Bicholim river swells, low-lying areas submerge
BICHOLIM: The heavy rainfall witnessed in the state has led to the rise in water level of Bicholim river. Several incidents of uprooting of trees were reported in various parts of the taluka. According...
View ArticleTALEIGAO HOUSES IN ANKLE-DEEP WATER
A woman moves a cylinder as her house is filled with ankle-deep water. She had to save other household items from damage by keeping them on a bed and chair
View ArticleNarvekar ‘feigns ignorance’ over TV subsidy cheque
PANAJI: Former Goa Cricket Association (GCA) president Dayanand Narvekar has said that he is unaware of the Rs 2.87 crore cheque that was sent to the GCA by the Board of Control for Cricket in India...
View ArticleVedanta bullish on raise in iron ore cap to 37 mn tonne
PANAJI: Vedanta’s iron ore division in Goa is working with different industry bodies for mining infrastructure development to increase the state’s environment clearance (EC) limit to 37 million tonne,...
View ArticleKejriwal blames political patronage for prostitution, drugs, gambling
PANAJI: Claiming that prostitution, drugs and gambling has continued in the state due to political patronage, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged...
View ArticleGovt flouted CRZ rules for Chapora riverfront project
PANAJI: The state government has flouted the norms and destroyed mangroves in the Chapora bay in order to carry out the ‘development of the Chapora riverfront’. The one-man committee, appointed by the...
View ArticleKamakshi Forex fraud: Nilesh Raikar gets bail
NT NETWORK MARGAO Chief judicial magistrate (CJM) on Thursday granted conditional bail to Nilesh Raikar, the main alleged accused in the multi-crore investment fraud by Kamakshi Forex. The court...
View ArticleFDA seizes bread, farsan in 2 raids
NT NETWORK MAPUSA In two separate raids conducted by Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), on Thursday, at Karaswada-Mapusa and Pernem, 10 kg of bread and farsan were seized. According to FDA, acting on...
View ArticleMargao western bypass: case hearing in August first week
NT NETWORK PANAJI The High Court of Bombay at Goa has placed the matter in the first week of August in a case relating to the Margao western bypass project. A government advocate appearing for the...
View ArticlePollution control vessel to keep a watch on under repair cruise liner at WISL
NT NETWORK VASCO Indian Coast Guard, on Thursday, diverted ICGS Samudra Prahari vessel from Mumbai to Goa as a part of precautionary measure in order to handle the possibility of oil spillage from the...
View ArticleKejriwal assures to retain grants to English primary schools
NT NETWORK PANAJI Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said here on Thursday that his party, if it came to power in Goa in the next elections, would retain the grant given to...
View ArticleMopa airport gets GSPCB consent
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Goa State Pollution Control Board has decided to grant consent to set up greenfield international airport at Mopa in Pernem taluka. The decision was taken under the Air and Water...
View ArticleMoney laundering case: ED quizzes Digambar
NT NETWORK PANAJI Margao MLA Digambar Kamat was questioned for around 8 hours, on Thursday, by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Goa probing the money laundering case in the Louis Berger bribery scam....
View ArticleMayor’s vehicle clamped for wrong parking
NT NETWORK PANAJI Official vehicle of the Mayor of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP), along with several other vehicles were challaned for causing obstruction to traffic during an impromptu...
View ArticleWater-logging throws life out of gear in Camara Bhat
NT NETWORK TALEIGAO For the residents of Camara Bhat-Taleigao, whose houses witnessed inundation during the heavy downpour on the nights of Tuesday and Wednesday, nothing has moved except the water...
View ArticleBardez sees rise in HIV cases
ARPITA SRIVASTAVA | NT MAPUSA Bardez taluka has been seeing a rise in HIV cases in the last few years. Latest figures with the State AIDS Control Society records 18.4 per cent of HIV cases in the...
View ArticleRs 121 crore collected under mining funds
NT NETWORK PANAJI The government has so far collected around Rs 121 crore under the Goa Permanent Fund and the District Mineral Fund for socioeconomic development of mining areas and for creation of...
View ArticleGovt pushes Elvis to the wall, refuses to relieve him
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Friday said the government would not relieve director of municipal administration Elvis Gomes till the time the enquiry into the alleged land...
View ArticleNot so fruitful tenure of Benjamin
JOAO SOUSA M | NT Principal Correspondent VELIM The tenure of the present assembly will come to an end early next year, but first-time Velim MLA Benjamin Silva has not got much to boast about. He...
View ArticleCivic body all set to introduce pay parking system in Margao
ROQUE DIAS | NT MARGAO Margao Municipal Council (MMC) is all set to introduce the much-needed pay parking system in the commercial capital of Goa – Margao. Twenty-nine places around MMC building and...
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