Modi govt making consistent efforts to stop infiltration of terrorists: Ahir
NT NETWORK VASCO Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making...
View ArticleDoE issues circular on teachers to be trained as road safety coordinators
NT NETWORK MARGAO The education department has issued a circular to schools to appoint teachers as road safety coordinators for special training by traffic police. Deputy Superintendent of Police...
View ArticleCalangute villagers demand naming of road as Dayanand Bandodkar Marg
NT NETWORK CALANGUTE Calangute villagers under the banner of Bandodkar anniversary organising committee have demanded that the government name a road from Calangute Tinto to Calangute beach as Dayanand...
View ArticleEducation dept says no to junk food in school canteens
PANAJI: The education department will soon introduce wide varieties of bhaji in its mid-day meal, regularly supplied to the schools around the state in order to break the monotony and ensure acceptance...
View Article‘Goa should seek aid from Centre for BRICS facilities’
PANAJI: Stating that the defence ministry would convert Goa into a ‘very safe region’ during the forthcoming BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit, Defence Minister Manohar...
View ArticleGirl dies of suspected dengue
VASCO: A five-year-old girl from Headland-Sada on Tuesday died of suspected dengue at the Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim. The girl, identified as Lavanya Gurunath Naik, was a lower KG...
View Article‘Hurdle’ cleared for lake beautification at Vaddem
VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council on Tuesday issued a no objection certificate (NOC) to the revised plan of St Andrew’s College, and also cleared the way for Vaddem lake beautification project. As per...
View ArticleCandolim fisherfolk piqued by motorcycle-borne vendors
CANDOLIM: Fisherfolk from Candolim are upset over sale of fish door-to-door by two-wheeler-borne vendors in the village. On Monday, there was an incident wherein a woman vendor, selling fish by going...
View ArticleMMC for rehabilitation of occupants of 121 Katem Baina structures
VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council on Tuesday decided to forward a resolution to the Goa Rehabilitation Board for rehabilitation of the occupants of 121 structures which the Goa Coastal Zone Management...
View ArticleAAP will initiate probe into illegal mining if voted to power: Oscar
PANAJI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has stated that, if the party comes to power, it will initiate an inquiry into the alleged illegal mining scam which led to the loss of Rs 35,000 crore to the state...
View ArticleEconomic growth, social development must go hand in hand: Dempo
BICHOLIM: Chairman of Dempo Group of Companies Shrinivas Dempo has said that economic growth and social development should go hand in hand for ensuring all-round development of the state. Dempo was...
View ArticleRs 54,283 compensation for accident victim
PANAJI: Motor Accident Claim Tribunal, Panaji has disposed of a claim petition. A claim petition was filed by a claimant, a woman from Thivim under section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 seeking...
View ArticleIt is sad to see youth making most of nation’s facilities and then migrating:...
MAPUSA: It is very sad that our youth take advantage of the facilities from our nation and after completing their education leave India for better prospect and settle in foreign country. The...
View ArticleCCP to ask Taleigao VP to dispose of wet waste from off-shore casinos
PANAJI: Holding the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) responsible for delay in the completion of the upcoming garbage handling facility behind Hira petrol pump, the ordinary...
View ArticleMapusa review meet proposes to decongest market for Chaturthi
MAPUSA : In view of the fast approaching Ganesh festival, a review meeting was organised by joint mamlatdar Ravi Nipanikar and proposed to shift all stalls pertaining to the Ganesh festival which...
View ArticleWoman critical after being hit by train
VASCO: Bibijan Shaikh (48), a resident of New-Vaddem, was seriously injured after she was hit by a passenger train near Shantinagar in Vasco on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred when the...
View ArticleSatellite data on Goa’s wetlands to be studied
ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | NT PANAJI: The newly-constituted Goa State Wetland Authority has formed a nodal agency to study a report prepared based on satellite remote sensing data, which has found 550 wetlands...
View ArticlePolice ask people not to cooperate with troublesome foreigners
PANAJI : In an attempt to drive away troublemaking foreigners, especially Nigerians, the police have urged the public not to help such foreigners by renting their premises or being a surety at the...
View ArticlePanaji’s pay parking system loses its way
PANAJI: The city councillors on Thursday went defensive on the much touted pay parking system of the Corporation of the City of Panaji by deciding to cut down the related monthly payment from the...
View ArticleCCP councillors demand removal of deputy commissioner Phadte
PANAJI: The ordinary meeting of the Corporation of the City of Panaji held on Thursday witnessed the city councillors unanimously demanding the removal of the deputy commissioner of the CCP Kapil...
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