BRICS Summit: police issue security advisory
PANAJI: The Goa police have issued a security advisory in view of the BRICS Summit-2016 which will be held in Goa later this month. In the advisory, which has been issued to hotels, mall and casinos,...
View ArticleMGP seeks more time to decide on tie-up with GSM
PANAJI: The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party on Monday sought more time on forging an alliance with the newly-formed political party Goa Suraksha Manch, a political wing of the Bharatiya Bhasha...
View ArticleNow, no encumbrance for installing mobile towers
NAVELIM: Riding roughshod over the opposition to the installation of mobile towers, the government has issued directives to mobile companies to install mobile towers in villages without seeking...
View ArticleSalvador do Mundo villagers object to hill cutting
SALVADOR DO MUNDO: A builder in Salvador do Mundo has illegally carried out hill cutting using a JCB to construct a 10 meter road near the Hindu crematorium at Quitela waddo in survey no 264 belonging...
View ArticleSpecial meeting on revision of electoral roll held at Mapusa
MAPUSA : Following the direction of the chief election officer, a special council meeting was held on Sunday at Mapusa municipal council where all booth level officers of the constituency were...
View ArticleSwimming pool sponsored by GSL to come up in Vasco soon: Carlos
VASCO: Cleanliness drives were held in various parts of Mormugao taluka on Sunday to observe the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. As part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the Mormugao municipal council in...
View ArticleRua de Ourem bridge work may take another 18 months
PANAJI: The much talked about the Neugui Nagar bridge or Rua de Ourem creek bridge that would connect Mala to EDC Complex, Patto Plaza will take another 18 months for its completion, revealed sources....
View ArticleCalangute sarpanch, deputy booked for road digging
CALANGUTE: Mapusa PWD-WDXIII executive engineer Bramhanad Naik, on Tuesday, filed a complaint at the Calangute police station against Calangute sarpanch Anny Fernandes and deputy sarpanch Joseph...
View ArticleNew corporation to give fillip to waste management
ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | NT Staff reporter PANAJI: The state will have a Goa Waste Management Corporation, which will start functioning in December handling all types of waste. At present, different...
View ArticleGoa police roll up sleeves for BRICS Summit
PANAJI : After the Indian Army conducted surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the scale of threat perception to the BRICS Summit to be held in Goa has increased, said deputy...
View ArticlePoor demand for low-grade ore casts shadow on mining in Goa
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT Principal correspondent PANAJI: The lackluster demand for low-grade ore is going to be a dampener for iron ore mining in the new season, said mining companies on Tuesday. The...
View ArticleCornered Damu resigns as ESG chairman
PANAJI/MARGAO : The government on Tuesday relieved Damodar (Damu) Naik from the responsibility of chairmanship of the Entertainment Society of Goa so that the former Fatorda MLA completely devotes...
View ArticleVermin: wildlife act shields them from govt action
SHOAIB SHAIKH | NT Staff Reporter PANAJI: The government cannot declare peacock and gaur or Indian bison as vermin as the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, has provided absolute protection to these...
View ArticleMapusa fish vendors decide on steps to streamline market operations
MAPUSA: To streamline operations of Mapusa fish market and ensure its upkeep, the Mapusa fish vendors association, on Wednesday, resolved not to allow more vendors into the market citing that it is...
View ArticleFour nominations for Margao by-polls
MARGAO: Deputy collector and returning officer for by-election to ward number 21 of Margao Municipal Council (MMC) Ajit Panchwadkar informed that, in all, four candidates have filed nominations for the...
View ArticleReading still holds importance in today’s world: Sawaikar
CURCHOREM: South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar recently inaugurated the Aradhana Rural Library, which is shifted to the newly-constructed premises at Molkarnem in Sanguem taluka. Sanguem MLA Subhash...
View ArticleGMC pulled up over bio-medical waste disposal
The solid waste management cell (SWM) set up under the department of science and technology has found that the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) is not adopting proper collection and segregation...
View ArticleNo proper record of e-waste generated, disposed off
Sans any monitoring system, there are no records of e-waste generated and disposed off by residential, commercial establishments and government sector. The state pollution control board has been found...
View ArticleWaste management in state dysfunctional
Opposition to charging of garbage fee, non-availability of space for disposal and lack of equipment for collection are problems often cited by local bodies in solid waste management. On a daily...
View ArticleElvis joins AAP to “do something for Goa”
PANAJI: Former senior officer of the Goa civil services Elvis Gomes on Wednesday joined the Aam Admi Party and was welcomed into the party by AAP senior leader and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi...
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