A ruling party legislator has said that drug runners had a grip over coastal Goa and that they would soon have enough clout to even shoot the state’s chief minister and home minister.
Agnelo Fernandes, Congress legislator from Calangute, arguably Goa’s most popular tourism hub, said late Monday that the state police had ‘miserably failed to [...]
The Goa police Tuesday gave a clean chit to a police inspector who had faced the charge of forcing a Russian resident to tone down her rape complaint against a Goa politician to molestation.
The clean chit followed a formal ‘departmental inquiry’ in which the Russian victim’s statement was not even recorded.
‘I don’t even [...]
Panaji, Jan 2 (IANS) A Goa court Saturday acquitted alleged serial killer Mahanand Naik in one of the 16 murder cases he was charged with in 2009.
Naik, an unemployed part-time autorickshaw driver whose alleged murderous exploits spread over a decade created a wave of fear in Goa, was acquitted by District and Sessions Judge (South [...]
Panaji, Dec 22 (IANS) Sanatan Sanstha, a Hindu rightwing group whose members have been linked to the Diwali eve blast in Goa, Tuesday alleged harassment of its women members by people residing near its premises.
Virendra Marathe, administrator of the group’s ashram at Ramnathi, 25 km from here, said at a press conference here that ‘anti-social [...]
Panaji, Dec 22 (IANS) The Goa chief minister’s gold medal awarded to two senior police officers for ‘dedicated and commendable’ services has come under cloud with civic groups alleging that the tainted police officers have been decorated.
While police Inspector Santosh Dessai has been accused of major human rights violations, including the arrest of an 85-year-old [...]
Panaji, Dec 17 (IANS) The Goa tourism department is in the process of setting up a Special Tourist Security Force (STSF) to tackle the rising number of crimes against tourists in the state.
The government’s intent in setting up the STSF has been articulated in the annual administration report tabled in the Goa assembly Tuesday by [...]
Panaji, Dec 15 (IANS) The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court Tuesday cancelled the anticipatory bail of John Fernandes, a local politician accused of raping a 25-year-old Russian woman Dec 1.
Justice U.D. Salvi in his order said there was a prima facie case of rape when the victim first went to the Colva police [...]
Panaji, Dec 11 (IANS) Confusion prevailed over the status of the Diwali-eve blast in Goa, with Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Friday saying the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been handed over the probe and the state police saying they were not aware of this yet.
Kamat, speaking to reporters, said that the decision to hand over [...]
Panaji, Dec 11 (IANS) Portraying Israeli tourists as a bunch of promiscuous, stingy, drug addicts and peddlers, a new book published by a church-affiliated organisation in Goa is likely to ruffle many feathers.
The 96-page work, ‘Claiming the right to say no: a study of Israeli tourist behaviour and patterns in Goa’, has been authored by [...]
Panaji, Dec 10 (IANS) The Russian consulate in Mumbai has asked the Goa chief minister to ensure proper investigation into the alleged rape of a 25-year-old Russian girl by a local politician, and warned that such incidents ’spoil the image of Goa as a safe place for tourists’.
In his letter dated December 7, a copy [...]
Panaji, Dec 10 (ANI): The case involving the rape of a Russian girl by a Goa politician has taken a new twist with Goa Police deciding not to challenge the bail plea of accused John Fernandes.
The police said they plan to challenge the anticipatory bail granted to Fernandes.
The Goa Crime Branch had arrested Fernandes on [...]
Panaji, Dec 9 (ANI): Goa politician John Fernandes, an accused in the alleged rape of a Russian woman, was arrested by the Goa Crime Branch here today.
On Tuesday (December 8), the South Goa District and Sessions Court had granted bail to him, as his lawyer argued that there was a discrepancy in the statements of [...]
Panaji, Dec 9 (IANS) The 13 angry, livid scars on her body are testimony to her rape allegedly by a local politician John Fernandes Dec 1. Nine days later, the 25-year-old Russian is now counting the mental scars left behind by a completely insensitive and corrupt Goa police.
The victim has been running from pillar to [...]
Panaji, Dec 9 (ANI): The Russian girl who alleged that she was assaulted by supporters of John Fernandes, a high profile Goa politician, has said that she will withdraw her rape complaint if the Russian Consulate does not step in to help her.
The 25-year-old woman, who is associated with a five star hotel, had [...]
Panaji, Dec 5 (IANS) A complaint filed by a Russian woman alleging rape by a Goa politician would be probed by the state crime branch, a senior police official said Saturday.
‘Yes, we have transferred the case to the crime branch today (Saturday),’ Director General of Police Bhimsain Bassi told IANS.
The 25-year-old Russian woman [...]
Panaji, Dec 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday alleged that state support to illegal mining and corruption in Goa’s mining industry had reached ‘unacceptable levels’ and vowed to expose ’several Madhu Kodas’ in the state, during the forthcoming assembly session.
Addressing a press conference here, Leader of Opposition in the assembly Manohar Parrikar said [...]
Panaji, Nov 20 (IANS) The Congress Friday discussed the issue of banning right-wing Hindu outfit Sanatan Sanstha, some of whose members have been arrested in connection with the Diwali-eve blast in Goa.
Speaking to reporters after the Congress legislature party met at the chief minister’s residence, Congress legislator and deputy speaker of the Goa legislative assembly [...]
Panaji, Nov 18 (IANS) A self-defence instructor associated with the Sanatan Sanstha was Wednesday arrested for the Diwali-eve blast in Margao in which two members of the Hindu group were killed while carrying a bomb, police said.
Superintendent of Police Atmaram Deshpande said Dilip Managaokar, 39, was involved in planting an improvised explosive device (IED) that [...]
Panaji, Nov 13 (IANS) The Hindu rightwing group Sanatan Sanstha, five of whose associates have been booked in connection with the Diwali-eve blast in Goa, is a threat to the entire nation, state Home Minister Ravi Naik said here Friday.
‘Their threat is not to Goa alone, but to entire Bharat,’ Naik told a local news [...]
Panaji, Nov 2 (IANS) The motive behind the Diwali-eve blast in Goa is still not clear more than a fortnight after two associates of the rightwing Hindu outfit Sanatan Sanstha (SS) were killed in the explosion while ferrying a bomb, a senior police official said.
Speaking to reporters in Panaji Monday evening, Superintendent of [...]
Panaji, Nov 2 (IANS) The Goa police believe there is a difference between jihadi terrorism and right wing Hindu terrorism.
A senior police official who is investigating the Diwali eve blast carried out by members affiliated to the Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha (SS) in Margao, a major town in South Goa 35 km from here, said [...]
Panaji, Oct 31 (IANS) Two more Sanatan Sanstha associates, including an MBA, were arrested in Goa Saturday in connection with the Diwali eve blast in Margao in which two members of the Hindu group were killed while carrying a bomb, police said.
Police did not rule out the possibility of more arrests and the involvement of [...]
Panaji, Oct 27 (IANS) The cause of death of a 39-year-old Briton, whose body was found in his room in a coastal resort village in South Goa, would only be known after a chemical examination of his viscera, police said Tuesday.
Forensic experts, who conducted a post-mortem examination, identified the dead British man as William Scott [...]
Panaji, Oct 26 (IANS) The 39-year-old British national who was found dead in his room Sunday at a coastal resort in South Goa, 35 km from here, could have died of a heart attack, police said Monday.
Police officials who have sent William Scott’s body for a post mortem have reserved comments on the reasons of [...]
Panaji, Oct 25 (IANS) A 39-year-old British national was found dead in his guest house room in a popular coastal village in Goa Sunday, a police official said. The police suspect it to be a case of drug overdose.
William Kottar was found dead in his room in Colva village in South Goa, about 40 km [...]
Panaji, Oct 25 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia is expected to visit Goa Monday for an overnight visit, a police official said.
Togadia’s visit to Goa assumes significance with the involvement of right-wing Hindu outfit Sanatan Sanstha activists in the Diwali eve bomb blasts in Margao, a town in south Goa, 35 km [...]
Panaji, Oct 25 (IANS) More than a week after two activists of Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha (SS) were killed in an explosion while ferrying bombs to a crowded locality in South Goa, a senior police official has said there was ’something wrong’ with the right wing organization’s ideology.
Speaking to a local cable news channel, Deputy [...]
Panjim / Mumbai, Oct 19 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamath hinted here on Monday that his government is considering banning the Sanatana Sanstha, a right wing organization which suspected of having a hand in an explosion in South Goa on Friday night.
Kamath revealed this while speaking to a private news channel.
Earlier in the day, [...]
Panaji, Oct 19 (IANS) The Goa police are probing a dozen foreigners, including three French nationals, who have been found illegally residing in the Sanatan Sanstha ashram premises, a senior police official said Monday.
The police stumbled upon the foreigners during raids that followed after two members of the group were killed in an explosion Friday [...]
Panaji, Oct 19 (IANS) Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik Monday said the police would probe the links of the state transport minister’s wife with a Hindu group blamed for an explosion that killed two of its members. The Congress has also asked the police to probe if Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was the intended target [...]
