Vishwajeet dares Parrikar to open debate on Mayem property issue
BICHOLIM: Alleging that the BJP-led government failed to fulfil the promises, the former health minister and Valpoi Congress candidate Vishwajeet Rane dared the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to...
View ArticlePawar blames Parrikar for mining ban
PANAJI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar has squarely blamed the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for shutting down the mining industry in the state as the Chief Minister of Goa...
View ArticleBJP will win in all 5 states, claims Rao
PANAJI : Maintaining that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not face India Shining-like scenario at the forthcoming assembly elections scheduled to take place in five states including Goa, as...
View ArticleLack of development, unemployment ail Canacona
Albert Fernandes | NT CANACONA: Except reaping the benefits of welfare schemes launched by the state government especially for women, Canacona taluka was deprived of major development works for the...
View ArticlePatrolling in 95 ‘vulnerable’ areas
PANAJI: The chief electoral officer has directed the election authorities to intensify patrolling and maintain vigil in about 95 identified low income and slum areas, which are sensitive expenditure...
View ArticleRelative of St Andre candidate caught with Rs 1.5 lakh cash
PANAJI: A flying squad has reportedly caught a relative of a candidate in St Andre with cash of over Rs 1.5 lakh. According to information, the incident was reported late Monday night at Siridao in St...
View ArticlePoll code violation: Kejriwal booked, complaint filed against Parrikar
PANAJI/MAPUSA: Goa chief electoral officer Kunal Monday confirmed the receipt of a complaint filed before his office by Goa Forward Party against Defence Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party...
View ArticleSt Andre voters in search of a candidate for development
Ramnath N Pai Raikar | NT PANAJI: The St Andre constituency, which has majority of its votes divided between the Scheduled Tribe community and the minority Catholic community, is presently placed in a...
View ArticlePawar blames Parrikar for mining ban
PANAJI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar has squarely blamed the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for shutting down the mining industry in the state as the Chief Minister of...
View ArticleMining dependents hold key in Sankhali
VISHANT VAZE | NT SANKHALI The ban on mining and its fallout is one of the main issues in Sankhali. The irregular power and water supply is also likely to have a bearing on the ensuing assembly polls...
View ArticleSonsoddo garbage dump continues to haunt voters of Curtorim
JOAO SOUZA M | NT CURTORIM The villagers from Raia and Curtorim continue to suffer from the stench emitted from the Sonsoddo dump site despite crores of rupees spent to get the plant fully operational....
View ArticleValpoi grapples with traffic, garbage woes
ABDULLA KHAN |NT VALPOI Traffic congestion and garbage disposal due to non-functional of a garbage treatment plant in Sayyadnagar are the main issues in the ensuing elections in Valpoi. The haphazard...
View ArticleNo relief from traffic congestion on Saligao roads
Shoaib Shaikh |NT PANAJI Saligao is plagued with a number of issues such as narrow roads, traffic congestion, non availability of irrigation water to farmers, lack of streetlights etc. The road...
View ArticleRemote Nuvem still thirsts for water
Roque Dias | NT NUVEM The semi-urban Nuvem constituency has seen a lot of development over the years but people in hilly and remote areas are deprived even of basic facility like drinking water. Power...
View ArticleDuo booked for threatening Khaunte supporter
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Mapusa police have booked two supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Porvorim candidate Guru Pawaskar for threatening a supporter of Independent candidate Rohan Khaunte. In this...
View Article51% of candidates in Goa poll fray never went to college
NT NETWORK PANAJI In highly literate Goa where the average literacy rate is 88.7 per cent, an astonishingly high number of candidates in the assembly poll fray are uneducated. Over half of the 251...
View ArticleCong assures special status to Goa under Article 371
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Congress party has stated that on being awarded the mandate in Goa to form the new government, the party will persuade and force the government of India to grant special status to...
View ArticleGoans confident about my capacity to deliver: Parrikar
NT NETWORK PANAJI Endorsing the recent indication from the national leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party that he will directly or indirectly rule Goa, in the event of the party’s return to power in...
View ArticleMany Goa poll icons inaccessible
NT NETWORK PANAJI Most of the North Goa district and youth icons selected by the Goa chief electoral office for the state assembly election are not available. Some of them have not provided their phone...
View ArticleGoa has seen only palti-vartan, not parivartan: Congress
NT NETWORK PANAJI Congress party has expressed confidence that the people of the state will award the party with a full majority to form the next government on its own prowess. On Wednesday, four...
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