Vanita death case: magisterial inquiry submitted to police
MARGAO A magisterial inquiry report into the death of Vanita Videsh Gaonkar who died after consuming poison at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim has been submitted to Quepem police by sub...
View ArticlePacheco seeks to merge GVP into UGDP
NT NETWORK MARGAO Seeking to merge his Goa Vikas Party (GVP) with United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) to slug it out against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the forthcoming assembly polls, former...
View ArticleModi to visit state mid-Nov
NT NETWORK PANAJI After much speculation, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stones for two major projects in the state namely international Greenfield airport at Mopa...
View ArticleWater hyacinths return to river Sal months after dredging
NT NETWORK MARGAO Barely months after 3.5 km stretch of river Sal was dredged, water hyacinth has returned to the river surface once again. Nearly 50 per cent of the dredged portion of the river is now...
View ArticleState’s first multi-level car parking facility thrown open to public in city
NT NETWORK PANAJI The long pending first multi-level car parking (MLCP) facility in the state was inaugurated on Monday by the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in Panaji. Speaking at the inauguration...
View ArticleIf Congress not interested in grand alliance, NCP will unite like-minded...
PANAJI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state chief Jose Philip D’Souza has said that if the Congress party is not interested in forming the grand alliance then the party will unite all other...
View ArticleTwo teenagers held for snatching ornaments
CURCHOREM: Curchorem, Sanguem and Quepem police, in a joint operation, succeeded in nabbing two thieves within 24 hours of complaints on Tuesday. According to Curchorem police investigating officer,...
View ArticlePrivate shack owners set up tables on Baga-Sinquerim beach stretch as...
CANDOILM: Private shack operators and hoteliers, who have set up tables on the Baga-Sinquerim beach belt, are making a fast buck by catering to the tourists, taking advantage of the delay on the part...
View ArticleCCP threatens legal action if work on ropeway project is not stopped
PANAJI: Commissioner of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) Dipak Desai has threatened to knock on court’s door if the work on Reis Magos ropeway project is not stopped. The Commissioner has...
View ArticleMapusa civic body to take up commercial project at garage site
MAPUSA: Almost a year ago, the Mapusa Municipal Council had announced to redevelop its garage complex, and now as all the hurdles in the path of the ‘redevelopment project’ are being cleared, the work...
View ArticleMargao fire hydrant system not ‘fired-up’
BY JOAO SOUSA M | NT MARGAO: The fire hydrant system in Margao is not functional, and a proposal to construct a 75 cubic-metre capacity overhead water tank to supply water to the system is also making...
View ArticleDrop in ‘ease of doing business’: Goa fared poorly on reforms
PANAJI: Goa’s poor performance in the reforms necessary for ease of doing business has led to the state slipping down from 19th to 21st position among states. According to Department of Industrial...
View ArticleThird Mandovi bridge: NGT directs state to seek CRZ clearance afresh
PANAJI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), while adjourning the hearing in the third Mandovi bridge case to December, has directed the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), to...
View ArticlePolice lapses come to light
PANAJI: There were severe lapses on the part of police in taking action against 15 villagers of Nirankal, Ponda involved in the razing of hutments belonging to members of monkey hunter tribe (Wanarmare...
View ArticleGSHRC gives interim relief to Bethora Wanarmares
PANAJI: Giving an interim relief to the members of monkey hunter tribe (Wanarmare community) whose hutments at Nirankal-Bethora were allegedly razed by locals last month, Goa State Human Rights...
View Article2017 polls will see straight fight between Cong and GSM-MGP alliance: Khalap
PANAJI: Senior leader of the Congress party Ramakant Khalap has claimed that the 2017 state assembly elections will be a straight contest between the Congress and the alliance of RSS rebel, Goa...
View ArticleSixth offshore casino not to operate till next hearing
PANAJI: The former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda’s Golden Globe Hotels Private Limited has given an undertaking to the High Court of Bombay at Goa that it would not, till the next hearing, operate the...
View ArticleOur education policy one of the best in country: CM
PORVORIM: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said the government will never compromise when it comes to investing in education, pointing out that Goa tops the list among literate states in the...
View ArticleMeet to decide on GVP merger plans today
MARGAO: The fate of Goa Vikas Party (GVP) will be decided on Thursday as the nine-member chief executive committee met on Wednesday to look into the plans of the party chief and former tourism minister...
View ArticleCalangute VP to issue licences to shacks if tourism dept doesn’t act promptly
CALANGUTE: Calangute village panchayat has passed a resolution to issue licences for the financial year 2016-17 to all shack operators in the jurisdiction of the panchayat if the tourism...
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