Новости за 20.03.2016

Recognizing the problem caused by discarded liquor bottles, the state excise department is deliberating a scheme to make it mandatory for beer and Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) manufacturers and bottlers to take back empty glass bottles.

World Oral Health Day is celebrated every year on March 20.

Water resources development (WRD) minister Dayanand Mandrekar on Saturday praised the leadership skills and efforts of former Goa chief minister and Margao Congress MLA Digambar Kamat to ensure the fulfilment of his assurances made to his voters in his constituency.

Brushing aside concerns that political rivalry will affect the implementation of the Smart City mission endeavour, Panaji MLA Sidharth Kuncalienkar said that there would not be any hindrance in the way the smart city plan was implemented.

South Africa vs Afghanistan: It is match-ups like these at an event like the World T20 that induces an air of indifference from fans.

After two cases of sexual assault of children by teachers were reported in Goa last week, child rights' activists said schools must set strict guidelines for staffers to deter them from developing private contact with students.

Chris Gayle is the new-age bestseller, a mass entertainer. He doesn't conform, he confronts. He doesn't defeat his opponents, he destroys. He never fails to draw crowds.

Murdered dalit youth Shankar's father Velusamy received an anonymous threat letter from Onnipalayam village near Karamadai here on Friday, warning him to get his two other sons married "only to dalit women".

Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) plans to ply special buses to tribal areas in the district for the upcoming assembly election to increase voter turnout.

On Friday, a team of party leaders including C Ponnaiyan, Panruti S Ramachandran and RS deputy chairman M Thambidurai assembled at Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence to give final touches to the party's election manifesto. But it was unclear, however, if OPS had an audience with Jayalalithaa.

Goa has a special place in French countess Albina du Boisrouvray's heart.

In a bid to restore the beauty of the Noyyal river and facilitate public movement along its banks, a few industrial associations in Tirupur have begun laying of roads on both sides of the 160km-long river, which flows through Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode and Karur.

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has successfully tested its new variety of red gram, named 'TT-401', in Salem district.

When England needed him most, Joe Root - he of orthodox grace and classical charms - grew T20 wings and saw his team through.

Vamsee Juluri, a professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, sneered in a recent letter to the California Board of Education, ridiculing the leftist proposals that the board has reportedly accepted.

Vamsee Juluri, a professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, sneered in a recent letter to the California Board of Education, ridiculing the leftist proposals that the board has reportedly accepted.

Cigarettes worth 40 lakh were stolen from a godown at Canca, near Mapusa, by unidentified persons on Saturday.

A security guard, deployed at a private bank in Taleigao, has been arrested for alleged illegal possession of a gun.

Vowing to intensify their peaceful agitation by selling 'black' ice-creams, besides waving black flags and banners during the four-day DefExpo be held at Naqueri-Betul between March 28 and 31, Orixtt Porjecho Avaz (OPA) on Saturday gave a clarion call to all peace-loving Goans to join them in the protests while also urging taxi drivers not to bring participants of this event to the site.

The DDCA will have its fingers crossed on Sunday, when they expect the ICC to take a final call on the fate of the World T20 semi-final to be played at the Ferozeshah Kotla on March 30.

Goa's Grande Island is all set to grab national attention for its fish diversity with about 115 fish species recorded in its depths, taking it on par with Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar islands, which are among the few island ecosystems in India, popular for their rich aquatic resources.

Unidentified persons discarded a chopped tree trunk near the Goa medical college (GMC) and hospital at Bambolim on Friday, which damaged the water pipeline to the hospital.

Coming down heavily on the government for providing special grants to students studying in Marathi and Konkani medium schools while ignoring English medium schools, the Goa pradesh Congress committee (GPCC) on Saturday demanded that special grants be given to all students studying in primary schools.