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*** Ministry of Sound CD Player and Scratcher: Unleash Your Hidden DJ (Gizmodo) targetTerm195129 = 'MOSDJ135'; Popular with the glow stick crowd, Ministry of Sound just released their latest gadget for wannabes DJs from Goa to Ibiza, the CD... http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/ministry-of-sound-cd-player-and-scratcher-unleash-your-hidden-dj-195129.php *** Sun, sand and slums (Deccan Herald) It took novelist and psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar and his wife Katharina Poggendorf less than 10 minutes to decide that Goa was the only place in India that they could live in. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug202006/sundayherald1133102006819.asp *** Indias Florida: Jostling for the spoils of tourism (Deccan Herald) Thirty years ago it took three bus changes and a long walk through lush paddy fields to get to Anjuna beach. The hub of global tourism in Goa, Anjuna, where heroin and psychedelia mixed with indolence and the sun to give birth to Goa trance and the rave rage, was as isolated as it could get. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug202006/sundayherald1135172006819.asp *** Goa: Realty hotspot (Deccan Herald) Right now, theres only one way real estate is headed in Goa: northwards. And as land rates make new highs almost daily, local builders too are beginning to feel the heat of big-time entrants from ˜outside. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug202006/sundayherald113412006819.asp *** Sunday Herald News - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition (Deccan Herald) As more and more ˜outsiders make Goa their second home, locals worry that the beach citys character will be lost given the pace of realty development. Devika Sequeira on the globalisation of Goa. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug202006/sundayherald.asp *** Goa to pull down buildings violating coastal norms (The Economic Times) PANAJI: Purchasing a sea-side property in Goa could now well be at your own risk. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1899169.cms *** Goa for powers to proceed against FEMA violators (New Kerala) Panaji, Aug 17: With increasing number of foreigners buying properties in Goa in violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1997 (FEMA), the state will ask Centre to confer powers to its officers to proceed against violators, a top official said today "Under FEMA, the state government officers can be given powers to proceed against the violations by foreigners. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=8460 *** Govt asks hoteliers to erect sign boards to prevent drowning (New Kerala) Panaji, Aug 18: Faced with the increasing deaths due to drowning, Goa government today asked the hoteliers and tour operators to prominently display notice boards in their premises debarring tourists from entering into the sea. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=9076 *** Vasco SC beats Corps of Signals in Goa league (New Kerala) Margao, Aug 16: A second half brace by substitute Agnelo DSouza gave Vasco SC a 3-1 victory over 10-man Corps of Signals in their opening round tie of Hutch-sponsored Goa Football Association's Professional League, being played at Tilak stadium, Vasco, today. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=7911 *** Panaji, Aug 19 (PTI) Scientists at Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography have termed the Mahim water phenomena(Outlook India) "It's a common phenomenon along the coast during rains when fresh water mixes with salty water and dilutes it further," NIO director, Suresh Shetye, told PTI. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=408223 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
