Candidates offer lure of free mobile phones
PANAJI: Candidates are keeping up the tempo of illegal inducements to bribe voters as the state’s tryst with assembly elections draws near. On Friday, the commercial taxes department recovered mobile...
View ArticleRibandar residents sore over host of unresolved issues
Shaikh Jamaluddin | NT PANAJI: Ribandar which is hardly two-km away from Panaji is plagued by a host of problems with successive governments keeping people on tenterhooks for decades. The major...
View ArticleNo end in sight to summer water woes in Poriem
ABDULLA KHAN | NT VALPOI: Even though several of the Poriem villages saw community halls being built for the benefit of its residents, summer waters woes here have continued for a long time now. The...
View ArticleFor a fair fight: Crackdowns make clean sweep of freebies
PANAJI: The Election Commission-appointed surveillance and expenditure monitoring teams have recovered currency notes amounting to Rs 52,000 in Curtorim on Thursday, and till now liquor and drugs...
View ArticleTraffic jams throw life out of gear
CALANGUTE: Calangute has been in quest for solutions to traffic woes. Perennial traffic congestion in the beach belt has become a major issue of infrastructure for the voters. Barring a few points,...
View ArticleCalangute in grip of ill-effects of tourism
SHOAIB SHAIKH | NT CALANGUTE: The hub of tourism activities in the state, Calangute constituency which consists of villages of Arpora, Parra, Calangute and Candolim, has been waiting to free itself...
View ArticlePolitical reservation proves to be mirage for ST leaders
SOIRU VELIP | NT PANAJI: Yet another state assembly election is being held without reservation of constituencies for three scheduled tribe communities – Gawda, Kunbi and Velip. Although the three...
View ArticleARZ urges parties to include anti-flesh measures in manifesto
NT NETWORK PANAJI Anyay Rahit Zindagi (ARZ), an NGO has made an appeal to political parties ahead of the assembly polls to take up the issue and subsequent measures to eradicate prostitution in the...
View ArticleMGP, GSM promise to solve pending issues of locals
NT NETWORK MAPUSA The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) has released the manifesto for its Mapusa candidate Vinod Phadke on Saturday. Similarly, its alliance partner the Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) has...
View ArticleNarvekar to support Congress candidates at Aldona, Thivim
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Former Deputy Chief Minister Dayanand Narvekar has announced his support to Congress candidates in Aldona and Thivim, namely Amarnath Panjikar and Nilkant Harlankar, while addressing...
View ArticleLookout circular against Kamble for cheating investors in Margao
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Economic Offences Cell (EOC) have issued look out circular against Rajesh Kamble of ‘evolve consultancy’ firm which reportedly cheated over 100 investors to the tune of around Rs...
View ArticlePM seeks majority for BJP to make Goa ‘comfortable’ state
NT NETWORK PANAJI Sharing his vision of establishing tourism as the backbone of Goan economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to Goan voters to give comfortable majority to the...
View ArticleManifestos bring to fore chinks in MGP-led alliance
NT NETWORK PANAJI The alliance that was formed on the foundation of medium of instruction as the core issue is divided on the most contentious matter. With Maharshtrawadi Gomantak Party on one side and...
View ArticleThis tourist heaven cries for primary health centre
ROQUE DIAS | NT BENAULIM The coastal constituency of Benaulim in Salcete taluka, which boasts of many starred hotels, lacks a primary health centre, a waste management plant and a football ground of...
View ArticleSix South Goa ZP members throw their hat in the assembly poll ring
NT NETWORK MARGAO For the first time in the history of the South Goa zilla panchayat, six sitting ZP members are contesting the state assembly elections as they strongly feel that “no powers are...
View ArticleLack of development, unemployment key issues
JOAO SOUSA M | NT SANGUEM The candidates in the fray for the Sanguem assembly constituency are seen raising the two major issues of lack of development and unemployment, as they seek votes. The BJP is...
View ArticleAAP wants Modi to explain failure to fulfil promises
NT NETWORK PANAJI A senior leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa, Dr Oscar Rebello, on Saturday posed questions to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on failure of the state government to fulfil what...
View ArticleMarcaim lagging behind in healthcare facilities
NIRGOSH GAUDE | NT PONDA With all other candidates being first timers, it seems the MGP’s chief ministerial candidate Sudin Dhavalikar will have a cakewalk in Marcaim constituency where he has ruled...
View ArticleProper planning key to Vasco development
SUDESH BHOSLE | NT VASCO Vasco constituency, comprising nine wards of Mormugao Municipal Council, including the town, needs a fish market and vegetable market besides proper planning to resolve issues...
View ArticleTraffic congestion, water scarcity bane of Shiroda
NIRGOSH GAUDE | NT PONDA: Shiroda is facing a major problem of traffic congestion, narrow roads, unemployment, water shortage and sports ground for youth which have not been resolved for many years by...
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