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Songs of the Orient

Indian Express
It's easy to take Wendell Rodricks out of Goa, but it's almost impossible to get the beach state out of its homegrown designer. For this season, Rodricks takes off on a nautical journey from Goa to Shanghai via the Malacca Strait and Macao. True to his ...
 

In Goa, MLA can get teacher transferred

Times of India
PANAJI: Educational institutions generally keep politicians, and their influence, at arms' length. In Goa, though, they walk hand-in-hand. The directorate of education's (DoE) transfer policy for government teachers from preprimary to higher secondary ...

Minor repeatedly raped by 3 different persons

Times of India
MARGAO: In a shocking incident reported at Margao police station on Monday, a minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped repeatedly at three different places in Porvorim, Panaji and Margao by three different persons between September 26 and October 6 ...

NH 17 at St Cruz punctured yet again

Times of India
After North Goa collectorate received an oral complaint, Tiswadi mamlatdar Sudhir Kerkar rushed to the site and conducted an inspection on Saturday. "The work has been stopped, but the inquiry is in progress and we have asked for the papers," an ...

Cops yet to ascertain cause of custodial death

Times of India
MARGAO: Midway into the investigations of the Shivaji Gaikwad custodial death case by Salcete SDM Dasharath Redkar, South Goa collector N D Agarwal, on Monday, wrote to the chief judicial magistrate (CJM), Margao, to conduct an inquiry, as per the ...

Government assures to save comunidade lands

Times of India
In all, the number of illegal constructions on comunidade land is 2,515, including 2,127 in North Goa and 418 in South Goa, sources said. The highest number of encroachments is in Sirsaim, Assonora and Tivim comunidades. Recently, the government had ...

Centre's nod for pending bridges over 4 rivers

Times of India
The NH 4-A project from the Karnataka-Goa border to Panaji was awarded to IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited at a cost of Rs 471 crore and the NH 17 project had been awarded to Hyderabad-based IVRCL group at a cost of around Rs 3,100 crore.

5 names sent for director of prosecution post

Times of India
PANAJI: The home department has sent five names to Goa public service commission (GPSC) for selection to the post of director of prosecution. The post is being filled due to the superannuation of Shobha Dhumaskar with effect from April 30, 2012.

Mining suffers in BJP-ruled states: Congress IBNLive Panaji: Wherever the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power, the mining industry and the image of the state suffers, Goa Congress president Subhash Shirodkar said on Monday. Shirodkar was speaking to reporters at the state Congress headquarters ...

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