All monsoon related works of Electricity Dept will be completed by June 5: Sudin
Digital Goa, May 30 – All monsoon related work will be completed by the electricity department by June 5, assured Power Minister Sudin Dhavlikar. Alerting that roads may cave in and potholes may develop as aftereffect of underground cabling work, the minister said that govt has notified contractors to take requisite measures under such circumstances. He urged citizens to...
State Central jail witnesses ruckus between two rival groups
Digital Goa, May 30 – State Central Jail at Colvale allegedly witnessed ruckus between two rival groups today morning. As per reports, the problem started while one of the under trial Tarzan Parsekar who is leader of his gang was being taken for medical checkup. A group of members of the rival Vijay Karbotkar gang allegedly attacked Tarzan. The...
Three sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 Calangute Fish Market Murder Case
Digital Goa, May 30 – Three persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 Calangute Fish Market Murder Case. Additional District Court-I sentenced the 3 Calangute resident accused, Joseph Sequeira, Ceon Fernandez and Mahesh Rampal to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 each for grievously assaulting Tyrone Nazareth on June 24 leading to his death. Tyrone...
Dabolim sees footfall of 83.5 lakh passengers in FY 2022-23; Charter flights increase from 39 to 348
Digital Goa, May 30 – Dabolim Airport saw a huge rise in charter as well as regular passenger footfall as compared to previous covid pandemic marred tourist seasons. The number of chartered flights increased to 348 this tourist season from 39 charter flights last year. The chartered flights brought in footfall of 1.4 lakh international charter tourist as compared...
Work on proposed ‘tallest’ building at Patto to commence in 2 months: CM
Digital Goa, May 30 – Foundation stone for ‘Prashasan Stambh’, the proposed ‘tallest’ building in Goa is likely to be laid within next 2 months at Patto-Panaji, informed CM Pramod Sawant. “Consultant has already been appointed for the project,” he added. CM was speaking during the launch of the renovated Ministerial block at the secretariat in Panaji which has...
Conditions favourable for advance of Southwest Monsoon: IMD
Digital Goa, May 30 – Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into some parts of Southwest Bay of Bengal, some more parts of Southeast Bay of Bengal, entire Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman Sea and some parts of Eastcentral Bay of Bengal today, the 30th May, 2023, stated IMD release. The Northern Limit of Southwest Monsoon now passes through 5°N/80°E,...
Female students consistently outnumber male counterparts in higher education in Goa
Digital Goa, May 30 - Gross Enrolment Ratio(GER) of female students in Higher Education in Goa is consistently higher as compared to their male counterpart over 5 years from 2016 to 2021, according to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021 released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. For the year 2020-2021 the male GER...
Transport Dept inches closer towards blue cabs service at Mopa Airport
Digital Goa, May 30 – As a next step towards introducing blue cabs at the Manohar International Airport, State Transport Department has invited P.Co.P. A(permit in respect of a Contract Carriage) applications from taxi operators from Pernem who have previously submitted their forms . The applications are to be submitted from June 9 to June 15 in P.Co.P. A...
Liver Transplant operations to commence at GMC Hospital from next year: Dean
Digital Goa, May 27 - Liver transplant operations will start at Goa Medical College(GMC) Hospital from next year onwards, informed GMC dean Dr Shivanand Bandekar. GMC has started Gastroenterology department which will be headed by Dr Amit Maydeo.▪️ 42 patients waiting for kidney donors in GoaAs of now GMC has only facilities for kidney transplant. In all 42 patients...
Mine workers protest at Bicholim mine demanding employment
Digital Goa, May 29 – Erstwhile workers of Sesa Vedanta protested outside the company mines at Bicholim alleging that the company had sidelined them and recommenced work by employing workers from outside Goa. The workers marched onto the mine and stopped the ongoing work today morning. The workers who are being paid half salary by the company since the...