Baina residents irked over shoddy pre-monsoon works
VASCO: The residents of Baina along with councillor of ward-11 Saifullah Khan on Monday confronted the Mormugao municipal council chief officer Deepali Naik for failure on the part of the municipal...
View Article32-yr-old held for kidnapping minor in city
PANAJI: City police has arrested a 32-year-old native of Dharwad Karnataka on charges of kidnapping a minor girl. Police has identified the accused as Kala Jafarsab. The accused and the victim girl...
View ArticleRain destroys goods worth Rs 2.5 lakh at Bardez bazaar
MAPUSA : Due to recent hot mixing of road and non-desilting of drains at the government complex, goods worth Rs 2.5 lakh was destroyed after rain water entered the premises of Bardez Bazaar on Monday....
View ArticleHalf hour snarl as trailer gets stuck near Talpona
CANACONA: Traffic along the interior road at Gotcamolem on the way to Sadolxem Talpona to Galgibaga was halted following a heavy machinery trailer being held up due to obstruction of tree branches...
View ArticleCourt remands Mapusa kidnappers to five-day police custody
MAPUSA: The Mapusa JMFC has sent both the alleged kidnappers who along with the mother of the minor who kidnapped her son to five-day police custody. The police have produced the duo before the court...
View ArticleYoga session planned during doctors conference
PANAJI: For the first time, a yoga session will be held at ‘XXVIII GIMACON 2016’, a conference of doctors, which will be held at Dona Paula on September 24 and 25, said its organising president Dr S V...
View ArticleYouth participation necessary for development: Chodankar
BICHOLIM: Bharatiya Janata Party women leader Kunda Chodankar has called upon youth to contribute towards nation-building. She also claimed that the party has been successful in maintaining a clean...
View ArticleVasco residents sore over sewage discharge into nullah
VASCO: The residents of Mestawada and Belabai have raised a serious concern over the discharge of sewage into the nullah, posing a health hazard to the residents. As per available information from some...
View ArticleMapusa kidnapping: police arrest two more accused
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Mapusa police arrested another two absconding alleged accused in connection with the kidnapping of a minor boy and obtained their three-day remand. Meanwhile, the mother of the...
View ArticleGIDC bribery case: ACB awaits forensic report to file chargesheet
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) of the Directorate of Vigilance is awaiting the forensic analysis report to file chargesheet in connection with the alleged bribery case involving two...
View ArticleGCA fund misappropriation: EOC quizzes bank officials
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Economic Offences Cell (EOC) of the Goa police, probing alleged misappropriation of the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) funds, has questioned some of the bank officials in which the...
View ArticleINSV Mhadei completes Goa-Mauritius voyage with all-women crew
NT NETWORK VASCO Indian Navy’s sail boat ‘INSV Mhadei’ with all-women crew sailed into Port Louis, Mauritius, on Tuesday afternoon becoming the first voyage by an all-women crew on any Indian Navy...
View ArticleBaina roads water-logged as sewage chambers overflow
NT NETWORK VASCO People residing in Chhotta Bazaar, Baina and its vicinity have raised a serious concern over the overflowing of sewage water from the sewage chambers posing a health hazard to the...
View ArticleCentre has resolved minimum pension, bonus issues: Union Minister
NT NETWORK PANAJI The consultative committee meeting of Ministry of Labour and Employment in the state has expressed concern about social security of the labourers since the Prime Minister Narendra...
View ArticleBad days for mangroves
ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | NT Staff Reporter PANAJI Rising reclamation of mangrove habitats for infrastructure and other purposes has threatened the very existence of these trees and shrubs in the state....
View ArticlePower dept braces for monsoon
NT NETWORK PANAJI While the monsoon is yet to hit Goa, pre-monsoon showers accompanied by gusty winds have already damaged a sizeable number of assets of the electricity department. Chief electrical...
View ArticleProvedoria funds not optimally utilised for old-age homes
JOAO SOUSA M | NT Principal Correspondent MARGAO Crores of rupees generated through the state sale of lotteries and meant for maintenance of Provedoria old-age homes have remained underutilized even as...
View ArticleMMC has zero tolerance to labourers without health cards: chairperson
NT NETWORK MAPUSA With monsoon all set to hit the state in few days, Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) has warned that there will be zero tolerance to absence of health cards with labourers involved in...
View ArticleForest dept working to minimise conflict with animals: Arlekar
NT NETWORK PONDA The forest department is a link between man and animal. The department is working hard to minimise conflicts between human beings and animals, said Forest Minister Rajendra Arlekar...
View ArticleUnderground cabling only remedy to power cuts: Naik
NT NETWORK VASCO Power Minister Milind Naik has said that underground cabling is the only solution to the perennial problem of power supply cuts encountered by people during monsoon all over the state....
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