Relatives of 10 foreigners alleged to have been murdered in Goa, including British teenager Scarlett Keeling, have written to India’s prime minister demanding an investigation into what they claim are cover-ups by police. Minna Pirhonen — the mother of Finnish national Felix Dahl, who was found dead in the tourist state in January 2015 — … Read more
India’s tourist mecca Goa is pulling the plug on its legendary all-night dance parties as the local government tries to clean up its image as a drug and rave hotspot. Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar said the government would start enforcing a long-ignored ban on loud music after 10 pm — bad news for bars … Read more
Indian police said Wednesday they had launched a murder investigation after a young Irish woman was found dead in the popular tourist state of Goa. The 28-year-old’s body was discovered in a field on Tuesday morning and an autopsy is being conducted to ascertain whether she was sexually assaulted, Deputy Superintendent of Goan police Sammy … Read more
Please… don’t ask me how it got here and why of all places they chose Ghana,–the gold-rich West African nation. Observers are worried and political pundits are already reading so much into the surreal episode that happened recently. This is probably a ‘subterfuge’ at its highest and politics in its embers, says author Gordon Offin-Amaniampong. … Read more