Goa’s electronic music party beaches go silent after two men die of a suspected drug overdose

After a police crackdown, residents say smaller players have been picked up – as usual – while the big fish have gotten away.

Pamela D’Mello

· Aug 19, 2017 · 07:30 am

In Goa, the arrest of a 50-year-old man for vandalising religious symbols raises many questions

Francis Pereira has supposedly confessed to the series of defacements, but doubts have been raised over whether he could have acted alone.

Pamela D’Mello

· Jul 20, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Congress, activist seek legal action against BJP after Amit Shah holds public meeting at Goa airport

Crowds thronged the high-security premises for the meeting even as passengers were inconvenienced, read a complaint.

Pamela D’Mello

· Jul 02, 2017 · 06:26 pm

Riled by Gadkari’s ‘microscopic minority’ remark, Goans reassert opposition to development projects

Residents say real motive behind the Centre’s road, rail, river and port expansion plans is to create coal corridors.

Pamela D’Mello

· Jun 30, 2017 · 07:30 am

A festival in Goa shows that jackfruit (not mango) may be the king of fruits

Coffee, pickles, cattle fodder – is there anything the tree can’t be used for?

Pamela D’Mello

· Jun 28, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Oiling the wheels: Goa pushes to reform its much-reviled taxi services

The BJP government vows to bring in Uber and Ola to get the taxi unions to fall in line.

Pamela D’Mello

· Jun 19, 2017 · 07:30 am

‘Establish a Hindu Rashtra by 2023’: What 132 Right-Wing Hindu organisations demanded in Goa

The sixth All India Hindu Convention also asked for construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and a ban on cattle slaughter and religious conversions.

Pamela D’Mello

· Jun 18, 2017 · 07:00 am

‘We have to literally eat dust’: Cloud of discontent in Goa village as mining picks up pace

Following the resumption of iron ore extraction after a ban imposed in 2012, state walks a tightrope balancing the interests of residents and mining companies.

Pamela D’Mello

· Apr 30, 2017 · 10:30 am

Beef ban dominates political discourse in Goa ahead of impending bye-elections

The Congress says that the issue has been stage-managed to polarise people in the state.

Pamela D’Mello

· Apr 22, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Goa’s temples are losing their local features, and the rise of money power may be to blame

The Goa Heritage Action Group is fighting a valiant battle against turning historic sites in the state into concrete replicas of temples elsewhere.

Pamela D’Mello

· Apr 12, 2017 · 11:30 am

17 months after death of Goan activist priest, family may challenge order to bury his body

The family of Bismarque Dias has refused hold his last rites, demanding an impartial investigation into his mysterious death.

Pamela D’Mello

· Apr 06, 2017 · 06:30 am

Goa: 3,178 establishments may get affected by SC ban on liquor sale along highways

Shop owners feel the state was not properly represented in the case, while Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim were exempted.

Pamela D’Mello

· Apr 01, 2017 · 09:20 pm