Some exporters give a miss to MPT, Dabolim airport
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT PANAJI While infrastructure for exports has improved significantly in the state, a substantial portion of Goa’s non-ore exports continues to be routed through Nhava Sheva port,...
View ArticleFishermen should aid Coast Guard in protecting nation’s security: Prabhu
NT NETWORK VASCO The Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu, on Tuesday, said that Indian Coast Guard is playing a vital role in protecting the vast coastline of our nation. Prabhu was addressing the...
View ArticleKhaunte suspects scam in pwd water distribution through tankers, files plaint
NT NETWORK PANAJI Suspecting a scam in water distribution through tankers by the water supply division, PWD in Porvorim constituency, MLA Rohan Khaunte has filed a complaint before the Directorate of...
View ArticlePune police hand over Khutnur murder accused to Mapusa cops
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Dasharath Rajput, one of the accused in Assiana Khutnur murder case, who was on the run for the last 17 years, has been handed over to the Mapusa police by the Pune police. The Pune...
View ArticleFire breaks out at Fatorda scrapyard
NT NETWORK MARGAO A fire broke out at a scrapyard located at Chandrawaddo, Fatorda on Tuesday afternoon, causing a loss of around Rs 40,000. Margao station fire officer Gil Souza informed that they...
View ArticleMapusa civic body goes into ‘overdrive’, rakes in Rs19.28 cr revenue through...
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) is all on its way to set a new benchmark as regards collection of various taxes is concerned with the council already collecting around Rs 19.28 crore...
View ArticleWorld Bank funds 12 projects for state disaster preparedness
NT NETWORK VELIM Goa being 40 per cent susceptible to wind and cyclones with the state falling under moderate to low risk zone, the World Bank has funded a total of 12 projects in the state to reduce...
View ArticleAdministration begins spadework for budget
NT NETWORK PANAJI Although the new government will come to power after March 11, the state administration has already started the preparatory work for Budget 2017-18 following instructions to sent...
View ArticleSans recycling, disposal facilities, tube lights get dumped in the open
NT NETWORK NAVELIM With no wherewithal to handle hazardous waste and there being shortage of land, Salcete village panchayats continue to dump tube lights in the open despite directives by the Central...
View Article34 cases of cheating in S Goa last year; accused mostly ‘phoney’ job agents
Shyam Zambauliker | NT MARGAO South Goa police stations, in the year 2016, booked as many as 34 cases of cheating, mostly against fraudsters who duped youth and their families by taking money from them...
View ArticleIT’S SWINDLE! Don’t lap up loans offering negligible rate of interest
AMRESH PARAB | NT PANAJI If someone offers you a loan at a very low rate of interest and without any surety, think twice as according to the police there have been incidents wherein people have been...
View ArticleVelim villagers not keen on cyclone shelters
NT NETWORK VELIM The fate of the Rs 3-crore cyclone shelter project at Velim, which is funded by the World Bank, hangs in the balance as Velim villagers have sought time to take a call on the...
View ArticleMopa airport: new govt will set ball rolling
NT NETWORK PANAJI The construction work for the Mopa International Greenfield Airport in Pernem taluka, which has been delayed due to the election code of conduct presently in force in the state, would...
View ArticleCM urges PM to restore permission to Nadkarni
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that Centre’s withdrawal of permission granted to additional solicitor general of India Atmaram N S Nadkarni to appear before the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal on behalf of...
View ArticleMining corridor project hits roadblocks
SOIRU VELIP | NT PANAJI The ambitious mining corridor project has been held back by the slump in the mining industry and the weak financial position of the state. ‘The Navhind Times’ has gathered that...
View ArticleTwo minor girls raped in Salcete
MARGAO : In separate cases, two minor girls were raped in Salcete on Tuesday and Wednesday. Maina-Curtorim police have arrested the two accused for rape and lodged them in custody. In the first case,...
View ArticleSoft drink-laden tempo overturns, two hurt
MAPUSA : In a self accident, a tempo carrying soft drink bottles overturned along the highway near Green Park hotel, Guirim on Thursday morning with two loaders sustaining minor injuries. According...
View ArticleHC introduces online payment of court fees
PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has introduced online payment of court fees, in co-ordination with the government of Goa and National Informatics Centre. The service will be available for the...
View ArticleVasco civic body identifies 38 buildings as unsafe for humans to live in
VASCO: The chief officer of Mormugao Municipal Council Deepali Naik said that the municipal authorities have identified 38 buildings in the municipal jurisdiction as unsafe for human occupation....
View Article293 liquor outlets identified by Bardez taluka team so far
MAPUSA : In Bardez, around 293 liquor outlets have been identified by the taluka level team, which is currently carrying out survey to identify the liquor outlets which fall within a distance of 500...
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