The school management has initiated an inquiry into the alleged insensitive statement made by a school official to the parent of the seven-year-old victim who was raped in a school at Vasco town of Goa. An inquiry has been initiated after the father of the girl claimed that "one of the management official made an insensitive remark towards the victim", P Mara Pandiyan, the chairman of Mormugao Port Trust (MPT),...
03:09 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Spain's number two behind Iker Casillas has just turned 31 and has played for Barca since joining their academy in 1995. ...
08:34 AM, Jan 19, 2013
Now that we are done with bidding 2012 adieu, we take a quick look at how people chose to do so. From a dip stick survey, it seems people are losing the taste for glitzy parties and are, instead, opting for house parties and short getaways. Just 16 per cent of respondents chose to ring in 2013 at parties held at clubs, restaurants and hotels, spending an average of Rs...
12:53 PM, Jan 18, 2013
The body of a young woman was found in the forest area of Assagao village near Panaji with police suspecting it to be a case of rape. The naked body of the woman, apparently in her mid-20s, was found with her head smashed on Thursday, a senior police official said, adding that the suspect in the case has already been identified. ...
10:26 AM, Jan 18, 2013
The parents of a minor girl, who was raped in a Goa school four days back, have alleged that the school staff tried to destroy the evidence of the crime. "School teachers washed her clothes, gave her bath and cleaned the toilet after the sexual assault," the parents alleged. ...
11:56 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Goa Police on Wednesday released a sketch of the suspect in connection with the rape case of a seven-year-old girl. It also declared an award of Rs 50,000 for providing information about the suspect. A 15-member special investigation team has also been formed to track the suspect, who has been at large after committing the crime. ...
08:05 AM, Jan 17, 2013
"I wanted to rob a bank to raise money to publish a book," a medical student, who was caught robbing a bank at knife-point a few days ago, told a trial court in Panaji. The student Mayur Gupta, who belongs to Agra, was granted bail on Tuesday. ...
12:35 PM, Jan 16, 2013
The crime branch has been directed to probe the rape of a seven-year-old girl in the school premises in Vasco, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Tuesday. While the rapist is still at large, Crime Branch officials have arrested the headmistress of the school for inordinately delaying the registration of a first information report (FIR). ...
11:50 AM, Jan 15, 2013
A seven-year-old girl was raped at her school in the port town of Vasco, resulting in huge protests in Goa's Panaji Monday night. Police have detained the headmistress of the school on charges of negligence. ...
09:55 AM, Jan 15, 2013
Prayag turned the match around in the second half when Ranty Martins equalised in the 48th minute. ...
07:50 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Sporting coach Oscar Bruzon believes they can get full points from their opponents one more time. ...
06:58 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Casinos in Goa will now be monitored and for gamblers, entering licensed gambling hubs would be akin to walking into an income tax office. In a fresh modification of the existing guidelines to casino operations, the Goa government has introduced stringent measures, which includes casinos requiring customers to fill up a Know Your Customer forms and bringing money laundering and terror financing activities under vigil. ...
07:40 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has criticised the media for giving undue publicity to Congress leaders in the state who filed "bogus" complaints against his ministers. "The bogus people have filed bogus complaint (against the ministers). But the biggest tragedy is that anyone makes any allegations and they are printed by the press...," Parrikar said. ...
11:30 AM, Jan 09, 2013
Vishnu Wagh, a BJP MLA from Goa and Abu Azmi, a Samajwadi Party MLA, on Tuesday drew flak for their insensitive comments regarding women and sexual assault cases. ...
08:10 PM, Jan 08, 2013
While Lajong saw more of the ball in the first session, Sporting did well to take control in the second session. ...
06:56 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Sporting Clube de Goa will look to secure maximum points against Shillong Lajong FC in their I-League clash. ...
07:34 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Police officers in plain clothes will be patrolling the public transport system in Goa while a separate 24x7 desk would be set up in all police stations across the state to help women in distress. The decision stems from the recent outrage over the Delhi gangrape incident. ...
11:40 AM, Jan 05, 2013
The Goa government on Friday launched the Griha Aadhar scheme, which will give a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 to housewives to combat inflation. ...
03:03 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Goa Police has registered an offence against suspected serial killer Mahanand Naik under Information Technology Act for threatening a woman, whom he had allegedly raped, using a mobile phone from inside the high-security Central Jail at Aguada near Panaji. "Inquiries into the complaint made by the victim at Ponda Police had revealed that the calls were actually made to her from the mobile phone which had a location at Calangute,...
11:26 AM, Jan 03, 2013
Goa gained three points by virtue of their first innings lead as their Group 'C' four-day Ranji match against Assam ended in a draw. ...
09:04 PM, Jan 01, 2013
