Panaji to see triangular contest
PANAJI: A triangular contest has been ensured in the Panaji constituency for the assembly elections in 2017 between the Bharatiya Janata Party’s MLA Siddharth Kunkolienkar, Aam Aadmi Party’s Valmiki...
View ArticleSardinha’s son Shalom joins AAP
PANAJI/MARGAO: Former South Goa MP and Congress veteran Francisco Sardinha’s son Shalom Sardinha joined the Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday. AAP Goa’s secretary Prakash Dattaram Naik announced the...
View Article‘Living Christian life is not easy in India’
PANAJI: Living a Christian life is not easy in this country and it has been difficult to carry out our activities, said auxiliary bishop of Ranchi Theodore Mascarenhas, who is also general...
View ArticleGoa-Tirupati train service to start soon
NT NETWORK CURCHOREM Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu Sunday said that the Goa to Tirupati special train service will start by January-end benefitting many Goans. Prabhu was in the state to lay...
View ArticleChicalim VP aims first to go cashless from Dec 15
NT NETWORK VASCO The Chicalim gram sabha which met on Sunday has unanimously resolved to make Chicalim Village Panchayat cashless from December 15. Speaking to this daily, Chicalim Panchayat sarpanch...
View ArticleBRICS logo selected through open contest: Shantaram told in RS
NT NETWORK PANAJI Union Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs Gen V K Singh (retd) informed Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik that the BRICS logo was selected through an open contest...
View ArticleECI directives for facilities to persons with disabilities
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued directives for ensuring adequate and quality facilitation of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) to ensure their constructive...
View ArticleWill win Bicholim seat this time: Parrikar
NT NETWORK SANKHALI Stating that BJP has been instrumental in undertaking construction of several bridges in the state, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar assured to seek financial help from the...
View ArticleDemonetisation: panel says bank staff running out of patience due to workload
NT NETWORK PANAJI General secretary of All India Bank Employees Association C Venkatachalam said that even after so many days of demonetisation, the problem of acute cash shortage still persists due...
View ArticleGSCB to launch mobile banking facility for cashless transactions
PANAJI: The Goa State Co-operative Bank (GSCB) in its endeavour to adopt cashless transactions will be launching a mobile banking facility, based on SIM sleeve technology which can be used even...
View ArticleCM urges youths to educate family members on cashless transactions
PANAJI: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, on Monday, launched Goa Yuva Samvad Yojana in the state, under which the youths in the age group of 16-30 years would be provided a SIM card with 100...
View ArticleLack of engineers at BDOs hampering VP works
CALANGUTE: Failure on the part of the government to appoint executive engineers at the BDO offices in the state is hampering the execution of the development works in village panchayats. The works...
View ArticleNeed extensive study on impact of depleting oxygen level on marine life: Francis
PANAJI: There is a need to conduct an extensive research to document the impact of the depleting oxygen level in the Arabian Sea on the marine life, Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza said....
View ArticleMall, underpass in the offing in Ponda
Nirgosh Gaude | NT PONDA: Four major development works of a mall, underpass, renovated garden and a city centre project (recreation and parking project) proposed by the Ponda Municipal Council (PMC)...
View Article22 illegal seasonal huts of Benaulim resort demolished
PANAJI: The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) on Monday demolished 22 seasonal wooden huts of Ace Hotels & Resorts in Benaulim, which were constructed in the no-development zone (NDZ)...
View ArticleNow, payment above Rs 5,000 to govt contractors through electronic mode
PANAJI: Any payment above Rs 5,000 to be made by government departments to suppliers, contractors, grantee/loanee institutions etc will now be made through e-payment mode so as to attain the goal of...
View ArticleThis Goa election, vote and get instant feedback
PANAJI: The 2017 state assembly election in Goa will witness upgradation of the electoral process in the state with the introduction of the Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine, thus...
View ArticleAguada lighthouse among 78 selected to be tourist centres
PANAJI: The Aguada lighthouse is among 78 lighthouses identified across the nation by the Ministry of Shipping for developing them as centres of tourist attraction. This information was provided by...
View ArticleGovt to go ahead with IIT project: CM
PANAJI/MARGAO: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar Monday said that the state government will go ahead with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) project at Loliem despite opposition from the village...
View ArticleFirst phase of Chicalim sub-district hospital ready, to be inaugurated on Dec 15
NT NETWORK VASCO Dabolim MLA Mauvin Godinho on Tuesday disclosed that the much-awaited inauguration of jogger’s park behind the SMRC Hospital at Chicalim and the first-phase of the state-of-the-art...
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