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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/content_objectid=13311620_method =full_siteid=89488_headline=-BANG-GOES-THE-NEW-PORSCHE-name_page.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ Daily Record of Scotland reports that a "Scots drug baron who lived a James Bond lifestyled" has had his luxury cars and home seized by the elite National Crime Squad. Action was taken against Andrew Dodds, 37, Among other things he had "financed trips... to Goa". http://www.tmtmetropolis.ru/metropolis/stories/2003/08/22/103.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russia is to get a 'Goa Ethnic Lounge'. Nothing to do with the Goa you might know. "And with Goa Ethnic Lounge, the latest addition to the outdoor clubbing map, the night route has gained another destination. Goa Ethnic Lounge isn't your average wooden patio with elbowing crowds and white canopies overhead. First of all, it's entirely orange. Second, it is shaped like a twisted wigwam. And third, unlike the rest of the patio clones that press up against their mother clubs' walls, this orange wigwam is so well removed from its parent venue, Goa, that it can hardly be spotted from the trendy restaurant's doorstep. Clearly, there are advantages to being so far from the indoor restaurant, because the summer club has inherited none of Goa's snobbish attitude toward customers or biting prices." "Goa is located at 8 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 2, enter from Zlatoustinsky Pereulok. Metro Kitai-Gorod. Tel. 504-4031. The lounge is open from noon to 2 a.m. Monday to Wednesday and Sunday, noon to 5 a.m. Thursday to Saturday. Entrance is free, face control." http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/news/2003/august/61866.htm --------------------------------------------------------------- Writes the Mid-Day: "In a trance: The last time DJ Goa Gil performed at Fire & Ice, Phoenix Mills, people had come in all the way from Pune and there was a huge crowd. For fans of Goa trance music, the good news is that he will be playing at the same venue tomorrow night (Aug 23). Originally from San Francisco, Goa Gil took that name because of his regular visits to Goa. His basic aim for the past few years has been to converge music with spiritualism. His show should be fun, of course." http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=61214 --------------------------------------------------------- Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay urged Vajpayee to convene CMs' meet for settling the issue of banning cow slaughter. "For the proposed gathering, the chief minister of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Goa should be invited first. It is a state subject and I am in favour of a ban in Madhya Pradesh. In a federal structure and under the Constitution, the state has the right to take action in this direction. Let each state decide," he told reporters in Bhopal. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/04231904.htm ------------------------------------------------------ Goa: 'Common civil code not suitable': On Aug 23, PTI reports that the Goa Advocate-General A S Nadkerni today said that in a diversified country like India a uniform civil code will not be suitable. Speaking at a debate organised by the Goa Union of Journalist on "Uniform Civil Code for India", he said that "with religious diversities, linguistic and regional influence etc it becomes very difficult to have a Uniform Civil Code". However, he said such a code may be possible if all the people are well-educated. Eminent constitutional lawyer Amrut Kansar said that it is a misconception that Goa has a common civil code. The Portuguese Civil Code had only 'territorial application irrespective of the caste and creed of the population'. The Portuguese Civil Code of 1867 which was extended to Goa two years later has gone under drastic changes even in Portugal, after it was declared a republic. It is still applied in Goa and could be set aside if some challenges are made in the appropriate court. http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=95891 ---------------------------------------------------------- Gulf News reported the BJP denying it had been "encouraging defections in Arunachal Pradesh", the north-eastern state, to mysteriously come to power there. BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu also denied the opposition charge that his party is encouraging defections in the country to consolidate its political base ahead of next year's general elections. Referring to the situation in Arunchal Pradesh (bordering China) and Manipur, the paper writes: "A similar split in the western state of Goa, propped up the BJP into power a couple of years ago. The BJP, however, silenced its critics in the state after it ordered a fresh poll early last year and managed to retain power." 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