Global warming eroding Goa beaches: GovernorPANAJI - Goa Governor S.S. Sidhu Monday warned that the ill-effects of global warming were fast knocking at the state’s doors and eroding its beaches. Cops in casino: top Goa official seeks reportPANAJI - The Goa home department will write to the director general of police (DGP) seeking a report on the controversy created by senior police officers partying on board an offshore casino last week. Goa casino says cops were ‘guests’PANAJI - An offshore casino locked in a legal dispute with the Goa government has said that seven senior police officers seen on its premises last week were its guests and were not gambling. Russian girl’s body decomposed beyond recognition: policePANAJI - The Goa police Wednesday admitted that the body of Russian teenager Elena Sukhonova, who was found dead along a railway track in May, has decomposed beyond recognition. A relative of the girl has blamed the mortuary where her body has been kept for seven months. Another Sanatan Sanstha member held in Goa blast casePANAJI - A self-defence instructor associated with the Sanatan Sanstha was Wednesday arrested for the Diwali-eve blast in Margao in which two members of the Hindu group were killed while carrying a bomb, police said. Russian girl’s body decomposed due to morgue malfunction: relativePANAJI - A relative of Russian teenager Elena Sukhonova, whose badly mangled remains were found along a railway track in May this year, has alleged that her body has decomposed beyond recognition in the mortuary. Church calls Goa official’s casino remark blasphemousPANAJI - Goa Director General of Police Bhimsain Bassi’s remark that visiting casinos was like going to temples and churches was “blasphemous” and “shocking”, the Roman Catholic church said Wednesday. India sets up shelter for domestic workers in Oman: FaleiroPANAJI - The Indian embassy in Oman has set up a shelter in its premises for harassed domestic maids employed in Omani households, says former minister of state for external affairs Eduardo Faleiro. Goa top cop likens going to casinos to visiting templePANAJI - What’s the difference between going to a casino and going to a temple, a church, or even a fishing trip? According to Goa’s top cop - none whatsoever! Goa government orders probe into casino party by senior copsPANAJI - The Goa government has ordered an enquiry into the controversial party organised by four superintendents of police and other senior police officials aboard an offshore casino vessel. Police station in Goa inaugurated with belly dancePANAJI - The entire Goa Police top brass was treated to a belly dance performed by a scantily clad Russian dance troupe at a newly inaugurated police station in the state. Four senior Goa cops create stir aboard offshore casinoPANAJI - The Goa police department was left red faced after four Superintendents of Police (SP) and three other senior police officials created a stir by locking themselves up in a bar at an offshore casino to avoid a media contingent. 68 fishermen still missing after Cyclone Phyan: Goa chief ministerPANAJI - As many as 68 fishermen were still missing after being trapped in Cyclone Phyan which passed through the Arabian Sea earlier this weekback, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said here Friday. Sanatan Sanstha is threat to nation: Goa home ministerPANAJI - The Hindu rightwing group Sanatan Sanstha, five of whose associates have been booked in connection with the Diwali-eve blast in Goa, is a threat to the entire nation, state Home Minister Ravi Naik said here Friday. Six trawlers, 50 Goan fishermen missing in cyclonePANAJI - A senior Goa fisheries department official said Thursday that six trawlers, one canoe and more than 50 fishermen were missing in the aftermath of Cyclone Phyan, that passed through the Arabian sea off Goa. Search still on to locate missing fishermen in GoaPANAJI - The Coast Guard on Thursday continued its search operations to locate eight trawlers and 39 fishermen who had gone missing after the Arabian Sea turned rough under the influence of Cyclone Phyan. 45 Goa fishermen missing after Cyclone PhyanPANAJI - About 45 fishermen were missing Thursday as eight trawlers were still out at sea and two feared sunk following Cyclone Phyan passing through the Arabian Sea the day before. Be careful while visiting Goa, Britain tells its nationalsPANAJI - Britain has warned its nationals that they should be careful while visiting Goa and the four major Indian metropolitan cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, which could be terror attack targets. Engineer held in Goa blast casePANAJI - The Goa police Wednesday arrested another right-wing Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha (SS) member, an electronic engineer, for the Diwali eve blast in Goa, officials said. About 30 trawlers missing off coast in GoaPANAJI - About 30 trawlers carrying about 200 crew members went missing off coast in Goa on Wednesday after Cyclone Phyan created disturbance in the Arabian Sea. Some fishing boats found in cyclone-hit sea, 60 still missing (Second Lead)PANAJI/AHMEDABAD - Twenty-four of the 34 Goa-based fishing trawlers, which went missing as the Arabian Sea turned rough under the influence of Cyclone Phyan, have been located, officials said Wednesday. 80 fishing boats, 800 men missing in cyclone-hit Arabian SeaAHMEDABAD/PANAJI - About 80 fishing trawlers, with an average of 10 men in each, are missing in cyclone-hit Arabian Sea, organisations of fishermen along India’s west coast said Wednesday. Cyclone effect: Trawlers missing off Goa coastPANAJI - The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has launched a search operation after several Goa-based fishing trawlers went missing as the Arabian Sea turned rough under the influence of Cyclone Phyan, officials said Wednesday. Drug trade may increase during tourist season: Goa policePANAJI - Weeks after Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik consistently denied the sale of drugs in the state, a senior police official has admitted that there could be a possible increase in the narcotics trade and rave parties during the forthcoming tourist season. Rs 1.2 million stolen from Goa multiplexPANAJI - In a major theft, more than Rs. one million in cash were stolen early Monday morning from three separate safes located within the Inox multiplex here, police said. Mock emergency drill creates panic in GoaPANAJI - A mock emergency drill Sunday triggered a major scare throughout Goa, after the administration flashed messages, through a private SMS news service and FM radio stations, of an ammonia leak from an agro-chemical factory in south Goa. Israelis check if Goa is safe for IsraelisPANAJI - The Goa Police said Saturday that it was “natural” for officers from Israel’s Mumbai consulate to inspect the North Goa coast as it was frequented by Israeli tourists. Koda has mining interests in Goa, claims BJPPANAJI - Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, allegedly at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, could have mining interests to the tune of Rs.400 crore in Goa, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Friday. Drugs sold near night clubs, shacks in Goa: CBIPANAJI - Soft sticks of charas or hashish casually dumped on vegetable chopping boards in beach shacks at Anjuna, drugs freely available near the parking lot of a popular night club run by a former aide of a Congress MP — these are some of the stunning revelations in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chargesheet filed in the Scarlett Keeling murder case. Banks’ internal audits flawed, encourage scams: CBIPANAJI - Public sector undertakings, especially nationalised banks, often ignore financial crimes in their internal audits and sometimes even delay the prosecution of their accused employees, a senior Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said here Thursday. |
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