Demand for Congress ticket to only Cuncolkar in Cuncolim
MARGAO: Putting up a united front and kicking-off the election campaign in Cuncolim constituency in the presence of AICC member and coordinator Shiwan K, Congressmen of Cuncolim constituency, on...
View ArticleGovt team demarcates shack areas in Calangute
CALANGUTE: A team of officials from tourism department, GCZMA and Goa State Pollution Control Board demarcated areas for shacks in tourism department property at Gauravaddo, Calangute. However, the...
View ArticleMargao councillors seek hike in honorarium
MARGAO: The Margao Municipal Council (MMC) resolved to demand hike in honorarium of chairperson (to Rs 30,000) and that of councillors (to Rs 25,000). This resolution was passed at the special meeting...
View ArticleGMFSS vows to continue agitation for ‘special provision’ for Goa
PANAJI: Resolving to continue its agitation for getting ‘Special Provision,’ and not ‘Special Status’ for Goa, to preserve and protect the unique identity of the state, the Goa’s Movement for Special...
View ArticleEduardo: state can enact laws to protect land
PANAJI: Stating that the enactment of new laws can help meet the ‘objectives of special status,’ the former Union minister Eduardo Faleiro made it clear that it is neither necessary nor it is possible...
View ArticleBeing humane: Wanarmares finally enfranchised
PONDA : Wanarmare tribals from Nirankal who had been pushed to the wall for seeking voting right have been enfranchised as their applications for the right was accepted by the poll panel. The election...
View ArticleMoney changers at the end of their tether
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT Principal Correspondent PANAJI : Demonetisation has brought the local foreign exchange market to a standstill. Goa’s currency dealers said on Tuesday that buying and selling of...
View ArticleMovement of goods not on right track
PANAJI: Movement of goods by trucks into Goa has slowed down as a consequence of reduced retail sales of goods, vegetables, fruits and provisions. Only one truckload of rice came to the city market...
View ArticleRoulette is swinging, say casino operators
PANAJI : While most businesses have been hit by demonetisation and the liquidity crunch prevailing in the economy, Goa’s floating casino players in a show of bravado have said that business is...
View ArticleProfiteering thrives in various hues in Goa
PANAJI: A week after the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, the state is witnessing profiteering in various ways, including the old-age promissory notes and Hundis making...
View ArticleDemonetisation ruins wedding party
ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | NT Staff Reporter PANAJI It is time for lavish wedding to move over, as reduced budget wedding makes its way this season. Cash-starved people who are getting married are cutting down...
View ArticleBanks subject note exchangers to ordeal
NT NETWORK PANAJI The money exchange facility, started by the central government at the banks and the post offices, to facilitate smooth transfer of new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 currency notes to the...
View ArticleHard-pressed migrant workers leave Goa
SHAIKH JAMALUDDIN | NT Staff Reporter PANAJI The demonetisation of high-value currency notes has severely affected the migrant labourers engaged in the construction industry. The affected labourers are...
View ArticleCops to go soft on cash-starved traffic violators
NT NETWORK PANAJI The demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes has hit the enforcement drives of the traffic police. Sources said that due to the shortage of currency notes police personnel...
View ArticleMauritius looking to set up ayurvedic facility with Indian partnership
NT NETWORK PANAJI Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth, on Wednesday, said it is looking to set up an ayurvedic medicine manufacturing facility in collaboration with an Indian partner. He was...
View ArticleED keeping eye on forex dealers in state
NT NETWORK PANAJI The enforcement directorate (ED) is keeping a close watch on money changers (forex) in the state owing to the inputs they have received pertaining to funneling of black money to...
View ArticleWorkers cannot go on strike without notice: CCP
PANAJI: The city Mayor Surendra Furtado on Wednesday said that the workers of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) just cannot proceed on strike from November 17, as they have not given the...
View ArticleMapusa government complex staff asked to use rear side vacant space for parking
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Bardez mamlatdar Dasharath Gawas has asked all government offices, housed in the government complex at Morod, to direct their staff to utilise the space on the rear side of the...
View ArticleAlina reiterates demand for special status
NT NETWORK VASCO Minister for Science and Technology Alina Saldanha has said that she is still pursuing the demand of special status category for Goa and is fully supporting Goa’s Movement for Special...
View Article32-yr-old clothes trader held with Rs 1.65 lakh ganja
NT NETWORK PANAJI Porvorim police has arrested a 32-year-old clothes trader from Kolhapur Maharashtra and seized ganja worth Rs 1.65 lakh during a raid conducted on Wednesday at Porvorim. The accused...
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