Prashant Naik.

Nine resolutions were unanimously passed at the Goemkar meet including setting up a Lokayukta and scrapping the proposed khazan land development board.

Claiming that Konkani primary medium schools had now been reduced to a minority due to the recent decision taken by chief minister Manohar Parrikar on the medium of instruction (MoI), Konkani Basha Mandal (KBM) president Prashant Naik said that all chances of invigorating the Konkani movement had been effectively killed.

Five buffaloes were killed after they were struck by lightning early Thursday morning at Vagona in Cola-Canacona.The owner Shabha Velip said the buffaloes were tied to a tree in a paddy field along with other cattle.

Goan superstar Lorna Cordeiro was among a bunch of Goans denied a US visa on Tuesday.

Efforts are under way by the leaders of the Bhartiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch to ensure maximum youth participation in the June 6 'Goa bandh' agitation.

The man-leopard conflict in and around Canacona taluka has worsened with forest officials of Cotigao wildlife sanctuary rescuing 15 leopards from the forested villages in and around the taluka during the last five years.

A delegation of activists from the Save Mhadei, Save Goa Front met governor P S Sreedharan Pillai at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday and urged him to convince the President and the Centre to stop Karnataka from diverting water from the Mhadei basin.

Prashant Naik and Hrishikesh Kanitkar helped Air India take the vital first innings lead over Indian Oil and enter the final of the Times Shield 'A' Division.

New Hind have made it a habit of winning the Purshottam Shield cricket tournament, the latest win over Payyade Sports Club by 126 runs in the 93rd edition of the tournament was sweeter.

Chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said his solution to the medium of instruction (MoI) imbroglio was an administrative one.

Save Mhadei Save Goa Front will launch an awareness campaign in South Goa to sensitise people about the Mhadei issue and the threats posed to Goa by the proposed Kalasa Bhandura project of Karnataka.

Goans for Goa, a newly formed organization believed to be propped up by former PWD minister Churchill Alemao, has demanded that the state government come out with a "white paper" over the issue of Goans holding Portuguese citizenship.

Dwelling on the process of issuance of EPICs, chief electoral officer (CEO) Prashant Naik said it was an "open process with enough safeguards", even as he iterated that he had been following the directions of the EC.

Panaji taxi driver Prashant Naik, 28, was allegedly murdered by two persons at Ranebennur, Karnataka, on the Pune-Bangalore highway, and fled with the vehicle.

While florists and gift-sellers complain that youth are losing the tendency to say it with presents and flowers, those who still believe in doing it, complained on Thursday that they had to pay dearly for the floral touch to their expression of love.

Onion prices continued to soar high due to heavy shortage following largescale damage to the crops, bringing a tear in the eyes of the consumers.

The near-fatal attack on a woman inside an ATM in Bangalore has raised questions about safety of its users, especially women.

Goa Forward Party (GFP) president Vijai Sardesai on Saturday said Goa needs “consensus candidates” at this juncture to defeat BJP for the 2022 polls and hoped that it would start from Canacona.

Congress Canacona candidate Janardhan Bhandari along with Goa Forward Party spokesperson Prashant Naik confronted PWD (water supply) assistant engineer Santosh Prabhudesai over erratic water supply in various parts of Canacona taluka, especially during the past fortnight. They asked the engineer to furnish reasons over the irregular water supply.

The Bhartiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch at its meeting held at Margao on Tuesday urged the people to observe a total yet peaceful bandh across Goa on June 6 to protest the state government`s decision to give grants to English medium primary schools.

BPCL defeated DY Patil 'A' by ten wickets on the third and final day at the latter's home ground in Nerul on Wednesday.

Konkani Bhasha Mandal has threatened an agitation against any move to change Konkani as the medium of instruction at the primary level.

The presidential election in Purno A'gitok Sangma's Meghalaya registered 100 per cent voting on Thursday, but the ruling Congress is with UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee.