Govt lowers VAT on petrol by 5%
NT NETWORK PANAJI The government on Wednesday lowered VAT on petrol to 15 per cent from 20 per cent. Petrol will now cost Rs 59.38 per litre in Goa after the Centre announced a hike in the price of the...
View ArticleYes, influence works at GMC
NT NETWORK PANAJI If you can yield some influence then you can be sure that you will be treated first at the Goa Medical College and Hospital. While thousands of people visit the hospital everyday many...
View ArticleGoa records 86% deficiency in pre-monsoon rainfall
NT NETWORK PANAJI There has been 86 per cent deficiency of rainfall in the state during the pre-monsoon season, which is below the long-period average. The rains during the pre-monsoon period – from...
View ArticleDDSSY: private hospitals want all 447 procedures extended to them
NT NETWORK PANAJI Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY), the medical insurance scheme of the state government, has hit a roadblock even before its implementation with the private hospitals demanding...
View ArticleTaleigao VP starts St Inez creek cleaning; CCP yet to float tender
NT NETWORK PANAJI Taleigao panchayat has taken up cleaning and de-weeding of St Inez Creek in an area measuring 800-1000 sq mts from Camarabhatt to Vintage Hospital at an estimated cost of Rs 84,500....
View ArticleVegetable prices shoot up on short supply
NT NETWORK PANAJI Vegetable prices in the state have gone up considerably due to short supply. There has been 20-25 per cent rise in the prices of vegetables compared to the prices prevailing in the...
View ArticleCM favours merit marks for special skills like music, dance on lines of sports
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Thursday said that he would suggest the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) to consider allowing desirous SSC as well...
View ArticleMapusa traders taken by surprise as silt alongwith rain water enters 5 shops
MAPUSA Heavy rainfall on Wednesday night resulted in rainwater alongwith silt entering into five shops at Sirsat waddo in Mapusa as one of the main nullahs coming from Dattawadi was choked near the...
View ArticleMonsoon about to set in, but Sonsoddo dump still left open
NT NETWORK MARGAO The water that drained down from the huge heaps of garbage at Sonsoddo dump site after heavy rains on Wednesday night caused worries and anxieties among the nearby residents. Though...
View ArticleMushtifund’s secondary schools to function at Cujira from June 6
NT NETWORK PANAJI The idols of goddess Mahalaxmi and goddess Saraswati installed on either side of the entrance to the new educational premises of the Mushtifund Saunstha, at the Cujira Integrated...
View ArticleFDA gives ‘all-clear’ to 7 bread samples
NT NETWORK PANAJI Food and Drug Administration director Salim Veljee on Thursday disclosed that none of the remaining seven bread samples has been found having presence of potassium bromate, a cancer...
View ArticleCops to begin seizing licences of wayward motorists from July 1
NT NETWORK PANAJI From July 1 the Goa police will start seizing driving licences of motorists found over-speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol, overloading (goods carriages), carrying people...
View ArticlePortuguese passport holders are in for trouble: Parsekar
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that as per the information available with him, the two legislators of the Goa legislative assembly, who were alleged to have registered their birth with the Portuguese...
View ArticleMormugao civic body to receive salary grant of Rs5.69 crore
NT NETWORK VASCO The chairperson of Mormugao Municipal Council Deepak Naik said that the council would soon receive salary grants of Rs 5.69 crore from the state government, which would be beneficial...
View ArticleNigerian gets 15-day judicial custody in rape case
MAPUSA Mapusa JMFC court on Friday remanded Kenneth Upwegha (41), a Nigerian, arrested on alleged charges of raping a local woman, to 15-day judicial custody. It may be recalled that on Saturday...
View ArticleCCP to document city biodiversity treasures
NT NETWORK PANAJI A project as regards preparing People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) and City Biodiversity Index (CBI) for Panaji will soon be undertaken by the Corporation of the City of Panaji...
View ArticleCombat racism, welcome Africans: Eduardo
NT NETWORK PANAJI Former external affairs minister Eduardo Faleiro condemned the approach of singling out Nigerians on the basis of their race and called it ‘unfortunate’. He was speaking at the launch...
View ArticleHealth scheme not for hospitals, but for people’s benefit: Francis
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Commenting on criticism of the newly-launched medical insurance scheme – Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY), Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza said that “the state government...
View ArticleChetan Dessai, 2 others booked for swindling Rs 3.13-crore BCCI funds
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Economic Offences Cell (EOC) of Goa police has registered a first information report (FIR) against the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) president Chetan Dessai, its secretary Vinod...
View ArticleGovt keen on revival of inland water transport: CM
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on June 4 will discuss with the Union Minister for Shipping, Highway and Road Transport Nitin Gadkari an ambitious project about developing inland...
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