Saturday 12 October 2024

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Society | Crime

Goa police arrest Kenneth for FB post that Parrikar is dead

Kenneth Silveira, a young hotelier of Vasco, has been arrested by Goa police for putting a Facebook post that Goa’s Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has died. READ

Court frames rape charges against Tejpal, subject to HC order

After four years of the alleged rape incident had taken place, former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal has been charged by the court of raping his junior colleague in Goa in 2013. READ

Gangster Vinayak killed while Sada prisoners’ jail-break attempt fails

The unsuccessful attempt of jail-break by all the 49 prisoners of Sada sub-jail last midnight ended in a gangster Vinayak Korbatkar getting killed. READ

Rs 24 lakh new notes seized at Calangute, 3 arrested

Calangute police today seized new 2000 rupee notes of around Rs 24 lakh from a car and arrested 3 Goans. READ

Goa's 2 young accused cleared of killing British teenager Scarlett

Two men have been cleared of all charges over the death of 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling on a Goan beach in 2008. READ

Tawade chargesheeted, 2 Sanatan Sadhak absconding in Dabholkar murder

Three years after anti-superstition committee founder Narendra Dabholkar was shot dead, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) charged Right-wing Sanatan Sanstha activist Virendra Tawade with conspiracy and murder of the rationalist, identifying longstanding enmity between ... READ

Scarlett's mother hopes for justice as Cong Govt not in power

Eight years after her daughter found dead in Goa, British national Fiona Mackeown says she would never dare to holiday in the coastal state again though she would love to explore rest of India as ... READ

Jailmate murders drug accused in Colvale jail

A shocking incident of a jailmate murdering a criminal – Ashpaq Bengre – took place at Colvale jail today morning. READ

CBI-SIT conduct joint raid on Ramnathi Sanatan Ashram

On the basis of information extricated from Virendra Tawde over the last nine days in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody — while he was being interrogated in connection with the 2013 murder of rationalist ... READ

Sanatan suspects called up Tawade before and after Margao blast: CBI

In a startling revelation, the CBI disclosed that the key suspects of 2009 Goa blast, Malgunda Patil and Sarang Akolkar, had called Virendrasinh Tawade, a suspect in the Dabholkar murder case, before and after the ... READ