In 2018, when Lolita Sarkar, founder and chief alchemist of Unusual Spirits, Goa, moved to the beach capital of India, she started hosting suppers for friends and making jams. It was during the pandemic that her experiments with spirited concoctions introduced her to the liqueur space serendipitously. Lolita Sarkar | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Five … Read more
Delhi-based vlogger Akshay Vashisht was arrested on September 17 for a video claiming Goa’s Manohar International Airport is haunted. Police said that the video contained false and superstitious allegations that could create fear and alarm. Watch to know the full story. #GoaAirport #AkshayVashisht #GoaNews #IndiaNews #Haunted #HorrorStory #MopaAirport Source link
Tough talk:Sacked Goa Minister Govind Gaude says he did not join the BJP to resign from the party.File photo | Photo Credit: ATISH POMBURFEKAR Sacked Goa Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude, who had alleged corruption in the Tribal Welfare Department headed by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, on Sunday said he would not resign as … Read more
As the sky turns from bubble-gum pink to mauve and deep-velvety purple, tall coconut palms lean over the sea to listen to the waves. A cello player strings up melodies as the echoing bass beats throb, and wicker lightshades bob away in the sea breeze. We are on Goa’s Ozran Beach in Vagator, at Zeno by … Read more
Family members of an Irish woman who was raped and murdered at a popular tourist resort in 2017 in Goa react after the court’s verdict on the case, in Goa, India, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Nearly eight years after Irish-British national Danielle McLaughlin was raped and brutally murdered in Goa, a … Read more
The setting sun across the looming black rock formations casts a long, unhurried glow, before merging into the depths of the Arabian Sea. It is still bright, though. From across the white sandy cove, reverberations waft in from Shiva Valley, one of Goa’s oldest party spaces. There are a few tourists hanging around in small … Read more
Sara Ali Khan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sara Ali Khan could be your wellness instructor. And no, we are not kidding. With Airbnb Experiences, the actor is curating and hosting a wellness retreat in Goa. “Goa has always been a place of calm and serenity — a haven where I can unwind, practise yoga, … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party workers. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu An Aam Aadmi Party delegation met Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai on Wednesday (November 13, 2024) in connection with the cash-for-government jobs scam, and demanded suspension of the recruitment process till a judicial commission conducts an inquiry. The Goa police have so far arrested 18 … Read more
Goa is studded with 100-400 year old villas, cottages and outhouses, with laterite walls and Mangalore-tiled roofs that have been carefully restored and reimagined into stores, restaurants, bars and holiday homes. Many of them come with fine woodwork, multiple doors and windows and expansive courtyards offering cross-ventilation, as well as other little details often seen … Read more
The once thriving village, home to several temples and archaeological finds, comes alive for its annual temple festival between April and June It is a blistering, hot April day in Goa and the sun is merciless. We have just arrived in Curdi…the submerged village that emerges only between April and June every year. I look … Read more