”Goa” News

Body of teen murdered in Goa to be sent home

PANAJI, India (AFP) - The body of a British teenager raped and murdered last month in India 's resort state of Goa will be released this week to her mother for burial at home, a family lawyer said Wednesday.
04 7 2008 9:06PM (...more)

Body of teen murdered in Goa to be sent home

PANAJI, India (AFP) - The body of a British teenager raped and murdered last month in India 's resort state of Goa will be released this week to her mother for burial at home, a family lawyer said Wednesday.
03 28 2008 4:37PM (...more)

India's Goa cracks down on nightlife after teen murder

PANAJI, India (AFP) - Police in India 's resort state of Goa , where a British teen was murdered last month, have begun shutting down beach parties and bars at midnight, officials said on Wednesday.
03 20 2008 9:25AM (...more)

Goa police question mother of dead British teenager

PANAJI, India (AFP) - The mother of a British teenager raped and killed in India 's Goa state was questioned by detectives Saturday about her claims of a cover-up involving drug lords, top police and politicians.
03 16 2008 10:27AM (...more)

Two charged with Brit teen murder: Indian police

PANAJI, India (AFP) - Police in the Indian coastal state of Goa said Thursday they have charged two men with the murder of a British teenager whose partially naked body was found on a beach.
03 14 2008 7:45AM (...more)

Two charged with Scarlett murder: Goa police

PANAJI, India (AFP) - Police in the Indian coastal state of Goa said Thursday that they have charged two men with the murder of a British teenager whose partially naked body was found on a beach.
03 14 2008 3:07AM (...more)

Indian policeman stripped of powers over murder case: official

PANAJI, India (AFP) - A policeman in India 's tourist hotspot of Goa has been stripped of his authority over his role in investigations into the murder of a British teenager, an official said.
03 11 2008 10:45AM (...more)

Coastal erosion threatens Goa's idyllic beaches

PANAJI, India (AFP) – India's resort state of Goa has been hit by several setbacks in the last 18 months, including high-profile crime and the knock-on effects of Islamist extremist attacks up the coast in 08 30 2009 11:44PM (...more)

Goa feels pinch of recession, terror and death

ANJUNA, India (AFP) – A double-whammy of the global economic turmoil and Mumbai terror attacks has hit the usually bustling Indian resort of Goa hard as a disappointing winter 02 21 2009 8:34AM (...more)

Fresh autopsy to probe British teen's death in Goa

PANAJI, India (AFP) - Authorities in India 's Goa state have ordered a new autopsy to investigate the death of a British teenager whose family dismissed the police version that she died of drowning.
03 6 2008 9:55PM (...more)