Querim grapples with water scarcity
NT NETWORK PONDA Querim Village Panchayat in Ponda Taluka comprises of agricultural land surrounded with Arecanut plantation. The village has a population of 1200 families residing in seven wards of...
View ArticlePossible impact of dredging by MPT: GCZMA raises doubts over NIO reports
NT NETWORK PANAJI Raising doubts over the NIO interim reports pertaining to the possible impact of dredging of navigation channel for capsize vessels at the Mormugao port and factors causing beach...
View ArticleProtest against e-portal plan: chemists’ strike total in state
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chemists in the state downed their shutters on Tuesday in accordance with a nationwide 24-hour bandh call given by the All-India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD). The...
View ArticleDumping of treated Sonsoddo waste raises fear of water-logging
NT NETWORK MARGAO With monsoon hardly a week away, there is a fear that the waste left after bioremediation of waste from Sonsoddo dump site which is dumped in an open space in the old market area in...
View ArticleSwitchover: solar energy to illuminate Benaulim streets
JOAO SOUSA M | NT BENAULIM Benaulim will be the first village in the state to switch over to solar power as a proposal on the same has been approved by the Centre. South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar said...
View ArticleMining companies to seek IIT help to monitor air pollution
NT NETWORK PANAJI To put an end to the cloud of doubts hovering over air pollution readings in mining leases, mining industry in the state is planning to approach three IITs for accurate assessment...
View ArticleFishing ban to set in on June 1
NT NETWORK PANAJI The annual 61-day-long ban on mechanised fishing will come into force from June 1 in the state. Around 1,500 trawlers from the state will pull their nets off Goa’s territorial...
View ArticleSchool students will have to take remedial tests
NT NETWORK PANAJI Gravely concerned about the negative effect of the no-detention policy under the Right to Education Act on the education of school students, the state government has decided to...
View ArticlePre-monsoon rains lash state
NT NETWORK PANAJI Pre-monsoon showers lashed the state on Wednesday causing water-logging in low-lying areas and uprooting trees at several places. The Indian meteorological department has issued...
View ArticleRopeway project work to begin in October
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Goa Tourism Development Corporation has said that work on the Panaji-Reis Magos ropeway project will begin in October this year and will take 24 months to complete. “The...
View ArticleTwo-pronged strategy mooted to improve school education
NT NETWORK PANAJI Responding to the concern expressed by the government as regards drop in the quality of school education vis-à-vis no-detention policy, the department of education has proposed a...
View ArticleGovt sits on proposal for more traffic signals
Traffic signals play a major role in regulating vehicular traffic, especially in today’s Goa where road accidents have become the order of the day. Beginning today, The Navhind Times will throw...
View ArticleRains expose lack of preparedness in Ponda
NT NETwoRK PONDA The heavy showers on Wednesday brought much-needed respite from the scorching heat to Ponda residents, but it led to water-logging at many places exposing the Ponda Municipality over...
View ArticleEmployment, garbage disposal on Chimbel voters’ mind
Shaikh Jamaluddin | NT CHIMBEL Chimbel village panchayat has a population of around 10,000 with less than half enjoying voting rights in the eleven-ward body. Garbage is the biggest problem in the...
View ArticleVP polls: SEC seeks time extension from HC
NT NETWORK PANAJI Following the Supreme Court order, the State Election Commission (SEC), on Wednesday, approached the High Court of Bombay at Goa, seeking extension of time for the completion of...
View ArticleGWMC to set up e-waste collection centre
NT NETWORK PANAJI The people now need not worry about what to do with the electrical and electronic items that are damaged beyond repair as the newly-constituted Goa Waste Management Corporation...
View ArticleRailways set for modernisation with world-class amenities
NT NETWORK PANAJI Rail journey is set to get better for passengers in the coming years with the Railway Ministry planning to provide refurbished coaches having world-class amenities such as wi-fi,...
View ArticleMargao civic body to levy sanitation fees
NT NETWORK MARGAO Margao Municipal Council (MMC) chairperson Babita Prabhudesai and her councillors on Wednesday collectively resolved to levy the yearly basic sanitation fee of Rs 1800 per commercial...
View ArticleMapusa civic body yet to clear roadside sludge
MAPUSA: The Mapusa Municipal Council on Thursday is on its toes to clear the sludge which had blocked drains and nullahs resulting in flooding at various places of the town. MMC have completed...
View ArticleVijai taken aback by Margao vegetable market ‘mess’
MARGAO: TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai on Thursday paid a surprise visit to the South Goa Planning and Development Authority’s (SGPDA) vegetable market in Margao and found it ‘in a total mess’ with...
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