Ensure healthy environment for every child, a student’s appeal
NT NETWORK VASCO Stating that the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 to which India is a signatory requires state parties to ensure a clean and healthy environment for every child, Sherwyn...
View ArticleAlina seeks action against polluting coal units in Vasco
NT NETWORK VASCO Former environment and forest minister Alina Saldanha has asked the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to initiate action against the polluting units like Adani and Jindal...
View ArticleMormugao civic body condemns MPT over ‘outsider’ remark
NT NETWORK VASCO Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) on Friday condemned the Mormugao Port authorities for making remarks against the people of Goa as outsiders. The council also resolved to support the...
View ArticleGoa set to get more accurate weather forecast
NT NETWORK PANAJI A high-technology Doppler radar, which has already been installed at the Altinho station of the Indian meteorological department, will start giving out more accurate weather...
View ArticleGovt to rein in overspeeding vehicles
NT NETWORK PANAJI In view of the rising fatal accidents on Goan roads due to overspeeding, the department of transport has given a proposal to the government as regards purchase of new interceptor...
View ArticleVishwajit promises turnaround of GMC
NT NETWORK PANAJI Promising to streamline services at the Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday emphasised on strengthening the premier medical...
View ArticleGSPCB tightens screws on mining firms
NT NETWORK PANAJI Tightening its screws on mining companies over pollution, the Goa State Pollution Control Board has decided to continue monitoring the measures being taken by the mining...
View ArticleIPB reconstituted
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has reconstituted the 12-member Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation Board. As per the order issued by the government on Friday, the Chief...
View ArticlePanchayat elections to be held on June 11
NT NETWORK PANAJI The elections to 186 village panchayats in the state will be held on June 11, and for the first time there will be reservation for the scheduled castes in the polls. Announcing that...
View ArticleFarmers neglected in last 5 yrs, allege Goa Dairy Bachao panel
NT NETWORK PANAJI Alleging that the board of directors of the Goa State Co-operative Milk Producers Union Ltd (Goa Dairy) headed by Madhav Sahakari has been totally unfriendly with the local dairy...
View ArticleRestaurant gutted in fire at Loliem
CANACONA: A restaurant, belonging to Milagres Corte of Sheli-Canacona, was gutted in a fire at Madditolop near Loliem on Saturday morning. The loss has been estimated at around Rs 9 lakh. According to...
View ArticleDistrict Mineral Fund: Rs 115 crore lying unused in absence of panel
PANAJI: The state government is yet to utilise the money collected from various mining firms under the District Mineral Fund (DMF), and deposited in the state treasury. And, the reason for this is that...
View ArticleHealth officials asked to submit proposal for new Candolim PHC building
CANDOLIM: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, on Saturday, instructed the health officials to submit the proposal for the construction of a new Candolim Primary Health Centre (PHC) building to the...
View ArticleCongress demands scrapping of Investment Promotion Board
PANAJI: Terming Investment Promotion Board (IPB) as a vehicle to destroy Goem, Goenkar and Goemnkarponn, Congress party, on Saturday, opposed re-constitution of it and demanded to scrap it. “IPB is...
View ArticleKeri lacks basic facilities, instability in panchayat hits development
VALPOI: Instability within the ruling body is said to be the main reason for the lack of basic infrastructure in Keri panchayat area. In the last 5 years, the panchayat has seen four sarpanchas and,...
View ArticleBypoll: CM to decide soon on constituency
CURCHOREM: Stating that the assembly by-elections would be held in the state only after the presidential elections, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said that decision about choosing his...
View ArticleCentre turns saviour for shack owners
PANAJI: Allowing the shack owners to retain their shacks during the forthcoming monsoon season, the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change has provided them a relief, and saved them...
View ArticleHandicrafts corporation in the red
ROHAN SRIVASTAVA | NT PANAJI: The Goa Handicrafts Rural and Small Scale Industries Development Corporation has turned into a sick unit becoming an albatross around the neck of the state government....
View ArticleCCP study picks holes in Swachh survey methods
RAMNATH N PAI RAIKAR | NT PANAJI: A study carried out by the Smart City project cell of the Corporation of the City of Panaji has discovered serious error on the part of the Quality Council of India,...
View ArticleWater woes: Nachinola VP resolves in favour of underground sump
MAPUSA: In order to tide over the water shortage faced by people in the village, the Nachinola village panchayat on Sunday resolved that an underground sump is needed and that it will do a follow up...
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