32 dead in Ponda road mishaps in last 10 months
PONDA: The number of road deaths in Ponda taluka has seen a rise with 32 persons losing their lives in last ten months, compared to 29 deaths last year during this period. As per information gathered...
View ArticleShantaram wants amendment of National Waterways Act to denationalise Goa’s...
PANAJI: MP Shantaram Naik has given notice of a private member’s bill in the Rajya Sabha, for amending the National Waterways Act, 2016 , in order to denationalise six Goa rivers from the schedule of...
View ArticleWater, power woes leave Porvorim colony residents high and dry
PANAJI: Residents of Porvorim Journalist Colony and P&T Colony residents have expressed ire over power and water woes that they had to put up with over the last three days. An official in-charge...
View ArticleSirsaim locals demand 90% job reservation in mining company
MAPUSA : Hoping that mining operations will resume soon, the gram sabha of Sirsaim village panchayat on Sunday demanded that the villagers be given preference by a mining company located in the village...
View ArticleMan arrested for raping sister-in-law in Arpora hotel
MAPUSA: In a shocking incident that occurred on Sunday, Anjuna police arrested a Surat native for allegedly raping his sister-in-law in a hotel at Arpora. The alleged accused had come down to Goa on a...
View ArticleMentally unsound man held for damaging cars
NT NETWORK PANAJI Panaji town police arrested a mentally unsound person aged around 35-40 years for allegedly breaking the front windshield of vehicles near Government quarters in Bhatulem area on...
View ArticleGU VC pitches for scientific research as career
NT NETWORK PANAJI Vice-Chancellor of Goa University Prof Varun Sahni on Monday pitched for scientific research as a career and to serve the nation. Sahni was addressing Class XI students of science...
View ArticleEx-VMC councillors fail to get honorarium arrears of 3 years
NT NETWORK VALPOI The former members have demanded with the Valpoi Municipal Council (VMC) that their honorarium for the period 2013-16 be disbursed to them immediately. Some former councillors...
View ArticleGGEA threatens to stage march over non-implementation of 7th pay scales
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Goa Government Employees Association (GGEA) on Monday threatened to stage a march to the Secretariat any time after November 29 -. upon expiry of the 21-day strike notice to the...
View ArticleShack operators observe one-day hunger strike
NT NETWORK PANAJI Shack operators, on Monday, observed a token one-day hunger strike at the Paryatan Bhavan in Panaji to press for their demand of completing the shack allotment process. However, the...
View ArticleGovt will formulate schemes for cashew, cocoa cultivators: CS
NT NETWORK PANAJI Chief Secretary (CS) R K Srivastava, on Monday, said that the state government will formulate some schemes for the local cultivators of crops like cashew and cocoa, after interacting...
View ArticleMargao traders want ‘sales’ at Ravindra Bhavan stopped
NT NETWORK MARGAO After raising a ruckus over exhibitions being held at SGDPA ground, the Margao New Market Traders Association has raised a strong objection to ‘exhibition cum sales’ being held at the...
View ArticleBJP rules out providing special status to Goa
NT NETWORK PANAJI Virtually settling the issue of special status for Goa, once and for all, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said that “the chapter of providing special status to different states...
View Article108 ambulance breakdown claims life of accident victim
NT NETWORK VALPOI A youth, who suffered critical injuries in an accident on the Chorla ghat on Monday, died after a 108 ambulance, which was supposed to shift him to hospital for further medical...
View ArticleEMRI refutes allegations of youth dying due to ambulance breakdown
NT NETWORK PANAJI GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), which runs the 108 ambulance services in Goa, has acknowledged that the deceased Amol Patil could not be provided oxygen...
View ArticleTension at Hospicio over autopsy of Davorlim resident
NT NETWORK MARGAO Hospicio hospital witnessed a few tense moments over confusion of handing over the post mortem of a body who was ‘brought dead’ to the hospital. Tension was defused after the...
View ArticleWill strive hard to preserve Goa’s unique identity: CM
NT NETWORK PANAJI Giving up on the issue of special status for Goa, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday said that his government would, however, make all efforts to protect the unique identity...
View ArticleSpecial status to Goa will be Cong’s poll promise: Luizinho
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Luizinho Faleiro has said that the party will strive to get ‘special status’ for the state, if brought back to power by defeating the...
View ArticleMopa airport work to kick off in 2017, flight to take off in 2019
NT NETWORK PANAJI Coming out with the information that the construction work for the proposed International Greenfield Mopa Airport in North Goa would start at the beginning of 2017, while the first...
View ArticleMad rush at ATMs across Goa
NT NETWORK PANAJI The news of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 becoming invalid for transactions from the midnight of November 8 came as a shocker and people in the state were gripped with panic....
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