Goa News

Cuncolim: Cuncolim Municipal Council (CMC) chairperson Kiran Naik along with local MLA Clafacio Dias and chief officer heard grievances of vendors of Cuncolim market and assured them of resolving the same at the next municipal meeting. Earlier this month, Dias had conducted an inspection of the Cuncolim market after receiving several complaints over platforms meant for vendors at the market, …

NT NETWORK Vasco The directorate of transport has made mandatory having taxi badge, 15 years domicile and police clearance for all the taxi operators in the state and the circular in this effect has come into force from October 16. Briefing media about the circular issued by the directorate of transport on Wednesday, the Minister for Transport Mauvin Godinho said …

NT NETWORK Panaji In a bid to help treat sanitary waste and give a push to menstrual hygiene, the Goa State Urban Development Agency has invited private bids for supply and installation of sanitary pad incinerators with warranty and on-site maintenance support for three years in 147 schools and colleges of the state. The work will be tendered for a …

NT NETWORK Panaji Stating that the use of power generators without permission is illegal, the state electricity department on Wednesday warned of initiating action against those resorting to such practice. The department has made mandatory for all consumers to have prior permission from the concerned electrical inspector before commissioning of the domestic generator (DG) set in homes, firms, shops, hotels, …

NT NETWORK Vasco The directorate of panchayats has laid down restrictions on the issuance of construction licenses and occupancy certificates to multi-dwelling and commercial projects in all the village panchayat jurisdictions across the state until the panchayats comply with Solid and Liquid Waste Management Rules. Addressing a press conference in Dabolim on Wednesday, Panchayati Raj Minister Mauvin Godinho said that …

NT NETWORK Panaji Dropping the idea of taking up the construction work of new bus stand in Margao on public-private partnership basis, the state government has decided to take up the project through its own funds. The discussion on taking forward the new bus stand project in Margao was held in a meeting at Secretariat, which was chaired by the …

NT NETWORK Panaji With close to 500 individuals involved in coordinating, assisting and pre-event planning, the state is all set to host the mega, three-day Vibrant Goa global summit from October 17- 19. Organisers have roped in around 400 senior students from local colleges, the engineering institutes and Goa University (GU) as ‘buddies’, who are escorting international delegates from the …

NT NETWORK Panaji/Margao Lightning claimed two lives in the state even as many parts of the state received thundershowers accompanied by gusty winds on Wednesday. A 43-year-old woman from Barcem in South Goa, who was proceeding home through fields along with another woman, collapsed all of a sudden and became unconscious after lightning struck the fields. She was later declared dead at the …

NT NETWORK Panaji The state government on Wednesday granted in-principle approval to ‘Sunburn Klassique’ to hold an electronic dance music (EDM) festival in Goa at December-end. The interim approval has been granted to host the event on December 28, 29 and 30 at Vagator in North Goa. “We have today given in-principle approval to Sunburn Klassique to host the musical …

NT NETWORK Panaji In retaliation to the Saligao residents recently not allowing wet garbage trucks from Panaji areas to enter the Saligao waste treatment plant and blocking them in the village, the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) Wednesday sent back 28 sewage tankers from North Goa coastal belt that were heading towards the sewage treatment plant at Tonca. …