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Goa's Basilica Of Bom Jesus To Be Closed For 1 Month For Restoration Work
The Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa, a major tourist attraction, would be closed for visitors and parishioners for a month from November 5 as the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will take up its restoration work, a church priest has said.
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Priest Arrested For Conversion Had Several Cases Against Him: Goa Government
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said the pastor, arrested recently in the state for allegedly luring people to convert to Christianity, had several cases registered against him, including that of a person's death.
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Goa Withdraws Ganesh Utsav's Covid Rule Barring Home Visits By Priests
The Goa government today withdrew its standard operating procedure (SOP) for Ganesh Utsav celebrations in the state, which included a ban on priests visiting homes for rituals, within hours of it being issued
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Churches Can Reopen With Strict Conditions: Goa Archbishop
Goa Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao today said churches will be allowed to reopen with strict conditions like ensuring the sitting arrangement with a physical distance of six feet to be adhered to by priests and parishioners.
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Goa Priest Apologises For Remarks Against PM, Amit Shah, Manohar Parrikar
The Catholic priest who had allegedly made statements against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday tendered an "unconditional apology" after he was found guilty of violating the poll code.
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For Manohar Parrikar's Recovery, Prayers In Goa Mosques
Ten priests from various mosques in Goa conducted Quran Khawani, a ritualistic reading of the Quran, for quick recovery of ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, an official said on Thursday.
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Goa: Temple Priest Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Two Women Surrenders
A former temple priest accused of molesting two women surrendered before a court in Goa today and was arrested by the police, an official said.
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Another Complaint Against Goa Priest Facing Molestation Charges
Goa Police has registered a case of outraging the modesty of a woman against a Mangueshi temple priest, earlier accused by a US medical student of a similar offence, following a complaint by another woman based in Mumbai.
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Goa Priest, Accused Of Molestation, Says Charges "Fabricated"
Goa's Mangueshi temple priest who was booked for molesting two women, has claimed that one of them fabricated the charges against him after he refused to allow the unmarried woman into the sanctum sanctorum.
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Goa Priest Charged For Molestation After Allegations From Two Women
Goa Police has started a probe into allegations of molestation raised against a priest attached to the popular Mangueshi temple in south Goa, after a victim filed an FIR, an officer said on Friday.
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Goa Minister Wants Probe Over Alleged Temple Molestation
Goa Minister Govind Gaude and another BJP lawmaker on Thursday welcomed a formal probe into two complaints of alleged molestation filed with the Shree Mangueshi temple committee, accusing a priest of inappropriate behaviour.
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Goa Priest Tried To Kiss Me In Temple, Alleges US-Based Medical Student
The management of Shree Mangueshi temple said it could not come across "dependable evidence" after a Goan-origin medical student in the US complained of inappropriate behaviour by a priest in June.
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After 16 Months In Morgue, Goa Priest's Body To Be Buried
Sixteen months after former Catholic priest and activist Bismarque Dias was found dead under mysterious circumstances, the state Human Rights Commission on Monday directed that his remains be formally laid to rest.
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Goa Rights Panel To Hear Petition On Police Atrocities Against Protestors
The Goa Human Rights Commission will tomorrow hear a petition filed by social activist Aires Rodrigues over alleged atrocities against demonstrators demanding proper investigations into the death of priest, Father Bismarque Dias.
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MLA says Kya Super Kool Hai Hum shows Goa in a "bad light"
A Goa legislator wants the chief minister to complain to the censor board over the depiction of the state and Christian priests in Kya Super Kool...
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Goa's Basilica Of Bom Jesus To Be Closed For 1 Month For Restoration Work
The Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa, a major tourist attraction, would be closed for visitors and parishioners for a month from November 5 as the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will take up its restoration work, a church priest has said.
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Priest Arrested For Conversion Had Several Cases Against Him: Goa Government
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said the pastor, arrested recently in the state for allegedly luring people to convert to Christianity, had several cases registered against him, including that of a person's death.
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Goa Withdraws Ganesh Utsav's Covid Rule Barring Home Visits By Priests
The Goa government today withdrew its standard operating procedure (SOP) for Ganesh Utsav celebrations in the state, which included a ban on priests visiting homes for rituals, within hours of it being issued
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Churches Can Reopen With Strict Conditions: Goa Archbishop
Goa Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao today said churches will be allowed to reopen with strict conditions like ensuring the sitting arrangement with a physical distance of six feet to be adhered to by priests and parishioners.
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Goa Priest Apologises For Remarks Against PM, Amit Shah, Manohar Parrikar
The Catholic priest who had allegedly made statements against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday tendered an "unconditional apology" after he was found guilty of violating the poll code.
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For Manohar Parrikar's Recovery, Prayers In Goa Mosques
Ten priests from various mosques in Goa conducted Quran Khawani, a ritualistic reading of the Quran, for quick recovery of ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, an official said on Thursday.
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Goa: Temple Priest Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Two Women Surrenders
A former temple priest accused of molesting two women surrendered before a court in Goa today and was arrested by the police, an official said.
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Another Complaint Against Goa Priest Facing Molestation Charges
Goa Police has registered a case of outraging the modesty of a woman against a Mangueshi temple priest, earlier accused by a US medical student of a similar offence, following a complaint by another woman based in Mumbai.
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Goa Priest, Accused Of Molestation, Says Charges "Fabricated"
Goa's Mangueshi temple priest who was booked for molesting two women, has claimed that one of them fabricated the charges against him after he refused to allow the unmarried woman into the sanctum sanctorum.
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Goa Priest Charged For Molestation After Allegations From Two Women
Goa Police has started a probe into allegations of molestation raised against a priest attached to the popular Mangueshi temple in south Goa, after a victim filed an FIR, an officer said on Friday.
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Goa Minister Wants Probe Over Alleged Temple Molestation
Goa Minister Govind Gaude and another BJP lawmaker on Thursday welcomed a formal probe into two complaints of alleged molestation filed with the Shree Mangueshi temple committee, accusing a priest of inappropriate behaviour.
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Goa Priest Tried To Kiss Me In Temple, Alleges US-Based Medical Student
The management of Shree Mangueshi temple said it could not come across "dependable evidence" after a Goan-origin medical student in the US complained of inappropriate behaviour by a priest in June.
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After 16 Months In Morgue, Goa Priest's Body To Be Buried
Sixteen months after former Catholic priest and activist Bismarque Dias was found dead under mysterious circumstances, the state Human Rights Commission on Monday directed that his remains be formally laid to rest.
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Goa Rights Panel To Hear Petition On Police Atrocities Against Protestors
The Goa Human Rights Commission will tomorrow hear a petition filed by social activist Aires Rodrigues over alleged atrocities against demonstrators demanding proper investigations into the death of priest, Father Bismarque Dias.
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MLA says Kya Super Kool Hai Hum shows Goa in a "bad light"
A Goa legislator wants the chief minister to complain to the censor board over the depiction of the state and Christian priests in Kya Super Kool...
