N Goa police probing 42 FIRs of election code violations
NT NETWORK PANAJI North Goa police are investigating a total of 42 First Information Reports (FIRs) which have been registered against candidates contesting the assembly election, their supporters as...
View ArticleKhariwada outlet will survive SC order
NT NETWORK VASCO All bars and restaurants except the one located at the tail end of Khariwada coast near the Hindu crematorium will be affected by the apex court order. After the mapping of liquor...
View ArticleDrastic fall in Goa’s marine fish haul
RAMNATH N PAI RAIKAR | NT PANAJI In spite of stringent precautions including the order to ban the use of LED lights for fishing in territorial waters of Goa, the drop in the annual marine fish haul as...
View ArticleOffshore casino relocation major task at hand for new govt
NT NETWORK PANAJI With another extended deadline for relocating the offshore casinos anchored in River Mandovi coming to an end on March 31, the new government, which will come to power after March 11...
View ArticleCaetano is an Indian citizen, not a Portuguese national, says MHA
NT NETWORK MARGAO The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has withdrawn its order declaring Benaulim MLA Caetano Silva a Portuguese national. Director (citizenship) of MHA Pravin Horo Singh, in his order...
View Article‘Goan youth must make the most of tunnel training institute’
ROQUE DIAS | NT MARGAO Stating that there is scope for construction of tunnels, as railway services are being extended for improving the rail connectivity in the country, Konkan Railway Corporation...
View ArticleLiquor traders want highways de-notified to avoid SC order
NT NETWORK PANAJI Faced with the prospect of loss of livelihood from April 1, members of Goa’s liquor trade on Wednesday called for changes in the liquor licence terminology and de-notification of...
View ArticleBJP begins preparations for 2019 Lok Sabha polls
PANAJI: Even as the results of the state assembly election held on February 4 are still awaited, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already started its preparations for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, with...
View ArticleMayor: CCP has commenced pre-monsoon work
PANAJI: The Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) has commenced pre-monsoon work on a war footing after the polling for general assembly election was held on February 4, revealed Mayor Surendra Furtado....
View ArticleCM brushes aside reports of govt employees ‘being pressurised to cast vote in...
PANAJI: Brushing aside the news reports that the government employees are being pressurised to cast their vote in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party candidates contesting the state assembly polls,...
View ArticleBlame game between CCP, traffic police; no solution in sight
PANAJI: Though the unabated illegal parking is resulting in traffic congestions in the capital city, there is no solution in sight, as the traffic police and CCP are blaming one another for the...
View ArticlePoor law enforcement leads to unabated footpath parking
ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | NT PANAJI : Footpaths in the city are being increasingly used for parking vehicles in the absence of suitable parking spaces and poor enforcement of the related law. And, this is...
View ArticleGoods worth Rs 4 cr seized during Goa polls
PANAJI: During the recent state assembly election held on February 4, the total seizure of goods by the commercial taxes department was worth Rs 4 crore. Additional Commissioner of Commercial Taxes...
View ArticleSC order: survey to consider all outlets selling liquor
PANAJI: The taluka-level survey undertaken by the Goa government on the number of liquor shops in the state to be affected by the Supreme Court order is on track, said a senior source in the excise...
View ArticleRoutine exercise, says finance secy
PANAJI: Finance Secretary Daulat Hawaldar on Thursday said that the circular issued by the finance department to all the government departments as regards the austerity measures to be taken by them, is...
View ArticleGovt depts asked to restrict expenditure
PANAJI: In order to put a limit on the government expenditure, the state finance department has asked all departments to take timely steps to avoid rush of expenditure at the end of the financial year....
View ArticleDefence firm Aequs to create 2,000 engg jobs at Tuem plant
PANAJI: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Thursday said that the leading aerospace precision engineering firm, Aequs would be setting up Rs 500-crore dedicated manufacturing facility, for the Indian...
View ArticleSailboat Tarini to be inducted at INS Mandovi today
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy’s second ocean-going sailboat INSV Tarini will be inducted in Goa on Saturday, an official statement said. The induction will take place at the INS Mandovi Boat Pool in...
View ArticleUsgao school imbroglio: classes in renovated building from Monday
PONDA: Education director Gajanan Bhat and deputy director Ramkrishna Samant, on Friday, assured the students of government school at Dhavshire-Usgao that their classes would be held in the renovated...
View ArticleMargao Carnival float parade will be held at Fatorda: Tavde
MARGAO: The chief officer of the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) Y B Tavde on Friday informed that the Margao Carnival float parade will be held at Fatorda, after the PWD engineers assured him to...
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