Guirdolim, Chandor locals demand railway over-bridge
NT NETWORK GUIRDOLIM Hundreds of villagers of Guirdolim and Chandor on Sunday served the Southern Railway a 30-day ultimatum to begin work for a subway at the railway crossing at Guirdolim and warned...
View ArticleNavelim villagers demand scrapping of western bypass project
NT NETWORK NAVELIM The village of Navelim became the first village in the state to go cashless with the payment of house and electricity tax while also launching a wet waste composting unit. The...
View ArticleIrregularities galore at Serula communidade, reveals preliminary inquiry
SOIRU VELIP | NT PANAJI Following the seizure of around 100 files by the officer investing the alleged Serula communidade land scam, a preliminary inquiry has revealed various irregularities...
View ArticleCM: provision of Rs 50 cr made in budget for rehabilitation of...
NT NETWORK VASCO Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said that the government has made a provision of Rs 50 crore in the budget for the rehabilitation of Birla-Zuarinagar slum dwellers. Speaking...
View ArticleGadkari: Zuari bridge project will be completed by end of next year
NT NETWORK VASCO Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari, on Sunday, said that the work on construction of eight-lane Zuari bridge project, from Bambolim to Verna,...
View ArticleDivar islanders rue lack of development, poor services
Shaikh Jamaluddin | NT DIVAR: Islanders of Divar under the two village panchayats -Sao Mathias and Goltim-Navelim said that the areas under the two panchayats have been largely neglected as far as...
View ArticleMapusa bus stand project will take off soon: CM
MAPUSA: Assuring the people of Mapusa that the bus stand project will take off soon, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said, “Within 8 days’ time preliminary work on the project will start.” The...
View ArticleGMR lays foundation stone for proposed Mopa airport project
PANAJI: With 98 per cent of the land required for the proposed Mopa Greenfield International Airport already in possession of the government, GMR Airports Ltd, the concessionaire for the airport, on...
View ArticleGoltim-Navelim face hardships owing to poor ferry services
GOLTIM-NAVELIM: The villagers of Goltim-Navelim in Divar are facing immense hardships over poor ferry services. They said that over the last decade there has been no new ferryboat plying between...
View ArticleWRD to construct wells for farmers
MARGAO: State farmers, especially the ones who engage in crop rotation, have a reason to cheer. The water resource department (WRD) will soon be introducing a new scheme wherein wells will be...
View ArticleThey tied, stripped and beat the juvenile
PANAJI: He normally visited his neighbour’s house to watch television. But on that fateful evening of January 12, 2015, he was made to suffer a lot. He was tied, stripped and beaten by members in the...
View ArticleHigh-power bikes, major cause of accidents, increasing on Goa roads
PANAJI: The department of transport has registered an 8 per cent increase in the vehicles registered in the state during the recently concluded financial year 2016-17, as compared to that during the...
View ArticleMauvin, Vishwajit likely to be inducted into cabinet tomorrow
PANAJI: The expansion of the Manohar Parrikar-led state cabinet is likely to be held on April 12, wherein former Valpoi MLA Vishwajit Rane and Dabolim MLA Mauvin Godinho are likely to be inducted as...
View ArticleCops crack down on matka dens
PANAJI/vasco: In a major crackdown on matka gambling activities, the Goa police conducted over 120 raids and arrested and released around 130 persons throughout the state on Monday. According to...
View ArticleHeavy penalty for miners if trucks cause accidents
PANAJI: The directorate of mines and geology has clearly instructed the mining companies that in the current financial year, not even a single death relating to mining transportation will be tolerated...
View ArticleExtortion case: Anjuna police recover part of gold ornaments
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Anjuna police have made a partial recovery of gold ornaments in melted form from a goldsmith to whom it was sold by a constable Suraj Pendse, arrested for allegedly extorting gold...
View ArticleSaligao GTP biogas ‘untapped’ as pact with power dept awaited
NT NETWORK SALIGAO Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has voiced concern over wastage of biogas generated at the Saligao garbage treatment plant due to delay on part of the Goa Energy Development Agency...
View ArticleAssault: doctors up the ante, seek Medicare Act implementation
NT NETWORK MARGAO Doctors across the state including those registered with the Indian Medical Council (IMA) on Tuesday met the South Goa Superintendent of Police (SP) and demanded stern action...
View ArticleOld Goa bursting at its seams but no sign of market complex
NT NETWORK OLD GOA The Old Goa village panchayat assumes a lot of significance with many world heritage structures like St Cajetan church, St Augustine Tower, Basilica of Bom Jesus, Se Cathedral,...
View ArticleRBI dispels rumours about circulation of fake `10 coins
NT NETWORK PANAJI Even as people of state are facing problems due to non-acceptance of Rs 10 coins in many places, the RBI-Goa office on Tuesday, clarified that the currency is legal tender and...
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