MMC to create parking space for its vehicles
NT NETWORK MARGAO Chief officer of Margao Municipal Council (MMC) Y B Tavde said that parking space will be created at the temporary garage area by demolishing unwanted structures and removing...
View ArticleNo takers for crab farming in Goa
NT NETWORK PANAJI A few Goans are eager to undertake crab farming in the state but scarcity of land is keeping them from coming forward. Other reasons for only a small number of locals showing interest...
View ArticleMonsoon weakens over Goa
NT NETWORK PANAJI Monsoon has weakened over Goa since the last ten days and the situation is likely to continue for the next two days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted light to...
View ArticleShacks, cottages operating illegally to be razed
NT NETWORK PANAJI Following contempt of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order and with the state government failing to act against the illegal private shacks, huts and cottages, the interim committee...
View ArticleNo water supply to Tiswadi today as pipeline develops major crack
NT NETWORK PANAJI Residents of Tiswadi taluka will have to spend Wednesday sans water as the main pipeline supplying water to the taluka including the capital city has developed cracks. Public Works...
View ArticlePM to arrive on Oct 14 to host BRICS summit
NT NETWORK PANAJI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Goa on October 14 to host the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit, a gathering of the association of five major...
View ArticlePanchayats fail to make headway in waste segregation
NT NETWORK PANAJI Even with the setting up of a modern Solid Waste Treatment Facility (SWMF) in the state, it appears that panchayats have not made much headway in achieving waste segregation at...
View ArticleModel road, junction, park to be developed under Smart City project
NT NETWORK PANAJI Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Ltd, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) formed to handle the Panaji Smart City project, has been issued the Certificate of Incorporation as a...
View ArticleUpcoming festivities: Mapusa merchants petition civic body for...
NT NETWORK MAPUSA In view of the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Mapusa Merchants Association has demanded the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) to initiate steps to have proper parking arrangement,...
View ArticleNavelim primary health centre to be commissioned in Dec: Avertano
NT NETWORK NAVELIM Minister for Fisheries and Navelim MLA Avertano Furtado on Wednesday said that the 10-bed Navelim primary health centre will be commissioned on December 25 even as the health...
View ArticleBan on poultry from K’taka to be lifted soon
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa’s ban on poultry coming in from Karnataka will be lifted soon with an official notice of the order expected by Thursday or Friday. Director of the department of animal husbandry...
View ArticleGroup assaults youth inside Vasco police station premises
NT NETWORK VASCO A youth from New-Vaddem, Vasco was left injured while two others escaped unhurt after a group of around 15 to 20 persons attacked them inside the premises of Vasco police station late...
View ArticleGoa’s plain-clothed cops ‘back’ on the job
AMRESH PARAB | NT PANAJI The Local Intelligence Branch (LIB) attached to state police stations may have been disbanded, but it continues to function, in different names though, even as some senior...
View ArticleGoa to get extra security for BRICS summit
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar met Union Minister for Home Affairs Rajnath Singh and Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday and discussed various aspects as...
View ArticleMLA wanted to show govt in bad light by seeking official status for Marathi:...
NT NETWORK PANAJI Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza on Wednesday said that the clear aim behind tabling the private members’ resolution during the recently concluded monsoon session of the state...
View ArticleLanguage issue not on govt’s priority list: CM
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that his government has to strike a perfect balance between taking up development of Goa and maintaining harmony among the people of the state, Chief Minister Laxmikant...
View ArticleCalangute Tourist taxi owners blame private rent-a-cars for poor business
CALANGUTE: Tourist taxi owners in Calangute are furious owing to poor business during the last weekend despite there being a good flow of domestic visitors to the coastal village. The reason for...
View ArticleNGPDA clears encroachments at Sinquerim, Calangute
CANDOLIM: All encroachments on footpath and road widening areas from Sinquerim to Calangute Tinto were removed on Thursday. The order for the same was issued by member secretary of NGPDA R K Pandita....
View ArticleGoa Forward: open to forming alliance with like-minded parties
PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP), which was recently registered by the Election Commission of India (ECI) as a political party, said that it would have no issue in forming a pre-poll alliance with...
View ArticlePonda municipality felicitates duo
PONDA: Ponda municipality felicitated Dr Shashikant Shirsat, well-known among people as ‘Dotor Shirsat of Ponda Tisk’ and retired executive engineer Dharam Pal Singh for their service to the people...
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