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Tata to launch Nano Europa in India
September 3, 2010 – 2:01 am | No Comment

Tata Motors has confirmed the Nano Europa will be launched in India by 2012. The Nano Europa will get a 3-cylinder all-aluminium MPFI engine with a 5-speed automatic transmission and will have a longer wheelbase than the current Nano with higher structural strengths. It will also sport comfort and safety features like power steering, air

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Mahindra to launch Maxximo passenger vehicle variant
September 3, 2010 – 1:00 am | No Comment

Mahindra would launch a passenger vehicle variant under the Maxximo platform over the next 12 months.  This segment is under the scanner after the success of Maruti Eeco and yet to be launched Tata’s Venture. Tata show cased the Venture concept at the 2010 Delhi Auto Expo which is based on the Tata Super Ace

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Japanese varsity proposes student exchange with GU
September 2, 2010 – 10:35 pm | No Comment

Japan’s largest private university Nihon has put up a proposal to the Goa University to take a group of Goan students each year to Tokyo on a one-month programme in a bid to acquaint them with Japanese culture and beyond.
The administrative head of the College of International Relations located at Nihon University, Takashi Okamoto, arrived [...]

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MMC’s sanitary dept in a mess
September 2, 2010 – 8:10 pm | No Comment

Poor maintenance of garbage compactors and irregular reporting of sanitary workers have hampered the garbage collection and disposal exercise of the Margao Muncipal Council (MMC).

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MMC staff strike today over ‘injustice’
September 2, 2010 – 8:10 pm | No Comment

In protest against the “injustice” meted out to a staffer of the Margao municipal council (MMC), the employees union has decided to strike work on Friday.

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Alert cops nab car thieves in Panaji
September 2, 2010 – 8:09 pm | No Comment

Panaji police constables Nilesh Naik and Shivaji Shetkar caught Riyaz Karigar, 22, and Mardhan alias Nadeem Mulla, 19, residents of Betim, as they tried to break into a car at the children’s park on Thursday.

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Legal loopholes in India fail to curb maritime
September 2, 2010 – 8:09 pm | No Comment

The tar balls floating up to Goa beaches and blighting the picture-perfect tourism hotspot have
again brought to the fore how weak the environment and liability laws are in India when it comes to checking maritime pollution.

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Beach pollution due to tar balls an annual
September 2, 2010 – 8:09 pm | No Comment

The Goa government on Thursday downplayed the pollution of beaches due to tar balls in the state by terming it an “annual phenomenon”.

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‘We have no clue how to get rid of oily waste’
September 2, 2010 – 8:09 pm | No Comment

The deposition of tar balls on some stretches of South Goa’s beaches is turning into a complicated problem with the authorities struggling to find a way to dispose of the pollutants.

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Tar balls harden, take toll on marine life off Goa
September 2, 2010 – 8:09 pm | No Comment

While the clean-up along some of the worst tar-sullied beaches began, the sticky substance that has washed up ashore hardened into lumps on Thursday.

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Boy falls off handi pyramid, badly hurt
September 2, 2010 – 8:08 pm | No Comment

Kadar Badshah, 16, was seriously injured after he fell off the human pyramid being erected for a dahi handi competition in Margao on Thursday evening.

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Four Karwar jewellers nabbed in theft cases
September 2, 2010 – 8:08 pm | No Comment

Verna police on Thursday arrested four jewellers from Yallapur, Karwar, in connection with theft cases allegedly committed by one Agnel Sallagatti in Goa. Sallagatti was nabbed on Sunday at Yallapur.

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Tourists waylaid at Calangute
September 2, 2010 – 8:08 pm | No Comment

Yet another incident of way-laying tourists was reported at Calangute on Wednesday night in which a couple was robbed of mobile phones and cash amounting to 15,000.

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Cleanse poll roll or we go to HC, says Pilerne forum
September 2, 2010 – 8:08 pm | No Comment

The Pilerne Citizens Forum (PCF) has said that it will approach the high court if the current state electoral roll is not cleansed through an intensive revision, following the government’s admission that it has not followed Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines while compiling it.

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Cops rescue victim of trafficking at Pernem
September 2, 2010 – 8:07 pm | No Comment

Pernem police rescued a victim of trafficking and arrested two women in this connection.

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MMC’s sanitary dept in a mess
September 2, 2010 – 8:07 pm | No Comment

Poor maintenance of garbage compactors and irregular reporting of sanitary workers have hampered the garbage collection and disposal exercise of the Margao Muncipal Council (MMC).

Goa News, News of Goa - Times of India »

MMC staff strike today over ‘injustice’
September 2, 2010 – 8:07 pm | No Comment

In protest against the “injustice” meted out to a staffer of the Margao municipal council (MMC), the employees union has decided to strike work on Friday.

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Bogus anti-rabies vaccine sold in Goa: Animal lover
September 2, 2010 – 8:07 pm | No Comment

Are spurious anti-rabies vaccines being sold across the counter in pharmacies in Goa?

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Hero Honda Launch new Super Splendor
September 2, 2010 – 3:08 pm | No Comment

Hero Honda launched a new variant of the Super Splendor, priced at Rs. 45,950 (ex-showroom, Delhi). The new splendour gets new graphics, meter console with tripmeter, Alloy wheels and new design multi-reflector head light.
With the introduction of the new variant, Hero Honda will phase out the old Super Splendor.  The company introduced Super Splendor in

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Sanke Show – I
September 2, 2010 – 11:53 am | No Comment

A snake show was performed by UWA team on Wednesday, 2nd September at Kurtarkar Nagari Multipurpose Ground, Shantinagar, Ponda.3 snakes were displayed.1)Spectacled Cobra2)Bronzeback3)BoaSome of the glimpses of the show…

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Congress MP asks Jairam Ramesh to probe Goa oil spill
September 2, 2010 – 9:34 am | No Comment

As the state government tries to downplay the tar ball menace that has polluted several of Goa’s famed beaches, an MP of the ruling Congress has asked union Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh to probe the matter.
Congress Rajya Sabha member Shantaram Naik has asked the minister to send a team of experts to [...]

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A good film .. ignorance of ability is disability ..
September 2, 2010 – 6:59 am | No Comment

ignorance of ability is disabilityhttp://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=126112914087225 ge..

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Mando Dulpod Special
September 2, 2010 – 6:47 am | No Comment

01. Moddgonvam Prasar – Sharon Maz.(With Thanks to Wilson & Sharon the singers for permission to upload this song on this site.The audio CD of konkani movie, TUM KITEM KORTOLO ASLO? produced by Sharon will be released on Sept 3rd, at 9 a.m. ‘on air…

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Pepsi is so sweet he’s bound to be to someone’s taste!
September 2, 2010 – 6:23 am | No Comment

Dear friends,We have entered the second half of the monsoon now and this means that there is light at the end of the tunnel. We’re a bit funny over here you see. Just before the beginning of the monsoon we are all so fed up with the heat that we can’t …

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Tour of Rajasthan: Registrations open
September 2, 2010 – 2:47 am | No Comment

The tour of Rajasthan is a tour far off the beaten tracks. It promises to test your grit and build your talent on the famed deserts and ride some of the best tarmac in the country.
Ride on routes that few ever ride on, country roads, sand dunes, hills, jungles, highways as good as landing strips, a

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Goa Kayaking Safari
September 2, 2010 – 1:48 am | No Comment

Silver Strings Goa Kayaking ExperienceOctober 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2010November 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 2010 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 2010 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2010December 04, 05, 06, 07, …

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Just a month left of the monsoons!
September 2, 2010 – 1:28 am | No Comment

Hi everyone!Its been a long time – 3 months since I last posted here.We, at Goa Kayaking, are just itiching to get our feet wet and start kayaking in the glorious sunshine expected from next month.Its been a wet season now for sometime – though Goa Ka…

NOSTALGIC MOMENTS »

rainbow conversations #3
September 2, 2010 – 12:44 am | No Comment

her: “have i put on weight??”him: “ummmm…”her (between giggles–convinced that she is winning this conversation): “you can think before you answer..if you say yes, there is no guarantee we would be speaking again..and if you say no, then i wouldn’t b…