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Sunjay Dutt, Manyata deny marriage
2008-04-09 21:15:00 In a volute face, actor Sanjay Dutt and companion Manyata have denied that they are legally married and stated that they cannot be accused of bigamy. The two has stated that their marriage ceremony in Goa is a rumour and they are merely staying together in Dutt?s Pali hill residence. The couple, in an application filed ... More About: Movies , Marriage , Articles
Look beyond the beaches and shacks in Goa
2008-04-07 19:17:00 Forty-five minutes,? said the driver, answering my query on the distance from the airport to Varca beach in his inimitable Goa n style. Describing distances in terms of time taken is one Goan habit I got used to during my short trip there last year! I was there for the Goa Fest, the annual advertising festival ... More About: Articles , Beaches , Hotels , Clubs
Feni-makers fighting a losing battle?
2008-04-06 19:43:00 Feni, the traditional Goan liquor(feni) made from the cashew apple or coconut sap, is facing a number of challenges, as emerged from a stakeholder?s meet held to see how a geographical indication could be got for this liquor. A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on certain products, which restricts the use ... More About: Articles , Fighting , Makers , Battle
Death In Colonial Goa: An interview with historical novelist Richard Zimler
2008-04-05 08:56:00 Guardian of the Dawn, from the Sephardic Cycle, Richard Zimler?s series of historical novels comes out in India for the first time this year. Zimler speaks to TARA SAHGAL about the anger and injustice that inspired the book. What inspired the Sephardic Cycle? I wrote The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon after accidentally discovering that there?d been a ... More About: Articles , Interview , Death , Historical
Court discharges Amitabh in Goa case
2008-04-05 08:50:00 A District and Sessions Court here this week discharged Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan in a case of alleged violation of the provisions of the Goa Prohibition of Smoking and Spitting Act, 1997. The case was filed by National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE-India), a body associated with anti-tobacco campaign, accusing Mr. Bachchan among others of promoting ... More About: Articles , Case
History on the Goa beaches
2008-04-04 19:29:00 It was around 9 pm when my train trundled into the Thivim station. A beautiful panorama of Goan multi-culturalism greeted me: a vibrant pot-pourri of modern Indian existence amid the graceful remnants of centuries-old Portuguese influences…. Given Goa?s current status on the news, I sensibly reminded myself that they were occurences not specific to Goa; ... More About: History , Articles , Beaches
Royal Orchid picks up 50% stake in Goa hotel
2008-04-03 22:04:00 Royal Orchid Hotel s has announced that it has acquired a 50% stake in Galaxy Beach Resort located at Utorda beach in South Goa . Galaxy Beach Resort, a boutique beach hotel with 65 room capacity, will now be owned by Royal Orchid along with Vascon Engineers, a release said. “The in-vestment in the property in Goa reflects ... More About: Articles , Clubs
Goa Govt headed for another crisis
2008-04-03 21:52:00 The nine-month old Digamber Kamat- led Congress government in Goa may be heading for another “testing time” with “everything not well” within the coalition. While two ministers, one each from Congress and NCP, have locked horns on developmental issues, an influential United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) legislator Atanasio Monserratte is lobbying hard for a ministerial berth. Adding ... More About: Politics , Articles , Breaking News , Crisis
Goa and its cuisine
2008-04-02 23:26:00 With a bunch of carefree Goa n friends spicing up my college days, there was no way I could escape their cuisine. Goans are nothing if not obsessed with food and drink. Why else would they make painstaking dishes like the dessert called bebinca which requires hours of layering! Goan fish curry rice!! If in those years ... More About: Culture , Articles , Traditions , Cuisine
NRI raped in Goa, investigations on
2008-04-02 22:50:00 The Goa police have started preliminary investigations into the alleged rape of an Non-Resident Indian woman on March 7 at a five-star-hotel in the city.Inspector General of Police Kishan Kumar confirmed on Wednesday that the Goa police registered a rape case on Monday evening based on a complaint forwarded by the Delhi Police. According to the ... More About: Articles , Investigations
Goa govt. to seek legal opinion over scrapping SEZs
2008-03-31 22:05:00 The Goa government is yet to seek legal opinion on the compensation issue after it scrapped 12 SEZs and recommended de-notification of three. Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat in his announcement on New Year’s eve had declared scrapping of 12 SEZs while recommending de-notification of three. Meditab Specialities Pvt Ltd (Pharma), Peninsula Pharma ... More About: Politics , Articles , Opinion , Legal
Lack of direct Goa-UAE flight irks passengers
2008-03-31 22:04:00 Abrupt ending of Indian Airlines flight services in the summer schedule beginning April 1 between Goa and the UAE has left many a passengers upset here. “I can’t understand why such a useful link has been severed especially when the service has been running well,” R P D’souza, who works in Dubai was quoted as ... More About: Articles , Direct , Flight , Passengers , Lack
After days of bad press, Goa back in a festive mood
2008-03-30 18:55:00 After many days of bad press, Goa was back in a festive mood with the famous Shigmo festival, which depicts the state’s folk culture. The festival is also popularly known as the Carnival. IT’S PARTY TIME FOLKS! The famous Shigmo festival depicts Goa’s folk culture. ?This festival takes us back to our culture. Many tourists come ... More About: Culture , Articles , Press , Traditions
Waking Up To The Power Of Pretty
2008-03-29 18:07:00 The irony of mulling the stereotype that Goa has become, while sitting with foreigners, entertainers and socialites, isn’t a worry. THE GOA DEBATE CONTINUES. Armed with a lethal cocktail of sex, drugs, violence and encompassing issues like gender, parenting, clash between cultures and political venality, it is easy to see why it occupies us so much. ... More About: Power , Articles , Breaking News , Pretty
?Goa is a safe destination?
2008-03-29 18:03:00 Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhary on Saturday said that Goa remains to be safe destination for tourists. “Goa has built up a reputation over the years and it needs to live up to that,” she said adding the coastal state is safe. Chowdhary, who is in Goa to participate in a private function interacted with ... More About: Articles , Destination , Safe
Russian Consulate expresses concern over Goa security
2008-03-29 17:55:00 The Russian Consulate in Mumbai has expressed concern over the security situation in Goa that may endanger the safety and health of foreign nationals in the state. In a letter addressed to Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat, Consul General of the Russian Federation Alexander V Mantysky said that the Consulate has registered a rapid increase in ... More About: Security , Articles
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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