Bambolim villagers up in arms against garbage menace
BAMBOLIM: Heaps of garbage dumped along a road in vicinity of Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim is giving sleepless nights to nearby villagers who have shot off a letter to Chief Minister...
View ArticleEfforts to curb Coco beach erosion hits roadblock as owner refuses NOC
NERUL: Sand erosion has taken a heavy toll on Coco beach with a considerable portion gobbled up by rough sea over the years. Locals claim that 25 per cent of the beach had got washed away when the...
View ArticleRetailers blame crop damage for rising prices of potatoes
PANAJI: Prices of staple food item – potato – are rising in Goa and vendors attribute this to the country witnessing unusual rain this year, which led to floods in many areas and destroyed the crop. A...
View ArticleUsed sanitary napkins piling up; no rules for disposal
Abdul Wahab Khan | NT PANAJI: Goa has not yet found a way to handle sanitary napkins and diapers, which have been piling up over the years, waiting for disposal with Panaji itself having two tonnes of...
View ArticleDy Speaker Wagh flown to Mumbai in critical condition
PANAJI/VASCO: Goa Assembly’s Deputy Speaker and St Andre MLA Vishnu Surya Wagh on Thursday late evening was flown to Mumbai in an air ambulance after no signs of improvement following a massive cardiac...
View ArticleBJP to sound 2017 poll bugle in Shah’s presence tomorrow
PANAJI: Stating that national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Shah will arrive on a one-day visit to Goa on August 20, with ‘Tonic’ for party’s booth-level workers, state party president...
View ArticleSushila Surlakar — A teacher with a difference
Naguesh Sardesai Selfless service, discipline, approachability and lovable nature were some of the attributes of Sushila Jagdish Surlacar, who passed away on August 8, 2016 at a ripe age of 78 years....
View ArticlePoor lockup facilities: GHRC issues notices
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) has issued notices to the police chief, chief secretary and home secretary in connection with a complaint about poor facilities provided for...
View ArticleBBSM to reveal alternative for BJP in assembly polls
NT NETWORK VASCO Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch’s (BBSM’s) central committee member Abhay Khaunte, on Thursday, informed that BBSM will decide its future course of action and also reveal about the...
View ArticleSahni takes charge as Goa University VC
NT NETWORK PANAJI A political scientist of international repute, Varun Sahni on Friday assumed charge as the eighth Vice Chancellor of Goa University after his predecessor Dr Satish Shetye demitted...
View ArticleKejriwal to arrive today, to meet mining dependents
NT NETWORK MARGAO Delhi Chief Minister and national convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal will be arriving in Goa on Saturday on a two-day visit to the state. Soon after his arrival at 1.30...
View ArticleTheme park at Mayem to promote hinterland tourism
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) has invited applications in response to its tender as regards setting up state’s first nature-based theme park on the banks of the Mayem...
View ArticleWagh being treated by experts at Hinduja: CM
NT NETWORK PANAJI Deputy Speaker and St Andre MLA Vishnu Surya Wagh is being treated by a panel of neurology experts at the P D Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai, informed Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar....
View ArticleMarcaim temple issue: villagers to undertake hunger strike tomorrow
NT NETWORK PONDA Members of Shri Devi Navadurga Pratishthan (SDNP), Marcaim villagers, service providers at the temple and devotees of the Goddess will undertake hunger strike on August 21 at the...
View ArticleEOC registers FIR against two Mumbai men in duping case
NT NETWORK PANAJI Economic Offences Cell (EOC) of the Goa police, on Friday, registered FIR against two Mumbai based persons on charges of allegedly duping 300 people to the tune of around Rs 69 lakh...
View ArticleRuckus at Khobrawaddo-Calangute over ‘failure’ to implement NGT order
NT NETWORK CALANGUTE Calangute witnessed a ruckus on Friday, after a number of Hindu community members came out to express their displeasure over the ‘failure’ on the part of the authorities to fully...
View ArticleTwo trawlers caught bull-trawling off Colva coast
NT NETWORK VELIM Despite the ban on bull-trawling, two trawlers were caught bull-trawling off Colva coast. The two trawlers were caught late on Friday night carrying out bull trawling illegally. While...
View ArticleBJP will win 27 seats in Goa polls: Amit Shah
NT NETWORK PANAJI Bharatiya Janata Party’s national president Amit Shah Saturday said that Goa election results will lay the foundation for victory of the party in 2019 parliamentary elections. He also...
View ArticleFinalise BJP-MGP alliance at the earliest, advises Shah
NT NETWORK PANAJI National president of the Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Shah on Saturday advised the state unit of the party to finalise the pre-poll alliance with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party...
View ArticleNew grade under Goa Civil Service
NT NETWORK PANAJI The personnel department of the state government has notified the Goa Civil Service Rules, 2016, with the addition of a new grade namely Senior Administrative Grade, which now raises...
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