Goa News

PANAJI: The retired teachers demanding 6th Pay Commission recommendation benefits on Monday afternoon courted arrest at Porvorim. The Porvorim police released them, after a 2-hour detention, subsequent to the completion of the formalities.

PANAJI: Old Goa police arrested five persons and recovered stolen gold ornaments worth around Rs 5.35 lakh, cash of Rs 20,000 and a mobile handset, totally worth Rs 5.55 lakh from their possession.

PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has stayed further proceedings in a criminal complaint filed by the Sanathan Sanstha before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Panaji, against the Marathi weekly magazine ‘Chitralekha’ for allegedly publishing defamatory articles.

MAPUSA: Some unknown persons on Sunday night effected entry into a hardware shop at Angod-Mapusa and stole cash of Rs 3.80 lakh, that was stored in a drawer by the owner before closing the shop on Saturday evening.

PONDA: Santosh Parab, aged 52, a resident of Khandola, Marcel died on the spot after he was knocked down by a motorcycle at Khandola on late Sunday night, informed Ponda police. The motorcyclist fled from the scene after the accident, police added.

PANAJI: The three-week-long budget session of the state assembly beginning on Monday is expected to be most fiery one that the present government might have faced since it was formed just a little over three years ago, with the opposition having already announced its intent to “expose” the misdeeds of the government during its tenure.

BY MICHAEL FISHER
PANAJI: If you fail to achieve a goal will you resort to finding an excuse for failure or strive to continue finding ways to succeed and tell your success story?  Even a handicap cannot be used as an excuse.

CANACONA: Sleuths of the Canacona excise department on Sunday morning seized 30 more barrels containing alcohol from the forest area, bringing the total number of barrels seized to around 61. They also recovered bottles, caps, raw materials and another sealing machine from the same area.

VALPOI: The Health Minister, Mr Vishwajeet Rane, in the presence of Dr Divya Rane, on Sunday inaugurated a banking counter of Sattari Mahila Multipurpose Co-operative Credit Society at Valpoi.

PANAJI: Despite the state government reducing the VAT on diesel and petrol by 2 per cent, the public is not satisfied and feel that the government can do more to give relief to the common man, who is battling hard to make ends meet, as prices of essential commodities continue to sore.