Khaunte’s election agent booked for assault attempt on traffic cop
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Mapusa police have booked the election agent of Porvorim Independent candidate Rohan Khaunte for threatening and attempt to assault a head constable attached to Mapusa traffic cell...
View ArticleMMC garbage collection vehicles gathering dust
NT NETWORK MARGAO Seven new mini garbage collection trucks that were sanctioned to the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) by the Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA) seven months ago lie unused at...
View Article25,975 cases booked under Motor Vehicles Act in S Goa
SHYAM ZAMBAULIKER | NT MARGAO South Goa police booked 25,975 cases of violation of Motor Vehicles Act in the year gone by. Offences include over-speeding, drunk driving, distracting drivers, avoiding...
View ArticleTheft cases: Salcete detection rate below 50%
MARGAO Notwithstanding the claims by police in Salcete taluka that efforts are on to arrest the gangs involved in house thefts, chain-snatchings, house break-ins and auto thefts, many cases reported in...
View ArticleSouth Goa: 83 auto thefts in 2016
MARGAO Even as Salcete police have increased nakabandi and patrolling in various villages including Margao town, auto and two-wheeler thefts have continued to rise in the town. Salcete police are...
View ArticleTwo groups ‘clash’ at Headland-Sada
NT NETWORK VASCO M ormugao police have registered offences against two groups for allegedly taking out rallies after conclusion of polling at Headland-Sada, on late Saturday night. Police informed that...
View ArticleRe-poll at Aquem polling booth on Feb 7
NT NETWORK MARGAO The re-poll at polling station No 8 (Government Primary School, T B Cunha) at Aquem, Margao in the Margao constituency will be held on February 7. The date has been fixed by the...
View ArticleCanacona building collapse case hearing on March 14
MARGAO: The Ruby Residency building collapse case in Canacona, in which 11 persons including senior government officials are accused came up before session’s court on Tuesday and the case was posted...
View ArticleYoga teacher held for raping US national at Korgao
MAPUSA: A 32-year-old woman from US was allegedly raped by a 38-year-old yoga teacher on the pretext of giving her a ‘tantric massage’ at Korgao in Pernem on February 2. Pernem police have arrested the...
View ArticleGoan CISF man happy to be posted closer to home for poll duty
MARGAO: He heard the people conversing, clearly understood what they were talking about but did not respond. He focused only on his CISF duty at the polling booth number 8 at Aquem, Margao. The CISF...
View ArticleHaveli-Curti locals oppose construction of service road
PONDA: Hundreds of locals from Haveli-Curti gathered on Panaji-Belgaum national highway, on Tuesday morning, opposing the construction of a service road, of flyover, being constructed adjoining...
View Article45 rioting cases reported in South Goa during 2016
SHYAM ZAMBAULIKER | NT MARGAO: Forty five cases of rioting and 10 cases of forming unlawful assembly were reported in South Goa in 2016. Several persons were injured in these incidents of rioting and...
View ArticleOwners want old vehicles exempted from installation of speed governors
MARGAO: The All Goa Pick-up Drivers and Owners Association, on Tuesday, held a meeting to protest the move of making speed governors compulsory for all the heavy motor vehicles and pickup...
View ArticleLuizinho hints at action against leaders for anti-party activities
PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Luizinho Faleiro, on Tuesday, hinted at taking an appropriate action against the party leaders who have worked against the party candidates...
View ArticlePanchayat polls may be held in May
PANAJI: After the assembly elections, whose outcome will be known on March 11, the state will roll up its sleeves to hold elections to 186 village panchayats in May. The state election panel has...
View ArticleSeizures of freebies, poll code violations come to nothing
PANAJI: Although the state assembly elections 2017 witnessed several seizures of cash, liquor and violations of model code of conduct, a particular political party or candidate cannot be blamed for...
View ArticleAquem re-poll records 79.90% voter turnout
MARGAO: The re-poll for the polling station No 8 at Aquem in the Margao constituency ended peacefully on Tuesday, registering 79.90 per cent voter turnout. There was tight security at the polling...
View ArticleRoad connecting Zarme to Saleli expected to reduce distance
VALPOI: A new 3.4 km road, connecting Zarme and Saleli, will be a boon to the residents of Mauxi village panchayat area in Sattari. This was a long-pending demand of the locals. This alternative road...
View ArticleCrossing Rua de Ourem footbridge proving to be a nightmare for pedestrians
PANAJI: With the work on renovation of the pedestrian bridge, connecting Rue de Ourem with Patto Plaza area, popularly known as ‘footbridge,’ coming to a halt, the people using it to reach the bus...
View ArticleParking problem continues to haunt Dabolim taxi operators
VASCO: The taxi operators at the Dabolim airport are highly inconvenienced in the absence of a parking space there. The multi-level car parking facility that was built to meet the parking need at the...
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