Threat to new scheme: Valpoi CHC plagued by several ills
ABDULLAH KHAN | NT VALPOI The community health centre at Valpoi, which is the largest health facility in Sattari taluka catering to more than 60,000 people, has been plagued by a host of problems. The...
View ArticleNew vehicles to get costly as govt ups taxes
NT NTEWORK PANAJI Amidst uproar by the Opposition MLAs, the government on Wednesday passed the Goa motor vehicles tax (amendment) bill, 2016 making way for increasing the taxes levied on purchase of...
View ArticleYet one more casino vessel on the horizon
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday gave indication that another offshore casino could join the fleet of floating gambling houses anchored in river Mandovi, taking the...
View ArticleHefty fees paid to GSIDC projects consultants
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday in the state legislative assembly expressed surprise over the amount of Rs 48.61 crore spent on the fees for the consultants to various...
View ArticleAction plan on the anvil to fight climate change
NT NETWORK PANAJI Minister for Environment Rajendra Arlekar on Wednesday informed the state legislative assembly that the state government is in the process of formulating and preparing the Goa state...
View ArticleScheme to curb stray canine population clicks
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Goa Small Animal Rescue Management Scheme to control dog population, launched in July last year, and provide 90-100 per cent subsidy on vaccination and sterilisation, construction...
View ArticleUnauthorised house regularisation bill, two more introduced
NT NETWORK PANAJI The government, on Wednesday, introduced the Goa Regularisation of Unauthorised Construction Bill, 2016 to regularise unauthorised houses in the state. The Bill introduced by Revenue...
View ArticleNew data centre to be ready in three months
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, on Wednesday, informed the state legislative assembly that the setting up of the new state data centre would be ready in next three months at the...
View ArticleCyber cell in-house to monitor threats to government websites on the anvil
NT NETWORK PANAJI Coming out with the information that altogether 17 websites of the state government departments have been hacked since past four years, the Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, on...
View ArticleBill passed to regularise unauthorised houses
PANAJI: The state legislative assembly on Thursday passed the bill to regularise the unauthorised houses in Goa, paving the way for the Goans who have resided under the shadow of living illegally to...
View ArticleGIDC’s botches led to Rs 134.6 cr losses: CAG
PANAJI: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has strongly criticized the Goa Industrial Development Corporation for poor performance and for financial mismanagement with total losses valued at...
View ArticleJudicial probe to look into illegalities of GSCB: CM
PANAJI: The government on Thursday announced that it would order a judicial inquiry into all cases pertaining to auction and sale of properties by the Goa State Co-operative Bank, dating back to 1994,...
View ArticleTension in Mapusa as society ‘defaults’ on payment to depositors
MAPUSA: Tension prevailed in Mapusa, on Thursday, after depositors of a multistate cooperative and multipurpose society gathered at the society branch here after they failed to get their money on...
View Article3 Nigerians used forged visas to travel to India
PANAJI: Goa police have arrested three Nigerian nationals who were found to have travelled to India using forged visas. Police also suspect that passports of the alleged accused are bogus and that it...
View ArticleMargao civic body can boast of 32 vehicles, but not garage
By ROQUE DIAS | NT MARGAO: Having vehicles first then the garage seems to be the mantra of the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) nowadays. The ‘A’ class civic body has 32 vehicles including the recently...
View ArticleAll is well between MGP and BJP at higher level: Sudin
PANAJI: The senior leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Ramakrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar, on Thursday, said that “all is well” between his party and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party “at...
View ArticleAllegation against IGP is of serious nature: CM
PANAJI: Stating that the allegation against the second in command police officer are of serious nature, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, on Thursday evening, said that he would take a decision after...
View ArticleSEZ issue: CM says ACB will be asked to expedite investigation
PANAJI: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, on Thursday, assured the state legislative assembly that he would direct the Anti-Corruption Branch of Goa police (ACB), to submit a preliminary report...
View ArticleState toying with idea of solar, hydel energy generation
PANAJI: Predicting that Goa would save 115 million units of power, once it fully enters into LED (Light-Emitting Diode) mode, Power Minister Milind Naik, on Thursday, informed the state legislative...
View ArticleFaulty tendering process for laptops caused loss of Rs 9.66 crore: CAG
The tender conditions were such that the rates quoted by only five agencies were considered despite participation of 10 technically qualified bidders. However, the department did not consider the price...
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