‘BJP favoured offshore casino lobby in Goa’PANAJI - After training its guns on the Congress-led coalition in Goa for allowing both offshore and onshore casinos to run amok, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) now finds itself in the crosshair of an onshore casino operator. Goa casino files complaint against tourism ministerPANAJI - Facing criminal charges for allegedly cheating Goa Tourism Minister Francisco Pacheco of Rs.1.25 crore in gambling winnings, a casino firm has alleged that Pacheco in fact owed it Rs.30 lakh in dues. Goa tourism minister accused of assaulting casino dealersPANAJI - Goa’s Tourism Minister Francisco Pacheco along with an aide have been accused of threatening and criminally intimidating the management of a casino. Pacheco’s actions have prompted the leader of the opposition Manohar Parrikar to demand that the minister be sacked from the state cabinet. Border with Karnataka needs re-demarcation: Goa law panelPANAJI - Goa needs to re-demarcate its eastern boundary with Karnataka, based on the findings of the Justice Mahajan Commission constituted in 1960 - before Goa’s liberation from the Portuguese rule - to protect its interests, Goa Law Commission chairman Ramakant Khalap said Friday. Goa minister’s aide held for threatening casino managementPANAJI - An aide of Goa Tourism Minister Francisco Pacheco has been arrested for threatening the management of a casino that has been accused of not paying the minister his winnings of Rs.1.25 crore. Rich can gamble in Goa instead of Nepal: Congress leaderPANAJI - Amid strident criticism against the proliferation of offshore casinos by the Goa unit of Congress’ women wing, senior party leader Prabha Thakur Thursday endorsed the industry that has rapidly grown during the Congress-led alliance rule in the coastal state. Goa minister claims casino duped him of Rs.1.25 crore winningsPANAJI - Goa Tourism Minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco has accused a casino operator, working out of a popular five-star resort in South Goa, of not paying him Rs.1.25 crore that he had won at the casino last month. Nine hospitalized after eating wild mushroomsPANAJI - Nine people, including seven children were admitted to a government hospital in Margao after they ate poisonous wild mushrooms, health officials said Thursday. Volvo India expecting flat growth this fiscalPANAJI - Volvo is not very optimistic about any significant growth in India this fiscal in view of the global economic slowdown, a senior company official has said. Offshore casino deadlock: Operators, Goa officials to meetPANAJI - Representatives of the offshore casino operators and the Goa government’s ports department will meet Wednesday, in an attempt to break the deadlock between the two parties as the operators refused to move anchor from the Mandovi river. Goa government withdraws SEZ policyPANAJI - Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Monday said the state government has through a cabinet decision formally scrapped a controversial special economic zone (SEZ) policy. BJP came to power in the past on Catholic votes: Goa churchPANAJI - The Roman Catholic Church in Goa Monday said it stands by its earlier statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the past came to power in the state as Catholics voted for it, and reiterated that the church never gives any preferences but asks the people to vote by their conscience. When Israeli soldiers thought ‘kumkum’ was a bomb triggerPANAJI - A Goan couple that went on a tour to Jordan, Egypt and Israel has returned with unpleasant memories of “humiliation” by Israeli soldiers. They allege that the soldiers segregated the wife because they suspected the vermilion mark on her forehead to be “a trigger for a bomb”. Freedom fighters protest Goan monuments in Portuguese 7 wonders listPANAJI - Freedom fighters in Goa have raised strong objections to the listing of the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa and Fortress of Diu among the seven wonders of Portuguese origin in the world. Politicians protecting illegal mining, says Goa speakerPANAJI - Local politicians have been protecting the illegal mining industry that has led to degradation of environment in Goa, Assembly Speaker Pratapsing Rane said. Using technology to make Goa police responsivePANAJI - A voice mail to register first information reports (FIR) and a simple SMS for tip-offs on criminal activities - the power of technology will be used to make the Goa police more accountable if a state committee has its way. Vedanta group acquires Goa mining company in Rs.17.50 bn dealPANAJI - Goa’s biggest family-owned mining company, the Dempo group, has sold all its mining assets to Sesa Goa Limited, a majority-owned subsidy of the London-listed Vedanta Resources, for Rs.1,750 crore (Rs.17.50 billion/$368 million) in an all-cash deal. Goa NCP’s ‘kingmaker’ defends his rolePANAJI - Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar’s close aide Prafulla Hede, whose alleged interference in the party’s Goa affairs has triggered an exodus of its executive members, Wednesday defended his role of a “kingmaker” in the state unit. Rebel NCP leaders lash out at Pawar, call him ‘communal’PANAJI - Members of Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Goa unit, who resigned from the party a day earlier, Wednesday lashed out the party chief and union minister Sharad Pawar calling him “anti-Catholic” and “communal”. Goa NCP chief, executive committee members quit partyPANAJI - Wilfred D’Souza, president of the Goa unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and former chief minister, late Tuesday resigned from the party’s primary membership along with several key executive committee members. Goa Civil Service officers protest ‘improper’ appointmentsPANAJI - Goa Civil Service (GCS) officials Tuesday met Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and asked him to remove non-GCS officials from positions traditionally occupied by state service officers. Goa BJP ‘bribed’ Hindu gods to win polls: NCPPANAJI - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Monday charged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders had even “bribed” Hindu gods to bolster their sagging vote bank in Goa. Casinos out of sight, out of mind: Goa chief ministerPANAJI - Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Saturday said once the six offshore casino vessels were shifted out of the Mandovi river and away from sight, public protests over the issue would stop. Goa will be finished if more tourists come: ministerPANAJI - Following Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik’s call to assess the “quality” of foreign tourists coming to Goa, Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Churchill Alemao has now raised fears about the quantity of tourists that Goa attracts. Goa home minister criticises Russian diplomat’s comments (Lead)PANAJI - Two days after a Russian diplomat asked the Goa government to change laws to stop late night drinking or travelling by tourists in the state, an angry Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik Thursday said Russian officials have no business telling him what laws have to be modified or brought in. Goa home minister criticises Russian diplomat’s commentsPANAJI - An angry Goa home minister Ravi Naik Thursday said Russian officials have no business telling him what laws have to be modified or brought in. Kishori Amonkar fumes at casino operator sponsoring her concertPANAJI - Noted Hindustani classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Kishori Amonkar has said she was “insulted” by the organisers of her concert in Goa as they sought sponsorship from a casino operator. Goa considering sops for bottom-end tourism playersPANAJI - The Goa government is considering providing some sops to the tourism industry, which is hit hard by the economic slowdown as well as the Mumbai terror attack of last November, a senior state official said Thursday. Goa police dump beggar on garbage heapPANAJI - In a shocking incident, a handicapped beggar has alleged that a Goa Police patrol car had dumped him on a garbage heap, leaving him to die. Russian tourists not being targetted: Goa PolicePANAJI - The Goa Police Wednesday said Russian tourists were not being targetted, shrugging off allegations made to this effect by Russian consul general Alexander Mantytsky in the wake of rising crimes against foreign tourists. |
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