Condemned vehicles become eyesore at Canacona mamlatdar’s office
BY ALBERT FERNANDES | NT CANACONA: Two condemned vehicles at the Canacona mamlatdar’s office, one lying in the backyard while the other in the front, outside the compound wall, have not only become...
View ArticleBethoda panchayat resolves to stop illegal constructions
PONDA: In order to stop the influx of people from other states, the Bethoda panchayat has resolved to permit only one house in a plot of 250 sq metres of land in its jurisdiction. The panchayat during...
View ArticleHot-air balloon rides, landings safe, no cause for panic: GTDC
PANJIM: The Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC), in a press note released here, has appealed to the people not to panic over the landing of hot-air balloons in open spaces as its service...
View ArticleCulverts, mini-bridges along Canacona highway crying for attention
Albert Fernandes | NT CANACONA: The culverts and mini-bridges along National Highway-17 stretch from Goddeval, Paddi to Polem, Canacona are in need of immediate attention from the PWD, feel...
View ArticleClaiming damage to environment, locals oppose MRF project
PONDA: Usgao locals are opposing an extension project of MRF company, which they claim has damaged environment by cutting down thousands of coconut palms for the project. Environmentalist Rajendra...
View ArticleLiquor traders hope for relief from SC
PANAJI: The Goa Liquor Traders Association (GLTA) members are awaiting the Supreme Court order on a review petition filed by Maharashtra Liquor Traders Association on the ban on sale of liquor within...
View ArticleShifting of electric poles along Cortalim-Vasco highway hampered by shortage...
Sudesh Bhosle | NT VASCO Lack of funds with the electricity and the public works department (PWD) has delayed the shifting work of electric poles and transformers along the Cortalim-Vasco national...
View ArticleVasco double murder: woman convicted
NT NETWORK MARGAO Over two years after the double murder rocked Vasco, the principal district and session’s judge South Goa Desmond Costa on Monday convicted Pratima Naik for killing her...
View ArticleDrastic drop in Goa Dairy sales post-milk price hike
NT NETWORK PONDA Goa Dairy’s recent move to hike the prices of milk has resulted in a drastic decline in the sale of milk supplied by the dairy. According to sources in Goa Dairy, since the last...
View ArticleTime-bound delivery of services from April
NT NETWORK PANAJI Minister for Revenue Rohan Khaunte has directed officials to implement time-bound delivery of services Act from April. The minister held a meeting on Monday with the Collectors and...
View ArticleVillage libraries to be made model reading centres
NT NETWORK PANAJI With an aim to bring in a revolution in library movement and in order to develop a culture of reading in the state, the government has initiated a process of streamlining the...
View ArticleFor now, offshore casinos get three-month extension
NT NETWORK PANAJI The state government Monday granted an extension of three months to the five offshore casinos operating from River Mandovi. “The cabinet has decided to extend the deadline by three...
View ArticleOver 50,000 two-wheelers hit Goan roads every year
NT NETWORK PANAJI Just as the road accidents in the state are witnessing an exponential rise, majority of which involve two-wheelers, more than 50,000 new two-wheelers arrive on the Goan roads, every...
View ArticleSC order applicable only to liquor retailers: CM
NT NETWORK PANAJI Bars and restaurants had reason to cheer on Monday after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that instructions will be issued to the excise department to exempt them from the...
View ArticleIn absence of survey, govt in the dark over illegal child care institutions
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Department of Women and Child Development has failed to crackdown on illegal NGOs, dealing with child welfare in the state, as no survey of them could be carried out by it owing...
View Article34,528 anganwadi children enrolled under Aadhaar scheme: economic survey
NT NETWORK PANAJI The economic survey 2016-17 has stated that as on March 8, 2017 as many as 34528 anganwadi children have been enrolled under Aadhaar scheme. While 20,026 anganwadi children have...
View ArticleCops rescue abandoned senior citizen at New Vaddem
VASCO The police shifted a 60-yr-old man by jeep who was found semi-conscious in an open space at New Vaddem on Tuesday afternoon. Reports suggest that the person was first picked up by an ambulance...
View ArticleGITP welcomes IT reforms in budget
NT NETWORK VASCO The Goa IT Professionals (GITP) have welcomed the commitments given by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in his budget towards Goan education reforms and to generate employment for...
View ArticleState govt racing towards cashless mode of transactions
NT NETWORK PANAJI Encouraging Aadhar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) for transfer of funds, the state government, in its effort to promote cashless transactions in the state, following the November 2016...
View ArticleFrancis: Calangute, Porvorim can become municipal areas
NT NETWORK PANAJI Minister for Urban Development Francis D’Souza on Tuesday stated that census towns like Calangute and Porvorim could be converted into municipal areas, with full-fledged...
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