Goa to ban smoking on its beaches next season
July 14th, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 14 (IANS) In a bid to make Goa's coastline tobacco free, the tourism department is mulling a ban on its use on beaches from Octtober, an official said ... Read more...
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Facelift of two popular Goa beaches to cost Rs.10 crore
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 22 (IANS) Giving a facelift to two of Goa's most popular beaches will cost more than Rs.10 crore (Rs.100 million), says a report.In the Economic Survey report tabled ... Read more...
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Off season? No, off to Goa for ‘raindrop tourism’ (With Image)
June 16th, 2011 - 10:17 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 16 (IANS) The shacks are missing, there is no water sporting activity and the beaches are much less crowded. Yet a growing number of people, especially domestic tourists, ... Read more...
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Cargo vessel runs aground, being towed away
June 4th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 4 (IANS) A cargo vessel used to transport iron ore from Goa ran aground off the Calangute beach after a heavy squall lashed the shores across the ... Read more...
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Businessman beaten up for molesting Russian tourist
January 19th, 2011 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 19 (IANS) A 49-year-old businessman from Madhya Pradesh was beaten up late Tuesday by local residents for molesting a Russian woman at Goa's popular Calangute beach, police said. The 25-year-old ... Read more...
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Goa policemen in sex act may go scot-free
December 8th, 2009 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) Three policemen who allegedly forced a sex worker to perform oral sex in a police control room (PCR) van could go scot-free as, according to a senior official, ... Read more...
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Goa women’s groups seek criminal case against cop
December 7th, 2009 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 6 (IANS) Women's groups in Goa are up in arms over what they allege is a "virtual pardon" to a police head constable who forced a prostitute to perform oral ... Read more...
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6-year-old dies of dengue in Goa
September 18th, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 18 (IANS) A six-year-old boy died of dengue in the popular tourist stretch of Calangute in Goa, an official said Friday.
Deepak Kababi, official in charge of the vector borne diseases ... Read more...
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Beached ship used as transit point for drugs: Goa opposition
July 27th, 2009 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 27 (IANS) Leader of opposition in the Goa assembly Manohar Parrikar said here Monday that MV River Princess, a cargo vessel which has beached off Sinquerim, is being used ... Read more...
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Goa beach controlled by international drug cartels: legislator
July 27th, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 27 (IANS) A legislator of the ruling Congress party in Goa Monday claimed the state's renowned Calangute beach has been parcelled out between various international narcotics cartels.
Speaking in the ... Read more...
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Goa beach shack owner called dead Russian teenager: Police
May 19th, 2009 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 19 (IANS) The mobile phone of Russian teenager Elena Sukhonova, who was found dead on railway tracks near here under mysterious circumstances, had several missed calls from a Calangute beach ... Read more...
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Dead Russian’s friends say she didn’t mention Mumbai trip plan
May 18th, 2009 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 18 (IANS) Five friends of Elena Sukhonova who were with the Russian teenager till a few hours before her death have told the police that she had made no mention ... Read more...
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