Velingkar: top state leadership of BJP plotting to oust me as secretary of...
PANAJI: Denying the allegations that he has used the premises of the Vidya Prabodhini educational institution for “political purpose.” and is responsible for not holding the election to the posts of...
View ArticleBaga-Sinquerim shacks can operate for only one year
CALANGUTE: Operators, who have been allotted shacks along Baga-Sinquerim beach belt, will be allowed to do business for only one season by the Tourism Department and not for 3 years like the rest of...
View ArticleRescued victims housed in shelter homes in a tight spot
PANAJI: Victims rescued from prostitution and lodged at different government and non-government shelter homes across the country are reportedly unable to exchange the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1000...
View ArticleDemonetisation: students hit hard as parents restrict cash outflow
ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | NT PANAJI: The student community has been severely hit by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move on demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 as most of them have no money for their...
View Article‘Our business has been affected by 35 per cent’
The demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes has hit the business of traditional bakers of the state. Vice-president of the All-Goa Bakers Association Joao Agostinho Gomes has told The Navhind Times...
View ArticleMODD NA: Cash crunch robs poders of their daily bread
ROQUE DIAS | NT Senior Reporter MARGAO : Traditional bakers (poders) in Salcete taluka have been severely affected by the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. The bakers have been hamstrung by...
View ArticleIndelible ink fails to make mark in Goa
PANAJI : Indelible ink meant to check repeat exchange of scrapped currency notes arrived in Goa late Thursday afternoon and only at branches of the State Bank of India. Other banks in the state have...
View ArticleGoa inches towards implementation of 7th pay panel
PANAJI: The implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission for the state government employees, in the month of December 2016 could be the last major decision of this government. Chief Minister Laxmikant...
View ArticleDemonetisation will affect BJP’s chances in polls: Sudin
PANAJI: The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party has stated that the November 8 decision of the Union government to demonetise the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes would definitely have an impact on the...
View ArticleGoans yet to lay hands on new Rs 500 notes
PANAJI: New notes of Rs 500 that have been printed by the government following announcement of demonetisation are yet to be spotted in Goa. Lead bank, SBI, revealed that the new Rs 500 currency has...
View ArticleParrikar: demonetisation has put fake currency out of circulation
MAPUSA: One of the reasons for rise in terrorism in Kashmir and Naxalism in North-East was the monetary support to it, said Manohar Parrikar Defence Minister, adding in addition to that there is a...
View ArticleGarbage menace haunts Baga-Sinquerim coastal belt
CALANGUTE: The tourism department has failed to keep the beach belt of Baga-Sinquerim clean. Garbage has not been lifted from the beach belt for days together. Demarcation for shacks is still being...
View ArticleThieves settle for mobile phones in Vasco robbery
VASCO: With demonetisation drive rendering the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denomination notes defunct, these currency notes seemed to have also become valueless for thieves. In two-three robbery incidents in...
View ArticleCyber crime police file charge-sheet against 36-yr-old man for tricking girls
PANAJI: Cyber crime police on Friday filed a charge-sheet before the children’s court against Chandrahas Rane for allegedly hoodwinking girls on a social networking site in sharing their nude...
View ArticleMechanical sweeper to keep Sanvordem roads dust-free
CURCHOREM: The residents of Sanvordem area have expressed happiness over the fact that a road sweeping machine has been launched in the area. The customised truck was launched on Friday at...
View ArticlePonda taluka constituencies now in S Goa
PANAJI: State chief electoral officer Kunal on Friday said the Ponda taluka, which includes four electoral constituencies namely Ponda, Priol, Shiroda and Madkai, will now become a part of South Goa...
View ArticlePoll panel registers 19,000 new voters
PANAJI : The office of the Goa chief electoral officer, which carried out summery revision of electoral rolls for the 2017 state assembly election from September 15 to October 14, including two special...
View ArticleMarkers, not indelible ink, do the job in Goa
PANAJI: Many banks and the head post office in the city on Friday were found using markers to mark the right-hand index finger of the customers who had come to exchange the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs...
View ArticleOnly 33% of Goa’s beach stretch should be used for shacks: study
PANAJI: The National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management in its interim report has suggested that only 33 per cent of beach stretch of the state be utilised for putting up beach shacks. The study...
View ArticleI-T raids on Fomento Group
PANAJI: The income-tax department on Friday conducted multiple raids across companies of the Fomento Group. Simultaneous raids were carried out in around 15 companies of the group located in Panaji...
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