NEW DELHI: Goa and Kerala seem to be the best place to be born in India, while Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha are the worst. According to the latest Union health ministry data, Goa recorded the lowest infant mortality
Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to make the finger printing and spot photographs of voters compulsory for Goa assembly election of March 3. Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said here that “if Goa experiment is successful, the
In a move which is likely to heighten confrontation with village groups and a large number of panchayats, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat ruled out de-notifying the Regional Plan of 2021. He even refused to withdraw it under Section 17 and
PANJIM: Members of the Pilerne Citizens Forum on Wednesday hit out at the GPCC campaign manager, Mauvin Godinho for his statement that the gram sabhas and village groups are behaving like children. “We may be like children but we are
The closure of dance bars in Mumbai has forced a change of scene at pubs in Goa, which are making way for these girls, most of who have turned into commercial sex workers, increasingly scouting for customers, coming to the
The Indian Navy has launched an extensive search operation off the Goa coast after a piracy alarm was sounded after an IL-38 maritime patrolling aircraft detected a couple of suspected pirate ships. This was stated by Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai
MAPUSA: The Gaudewada stretch of beach at Morjim, Pernem has been severely hit by the monsoon this year. The sea water has eroded around 30-metre stretch of the beach.Though hard to believe, locals informed that once upon a time and
Beach tourism had reached saturation point and the government now wants tourists to head to the hinterland to discover the state’s relatively unknown wonders, a senior official said.”Beach tourism in Goa is saturated. It is time for us to look
The Rs.6,500 crore pharmaceutical industry in Goa will stand to benefit by millions of rupees if Mormugao is scheduled as a designated port for exports of pharmaceutical goods, according to an industry insider. Mormugao, 40 km from here, is Goa’s
The Centre will conduct taluka-wise agricultural census in the state to develop new strategy for effective planning and implementation of various agriculture development programmes. The census will commence from August and is expected to be completed by December. The earlier