CM has assured to save 1,100 outlets, claim liquor traders
NT NETWORK PANAJI The liquor traders Saturday said that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has assured them to save at least 1,100 liquor licence holders out of the total 3,200 such licence holders....
View ArticleIt was business as usual for many Salcete bars
NT NETWORK MARGAO Despite the Supreme Court order banning liquor vends along national and state highways across the country from April 1, several bars and restaurants in Salcete taluka conducted...
View ArticleBardez liquor outlets remain shut
NT NETWORK PANAJI In the view of Supreme Court order, the liquor selling outlets along the National Highway 17, which runs through Porvorim, and National Highway 4A in Corlim downed their shutters,...
View ArticleLiquor ban: excise teams begin enforcing SC order
NT NETWORK PANAJI In order to implement the Supreme Court order banning sale of liquor along highways, which has came into effect from April 1, the Goa excise department has put in place teams, which...
View ArticleSeveral liquor wholesalers in Salcete roll up shutters in evening
NT NETWORK NAVELIM In defiance of the Supreme Court order, banning sale of liquor within 500 metres of the national and state highways, several wholesale liquor vendors kept their establishments open...
View ArticleIdentified outlets in and around Mapusa remain closed
NT NETWORK MAPUSA All liquor establishments in Mapusa and surrounding areas, that were identified to be falling within 500 metres of highways, remained closed on Saturday. The bar and restaurants...
View ArticleAam turns sweet for aam aadmi
NT NETWORK PANAJI The king of fruits is adding flavour to the sunny side of Goan life in summer, as there has been at least 70 per cent decline in prices of two craved mango varieties – Mancurado and...
View ArticleStudents to get grace marks for taking part in cultural events
NT NETWORK PONDA Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude on Sunday said the government is working on a policy to award grace marks to the students participating in cultural activities. Addressing a...
View ArticleCivic bodies to conduct survey on the homeless
ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | NT PANAJI The Goa State Urban Development Agency has directed municipalities to conduct a survey to identify the homeless and submit a report by April 15, as there has been absence...
View ArticleKFD fears return to haunt Sattari villages
NT NETWORK VALPOI Kyasanur forest disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, has again created panic among villagers of Sattari as few more cases have been reported here in the past few weeks. Monkey...
View ArticleAquem villagers against allowing service voters in panchayat polls
NT NETWORK AQUEM The Aquem gram sabha on Sunday unanimously passed a resolution not to allow service voters to participate in the ensuing panchayat elections slated in May 2017. Over 700 service...
View ArticleCM re-assures liquor outlet owners on solution
MARGAO Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday assured that whatever solution possible to provide relief to the affected liquor sellers of Goa in view of the Supreme Court order would be worked out...
View ArticlePonda police to keep strict watch on sand mining trucks at Verem-Vaghurme
NT NETWORK PONDA Ponda police have decided to keep a strict watch on sand mining trucks operating in the panchayat area of Verem-Vaghurme and have assured the locals of taking strict action against...
View ArticleAssagao water issue: VP to approach PWD minister for new pipeline
NT NETWORK MAPUSA In order to have the water problem prevailing in the village resolved, the Assagao villagers have decided that the panchayat will approach the PWD minister urging him to lay a new...
View ArticleRobbery case probe ‘laxity’: complaints authority disposes of complaint...
MARGAO The State Police Complaints Authority has disposed of with no recommendation the complaint filed against then police sub inspector Tukaram Chawan of Colva police station by Dhanwanti Fernandes...
View ArticleNIRF ranking: Quepem govt college bags 53rd position
PANAJI: The Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, at Quepem has been ranked at 53rd place, under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Union Ministry of Human Resource...
View ArticleVasco bar owners, liquor retailers meet Parrikar over their plight
VASCO: A delegation of liquor vendors, including bar and restaurant owners and liquor retailers, from Vasco on Monday met Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and apprised him of their grievances, which...
View ArticleCCP’s survey on homeless still on
PANAJI: The survey on the homeless, being under taken by the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) under ‘Housing for All by 2022’ scheme of the Ministry for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation...
View ArticleState to launch demand survey for ‘Housing for All by 2022’ soon
Abdul Wahab Khan | NT PANAJI: The state will soon launch a demand survey for ‘Housing for All by 2022,’ a flagship scheme of the Ministry for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. The state...
View ArticleBJP stalwarts huddle reflecting on their defeat
PANAJI: The anti-Bharatiya Janata Party dictum of the Church, the medium of instruction issue, the amendment brought to the Goa Agriculture Tenancy Act including the ‘sunset clause’ and transferring...
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