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Ashadhi Ekadashi, an auspicious day in the Hindu almanac, was celebrated in various temples across the state on Monday with religious fervor.

Chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Monday lamented that reputed educational institutions (government-aided schools) in Goa were troubling female teachers in sanctioning child care leave. Parsekar, who is also the education minister, assured to correct the situation

Goa Vikas Party (GVP) supremo and Nuvem MLA Francisco ‘Mickky’ Pacheco could not attend the first day of the monsoon session of the Goa legislative assembly as his application for parole is pending with the government.

The monsoon session of the Goa legislative assembly got off to a rousing start on Monday with opposition MLAs storming the well of the House as soon as the assembly convened, speaker Rajendra Arlekar ordering marshalls to eject three independent MLAs and the Congress immediately walking out in protest.

The tourism department has decided to start mechanized beach cleaning on the Calangute-Candolim beach stretch as the system of manual cleaning is proving to be impracticable.

Anjuna police have arrested a Pilerne resident for arranging bullfights at Nagoa on Monday evening

In order to strengthen the security apparatus at railway stations, Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL) has decided to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system at 17 railway stations.

The children’s court convicted Devilal Kurmi, a resident of Bambolim, for committing a ‘grave sexual assault’ on a minor girl and a minor boy.

A 40-year-old man was arrested by the Sathyamangalam police for attempting to smuggle seven kilos of sandalwood logs from Sathyamangalam to Karnataka via Asanur in Erode district.

The inspector general of prison Elvis Gomes has sought legal opinion from the law department over Nuvem MLA Francisco 'Mickky' Pacheco’s plea for parole.

The government hospital in the city witnessed high drama late on Sunday night after a house surgeon walked in under the influence of alcohol and created a ruckus.

CPM, BJP and Congress councillors have opposed the revised tariff for the underground drainage (UGD) service and boycotted the council meeting on Monday.

A woman DMK councillor was on Monday suspended from participating in three council meetings after the mayor found fault with her for opening a newly built dining hall in a primary school in her ward without inviting the latter and the corporation commissioner.

On Saturday, the Dudhsagar waterfalls at Collem in Dharbandora taluka wore a deserted look.

Six cases of children taking ill after consuming midday meals have been reported in Goa since June, 2013, but the state government has not blacklisted even one of the self help groups involved in supply of the contaminated meals in these cases.

Goa’s rain deficit fell further to 19% on Monday morning after the state experienced moderate to rather heavy rainfall during the last 24 hours. The seasonal total rose to 1,515.6mm (59.6 inches).

The high court of Bombay at Goa has granted ad interim stay on some clauses of the order of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that directed the Mapusa Urban Cooperative Bank (MUCB) of Goa not to allow depositors to withdraw more than 1,000.

Five years and several tussles later, the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Goa, has inched forward and made progress towards getting land for a permanent campus at Cuncolim in South Goa.

The mystery of the truant barge at Calangute got a twist, when the barge, while being towed to Mormugao, once again gave authorities the slip and found its way to Miramar where it beached itself, much to the amusement of locals and the dismay of port authorities.

The dispute between animal rights activists and cattle traders, threatened to go out of control on Monday, as more than 150 cattle merchants armed with a court order, gathered in front of the Velliangiri goshala in Narasipuram, demanding the release of their cattle seized by an NGO a month ago.

A team of Ahmedabad rural police’s local crime branch (LCB) caught three persons, including a 15-year-old boy, for killing a 25-year-old youth on July 23.

Gujarat high court on Monday asked Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to issue fresh notice for sealing of 819 buildings that are illegally used for commercial purpose in the Walled City.

If cut-off marks for Central Board of Secondary Education are an indication, merit marks for medical admissions are likely to go up by four to five percentage points from last year.

Having had his way with constitutional procedures on the appointment of Delhi Commission for Women’s chief, lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung on Monday approved the name of Swati Maliwal, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s choice for the job.

Ahmedabad is one of the 100 cities chosen by the central government to be developed into a smart city. And to help Ahmedabad become smart, 32 senior leaders from the Commonwealth are in the city on a four-day visit (July 27 to July 30) as part of the CSCLeaders programme organized by ‘Common Purpose’.