Goa BJP to felicitate Amit Shah on April 9
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Goa unit has decided to felicitate its national president Amit Shah on April 9, at a public meeting to be held on Campal ground. State president of BJP...
View ArticleVishwajit, Cabral likely to be inducted into cabinet by weekend
NT NETWORK PANAJI After reserving a cabinet berth for former Valpoi MLA, Vishwajit Rane, the Bharatiya Janata Party will decide on another MLA to be accommodated into the cabinet by the end of this...
View ArticleLiquor ban: all eyes on SC hearing today
NT NETWORK PANAJI Does the word ‘vend’ in the Supreme Court (SC) order on highway liquor ban mean liquor shops alone or also bars and restaurants? Liquor stakeholders in Goa and the state government...
View ArticleWRD takes up pending nullah work at Mapusa market
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Water resources department (WRD) has commenced the pending work of reconstruction of the main nullah at the back side of the Mapusa municipal market. The WRD department is also...
View ArticleMhadei tribunal confronts Karnataka witness over contradictions
NT NETWORK SANKHALI The witness for the state of Karnataka Professor A K Gosain, in the Mhadei water dispute, was extensively cross-examined further on Tuesday by Atmaram N S Nadkarni, senior...
View ArticleAirport parking: Sawaikar says structural design by DRDO likely to be...
NT NETWORK VASCO South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar has said that the Airport Authority of India is in the process of appointing structural consultant for implementation of revised recommendations of...
View ArticleBondval Lake: Santa Cruz group demands action against builder
NT NETWORK PANAJI A delegation from Calapur Plus group, Santa Cruz on Wednesday met the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Vijai Sardesai in Panaji and demanded action against alleged illegal...
View ArticleE-district service to be launched mid-April, says Khaunte
NT NETWORK MARGAO/MAPUSA Assuring proper governance to the common man, Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte on Wednesday said that e-district services will be launched by mid-April after ensuring that...
View ArticleHC dispose off plea on English translation of Portuguese Civil Code
NT NETWORK PANAJI The High Court of Bombay at Goa has disposed off a petition relating to English translation of Portuguese Civil Code. The High Court said that we are inclined to dispose off present...
View ArticleRaia, Gogol villagers stop survey of land for Sonsoddo kabrastan
NT NETWORK MARGAO Hundreds of villagers of Raia and Gogol gathered at Sonsoddo on Wednesday to oppose the surveying of the land proposed for kabrastan alleging that it is located on a steep slope and...
View ArticleGKA chief, deputy quit over ‘non-allocation’ of funds
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa Konkani Academy (GKA) chairman Madhav Borkar and its vice-chairman Jose Lawrenco on Wednesday resigned on the grounds that the academy did not receive enough funds for various...
View ArticleEscapes to be thing of past in renovated Apna Ghar
Abdul Wahab Khan | NT PANAJI The newly upgraded and renovated state-of-the-art Apna Ghar building is safe and secure and there are foolproof arrangements to prevent escape of inmates. Located on two...
View ArticleParrikar to discuss cabinet expansion with Modi today
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on March 30, and is expected to discuss with the Prime Minister the cabinet expansion,...
View ArticleKhaunte visits Mapusa govt complex, suspends 16 latecomers for 2 days
NT NETWORK MAPUSA In a surprise visit to the government complex in Mapusa on Wednesday, Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte directed the suspension of 16 staff members attached to the Deputy Collector’s...
View ArticleRP 2021 may not be ready by Dec, says Vijai
NT NETWORK PANAJI Minister for Town and Country Planning (TCP) Vijai Sardesai on Wednesday said that he was not convinced that his department is in a position to have the Regional Plan 2021 (RP-2021)...
View ArticleMy close associates betrayed me: Parsekar
Former chief minister LAXMIKANT PARSEKAR in an exclusive interview with The Navhind Times, speaks to RAMNATH N PAI RAIKAR about his defeat at the recent state assembly election, the main reason behind...
View ArticleEmployees association seeks revocation of govt workers’ suspension
PANAJI: Following the action against government employees for coming late to work, the Goa Government Employees Association (GGEA) has sent memorandum to the Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte, in which...
View ArticleWater shortage, poor power supply, bad road bane of Apna Ghar
PANAJI: Though the state is set to get state-of-the-art child care home with renovation work of Apna Ghar nearing completion, it still lacks adequate water storage facility, there is frequent power...
View ArticleRane yet to decide on campaigning for Congress in Valpoi by-poll
PANAJI: Senior Congress leader and Poriem MLA Pratapsingh Rane on Thursday said that his son Vishwajeet Rane, who resigned as Valpoi MLA, is a grown-up man and he can take decisions on his own. He also...
View ArticleThis coalition govt will complete its term: Vijai
Town and Country Planning Minister VIJAI SARDESAI in an exclusive interview with ‘The Navhind Times’ speaks to SOIRU VELIP about his decision to support the BJP-led government, finalisation of Regional...
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