India, Aug. 16 -- The Bombay high court at Goa has quashed the arrest of a municipal councillor who was taken into custody in September 2022 over alleged links to the Popular Front of India (PFI), rul... Read More
India, Aug. 6 -- The Goa police arrested 11 people, including nine tourists, for playing card games at a "casino" in north Goa's Candolim that was only licensed to conduct "games of electronic amuseme... Read More
India, Aug. 2 -- Indian Catholic priest Richard D'Souza has been appointed as the new director of the Vatican Observatory. The newly elected Pope Leo XIV confirmed his appointment on Thursday evening.... Read More
India, July 31 -- Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said the government will consider a law to legalise the traditional buffalo fight (Dhirio or Guerra) as "it does not involve a fight between two bull... Read More
India, July 30 -- A 28-year-old man was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years on Wednesday for the rape of his 63-year-old employer in a north Goa hotel in 2019. Lalrinnunga Lalfakzuala, a ... Read More
India, July 26 -- Former union minister Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju was sworn in as the 22nd governor of Goa on Saturday in the presence of a host of officials and dignitaries. The chief justice of ... Read More
India, July 25 -- Two Goa police constables have been suspended after a woman security guard at a nightclub accused them of groping her and assaulting her on Wednesday night. A first information repo... Read More
India, July 25 -- Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant on Friday hit back at Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, who in comments to the media reportedly said that the former had "lost his menta... Read More
India, July 24 -- Goa has witnessed a 39% growth in domestic tourist arrivals between 2019 (pre-COVID) and 2024, tourism minister Rohan Khaunte said on Thursday, slamming "paid social media influencer... Read More
India, July 22 -- The Goa government has tabled a bill in the assembly seeking to allow it to declare "any breed or class of animals" as "ferocious" and banning their domestication and breeding. The ... Read More