22 students injured in Curchorem mishap
CURCHOREM: Twenty-two students of the St Ann’s High School, Thivim in Bardez taluka were injured on Thursday when the bus in which they were travelling went off a narrow road at Hodar, Curchorem....
View ArticleMeet on Dec 12 for awareness on EVM use
PANAJI : In a communiqué, the Election Commission of India has informed the chief electoral officer that the commission will have a meeting for awareness on the use of electronic voting machine and...
View ArticleNew voters’ list to come out in Jan
PANAJI : The voters list to be published in first week of January 2017 will have around 11.07 lakh voters compared to the previous number of 10.85 lakh. Sources said that compared to the previous...
View ArticleNote exchange fraud: banks told to follow RBI guidelines
PANAJI : The Goa Bank Employees Association has asked its members to adhere and not violate any guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India while dealing in financial transactions at the banks. The...
View ArticleNo cheers for Goans on payday
PANAJI : The first payday after the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes had people queuing up at the banks for withdrawal of their salaries. Bank employees have anticipated worse days in the...
View ArticleCorporation to monitor functioning of waste treatment facilities
PANAJI: The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC), which will ensure effective monitoring and management of waste treatment facilities that are in place and those that are taking shape in the state,...
View ArticleUproar over DMA order on burial, cremation
MARGAO: People cutting across religious lines have flayed the director of Municipal Administration (DMA) for restoring the Margao Municipal Council’s (MMC) order to religious bodies to provide space...
View ArticleMargao civil registrar, statistics director at odds over birth/death...
ROQUE DIAS | Senior Reporter MARGAO: The civil registrar cum sub registrar and director of planning and statistics department, Margao seem to be at loggerheads over the issue of issuance of birth and...
View ArticleUnending delay compelling shack operators to run business sans tourism licence
CALANGUTE: Fearing further loss of business due to delay caused by the government, few shack owners along the Baga to Sinquerim coastal belt have already set up shacks and started running the business...
View ArticleMaritime committee to ensure timely implementation of coastal security measures
PANAJI: The government has constituted the Goa State Maritime Security Committee (GSMSC), headed by the Chief Secretary, to review timely implementation of various proposals pertaining to maritime...
View ArticleMiscreants go on rampage, smash windshields of 19 vehicles at Chimbel
PANAJI/CHIMBEL: Chimbel residents were in for a rude shock after 19 vehicles were damaged in the locality by unknown miscreants in the early hours of Friday. According to Old Goa police, it is not...
View ArticleHarrowing time for bank employees
SHOAIB SHAIKH | NT Staff Reporter PANAJI: The demonetisation of high-value currency notes has led to strenuous times for the bank employees and a number of them are facing serious health problems,...
View ArticleSwipe card users made to pay a fee
SHOMA PATNAIK | NT Principal Correspondent PANAJI : People in Goa are at the receiving end of the government’s move towards cashless economy. Several people have complained that hotels, shops and...
View ArticleNo compulsion on traders: CM
PANAJI : Stating that the trade circular issued by the office of the commissioner of commercial taxes giving only ten days time to all the manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, dealers and other...
View ArticleGovt pushes businesses to go cashless in 10 days
PANAJI: Following up with its intent towards cashless economy, the government has ordered all manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, dealers and members of trade to go cashless in 10 days. Through a...
View ArticleBJP failed to fulfill poll promises: Luizinho
BICHOLIM: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Luizinho Faleiro has alleged that the BJP has failed on all fronts to fulfill demands of the people by giving false assurances. He asked...
View ArticleDemonetisation effect: cash-strapped foreign tourists feel vacation wasted
JOSEPH PINTO | NT CANDOLIM: Foreigners along Baga-Sinquerim stretch, who have come down for a holiday in Goa, are also facing the effects of demonetisation move of the central government. As regards...
View ArticleMigratory birds back at Maimollem lake after de-weeding work
Sudesh Bhosle | NT VASCO: The Maimollem lake in Vasco, which has been de-weeded recently, has turned into an ideal spot for migratory birds with several avian species flocking to the lake and also...
View ArticleAAP urges Goans to consider 2017 polls as ‘final war’ against BJP
CHINCHINIM: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharati on Wednesday challenged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to carry out an audit of the wealth owned by all elected representatives prior to being...
View ArticleFacilities for differently-abled in state one of the best in India: Parrikar
PANAJI : Predicting that Goa will become the top state in the country, if it provides all facilities to differently-abled students here, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday equated the...
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