High command culture could erode AAP support base
NT NETWORK PANAJI As the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi has been beset with ‘upheavals’, the people in Goa are having a second thought on support to the party. The common contention has been...
View Article3 Canacona dispensaries run with ‘stopgap’ doctors
Albert Fernandes | NT CANACONA The government has put healthcare infrastructure in place in Canacona, but not ensured that they are well-equipped. For instance, three rural medical dispensaries- one...
View ArticleMunicipalities, CCP asked to recover sopo dues
NT NETWORK MARGAO Director of municipal administration Elvis Gomes on Monday said chief officers of the municipalities and the CCP commissioner have been directed to make all attempts to recover the...
View ArticleColva p’chayat plans to set up wet garbage treatment plant, but faces land...
By Joao Sousa M | NT COLVA Colva village panchayat is planning to set up a Rs 2.5 crore wet garbage treatment plant, however, land availability is a concern. Speaking to this daily, sarpanch Menino...
View ArticleSalcete, Mormugao gram sabhas to decide on mobile tower requests
NT NETWORK NAVELIM Amidst opposition to setting up of mobile towers in various villages, the Salcete BDO has dashed notices to 11 Salcete panchayats and seven panchayats in Mormugao taluka asking the...
View ArticleAmbora- Camorlim under-construction highway a ‘hazard’ for farmers, motorists
NT NETWORK MARGAO The highway construction work at Ambora- Camorlim has become a problem for the farmers as the material used in the work, including stones and mud, has washed into the cultivable...
View ArticleCabbie arrested for assaulting 2 at Dabolim
NT NETWORK VASCO Dabolim airport police have arrested a driver of a yellow black taxi cab for allegedly assaulting two persons on Monday evening. As per police information, the incident took place at...
View ArticleVarious programmes to mark Bicholim Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav
NT NETWORK BICHOLIM The 11-day Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav celebrations in the state including Bicholim began with fervor on Monday. In Bicholim, the Ganesh idol was brought in procession at the venue in...
View ArticleIllegal nurseries in barren fields mushroom along NH17
By ARPITA SRIVASTAVA | NT MAPUSA While the agriculture department is working hard to come up with an agriculture policy for the state, there is a need to revive the Goa Fruit and Ornamental Plant...
View ArticleGovt provides infrastructure facilities as children are wealth of nation:...
NT NETWORK PANAJI The children are wealth of a nation due to which the government is making all out efforts to provide them necessary infrastructure facilities with a view to support their future,...
View ArticleGovt planning to start undergraduate courses in vocation streams: CM
NT NETWORK MARGAO Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) has a great scope in the state and the government is planning to start bachelor degree courses in...
View ArticlePeople should decide on MOI tangle: Sisodia
NT NETWORK MAPUSA/VASCO Senior AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday that the row over the medium of instruction should be decided by the people of Goa. Sisodia,...
View ArticleLong Chaturthi weekend brings boom to tourism
NT NETWORK PANAJI Tourist arrivals in the state touched a new peak during the three-day weekend for Ganesh Chaturthi, according to players in Goa’s transport and tourism industry. On Tuesday, most...
View ArticleKarnataka CM invites Parsekar and Fadnavis for talks on Mhadei row
NT NETWORK PANAJI Karnataka Chief Minister S Siddaramaiah in a letter to his Goa counterpart Laxmikant Parsekar has extended an invitation to hold first round of talks to resolve the dispute over...
View ArticleBad roads expose hollowness of Goa’s tourism promotion
NT NETWORK PANAJI While the state cabinet has approved setting up of a ropeway between Panaji and Reis Magos to promote tourism in Goa, the tourists visiting the state are dejected by the conditions of...
View ArticleSMS complaint facility against public transport fails to click
Abdul Wahab Khan | NT PANAJI As many as 255 bus operators were fined by the transport department in the last two-and-a-half years based on complaints received from commuters through SMS complaint...
View ArticleSalcete VPs tread with caution on notification over token house numbers
NT NETWORK NAVELIM Salcete panchayats are treading with caution over a fresh notification passed by the government to issue token house numbers to illegal houses. Fearing implications, many panchayats...
View ArticleSopo dues: from clerks to top levels involved, alleges Furtado
NT NETWORK PANAJI Welcoming the decision of the director of municipal administration Elvis Gomes, on sopo dues, the Mayor of Corporation of City of Panaji, Surendra Furtado has said the decision should...
View ArticleTo progress in life, students must read good books: Karve
NT NETWORK BANDORA To progress in life students must read good books. In an era of social media, parents and teachers must be responsible for increasing the reading habits in children, said Prof N D...
View ArticleImmersed PoP Ganesh idols wash ashore at Baina beach
NT NETWORK VASCO A large number of Ganesh idols made up of Plaster of Paris (PoP) washed ashore at Baina beach on Wednesday morning after it was immersed by people during the late evening on Tuesday....
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