------------------------------------------------------------------------ Happy Birthday: St Britto's, which is 60 years old. Celebrations at St Jerome's Church Mapusa 11 am on July 30, 2006. Football match Loyola's vs. Britto's 11 am on July 31, 2006 at the school grounds.
http://bmxgoa.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Moving beyond malls: Piramal looks at realty options (Business Standard India) The group plans to expand into western India with projects in Goa, Pune and Nagpur. Having exited the countrys first mega mall ” Crossroads ” Rajeev Piramal, managing director of Peninsula Land Management, is looking at creating footprints outside the city. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php? autono=100457&leftnm=0&subLeft=0&chkFlg= *** Goa allots land for pharma, biotech SEZs (Business Standard India) Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has allotted more than 12 lakh sq mt land for a pharma special economic zone (SEZ) at Keri in Ponda taluka, and another 6 lakh-plus sq mt for biotech parks. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php? leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=3720 *** Mininig cos to construct bridge in Goa (The Economic Times) PANAJI: Mining companies will join hands to construct a bridge across a river in Goa's mining belt to facilitate the ore transport, officials said. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1844249.cms *** Notices to foreigners in Goa purchasing property (New Kerala) Panaji: The Goa government today issued public notices to foreigners purchasing properties in the state, cautioning them against the violations of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=1341 *** Goa to set up Film City (New Kerala) Panaji, Aug 1: The Goa government plans to set up a film city or film park in the state to provide exposure to local artists and open up new employment avenues, Industries Minister Luizinho Faleiro said today. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=376 *** Mining just got easier in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji: Mining in Goa has just got easier with the state government giving the green signal to the Goa Infrastructure Development Corporation Pvt. Ltd. (GIDC) to build a four-lane bridge across the Usgao-Pale area of North Goa to facilitate the transportation of ore. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=579 *** Beautiful traditional music (Navhind Times) ˜Kandolechim Kirnnam the cultural troupe from Candolim, Bardez, Goa have been participating in the ˜mando competitions organised by the Goa Cultural and Social Centre and have bagged the ˜mando award eleven times for original compositions, as well as the traditional ones. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=080827 *** Churchill opposes equal status to Marathi (Navhind Times) Panaji, Aug 2: Even as protagonists of Roman Konkani, Devanagari Konkani and Marathi are debating the latest decision of the Congress legislative party, the South Goa MP, Mr Churchill Alemao has added his own colour to it by demanding that Marathi should not be given status of official language. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=080816 *** Garbage disposal: CCP, other civic bodies get show-cause notices (Navhind Times) Panaji, Aug 2: The Goa State Pollution Control Board has once again issued show-cause notices to all 13 municipal bodies in the state including the Corporation of the City of Panaji, for not complying to the Solid Waste Management and Handling Rules 2000, which directs them to collect, segregate, treat and dispose of the solid waste generated in their respective jurisdiction. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=080817 *** E Bengal agree to release Periyar for India U-20 camp (Navhind Times) Margao, Aug 2: Kolkata giants East Bengal have agreed to release India U-20 player Vimal Periyar for the ongoing camp in Goa for the SAFF football tournament to be held in Sri Lanka from August 16. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=081017 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _______________________________________________ Goanet-news mailing list Goanet-news@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-news-goanet.org