June 19, 2023 1:49 am
June 18 is recognised as Goa Revolution Day on account of the clarion call given by Ram Manohar Lohia on the day in 1946 to the people of Goa to unite and fight against the Portuguese rulers.
June 18, 2023 8:22 am
Mahanand Naik, dubbed the ‘dupatta killer’ for the manner in which he would strangle his victims, was arrested in 2009 by the Goa Police. He was accused of murdering 16 women between 1994 and 2009 and has been convicted in three cases.
June 17, 2023 3:33 am
Stating that policies of “economic warfare” had assumed importance today, Ranjit asked Hindu seers to tell their followers to eat only ‘jhatka’ meat so that “our money” does not go to Muslim butchers.
September 15, 2022 8:58 pm
Putting up a brave face at the press event on Wednesday, GPCC president Amit Patkar said despite losing eight defector MLAs, including the former Leader of the Opposition, to the BJP, the party still had moral ground, ethics and integrity.
August 14, 2022 4:12 am
Garad, who has a Master’s degree in Konkani, said her first book Kavya Parmal — a collection of her poems — won her accolades and her book on “Stories for kids” was on its way and was expected to be released next month.
July 03, 2022 5:08 am
The two persons arrested on Saturday were identified by the police as Sonia Dohan from Haryana and Shrey Kotiyal from Uttarakhand. Gawas said they were booked under the IPC sections for offences of cheating and impersonation. The duo had checked into the hotel on Friday.
June 28, 2022 2:27 am
The session was aimed at training and educating MLAs about the procedures and processes of the Assembly. Nineteen of Goa's 40 legislators are first-time MLAs.
March 21, 2022 7:05 am
On Sunday, top BJP leaders, including party chief J P Nadda, and Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid the ongoing exercise for government formation in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa.
March 14, 2022 2:44 am
Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai, who dissolved the assembly on Saturday, ordered the new Assembly to convene on March 15 at 11.30 am for administration of the oath of affirmation.
February 25, 2022 1:58 am
The court held that “the disqualification petitions filed by the petitioners were correctly dismissed” by the Speaker. It said the Speaker was justified in holding that the 10 Congress MLAs and two MGP MLAs “did not attract disqualification under the Tenth Schedule...”.
June 22, 2020 6:23 pm
Selfies are becoming a death trap. And this is how Goa is dealing with it. See more: https://bit.ly/2M2t86i