PANJIM: Well known restaurant owner has veen arrested by Porvorim police for allegedly raping a minor specially abled girl. Varun Nayyar was arrested on August 21 on allegations of raping a specially abled minor girl on pretext of giving a lift. He will be produced before Childrens court on August 24.
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PANJIM: 209 new COVID 19 cases were registered on Sunday while the deaths reported were 4, total recoveries today were 453. As per the DHS bulletin a 66 years old Male from Sankhali, admitted at GMC with co-morbid conditions expired yesterday. 42 years old female from Ponda, admitted at GMC with co-morbid conditions expired today. Another 51 years old male from Siolim, admitted at ESI Hospital in Margao with co-morbid conditions expired yesterday. While 75 years old male from Margao admitted at ESi hospital with co-morbid condition expired today. Out of 1121 Samples, 826 are Negative, 209 are Positive and…
PANJIM: Many families bid farewell to Lord Ganesha on one and half day of the annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival. This year , familes celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi on a smaller scale with social distancing as the state government had issued SOPs for Immersion of idols in a bid to curb the spread of COVID19. During immersion it was a sight very different, no fire works, lesser crowd but one thing that every family chanted was to overcome Covid from the planet. “This year was very dull, I mean it doesn’t feel like Chaturthi at all. We just celebrated amongst our family, no…
The Vagator rave party or the drugs party, has to be one of the biggest scoop of year considering the number of people the main organizers of this party – Kapil Jhaveri and Shailesh Shetty, knew or had good relations with. After the arrest the mud-slinging has began in the political circles with the ruling and the Opposition blaming each other after photographs with the accused went viral on social media. What is even more shocking is that the rave parties, drugs and prostitution – the three vices of tourism in Goa, are flourishing even when the entire country, including…
Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, finally, had the last laugh in his cold-war with the outgoing Governor Satya Pal Malik, who was shunted to Meghalaya for his outspoken ways and frankness in his dealings. It wasn’t really a surprise to Goans as Malik’s transfer was expected as soon as he started rubbing shoulders with Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. It was clear that either Sawant stays or Malik – and the decision was just a few days away. Known as no-nonsense man, Malik started observing the State administration closely as such he would often express his opinion on various things…
Only 0.6 p.c of the COVID19 recovered patient have donated their plasma in the State where several people are losing their lives on a daily basis. The State has so far seen 135 deaths so far, with 9 deaths reported in a single day. With many patients recovering with plasma treatment, it goes without saying that the plasma therapy is become a life saving one for critical patients. However, while 9540 patients have been cured in Goa only 62 have donated their plasma, working out to 0.6 p.c, which seems to be a big setback to Goa’s fight against COVID19.…
PANJIM: Similar to football leagues around the world, the coronavirus pandemic is bound to have an impact on the Indian Super League (ISL) as well. From the location of the games to the number of players allowed in a matchday squad, there are a raft of changes we could potentially witness in the 2020-21 season of the country’s premier football league competition. However, experts from the football fraternity from Goa have in fact welcomed the move of FDSL to go ahead and hold the ISL this year under a single venue. Savio Messais, a footballer said “Yes, it should be…