CM bans MLAs from holding meetings with officials at pvt residences, offices
PANAJI: The Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, on Tuesday, said that MLAs or Ministers cannot call the government officers for official meetings at their private residences and offices. “Ministers can...
View ArticleEquipment likely to reduce road fatalities by 40%
PANAJI: Stating that in order to bring down the incidents of road accidents and fatalities in the state, the government has prepared an action plan, which will be implemented within the next 15 days,...
View Article30% of Goa companies are defunct
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT PANAJI: Nearly 30 per cent of Goan companies are defunct and exist only on paper. They face the prospect of being struck off or ‘deregistered’ for not filing returns for two...
View ArticleSand mining banned in Camurlim, Colvale
PANAJI: The mines department on Tuesday banned sand mining and slapped fines for illegal extraction at two zones in Chapora river. It was found that sand permit holders and illegal extractors were...
View ArticlePanchayat polls: SC wards to go up from 9 to 15
PANAJI: The state government on Tuesday decided to increase the number of panchayat wards reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) from nine to 15 on the recommendation of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar....
View ArticleParrikar all set to face Panaji voters for 6th time
PANAJI: With the state core committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party clearing the decks for Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to contest the assembly bypoll from the Panaji constituency, Parrikar is all...
View ArticleGoa to gain net revenue of up to Rs 1,000 cr from GST
PANAJI: The state legislative assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Goa Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017 (GST) as Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar assured about Goa gaining net revenue from Rs...
View ArticleShack retention notification brings no cheer to Baga-Sinquerim shack operators
NT NETWORK CALANGUTE The operators of shacks in Tourism Department property along the Baga-Sinquerim beach belt has nothing to cheer about even though the Union Ministry of Environment Forest and...
View ArticleGRE for scrapping of unsustainable dredging of inland waterways
NT NETWORK VASCO The Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott (GRE) and the Fishermen Unions of Goa (FUG) have submitted a memorandum to the Fisheries Minister enlisting 26 pending demands in the presence of...
View ArticleTense moments at Pirla-Sanguem after raid on illegal stone quarry
NT NETWORK MARGAO Tension prevailed at Pirla-Sanguem after mines department officials conducted a raid at an illegal stone quarry and seized trucks and JCBs. Over 70 locals assembled at Pirla...
View ArticleCollege girl rape: fast track court dismisses bail plea
MAPUSA Fast track court at Mapusa on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of the alleged accused who has been arrested by Mapusa police on charges of raping a college-going girl at her residence. It may...
View ArticleBail plea of Dhargal rape accused rejected
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Fast track court at Mapusa has rejected the bail plea of Dhargal rape accused who was arrested by Pernem police on November 15. It may be recalled that on November 13, a girl from...
View ArticleMany open spaces of Margao civic body encroached upon
ROQUE DIAS | NT MARGAO Even as the civic body officials simply look on, open spaces worth crores of rupees and prime lands of the Margao municipal council (MMC) are being slowly encroached upon by many...
View ArticleStudy draft coastal management plan: Parrikar to MLAs
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has asked all the MLAs to submit their suggestions as regard the new draft coastal zone management plan (CZMP), prepared by the National Centre for...
View ArticleK’taka restarts work on Kalsa canal to divert Mhadei water
NT NETWORK SAKHALI Even as the hearing by the Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal on the diversion of River Mhadei begins from Thursday in New Delhi, Karnataka has once again restarted the work of...
View ArticlePanaji to be sister city of China’s Lishui
NT NETWORK PANAJI Eyeing to sign a twin-city agreement between Panaji and the Lishui city located in the southwest of Zhejiang province of China, the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) is...
View ArticleSidharth quits, makes way for Parrikar in Panaji
NT NETWORK PANAJI Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Sidharth Kuncalienkar Wednesday tendered his resignation as MLA of the Panaji constituency, thus paving the way for Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar...
View ArticleCongress planning to topple BJP-led government
NT NETWORK PANAJI As many as 14 Congress MLAs have started revolting against its party president Luizinho Faleiro, as they feel that he may prove to be an obstacle in the party’s dream of toppling...
View ArticleDouble-decker bus service only after safety measures in place: GTDC
NT NETWORK PANAJI The hop-on, hop-off buses will be launched once all the safety measures are put in place, informed Gavin Dias, general manager of GTDC. He said an order was issued to the concerned...
View ArticleAssault case: CCP councillor gets anticipatory bail
NT NETWORK PANAJI CCP councillor Uday Madkaikar has been granted conditional anticipatory bail by a court in connection with an FIR registered against him by the Panaji police on charges of allegedly...
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