There is no other option in Goa than Cong: Kamat
NT NETWORK VASCO Former chief minister Digambar Kamat has said that the Congress will form the next government in the state as the people have no alternative in the upcoming assembly election. Kamat...
View ArticleMapusa girl escapes from kidnappers’ clutches
MAPUSA: The Mapusa police have booked two unknown persons for wrongfully restraining and kidnapping a 13-year-old girl from Canca, Mapusa. Luckily the minor girl managed to escape from the kidnappers’...
View ArticleExcise dept issues 77 show-cause notices, licence suspension orders
PANAJI: Ahead of the assembly elections to be held on February 4, the excise department has stepped up vigilance against the offenders pertaining to the liquor trade. The department issued 77...
View ArticleSaligao dacoity case: police constable among 3 accused held
PANAJI: The Crime Branch police probing the alleged Rs 34 lakh Saligao dacoity case has arrested three more accused including one police constable on Monday. So far, a total of seven accused have been...
View ArticleParrikar promises jobs, housing for all in 5 years
VASCO: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will cover entire state under ‘Housing for All’ by 2022 under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) of the central government if voted to power,...
View ArticleShah stresses on good governance, transparency
VASCO/MARGAO: Pointing out that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election manifesto stresses on development, stability, good governance, transparency and no corruption, its national president Amit...
View ArticleIslanders hold the key in Cumbharjua
Soiru Velip | NT Senior Reporter PANAJI: With the state assembly elections round the corner, issues like employment to youth, beautification of Carambolim lake, master plan for the development of...
View ArticlePoll panel cries foul on welfare scheme advts
PANAJI: The advertisements of BJP government’s social welfare schemes on TV and in social media have come under the scanner of the Election Commission of India after prima facie it appeared to be...
View ArticleCong assures 100% employability of youth
PANAJI: Promising 100 per cent employability of the Goan youth, the Congress party on Monday released its manifesto for the forthcoming state assembly elections. The manifesto, which was released by...
View ArticlePower outages, garbage beset Navelim
JOAO SOUSA M | NT NAVELIM: It has been a multi-cornered contest in the Navelim constituency, which has been a witness to lows and highs in the development front. Fisheries Minister Avertano...
View ArticleParsekar unapologetic about advts on welfare schemes
PANAJI: Stating that the propaganda of social welfare schemes introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party government during the poll campaign of the party for the forthcoming state assembly elections...
View ArticleParrikar speaks of placement centre for every cluster of state colleges
PANAJI: Expressing confidence that the chief minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party government that would come to power after the forthcoming state assembly election would be chosen and decided based...
View ArticleRane criticises Parrikar over frequent state visits
PANAJI: Leader of Opposition Pratapsing Rane, on Tuesday, said that it is not good for the country to have the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar visiting the state time and again when the situation at...
View ArticlePromise of better healthcare remains unfulfilled
RAMESH SAVAiKAR | NT BICHOLIM: Even though Rajesh Patnekar of BJP, Naresh Sawal of MGP, Manohar Shirodkar of Congress, Pandurang Raut of Goa Praja Party(GPP) and Sainath Patekar of Aam Aadmi Party...
View ArticleAnjuna PI faces music for failing to stop loud music
PANAJI: Keeping to norms of poll code in force in the poll-bound state, the Goa police have suspended a police inspector Krishna Sinari attached to the Anjuna police station for the alleged...
View ArticleBreakaway RSS faction will come back to BJP: Arlekar
Senior BJP leader RAJENDRA ARLEKAR, who is contesting the forthcoming state assembly election from Pernem constituency, in an exclusive interview with RAMNATH N PAI RAIKAR speaks about his prospects at...
View ArticleGCA fraud: charge-sheet filed against Narvekar, Chetan, Phadke, Mulla
PANAJI: Economic offences cell of the Goa police has filed charge-sheet against former GCA president Dayanand Narvekar, incumbent president Chetan Dessai, secretary Vinod Phadke and the then treasurer...
View ArticleRs 50,000-cash limit for casino players
PANAJI: Casino players entering or exiting a casino with more than Rs 50,000 will be required to provide supporting documents and proof on the source of cash in the light of the state assembly...
View ArticleSada sub-jail undertrials go on rampage
VASCO: In an attempted jailbreak incident, 48 undertrials of Sada sub-jail late Tuesday night went on a rampage and assaulted at least 20 staff leaving the jailer critically injured. Highly-placed...
View ArticleHema resigns as EC’s state icon
PANAJI: Noted singer Hema Sardesai has resigned as the special icon appointed by the Election Commission of India for the state assembly polls to be held on February 4. Chief electoral officer Kunal...
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