PANJIM: With opening of five Thai Visa processing centers in India, including one in Goa, the Thailand government is expecting to increase the number of Indian tourists coming into that country. The government is hopeful of receiving almost 10 lakh Indian tourists this year, compared to the current 9.1 lakh Indian tourists. More>>

VALPOI: The Rane clan may have dominated the assembly polls in Sattari taluka, but the BJP has exacted revenge by taking control of most panchayats in the taluka. More>>

SANGUEM: The recent assembly and panchayat polls may have been a banner year for the BJP, but a controversial banner sparked off tension in Sanguem on Friday. More>>

MARGAO: Asserting that the Goa unit of the BJP too is not a party with a difference, Curtorim MLA Reginaldo Lourenco on Friday demanded a CBI inquiry into the appointment of Dr Sanjeev Dalvi as the Director of Health Services. More>>

MARGAO: If the district Collector, South N D Agrawal has his way, bio-metric reader to record the attendance of the Collectorate employees will become a reality from June 1. More>>

MARGAO: A day after Fisheries Minister, Avertano Furtado claiming full majority in all the panchayat bodies in Navelim constituency, his bete noire and former PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao has said that his supporters have got elected in most of the Village Panchayat bodies. More>>

MARGAO: Crying foul over the host of mega construction projects in the pipeline in the Commercial Capital, the local unit of the BJP has feared that Margao’s s demography will change with the uncontrolled influx of migrants from all parts of the country. More>>

PANJIM: Education department has decided that its 17 primary schools that had been closed in the last academic year can be reopened during the new academic year, if the number of students is satisfactory. More>>

PANJIM: A walk in aviary and a deer safari of over 20 hectares of land, besides several other proposals are part of the Forest Department ambitious Bondla Zoo Master Plan which is in the process of being submitted to the Central Zoo Management Authority for its approval and funding. More>>

PANJIM: Close on the heels of driving licences being converted into smart cards, the Registration Certificate (RC) books will also be substituted by a palm-size card. More>>