Plot owners in the dark over Panchwadi industrial estate fate
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT PANAJI: Fast-tracking industrial growth in the state is turning out to be a false promise for unit owners, who were allotted plots in a new industrial estate at Panchwadi in Ponda...
View ArticleGovt to de-notify highway stretches to save liquor traders
PANAJI: In order to grant relief to liquor traders in view of the Supreme Court order banning liquor outlets along highways, the state government intends to de-notify some national and state highways...
View ArticleGovt planning system for taxis on lines of Ola, Uber
PANAJI: Responding to a question on an e-petition demanding that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar facilitate the entry of Ola and Uber cab services in Goa, a topmost source of the government on Tuesday...
View ArticleGreen signal to three mining leases, but it’s status quo in Sonshi
PANAJI: Even as the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has decided to grant consent to three mining leases in the state, it continues to be status quo in Sonshi village, as the GSPCB is still...
View ArticleHADR exercise: need reiterated for coordination among agencies
VASCO: The annual joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise, which had commenced on May 18, concluded on Saturday with the delegates sharing their experience and reiterating the...
View ArticleWISL starts removing oil from partially sunk dry dock
VASCO: Western India Shipyard Ltd (WISL) on Wednesday started removing oil from the partially sunk floating dry dock in its yard as per the directions received from the Mormugao Port authorities and...
View ArticleStudents worried over certificates as mamlatdar staff busy with VP poll work
VASCO: A lot of students, with their results having been declared earlier, are making a beeline at Mormugao mamlatdar office these days for obtaining residence and caste certificates; however, they...
View ArticleHigh Court stays delimitation, reservation of some wards in 10 VPs
PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has stayed delimitation and reservations of few wards in 10 village panchayats. It may be noted that several petitioners had approached the High Court...
View ArticleLatambarsem lagging in basic facilities
Ramesh Savaikar | NT BICHOLIM: Latambarsem panchayat area of Bicholim constituency is lagging behind mainly due to lack of facilities of a crematorium, Sulabh toilets, proper playground, garbage...
View ArticleFollow SOPs, check air quality: GSPCB to mining firms in Sonshi
PANAJI : The inspection team of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has sought replacement of all the Air Ambient Quality Monitoring Stations (AAQMS) installed at the Sonshi mines in Sattari...
View Article3 idols desecrated at Morjim temple
MAPUSA: Pernem police Wednesday booked an unknown person for desecration of three Palaeozoic (paashanee) idols in a temple located at Morjim in north Goa. According to the Pernem police, the incident...
View ArticleNo major rise in cost of third Mandovi bridge project: CM
PANAJI: Refuting that per se there is no rise in the original cost of construction of the third bridge being built on the River Mandovi, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that there is...
View ArticlePenal action against those indulging in power theft
PANAJI: The state electricity department is carrying out an inspection of various electrical installations in order to curb pilferage of power, especially by commercial and industrial establishments....
View ArticleTribal leaders, who lost lives in Bali riot, remembered
PONDA: Tribal people in the state should always remember sacrifices of Manguesh Gaonkar and Deelip Velip, who worked selflessly for the welfare of the tribal people in the state and lost their lives...
View ArticleDilapidated old Betul bridge in use even after commissioning of new one
BETUL: In the aftermath of collapse of sidewalk of the Sanvordem bridge, which claimed two lives and left some others injured, the old bridge in Betul which is still in use is like a ticking time...
View ArticleGovt invites suggestions, objections to proposed increase in honorarium of...
PANAJI: In order to increase the honorarium paid to chairpersons, vice-chairpersons and councillors of municipal councils and Mayor, Deputy Mayor and councillors of the Corporation of the City of...
View ArticleGovt issues order appointing sarpanchas as administrators
PANAJI: With the term of present village panchayat bodies set to expire on May 27, the government has issued an order appointing outgoing sarpanchas of 186 panchayats as administrators of their...
View ArticleSEC receives 7647 nominations
PANAJI: The State Election Commission (SEC) has received a total of 7647 nominations papers for the ensuing election to 186 village panchayats comprising of 1522 wards across Goa scheduled on June 11....
View ArticleCitizens’ assistance counters to be set up in mamlatdar offices
VASCO: The Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte has said the state government would give priority to opening of citizens’ assistance counters, creation of proper record rooms at all the mamlatdars and deputy...
View ArticleRoad accidents on the rise as safety measures ineffective
PANAJI: The implementation of traffic rules and regulations in the state has done little to slow the loss of life, with a report compiled by the traffic department showing that one person died in a...
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