Two minor children were found dead at home while their father was later found hanging from a tree behind the house in North Goa district, police said on Sunday.Prime facie, it seems the man strangulated the children to death and then killed himself, Superintendent of Police (North) Nidhin Valsan told reporters.The bodies of the minor boy aged 14 and his eight-year-old sister were found in their house in Candolim village on Saturday night. Their mother was not at home when the children died, he said.“When the children did not open the door of the house, their mother opened it forcibly with the help of neighbours and found the children dead,” he said.The police received a call at around 10.30 pm on Saturday about the incident.The Calangute police then started searching for the children’s father who was untraceable since the kids were found dead, the official said.On Sunday morning, the man’s body was found hanging from a tree behind their house, Valsan said.The man was in his late 40s, another official said.“Prime facie, it looks like the father strangulated both the children to death and then killed himself,” Valsan said. An investigation is on into the incident, he added.
MOPA: Low cost airline Go First (formerly known as GoAir) started operations from Goa’s second international airport, the Manohar International Airport on Thursday. The airline’s first flight, G8 2123 departed from Mopa at 10:35am and landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad.The airline will operate 42 non-stop weekly flights between Mopa and Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Nagpur and Chandigarh. The domestic airline also said that it will continue its operations from the Goa International airport at Dabolim. Go First said that the flights from the Manohar International Airport will further enhance its domestic connectivity with tier II cities. “It gives us immense pleasure to commence operations from this latest addition, Mopa to our domestic network,” said Kaushik Khona, the chief executive officer of Go First. “Although Goa is a preferred leisure destination, this network will facilitate convenient and seamless travel for locals along with tourists. While we continue to augment our operations, Go First is resolutely committed to providing customers a promising flying experience.” Go First’s maiden flight was inaugurated by Union minister for Tourism and Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shripad Yesso Naik in the presence of GMR Group officials.The new flight connectivity will also ease direct travel to North Goa.
PUNE: IndiGo on Thursday announced commencement of operations from Manohar International Airport in Mopa. "The operations commenced with direct flight between Hyderabad and Goa making it the 76th domestic and 102nd overall destination in its network," airline officials said.The will operate 168 weekly flights between Mopa and 8 domestic destinations like Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Jaipur, and Ahmedabad right from the start at the first day of operations. The new network will cater to the increasing demand owing to the popularity of Goa as a preferred leisure travel destination and will provide more options to the customers, making travel more affordable and enhancing direct connectivity to north Goa. The present Dabolim Airport in south Goa will remain active and IndiGo would continue its existing operations there.Speaking on the occasion, Pieter Elbers, chief executive officer, IndiGo said, “We are excited and proud with this largest ever, new station opening for us at New North Goa International Airport in Mopa. It’s momentous for us at IndiGo to have such a massive opening and it speaks to our ambition and endeavor to provide connectivity, ease of accessibility and ever more options for our customers to one of the most visited tourist destinations of the country. We continue to stay true to our promise of affordable fares, on-time performance, courteous and hassle-free service, connecting people with places they love."First trial landing conducted at new Mopa international airport in GoaWatch First flight lands at Goa's Manohar International Airport
PUNE: IndiGo on Thursday announced commencement of operations from Manohar International Airport in Mopa. "The operations commenced with direct flight between Hyderabad and Goa making it the 76th domestic and 102nd overall destination in its network," airline officials said.#Goa: People dance at the new airport in Mopa as it starts domestic flight operations from today. #MopaAirport https://t.co/UYSXa9cVpa— TOI Goa (@TOIGoaNews) 1672890547000The will operate 168 weekly flights between Mopa and 8 domestic destinations like Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Jaipur, and Ahmedabad right from the start at the first day of operations. The new network will cater to the increasing demand owing to the popularity of Goa as a preferred leisure travel destination and will provide more options to the customers, making travel more affordable and enhancing direct connectivity to north Goa. The present Dabolim Airport in south Goa will remain active and IndiGo would continue its existing operations there.Speaking on the occasion, Pieter Elbers, chief executive officer, IndiGo said, “We are excited and proud with this largest ever, new station opening for us at New North Goa International Airport in Mopa. It’s momentous for us at IndiGo to have such a massive opening and it speaks to our ambition and endeavor to provide connectivity, ease of accessibility and ever more options for our customers to one of the most visited tourist destinations of the country. We continue to stay true to our promise of affordable fares, on-time performance, courteous and hassle-free service, connecting people with places they love."
PANAJI: While the directorate of health services has sent Covid-19 samples for genome sequencing to Pune laboratories since last month after it received an advisory from the Centre following an explosion of cases in China and emergence of BF.7 variant, it has not received a single report.The state’s reliance on outstation laboratories has not ended even as a genome sequencing machine was installed at North Goa district hospital more than a year ago. The facility has not been certified yet but likely to get it certified this month, said state epidemiologist Dr Prashant Suryavanshi.“Samples from South Goa are sent to a Pune laboratory directly, while that from North Goa are tested at the district hospital facility and then sent to Pune for confirmation as the lab is not yet certified,” he said. Goa had witnessed a similar scene after the first two waves and it got to know that the delta variant was the root cause of the second wave, months after the damage was done as the state did not receive test reports from NIV in time. Suryavanshi said that over the last month Goa has reported fewer Covid cases with the daily average being one or two and nil cases on some days. On Monday, the state reported a single case, while active cases were at 17.Meanwhile, as directed by the Centre 2% of the international passengers landing at Goa aiport are tested for Covid.
Panaji: While the directorate of health services has sent Covid-19 samples for genome sequencing to Pune laboratories since last month after it received an advisory from the Centre following an explosion of cases in China and emergence of BF.7 variant, it has not received a single report.The state’s reliance on outstation laboratories has not ended even as a genome sequencing machine was installed at North Goa district hospital more than a year ago. The facility has not been certified yet but likely to get it certified this month, said state epidemiologist Dr Prashant Suryavanshi.“Samples from South Goa are sent to a Pune laboratory directly, while that from North Goa are tested at the district hospital facility and then sent to Pune for confirmation as the lab is not yet certified,” he said. Goa had witnessed a similar scene after the first two waves and it got to know that the delta variant was the root cause of the second wave, months after the damage was done as the state did not receive test reports from NIV in time. Suryavanshi said that over the last month Goa has reported fewer Covid cases with the daily average being one or two and nil cases on some days. On Monday, the state reported a single case, while active cases were at 17.Meanwhile, as directed by the Centre 2% of the international passengers landing at Goa aiport are tested for Covid.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the greenfield international airport at Mopa in North Goa, during his visit to the coastal state.Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that the new airport would be named Manohar International Airport as a tribute to former Goa Chief Minister (late) Manohar Parrikar.The state-of-the-art airport in Mopa will significantly improve connectivity as well as boost tourism in Goa. https://t.co/rY9M4OY6Z5— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 11, 2022While addressing the gathering, PM Modi said: “I am happy that this airport terminal has been named after my dear friend Manohar ji, Manohar ji will now be in the memory of everyone who comes here through this airport.”He also targeted the previous governments, saying they had adopted a vote bank approach for decades instead of finding what people needed in terms of public amenities.Mentioning that the airport was planned when the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government was in power, PM Modi said that successive governments, however, neglected the work. “When our government came to power in 2014, it worked fast for this. I myself laid its foundation stone and today this airport is in front of all of you.”He further stated: “Today, the country is working with modern thinking and we can see its results. After independence, air travel was limited to big cities but we have connected it to small cities. About 72 new airports have been built in the country in the last eight years.”Claiming that India has become the third-largest aviation market in the world today, the Prime Minister said: “The manner in which the UDAN scheme made air travel easier for the middle class, should actually be a subject of research by a university. When the power of a country increases, the world will be more attracted towards it.”The Mopa airport in North Goa is the second international airport in the coastal state apart from the existing airport at Dabolim, which is operated as a city enclave from Indian naval air station INS Hansa, news agency PTI reported. The foundation stone for the airport at Mopa was laid by PM Modi in 2016.The first phase of the airport will be able to handle 44 lakh passenger movement every year.(With inputs from PTI)
PANAJI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening inaugurated the new international airport at Mopa which has been named after former Goa chief minister and ex-defence minister Manohar Parrikar. The prime minister laid a strong emphasis on boosting connectivity in the country, saying that Goa's second airport will boost connectivity and spur further economic development. We are working on resolving traffic issues in #Goa and on promoting heritage tourism in the state. Happy that the s… https://t.co/3bT7g6vxSM— TOI Goa (@TOIGoaNews) 1670765818000Modi laid the foundation stone of the airport in November 2016. The Manohar International Airport is built on 2,132 acres, of which 232 acres are earmarked for city-side development for commercial purposes. The configuration of the airside facilities and terminal facilities is done based on traffic projections. The expansion of the airport will be as per future requirements. The ultimate capacity of the privately operated airport is around 33 MPPA traffic. The current passenger handling capacity of Dabolim airport is 8.5 MPPA (million passengers per annum). When the Manohar Parrikar airport starts operation on January 5 it will be able to handle 4.4 MMPA, which takes Goa's total passenger handling capacity to around 13 MPPA. The Dabolim airport offers direct connections with 15 domestic and 6 international locations. Through Mopa airport, these will increase to 35 domestic and 18 international locations. Also, while there was no night parking facility at Dabolim airport, Mopa airport has provision for night parking facility as well. Moreover, while there was no cargo terminal at Dabolim, the Mopa airport will have the facility with a handling capacity of 25,000 MT. The number of operational airports in the country has almost doubled from 74 to over 140 since 2014. The government plans to develop and operationalise 220 airports in the next 5 years. The airport promotes local artisans by creating a designated area for a flea market under Prakal Initiative the airport operator. The Manohar International Airport aims to be a Zero Carbon Footprint airport.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first phase of the international airport at Mopa in Goa on Sunday during his visit to the coastal state, where he will also address the valedictory function of the World Ayurveda Congress, officials said.He will also virtually inaugurate a host of other projects, including the All India Institute of Ayurveda in North Goa’s Dhargal, the National Institute of Unani medicine in Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) and the National Institute of Homeopathy in Delhi’s Narela, they said.The Goa Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that the prime minister will address the World Ayurveda Congress event at 2 pm.At 4 pm, he will commission the first phase of the Mopa intenational airport, where state Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai, Union Minister for Civil Aviation and Steel Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of state for Ports, Shipping and waterways Shripad Naik, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant will be present, it said.The airport at Mopa in North Goa, being built at a cost of Rs 2,870 crore, will be the second facility in the state in addition to the existing airport at Dabolim.The airport will have the capacity to handle 44 lakh passengers per annum in the first phase and it will go up to one crore passengers per annum after the completion of the entire project, the officials said.The existing Dabolim Airport has the capacity to handle 85 lakh passengers in a year, but it does not have the facility for cargo transportation, which is there at the new airport.
