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IndiGo cancels 118 flights amid bad weather and operational issues

Goa, Dec. 29 -- IndiGo on Monday cancelled 118 flights across its domestic network due to adverse weather conditions and operational reasons, according to information available on the airline's websit... Read More


Not in my backyard

Goa, Dec. 29 -- ROHIT SINHA Across Goa, citizen-led protests are becom ing more frequent and more visible. They cut across villages and towns, political loyalties and social groups. A project is anno... Read More


Peak season brings little cheer for Calangute-Baga shacks

Goa, Dec. 29 -- "It's like from top to bottom," Ma nuel Cardozo, president of the Traditional Shack Own ers Association, Calangute, says of the trajectory of the beach shacks business in the Calangute... Read More


Nestle Staff Bus Crashes into Tree in Bicholim - YouTube

Goa, Dec. 29 -- A bus carrying workers to the Nestle company met with an accident near the village of Van Maulinguem in Bicholim after the driver lost control of the vehicle. The bus crashed into a ma... Read More


Chimbel locals launch fast against tourism projects

Goa, Dec. 29 -- Residents of Chimbel on Sunday launched a hunger strike at the proposed site of the Tourism Depart ment's 'Unity Mall' and 'Prashasan Stambh' pro jects, alleging violations of court or... Read More


Rider killed, bike gutted in bus collision at Verna

Goa, Dec. 29 -- In a tragic turn of events near Agnel Ash ram in Verna on Sunday, a 32-year-old man died after the bike he was riding col lided with a bus. Speaking to O Heraldo, Verna PI Anand Shirod... Read More


Double tragedy stuns Ponda

Goa, Dec. 29 -- The festive mood ahead of the New Year was shattered in Ponda by two separate accidental deaths on Sunday, plunging the town into grief. In the first case, a tense situation prevailed ... Read More


"Our hills are not for sale": Arambol lights torches against forest land development

Goa, Dec. 29 -- AUGUSTO RODRIGUES Arambol woke up not to the sounds of celebration from the Rapon karancho Seafood Fes tival, but to the glow of torches as over 500 villag ers sent a clear message to... Read More


Lalit Modi apologises for 'biggest fugitives of India' remark after video with Vijay Mallya

Goa, Dec. 29 -- IPL founder Lalit Modi on Monday apologised for referring to himself and Vijay Mallya as the "two biggest fugitives" of India in a now-deleted video from Mallya's 70th birthday celebra... Read More


DoE mandates police verification of school drivers and helpers in Goa

Goa, Dec. 29 -- The Directorate of Education (DoE) has issued a circular directing all aided and unaided schools in Goa to conduct compulsory police verification of school bus drivers, helpers, and ot... Read More