Dual citizenship issue still a grey area: Britto
MARGAO : The South Goa Advocates’ Association on Saturday held a debate on the topic ‘Does registration of birth of a Goan in Portugal invite loss of Indian citizenship.’ The moderation of the debate...
View ArticleEfforts to spread legal awareness
MAPUSA: With an objective to sensitise the general public including the children on ill-effects of drug abuse and legal provisions, the NALSA (Legal Services to the Victims of Drug Abuse and...
View ArticlePeer pressure making youngsters turn to drugs: Bhadang
MAPUSA: Justice C V Bhadang of High Court of Bombay at Goa on Saturday said that peer pressure is one of the reasons behind the inclination shown towards substance abuse by today’s youngsters. The...
View ArticleNeed to include street vendors in development process: Gomes
PANAJI: The Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA) organised a one-day workshop for all municipal councils in the state with the help of experts from the Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental...
View ArticleMacazana locals threaten stir over power woes
MACAZANA: The villagers of Macazana have threatened to come out on the streets to protest against the failure of the electricity department to address their woes of erratic power supply. The villagers...
View ArticleKidnapped Mumbai minor found at Thivim railway station
MAPUSA : A 12-year-old boy, a Mumbai resident, was abducted by a native from Uttar Pradesh and dropped him at the Thivim railway station three days ago. Mapusa police has registered a kidnapping case...
View ArticleShantaram flays Parrikar over ‘hell’ remark against Pakistan
PONDA: Criticising the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for his ‘Pakistan is hell’ remark, Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik said that Parrikar holds a prestigious portfolio and should think twice before...
View ArticleSiolim Marna villager presides over gram sabha as VP members stay away
MAPUSA: In absence of panchayat members, a villager presided over the ordinary gram sabha of Siolim Marna panchayat on Sunday. The ruling panel including sarpanch Sylvester Fernandes and deputy...
View ArticleChinchinim gram sabha seeks police complaint over missing files
CHINCHINIM : Chinchinim gram sabha on Sunday passed a resolution asking the panchayat to file a police complaint over the missing files pertaining to construction of the panchayat ghar cum sports...
View Article17-yr-old boy comes under bus, dies
SANKHALI: A 17-year-old boy from Kasarpal-Bicholim died after he was crushed under the rear wheels of a passenger bus at Kasarpal-Bicholim on Sunday afternoon. According to Bicholim police, the...
View ArticleAam Aadmi Party holds ‘dialogue’ with Raia locals
MARGAO: A primary health centre, systematic disposal of MMC’s Sonsoddo waste, conservation of village greenery with focus on agriculture, and check on land sale were some of the demands placed by the...
View ArticleChimbel locals condemn CM’s statement on IT park project
CHIMBEL: Chimbel villagers on Sunday hit out at the Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar at the gram sabha over alleged misleading statements on proposed IT park at Chimbel. They alleged that the chief...
View ArticleThird Eye
Mamlatdar’s driver Shadowman walked into the mamlatdar’s office in Saxtti’s Collectorate building. As he entered the civil supplies office, one official came and whispered in his ears: “Do you know a...
View ArticleDuping case: inquiry reveals PSI acted in negligent manner
NT NETWORK PANAJI A crime branch police sub-inspector acted in a negligent manner over the information provided to him about the all brands promotion firm, which has allegedly duped several people in...
View ArticlePoinguinim, Polem villagers reject IIT project at Loliem
NT NETWORK CANACONA People from Borus, Maik, Iddar, Tamnem and Namas-Tamnem coming in the jurisdiction of Poinguinnim and Loliem-Polem village panchayats attended a meeting in large numbers on Sunday...
View ArticleNo end in traffic woes as bridge works continue
NT NETWORK PORVORIM Traffic congestion has been the order of the day along the national highway in Porvorim especially the approach road to the Mandovi bridge road owing to cable-stayed bridge works...
View ArticleGovt has introduced innovative methods of education: CM
NT NETWORK PANAJI Pointing out that the government has introduced new innovative scientific methods to improve the standard of education, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that the introduction of...
View Article36 ayurveda interns face uncertain future as provisional certificate refused
NT NETWORK PONDA Thirty-six Ayurveda interns of 2011-12 batch in Gomantak Ayurveda College and Research Centre (GACRC), Shiroda, who are presently doing their internship, face a bleak future with...
View ArticleDholavira site has first evidence of tsunami
NT NETWORK PANAJI National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) team has unearthed the world’s oldest known site to have been hit and submerged by a tsunami. Research provides an evidence of burial of parts...
View Article2009 Sharmila murder: 2 get life imprisonment
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Mapusa additional sessions court judge Vijaya Pol Monday sentenced accused Chandrakant Talwar, resident of Panaji, and Cyron Rodrigues, resident of Merces, to life imprisonment in...
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