Tejpal`s lawyer refuses to comment on police version

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 17:33

A lawyer for Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexually assaulting a woman colleague, has refused to comment on the police version that he has confessed to have committed the act while claiming it as "consensual".

Parrikar`s flip flop on involvement in police decisions

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 20:45

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Wednesday said it was he who gave clearance for the arrest of Maharashtra minister Narayan Rane`s son Nitesh for vandalising a toll booth. Parrikar had earlier said he does not meddle in policing.

Rane called up, requested his son be released: Parrikar

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 19:31

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that Maharashtra minister Narayan Rane called him up and sought the release of his son Nitesh Rane after he was arrested for vandalising a toll-booth on Goa-Maharashtra border and assaulting the staff yesterday.

Tehelka case: Tejpal taken to Goa hotel to reconstruct crime scene

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 22:03

Tehelka`s founder-editor Tarun Tejpal, who is accused of rape, was taken to Hyatt hotel in Goa on December 2 where the sexual assault incident occurred on November 7-8.

Tejpal spends night in lock-up with murder accused

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 08:55

Tehelka magazine editor Tarun Tejpal spent the night at a police lock-up here with two murder accused and an anti-social person, after he was arrested by the Crime Branch.

Sexual assault case: Tarun Tejpal questions legitimacy of FIR

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 23:33

Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexual assault of a woman colleague on Friday questioned the legitimacy of the FIR and subsequent probe in the case and lashed out at the media accusing it of "screaming and shouting" all the time.

Goa MP tossed bouquet at function calling it `cheap`

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 10:19

A Congress MP justified throwing away a bouquet given to him during a function Sunday claiming that Rs 85 lakh fund he allotted to the hosts merited a bigger floral offering.

Tejpal`s claim of consensual act could not be true: Goa CM

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 13:21

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has lashed out at Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal over the charge of a girl`s sexual abuse, alleging that the claim the act was consensual could not be true.

Would love to commit to North-East films: Seema and Adil

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 21:14

Film actors Seema Biswas and Adil Hussain, who are part of the North Eastern package at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here, today said they would love to work in movies made in that part of the country regularly, provided that scripts appeal to them.

Jailed Nigerians withdraw hunger strike

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 12:07

Three Nigerians, who were on a hunger strike in a jail here demanding their statements be recorded by Goa human rights panel, have ended their fast.

Nigerians misuse educational schemes: Goan MP Shantaram Naik

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 16:05

Amid a row between Goa government and Nigerians, Goa MP Shantaram Naik claimed that Nigerians misuse educational schemes, violate Foreign Exchange Management Act and indulge in drug trade in the state.

Goans angry, `say no to Nigerian`

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 10:55

The dissent among Goans against Nigerians in the tiny state continues to rise despite the arrest of one person in connection with the murder of an African national.