Talking to reporters, state Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte hailed Eurica Dias for his selfless action and said it indicated that locals in the coastal state are basically helpful.
The accused, local resident Vincent D'Souza (32), was part of a group that illegally offered massage services near the Arambol beach in North Goa district, which is quite popular with international tourists, they said.
Registration of a homestay with the tourism department is mandated under the Goa Registration of Tourist Trade Act, 1982.
Kale family's saga speaks the tale of how untouchability still shamefully rules the roots of rural Goa despite 40 years of liberation.
Maharashtra Minister Narayan Rane's son Nitesh, who was arrested along with his supporters for allegedly vandalising a tollbooth and attacking its staffers near Panaji, has been released on bail.
The Association of Democratic Reforms said Goa has set a unique record, which is "unparalleled" in the history of Indian democracy.
Maharashtra Minister and Congress leader Narayan Rane's son Nitesh was arrested on Tuesday along with eight others by the Goa police for allegedly vandalising a tollbooth near Panaji and attacking its staffers.
A nine-year-old Russian girl was raped by an unidentified man at Arambol beach in north Goa, the police said on Wednesday. According to the complaint filed by the victim's mother at Pernem police station, her daughter was raped while she was playing in the beach waters on Tuesday.The incident took place between 5.30 pm and 6 pm after two persons struck up a conversation with the girl's mother on the beach.
The Goa unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday announced that it will observe the birthday of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in a simple manner in Panaji on Sunday.
The Congress MLA and others were produced before a local court which granted them bail, the official said.
The names of two veterans -- Health Minister Laxmikant Parsekar and Speaker of Legislative Assembly Rajendra Arlekar -- are being considered for the top post in case Parrikar moves to Delhi.
The tourist season for Russians in Goa, who lead the pack of foreign tourists flocking India's beach capital every year, has opened on an unpleasant note this year following a spate of upsetting incidents prompting the Russian authorities to issue an advisory for their nationals.
Independent MLA Govind Gawde supporting the BJP's effort to form the next Goa government confirms that defence minister told him he will be the next Goa chief minister
Parrikar returned to Goa as the chief minister for the fourth time, though he could not complete full terms in his earlier stints.
Goa Health Minister Laxmikant Parsekar was on Saturday sworn in as the new chief minister.
Mounting a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the demonetisation drive launched by him was "firebombing of 99 per cent honest people" and not a "surgical strike".
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