NCP issues show cause notice to Churchill for supporting govt
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has issued show cause notice to its newly elected MLA from Benaulim Churchill Alemao for violating the party discipline by supporting the...
View ArticleWait-and-watch for NCP now
NT NETWORK VASCO State unit of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has decided to now ‘wait and watch’ after issuing show cause notice to the party’s Benaulim MLA Churchill Alemao, who has extended...
View ArticleGovt may move SC to help liquor traders
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that the state government would look into the prospects of approaching the Supreme Court for seeking concession to those liquor outlets in Goa,...
View ArticleParrikar: post of Pro tem Speaker needs legislative experience, not seniority
NT NETWORK PANAJI Reacting strongly to the demands of the opposition to revoke the appointment of Panaji MLA as Pro tem Speaker for not being the senior-most member of the House for the position,...
View ArticleVishwajit resigns as MLA, quits Cong
NT NETWORK PANAJI/VALPOI In a major political development, Congress MLA Vishwajit Rane Thursday resigned as MLA as well as from the Congress party saying the party’s top leadership failed to form...
View ArticleVijai objects to Cong MLAs’ entry into BJP
MARGAO: Expressing displeasure over the supposed move of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to welcome Vishwajit Rane into the BJP, Goa Forward Party leader and cabinet minister Vijai Sardesai Thursday said...
View ArticleParrikar confident of govt completing term
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that Governor Mridula Sinha’s address on March 23 during the state assembly session will make the direction of his government clear, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Friday...
View ArticleAllotment of portfolios delayed
NT NETWORK PANAJI The first portfolios to the newly appointed ministers in the state cabinet led by Manohar Parrikar are likely to be allotment in a couple of days. Chief Minister Parrikar Friday...
View ArticleVishwajit leaked Congress strategy to BJP: Kavlekar
NT NETWORK PANAJI Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Chandrakant ‘Babu’ Kavlekar Friday alleged that former Valpoi MLA Vishwajit Rane leaked information of the CLP meeting and strategy to the...
View ArticleAtmaram Nadkarni returns as Goa counsel before Mhadei tribunal
NT NETWORK PANAJI The personal intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made the Union Ministry of Law and Justice to reconsider its earlier decision and permit Additional Solicitor General...
View ArticleWe had the numbers, we waited for Governor to invite: Luizinho
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Luizinho Faleiro Friday said that on March 11 in the evening, the Congress party had its 17 MLAs along with four other MLAs, but it...
View ArticleHave always shared good relationship with Vishwajit: Vijai
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that his decision to support the Bharatiya Janata Party so as to form government in the state has been vindicated, as Congress, which was talking about giving a stable...
View Article50% of fines to be used for road safety measures
NT NETWORK PANAJI On one side, as the government is contemplating to approach the Supreme Court for seeking concession for liquor outlets situated along the state and the national highways passing...
View ArticleAll 40 Goa MLAs are crorepatis
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goans have nothing to cheer about the new batch of elected representatives. Of the 40 new MLAs, all are multi-crorepatis and getting wealthier by the term. Nine MLAs have criminal...
View ArticleGoa private hospitals witness substantial rise in C-sections
ROHAN SHRIVASTAV | NT PANAJI Private hospitals in Goa perform far more caesarean (C-section) deliveries compared to government hospitals, according to an official survey. In the private hospitals in...
View ArticleRaju is no more ‘anaath’
PONDA: Raju, who has been serving Ponda selflessly as ‘traffic controller’, paperboy and courier boy for more than two decades now, and who is popularly known as Raju Anaath, is no longer ‘anaath.’...
View ArticleS Goa: drive against smoking in public places loses steam
SHYAM ZAMBAULIKER | NT MARGAO The Goa Prohibition of Smoking and Spitting Act was implemented with a lot of enthusiasm, and it resulted in a drastic reduction in smoking in South Goa, however, it...
View ArticleDelay in infra tax payment holds up work on Pilerne commercial project
NT NETWORK PILERNE The delay in payment of Rs 22 lakh infrastructure tax to the TCP department has held up work on commercial complex, which is the second phase of the Pilerne football ground...
View ArticlePMC to denotify 2-km state highway stretch
NT NETWORK PONDA In order to avoid closure of liquor outlets in the town area, Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) has decided to denotify 2-km long state highway stretch from the Ponda post office to...
View ArticleBurglars take away 2 silver chains, cash from Curchorem temple
NT NETWORK CURCHOREM The Maruti temple at Marutigad, Curchorem was burgled on Friday night. The police informed that the burglars effected entry into the temple by breaking the lock on the right side...
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