Trial in the Scarlett Eden Keeling murder case suffered a setback as the CBI counsel quit from the case.

A photograph of President Pratibha Patil on the Goa beach surrounded by bikini-clad women and men in swimming trunks carried in newspapers on Wednesday has angered officials here who summoned three photo journalists and questioned them.

During his pre-New Year speech for the Catholic population, Archbishop of Goa, Daman and Diu, Filipe Neri Ferrao, used the Hindu Maha Upanishads extensively and drew parallels between the ancient scriptures and the teachings of Jesus Christ and said that the unity of mankind had been one of the main concerns of Christ.

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NCP president Sharad Pawar’s directive to Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat to re-induct controversial MLA Francesco Pacheco in the ministry resulted in a group of 10 Congress legislators on Wednesday night threatening to topple its own government in such an eventuality. The government would be toppled within minutes if Mr Pacheco, a former tourism minister, is sworn in, the MLAs said at a press conference here.

Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat on Thursday met governor S S Sidhu to brief him about the continuing political crisis in the state.

A 21-year-old medical student from the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, was killed in a tragic water sports accident in North Goa’s Baga beach on Saturday evening.

Goa chief secretary Sanjay Srivastava on Saturday said that the state needs to think of alternatives for mining industry which may not sustain after 10-20 years.

The Goa NCP on Thursday evening asked two of its MLAs who are ministers in the Congress-led coalition to resign from the Cabinet after the duo met Congress leaders on Wednesday night, promising support to the party.

It’s a balmy 32°C in Goa and droves of Europeans tourists trying to escape temperatures as extreme as -17°C in their hometowns are making a beeline for this seaside state to spend the winter.