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India Must Look Beyond AQI and Focus on Actual PM2.5 and PM10 Pollution Levels

Goa, Nov. 12 -- India's growing obsession with the Air Quality Index (AQI) is raising questions about whether the country is measuring and communicating air pollution effectively, with experts arguing... Read More


Jaipur Gang War: History-Sheeter Hacked to Death With Axes After SUV Is Rammed by Attackers

Goa, Nov. 12 -- A man identified as Vijay Bajiya was brutally hacked to death with axes by a group of men after they allegedly rammed their pickup truck into his SUV in Jaipur's Kardhani area on Wedne... Read More


A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR KONKANI TIATR WITH YOUNG STARS

Goa, Nov. 12 -- Dolcy D'Cruz Originally from Ponda, BENNY MENDES is a noted singer, actor, director and producer who is known as the 'Chocolate Hero of Konkani Stage', a title presented to him when h... Read More


CCTV Captures Suspect Fleeing After Pushing Woman Off Mumbai Train

Goa, Nov. 12 -- CCTV footage shows 53-year-old Jitendra Hirmukhe calmly walking away after allegedly pushing a female passenger off a Mumbai local train at Naigaon station. The altercation began when ... Read More


Quick Action by Fire Brigade Prevents Fire from Spreading Behind Quepem Market

Goa, Nov. 12 -- A fire broke out in the bushes behind the Quepem Fish and Vegetable Market, prompting a quick response from the Curchorem Fire Brigade. Firefighters rushed to the spot and brought the ... Read More


Goa denied Special Status to facilitate grab and sale of land in the State

Goa, Nov. 12 -- JOSE MARIA MIRANDA This is not a question that I pose; it's an accusation I dare make. BJP's Mani festo in 2012 promised Special Status for the State. In January 2014, Narendra Modi h... Read More


Goan Farmer Aims to Make Vegetables Affordable Through Local Cultivation

Goa, Nov. 12 -- With vegetable prices continuing to rise and water shortage becoming a growing concern, farmer Claudius Dias has begun preparing his fields to cultivate vegetables and make them availa... Read More


Spate of rapes exposes Goa's abject failure to protect children

Goa, Nov. 12 -- Two shocking sexual assaults on 4-year-old girls in Mapusa and Canacona within a cou ple of days have triggered widespread outrage, but the responses from civil so ciety point to a fai... Read More


Mapusa child rape accused arrested in Panjim

Goa, Nov. 12 -- Cracking a case that initially of fered investigators no clear leads, Mapusa Police on Wednesday arrested Pundalik Ka riyappa Gudge (28), a native of Hyaballi in Dharwad, Karnataka, pr... Read More


Another 4-year-old allegedly raped, this time in Canacona

Goa, Nov. 12 -- Barely two days after the rape of a four-year-old in Mapusa, another four-year-old has reportedly been sexually assaulted in Canacona, putting the govern ment's child-protection machin... Read More