Saarn to be swept back into Goan households
Source: Herald Publications
If one goes by plans mooted by the Goa Handicraft Corporation, the broom may once again find its way in Goan household. The first GHRSSIDC board meeting under the chairmanship of Lavu Mamledar has resolved to ...

Dim Diwali for Goa
Source: Herald Publications
PANJIM: Diwali celebrations were dampened in North Goa on Tuesday after a failure on ... it was restored in time,” said Kapil Pednekar from Khandola-Marcel.

Misal to lead Goa team for Nayudu trophy
Source: Deepika
Panaji, Nov 13 (UNI) Goa Cricket Association (GCA) announced its 15 member team for Goa State U-25 for the Col C K Nayudu trophy cricket tournament between Goa and Saurashtra, to be played at Rajkot from November 17 to 20. Goa team: Darshan Misal ...

Bhutia interim coach of United Sikkim
Source: The Hindu
... coach till the right person is available to undertake such responsibility,” the statement said. The team will be practicing in Kolkata for two days before flying to Goa on Thursday to play its sixth I-League match against Sporting Clube de Goa on ...

Mapusa: 'Jinnechea Som'dirant', Book on Value Education Released
Source: Daijiworld.com
'Jinnechi Vatt' (2011) has been transliterated into Kannada script by Fr Valerian Fernandes of Mangalore Diocese. 'Jinnechi Vatt' has received Best Essay Book Award-2009 from Thomas Stephen Konkani Kendra (TSKK), Goa Konkani Academy (GKA) and ...

 

Sporting Clube de Goa welcome 3 new foreign recruits
Source: Goal.com India
Sporting Clube de Goa have not had the best start to the I-League season. Ekendra Singh's side have only a solitary win from five matches. Their below-par performances have been attributed to the absence of foreign players. The club management have ...
 

Konkani film screened where it was shot
Source: Times of India
MOPIRLA: How does it feel to be in a village with lush green and hilly landscape and see the same locales on the screen at the same time? Morpirla villagers went through this wonderful experience on Saturday evening while watching the internationally ...

Bird-hit Air India flight flight takes off 3 hours late

Source: Times of India
South Goa collector N D Agarwal has made it clear to the stakeholders that if there is any causality due to a bird hit, a criminal offence would be registered against the authorities responsible for the disposal of garbage in the areas close to the ...

Goa miners stashed money in offshore accounts, says CPM

Source: Daily Pioneer

Goa miners have stashed proceeds from illegal mining in Swiss banks and other black money havens abroad, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has alleged while also calling for across the board nationailsation of all mining operations in the State.

Parrikar calls all-party meet on mining tangle

Source: TwoCircles. net
Panaji : Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Wednesday that an all-party meeting will be called to discuss ways to negotiate the imbroglio caused by the Supreme Court-imposed ban on mining in the state. "Leaders of all political parties will be ...

Goa: IAS officer to probe illegal sale of used cars

Source: indiablooms
Panaji, Oct 17 (IBNS) The Goa government on Wednesday appointed an IAS officer to inquire into the illegal sale of used cars involving government officers of two different enforcement agencies and criminals, after South Goa's Additional Collector ...

Stunning images of Goa and Maharashtra beaches | Mahindra ...

source: mahindrahomestays .com

With mesmerizing beaches dotting their palm-fringed coastlines, Goa and Maharashtra are a beach lovers paradise. We pick out some of our favourite coastal ...

EC to MHA: Probe Cong, BJP donations

Source: Deccan Chronicle
According to an EC official, the donation, prima facie violates Section 29-B of the Representation of the People's Act that states, “No political party shall be eligible to accept any contribution from any foreign source defined under clause (e) of ...

Goa port should diversify, not just export iron ore, says MP

Source: Newstrack India
Panaji, Oct 17 (IANS) Iron ore should not be the only major export for Goa's Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) and mining in Goa should be nationalised in the interest of protecting India's natural resources, Tapan Sen, Communist Party of India-Marxist leader ...

British MP takes up cudgel against mining in Goa

Source: TwoCircles.net
By Alfred de Tavares, IANS,. London : A campaign mounted in Britain over environmental damage in Goa due to mining has received support from a British parliamentarian who has so far tabled two motions in parliament. Carmen Miranda, through her ...

Church wants withdrawal of cases against anti-mini

Source; Zee News
Panaji: Goa Church has demanded that the government withdraw all the criminal cases filed against anti-illegal mining activists across these years as their stand is vindicated after the tabling of the Justice M B Shah commission report. The Council for ...

 

Restart legal mining in Goa: All India Trade Union Congress

Source: Economic Times
The Supreme Court recently halted the transportation and extraction of ore in Goa pending report from the Centrally Empowered Committee, which has been given four weeks time to probe the illegal mining in the state. The labour union, under the banner ...

Mining scam a wake-up call for Goa: Church

source: Herald Publications
PANJIM: The Church in Goa through a Press statement issued through the Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP), on Tuesday made its most unambiguous statement yet on the rampant illegalities in the mining sector that have led to the suspension of ...

In Goa, Navratri marks worship of earth mother goddess

Source: Times of India
KERI: 'Navratri' is the festival of nine nights when Durga, the goddess of creativity and procreation, is worshipped throughout Goa as Bhumika, Sateri, Navdurga, Bhagvati, Kalika, Mahamaya, Shantadurga and so on. Goa is considered the land of goddess ...

Economic development corporation notice to DLF for its failed 'mall'

Source: Times of India
PANAJI: Trouble continues to haunt the Delhi-based infrastructure company DLF, as the state government-run economic development corporation (EDC) has decided to issue a show-cause notice to the company as to why the lease should not be cancelled ...