Goa government moves about 20 Bills in two days
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A "Bhumiputra" land law proves to be the most contentious
Goa Bhumiputra Adhikarini Bill 2021 passed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJDCQ6lj_GE
"Bhumiputra" Bill Mauvin's ploy t
GOA 1961: LIBERATED OR CONQUERED?
On 18 December 1961, India’s armed forces marched into Goa, Daman and Diu
and, in a virtually bloodless operation lasting some 36 hours, ended the
Portuguese rule of 451 years.
Was Goa ‘liberated’ or was it ‘conquered’?
The question still befuddles many. The sub
Priest-lawyer Michael Fernandes offers an insight into the trail of cases
of violence against young women and others... staying unresolved or closed
with glib explanations.
https://tinyurl.com/yhdsbzbx
Crochet? Barmanship? Guitar Basics? Grief Counselling? Medicinal Plants?
Conversational Portuguese? Careers in Communication? Mutual Funds? The
Stock Exchange? Stamp Collecting? Everyone Can Pray? Seaweeds? Learning
Music Basics? Landscaping? Growing Trees in Pots? Co-operative Teaching?
Re
Feast of St Francis Xavier
Live coverage from the Basilica of Bom Jesus: https://youtu.be/HHaxz70xG2Y
3:30 AM Konkani Mass: https://youtu.be/JAjZEvrjiHk
5 AM Konkani Mass: https://youtu.be/_JKWVXbkNFQ
6:30 AM Konkani Mass: https://youtu.be/_zDbRAD2lnI
8 AM Konkani Mass: https://youtu.be/D
Only two ministers, Pramod Sawant and Nilesh Cabral, are from the original
BJP
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/in-goa-congress-yukt-bjp-takes-guard-1095672.html
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Mystery surrounds the death of a British woman whose decomposed body was
found on a beach in one of India's top tourist destinations this morning.
Emma Leaning, 46, was found lying in a church compound which extends
onto Agonda
beach in southern Goa. There were no external injuries found on her bod
QUOTE Committed expenditure: Committed expenditure of a state typically
includes expenditure on payment of salaries, pensions, and interest. A
larger proportion of budget allocated for committed expenditure items
limits the state’s flexibility to decide on other expenditure priorities
such as capit
Herald: Dead man is alive -- dead man from Agassaim returns home after his
funeral
https://www.heraldgoa.in/News-Today/DEAD-MAN-IS-ALIVE-Dead-man-from-Agassaim-returns-home-after-his-funeral/216052
New Konkani song 2024: Melolo munis jivo zalo
By Edwin D'Costa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq8bM
https://youtu.be/j0xuo8JvxTs
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Sigmund writes: "On 16th January 1967 Goans voted for Goa to remain a
separate state and not to be merged into neighbouring Maharashtra in the
historic Opinion Poll, the first of its kind and the only held
Modi sickness hits Goa beach
- Advani stays away on first day, CM backers pin hope on Sangh directive
RADHIKA RAMASESHAN
Panjim, June 7: L.K. Advani managed to cast a pall on the opening day of
the BJP’s session in Goa where Narendra Modi was expected to be anointed
the party’s spearhead for the
Goa slides 6 places in education development index
Gauree Malkarnekar, TNN Jun 16, 2013, 06.35AM IST
PANAJI: Goa's education sector put up a poor show in the Union human
resource development (HRD) ministry's education development index (EDI),
where the state saw a drastic fall from last year's 13
10 USEFUL GOA WEBSITES
by Goa Streets on Jun 13, 2013
Goa clearly still has a long way to go before it truly takes advantage of
the power of the Internet.
“For a state which started its first website way back in 1994, there are
shocking few good initiatives today,” comments journalist-publisher
WANTED VOLUNTEERS for Goanet to assist with the following tasks (successful
volunteers who show persistence, patience and determination will be
encouraged to take over independent charge or help extend the Goanet
project in new directions):
* Goanet Twitter Operations: Tasks involve cross-pollinat
NEWS: Four Goans have bank accounts in tax havens
June 18, 2013
PANJIM: Four Goans were among 498 Indians named as having bank accounts in
tax havens such as British Virgin, Cayman and Cook Islands and Singapore.
The US-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ),
which th
INDIA TO CHARGE BRITAIN FOR OVERSTAYING TILL 1947
In news that has been condemned by the Delhi Gymkhana, the Indian
government has announced that it will be charging the British government
arrears in rent and visa fees for overstaying till 1947. Calculations will
be done on a per head per year bas
Western music in dialogue with the arts, history and
philosophy by Professor Santiago Lusard Girelli, University
of Seville and Anthony Gonsalves Visiting Professor at Goa
University and musicians for Columbia, Germany etc
This is an opportunity for Goa University students and
general public to le
Pope’s possible visit to Goa gathers momentum
By: mattersindia.com
Panaji: The BJP’s opposition to Catholic evangelism has not stopped its
government in Goa from joining hands with Catholics to lobby with the
Vatican to get Pope Francis to make a “historic” visit to Goa in the
upcoming election y
Supreme Court to review language issue
TNN | Jul 6, 2013, 12.53 AM IST
The Supreme Court on Friday took a significant decision to revisit the
question whether mother tongue or regional language could be imposed by a
state as the medium of instruction in primary schools.
NEW DELHI: In the era of
Supreme Court unleashes crackdown against freebies by political parties
PTI : New Delhi, Fri Jul 05 2013, 20:43 hrs
Freebies promised by political parties in their election manifestos shake
the roots of free and fair polls, the Supreme Court on Friday said and
directed the Election Commission to
Buy humble bicycles, Pope advises future priests, nuns
By Estefania Aguirre
Vatican City, Jul 9, 2013 / 10:05 am (CNA/EWTN News) -- "I think that
bicycles are necessary because there's a lot of work to do and you have to
move around but get a humbler one!' Pope Francis told seminarians and
novices
Tel :( O): 2419821 2419522 Fax: 2419854 Mobile : 9822160941
Smt. ALINA SALDANHA
Minister for Forest & Environment,
Secretariat, Porvorim – Goa.
Ref: MIN. FOR & ENV/PRESS/2012-13/
Dated: 11/07/2013
PRESS NOTE
Mrs. Alina Saldanha, Minister for Forests & Environment in a Press Note
released to
HISTORY HOUR XAVIER CENTRE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Organises a Panel Discussion led by Mr Anupam Sah
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Planning for art conservation movement in Goa
at the Xavier Centre of Historical Research, B B Borkar Road, Alto
Porvorim, Goa.
Thursday, 8 August 2013 5:30 pm
Anupam Sah
Goa cabinet cancels appointment of SICs
TNN | Aug 15, 2013, 07.20 AM IST
PANAJI: After the selection process of the state information commissioners
(SIC) was challenged in court, the cabinet on Wednesday cancelled the
selection of journalist Sandesh Prabhudesai and former senior
administrative an
27-year-old who fell off airport escalator dies
By Lata Mishra, Mumbai Mirror | Aug 16, 2013, 12.00 AM IST
Mirror had reported the mishap on July 31
It was five hours before Borkar's treatment started, allege family; he
suffered cardiac arrest while being shifted to Goa.
Twenty seven-year-old Si
Cecil Pinto cecilpinto at gmail.com
Wed Aug 21 09:59:24 PDT 2013
http://youtu.be/2mdL24UOXVs
In search of Abbe Faria: The hypnotic vision of a Goan pioneer
Kator re Bhaji: The year 2006 marks the 250th Birth Anniversary of Jose
Custodio de Faria,
BJP yet again caught in a casino controversy (Goa Newsletter)
Panaji, Aug 24 (IANS) Casinos - and controversies surrounding the industry
- continue to be the bugbear of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) more than
a year after coming to power in Goa.
In the latest salvo, the Congress has accused Ch
Thought it was just men who flew abroad for squalid sexual
kicks? Meet the middle-aged, middle-class women who are
Britain's female sex tourists
By JULIE BINDEL
PUBLISHED: 23:56 GMT, 25 August 2013 | UPDATED: 16:52 GMT, 26
August 2013
They are called 'bumsters' in Gambia, 'Rastitutes' or 'beach
Police finally crack an arrest in the Narendra Dabholkar murder, pick up
suspect from Sanatan Sanstha
INDIA TODAY ONLINE NEW DELHI, AUGUST 28, 2013 | UPDATED 23:10 IST
Eight days after anti-superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar was gunned
down outside a temple in Pune, the city Crime Branch h
A Conversation With: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
By SAMBUDDHA MITRA MUSTAFI
PHOTO: Manohar Parrikar, chief
minister of Goa, speaking at
the closing ceremony of the
43rd International Film
Festival of India in Panaji,
Goa, on Nov. 30, 2012.
Pollsters and analysts have been talking about
Konkani Wikipedia climbing up the Indian language ladder
Home > Blogs > Post
Konkani Wikipedia climbing up the Indian language ladder
Friday, Sep 6, 2013, 16:34 IST
Rohini Lakshane
Recently the CIS- A2K team organised a four-day workshop in collaboration
with Goa University for students of MA (K
Men of mantra or mayhem? A look in to the shadowy world of the Sanathan
Sanstha
Associated with Hindu terror, Ramnathi's Sanatan Sanstha's activities go on
uninterrupted | Yet again, the cops came to the door of the sanshtha to
pick up someone connected to a crime | The wives of two Goa ministers
Acoustics is the science of sound. Goa's old churches were so designed so
as to ensure the right balance between 'sound' and 'silence', thus enabling
a holy resonance in the worship space.
A close inspection of the architectural proportions, wall contents and
surface treatments, use of wood and co
NATIONWIDE PUBLISHERS BOOK A VISIT TO GOA THIS WEEKEND
After pulling off a major national event for two years in succession, Goa
is to play host to the third edition of the ambitious Publishing Next later
this week. The conference is scheduled for the 20th and 21st September and
will be held at t
O desassossego goes (The Goan restlessness)
Teotonio R. de Souza
Sandra Ataide Lobo defended yesterday her doctoral thesis in which she
studied the Portuguese liberal politics in Goa till the Colonial Act (1930)
and the participation of the Goan elites (both Christian and Hindu).
The ambivalence
Goa govt begins to mutate 122 properties owned by Pak nationals
A senior official said majority of these properties - 112 out of 122 - are
in North district of Goa
Goa government has listed 122 properties owned by Pakistani nationals in
the state and taken over their management while proposing to
Distilling a bit of Brazil
Published on: October 6, 2013 - 22:17
More in:
Business and Commerce
By Jason Soares | B&C
Cachaça is to Brazilians as Feni is to Goans. However, the Brazilians
coming to Goa during next year’s Lusofonia Games will surely not miss
sipping their favourite local spirit
Salgaocar brothers move High Court over property dispute
Maulik Vyas & Kailash Babar, ET Bureau Oct 11, 2013, 02.54AM IST
(At stake are two family mansions…)
MUMBAI: The Salgaocar brothers, one of Goa's biggest business groups, are
locked in a battle over separation of the group's assets after o
ALDONA BUS TRAGEDY AT CALVIM FERRY POINT -- MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY
18th February 2012: Passenger Bus goes into the River Mandovi
at Carona-Calvim Ferry Point
18th February 2012: Government orders Magisterial Enquiry
22nd February 2012: Public Notice Issued – published in
Newspapers on 23rd Feb. 20
Goa to withdraw controversial RTI circular
Panaji, Oct 16 (IANS): Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Wednesday blamed
bureaucratic error for a controversial government order which made it
mandatory for RTI applicants to prove their Indian nationality. He said it
would be withdrawn.
Parrikar's co
Nigerian killed in gang war in Goa
Vijay Desouza, TNN | Oct 31, 2013, 02.04 PM IST
PANAJI: A Nigerian was killed brutally in a group clash at Parra, Bardez,
in what is suspected to be over drug trade in the coastal belt of north Goa.
Infuriated by the murder, several Nigerians are agitating dema
Scenes from Porvorim, Oct 31, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jwqn8wv1zk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Locals thrash Nigerians at Porvorim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_pqB8qb48E
Porvorim locals demand transfer of North SP Priyanka Kashyap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX5UtyCzT9g&featu
Nigerian's death: Assailants are locals, complaint states
TNN | Nov 1, 2013, 01.42 AM IST
MAPUSA: The complaint filed by deceased Obada Uzoma Simeon's
friend Obinna Paul Obi, states that three of them, including
Uwalaka Franklin, were at a restaurant in Parra on Wednesday
night, when around 9.30pm
Deadly drug war spills on to Goa streets
TNN | Nov 4, 2013, 03.55 AM IST
With Goa allegedly turning into a major transit point for drugs, local drug
dealers also act as middlemen for those who bring in designer drugs from
the "golden triangle" area in south-east Asia and those who smuggle it to
E
What are the ingredients that go in making sweet like patoleos or goddsem?
How do you play goddeanim? What is the difference between Zagor and Shigmo?
All such queries on Goan History & Culture will be creatively dealt with in
a holiday camp with the theme ‘A Fun Tour Around Goan History and Cultur
Goans are racist
I would like to salute a group of 50-60 aggressive Nigerians
for teaching our 'sussegaad' Goans a few lessons of real
brotherhood by moving in unison on October 31, 2013 and for
rightly demanding the immediate arrest of the killers of
their countryman murdered at Parra.
I don't c
07 Nov 2013 | GOVERNANCE | By VIDYUTKALE
http://blogs.halabol.com/2013/11/07/10-questions-goas-government
There has been much hue and cry over the Nigerian protests, with some very
reckless statements being made by leaders. There has been an equally
spirited defense of the government actions by BJ
Nigerian protest: Local drug lords gain upper hand in Goa turf war
Nov 5, 2013
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji: Remember the school bully. The tough guy who’d grab
the best savories from your lunchbox the moment you opened
it, and always wanted the lion’s share of sweets distributed
on Independen
TALK: The Secret History of the Konkani Language
BY: Dr Jason Keith Fernandes
AT: Xavier Centre of Historical Research
ON: Friday, 15 November 2013 5:30 pm
Jason Keith Fernandes was recently awarded a Ph.D. for his
doctoral thesis titled Citizenship Experiences of Goan
Catholics. The thesis studi
Nikhil Inamdar | Mumbai
November 21, 2013 Last Updated at 11:50 IST
Can Tejpal escape scrutiny by stepping down from the Editor's
post for 6 months?
Tehelka, the journal that once brought the 'sting operation'
in vogue, has today been stung so mortally by transgressions
at its own doorstep, th
Goa Police today filed a case of rape and outraging of modesty against
Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, who has been accused by a woman
journalist colleague of sexual assault during an event in Pananji
about 10 days ago.
http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4442176.cms
JNU student complains of sexual hara
How the Tarun Tejpal sexual assault case has affected Tehelka
Read more at:
http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/how-the-tarun-tejpal-sexual-assault-case-has-affected-tehelka-1245933.html?utm_source=ref_article
Aakar Patel
A single incident of molestation has blanked out all other news in
India for t
Is the Goa police botching up the case against Tarun Tejpal?
Two days after stating that they had already "examined the
CCTV footage" and booked Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal
for rape under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, Goa's DIG
(Crime) calls a hurried press conference to claim the hotel
CONTROVERSY: Eduardo Faleiro on the Tejpal arrest
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We should condemn the misuse of the Goa Police by the present
Government in the case of Tarun Tejpal, the founding editor
of Tehelka. We cannot go into the merits of the case at this
stage an
Consultation asks Churches to critique unjust tourism structures
MI SPECIAL
Published: 3:00 pm, November 30, 2013 Story By: Philip Mathew,
mattersindia.com reporter
Kolkata consultation
Kolkata: Participants of an international consultation on “Theology of
tourism” have urged churches and theolog
IANS / December 6, 2013 Last Updated at 13:32 IST
No sooner had the Tejpal story leaked than it was banner headlines,
recycled mornings, afternoons, nights on prime time shows
State election results have taken Tarun Tejpal off prime time shows
and the front pages. This is something of a relief.
Controversies fail to hit tourist flow to Goa
Himanshi Dhawan,TNN | Dec 8, 2013, 12.18 AM IST
NEW DELHI: Drug-cartels, trouble with Nigerians, even allegations of
sexual assault may have given Goa notoriety but has not dampened the
allure of the beach destination. As the winter holidays draw clos
Guilty if charged
Dec 22, 2013, 05.56AM IST [ Prem Shankar Jha ]
As I write, Tarun Tejpal, founder-editor of Tehelka and father of the
sting operation in journalism, has been in a Goa prison for 20 days,
11 in police and nine in judicial custody. If the Goa police ask for
an extension he may spen
Bldg collapses in Canacona, 6 dead, 1 alive, over 50 trapped inside
BABESH BORKAR, CANACONA | 04 January 2014 16:31 IST
5-storeyed building collapsed (Photo: Arvind Tengse)
A five –storeyed building under construction collapsed at Chaudi in
Canacona today afternoon while over 50 workers were wor
Adjacent building starts collapsing, rescue work stopped
GOANEWS DESK, CANACONA | 06 January 2014 13:49 IST
Another building, adjacent to the collapsed building of Ruby
Residency, has also started collapsing.
As a result, the rescue work has been stopped by the authorities.
There is nobody stay
Man behind Goa collapse finished 5-flr Ulwe tower in 6 months flat
By Yogesh Sadhwani, Mumbai Mirror | Jan 6, 2014, 10.16 AM IST
The developer responsible for the Goa building that collapsed on
Saturday is a Navi Mumbai-based businessman with a reputation for
completing structures in quick time a
This statement was released by the Aam Aadmi Party Goa
just prior to Sunday's BJP meeting. addressed by its prime ministerial
candidate Narendra Modi, in Goa:
Press Release
Margao Goa
In view of the upcoming "Vijay Sankalp" rally to be held in Goa by the
Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministeria
Court keeps Tejpal in custody till Feb 10
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Court-keeps-Tejpal-in-custody-till-Feb-10/articleshow/29520115.cms
Books and wife’s letters keep Tarun Tejpal company in jail
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/books-wife-s-letters-keep-tejpal-company-in-jail
Goa speaker threatens to sue activist, media
Goa,Politics, Mon, 03 Feb 2014IANS
Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) Goa legislative assembly Speaker Rajendra Arlekar
Monday threatened to sue the media and an activist who accused him of
having disproportionate assets and committing irregularities in
purchasing p
Goa University choir steals the show at the Monte Music Festival
Nigel Britto,TNN | Feb 12, 2014, 02.08 AM IST
The words of Mahatma Gandhi were set to Gregorian chant, and Christian
texts to litanic 'Bhakti'; a crop of Goa's finest orchestral talents
provided the accompaniment, and two of its mos
Charge sheet, proof of political vendetta: Tejpal
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/charge-sheet-proof-of-political-vendetta-tejpal/article5702098.ece
Chargesheet against Tarun Tejpal (full text)
Read more at:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/chargesheet-against-tarun-tejpal-read-full-text/
The New Rape Law And The Tarun Tejpal Case:
Not Justice But Inquisition
By PREM SHANKAR JHA
Mon Feb 24, 2014
NEW DELHI: After being denied bail repeatedly and forced to spend 80
days in jail, Tarun Tejpal, the founder-editor of Tehelka and father
of the sting operation in journalism , has finall
Russian tourist left with horrific injuries by Indian mob who attacked
him after he unwittingly rang sacred bell and local doctors refused to
treat him
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2569239/Russian-tourist-left-horrific-injuries-Indian-mob-attacked-unwittingly-rang-sacred-bell
When Narendra Modi takes the stage
Written by Johnson T A | March 2, 2014 9:11 am
Summary
Grammar of rallies has been re-written by tech blitz involved in BJP
PM candidate’s meetings.
The grammar of political rallies has been re-written by the tech blitz
involved in the BJP PM candidate’s meet
>From Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Friends, Romance writers, and countrymen (and women), fair warning!
On Monday, March 17, I will be conducting the Goa String Orchestra in
a concert of international classical music. The programme will begin
with Handel's jolly "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba", which for
Wendell Rodricks gets standing ovation at LFW for Padma Shri
Press Trust of India | Mumbai
March 15, 2014 Last Updated at 00:01 IST
Goa-based ace designer Wendell Rodricks got a standing ovation from his
fashion industry colleagues and Bollywood celebrities at the Lakme Fashion
Week here on get
Gujarat priest sounds a wake-up call for Goans
Says Modi as PM will curb freedom of religion
March 20, 2014
TEAM HERALD
teamher...@herald-goa.com
MARGAO: Exhorting Goans to awake before it is too late, Ahmedabad-based
Jesuit priest, Fr Cedric Prakash on Wednesday said that Narendra Modi would
b
Salesians elect Indian to third highest post
Published: 8:47 pm, March 27, 2014
Story By: C M Paul
Guwahati: The Salesians have elected an Indian as the Formation Councilor,
the third highest post in the order started by Saint Don Bosco in the 19th
century.
Earlier, the 27th General Chapter of t
Uhuru Kenyatta's Media Company Raids Nation For CEO
Tuesday, 25 March 2014 16:45 , Written by Mr. Majani (Janitor)
Media intellect, Ian Fernandes , will soon be headed to Kenyatta family
owned media house - MediaMax, as the group’s Chief Executive Officer.
The bespectacled, media-wit who was de
THE TEJPAL TAPES
What The Elevator Saw
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?289993
Alleged victim’s testimony in the Tarun Tejpal case at variance with CCTV
footage
http://aamjanata.com/alleged-victims-testimony-in-the-tarun-tejpal-case-at-variance-with-cctv-footage/
Tejpal deserves to get a
Prasun Kumar Mukherjee quits Sesa Sterlite
PTI Mar 28, 2014, 05.29PM IST
NEW DELHI: Sesa Sterlite's Executive Director (Iron Ore Business) Prasun
Kumar Mukherjee has quit the company, making the first high profile exit
from the Vedanta group since its restructuring in August last year.
Confirmin
>From Eduardo Faleiro
lokseva...@gmail.com
The BJP released yesterday its local manifesto for the ensuing Lok Sabha
elections. This manifesto contains a series of deceitful promises intended
to mislead and misguide the voters.
It promises grant of special Status for the protection and conservatio
NEWS: Reginaldo's poll agent under Congress scanner
TEAM HERALD
teamher...@herald-goa.com
MARGAO: South Goa district Congress president Subhash Faldesai, who was
Congress candidate Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco's election agent, is under the
scanner of the Congress leadership.
For, the Congress pol
Neighbour has confined woman, 75, worth over 100 crore, says family
By Yogesh Sadhwani, Mumbai Mirror | May 1, 2014, 12.39 AM IST
Neves D'Souza (inset) and her bungalow after she moved out
Court asks cops to produce Neves D'Souza, who also owns two flats in
Goa, and shares worth Rs 4 crore.
The
GOANexpats: We have a headstart over Tata-SIA: Tony Fernandes
AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes thanks the Indian govt for putting
people first and not listening to vested interests
Tarun Shukla
AirAsia founder and
group chief executive
Tony Fernandes.
Photo: S. Kumar/Mint
New Delhi: A-year-and-a-half a
Why Modi could trip just before the finishing line
If Modi were interested in an enlarged NDA, he would not have burnt
his bridges with Mamata, Jayalalithaa, Mayawati or Naveen Patnaik
Saeed Naqvi
If this election campaign is to be remembered like a suspense drama,
it must have a surprise end.
Narendra Modi and the new face of India
With the rise of Hindu
nationalist Narendra
Modi culminating in this
week's election, Pankaj
Mishra asks if the
world's largest
democracy is entering
its most sinister period
since independence
Pankaj Mishra
The Guardian, Friday 16 May 2014 06.00 BST
In
No mandate is a mandate to silence opposition
By HARTOSH SINGH BAL | May 18, 2014
The year 1984 is being invoked a lot in the wake of
the Narendra Modi victory. Even though the
circumstances were different then, it was the last
time a single party won an ab
A Kaleidoscope of Films & Fun at the Children’s Film Festival in Goa
Panjim, 22nd May 2014: The inaugural ceremony for the Children’s Film
Festival will be graced by Shri.Francis Dsouza, Hon’ble Deputy Chief
Minister of Goa and Shri. Damodar Naik (Vice Chairman- ESG) on 23rd
May at Ravindra Bhavan
Goan netizens form watchdog forum
TNN | May 29, 2014, 12.45 AM IST
PANAJI: A group of Goan netizens have formed a watchdog forum that
will keep an eye out for inappropriate and communally inflammatory
content on various social media to avoid a repeat of the 'Devu
Chodankar fiasco' that received n
A New Book Gets Nostalgic About The City’s Goan Culture
June 6, 2014 7:29 am by Pronoti Datta
Mumbai would be a poorer city without choriz pao, Catholic aunties in
flowery dresses, Bandra’s Portuguese-style villas, street slang (what
you’re talking men?), New Martin Hotel, Matharpacady, and Farm
Chandrakant Keni memorial My Goa Quiz on 18th June
The 6th edition of the Chandrakant Keni memorial My Goa Quiz will be
held on 18th June – Goa Revolution Day at Institute Menezes Braganza’s
Conference Hall, Panaji. The Quiz is held every year since 2009, in
memory and honour of the late journalis
Goa ministers holiday regularly on taxpayers' money: CAG report
Panaji: After the recent controversy over Goa ministers being sent on
a study tour to Brazil for the World Cup, CNN-IBN has now learnt that
several ministers in the Goa government have been globe trotting in
the name of study tours an
Goan connection
Time Out recommends
A new Bombay book is about a bygone era, finds Time Out
“Look at what’s become of Bombay today — it’s a wonder we even
survive!” exclaimed Reena Martins, looking up from her laptop which
was buzzing every other minute with a new email. In a conversation
with Ti
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/India%E2%80%99s-first-Jesuit-university-opens-31562.html
India’s first Jesuit university opens
by Santosh Digal
The new university is the first "digital" university in the country,
the first Catholic university in the state and the fourth in India. It
aims to have a
Jer Mahal: Through the looking glass
Friday, 15 August 2014 - 6:15am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
Meher Mirza
Jer Mahal may not have the guide-book charm of its neighbour, Metro
Cinema, but pull away the façade and you will find history etched into
its walls
Jer Mahal, Dhobi Talao
Jer Mah
Moca Santa Monica: Explore the Art and Architectural treasures and
mysteries of Monte Santo (Holy Hill) with Arch. Noah Fernandes on
Saturday, 30th August,from 8 am onwards from St Augustine Tower.
Walk covers Ruins of St. Augustine's Monastery,Royal Chapel of St
Anthony,Church of Santa Monica, Mu
Herman
August 25th, 2014
Dear Goanetters,
Today Goanet passes a remarkable milestone -- it's 20th anniversary!
Today, we take the internet for granted. We spend so much time on the
internet hashtagging memorieson Twitter and Instagram, following our
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Homi Adajania: Love and longing in Goa
After Parsis, the director finds lovable eccentrics in the Goan
Catholic community for his forthcoming film ‘Finding Fanny’
Opinions about Homi Adajania are divided neatly down the middle, which
is hardly surprising since he is only two films old. The
advent
NEW DELHI, September 3, 2014
Devesh K. Pandey
On-paper owner says it belongs to an IRS officer facing bribery charges
It is a curious case of a Goa property that no one wishes to lay claim
on. The woman who signed the sale deed on behalf of the owners, which
has been attached by the Enforcement
'Finding Fanny': Film Review
9:36 AM PDT 9/16/2014 by Frank Scheck
Despite its straying from the Bollywood formula, this strained comedy
displays a distressing lack of originality.
Sept. 12 (FIP)
Cast
Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Naseerruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Pankaj Kapoor
Director
Ho
84-yr-old widow Mangala Wagle's battle to get cop's Rs 60-a-month
award allowance
By Vinod Kumar Menon |Posted 24-Sep-2014
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Sub-inspector Sarvottam Wagle received the King’s Police Medal for
Gallantry from the British for shooting down dreaded dacoit Sakharam
Barbatte in Satara a few
BAZAAR WHISPERS
Goa's popular Mapusa market in eye of redevelopment controversy
Vendors say the council is trying to redevelop the market to bring in
businesses from outside the state.
Mridula Chari
Sep 21, 2014 · 03:30 am
Photo Credit: M Jagadish
The Friday bazaar is one of the big tourist attra
NoMo: The Anti-Modi Protests You Didn’t See
By ignoring anti-Modi protests, Indian media gave up all pretence of
fairness and turned into cheerleaders instead of reporters.
Manisha Pande
| Sep 29, 2014 in Criticles, Critique
Photo credit: Smriti Sinha
Journalists almost always manage to get the
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