The Navhind Times

Four other occupants sustain serious injuries Ponda: A group of five youths returning home in a car after a business-related trip to Maharashtra met with an accident barely 500 metres from their destination, leaving one dead and four others seriously injured in the early hours of Sunday. The accident occurred around 1 am on the []

Panaji: A warning message communicated to Shrinivas Nayak, director of Majestic Pride Group, over a month ago turned out to be true last Friday night when two assailants fired multiple bullets at him, sources told The Navhind Times. Luckily, Nayak escaped unhurt. The Majestic Pride Group runs onshore and offshore casinos in the state. While []

The Mango House, Merces, a design-led non-profit enterprise creates livelihood for local women by providing training and upskilling for traditional skills like crochet, writes Shahin Bepari Lambe The Mango House, a Panaji-based enterprise working towards women empowerment is creating income opportunities for local women by combining traditional Goan craft skills with entrepreneurship. The handcrafts products []

LIC Housing Finance, Canara Bank and Union Bank of India have opposed Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandras repayment plan in his personal insolvency case and will challenge its approval by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) before an appellate tribunal. The three organizations said they collectively accounted for 8.45 percent of the voting share in []

Prof. DM Deshpande The Parliamentary Committee on Health and Family Welfare submitted its 176th Report to Parliament recently. The title of the report, Affordability and Accessibility of Healthcare Facilities in Public and Private Sector, aptly highlights the twin problems faced by patients in India. Private healthcare facilities are expensive, especially when per capita incomes are []

V B Prabhu Verlekar Q. A Goa political leader reportedly visited London at the invitation of a Goa-for-Goans Association registered in the UK. The association reportedly collected 10,000 through donations from foreign citizens as well as NRIs to support the forthcoming Goa Assembly elections. Can such funds legally be used for election purposes in Goa []

They edge past Damodar HSS Gudi-Paroda via penalties in final Bambolim: Vasantrao Dempo Higher Secondary School, Cujira, were crowned state champions in the U-17 Boys Subroto Mukherjee Cup after edging Damodar Higher Secondary School, Gudi-Paroda, 4-2 on penalties following a thrilling 3-3 draw at Atal Stadium on National Sports Day. Damodar made a flying start []

Eva stars as Fatorda side outplays St Marys HS Mapusa in final Panaji: Don Bosco Sports Academy, Fatorda recovered from an early deficit to beat St. Marys Girls High School, Mapusa 23-15 and lift the girls title at the Group Priority State Sub Junior Basketball Championship 2026 at Don Bosco Oratory, Panjim. St. Marys made []

Gawalis men eye winning start in AFC U20 Asian Cup qualifiers Tashkent: India will begin their AFC U20 Asian Cup China 2027 qualifying campaign against Syria at the Dostlik Stadium here on Monday. India are in Group B alongside hosts Uzbekistan and Bangladesh, with only the group winners and seven best runners-up across the eight []

AP Washington President Donald Trump arrives at an awkward moment for his presidency on Friday as the US-Israel war against Iran reaches the six-month mark, a notable milestone for a conflict that the Republican leader repeatedly assured Americans would be a little excursion lasting a matterof weeks. The war isnt over, though Trump claims that []

PTI Beijing Chinese officials on Friday said more than 1,000 people, including 555 tourists, have been evacuated from Gyirong County near the Tibet-Nepal border after devastating flash floods that caused heavy casualties. The flash floods struck Gyirong Port in the Tibet Autonomous Region on Wednesday, sweeping through villages and towns near the China-Nepal border area. []

AP Washington As rescue teams searched Thursday for missing people following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border, Earth scientists reviewed satellite imagery for clues to the cause and assessed the devastation. The flooding killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday. Many more are still missing, including scores of foreigners and pilgrims. Geomorphologists []

PTI Patna Parts of Bihar faced the threat of a deluge as water levels in the Ganga, Gandak, Kosi and Burhi Gandak rivers showed a rising trend following the devastating flash floods and rains in neighbouring Nepal. A senior official here said that excess water brought in by the flash floods has caused the Gandak []

PTI Bengaluru For the second time in two years, Karnataka minister B Nagendra resigned from the state cabinet on Friday amid the opposition heat over his alleged involvement in the Rs 89 crore Valmiki Corporation scam. His move came hours after Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who re-induced the Ballary rural MLA in a cabinet []

PTI Thane/Mumbai Five Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were suspended after 3,400 enumeration forms related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls were found at a photocopy shop in Navi Mumbai, triggering a clash between Shiv Sena (UBT) and BJP activists, police and district officials said. The Sena (UBT) workers confronted a man, who []

PTI New Delhi Penguin Random House India (PRHI) on Friday said it had been keen to publish Sonia Gandhis memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love throughout the relevant discussions but it is their prerogative and responsibility to fact check authors. It is not the publisher of the book in India, PRHI said in a statement, []

EDITORIAL Give Panajis heritage buildings a new future by restoring and reopening them Panajis distinct architectural heritage, from pre-colonial structures such as the Adil Shah Palace to Indo-Portuguese mansions, is more than just brick and mortar. They represent the regions socio-cultural evolution and serve as a tangible connection to the past. According to the CCP, []

At the governing council meeting of NITI Aayog earlier this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for district-level GDP estimates to shift economic measurement from top-down national aggregates to decentralised, grassroots assessments. Aggregates are neat headline numbers, but they often hide the messy details underneath. The core objective of measuring economic performance across individual districts []

Goas new community radio, Radio Mandovi is handing over the mic to locals. NT BUZZ speaks to the man behind the idea KALYANI JHA | NT BUZZ As an economist working in the education space, Ashwin Fernandes work often takes him to universities around India and abroad. It was there that he first observed the []

Blue Material, Indias first Dalit-led, queer-affirmative comedy collective, will perform in Goa today as part of its Recording Tour 2026 CHRISTINE MACHADO While caste is by no means an unfamiliar term in India, discussions today tend to centre on politics, reservations, and related issues. Its very one-dimensional. But there is much more to our existence, []

ADELMO FERNANDES Writer Tinusha Pereira has recently released her second book Ever Only You, a beautiful love story about friendship, heartbreak, self-worth, and belonging. Born and raised in Goa, the Melbourne-based writer has always loved reading romance novels and watching romantic comedies. Having previously penned Islamic Heritage of Goa, which celebrates and preserves the often-overlooked []

DEEPIKA RATHOD Many people struggle to eat enough vegetables because of personal dislikes, busy lifestyles, reliance on processed foods or a lack of knowledge about preparing vegetables in appealing ways. While vegetables contain cellulose, which the body cannot fully digest, thorough chewing, cooking or blending can make them easier to process. Among nutrient-rich vegetables, carrots []

PTI Kathmandu The death toll from the massive Nepal-Tibet flash floods rose to 392 on Thursday, as rescuers raced against time to trace hundreds of people still missing, including 290 Indian nationals. Of the 392 victims, 389 died in the flash floods in Nepal, while three were killed in neighbouring Tibet. A Nepal Police statement []

Shoma Patnaik Panaji Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) chairman Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco on Thursday said the corporation will make sure that the proposal for converting industrial estate land from leasehold to freehold is not misused by plotholders. Speaking on the sidelines of an industry event, Lourenco said, The corporation will keep the right to take []

EDITORIAL Patradevi memorial stands as a symbol of Goas liberation struggle and national unity After inaugurating the newly re-developed Hutatma Smruti Smarak at Patradevi, a historic site associated with the states liberation struggle, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid glowing tributes to the satyagrahis of Goas freedom struggle. He said the memorial is not merely a []

Competitive examinations in India are among the most important gateways to higher education, employment and public service. Every year, millions of candidates invest months and sometimes years preparing for examinations conducted by various national and state-level agencies. For these candidates, a question paper is not merely a collection of questions; it is the instrument through []

Disaster devastates towns & villages, washes away critical bridges Kathmandu: Nearly 100 people were killed and over 750, including 133 Indian nationals, remain missing after a massive flash flood originating in Tibet swept through central Nepal on Wednesday, devastating several towns and villages, washing away critical bridges, and crippling a dozen hydropower projects. Nepal Foreign []

Sharp decline reported during April-June Panaji: The international passenger traffic from Dabolim airport has plunged by 69 per cent, just as it has dipped by 42 per cent at Mopa airport during April-June, thus being among the steepest declines recorded across Indian airports. At the national level, the international traffic from India dropped by 10 []

Panaji: The water supply from the Tillari Dam to three major talukas in North Goa namely Pernem, Bardez and Bicholim will remain suspended for three months as Maharashtra is undertaking repair works on the canal network, which could bring about hardship to the people. Minister for Water Resources Subhash Shirodkar said a pipeline linked to []

Pernem: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the martyrs memorial at Patradevi is not merely a monument of stone, but a living symbol of Indias collective national consciousness and an eternal testament to the fact that India is a living, breathing nation whose soul cannot be divided. Speaking after inaugurating the Hutatma Smruti Smarak, []

Panaji: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set aside the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authoritys (GCZMA) approval for 25 temporary cottages and a shack at Agonda, saying the authority had failed to explain why it disregarded its own beach carrying capacity report, which prescribed zero carrying capacity for shacks at Agonda beach. The matter concerned []

Panaji: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) has alleged a Rs 2,147-crore scam in the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department, citing observations of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), and demanded an investigation into the alleged revenue loss caused by granting an additional 20 per cent floor area ratio (FAR) to commercial establishments free of []

Roque Dias Margao: Political analysts, experts, opposition legislators and activists across Salcete taluka have questioned the need for the Goa Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2026, citing the absence of historical records or documented cases of forced or unlawful religious conversions in the state. The State Cabinet recently approved the Bill, which is []

Margao: The Muslim community celebrated Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi in Margao on Wednesday, marking the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad. A julus (procession) commenced from the historic Sunni Jama Masjid in Malbhat, Margao. Hundreds of devotees participated, making their way through the town before culminating at the SGPDA ground in Fatorda. Participants waved flags and chanted devotional verses []

Oakland(US): Meta has agreed to pay USD 17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced on Wednesday. California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey were among 29 states that sued the []

Nashville: Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died in Nashville. She was 80 years old. Known for her curvy physique, massive blond wigs and skin-tight outfits that []

Lucknow: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday said Indian electronic voting machines (EVMs) are manufactured by public sector companies and do not have internet, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi connectivity. During his two-day visit to Lucknow, Kumar interacted with students at the historic Colvin Taluqdars College and discussed Indias democratic system, the electoral process, the reliability []

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 []

Following Konkani Rashtramanyatai Dis on August 20, NT NETWORK looks at whether a Konkani degree can translate into a sustainable career as opportunities expand beyond teaching and translation VINIKA VISWAMBHARANNT NETWORK Konkani has Constitutional recognition and official status in Goa, and its presence extends across literature, culture,and an increasingly digital space. But for students choosing []

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 []

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 []