Disqualification petition against me has no meaning, says Vishwajit
NT NETWORK PANAJI Alleging that the Congress party and its leaders have become irrelevant, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane Saturday said that the disqualification petition filed by the Opposition...
View Article8-10 Congress MLAs in touch with BJP: Tendulkar
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that at least 8 to 10 Congress MLAs have established contact with the Bharatiya Janata Party expressing their desire to join the BJP, state president of BJP Vinay Tendulkar on...
View ArticleGCZMA nod for bungee jumping facility at Anjuna
NT NETWORK PANAJI The adventure tourism project of tourism department-bungee jumping, proposed at Anjuna cliff, falling under no development zone, has been approved by the Goa Coastal Zone Management...
View ArticleI’m a real Goemkar, will never backstab Parrikar: Vijai
NT NETWORK MARGAO Quashing rumours that Congress party was planning to form the government post by-elections and the Goa Forward Party chief and TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai would be elevated as chief...
View ArticleMargao civic body cash counter vulnerable to thefts
NT NETWORK MARGAO Even though the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) collected a revenue of Rs 2.29 crore in the form of house tax and sanitation fees from April 1 to May 12 (42 days), an average of Rs 6...
View ArticleGovernment on verge of losing revenue to tune of Rs 7.8 crore
By ROQUE DIAS | NT MARGAO Government is almost on the verge of losing revenue to the tune of Rs 7.8 crore since many government offices have failed to recover dues. The dues include in the form of...
View ArticleGMC to soon conduct all types of blood tests
NT NETWORK PANAJI Health Minister Vishwajit Rane Saturday said that the state government has initiated a process to make arrangements to carry out all kinds of blood...
View ArticleSiolim-Marna villagers want police patrolling stepped up
NT NETWORK MAPUSA In view of the recent murder where the charred body of a woman was found at Bamon waddo, Siolim, villagers at the Siolim-Marna gram sabha demanded intensifying police patrolling...
View ArticleApril most fatal for road users in 5 years
NIRGOSH GAUDE | NT PONDA April 2017 has turned out to be the most fatal month for road users in Ponda taluka with highest number of road accident deaths reported in a month compared to last five...
View ArticleIssue of rise in flesh trade dominates Calangute gram sabha
NT NETWORK CALANGUTE Several issues were discussed at the Calangute gram sabha held at the panchayat hall on Sunday. The predominant issue was that of the rise in flesh trade. Regina D’Souza and Esme...
View ArticleForeign cigarettes worth Rs 1.61 lakh seized
NT NETWORK MARGAO Margao police on Friday conducted four raids in Margao city and arrested four persons thereby seizing foreign cigarettes worth Rs 1.61 lakh. Two persons were arrested in Ghandi...
View ArticlePanchayat representatives, people need to maintain cleanliness, says Godinho
NT NETWORK PILERNE Panchayat representatives should take the initiative to keep their wards clean and the people should support the village panchayat to keep their surroundings clean and also plant...
View ArticleCodar farm shuts the door on picnickers
NIRGOSH GAUDE | NT PONDA The agriculture department has shut the door on picnickers at its Codar farm, which gives access to the ‘killer’ Khandepar river for revellers. The department has started...
View ArticleFalse rape complaint: Indore woman remanded to 7-day police custody
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Mapusa Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) has remanded to seven days police custody a woman from Indore, who was arrested by Anjuna police on Saturday, on charges of filing a...
View ArticleAssault on doctor: woman assailant yet to be traced
NT NETWORK MARGAO Colva police on Sunday said that the woman M George, against whom the police have issued a lookout notice in connection with a case of alleged assault on a doctor, is yet to be...
View ArticleCommuters bracing for another harrowing time this monsoon at Betim ferry point
JOSEPH PINTO | NT REIS MAGOS Reis Magos panchayat area is a link to two main popular beaches in North Goa-Candolim and Calangute and yet the main road at certain stretches is too narrow given the...
View ArticleHandcarts have a ‘free-run’ in Margao despite adding to traffic congestion
NT NETWORK MARGAO Handcarts operating in various parts of the commercial town Margao are causing obstruction to the free movement of traffic on the busy roads here. A traffic cell police officer...
View ArticleSSC exam results by May-end
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will announce the date of announcement of the SSC results by next week. Coming out with this information, Goa Board chairman...
View ArticleState fails to set up lead agency on road safety
NT NETWORK PANAJI Grossly missing the deadline set by a committee appointed by the Supreme Court over road safety, the transport department has failed to set up the lead agency for acting upon all road...
View ArticleGSPCB at odds with mining firms’ Sonshi data
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Monday found that the data placed by the mining companies, which had been operating at Sonshi in Sattari taluka, before the board members...
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