Tag: Goa

New Delhi: The 50th International Film Festival of India will be held from November 20-28 in Goa with over 200 films from various countries to be screened at the premiere movie extravaganza. Russia will be the partner country at the film festival this year, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar announced on Sunday. About 26 […]

Disha Patani recently wrapped up shooting for her movie “Malang” opposite Aditya Roy Kapoor. Most parts of the shooting for this flick were done in Goa and for some of the scenes; Disha had to ride on the “Ashiqui 2” actor’s bike. Pictures of shirtless Aditya and the gorgeous Disha riding the bike were snapped […]

Panaji: Goa will offer free of cost vaccination to people above the age of 18 years, when the mass vaccination programme rolls out for all citizens of major age from…

Goa: FC Goa will be out to reclaim their spot at the summit of the Indian Super League when they take on Odisha FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday. Goa are currently in second spot with 15 points from eight games, while Odisha are seventh with nine points. Sunday will see two Spanish […]

Panaji: Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Tuesday created a stir after a video of him snatching a mobile phone from the hands of a Goa airport staffer who tried to click a selfie with the actor went viral. The students’ wing of Congress, National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), has urged Goa Chief Minister Pramod […]

Panaji: Parents should rein in youngsters partying on Goa’s beaches without following SOPs, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Monday, saying such reckless abandon was causing a spike in Covid-19…

Panaji: A MiG-29K aircraft of the Indian Navy crashed into the Arabian Sea off the Goa coast on Sunday morning, the Navy said. The pilot ejected safely, a Navy spokesman said, adding that an inquiry has been ordered into the incident. The aircraft was on “routine training sortie” when it crashed off the Goa coast […]

Panaji: In the ongoing COVID-19 (Coronavirus) saga, Goa may have found its own equivalent of South Korea’s patient number 31, an infamous title conferred upon the country’s 31st patient, who is believed to have spread the deadly virus to numerous people in Seoul. In case of Goa, however, the 55-year-old patient, a US-returnee, was officially […]

Bhubaneswar: The Miss India Charming Face 2020 is finally over, and guess what! Odisha has very strongly declared its presence in the beauty pageant held in Goa last weekend. On November 28, not one or two, several young models from Odisha brought laurels for the State by winning different titles at the 4th ICF (India’s […]

Panaji: The Goa-based Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), which has had a ‘blow hot, blow cold’ relationship with the ruling BJP in the recent past, has ruled out a pre-poll alliance with the saffron party for the 2022 Legislative Assembly polls. Party president Deepak Dhavalikar on Wednesday said that if it comes to choosing an ally […]

Panaji: Santa Claus has popped up in North Goa’s Pernem village with a mission to stop the spread of Covid-19 this year. Dressed as Santa Claus, police personnel attached to the Pernem police station distributed masks to the people in a bid to create awareness about Covid-19 and spread the message of social distancing. Cops […]

Visakhapatnam: As many as 32 passengers had a close shave after a bus carrying them from Odisha caught fire on the National Highway-5 at Paikaraopeta near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. Though the exact reason behind the fire has not been ascertained, short-circuit is suspected to be the cause behind the mishap. All the […]

Ahmedabad: India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has opted out of the fourth and final Test against England due to his marriage that is likely to take place within a week in Goa. The right-arm fast bowler had pulled out of the fourth Test citing ‘personal reasons’ and had sought permission from the Indian cricket board […]