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A scene from the Malaysian Rain Forest Challenge. This year’s edition of the off-road event, Rainforest Challenge India, held annually in Goa, during the monsoon, was special for Athul Thomas and Binil Babu as they emerged champions in the 4X4 Stock class in their Maruti Jimny. Rainforest Challenge is a global extreme off-road motorsport event…
Nodirbek Abdusattorov playing against Hans Niemann at the Quantbox Chennai Grand Master Chess Tournament on Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Nodirbek Abdusattorov has good memories of Chennai. He was at the forefront of Uzbekistan’s spectacular run in the chess Olympiad in nearby Mamallapuram in 2022, with his defeat of D….
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Panaji: A 27-year-old woman tourist and her instructor were killed after they crashed into a ravine while they were paragliding in North Goa, police said on Sunday. The accident occurred at Keri village on Saturday evening, an official said. Shivani Dable, a resident of Pune, and her instructor, Sumal Nepali (26), a Nepalese national, crashed…
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Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh: A young man from Andhra Pradesh’s Tadepalligudem, who had travelled to Goa to celebrate New Year’s Eve with his friends, died under suspicious circumstances on December 29, police said on Thursday. According to officials, a group of eight people, including the victim identified as Ravi Teja, from Tadepalligudem went to Goa for…
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Dr Mithun Kudalkar from Vasco city in south Goa, died on Sunday. Panaji: A 29-year-old dental surgeon died of a massive heart attack after completing a marathon in Goa, his father said on Thursday. Dr Mithun Kudalkar from Vasco city in south Goa, died on Sunday, his father Dr Dynaneshwar Kudalkar, who is former chief…
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“If it’s good for Ratan Tata, it’s good for us” was my saintly-strictly in the sense of being indifferent to extravaganza-husband’s winning line last weekend when I was trying to convince him to take our holiday to Taj Fort Aguada, the adjoining sister-resort of the Taj Holiday Village. The superlative hospitality team at THV had…
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Arjun Tendulkar warmed up for the upcoming first-class season with a match-winning nine-wicket haul in Goa’s innings and 189-run victory over hosts Karnataka in the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappiah Memorial Tournament, which is also known as KSCA Invitational, a pre-season meet for state teams. KSCA XI comprised mostly their U-19 and U-23 players…
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The women were offering massage without obtaining permission from the authority. (Representational) Pan: Three women were booked by the Goa Police on Monday for allegedly offering massage services at Candolim Beach, without obtaining permission from the competent authority, an official said. Police said that as per the formalities all three accused persons were produced before…
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Current price of petrol in Goa is Rs 95.40 per litre, while it is Rs 87.90 per litre for diesel. Mumbai: The Goa government has announced a hike in Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel with effect from Saturday, which will raise the price of petrol by Re 1 and diesel by 36…
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Panaji: BJP MLA Sankalp Amonkar filed a police complaint on Wednesday against Congress’ South Goa candidate Viriato Fernandes under the Prevention of Insults to the National Honour Act, 1971, over his controversial statements about the Constitution. Mr Amonkar filed the complaint at Colva police station in South Goa. Mr Fernandes had waded into a controversy…
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