Gold worth Rs 65 lakh seized from toilet of Air India flight
NT NETWORK VASCO The air intelligence unit (AIU) of commissionerate of customs and central excise Monday early morning seized gold in the form of assorted jewellery and bars totally amounting to Rs 65...
View ArticleInmates living in unhygienic conditions at protective home
ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | NT PANAJI The living condition of victims at the protective home in Merces run by the department of women and child development has become neglectful and unhealthy due to improper...
View ArticleNow, BBSM to float political party
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) on Monday announced its plans to float a political party to contest the 2017 state assembly polls, for coming to power so as to settle the...
View Article3 cars damaged in Mapusa wall collapse
NT NETWORK MAPUSA A wall of fifteen metre height collapsed along the downhill road at Dattawadi, Mapusa, on Tuesday afternoon, thereby damaging the three cars which were passing by. The car occupants...
View ArticleGoa Forward threatens morcha on power department if demands not met
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa Forward has threatened to take out a morcha to power department and gherao the chief electrical engineer if their demands are not fulfilled. Some of the major demands include...
View ArticleFour months on, North Goa tourist taxi operators still await all-India permits
NT NETWORK PANAJI Around 60-70 North Goa Tourist Taxi Association members gheraoed the deputy director of transport M Pilarnkar, on Tuesday, over the delay in issuance of all-India permits for their...
View ArticleBJP-MGP alliance will continue: Parsekar
NT NETWORK MARGAO Ruling out a threat to the BJP with the BBSM deciding to form a political party to contest the forthcoming election against the party for ‘ditching’ it over MOI issue, Chief Minister...
View ArticleCommon effluent treatment plant to stop Cuncolim water pollution
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT PANAJI In what looks like slight progress on cleaning up water, which has been contaminated around the Cuncolim industrial estate, the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC)...
View ArticleGovt not to allow 2 EDMs simultaneously
NT NETWORK PANAJI Reiterating the government’s decision, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar has said that the state will not allow the organisation of two electronic dance music (EDM) festivals at the...
View ArticleExtent of RSS support to BBSM needs to be seen, CM says sarcastically
NT NETWORK PANAJI Reacting to the recent announcement of the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) as regards launching a political party under its patronage to settle the medium of instruction issue,...
View ArticleHC takes cognizance of 2 NT reports, registers petitions
NT NETWORK PANAJI The High Court of Bombay at Goa has taken suo motu cognizance of two reports published in ‘The Navhind Times.’ The reports were related to traffic woes on Porvorim road and the...
View ArticleAssembly session to ratify GST today
NT NETWORK PANAJI The one-day session of the state legislative assembly will be held on August 31 to ratify the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Bill earlier passed by the Parliament. Although the Bill has...
View ArticleGoogle to transform Goa into digital state
NT NETWORK PANAJI Internet services giant Google will now promote digital literacy in the state and help Goa become digitally empowered by providing its services to IT start-ups and helping businesses...
View ArticleMilitary agreement with US will leave India vulnerable to terror attacks: Cong
NT NETWORK PANAJI Expressing concern over the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) signed between the US and India, Congress has said that the country will be vulnerable to terror...
View ArticleMOI: public hearing in Mapusa sees pitch for grant stoppage
NT NETWORK MAPUSA The advisory committee, constituted by the government to look into the issues of medium of instruction and grants to English medium primary schools, held its first public hearing in...
View ArticleAnother ‘road blockade’ on Porvorim service road leaves residents fuming
NT NETWORK PANAJI The four-road junction near Azad Bhavan at Porvorim has been closed for vehicular traffic to facilitate mud-filling work, which has been taken up on a war footing; however, this has...
View ArticleMPT berth project finally gets govt nod
NT NETWORK PANAJI Mormugao Port Trust’s (MPT) redevelopment of berths 8, 9 and barge berths, proposed more than one-and-half years back, finally got the green signal from the government on Wednesday....
View ArticleGoa Dairy hikes milk price by Rs 3
NT NETWORK PONDA Goa Dairy will be increasing the prices of milk by Rs 3 to Rs 4 per litre from September 1 onwards, said chairman of Goa State Co-operative Milk Producers Union Ltd Madhav Sahakari on...
View ArticleBBSM must think twice before forming party: Dhavalikar
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) has refused to take seriously the announcement of the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) as regards floating a political party in Goa...
View ArticleEnsure orderly flow of traffic near site of third Mandovi bridge: HC
NT NETWORK PANAJI A division bench of the High Court of Bombay at Goa comprising Justice FM Reis and Justice Nutan Sardessai, while taking cognizance of the report published in ‘The Navhind Times’...
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