Cash payment rules the roost in Panaji market, finds survey
NT NETWORK PANAJI Taking forward the central government’s move towards a cashless economy, four nationalised banks along with the Corporation of City of Panaji carried out a survey on Tuesday in the...
View ArticlePolice probing Mintoo’s Goa connection
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Goa police have initiated a probe in the Khalistani terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo’s links with Goa. Mintoo was arrested by the special cell of the Delhi police at a railway...
View ArticleFrancis says Church has not taken umbrage at I-T notice
NT NETWORK PANAJI Condemning few disgruntled elements for giving political colour to the notice issued by the income-tax department to the economic wing of the archdiocese of Goa and Daman, Deputy...
View ArticleI-T notice not meant to penalise Church: BJP
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said that the recent issuance of a notice by the income tax department to the economic wing of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman has not...
View ArticleDespite oppn protests, Margao civic body condemns demonetisation
NT NETWORK MARGAO Notwithstanding protests by the BJP supported opposition councillors led by Rupesh Mahatme, chairperson of Margao Municipal Council (MMC) Babita Prabhudesai at a meeting on Tuesday...
View ArticleCong kicks off Janajagruti padyatra from Patradevi
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Janajagruti padyatra of the Congress party on Tuesday kicked off from Patradevi in North Goa in the presence of eminent party leaders. The fourteen-day rally is expected to cover...
View ArticleMintoo’s Goa links escaped probe
NT NETWORK PANAJI/PONDA Security agencies at the central level and in the state never probed the Goa connection of the Khalistani terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo, who had been arrested by the Punjab...
View ArticleCashless ATMs leave people high and dry
NT NETWORK PANAJI Automated teller machines at banks in the city ran out of currency notes early on Wednesday leaving most customers high and dry for cash. In fact, nearly 70 per cent of the machines...
View ArticleState rolls up its sleeves to go cashless by Dec 31
NT NETWORK PANAJI The state government is bracing to become the first cashless state in the country. All government departments in the state have been asked to switch over to cashless transactions by...
View ArticleCong workers rally in Calangute against BJP ‘U-turns’
NT NETWORK CALANGUTE In a show of strength, a large number of people from Calangute led by ex-MLA Agnelo Fernandes and deputy sarpanch of Calangute Joseph Sequeira took part in the Janajagruti Yatra...
View ArticleBypass work: Navelim farmers claim no compensation received
NT NETWORK NAVELIM The ongoing work of the western bypass has hit a new controversy with Navelim farmers making claims of not getting compensation and the locals alleging that the PWD has encroached...
View Article71-yr-old on way to Old Goa novena dies in car crash at Verna junction
NT NETWORK VASCO An occupant of a Maruti 800 car, Rocky D’Cunha (71), from Quepem, died in an accident that occurred at Verna junction in the wee hours of Wednesday. As per available information from...
View ArticleDriver nabbed at Keri check post after fatal hit-and-run in Karnataka
NT NETWORK VALPOI Valpoi police on Wednesday nabbed a driver of a goods-carrier jeep from Karnataka who was involved in a hit-and-run case, wherein two people died, at Kankumbi-Karnataka. According to...
View ArticleCrime Branch thwarts bid to hold bullfights at Agaccaim
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Crime Branch police on Wednesday foiled an attempt to organise bullfights at Bhate-Agaccaim. Based on a source information, the Crime Branch police team, headed by PI Dattaguru...
View ArticleGoa set to become first cashless state: CM
NT NETWORK VASCO Claiming that around 70 per cent of state’s population has access to at least one mode of digital payment and are ready to embrace cashless transactions, Chief Minister Laxmikant...
View ArticleShack operations delayed by another week
NT NETWORK PANAJI Government officials led by tourism department on Tuesday started the process of joint inspection to check for compliance of the location and position of the shacks and other...
View Article26-yr-old woman brutally murdered at Sanvordem
CURCHOREM: In a gruesome incident which took place at Mirabag, Sanvordem a young housewife was found murdered at her residence on Thursday morning. The Curchorem police informed that the deceased...
View ArticleGoa’s economy in a very bad state, says Luizinho
MAPUSA: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Luizinho Faleiro, on Thursday, said that Goa was number 1 state in the county, but now its economy is in a very bad state. The state, which was...
View ArticleDMA restores MMC’s order on space for burial, cremation
PANAJI: Director of Municipal Administration (DMA) Raju Gawas, on Thursday, restored the Margao Municipal Council (MMC)’s order which states that the religious bodies should provide space for burial...
View ArticleWork on city biodiversity register hit by ‘non-cooperation’
ABDUL WAHAB KHAN | NT PANAJI: The work on the preparation of people’s biodiversity register (PBR) for the Panaji city has been affected by the ‘lack of co-operation.’ The CCP councillors say that work...
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