Goa Carnaval 2026 kicks off today, bringing five days of colour, music and iconic parades across Porvorim, Panaji, Margao, Vasco, Mapusa and Morjim. Goa Carnaval 2026 begins, running from Feb 13-17 ...

Panaji: The Bird Atlas of Goa was released at the ninth Bird Festival of Goa on Friday, making Goa the second state in India, after Kerala, to publish a comprehensive state-level bird atlas.The ...

Panaji: Nearly 1.08 crore tourists, including five lakh foreigners, arrived in Goa in 2025, surpassing the numbers of previous years, as per official data. The Goa government's focus remains on ...

GOA: Counting of votes for Goa’s rural zilla panchayat (ZP) elections is underway on Monday across 14 centres—six in North Goa and eight in South Goa—following polling on Saturday, when over 6 lakh ...

Panaji: Goa’s ruling alliance, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Monday won over 31 of the 50 seats in the zilla panchayat elections held on December 20. Voting was held on December 20 ...

The polling for the high-stakes Zilla Panchayat elections in Goa concluded, and a voter turnout of 70.81 per cent was recorded on Saturday. The polling, which will decide the fate of more than 200 ...

One of the consequences of the Inquisition was the systematic suppression of Hindu practices among converted Catholics. Inquisitorial mandates prohibited attendance at Hindu temples. It is estimated ...

Goa’s Liberation Day in 2025 is significant to India’s Post-Independence history; it celebrates Goa’s release from Portuguese Colonial Rule after more than 400 years of occupation. The day is ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday remembered the sacrifices made by Indian soldiers during the war that liberated Goa from Portuguese rule and made it a part of integrated Indian territory in ...

In a rare democratic experiment, Goa held India's only referendum in 1967 to decide its future- independence as a Union Territory or merger with neighboring Maharashtra. This public vote, born from ...

Goa nightclub fire: Authorities have banned fireworks inside all tourist establishments in the North Goa district, days after a deadly fire claimed the lives of 25 people at a nightclub in the area.

Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in North Goa where a blaze claimed 25 lives, have been detained by the authorities in Thailand, officials said on Thursday ...