Vacant old CHC building in Canacona finds no utility
ALBERT FERNANDES | NT CANACONA It has been around 10 years since the old Canacona community health centre, which functioned from a building that was once a military barrack of the Portuguese, was...
View ArticleTerrorist infiltration in J&K under control, says Rajnath
NT NETWORK VASCO The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on Friday, said that the infiltration of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir is under control, and the situation is improving this year as compared...
View ArticleAAP cannot be an alternative for people in state: Congress
NT NETWORK PANAJI With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led government in Delhi running into trouble over its MLAs being accused of serious crimes, the Congress party said that the AAP cannot be an...
View ArticleAsilo building renovation work moving at snail’s pace
Arpita Srivastav | NT MAPUSA The work on the building that would house State Health Training Institute in Mapusa is moving at a snail’s pace. The project, which was supposed to be completed in December...
View ArticleTruckers decide not to install speed governors
NT NETWORK CURCHOREM North Goa Truck Owners Association and South Goa Progressive Truck Owners Association on Friday unanimously decided not to install speed governors in their trucks. The decision was...
View ArticleFears of radiation from mobile towers to be allayed in S Goa
NT NETWORK PANAJI The department of telecommunication in collaboration with the Goa State Pollution Control Board is organising a special awareness programme in South Goa villages on Sunday at 10 am to...
View ArticleMarine training centres may be set up in coastal states
NT NETWORK VASCO Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the Centre has adopted a comprehensive and integrated coastal security scheme, and disclosed that plans are afoot to set up marine...
View ArticleSkal holds felicitation programme
NT NETWORK PANAJI Skal International (Goa), a worldwide network of professionals promoting global tourism and friendship, held a felicitation programme for the children of the members, who excelled in...
View ArticleBust of Babu Naik installed at Damodar HSS
NT NETWORK MARGAO Acknowledging the yeoman service rendered by former Margao MLA and minister late Babu Naik, members of the parents teachers association of Damodar Higher Secondary School of Science...
View ArticleRally to highlight animal abuse in city on Sept 18
NT NETWORK PANAJI India Unites For Animals (IUFA) is organising a peace rally from Miramar beach to Mandovi ferry wharf from 4 pm to 7 pm on September 18. The India Unites For Animals is a citizens’...
View ArticleS Goa traffic cell vigilant on drunk driving
By Shyam Zambaulikar | NT MARGAO In order to keep check on drunken driving the police has initiated a drive wherein they are checking the conviction details in drunken driving and traffic violation...
View ArticleDrastic rise in theft cases in Salcete
NT NETWORK MARGAO There has been a steep rise in theft cases in several parts of Salcete, and in particular, Navelim, Margao, and Colva during the last eight months. Valuables such as gold, cash and...
View ArticleRs 1.5-lakh theft in densely populated Valpoi area
NT NETWORK VALPOI Burglars entered a house located in a densely populated Sayyadnagar in Valpoi, on Friday evening, by removing its roof tiles and decamped with a cash and jewellery, all worth Rs 1.50...
View Article6-year-old girl dies in truck-car collision at Mollem
NT NETWORK Ponda A six-year-old girl died while her family members sustained serious injuries after the car they were travelling in collided with an oncoming tripper truck near the Mollem check post....
View ArticleGSPCB has no say over location of mobile towers
JOAO SOUSA M | NT Principal Correspondent NAVELIM The Goa State Pollution Control Board has said that it has no say over the location of mobile towers and it is the telecom companies which decide the...
View ArticleBehare is chief of RSS unit in Goa
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has appointed Lakshman ‘Nana’ Behare as the new in-charge, the sanghchalak, and Mahesh Dhavalikar as the secretary, the karyavah, for Goa on the eve of...
View ArticleRafale deal almost in the bag
NT NETWORK PANAJI The eagerly awaited final clearance for the Indo-French Rafale deal could come any day now, with the price of the combat aircraft expected to be finally brought down from €11.6...
View ArticleProclaimed offender Shetkar dies while undergoing treatment
MARGAO: A proclaimed offender Rupesh Manguesh Shetkar, who was arrested by the Quepem police in major cheating cases and who was lodged in Sada jail, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Goa...
View ArticleEncroachments thrive at SGPDA market in Margao
Encroachments at the SGPDA market in Margao are rampant and the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to it with the fish vendors blocking access to the market. They also occupy a lot of spots...
View ArticleMixed response from Salcete villages to erection of mobile towers
NAVELIM: The crucial gram sabhas to decide the fate of the proposed 41 mobile phone towers in Salcete villages in South Goa for improving the infrastructure in view of the forthcoming Brazil, Russia,...
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