Parrikar labels Kamat-led Cong govt as ‘most corrupt’
NT NETWORK MARGAO Coming down heavily on the former chief minister and Margao MLA Digambar Kamat, former Goa Chief Minister and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar alleged that the erstwhile Congress...
View Article24 rabies cases detected in Mapusa in last 3 months
NT NETWORK ASSAGAO/ MAPUSA Of the 24 rabies cases detected in Bardez in the last three months, nine were detected in Mapusa itself. 2105 stray dogs were vaccinated in the Mapusa town limits, which is...
View ArticleRobbery: activist, two cops remanded to 10-day custody
NT NETWORK CALANGUTE Activist Deepak Gadekar, and two police personnel hawaldar Keshav Naik and police constable Mahendra Mandrekar attached to the Calangute police station, who allegedly robbed a...
View ArticleAvertano non-committal on CM’s invitation to join BJP
NT NETWORK MARGAO Inviting Navelim MLA (Independent) and Minister for Fisheries Avertano Furtado to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar Sunday said that this is...
View ArticleMGP’s next move after code of conduct: Deepak
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) will honour the word given to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during 2012 Goa assembly election that the alliance with the BJP...
View ArticleBabu Azgaonkar, Balu Phadke join MGP
NT NETWORK PANAJI In yet another setback to the Congress, party leader and former sports minister Manohar (Babu) Azgaonkar Sunday joined the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). Goa Cricket...
View ArticleGovt in hurry to approve ODPs for generating poll fund: Cong
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Goa Pradesh Congress Party (GPCC) on Tuesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government is in a hurry to approve the outline development plans (ODPs) in order to...
View ArticleDemonetisation: small businesses hit hard in city
NT NETWORK PANAJI The demonetisation has hit the business community in the city from bakery to farm products and from tea shops to tailoring outlets ahead of the festival of Christmas. According to...
View ArticleParrikar: long-term planning is BJP’s gift to state
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that long-term planning is the gift of the Bharatiya Janata Party to Goa, the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that due to such planning, his party during its...
View ArticleFresh FIR against GCA officials for siphoning funds worth Rs1 crore
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Economic Offences Cell (EOC) of the Goa police has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against former Goa Cricket Association (GCA) president Dayanand Narvekar, current...
View ArticleBJP to invite people’s views for 2017 election manifesto
NT NETWORK PANAJI The meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto committee for the forthcoming state assembly election held on Tuesday decided to give a miss to the issue seeking special status...
View ArticleNotices will be sent to all liquor outlets along highways: excise chief
NT NETWORK PANAJI Commissioner of Excise for Goa has stated that the department will implement the Supreme Court order to shut down bars and liquor outlets within 500-metre radius of the state and...
View ArticleGoa to seek legal advice over SC’s liquor ban on highways
NT NETWORK PANAJI The government will seek legal advice from state Advocate General Saresh Lotlikar as regards statewide implementation of the recent Supreme Court judgment banning all liquor shops...
View ArticlePortugal PM to visit ancestral place in Goa on January 11
PTI NEW DELHI Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who traces his roots to Goa, will be in India on a seven-day trip from January 6 during which he will hold talks with the Indian leadership on...
View ArticleStay away from wrongdoings, DGP tells police personnel
NT NETWORK PANAJI Director General of Police (DGP) Dr Muktesh Chander, on Tuesday, warned the police personnel of stringent action if they are found involved in malpractice. Chander was addressing the...
View ArticleAnother suicide bid from Zuari bridge foiled by cops
NT NETWORK VASCO Another suicide bid was foiled by the alert police personnel attached to Vasco traffic cell at Zuari Bridge on Tuesday. As per the available information, a woman from New Vaddem was...
View ArticleBJP to formally invite Avertano to join party
NT NETWORK PANAJI Bharatiya Janata Party will formally invite Independent MLA Avertano Furtado to join the party. “Furtado is most welcome to join the party. We will welcome his wisdom. We will not...
View ArticlePolice welcome SC’s liquor ban on highways
NT NETWORK PANAJI Police personnel have reacted positively to the recent Supreme Court judgment banning all liquor shops within 500 metres of the national and state highways across the country and have...
View ArticleCrackdown on Germans, Israelis selling bread in violation of rules
NT NETWORK PANAJI The state government has ordered a crackdown on Germans and Israelis operating bakeries without licence and selling different types of bread in the state without following the rules...
View Article3 held in Calangute dacoity case
NT NETWORK PANAJI Crime Branch police on Wednesday arrested three more accused in the alleged Rs 10 lakh Calangute dacoity case. The accused have been identified as Atmaram Malvankar (31), resident of...
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