Shigmo festival ignites Panaji with music and color
Experience the vibrant energy of Goa's Shigmo Festival, blending music, dance, and colorful parades in Panaji from March 26 to April 8, 2024.
Experience the vibrant energy of Goa's Shigmo Festival, blending music, dance, and colorful parades in Panaji from March 26 to April 8, 2024.
As the colours of Shigmo paint the streets with exuberance, various other festivals prepare to showcase their diverse cultural heritage through a series of unique festivals.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant stopped his convoy to help some accident victims on the Canacona Highway on Saturday late at night.
Goa is changing. The infrastuctural changes are noteworthy by way of the new roads, bridges and better connectivity.
According to the opposition parties, Qatar Airways has announced to shift its operations to the Manohar International Airport in North Goa from June 2024 by discontinuing its services at the Dabolim airport situated in the South district.
70 percent of members made bookings for the weekend. Despite having the option of staycations, individuals chose to unwind during the weekends to get away from the daily routine.
Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha earlier this month that 19.2 percent of Goa's 103 km long coastline was facing the threat of erosion, which includes some of the top beaches in the state like Anjuna, Keri-Tiracol, Morjim in North Goa and Agonda, Betalbatim, Majorda in South Goa.
Chidambaram also said that the Congress accepted the verdict by the people of Goa, but added that little had changed in Goa's political landscape, as far as the ruling government was concerned.
Sawant told reporters in Panaji that the state government's Archives and Archaeology had already begun working on the process of restoration of such temples destroyed in the Portuguese era, for which Sawant in his recent budget speech had allocated Rs 20 crore.
"Tourism is one of the backbone of the State economy. More than 20 per cent of the population depends directly (and) indirectly on tourism and allied activities. 'God's Own Abode' - Goa is known worldwide as the best and safest tourist destination for its clean beaches, ancient temples, churches, rich heritage, hospitality, rich diversified culture and its beauty,"
