RS poll in Goa on June 8
NT NETWORK PANAJI The election to elect the lone Rajya Sabha MP from Goa will be held on June 8 as the term of the incumbent member Shantaram Naik of the Congress party expires on July 28. As per...
View ArticleRERA body to work under urban development dept
NT NETWORK PANAJI The state cabinet on Wednesday decided to hand over the charge of the yet-to-be-formed Real Estate Regulatory Authority to the urban development department headed by Francis...
View ArticleFigures buoy up Konkani, Marathi primary schools
RAMNATH N PAI RAIKAR | NT PANAJI The Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch crusaders battling to protect the local languages – Konkani and Marathi – by preventing government grants to English medium...
View ArticleSix injured in head-on collision between four vehicles on NH17
NT NETWORK MAPUSA In a tragic incident four vehicles comprising three four wheelers and a two wheeler collided on the national highway 17 near Green Park, Guirim injuring six people, out which two...
View ArticleSinking of floating dry dock: MPT files plaint against WISL
NT NETWORK VASCO The Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) authorities have filed a police complaint against the management of Western India Shipyard Ltd (WISL) under relevant sections for laxity of which a...
View ArticleSoon, 28 stations of KR to have free wi-fi facility
MARGAO: The railway ministry will soon be launching unlimited free wi-fi facility at 28 stations of Konkan Railway from Kolad to Madure in the initial phase with a peer to peer speed of 2 Mbps. Chief...
View ArticlePlea in HC over steps taken by government to control KFD
PANAJI: A petition has been filed before the High Court of Bombay at Goa seeking directions to the state government to make known preventive and remedial steps taken by the government as well as...
View ArticleAd hoc promotions to be considered for extension
PANAJI: In order to avoid any hassle to the employees, who have been promoted on ad hoc basis, the government has decided that as one-time measure such promotion beyond a period of one year will be...
View ArticleCentre will issue fresh advisory over ban on LED fishing: Paliencar
PANAJI: Fisheries Minister Vinoda Paliencar said the central government will be issuing a fresh advisory to states including Goa as regards ban on LED fishing and bull trawling. Paliencar, who called...
View ArticleFire personnel present on spot rush to rescue; many swim to safety
MARGAO: The presence of fire brigade personnel at the Sanvordem bridge site, for a rescue operation of a man, helped in several getting rescued after the sidewalk of the bridge collapsed, while many...
View ArticleSatellite markets along NHs on the anvil
PANAJI: To create a permanent facility to local farmers and artisans to sell their produce and wares, the rural development department has planned to construct satellite markets along national...
View ArticleMining firms begin giving bank guarantees to GSPCB
PANAJI: Acceding to instructions of the Goa State Pollution Control Board, mining companies engaged in the extraction of iron ore have started presenting bank guarantees with their applications seeking...
View ArticleLeaking sewerage pipeline at Arlem to be replaced
MARGAO: Town and Country Planning Minister Vijay Sardesai on Thursday said the Sewerage and Infrastructure Development Corporation has granted approval to replace in two phases the two decade-old...
View ArticleRS poll: Litmus test for BJP, Congress
PANAJI: The election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Goa, which will be held on June 8, will be a testing time for the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party and the Opposition Congress party as both the...
View ArticleTragedy strikes as Sanvordem bridge sidewalk collapses
CURCHOREM/MARGAO: Tragedy struck Sanvordem on Thursday when sidewalk of a Portuguese-era bridge collapsed taking down with it at least 50 onlookers who had gathered at the bridge to witness...
View ArticleCampal nullah work raises flood fears as monsoon approaches
by Shaikh Jamaluddin | NT PANAJI The ongoing construction work of a culvert at Campal, behind Vivanta by Taj, has become a cause of concern for people staying in and around the locality who have...
View ArticleSanvordem tragedy: two more bodies fished out
NT NETWORK CURCHOREM Two more dead bodies, including the body of the youngster who ended his life, recovered on Friday from the Zuari river, which witnessed a tragedy when a sidewalk of a...
View Article‘Only BJP leader should be candidate for RS poll’
NT NETWORK PANAJI The legislative wing of the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party has asserted that that the candidate for election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Goa must be a BJP leader. The matter was...
View ArticleFiling of nomination papers for panchayat polls picks up
NT NETWORK PANAJI As many as 271 candidates filed their nomination papers on the second day for the election to the village panchayats to be held on June 11. in North Goa, a total of 166 candidates...
View ArticleNo centralised data with PWD on vulnerable bridges
NT NETWORK PANAJI The public works department does not have centralised data on infrastructure facilities like bridges, footbridges and culverts over their vulnerability to manmade or natural...
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