The late 80s Hindi movie Goonj, shot mostly in Goa and starring Kumar Gaurav and Juhi Chawla opens rather dramatically—with a Fiat blowing up even as the person who rigged it up as a car bomb is ...

In an article published on April 16, 1975, P L Deshpande, a doyen of Marathi literature and president of the 50th Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, wrote that “the decision of the Sahitya ...

Another language row appears to be brewing over the proposed display of signboards in Konkani and Marathi from December 19, 2010, as Konkani protagonists feel it is not really required as use of ...

Panaji, Feb 24: Goa's oldest regional political outfit, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), today released its election manifesto which promises, among other things, to retain Konkani and Marathi as ...

The festival of Gudi Padwa is widely celebrated in Maharashtra and Goa, marking the beginning of Hindu New Year. The Marathi and Konkani natives celebrate the festival with Gudis, authentic food and ...

Panaji: The Department of Post under the Union Ministry of Communication has made the knowledge of Konkani compulsory for the appointment of candidates ...

Goa government has decided to form a task force of experts who will come up with the suggestions to revive the ailing Marathi and Konkani primary schools in the State. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in ...

The Goa I was born in had a starkly different cultural landscape than today. It was in the mid-1940s when Goa was under Portuguese rule, facing stringent censorship on freedom of speech. For this ...