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Digambar Kamat gets PWD as Goa CM Pramod Sawant allocates portfolios

India, Aug. 27 -- Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday allocated portfolios to newly inducted ministers Digambar Kamat and Ramesh Tawadkar. Kamat has been allocated the department of public w... Read More


GOA minister acquitted in Rs.4.5cr power scam case

Panaji, Aug. 26 -- A local court in Goa on Monday acquitted Goa minister of transport and panchayats Mauvin Godinho of charges of causing a loss of Rs.4.5 crore to the state exchequer in the Goa power... Read More


Goa minister Mauvin Godinho acquitted in 27-year-old 'power rebate scam'

India, Aug. 25 -- A local court in Goa on Monday acquitted the state's minister of transport and panchayats, Mauvin Godinho, in a corruption case filed 27 years ago. Godinho, who was minister for pow... Read More


'If executive is permitted to be a judge...': CJI slams bulldozer action

India, Aug. 24 -- Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Saturday said that the acts of several district administrations to unilaterally bulldoze the homes of those accused of crimes struck at the very c... Read More


Former Congress CM Digambar Kamat, ex-speaker Ramesh Tawadkar inducted in Pramod Sawant cabinet

India, Aug. 21 -- Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday expanded his cabinet by inducting two new ministers, taking the council of ministers in Goa to its full strength of 12. Governor Pusapati As... Read More


20-year-old engineering student dies in his sleep in Goa hostel room: Police

India, Aug. 17 -- A 20-year-old third-year engineering student was found dead in his hostel room on Saturday morning. Police do not suspect foul play. Police said the student, a resident of Uttar Pra... Read More


Bombay high court quashes arrest of Goa councillor over alleged PFI links

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


Goa casino conducted live card games without permission; 9 tourists, 2 staffers arrested

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


Indian priest Richard D'Souza appointed director of Vatican Observatory

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


Goa mulls law to legalise traditional bullfight, CM says it's a taming sport

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