”Goa” News

Three held in Goa over British teen's death

PANAJI, India (AFP) - Police in the Indian resort state of Goa on Sunday detained three men in connection with the murder of a British teenager whose partially naked body was found last month on a beach.
03 10 2008 1:40AM (...more)

Three held in Goa over Brit teen's death

PANAJI, India (AFP) - Police in the Indian resort state of Goa on Sunday detained three men in connection with the murder of a British teenager whose partially naked body was found last month on a beach.
03 9 2008 11:25PM (...more)

Tourism to Goa takes beating after Mumbai attacks

BAGA BEACH, India – Beach beds are lined up outside the snack bars dotting the sandy white coastline and dance music booms from bars and restaurants. The only thing missing from Goa's beaches are the throngs of merrymakers who normally flock here for the hedonistic year-end parties.
12 23 2008 3:24PM (...more)

Bollywood director plans film on Scarlett Keeling

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Bollywood director plans to make a film about murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling at one of Goa 's famed beaches, but a lawyer said the family was afraid the script could deviate from the truth.
05 6 2008 3:10AM (...more)

India's Hindu nationalists halt protests for New Year

PANAJI, India (AFP) - India 's Hindu nationalists opposing plans for industrial parks in Goa delayed planned protests to allow New Year parties to go ahead in this popular tourist coastal resort.
12 29 2007 7:39PM (...more)

Bollywood director plans film on murdered UK girl

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Bollywood filmmaker plans to make afilm about a British teenager murdered at one of Goa 's famedbeaches, but a lawyer said the family was afraid the scriptcould deviate from the truth.
05 5 2008 11:33PM (...more)

Goa moves to protect tourists from violent protests

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Armed police are to guard beachgoers in Goa after activists opposed to carving out industrial enclaves in India 's tourist haven warned tourists to leave by Friday or face violent protests.
12 26 2007 9:38PM (...more)

Goa stirs colonial memories in Portuguese filmmaker

PANAJI, India (Reuters) - Almost 50 years ago when thePortuguese colony of Goa was integrated with India , Luis GalvaoTeles, then just a small boy, wept bitterly.
12 2 2007 8:40PM (...more)

Goa police to check age of dead British teenager

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police investigating the rape and murder of a British teenage girl in Goa last month, said they will take x-rays of her bones to determine her age, but her lawyer described it as "dilatory tactics".
03 13 2008 2:25AM (...more)

Mother of murdered Goa teen accused of neglect

PANAJI, India (AFP) - A social welfare group asked a court Tuesday to charge the mother of a 15-year-old British girl who was raped and killed in India's Goa with neglect.
08 6 2008 3:59AM (...more)