Sancoale clash: six held, released on bail
VASCO: The Verna police, on Thursday, arrested six persons including four Nepali nationals for their alleged involvement in forming an unlawful assembly and assaulting a youth at Sancoale. A clash was...
View ArticleCCP re-transfers some staff to PAWS animal shelter
PANAJI: Collector, North Goa, Nila Mohanan, who is also the chairperson of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), on Thursday, forwarded to the Commissioner of the Corporation of...
View ArticleKhaunte: govt to speed up disposal of mutation, partition cases
MARGAO: Claiming that the coalition government in the state has done an excellent work in the last 100 days by simplifying a lot of procedures in a time-bound manner, Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte, on...
View ArticleSurprise visit by minister: six Margao WRD employees to be served memos
MARGAO: The Minister for Water Resources Department (WRD) Vinod Palyekar on Thursday ordered to issue memos to six employees of Gogol and Rawnfond offices, including executive engineer S...
View ArticleGoan youth stranded on ship at Djibouti returns home
PONDA : A 22-year-old Goan youth, who was stranded on a ship at Djibouti, has returned home safely alongwith the crew from Mumbai with the help of Indian Embassy at Djibouti. Of the 14 Indians,...
View ArticleMapusa lottery vendors to be shifted from market’s main entrance
MAPUSA: Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC), on Thursday, decided not to allow any vendors at the main entrance of the municipal market here, except during festivals that too for sale of lottery tickets...
View ArticleEduardo for Konkani learning facilities for Goans in Portugal
PANAJI: Pointing out that Goans residing in Portugal want facilities to study Konkani so that they and their children remain connected to their cultural roots, former external affairs minister Eduardo...
View ArticleRegistration unavoidable for small units to survive GST switchover
PANAJI: Small units may, perforce, have to register themselves and become taxpayers if they are to survive in the new regime of GST, said a senior official of the commercial tax department on Thursday....
View ArticleIPB refers 39 approved projects to KPMG
PANAJI: The Goa Investment Promotion Board has referred 39 projects that had been approved by earlier board headed by former chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar to M/s KPMG Advisory Services Pvt Ltd,...
View ArticleOre trader held in illegal mining case
PANAJI: The special investigation team probing the alleged multi-crore mining scam has arrested an ore trader for his alleged involvement in illegal mining and theft of iron ore. The accused Kancha...
View ArticleCivic employees issue ultimatum to govt over regularisation of temporary workers
MARGAO: Municipal employees across the state, on Friday, issued an ultimatum to the government to regularise the services of temporary employees, who have worked for more than five years at the civic...
View ArticleDona Paula jetty in neglect as number of tourists swells
Shaikh Jamaluddin | NT DONA PAULA: Hordes of tourists are visiting the Dona Paula jetty these days with traffic jams being the order of the day on the newly-laid concrete road. Parking of vehicles...
View Article5 years jail for Chandel resident for murder attempt
MAPUSA: Additional district and sessions court at Mapusa, on Friday, convicted and sentenced a Chandel resident to undergo five years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs 20,000. The accused has...
View ArticleSIT, mining officials visit Valpoi, Sacordem sites
PANAJI : Special Investigation Team (SIT) alongwith officials from the mining department visited Paikul-Valpoi mining site and also a dumpsite at Sacordem on Friday. Sources informed that due to rain,...
View ArticleCash from 2 ATMs stolen in Mapusa
MAPUSA: Mapusa police have booked unknown persons in two separate cases for committing theft of cash from ATMs in Mapusa. In one case, cash of Rs 9500 was robbed and in another case, Rs 48,500 was...
View ArticleVelim church case: orders on framing of charges on July 14
MARGAO: The Judicial Magistrate First Class, Margao, on Friday, heard arguments before framing of charges in the Velim church attack case. After hearing the advocates and also the assistant public...
View ArticleThree truckloads of goods seized in drive against encroachments in city market
PANAJI: Three truckloads of goods were seized in a joint operation by traffic police and Corporation of the City of Panaji on Friday morning from the shopkeepers who had encroached upon passages,...
View ArticleIt’s a ‘buyer’s market’ in Goa
PANAJI: It was a ‘buyers’ market’ in Goa a day before GST regime kicked in, as consumers were offered tempting discounts by traders and dealers to clear consumer goods like television sets, mixer...
View ArticleState abolishes entry tax on outside vehicles
PANAJI : The entry tax charged by the state government for vehicles registered in other states and entering Goa would be abolished from July 1, with toll booths set up at five locations – Dhargal,...
View ArticleParrikar allays transition fears
PANAJI: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday urged Goan industry to stop fearing the unfolding GST regime as the teething problems would most probably not be as significant as imagined. He said...
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