Tawadkar: services of 47 SAG daily wage workers regularised
NT NETWORK MARGAO The Minister for Sports Ramesh Tawadkar, on Monday, said that services of the 47 of the total 145 Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) daily wage workers have been regularised, and services...
View ArticleGovt mulls butterfly park in city
NT NETWORK PANAJI In order to conserve butterflies, the forest department has moved a proposal to the government to develop a butterfly park inside Bhagwan Mahavir Garden, which is well known as...
View ArticleFORCE labels English school grants protesters anti-Bahujan Samaj
NT NETWORK MARGAO Claiming that English-medium primary schools mainly cater to the education needs of the Bahujan Samaj and children from lower strata of society, Forum for Rights of Children to...
View ArticleFlesh trade: Delhi not just transit point but emerging source area
Amresh Parab | NT PANAJI The national capital Delhi is slowly emerging as a source area for human traffickers wherein women are trafficked to Goa for prostitution. A data compiled by NGO Anyay Rahit...
View ArticleGoods rail traffic disrupted as trees fall on wagons at MPT
VASCO: Goods rail traffic was paralysed for nearly eight hours after two trees uprooted and collapsed on coal laden wagons near Desterro in Mormugao on Tuesday. As per available information, two rain...
View Article3 held for thefts at Verna, Sancoale
VASCO: The Verna police have arrested three persons in connection with two different thefts which were reported at IDC Verna and at Queeny Nagar in Sancoale respectively. As per available information...
View ArticleCoast Guard awaiting status report on Qing
VASCO: The Indian Coast Guard is awaiting a status report on the cruise liner Qing from the Mormugao Port Trust to begin operation of removing oil from the vessel. A source at the Indian Coast Guard...
View ArticleExpedite work on Mapusa police station building: Dy CM tells officials
MAPUSA: Delay in completing the work is unpardonable, said the Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza, adding the work backlog is often created due to lethargic attitude. “One cannot understand the...
View ArticleIndependent HC for Goa an absolute need: Anacleto
MARGAO: In order to deliver justice during the lifetime of the litigants, there is an absolute need of the independent High Court (HC) for the state of Goa, said a senior most advocate and...
View ArticleThis office in Margao plagued by rain woes
ROQUE DIAS | NT MARGAO: The 36-odd staff members at the office of Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies in Margao are spending their duty hours, these days, covering files, computers...
View ArticleAll eyes on public servants as Collectors to decide on dual citizenship issue
PANAJI: With collectors designated as authorities to take decisions in matters pertaining to dual citizenship issue and decide whether the applicant has ceased to or still continues to be an Indian...
View ArticleIndustry not averse to funding mining corridors
PANAJI: Goa’s mining industry is not averse to funding mining corridors though the expenditure is yet to be estimated. Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association (GMOEA), the representative body of iron...
View ArticleBJP will contest 2017 polls under Parsekar’s leadership: Parrikar
PANAJI: Indicating that he is not coming back to Goan politics, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday solicited public support for Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar to lead the Bharatiya...
View ArticleSMC CO bribery case: two councillors on ACB radar
NT NETWORK PANAJI Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) of the Directorate of Vigilance, probing alleged bribery case against Sanquelim Municipal Council chief officer (CO) Shripad Arlekar, is also looking into...
View ArticleVictoria seeks Centre’s intervention on dual citizenship issue
NT NETWORK PANAJI Former St Cruz MLA Victoria Fernandes on Wednesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government should take cognisance of dual citizenship issue of Goans and all MLAs...
View ArticleIn Mapusa, tax collection at doorstep on the cards
NT NETWORK MAPUSA In a bid to improve tax collection system, Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) is planning to implement spot billing for collection of taxes and rent directly from households and...
View ArticlePower for industries: electricity dept ‘grappling in dark’
NT NETWORK PANAJI Lamenting that the department of electricity has been sidelined during the meetings of the state Investment Promotion Board (IPB), Power Minister Milind Naik on Wednesday said that...
View ArticlePower for industries: electricity dept ‘grappling in dark’
NT NETWORK PANAJI Lamenting that the department of electricity has been sidelined during the meetings of the state Investment Promotion Board (IPB), Power Minister Milind Naik on Wednesday said that...
View ArticleStop payment to beach cleaning contractors: Lokayukta to govt
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa Lokayukta Justice (retd) P K Misra has directed the director of tourism to stop all further payments to Ram Engineering and Construction Company and Bhumika Clean Tech Pvt Ltd,...
View ArticleBBSM vows to defeat BJP in 2017
NT NETWORK PANAJI Clarifying that the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) would not contest the forthcoming state assembly election, head of the political cell of BBSM Uday Bhembre on Wednesday said...
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