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Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org
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*** A big fat family reunion (Deccan Herald)
Just as his forefathers had done before him, journalist Somnath
Raikar rarely fails to return to his ancestral home in Vaje,
Shiroda, South Goa, for Ganesha Chaturti. So do a thousand or
more people spread across the globe, all related to the
Vaje-Raikar family.
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug302006/national1725592006829.asp
*** Gay marriages on the rise in Goa (IBN live)
As the number of gays entering into wedlock in Goa rises, NGOs
are demanding legal cover for such marriages.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/gay-marriages-on-the-rise-in-goa/19836-3.html
*** Goa University introduces PG diploma in marine microbiology
(New Kerala)
Panaji, Aug 26: Goa University has become the first in the
country to introduce an advanced post graduate diploma in
marine microbiology and technology, its Vice-Chancellor P S
Zacharius said today.
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=13139
*** Goa health authorities rule out chikungunya outbreak in
state (New Kerala)
Panaji, Aug 26: Ruling out any outbreak of Chikungunya in the
state, Goa health authorities have clarified that samples of 26
patients suspected to be suffering from the disease were sent to
the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) and their
reports are awaited.
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=13141
*** Kotawala India acquires beach resort in Goa (New Kerala)
Mumbai, Aug 28: Financial services firm Kotawala India Ltd
today said it has acquired the Hotel Sunflower Beach Resort in
Goa. The company said in a filing on the Bombay Stock Exchange
that it acquired the resort situated in Calangute Bega, Goa.
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=13832
*** Goa to face acute water shortage: GCCI (The Economic
Times)
PANAJI: Goa will suffer an acute water shortage as its demand
is expected to touch 575 mld as against the current 415 mld in
few years, according to an apex industrial body report.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1929080.cms
*** Hyperhomocysteinemia could lead to fatal heart disease (New
Kerala)
Panaji, Aug 29: Doctors in Goa have united to highlight the
little known risk factors of hyperhomocysteinemia, which could
lead to fatal heart diseases.
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=14361
*** Gay marriages on the rise in Goa (The Times of India)
Groups working for homosexual rights are demanding legal cover
for such marriages in Goa.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1929741.cms
*** Govt is fooling people, says Goa minister (The Times of
India)
The state BJP have alleged that a new bridge was being built in
Goa to generate funds for the ensuing assembly elections.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1929075.cms
*** Kotawala says buys Sunflower resort in Goa (Reuters via
Yahoo! Asia News)
MUMBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Financial services firm Kotawala
India Ltd. said on Monday it had acquired Hotel Sunflower Beach
Resort in Goa.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060828/3/2p377.html
Compiled by Goanet News Service
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