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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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- EIA on Mopa grounded
- CM, tourism minister opt for ZP polls over foreign tour
- Exploitation cause for mining stoppage: Sudin
- Contract workers threaten march to Assembly
- Car rams into 16 two-wheelers in City, one hurt
- Solution for ‘108’ striking staff soon
- Process for new Margao ODP to get underway
- 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
Festering like a sore wound
It was on December 12, 2012 that open dumping of garbage at the Sonsodo waste dump yard had come to a complete half for the first time since the site played host to the town waste over the decades. The reason is not far too seek: Fomento Green, a company floated by the Sociadade Fomento had commissioned its solid waste management plant as part of its grandiose plan to tackle Sonsodo waste at a cost of Rs 7.31 crore. A little over two years now and waste from the city continues to find its way into the waste treatment plant, but GUILHERME ALMEIDA discovers that a host of issues connected to the Sonsodo dumping yard still remains unresolved till date. .. More
Sports
Ten-man Salgaocar FC impress
Duffy gave them the lead but Glen equalized for Lajong in the 25th minute after Salgaocar defender Augustin was sent off; Douhou scored the match-winner after resumption .. More
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