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Tar balls cover Goa beaches
For the second time this monsoon, Goa’s beaches were covered with tar balls, sparking fears of an off shore oil spill.
Rogue ship dumps oil, coating famed Indian beaches
An unknown ship dumped tons of waste oil into the sea off western India, creating tar balls that were heaping on Goa's famed beaches on Wednesday, officials said.
Goa Sena chief booked for extortion
The Goa police has booked state Shiv Sena chief Upendra Gaonkar along with party’s vice president Umesh Salgaoncar for allegedly trying to extort money from a casino management.
3 flee Goa prison by drilling hole
A convict and two undertrials escaped from the Sada sub-jail near Vasco in Goa in the early hours of Wednesday. According to the police, the trio drilled a hole in the cell toilet and escaped. Two assistant jailors, Mr Uday Shirodkar — who was supposed to be on guard duty on Wednesday night — and Mr Manuel Travasso, and two jail
Back in House, Mickky attacks home minister
Fresh-out-of custody, former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco, pointed the gun at home minister Ravi Naik and said that his son, Mr Roy, should be arrested for being in cahoots with the Israeli drug mafia in Goa.
Nadia case: Pacheco hospitalised; verdict on bail plea today
Former Goa tourism minister Mickey Pacheco, who has been remanded to 14-day judicial custody in Nadia Torrado death case, has been admitted to
Drug peddler updates Facebook from jail
“My baby I love you so much… my fiancé,” reads Dudu’s wall post on a social networking site, Facebook.
Mickky held amidst high drama
Just over a month after he was questioned by the Goa crime branch over the mysterious death of his girlfriend Nadia Torrado, former Goa tourism minister Mr Mickky Pacheco was finally arrested on Thursday amidst high drama.
Pacheco arrest after discharge
Hearing the interim bail plea of “tainted” former tourism minister Mickky Pacheco, the district sessions court at Margao said on Wednesday that the Goa police could take him into custody for questioning whenever he was discharged from hospital.
Custody of Pacheco is extended
The additional sessions court in Margao on Monday extended former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco’s judicial custody by another day to Tuesday.
Mr Pacheco had surrendered before the court on Saturday after remaining underground for almost a month. After his bail plea was rejected, he had complained of chest pains and was admitted to the Hospicio Hospital in Margao on Saturday itself.
