Nida covers health, Department of Food and Drugs, IIT & IIM from Indore.
Articles by Nida Khan
Goa’s plans to standardise feni brews up a spirited debate
The government-approved agency, it is planned, will authenticate the maturity of feni and bring about a uniform improvement in quality.
Updated on May 17, 2017 07:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan
Cong hopes to field controversial leader Babush against Parrikar in Panaji bypoll
Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate, a leader of the United Goans Party, had lost to BJP candidate Siddharth Kuncalienkar by just 919 votes in the February assembly elections.
Updated on May 12, 2017 11:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan
WhatsApp to help Goa tourism department keep beaches clean & beautiful
Complainants will have to geo-tag the littered site and send the location’s GPS through WhatsApp. Action will be taken within 24 hours, state tourism officials said.
Updated on May 04, 2017 12:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan, Panaji
AAP’s ‘Modi obsession’ must end, says Goa party colleague in piece addressed to Kejriwal
Oscar Rebello says Arvind Kejriwal cannot continue to pick fights with centre, but defends party against those accusing it to be unpatriotic
Updated on Apr 28, 2017 06:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan, Panaji
Monkey fever infects 76, kills one in Goa
Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), popularly referred to as monkey fever , killed 45-year-old Gulabi Gawas in Goa on Monday, where 76 people have tested positive for the disease .
What is monkey fever?
Kyasanoor Forest Disease (KFD) was first detected in the Kyasanur forest in Karnataka in 1957. Since then, between 400 and 500 human cases are reported each year in South Asia, mainly India.
Why 45 Goa villagers opposing mining are stuck in jail despite bail
The villagers were arrested a week ago on charges of unlawful assembly and criminal intimidation. Despite getting bails, each villager needs to furnish a bond of Rs 10,000 and the families do not have the money.
Published on Apr 18, 2017 07:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nida Khan
New owner Sachiin Joshi to rename Kingfisher Villa
Actor-businessman Sachiin Joshi plans to rename the Kingfisher villa, where Vijay Mallya famously hosted lavish parties.
Updated on Apr 19, 2017 12:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan
245 deaths in 12 years: What’s killing foreign tourists in Goa?
According to an RTI reply accessed by a local activist in support of relatives of several of the deceased, a shocking 245 foreigners have died in Goa in the last 12 years.
Updated on Apr 17, 2017 07:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan
Tourists creating chaos, destroying culture, claims Goa tourism minister
He calls for a crackdown against the nuisance created by tourists.
Updated on Apr 14, 2017 09:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan
Goa: MGP leader denies calling for total ban on cow slaughter, says he was ‘misquoted’
According to media reports, public works department minister Sudin Dhavalikar said his party, that is a part of the BJP-led coalition government in Goa, supports “total ban on cow slaughter in Goa”.
Updated on Apr 14, 2017 03:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan
Bismarque Dias case: FIR to be lodged 17 months after Goa priest’s death
Seventeen months after the death of ‘Father’ Bismarque Dias in Goa, an FIR will be lodged by the police after a bench of the Bombay high court passed an order on Tuesday.
Updated on Apr 13, 2017 12:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan, Panaji
Man vs Wild: 20 forest officers deployed to track down a killer bison in Goa
A total of 20 officers from the Goa forest department are involved in the search operation to find a bison. More than half a dozen cameras have also been used by the department to track the movement of the wild animal.
Updated on Apr 08, 2017 10:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan
17 months in morgue: No RIP for former Goan priest-activist's body
Father Bismarque Dias’s close aides say he knew his life was under threat. The group was fighting several cases against the land mafia and builders who had allegedly occupied land, and the way he used to criticise the church also earned him enemies, they said.
Updated on Apr 07, 2017 07:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan
If need arises will campaign against my father, says Vishwajit Rane after joining BJP
Vishwajit Rane, the former Congress MLA from Valpoi, on Thursday joined the BJP. The move comes days after Rane defied the party’s whip in the assembly and subsequently resigned from Congress.
Updated on Apr 06, 2017 10:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nida Khan, Panaji
Highway liquor ban could ruin Goa party as 3,200 outlets go dry
A restaurant owner said this season has been disastrous. “First demonetisation, and then they imposed the election code of conduct. And now, to make it worse, we have this decision.”
Updated on Apr 04, 2017 11:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan
Pramod Sawant elected speaker of Goa assembly
Pramod Sawant, BJP MLA from Sanquelim, was elected as the speaker of the Goa legislative assembly on Wednesday, beating Congress candidate, Alexio Reginaldo Lourenco.
Published on Mar 22, 2017 02:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan, Panaji
Cong top brass sits in AC rooms, doesn’t value young leaders: Goa’s Rane after quitting party
MLA Vishwajit Rane stayed away from the Goa floor test, which was easily won by Manohar Parrikar
Updated on Mar 16, 2017 06:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan
We have proved ourselves, says Manohar Parrikar after BJP govt wins Goa floor test
The BJP won the support of 12 of its own MLAs – excluding pro-tem speaker Sidharth Kuncalienker -- three each from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and the Goa Forward Party, three independent lawmakers and a Nationalist Congress Party legislator.
MLAs came voluntarily, no one was kept in hotel: Parrikar after winning Goa floor test
The opposition Congress could only muster 16 in the 40-member assembly as MLA Vishwajeet Rane abstained from the floor test.
28-year-old British woman raped and murdered in Goa, body found on beach
According to the police, the 28-year-old had come to Goa with a friend and had celebrated Holi in coastal Canacona village, known for its popular beach Palolem.
Updated on Mar 17, 2017 08:01 AM IST
Panaji, Hindustan Times | Nida Khan, Panaji
Goa floor test highlights: BJP govt led by Parrikar wins with support of 22 MLAs, Congress’ Rane resigns
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Goa, headed by chief minister Manohar Parrikar, will face a crucial floor test on Thursday, as a special assembly session has been convened for the purpose.
Goa: Irish woman raped, murdered in Canacona, one person arrested
One person was arrested in connection with the murder of an Irish woman, who was found dead in the fields of Deobagh beach in Goa’s Canacona.
Updated on Mar 15, 2017 10:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Nida Khan
Parrikar sworn in as Goa CM, but his team of nine ministers has only 2 from BJP
Manohar Parrikar sworn in as Goa chief minister for the fourth time.
Updated on Mar 15, 2017 01:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Debasish Panigrahi & Nida Khan
Manohar Parrikar takes over as Goa CM, to prove majority on Thursday
BJP’s Manohar Parrikar took over as Goa chief minister on Tuesday and will prove his majority in the Assembly on Thursday.
Updated on Mar 14, 2017 10:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji / New Delhi | Debasish Panigrahi, Nida Khan and Bhadra Sinha
Manohar Parrikar appointed Goa CM by governor, asked to prove majority after being sworn in
Goa governor Mridula Sinha on Sunday appointed defence minister Manohar Parrikar as the state’s new chief minister.
BJP secures support of regional parties, all set to return to power in Goa
The party, which managed to secure 13 seats in the Goa legislative assembly, had fallen short of eight seats required to achieve a majority.
Assembly elections 2017: Congress, BJP in tug of war to form government in Goa
Despite a hung Assembly, both the Congress and the BJP claim they will be in a position to form a government in Goa. The Congress is 4 seats short of a simple majority while the BJP finished with 8 seats less.
Updated on Mar 11, 2017 11:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Debashish Panigrahi and Nida Khan
Assembly elections 2017: Arvind Kejriwal’s national ambitions hit speedbreaker
The Aam Aadmi Party’s national ambitions have taken a huge hit as the party failed to match its own expectations in Punjab and drew a blank in Goa.
Updated on Mar 11, 2017 11:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Chandigarh/Panaji | Jatin Gandhi/Chitleen K Sethi/Nida Khan
Goa election: AAP may have eroded votes of traditional rivals, Congress and BJP
A three-way tussle between the BJP, the opposition Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) makes this a hard election to call.
