Women’s group claims Goa government in cahoots with casinos
August 13th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led coalition government in Goa is hand in glove with the casino industry, a leading women's organisation here alleged Monday.Sabina ... Read more...
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Goa puts a freeze on new ore carrying barges
July 5th, 2012 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 5 (IANS) Heavy river traffic has forced inland marine authorities in Goa to put a temporary freeze on the number of barges plying the rivers, ferrying iron ore ... Read more...
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BJP budget blows hot and cold on Goa’s offshore casinos
March 27th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 27 (IANS) Once having resisted offshore casinos tooth and nail as a moralistic opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government in its budget has both slapped ... Read more...
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Goa BJP waters down stance on offshore casinos
February 23rd, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday watered down its stance on offshore casinos in Goa, saying it merely wanted them to be relocated out of ... Read more...
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Liquor curbs ahead of polls affecting Goa’s casinos (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 27 (IANS) Ban on sale of liquor post-11 p.m. in poll-bound Goa is affecting the state's night life, the casino lobby has said and feared that these offshore ... Read more...
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Poll-eve curbs on liquor affecting Goa’s casinos
January 27th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 27 (IANS) Ban on sale of liquor post-11 p.m. in poll-bound Goa is affecting the state's night life, going by the casino lobby which fears it would have ... Read more...
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Rs.50 million for grabs at Goa casino festival
September 24th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 24 (IANS) Rs.50 million! That's the probable booty at stake at the three-day World Gaming Festival at the Casino Royale, the biggest offshore casino in the country, located ... Read more...
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240 people granted arms licences in Goa
April 9th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 9 (IANS) As many as 240 people, including top politicians, policemen, mine owners and businessmen, have been granted arms licences in Goa over the last three years, the ... Read more...
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Heroic rescue act in Iraq begets award for Goan
March 27th, 2011 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 27 (IANS) Antonio Po knows a thing or two about gambling. So when the 36-year-old former offshore casino deckhand rushed into a wall of acrid smoke and ... Read more...
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Goa’s offshore casino operators withdraw petition
September 23rd, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 23 (IANS) Offshore casino operators in Goa Thursday withdrew their petition filed before the Bombay High Court, seeking relief against a state government order issued last year which directed the ... Read more...
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Goa Catholic priest opposes offshore casinos near village
September 21st, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 21 (IANS) A local Roman Catholic priest Tuesday opposed the Goa government's controversial move to relocate offshore casinos, presently anchored in the Mandovi river off here, further inland.
Fr Alcandro ... Read more...
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Goa ministers took money to shield floating casinos: Parrikar
September 16th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 16 (IANS) Ministers in the Goa cabinet have taken kickbacks to ensure that floating casinos in a river are not shifted out into the sea, Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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Goa’s floating casinos can’t enter the sea
September 16th, 2010 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 15 (IANS) The Goa cabinet Wednesday reversed its decision taken last year ordering offshore casino vessels plying in the Mandovi river to move into the Arabian Sea.
Instead, the cabinet ... Read more...
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Poker on a high in Goa’s own Casino Royale
July 15th, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji, July 15 (IANS) For a change, poker and not James Bond will be the major draw at Casino Royale - at least the one in Goa! For, coming ... Read more...
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Goa minister supports gambling, slammed
April 20th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 20 (IANS) A senior minister in the Congress-led coalition government in Goa has publicly appealed to police and the opposition to support and encourage gambling during religious festivals, evoking ... Read more...
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Goa chief minister’s gold medals to police officers come under cloud
December 22nd, 2009 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 22 (IANS) The Goa chief minister's gold medal awarded to two senior police officers for 'dedicated and commendable' services has come under cloud with civic groups alleging that the tainted ... Read more...
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Cops’ casino visit official: Goa home minister
December 18th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 18 (IANS) A month after seven police officers left Goa police red-faced by creating a stir aboard an offshore casino, state Home Minister Ravi Naik clarified that they had ... Read more...
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Cops in casino: top Goa official seeks report
November 21st, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 21 (IANS) The Goa home department will write to the director general of police (DGP) seeking a report on the controversy created by senior police officers partying on board ... Read more...
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Goa casino says cops were ‘guests’
November 19th, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 19 (IANS) An offshore casino locked in a legal dispute with the Goa government has said that seven senior police officers seen on its premises last week were its guests ... Read more...
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Church calls Goa official’s casino remark blasphemous
November 18th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 18 (IANS) Goa Director General of Police Bhimsain Bassi's remark that visiting casinos was like going to temples and churches was "blasphemous" and "shocking", the Roman Catholic church said Wednesday.
"I ... Read more...
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Sack Goa police chief for casinos remark, demands BJP
November 17th, 2009 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 17 (IANS) The Goa unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded the removal of state police chief Bhimsain Bassi for likening visiting casinos to visiting temples and ... Read more...
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Goa top cop likens going to casinos to visiting temple
November 16th, 2009 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 16 (IANS) What's the difference between going to a casino and going to a temple, a church, or even a fishing trip? According to Goa's top cop - none whatsoever!
"Offshore ... Read more...
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Goa government orders probe into casino party by senior cops
November 14th, 2009 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 14 (IANS) The Goa government has ordered an enquiry into the controversial party organised by four superintendents of police and other senior police officials aboard an offshore casino vessel. ... Read more...
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Police station in Goa inaugurated with belly dance
November 14th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 14 (IANS) The entire Goa Police top brass was treated to a belly dance performed by a scantily clad Russian dance troupe at a newly inaugurated police station in the ... Read more...
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Four senior Goa cops create stir aboard offshore casino
November 14th, 2009 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 13 (IANS) The Goa police department was left red faced after four Superintendents of Police (SP) and three other senior police officials created a stir by locking themselves up ... Read more...
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Goa casino operators distance themselves from tainted executive
October 17th, 2009 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 17 (IANS) Both offshore and onshore casino operators in Goa have distanced themselves from the vice president of Mint casino, who was booked under the Immoral Trafficking Prevention (ITP) act, ... Read more...
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Goa offshore casino official arrested with prostitute
October 16th, 2009 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 16 (IANS) The Goa Police's crime branch Thursday arrested a senior offshore casino official under the Immoral Trafficking Prevention (ITP) Act, officials said.
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Goa chief minister sought police transfers: RTI activist
October 8th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 8 (IANS) Information obtained under the Right To Information (RTI) act by a social activist indicates that the Goa chief minister's office "interfered" in transfers of police officials. Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Goa’s biggest offshore casino unfit, inferior: Ministry
October 2nd, 2009 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 2 (IANS) Casino Royale, Goa's biggest offshore casino, is technically "inferior" and "unfit" to carry 888 passengers as per a certificate issued by the Union of Comoros, says the union ... Read more...
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Casinos to remain shut in Goa Wednesday
September 8th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 8 (IANS) Offshore and onshore casinos in Goa will shut down Wednesday in protest against the state government's decision to sharply hike the entry fee from Rs.200 to Rs.2,000 per ... Read more...
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PM -Have five fingers, clean nails? Gaming school needs you!
September 1st, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji, Sep 1 (IANS) Hollywood actor Benicio Del Toro's cameo as Franky Four Fingers - a lovable rogue of a gambling addict - in the cult film "Snatch" may have ... Read more...
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Goan casinos seek cut in proposed entry fee
July 30th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 30 (IANS) In a collective response to the "tough" measures proposed in Goa's additional budget 2009-10, the offshore casino industry has objected to the proposed 10-fold increase in the entry ... Read more...
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Goa to stop five offshore casinos after their permits lapse
July 27th, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 27 (IANS) Goa Ports Minister Francisco Pacheco Monday told the state assembly that no activity would be permitted now on the five offshore casinos whose no objection certificates (NOC) for ... Read more...
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Goa hikes duty on liquor, casino entry fee
July 24th, 2009 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 24 (IANS) The Goa government Friday proposed an increased tax on liquor and a higher entry fee for casinos, saying it hoped this would to keep the youth away from ... Read more...
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Goa’s offshore casino business booming
July 21st, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 21 (IANS) Once known as a hot-spot for hippies, Goa's new found reputation as a gambling destination appears to be catching on fast. In financial year 2008-09, nearly 121,000 ... Read more...
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