GOA: PANAJI TO BE SOAK PIT FREE BY 2020; OLD SEWERAGE PIPELINE TO BE REPLACED
Panaji (Goa): Sewage soak pits at residential complexes may soon be a thing of the past in the State capital- Panaji, as, under the Smart City Mission, the city aims to connect every house, residential complex and commercial building to the city sewerage system. Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) is all set to replace over…
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NON GOAN PATIENTS TO BE CHARGED FROM TOMORROW
Panaji (Goa): Availing medical services at State-run hospitals in Goa will not be free for the outstation patients from tomorrow onwards. As earlier announced by government, the implementation begins from January 1, 2018 when non-Goan patients will be charged 20 percent of the rate applicable for intervention under the Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojna (DDSSY) for availing…
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DRISHTI ADVISES VISITORS TO CANDOLIM-SINQUERIM BEACH STRETCH TO REMAIN SAFE AS IT SPOTS JELLYFISH
Panaji (Goa) While thousands of visitors are thronging the beaches ahead of New Year with celebrations already underway, Drishti Marine has cautioned to stay alert and safe after its lifeguards spotted jellyfish which was washed ashore along the Candolim-Sinquerim beach stretch in North Goa on today. Drishti has alerted the Tourism Department too. “Marine animals, jellyfish are of two kinds- toxic…
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GOA: GOVT INTRODUCES SPECIAL SCHEME TO EMPOWER TRIBAL COMMUNITY
Panaji (Goa): A special scheme called ‘Goa Tribal’s Employment Generation Programme (GTEGP)’, has been launched by the State government in a bid to make the tribal community self employed. Under the scheme a subsidy upto 40 percent is provided for micro and small manufacturing enterprises and also service and trade enterprises. The Directorate of Industries, Trade and Commerce had…
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GOA: IT’S TIME FOR CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR PARTIES HERALDED
Panaji (Goa): The street next to Mary Immaculate Conception Church in Panaji city was flooded with the parishioners and tourists last night as State celebrated Christmas, one of the most important religious festival of the coastal state. With the peeling of Church bells in the midnight and the masses praising Lord Jesus Christ, Goa ushered into Christmas festivities with the…
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GOA: ‘SANTA CLAUS’ IN CALANGUTE GAVE AWAY GIFTS TO MOTORISTS – EDUCATION ON TRAFFIC LAWS
Calangute (Goa): The Calangute police resorted to an innovative exercise in a bid to create awareness on traffic rules, on the eve of Christmas. A team led by PI Jivba Dalvi conducted a surprise educationary drive along this tourist popular stretch to inform the public to follow traffic rules. Dalvi informed that the move was…
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GOA: FEE FOR PATIENTS FROM OUTSIDE GOA IN GMC, HOSPICIO, AZILO FROM JANUARY 1 ONWARDS
Panaji (Goa): Goa government today announced that they will start charging nominal fee for the patients who are non-residence of the State at the government hospitals from January 01 onwards, while locals will continue getting free of cost treatment. State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane told reporters today that the State run facilities including Goa Medical College and…
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GOA: GHRC ASKS GOVT TO TAKE STEPS TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS OF POLICE PERSONNEL
Goa: The Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) comprising of A.D.Salkar and J.A. Keny has asked the Goa Government to conduct inspections of all the police stations in the State to ascertain the shortcomings and to take appropriate steps to improve the working conditions of the police personnel at the police stations and more particularly the Women police. Taking…
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GOA: ‘BUS PORT’ FOR MARGAO PROPOSED
Panaji (Goa): Transport Minister Ramakrishna Dhawalikar today announced construction of ultra-modern ‘Bus Port’ at Margao Dhawalikar said that the new bus stand project of 2009, awarded to…
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GOA: PM NARENDRA MODI WISHES PARRIKAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY
Panaji (Goa): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wished Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar on his birthday. “On his birthday, my greets to Goa CM @manoharparrikar Ji. May he lead a long life filled with good health,” the Prime Minister tweeted this morning. Parrikar is celebrating his 62nd birthday today with several programmes scheduled to mark the occasion. Union Women and…
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