Basketballer seriously injured after slam dunk accident
July 13th, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 13 (IANS) A Brazilian under-22 basketballer was seriously injured when the backboard collapsed onto him during a training session in the capital Brasilia.David Henrique Conrado Meira ... Read more...
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Rapper killed in Colombia
April 26th, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, April 26 (IANS/EFE) Rapper Alejandro Serna Correa was fatally shot in an attack that targeted two people accompanying him, authorities in the northwestern Colombian city of Medellin said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Jan Versleijen to coach Chinese Super League club
December 12th, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Zhengzhou (China), Dec 12 (IANS) Dutchman Jan Versleijen has formally taken over as head coach of the Chinese Super League (CSL) club Henan Jianye located in Central China's Henan province, ... Read more...
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Hollywood to help restore Cuban classic films
December 9th, 2011 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Dec 9 (IANS) Hollywood specialists will help restore several Cuban classic films.The Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) and US Academy Film Archive are negotiating on the issue, said Xinhua.Pablo ... Read more...
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NCP legislator jailed six months for assault
October 5th, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 5 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco was Wednesday jailed for six months after a court rejected his bail application in an assault ... Read more...
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Goa Police assure NCP leader of probe into cop’s suicide
June 30th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 30 (IANS) A Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator's complaint, accusing three Crime Branch officers of abetting the suicide of a constable, will be examined, the Goa Police ... Read more...
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Goa clergy demands police officer’s dismissal
June 22nd, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 22 (IANS) A section of the Goa Christian clergy Wednesday demanded the dismissal of a police inspector, who along with a Mumbai-based hotel promoter has been accused of ... Read more...
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Goa legislator gets one year jail
April 27th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 27 (IANS) Controversial Goa legislator and former tourism minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco was sentenced by the Margao trial court to one year imprisonment for assaulting a government ... Read more...
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Goa PWD minister accused of corruption
April 18th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 18 (IANS) Goa's Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Churchill Alemao was Monday accused of corruption by a legislator of the NCP, a partner in the Congress-led government.Former tourism ... Read more...
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Goa to take up its poor portrayal with film director
March 30th, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 30 (IANS) The Goa government will take up the issue of bad portrayal of the state in the Bollywood film "Dum Maaro Dum" with its director Rohan Sippy, ... Read more...
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Goa lawmakers to discuss ‘Dum Maaro Dum’
March 29th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 29 (IANS) Already in the news for short skirts, bikinis and drugs, upcoming Bollywood flick "Dum Maaro Dum" (DMD) is all set to make waves in the ... Read more...
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14 killed in Honduras plane crash
February 15th, 2011 - 3:41 am ICT by IANS
Tegucigalpa, Feb 15 (IANS) A small plane crashed near the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa Monday, killing all 14 people on board, authorities said.Central American Airlines manager Felix Pacheco said the plane which was ... Read more...
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Palin won’t appear at military fundraiser after ‘negative feedback’
February 7th, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): Sarah Palin's appearance at a military fundraiser has been cancelled after "an onslaught of negative feedback" received by the organization.The Colorado-based Sharon K Pacheco Foundation, which also ... Read more...
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25 arrested for running cocaine lab in Spain
January 19th, 2011 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Jan 19 (IANS/EFE) Spanish police dismantled the largest known cocaine laboratory in Europe near Madrid in an operation that resulted in 25 arrests.The illegal lab had been set up on a ... Read more...
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Goa home minister involved in drug trade: NCP
January 17th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 17 (IANS) Leader of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Goa legislature Mickky Pacheco Monday said that Home Minister Ravi Naik was providing protection to the drug trade in the ... Read more...
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Congress rejects Pawar’s demand for berth to Pacheco
December 27th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 27 (IANS) The Congress party Tuesday dismissed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar's demand to induct tainted legislator Mickky Pacheco in the Goa cabinet, a party official said.All India ... Read more...
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Goa Congress admits to crisis over Pacheco, can drop NCP (Lead)
December 23rd, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 23 (IANS) Admitting to a crisis in the Congress-led government over tainted Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Mickky Pacheco's induction in the Goa cabinet, state party chief Subhash Shirodkar Thursday ... Read more...
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10 Congress dissidents threaten to topple Goa government
December 22nd, 2010 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 22 (IANS) Ten Congress legislators, including four ministers, Wednesday threatened to pull down the Congress-led alliance government in Goa over the proposed induction of controversial Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader ... Read more...
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Goa NCP president resigns
November 7th, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 7 (IANS) Days after police booked him for assaulting a party legislator in an ugly public brawl, state Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Jose Phillip D'Souza Sunday resigned from his ... Read more...
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Goa NCP president booked for rioting, assault
October 27th, 2010 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 27 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Goa president Jose Phillip D'Souza was booked by the police for assaulting a party legislator and former tourism minister Mickky Pacheco at a restaurant ... Read more...
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NCP legislators engage in public scrap
October 27th, 2010 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 26 (IANS) Former Goa minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Mickky Pacheco Tuesday accused his state president Jose Phillip D'Souza of assaulting him. D'Souza denied the charges and said ... Read more...
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CBI questions former Goa Minister Pacheco in immigration racket case
September 10th, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by ANI
Panaji, Sep 10 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday quizzed former Goa Tourism Minister Micky Pacheco in connection with the illegal immigration racket case.46-year-old Pacheco arrived at CBI's ... Read more...
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Former Goa Minister Pacheco acquired US visas on forged documents
September 9th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 9 (ANI): Former Goa Tourism Minister Micky Pacheco is in deep trouble with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) booking him for allegedly acquiring US visas on forged documents. ... Read more...
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CBI files complaint against Pacheco
September 8th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 8 (IANS) Former Goa tourism minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco has been booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for forgery and cheating, a CBI spokesperson said Wednesday.
In ... Read more...
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Arrest Goa home minister’s son for drug links: Pacheco
July 28th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 28 (IANS) Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik's son should be arrested and his alleged links to drug trade in the state should be probed thoroughly, former tourism minister Mickky Pacheco ... Read more...
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Kamat misled Pawar about evidence against me: Pacheco
July 28th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 28 (IANS) Declaring that he would resign if the charges against him in a murder case were proven, former Goa minister Miccky Pacheco Wednesday blamed Chief Minister Digambar Kamat for ... Read more...
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26/11 terror strike, recession hurt Goa’s charter tourism
July 26th, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 26 (IANS) The 26/11 terror strikes in Mumbai and global recession continue to affect charter tourist inflow into Goa, according to the state tourism ministry.
Tabling figures of charter tourist ... Read more...
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Nadia death case: Former Goa minister Pacheco gets bail
July 26th, 2010 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI
Panaji, July 26 (ANI): Former Goa Tourism Minister Micky Pacheco was granted bail on Monday by a local court in connection with the Nadia Torrado death case.Margao District and Sessions Judge ... Read more...
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Pacheco granted bail in culpable homicide case
July 26th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 26 (IANS) Former Goa tourism minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco was Monday granted conditional bail by a trial court in a culpable homicide case related to the mysterious death of ... Read more...
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Margao Police arrests ex-tourism minister Pacheco on forgery charges
July 23rd, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by ANI
Panaji (Goa), July 23 (ANI): Margao Police on Friday arrested former state tourism minister Fransisco Mickey Pacheco for his role in a forgery case filed against him by his estranged wife Sara. ... Read more...
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‘Drug dealers can meet visitors in Goa jails, legislators can’t’
July 18th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 18 (IANS) A drug dealer can meet visitors in the prison, but an arrested legislator is not allowed to meet another legislator in Goa, a Congress leader said Sunday, accusing ... Read more...
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Judge recuses himself from hearing Pacheco’s case
July 16th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 16 (IANS) A Bombay High Court judge for the second time in a month recused himself from hearing a bail petition filed by former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco, arrested ... Read more...
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Mother of Pacheco’s alleged lover arrested
July 16th, 2010 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 15 (IANS) In a late night development in the Nadia Torrado death case, Goa Police Thursday arrested her mother Sonia and booked her for culpable homicide and destruction of evidence. ... Read more...
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Pacheco to attend assembly with armed escort
July 14th, 2010 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 14 (IANS) In police custody in connection with the suspicious death of his 28-year-old lover, former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco will attend the monsoon session of the Goa legislative ... Read more...
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Pacheco arrested over lover’s death
July 8th, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 8 (IANS) Former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco was arrested Thursday in connection with the suspicious death of his 28-year-old lover.
The Nationalist Congress Party legislator was arrested after authorities at ... Read more...
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