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*** Heavy rains lash Kerala, Goa (NDTV)
Monsoon hit Kerala a week ahead of schedule on May 26 but it
has been causing a lot of damage in Goa and parts of the
Maharashtra coast as well. Kerala has already received four
times the normal amount of rainfall.
http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=National&template=Monsoon
&slug=Heavy rains lash Kerala, Goa&id=88539&callid=1
*** 7 of India's 29 states ban 'Da Vinci Code' (AP via Yahoo!
News)
Seven of India's 29 states have banned "The Da Vinci Code,"
with officials in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh saying
Friday the movie was insulting to Christians.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060602/ap_en_mo/film_india_da_vinci_banned_2
*** Goa geared up to tackle oil spill (Navhind Times)
Panaji, June 1: The state government machinery is geared up to
tackle any oil spill menace along the Goa coast, officials
sources said, following reports that the oil spilled from a
merchant vessel off-Karwar coast has touched Karwar and Deobag
coasts in Karnataka and that the spill is moving towards Goa.
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=060214
*** Underground power lines in S Goa: Goa to ask Centre for Rs
60 crore (Navhind Times)
Margao, June 1: The state government is going to ask for Rs 60
crore from the Centre to undertake the underground cabling of
all 33 KV and 11 KV high tension lines in the coastal belt of
Benaulim, Colva, Betalbatim, Varca, Fatrade going right up to
Mobor.
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=060215
*** Rains: 300 persons evacuated in S Goa (Navhind Times)
Margao, May 30: Heavy rain accompanied by cyclonic winds lashed
South Goa last night forcing the authorities to move 300 persons
to safer areas following flooding.
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=053130
*** Heavy rain in Gujarat, Goa (The Hindu)
Four more persons died in rain-related incidents in Gujarat
http://www.thehindu.com/2006/06/03/stories/2006060307341300.htm
*** Monsoon enters Mumbai, widespread rains in Goa, Kerala
(Outlook India)
The South-West monsoon entered Mumbai with torrential showers
lashing the metropolis today injuring six even as incessant
rains continued to pound Kerala and Goa claiming 11 lives so
far and leaving a trail of destruction.
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=388986
*** Heavy rains in Gujarat, Goa; four more dead (Outlook
India)
Heavy rains today lashed Goa inundating low-lying areas and
Gujarat, where four more persons died in rain-related incidents
pushing the toll in the past two days to 12 as monsoon gathered
strength in Arunachal Pradesh cutting off a part of the state
from rest of the country.
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389475
*** Ship breaks into two, oil spill moves to south Goa coast
(Outlook India)
A merchant vessel stranded in the rocks off Karwar coast near
Devgad island today broke into two pieces and the oil that
spilled from the vessel touched south Goan shores even as Coast
Guard continued the operations to contain the spill.
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389516
*** Coastal Goan villages alerted about spread of oil spill
(Outlook India)
Goa government has alerted all coastal village panchayats and
municipalities besides the tourism department to maintain a
strict watch to check spread of oil spill along the coastline
even as Coast Guard was engaged in disintegrating the oil
leaked into the Arabian Sea from a ship.
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389444
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