Caitu gets breather from HC
NT NETWORK PANAJI Giving relief to Benaulim MLA Caetano Silva on dual citizenship row, the High Court of Bombay at Goa has set aside the order of central prescribed authority holding Silva a Portuguese...
View ArticleBeach shacks may not come up soon
NT NETWORK PANAJI The CRZ clearance for putting up shacks is likely to get delayed as reconstitution of the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority, and final report of the National Centre for...
View ArticleRahul for early declaration of Cong candidates
NT NETWORK PANAJI Asking the Goa pradesh Congress committee “not to confuse the cadre” by involving in discussions for forging alliance, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told the state...
View ArticleMeeting on Mhadei dispute postponed
NT NETWORK PANAJI The first round of talks of the Chief Ministers of Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka over the Mhadei water dispute which had been scheduled for Friday in Mumbai has been postponed. Chief...
View ArticleThey acquiesce to make way for new Zuari bridge
SHAIKH JAMALUDDIN | NT Staff Reporter PANAJI The villagers who will lose their land and houses, and most of all ‘matyecho mog’, to make way for an approach road for the new Zuari bridge are grudgingly...
View ArticleEducation department for stern action against agitating Balrath employees
NT NETWORK PANAJI Asking the school managements to take a stern action against the agitating employees of the Balrath, Education Department has summoned the managements to take stock of the situation....
View ArticlePetrol pumps not to buy fuel from oil cos on Nov 3, 4
NT NETWORK VASCO The petrol pump owners across the state have decided not to purchase fuel on two consecutive days – November 3 and 4 from the oil companies as a mark of protest over their long pending...
View ArticleCCP asked to issue notice to city mall over parking issue
NT NETWORK PANAJI Additional District Magistrate, North Goa, Naveen L S, in a letter to the Commissioner of Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) has informed that the city mall authorities have...
View ArticleCabral to seek CID probe into Kakoda murder if no headway
NT NETWORK CURCHOREM With there being no breakthrough in the murder of senior citizen Shobha Karmali which was committed on October 7 in broad daylight in her residence at Madhegal-Kakoda, Curchorem...
View ArticleFour injured in bus-truck mishap at Cuncolim
NT NETWORK MARGAO Four passengers including a school student were injured in an accident between a bus and loaded truck. Due to the accident the student was unable to answer her examination, said...
View ArticleShamba faces FIR
NT NETWORK PANAJI The government has given its approval for registering a first information report against deputy superintendent of police Shamba Sawant in an alleged disproportionate assets case....
View ArticleFive people held for illegal supply of diesel
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Panaji police have claimed to have busted a racket in the illegal supply of diesel on Friday at the Captain of Ports jetty, Panaji. Five persons have been arrested while a tanker...
View ArticleStrong pitch for withdrawal of grants to English primary schools
NT NETWORK PONDA Stating that medium of instruction at primary level should be in local languages, most of the members of parent teacher associations and school management committees in Ponda taluka on...
View ArticleBalrath employees withdraw their strike for now
NT NETWORK PANAJI The strike of Balrath bus drivers and attendants has been put on hold till November 20 after education director Gajanan Bhat held a meeting with the union president and...
View ArticleKTC to rope in private buses for Canacona-Margao route
ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | NT Staff Reporter PANAJI The state-owned Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited will rope in private buses by December to operate on the Canacona-Margao route on trial basis. Private...
View ArticleCamurlim farmers object to marking of zone for sand extraction
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Camurlim farmers, under the banner of Camurlim Tenants Association, objected to the marking of a proposed zone for sand extraction at Vagali in the village. The farmers fear that sand...
View ArticleMajor reshuffle in state AAP
NT NETWORK PANAJI Aam Aadmi Party on Friday witnessed major reshuffle in its state unit. The party has appointed Elvis Gomes as convenor. “Elvis Gomes, a bureaucrat who resigned from service recently,...
View ArticleOld Goa floating jetty to help ease traffic congestion during feast
NT NETWORK OLD GOA The new floating jetty at Old Goa will be of a great help to Goans, domestic tourists and foreign visitors, especially, during feast and exposition as it will facilitate travel by...
View ArticleSouth ZP to seek clarification on plan for nationalisation of rivers
NT NETWORK MARGAO South Goa zilla panchayat has unanimously resolved to write to the government seeking clarification on plans for nationalisation of rivers. The zilla panchayat, at a meeting, decided...
View ArticleSattari farmers want monkeys, langurs declared as vermin
VALPOI: Farmers from Sattari, on Tuesday, came together to form an organisation called – Sattari Shetkari Jagruti Manch, at Valpoi. Responding to the plight of locals and farmers, spokesperson of the...
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