6 killed, over 70 injured in stampede at Goa temple festival

At least six persons, including two women, were killed, and more than 70 sustained injuries after a stampede broke out during a temple festival at a village in North Goa in the wee hours of......

Amid FIR against SP's Abu Azmi, his son booked in Goa

The Goa police on Tuesday filed a case against Maharashtra Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi's son Abu Farhan Azmi and others on charges of indulging in a fight at a public place in the state and......

No more Gobi Manchurian at north Goa's roadside food stalls

A civic body in North Goa has banned the sale of the popular street food 'Gobi Manchurian' at roadside stalls in its jurisdiction after concerns were raised about the unhygienic conditions in which......

CEO-mom accused of killing son undergoes psychological tests

Two empty bottles of a cough syrup were found in a Goa apartment, where a start-up CEO allegedly killed her minor son, indicating she may have given a heavy dose of the medicine to him in signs of......

PCs come almost free in Goa

Alfina Khan, now a class XII science student in Chimbel near Panjim in Goa, recalls getting a personal computer in March 2003 - for a princely sum of Rs 1,000.Her family had been thinking of buying......

#Notebandi: India's fisherfolk stare at a dark future

Distress sales, market closures and anchoring of fishing fleets have been reported from West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. A particular hammer blow appears to have been dealt by......

AIFF member Sharma arrested for assaulting women players in Goa

AIFF forms panel to probe alleged physical assault All India Football Federation executive committee member Deepak Sharma was arrested by Goa police on Saturday for allegedly physically assaulting......

Is 13-year-old Tanvi Patri the next P V Sindhu?

IMAGE: Tanvi Patri, 13, from Odisha won the Under-15 girls' singles title at the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Junior Championships title without dropping a game throughout the tournament.......

Goa Swimming coach, accused of rape, arrested

Swimming coach Surajit Ganguly, accused of raping a 15-year-old girl who was training with him, was arrested in New Delhi on Friday, a senior police official in Panaji informed on Friday.......

Swimming coach in troubled waters; faces rape case in Goa

Surajit Ganguly, a coach employed with the Goa Swimming Association (GSA), is accused of molesting a 15-year-old girl who was training under him. A case of rape and criminal intimidation was......

GCA ex-president charged with forgery

Mapusa police has filed a charge sheet against former Goa Cricket Association President Dayanand Narvekar for allegedly forging his son's birth certificate. The charge sheet, filed before the JMFC,......