Aerial bunched cabling for curbing power supply disruption due to tree fall
NT NETWORK PANAJI In order to resolve the issue of frequent power supply failure in remote areas, especially, in forest areas due to the falling of trees on main lines, during monsoon season, the...
View ArticleJune rainfall was no good for upland crop cultivation
NT NETWORK PANAJI The department of agriculture has observed that the rainfall experienced by the state during the month of June was adequate for ploughing of fields as well as planting the paddy...
View ArticleGovt reconstitutes district consumer redressal forums with fulltime presidents
NT NETWORK PANAJI The state government for the first time has reconstituted the district consumer redressal forums with full-time presidents and members to ensure prompt consumer grievance redressal in...
View ArticleNegligible impact of GST on gold
NT NETWORK PANAJI Gold jewellers see no impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on their business although they are still assessing how the new tax will affect them in the months to come. Local...
View Article‘Ghumti’ desecrated in Curchorem
NT NETWORK CURCHOREM Within 24 hours of three crosses being vandalised in south Goa, miscreants on Sunday night struck again and desecrated a ‘ghumti’ at Curchorem in the district. The Kal Mharu...
View ArticleSIT to be formed to tackle matka gambling
NT NETWORK PANAJI The state government will be forming a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to tackle matka gambling in the state and it will be headed by a retired judge of the High Court. The state...
View ArticleSixth casino vessel will get nod today to enter Mandovi
NT NETWORK PANAJI The casino vessel M V Lucky Seven, promoted by Golden Globe Hotel Private Limited, is all set to enter the River Mandovi. This will be the sixth offshore casino to operate on...
View ArticleCBI registers DA case against suspended Goa SBI officer
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a disproportionate assets (DA) case against a suspended officer of State Bank of India (SBI) from Goa. This is the second...
View ArticleBJP: meet at Dabolim was spontaneous, not planned
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday clarified that it had not planned any public function of the party’s national president, Amit Shah, in the premises of Dabolim airport, on July...
View ArticleCongress wants FIR over Amit Shah’s airport meeting
NT NETWORK VASCO Office bearers of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) led by All India Congress Committee secretary Girish Chodankar Monday confronted Dabolim airport director Bhupesh Chand...
View ArticleKavlekar’s alleged DA: ACB submits report to govt
NT NETWORK PANAJI Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of the directorate of Vigilance has submitted to the government its report on the preliminary inquiry conducted in the alleged disproportionate assets...
View ArticleCity health officer faults unclean surroundings for malaria cases
NT NETWORK PANAJI Nine malaria cases including eight plasmodium vivax cases and one plasmodium falciparum case were detected in city and its peripheries from January 2017 till June 17 with the health...
View Article2 more holy crosses, Nandi idol desecrated
NT NETWORK MARGAO The spate of attacks on religious structures in the state continues with two more holy crosses, a Nandi idol and a ‘tulsi vrindavan’ being damaged by unknown persons on the...
View ArticleEducation loans: banks open doors to students
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT PANAJI With several local scholars in news for cracking national level competitive exams, it is now not only the parents who are keenly looking at higher education for their...
View ArticleNew strategies will be adopted: DIG
NT NETWORK MARGAO Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Bupendra Kumar Tuesday denied that thefts and desecration of religious structures in the state are occurring because of less police...
View ArticleUse Google mapping to track down miscreants: CM to cops
NT NETWORK PANAJI Following the incidents of desecration of holy crosses and Hindu religious idols, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Tuesday said that a bunch of elements has been attempting to create...
View ArticleShantaram likely to be new GPCC chief
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Congress party is all set for a makeover as Rajya Sabha MP and senior Congress leader of the state Shantaram Naik is most likely to become the next Goa Pradesh Congress...
View ArticleRS polls: Parrikar to announce coalition candidate today
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will announce the ruling side candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls from Goa on Wednesday before he leaves for the United States on a personal visit....
View ArticleCM rules out handing over charge in his absence
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Tuesday ruled out handing over the charge to any minister, as he is going to the United States on a six-day visit. Parrikar will leave for the United...
View ArticleState govt to review all social sector schemes
NT NETWORK PANAJI The state government is reviewing all the social sector schemes including the Griha Aadhar and the process will be completed by mid-August or September. Chief Minister Manohar...
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