Modi, Putin resolve to fight terror together
MARGAO: Stating that Russia has expressed its support to India in its fight against cross-border terrorism and has always been a strategic partner of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said...
View ArticleGhumat-aarti contests help in preserving culture: Godinho
VASCO: Dabolim MLA Mauvin Godinho has said that ghumat-aarti competitions have always helped in promoting the talent of young and budding artists and also serves as a platform to create awareness on...
View ArticleAfter Usgao road rage incident, Curti witnesses another one
PONDA: A day after the Usgao road rage incident, that resulted in a mob going on a rampage, a similar incident was witnessed in Curti on Sunday wherein a group of youths damaged a car and assaulted...
View ArticleIf rivers are nationalised, what will happen to Mhadei issue, asks Vijai
MAPUSA: Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai on Sunday said if the rivers in Goa are nationalised then what would happen to the Mhadei water dispute issue and sought to know whether once the Mhadei river is...
View ArticleBRICS leaders admire Pattnaik’s sand art on monuments of 5 nations
PANAJI: Amid the BRICS Summit, heads of the states visited the sand sculptures of monuments of all the five member countries created in the lobby of the BRICS Summit Hotel in South Goa. India’s...
View ArticleMake text of agreements with Russia available on website: Shantaram
PANAJI: Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik, in a statement issued on Sunday in Goa, where BRICS Summit is being held, said that on the first day of summit, a number of agreements /MOUs were signed between...
View ArticleBRICS-BIMSTEC outreach Summit
BRICS leaders along with ministers during the signing of MOU for Establishment of BRICS agricultural research platform. A MoU on mutual cooperation between diplomatic academies was also signed
View ArticleBIMSTEC meeting calls for joint efforts to fight terror
MOBOR: In a stinging attack on Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said it “embraces and radiates” the darkness of terrorism which has become its “favourite child” and pitched for decisive...
View ArticleMove on BRICS rating agency not on track
BENAULIM: India pushed ahead with efforts to get a BRICS credit rating agency set up at the summit on Sunday as a counter western rating institutions but faced lack of consensus over the move which...
View ArticleBRICS aims at enhancing business opportunities
MARGAO: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the BRICS Business Council is working closely with the National Development Bank on identifying and implementing economic projects with...
View ArticlePak ‘mother ship’ of global terror: Modi
MARGAO: Denouncing Pakistan as “mother ship” of global terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said those who nurture, support and sponsor forces of violence and terrorism are as much a...
View ArticleLokayukta rejects govt plea to vacate stay on Rs 328-cr power dept tenders
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Goa Lokayukta has refused to vacate stay in a case relating to state electricity department tendering process. During an earlier hearing, the Goa Lokayukta had stayed tender...
View Article15 Nirankal locals booked for damaging Wanarmare tribe houses
NT NETWORK PONDA Terming the people of monkey hunter tribe (Wanarmare community) a nuisance to society, a group of villagers from Nirankal-Bethora in Ponda demolished 13 hutments belonging to the...
View ArticleNCP has placed demand for 7 seats for Congress tie-up: Jose Philip
NT NETWORK MARGAO Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has placed a demand for seven seats including Vasco and Benaulim with Congress during talks on Congress-NCP alliance for the forthcoming election, its...
View ArticleOmkar discharged in Vagator murder attempt case
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Sessions judge, North Goa, has discharged Omkar Palyekar in an alleged assault and murder attempt of a Nigerian in 2012. He was booked by Anjuna police over alleged unlawful assembly,...
View Article5 Oppn MLAs top ADR list for most number of questions asked in House
NT NETWORK PANAJI Five Opposition MLAs have asked the most number of questions in the assembly sittings of this term, revealed a report by Association of Democratic Reform (ADR). Bhaskar Assoldekar...
View ArticleCong ‘chargesheet’ decries betrayal by govt
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Congress party on Monday launched its attack on the BJP by releasing a ‘chargesheet’ detailing state government’s failures during the last four years. The 12-page document titled...
View ArticleBIMSTEC for action against nations backing terrorism
PTI MOBOR In a veiled but obvious reference to Pakistan, influential regional bloc BIMSTEC on Monday called for “strong” measures against nations which encourage, support and finance terror groups,...
View ArticleHow murder plot went awry
NT NETWORK PANAJI Bite marks on the body of the murdered perfume specialist Monika Ghurde are of the accused Rajkumar Singh, the forensic dentistry tests have confirmed. Singh was subjected to medical...
View ArticleNo threat to bauxite mining in Goa
NT NETWORK PANAJI Unlike Maharashtra’s bauxite mines that are facing shutdown, bauxite mining in Goa faces no threat of closure, clarified sources in the mines department. The sources have said that...
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