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Goa Police write to govt seeking NSA powers for DMs amid increasing gang violence

India, Sept. 27 -- The Goa Police has written to the state government requesting that district magistrates be empowered to exercise powers under the National Security Act (NSA) to tackle a series of v... Read More


BJP MLA Ganesh Gaonkar elected speaker of Goa legislative assembly

India, Sept. 25 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ganesh Gaonkar was elected Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Gaonkar, who represents the rural Sanvordem constituency in the sta... Read More


Goa: HC directs UIDAI to grant police access to docs Israeli man used to obtain Aadhaar card

India, Sept. 24 -- The Bombay high court at Goa has directed the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to disclose to investigating authorities the documents Israeli national Yaniv Benaim a... Read More


Govt file on setting up tiger reserve in Goa is missing, SC mandated panel told

India, Sept. 20 -- A file on the 2015 plan to establish a tiger reserve in Goa has gone missing, the Central Empowered Committee (CEC), set up by the Supreme Court, was informed at its first hearing, ... Read More


Goa activist assaulted by six people in Panaji outskirts; CM assures swift action

India, Sept. 18 -- An activist was allegedly assaulted at Caranzalem on the outskirts of Panaji in Goa by a group of six people, police said. The victim, Rama Kankonkar, an activist who unsuccessfull... Read More


YouTuber arrested for video, made false claim about Goa's 'haunted airport': Cop

India, Sept. 17 -- A Delhi-based YouTuber has been arrested by the Mopa Airport police for putting out a video clip that allegedly made false claims about Goa's second airport, which started operation... Read More


India must prepare for rapid climate change, says top official

India, Sept. 17 -- India still has some way to go in coming to terms with the consequences of rapidly changing climate trends, secretary to the ministry of earth sciences M. Ravichandran said. Addres... Read More


Seven of 12 major state-run ports use indigenous vessel tracking software: Official

India, Sept. 15 -- Seven out of 12 major state-run ports in the country have shifted to an indigenously developed vessel tracking and management system, a top official has said. "We are liberating th... Read More


Goa doctor arrested for sexually assaulting Moroccan woman in ICU

India, Sept. 13 -- A trainee doctor has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a Moroccan woman undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Goa, police said. Dr ... Read More


Trainee doctor held for raping foreigner under treatment at Goa hospital ICU

India, Sept. 12 -- A trainee doctor allegedly sexually assaulted a Moroccan woman undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Goa, police said on Friday. Dr Vrushab Doshi... Read More