IT policy will be out in a month: Rohan Khaunte
Stating that the IT policy of the state government will be out within a month, Information Technology Minister Rohan Khaunte in a chat with Soiru Velip said that the government is moving in the right...
View ArticleSiolim murder: police get no ‘Aadhar’ from UIDAI
PANAJI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has turned down Goa police’s request to verify fingerprints of an unidentified murdered victim (Siolim case) with the biometric database...
View ArticleSalcete, Bardez top list of corruption plaints against panchayat secretaries
PANAJI: The directorate of panchayats has received as many as 146 complaints from the general public against village panchayat secretaries in different blocks in the state, with the Salcete and Bardez...
View ArticleShantaram sees no possibility of Congress winning RS seat
PANAJI: Rajya Sabha (RS) member Shantaram Naik of the Congress party, whose term of office is due to expire on July 28, on Sunday said that the Congress party contesting the lone Rajya Sabha seat,...
View ArticleRS election: Luizinho hints at non-Congress candidate
PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Luizinho Faleiro Sunday hinted that the Congress party may field a non-Congress candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat, election for which is...
View ArticleLovebirds, sex workers ‘take over’ Campal Children’s Park
Abdul Wahab Khan | NT PANAJI: The entertainment area for children at Children’s Park, Campal has shrunk drastically as the park is ‘haunted’ by lovebirds and female sex workers. The situation is...
View ArticleTime running out for completion of Porvorim sewerage work
PORVORIM: With mid-June being the deadline for completion of sewerage works, it seems people of Porvorim especially those in the jurisdiction of village panchayat of Penha de Franca are sitting on a...
View ArticleNew drains raise hackles of Mapusa residents
MAPUSA : Residents of Mapusa are unhappy with the drains being laid along the Union Pharmacy and Aldona taxi stand stretch of road and fear that the area may face water-logging during monsoon. The...
View ArticleGovt may put limit on number of tourists visiting Dudhsagar
PANAJI: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has hinted that the state government may put a cap on the number of tourists visiting the popular Dudhsagar waterfalls, while also banning the use of plastic at...
View ArticleAwareness, not laws key to protecting biodiversity: CM
PANAJI: Stating that the role of law and judiciary in protecting environment is limited to temporary measures, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that best solution to the problem was to create...
View ArticleDecember deadline to settle claims under forest rights
PANAJI: The state government has set December 2017 as the deadline to settle the 10,000-odd claims under the Forest Rights (Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Recognition) Act in...
View ArticleCM instructs PWD to block access to old unused bridges
PANAJI: In the wake of the Portuguese-era Sanvordem footbridge collapsing claiming two lives, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday instructed the Public Works Department (PWD) to immediately...
View Article2,000 households likely to benefit in initial phase
PANAJI: The 25-kilometre, natural gas pipeline network on which work commenced on Monday will have a capacity to supply the piped cooking gas to about 2,000 households in Ponda in the initial phase,...
View ArticlePonda residents to be first to get piped gas in Goa
PONDA: Residents of Ponda could be the first in the state to benefit from piped natural gas, with the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) starting the work of laying a 25-km internal gas pipeline...
View ArticleTourism events at Campal: NGT issues show cause notice to GCZMA
PANAJI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a show cause notice to the members of Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA), in connection with a complaint over CRZ rules violation for...
View ArticlePanaji, Valpoi by-polls: Cong to field candidates considering winnability
PANAJI: Leader of Opposition Chandrakant ‘Babu’ Kavlekar has said that Congress legislative party, which met on Tuesday, has decided to consider the winnability factor while finalising the party’s...
View Article2168 file nominations for panchayat polls on day 5
PANAJI: As many as 2168 candidates filed their nomination papers on the fifth day to contest the general election to the village panchayats to be held on June 11. In North Goa, a total of 1146...
View ArticleNew CCP building to have provision for parking 300 cars
PANAJI: The Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) will have new building, revealed the Mayor Surendra Furtado and added that the building will come up at the site of its existing Portuguese-era building....
View ArticleGST will improve state economy to a level never thought of: CM
PANAJI: Stating that Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be game changer legislation as it will improve the state economy to a level which has been never thought of, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on...
View ArticleCM urges Centre for pragmatic approach on Goa’s green issues
PANAJI: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has urged upon the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to have a pragmatic approach while dealing with environmental and...
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