Betul panchayat in dark over satellite port project
NT NETWORK BETUL The central government’s proposal to expand the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) with a satellite port at Betul with an additional 200 acre land has found no favour with the village...
View ArticleGSPCB study finds faults in 5 major treatment plants
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa’s industrial effluent and sewage treatment plants have to first clean up their act before they can clean the environment, going by the findings of a Goa State Pollution Control...
View ArticleHeavy rains turn Mapusa market, Ansabhat into ‘swimming pools’
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Heavy pre-monsoon showers that lashed the state on Wednesday caused water-logging in many parts of Mapusa with the market and Ansabhat area turning into virtual swimming pools. The...
View ArticleMGP open to go alone in 2017, hints Dhavalikar
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party desires to continue its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party for the 2017 state assembly election, Minister for Public Works...
View ArticleDry fish tickling taste buds of Goans as it rains
Bhiva P Parab | NT Staff Reporter PANAJI With fishing ban coming into force in the state as the southwest monsoon approaches, and nearly 80 per cent of the trawlers calling off operations, there is a...
View ArticleGovernment likely to merge schools having poor enrollment
NT NETWORK PANAJI The education department, this academic year, is considering amalgamation of government schools, which have registered substantial drop in the number of students and hence showing...
View ArticleHeart diseases among Goan youth on the rise
SHOAIB SHAIKH | NT STAFF REPORTER PANAJI The Centre for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences (CCTS) at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) has performed over 353 cardiology procedures on youth...
View ArticleWorld-class facilities at Dabolim in view of BRICS Summit: CM
NT NETWORK PANAJI The central government has agreed to enhance the immigration as well as other facilities existing at the Dabolim Airport on priority basis, in view of the 8th Brazil, Russia, India,...
View ArticleMMC to outsource door-to-door waste collection
NT NETWORK MARGAO The Margao Municipal Council (MMC), during its meeting on Friday, decided to outsource the door-to-door waste collection. And, so the council resolved to call for expression of...
View ArticleCM stresses on stakeholders’ efforts for success of project
NT NETWORK PANAJI Elets Knowledge Exchange Goa- National Summit on Smart Cities has been organised to change, improve, and create India, said Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. Addressing the gathering...
View ArticleNo resentment among any of BJP MLAs: Parsekar
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that there is no resentment among any of the Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs as regards alleged non-performance by five of his cabinet ministers....
View ArticleFisheries to promote crab farming to meet demand
NT NETWORK PANAJI Observing the increasing demand for crabs in the state from locals as well as tourists, the government has notified a scheme called ‘Financial assistance for setting up of crab...
View ArticleCops probing gambling angle in show telecast by local cable TV channel
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa police has initiated a preliminary inquiry into a live game show appearing on a local cable television (news) channel, which assures prizes worth lakhs of rupees. The cable...
View ArticleHeavy showers predicted in Goa as monsoon advances
NT NETWORK PANAJI Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected to hit Goa for the next three days as the southwest monsoon is expected to reach the state within 24 hours. “An upper air cyclonic circulation...
View ArticlePM to launch 3 major Goa projects
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that there are no more hurdles in the way of the proposed Mopa International Airport as the Ministry of Defence has given all required clearances to the ambitious project,...
View ArticleNo-detention policy to continue in Goa schools
NT NETWORK PANAJI The department of education has stated that all the schools in the state will follow the No-detention Policy under the Right to Education Act during the ongoing academic year 2016-17....
View ArticlePMO seeks report over complaint filed on MoI issue
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Prime Minister’s Office has communicated with the state government, directing its department of education to submit an action taken report within three weeks, pertaining to a...
View ArticleTawadkar charge-sheeted in 2009 Cotigao rioting case
NT NETWORK CANACONA Following directions from higher-ups, Canacona police inspector Filomeno Costa Friday finally filed charge sheet against Sports Minister Ramesh Tawadkar and seven others in the 2009...
View ArticleArpora-Baga bridge reconstruction work taken up, to cost Rs 5.18 cr
ARPORA: The work on reconstruction of Arpora-Baga bridge, near Mackie’s Saturday Nite Market, has been undertaken at an estimated cost of Rs 5.18 crore. The work is being executed by GSIDC and...
View ArticleBethora-Nirankal water woes will end with underground power cabling at Opa:...
PONDA: PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar has assured that the water scarcity problem in Bethora-Nirankal-Konshe-Kodar panchayat area will be resolved permanently once the electricity cabling work is...
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