Tourist inflow on rise, but industry downhearted
23 March 1998 23:12 ISTGoa has created a new record with around 1.2 million tourists visiting the tourist state in one year. But neither the government nor the hoteliers are happy about it.Naming it as a "low budget and ... READ
Goa plans interim budget with taxation measures
19 March 1998 12:02 ISTPerhaps it's for the first time the tourist state of Goa is presenting an interim budget with taxation measures, without waiting for the central sanction.The state budgets are gone haywire everywhere with central government still ... READ
Sops to industries in Kashmir valley
18 February 1998 10:39 ISTThe Jammu and Kashmir government expects industrialists to respond to their attractive package for industrial development of the region, while it has also provided incentives to the locals to promote its tourism industry.Dr Farooq Abdullah, ... READ
Goa celebrates silver jubilee Carnival
09 February 1998 23:13 ISTGoa would celebrate 25 years of its famous Carnival festival, which the state government had started in a commercial and professional manner, discarding the traditional carnival held in villages.The four-day festival would begin from 21 ... READ
Coastal politician fished by IT men
12 January 1998 12:03 ISTGoa may not have scored well in VDIS collections. But perhaps it is the first state to clamp down upon the tax evaders, beginning with a politician-turned-real estate agent of the famous coastal village of ... READ
Goa lotteries to go online
08 January 1998 12:04 ISTINTERNET would be now used for "legal gambling", the on-line lotteries, if Goa succeeds in its hi-tech plans.On the other hand, the local Congress government has also planned series of court petitions against any state, ... READ
VDIS suffers, but Goa excels in IT collections
05 January 1998 12:05 ISTVDIS fared badly in Goa, not because the local income tax department took no efforts but mainly because it otherwise fares well over national average in terms of routine tax collections.The biggest advantage Goans are ... READ
South East Asia recession hits Goa tourism
04 January 1998 23:13 ISTRecession in South East Asia has badly hit the tourism industry in Goa, the favourite international tourist destination, though the local authorities still deny the fact merely based on statistical figures."The business is down by ... READ
Coke seeking out new bottlers for Goa market
09 December 1997 10:40 ISTWith Coca-Cola losing its Goa franchise bottlers to Pepsi, the former is now negotiating with small local bottlers in Goa to produce and market its famous Bisleri soda while a unit in Mangalore, southwest Karnataka, ... READ
Suman Motels plans a resort in Goa
30 November 1997 23:14 ISTMembers of Suman Motels, a firm having biggest chain of small resorts all over the country, would shortly have a privilege of spending a holiday in Goa and Sindhudurg in the company resorts, equipped even ... READ
