GOA: GOA’S SHAUN ARANJO SELECTED BY SPANISH BASKETBALL ACADEMY
Panaji Goa’s young basketball player, Shaun Aranjo, has been selected by a Spanish basketball academy to get advanced training in basketball. At 18, Shaun, one of Goa’s top players, has been consistently winning State titles in Juniors as well as Seniors category groups with his teams, and is the first Goan player to be selected by the prestigious academy based…
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GOA: STATE JUNIOR BASKETBALL – SONICS, LOURDES TRIUMPH
Panaji Sonics, Porvorim reaffirmed their status as the top Basketball team in Goa in Junior Boys as they emerged champions for the second year in running, in the State Junior Basketball championship organised by Panjim Basketeers Club in collaboration with Goa Basketball Association. In the Junior Girls section, Lourdes Convent were the run-away winners. The finals were played at the Don…
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GOA: SUPREME COURT ASKS GOA COURT TO COMPLETE TRIAL AGAINST TARUN TEJPAL IN ONE YEAR
From Our Chief Reporter New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday directed a Goa court to complete the trial against Tehelka magazine’s founder Tarun Tejpal in a case of alleged rape lodged by a former woman colleague, within a year. The top court asked Tejpal to serve a copy of his petition challenging the Bombay High Court’s December 20, 2017 order dismissing…
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GOA: NOTHING HAS CHANGED FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOA EVEN AFTER A DECADE: AAP
The comment of the TCP minister Vijai Sardesai, calling the anti-PDA people’s movement as a “mobocracy” is a direct attack on the democratic right of people to protest. What is even more shocking is that Sardesai is himself on record accusing the previous BJP Govt of “fast-track sale of Goa through PDA, RP and IPB”. Can Sardesai explain why, now that he is…
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GOA: AMIT SHAH TO BE IN GOA AFTER KARNATAKA POLLS
By Our Chief Reporter Panaji (Goa) BJP President Amit Shah will be visiting Goa after his hectic schedule of Karnataka polls. The exact date of his arrival is not yet decided. “Shah would be in Goa next month and we are yet to finalise the exact date of his visit, BJP Goa Chief Vinay Tendulkar…
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GOA: CALANGUTE POLICE BUSTS PROSTITUTION RACKET RESCUES FIVE GIRLS INCLUDING FOREIGNERS
By Our Chief Reporter Calangute (Goa) In a major breakthrough Calangute police have successfully busted a international prostitution racket at Candolim and rescued 05 victim girls including 03 foreign national victim girls. As per PI Jivba Dalvi reliable information was received through sources that one pimp is operating from a guest house at Bamonwado, Candolim,…
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FINAL HEARING IN SCARLETTE CASE ON APRIL 12 BEFORE HIGH COURT
By Our Chief Reporter Panaji (Goa) Goa Bench of Bombay High Court has fixed the final hearing in connection with the death of British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling on April 12 in which Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has challenged the decision of the lower court to acquit the accused. The double bench of…
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TODAY’S TOP TEN: SPORTS
CWG 2018: Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal headline India’s first badminton mixed team gold New Delhi: India’s badminton contingent has combined to deliver a landmark mixed team gold medal on day five of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia where Malaysia were beaten 3-1 on the back of strong shuttle play from Ashwini Ponnappa, Satwik…
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KARWAR MLA SANTEESH SAIL SKIPS CRIME BRANCH SUMMONS
By Our Chief Reporter Panaji (Goa) Karwar MLA Santeesh Sail who was summoned by the Crime Branch in connection with the illegal mining case today, skipped the summons. Sail was supposed to be present before the investigating officer today at 11 a.m.but did not turn up. A senior official said that the MLA has…
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GOA: A LOOK INTO REDYACHI ZATRA
Naresh Fatharpekar Mayem in Bicholim is known in Goa for its annual fair called the ‘Redyachi Zatra’. This ‘zatra’ is held with a lot of religious rituals and celebration exhibiting the socio-cultural heritage of the land. In the past, during the fair, there was a custom of buffalo sacrifice. “This practice has been forbidden since over a quarter century, but despite…
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