Need to adopt best practices for world-class education: President
PANAJI: Stressing on the need to prepare graduates for a competitive global economy, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that a mechanism is required in our higher education system to promote...
View ArticleAlmost 50% of Goa liquor outlets to escape SC ban
PANAJI: Around 1,500 liquor outlets are likely to be saved from closure out of the 3,127 originally estimated to be adversely affected by the Supreme Court (SC) highway liquor ban order, according to...
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Governor and Chancellor of Goa University Mridula Sinha conferring the honorary D Litt degree upon President Pranab Mukherjee in the presence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, Vice Chancellor of Goa...
View ArticleFire breaks out in Baina Ravindra Bhavan hall
NT NETWORK VASCO Electrical equipment and other material were gutted in a fire that broke out in the conference hall of Ravindra Bhavan complex at Baina on Wednesday. As per available information from...
View ArticleMadkaikar: state will have LED streetlights by May-end
NT NETWORK MARGAO Power Minister Pandurang Madkaikar, who visited the power house at Aquem-Margao on Wednesday, said that roads across the state will be illuminated by LED lights by May-end. He also...
View ArticleGovt schools devoid of pre-schooling prone to closure, warns AIPTF chief
NT NETWORK PANAJI Demanding introduction of pre-primary classes in all government and government-aided schools and private schools affiliated to the state board, the president of All India Primary...
View ArticleVascoites reject MPT’s expansion of coal operations
NT NETWORK VASCO The crucial environmental public hearing for the proposed expansion of Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) was held amid commotion at the Tilak Maidan in Vasco on Wednesday. The hearing was...
View ArticleLinking Aadhar with PAN is pain for taxpayers
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT PANAJI Filing of income tax returns is likely to be a bigger pain than usual with the new rule of linking the permanent account number (PAN) with Aadhar card by July 31. The new rule...
View ArticleGovt to undertake massive awareness drive on KFD
NT NETWORK PANAJI Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Wednesday directed the authorities of the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) to involve local women self-help groups, youth clubs and local...
View ArticleNo let-up in road accidents; 3 more die
NT NETWORK PANAJI/BICHOLIM/VALPOI The state Wednesday witnessed three accidental deaths in separate accidents that occurred at Bicholim and Valpoi. Two died in accidents that occurred on Wednesday,...
View ArticleGoa lacks quality speed governors
ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | NT PANAJI A major reason for the speed-limiting devices or speed governors not being fitted on commercial vehicles by the operators is the non-availability of speed-limiting...
View ArticleGoa’s first mining co-op society registered
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Sadhana Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd from Caurem-Quepem, which has obtained the registration certificate after two years and ten months from the office of assistant...
View ArticleCasino licence renewal fee hiked by 50%
NT NETWORK PANAJI The state government has issued a notification hiking the licence renewal fee for casinos in five-star hotels as well as offshore casinos by 50 per cent from the existing Rs 20 lakh...
View ArticleRadar along Campal-Miramar road to check over-speeding
PANAJI: In order to check over-speeding, Goa police with the help of a private firm have installed speed radar along the Campal-Miramar road. Checking will be done on a trial basis for around ten...
View ArticleNew sewerage network for Panaji: Sidharth
PANAJI: Following up his assembly election assurance to convert Panaji into a soak pit-free city by 2020, city MLA Sidharth Kunkalienkar said that the capital city was the first city in Goa to have...
View ArticlePanaji revamp: Rs 128 cr under Smart City Mission, AMRUT
PANAJI: The activities to provide a facelift to Panaji under the twin central government programmes namely Smart City Mission and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) have...
View ArticleHearing on enhancement of MPT coal berths adjourned until Saturday
VASCO: The environmental public hearing on the proposed enhancement of coal berth terminals 5A and 6A of South West Port Ltd at the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), which was stopped on Wednesday late...
View ArticleGTDC to seek Rs 500 crore from Centre for tourism infrastructure
PANAJI: The Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) has decided to send a proposal to the central government through the Captain of Ports requesting them to grant Rs 500 crore under the Sagar Mala...
View ArticleIPB in-principle nod not a single-window system for proposals: govt tells...
PANAJI: The Goa government has told the High Court of Bombay at Goa that the in-principle approval granted by the Goa Investment Promotion Board (IPB) on the basis of the impugned legislation does not,...
View ArticleOnce again, girls outperform boys in HSSC examination
PANAJI: Results of the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) examination 2017 declared by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) on Thursday witnessed a slight drop in...
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