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44.15% of Goa's forest cover 'very highly susceptible' to fires: Study

India, April 14 -- As much as 1,077.7 sq km or 44.15% of Goa's forest cover is "very highly susceptible", 491.58 sq km (21.35%) "highly susceptible", and 543 sq km (15.62%) moderately susceptible to f... Read More


Goa activists team up with project-affected Khanapur farmers over Mahadayi project

India, April 10 -- Activists from Goa who have been opposing the Kalasa Banduri project have reached out to farmers in north Karnataka's Khanapur region after they spoke out against the irrigation pro... Read More


Nigerian national named in 2019 drug trafficking case discharged by Goa court

India, April 8 -- A Goa court has discharged a Nigerian national who was arrested by the Goa police on charges of drug trafficking along with two others in 2019. Additional sessions judge Kshama M Jo... Read More


Now only police inspectors with body cams can issue traffic challans in Goa: CM

India, April 4 -- The Goa government on Friday barred subordinate police officers from handing out tickets or challans for traffic violations, saying that henceforth only inspector-rank police officer... Read More


Kazakh national among 3 arrested for trafficking workers for cyber crime centres

India, March 28 -- Three men including a Kazakh national of Chinese origin have been arrested for allegedly cheating people into working for cyber crime centres in Thailand, the Goa Police said. The ... Read More


From April 1, Goa hotels have to share tourist demographic data via new webpage

India, March 27 -- The Goa Tourism Department has made it mandatory from April 1 for hotels in the state to upload data about its guests to a web-based software to help the department generate "real t... Read More


ASI to document Old Goa site after cannonballs found during excavation

India, March 24 -- The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Monday said it would document a site close to the Old Goa heritage complex, where excavation work being undertaken for the construction o... Read More


Goa orders 23 beach shacks to close over sub-letting charge

India, March 20 -- The Goa government has ordered closure of 23 beach shacks on charges that they had sub-let the shack won in a draw of lots to people from outside the state. The state tourism depar... Read More


'Agitations part of democratic process': HC cancels FIR against protesters in Goa

India, March 18 -- The High Court of Bombay at Goa has set aside criminal proceedings against two persons for joining a protest in 2021, ruling that agitations are part of the democratic process and t... Read More


Goa University assistant professor suspended for allegedly leaking paper to female student

India, March 17 -- The Goa University on Monday suspended an assistant professor of Physics on allegations of disclosing an exam question paper to a female student while the vice chancellor of the Uni... Read More