Panaji  

In China, as many as 80 people lost their lives with 2,744 confirmed cases of the disease reported from the country on Monday. With this deadly coronavirus outbreak, the Goa government has decided to form a special task force to monitor such cases in the tourist state

According to reports, the Emergency Response Support System would receive the details of the caller immediately and would identify the precise location of the caller for tracking purpose.

Amit Shah said a detailed monitoring mechanism should be put in place to ensure investigation and trial in sexual offences/rape against girls below 12 years of age are completed within two months

Goa BJP MLA Atanasio Monserratte has demanded that all offshore vessels located at the Mandovi river in Panaji be relocated to the Calangute area  

Four Tamil Nadu seats that fell vacant due to the disqualification of MLAs and the death of a sitting MLA will now be in the by-poll race. The Election Commission of India has announced the dates of election for these constituencies as May 19. Along with these four constituencies, Panaji (Goa) and Kundgol (Karnataka) will also witness by-elections.

While several meetings have taken place since the demise of Manohar Parrikar over who will be next in line, parties have not been successful in arriving at a conclusion. While the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party wanted to be in power, BJP wants the heir to be from their camp. However, the Congress has turned opportunistic and even wrote to the Governor staking claim to form the government. Union minister Nitin Gadkari is expected to announce the conclusion soon.

The accused has been identified as Ramachandran (30) and is from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu.

Poorna is based on a true story of Malavath Poorna, a tribal girl from Telangana who created history on May 25, 2014 by becoming the youngest girl in the world to scale the Mount Everest at the age of 13

The two legislators of Goa, Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar, reached Delhi on Monday (October 15). The two legislators now joined the BJP.