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Abhinav Bindra is India’s first individual Olympic champion Panaji: Abhinav Bindra, India’s first individual Olympic champion, has been left in no doubt that the country will host the biggest sporting spectacle on earth. But as and when it happens, the trailblazer wants the event to spark a change, rather than just be remembered as a…
PANAJI: In yet another possible PR disaster for Goa tourism, two foreign women, a DJ and an actress, took to social media to allege verbal abuse by Goa police personnel on a routine stop around midnight on Wednesday.The first woman, who goes by the username Krispie_Kristina and describes herself as a ‘celebrity DJ’, said that…
Abhinav Tejrana is the leading run scorer in Ranji Trophy Elite group. (GCA) New Delhi: A ‘Tejrana’ from Delhi plying his trade for Goa in the Ranji Trophy seems bizarre.“I am not playing as a professional for Goa. I am a local,” Abhinav Tejrana clarifies in a freewheeling chat with TimesofIndia.com from Porvorim. Shubman Gill…
Despite limited resources, Salcete Football Club had a remarkable 12-year stint in the GFA First Division League, then the top tier of Goan football. The club has produced over 20 international footballers On a hot afternoon in May 1980, when I walked inside the Bandodkar football ground at Campal to watch the Taca Goa semifinal,…
Panaji: Recent incidents of armed dacoities in Goa have sparked concerns about safety, particularly with the onset of the tourism season.Multiple cases have been reported, with the most recent one at Baina at the start of this week where seven armed men stormed an apartment and fled with valuables. In Oct, masked men robbed a…
Panaji: Expressing concern about the spate of violent house break-ins and dacoities in the state, Union minister of state and North Goa MP Shripad Naik said govt needs to consider a new strategy to prevent them. He said that antisocial elements who commit such crimes appear to be emboldened and undeterred by the Goa police.Unlike…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Monday sought a response from govt in a PIL seeking directions to the state to conduct a comprehensive statewide socio-economic and health survey of all senior citizens in Goa to provide for their welfare. The PIL seeks the data from the survey to be published in the public domain,…
Panaji: The Chorao gram sabha on Sunday resolved to dissolve the panchayat for allegedly failing to revoke construction licences issued illegally. Villagers said they had lost faith in the panchayat as their complaints were never taken seriously. The gram sabha was specifically convened to discuss the rise in illegal construction in the village, during which…
Tony Ann blushes when told that people in Goa call him the next Hans Zimmer. “It’s very flattering to be compared to someone who has achieved so much in music,” says the self-effacing Canadian composer whose own remarkable career now spans continents and genres. The internationally acclaimed pianist has also collaborated with some of the…
Goa have been placed in group H alongside former champions Karnataka, Services, and Lakshadweep in Santosh Trophy Panaji: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has revised the eligibility criteria for players in the national football championship for the Santosh Trophy with states being allowed to field only those players who are born within its territory.According…
