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*** Woman flees flood in Surat, drowns in Goa (Khaleej Times) AHMEDABAD ” When 23-year-old Purvi Gadhvi, an executive in a travel company in Surat, fled the flood-hit diamond city to sojourn at her fathers home here, little did she realise that she was still destined for a watery grave. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/August/subcontinent_August457.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= *** Indian fare debuts in Westford (Boston Globe) Cafe Goa 175 Littleton Road (Route 110), Westford http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/08/13/indian_fare_debuts_in_westford *** Hutch Goa Football League to begin on Aug 15 (New Kerala) Panaji, Aug 11: Hutch Goa Football League, India's premier regional football league, would begin on August 15 with three major national soccer teams besides eight local teams locking horns for the prestigious title. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=5619 *** Take up public interest issues, Rajnath to Goa unit (Navhind Times) Panaji, Aug 11: The national president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Mr Rajnath Singh today predicted return of the BJP government in the state at the next assembly elections, with an overwhelming majority, gaining victory in 30 constituencies. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=081226 *** BJP projects Parrikar as CM candidate (Navhind Times) Panaji, Aug 12: The Bharatiya Janata Party today announced that the party will contest the forthcoming assembly elections in Goa by projecting Mr Manohar Parrikar as the chief ministerial candidate of the party. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=081311 *** Promise from Cong, BJP on maintaining status quo in Language Act (Navhind Times) Panaji, Aug 13: Konkani Ekvott, an organisation of Konkani activists from Goa, today decided to seek a promise from political parties in the state that the Official Language Act, 1987, would be left untouched. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=081458 *** Goa Health Minister for HIV tests before marriage (Hindustan Times) Favouring mandatory HIV/AIDS testing before marriage in the state, Goa Health Minister Dayanand Narvekar on Thursday said such a legislation would help curb the spread of the disease. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1765165,0006.htm *** Uniform Civil Code should be implemented: Rajnath (Hindustan Times) Praising the Goa government for implementing a uniform civil code, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Saturday said all states should follow its example in the interest of national integrity. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1767220,0006.htm *** Two drowned, four missing on Calangute Beach (Outlook India) Two persons were drowned while four went missing as waves washed them away at Calangute Beach in north Goa this evening, police said. Two others who were also swept away with the tide were rescued by locals and rushed to Goa Medical College Hospital, where their condition was stated to be critical. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=406450 *** Singh, who is in Goa on his two-day tour which started (Outlook India) yesterday, said that Indian government should use its diplomatic skills to convince the international community. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=406139 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
