Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the region known as the Konkan, and geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is surrounded by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the east and south, with the Arabian Sea forming its western coast. It is India's smallest state by area and the fourth-smallest by population. Goa has the highest GDP per capita among all Indian states, two and a half times that of the country. It was ranked the best-placed state by the Eleventh Finance Commission for its infrastructure and ranked on top for the best quality of life in India by the National Commission on Population based on the 12 Indicators.
This was the first time the victim was present in the court for the trial, which was being held in-camera. District judge Shama Joshi in Mapusa town of North Goa is hearing the case against Tejpal.. IndiaTimes - Published
Amit Shah, who will be attending his first meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council, according to officials, has already held discussions with the Western Zonal Council in Goa and Northern Zonal Council at.. IndiaTimes - Published
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant resolved to slash the road tax by 50% on purchases of new vehicles for a period of three months from October onwards. DNA - Published
In a murder that sent shock waves across the artist community, 65-year-old Shireen Mody was killed by her 68-year-old gardener Praful Jana at her residence at Arpora on Sunday morning. Police said.. IndiaTimes - Published
The tourism industry in Goa, which is facing headwinds from decline in foreign visitors, is set to face a direct loss of around Rs 50 crore with the collapse of UK travel giant Thomas Cook, tour.. IndiaTimes - Published
The weather forecasting agency also predicted that isolated places over Vidarbha, Konkan, Goa, Telangana, Interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal are expected to receive heavy.. DNA - Published
While dealing with a case relating to succession arising out of Goa, the apex court lauded the fact that Uniform Civil Code has become a reality in the state DNA - Published
India's indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas on Friday successfully carried out an "arrested landing" in Goa, a major milestone in the development of the naval variant of the jet... IndiaTimes - Published
Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday calling him the biggest brand ambassador of the country's tourism and culture. Addressing a gathering after launching.. IndiaTimes - Published
Most of the states are considering notifying lesser fines for traffic offences than the stiff penalties in the amended Motor Vehicles Act, barely a day after the Gujarat announced reductions between 25.. IndiaTimes - Published
Strong winds with speed reaching 40-50 km/h, are likely to prevail over west-central and southwest Arabian Sea from Sept 11 to Sept 13, says a bulletin issued by the IMD DNA - Published
Ganguly, who was absconding ever since the case was registered against him, was arrested on Friday from Kashmere Gate area in New Delhi. DNA - Published
The weather forecasting agency also predicted that some isolated pockets of Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Vidarbha, Odisha, Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan and Goa are also likely to receive heavy downpour.. DNA - Published
New research shows how 'floating plastic' affect the physical processes in the ocean that could directly impact the climate. A study by the researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.. DNA - Published
"Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand, West Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Kutch, Konkan and Goa, Coastal and South Interior Karnataka and Kerala and Mahe," the weather.. IndiaTimes - Published
Yediyurappa, along with eight disqualified MLAs camping in Delhi since Wednesday, is expected to meet party president Amit Shah and working president JP Nadda on Friday. Shah is currently in Goa on an.. IndiaTimes - Published
Tejpal was accused by a female colleague of raping her at a five-star hotel in Goa six years ago, but the trial was stayed after Tejpal approached the SC DNA - Published
The IMD says very heavy rainfall was likely at isolated places over Saurashtra and Kutch, parts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra DNA - Published
With the help of two Advanced Light Helicopters (ALHs) provided by the Indian Navy to the authorities to carry out rescue operations in those areas which are not accessible by boats in Karnataka, as.. DNA - Published
Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls at isolated places over Chhattisgarh, East Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, West Madhya Pradesh, and others DNA - Published
The Congress will file on Thursday a petition before the speaker of the Goa legislative assembly, seeking disqualification of 10 of its former MLAs, who joined the BJP last month, a senior party leader.. IndiaTimes - Published
Goa Forward Party (GFP) president Vijai Sardesai has accused chief minister Pramod Sawant of "back-stabbing" the allies, and questioned the rationale behind the "wholesale defection" of Congress MLAs.. IndiaTimes - Published
The high court of Bombay at Goa on Friday sentenced Samson D’Souza to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for the death of British teenager Scarlett Keeling at the Anjuna beach 11 years ago. While.. IndiaTimes - Published
Bombay HC's Goa bench has convicted Samson D'Souza in the 2008 British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling death case, overturning his acquittal by the trial court. Scarlett was found dead with bruises on.. IndiaTimes - Published
The regional party decided to end its alliance with the BJP just a day after their ministers were asked to quit from Pramod Sawant-led Goa cabinet to adjust Congress rebels as ministers in the.. DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
CM Pramod Sawant, who took over the reins of the state following the demise of Manohar Parrikar, dropped ministers of BJP's ally - Goa Forward Party. Following deputy CM Vijai Sardesai's removal from.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress defectors who joined BJP and inducted as ministers in Goa government are Filipe Nery Rodrigues, Jennifer Monserratte and Chandrakant Kavleka. DNA - Published
Deputy Speaker of Goa Assembly Michael Lobo Saturday resigned from the post, paving the way for his induction into the Pramod Sawant-led cabinet. DNA - Published
Claiming that the political crises in Karnataka and Goa were a threat to democracy, opposition lawmakers, including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, held a protest in the Parliament complex on Thursday... IndiaTimes - Published
Amid the political uncertainty in Karnataka and the melt-down of the party in Goa, senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia Thursday met Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath here over lunch, and.. DNA - Published
Against the backdrop of the political crisis in Karnataka and Goa, senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said that the party is facing testing times and needs an immediate revival.. DNA - Published
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant met BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday, and both leaders are believed to have held deliberations over a reshuffle in the state Cabinet after 10 Congress MLAs joined.. DNA - Published
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