No option to legalising illegal tenants in Panaji market: Furtado
City Mayor Surendra Furtado, in an exclusive interview with ‘The Navhind Times,’ speaks to Ramnath N Pai Raikar about the plans for the development of Panaji, during his second tenure Q: After being...
View ArticleAll options are open including joining BJP, says Vishwajit Rane
Former Valpoi MLA Vishwajit Rane says that the ideology of development is a common factor between Manohar Parrikar and him. In an interview with Soiru Velip and Rohan Shrivastav, the former Congress...
View ArticleGoa likely to declare state highways as district roads
NT NETWORK PANAJI The government, in the event of failing to seek any concession from the Supreme Court, as regards ban on liquor outlets including bars, located within 500 metres of the state and...
View ArticleVijai draws severe criticism over support to BJP
NT NETWORK MARGAO Speaker after speaker addressing the gathering during the ‘protest rally’held at the historic Lohia Maidan, on Saturday, demanded that all those candidates who fought 2017 assembly...
View ArticleOnly 3 out of 24 CCTVs were working in Sada jail at the time of Karbotkar murder
NT NETWORK PANAJI Out of the 24 CCTV cameras at Sub Jail, Sada-Vasco, only three were operational when the ruckus was reported there on January 25 in which the undertrial Vinayak Karbotkar died, the...
View ArticleCM: Porvorim 15 MLD plant will resolve water problem at Reis Magos, Nerul
NT NETWORK REIS MAGOS A 15 MLD water treatment plant that is going to come up at Porvorim will resolve the problem of water shortage in the areas of Reis Magos and Nerul said Chief Minister Manohar...
View ArticlePanaji Shigmotsav parade winners announced
PANAJI: Adpai Yuvak Sangh, Ponda has been adjudged as the top prize winner in the tableaux – Chitrarath – category in the Panaji Shigmotsav parade, held in the city on Saturday. The tableaux of Shree...
View ArticleQuepem youth murdered, 2 held
CURCHOREM: Anil Malik, aged 35 years from Malkpon in Molcornem village in Quepem taluka was allegedly murdered by two persons who were working in a farm late on Saturday night. The deceased had gone to...
View ArticleScooterist crushed to death under bus at Dabolim
VASCO: A scooterist was crushed to death under the front wheels of a Vasco-bound passenger mini bus on the four-lane highway opposite INS Hansa gate near Dabolim airport on Sunday afternoon. The...
View ArticleCarlos assures to give jobs to youth
VASCO: Carlos Almeida, who has created history by becoming the first Vasco MLA to get re-elected, has assured to give jobs to unemployed youth in Vasco. He also said that he will lay emphasis on...
View ArticleCandolim residents express ire over garbage issue
CANDOLIM: Candolim gram sabha on Sunday witnessed a ruckus over garbage, stray cattle, loud music and sopo issues. The gram sabha was held at the village panchayat hall. The villagers requested the...
View ArticleNagoa-Arpora locals want steps on sewage menace during monsoon
ARPORA: Issues pertaining to garbage and sewage, being released by hotels in drains and on roads during monsoon, dominated the Nagoa-Arpora gram sabha on Sunday. The villagers said that on the sewage...
View ArticleDo not want mobile towers in residential areas: Dramapur locals
DRAMAPUR: Dramapur gram sabha on Sunday unanimously passed a resolution opposing mobile towers in residential areas and asked the panchayat to find a suitable location for setting up the towers along...
View Article8,656 unclaimed ration cards cancelled in Goa
PANAJI: The civil supplies department has cancelled almost three per cent of the total food security and above poverty line ration cards, as these cards were found to be unclaimed. With the...
View ArticleBogus kerosene beneficiaries weeded out
PANAJI: About 89 per cent of the 1.25 lakh kerosene users in the state have been identified as bogus claimers for kerosene, as only 11 per cent of the consumers are genuine kerosene users who do not...
View ArticleSmart City SPV rolls in
PANAJI: The state government has issued a notification constituting a special purpose vehicle called Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Ltd, which has been given complete flexibility and financial...
View ArticleCunchelim residents face water shortage
MAPUSA: Water shortage inconvenienced the residents of Cunchelim, Mapusa with the supply becoming irregular. The residents have expressed concern over no supply of water to them for the last five...
View ArticleShiv Sena says coalition govt will not last long
PANAJI: Sanjay Raut, a Shiv Sena MP from Maharashtra, said that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar in the state will not last long, and would collapse at...
View ArticlePublic hearing on MPT expansion plan deferred over inadequate space at venue
VASCO: The environmental public hearing for the proposed consequential terminal capacity enhancement for the modernisation of berth 5A-6A belonging to South West Port Ltd in the jurisdiction of...
View ArticleMadd, symbol of Goan identity, is on the decline
BHIVA PARAB | NT PANAJI: The coconut output has been stagnant in the state for the last several years and if two main concerns – pest attack and shortage of manpower – are not taken care of then we...
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