India to introduce visa on arrival
06 July 2001 22:16 ISTIndia is planning to provide facility of visa on arrival, to attract more foreign tourists to the country.After inaugurating country's premier water sports institute in Goa, union tourism minister Ananth Kumar said the proposal is ... READ
Golf courses, resorts, parks, casinos...
26 June 2001 22:17 ISTAt least two golf courses, seven resorts, four food parks, few recreational and amusement parks and even more offshore casinos are on anvil, if one believes that Goa's tourism master plan will come true.The plan ... READ
Goa needs Rs 6000 cr for tourism
25 June 2001 22:18 ISTThe long-awaited Goa tourism master plan, approved by the state cabinet last week, envisages investment of nearly Rs 6000 crore in two coming decades, with a thrust on diversion from beach tourism and development of ... READ
Police blamed for rise in paedophiles
03 April 2001 22:19 ISTGoan authorities are presently under severe criticism from several NGOs for being insensitive and negligent in handling cases related to paedophiles and child sex abuse.The police obviously refute these allegations, claiming that the department is ... READ
Casino vessel seized
29 March 2001 22:20 ISTAsia's first vessel of a live casino is caught up in troubled waters once again. On the charges of evading excise duties, the central excise authorities have seized the vessel before it could complete one ... 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
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
Objectionable Surajkund brochure withdrawn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brochure on Goa released by the Haryana government, on the occasion of its prestigious Surajkund crafts mela, may be withdrawn immediately.Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar has directed the local tourism authorities to ...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
