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A peaceful protest at Chandor Goa against the building of double-tracking for coal transportation. (Twittter)

Primer | What's #SaveMollem protest and why are Goans protesting?

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08 Nov 2020 8:54 PM

File Picture of Sunburn. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)

No Sunburn fest in Goa this year; state government withdraws permission

The state government has withdrawn the permission after facing severe criticism

07 Nov 2020 5:55 PM

Milind Soman's birthday post

Model Milind Soman booked for 'nude run' on Goa beach

Ipc Section 294 and section 67 has been booked

07 Nov 2020 3:19 PM

Goa CM Pramod Sawant tests coronavirus positive. (Photo- Twitter)

Goa CM Pramod Sawant tests COVID-19 positive, under home isolation

"I am asymptomatic and hence have opted for home isolation, I shall continue to discharge my duties working from home," Sawant tweeted

02 Sep 2020 2:25 PM

Residents of Goa will be quarantined for free by the government once they return to the state. (PTI Photo)

Goans stranded due to lockdown to get free quarantine on return from other states

Goans currently stranded in various parts of the country would be quarantined at Govt facility without any fees upon their arrival in Goa

01 May 2020 10:50 AM

As many as 1,058 persons were arrested and 588 FIRs were lodged by the Goa police for violation of the COVID-19 lockdown. (PTI Photo)

Over 1,000 people arrested for lockdown violations in Goa

The police were strictly implementing the lockdown across the state, including the beach belt of Calangute

29 Apr 2020 3:10 PM

A medic works on a sample for COVID-19 Rapid Test at a camp during the nationwide lockdown imposed in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus. PTI photo

Too early to declare Goa coronavirus-free: Congress tells BJP govt

Data released by the government showed only 826 samples were sent for testing, of which reports of 780 patients have been received

20 Apr 2020 4:29 PM

Goa National Games

National Games: Goa ready to host but needs three-month notice

All the ongoing works on the infrastructure creation are in the final phase and will be completed within a month

19 Apr 2020 11:46 AM

Hurrack or Feni

As liquor stores down their shutters, Goa goes traditional

Hurrack, which is also caled as Feni is a traditional liquor in Goa, which is made from cashew apple juice

11 Apr 2020 12:22 PM

Representational imahe (PTI)

India may send back foreigners stranded in Goa to their countries

The TTAG, Goa's apex tourism body, has issued special permits to about 40 taxi drivers to ferry the foreigners

01 Apr 2020 2:33 PM

India's Mig 29 aircraft.

Navy's MiG-29K aircraft crashes in Goa, pilot ejects safely

A Navy spokesman said an enquiry has been ordered into the incident

23 Feb 2020 2:06 PM

File Photo

Goa Archbishop gets invite for RSS event

Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao has been invited to a lecture to a lectures on the Sangh's concept of India

07 Feb 2020 12:10 PM

The Europeans arrived to Goa from China. AP photo

Two Europeans quarantined in Goa over possible exposure to coronavirus

This comes a day after another foreign national was suspected of having the infecton

01 Feb 2020 5:14 PM

Goa Congress leader and former MP John Fernandes criticised his own party for opposing the amended citizenship act, saying laws passed by Parliament should not be challenged on the streets. (Photo: screengrab/ youtube)

CAA ‘good law’, should be accepted by people: Goa Congress leader

The CAA is to be accepted by the people of this country because these are good laws, he added.

10 Jan 2020 2:51 PM

The accused, Sunil Singh, was nabbed after Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant alerted the police about him. (Photo: Representational)

Man poses as UP minister, stays at Goa guest house; arrested

After man's behaviour was found to be suspicious, Sawant brought it to the notice of the Goa Police.

09 Jan 2020 10:59 AM

The Congress alleged that drugs were "openly sold" at the venue and demanded that permission for the EDM festival be revoked and an inquiry be conducted. (Photo: File)

'No one forced to go there': Goa minister as 3 die at Sunburn festival

Three tourists died in the last three days after collapsing at the festival venue at Vagator beach in North Goa district.

31 Dec 2019 9:11 AM

Two music enthusiasts from Andhra Pradesh who were visiting Goa to participate in the ongoing Sunburn Electronic Dance Music festival died after collapsing near the venue in North Goa district. (Photo: File)

'Drug overdose?': 2 Andhra men died after collapsing at Goa's Sunburn Festival

A senior police official said Sai Prasad and Venkat (full name not known) were taken to a hospital in Mapusa but were declared dead.

28 Dec 2019 3:32 PM

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said late Manohar Parrikar had transferred his “josh” (spirit) to him, and this allowed him to work for “15- 16 hours a day” after taking over the coastal state’s top post. (Photo: Twitter/ @DrPramodPSawant)

'Parrikar transferred his josh to me, can work 15-16 hrs a day': Pramod Sawant

Sawant was addressing a function held to launch the poster of a biopic on late Parrikar, to be produced by ‘Go Goa Gollywood Productions’.

14 Dec 2019 12:24 PM

Lobo also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to bring amendments to the law.demand comes a day after all the four men, arrested for the rape and murder of a 25-year-old woman veterinarian in Hyderabad last month. (Photo: File)

Make public hanging of rape-murder convicts compulsory: Lobo

Lobo also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to bring amendments to the law.

07 Dec 2019 2:27 PM

The woman's body was recovered by some labourers. (Photo: Representational)

Unable to bear expenses, Goa man burries sick wife alive

The police has registered a case under sections 302 and 201 of the IPC against the accused.

06 Dec 2019 8:28 PM

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