Goa aim to convert students from job seekers to job givers
June 21st, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 21 (IANS) A move is under way in Goa, a state where the service industry accounts for half of its income and provides 40 percent employment, to evangelise ... Read more...
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Sports ministry knew about Games purchases: Kalmadi
May 28th, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi Monday told a Delhi court hearing a graft case that the youth affairs and ... Read more...
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Not involved in Games’ equipment purchases: Kalmadi
May 24th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi Thursday told a Delhi court hearing a corruption case related to the 2010 sporting event ... Read more...
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Kalmadi opposes charges in CWG graft case
May 23rd, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi Wednesday opposed in a Delhi court the charges against him in a corruption case related ... Read more...
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Assembly elections: Winners and losers (Lead)
March 6th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Prominent winners and losers in the five states are:
Uttar PradeshWinners:Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Lucknow Cantt, CongressKalraj Mishra, Lucknow East, Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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Former cop ’sacks’ Goa home minister
March 6th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Call it irony, but Goa's Home Minister Ravi Naik has just been 'sacked' by a former cop.Former deputy superintendent of police Lavoo Mamledar defeated the controversial ... Read more...
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Two Goa ex-chief ministers, six ministers defeated
March 6th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Two former Goa chief ministers of the Congress were among the key losers along with six sitting cabinet ministers of the party-led government, as results ... Read more...
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Families corner one-third of Congress tickets in Goa (Goa Newsletter)
February 10th, 2012 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 10 (IANS) Five political families from Goa have cornered nearly one-third of Congress tickets for the March 3 assembly elections. And there's more to come.Two kins of Goa's ... Read more...
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BJP announces poll alliance with MGP in Goa
February 5th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday announced a pre-poll alliance in Goa with the regional Maharshtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP).BJP president Nitin Gadkari, who was in ... Read more...
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Congress tries to make Goa polls a family matter (Goa Newsletter)
January 22nd, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 22 (IANS) Four political families in Goa are seeking as many as 10 assembly tickets from the Congress for the March 3 polls, prompting rivals to hurl ... Read more...
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Sanatan Sanstha ashram raided in Goa by NIA
October 5th, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 4 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided the right wing Hindu organisation Sanatan Sanstha's headquarters located in North Goa's Ponda Tuesday night.NIA officials raided the residential as ... Read more...
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Raj Thackeray’s security guard threatens truck driver
March 28th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 28 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's personal security officer (PSO) was Monday booked for allegedly assaulting and threatening a truck driver with his revolver ... Read more...
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Hasan Ali’s associate sent to ED custody till March 30 (Lead)
March 24th, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) A Mumbai sessions court Thursday remanded Kolkata-based businessman Kashinath Tapuriah to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till March 30 for his alleged links with ... Read more...
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Kaiga nuclear plant gives Goa constant nightmares: MP
March 15th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 15 (IANS) The central government should chalk out a foolproof strategy to protect the Kaiga nuclear power plant, which was giving Goa "constant nightmares" in the wake of ... Read more...
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Goa farmers oppose gas pipeline, central government told
November 17th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 17 (IANS) The Goa government has written to the union petroleum and natural gas ministry informing it about farmers' opposition to a gas pipeline project in the state.Speaking ... Read more...
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Goa police gears up for apex court verdict on Ayodhya
September 28th, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 28 (IANS) Security forces have been posted in sensitive areas of Goa, senior police official said Tuesday ahead of the Supreme court verdict on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid issue in Ayodhya.
Additional ... Read more...
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Two arrested for Goa blast (Lead)
October 31st, 2009 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 31 (IANS) Two people hailing from Karnataka were arrested in Goa Saturday in connection with the Diwali eve blast in Margao in which two members of the Hindu group Sanatan ... Read more...
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Journalists under police scanner in Goa blast case
October 27th, 2009 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 27 (IANS) At least three journalists are under the spotlight for their alleged role in the Diwali eve blast in Margao, say police officials investigating the case.
Two members of ... Read more...
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Transcript shows CID official knew Goa blast accused
October 18th, 2009 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 18 (IANS) The police were on a lookout for Malgunda Patil five days before he and his accomplice were killed in a blast Friday night while ferrying explosives in South ... Read more...
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Under pressure, we let alleged killer go free: police officer
May 6th, 2009 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 6 (IANS) A man arrested as a suspect in 1995 in a case of rape and murder but released following a picketing of the police station confessed to have raped ... Read more...
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German arrested for overstaying in Goa
December 24th, 2008 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 24 (IANS) A middle-aged German was arrested Wednesday by the Goa police for overstaying his visa. The detention comes in the wake of intelligence inputs warning of a terror attack ... Read more...
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In police net, Goa’s only alien awaits deportation
December 19th, 2008 - 10:01 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 19 (IANS) Ali Khan, 25, sits in a corner of the Foreigners Registration Office (FRO) inside the Goa police headquarters here almost as if it were home. The state's only ... Read more...
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Aromatic spice plantations giving a boost to Goa tourism
February 22nd, 2008 - 4:45 pm ICT by admin
By Rajiv Tengse Ponda (Goa), Feb 21 (ANI): Spice plantations in Goa are giving a much needed boost to the coastal states tourism industry.
It is a well known fact that tourists get ... Read more...
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