Meet discusses arrangements for Mapusa Bodgeshwar jatra
MAPUSA: A meeting of officials was called on Wednesday to discuss various arrangements for the annual famous Bodgeshwar jatra in Mapusa. It will be held from Janaury 10 to 15. At the meeting called...
View ArticleMapusa, Calangute sewerage work ‘crippled’ by lack of funds
MAPUSA: Lack of funds in the government kitty has delayed work on the sewerage network projects in Calangute and Mapusa due to non-payment of a whopping Rs 15 crore. According to sources, the...
View ArticleBuoyant days for pineapples in Goa
BHIVA P PARAB | NT Staff Reporter PANAJI : The nutritionally packed pineapples are seeing good days in Goa. The yield of the fruit has been rising in the last few years as also the area under...
View ArticleGoa polls: EC team holds interactions with parties
PANAJI: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has suggested to the Election Commission of India that elections to the state legislative assembly be conducted around February 20-25. A team of the ECI led by...
View ArticleRahul to visit Goa on Dec 16
PANAJI: All-India Congress committee vice-president Rahul Gandhi will visit the state on December 16 to address a public meeting at Fatorda as part of the Jan Jagruti Padyatra. Addressing the media,...
View ArticleCM to keep Dhavalikars’ portfolios with him
PANAJI: Maintaining that he will not induct anyone in the state cabinet so as to fill the two berths left vacant by the recent ouster of Dhavalikar brothers – Sudin and Deepak – Chief Minister...
View ArticleBizman tricked and robbed of Rs 34 lakh in new notes
PANAJI: The Saligao police have registered a first information report on charges of robbery against four persons for allegedly hoodwinking a businessman and running away with cash in new currency...
View ArticleRs 24 lakh in new notes seized at Calangute
CALANGUTE: Busting a racket involved in exchanging currency notes, the Calangute police seized Rs 24 lakh in new notes from a gang of three people and arrested them in the wee hours of Wednesday at...
View ArticleGoans have hope in Rahul Gandhi that he will address their concerns: Luizinho
MARGAO: Stating that Nehru-Gandhi families have a close relationship with Goans and the history of Goa and, hence, only the Congress party can understand issues of Goa, the Goa Pradesh Congress...
View ArticleBandora-Unir locals ‘confine’ sarpanch for 2 hrs over NOC granted for sewage...
PONDA: Bandora sarpanch Nayana Naik has assured Unir villagers of cancelling the NOC given for a sewage treatment plant project that is proposed to come up at Unir-Bandora after locals allegedly held...
View Article3 MLAs lay siege to SGPDA office, allege Godinho in haste to pass Margao ODP
MARGAO: A high-voltage drama was witnessed at SGPDA office on Thursday after three MLAs including Digambar Kamat, Vijai Sardesai and Lavu Mamledar and their hundreds of supporters staged a protest by...
View ArticleLobo guns for Parulekar’s head over termination of beach contract
CALANGUTE: Citing the piling up of garbage along the beaches in Goa due to termination of the beach cleaning contract, Calangute MLA Michael Lobo has demanded the resignation of Tourism Minister Dilip...
View ArticleOppn BJP councillors stage walk-out as Mayor objects to Panaji ODP ratification
PANAJI: Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the ordinary meeting of Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) on Thursday with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors staging a walk-out over the...
View ArticleBJP will get clear majority in forthcoming election: Parsekar
VASCO: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would approach the people for the forthcoming assembly elections based on its developmental projects...
View ArticleCop suspended for suspected role in Sangolda note robbery
PANAJI : The Goa police on Thursday suspended police constable Vikas Naik in connection with the Sangolda robbery wherein four persons hoodwinked a businessman and made off with Rs 34 lakh in new...
View ArticleTask force to check possible money laundering: CEC
PANAJI : Taking a serious note of possible money laundering and abuse of liquor to influence the voters during the 2017 state assembly elections, the Election Commission of India has constituted a...
View ArticleNote ban: Goa staring at revenue loss of Rs 786 crore
RAMNATH N PAI RAIKAR | Assistant Editor PANAJI : If the prediction of the state government turns out to be right then Goa, this fiscal year, could lose its annual revenue by a minimum of Rs 786 crore...
View ArticleDemonetisation will cleanse the system, says Parsekar
PANAJI: In its endeavour to adopt cashless transactions, Goa State Co-operative Bank (GSCB) in association with Yes Bank on Friday launched a mobile banking facility, based on SIM sleeve technology...
View ArticlePortion of Vasco building ceiling collapses, 5 hurt
VASCO: A portion of ceiling of third floor flat of a building along the Swatantra Path in Vasco collapsed on Friday evening injuring five occupants. It is learnt that the building named ‘Happy...
View ArticleRahul Gandhi at Fatorda
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi along with GPCC president Luizinho Faleiro, Leader of Opposition Pratapsingh Rane, Margao MLA Digambar Kamat and All India Congress Committee general secretary and...
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