Utpal Parrikar Exposes BJP's Goa Faultlines

The BJP has the cadres, organisation, and extensive funding.But in the absence of a towering political personality like Manohar Parrikar, the Goa outcome is hard to predict. IMAGE: Utpal Parrikar,......

BJP buffeted by open rebellion in 4 Goa seats, Panaji a worry

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has managed to contain dissent in most areas in the run-up to the Goa assembly polls scheduled for February 14, but four seats, including the prestigious Panaji......

Sardar Patel would've liberated Goa earlier: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Goa would have been liberated from the Portuguese rule much earlier had the country's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel lived for some......

Priyanka's Goa visit sees spate of Congress leaders resignations

The Goa unit of Congress party faced a spate of resignations and confusion prevailed over its alliance with like-minded parties for the upcoming polls in the coastal state as the opposition party......

Vijay Mallya: The reluctant poster boy of bad debt

Mallya failed to repay loans worth Rs 7,200 cr, did not pay salaries, did not deposit PF, and did not pay income tax. It is still a mystery why banks continued to pour money into the airline when......

Dual-mode tourist buses: Go Goa, the amphibian way

Amphibian buses have a capacity to carry 32 persons and cost Rs 2 cr. Amphibian Tours plans to introduce six such buses for tourists over a year How about travelling across the buzzing lanes of a......

Alfred Ford, DLF plan luxury homes

Henry Ford's great-grandson Alfred Ford, entrepreneur Amit Judge and the country's largest realty firm DLF have one thing in common (besides their wealth, of course). They have realised that......

Planet Hollywood to anchor off Mumbai's coastline

The high-profile denizens of Mumbai and other celebrities will soon have a new place to hang out. Planet Hollywood, the US-based theme restaurant, is planning its debut in India by setting up a......

Why you should head to Goa RIGHT NOW!

'One afternoon, I spotted Karan Johar and film critic Rajeev Masand having tea with Nina Gupta, the head of NFDC, and barged into their meeting.' Aseem Chhabra's IFFI diaries... Image: Gulzar and......

Goa IFFI: Bureaucracy on the Beach

Aseem Chhabra encounters an Indian dinosaur at the Goa film festival. Wishes do come true. In the late 1970s as a college student in Delhi, I promised myself that one day I will make a career out......

Pix: Where Ash, Hrithik stayed during Guzaarish shoot

When Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan landed in Goa to shoot their film, Guzaarish, they chose to stay in Englishman Jan (pronounced Ian) Bostock's beautiful home, tucked away in Divar......

IFFI: Bit of a damp squib

Goa will be the next Cannes," declared Jaipal Reddy, Union Minister for Culture and Urban Development, but that is still impossible to fathom. The 36th International Film Festival of India......

6 Goa Football League matches manipulated?

GFA shoots down AFC claim, says no evidence. IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: AIFF Media/Files The Asian Football Confederation has red-flagged six matches of the Goa......

Heard about Goa's Gaur Army?

Football fans in Goa are shaking off their sussegado and becoming an animated, raucous, even belligerent lot, discovers Aniruddha Sen Gupta.   In his everyday avatar, that of a young......

Football Briefs: Japan forward Muto set to join Newcastle

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Japan's Yoshinori Muto during a training session. Photograph: Masahiro Ura/Getty Images Japan forward Yoshinori Muto is set to......

Is India ready for a Poker Sports League?

Come May, the Deltin Royale, which boasts of the country's largest poker room, will play host to India's first Poker Sports League, reports Veenu Sandhu. IMAGE: Season 1 final of the Poker Sports......

Noteworthy statistics from first-class and Ranji Trophy

Maharashtra’s Swapnil Gugale and Ankit Bawane set a new record in the Ranji Trophy championship against Delhi, by adding 594 runs for the third wicket without being separated. This is now the......