The gin boom trying to change India, one distillery at a timeFrom Japan to Kenya, the world is awash in craft spirits movements, but the blossoming of gin in Goa offers more than a nod to shifting mar...
Can upgrading restaurants open new horizons for Goa tourism?Goa gets enough transient tourists to allow any well-established place to make a profit, at least for a bit.
Fiery feni: 500-year-old Indian tipple gets a cocktail makeoverUsually made from crushed cashew apples or coconut palm sap, the potent drink has fallen out of favour in Goa.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra buys 50% in Bastian HospitalityLast year, she also invested around $250,000 (Rs 1.6 crore) in Delhi-based mom and baby care consumer startup Mamaearth.
When the Indian consul celebrated Republic Day in Portuguese GoaTill then Portuguese Goa still had cordial relations with India as the liberation struggle was yet to intensify.
Goa panel mulls ways to help ban-hit liquor outletsThe government has formed a three-member committee to find ways to help the liquor outlets shut post the 2016 SC order on highway alcohol b...
Goa All Out: The new restaurant O Pedro by the Bombay Canteen team is a hat-tip to the swinging stateWith its vaulted ceiling, potted greens, wicker chairs, wooden furniture, azulejos tiles and blues and whites, O Pedro reminds you of an ol...
Raising a toast: Here's how Goa's local liquors like feni are getting a makeoverSlowly, feni and other Goan liquors seem set for an image makeover — like urak, the milder, delicious first distillate of the cashew spirit...
A lot can happen over a chaat: How regional food will have its moment in 2017Lady Baga is the latest of Olive Bar & Kitchen, one of India’s largest restaurant companies, that owns Olive & SodaBottleOpenerWala.
No bikini ban on Goa's beaches: CM Manohar ParrikarParrikar ruled out banning wearing of bikinis on Goa's beaches, a day after a minister in his govt advocated such a measure, but said drink...
- BJP promises to relocate off shore casinos in Goa
Opposition BJP today assured to relocate the off shore casinos from the state capital once they come to power in the March 3 Goa assembly p...
- BJP promises to relocate off shore casinos in Goa
Opposition BJP today assured to relocate the off shore casinos from the state capital once they come to power in the March 3 Goa assembly p...
- Goa's Feni gets a makeover; marketed abroad
Feni, the state drink of Goa brewed from ripe cashew apples and coconut is being marketed outside the state.
- Free for all: Russians don’t need visa in Goa
In 2000, only 28 ``temporary landing facility'' (TLF) - as these 15-day visas are called - were granted.
- Goa may ban agri land sale to outsiders
Land sale to outsiders in Goa could become a thing of the past, as the state govt is considering a ban on the sale of land to outsiders in ...
- BJP fears more misuse of power by Goa Speaker
The BJP today claimed there would be further misuse of the speaker's power by the Congress to retain power in the state.
- Susegado Style
The shacks seemed to shrink behind the sea-bordering sandy dunes as groups of skimpily decked couples trooped into the makeshift restaurant...