
New Delhi: There is a big difference between the Indian and the Hollywood producers when it comes to making a film on real incidents. The idea of making an objective film gets easily replaced by the notion of making money at the box office. Eventually the film ends up becoming a uselessly sensational piece. Of course Raj Kumar Gupta made a sensible film 'No One Killed Jessica' but such examples...

05:16 PM, Feb 28, 2012

Panaji: Post Dum Maaro Dum controversy, the state-run Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) has decided not to allow any shooting in the tourist hotspot without a declaration from filmmakers that the film will not spoil the image of the state. More than 1,000 days of film shoots are recorded in Goa, mostly on the beaches or in the Portuguese-era mansions, and this trend has seen a upward graph. ESG's Chief...

06:35 PM, Jul 06, 2011

Panaji: All establishments in Goa frequented by tourists have been asked to put in place security measures ahead of the Christmas and New Year festivities in the state, police said on Monday. The state home department has also called for a special security review meeting on December 24, which will be chaired by Home minister Ravi Naik, they said. Superintendent of Police (North) Arvind Gawas said advisories have been issued...

10:32 PM, Dec 13, 2010

Panaji: Yertward Mazamanian alias Eddie, a Hippie who discovered Anjuna beach in Goa for the rest of the world, died in the coastal state last week, his friends revealed. The 85-year-old Eddie, known as Eight Finger Eddie, was an American Expat of Armenian ancestry, who discovered Anjuna beach for rest of the world in 1965 and stayed here till he breathed last on October 18. Tony Almeida, whose father Joe...

11:38 AM, Oct 27, 2010
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Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling, will depose before a Goa court on July 30. ...

10:56 PM, Jul 26, 2010

The Goa Police top brass was treated to a dance by a scantily clad girl. ...

05:16 PM, Nov 14, 2009

Goa govt bans beach parties, dance, and jam sessions this year. ...

08:40 AM, Dec 19, 2008

Kolkata: Middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh returned to the top tier of BCCI's contracted cricketers, while Ishant Sharma and Virat Kohli were also promoted to Grade A in the new list announced on Saturday. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan retained their places in Grade A, which now has 12 players instead of nine. The yearly...

06:14 PM, Mar 13, 2008

Lahore: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq although admitted that Sri Lanka's bowling has weakened with the retirement of the likes of Muttiah Muralitharan and Lasith Malinga but said that they still remain a potentially dangerous side and could not be taken lightly. No doubt Sri Lanka's bowling has been weakened with the retirement of Murali and Malinga but they remain a formidable side and it would be foolish on our part to...

09:37 PM, Mar 09, 2008