The Navhind Times

Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday stated in the Assembly that the state would make no compromise on the ongoing Mhadei river diversion dispute and would not withdraw its legal challenges under any circumstances. Sawants statement came in response to Opposition concerns over the Mhadei dispute and recent remarks by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi. []

With just a week remaining before the grand six-lane Porvorim flyover is officially inaugurated on September 9, the infrastructural marvel was bathed in luminous brilliance on Wednesday, transforming the structure into a visual spectacle. |Atish Naik

Chief Minister defends electricity charges Panaji: A heated debate broke out in the State Legislative Assembly on Wednesday over power tariffs and smart meters, leading the Opposition MLAs to storm the Well of the House twice as they demanded relief from the surging electricity bills and urged that smart meters remain optional for consumers. Making []

Sub-inspector shifted over dispute in restaurant Panaji: Goa police on Wednesday initiated departmental action against newly recruited Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) Viraj Sawant, attached to the Porvorim police station, for reportedly misbehaving with restaurant staff during a dispute over food bill. The incident occurred at an establishment in Porvorim, prompting a complaint to be filed at []

Panaji: The state government will acquire around 2 lakh square metres of Goa University land on the Taleigao plateau to develop a common campus for five colleges, with the new Goa College of Pharmacy and Goa College of Architecture targeted for completion by next year, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday. Replying to the []

Govt taking steps to bring number of villages down to 98: Satheesan Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam Chief Minister VD Satheesan on Wednesday said the state government had sought to limit the proposed ESA in the Western Ghats to 8,590 sq km across 98 villages. Addressing a press conference here, Satheesan said there was no need for concern []

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into the death of Disha Salian, former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and pulled up the Mumbai Police for failing to register an FIR for six years, observing that their probe raises more questions than answers. A division bench of Justices Sarang []

New Delhi: Global temperature rise is set to cross the 1.5-C threshold, likely within the next few years, intensifying extreme weather, ecosystem loss and submersion of small island developing nations, according to a new UN report released on Wednesday. The report, Limiting Overshoot, released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) emphasised the need for immediate []

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday alleged that the SIR being carried out by the Election Commission is an exercise aimed at helping the BJP win elections and urged the Supreme Court to stop the bulk deletions taking place under it. The former Union minister also alleged that the Special Intensive Revision []

From observing wetlands to designing for their recovery, Biopod+Co. brings its approach to Goa VINIKA VISWAMBHARAN What if the wetlands around us were not just landscapes to protect, but systems we could learn from? That question lies at the heart of Biopod+Co.s Designing with Nature, an exhibition at Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts, Altinho, []

A look at the Goa model and the road ahead Dr. Manorama Bakshi & Dr. Arjun Kumar Indias health protection landscape has gradually moved from fragmented, state-specific insurance arrangements towards broader public assurance systems. Within this shift, Goa offers a distinctive model. Goas health assurance question The Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) was introduced []

The Rakshas Battle of the Bands 2026 was held on August 15 at Emerald Lawns, Parra with 10 bands competing for the top spots. Organised by Slipdisc Advertising and Events, the event brought together musicians from different styles and generations. Chief guest Daniel Lobo attended the event. The competing bands were Roar Engine, Collision Course, []

The state must fast-track the agriculture policy to stop coconut output decline Coconuts are an integral part of Goas cultural, economic and ecological fabric. The fruit forms the foundation of the states culinary traditions and religious rituals. Economically, it drives various small-scale industries such as the production of coconut oil, coir, copra, jaggery, yeast, and []

Posts of cardiologist, nephrologists, neurologist filled at south district hosp: Rane Margao: A majority of referrals from Primary Health Centres (PHCs) go to South Goa District Hospital (SGDH) and Goa Medical College (GMC), the government said on Tuesday. Information provided during the ongoing Assembly session stated that SGDH received 6,996 referrals from PHCs last year []

Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the government would work with private entities, departments and MLAs to expand market opportunities for products made by self-help groups (SHGs), instead of limiting their sales to local festivals and events. Speaking during a calling-attention discussion moved by Siolim BJP MLA Delilah Lobo on monitoring the functioning, activities and []

Panaji: Recovery notices issued to mining companies in the state received poor response with a whopping Rs 257.9 crore of the dues remaining unpaid, the government said in the legislative assembly on Tuesday. The chartered accountant (CA) audit report on illegal mining had estimated Rs 319.5 crore, to be recouped from mining companies, of which []

Panaji: With the state assembly election drawing closer, the BJP on Friday held a meeting in the city to take stock of the works carried out by its ministers over the past four-and-a-half years. Members of the state BJP core committee were also present at the meeting. State BJP president Damodar Naik said ministers, including []

Calangute: Former Saligao MLA and GFP minister in the Manohar Parrikar-led cabinet Jayesh Salgaonkar resigned from the BJP on Friday. I am announcing that I have resigned from the primary membership of BJP and also from all the party positions I was appointed to, Salgaonkar said at a press conference. He said he was doing []

Will bring greater transparency, address unauthorised operations Panaji: Minister for Transport and Panchayati Raj Mauvin Godinho on Friday said the government had outlined measures to streamline transport operations and improve the process of panchayat-level mapping and surveys across the state. Godinho said that, as far as the rent-a-cab segment was concerned, the government had completed []

PTI Visakhapatnam The government must take steps to correct systemic failures and society must be awakened to set right the system, senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader C R Mukunda said on Friday while addressing reporters at the conclusion of the three-day RSS coordination meeting. The demographic imbalance in some regions and its impact on []

Nestled in Sangolda, the newly opened Meraki Art Cafe serves up a different kind of experience, with a menu of art activities for visitors to try their hand at CHRISTINE MACHADO | NT BUZZ The little purple door leading into the space hints at the beginning of a memorable adventure. And as you step inside []

PTI New Delhi In a major relief to law graduates, the Supreme Court on Friday reduced to a year the earlier mandatory requirement of three-year legal practice for them to take entry level judicial service examination. However, the selected candidates will have to undergo training at the judicial academy and a further one-year clerkship, a []

NT Reporter Panaji Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said that the Goa state assembly will take up as many as 13 bills on its first day, including supplementary appropriation bills, during the upcoming three-day monsoon session of the House, which is set to begin on August 31. These bills will be passed on the []

NT Reporter Panaji Prof Rajendra Gad has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Goa University. He replaces Prof Harilal Menon. Governor P Ashok Gajapathi Raju, who is the university Chancellor, has issued the appointment order. Gad will take charge of his post on August 25. Around 200 applicants had applied for the post of []

Ex-CM Laxmikant Parsekar among those who visited new party bldg Panaji: Ahead of the inauguration of the new state BJP office building at Kadamba Plateau by Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah on September 6, a puja and religious rituals was held at the premises on Thursday. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and BJP state []

Abdul Wahab Khan Panaji: Urban flooding in Panaji is likely to become more severe unless the city rethinks how it plans its drainage infrastructure, a new study has warned, adding that systems designed using historical rainfall data may no longer be adequate under changing climate conditions. The peer-reviewed study found that September rainfall has increased []

Seeks to reduce dependence on sensitive maritime chokepoints Moscow/New Delhi: Russia needs to create a railway route to the Indian Ocean to reduce dependence on strategically sensitive maritime chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz and Bosphorus Strait, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin has said. His comments came amid the conflict in West Asia, which []

25% emoluments made after 15 days in FY25-26 Panaji: Goa is among the top five states/UTs in India in delayed MGNREGA wage disbursements with 25 per cent of payments due to workers during 2025-26, made beyond 15 days. At the all-India level, only 3.75 per cent of payment to workers under the scheme is beyond []

Navy officer wins bronze medal in Seniors 55+ Singles at World Racketlon Championship Panaji : Indian Navy officer Captain Ashutosh Pednekar has added yet another feather to his cap by winning a bronze medal in the Seniors 55+ Singles at the World Racketlon Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands, held from August 5 to 9, 2026. Though []

26-year-old beats Chinas Han Qian Xi to secure her maiden BWF World Tour title Asan: Indias Ashmita Chaliha produced a gritty show to secure her maiden BWF World tour title with a fighting win over fourth seed Han Qian Xi of China in the womens singles final of the Korea Masters Super 300 badminton tournament []

Eugene: Basant Kumar Meghwal and Shahnavaz Khan became the first Indians to win a medal each in high jump and long jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships, clinching a silver and a bronze in their respective events on a memorable day for the country here. The 19-year-old Basant, the reigning Asian U20 champion, cleared []

Buyamayum impresses with a brace in their 2-1 triumph over Indian Navy FT Imphal: Afridi Buyamayum scored twice, including a spectacular second-half strike, as TRAU FC secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Indian Navy FT in their final Group D fixture of the Durand Cup here on Sunday. Despite being dominated for large periods and []

Their womens team beats Goa Guardians in final Panaji: Central Railways defeated Goa Guardians 76-67 to clinch the womens title at the Don Bosco Oratory Silver Jubilee Open Invitational Basketball Tournament powered by Goa Guardians in association with YMCA Panjim at the Don Bosco Oratory Indoor Stadium, Panjim, on Sunday. Central Railways were led by []

If our enchanting waterfalls are part of tourism, then safeguards cannot be ignored Goa witnessed another heartbreaking tragedy in its hinterlands when a 17-year-old Class XI science student from a higher secondary school in Headland Sada, Mormugao, drowned at the Tonir-Kajredhat waterfall in Savarde, Sattari. The school had organised a trekking expedition to Sattari as []

The battle is between the proprietary rights represented by American tech firms, which keep their technology guarded and protected, and the Chinese who follow open-source AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now a hot subject as it highlights the growing race between the United States (US) and China in the frontier area of technology that stretches []

Dont want sympathy, political reservation constitutional right Ponda: Political reservation for Scheduled Tribes (STs) is a constitutional right and the government should expedite the remaining process for reserving Assembly seats for STs, MLA Govind Gaude said on Sunday. We do not want sympathy from anyone. Political reservation for STs is our constitutional right, Gaude said. []

Curchorem: Over 150 residents on Sunday staged a demonstration outside the residence of Sanguem MLA Subhash Phal Dessai following the issuance of a notification regarding political reservation for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category, demanding answers and opposing the reservation of the Sanguem constituency. Protesters said they had consistently supported the BJP and Phal Dessai while []

Pernem: Members of the Dhangar community from Pernem on Sunday called for continued efforts to secure inclusion in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category at an awareness meeting held at Dhangarwada, Torxem, in Pernem. Speakers discussed the history of the communitys demand and said they would continue their efforts until the demand for ST status was []

Curchorem: The Dhangar community has given the government an August 15 deadline to take a decision on its demand for inclusion in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category, warning that it would launch a statewide agitation after August 27 if the demand is not addressed. A special meeting was organised by the Gomantak Dhangar Samajonnanti Mandal, []

Software engineer turned beekeeper, Suprajit Raikar, founded Raika Honey- a home grown honey brand which has an online presence and is also available in stores, writes Shahin Bepari Lambe What began as a career change for an IT professional has grown into a community movement that is promoting beekeeping supporting rural livelihoods and producing natural []

Oil marketing companies (OMC) have reiterated the fuel quality of E20 petrol, pointing out that, chloride presence in petrol has remained consistently within the prescribed limits. After media reports on moisture and chloride in E20 petrol, OMCs carried out a nationwide intensive testing covering the entire EBMS supply chain. The testing at the refinery level []

Prof. DM Deshpande Not only higher education even the school education in India, is in disarray. In a recently released report, UDISE+Unified District Information System for Education Plus, there are some distressing trends. UDISE+ is an educational management system under the government of Indias Department of School Education and Literacy. Its annual report is a []