Goa Fire: Inquiry underway; LOC issued for club ownersGoa Police are investigating a deadly nightclub fire. Owners Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra left India hours after the blaze. A magisterial inqu...
09 Dec, 2025, 12.07 AM IST
Goa nightclub blaze: Three senior government officials suspendedA massive fire tore through the nightclub late Saturday night, claiming 25 lives, including five tourists and 20 staff members.
07 Dec, 2025, 10.18 PM IST
Calangute village in Goa plans to collect entry tax from touristsThe village panchayat of Calangute in North Goa will require tourists to show proof of hotel reservations or pay an entry tax. This decisio...
06 Jun, 2024, 05.47 PM IST
Counting for Goa panchayat polls on; initial results suggest mixed bag for BJP and CongressAs much as 78.70 per cent voter turnout was recorded for the panchayats elections with a total of 6,26,496 voters casting their votes. A to...
12 Aug, 2022, 02.41 PM IST
Panchayat election in Goa on Aug 10; more than 5,000 candidates in frayA total of 64 candidates have been elected unopposed from different village panchayats, of which 41 were from North Goa and 23 from South G...
09 Aug, 2022, 05.32 PM IST
'Back-stabbed' by BJP, Shiv Sena to contest all future polls in Goa as state needs the party: Aaditya ThackerayAaditya Thackeray said Goa needs the Sena, because despite being in power at the Centre and in the state, the BJP has failed to bring any s...
12 Feb, 2022, 02.28 PM IST
Goa means new model of development, reflection of collective efforts, says PM Narendra ModiPM Modi said, "When we get the support of the government and the hard work of the people, how change comes, how self-confidence comes, we a...
23 Oct, 2021, 12.49 PM IST
Goa: Panaji civic body, 11 municipal council polls on March 20The elections would be conducted for 11 municipal councils and the Corporation of the City of Panaji between 8 am and 5 pm. Votes will be c...
22 Feb, 2021, 01.04 PM IST
Goa Congress chief Girish Chodankar quits over poor show in local pollsThe Congress had won only four Zilla Panchayat seats, out of the 49 where polling was held last week. The ruling BJP had bagged 32 seats. R...
18 Dec, 2020, 12.17 PM IST
Goa Panchayat elections establish BJP is main force: Manohar Parrikar"Panchayat election results are much satisfying then the assembly election. Except for a very few pockets, the election has virtually estab...
13 Jun, 2017, 08.15 PM IST
Manohar Parrikar government to release common minimum programme on June 18The BJP-led state government was formed in alliance with several other smaller parties in March after the Assembly polls ended with a hung ...
30 May, 2017, 01.40 PM IST
Panchayats on Mandovi banks to conduct survey on sewerage dischargeThe Chairman stated that littering in public places is prohibited under the Goa Non-biodegradable Garbage (control) Act 1996.
04 Mar, 2016, 02.22 PM IST
Goa government to provide aid to villages hit by mining closureThe grant-in-aid is provided to empower local bodies to tide over the financial crisis due to halting of mining, the government said.
29 Jul, 2015, 03.27 PM IST
Goa government raises aid to Rs 1.5 crore for Din Dayal Panchayat Raj YojanaUnder the scheme, Panchayats can take up work like construction of panchayat ghar, market complex and others.
29 May, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
- Goa environment minister Alina Saldanha to review garbage management in sate
Saldanha told TOI that the elections seemed to have caused some slack in the collection of garbage along the highways and main roads.
15 Apr, 2014, 02.09 AM IST
Cement company to use plastic waste in Goa as fuelGoa State Pollution Control Board signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a cement company to use the plastic waste generated acros...
05 Jun, 2013, 11.16 AM IST
- Local panchayats in Goa wary of ban on iron ore export
Fearing that the Shah Commission, probing the illegal mining in Goa, might put a ban on iron ore exports, members of village panchayats her...
02 Dec, 2011, 11.23 AM IST