Varca not under CCTV watch since BRICS summit
NT NETWORK VARCA The CCTV cameras installed by Varca panchayat at key junctions, to monitor the movements of people in the village following spate of robberies, are presently in a non-functional state....
View Article58% of Goa panchayats are financially weak
NT NETWORK PANAJI Over 57 per cent of the state’s panchayats have been dubbed as financially weak panchayats. According to data for the year 2015-16, 110 of the 190 panchayats in the state received...
View ArticleGrowing MGP-BBSM proximity putting BJP on the back foot
NT NETWORK PANAJI The future of the alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) will become clear following the meeting of the central committee of...
View ArticlePolice seize Rs 40 lakh in new currency from small-time businessman
NT NETWORK PONDA Crime Branch police has seized new currency notes worth over Rs 40 lakh from a small-time businessman in Ponda on Tuesday. Superintendent of Police Karthik Kashyap confirmed the...
View ArticleState BJP rejects govt’s trade circular on cashless regime
NT NETWORK PANAJI Moving on the back foot, the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday requested Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar to immediately withdraw the November 30 trade circular...
View ArticleGoa Forward Party asks SGPDA not to approve Margao ODP in hurry
NT NETWORK MARGAO Goa Forward Party members, on Tuesday, urged the SGPDA not to hurriedly pass the outline development plan (ODP) for Margao. The party members led by Prashant Naik alleged that...
View ArticleObservatory president sore over poor Junta House maintenance
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Association of Friends of Astronomy (AFA), which manages the Public Astronomical Observatory, set up under the Department of Science and Technology, has claimed that the works...
View ArticleDemonetisation: cereal, pulses traders claim 50% drop in business
NT NETWORK PANAJI Cereal and pulses wholesalers and retailers in the city are claiming that ever since the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes has been announced by the Centre their...
View ArticleBritona residents block Malim road demanding repair
NT NETWORK MALIM The agitated residents of Britona and surrounding areas, on Tuesday, under the banner of Britona Villagers Front gathered near the Malim Circle and protested against the PWD Minister’s...
View ArticleProbe into missing CCTV cameras demanded
NT NETWORK VASCO The former deputy chairperson of Mormugao municipal council and NGO Savera Trust Tara Kerkar has demanded immediate probe into the missing close circuit television (CCTV) cameras which...
View ArticleLong queues persist at banks
NT NETWORK MARGAO Long queues were seen at the Central Bank, Raia from where people had to return empty-handed as ATMs quickly ran out of money. Account holders had to wait for hours for cash to arrive...
View ArticleRow over tender for improvement of power cables in Cuncolim
NT NETWORK CUNCOLIM A fresh tender for renovation and improvement of the existing low tension power distribution network system in Cuncolim municipal area at a cost of Rs 3.5 crore has kicked off a new...
View ArticleSet up advisory panel on development: Francis tells MMC
NT NETWORK MAPUSA Claiming that it takes at least two years to process a development-related file, Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza, who is also the Mapusa MLA, asked the Mapusa Municipal Council...
View ArticleDispose of N Goa rent-a-car operators’ plea in 6 weeks: High Court to govt
NT NETWORK PANAJI High Court of Bombay at Goa has directed the state government to dispose of the application of rent-a-cab operators within six weeks. With no positive response from the state...
View ArticleChaos over ODP as SGPDA chairman holds 3 meetings
NT NETWORK MARGAO Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the South Goa Planning and Development Authority (SGPDA) office on Wednesday with the SGPDA chairman Mauvin Godinho holding three separate meetings –...
View ArticleHoarders of notes creating cash shortage in Goa: RBI
NT NETWORK PANAJI Currency shortage in Goa, although acute, is being contradicted by the local office of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which says that the state has enough currency for its needs....
View ArticleRs 70 lakh in Rs 2,000 notes seized in Porvorim; 2 detained
NT NETWORK PANAJI Porvorim police Wednesday afternoon seized currency notes worth Rs 70 lakh in the denomination of Rs 2,000 from two persons near a mall in Porvorim. According to police, Ramesh...
View ArticleSoon, poders may have to register bicycles with local bodies
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goan bakers, locally known as ‘poders,’ may soon have to register their bicycles, which are used to sell pao or bread, with the local bodies with proper display of the registration...
View ArticlePão losing its taste as old baking method not followed
NT NETWORK PANAJI/MARGAO The Goan pao is losing its unique taste and texture. The traditional taste of the pao (bread) is changing due to the different materials that are used in the baking process by...
View Article27-yr-old comes under wheels of water tanker, dies
NT NETWORK VASCO A 27-year-old pillion rider Pradip Shirodkar of Alto-Dabolim died on the spot after he came under the rear wheels of a moving water tanker at Vaddem on Thursday evening. According to...
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