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Goa enacts law to restrict foreigners from buying land
2008-03-28 18:28:00 The Goa government on Friday enacted a new registration act making it utmost difficult for foreigners to buy lands in the state. State Law Minister Dayanand Narvekar, presenting the new legislation in the House, said the government has taken a policy decision to ?ban foreigners from buying properties in the state?. Goa has recently witnessed unprecedented rush ... More About: Buying , Articles , Breaking News , Land
Wine to Cost More in Goa
2008-03-28 18:22:00 The import fee on wine is being doubled from Rs.50 a bulk litre to Rs. 100, along with increase in various license fees in the budget announced by the Robin Hood of Goa, Mr. Dayanand Narvekar. Subhash Arora, President of Indian Wine Academy reports. ? ;Any person drinking expensive liquor can always afford to pay more. ... More About: Articles , Cost
Goan with the Wind - Rajdeep Sardesai
2008-03-27 17:15:00 In the early 1990s, Air India printed a calendar showcasing people from different states in their traditional costumes. The Goa portrait had a couple at a church wedding in bridal finery: the lady in a flowing gown, her partner in a jacket and tie. The publication sparked off protests within the Goan community, who accused ... More About: Articles , Wind
Liquor to cost more in Goa
2008-03-27 17:12:00 It?s bad news for tipplers and tourists alike. Consumption of liquor other than beer and local wine in Goa will now cost more. The state government, in its budget for 2008-09, has increased the excise duty on Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) for other than wine and beer from Rs 9 per bulk litre to ... More About: Cost
Goa govt hikes entertainment tax to 10% on casinos
2008-03-27 17:05:00 Giving in to political opposition to offshore casinos in Goa , the state government has doubled the entertainment tax levied from the gambling dens to ten per cent. Finance minister Dayanand Narvekar hiked the entertainment tax on casinos including off shore casinos, in the state budget presented on the floor of the House yesterday. The move will double ... More About: Entertainment , Hotels , Clubs , Casinos
Goa Budget outlay hiked by 21.5 pc
2008-03-26 16:57:00 The Planning Commission on Tuesday finalised a budget outlay of Rs. 1,737.65-crore including a Central assistance of Rs. 35 crore to Goa for the next fiscal of 2008-09. This year?s outlay is 21% more then last year?s budget. The plan was finalised at a meeting held in New Delhi between Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek ... More About: Breaking News , Budget
Goa needs a giant wave to wash off the stains
2008-03-26 16:53:00 GOA desperately needs a facelift. It?s not that the one-off murder of a British teenager on a Goa beach will suddenly make tourists apprehansive. But the murder, the alleged police cover-up thereafter, and the shadows of a drug mafia have definitely tarnished the image of Goa, once considered one of the safest places for tourists ... More About: Articles , Giant , Wash , Wave
Goa to hand over Scarlette case to CBI
2008-03-26 16:47:00 Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat on Monday said his government was willing to hand over British teenager Scarlette Eden Keeling?s death case to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Kamat made the announcement on the floor of the Legislative Assembly when it met for the first day of the budget session. Scarlette?s mother, Fiona Mackeown, had ... More About: Case , Hand
Goa to write to Centre against re-issuing visa to Fiona: Naik
2008-03-23 15:05:00 Goa government will write to the Union Home and External Affairs ministries asking them not to re-issue visa to Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British girl, Scarlett Eden Keeling, for her anti-state campaign and her shoddy background. “We are writing to the Home and External Affairs ministry not to issue her visa again to come to ... More About: Articles , Breaking News , Write , Goa , Visa
Goa: Pre-monsoon Showers Add Extra Colours to Holi
2008-03-23 11:34:00 Pre-monsoon showers in the state filled the vacuum and added that extra charm in the holi celebration across the state on Saturday March 22. It was just when hundreds of small/big groups had stepped out of their houses with a single aim of playing holi to its peak that pre-monsoon showers started with lightning and ... More About: Culture , Articles , Colours , Goa , Traditions
Old Goa: The procession of Black Caps
2008-03-22 05:23:00 The procession of Black Caps, one of the rarest in the world was observed and celebrated on Good Friday in the Se Cathedral church at Old Goa. The procession of Black caps is also known as Procession of Tails and the same is locally known as ‘Xepdeanchem Pursao’. The mass and the procession proceeding was ... More About: Articles
?Goa is going down the drain ?
2008-03-21 15:05:00 Remo Fernandes talks to AJIT SAHI about how his land has changed. Drugs, sex and crime have become the landscape of Goa. Where is all this headed? Down the drain. Who is responsible for this mess? The politicians, ministers, sarpanchs, municipalities. In short, everyone in power. Because everyone in power in India is corrupt. Especially in places where there?s ... More About: Articles
Goa: Blood on its mountains
2008-03-21 14:59:00 Environmental activists like Goa Foundation founder Claude Alvares were banking on hope that the Supreme Court will stop iron ore extraction in the state, where villagers staying at the foothills and mountains have been suffering for decades. YES, GOA has blood on its mountains, of forest being denuded and water resources drying up through mining activity. ... More About: Articles , Mountains , Blood
Stayin? alive in Goa
2008-03-20 08:51:00 In the wake of the recent murder, subsequent arrests and reports of a thriving drug mafia in Goa, here?s how to return home alive (and without getting conned) from the party paradise. Party Paradise or Druggie Haven? Even viewed from the window of the plane, Goa begins to work its balm. The tiny state lolls on India’s ... More About: Articles , Alive
CBI may probe assault on Babush
2008-03-20 08:48:00 The State Government is seriously considering handing over the case of alleged manhandling of Taleigao MLA Babush Monseratte and his family and the attack on policemen by a morcha led by him on February 19 to the CBI. Advocate General Subodh Kantak told the Court today the Government wants an investigation into the happenings including how ... More About: Articles , Assault , Probe
Security Concerns Of Using Facebook With A Proxy
2008-03-19 12:43:00 There are many security concerns that people should be aware of before using a Facebook proxy. Some of these issues are minor and will not bother the regular user. On the flip side, some of these issues are quite sever and could cause major damage to your Facebook account. The main issue is that many of ... More About: Security , Proxy , Concerns
Travel Spotlight: Las Vegas Hotel Discounts
2008-03-19 07:53:00 Remember when it was easy to find a great deal in Las Vegas ? Well it still is, but only if you know where to look. Las Vegas Hotel Discounts is a web site dedicated to listing great deals at some of the major hotels on the Las Vegas strip. The MGM grand is one of the ... More About: Travel , Spotlight
Parking4less - Airport Parking and Airport Hotels
2008-03-16 09:47:00 If you are a frequent air traveler, then you must have been a victim of problems faced due to unavailability of airport hotels and airport parking. There are more than 10 million people traveling by air daily. But, not all are lucky enough to reserve their most desired airport hotel and parking. Only over 50,000 travelers ... More About: Hotels , Parking , Airport
Study abroad programs : A review
2008-03-16 08:58:00 Education has been a very crucial part of one’s life. Sometimes, you might experience that you are well qualified professional, however, you feel stagnation in the position you are currently. In such a case, you might need to upgrade yourself with additional educational qualification that will serve as boost to career. The study should be ... More About: Study , Programs , Review , Study abroad
KVIB mulls employment scheme for municipal areas
2008-03-15 18:59:00 The Goa Khadi and Village Industries Board (GKVIB) will send a proposal to the government recommending formulation of a scheme for municipal areas of Panaji, Margao, Vasco, Mapusa and Ponda, on the lines of the existing central government scheme called ?Rural Employment generation Programme? (REGP). The vice-chairman of the GKVIB, Dr Ulhas Parab, addressing a press ... More About: Articles , Municipal
Film Library and Archives in Goa soon
2008-03-15 18:55:00 It has also decided to hold a documentary film festival in collaboration with National Film Archives of India and a Children’s Film Festival in association with Children’s Film Society of India… Goa government has decided to set up a Film Library and Archives of ancient and contemporary cinema classics in the Entertainment Society Complex here. It has ... More About: Articles
Cambodian Music Online!
2008-03-15 15:02:00 Music is divine! Music has been a part of man’s life since ages. The fact is that music stimulates certain areas in the brain thereby getting your mind at better energy level. There are myriad forms of music coming from different cultures worldwide. One such is the Cambodian Music from Cambodia, a country in Southeast Asia ... More About: Music , Online
Goa govt to probe land sale to foreigners
2008-03-14 17:37:00 Goa, long considered a haven from travellers from around the world, is getting tough on foreigners. The state is now going to make it difficult for them to buy land in Goa. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat is considering bringing in new, tougher laws regarding sale of land to foreigners including putting a ban. Kamat told NDTV on ... More About: Articles , Sale , Land , Probe , Govt
Bollywood link to Goa death; mother was jailed for stabbing
2008-03-14 17:31:00 Police in Goa came under pressure today to investigate whether a third Indian man, believed to have links to Bollywood and to a powerful local politician, was also involved in the rape and murder of Scarlett Keeling. In another twist, Fiona MacKeown, Scarlett’s mother, also confirmed that she had spent a year in prison for stabbing ... More About: Articles , Link , Mother , Death
Second man arrested over Goa killing
2008-03-14 17:01:00 Indian police have charged two men in connection with the death of a British teenager found dead on a beach in the coastal state of Goa last month, a top police official told CNN Thursday. Both men have been charged with drugging, raping, and killing Scarlett Keeling, 15, who was found dead on February 18, said ... More About: Politics , Arrested , Breaking News , Killing
Recent Goa Photos
2008-03-12 18:29:00 Mandovi Bridges at dawn ReisMagos Fort -Verem during SunSet Campal Light house at night Campal Light house at night two stars visible and Moon And the ornamental design like on the light house is ‘the shadow of the trees’ Margao Railway fly-over (picture credit: joegoauk6 / Joe Goa -flickr) More About: Articles , Photos , Recent
Kamat drops Madkaikar from cabinet, inducts Dhavalikar
2008-03-12 17:23:00 Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat on wednesday inducted Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP’s) Ramakrishna Dhavalikar into the cabinet dropping Congress MLA and state minister Pandurang Madkaikar. Soon after the induction, the Chief Minister announced that all the portfolios earlier enjoyed by Madkaikar — transport, river navigation and social welfare — would be shifted to Dhavalikar. The move is ... More About: Politics , Articles , Breaking News , Goa , Cabinet
Police confirms murder, one arrested
2008-03-09 18:11:00 Police have arrested one of the three persons detained in connection with the death of British teenager Scarlette Keeling . They say more arrests are likely through the night. Samson D’souza, the person who has been arrested, is a bar tender in Goa?s Anjuna beach area. GOA IGP Kishan Kumar has confirmed it is a definite case ... More About: Murder , Articles , Arrested , Police
More foreigners dying of drug abuse in Goa?
2008-03-07 20:48:00 The official statistics of the Foreigners Branch of the Goa police have a tale to tell: a significantly high ratio of cases of deaths of foreigners in recent times in this coastal tourist State ? almost 50 per cent ? await the reports of the chemical analysis of the viscera to divulge the exact cause ... More About: Abuse , Articles , Dying , Drug
Football to link Leicester with Goa
More articles from this author:2008-03-07 20:29:00 Players from Leicester City Football Club (LCFC) are to visit Goa in October following the launch of a football initiative on Friday by the British High Commissioner to India, Sir Richard Stagg. The Leicester India Football initiative (LIFI) will link up with Goa and enable a group of under-12 and under-14 players to visit the Indian ... More About: Culture , Articles , Traditions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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