Goa News

More than a year after banning consumption of alcohol on Goa's beaches, state Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Tuesday said, that special zones would be created on the state's popular beaches for picnics and liquor drinking.

Ahead of the Goa Carnival festivities, the North Goa district administration has withdrawn restrictions (Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code) which were imposed last week after intelligence inputs about a possible terror threat along the western coast.

The Goa police on Thursday has detained a minor boy for the alleged rape and killing of a 28-year-old woman at Porvorim near, an official said.

Thirty people were arrested on charges of rioting and holding hostage the staff and guests at a casino in a plush hotel near Calangute beach in Goa in the early hours of Thursday, the police said.

Renowned fashion designer Wendell Rodricks died at his residence in Goa's Colvale village on Wednesday, a police official said.

Large gatherings have been banned in North Goa after intelligence inputs about possible terror activity along the western coast, the police said.

A 40-year-old tourist from Maharashtra died at Baga beach in Goa after falling on his head while attempting a somersault on Sunday, police said.

A Chinese delegation's visit to Goa has been put on hold by tourism industry stakeholders in Goa in view of the coronavirus outbreak there, an official said today.

Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao, has urged the central government to "immediately and unconditionally revoke the Citizenship Amendment Act" and stop quashing the "right to dissent".

Goa Deputy Chief Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar has claimed that Dr BR Ambedkar had thought of a 'Dalitstan' for Dalits, but people of India remained united.

A citizens group in Goa has so far painted over 130 speed breakers in the state in white colour to increase their visibility, which has earned praise from Union minister Nitin Gadkari.

Two persons from Europe, who arrived in Goa from China, have been kept in an isolation ward at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Saturday for possible exposure to novel Coronavirus, officials said.

Goans will be banned from entering casinos in the state from February 1, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Thursday.

The Goa government has decided to form a special task force to monitor cases, if any, of coronavirus in the tourist state. Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Sunday said that people arriving in Goa from the virus-affected regions outside India would be closely monitored.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said his government is looking at the possibility of recruitments in private sector through the state-run Human Resource Development Corporation.