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Stories of the Goan diaspora have been documented by the #Goa Familia project using century-old photographs, thus evoking bittersweet memories for several Goans spread across the world @TOIGoaNews @FestSerendipity
Days before death, Nana Patekar recalled friendship with Goa CM Manohar Parrikar @TOIGoaNews
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Nana Patekar's last rites are likely to be carried out in Pune, where his family is. Goa Chief Minister @DrPramodPSawant said that the Goa govt will give full support to Patekar's family is transporting the body from Goa to Pune, following the autopsy
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‘Pain on left side’ message at 2.30am, 4am friend visit, CPR at home, hospital at 4.20am, death at 5.20am: Nana Patekar’s final hours in Goa @TOIGoaNews
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‘Pain on left side’ message at 2.30am, 4am friend visit, CPR at home, hospital at 4.20am, death at 5.20am: Nana Patekar’s final hours in Goa @TOIGoaNews
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Nana Patekar dies at 75: 'Who knows about tomorrow,' actor's words at last public appearance 4 days before death @TOIGoaNews
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13 years, 3 courts, 2 verdicts: Bombay HC convicts Tarun Tejpal of rape
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History need not only survive in photographs & fading newspaper clippings. Sometimes, it survives in memory. At 94, Rafael Viegas remembers June 18, 1946, as an electrifying afternoon that he witnessed with his own eyes. 80 years later, he recalls the scene @TOIGoaNews
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Nida Sayed, Principal Correspondent at The Times of India, received the Goa State Biodiversity Conservation Award 2025 in the Green Journalist category for her work in environmental journalism.
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Much has already been written about Mario Miranda’s life, works and achievements. On Mario's birth centenary, his family and friends talk about the man they knew up, close and personal in ways that the rest of us didn't. My story in TOI today:
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A new study has found that shipping industry is the biggest contributor to lead pollution in Goa. Researchers from Jadavpur University report that oil used by ships accounts for 32–34% of airborne lead in the state making it the single largest human-made source of the toxic metal
Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker appointed as festival director for 57th IFFI in Goa
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Goa is witnessing a surge in canine distemper cases, alarming veterinarians and animal welfare groups. As the disease is contagious with no cure, and euthanasia is common, one of the challenges that Goa is facing is the scientific disposal of carcasses
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It is a salami slicing Goa's eco-sensitive land. And the scale of reclassification, largely from orchards, agricultural and natural cover to settlement for constructions, is unprecedented. Over 530 hectares have been unlocked under Section 39A of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act. And this is just the beginning. Read on to know more
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Long before beaches and churches defined the state, Goan artisans, especially goldsmiths, made Goa a global centre of craft, with Renaissance accounts praising their skill and tracing a layered artistic tradition shaped by ecology, trade and cultural exchange. Read on to know more
India is moving toward quantum technology to protect communications from hacking, securing banking, markets, and military systems over the next 5–15 years, says @isro scientist while speaking at @CSIRNIOGoa.
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A study by NIO Goa and AcSIR Ghaziabad finds high levels of vitamin B12 in the Bay of Bengal, as part of broader research on cobalt behaviour in the Indian Ocean @TOIGoaNews
Goa’s geographical indication(GI) portfolio grew to 15 this week, with the addition of five unique local products, including two varieties of mango, the Maang Hilario and Mussarat besides the Taleigao brinjal, Goa cashew apple (kaju apple) and Korgut rice variety @TOIGoaNews
In total, 780 olive ridley turtle eggs have been laid across Goa’s beaches this season so far @TOIGoaNews
Goa govt issues stricter rules under the Goa Preservation of Trees Act, 1984: mandatory consent from all co-owners, public disclosure of felling permits, digital mapping of felled areas & clear timelines for decisions @TOIGoaNews
The narrow lanes of Fontainhas and Sao Tome in Panaji’s Latin Quarter were choked with tourists during the last days of 2025. They put their dirty feet on the walls of people’s homes, try to enter houses, sit on porches & lack civic sense, said CCP wardens. @TOIGoaNews
