Goa Deputy Speaker Vishnu Wagh hospitalised after chest pain
Goa Deputy Speaker Vishnu Wagh was admitted to the Goa Medical College and Hospital here after he complained of uneasiness during an Independence Day function.
Aug 16, 2016, 12:01 PM IST
Beware! Rs 10,000 for drinking in public in Goa soon
Bombarded with complaints about drinking of alcohol on beaches, roads and highways and in public areas by tourists, the Goa government on Monday introduced a new amendment to state excise law which recommends identification of 'no alcohol consumption zones' across Goa.
Aug 08, 2016, 20:32 PM IST
Dutch woman dies while running marathon in Goa
Panaji, July 31 (IANS) A 23-year-old Dutch woman collapsed while running a marathon and subsequently died while she was being taken to a government hospital on the outskirts of Panaji, a police off
Jul 31, 2016, 23:47 PM IST
Goa suspends bus services to Karnataka over river dispute
Goa on Thursday suspended bus services to Karnataka following an ongoing river dispute between the two states.
Jul 28, 2016, 14:21 PM IST
Chennai-bound Oman Air flight makes emergency landing in Goa
A Chennai-bound Oman Air flight from Muscat on Thursday made an emergency landing at Goa International airport in Dabolim after a woman passenger took ill and later died.
Jul 28, 2016, 13:51 PM IST
Goa minister uses racial slur for an African, apologises
Goa`s Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar on Wednesday used a Konkani racial slur, "khapri" for an African national, before quickly apologising and later addressing him as a "black person".
Jul 27, 2016, 15:18 PM IST
Goa CM orders enquiry over criminal's ''murder'' in prison
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of the incident of the alleged murder of a criminal in Colvale Jail in north Goa and ordered a Sub Divisional Magistrate enquiry into the incident.Parsekar took the floor just before the beginning of question hour in the Assembly and made the announcement.
Jul 26, 2016, 16:08 PM IST
Criminal stabbed to death in Goa prison
A history sheeter, Ashpak Bengre, was stabbed to death in Goa`s Colvale prison on Tuesday while being taken to a court, Inspector General of Prisons Elvis Gomes said.
Jul 26, 2016, 14:32 PM IST
Kejriwal to visit Goa again next month
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal will again visit Goa in the first week of August during which he is expected to meet a cross section of society including farmers.
Jul 21, 2016, 14:46 PM IST
French woman kills minor adopted daughter, slits own throat in Goa — Know what happened
In an incident, a French woman allegedly committed suicide by slitting her throat and that of a minor adopted daughter.
Jul 16, 2016, 17:20 PM IST
Goa okays grant scheme for students of local language schools
Goa government on Monday approved a scheme providing a special grant of Rs 400 per student every month to aided primary schools having Konkani and Marathi as Medium of Instruction (MoI), Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said here today.
Jul 15, 2016, 19:31 PM IST
AAP volunteers hold sit-in outside Secretariat
AAP Goa volunteers today held a sit-in outside the State Secretariat after they were denied meeting with Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar.
Jul 12, 2016, 15:23 PM IST
Infighting in Goa Congress over pre-poll alliance
Goa Congress leaders are engaged in a war of words over the issue of pre-poll alliance with like-minded parties for the state Assembly elections due next year.
Jul 12, 2016, 13:16 PM IST
'Clean cities' Alappuzha, Panaji, Mysuru show the way in urban solid waste management
Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday conferred the Clean City awards on Alappuzha, Panaji and Mysuru at a function here.
Jul 12, 2016, 12:38 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal accuses political parties in Goa of encouraging sex, drugs, prostitution
The tourism of sex, drugs and prostitution in Goa is backed by political patronage and is defaming Goa, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday.
Jun 29, 2016, 13:47 PM IST
Tourist from Delhi found dead in Goa hotel - Know details
A 60-year-old man from Delhi was found murdered in his hotel room in Panaji in Goa on Monday, an ANI report claimed.
Jun 20, 2016, 19:17 PM IST
Digvijay Singh seeks clarification from PM Modi, Rajnath Singh on Pathankot
Citing NIA chief Sharad Kumar's reported statement that so far there was no evidence about Pakistani agencies having helped the terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad carry out the Pathankot attack, Congress today sought to know who were the attackers then.
Jun 03, 2016, 23:57 PM IST
Girls outshine boys in SSC examination of Goa Board
Girls outperformed boys in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination in Goa, the results of which were declared today.
May 25, 2016, 20:02 PM IST
Modi government high on publicity, low on performance: Digvijaya Singh
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the centre is high on publicity but low on performance, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh said on Wednesday.
May 18, 2016, 23:16 PM IST
Goa MOI issue: BJP says no differences with RSS
BJP in Goa today struck a conciliatory note against the backdrop of RSS' criticism on the issue of medium of instruction in elementary education, saying the differences of opinion, if any, would be resolved.
Apr 11, 2016, 00:04 AM IST
