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Pak-born man gets Indian citizenship after 43 years

Karachi-born Shane Sabastian Pereira entered India to live in his ancestral village in Goa just four months after his birth, but it has taken him 43 years to obtain Indian citizenship. IMAGE: Goa......

How BJP rose in Goa with Christian help

It is a record that the BJP has created where the majority of its legislators belonged to the minority community.A fascinating excerpt from Sandesh Prabhudesai's Ajeeb Goa's Gajab Politics, Goa......

Lockdown: Mumbai's spirit seems firmly bottled in

In this lockdown, no matter how many similarities the memory dredges up from past events and associations, there is one thing that has no precedent: The isolation that it has imposed on people,......

7 states where Congress MLAs quit to help BJP

It seems the Congress is imploding in the states as well.In Karnataka, its coalition government with the Janata Dal-Secular is on tenterhooks after some of its MLAs quit the party and resigned from......

Cong caught off guard in Goa as 10 MLAs join BJP

A group of ten Congress MLAs in Goa led by Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Chandrakant Kavlekar on Wednesday merged with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, increasing the saffron party's......

Air Asia CEO Tony Fernandes, others booked by CBI

The case relates to alleged violation of norms by directors of the aviation company for relaxation of 5/20 rules to get licenses for international operations The Central Bureau of Investigation......

Malaysian baron eyes Indian skies

AirAsia founder and group CEO Anthony Francis Fernandes has been watching the Indian skies for a long time.Born to a Goan father, with a childhood partially spent in Kolkata -- where he attended La......

'We aim to enable people to fly home for dinner'

AirAsia Group CEO Anthony Francis Fernandes, also known as Tony Fernandes, has been honoured with Dato' Sri, the highest state title conferred by the ruler of Malaysia for contribution to the......

Review: Bombay Velvet is marred by weak storytelling

Bombay Velvet spends too much time on period details and loses focus, notes Aseem Chhabra. Towards the middle of Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet, Anushka Sharma’s Rosie Noronha stands on......

SEE: India's first Olympic GOLD as an independent nation

IMAGE: The Indian hockey team routed hosts Britain 4-0 in the final to win the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympic Games. All Photographs: Kind courtesy Official Instagram page of Team India......

EPL: Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal win; Leicester lose

IMAGE: Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates scoring their second goal as Sunderland's Jordan Pickford looks dejected. Photograph: Phil Noble Livepic/Reuters. Manchester United......

Chhetri ruled out of India's World Cup qualifier vs Iran

Influential skipper Sunil Chhetri has been ruled out of India's World Cup qualifier against Iran owing to a groin injury, dealing a body blow to the beleaguered outfit's prospects of putting up a......

India name probables for World cup preliminary qualifiers

IMAGE: Indian football coach Stephen Constantine with players during a practice session. Photograph: AIFF Media. Star striker Sunil Chhetri is among a 28-strong Indian probable squad announced......

Goa, TN in Santosh Trophy semis after solitary goal wins

IMAGE: Players of Goa (in yellow) and Punjab in action during at 70th National Football Championship, for the Santosh Trophy, match, in Nagpur on Monday. Four-time champions Goa registered a......

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