Change Goa law to promote wedding tourism
August 23rd, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 23 (IANS) Long drawn marriage procedures in Goa are a hindrance to promoting the state as a wedding tourism destination, says a tourism official.Speaking on the sidelines ... Read more...
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Parrikar asks armed forces to vacate land
July 19th, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 19 (IANS) The tussle between the armed forces and the government over land continues in Goa with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar saying that getting the army to "vacate ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Colonialism’s shadow lingers over Goa village (Letter from Goa)
June 22nd, 2012 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mayem (Goa), June 22 (IANS) Even 50 years after liberation from Portuguese rule, the shadow of colonialism still looms over this little village in Goa about 30 km from state ... Read more...
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Portuguese language could help build bridges: Goan author
May 30th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Goa, the popular tourist hub on the Indian west coast, could build global bridges, both linguistic and cultural, a new book just out suggests.The book in ... Read more...
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Reduce mining in Goa to one-third: Panel
May 21st, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 21 (IANS) Mining in Goa has crossed the social and environmental threshold and further ore extraction should be capped at approximately 20 percent of the current levels, recommends ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Goa tourism policy may lose its ‘fun’
May 20th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 20 (IANS) Soon, fun may not be 'in' in Goa.A zero draft of the 'Goa 2035 - Vision and Road map' submitted to the Goa government by a ... Read more...
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Poll delays bonus for Goa employees, again
April 25th, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 25 (IANS) Goa government employees, waiting for a one-time bonus announced to them Dec 19 last year, have again been hit by the election code of conduct jinx.The ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Goa aims to cash in on Bollywood boom
December 19th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 19 (IANS) There was a Bollywood touch to Goa's celebration of its 50th anniversary of liberation from 450 years of Portuguese rule Monday with a vision document suggesting ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi says polls in Goa within couple of months
December 17th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 17 (IANS) Goa will be going to the polls in a couple of months, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Saturday.Gandhi's statement comes less than 24 hours after ... Read more...
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Sonia shies away from tribal dance rerun
December 17th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 17 (IANS) Ahead of the festive season, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday wished Goa a merry Christmas and a happy New year, but did not shake a ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Roadmap aside, urgent issues await Sonia in Goa
December 16th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 16 (IANS) Even as Congress president Sonia Gandhi, at her public rally here Saturday, promises to lay out Goa's roadmap for a quarter century ahead, there are ... Read more...
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Goa government lambasted on illegal mining in anniversary feature
December 13th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 13 (IANS) Constant efforts by the state government to play down the illegal mining scandal in Goa notwithstanding, a feature article released by the Press Information Bureau ... Read more...
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Nietzsche quote on terror alarm pamphlet
December 7th, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 7 (IANS) A controversial Arabic pamphlet found on a chartered flight from Manchester to Goa that triggered a terror alarm here contains a quote of German philosopher ... Read more...
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Arabic pamphlet in Britain-Goa flight triggers alarm
December 7th, 2011 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 6 (IANS) A pamphlet published in Arabic found Tuesday in a chartered plane which flew from Manchester airport in Britain to Goa has triggered a security alarm here.
... Read more...
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Goa to felicitate Operation Vijay veterans
December 3rd, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 3 (IANS) Army veterans who participated in 'Operation Vijay', when the Indian Army marched into Goa and liberated it from the Portuguese rule, will be felicitated later ... Read more...
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Goa assembly should decide on midnight session speaker: NCP
November 12th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 12 (IANS) After protests by BJP over Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's name as a probable to give the historic midnight speech in the assembly on the 50th ... Read more...
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Rahul invitation a casual remark: Goa Congress chief
November 3rd, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 3 (IANS) Inviting Rahul Gandhi to deliver a midnight address in the state assembly on the 50th anniversary of Goa's liberation from the Portuguese rule was just ... Read more...
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Who’lldeliver Goa’s 50th year of liberation speech?
October 23rd, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 23 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi are among the names shotlisted for delivering a midnight speech - a la ... Read more...
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Chidambaram turns down Kamat’s special status request
August 14th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 14 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Sunday snubbed Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's request to grant special status to Goa.Chidambaram, who was in Goa to participate ... Read more...
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Boycott Goa chief minister: Congress ideologue
June 14th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 14 (IANS) A former head of the Congress think tank in Goa Tuesday called for a civil society boycott of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's official functions to protest ... Read more...
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Goa freedom fighters attack Portuguese envoy
April 26th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 26 (IANS) Freedom fighters in Goa Tuesday demanded an apology from Portuguese ambassador to India Jorge Roza de Oliveira for making what they called "shameless and baseless" ... Read more...
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Goa freedom fighters to revisit uprising against Portuguese
February 15th, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 15 (IANS) Freedom fighters who fought for Goa's liberation from the Portuguese rule will this year visit the same villages which actively resisted the four-century old Luso regime. Speaking to ... Read more...
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Navy illegally occupying land in Goa, says Congress MP
January 26th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 26 (IANS) The Indian Navy is illegally occupying land in Goa even 50 years after the state was liberated from more than 450 years of Portuguese rule, a Congress MP ... Read more...
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Mad rush for investment homes ruining Goa, say activists
December 23rd, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji, Dec 23 (IANS) There are some who rush to Goa with swimwear and sun tan. They're all right. But those who rush to the state with surplus cash and ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Goa freedom fighters protest celebration of Portuguese arrival
November 11th, 2010 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji, Nov 11 (IANS) Goan freedom fighters are up in arms again. They had once fought against Portuguese rule in the state and this time they are opposing grand plans ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Fight against attempts to defame state: Kamat
December 19th, 2009 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 19 (IANS) Under pressure to contain the adverse publicity over the Russian rape case, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Saturday appealed to citizens to "fight unitedly against attempts to defame ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Border with Karnataka needs re-demarcation: Goa law panel
June 19th, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 19 (IANS) Goa needs to re-demarcate its eastern boundary with Karnataka, based on the findings of the Justice Mahajan Commission constituted in 1960 - before Goa's liberation from the Portuguese ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
‘Use satellite imagery to track illegal constructions’
May 27th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 27 (IANS) Satellite imagery to monitor illegal constructions, authoritative translation of colonial-era Portuguese laws into English and stricter implementation of the doctrine of separation of powers are some of the ... Read more...
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Goa school faces probe for not celebrating Liberation Day
December 22nd, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 22 (IANS) Goa's education department will inquire into an incident where a school run by a former minister failed to celebrate Goa Liberation Day on December 19, a government spokesperson ... Read more...
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Goa plans yearly overseas conference of expats
August 30th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 30 (IANS) Goa Commissioner for NRI Affairs Eduardo Faleiro has announced plans to hold a yearly global convention of Goans in different countries that are home to significant Goan expat ... Read more...
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Goa’s media history looks at four decades of change
June 11th, 2008 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 11 (IANS) Goa got Asia's first Western-style printing press four and a half centuries ago, but an English language daily began here only after the end of Portuguese rule here ... Read more...
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Tracking Portuguese Goa’s dreaded agent via cyberspace
May 29th, 2008 - 10:27 am ICT by admin
By Frederick Noronha
Panaji, May 29 (IANS) He was a secret service agent who used to torment freedom fighters when Goa was under Portuguese rule. Now some crucial missing links on 'Agente Monteiro' ... Read more...
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