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*** Entertainment body to seek more powers from Centre - Hindu [11 hours ago] Panaji (PTI): The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) has sought more powers from the Centre to organise the International Film Festival of India. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200808271750.htm&cid=1240258447&ei=X-O1SIreNoWMhQPz2JHzCg&usg=AFQjCNEyBjC7KgE91E2wYi8ViXvCSlFMQQ *** Goa boils over Opposition leader\'s chamar utterance - Times of India [Aug 26, 2008] PANAJI: Goa Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar's utterance of the word chamar on the floor of the House referring to the Scheduled Caste (ST) community ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Goa_boils_over_Opposition_leaders_chamar_utterance/articleshow/3408570.cms&cid=0&ei=X-O1SIreNoWMhQPz2JHzCg&usg=AFQjCNGt4NHGr40NRMNkytt0K6BOaXGqEQ *** Plea against Goa Minister for anti-Bihari remarks admitted - Zee News [6 hours ago] Patna, Aug 27: A local court on Wednesday admitted a petition against a Goa minister for his alleged anti-Bihari remarks that there will be more beggars in ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=R&url=http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=464893&sid=REG&cid=0&ei=X-O1SIreNoWMhQPz2JHzCg&usg=AFQjCNGjdsra3KEwXCOQgk0acGEha_j85w *** Protests in Goa over caste remark - Howrah News Service [4 hours ago] 27: Use of the caste word chamar by BJP former CM Manohar Parrikar in the Goa Assembly, sparked off protests from scheduled castes organisations on ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://howrah.org/india_news/26297.html&cid=0&ei=X-O1SIreNoWMhQPz2JHzCg&usg=AFQjCNERjeLpLOxZ-pcR4qLeQ-iwCJiy_Q *** GOA Signs Petroglyph MMO - Crispy Gamer [2 hours ago] True Games Interactive has signed an exclusive deal with GOA, Oranges Games Unit to publish, distribute and operate True Games upcoming online title from ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=R&url=http://www.crispygamer.com/news/index.php/2008-08-27/goa-signs-petroglyph-mmo/&cid=0&ei=X-O1SIreNoWMhQPz2JHzCg&usg=AFQjCNH8hABMJX43iCjD0zqj0hr_s-ujdw *** ED suspects huge Fema violations by Russians in Goa - Livemint [3 hours ago] Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate, or ED, the agency responsible for investigating economic crime in India, has sought information from the Goa government ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://www.livemint.com/2008/08/28004525/ED-suspects-huge-Fema-violatio.html&cid=0&ei=X-O1SIreNoWMhQPz2JHzCg&usg=AFQjCNHk-z_RiKOYnBNt4sX2Pn6CDevhtg *** Goa celebrates Gokulashtami - Times of India [15 hours ago] From late Saturday night to Sunday evening, religious rituals marked Janmashtami all over Goa . Prayers were offered on Saturday night and dahi-handi, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Goa_celebrates_Gokulashtami/articleshow/3404537.cms&cid=0&ei=X-O1SIreNoWMhQPz2JHzCg&usg=AFQjCNG4ltTPdOunml49Q7iThGHjFnmw7Q *** Is the school complex plan a viable one for Goa? - Times of India [9 hours ago] The Goa government announced that it has acquired 1.12lakh sq m of land at Cujira for the proposed school complex. Schools from Panaji will be shifted to ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0&fd=R&url=http://o3.indiatimes.com/mytimes/archive/2008/08/27/4937229.aspx&cid=1240309620&ei=X-O1SIreNoWMhQPz2JHzCg&usg=AFQjCNFl-MI6HfMJgbdNx1J_yvOd_89LoQ *** Go Goa - only if you are upmarket and family - Reuters India [10 hours ago] Goa, long a magnet for partying hippies, penurious college students and planeloads of foreign pensioners, now wants only "upmarket and responsible family ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2008/08/26/go-goa-only-if-you-are-upmarket-and-family/&cid=0&ei=X-O1SIreNoWMhQPz2JHzCg&usg=AFQjCNElB71Mv5T7vFgr0kaBYl9zJuOoHA *** True Games Interactive Signs Exclusive Deal with European ... - MarketWatch [6 hours ago] GOA will exclusively publish, distribute and operate True Games's upcoming online title from Petroglyph Studios. In April of this year,True Games announced ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/true-games-interactive-signs-exclusive/story.aspx?guid=%7BEA43D1D3-663A-429F-B99E-769BE6E3F55A%7D&dist=hppr&cid=1240402931&ei=X-O1SIreNoWMhQPz2JHzCg&usg=AFQjCNGQU_UfEHrjCptbIzF9h1I8Cd9MZQ Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php