Everything you need to know about Haripura Naik: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Haripura Naik: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Panaji, May 18 (IANS) Prison authorities Saturday ordered a probe into a clash between inmates that left three under-trials injured in a Goa jail late Friday.
Bangalore, May 18 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Saturday inducted 28 members - 20 of cabinet rank and eight ministers of state - into his five-day-old ministry, the first Congress ministry in the state after nine years.
Panaji, May 17 (IANS) Goa has the highest rate of diabetes in the country among people over 40 years of age, a doctor said Friday.
Panaji, May 16 (IANS) Bogus ration cards, a fact which has been acknowledged by Goa's civil supplies ministry, are being used to acquire Aadhar cards in the state, a civil society group claimed Thursday.
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The government Monday tried its best to debate and pass the National Food Security Bill but could not as the opposition continued to disrupt the house over the coal blocks allocation issue.
Panaji, May 1 (IANS) Kingfisher and Budweiser beer sold in glass bottles may be off counters in Goa by next week, the state's only liquor trading body warned Wednesday.
Panaji, April 26 (ANI): The Department of Tourism in Goa has banned drinking and carrying of liquor bottles on beaches in the state.
Panaji/New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) A Congress MP Thursday trained his guns on a Supreme Court-appointed committee and a retired apex court judge for the "fate" of workers rendered unemployed by the mining ban in Goa.
Panaji, April 13 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the industrial might of the state stole the show Saturday at a corporate brainstorming session here to throw up suggestions for Goa's proposed investment policy.
Panaji, April 8 (IANS) The Goa government's decision to go ahead with a controversial golf course project in Terekhol village, 70 km north of here, has triggered a controversy of sorts in media circles here.
Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) Six people have been arrested in connection with the collapse of a seven-storey building at Thane that left 74 people dead, Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil said Sunday.
Thane (Maharashtra), April 6 (IANS) Maharashtra Police Saturday arrested two builders in connection with the collapse of a seven-floor building here that killed 72 people, even as rescuers ended their 42-hour operations, police said.
Thane (Maharashtra), April 6 (IANS) After 42 gruelling hours, 72 dead and 62 injured people were pulled out of the debris of the seven-floor building that collapsed Thursday evening, an official said, signalling the end of rescue operations.
Mathura, Apr. 6 (ANI): The wife of Indian Army soldier Lance Naik Hemraj, who was killed by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control (LoC) in the first week of January this year, has complained of being duped of Rs. 10 lakh by an unidentified person in the town of Kosi.
Thane (Maharashtra), April 6 (IANS) The toll in the collapse of a building at Thane rose to 72 Saturday, an official said.
Panaji, March 25 (IANS) Protests against ban on mining in Goa will shift to Delhi for two days in April, a spokesperson for agitating mining workers and others who depend on the industry said Monday.
Panaji, March 25 (IANS) Over 1,000 Goa workers affected by a mining ban in their state will stage a two-day protest April 16-17 in New Delhi to press for resumption of mining activities, a union leader said Monday.
Chennai, March 24 (IANS) Overnight leader National champion Amittrajit Ghosh (co-driver Ashwin Naik) nursed his ailing Mitsubishi Lancer Cedia (Group N) to a splendid victory in the AVT Premium South India Rally even as debutants Mahindra XUV 500 and Volkswagen Polo achieved a 1-2 finish in their respective categories to provide a memorable finale to the first round of the 2013 FMSCI Indian Rally Championship here Sunday.
Panaji, March 24 (IANS) Now that the Goa Carnival's samba season is well and truly over, get ready for the deafening cymbals of Shigmo, often referred to by historians as the Goan adaptation of the Holi festival.
Chennai, March 23 (IANS) National champion Amittrajit Ghosh (co-driver Ashwin Naik), driving a Mitsubishi Cedia (Group N), scrambled into lead after front-running Arjun Rao (Satish Rajagopal) in a Volkswagen Polo conceded the advantage following a broken drive shaft to drop to overall sixth on the opening day of AVT Premium South India Rally here Saturday.
Panaji, March 21 (IANS) A task force will be constituted within a week to put together a draft industrial policy for Goa, Industries Minister Mahadev Naik said Thursday.
New Delhi, Mar. 20 (ANI): Union Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi, who has expressed his deep anguish at the reported attempt to assault a British tourist in Agra, said that safety and security of tourists is the topmost priority of his ministry.
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor, who usually grabs headlines either for his films, link-ups or brand endorsements, recently showcased his caring side when his make-up man got injured.
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) A Delhi-based voluntary organisation has rescued 168 child labourers from Rajasthan while they were being trafficked out of the state, an NGO official said Sunday.
The Supreme Court of India Monday issued notice to the Centre on a petition asking about why the case of Indian soldiers' brutal killing and beheading was not raised in the International Criminal Court.............
Panaji, Feb 25 (IANS) - Police in sunny Goa are on the lookout for a slippery gang of burglars, known as the 'Chaddi gang' for their quirky penchant of wearing nothing but underwear during their heists.
Shillong, Feb 24 (IANS) While all political parties in Meghalaya express confidence about winning the assembly elections held Saturday, experts fear this politically unstable state is headed for a hung assembly.
Shillong, Feb 23 (IANS) Voting was peaceful Saturday across Meghalaya as people defied a shutdown called by an outlawed group to cast their ballots.
Shillong, Feb 23 (IANS) Ballotting was peaceful Saturday morning across Meghalaya as people came out to vote despite a shutdown called by an outlawed group.
Shillong, Feb 23 (IANS) Voting for the Meghalaya assembly elections began Saturday amidst tight security, an official said.
Panaji, Feb 18 (IANS) The inclusion of two tainted Commonwealth Games (CWG) officials in the organising committee for the upcoming Portuguese Commonwealth Games in Goa has exposed the strife in the state's ruling BJP.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Even though an all-girl rock band in Kashmir faced a fatwa, women musicians have been performing on the stage without any hiccups in Muslim-majority countries like Iran, Tunisia and Azerbaijan.
Shillong, Feb 9 (IANS) A total of 345 candidates are in the fray for the Feb 23 elections to pick a new 60-member Meghalaya assembly, an Election Commission official said Saturday.
Cuttack, Feb 7 (IANS) India finished their ICC Women's World Cup on a high as captain Mithali Raj led the hosts to a six-wicket win over arch rivals Pakistan at the Barabati Stadium here Thursday.
Shillong, Feb 6 (IANS) Over 350 candidates filed their nomination papers for the Feb 23 elections to the Meghalaya assembly, an election official said Wednesday.
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 (IANS) Land acquisition for Posco's $12 billion steel plant in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district passed off peacefully Monday under heavy police deployment, an official said.
Panaji, Feb 2 (IANS) Activists Saturday asked the Goa governor to seek an explanation from a former judge likely to be state's first Lokayukta on why he suggested "anti-people" amendments in the Lokayukta Act, which allegedly would not curb graft.
Panaji, Feb 2 (IANS) Taking on Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for trying to "slight" Justice (retd) N. Santosh Hegde's credibility, India Against Corruption (IAC) said Saturday those who criticise the former Karnataka lokayukta "should have the stature to sit at his feet".
Bangalore, Feb 1 (IANS) Indian Air Force continued their fine run in the Federation Cup basketball tournament here by maintaining their unbeaten record as they defeated Central Excise 92-82 for their third win here Friday and booked their berth in the semi-finals from Group A.
New Delhi, Jan.26 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday awarded of one Kirti Chakra and ten Shaurya Chakras to army personnel at an investiture ceremony held on the occasion of India's 64th Republic Day.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 25 (IANS) A court in Odisha Friday sentenced a man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Ganjam district in 2009, a government lawyer said.
Panaji, Jan 25 (IANS) City fathers of Goa's most beautiful city, capital Panaji, have banned film shootings within its area.
New Delhi, Jan.25 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee has approved the award of one Kirti Chakra and ten Shaurya Chakra, which will be conferred at an investiture ceremony to be announced later.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said that India India must have friendly relations with all countries. PM Singh said it at the ongoing Congress 'Chintan Shivir' in Jaipur while speaking on the foreign policy of India.............
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Pakistan has denied its forces crossed the Line of Control Jan 8, the day two Indian soldiers were brutally killed on the border, and said the killings should be probed by the respective armies.
Bhopal, Jan 18 (IANS) Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh Friday visited the family of Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, who was brutally killed by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir Jan 8, and assured them of financial help besides a job to a family member.
Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh), Jan. 18 (ANI): Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, met the family members of martyred Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh at his native village Dadhiya in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi District today.
Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh), Jan. 18 (ANI): Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh will visit the family of martyred Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh in his native Dadhiya village in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi District today.
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) India and Pakistan maintained the truce on their border Thursday as External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid declined to commit himself to talks with his Pakistani counterpart to resolve their stand-off over ceasefire violations on the LoC.
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Welcoming the peace on the border, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday did not commit himself to accepting the offer of his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar for bilateral talks saying India could not move forward for talks just on the basis of "one statement".
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Pakistan has to take concrete steps to reduce tensions in the wake of the outrage over the killing of two Indian soldiers near the Line of Control, one of whom was beheaded, security analysts say.
Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh), Jan. 16 (ANI): Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh will visit the family of martyred Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh in his native Dadhiya village in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi District on January 18.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday lauded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for talking tough with Pakistan, saying he had understood the mood of the nation after the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Indian Army chief Gen. Bikram Singh will Wednesday visit the family of Lance Naik Hemraj, who was decapitated by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir Jan 8, said sources.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The government Tuesday warned against jingoism over the escalating border tensions with Pakistan, saying that while the entire country is outraged over the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers on the LoC, the responses should be left to "professionals tasked with the responsibility".
New Delhi, Jan. 15 (ANI): National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon today briefed senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley on the ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC).
New Delhi, Jan. 15 (ANI): National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon will on Tuesday brief senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley on the prevailing situation along the Line of Control (LoC).
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon will brief senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley on the situation on the Line of Control (LoC) Tuesday even as India Monday took a tough stance against Pakistan over the killing and mutilation of two of its soldiers.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The mutilation of two Indian soldiers and beheading of one of them Jan 8 along the Line of Control (LoC) was not the first such incident by Pakistani soldiers, sources said Monday.
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 14 (IANS) India must isolate Pakistan, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari said Monday after visiting the home of Lance Naik Hemraj, who was killed Jan 8 by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Pakistan was in "denial mode" over the killings of Lance Naiks Hemraj and Sudhakar Singh and pressure needs to be exerted so they return the severed head of the former, Indian Army chief Gen Bikram Singh said Monday.
Mathura/New Delhi, Jan 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari along with senior leader Sushma Swaraj met the family members of martyr Lance Naik Hemraj Singh here on Monday.
Jammu, Jan. 14 (ANI): India on Monday strongly protested the beheading of its soldier in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir on January 8, and asked Islamabad to respect the ceasefire agreement.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (ANI): Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, will meet the family of Lance Naik Hemraj Singh, who was killed by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on January 8.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The head of Lance Naik Hemraj, who was brutally killed along with another soldier by Pakistani troops, has to be brought through diplomatic channels, Army Chief General Bikram Singh said Monday.
New Delhi, Jan. 14 (ANI): Taking potshots at the Congress-led UPA Government for initiating talks with Pakistan, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha on Monday said he does not have any hopes from the Brigade Commander-level flag meeting between the two sides, and added that New Delhi should reply in kind to the inhuman actions of Islamabad.
New Delhi, Jan. 14 (ANI): Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, on Monday said Pakistan had pre-planned the whole operation, and added that the beheading and the mutilation of the bodies of two Indian jawans along the Line of Control (LoC) was against all rules of engagement, gruesome and unpardonable.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The killing of two Indian soldiers -- one of whom was beheaded -- by Pakistani troops is a "gruesome and an unpardonable act," Army Chief General Bikram Singh said Monday, and asserted that his forces "reserve the right to retaliate".
Lucknow, Jan. 13 (ANI): Members of the All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board took to the streets here on Sunday to protest against the ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops and the brutal killing of two Indian jawans.
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Indian Army has noy received any response from its Pakistani counterpart for a brigadier-level flag meeting to resolve the escalation of tension following the killing and mutilation of two Indian soldiers along the Line of Control (LoC) Jan 8, officials said Saturday.
Mathura, Jan. 12 (ANI): Martyred soldier Lance Naik Hemraj's family along with several people of his village Shernagar in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, are sitting on hunger strike and demanding the assassinated soldier's head to be brought back from the Pakistani troops.
Panaji, Jan 12 (IANS) The political hand in Goa's drug mafia nexus has resurfaced. Only, this time, the Congress has alleged that two BJP ministers, including a former state party president, were involved in the drug trade in north Goa.
New Delhi/Chandigarh/Bhopal, Jan. 11 (ANI): A wave of anti-Pakistan protests erupted across India on Friday as supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took to the streets and burnt Pakistan's national flag, expressing their ire against the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers in Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch District.
New Delhi, Jan.11 (ANI): The nation is just about coming to grips with the brutal gang-rape in New Delhi and now its collective sensibility has been assaulted by the equally brutal killing of two of its brave soldiers, Lance Naik Hemraj and Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, while they were patrolling the Line of Control at Mendhar, Jammu and Kashmir, well within their own territory and jurisdiction.
New Delhi, Jan. 10 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday on Thursday said Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed had visited the border areas in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) a few days before the attack on Indian jawans by Pakistani troops.
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal Thursday staged a protest here over the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistan troops and submitted a memorandum in this regard to President Pranab Mukherjee.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram Thursday ruled out assumptions that there is any inadequacy of equipment with the Indian armed forces................
Mathura, Jan 10 (ANI): Hundreds of villagers joined family in bidding adieu on late Wednesday evening to deceased Lance Naik Hemraj Singh, who was killed by Pakistani troops during a ceasefire violation in Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) India Wednesday lodged a "strong protest" with Pakistan after Pakistani troops shot dead and beheaded two of its soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir in a gory replay of the 1999 Kargil killings.
Lucknow, Jan 9 (IANS) A pall of gloom descended on a village in Mathura Wednesday as the family of Lance Naik Hemraj, who was killed by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Tuesday, braced itself to receive his mortal remains.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) India Wednesday lodged a "strong protest" with Pakistan after Pakistani troops shot dead and beheaded two of its soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir in a gory replay of the 1999 Kargil killings.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (ANI): Pakistan today rejected the Indian allegation of an attack across the Line of Control (LoC) on its military patrol in which two Indian soldiers were killed.
Jammu, Jan 9 (IANS) The Indian Army said Wednesday that two of its soldiers were first shot dead by Pakistani troops and then beheaded, and one of the heads had not been found.
New Delhi, Jan. 9 (ANI): Pakistan's High Commissioner Salman Bashir met Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai here on Wednesday during which the latter lodged a protest against yesterday's attack in which Pakistani troops crossed over the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch District and killed two soldiers.
Jammu, Jan 9 (IANS) Although the military is not saying it, Indian civilian officials say that Pakistani soldiers killed and slit the throats of two Indian soldiers a day earlier.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (ANI): Defence Minister AK Antony on Wednesday termed highly provocative the Pakistani soldiers infiltration into the Indian territory along the Line of Control in which kill two jawans were killed.
New Delhi, Jan. 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Arun Jaitley on Wednesday strongly condemned the incident of ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch District, describing the attack as a unprovoked act of aggression by Pakistan.
New Delhi, Jan. 8 (ANI): The Defence Ministry on Tuesday condemned the incident of ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch District, and described the attack as a provocative action.
Panaji, Jan.3 (ANI): Suspected serial killer Mahanand Naik has been booked by police in Panaji, Goa, under the Information Technology Act for threatening a woman, whom he had allegedly raped.
Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) Right-handed batter Mithali Raj will lead India in the upcoming ICC Women's World Cup to be played in India from Jan 31 to Feb 17.
Washington, Dec 26 (IANS) Eight Indian CEOs have made it to Harvard Business Review's (HBR) list of 100 best performing global chief executives headed for the last 17 years by the late Steve Jobs of Apple.
Panaji, Dec 24 (IANS) Roy Naik, the son of former Goa home minister Ravi Naik, Monday denied any link to an arrested Israeli drug dealer after a section of the media, based on an Interpol report, highlighted his involvement in narcotics trade in the state.
Shillong, Dec 19 (IANS) Meghalaya will ask the central government for an additional 76 companies of paramilitary forces for the upcoming assembly elections, an official said Wednesday.
Bangalore, Dec 14 (IANS) Three players from Karnataka, who were part of the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup for the blind by thrashing Pakistan Thursday, will receive Rs.300,000 cash award from the state government.
Panaji, Dec 14 (IANS) The police here are on the lookout for a 22-year-old man who, with an accomplice, is accused of raping a minor girl twice and also recording it on a mobile phone.
Bangalore, Dec 13 (IANS) In a surcharged atmosphere with all the trappings of any game between the arch-rivals, India trounced Pakistan by 30 runs in a thrilling final of the T20 World Cup for the blind here Thursday.
Haveri (Karnataka), Dec 9 (IANS) Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Sunday launched his own party and virtually reduced the Jagadish Shettar ministry to a minority as over a dozen of the BJP's 118 assembly members shared the dais with him at the event here.
Haveri (Karnataka), Dec 9 (IANS) The BJP ministry in Karnataka teetered on the edge as six ministers and over a dozen legislators openly backed former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa.
Bangalore, Dec 7 (IANS) India lost to arch rival Pakistan Friday by eight wickets in the T20 World Cup for blind league match here.
Panaji, Dec 7 (IANS) The Goa float at the Republic Day parade, which has often won prizes in the past, may not make its presence felt at Rajpath this year, an official said.
