Congress newsletter blames central leadership for failure to form govt
NT NETWORK PANAJI In its monthly newsletter ‘Congressacho Awaz’ released on Wednesday, the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) has blamed the central leadership and explained the sequence of events...
View ArticleIFFI registration to start on August 1 to avoid last-minute hassles
NT NETWORK PANAJI Coming out with the information that the general registration for delegates of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 would commence from August 1, to avoid last-minute...
View ArticlePanel to finalise tourism dept’s branding, marketing strategies
NT NETWORK PANAJI The government has constituted a state-level marketing and promotion committee headed by the Minister for Tourism Manohar ‘Babu’ Azgaonkar to finalise branding plans and marketing...
View ArticleToilet construction in urban areas: funds to be transferred into...
NT NETWORK PANAJI With the failure of the urban local bodies to release the grants into the beneficiaries’ bank account under the Union Ministry of Urban Development’s flagship programme – Swachh...
View ArticleMigrating to GST, huge challenge for some
NT NETWORK PANAJI Even as the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has officially come into effect all over the country from July 1, small businessmen in the state are finding it difficult to migrate to the...
View ArticleTransport dept suspends 240 driving licences
NT NETWORK PANAJI The transport department has suspended a large number of driving licences of people found either talking on phone while driving a car or riding a two-wheeler and those found to be...
View ArticleNo inaugural ceremonies for works costing up to Rs 1 cr
NT NETWORK PANAJI In a unique decision, Minister for Water Resources Vinod Palyekar has directed his department that henceforth there shall be no foundation stone and inaugural ceremony for works of Rs...
View ArticleGoa gets Rs 100 cr from Centre for tourism projects
NT NETWORK PANAJI Tourism Minister Manohar ‘Babu’ Azgaonkar Friday announced that the state government has been allotted Rs 100 crore by the Union Ministry for Tourism under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme...
View ArticleAct against illegalities in panchayats, BDOs instructed
NT NETWORK PANAJI In a bid to prevent illegal constructions, land-filling and other unauthorised activities in panchayat areas, the government has issued circular directing the block development...
View ArticleToppling govt my priority: new GPCC chief Shantaram
NT NETWORK PANAJI/MARGAO Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik was Friday appointed as the president of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC). “AICC president Sonia Gandhi has...
View ArticleHigh power bills for May shock Vasco residents
NT NETWORK VASCO Electricity consumers in Vasco have raised serious concern over the high billings which they received for the month of May 2017. “The billing amount generated for the month of May is...
View ArticleFatal accidents continue to claim lives in Ponda
NIRGOSH GAUDE | NT PONDA In the last six months Ponda has witnessed 171 accidents in which 20 people including 3 minor students and a woman were killed. The accidents were reported on roads and...
View ArticleBJP-led govt will collapse on its own: Shantaram
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that the BJP-led coalition government will collapse on its own, newly appointed Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Shantaram Naik Saturday said that toppling...
View ArticleGoa seeks Andhra model to develop IT
NT NETWORK PANAJI Seeking Andhra Pradesh model for Goan information technology sector, Minister of Information Technology (IT), Rohan Khaunte, who called on Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N...
View ArticleApp on transport complaints gaining popularity
NT NETWORK PANAJI The ‘Complaint Registration’ application or mobile phone app launched by the state transport department is gaining popularity among citizens, with as many as 79 complaints related...
View ArticleRS election: BJP Parliamentary Board clears Tendulkar’s name
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party has cleared the name of state party president Vinay Tendulkar as the BJP candidate to contest the Rajya Sabha election for the...
View ArticleTrack doubling will not benefit, but make problems worse: Alina
NT NETWORK VASCO Cortalim MLA Alina Saldanha on Saturday reiterated that she would object to the proposed doubling of railway track, passing from Cortalim constituency, as it would affect several...
View ArticleCongress MLAs consolidate positions in Nuvem, Cuncolim
NT NETWORK MARGAO Congress MLAs have consolidated their positions in Nuvem and Cuncolim constituencies after panels backed by the respective MLAs, on Saturday, took over panchayats of Chandor, Nuvem...
View ArticlePenha de Franca VP: Swapnil elected sarpanch, Manisha deputy
NT NETWORK PORVORIM Swapnil Chodankar, from Rohan Khaunte-backed panel, was elected as sarpanch of village panchayat of Penha de Franca unopposed on Saturday while Manisha Naik as deputy sarpanch....
View ArticleCuncolim police ask panchayats to take steps to keep cattle away from highways
NT NETWORK CHINCHINIM The Chinchinim village panchayat finds itself in a ‘spot’ with Cuncolim police dashing off a letter to panchayats along the highways to ensure that stray cattle do not enter the...
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