Ahead of tourist season, luxury stays get more affordable in Goa
PANAJIFor once, Goa is offering travellers something that usually becomes harder to come by, as the calendar inches towards the tourist season. It’s the taste of luxury without the usual premium. With Ganesh Chaturthi falling on Monday and no extended holiday window for much of the country, the anticipat
After food expose, wine too brewed inside Colvale jail
Fruits meant for inmates diverted for alcoholic brews; Canteen emerges as conduit for illicit drugs, tobacco
Contraband, UPI trails and security gaps behind the walls of correctional facility
PANAJIIt may sound like a scene lifted from a Bollywood prison drama. At Colvale Correctional Home, however, falling rubber balls, footballs and even paper balls have reportedly become part of a very real contraband trail.Last
Rising airfares, no long weekend... but tourists make beeline to Goa
PANAJIGoa is drawing its Independence Day weekend crowd even without the long weekend that usually sends holiday demand sharply higher. Airfares, too, are rising, though without the steep spikes typically seen during ext
Assembly assurance remains unfulfilled as gig workers policy stalls, Opposition silent
THE GOAN NETWORKPANAJIExactly a year after the Goa government promised a comprehensive policy to regulate gig workers, the proposal has disappeared into official silence, with reportedly no draft, timeline or public update.
