Rs 7.78-crore cheating case: 2 accused claim to be victims
PANAJI: Aamol Shah and Ajay Prabhudessai of ‘Evolve Consultancy’ firm arrested by the Economic Offences Cell (EOC) of Goa police on charges of cheating over 100 investors to the tune of around Rs 7.78...
View ArticleGFP wants ‘process of delimitation of panchayat wards’ stopped
MARGAO: Raising a strong objection to the State Election Commission’s decision of asking the “caretaker government” (led by Parsekar) to conduct the delimitation of wards of village panchayats in...
View ArticlePlea challenging Panaji ODP: HC issues notice to state govt
PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has issued a notice to the state government over a plea challenging Panaji ODP. The petition has been filed by the CCP Mayor Surendra Furtado and 15 others being...
View ArticleCM seeks AG’s opinion over House dissolution
PANAJI: Virtually ruling out the possibility of seeking dissolution of the state legislative assembly on technical grounds, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Thursday said that he has sent the file...
View Article‘Monitoring waste burning is difficult’
PANAJI: The directorates of panchayat and municipal administration have said that monitoring waste burning is difficult and enforcing such a hefty penalty was not practical, putting the onus on...
View ArticleAssembly poll outcome may upset the applecart at ZPs
SOIRU VELIP | NT PANAJI: The break-up of alliance partners – the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party – before the recently-held assembly elections is likely to upset the...
View ArticleGoa may file appeal against SC order on liquor shops
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT PANAJI: Factoring in possible adverse impact on tourism, revenues and employment, Goa may go in for an appeal against the Supreme Court order on closure of liquor shops along...
View ArticleBar, restaurant owners seek ‘clarity’ on SC ban applicability
MAPUSA: While the government machinery in the state is gearing up to implement the Supreme court order, banning sale of liquor within 500 metre of national as well as state highways across the country,...
View ArticleGoa Forward for fair probe into registration of service voters
MARGAO: Goa Forward Party (GFP) spokesperson Prashant Naik, on Friday, demanded intervention of Election Commission of India for a fair probe into the registration of around 700 service voters in...
View ArticleOne fatal accident in Ponda in Jan; cops hoping motorists will focus on road...
PONDA: Ponda, which has been on the top for registering highest number of road fatalities in the state for the last two years, has seen a sharp decline in road fatalities in the first month of 2017....
View ArticleCong expects Governor to follow rule of law, dissolve House: Rane
PANAJI: The Leader of Opposition in the House Pratapsingh Rane stated that Congress expects the Governor Mridula Sinha to dissolve the House and follow the Rule of Law. Addressing the media jointly,...
View ArticleNo need for House dissolution: BJP
PANAJI : South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar and BJP spokesperson Sadanand Tanawade, who addressed a joint press conference over House dissolution, said that there is no need for dissolution of the House....
View ArticleStudy urges govt to go for Blue Flag programme for beaches
PANAJI: The National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management has recommended to the state government to take proactive steps towards promoting sustainable seaside ecotourism and asked it to join...
View ArticleCity municipal market may lose power supply
PANAJI: The Panaji municipal market has been seeing the prospect of being without electricity supply as the CCP has failed to pay power dues running into Rs 3, 12, 28,309. The CCP has been in a fix...
View ArticleProcess for panchayat ward delimitation kept on hold
PANAJI: Following the strong criticism from various sections of society, the directorate of panchayats has kept on hold the process for delimitation of panchayat wards, leaving it to new government...
View ArticleTourism stakeholders tear apart Centre’s claim
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT PANAJI : Tourism industry in the state has taken umbrage to an attempt by the central government to sweep under the carpet the impact of note ban on tourism. Recently Union Minister...
View ArticleSalcete bars brace for closure
ROQUE DIAS | NT MARGAO: Nearly 45 per cent of the total 1802 bars and wholesale liquor outlets in Salcete taluka will have to shut shop by March-end as the state government has rolled up its...
View ArticleGoa police transfers Karbotkar murder case to Crime Branch
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa police department has transferred the alleged murder case of undertrial prisoner Vinayak Karbotkar to the Crime Branch. The case will be investigated by PI Viswesh Karpe....
View ArticleBeware! fraudsters with POS skimmer machines could knock on your door
NT NETWORK PANAJI It has come to light that a new modus operandi is being followed by some fraudsters – they come to the doorstep with a gift from an ‘unknown sender’, and then insist on a token...
View ArticleLife is hell for labourers on development projects
JOAO SOUSA M | NT NAVELIM In a blatant violation of the Health Act, PWD contractors working on various development projects across Salcete taluka do not provide sanitation facilities to workers, who...
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