Bihar man held with 3 Kg ganja at Margao Railway Station
Digital Goa, June 12- A Bihar native was held with narcotic drug ganja worth Rs 3 lakh from Margao Railway station by the Railway Protection Force in a joint action with Anti Narcotic Cell of Goa police. The accused Avinash Chandra was allegedly found in possession of 3 Kg ganja.
Bihari worker injured in a brawl with co-workers died in GMC
Digital Goa, June 12 - One Bihar native worker employed at Mushroom production Centre in Usgao died in suspicious condition while undergoing treatment at Goa Medical College(GMC) Hospital. Deceased Chumman Kumar was allegedly injured in a brawl with other co-workers from Bihar on Saturday night. Chumman was admitted in GMC in injured condition on Saturday. He died today while...
High Court directs Transport Secretary to file affidavit on traffic mismanagement in Panaji city
Digital Goa, June 12 - Panaji bench of Bombay High Court today directed Transport Secretary to submit affidavit on the traffic congestion in capital city Panaji and negligence in traffic management before July 14. The High Court while hearing the suo motu petition appointed Transport Secretary as Nodal Officer and asked him to submit his say on the traffic...
Goa Solid Waste Management Corporation
🔸 Waste Management Corporation meeting reviews work of 6 major plants in pipelineDigital Goa, June 12 – Goa Solid Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) meeting held today took review of the major plants being setup by GWMC such as Saligao SWMF, Cacora SWMF, Biomedical Waste Facility, Hazardous Waste facility, e-waste facility and C&D waste facility. It was also decided to...
KTCL ‘Mazi bus’ scheme to be launched on pilot basis from June 15 on 3 routes with 287 buses
Digital Goa, June 12 - KTCL will launch the Mazi Bus Scheme from June 15, 2023 on three routes- Canacona to Margao, Curchorem-Quepem-Margao and Curchorem -Ponda-Panaji . The scheme wherein KTCL has hired private buses on the three routes, will be executed on pilot basis for a period of 6 months from June 15 to December 31, 2023. In...
Center releases Rs 457 crore as 3rd instalment of tax devolution to Goa
Digital Goa, June 12- The Union Government has released Rs 457 crore to Goa as 3rd instalment of tax devolution today. The total amount released by the center to State Governments amounts to Rs 1,18,280 crore, as against normal monthly devolution of Rs 59,140 crore. One advance instalment in addition to the regular instalment due in June 2023 is...
Ready to go as Rajya Sabha MP if party gives responsibility: Tanavade
Digital Goa, June 12- BJP State President Sadanand Shet Tanavade today said that he would be willing to take responsibility as Rajya Sabha MP if party gives him the responsibility. “Definitely, if party wants me to go I will go. My party workers may also want me to go as Rajya Sabha MP. But, it has to come from...
Goa Income Tax Dept conducts multi-state raids on real estate developers
Digital Goa, June 12 - The Investigation Wing of Income Tax Department(IT) at Panaji has initiated a multi-state search and survey operation on luxury real estate developers constructing high-end villa projects in Goa, Mumbai, Delhi, Noida, and Amritsar. Preliminary investigations are underway. Income Tax teams from Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Gurgaon, and Dehradun have been deployed to conduct the raid,...
Parra lady held for being part of racket duping jobseekers on pretext of giving jobs abroad
Digital Goa, June 11 - A lady from Parra who is said to be wife of a Nigerian National has been held by Old Goa police for allegedly being part of a racket duping jobseekers on the pretext of offering them jobs overseas. Police informed that the racket was run through advertisements in papers by the Nigerian. The woman...
Rain claims first victims; mother son duo die due to tree fall at Betki
Digital Goa, June 11 - In a tragic incident, 36-year-old mother and her 10-year-old son died after a huge tree came crashing on the shade near their house at Betki near Marcel, under which they were standing. The deceased are identified as Anjali Wadkar and her son. They were shifted to PHC Betki in critical condition where they were...