Most sarpanchas in Goa hold on to post for 16 months only
SHOAIB SHAIKH | NT Staff Reporter PANAJI: In the game of the chair as sarpanch and deputy sarpanch in rural Goa, village panchayats witness election to either of the posts or both in every 16 months....
View ArticleProbe ordered in Vasco dengue ‘outbreak’
PANAJI/ VASCO: Following reports on the rise of dengue cases in the port town of Vasco, director of health services has ordered for an enquiry. Director of health services Dr Sanjeev Dalvi to ‘The...
View ArticleBEACH CLEANING CONTRACT CANCELLED
PANAJI: The state-level monitoring committee for beach cleaning works on Thursday cancelled the beach cleaning contract with the companies namely M/s Bhumika Clean Tech Services Pvt Ltd and M/s Ram...
View ArticleTribal women have wide knowledge of agriculture, says Governor
NT NETWORK PANAJI Governor Dr Mridula Sinha asserted that tribal women have enough agricultural knowledge which needs to be enhanced further with modern techniques of farming and adequate support....
View ArticleAdvertising fraud: probe reveals well-planned strategy
PANAJI The ‘All Brand Promotion’ firm, which reportedly duped several people, was actually a well-planned strategy by an interstate racket, the police probe has revealed. So far it has come to light...
View ArticleSix more arrested in Vasco assault
NT NETWORK VASCO Vasco police on Friday arrested six persons, who were involved in an alleged assault case reported near the Vasco police station, on August 17. Till date, the Vasco police have...
View ArticleSerula case: CB asked to furnish copy of closure report to complainant
PANAJI Special court, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, has directed the Crime Branch to furnish a copy of closure report to the complainant, filed in the alleged Serula comunidade cheating and...
View ArticleDept of tourism seeks views, suggestions on interim master plan
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa tourism’s master plan and tourism policy which is being formulated as a vision document for improving tourism in the state has entered a participative stage with the...
View ArticleInfant mortality rate shows other side of Goa
SHOAIB SHAIKH | NT Staff Reporter PANAJI Even as Goa boasts of better facilities in the health sector compared to other states of the country, the infant mortality rate in rural areas of the state does...
View ArticleReports point to irregularities by CCP employees, contractors
NT NETWORK PANAJI The preliminary reports recently prepared by commissioner of the Corporation of the City of Panaji Deepak Desai as regards the permission for road cutting issued to Reliance Jio...
View ArticleBungee jumping may not take off at Anjuna
NT NETWORK PANAJI An ambitious adventure tourism project on ‘bungee jumping’, which has been proposed at the Anjuna cliff, is not likely to see the light of the day as the project site falls under...
View ArticleGMR group bags contract to construct Mopa airport
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Bengaluru-based M/s GMR Airports Limited has bagged the contract to construct the Mopa international greenfield airport on 36.99 percentage revenue-share basis, Chief...
View ArticleRs 329 crore power dept ‘scam’ comes to light
NT NETWORK PANAJI Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government is faced by yet another accusation of alleged scam to the tune of Rs 329 crore as a complaint has been filed before the Lokayukta against...
View Article‘Draft national educational policy is vague in nature’
PANAJI: The educationists, teachers, representatives of the industry and members of the NGOs on Saturday participated in the consultative meet on the draft national education policy 2016 and came out...
View ArticleLuizinho hints at contesting assembly polls from Navelim
MARGAO: Goa pradesh Congress committee president Luizinho Faleiro on Saturday hinted at contesting the assembly elections in 2017 from Navelim constituency so as “to bring the Congress back in the...
View ArticleCongress is not against casinos, says Digvijay
PANAJI: All-India Congress committee general secretary and Goa desk in-charge Digvijay Singh on Saturday said the party was not against casinos, but wants casino vessels to move out of Mandovi river....
View ArticleUNESCO team visits Margao municipal building
MARGAO: A UNESCO team on Saturday visited the Margao municipal building and assured to link the Portuguese-era building of the town to the UNESCO creative cities network. The team was in Goa to attend...
View ArticleWell-equipped Canacona health centre ails from vacant posts
ALBERT FERNANDES | NT CANACONA: The community health centre in Canacona, which was opened in 2006, has most of the facilities but lacks proper medical staff. It has been in such situation ever since it...
View ArticleAirport will be ready well within deadlines, says GMR official
PANAJI: Srinivas Bommidala, chairman airports, GMR Airports Limited (GAL), who has bagged the international competitive bid for development and operation of Mopa Greenfield airport, said that the...
View ArticleRelief for Akhada-St Estevam residents from monkey terror
PONDA: Akhada residents of St Estevam in Cumbharjua constituency, who were under the grip of a monkey terror for the last six months, can finally heave a sigh of relief as the rogue animal was caught...
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