Mobile tower radiation well within limits in S Goa: DoT
PANAJI: Even as villages in South Goa district remain strongly opposed to the installation of mobile towers, a joint inspection team of officials from central government’s department of telecom and...
View ArticleState to give push to e-panchayat project
PANAJI : Refuting that the directorate of panchayats has failed to use the money from the Centre towards e-governance of the village panchayats in Goa, Minister for Panchayati Raj, Rajendra Arlekar...
View ArticleMan held for hoodwinking unsuspecting girls
PANAJI: The Goa cyber crime police have arrested Chandrahas Rane, a resident of Kalmamal, Borim Ponda, for hoodwinking girls in sending him their nude photographs. The accused used a social networking...
View ArticleKavlekar scotches rumours on offer from MGP
MARGAO: Congress MLA Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar on Friday scotched the romours that he has been approached by MGP leaders to join that political party to contest the 2017 assembly elections....
View ArticleGadkari says BJP will have pre-poll alliance with MGP
PANAJI: Coming out with the information that the Bharatiya Janata Party will contest the forthcoming state assembly election in a pre-poll alliance with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Union...
View ArticleGoa to have cruise terminal
PANAJI: Approaching the Goan voters with a bagful of goodies, which would also help the government in increasing its revenue as well as develop the infrastructure of Goa, Union Minister for Road...
View Article5-yr-old boy crushed to death at Cuncolim
MARGAO: A five-year-old boy from Margao-Gogol was crushed to death in an accident at Paricatto-Cuncolim on Saturday morning, informed Cuncolim police. The police said that the boy died after coming...
View ArticleChapora breakwater project will be completed in record time: Avertano
MAPUSA : Fisheries Minister Avertano Furtado alongwith Water Resources Minister Dayanand Mandrekar visited Chapora jetty and assured the boat owners of completing the breakwater project in a record...
View ArticleMore horticulture outlets will help beat rising prices: Francis
MAPUSA : Providing good quality vegetables at competitive prices, by opening more horticulture outlets in the state, will be of advantage to the people, said the Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza,...
View ArticleVasco civic building renovation: MLA holds meet over shifting of offices
VASCO: Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida held an emergency meeting of the officials of various government offices housed in the Mormugao Municipality building, to begin the process of vacating the building for...
View ArticleArea around Dabolim airport in need of ‘makeover’ for BRICS summit
VASCO: Even though barely 20 days are left for the BRICS – 2016 summit to begin in the state, which will witness five major economies including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa...
View Article‘Coloured’ fish: Avertano says dept has taken serious note
MARGAO: Fisheries Minister Avertano Furtado said that the department of Fisheries has taken a serious note of the cases of adding colour to fish and selling it to the consumers. Furtado was reacting...
View ArticleCongress bigwigs get a mouthful from block presidents at city meet
PANAJI: Congress leadership came under severe criticism from the block Congress committee (BCC) presidents in the state on Saturday. During a meeting in Panaji, the BCC presidents lashed out at the...
View ArticlePedestrians fall victim to reckless driving
PANAJI : Ninety-four pedestrians have died in road accidents over the last 18 months. The statistics have revealed that in 2015, 59 pedestrians lost their lives in road accidents while this year (till...
View Article16 websites of state govt hacked
PANAJI : Even as at least 16 websites of various departments of the state government were hacked allegedly by the Pakistan-based hackers at the beginning of this month, no complaint has been lodged...
View ArticleGoa ready to resume mining despite slump in industry
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT Principal correspondent PANAJI : Although demand for iron ore is down and international prices continue to be weak, Goa’s mining industry looks ready to commence operations ahead of...
View ArticleAvertano: pvt, public sectors should address unemployment issue in Goa
NAVELIM: The job fair organised under the National Career Service (NCS) initiative of the Union government on Sunday received a tremendous response with over 3,500 aspirants attending interviews for...
View ArticleHarmalkar–sketching crime suspects for last 25 years
PANAJI: Sanjay Harmalkar, a known personality in the field of art, has been assisting the Goa police by sketching portraits of unknown suspects for the last 25 years. However, Harmalkar does not know...
View ArticleMMC to install 10 CCTV cameras to check roadside waste dumping
MAPUSA: With an aim to keep an eye on those dumping garbage along the roadside, Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) has identified ten locations across its jurisdiction for installing CCTV cameras. Mapusa...
View ArticleTension erupts at Mangueshi after ‘illegal construction’ work resumes
PONDA: Tension erupted at Mangueshi on Sunday as residents of the locality and surrounding areas yet again stopped an ‘illegal construction’ being carried out by the developer of a mega project and...
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