The Navhind Times

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 []

NT Reporter Margao Following a report published by The Navhind Times on July 29, highlighting the worsening condition of roads and large potholes at the Margao KTC bus stand, the Public Works Department (PWD) on Saturday carried out repair work at thepremises. The immediate patchwork has brought relief to thousands of daily commuters, visitors, bus []

NT Reporter Ponda Power Minister Ramakrishna Sudin Dhavalikar said that many young politicians today were more focused on celebrating birthdays with money sponsored by supporters than on serving society. He also urged journalists to continue searchingfor and bringing out the truth, saying fearless journalism is essential to strengthening the fourth pillar of democracy. Addressing the []

NT Reporter Panaji St Cruz MLA Rodolfo Fernandes on Saturday took strong objection to the opening of a second Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in the constituency. He charged that the move is politically motivated and aimed at obstructing his development work. Speaking to the pressmen, Fernandes said that he had no opposition to anyone []

NT Reporter Panaji The High Court of Bombay at Goa has directed the state government to review the promotional dates of two Superintendents in the Law Department. The petitioners, Gauri Damodar Naik and Shayani U Naik, challenged the prospective nature of their promotions in 2025. Originally appointed as legal assistants in 2007, they were transferred []

NT Reporter Panaji After months of public awareness campaigns, software calibration and repeated extensions to its trial phase, Goa on Saturday formally launched AI-based traffic enforcement, with automated cameras across state beginning to issue electronic challans to motorists violating traffic rules. The rollout marks a significant step towards technology-driven policing aimed at improving road safety []

NT Reporter Margao/Panaji Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Girish Chodankar and Goa Forward Party (GFP) chief Vijai Sardesai on Saturday held preliminary discussions on a possible alliance for the nextAssembly elections. Sardesai said he had initiated the talks in keeping with a promise made at a meeting in Canacona. As promised, today I went []

Special Correspondent Panaji Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said people from outside the state came to Goa and tried to instigate Goan youth and local residents tojoin NEET protests. However, the Goan youth and their parents were wise and did not fall for this propaganda, he added, pointing out, In the future too Goans []

PTI New Delhi Demanding Union Home Minister Amit Shahs resignation over the July 20 crackdown on anti-paper leak protestors in Delhi, AISA president Neha Bora said the movement has evolved into a wider campaign seeking accountability from the Centre over the alleged police action. Bora, who observed a 23-day hunger strike during the agitation, told []

AP Cairo US President Donald Trump threatened more strikes on Iran as the United States presses for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Hours later on Saturday, Kuwait said it responded to a new round of drone attacks from Iran while a tanker was struck in the strategic waterway. Meanwhile, Israel carried out heavy []

DR. LUIS DIAS The BBC Proms classical music festival began in London (and a few other locations in the U.K.) in mid-July, and Ive been listening to audio podcasts online a day later for convenience due to thetime difference. As ever, there is so much to delight in, and learn, from old works of music []

PRAJYOT MAINKAR At a taluka office in most of India, the real gatekeeper is not the clerk. It is the register. Theres this fat old ledger going soft at the edges, the kind where someone once scribbled your name maybe they even knew how to spell it, maybe not. One tiny letter decides everything: []

DEEPIKA RATHOD When we think of vitamin C, the first thing that usually comes to mind is its role in boosting immunity. But did you know that vitamin C does so much more? Not only does it help strengthen the immune system, but it also benefits our skin and overall health. Vitamin C is essential []

PTI New Delhi In a video message late Thursday night, the Prime Minister said that a bill to check paper leaks, containing provision for strict action, will be introduced in the Parliament. He said contours of the new bill to check paper leaks will be discussed at Fridays cabinet meeting. Modi said the bill will []

PTI New Delhi Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Thursday came out in support of the students protesting against the alleged NEET paper leak, saying their anxieties and concerns regarding the examination system are genuine. Joshi also criticised the police crackdown on the protesting students that took place on Monday and called it merciless. []

NT Reporter Panaji Following the overflowing of the Tillari dam after heavy rainfall in Dodamarg and Tillari catchment areas, authorities in the state have issued a flood alert for villages located along the Tillari and Chapora rivers. According to officials, the continuous downpour has caused the dams water level to rise rapidly, thus prompting the []

Sooryavanshi, Mayank star in 7-wicket victory over Zimbabwe Harare: Wonderkid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed an 18-ball half century in his first innings of substance in international cricket as an all-round India outplayed Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the first T20 of the three match series here on Thursday. Pacer Mayank Yadav made a successful return to []

Glasgow: Putul Sonowal stunned 2023 world champion Ryan Bester of Canada in tie-break in Lawn Bowls Mens Singles as India began their Glasgow Commonwealth Games campaign on a confident note here on Thursday. Rupa Rani Tirkey and Pinki Singh also won their Womens Pairs opening match against Malta in tie-break as Lawn Bowls competition kicked []

They bow out after losing to Chandigarh in last league match Panaji: Goa bowed out of the CAP U-19 Mens Inter State One-Day Tournament (Siechem Trophy) after suffering a 31-run defeat to Chandigarh in their league match at Siechem CAP Ground 3, with the result ending their hopes of reaching the final. Chasing 298, Goa []

Panaji: Dempo Higher Secondary School, Cujira, defeated Fr Agnel Higher Secondary School, Pilar, 2-0 to win the Cluster 4 U-17 Boys Subroto Mukherjee Football Tournament organised by the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs at the Santa Cruz ground. The victory secured the Cluster 4 title for Dempo HSS after a disciplined performance against Fr []

Pragya, Dimple, Arnav bag double titles in their respective categories Panaji: Mohammed Umar clinched the honours with a triple crown, while Pragya Audi, Dimple Revankar and Arnav Saraf secured double titles at the State Sub-Junior (U15 & U17) Badminton Ranking Tournament organised by Salcete Badminton Club under the aegis of the Goa Badminton Association and []

Roque Dias Margao: The Agriculture Department will distribute three lakh marigold seedlings to farmers across Goa in August. The seedlings are being raised for the first time at the Centre of Excellence (CoE) at Codar, Dharbandora, under technical assistance from Israel. The Directorate of Agriculture partnered with Israel under the Indo-Israel Agriculture Project (IIAP) a []

Panaji: The Goa Police Drug Disposal Committee (DDC) on Wednesday destroyed 46.363 kg of narcotic drugs seized in 18 cases registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at various police stations, including the Anti Narcotic Police Station. The narcotics, valued at approximately Rs 2.02 crore, were disposed of through high-temperature incineration at []

Clarifies seniority dispute, sets uniform promotion date Panaji : The High Court of Bombay at Goa, in a matter concerning the finalisation of the Police Departments seniority list, has clarified that April 1, 2013, will be treated as the deemed date of promotion for a group of Police Inspectors. The clarification came on a Miscellaneous []

Panaji: Alleging that the Opposition was staging protests to create the impression that the Modi government was inactive, BJP state president Damodar Naik on Thursday said the Central Government had acted swiftly in the NEET examination case by forming a Special Investigation Team, leading to the arrest of the accused, who are now in jail. []