Digambar-Parrikar's green signal for exising NH 4A alignment
12 February 2011 14:03 IST
The ruling and opposition parties have unanimously resolved a major issue on the national highway expansion – to stick to the alignment proposed by the National Highway Authority. READ
2-3 wheelers to be exempted from NH toll
15 December 2010 22:55 IST In a major relief to the commuters, Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat on Tuesday said two and three wheelers will be exempted from paying the toll once national highway is expanded in the state. READ
Goa may have country's first airbus
16 April 2002 22:58 ISTGoa is planning to have a first airbus in the country.As a pilot project, the state government here has given green signal to Aerobus India Inc, a subsidiary of US-based OCS Inc, for a passenger ... READ
Sleeper coach buses in a dock
27 December 2001 22:59 ISTSleeper coach buses, one of the attraction for the tourists travelling down to Goa, are in deep trouble. The state has banned all the vehicles, plying to Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore.Panic-struck bus owners, after detaining ... READ
Bike riders oppose helmets
13 March 2001 23:00 ISTMotorcycle pilots - a unique feature of Goa who provide motorcycle taxis to carry a single person - are in trouble with a high court directive to strictly implement the rule of wearing helmet for ... READ
Goa floats Infra Dev Corporation
12 January 2001 23:01 ISTGoa has decided to float a government-owned company, the Infrastructure Development Corporation, in order to clear a major bottleneck in the development of the tourist state.Though a fully government enterprise, the corporation would take up ... READ
Pvt buses not to hike fares ?
02 October 2000 23:02 ISTUnlike transport operators all over the country, Goa's public transport operators have decided not to hike the bus fare in spite of a steep hike in petroleum prices.The government however feels that the fare hike ... READ
Air India to bring back past glory with a foreign partner
31 March 2000 23:02 ISTThe civil aviation ministry has decided to involve a foreign partner to run Air India more efficiently by increasing its equity participation, in order to bring back the past glory of the corporation.Civil aviation minister ... READ
Mopa controversy continues despite central nod
30 March 2000 23:03 ISTThe centre has approved an international airport in Goa, but not to the satisfaction of the ruling coalition in the tourist state here of which the Bharatiya Janata Party is a major component.The announcement from ... READ
Will Goa own Dabolim naval air port ?
31 January 1999 23:04 ISTWith no possibility of an international air port coming up in Goa in near future, the Goa government is trying hard to get the existing naval air port transferred back to the state, to use ... READ
