Goa to host 12 BRICS events
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Monday reaffirmed that the BRICS Summit 2016 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be held in the state. Goa will host 12...
View ArticleDraft state biodiversity rules ready, but not yet finalised
Abdul Wahab Khan | NT PANAJI The Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) is in existence since 2004, but the rules, as mandated under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, for its functioning have not yet...
View ArticleDable murder case: 4 convicted
NT NETWORK MAPUSA The Panaji Sessions Court Principal Judge B P Deshpande convicted four accused in murder of Sudan Dabale, a taxi driver. The taxi driver was kidnapped, and later murdered at...
View ArticleHeavy rains cause water-logging, tree fall across state
VASCO: The incessant rains that lashed Vasco, on Monday, led to water-logging of road stretches and low-lying areas in various areas. Sources informed that rainwater entered Mata Secondary School...
View ArticleCCP Mayor says nobody at fault
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) Mayor, Surendra Furtado said that “it was nobody’s fault, and nobody is to be blamed. It was just an accident.” The CCP Mayor was commenting on...
View ArticleOperator claims he had informed Mayor about machine’s carrying capacity
NT NETWORK PANAJI Mayor of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) Surendra Furtado ignored the warning from de-weeding machine operator that the machine could take only two persons on board at a...
View ArticleFurtado denies negligence in nullah mishap
PANAJI: Mayor of Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) Surendra Furtado denied any kind of negligence on his part in the Sunday’s incident wherein he along with 6 others had a lucky escape after...
View ArticleDivar residents irked over delay in DSSS payments
DIVAR: Divar residents are agitated over the non-release of Dayanand Social Security Scheme (DSSS) monthly pension. The residents have complained of not getting their DSSS pension money from February...
View ArticleExperts raise concern over proposed amendment to CRZ notification
PANAJI: The proposed draft amendment to the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification, 2011, permitting to erect the temporary beach shacks throughout the year, has triggered a wave of concern among...
View ArticleDraft anti-human trafficking law a big disappointment, says ARZ
PANAJI: The trafficking of persons (prevention, protection and rehabilitation) bill, 2016 (draft) is a big disappointment feels the Anyay Rahit Zindagi (ARZ), claiming only the title of the bill is...
View ArticlePeople inconvenienced in getting death certificates at GMC
Roque Dias | NT MARGAO: Kith and kin of the dead are highly inconvenienced in getting the death certificates as there is no officer to sign them at the office of the planning and statistic, housed in...
View ArticleVelingkar quits CM’s birthday celebration panel
PANAJI: Convenor of Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM), and state Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Subhash Velingkar has quit the Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar’s Birthday Celebration...
View ArticleKejriwal gets a taste of Goan food
VASCO: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal got a taste of Goan food in the house of a traditional fisherman in Khariwada, Vasco on Tuesday. After alighting at the Dabolim airport, Kejriwal reached...
View ArticleAAP will win Goa polls with absolute majority: Kejriwal
VASCO: Taking a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said that the party will win 35 out of 40 seats in the forthcoming...
View ArticleCentre vindicates Goa’s stand on birth registration
PANAJI: The Union Ministry for Law and Justice has in principle accepted the position of the Goa government that mere registration of birth in the Central Registry of Lisbon does not amount to...
View ArticleGoans in UK have little to fear post-Brexit
SHOAIB SHAIKH | NT STAFF REPORTER PANAJI: Goans who have opted for Portuguese passport and have surrendered their Indian citizenship could enjoy dual benefits without obtaining dual citizenship due the...
View ArticlePonda sub district hospital false ceiling falling off
PONDA: A portion of false ceiling of the fourth floor of the Sub District Hospital Ponda (SDHP) collapsed following rainwater leakage on Wednesday. Earlier also the ceiling has given way in bits and...
View ArticleWinds bring down trees across Bardez
MAPUSA: Heavy rains disrupted normal life in Mapusa and surrounding villages on Wednesday. Due to strong winds across the taluka, trees uprooted and collapsed on houses, compound walls and roads. At...
View ArticleLandslide holds up traffic for over 3 hrs at Poinguinnim
CANACONA: Incessant rain triggered a landslide along the NH-17 at Poinguinnim on Wednesday morning, paralysing traffic for over three hours. There was no casualty reported in the incident and it was...
View ArticleScare at WISL as under repair cruise liner tilts
VASCO: An under repair cruise liner ‘Qing’ tilted on its side at Western India Shipyard Ltd at Mormugao Harbour on Wednesday due to incessant rain and prevailing rough weather conditions. As per...
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