PANJIM: The State BJP Government seems to be on a confrontation course with the Congress-led UPA at the Centre after Chief Minister took strong objection to the alleged high-handedness of the Union Home Ministry which issued orders relieving an IPS ...

PANJIM: After inordinate delay in accepting the Western Ghat Ecological Expert Panel (WGEEP) report, the Union Government has now kept it open for suggestions from the public, postponing the implementation of recommendations.

PANJIM: While BJP-backed sarpanchas and deputies swept many of the top posts in panchayats, there were many local bodies that defied the ruling dispensation and voted Congress-backed grassroot leaders or chose independents to these posts.

PANJIM: Goa Government has decided to put in place a regulatory mechanism against rogue institutes, which dupe students with fake certificates and do not have affiliation with authorised universities. Directorate of Higher Education is in the final ...

PANJIM: All Goa Private Bus Owners Association (AGPBOA) has demanded Manohar Parrikar Government withdraw the controversial High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) project. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Association Secretary Sudip Tamankar ...

PANJIM: Public Works Department, which is in the line of fire over water crisis in Panjim and surrounding areas for last four days, said water supply will be back to normal within two days. PWD Chief Engineer JS Rego assured that water supply will be ...

PANJIM: Thanks to the change in lifestyle and increasing stress, Goa is slowly turning to be the capital of suicides considering the cases reported in last few months. This year, May 2012 had 13 people killing themselves while in April six of them put ...

PANJIM: Goa has been asked to give its inputs for the common curriculum for Classes XI and XII proposed by the Human Resource Development Ministry, according to a communiqué from the Union ministry to the State's Education Department.