Plantations affected as Sattari bundharas fail to retain water
ABDULLA KHAN | NT VALPOI: The Water Resources Department (WRD) has constructed bundharas across four rivers of Sattari – Mhadei, Velus, Ragada and Valvanti under the central government scheme – Pani...
View ArticleKare college joins hands with Collectorate to provide free legal service
MARGAO: Vidya Vikas Mandal’s G R Kare College of Law, Margao has joined hands with the South Goa Collectorate to provide free legal service to the citizens, and create legal awareness on laws. A...
View ArticleSanvordem reels under water shortage, dust pollution
CURCHOREM: Ambeudok, Periudok and Guddemol wards of Sanvordem panchayat are facing shortage of drinking water for the last several years. The panchayat has nine wards, and other wards are Anandwadi,...
View ArticleValpoikars disappointed over ‘unutilised’ golden jubilee fund
Abdulla Khan | NT VALPOI: Valpoi Municipal Council is yet to utilise the golden jubilee fund sanctioned under development grants on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebration of Goa’s Liberation,...
View ArticleHandicrafts corporation’s mobile emporium proves to be a failure
PANAJI: The Goa Handicrafts Rural and Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (GHRSSIDC) last year converted one of the department’s four-wheeler tempo into a mobile emporium called the...
View ArticleNEET: police arrest 2 youth for impersonation
VASCO: Verna police on Sunday arrested two youth for impersonation during the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG being conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, at the...
View ArticleDelay in supply hits beef traders
MAPUSA: Beef traders across the state suffered losses running into lakhs of rupees on Sunday on account of a delay by the Goa Meat Complex in supplying the meat to the traders. The beef traders have...
View Article‘No fuel purchase’ by petrol pumps not to affect supply, says Joshi
NT NETWORK VASCO The All Goa Petrol Dealers Association (AGPDA), representing all petrol pumps in the state, has decided to protest with ‘No Fuel Purchase’ on May 10 over non-fulfillment of the...
View ArticleCleaning of Margao wells goes down the drain as sewage continues to percolate
ROQUE DIAS | NT MARGAO Even though the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) has spent Rs 10 lakhs – Rs 40,000 in cleaning a total of five wells in each ward in Margao, the residents there are claiming that...
View ArticleState computer dealers upset over cyberage tender, fear business ‘crash’
NT NETWORK PANAJI The whopping Rs 85.50 crore tender recently floated by the Info Tech Corporation of Goa Ltd, to provide 45,000 computers to class XI and class XII students under the Cyberage Students...
View ArticleSahakari panel wins Goa Dairy election
NT NETWORK PONDA Goa Dairy Utkarsh panel, headed by Madhav Sahakari, has won the election held to elect new board of directors (BoD) of Goa Dairy. Eleven members from the Goa Dairy Utkarsh panel and...
View ArticleFarmers urge govt to declare wild boar, monkey as vermin
NT NETWORK PANAJI Farmers across the state have urged the government that wild boar and monkey be declared as vermin, as they are destroying their agricultural produce. A delegation of farmers from...
View ArticleBeing a consumer state, Goa likely to benefit from GST
NT NETWORK PANAJI Even though Goa may lose out on the proportion of tax revenue as a result of the taxes being subsumed after the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST), the same would be...
View ArticleMan wanted in bank fraud committed 20 years ago arrested at Dabolim airport
NT NETWORK VASCO Dabolim airport police on Monday arrested one Rollin Regan (49), a resident of Porvorim, who was wanted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Mumbai, in connection with a bank...
View ArticleCCP wants common cadre for staff with other municipal bodies
NT NETWORK PANAJI Admitting that its staff could have become ‘rigid’ and developed their ‘own ways of working,’ in turn causing inconvenience to the public, the Corporation of the City of Panaji...
View ArticleMining companies will now have to pay for polluting air
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT PANAJI After the incident of pollution in Sonshi due to transportation of ore through the village, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has now swung into action to avoid...
View ArticleMapusa beef, pork vendors served notices to vacate ‘dangerous’ building
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) on Monday served notice to owners of sixteen beef and pork stalls directing to vacate stalls within three days as the structure has turned unsafe....
View ArticleSubsidised fuel for fishermen: government to introduce coupon system
PANAJI: The government will be introducing a coupon system from July 1 so that the fishermen can avail of the monthly subsidised fuel (kerosene/petrol) for operating outboard motors, under financial...
View ArticleVishwajit’s GMC visit gets years old garbage cleared in a jiffy
PANAJI: Annoyed over the non-clearance of garbage, lying around the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim for several years, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, who inspected the hospital surroundings...
View ArticleLegislators advise caution over certain aspects in GST implementation
PANAJI: The members of the state legislative assembly unanimously supported the Goa Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017 (GST), which was passed by them on Tuesday, albeit with an advice to the Chief...
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