Following GHRC directives, home dept sanctions pension to freedom fighter
NT NETWORK PANAJI Following the directives of Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC), the home department has sanctioned pension, with effect from April this year to a 78 year old freedom fighter...
View ArticleUjala Scheme has brightened the nation, says Sawaikar
NT NETWORK VASCO South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar, on Friday, said that the central government’s Ujala Scheme has brightened the entire nation, and the people can now save the electricity and so the...
View ArticlePower conserved from LED bulb usage can be used for new industrial units: CM
NT NETWORK PANAJI Maintaining a target to replace high energy-consuming traditional filament bulbs in the state with light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs, which consume lower energy and has longer...
View ArticleBanda man held with ganja in Porvorim
NT NETWORK PANAJI Porvorim police on Tuesday arrested a 31-year-old man from Banda-Maharashtra on charges of illegal possession of ganja worth Rs 26,200. The accused has been identified as Sandesh...
View ArticleLokayukta adjourns beach cleaning case to August
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Goa Lokayukta has adjourned the hearing in the alleged beach cleaning multi-crore scam case to August. The Goa Lokayukta had directed the director of tourism to stop all further...
View ArticleRation card collection no less than nightmare for Salcete residents
MARGAO Ration cards collection is giving sleepless nights to many people of Salcete as mistakes have cropped up in the cards and many card holders are forced to make corrections. The government has...
View ArticlePvt hospitals keen on using health centre OTs
SHOAIB SHAIKH | NT PANAJI With the state government expressing its intentions to outsource operation theatres (OTs) in the primary health centres (PHCs), private hospitals have expressed their...
View ArticleGCA fraud: investigation officer changed
NT NETWORK PANAJI The investigation officer probing the alleged multi-crore fraud in the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) has been changed. The case was earlier probed by PSI Prasanna Bhagat however it...
View ArticleLuizinho: Goa voters will not pay heed to assurances of BJP in future
NT NETWORK SANKHALI President of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Luizinho Faleiro said that the Congress party would contest the forthcoming assembly elections with full strength, by having an...
View ArticleCarlos advises railways to consult MMC, comunidade on track doubling plan
VASCO Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida on Saturday advised the Indian railway authorities to take into confidence Mormugao Municipal Council and the local comunidade before giving a nod for doubling of the...
View ArticleWater level in Amthane dam nearing full capacity
NT NETWORK SAKHALI The incessant rains that lashed the state over the last two days have led to increase in water levels in Anjune and Amthane dams with the latter nearing its full capacity. Water...
View Article2 naval patrol boats sink following blaze
PTI MUMBAI Two high-speed patrol boats of Indian Navy, which are used for security of assets in the waters around Mumbai, Tuesday sank at the naval dockyard here following a fire that broke out in one...
View ArticleSahni to be new VC of Goa University
NT NETWORK PANAJI Prof Varun Sahni from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will be the next Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Goa University. He will take over on October 25 later this year, after current...
View ArticleSouth Goa comunidades oppose move to regularise illegal structures
MARGAO: Managing committees of various comunidades of South Goa, during its special meeting held in Margao, on Thursday, collectively decided to strongly oppose the Goa government’s move to regularise...
View Article‘Administrators were never serious about repairing comunidade building’
MARGAO: The administrators (past and present), appointed by the government, for the south zone comunidades were never serious about repairing the comunidade building, alleged some of the...
View ArticleRs 52 lakh misappropriation: CCP UDC suspended
PANAJI: Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) has suspended upper division clerk (UDC) Narayan Kavlekar with immediate effect for allegedly misappropriating Rs 52 lakh during the last three financial...
View ArticleBan on heavy vehicle movement on August 8, 9 for Vasco saptah
VASCO: The South Goa district administration, on Thursday, decided to impose total ban on heavy vehicular traffic, entering and exiting the Vasco town for two days on August 8 and 9, in view of Shree...
View ArticleCasino vessel near Chorao: show cause notice issued over CRZ rules violation
PANAJI: Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA), on Thursday, issued a show cause notice to Deltin Highstreet Cruises Pvt Ltd for anchoring a casino vessel next to Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary...
View ArticleA year old Colvale modern jail leaking
MAPUSA: Despite crores being spent on constructing the new modern central jail at Colvale, which was inaugurated a year back, the ceiling of the jail is found to be leaking. Heavy rain showers have...
View ArticleModerate response to Sovereign Gold Bonds
PANAJI: The fourth edition of Sovereign Gold Bonds is receiving a modest response from buyers, according to sources in Goa’s banking industry. Bankers said that the response is muted but they expect...
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