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*** Goa BJP MLA is now back in Congress fold (The Economic
Times)
PANJIM: With Assembly elections scheduled to be held early this
year, state politics in Goa seems to be slipping into a phase of
utter turmoil. Senior BJP MLA Manohar Azgaokar on Monday
resigned from the legislative Assembly and was immediately
inducted into the Congress.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Goa_BJP_MLA_is_now_back_in_Congress_fold/articleshow/1102062.cms
*** Goa's still celeb studded (The Times of India)
Post the New Year, Goa's still rocking with celebs.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/City_Supplements/Bombay_Times/Goas_still_celeb_studded/articleshow/1100694.cms
*** Strong nexus behind Goa land scam (NDTV)
The shock resignation of Goa's Minister for Town and Planning
Babush Monserrat was largely blamed for the land mess in the
state.
http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&slug=Strong
nexus behind Goa land scam&id=99198
*** GOA BJP MLA joins Congress, sworn in as minister (NDTV)
Senior BJP MLA Manohar Azgaokar was sworn in as minister in
Pratapsingh Rane government on Monday. He joined Congress after
Goa Speaker Fransisco Sardinha accepts his resignation from the
state assembly.
http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&slug=GOA
BJP MLA joins Congress&id=99096
*** Goa - new paedophile's paradise? (BBC News)
A BBC investigation examines whether the Indian state of Goa is
becoming a new destination for sex tourists looking for
children.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/6230957.stm
*** PRESS RELEASE: GOA & EA-MYTHIC UNVEIL THE DETAILS FOR THE
RELEASE OF THE NEW DARK AGE OF CAMELOT® EXPANSION: LABYRINTH
... (gamesindustry.biz)
10th January 2007 “ Paris, France: Today, GOA will
announce the details for the European release of the seventh
expansion of the massively multiplayer online role-playing
game, Dark Age of Camelot: Labyrinth of the Minotaur.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=22130
*** Unity Infra-BSEL venture gets rights for Goa IT park
(Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
MUMBAI, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Unity Infraprojects Ltd. said on
Tuesday its joint venture with BSEL Infrastructure Realty Ltd.
had been awarded land to build an information technology park
in the state of Goa.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070109/3/2vgmn.html
*** BJP MLA resigns from Goa Assembly, likely to join Congress
(ANI via Yahoo! India News)
Panjim, Jan 8 (ANI): Following Town and Planning Minister
Antanasio Monserratte's resignation, a MLA of the Bharatiya
Janata Party, Manohar Azagaokar, has also resigned. Azagaokar,
who represents the Dhargalim Constituency in North Goa, handed
over his resignation to Assembly Speaker Francisco Sardinha
today. The acceptance of these two resignations is yet to be
formally announced. With ...
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070108/139/6axgo.html
*** Goa MLA jumps parties, enters Rane Cabinet (Indian Express
via Yahoo! India News)
Babu Azgaonkar, BJP MLA, who resigned from his Assembly seat
late last night to join Congress, was sworn in as Minister for
Civil Supplies and Housing in the Pratapsinh Rane Cabinet this
morning.The credit of weaning Azgaonkar away from BJP and
bringing him into Congress folds goes to Goa Pradesh Congress
Committee chief Vijai Sardesai who had been pursuing him to do
so for the past one year. ...
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070108/48/6ay9j.html
*** Delhi better choice than Goa for IFA (Indian Express via
Yahoo! India News)
Even with the IFA ready to give a new lease of life to the
Super-Soccer Series with a five-match event against Sao Paulo
starting January 27, Goa remains out of its ambit.The Brazilian
powerhouse will showcase their skills at Siliguri, Kolkata,
Jamshedpur, Kochi and Delhi.IFA secretary Subrata Dutta
believes that chief sponsors decided on the venues and Goa
missed out on marketability ...
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070108/48/6ay37.html
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