Cops focus on websites linked to matka operations
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Crime Branch police probing the alleged nexus involving policemen, politicians and matka operators have come across a number of websites related to matka operations. According to...
View ArticleChaos in Aquem cemetery over MMC’s controversial order
NT NETWORK MARGAO Aquem in Margao witnessed chaos on Saturday afternoon after the parishioners were shocked to see four unknown persons including a female taking advantage of an order issued by Margao...
View ArticleGovt to set up special geriatric wards at GMC
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday announced setting up of two to three special geriatric wards at the Goa Medical College Hospital in the near future to take care of the...
View ArticleLuizinho emphasises on unity in party
VASCO: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Luizinho Faleiro said that there is a need of forming ‘mahagatbandhan’ among Congress leaders and workers in the state and not with other political...
View ArticlePonda sees sudden surge in drug cases
PONDA: Drug cases in Ponda, cultural centre of the state, have seen a sudden spurt this year, raising concerns over the future of the youths of the taluka. Against 2 cases last year, Ponda has...
View ArticleNavelim villagers want CM to apologise over ‘weapons’ remark
NAVELIM: Navelim gram sabha on Sunday demanded an unconditional apology from the Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar for making irresponsible statements of using ‘weapons’ if village panchayats did not...
View ArticleTension at Mangueshi after work on ‘illegal’ project resumes
PONDA: Tense moments were witnessed in Mangueshi on Sunday after locals took law into their hands over issue of an alleged illegal construction and damaged two parked cars near the project site. The...
View ArticleCoastal stretch in pathetic state, not ready to host tourists: Calangute locals
CALANGUTE: Issues regarding poor infrastructure, drug and prostitution menace were the highlights of the special gram sabha of Calangute on Sunday. Villagers pointed out that the basic infrastructure...
View ArticleVerem naval base officials raise concern over overgrown trees, constructions
REIS MAGOS: In the backdrop of Uri terror attack, the INS Mandovi naval base at Verem will be writing to the concerned authority to ensure that the trees around the naval base compound wall are pruned...
View ArticleEducationists give thumbs up for Loliem IIT project
Educationists from Loliem have come out in favour of the proposed IIT project at Bhagvati plateau in Loliem saying that such a non-polluting project would be a boon to the villagers. Speaking to ‘The...
View ArticleCM takes BBSM party launch in his stride
PANAJI: Retorting that the newly formed Goa Suraksha Manch must be the first political party in the country which is launched with the objective of defeating other political party rather than aiming...
View ArticleBBSM launches its political outfit to defeat BJP
PANAJI: The Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch on Sunday launched its political faction – Goa Suraksha Manch – with the primary objective to dislodge the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state...
View ArticleFirst chartered flight arrives carrying 495 Russian tourists
VASCO: The first chartered flight carrying 495 tourists from Russia arrived at the Dabolim airport on Sunday, ushering in the new tourist season in the state. Air Rossiya’s chartered airliner, which...
View ArticleDecor for IFFI 2016 will not be handled by reputed art director
PANAJI: The decor for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2016 to be held from November 20 to November 28, will not be handled by a reputed art director as is the general practice, but by...
View ArticleCong: govt should reject move to nationalise 6 state rivers
PANAJI: The Congress party, on Monday, demanded that the Goa government should reject the central government’s move to nationalise six state rivers as “the decision is anti-Goan.” The party threatened...
View ArticleResolve to keep surroundings clean: Governor tells people
CANACONA: Pointing out that Goa is bestowed with natural beauty and all efforts must be made to preserve it, Governor Mridula Sinha said, “We must make a resolution to keep our surroundings clean.”...
View ArticleAll panchayats will be brought under e-governance in 2-3 months: Arlekar
PONDA: Pointing out that all panchayats in the state will be digitalised and inter-linked under the digital India mission in two-three months, Panchayat Minister Rajendra Arlekar said that it will...
View ArticleNigerian duo held in Delhi for duping armyman’s wife of Rs 8 lakh in state
PANAJI: Goa cyber crime police have arrested two Nigerian nationals for their alleged involvement in an online fraud wherein a wife of an Army Colonel was reportedly cheated to the tune of Rs 8 lakh....
View Articleoa can set example on rabies eradication: CM
MAPUSA: Pointing out that the state has been adopted by Mission Rabies to eliminate rabies completely because Goans are cooperative, understandable and being a small state it will be easier to make Goa...
View ArticlePublic outcry compels MMC to withdraw its ‘thoughtless’ order
MARGAO: Putting an end to the unwarranted controversy, chief officer of the Margao municipal council Y B Tavde on Monday said the civic body has withdrawn the order which had enjoined private...
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