Panaji | Closing its gates on former Goa CM late Manohar Parrikar’s disgruntled son Utpal Parrikar, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday announced the candidature of Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar as the party’s candidate for the Bicholim Assembly seat. “Patnekar will not just win the Bicholim seat, he will also be a Cabinet minister in the […]
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Goa reports 8 new Omicron cases, total tally 19: Health Minister
Panaji | Eight new Omicron cases have been detected in Goa, taking the total count of Covid cases involving the new variant to 19, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Wednesday. He also said that out of the eight new cases, five patients are local residents of Goa with no travel history. “8 Genome Sequence Reports […]
Goa BJP MLA resigns, says party has forgotten principles
Panaji | Former Forest Minister and sitting BJP MLA Alina Saldanha on Thursday resigned as legislator accusing the leadership in the state of forgetting party principles. Saldanha, who submitted her resignation to Speaker of the assembly Rajesh Patnekar, is the first BJP lawmaker to resign from the state assembly, even as two Opposition MLAs have quit […]
Five sailors suspected to be Omicron cases: Goa official
Panaji | Five sailors, including two Russians, have been kept in quarantine as suspect Omicron cases, Goa health officials said on Monday. Dr Utkarsh Betodkar, an epidimiologist with the state Directorate of Health Services, said that the five Omicron suspects had tested positive for Covid, after they sailed to Mormugao Port Trust onboard a ship which […]
Days after denial of permission, scaled down Sunburn EDM festival to be held in Goa
Panaji | Two days after Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant denied permission to host the popular Sunburn electronic dance music festival, organisers of the event, Percept Live, on Friday in a statement said that a scaled down version of the festival would now be held at Vagator, a beach village in North Goa. “Percept Live would […]
Goa CM scraps popular EDM event ‘Sunburn’ this year
Panaji | Popular electronic dance music (EDM) Sunburn festival organised by Percept Live, one of the highlights of the state’s year-end tourism itinerary, will not be held this year. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that his office had rejected a file moved by the Tourism Ministry to permit the organising of the event […]
Rape accused stripped, ragged in Goa prison; probe ordered
Panaji | A day after a video showing three rape accused being forced to do sit-ups in the nude at the Aguada central jail in North Goa, prison authorities on Wednesday directed a probe into the incident. Speaking to reporters, Inspector General of Prisons, Goa, Venancio Furtado, said that that the central jail superintendent has been […]
Goa government moves HC against Tarun Tejpal acquittal
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 […]
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 […]