Goa’s offshore casino business boomingPANAJI - Once known as a hot-spot for hippies, Goa’s new found reputation as a gambling destination appears to be catching on fast. In financial year 2008-09, nearly 121,000 gamblers visited the state’s five offshore casinos. Goa BJP opposes offshore casinos, wants matka gambling legalisedPANAJI - After consistently campaigning for the closure of offshore casinos on moral grounds, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded the immediate regularisation of matka, an illegal but popular form of gambling in Goa. Over 100 foreigners deported from Goa in 3 yearsPANAJI - More than 100 foreign nationals who were illegally staying in Goa have been deported to their respective countries over the last three years, the legislative assembly was informed Tuesday. BJP urges Goa to focus on domestic touristsPANAJI - Former Goa law minister Francis D’Souza Monday said that the state government should desist from promoting foreign charter tourism and focus more on attracting domestic tourists to the state. Joblessness driving youth to taverns in rural Goa: lawmakerPANAJI - Congress legislator Dayanand Narvekar Monday said the state government was not doing much to offset rising unemployment, which was driving youth to alcohol. Seven Goa beaches under erosion threat: MinisterPANAJI - Seven beaches of Goa, where many popular tourist resorts were located, are reeling under the threat of sea erosion, state Water Resources Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues said. Goa forms militia to tackle desecration of shrinesPANAJI - Unable to solve the mystery behind increasing incidents of desecration of religious shrines in the state, the police here have recommended setting up of a militia to tackle the communally sensitive issue. Media hype of terror threat ruined Goa’s tourism party: KamatPANAJI - More than the terror threat in the aftermath of the Nov 26 attacks, it was the media hype about it that ruined Goa’s tourism party in December and January, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said here Wednesday. Arabian Sea cyclones increasing in number, intensity: ScientistPANAJI - Global warming has not only increased the number of cyclones in the Arabian sea but has also intensified them, a marine scientist attached to the National Institute of Oceanography said here Wednesday. Migration to richer states inevitable: OfficialPANAJI - Equating the flow of migrants into Goa with Punjab, which attracts hordes of farm labourers from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, a member of the Commission on Centre-State Relations Tuesday said that migration was a “cross” which the rich states had to bear. ‘Large-scale migration cause of social tensions in India’PANAJI - Social tensions arising due to large-scale migration from less developed to better developed regions of India rank high on the list of concerns of the Commission on Centre-State Relations, says the body’s chairman and former chief justice of India Madan Mohan Punchhi. ‘Large scale migration in India a cause for concern’PANAJI - Social tensions arising due to large scale migration from less developed to better developed regions rank high on the list of concerns of the commission on centre-state relations, says commission chairman and former chief justice of India Madan Mohan Punchhi. Goa bureaucrats burnt midnight oil to save ministerPANAJI - Senior Goa government bureaucrats burnt the proverbial midnight oil to ensure that Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane was not arrested after he was accused of threatening to kill a lawyer, response to a Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed. Goa takes cue from Kerala, to develop backwater tourism
Aegon Religare eyes Rs.240 crore premium income this fiscalPANAJI - Private life insurer Aegon Religare Thursday said India, where barely one-fifth of the total population is covered by life insurance, is a huge market for insurance companies. Goa Congress leaders warned against flouting motor rulesPANAJI - The Congress has warned its legislators and ministers in Goa against flouting motor vehicles rules, as some of the party leaders had been allegedly doing while flaunting their high-end luxury cars. Nationalist Congress Party will fight Maharashtra polls along with CongressPANAJI - Former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and President of Maharashtra state unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) R. R. Patil said that his party is in favor of continuing an alliance with the Congress party in the upcoming elections to the state assembly. NCP, Congress to fight Maharashtra polls together: PatilPANAJI - The Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Maharashtra president R.R. Patil said here Wednesday that the party will contest the forthcoming elections to the state assembly in partnership with the Congress. Nothing in the budget for Goa to cheer about: industryPANAJI - Neither Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat nor the captains of industry have acknowledged any specific benefit to the state’s crucial tourism industry in the union budget presented Monday. Goa BJP aims to woo minority with HindutvaPANAJI - The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) latest membership drive in Goa will aim to increase the number of minorities and women in its ranks, a party spokesman said Monday. Every fourth Goa government employee is non-matriculatePANAJI - Though Goa has a healthy 82.3 percent literacy rate, nearly one-fourth of the government employees in the state have not cleared their Class 10 exams, according to an official report. Goa tourism industry needs tax sops: IndustryPANAJI - The state tourism industry should be granted tax sops in the budget to be presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday, a leading industry chamber here has said. Activists want Goa to emulate Russia’s casino banPANAJI - Activists in Goa have urged the government to ban offshore and onshore casinos in the state - like Russia which outlawed gambling houses Wednesday. In Goa, church steps in to appeal for safe drivingPANAJI - The increasing number of fatal road accidents in Goa has forced the influential church to issue an appeal for safe driving and for riders to wear helmets. Goa to raise marine commando squad, says ministerPANAJI - In a bid to counter sea-borne terror, Goa Police is in the process of setting up a marine commando squad, state Home Minister Ravi Naik said Thursday. Nepali cartel running Goa casinos is fleecing patrons: ministerPANAJI - Goa Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao Wednesday said here that most casinos in the state are operated by a Nepali cartel, which fleeces patrons with a measly two percent pay out ratio. Central Government monitoring crude oil prices ahead of petro hike: DeoraPANAJI - Petroleum Minister Murli Deora on Saturday said that the UPA Government is monitoring international crude oil prices before deciding when to announce the next petroleum price hike. Goa BJP changes tune, wants onshore casinosPANAJI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa Tuesday watered down its aggressive ‘no-casino’ policy, saying it opposes offshore casinos but onshore casinos were a “necessary evil” for the sake of tourism in the state. Caste, religion column finds its way in Congress office bearers listPANAJI - A facsimile from the All India Congress Committee (AICC) allotting senior positions in the party’s state hierarchy allegedly on the basis of caste and religion has sparked a controversy in the state Congress unit. ‘Ministers going to casinos is bad’PANAJI - Saying that “ministers going to casinos is bad”, Goa Congress chief Subhash Shirodkar Monday said the involvement of Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) cabinet ministers in casino-related controversies was “in bad taste”. |
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PANAJI - Known more for its beaches, Goa now wants to cash in on the tourism potential of backwater tourism on the lines of Kerala.
