Former Indian Ambassador to the US Naresh Chandra passes away

Former Indian Ambassador to the United States Naresh Chandra died at a private hospital in Goa on Sunday night due to multiple organ failure. He was 82. “He was admitted to the hospital on......

Goan bars brace for smoking ban

Goa's nondescript bars, which usually also serve as smoking holes, have turned into no-smoking zones within 48 hoursof thenew anti-smoking law coming into force. It's 9.30 pm on Sunday, the usual......

Ajay Devgn fined Rs 100 for smoking in public

Ajay Devgn will have to shell out Rs 100 as fine for smoking at a public place during the shooting of his upcoming film Golmaal 3 in Goa in May this year. "A fine notice will be issued to the......

NGO takes a dig at SRK

An anti-tobacco organisation has rubbished mega star Shah Rukh Khan's justification of on screen smoking in the guise of "creative liberties" stating that "creativity just cannot escape public......

SRK in legal soup over smoking

Actor Shah Rukh Khan was Friday issued a legal notice by an NGO for smoking in public during the two recent events -- the Twenty20 cricket match in Mumbai and Hindustan Times Summit in Delhi. The......

'Some Lodha panel suggestions need clarity'

‘If an office-bearer completes nine years at the state level, can he serve for separate nine years at BCCI’ IMAGE: Chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed committee for reforms in......

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,......