Motorists inconvenienced as Valpoi road under water
VALPOI: Motorists were put to great inconvenience as the highway connecting Valpoi to Honda witnessed water-logging due to the heavy rains. “The water-logging occurs because of the flowing down of...
View ArticleTerm of Mhadei tribunal ending on August 17
SANKHALI : The term of the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal is due to end on August 17 and the tribunal has sent a proposal for extension to the central government. Reliable sources have claimed that...
View ArticleGoa emerging as education hub, says Sawaikar
NT NETWORK VASCO Stating that the state lacks infrastructure facilities vis-à-vis the education sector although it is second only to Kerala with regards to literacy rate, South Goa MP Narendra...
View ArticleArolkar urges students to explore new heights
NT NETWORK PANAJI The management and staff of MES College of Arts and Commerce, Zuarinagar, felicitated the BA and BCom toppers at a function held recently at the Principal M S Kamat Seminar Hall of...
View ArticleGarbage concern in Sangolda
NT NETWORK SANGOLDA Garbage and tenant verification issues featured at Sangolda gram sabha on Sunday. A resident pointed out that the fields were getting choked due to dumping of garbage and that it...
View ArticleTrawlers head back to sea as fishing ban ends
NT NETWORK VELIM With ban on fishing ending on July 31 midnight, the fresh fishing season is set to begin with just around 65-70 per cent of boats likely to venture into the sea from Cutbona jetty....
View ArticleBarge cutting activity another worry for Sancoale locals
NT NETWORK VASCO Sancoale gram sabha on Sunday opposed offshore casinos, marinas, mega projects and even scrapyards involved in cutting of vessels, chipping and painting activity, citing that it is...
View ArticleDutch woman collapses during marathon, dies
NT NETWORK BAMBOLIM The second edition of the Rotary Rain Run ended in a tragic incident on Sunday morning when a Dutch woman collapsed after completing the 10-kilometre marathon, said police...
View ArticleTension in Marcaim as villagers stop temple panel from holding meet
NT NETWORK PONDA Tension was witnessed in Marcaim on Sunday at the Shri Navdurga temple when the temple committee attempted to hold a meeting in the temple premises in the presence of huge police...
View ArticleGovt to use Davorlim land for Salcete education hub
NT NETWORK MARGAO Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, who is also the Education Minister, has asked the District Collector, South Goa, Swapnil Naik to hand over land admeasuring 1.15 lakh sq mt at...
View ArticleTawadkar evokes mixed response on development
ALBERT FERNANDES | NT CANACONA Following a survey in the different pockets and corners of Canacona taluka, a mixed response was gathered as regards the developmental activities carried out in the...
View ArticleFinalise members for new GCZMA panel by Aug 16: Centre to Goa
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has given a deadline of two weeks to the state government and asked it to submit the final names of the new...
View ArticleOppn MLAs stage walkout over govt’s ‘kill time’ tactics
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Congress MLAs as well as the independent legislators in the opposition on Monday staged a walkout, protesting against the prolonged discussion allowed by Speaker Anant Shet on a...
View ArticleDiabetes, hypertension on the rise among Goans
NT NETWORK PANAJI The performance budget report of the directorate of health services tabled in the state legislative assembly has maintained that lifestyle diseases like diabetes, hypertension and...
View ArticleParulekar moots five-star facility in vicinity of Selaulim dam for weddings
NT NETWORK PANAJI The government, on Monday, maintained that the five-star properties in Goa are presently insufficient to cater to the high profile weddings held in the state, and if Goa is to be...
View ArticleCM bats for CS in affidavit forgery cases
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, on Monday, informed the state legislative assembly that the Chief Secretary (CS) R K Srivastava had passed an order related to societies, when he...
View ArticleNo plans as yet for shuttle between new parking facility and city: Parulekar
NT NETWORK PANAJI Admitting that as of now no transportation facilities have been identified by the government for the owners of private vehicles, who would park their vehicles in the new parking...
View ArticleDhavalikar: 24×7 water supply in state by 2020
NT NETWORK PANAJI Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Sudin Dhavalikar, on Monday, said that the ‘dream of 24×7’ tapped water supply to every household in the state would be realised by 2020....
View ArticleGovt non-committal on new bus terminus at Margao
NT NETWORK PANAJI Staying non-committal on the issue of new bus terminus at Margao, Transport Minister Sudin Dhavalikar indicated that the government would not take up the construction work of the...
View ArticleNationalisation will provide funds for developing rivers: Dhavalikar
NT NETWORK PANAJI Having come under fire from the opposition as well as ruling MLAs over nationalisation of the rivers in the state, River Navigation Minister Sudin Dhavalikar informed the Goa...
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