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*** HC issues showcause notice to Goa govt (NDTV) Lifeguards in Goa have been on strike from August 12 demanding that their jobs be regularized. Since then, 12 tourists have drowned at the state's popular beaches. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&slug=HC issues showcause notice to Goa govt &id=91993 *** Goa policemen to patrol on bicycles (NDTV) The friendly neighbourhood cop in Goa will now be doing his duty on the good old bicycles. The moves seems surprising, especially when the police force across the country is going high-tech to cope with rising crime. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&slug=Goa policemen to patrol on bicycles&id=92101 *** Union govt okays Goa's first SEZ (Business Standard India) The Union Commerce Ministry has cleared Goas first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Keri in the Ponda taluka." Among the 46 SEZs approved by the central government, is the Meditab Specialities SEZ at Bhootkhamb, a village in Keri where Nylon 6,6 project was proposed a decade ago. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=4684 *** Goa seeks additional power supply from Centre:GCCI (New Kerala) Panaji, Aug 24: Ruling out possibility of a large scale economical power generation within the state, Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industries (GCCI), an apex industrial body, has said the state government should seek an additional allocation from the Centre. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=12016 *** Japan withdraws students from Goa university academic prog (New Kerala) Panaji, Aug 25: Japan has withdrawn its students from the current year's 'Study India' programme at Goa University, following recent blasts in Mumbai and the terror threats. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=12357 *** High Court issues notices to Goa government over drownings (New Kerala) Panaji, Aug 23: The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of an increase in drowning deaths off Goa's beaches and issued notices to the state government, tourism department and Goa Tourism Development Corporation. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=11509 *** Goa to host cultural centre meet (New Kerala) Panaji, Aug 24: Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil will arrive in Goa tomorrow to chair a meeting of the governing council of the West Zone Cultural Centre at Dona Paula on the outskirts of this city. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=11764 *** Conviction rate in Goa satisfactory, says DGP (Navhind Times) Panaji, Aug 24: The Deputy Inspector General of police, Mr Ujjwal Mishra expressed satisfaction at the prevailing conviction rate in Goa and informed that even yesterday we got a rape accused convicted. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=082511 *** West Zone Council panel discusses internal security (Navhind Times) Panaji, Aug 25: The top executives of the states of Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat, who form the standing committee of the West Zonal Council, today discussed various issues relating to terrorism, Naxalism, law and order and economic problems faced by the member states and Union territories of the council. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=082617 *** Surlas 45-year wait for Goas power ends (Navhind Times) Panaji, Aug 23: It took 45 years after Goas liberation for Surla, in Sattari taluka, one of states remotest village, to get connected to the state power supply network today. The village was earlier supplied power from Karnataka, amid complaints of load-shedding and frequent outages by villagers. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=082415 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
