A tourist from Bhopal died in a road accident in North Goa after his car was hit by an SUV allegedly driven by a 19-year-old. Police are investigating the incident and have arrested the driver for rash and negligent driving.
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A Goa court granted bail to two managers of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub arrested in connection with the fire that killed 25 people. Bail was granted with conditions, including not leaving India without permission and cooperating with the investigation.
Goa's nightlife is facing a crackdown ahead of the Christmas and New Year season, with the state government launching an intensive drive to inspect and seal establishments flouting norms after a deadly nightclub fire.
A team of the Goa Police, along with the Luthra brothers, landed at the Manohar International Airport, Mopa, in North Goa at 10.45 am.
A suspect in the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub fire in Goa, which killed 25, has been brought to Goa for questioning. An Interpol Blue Corner Notice has been issued for the owners, who fled to Thailand.
A family in Delhi mourns the loss of four members in the Goa nightclub fire and demands justice, refusing compensation and calling for accountability.
A video of the incident has gone viral on social media even as the police on Sunday arrested four persons in connection with the attack that left members of the family injured.
Yertward Mazamanian alias Eddie, a hippie who discovered Goa's Anjuna beach, died in the coastal state last week, his friends said. The 85-year-old, known as Eight Finger Eddie, was an American expat of Armenian ancestry, who discovered Anjuna beach for rest of the world in 1965 and stayed here till he breathed last on October 18.
Shane Sabastian Pereira, born in Karachi, Pakistan, was granted Indian citizenship after 43 years of living in his ancestral village in Goa. He is the second person from the coastal state to receive the certificate under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Pereira's journey to citizenship highlights the impact of the CAA on individuals seeking to become Indian citizens.
The brother of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sonali Phogat has filed a formal complaint with the Goa Police, claiming that she was murdered by two of her associates.
Police have so far arrested her personal assistant Sudhir Sagwan, another aide Sukhwinder Singh, owner of the Curlies Restaurant Edwin Nunes and alleged drug peddler Dattaprasad Gaonkar.
In one of the videos, Phogat can be seen dancing with one of the arrested accused Sudhir Sagwan.
With this, five people have so far been arrested in the case.
The Goa police on Thursday pressed a charge of murder against two associates of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sonali Phogat soon after autopsy was conducted on her body.
Even as authorities on Friday morning began demolishing the North Goa-based restaurant linked to the death of BJP leader Sonali Phogat for violation of norms, the action was stopped midway after its owner claimed that the Supreme Court gave a stay on it.
The restaurant, 'Curlies', located on Goa's famous Anjuna beach, was in news recently after Phogat was found partying at the outlet hours before her death.
BJP leader from Haryana and actor Sonali Phogat died of a heart attack in Goa, police said on Tuesday.
Sawant told reporters that the Goa police is investigating the case in the right direction.
Nunes had also moved an application for bail, but the court rejected it, the official added.
He said there are no documents establishing that Nunes has the ownership rights of the restaurant.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sonali Phogat was drugged at a party by her two associates who have been now named as accused in the case related to her 'murder', Goa Police said on Friday.
The suspected drug peddler, Dattaprasad Gaonkar, was detained from Anjuna after the accused duo "confessed" in their statement that they had procured drugs from him.
The central probe agency re-registered the first information report (FIR) of Goa Police on a reference from the Ministry of Home Affairs which was routed to it through the Department of Personnel and Training, officials said.
The Union home ministry on Monday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the death of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sonali Phogat, officials said.
Two Delhi-based women were allegedly gang raped and assaulted by five men, who posed as officers of the anti-narcotic cell of police, at a flat in Anjuna beach village in North Goa, police said on Wednesday.
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Fiona Mackeown, mother of British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling, who was found dead on Anjuna beach six years ago, has accused the erstwhile Congress government of "hushing up" the case and demanded speedy justice for her daughter.
Two Russian girls, who escaped an alleged rape attempt by a taxi driver at Anjuna beach in Goa, knocked the doors of locals only to be turned away, while being chased by the accused. "We ran towards some houses and knocked on the door of one of them and requested the occupants to call the police. Nobody came out from the house and we heard someone from inside asking us to go away. We then started running through the field to the other houses for help", they said.
Fiona McKeown, mother of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was found dead on Goa's Anjuna beach, is expected to depose before the Central Bureau of Investigation next week, her counsel said.
"I am happy that the PSI who initially goofed up the case was dismissed from service. But I want the police to investigate his conduct and why he behaved that way," Fiona Mackeown said. Fiona alleged that the PSI's conduct could have stemmed from the influence of some politicians, senior police officers or criminals themselves. She will be writing to Chief Secretary J P Singh, seeking a probe into Nerlon's role in the episode.
The Goa police arrested Samson D'Souza for his alleged involvement in the rape and murder of 15-year-old Scarlette Keeling. D'Souza was last seen with the British tourist on the night of her murder. The police say there is evidence to prove that he had sex with Scarlette on the night of her murder. D'Souza has been charged with rape under the Indian Penal Code and Goa Children's Act.
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