Panaji | Days after a trial court in the state acquitted former Tehelka Editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal of all charges, including rape, in a 2013 case, the Goa government has filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court challenging the verdict. “The government has filed an appeal against the acquittal with the Bombay High Court bench in […]
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Goa court acquits former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal of rape charges
Panaji | Former editor-in-chief of Tehelka Tarun Tejpal was on Friday acquitted of rape charges, filed by a junior colleage who had alleged that the senior journalist had sexually assaulted her in a five-star resort in Goa in 2013. Tejpal has been booked under sections under sections 376 (rape), 341 (wrongful restraint), 342 (wrongful confinement) 354A […]
Now, Goa goes under lockdown from Thursday to Monday
Panaji | Amid a rising Covid surge, Goa will undergo a lockdown from Thursday night to Monday morning, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said here on Wednesday. Essential services and industries will be open, Sawant also said. The step has been taken in the wake of a surge in Covid-19 cases in the state, Sawant said, while […]
Free of cost vaccines for people above 18 years: Goa CM
Panaji | Goa will offer free of cost vaccination to people above the age of 18 years, when the mass vaccination programme rolls out for all citizens of major age from May 1, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Thursday. We are committed towards the welfare and good health of all Goans. — Dr. Pramod Sawant […]
Night curfew in Goa from 10 pm to 6 am up to April 30: CM
Panaji | Goa will be under night curfew from 10 pm to 6 am till April 30, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said in the wake of an unprecedented spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in the state. The curfew will come into place from Wednesday night. IANS The English Post is on Telegram, click to join […]
Goa bans export of oxygen cylinders to other states
Panaji | The Goa government on Saturday banned the export of oxygen cylinders outside the state because of an increase in the requirement of the same to treat the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the state, said state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane. “In view of the rising Covid-19 cases in Goa, the requirement for oxygen […]
Goa clocks highest single-day spike of 757 Covid cases
Panaji | Goa has reported the highest single-day spike of 757 Covid cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 64,572, health offcials said. Over the last weeks, the daily Covid tally had averaged out between 500 and 550. Meanwhile, five more people have succumbed to Covid on Thursday, pushing the overall toll to […]
Goa to go ahead with Class X, XII exams: Official
Panaji | Class X and XII board examinations will not be rescheduled in the wake of the spike in Covid-19 cases in Goa, Bhagirath Shetye, chairperson of the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Examinations, said on Thursday. Shetye said that students who are in quarantine would be taken to isolated centres, where they would […]
Goa Cong women’s wing chief quits, joins AAP
Panaji | Days after suffering a crushing defeat in the Zilla Panchayat bypoll, Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee president Pratima Coutinho on Friday quit the party and joined the Aam Aadmi Party. Coutinho, a prominent face in the Congress party’s women’s wing for nearly a decade, said that AAP represents the future politics in Goa. “AAP […]
Goa: Sex shop shuts down without trade licence
Panaji: Billed by its promoters as the country’s first “legal” sex shop “Kama Gizmos” (selling sex-related accessories), near the popular Calangute beach in North Goa, has been forced to down its shutters, about a month after its launch. Speaking to reporters Calangute village panchayat sarpanch Dinesh Simepurushkar said on Wednesday that the panchayat authorities had received […]