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  • New rules for Goa casinos soon, says CM Pramod Sawant during Budget speech March 30, 2023 12:10 PM IST

    New rules for Goa casinos soon, says CM Pramod Sawant during Budget speech

    The announcement was made by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant during his Budget speech in the Assembly on Wednesday, the official said.

  • Mumbai-Goa highway work will be completed by December, says Nitin Gadkari March 30, 2023 12:00 PM IST

    Mumbai-Goa highway work will be completed by December, says Nitin Gadkari

    The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways several works in the state's Konkan region were help up due to issues like land acquisition, permissions, contractor problems.

  • An insider's guide to Goa's capital, through Panjim's women-run businesses March 19, 2023 04:15 PM IST

    An insider's guide to Goa's capital, through Panjim's women-run businesses

    Where to sample mando music in Panjim, where to find the best Goan Saraswat food, and bookstores and heritage trails to explore.

  • Goa Congress's parliamentary affairs committee endorses Rahul Gandhi's UK speech March 18, 2023 04:55 PM IST

    Goa Congress's parliamentary affairs committee endorses Rahul Gandhi's UK speech

    The committee members unanimously passed a resolution supporting Gandhi.

  • In this Goa village, people celebrate Holi with fire showers March 07, 2023 08:38 PM IST

    In this Goa village, people celebrate Holi with fire showers

    On the night ahead of Holi, villagers gather at an open space with three huge trunks of betel nut trees for performing various rituals that culminate into "Sheni Ujo".

  • Laid off techie finds inspiration in Goa. Offers to work for 3 months pro bono March 05, 2023 05:54 PM IST

    Laid off techie finds inspiration in Goa. Offers to work for 3 months pro bono

    Amit Bhatia had worked as CX analyst with tech company Forrester for seven years before being laid off in February.

  • Beer sales: Telangana, Rajasthan & Andhra big guzzlers, but low on profits March 03, 2023 05:37 PM IST

    Beer sales: Telangana, Rajasthan & Andhra big guzzlers, but low on profits

    Currently, beer is taxed on volumes in India rather than on alcohol content. This makes beer costlier than spirits

  • Congress' 'haath se haath jodo' yatra to begin in Goa from March 4 March 02, 2023 07:25 PM IST

    Congress' 'haath se haath jodo' yatra to begin in Goa from March 4

    The yatra will cover all 40 Assembly segments of Goa and will involve issuing a "chargesheet" on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government's "failure to fulfil promises made to the citizens", he said.

  • Vagator, Goa’s newest hot spot is here to stay February 26, 2023 08:13 PM IST

    Vagator, Goa’s newest hot spot is here to stay

    Is it the stunning views from hill-top restaurants overlooking the Vagator beach or real-estate growth bandwagon coupled with commercialisation that is fast converting Goa’s Anjuna-Vagator belt into a hot spot?

  • 'My time more valuable than that of Adani, Tata, Birla': Yoga guru Ramdev February 20, 2023 04:49 PM IST

    'My time more valuable than that of Adani, Tata, Birla': Yoga guru Ramdev

    Ramdev said, 'Corporates spend 99 percent of their time in self-interest, whereas a seer's time is for common good.'

  • Akshata Murty and Sudha Murty spotted holidaying in Goa February 15, 2023 08:42 PM IST

    Akshata Murty and Sudha Murty spotted holidaying in Goa

    A fisherman named Francis Fernandes, locally known as Pele, said he immediately identified Akshata Murty when she approached him on Monday inquiring about water sports.

  • Goa to develop four full-fledged fishing villages with Central govt funding February 11, 2023 08:51 AM IST

    Goa to develop four full-fledged fishing villages with Central govt funding

    The Narendra Modi government is giving several incentives to create a blue economy and people living in coastal areas must participate to ensure they benefit from the sector, the CM said.

  • The 10 most welcoming cities of India revealed. See if yours made the list January 31, 2023 05:02 PM IST

    The 10 most welcoming cities of India revealed. See if yours made the list

    Travel portal Booking.com has revealed the top 10 most welcoming places in India, with cities in Goa, Kerala and other popular tourist states dominating the list.

  • Goa to implement NEP in graduation, technical courses from next academic year: CM Pramod Sawant January 25, 2023 02:00 PM IST

    Goa to implement NEP in graduation, technical courses from next academic year: CM Pramod Sawant

    Addressing a state-level workshop on the NEP at Sankhali, Pramod Sawant said there is confusion over the implementation of the policy in technical education.

  • Goa to auction five more iron ore mining blocks January 25, 2023 10:25 AM IST

    Goa to auction five more iron ore mining blocks

    The state Directorate of Mines and Geology (DMG) had last month conducted the e-auctioning of four iron ore blocks, with an aim to pave way for the resumption of the state's iron ore mining industry in the state.

  • India extends invitation to Pakistan foreign minister to join SCO meeting in Goa: Report January 25, 2023 09:27 AM IST

    India extends invitation to Pakistan foreign minister to join SCO meeting in Goa: Report

    The report pointed out that the invitation comes days after Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif admitted that Pakistan wants to live in peace with India and has learnt its lesson from three wars.

  • Mumbai-Goa to get access-controlled corridor like Pune expressway, Samruddhi route, says Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde January 23, 2023 09:06 AM IST

    Mumbai-Goa to get access-controlled corridor like Pune expressway, Samruddhi route, says Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

    Addressing the concluding function of the 'Malvani Mahotsav' on Sunday night, Shinde said the expressway between Mumbai and Goa will be a greenfield one (fresh construction) and will be access controlled.

  • Nine people killed in truck-van collision on Mumbai-Goa highway in Maharashtra January 19, 2023 09:22 AM IST

    Nine people killed in truck-van collision on Mumbai-Goa highway in Maharashtra

    The accident took place at 4.45 am at Repoli village in Raigad, located more than 130 km from Mumbai. The victims, all relatives, were going in the van to Guhagar in Ratnagiri district, Superintendent of Police Somnath Gharge said.

  • Goa delegation meets Union minister Amit Shah over Mahadayi river diversion issue January 12, 2023 09:28 AM IST

    Goa delegation meets Union minister Amit Shah over Mahadayi river diversion issue

    The Goa government has also objected to the Central Water Commission's decision to sanction the Detailed Project Report (DPR) submitted by Karnataka to construct two dams on the Mahadayi river.

  • Akasa Air to launch Goa operations on January 11 January 10, 2023 06:56 PM IST

    Akasa Air to launch Goa operations on January 11

    Goa will be the 12th city on its network in the country.

  • Bomb threat: Flight from Moscow arrives in Goa 15 hrs after emergency landing in Jamnagar January 10, 2023 03:26 PM IST

    Bomb threat: Flight from Moscow arrives in Goa 15 hrs after emergency landing in Jamnagar

    The Moscow-Goa flight with 236 passengers and eight crew members was diverted to the Jamnagar airport on Monday night after the bomb threat.

  • Emergency landing after bomb threat: Nothing suspicious found on Moscow-Goa flight, say police January 10, 2023 10:14 AM IST

    Emergency landing after bomb threat: Nothing suspicious found on Moscow-Goa flight, say police

    The National Security Guard (NSG) and local police teams completed checking the aircraft on Tuesday morning after the flight made an emergency landing here on Monday night, they said.

  • Moscow-Goa flight makes emergency landing at Gujarat's Jamnagar airport following bomb threat: Police January 10, 2023 06:08 AM IST

    Moscow-Goa flight makes emergency landing at Gujarat's Jamnagar airport following bomb threat: Police

    All the 236 passengers and crew members were evacuated safely and the plane is being checked by local authorities along with police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), Inspector General of Police (Rajkot and Jamnagar Range) Ashok Kumar Yadav said.

  • 'Will you serve beer?': IndiGo passenger asks pilot on Delhi-Goa flight. Watch January 09, 2023 03:57 PM IST

    'Will you serve beer?': IndiGo passenger asks pilot on Delhi-Goa flight. Watch

    The question was asked on IndiGo's inaugural flight from Delhi to Goa's Mopa airport.

  • Two foreign passengers offloaded from Go First flight for 'misbehaving' with woman cabin crew member January 07, 2023 10:06 PM IST

    Two foreign passengers offloaded from Go First flight for 'misbehaving' with woman cabin crew member

    The matter was also reported to the aviation safety regulator DGCA.