Industry thrashes ASSOCHAM study on Goa economy
NT NETWORK PANAJI Industry in Goa has reacted sharply to the recent Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) study that strongly censured the state government for its failure to...
View ArticlePorvorim murder accused used email service without sending mail
NT NETWORK PANAJI Criminals resort to various methods to communicate with their accomplices so as to avoid getting traced. The Porvorim police have come across one such modus operandi in a murder case...
View ArticleGoa does not need a plan for mass tourism, say stakeholders
NT NETWORK PANAJI Tourism stakeholders on Thursday said that Goa does not need a plan for mass tourism but a proper strategy to attract high-end tourists so that the state could generate a good amount...
View ArticleFair price shops to be checked for poorly-stored foodgrain stocks
ROQUE DIAS | NT MARGAO Director of Civil Supplies Mayesh Korjuvekar, on Thursday, informed that a fresh circular will be issued on Friday to all the civil supplies inspectors to pay a visit to the fair...
View ArticleBuild more ultramodern waste treatment plants: Dave to state
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Union Minister for Environment Madhav Dave, during his visit to the Saligao waste treatment plant, suggested to the state government to build more such plants in the mission to...
View ArticleEC starts striking off names of those holding dual citizenship
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Goa, has already begun the exercise of deletion of names of those people from the state electoral rolls, who are holding...
View ArticleHC grants conditional bail to model Siddesh Juvekar
NT NETWORK PANAJI Justice C V Bhadang of the High Court of Bombay at Goa has granted conditional bail to the jailed convict Goan model Siddesh Juvekar. Suspending the jail sentence, pending the hearing...
View ArticleTCP revokes NOC, completion certificate of Curchorem building
NT NETWORK CURCHOREM Deputy town planner of Quepem Manguirish Verenkar has revoked the no objection certificate (NOC) issued for construction of a multi-storey building and also the completion...
View ArticleGoa, Telangana ink MoU to set up IT hub
NT NETWORK UTORDA Goa and Telangana on Friday signed a pact for mutual co-operation in the information technology sector making Goa the first state to sign a state-to-state agreement to work in the...
View ArticleMulti-crore fraud: ED registers money laundering case against GCA trio
NT NETWORK PANAJI State Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against the Goa Cricket Association officials Chetan Desai, Vinod...
View ArticleBBSM approves constitution for new party; pledges to defeat BJP
NT NETWORK PANAJI Laying the foundation for yet another regional party, Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) has finalised the constitution of the new political outfit which will oppose and work to...
View ArticleYoga to be introduced to class I-IV students of 100 govt schools post Diwali
NT NETWORK PANAJI The students from 100 government primary schools around the state selected by the department of education will start learning Yoga subject in their classes, after Diwali vacation,...
View ArticleBRICS meet resolves to share tech on air quality, garbage management
NT NETWORK MAJORDA Union Minister for Environment and Climate Change Anil Dave on Friday said BRICS nations have unanimously resolved to address issues especially concerning environment by mutual...
View ArticleBJP has fulfilled almost 90% of poll assurances: Tendulkar
NT NETWORK PANAJI The state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party Vinay Tendulkar, on Friday, said that his party has fulfilled almost 90 per cent of the assurances given to the Goan voters, in its...
View Article2 Moroccan stowaways arrested in Vasco
NT NETWORK VASCO The Vasco police have arrested two Moroccan nationals on Thursday for entering India without any valid documentations like passport and visa, thereby contravening the provisions of...
View ArticlePrice fall could affect e-auction, export of iron ore: GBOA president
NT NETWORK VASCO Goa Barge Owners Association (GBOA) president Atul Jadhav on Friday said that the fall in the price of iron ore in the international market could affect the e-auction of iron ore and...
View ArticleCM visits Apna Ghar, Sanjay School on PM’s birthday
PANAJI: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday paid a visit to Apna Ghar, Merces and distributed sweets to the inmates on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on Saturday. The...
View ArticleCM urges farmers to undertake orchard cultivation
PANAJI: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has called upon farmers to undertake orchard cultivation by availing benefits of various schemes being implemented by the Directorate of Agriculture to promote...
View ArticleICG expresses concern over security lapse onboard MT Greenwich Park
VASCO: Deputy inspector general of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), Goa Region, Manoj Baadkar, on Saturday, raised serious concern over the security lapse onboard the MT Greenwich Park, from where the two...
View ArticleSt Inez de-weeding mishap: FIR filed against operator
PANAJI: The Panaji police have registered a first information report (FIR) against weed cutting machine operator in the June 26 incident wherein the machine had turned turtle in the St Inez creek....
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