Новости за 08.02.2016

After two years of promises, the city has finally got its first cycle track.

'Carnaval 2016' festivities kicked off in the capital city Saturday evening amidst much fanfare. Shalom Sardinha, son of former Goa chief minister, Francisco Sardinha, led the parade as King Momo together with Bengali actor of the national award-winning Konkani film Nachom-ia-Kumpasar, Palomi Ghosh. The parade also saw international participation with a number of dancers from Liverpool and Cape Town lending their moves to the celebrations.

Suspected members of the notorious 'chaddi-baniyan' gang entered a house and attacked a woman in Mumbai on Sunday, triggering a night-long siege and shootout in the city's Borivali area.

The district health department will conduct a special meeting to discuss preventive measures for Zika virus on Monday and will ask private hospitals to spread awareness about the mosquito-born virus, a day after the Indian health ministry issued detailed guidelines for combating the disease.

Eight passengers were injured on Sunday when a bus they were traveling in was involved in an accident at Colvale.

This is no Hollywood movie. It is a short aerial video titled ‘Waking Up With Kolkata’ that has gone viral within days of it being uploaded on Youtube.

Bringing to Goa the mesmerizing music of the Sufis for the second time in a row, 'Sufi Sutra' will be held from February 10 to 12 at Kala Academy, Panaji.

A recommendation by the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act advisory committee to make it mandatory to install tracking devices at clinics and hospitals to keep a tab on ultra sounds conducted appears to have gone into cold storage.

A 30-year-old man was shot at and injured after two groups belonging to the same community clashed over a petty issue at Bhalej village of Anand district on Sunday evening.

Burglars targeted two houses in Manjalpur and Raopura and stole valuables total worth Rs 2.7 lakh on Saturday.

Congressman Ramakant Khalap, who is part of the Mandre College management along with his supporters took the delegation from Mandrem to Arambol tinto junction on Sunday demanding grants for Vikas Parishad-run Mandre College. The protest rally was supported by Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party and other political leaders.

South Korean, the US and the UN condemned North Korea’s rocket launch, but the tepid response from China and Russia suggests they will not back new sanctions. By Don Kirk in Seoul and David McNeill in Tokyo.

South Korean, the US and the UN condemned North Korea’s rocket launch, but the tepid response from China and Russia suggests they will not back new sanctions. By Don Kirk in Seoul and David McNeill in Tokyo.

Nearly 10 flights, including a few international charters, will have to reschedule their arrivals and departures in March as authorities have decided to curtail operations between 10pm and 4am.

City-based startup has raised nearly US $ one million in a Pre Series A round with Saha Fund as lead investor.

Settled in Australia since years, Channa Achilingam, whose roots are in South India have been coming to the city since 2009 for his love for art.He is accompanied by Suresh John, who is settled in Bengaluru.

The UT administration has decided to engage the services of a top consulting agency to revise and make its Smart City proposal more valuable and attractive to the Central government.

Four persons including a woman and her two-year-old son died when a water tanker carrying eight persons overturned near Kanelav lake in Godhra on Sunday.

People from all walks of life enjoyed nursery rhymes and primary school stories that were part of a puppet show held at Tagore Theatre on Sunday.

The limpid water of springs gurgling between rocks or gushing down the hillside formed one of the major sources of drinking water, but the availability of tap water has relegated these sources to varying stages of degradtion.

Two persons were killed after the scooter they were riding was hit by a PRTC bus and dragged for around 50 meters at Sector 46/47/ 48/49 light point.‎

The narrow bridge linking Arpora and Baga at Tambudki, Arpora, is going to be demolished and reconstructed before the monsoon.

In a recent incident, the fire-fighters had a tough time locating the site of a fatal accident near Goriyad village of Padra taluka.

With the tussle between Chandigarh BJP president Sanjay Tandon and his anti group for the selection of new UT party president showing no signs of resolving, the BJP leadership is likely to nominate a new city BJP chief rather than conducting elections.

Some may not like to accept it, but it's a fact that Goa's tourism industry is increasingly becoming dependent on domestic tourists as the number of foreign charter tourists has dwindled over the last two years.