Goa’s 2025 news cycle was relentless. From scams and tragedies to political upheavals, the State rarely stayed out of the spotlight. Traffic fines vanished from police coffers, a ₹5 crore fraud rocked the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, and excise sleuths cracked a ₹1 crore tax evasion racket. In the coastal belt, unchecked violations, nightclub fires, and drug reports rattled people, tourists and regulators alike.
Politics was equally turbulent. Govind Gaude and Aleixo Sequeira were replaced with Digambar Kamat and Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar in the cabinet, Damu Naik rose as the BJP’s new State president, and Ganesh Gaonkar became the new Speaker. Also, at the fag end, Zilla Panchayats turned saffron again.
There was a fair share of tragic incidents as well: the Arpora fire, which killed 25 in a nightclub and the Devi Larai jatra stampede, the most ghastly of them.
Then there was the deadly paragliding mishap in Keri, the temple demolition at Porvorim and paper leaks at Goa University, all of which exposed deep cracks in governance and accountability. The Goan recaps the year.
