Arossim pontoon to be cut under supervision of CoP, MPT
NT NETWORK PANAJI The pontoon ‘Bhageerath-I’ that ran aground on Arossim beach last month will be cut and removed under the supervision of Captain of Ports (CoP) and MPT, officials in the know have...
View Article10,000 sq mts land acquired by police dept lying idle at Sonsoddo
Roque Dias | NT Senior reporter MARGAO With South Goa police and Margao Municipal Council (MMC) at odds over a prime piece of land in front of the district police headquarters where police have kept...
View Article87 Konkani, Marathi schools given permission in BJP’s tenure: CM
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that though the government is committed to its policy of supporting primary education in the state in local languages namely Konkani and Marathi, it would not be able to...
View Article50% ambulances of 108 service in ‘critical’ condition
NT NETWORK PANAJI With close to 50 per cent of the ambulances not in operation and a shortage of more than 25 per cent paramedics, the 108 ambulance service in the state is in need of emergency...
View ArticleGrading system for degree course colleges from 2017-18 onwards
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Monday said that the Choice Based Credit System would be implemented at the undergraduate level for the colleges affiliated to the Goa University...
View ArticleBabush’s injury marks may be result of masochistic behaviour
NT NETWORK PANAJI Since the arrest of St Cruz MLA Atanasio (Babush) Monserrate in the minor girl rape case, he has been taken to the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (IPHB) on a number of...
View ArticleBabush’s police custody extended by 3 more days
NT NETWORK PANAJI St Cruz MLA Atanasio (Babush) Monserrate’s police custody has been extended by three more days by the Children’s Court. Babush was arrested on Thursday last week on charges of...
View ArticleDeclare assets, liabilities by June 30, Lokayukta to public functionaries
NT NETWORK PANAJI All the public functionaries in the state have been issued a notice by the office of the Goa Lokayukta on Monday directing them to file details of their assets and liabilities for the...
View ArticleHSSC results tomorrow
PANAJI: The results of March 2016 HSSC examination conducted by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will be declared on May 12 at 3 p.m. The distribution of passing...
View ArticleBarge damaged as bottom brushes against sunken wreckage
VASCO: A barge carrying iron ore suffered damages after its bottom brushed against the wreckage of a sunken barge in the Zuari rivulet off INS Gomantak during the early hours on Tuesday. All the...
View ArticleNew CCP commissioner seeks presentation on revised smart city proposal
PANAJI: Deepak Desai, who has recently replaced Sanjit Rodrigues as the Commissioner of the Corporation of the City of Panaji, on Tuesday, said that he has sought presentation from the concerned...
View ArticleCity market tenants want lease agreement for shops
PANAJI: The Panjim Municipal Market Tenants Association has proposed to the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) two options for rent collection from the lessees, provided that the corporation...
View ArticleGold fails to ‘glitter’ this Akshaya Tritiya
PANAJI: The festival of Akshaya Tritiya, which usually sees a spurt in purchases, especially of gold, vehicles and flats has left Goa’s jewellery, automobile and real estate industries gloomy, this...
View ArticleOrdinance for regularising structures likely before Assembly’s July session
PANAJI: The government, in all probability will promulgate an Ordinance before the forthcoming three-week monsoon session of the state legislative assembly to be held in July, later this year, for...
View ArticleAtmaram Nadkarni appointed Addl Solicitor General
PANAJI: Goa’s Advocate General and senior advocate Atmaram Nadkarni has been appointed as the Additional Solicitor General of India. The appointments committee of the central cabinet has approved the...
View ArticleSeparate entrance test: BJP CMs pursuing demand with SC
PANAJI: Stating that the examination exercise for granting admissions to courses namely medicine and dentistry need to be still streamlined, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday said that chief...
View ArticleMajor opportunity for Goan youth to join IAF
PANAJI: The Ministry of Defence has decided to hold male recruitment drives for Goan youth in the musician trade and seven non-technical trades of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on June 3 and June 6,...
View ArticleOver 10% rise in anaemia cases among Goa children
PANAJI: The number of children in Goa in the age group of 6-59 months suffering from anaemia has increased by more than 10 per cent since 2005. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report 2015-16...
View Article1 booked for criminal trespass at Palolem
NT NETWORK CANACONA Hilary Fernandes a resident of Palolem Canacona has complained to the Canacona police that Kanaya alias Boy Pagi also a resident of Palolem at 2 pm on Wednesday criminally...
View ArticleGovt to set up permanent enrollment centres for Aadhaar card: Srivastava
NT NETWORK PANAJI The government has decided to set up permanent enrollment centres and will put into service mobile units to enable residents enroll under Aadhaar. The chief secretary R K Srivastava...
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