Clamour against Loliem IIT project grows louder
CANACONA: Notwithstanding heavy rains, over 200 villagers of Loliem-Polem village panchayat under the banner of Loliem Citizens Committee staged a rally from Loliem to Poinguinnim in protest against...
View ArticlePraful: NCP keen on alliance with secular forces to defeat BJP
VASCO: Stating that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is ready to cooperate with all secular forces in the state to defeat the “communal” Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the forthcoming assembly...
View ArticleColva gives nod for 2 mobile towers after CM’s warning
CARMONA/COLVA: In the backdrop of the warning issued by the Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar asking the village panchayats not to oppose setting up of mobile towers in view of the upcoming BRICS...
View ArticleMapusa civic body planning to build community toilets
MAPUSA: Renting of premises without a toilet facility is one of the reasons Mapusa is facing the problem of open defecation, and so the Mapusa Municipal Council is in planning to tackle the issue by...
View ArticleChicalim sarpanch tenders resignation
VASCO: Chicalim sarpanch Prajyoti Kudalkar has tendered her resignation to the director of panchayats. According to sources, Kudalkar was elected as the sarpanch with 6:5 votes in the 11-member...
View ArticlePotential bidders shown around Kingfisher Villa
PANAJI: A team of officials of the SBICAP (State Bank of India Capital Markets) Trustee Company Ltd, the subsidiary of State Bank of India (SBI), on Monday, commenced the exercise to auction Vijay...
View ArticleTender norms thrown to the winds in KA CCTV installation contract
PANAJI: The contract awarded by the Kala Academy (KA) for supply, installation and commissioning of the close-circuit television surveillance system in its premises appears to have grossly violated the...
View ArticleIIT project will be a boon for Loliem: Naik
Chairman of Nirakar Education Society, Loliem Prashant Naik, in an interview with Senior Reporter Roque Dias, reiterates support to the proposed IIT project on the grounds that it is non-polluting in...
View ArticleBleak response to health insurance scheme in Salcete
PANAJI: While the Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) has evoked a very good response in three constituencies of Panaji, Taleigao and St Cruz in the North, in a sharp contrast, there is poor...
View ArticleGCA president’s wife, daughter to be quizzed over FDs
PANAJI: Economic Offences Cell (EOC) of Goa police probing the multi-crore fraud in the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) will interrogate wife and daughter of GCA president Chetan Desai in order to...
View ArticleRelieved of state duties, Elvis Gomes weighing options including AAP entry
PANAJI: The government has accepted senior officer of Goa Civil Services Elvis Gomes’ notice for voluntary retirement. Gomes, who stands relieved from service immediately, said that the option of being...
View ArticleNCP keen on alliance with Congress, other secular parties
PANAJI: Announcing keenness on forming an alliance with Congress or any other secular party for the forthcoming assembly elections slated next year, senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader...
View ArticleCentral, state Cong differ over alliance, casinos
PANAJI: Central Congress leadership, displaying divergent views from that of the local leadership, has continued to maintain that the final decision on forming an alliance with any national or regional...
View ArticleAAP to prepare manifestos for youths, state and constituencies
PANAJI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will prepare three types of manifestos – one for the state, one for youths and other at all constituency level, which the party claimed will act as a ready reference...
View ArticleAssolna digging raises suspicion about mobile tower installation
ASSOLNA: Villagers of Assolna opposed digging for alleged installation of an illegal mobile tower late Tuesday night amidst attempts by the police to cover-up the incident. The police refused to carry...
View ArticleUrban co-op credit societies throw norms to the winds while accepting deposits
PANAJI: Despite being in existence for about two and half decades, urban co-operative credit societies in Goa are only now waking up to the responsibility of screening their depositors’ background or...
View ArticleRed tape leaves dead trees by Salcete roadsides
JOAO SOUSA M |NT NAVELIM: While authorities are busy cutting down hundreds of trees as a part of the preparation for the forthcoming BRICS summit, several dead trees along the National Highway 17...
View ArticleThree years after Porvorim violence, cops chargesheet 51 Nigerians, Ghana...
PANAJI: Almost three years after a group of Nigerians and a Ghana national resorted to violence along the National Highway (NH-17) at Porvorim causing damage to property and allegedly assaulting police...
View ArticleChild care homes starved of central funds for 6 years
Abdul Wahab Khan | NT PANAJI: With the state government dragging its feet on formation of child protection unit (CPU) for the past six years, the state has failed to receive central funds for child...
View ArticleSyringe assault on Mapusa advocate
MAPUSA: In a shocking incident, a Mapusa-based lawyer was allegedly attacked by three persons who tried to inject some liquid into his body by a syringe and then strangulate him, on Tuesday morning....
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