AIFF League: Goa's football soul finds flicker of hope
ASHLEY DO ROSARIO PANAJIFootball in Goa has never been just the sport on the field but an identity as intrinsic as fish curry rice. But the collapse of the Indian Super League (ISL) has left the State’s football ecosystem in disarray.
ST RESERVATION: A NEW POLITICAL EQUATION
As Goa moves towards the 2027 Assembly elections, political reservation for Scheduled Tribes has emerged as one of the State's defining political issues. While Parliament has enacted the law, its implementation is awaited. The Goan examines the history, legal hurdles, political implications, constituency-level impact and the competing narratives shaping the debate over ST reservation in Goa
Ponda turf war of Dhavalikars-Naiks tests saffron bloc
PANAJIAn intriguing battle is unfolding in Goa’s hinterland political heartland. Power Minister Ramkrishna (Sudin) Dhavalikar and the Ravi Naik scions — Ritesh and Roy — are flexing muscle in each other’s turf, setting up a confrontation that could unsettle the saffron alliance and reshape Ponda taluka politics ahead of the...
Can Goa’s agriculture withstand the double whammy of weak monsoon, policy failure?
PANAJIThe monsoon has always been more than a season. It is the raison d’etre of agriculture, the rhythm of rural households, and literally, the cultural heartbeat of Goa’s villages.This year, however, the rains have played truant. Weeks after the
