On Aug 28, late in the evening, two unidentified assailants opened fire at Shrinivas Nayak, director of Majestic Pride Group, which operates offshore and onshore casinos in Goa, as he was leaving the hotel for his residence Panaji: The crime branch of Goa Police has apprehended three suspects in connection with the Aug 28 shootout…
Churchill Bros has completed the signing of Melroy Assisi from Diamond Harbour Panaji: Churchill Brothers FC can start registering players again after FIFA lifted the national registration ban imposed on the club last week.FIFA had imposed a three-window registration ban on the club, which restricted the two-time former I-League champions from registering new players. The…
Mapusa: Persistent barking by a family pet and neighbourhood dogs foiled a house robbery attempt at Siolim-Marna early Tuesday, alerting the residents and forcing two suspects to flee. The suspects were later caught by local youths and handed over to Anjuna police.The suspects allegedly attempted to enter Catrina D’Cunha’s house through the rear entrance and…
Panaji: IIM Nagpur’s Council for Logistics, Infrastructure, and Project Management signed an MoU with the PWD on Wednesday, in the presence of road transport minister Nitin Gadkari. Chief minister Pramod Sawant said the MoU will lead to a study, with a report expected within six months, aimed at decongesting key junctions and reducing road accidents…
Panaji: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said he has proposed a short flyover at Bhoma to ease local fears that NH 66 expansion could damage nearby houses and temples. He added that the temple lake will also be beautified as part of the highway project. Bhoma residents have been demanding a bypass, citing concerns that…
The facility has been established to pump 150MLD of raw water to the Assonora water treatment plant and meet the requirements of Porvorim and Pilerne Panaji: An additional 150MLD of water will be pumped from the new Amthane pumping station from Oct 1, boosting supply to Bardez taluka, including Porvorim and Pilerne, water resources minister…
Panaji: Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said Goa Ujjwala Yojana was an annual scheme and urged people to submit their forms.Sawant said that as promised in his budget speech, state govt will soon increase the amount of Dayanand Social Security Scheme (DSSS) and the Griha Aadhar Scheme.He said govt has authorised sarpanchs, secretaries,…
Panaji: The state cabinet on Wednesday granted ex-post facto approval for the extension of service of Dr Jai Prakash Tiwari, dean of Goa Medical College (GMC), till Sep 30, in public interest.The state cabinet also granted approval to transfer a total of 4,401sqm of govt land to the department of archives for the construction of…
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Panaji: GFP has written to chief secretary Candavelou asking him to direct the authorities to process and release all pending salaries of the 458 teaching and non-teaching employees without further delay, in accordance with the directions of the high court and the assurance given on the floor of the state assembly.GFP president Vijai Sardesai said…
