Politics behind the LPG sop
CM Pramod Sawant deserves credit for getting gullible Goans to queue outside their MLAs’ offices, panchayat offices and municipal offices to collect Ujjwala Yojana forms. The promise of Rs 3,000 in financial assistance, equivalent to the average cost of three domestic LPG refills in a financial year before Ganesh Chaturthi, appears to have successfully diverted attention from h
Speed limit on Porvorim elevated corridor a welcome step
The much-awaited six-lane elevated corridor in Porvorim is set to transform the way traffic moves between North and South Goa. The corridor is expected to carry around 75,000 to 80,000 vehicles every day, which is nearly 60 per cent of the traffic currently using the stretch. While the infrastructure itself...
Goa’s idle engine of rural prosperity
Goa’s cashew, coconut and fisheries societies must stop being lending counters and start owning the value chain
Porvorim flyover brings wave of relief, but...
Travelling along the Porvorim stretch of NH-66 was anything but a routine commute for the past 29 months, and moving between Mapusa and Panaji was a daily test of patience. Serpentine traffic queues, clouds of construction dust and cratered roads turned the journey into an exhausting ordeal that stretched for...
Edu institutes need to rethink security of students on campuses
The shocking knife attack at the Goa Institute of Management’s (GIM) women’s hostel in Poriem, Sattari, where a 25-year-old student was stabbed while asleep in her room, has raised disturbing questions about the safety of students within premier educational institutions. The arrest of a fellow student from Hyderabad following the...
TODAYS EDITORIAL
Porvorim flyover brings wave of relief, but...
Travelling along the Porvorim stretch of NH-66 was anything but a routine commute for the past 29 months, and moving between Mapusa and Panaji was a daily test of patience. Serpentine traffic queues, clouds of construction dust and cratered roads turned the journey into an exhausting ordeal that stretched for...
OPINION & COLUMNS
Goa’s idle engine of rural prosperity
Goa’s cashew, coconut and fisheries societies must stop being lending counters and start owning the value chain
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Politics behind the LPG sop
CM Pramod Sawant deserves credit for getting gullible Goans to queue outside their MLAs’ offices, panchayat offices and municipal offices to collect Ujjwala Yojana forms. The promise of Rs 3,000 in financial assistance, equivalent to the average cost of three domestic LPG refills in a financial year before Ganesh Chaturthi,...
