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PTI Chennai The Tamil Nadu government has issued work orders for nearly 1.28 lakh gold rings, costing approximately Rs 220 crore, to two jewellery retail chains under the Maternal uncle gold ring scheme for newborns, a poll promise made by TVK, an official said on Saturday. Over one lakh gold rings are required to implement []

PTI New Delhi Passengers flying out of Indian airports will no longer be required to carry a physical boarding pass, as immigration authorities have decided to do away with the stamping of this document from September 1, officials said on Saturday. Instead, passengers travelling abroad will have to produce an e-boarding pass on their smartphones []

PTI New Delhi The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday condemned Congress for its decision to sing just two stanzas of Vande Mataram at its events and vowed to protect the dignity and the national status of the full version of the national song. In a 10-point resolution passed at a meeting here of its []

NT Reporter Panaji Goas decision to make cancer a notified disease will give the state a more comprehensive picture of its cancer burden, but the notification itself does not announce any new financial benefit or reduction in treatment costs forpatients. Under the public health departments notification dated August 20, all newly diagnosed cancer cases, including []

NT Reporter Mapusa Rovina Pereira Lobo, who has been lodged in judicial custody at the Colvale Central Jail since her arrest in connection with the 2020 double murder of her husbands aunts, has now been arrested by Colvale police in a case of alleged smuggling of drugs inside the prison. The arrest follows an investigation []

NT Reporter Panaji Goa recorded 169 road accidents per lakh population in 2024, the highest rate among all states and Union territories nationally, ahead of Kerala (136) and Tamil Nadu (88). While Goa may not lead India in terms of total road accidents by absolute vehicle volume, it consistently lands in the top five states []

NT Reporter Ponda Goa Forward Party (GFP) president Vijai Sardesai, at a meeting in Mollem on Saturday warned thatif pending payments tosugarcane farmers werenot cleared before the Assembly session, the party would bring sugarcane to the Assembly to highlight the issue. Sardesai visited villages in the Sanvordem constituency as part of the partys Jai Gaon, []

NT Reporter Panaji The District and Sessions Court, North Goa has rejected bail applications of Zakaulla Khazi (21) from Caranzalem and Riyan Bagwan (18) from Tonca in connection with June case of alleged trespass and assault at a Caranzalem guest house. The order was passedon Friday. The court observed that in view of the gravity []

NT Reporter Ponda A tense exchange between Aframent-Shirshirem residents and Water Resources Minister Subhash Shirodkar over water-related issues and the naming of their internal road as NH 566 was brought under control after Shirodkar assured the residents that their grievances would be heard and addressed. The confrontation took place after the inauguration-related programme for the []

NT Reporter Margao The Global Romi Lipi Abhiyan (GRLA), while congratulating the Tiatr Academy of Goa and the Tiatr fraternity on Tiatr being recognised nationally as an element of Indias Intangible Cultural Heritage, said the recognition should also lead to equal recognition for the RomiKonkani script. This is a proud moment for Goa and a []

DR. R. G. WISEMAN PINTO Cancer often begins insidiously and without pain. However, in stages III and IV, many patients develop significant, sometimes excruciating pain. It may result from a tumour growing rapidly and stretching or infiltrating surrounding tissues. It can also arise from diagnostic procedures, treatment, involvement of the skin and nerves, hormonal changes []

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 []

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 []

NT Reporter Pernem Chief Minister Pramod Sawant called upon the younger generation to shoulder the responsibility of building a developed India, saying the benefits of the countrys progress would largely belong to Gen Z and Gen Alpha. Addressing a gathering on Independence Day at the historic Patradevi memorial, where 33 freedom fighters were martyred in []

PTI New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged political parties to rise above differences to help secure 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures, called on the youth to take the lead in building a developed India, and warned that armed Naxalism has been eliminated but dimagi Naxals still lurked. In his []

NT Reporter Panaji Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said the Goa Human Resource Development will create 6,000 to 8,000 jobs in the next six months, and linked the job creation to wider efforts on infrastructure, connectivity and cultural preservation. Addressing the people during the 80th Independence Day celebrations held near the old secretariat, the []

NT Reporter Panaji Goa recorded 40 cases of crime against foreign tourists between 2022 and 2024, with the police filing chargesheets in 28 cases. Trials were completed in four cases, resulting in two convictions, according to data tabled in the Rajya Sabha on August 13 by Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Shekhawat said tourism, including []

Abdul Wahab Khan Panaji A bacterium living on jellyfish found off the Goa coast has emerged as a promising source of a biodegradable polymer after researchers isolated it from Chrysaora and demonstrated its ability to rapidly produce exopolysaccharide (EPS), a class of biopolymers with potential applications ranging from food and cosmetics to pharmaceuticals and environmental []

As Goa prepares for ST reservation in four Assembly constituencies, questions arise over representation,political opportunity, rotation and whether the system will benefit those most in need MITHIL FALDESAI Four of Goas 40 Assembly constituencies are expected to be reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates in the upcoming election. This is exactly 10% of the Assembly, []

NT Reporter Curchorem Power Minister Ramkrishna Sudin Dhavalikar said people should remember the sacrifices of freedom fighters and patriots while enjoying the fruits of freedom. Today we are enjoying the fruits of freedom. But to achieve this, innumerable freedom fighters and patriots not only struggled but sacrificed their lives for the sake of the country, []

NT Reporter Margao The Benaulim BlockCongress on Saturday launched a drive to collect relief materials for people affected by floods in Assam, with the materials to becollected at its office from August 15 to 21. The drive was launched during a programme at the Benaulim Block Congress Office, where two young entrepreneurs, Lessley Pereira and []

NT Reporter Bicholim Mayem MLA Premendra Shet on Saturday said people should be aware of their responsibility towards serving the nation, while Bicholim MLADr Chandrakant Shetye called for unity and secularism to strengthen the country. Shet hoisted the Tricolour at a function organised by the Deputy Collectors office in the presence ofShetye. People should be []

NT Reporter Margao Benaulim AAP MLA Venzy Viegas on Saturday said citizens must question the government over their rights, while raising concerns over land conversion, paper leaks and the state of health and education. Speaking after unfurling the national flag at his office on Independence Day, Viegas said, For 79 years the national flag is []

Agencies New Delhi Days after the Bar Council of India (BCI) ordered State Bar Councils to freeze the enrolment of NALSARs entire 2026 graduating batch, only to withdraw the move following widespread criticism and a rebuke from the Supreme Court, BCI chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra has apologised to law students and said they must always []

PTI Faridabad Faridabad police have busted a fake call centre operating from a hotel in Delhis Rajouri Garden and arrested seven people, including its alleged mastermind, for cheating around 400 to 500 people, officials saidon Saturday. Faridabad police have arrested seven people, including the alleged mastermind of the racket, and recovered 14 mobile phones and []

PTI Chamoli (Uttarakhand) Rescuers on Saturday found one more dead inside a tunnel under construction inundated with water two days ago here, leading to the death of seven workers, with the clock ticking for the couple of workersstill inside. Twenty-two people were trapped inside the three-kilometre tunnel when the water rushed in around 7 pm []

Dr. Nandkumar M. Kamat Nobody who watched India through the 1990s decades of hijackings, the Parliament attack, 26/11, hundreds of soldiers lost quietly to infiltration would have predicted where the country stands today. Uri broke something in 2016, when surgical strikes first openly put punitive cross-border action on the table. Balakot broke further []

DR. LUIS DIAS When first faced with the prospect of spending a whole week in Bengaluru, my heart sank. I had heard so much about the urban jungle it had become, and getting stuck in long traffic snarls when trying to get to any destination within the city. But my spirits lifted a lot when []

NT Reporter Mapusa Tourism and IT Minister Rohan Khaunte, in his Independence Day address at the Administrative Office in Bardez, outlined thegovernments vision of building a Viksit Goa by balancing economic development with the preservation of the states culture, heritage and identity. Khaunte said tourism would continue to remain the backbone of Goaseconomy, while stressing []

PTI New Delhi Cockroach Janta Party chief spokesperson Saurav Das on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his reference to dimagi Naxals in his Independence Day address, and said educated young people cannot be branded Naxalis merely for questioning the government. In his address from the Red Fort on the countrys 80th []