Goa

Thousands of revelers ring in New Year on Goa beaches

4:54 pm January 1, 2021

Panaji: Thousands of party revelers thronged the beaches in Goa to usher in New Year as the state government refrained from imposing a night curfew despite the coronavirus scare. Revelers started gathering at the beaches to witness the last sunset of 2020, leading to traffic snarls in the coastal belt of North Goa where popular […]

BJP gains new grounds in 2020 but farmers protest poses challenge

5:30 pm December 31, 2020

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s call to convert ‘aapda’ (crisis) into ‘avsar’ (opportunity) paid the BJP rich dividends in a year when the COVID-19 convulsed the society and the economy as a mix of the ruling dispensation’s welfare measures, organisational might and ideological drive saw the saffron party gain new territories in 2020. Governments in […]

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

La Nina influences 2020 as India records above normal rains, harsher winter, reduced heatwave

4:04 pm December 28, 2020

New Delhi: La Nina seemed to have played a critical role in influencing the country’s weather in 2020 which was a second consecutive year of above normal rainfall with below normal temperatures in the winter and less occurrence of heatwaves. The year also saw formation of five cyclones in the seas along eastern and western […]

Goa bustles with tourists but pandemic may play party-pooper

6:02 pm December 26, 2020

Panaji: New Year celebrations and parties in Goa might take a hit this time in view of the pandemic protocol and apprehensions over a new coronavirus strain in England, which has affected flight schedules. While thousands of revellers have arrived in Goa to ring in 2021, unlike every year, the state will miss foreign guests due to curbs on […]

Coronavirus: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

2:39 pm December 26, 2020

New Delhi : Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Saturday. 12:22 p.m. Eight people who recently returned from the UK to Kerala, have tested positive for coronavirus and their samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune for genomic analysis. […]