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Goa News |Society

Friday 21 August 2026

News Analysed, Opinions Expressed

Society

Actor to journalist : Look who’s settling down in Goa for a dream life

Kimmy Katkar has made me a kumquat cake. A friend brought the fresh fruit from Australia and she baked it in honour of our interview; it’s clear she needs little incentive. READ

FORCE to tell parents whom to vote, pressurise MLAs, on MoI issue

FORCE has decided to take school children to all the 40 MLAs and also tell the people whom to vote and whom not to in the forthcoming Assembly election. READ

Gandhi assassinated due to partition riots, not Hindu fanaticism: Savarkar

Nobody justifies assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by Nathuram Godse, but the killing happened out of the situation arisen from India-Pakistan partition and atrocities on Hindus, says Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. READ

Acting ‘British’, Guj Govt restrains writers from entering Dandi early morning

Dandi Yatra of writers, artists and social activists witnessed today the wrath of the BJP administration, which stopped a gathering of over 700 from entering the Dandi beach early morning to sing ‘Vaishnav Jan To ... READ

Old Goa police file FIR against Aires, will summon him in next 2 days

Old Goa police today registered First Information Report against whistle-blower lawyer Aires Rodrigues for contesting municipal election and filing affidavits as Indian national in spite of allegedly being a Portuguese citizen. READ

I haven’t denigrated Gandhi or glorified Godse in my book: Anup

Anup Sardesai, the release of whose book has been objected to on the Martyrs’ Day, says he has neither denigrated Mahatma Gandhi nor glorified Nathuram Godse for killing the Mahatma. READ

Parl Com on Env to meet stakeholders in Goa next week

Members of a standing committee of Parliament will be visiting Karnataka and Goa next week to discuss important issues related to environment and forests with NGOs and other stake-holders. READ

35-ft long dead whale washes ashore Juhu beach

The unexplained beaching of dead dolphins and whales continues on the western coastline. READ

Wendell, NGOs urge Guv to reject ‘Coconut’ Bill, redefine a Tree

Quite a few NGOs led by lawyers and social activists, including celebrity fashion designer Wendell Rodricks, today urged Goa Governor not to give assent to the amendment bill, involving coconut, passed by the Assembly. READ

Aires also a Portuguese national, alleges Calvert; Aires denies

Is Aires Rodrigues also a Portuguese national? Yes, alleges Salcete-based Tiatrist and Colva panch Calvert Gonsalves by producing several documents as evidence. READ