Goa

In the wake of several incidents of drowning while clicking selfies at the beaches in Goa, the state-appointed lifeguard agency has identified 24 'no selfie' points along the coast.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week to resolve the mining crisis in the coastal state which was triggered after the Supreme Court banned mining in all 88 operational mining leases in March.

Hundreds of passengers were stranded for hours at the Goa Airport today after 16 flights were diverted due to low-hanging clouds this afternoon, a senior official said.

Goa's BJP unit has said that Vasudev Parab, holder of a government-allotted industrial plot in the coastal state where a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) raid unearthed a ketamine manufacturing racket, was not involved in its trade.

Making his first appearance at an official event following his return from the United States, a frail-looking Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today attended a function to mark the Goa Republic Day in Panaji.

Two tourists from Tamil Nadu drowned in two separate incidents while clicking selfies at popular Goa beaches, police said on Sunday.

A police constable and a minor boy were arrested today for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl, police said.

In what seems to be a crackdown on errant tourists, Goa's Tourism Department on Friday said it was working on a ban on swimming in the sea from dusk to dawn, limit tourism activity to a limited area on a beach and even put together punitive measures for tourists violating law.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today resumed work at his office in the state secretariat, a day after returning from the US, where he underwent treatment for a pancreatic ailment for three months.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was in the United States for treatment for a pancreatic ailment since March, has landed in Mumbai, and will return to his home state this evening.

The people dependent on the mining industry in Goa are hoping that their operations, which came to a standstill from March 16, will resume once Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar returns to the state.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 100 kg of the banned party drug ketamine being manufactured illegally at a factory in Goa, a senior police official said today.

A case was filed against a creche operator in the port town of Vasco on Tuesday for injuring a nine-year-old boy, police said.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is in the United States for treatment of a pancreatic ailment, will return to the state this week, a senior official said today.

In a bid to enhance safety, efficiency and capability at the Goa airport, the the Airports Authority of India or AAI has decided to augment Navy air traffic control (ATC) facility in Panaji by sharing real time data of flights from Mumbai airport Air Traffic Control, an official release said.