Food Stop - fabulous guide for tourists
15 December 1999 23:04 ISTYou need not simply wander around with a confused face over where to eat and what to eat, when you visit Goa now.Creative Ideas, a firm of young former journalists – Lester Fernandes and Sapana ... READ
Police gear up to counter two Cs harassing tourists
08 November 1999 23:05 ISTIt is an impression throughout the world that two Cs – cops and cabs – operate as extortionist agencies in Goa. There are firm grounds to believe it too.Hopefully, this impression would be wiped out ... READ
Sea Food Festival shifted to Colva beach
16 December 1998 23:08 ISTThe much-delayed food festival of Goa, which was held on the Miramar beach in Panaji all these years, would be now held at Colva beach in South Goa from 13 January onwards.The five-day long food ... READ
Naval restrictions relaxed to help charter tourism
13 October 1998 23:09 ISTGoa does not benefit much from charter tourism, claim the authorities but are still trying hard to get more flights to the favourite tourist destination of Europeans, courtesy defence ministry.The civilian traffic at Dabolim air ... READ
SC once again upholds CRZ guidelines, orders demolition
25 August 1998 23:09 ISTThe supreme court has once again upheld the coastal regulation zone guidelines in order to protect the coastline of India, this time a tiny beach of Palolem in Southernmost taluka of Canacona in Goa.Upholding the ... READ
Oceanarium caught up in a controversy
17 July 1998 23:10 ISTThe department of ocean development of Government of India has come under fire for scandalously delaying Asia's biggest oceanarium project, to be located in Goa. The contract is allegedly given to Studio C, an Australian ... READ
No table games; to start with, only 'electronic' offshore casinos
10 April 1998 23:11 ISTThe hide and seek is now over, after a long wait of two-years. Probably first of its kind in the country, the Goa government has now permitted two offshore casinos.Tourists coming through sea from Bombay ... READ
Liquor still cheap, but foodstuff made heavy in budget
31 March 1998 23:11 ISTTourists visiting Goa will have to spend little more now, thanks to the fresh hikes in local duties in the annual budget the local Congress government has recently presented.Liquor is still cheap, but not non-alcoholic ... READ
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 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
