Goa Government
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Goa nightclub fire: Interpol blue corner notice issued against Luthra brothers after they flee India
India | Dec 09, 2025, 02:48 PM ISTGoa nightclub fire: Fireworks are believed to have triggered the blaze at the popular party venue in Arpora village, around 25 km from Panaji. Early investigations have also uncovered several violations at the nightclub, including the lack of a No Objection Certificate from the fire department.
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Karnataka elections 2023: Goa govt declares paid holiday on polling day; Oppn, industry bodies fume
Elections | May 09, 2023, 04:24 PM ISTKarnataka elections 2023: Goa State Industries Association president Damodar Kochkar questioned the rationale behind the decision; while Opposition parties slammed the BJP government on the move.
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Goa govt to restore temples destroyed by Portuguese
India | Jul 22, 2022, 07:27 AM ISTThe state Budget has earmarked Rs 20 crore for the renovation of temples damaged or destroyed during the Portuguese colonial rule which lasted for more than four centuries.
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Goa government urges citizens to continue wearing face masks, follow COVID norms
India | Apr 28, 2022, 07:20 AM ISTAccording to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are currently 27 active COVID cases in Goa.
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Former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro resigns as Congress MLA, likely to join TMC
India | Sep 27, 2021, 02:07 PM ISTEarlier, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said the party will explore political opportunities outside West Bengal and will enter the poll scene in Goa in the coming days.
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NEP for pre-primary schools from next academic year: Goa CM
Education | Sep 06, 2021, 10:49 PM ISTGoa government will implement the New Education Policy 2020 from the next academic year from the pre-primary level.
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Goa govt seeks data on students orphaned due to COVID-19
India | Jun 05, 2021, 01:32 PM ISTDirector of education, D R Bhagat, issued a circular to this effect, asking the institutes to compile a data of such students and submit it to the department by Monday.
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Won't ban assembly for Goa religious festival: Health Minister
India | Mar 06, 2020, 08:37 PM ISTWhile admitting that mass gatherings were a risk in wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday said the Goa government will not ban public assembly ahead of the popular Shigmo festival, which is popular among Hindus in Goa.
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Hopeful of mining resumption in Goa from April: CM Pramod Sawant
India | Mar 02, 2020, 12:16 PM ISTGoa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said the mining activity is expected to resume in the state from next month.
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Providing jobs to ex-Jet Airways employees not in our domain: Govt
India | Nov 27, 2019, 05:31 PM ISTThe Naresh Goyal-led Jet Airways, which was the largest private carrier at its time, was grounded on April 17 due to financial troubles. Jet Airways employed around 18,000 people, when the carrier suspended its international and domestic flights.
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SC refuses to set up bench to hear plea of resumption of Mopa airport
India | Oct 23, 2019, 06:56 PM ISTA bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was told by Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the state government, that the construction of the airport has been stalled for the last ten months and the petition of the state government is pending before the apex court.
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Goa govt releases Rs 60 crore for super speciality block in GMCH
India | Oct 05, 2019, 02:01 PM ISTThe 500-bed super speciality facility, being built under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), will be inaugurated by the end of this year.
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GRAVE ERROR! For Goa government's publicity department Late Manohar Parrikar is still chief minister
India | Sep 06, 2019, 09:32 AM ISTIn a faux pas, the Goa government on Thursday released a media statement wishing people on the Teachers Day and mentioning the late Manohar Parrikar as the current chief minister.
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In Rajasthan, fear of Karnataka, Goa repeats for Congress
National | Jul 23, 2019, 10:07 PM ISTEver since the defeat of the Congress in the Lok Sabha polls early this year -- barely six months after the party's impressive victory in the Assembly polls -- the differences within the state party's top leadership have refused to die down.
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Goa government considering 5-year ban on registration of cash-credit societies
India | Jul 09, 2019, 02:02 PM ISTAccording to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, the Goa government was exploring options to ban non-Goans from starting co-operative societies in Goa, especially those which promise to double money in quick time. He has also directed the state Registrar of Co-operatives not to permit non-Goans from setting up co-operatives in the coastal state.
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Goa govt orders 10 per cent EWS quota in jobs, education
India | Jun 22, 2019, 01:09 PM ISTThe state government has already launched a survey to find out how many people would benefit from the legislative amendment to provide quota to EWS in the general category.
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Goa: Govt opposes plea seeking HC's direction to declare health status of CM Manohar Parrikar
India | Dec 08, 2018, 02:50 PM ISTThe chief minister, who has been in and out of hospitals since early this year, is currently recuperating at his private residence here since he was shifted there from AIIMS in Delhi in October.
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Goa government non-functional, Parrikar being self-centred, says Subhash Velingkar
India | Nov 18, 2018, 05:53 PM IST"People are being taken for granted. Had this happened in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, people would have stripped the politicians naked and taken them on a procession," said Velingkar
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Welcome to Goa, but don't urinate on roads: CM Manohar Parrikar
India | Feb 14, 2018, 08:36 PM ISTCM Manohar Parrikar said that in view of the on-going infrastructure development works in the state, the number of inbound tourists was likely to touch the 10 million mark in the next one or two years, from the current figure of nearly seven million.
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Goa CM Manohar Parrikar wins confidence vote in State Assembly
Politics | Mar 16, 2017, 02:13 PM IST