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17:34 IST
Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh today launched the Goa Broadband
Network at Porvorim, Goa.
Following is the text of the Prime Minister's address on the occasion:
"I ex
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Sandeep Unnithan
December 27, 2007
Tools
It was past 11 on a warm Monday morning when Commander Janak Bevli's
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A whiff of Goa in Mumbai
The reason why Mumbaikars rush to Goa may be nostalgia for a place
that reminds them of their past
Rahul Srivastava
This is the time of the year when we reactivat
Winds of political change blow over Goa
BY HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, JAN 8 – Goa's political scenario suddenly seems to be
hotting up again as moves are reportedly on to destabilise the
7-month-old Digambar Kamat government.
Interestingly, the pro-SEZ (special economic zone) lobby is learnt to
be
Fundacao Oriente annual scholarships for the following programmes:
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the relationships between Portugal and Asia in all areas of knowledge.
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Intriguing flip-flops on SEZs: On paper, they are scrapped.
But final outcome is mired in manoeuvres
By Mario Cabral e Sa
NEW DELHI, January 2: Gopal Pillai, Secretary, Union Commerce
Ministry and ex-officio chairman, Board of Approval of SEZs:
"There is no provision under law to recommend
de-not
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Chief Secy distributes cards to Goan expats
NT News Desk
Panaji, Jan 18 The Commissioner for NRI Affairs, Mr Edurado Faleiro
said that to ensure that Goan expatriates were given faster access and
attention by the government departments as a
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Kamat Govt survives, but loose ends remain
Express News Service
Posted online: Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 2338 hrs Print Email
New Delhi/Panaji, January 19:The three-day old crisis facing the
Digambar Kamat Government in Goa, caused by th
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Cabinet reshuffle in two days: CM
NT News Service
Vasco/Margao, Jan 22 The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat today said
that a coordination committee headed by the Congress high command will
decide on allotting ministerial berths in the coa
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See this BBC podcast. It's a piece by BBC correspondent Paul Moss who
"goes to a beach party in Goa and discovers what makes this part of
India so distinct."
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/fooc/fooc_20080126-1244.mp3
http://www.indiasnews.net/story/322084
Water sports equipment floods Indian market
India's News.Net
Sunday 27th January, 2008 (IANS)
Fibreglass boats, scuba diving equipment, outboard engines and kayaks
are flooding the Indian adventure sports market as a growing number of
those who can afford i
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not!' Herald said 'Mining thriving at cost of poor:
CSE' and 'Jamir raps mine owners'. The Dempo-owned
Navhind Times had another twist, saying in its
bottom-of-the-page title, 'We should try to correct
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Bastar artisans net Rs.1 million at Goa exhibition
>From correspondents in Chhattisgarh, India, 02:31 PM IST
A group of 22 artisans from Bastar in Chhattisgarh has sold indigenous
handicrafts worth Rs.1 million at an eight-day crafts exhib
Keith Vaz wants more ethnic minorities in British parliament
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Feb 7 (IANS) Inspired by the success of blacks in American
politics, Asian MP Keith Vaz has challenged the British House of
Commons to introduce positive discrimination for ethnic minority
candidates.
Labo
Kavita Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> informs about an upcoming film of
interest, on Indian mainstream TV channel NDTV 24x7.
Where's Sandra? will be broadcast on NDTV 24x7's new slot Documentary
24x7 at the following times: Thursday Feb. 14 – 9.30 p.m. (at night)
Sunday Feb 17 - 1.30 p.m (in the after
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ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Call To Save Major Biodiversity Hotspot
By Keya Acharya
The Purple Frog, discovered in the Western Ghats in 2003, is testimony
to the area's rich biodiversity
Credit:S.D. Biju
BANGALORE, Feb 8 (IPS) - Environmentalists are revivin
Where's Sandra? (18 min)
Paromita Vohra
Watch the film here: (18 minutes)
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Where's Sandra? is a film about a stereotypi
Sanjay tied in forgery knot - Actor's marriage on hold after
Maanyata's 'husband' moves court
SAMYABRATA RAY GOSWAMI
Sanjay with Maanyata shortly after their marriage in Mumbai on Monday.
(Fotocorp)
Mumbai, Feb. 16: The Goa administration has suspended Sanjay Dutt's
court marriage a day after a ma
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Ugandan Born UI Professor Enlivens Classes with His Multi-cultural Heritage
BY MEGAN CARNEY
Although he left Uganda in the 1970s, Peter Nazareth brings his
multi-cultural background to world literature classes. (Photo (c)Tom
Langdon).
On a cool
A success story called Dempo
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi: Dempo Sports Club's amazing record — three National
Football League (now I-League) titles in four years — is testimony of
their supremacy.
At a time when the Calcutta teams are busy throwing out players and
sacking coaches, Dempo h
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In eye of storm, Monserrate makes, breaks Goa govts
Raju Nayak
Posted online: Friday, February 22, 2008 at 0147 hrs Print Email
PANAJI, FEBRUARY 21: Goa MLA Babush Monserrate, who was arrested after
he attacked the state police headquarters on Tuesda
News snippets from Goa...
SCIENCE FIESTA 2008 INAUGURATED: February 26, 2008: The
"Science Fiesta 2008" has been launched, with the theme of
'Interface of Science and Society'. It is organized by Goa
Science Centre in association with the Department of Science,
Technology and Environment, Governme
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Mushroom Magic
As far as Mushrooms are concerned, it has always been a tasty and
exotic affair. I remember the monsoon season in Goa, when the locally
produced mushrooms, all soiled and dirty were sold on roadsides. And
my Mum dishing out a spicy curry or mild stew with
This was no drowning - my Scarlett was raped and murdered, says mother
of girl, 15, found dead on Goa's Hippy Beach
From DAVID ORR in Anjuna, Goa - More by this author » Last updated at
19:45pm on 1st March 2008
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It was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime for 15-year-o
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Mother of drowned UK girl in Goa alleges foul play
1 Mar 2008, 1120 hrs IST,PTI
PANAJI: Mother of a 15-year-old British girl has sought a senior
police officer's intervention to
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The rise and rise of Goan football
By K. Datta. India, 10:30 AM IST
It said in the 'Roll of Honour' on the opening page of the
meticulously compiled statistics distributed at the Super Cup match on
Wednesday that Mahesh Gawli of Dempo Sports C
ies are elaborate efforts at mythmaking. Therefore, when we submit
to histories about us written by others, we submit to their myths about us
as well. Mythmaking, like naming, is a token of power. Submitting to others'
myths about us is a sign that we are without power. -- Claude Alvares
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The survivor
BACKSTAGE
Makarand Gadgil / Mumbai March 03, 2008
Goa's 15th chief minister, Digambar Kamat, is known for following a
strict fitness regime. He plays a daily game or two of badminton and
also swims regular
The 'maharaja' Of Casinos Opens In Goa Next Month!
Tuesday 04th of March 2008
An offshore casino with 'no-limits' tables, touted as the biggest in
South Asia, will open in Goa next month.
Aboard a specially commissioned 70-metre long Panamanian vessel,
costing $25 million, it will be operated by
THE PRINTED WORD
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Looking at Pilar, looking out from Pilar
FREDERICK NORONHA (FN)
on two books with
a Pilar link, and
an evening devoted
to paper-and-print in
Panjim recently.
GUIDE ... TO PILAR
I would have missed coming across this book if
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Goa cops forced to return bribe
Panaji, DHNS:
Two corrupt officials of Goas anti-narcotics cell (ANC) were compelled
to return a bribe of 800 euros they had extracted from a tourist after
the intervention of the local MLA.
T
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More tests after Goa beach death
Scarlett Keeling. Picture: Barcroft Media
Scarlett's mother said she should have been more fearful for her
A second post-mortem examination has been ordered on the body of a
British teenager found o
Book bonanza at the Saligao Institute (by Giselle Lobo)
Christmas came late but it arrived in style at the Frank Simoes
Children's Library at the Saligao Institute.
For all you book lovers of Famous Five, the Five Findouters, Malory
Towers and other Enid Blyton classics, come to the Salig
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From The Times
March 8, 2008
A girl's death reveals grim party paradise
Jeremy Page in Goa
As the sun sinks over the Arabian Sea, DJ Tristan brings the pounding
music at the Shiva Valley beach bar on Anjuna beach, Goa, to another
THE PRINTED WORD
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Paying tribute to Goa's musicians
FREDERICK NORONHA (FN)
looks at recent books
on music, Goan architecture,
poetry and song in
this weekly column.
Music, food and sport are the fields Goa has reason to be proud of.
This
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CBI should probe Scarlette murder: Brinda Karat
New Delhi, March 11, 2008
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DOCUMENT: Fiona Mackeown's letter to the PM
12th March 2008
To,
The Prime Minister of India
South Block
Raisena Hill
New Delhi
Sir,
My name is Fiona Mackeown. I am a British National and mother
of Scarlett Eden Keeling.
I had arrived in Goa on a holiday with seven of my children
on
Allison Pearson
Sorry, but I blame Scarlett Keeling's mother 00:55am 12th March 2008
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Fiona MacKeown, the mother of Scarlett Keeling, the 15-year-old girl
who was raped and murdered in Goa, seems less like a grieving mother
than an avenging tigress.
With her swishing curtain of grey
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The perils of Goa's party scene
By Soutik Biswas
BBC News, Anjuna, Goa
The average foreign tourist to Goa these days is a British citizen,
usually on a budget holiday, staying for a little more than a week in
one of more than 2,400 hotels, guest h
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The truth about 'Good Life' of murdered teenager Scarlett Keeling
By TOM RAWSTORNE - More by this author » Last updated at 16:50pm on
13th March 2008
An empty milk bottle, tie-dye sheets pinned
Scarlett mother 'feels harassed'
By Soutik Biswas
BBC News, Panaji, Goa
Fiona MacKeown
Scarlett's mother accused the police of a cover-up
Dozens of journalists have descended on a corner of India to follow
the investigation into the murder of British teenager Scarlett
Keeling, as many questions ab
From The Times
March 15, 2008
I was once jailed for knifing a sex pest, Scarlett Keeling's mother admits
Scarlett Keeling before she disappeared. The body of 15 year-old
Scarlett Keeling was pulled from Anjuna beach last Monday
Scarlett Keeeling was seen driving off with Murli Sagar on his s
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Rahejas challenge Goa govt's order to scrap SEZ
28 Mar, 2008, 0425 hrs IST, TNN
PANAJI: Real estate major K Raheja has challenged the Goa government's
decision to scrap t
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Goa: Govt bans foreigners from buying land
Sujoy Gupta
Friday, March 28, 2008 (Mumbai)
Goa is for Goans, that's the message of the state government, which
has decided to ban foreigners from bu
GOA FOR SALE
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Goa was on sale recently, at
the Goa Property Show organised
by Magicbricks.com, a company
belonging to India's largest
newspaper, The Times of India,
at New Delhi, on 15 and 16
March. It was a painful sight
to see real estate developers,
many based in New Delhi and one
even in Ka
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Lui's shack vanishes NCW examining grounds for probe
BY HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, MARCH 29 - As was the mystery with Scarlet Keeling's death at
Anjuna on February 18, so is the mystery behind the missing Lui's
shack in Anjuna beach where the British
Goa's own Feni suffers from legal, economic handicaps
>From Frederick Noronha
fred at bytesforall.org
PANAJI (Goa) April 5: Feni, the traditional Goan liquor made from the
cashew apple or coconut sap, is facing a number of challenges, as has
emerged from a stakeholder's meet held to see how a geo
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There's a lot India can do with the wonder nut
Thu, Apr 10 10:16 AM
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) It's a wonder nut all right. You put it in
your hair, drink its water, grate and
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30 Minutes: Drug den Goa | Blame Fiona? | Ugly side
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Goa Operators In Tranche Warfare Over Licensing Change
AndrewG's company logo
Andrew Gellatly, 15/04/2008
GamblingCompliance Ltd.
Goa's state cabinet has agreed to award a tranche of five licences to
offshore casinos operating out of t
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As spelling changes, Portugal feels the empire striking back
By BARRY HATTON – 16 hours ago
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal's former empire is striking back —
through language.
As Brazil rises on the international stage a
A third of Goa will sink if mining leases are cleared
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr272008/editpage2008042664870.asp
"The apex court stayed its own order sending a wrong message to
offenders. Environmental clearances, through public hearings happened
en masse..."Dr Claude Alvares, Enviro
THIS IS NO JUMPING CHICKEN, SAY CAMPAIGNERS FIGHTING FROG-SLAUGHTER IN GOA
By Pamela D'Mello
The Asian Age
Panaji, Apr 25: Two decades after hunting endangered wild frog species
was declared illegal, wildlife activists are priming a campaign to
have the ban seriously implemented this year.
to 7 percent.[2
percent others]. This change in the composition of the Goa population
has raised some alarm bells. According to a substantial article in
Goanet, "The visible influx of a large number of Muslims into the
state in recent years has added fuel to the armoury of right-wing
Hindu groups
'Pricey' Goa repels cashable tourists
>From Devika Sequeira, DH News Service, Panaji:
Charter operators TUI Nordic, which represents Friditressor and
Finnmatkat has pulled out of Goa at a time when overpriced hotels here
registered a 20 per cent slide in occupancy during the peak winter
season.
Conversion: a political weapon
Ram Puniyani
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One has been hearing a lot about the conversion activities of
Christian missionaries. That there is a threat to Hindu nation due to
Adivasis converting to a 'foreign religion' is becoming part of social
common sense. The real face of t
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Coconut searches for new, better uses for its many products
PANJIM, Goa, May 6: With coconut prices failing to keep up with
inflationary trends, and competition growing, planters of this
versatile nut are looking for alternative ways to enhance their
incomes. Options are growing too.
Some s
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I've known Mukesh Thali as a writer and All India Radio news
reader for a long time. Our careers in the media kind of
overlapped. A phone call from him the other day drew my
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The bomb within
Gomantak Times, June 1, 2008
IT WAS ON Thursday that members of the Goa Bombard Abhiyan
met in a secluded room in Caranzalem to bomb the interim
report on the Regional Plan and declare war on the Task
Force.
AAM AADMI CHIEF MINISTER HAS COME TO STAY
By Shanti Maria Fonseca
June 7, 2008. Gomantak Times
What we have seen in the last one year on the political front
is disturbing to a person with a conscience, and disgraceful
to a person with self-respect. The behaviour of our elected
representatives in
Visit a side of Goa you might have not encountered at close-hand ...
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A GOAN RIPPLE IN DHOBI TALAO
Roana Maria Costa visits a club whose membership per day is less than
the cost of a vada pav
It's mid morning and Goa's nightingale Lorna's magnetic voice
fills the air as she croons Tuzo Mog, a famous Goan classic.
In a little corner hidden behind a white she
GREEN THUMB: Mango mania ... going down centuries of history
By Miguel Braganza
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Mango is decidedly the most popular fruit among the teeming
millions of people in the Orient, specially in the land of
its origin, the Indian sub-continent.
The popular myth is that the Portuguese b
grovelling servitude,
Andy Butkiss,
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Herald 15 June 2008
[The column written by Ashwin Tombat]
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It's a Sunday, and Tomcat is back, completely out of whack,
from yet another week of nights out on the prowl. It was a
week in whic
Goa Churches Figure As World Heritage Sites
By Fr Desmond de Sousa CSsR, SAR NEWS
PANAJI, Goa (SAR NEWS) -- "How to become and remain a World Heritage
Site" and "How to manage World Heritage Sites" are the topics for two
back-to-back workshops organised by the Archeological Survey of India
(ASI),
Freedom, post-1961 and more
We have a lot to learn
from the stories of the
past, and these contain
lessons for the future,
argues FREDERICK NORONHA
(FN), in his weekly review
of some new and not-so-new
books from Goa.
Bonifacio Dias' 'The Call o
Goanetters would have, by now, picked up news about some of the
controversy emerging from back in Goa involving mining, the campaigns
against it, Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar and his allegations
that made it to the news here. See some comments on the subject that
came up via Goanet here [1] a
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June 19th, 2008
Of Amitav Ghosh, Bollywood and opium
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sea of poppies
I wish someone would make a mov
Tiny Goa seen to be "such a literary place"
FN
Goa is "such a literary place", says one of the big names of
Indian writing in English, Amitav Ghosh, who currently has
set up base at the Bardez village of Aldona himself.
Amitav Ghosh was speaking at the Goa-launch of his new book
'Sea of Poppies'
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Stories that are too good to check
Siddharth Varadarajan
Several Indian newspapers fell victim to a hoax about the arrest
of a supposed Nazi war criminal. Apart from the media's alarming
ignorance, the episode also reveals our fascinat
July 2nd, 2008
Baroque Nazi war criminal hoax — an update
Posted by: Jonathan Allen
Tags: 1, hoax, India, media
I'm sad to learn that not everyone at the DNA newspaper reads this
blog. Yesterday, they ran the story [1] of the arrest of Johann Bach —
the fictional, music-loving, piano-stealing, o
Mining cos asked to pay damages
2 Jul 2008, 0330 hrs IST,TNN
PANAJI: Mining companies will pay Rs 3.40 crore to 761 farmers from
Surla as compensation for crop losses. This is the largest ever
compensation for crop loss in the state.
While disposing of a petition filed by the Surla panchayat and
Stop illegal development: be an alert and participative citizen
for the proper development of Goa. Silence does not help.
Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) calls upon you to stand up against
developmental activities without proper No-Objection Certificate
(NOC) such as:
HILL CUTTING: Any land having a gra
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