Ganesh idols face random checks for PoP content

Panaji: With the state government permitting up to 20 per cent Plaster of Paris (PoP) content in Ganesh idols for the forthcoming festival, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB)…

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Drug rackets in Goa have political patronage, alleges Chodankar

Says Cong will decide on casinos if voted to power Panaji: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Girish Chodankar on Thursday alleged that drug rackets in the state are being…

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New BJP state headquarters built using own funds: Sawant

Ex-CM Laxmikant Parsekar among those who visited new party bldg Panaji: Ahead of the inauguration of the new state BJP office building at Kadamba Plateau by Union Minister for Home…

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MGP ahead in Ponda, says Sudin Dhavalikar, cites internal survey

Panaji: The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) has claimed that currently it tops in the Ponda electoral constituency as far as the prospects at the state assembly election are concerned. Power…

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Pirates seize cargo ship with 6 Indians onboard

Mogadishu: Six Indians were aboard a Cameroon-flagged cargo ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia’s Puntland coast earlier this week, a Somali official said Thursday. The M/V LUTUF, which was carrying…

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Russian missile, drone barrage kills 16 in Kyiv region

Kyiv: Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the surrounding region with scores of missiles and drones in a nighttime aerial attack that lasted for hours and killed at…

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Prince Harry to move back to UK with wife Meghan, kids within weeks: Reports

London: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have decided to move back to the UK with their two children later this month but will remain non-working members of the…

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Bangladesh gets new President Fakhrul

Dhaka: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a longtime secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a close ally of former premier Khaleda Zia, was on Thursday elected as…

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At 15K blood tests/day, GMC lab sees surge in diagnostic workload

Shahin Bepari Lambe Panaji Around 15,000 blood investigations are carried out every day at Goa Medical College and Hospital’s (GMC) clinical biochemistry laboratory by spending a monthly budget of around Rs…

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Chinchinim locals halt night piling work for NH expansion

NT Reporter Margao Barely 24 hours after piling work for the proposed elevated corridor began at Dandeawaddo - Chinchinim, villagers stopped the contractor from carrying out the work at night,…

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Govt agrees ‘in principle’ to relocate Shivaji statue from MPA land

NT Reporter Panaji The state government has informed the High Court of Bombay at Goa that it agrees in principle to relocate the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj installed on…

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