Hide & seek over grounded ship continues
25 February 2002 22:42 ISTWhile a ‘bomb’ is still ticking on Goa’s famous Candolim-Calangute-Baga beachline, the state government continues playing hide and seek over removal of M V River Princess, the ship grounded here for nearly two years now.After ... READ
Dr Kamat rejects Miramar project
07 February 2002 22:42 ISTIn a major blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Goa, the one-man commission headed by environmentalist Dr Nandkumar Kamat has totally rejected the pilot project of Miramar beach management privatisation in Panaji.This was ... READ
Eduardo hits out at religious pvt. schools
05 February 2002 22:26 ISTAlleging that most of the private schools in India follow sectarian religious agenda, Eduardo Faleiro, the Goan MP and convenor of Parliamentary Forum for Education and Culture, has strongly mooted ‘common school system’, prevailing in ... READ
Goa reacts cautiously over compulsory HIV test
18 January 2002 22:18 ISTGoa is planning to make HIV test compulsory for the couple before registering marriage in the tourist state.State health minister Dr Suresh Amonkar assured in this regard during the Assembly debate held on Thursday, on ... READ
Authorities neglecting poisonous shellfish
16 January 2002 22:43 ISTPoisonous shellfish is causing concern in Goa, a tiny coastal state on Indian West Coast.Following fish kills witnessed three months ago off Canacona, the southernmost taluka (province) of the tourist state, marine scientists have pulled ... READ
Deporting 'illegal' foreigners...
14 January 2002 23:29 ISTIn view of getting prepared for war, Goa has decided to deport all foreign nationals who are found to have been overstaying illegally or seen moving in suspicious manner in the tourist state."No foreigner will ... READ
Teachers banned in electoral politics
02 January 2002 22:27 ISTThough not banned totally, Goa has restrained teachers from participating in electoral politics. They are allowed to contest, provided they go on ‘leave not due’.The circular was issued on 28 December, three days prior to ... READ
Christmas & Natalam
24 December 2001 00:00 ISTDancing in the streets! That’s a new name for Christmas nowadays in Goa.Most of the tourists flock in during Christmas season, roam all around on hired mobikes, sit till late night in any beachside bar ... READ
Cong urges Guv to intervene in mosque-burning
18 December 2001 23:39 ISTWhile the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to downplay the incident of burning the mosque on the eve of Id in Goa, the Congress has alleged that same forces that demolished the Babri Masjid ... READ
Minister's assault probed while mosque is burnt...
17 December 2001 23:46 ISTThe state authorities here are not prepared to dismiss the incident of assault on union minister for state Shripad Naik by two youth on Sunday merely as an accident, though prima facie it appears to ... READ
