Thivim man held for raping 16-yr-old
PANAJI/MAPUSA: Goa police have arrested two accused persons on charges of allegedly raping a minor girl while one more accused is said to be on the run. Incidentally two of the accused arrested are...
View ArticleCM’s intervention in halting ‘illegal’ recruitment in PWD sought
PANAJI: Goa Trade and Commercial Workers’ Union, affiliated to All India Trade Union Congress, has written a letter to the Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar urging him to immediately intervene “to stop...
View ArticleMargao kabrastan: Collector seeks say in seven days
MARGAO: In order to resolve the long-pending Margao kabrastan issue, South Goa Collector Swapnil Naik on Friday asked the proponents and opponents of the proposed site to submit documents within seven...
View ArticleNCP open to alliance with Cong, like-minded parties: Patel
PANAJI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is open to pre-poll alliance with the Congress party or any other secular party to give a better alternative to people other than the Bharatiya Janata Party...
View ArticleGSM, Shiv Sena join hands
PANAJI: Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) and Shiv Sena on Friday formally announced their alliance for the state legislative assembly polls slated in 2017. The alliance is part of the tri-party coalition of...
View ArticleTalk time, connectivity bonanza for youth
PANAJI: Ushering in the gift of digital connectivity to the youth, the state cabinet on Friday approved the Goa Yuva Sanvaad Yovjan to provide free talk time and data on the mobile phones. Youth in the...
View ArticleState approves Seventh Pay
PANAJI: The state cabinet on Friday accepted the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission to implement new pay scales to all the government and government-aided employees. Addressing the media...
View ArticleGoa jewellers exploring use of e-wallets
PANAJI: With jewellery sales taking a beating post demonetisation, jewellers in Goa are now trying out new modes of accepting payment such as e-wallets even as the traditional modes of payment like...
View ArticleDemonetisation effect: spurt in demand for cheques, ATM cards
PANAJI: Banks in Goa are reporting a sudden increase in demand for cheque books and ATM cards due to the cash crunch after demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes. With very little...
View ArticleCash crunch affecting Goan farming activities
BHIVA P PARAB | NT PANAJI: Following the demonetisation of high denomination currency notes by the central government, farmers in Goa, especially the smaller ones, have been facing acute cash shortage,...
View ArticleTraffic island near Arpora bridge turns into confusion spot for tourists
NT NETWORK CALANGUTE The traffic island at the new Arpora bridge on Arpora side, that has been constructed by the PWD, instead of serving its purpose, has become a confusing spot due to improper...
View ArticleElectricity official directed to inspect illegal connections on Agonda beach
NT NETWORK CANACONA The electricity executive engineer, Margao, Santosh Lolyekar, has directed the Canacona assistant engineer to carry out site inspection of illegal electricity connections taken by...
View ArticleThieves lay hands on cash, gold in Nuvem, Navelim house break-ins
NT NETWORK MARGAO Two house break-in cases have been reported from Nuvem and Navelim wherein cash and gold worth over Rs 13 lakh have been stolen. Police said that the exact estimate of the stolen...
View ArticleDumanem plant an eyesore as garbage spills on road
NT NETWORK CANACONA The Dumanem garbage treatment plant that lies along the road to Agonda and Palolem beaches has become an eyesore to tourists as well as a nuisance to locals. The machinery at the...
View ArticleStudent grievously injured while returning from movie as car goes off road
NT NETWORK SANKHALI Debudatt Trimurti (24), a student of Goa Institute of Management, Sankhali and a native of Odisha was seriously injured while four others escaped with minor injuries after a hired...
View ArticleWe must learn to live together: Karan Singh
NT NETWORK PANAJI Rajya Sabha MP Dr Karan Singh Saturday said that learning to live together is an important aspect of the society, as despite all the progress that the human race has made, the society...
View ArticleNew Rs 500 note makes its appearance in Goa, finally
NT NETWORK PANAJI Automated Teller Machines or ATMs in Goa have started dispensing the new Rs 500 notes from Saturday onwards, although the supply was not equal to the demand. Some ATMs of HDFC Bank...
View ArticleSalcete panchayats unaware of Centre’s solar power initiative
NT NETWORK NAVELIM The Union government’s ambitious project to switch over to renewable energy through solar power projects is finding no favour with Salcete panchayats in South Goa, as the local...
View ArticleBeware! online fraudsters targeting gullible women
AMRESH PARAB | NT PANAJI Women are proving to be easy victims when it comes to online frauds wherein fraudsters cheat people over the Internet by using social media sites. First Information Reports...
View ArticleChaos mars special Loliem gram sabha, no resolution on IIT
NT NETWORK CANACONA The Loliem-Polem panchayat, at the special gram sabha held on Sunday, failed to pass a resolution on the IIT proposed to come up atop the Bhagvati plateau in Loliem with the...
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