Industries at Cuncolim suffer losses over power cuts
NT NETWORK CUNCOLIM The erratic power supply has not only affected the common man, but industries have now become a worried lot as frequent power interruptions are taking a severe toll on production....
View ArticleTribal areas: state to seek relaxation in population criterion
NT NETWORK PANAJI With the state government facing hurdles in designating tribal areas owing to the villages failing to meet the population criterion, the government has decided to seek special...
View ArticleCivic bodies asked to go cashless in six months
NT NETWORK PANAJI The government has decided to amend the law to make all councillors and chairpersons of municipalities to declare their assets and also directed all the civic bodies to go cashless...
View ArticleStudents of aided schools miss out on skill-based education
RAMNATH N PAI RAIKAR | NT PANAJI Even though the department of education has started providing alternate education to the ‘weak students’ at the Class IX level under the National Skills...
View Article1 killed in road accident at Tivre
NT NETWORK PONDA A 35-year-old motorcycle rider, from Khandola, Marcel, died in a road accident, that was reported between a jeep and his two wheeler at Tivre, Banastari on Thursday evening. The...
View ArticleTwo wheelers damaged in fire at Cuncolim police station
NT NETWORK MARGAO Motorcycles and scooters, which are lying at the Cuncolim police station were damaged in a fire that broke out on Thursday afternoon. The two wheelers kept at the police station...
View Article270 ‘helmetless’ cops brace for action
NT NETWORK PANAJI At least 270 police personnel have been fined for not wearing helmet this year. However, these police personnel will not get away by mere payment of fines as they will be liable...
View Article‘108’ ambulance service will be more efficient: Vishwajit
NT NETWORK PANAJI In a bid to make ‘108’ ambulance service more efficient, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Thursday spelled out a number of steps including making the service more responsive and...
View Article19 villages identified as ESAs in Goa
Soiru velip | NT PANAJI Reiterating its stand on demarcation of villages as ecologically sensitive areas along the Western Ghats, the state government has proposed 19 villages from three talukas –...
View ArticleHundreds block Verna bypass demanding speed breakers
NT NETWORK VASCO Traffic along Panaji-Margao-Vasco national highway (NH-17) came to a grinding halt after the villagers of Verna, Majorda, Pirni, Morod, Senaulim and surrounding areas blocked the...
View ArticleCongress wants panchayat election in mid-May
NT NETWORK PANAJI Terming the decision taken by the state government to hold panchayat elections on June 25 as illegal, autocratic and dictatorial, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president...
View ArticleGovt has proposed hazardous waste treatment storage, disposal facility at...
NT NETWORK PONDA PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar on Thursday said that the government has proposed a common hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facility for industries, at GIDC...
View ArticleCong to file 4 disqualification petitions against Vishwajit
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Congress party on Thursday said that as many as four disqualification petitions would be filed against the former Valpoi MLA Vishwajit Rane from contesting the elections for...
View ArticleMormugao civic body to seal fuel installations over outstanding dues
VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) on Friday decided to seal vital installations like Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), which are operating in the...
View ArticleKTC drivers will be trained in safe driving: Almeida
VASCO: In order to make KTC buses a safe mode of transport, refresher courses have been started for drivers and seminars made compulsory for family members of the KTCL employees, KTCL chairman Carlos...
View ArticleMiscreants damage 6 vehicles near Mangor gurudwara
VASCO: Miscreants pelted stones and damaged six stationary vehicles including yellow taxi cabs and tourists vehicles near gurudwara at Mangor Hill. According to taxi drivers, whose vehicles were...
View ArticleNEET is the only route for homoeopathy and ayurveda courses
PANAJI: With the Union ministry of AYUSH as well as the Union ministry of human resource development turning down the request of the state government to allow admissions to the Goan students for...
View Article‘No radiologist in Goa conducts sex determination test’
No radiologist in Goa conducts sex determination through ultrasound machines prior to the birth of a baby, claims Dr Sarvesh Dubhashi, secretary of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association, Goa...
View ArticleNavigation between Zuari to Mandovi could be reality soon
PANAJI: Captain of Ports James Braganza said on Friday that intrastate navigation between Zuari to Mandovi rivers could start soon in Goa. He said that preparatory work on navigation between the two...
View ArticleGoa to launch mission to eradicate malaria
PANAJI: Aiming to eliminate malaria by 2020, the directorate of health services will launch ‘Goa state malaria elimination campaign’ on April 25 – World Malaria Day – under the aegis of the...
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