Baina dacoity: 24 hrs later, police yet to identify gang
NT Reporter Vasco More than 24 hours after the violent armed robbery at Chamundi Arcade in Baina, Vasco, police are yet to arrest the gang of seven men who stormed the sixth-floor flat of Sagar Nayak, assaulted the family and escaped with valuables worth several lakhs of rupees. Mormugao deputy superintendent of police Gurudas Kadam [] The post Baina dacoity: 24 hrs later, police yet to identify gang appeared first on The Navhind Times .
Major blaze guts Zuari Nagar scrapyard; fire personnel battle flames for hours
NT Reporter Vasco A major fire broke out ata scrapyard in ZuariNagar early Wednesday morning, prompting a large-scale emergency response from fire brigades across the region. The blaze, reported at around 3.15 am, was so intense that engines from Verna, Vasco, Margao, Panaji, Goa Shipyard, Mormugao Port Authority and Paradip Phosphate were rushed to the [] The post Major blaze guts Zuari Nagar scrapyard; fire personnel battle flames for hours appeared first on The Navhind Times .
Dacoits assault Baina family, decamp with `45 lakh booty
NT Reporter Vasco/Panaji In yet another dacoity, a gang of at least seven armed and masked robbers assaulted a family in their sixth-floor flat at Chamundi Arcade in Baina, Mormugao taluka, and decamped with Rs 1 lakh in cash, gold ornaments and silver utensils all worth Rs 45 lakh in the early hours of Tuesday. []
No plans to increase coal handling, CM assures Goans
NT Reporter | Panaji A day after thousands of Goans gathered in Margao to demand that the state government stop handling of coal at the Mormugao Port and also halt its transportation and related projects in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said coal handling capacity in the state has not been increased at []
City wakes up to seasons coldest Mon at 20.6C, Mormugao 23 C
NT Reporter | Panaji Panaji woke up to an unusually cool morning on Monday as the minimum temperature dipped to 20.6C, 2.4 degrees below the normal, marking the seasons lowest so far. Data from IMDs Mormugao observatory showed a minimum temperature of 23C, 1.2C below normal. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) attributed this fall to []
MPA only accredited green port in India
NT Reporter Mumbai Giving a lift to the state, it was announced at the India Maritime Week 2025 that Mormugao Port Authority (MPA) is the only accredited green port in India. The green accreditation, which is for the operational areas of the port, is valid until June 2028. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who attended the []
