DGP Chander warns against the use of Alexa and UC Browser

Do you ever feel like Amazon’s Alexa or Google’s Assistant might be listening to you? With targeted advertising based on artificial intelligence, there are a number of reports from tech sites across the net that posit that home assistants are always listening – even if you’re not interacting with them. It may sound crazy, but […]

Calangute resident arrested for alleged blackmail and extortion

extortion

Calangute in North Goa has been a favorite of tourists for years. Most of Goa’s nightlife and popular restaurants are located in this very spot making it the place to visit all year round. There’s even a variety of hotels to choose from, ranging from the budget range to the extremely expensive. Of course, no […]

Stray dog makes flight abort take off

stray dogs

A few days ago we reported how the Hospicio in Margoa recorded 2,130 dog bite cases this year, so far. The menace of these stray dogs goes beyond the dog bites. One of those stray dogs has now caused a flight at the Dabolim International Airport to suddenly abort take off. Fortunately, no one was […]

An App and a message to the Las Vegas Shooter

Glen Campbell

When you hear news like the Las Vegas shooting, you ask yourself, what can I do? If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live […]

Will Narayan Murthy soon become a Mentor to Goan Startups?

Narayan Murthy

Goa is giving all it’s got to become the country’s hottest Startup center. Only recently NITI Ayog selected Goa Institute of Management (GIM) to become an Atal Incubation Centre and gave a 10 crore grant for the same. Now, it seems that the Prince of Indian IT start-ups himself – Mr. Narayan Murthy – founder […]

A Horrifying Story Of Sexual Assault – 29 Year Old Woman Molests 17 Year Old Boy

sexual assault

Sexual assault has become so common these days, it’s absolutely terrifying. It has become commonplace to hear stories of crimes against women and girls. In a horrifying twist, a 29-year-old woman has been booked for sexually assaulting a 17-year boy who was residing with her.   The Story The Goa police have booked the woman […]

Consumer Forum awards Goan Man Rs 1 Lakh compensation from MakeMyTrip.

Consumer wins case in consumer forum

Have you ever felt cheated by an online travel portal? Did you feel helpless and think, it’s no use complaining, no one will listen? That’s not true. The Consumer Forum – North Goa, set a precedent. According to the reports published by the local newspaper, the North Goa Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum has recently directed […]

Will Goa Institute of Management (GIM) produce a Mark Zuckerberg?

Goa Institute of Management

Everyone knows that Goa is a state with exceptionally high per capita incomes, literacy levels and education levels. Did you know that we’re now going to prove that we’re also very innovative and enterprising? Goa is very proud to announce that National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has picked the Goa Institute of Management […]

Mapusa based builder kidnapped…escapes.

builder escapes kidnapping

This week,  Mr. Tarak Arolkar, GM of Saichha Developers and Construction, filed a complaint with the Mapusa police. He claimed that on Saturday 16th, at around 8 pm, a group of seven or eight persons kidnapped him while he was returning to Goa. He was on his way back from a trip to his son in […]

Is this the Sawfish that attacked tourists in Goa?

A case of sea creatures attacking two tourists in Goa was recorded a few months ago. The sawfish found in Maharashtra maybe the same kind of fish that attacked the tourists in Goa. A local fisherman near Vijaydurg in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district of Konkan region discovered a rare 20-feet long sawfish weighing approximately 700 kgs […]