Casino vessel to finally move away from bird sanctuary
NT NETWORK PANAJI The government has ordered shifting of the offshore casino cum floatel – MV Royale Deltin Caravela – from its present position near Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, between Chorao Island...
View ArticleCong ready to contest all 40 seats in 2017 assembly polls
NT NETWORK PANAJI All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary and Goa desk in-charge Digvijay Singh Saturday said that there has been no formal proposal for a ‘mahagathbandhan.’ In the...
View ArticleCong must display unity for a grand alliance: GFP
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that the Congress party legislators will coordinate with the independent MLAs namely Vijai Sardesai, Rohan Khaunte and Naresh Sawal during the forthcoming monsoon session of...
View ArticleWary of contamination, Varca villagers demand subsidized water filters
NT NETWORK VARCA The Varca gram sabha on Sunday demanded that the government should provide water filters to the villagers at subsidized rates in view of presence of manganese content and other heavy...
View ArticleMonsoon session begins today
NT NETWORK PANAJI The fortnight-long monsoon session of the state legislative assembly will begin on Monday. The government will introduce 12 bills including the Goa waste management corporation bill,...
View ArticleBattle for Mhadei river water at crucial stage
NT NETWORK SANKHALI The crucial final round of hearing by the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal on the contentious issue will begin on Monday. The hearing is very crucial for Goa as the river is lifeline...
View ArticleCansaulim Arossim gram sabha corners VP secy over budget
NT NETWORK VASCO The gram sabha of Cansaulim Arossim Cuelim, on Sunday, questioned the panchayat secretary Pradeep Tamhankar and sarpanch Philomena D’Mello over their alleged involvement in...
View ArticleMoira residents cast doubts on boutique hotels
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Raising concern over rise in boutique hotels in Moira, the village gram sabha on Sunday asked the panchayat to check if such residential complexes, that are being used for commercial...
View ArticleLand use map: Calangute villagers seek two months’ time to file suggestions,...
NT NETWORK CALANGUTE Calangute villagers, on Sunday, during a special gram sabha, sought two months’ time to file suggestions and objections to the land use map. They cited that there are 13,000 people...
View ArticlePeople need to shed negative mindset to development projects: Mandrekar
NT NETWORK BICHOLIM WRD Minister Dayanand Mandrekar has expressed concern over rising negative mindset towards development with various sections opposing proposed projects. Mandrekar was speaking as a...
View ArticleMGP extends support to BBSM agitation
NT NETWORK PONDA The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) on Sunday declared their open support to Bhartiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) over the issue of grants being given to English medium primary...
View ArticleAll is not well at GU: V-C
PANAJI: Indicating that all is not well with the health of the Goa University, the Vice-Chancellor of the lone university in the state, Dr S R Shetye said that state government in association with the...
View ArticleFatorda Congress demands ST reservation for constituency
MARGAO: Congress Fatorda block president Joseph D’Silva appealed to the state government to reserve Fatorda for ST community in the forthcoming assembly elections since the constituency has the maximum...
View ArticleFishermen lathicharge issue: GRE demands discussion in Assembly
VASCO: The Goenchea Ramponcarancho Ekvott and All Goa Fishermen Union have urged likeminded legislators including the Minister for Science and Technology Alina Saldanha to raise the issue of blatant...
View ArticleGFBOA raises objection to illegal fishing in deep sea
VASCO: The Goa Fishing Boat Owners Association (GFBOA) have raised a strong objection over illegal fishing activities carried out by some fishing community members with the help of motorboats in deep...
View ArticleNigerian held with drugs worth Rs 3.60 lakh at Mapusa
MAPUSA : In a major breakthrough Mapusa police on Monday early morning nabbed a Nigerian national who was in illegal possession of drugs worth Rs 3.60 lakh. The accused was produced before Mapusa...
View ArticleGoa makes strong case against Mhadei water diversion; Karnataka on back foot
SAKHALI: Goa’s counsel put up a stiff opposition to Karnataka team before Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal and destroyed every single proposition of senior counsel for Karnataka Fali Nariman. Just as Goa...
View ArticlePorvorim science park runs into rough weather
PANAJI: The science and environment park, proposed in an open space behind housing board office in Porvorim, faces uncertain future as the Penha de Franca panchayat has written to the department of...
View ArticleBeach cleaning: performance reports go missing
PANAJI: The reports of the beach cleaning work around Goa, from April 2007 to November 2007, awarded by the government to the two agencies namely Mr Shivanand Borkar, Chimbel and M/s Mahalsa...
View Article66% unanswered questions: CM assures Vijai of probe
PANAJI: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, on the opening day of the monsoon session of the state legislative assembly, took a serious note of the scenario, wherein the legislators did not get...
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