certain sections that charges may be []

Mumbai: Maharashtra police have safeguarded more than Rs 1,700 crore of citizens money through timely intervention and freezing of funds before the money could reach cyber fraudsters, while over two lakh cybercrime complaints have been handled during the first seven months of 2026, officials said. Police have registered 803 proactive FIRs against persons and entities []

Vasco: Residents of Velsao on Monday removed construction material allegedly dumped on their traditional access road by a contractor engaged by Railway Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), clearing the way to around 25 houses affected by ongoing double-tracking work. A large number of villagers, activists and political leaders gathered at the site following a request from []

Panaji: The Centres in-principle Stage-I forest clearance for the Tamnar transmission project is set to face further scrutiny from environmental activists over forest rights, wildlife protection and statutory compliance. Goa Foundation founder Claude Alvares said the clearance was expected. They will have to give because there is a Supreme Court order, he said, referring to []

Panaji: Stating that innovation and research provide practical solutions to real challenges, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said research institutions can become valuable partners of the government. He appealed to researchers and students to undertake research and innovation in various sectors in the interest of the state during a programme at Goa University (GU) []

New Delhi: Meta apologised for the temporary removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modis Facebook post as well as for failures ranging from child sexual abuse content to deepfakes and boosting certain content on being paid a lot of money, government sources said on Wednesday after executives of the US tech giant met Union minister Ashwini []