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- Probe Sonsodo mess, demands citizens’ group |
- A chance for Goan students to interact with top scientists |
- Shack operators ask govt to supply chemical toilets |
- Police yet to disclose motive behind murders |
- 22 swine flu swabs sent for testing |
- Vasco killer was always at home |
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- Goa chief secy in Kejriwal wish-list, but can he go?
- Murder undertrial assaults cop at Sada sub jail
- Come RSS or VHP, Goa’s spirit of brotherhood will always live
- Be on guard for swine flu: DoE advisory to schools
- MGP still seems discontent, says would’ve been nice to get Morjim
- Eyes municipal polls on party lines
- Class XII Board exams begin
- K’taka bus passengers assault Fatorda youth
- VHP belittles Mother Teresa again
- Goa Forensic lab yet to pass the test
- Youth Cong want Dayesh, Gautam suspension revoked
- Goa University moots credit system for better employment
- Light rainfall likely for next 48 hrs
- Road named after tiatrist De Sa in Cuncolim
- Again: Parsekar, Parulekar off to Berlin, Milan
- Don’t vitiate State’s communal amity: Churchill to VHP leaders
- Denial of permission for rally at Colva criticized
- Rs 15 cr projects at Velim
- Nilkanth steps down from NCP post
- Tourism stakeholders’ meet inconclusive
- MMC notice to unsafe building on hill
- Birthday girl Alina has a teary showdown with CM & Satish Dhond over ZP seat allotment
- Alina aides demand Sancoale ZP seat for BJP
- VHP to ‘welcome’ communal home coming, in Goa, with ghar wapsi support
- Shantaram pulls out citizenship Bill on ‘promise’
- MGP says no differences over seat sharing with BJP
- Mickky reiterates it would be nice to contest 7 seats
- State cabinet clears 378 posts before poll code
- Prabhu puts Youngistan on track
- Govt takes ‘special’ care of SP Priyanka Kashyap
- BJP keeps 33 seats, 10 for MGP, 5 GVP & two to independents
- Mickky claims he has settled for 7 seats
- Final seat sharing arrangement today
- Shallom decides to stay away
- Bhagwat’s remarks against Mother Teresa draw condemnation
- Barge owners not to pay tax
- Suspension of mining ECs to be revoked: CM
- Mickky, Avertano slam RSS chief
- BJP okays tie-up with MGP, GVP
- Tourism dept moots electronic surveillance on beaches
- Show-cause to 4 shack operators for allowing transgenders’ dance
- ZP ordinance: HC notices to govt, election commission
- Bar owners allege Lobo’s hand in demolition of structures
- Kosambi study group condemns Pansare killing
- Alina says BJP will not concede Cortalim, Sancoale seats to GVP
- ZP poll expenditure limit increased
- Lobo protests against assault on student, social evils
- BJP-MGP want to keep alliance
- GVP likely to be only party in Salcete to contest on party lines
- Now, Cong opts out of ZP electoral contest
- Vasco MLA assures action
- Video of minor riding a Bullet goes viral on social networking sites
- Lobo, Vijai, Rohan hit BJP for a six during cricket tournament
- GPCC executive to take a call
- Govt faces Gram Sabhas’ wrath over delimitation
- Calangute PSI threatens a lady, but no action taken yet
- Not just ZPs, Shigmo too on party lines
- Villagers garner support for hunger strike at Calangute
- Another FIR against Calangute MLA
- House partly gutted at Sadolxem
- Saikia tags espionage scam at `10k crore
- 2 constables suspended, PI gets show cause
- BJP not to concede 19 seats to MGP
- Won’t contest on party lines: NCP
- Biker Yuvi zooms into Goa
- Fire engulfs three shacks, hut at Baga
- Model Code of Conduct for ZP polls from Feb 28
- Anti-Mopa battle will be fought on streets and court too: GFDO
- Vote bank politics sees huge spurt in South Goa BPL list
- Inclusive development must for equitable growth: Rajan
- Salcete coastline – Where OBCs are sidelined in their own home
- CM’s ‘outsider’ outburst has hurt sentiments in Vasco
- Police assault: John identifies two of his assailants
- Cong dares Mauvin to resign and contest on BJP ticket
- ZPs’ delimitation puts a spoke on plans of many
- Babush to be expelled, but what about Mauvin’s outbursts?
- Advertisers, like the masses, follow heroes but don’t like defeat: Padamsee
- Report on police assault on student likely today
- ‘Unfit’ beef arrives at Margao triggering call for action
- MMC workers say no to salary through bank
- Vijai slams Parsekar over Herald editorial
- Calangute police pick up and brutally beat 19-yr-old on trumped up theft charges
- Mauvin dares Cong to expel him
- No need for ‘outsider’ writer to wake up Goans: CM
- Parrikar left red-faced over Pak boat issue
- Govt under pressure to tackle swine flu
- Govt failed to cash on funds earmarked for tribal schemes
- 108 ambulance service staff on indefinite strike
- ‘3 years of working on 12-hr shifts, increment received was Rs 15’
- BJP firefighting unit steps in to douse the flames
- Stop hiding facts and answer these questions
- Utt Goenkara Utt, Nidhantlo Utt
- Congress has had it, to show Babush the door
- Babush says “Thanks, I’ve got my freedom”
- D-company shooter a real estate dealer too
- BJP is part and parcel of RSS: Ram Puniyani
- 400 tiatrists write off proposed censor board
- Parrikar plans to whitelist foreign defence companies
- From Bhai to Chota Bhai
- Dawood sharpshooter was a quiet neighbour in Saligao
- Cong executive resolves not to give tickets to dissidents
- Don’t read much into the poll result: GPCC
- Two scrapyards at Jackniband operate in defiance of p’yat body
- Top Dawood shooter arrested in Goa
- Nerul comunidade won’t give up land for ropeway
- Politics takes centre stage at Vijai’s Carnival blast
- Don’t interfere with tiatrists: Vijai, Lobo
- MGP for amendment to tenancy act
- Thick fog delays flights at Dabolim
- AAP against tiatr censor board
- For IAS-IPS couples posted in Goa, duty comes before cupid
- Tiatrists condemn govt move to censor tiatrs
- Loliem sarpanch knocked down by train
- Angry locals blame govt, say a bridge across Galgibaga River would have averted her death
- Mickky, Caitu welcome govt move to censor tiatr
- Modi to focus on taping solar, wind energy: Parrikar
- MGP submits ZP polls proposals to BJP
- 71% Panjimites vote for new MLA
- Skipper, teammate brawl in hotel room
- Goa govt drafts rules for a ‘censor’ board for plays including tiatrs
- Tiatrists brought this Govt to power. They didn’t object to us then
- Four days of King Momo’s reign of fun and frolic to kick start today
- Rickshaw caught transporting stolen material at Areal
- Ponda Carnival festival preparations in full swing
- Francis mulls civic polls on party lines
- MGP alliance: BJP in ‘catch-22’ situation
- Panjim goes to polls today
- Luizinho again threatens rebels with expulsion
- Shack owners’ chief calls for unity amongst operators
- Sinister designs behind razing of shacks: CRT
- Campaigning for Panjim by-poll ends
- M’rashtra asked to stop work on Virdhi dam
- Tourism Minister has caused the biggest damage to tourism: Calangute MLA
- Rohan, Lavu sing praises of AAP’s Delhi election victory
- AAP has big plans for Goa: member
- Vasco talks of change; wants AAP to contest in port town
- Sixth phase of ore e-auction from next week
- Let us change Goa together. For a people’s rule. For OUR rule
- ADR to release past records of newly elected Delhi MLAs
- Goa cadre AAP beat after Delhi poll results
- New Front ups ante against ZP elections on party lines
- AAP’s victory catches Goa’s imagination
- Goa’s ‘aam aadmi’ celebrates win
- Catholic MLAs not silent on Church attacks: Lobo
- Jaitley cautious on ‘new’ Swiss list
- Sada prison officials, convicts in burglary nexus?
- HRD ministry rejects IIT land at Dhargal
- Govt keeps Gadgil’s report on flawed Environment Assessment reports for mining leases under wraps
- ‘Ghar Wapsi’ will never touch Goa: Parrikar
- Play it safe: Tourism dept to Candolim watersports operators
- Neri, Oswald back on CCBI posts
- Parsekar, Javadekar meet on ECs cancelled
- E-auctioned ore fetches over Rs 100 cr royalty
- Lorna is a hit at Herald’s Goa Festival
- Parsekar seeks annual grant in lieu of central schemes
- Gram sabhas oppose move to hold Zilla polls on party lines
- Goa ranked as 6th best nightlife city world over
- Centre plans DC lines to avoid total blackout
- Exit polls put AAP in lead, BJP second
- Pratima dares cops to prove her guilt
- Port town pharmacies under scanner
- Switch off the lights, let the turtles breathe easy: NGT to GCZMA
- Proposal for setting up 13 new police stations
- Vasco murders: After the flak, CM now all praise for cops
- CM slams striking contract workers
- Pratima drew up plan 10 days before killing
- Congress lights the candle too late on BJP
- Mass scale illegal mining has given industry a bad name – Mines ministry
- Mining giants wait for apex court to give leases, status of concessions
- Noted tiatr artiste Anil Kumar dead
- ZP has received funds, but no powers, laments Nelly
- Dumping ore rejects outside lease area still illegal
- Christians protest church attacks
- Archbishop Ferrao condemns violence against Christians
- Parsekar govt pitches to restart mining by circumventing MMDR ordinance
- Investment meet prelude today
- Vascoites still cannot fathom Pratima could kill
- Vasco police get pat on the back
- Congress demands screening to detect swine flu cases
- Pratima’s brother-in-law held, `10 lakh gold items recovered
- CM extends Delhi stay after MoEF refusal to revoke suspension of mining ECs
- 2 key Vatican officials refused visa for meeting
- Rawanfond locals look to Parrikar for rehabilitation
- Bharatiya Vigyan Sammelan begins today at Campal
- SGPDA given 10 weeks to clean its market
- Vasco murders: Accused shows no remorse
- Vasco killer was always at home
- 22 swine flu swabs sent for testing
- Police yet to disclose motive behind murders
- Shack operators ask govt to supply chemical toilets
- A chance for Goan students to interact with top scientists
- Probe Sonsodo mess, demands citizens’ group
- Night patrolling intensified across State
- BJP set to ditch MGP for Zilla Panchayat polls
- Man dies of suspected swine flu in Margao
- Surviving woman hatched Vasco double murder plot
- Environment Ministry refuses to revoke suspension of ECs for mining leases
- S Goa returns bruised, but not beaten; says will fight
- Centre forced AAI to bid for Mopa, charges Vijai
- Congress distances itself from Khalap’s pro-Mopa stand
- Show of strength at Mopa EIA hearing sees heated exchanges
- Italian tourist arrested with party drugs worth Rs 9 crore
- Double murder at Vasco an inside job?
- Third year in a row, schools to run for half an hour more
- MGP: Will fight Assembly elections jointly with BJP
- Cong accuses govt of failing to tackle Panjim’s garbage woes
- Police crackdown on illegal activities along station road
- Anti-Mopa crusaders vow to drag govt to court
- ZP polls on party lines draw flak
- Survivor’s inconsistent statements raise doubts over insider’s job
- Smart cities: Now, only educated corporators
- DJ Aneesh, first Indian in Billboard Dance Top 100
- BJP promises to convert Panjim into a smart city
- UGDP to boycott EIA hearing
- Vasco wakes up to double murder at Mangor Hill
- EIA report is misleading, allege Pernem farmers
- ‘Replace collector designated to conduct public hearing on Mopa’
- Rift between Jayanthi, Rahul delayed resolving mining issue: Parsekar
- Will use entire force to solve Vasco murders, says IGP Garg
- Before I could react, was hit: survivor
- Two murder incidents yet to be solved
- Cong does U-turn, casino issue kept out of manifesto
- British MP alleges ‘extreme violence’ against foreigners investing in Goa
- Sorry Mr Lotlikar, we were wrong
- Crime Branch clean chit to Mickky in Nadia case
- Now, NRI must give test for admission in medical colleges
- Entire country knew Cong targeted me: Mickky
- School teacher booked for misbehaving with girl students
- 5000 small companies allowed to operate by Pollution board
- Congress to roll the dice against offshore casino vessels in by-poll manifesto
- Banks propose waiver for mining affected
- Two shops gutted in Betim fire; loss Rs 8 L
- SIT questions 2 mines officers
- Burglars strike 4 Anjuna temples
- Govt figures project rosy picture of tourism
- Goa loses two of its famous sons
- Guess who demanded that casinos be driven out? Parrikar
- British MP accuses Goa ED officials of ‘harassing’ his constituents
- North will not allow Muthalik entry, South decision by Jan 30
- Retired chief justice Gurudas Kamat is no more
- Nigerian held for staying without visa
- Fish-laden truck skids off road
- Parrikar surprises, turns up in formal attire at R-Day
- Green tribunal takes spirit out of Goa’s wine festival
- Mopa will add to a mere 4.2 million passengers in 40 years
- Guv blames tourists for ‘social diseases’
- State’s financial position not risky, asserts Avertano
- Rs 1,100 cr sanctioned for six-lane Zuari bridge: Sudin
- Five Salcete MLAs skip R-Day function at Margao
- Babush men ‘all out’ against Surendra
- GPCC seeks action against Babush
- Governor humorously admits casting a bogus vote at the age of 10
- Vote for democracy, Modassir urges youth
- EPIC cards distributed to new voters
- CM acting as ‘agent’, ‘PRO’ of off-shore casino lobby: Cong
- GFDO convenes meet on eve of EIA hearing
- Chellakumar talks tough on Babush, hints at expulsion
- Laptop scheme for HSS students of no use
- BJP holds sway in Wards 23, 24
- Cong demands law to prevent sale of agricultural land
- Removing casinos from Mandovi will scare off investors
- Siddharth files nomination
- Parrikar faces ‘deep’ debate on remarks on ex-PMs
- Education Dept may stop tabs for students
- Ward 13 lucky for BJP; ward 14 yet to decide
- Babush vows to defeat Furtado
- Siddharth to file papers today
- Wagh slams Parrikar for using, dumping him
- Cong is united and strong, says Khalap
- Male servant clubs employer to death at Fatorda
- GPCC, Rane differ on RP 2021
- Thieves rob house just 100 mts from Colva police station
- Some ex-PMs ‘compromised’ India’s deep assets: Parrikar
- Babush and Jennifer are with me, asserts Furtado
- Cong: Elect Furtado and we will move casinos out of River Mandovi
- BJP holds the edge in Wards 11, 12
- Clash on R-day air show?
- Now, CM takes the faux-pas route to notoriety
- From manifesto to Governor’s speech to MLAs’ speeches, BJP backed scrapping and re-notifying the Regional Plan
- Goa loses American support to set up IIT
- Francis: will retire if shunted out of Goa
- Miramar is Surendra’s fiefdom
- Furtado to file nomination today
- Muthalik wants to visit Goa for 10 days; seeks permission
- BJP stands totally exposed; Parrikar’s Assembly assurance to send Regional Plan to people ignored
- No moves to snap MGP ties: BJP
- Proven: You can now drink to good health
- No Cabinet decision to relax CRZ, NDZ: Alina
- Forget the nights, burglars show daredevilry during days
- Vasco cops recover stolen gold ornaments
- Lady killed, son injured in road roller accident
- Deal with MGP: Let party decide, say BJP legislators
- ...But Modi’s minister thinks otherwise
- ‘Illegally operational leases’ asked to pay stamp duty for second renewals
- Urgent need to augment fleet of Coast Guard vessels: Parrikar
- RP piecemeal notification unacceptable: Village Groups
- Show-cause notice to municipal officers
- Fire engulfs garbage treatment plant, machinery at Canacona
- Mum’s the word again for cops interacting with media
- Govt to mark over 60 eco-sensitive zones this year
- “My godfather’s sainthood brought tears to my eyes”
- No Russian operates as tourist guide: Consulate
- Taleigao shop burgled of Rs 7,000 cash
- New Vaddem woman alleges forgery, threat
- Government throws up its hands on garbage and taxi-related issues
- Closure of Utorda shacks irks UGDP
- Investors welcome arrest, but want work to resume
- Birring, Sehgal remanded to police custody
- NGO notice to GCZMA
- Duplicate products with HP brand name seized
- Use tact in collecting fees: MMC to SHGs
- Vasco road named after St Jose Vaz
- Elusive Ruby Residency developers held in Mumbai
- I will move out of present bungalow in 6 months: CM
- Ban lifted, but CM not sure when mining would resume
- Mining front welcomes lifting of ban
- State to raise contingency fund from Rs 200 cr to Rs 230 cr
- NSUI Goa unit dissolved, fresh elections in June
- Fund scheme notified
- Govt lifts mining ban
- BJP doesn’t find CM allotting himself two bungalows a ‘serious offence’
- Bedi joins BJP to sway Delhi polls
- We will teach gays how to get over same sex feelings: Tawadkar to NYT
- Reduced funding puts a spoke in Goa’s IIT plans
- Mineral ore permanent fund scheme notified
- Goa is blessed with St Joseph Vaz
- Goa erupts with bells and crackers
- Police waiting to record injured couple’s statement
- CM Parsekar usurps extra home to have two bungalows in Altinho
- RP 2021 could be put in place for 174 panchayats: Dy CM
- Panjim by-poll: Cong could surprise
- Ruby case: Chargesheet likely next Wednesday
- Lanka set for it’s and Goa’s Saint
- Salgaocar FC secy attacked, robbed
- Today is when the Goa Church’s dream is fulfilled
- Goan pilgrim dies of heart attack in Lanka
- 12 more years, the effective life of just renewed Goa leases
- Illegal mining is now a ‘cognizable offence’
- CM says colleague ‘ignorant’ about the issue
- Not possible to create 50,000 jobs by 2017: Parsekar
- Mopa: One month extension granted to companies to apply for RFQ
- Fatarpekar was facing some pressure: Sudin
- Panjim by-polls on Feb 13
- CM: Ban on SRS will be extended
- Shack owners fear early shut down
- Tawadkar courts infamy, as his reported remark on giving medicines to make LGBT youth ‘normal’ goes viral
- Goans across India, world in Lanka for canonization
- ‘Special interest taken by Pope hastened canonization process’
- Drop in local tourists by 25% in Dec: Stakeholders
- Tourism dept plans cost cutting on promotions
- Prospective mining engineers optimistic about industry
- Police rule out murder in PWD Eng death
- Plaint against Sawaikar for using red beacon
- Goan pilgrims leave for Sri Lanka for Bl Joseph Vaz canonization ceremony
- Financial situation better now: CM
- Two oil wagons burst into flames at Belgaum
- Iyengar Yoga helped Germany win the soccer World Cup
- Cong threatens mass agitation over RP-21
- Fight over stolen booty lands 2 airport loaders in police net
- Let RTA take a call on warring taxi operators, says SP South
- State has surplus in coffers, says CM
- Mopa Brand Ambassador CM sells airport to NRIs
- Ratnagiri murder convict held in Margao, pistol recovered
- Police probing into nodal links of accused
- Helmet compulsory on all roads for riders, pillions from April 1
- ‘Miracle child’ Fr Costa to attend canonization of Bl Joseph Vaz
- Goans to greet St Joseph Vaz with Konkani hymn in Lanka
- ‘Celebrate canonization by pealing of the bells at 9 am’
- Mining ordinance brings in a shocker for Goa leases
- Mapusa police station head constable held for rape
- Govt depts told to cut short non-plan expenses by 20%
- State Crime graph marginally up by 3.57 percent in 2014
- GTDC terms allegations by CRT as baseless
- MMC fails to get its house in order
- SMS service by cops to warn people of luring messages
- Brutal et merciless gunmen kill 12 in office of French satirical mag
- Candolim seabed, finally clear of River Princess debris, but….
- ‘Not now, 50,000 jobs after 2017 victory’
- Govt collects Rs 145 cr transport cess
- Most sitting members in South eager to throw hat in the ring
- ZP elections on party lines opposed
- Vijai warns CM against adopting Guj model
- Bogus passes: Sunburn lodges plaint
- Goa’s 64 iron ore leases could be hit
- Minister’s hobnobbing leaves govt red-faced
- Did the defence minister blow the lid on secret agency NTRO?
- Konkani writers vow to continue Madhavi’s work
- Ponda scores a zero in fire saftey
- Feast of Epiphany celebrated
- Cong leaders unhappy over party’s failure to introspect
- Analysis on suspected Pak boat soon: Parrikar
- Govt to now house info tech habitat at Kadamba plateau
- Complaint not to halt probe: mother
- Teacher issued show cause in molestation case: school
- Flat owners of collapsed bldg to move court
- All offshore accounts not illegal but offshore black money has to be brought back
- Vision 2017? MGP eyes all-Goa presence
- It’s still too early to dismiss Fatarpekar’s death as suicide
- Devotees line up to catch a last glimpse of Goencho Saib
- 4 persons die as vehicles collide on causeway
- Forca Goa: From the last to number two, we did it all
- Parsekar’s first Budget as new CM will be a tough call
- Meet on Naqueri ore transportation
- Public hearings on Mopa from February 1
- PE teacher arrested for molesting a schoolgirl
- Ex-MLA and leader of STs Gauncar dead
- Suicides a disturbing trend: CM
- PWD eng Fatarpekar hangs himself to death
- Clarify stand on recent U-turns: Vijai to govt
- Khalap heads media cell of GPCC
- State can enact legislation to save agricultural land: GPCC
- I can’t disturb the settled casino business: Parsekar
- Exposition draws to a close
- Plans on to renew 50 leases
- CCP commissioner reported ‘missing’
- Lump sum benefits for retired RDA employees
- CM Parsekar in tight spot
- NGO demands master plan for heritage sites
- NITI Aayog replaces Planning Commission
- Police sign MoU with Bangalore lab
- It’s a happy New Year for babus!
- BJP admits to difficulty on Special Status
- State gets new Chief Secy
- Proposal to shift EDM fests to Usgao flayed
- Tanker with aviation fuel overturns at Cuncolim
- 12 Commandments for 12 Months
- New Year eve shocker for GEC assistant professors
- Regularise garbage workers, CCP told
- Will not contest Assembly polls, says Luizinho
- We lost her within minutes, say shocked Isha’s friends
Margao
Help eludes Self Help Groups collecting Margao garbage
Seven months after Margao launched its ambitious door-to-door waste collection programme with much fanfare, the exercise is besieged by a host of teething problems. Margao Municipal Council’s move to rope in the Self Help Groups might have helped the civic body to save a whopping monthly wage bill amounting to Rs 17 lakh. GUILHERME ALMEIDA discovers that engaging Self Help Groups will not help tide over the problems plaguing the programme without the strong backing of the civic body in terms of logistics and infrastructure support .. More
Goa
Vasco stands in solidarity with Christians
Question silence of the Catholic MLAs; say RSS chief Bhagwat is not fit to make statements against Mother Teresa .. More
Sports
Salgaocar look to bounce back against Lajong
The Greens marquee signing Kasonde could be out over a prolonged period; Duffy is yet to recover completely .. More
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