Babush case: cops looking out for white car with tinted glasses
PANAJI: Goa police, probing the minor girl’s rape case involving St Cruz MLA Atanasio (Babush) Monserrate, is on the lookout for a white colour car with tinted glasses. The car in question was...
View ArticleInstitute run by women for women
PANAJI: Practicing what it preaches, Masjid-ul-Abrar over the years has made concerted efforts to facilitate training and development of women from its premises. The mosque committee has also taken...
View ArticleMasjid-ul-Abrar: first mosque to allow entry for women post-liberation
SHOAIB SHAIKH | NT STAFF REPORTER PANAJI: Masjid-ul-Abrar at Sirvodem in Margao is the first known mosque that has allowed women to enter the premises in the state post liberation and also perform...
View ArticlePre-monsoon activity hits Goa
PANAJI: Pre-monsoon activity has started picking up in Goa and the state is expected to receive scattered light rain and thundershowers at isolated places during the next 24 hours. According to an...
View ArticleGoa students give thumbs up to skill development course
PANAJI: The mismatch between the information disseminated in the educational institutions and the requirement of the local industry could end faster than expected with the National Skill Qualification...
View ArticleI don’t find any seriousness in the opposition: Parsekar
Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar in an exclusive interview speaks to Ramnath N Pai Raikar about the present position of his government as well as BJP in the eyes of Goan public. He also shares his...
View ArticleBanks attach Vijay Mallya’s Candolim Kingfisher Villa
CANDOLIM: Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Villa in Candolim was Friday taken over by bankers’ consortium, represented by SBICAP Trustee Company Ltd (SBICTCL). North Goa Collector and District Magistrate...
View ArticleOne booked for misappropriating motor cycle, cash Rs 25,000
MARGAO: The Colva police have registered an offence against Malappa Konegal who was employed for renting out motor bikes for dishonestly misappropriating a motor cycle and cash of Rs 25,000 for...
View ArticleGSPCB to get motorboat for collecting water samples mid-stream soon
PANAJI: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) will receive fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) motorboat costing around Rs 40 lakh for collecting water samples mid-stream next week. This boat will...
View ArticleNCP members’ switch to Cong will not impact party: Philip
The Nationalist Congress Party state unit chief Jose Philip D’Souza feels that the move of some senior party leaders of joining the Congress would not impact the party functioning. D’Souza said that he...
View ArticleCong leader demands formation of minority commission
MARGAO: President of Congress minority cell Urfan Mulla, on Saturday, demanded with the state government to constitute a minority commission in the state and lay emphasis on the minority finance...
View ArticleBabush files bail plea, hearing likely tomorrow
PANAJI: Accused of allegedly raping a minor girl, St Cruz MLA Atanasio (Babush) Monserrate has filed a bail application before the children’s court, Panaji. The matter is likely to come up for hearing...
View ArticleWomen from all faiths revere Adnem saint
SHOAIB SHAIKH | NT STAFF REPORTER PANAJI: The Hazrat Shah Madar Auliya’s shrine has maintained the tradition in allowing women to enter the dargah in reverence of the Sufi saint. However, the women...
View ArticleIt’s ghar wapsi for Nilkanth, Trajano
PANAJI: Former tourism minister Nilkanth Halarnkar and former chief spokesperson of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Goa Trajano D’Mello on Saturday ‘returned back’ to the Congress party along...
View ArticleMagisterial inquiry into lathi charge on fishermen
PANAJI: The government on Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the May 12 incident of lathi charge on the fishermen, who were protesting against the use of LED lights by some fishermen for...
View ArticleGoa to get 4 evening colleges from this academic year
PANAJI: Following the record percentage of 90.10 as registered by the students at the summer 2016 HSSC examination conducted by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, the government...
View ArticleGoa to get 4 evening colleges
Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar along with chairman of EDC and MLA Sidharth Kuncalienkar going around the State Directorate of Craftsmen and Training stall after inaugurating the ‘EDU Next Goa 2016’...
View ArticleParrikar stresses on judicious use of water
MARGAO: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday stressed on judicious use of water as availability of water would be a major issue in the country in this century. Speaking at the...
View ArticleMormugao residents frustrated over water shortage
BY SUDESH BHOSLE | NT VASCO: Four constituencies in Mormugao taluka namely, Mormugao, Vasco, Dabolim and Cortalim are faced with acute water shortage. The residents face water crisis only during the...
View ArticleThird Eye
BJP will not flourish with imported MLAs, says Sudin Shadowman was in Margao for the feast on Sunday when he suddenly heard the siren of a VIP vehicle. It turned out to be the Chief Minister Laxmikant...
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