Crime branch officers told the district sessions court for south Goa that Ms Sonia Torrado, mother of Mickky Pacheco’s deceased girlfriend Nadia Torrado, had burnt important evidence related to her daughter’s suicide, now treated as culpable homicide.

In his anticipatory bail plea, former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco has stated that he did not have anything to do with the mysterious suicide of his girlfriend Nadia Torrado and that the allegations against him were “baseless”. Mr Pacheco, who went underground on Saturday after being interrogated by the Crime Branch, said in the bail plea that the fact Torrado’s family had repeatedly said that they did not suspect him of any foul play proved that he was innocent.

While erstwhile Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco remained untraceable for the third day, his officer on special duty Lyndon Monteiro filed an anticipatory bail plea on his behalf at the Margao ses

After a hectic Saturday, it was a quiet Sunday at the Goa Crime Branch with former tourism minister Francisco (Mickky) Pacheco still untraced. Mr Pacheco disappeared after faxing his resignation to chief minister Digambar Kamat on Saturday morning though he was supposed to be present at the Crime Branch for questioning over his alleged involvement in the mysterious suicide of his girlfriend Nadia Torrado.

After being interrogated by the police for eight hours on Friday regarding the mysterious suicide of his “girlfriend” Nadia Torrado, Goa tourism minister Francisco (Mickky) Pacheco resigned from his post on Sunday. According to sources close to Mr Pacheco, the order to resign came from NCP president Sharad Pawar himself.

After the suicide of flamboyant Goa tourism minister Miccky Pacheco’s alleged girlfriend Nadia Torreado’s (28), women’s rights groups in Goa are demanding a thorough investigation into the incident an

During its recent meeting, the Entertainment Society of Goa — the organisers of International Film Festival of India (Iffi) — discussed a report prepared by the ministry of information and broadcastin

Sporting Clube de Goa are positive of avoiding relegation as they prepare to take on Chirag United in their final round of I-League match on Friday in Kolkata.
Four teams will fight the battle of survival on the same day in three different regions of the country.

In today’s scenario, the last thing a politician wants is to be branded “sexist” for his remarks, especially when the leader’s party is headed by a woman. While Congress president Sonia Gandhi may decide to let the matter go, Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat is facing flak from all directions at home for his remarks on Saturday that “women should not pursue politics”.

If women start pursuing politics, it will have a negative impact on society, Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat said on Saturday.