GST draws mixed views from city businessmen
PANAJI: Vendors and wholesalers in the Panaji market have mixed views on the impact of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the kitchen items like wheat, oils, rice, pulses, ata, maida besan (chana dal...
View ArticleShortage of medicines at Panaji UHC comes to light during Vishwajit’s visit
PANAJI: The Urban health centre (UHC) in Panaji is facing shortage of medicines. This came to light when the Health Minister Vishwajit Rane conducted surprise inspection at the UHC on Tuesday when he...
View ArticleVijai rules out hand of political parties in desecrations
MARGAO/PANAJI: Expressing faith in Goa police, Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai said that presently there is no need to hand over the case of desecration of holy crosses, niches and plaques in the cemetery...
View ArticleGaddas along 18th June Road to be removed
PANAJI : The 18th June Road in the city, known for its gaddas, the food handcarts providing inexpensive food items like bhaji-pao, vada-pao, omelet rassa and chaat dishes, as also fruits, ice-cream and...
View ArticleMost cases against public servants disposed off without detailed inquiry
Abdul Wahab Khan | NT PANAJI: The Goa Lokayukta has disposed off most cases against public servants at preliminary level itself as there were no reasonable grounds to proceed ahead with detailed...
View ArticleShantaram, Vinay file papers for RS election
PANAJI: State president of Bharatiya Janata Party Vinay Tendulkar and Goa pradesh Congress committee chief Shantaram Naik on Tuesday filed their separate nomination papers for the July 21 election to...
View ArticleOutsiders behind desecrations: Francis
PANAJI : Terming the continuous desecration of religious structures in the state as “deliberate attempt by outsiders” to destroy the long-preserved secular fabric and communal harmony of Goa, Minister...
View ArticleBring culprits to book: parish priests
MARGAO/CURCHOREM: Rattled by the spate in desecration of holy crosses, gravestones and other religious symbols, parish priests of some churches in South Goa have asked the government to bring to book...
View ArticleArchbishop seeks thorough probe in desecrations
PANAJI: Archbishop of Goa and Daman Filipe Neri Ferrao has said the Church in Goa is deeply pained by the recent spate of desecrations of religious structures and burial places of the Christian...
View ArticlePolice close in on culprits behind desecrations
PANAJI/MARGAO: The state police have found certain clues linked to the recent incidents of desecration of religious structures as well as graves in the Curchorem cemetery, and related arrests could...
View ArticleHeavy rains submerge Paroda road; traffic diverted via Chandor
NT NETWORK PARODA The normal life in Paroda was thrown out of gear after heavy overnight rains totally submerged a road connecting it. No loss of life or property has been reported. Supplies to the...
View ArticleHoble case: JMFC notice to women police over plea for court-monitored probe
NT NETWORK PANAJI Panaji Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) has issued a notice to Panaji women police station over a plea to have court-monitored investigation into the FIR registered under the...
View ArticleNo fitness certificates for 1000 taxis for not installing speed governors
NT NETWORK PANAJI More than 1000 taxis are going to be off the road for indefinite period as the transport department has not renewed their annual fitness certificates for not installing mandatory...
View ArticlePiped cooking gas may remain just a pipe dream
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa’s dream of householders using piped gas for cooking could remain just a dream unless permissions from various authorities are obtained to push the project. According to a status...
View ArticleKovind to arrive in state today for canvassing
NT NETWORK PANAJI Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Alliance, Ramnath Kovind will arrive in Goa on July 15 to meet the legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party as well as MLAs of the...
View ArticleSmith case: Gadkari seeks report from Goa
NT NETWORK PANAJI Union Minister for Roads, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has asked the state government to submit a probe report on the allegations made by the US justice department that CDM...
View ArticleBabush to contest against CM in Panaji
NT NETWORK PANAJI It is now certain that the by-election in the Panaji constituency will witness Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and former Taleigao and St Cruz MLA, Atanasio Monserrate contesting...
View ArticleNo formal proposal on shifting casino vessels
NT NETWORK PANAJI Although Minister for Town and Country Planning Vijai Sardesai has mulled moving casino vessels out of the Mandovi, there is a no such proposal at the government level....
View ArticleFact-finding team visits Curchorem cemetery
NT NETWORK CURCHOREM A five-member fact-finding team led by Fr Savio Fernandes, executive secretary of Council for Social Justice and Peace, visited the desecrated cemetery of Guardian Angel Church,...
View ArticleParrikar says no to CBI probe in desecrations
NT NETWORK & AGENCIES PANAJI Calling the rising desecrations of Christian religious symbols in the state as a “planned crime”, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has ruled out handing over the...
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