Parrikar plugs revenue leakages
21 March 2001 17:38 ISTWhile tall talks of plugging revenue leakages have been going on for almost a decade, its actual implementation has now brought startling figures to the fore. The state has been generating almost Rs 10 crore ... READ
Two more paedophiles caught
20 March 2001 22:20 ISTTwo paedophiles, one a 71-year old British national and a 63-year old Goan, were arrested by Goa police yesterday in two different cases for sexually abusing three children.Midleton Colin John, the Briton who has been ... READ
Yr. of Tourism, Education & Infra
20 March 2001 17:37 ISTGoa has declared the current financial year as the Year of Infrastructure, Education and Tourism, making area-specific budget allocation to clear the bottlenecks and explore new areas in tune with the changing world scenario.While announcing ... READ
Parrikar hails union budget
28 February 2001 17:39 ISTGoa chief minister Manohar Parrikar described the budget as the unexpected positive shock different from the one experienced in Gujarat.Among all, the BJP chief minister wholeheartedly welcomed the intensive fund fiscal reforms announced by the ... READ
No Carnival-Shigmo parades
13 February 2001 22:21 ISTNo Carnival this year, the unique festival of Goa, at the government level. It simply means that the colourful street parades may not take place in any city of the state.In view of the disastrous ... READ
Goa to go ahead with Carnival-Shigmo
02 February 2001 22:22 ISTGoa government has decided to go ahead with Carnival and Shigmo festivals in spite of appeals made to cancel it this year in view of the disastrous earthquake in Gujarat."We cannot mourn for life-time because ... READ
Zuari entry tax slashed
20 January 2001 09:23 ISTZuari Industries Limited, one of the major Indian company manufacturing chemical fertilisers here, has been granted special concession in the newly introduced entry tax imposed by the Goa government.Considering the deteriorating financial condition of the ... READ
Ban on importing tender coconut
18 January 2001 10:44 ISTGoa is planning to ban import of tender coconuts in the tourist state while also imposing entry tax on dry copra used for extracting oil.Replying to the debate raised by opposition member Dayanand Narvekar, chief ... READ
Objectionable Surajkund brochure withdrawn
17 January 2001 22:23 ISTThe highly objectionable brochure on Goa released by the Haryana government, on the occasion of its prestigious Surajkund crafts mela, may be withdrawn immediately.Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar has directed the local tourism authorities to ... READ
Politicians jumble facts on casino gamble
08 January 2001 22:24 ISTAsia's first offshore casino with actual table games is yet to take off, but Goan politicians have been using it to turn the tables against each other, in order to win over the anti-Casino local ... READ
