New Year fails to ease demonetisation pain of city traders
PANAJI: Despite the assurance given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that after 50 days of demonetisation of the high-value currency notes, things will start falling in place, business in the state’s...
View ArticleCops arrest 2 terror suspects at Dona Paula
PANAJI: Panaji police Monday arrested two suspects, who are now under the scanner of Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Goa’s Anti Terror Squad (ATS) for terror links. The suspects were jointly interrogated...
View Article62 Mayem families get Sanad letters
PANAJI: Describing the commencement of distribution of provisional Sanad letters to the residents of Mayem as “dawn of a new era for the village,” the government on Monday gave away such letters to...
View ArticleMhadei row: K’taka withdraws plea as SC refuses to interfere
SAKHALI: In a major victory for Goa over the Mhadei water diversion case, Karnataka was on Monday forced to withdraw the special leave petition (SLP) filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Mhadei...
View ArticleNo sufficient animals to exchange, replenish Bondla zoo: Arlekar
PANAJI: Minister for Forest and Environment Rajendra Arlekar on Tuesday said that replenishing the Bondla zoo with new animals is a difficult task as the animals are generally brought to the zoos, all...
View ArticleSewage overflow: Mapusa health centre asks district hospital to take...
MAPUSA: Mapusa urban health centre, on Tuesday, asked the district hospital to take corrective steps to stop overflow of sewage from a sewerage chamber. The problem has been happening for a long time...
View ArticleMayem forum slams govt over sanads, says villagers have been cheated
President of Mayem Bhu Vimochan Nagrik Kruti Samiti (MBVNKS), Kashinath Mayenkar, has lashed out at the government alleging that it cheated the people of Mayem as regards the land sanad, that grants...
View ArticleCongress will win Goa elections without alliance: Shantaram
MARGAO: Exuding confidence that the Congress will win majority of seats in the forthcoming election in the state, Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik, on Tuesday, said that smaller political parties are...
View Article‘No takers’ for BJP support in 3 Salcete constituencies
MARGAO: Even though BJP has decided to contest 37 seats and in three constituencies of Salcete to extend support to independent candidates, the candidates who supported the BJP-led government in these...
View ArticleHotel staff sour as service charge not mandatory
PANAJI: Even as people in Goa who frequent restaurants are pleased by the fact that service charge is not compulsory any more, staff and employees of restaurants and hotels are displaying unhappiness...
View ArticleGoa polls: BJP to contest 37 seats
PANAJI: The Bharatiya Janata Party will contest the forthcoming state assembly election in 37 out of 40 constituencies, excluding Velim, Benaulim and Nuvem. However, the BJP can extend support to...
View ArticleFrom April, panchayats in state to go paperless
PANAJI: The 191 village panchayats as well as the 50 Zilla Panchayats around the state will go paperless from April 2017, with the aid of e-governance solution software, which will be further linked to...
View ArticleSC issues notice to Goa on Muthalik ban
PANAJI: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the state government relating to a petition of Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik challenging the Goa government’s decision to ban his entry into the...
View Article2 youth held at Dona Paula have no terror links: police
PANAJI: The two persons arrested by the Panaji police over suspected terror links are clean and have no links to any terrorist outfit, North Goa Superintendent of Police Umesh Gaonkar has said. Abdul...
View Article42 flying squads to keep a watch on poll code violation in S Goa
NT NETWORK MARGAO Forty-two flying squads – two each in every 21 constituencies in the district – will be on their toes to prevent any election code violation, South Goa Collector Swapnil Naik who is...
View ArticleSchools to have at least 5&1/2 instructional hours a day next year
NT NETWORK PANAJI The education department has issued a circular stating that the instructional hours for the schools around the state during the academic year 2017-18 shall be not less than...
View Article1526 booked under COTPA in South Goa in 2016
NT NETWORK MARGAO Due to the strict implementation of the Goa Prohibition of Smoking and Spitting Act, South Goa police could book 1,526 cases last month. For the first five months, 575 cases were...
View ArticleGoa Forward objects to tabling of Union budget before elections
NT NETWORK PANAJI While welcoming the announcement made by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to hold elections to the Goa legislative assembly on February 4, the Goa Forward Party has, however,...
View ArticleMGP to officially dump BJP, ally with GSM today
NT NETWORK PONDA The Maharastrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) will officially end its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday and also officially announce its alliance with Goa Suraksha...
View ArticleAnnouncement of early date an advantage: AAP
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday claimed to be the only party in the state fully prepared to face the assembly election. The party expressed confidence of winning the polls with...
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