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Britain advises tourists to adopt local dress in Goa
Goa News

PANAJI: Britain has begun advising its nationals to "observe and respect local dress and customs" while visiting Goa.In a travel advisory uploaded on the foreign Commonwealth office website in late February, female British citizens visiting Goa have been advised to: "Observe and respect local dress and customs and to take particular care," in view of a "series of high-profile incidents in Goa of alleged rape against foreign nationals, including Britons."
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Legendary Konkani Singer Wilfy Rebimbus No More
Goa News

Mangalore, March 9: Popularly known as the �Konkani Kogul�, Wilfy Gerald Rebimbus, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, leaving the Konkani fraternity in utter shock and sorrow. He was 67.The legendary singer breathed his last at Father Muller Hospital, Mangalore this morning. He was reportedly suffering from lung cancer.Wilfy was a versatile artist who not only rendered melodies in Konkani and Tulu but also penned plays and short stories."People with a talent of writing as well as singing with equal excellence, are very rare. Wilfy was one of them. His writings and songs acted as a guiding light. His services to Konkani
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Russians should sunbathe, have fun, go back, says Goa BJP
Goa News

Panaji, March 8 : Goa Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Laxmikant Parsenkar Monday said Russian tourists should �stay for two months, sunbathe, have fun, spend money and go back�.The senior BJP legislator also warned that Russian tourists should not indulge in businesses when they come to Goa on a tourist visa.�The 'susegado' (relaxed) attitude which Goans have is working against us. Goans themselves let out tourism business
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Scarlett case: Charges framed against two locals
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A Goa court on Monday framed charges against two locals for grave sexual assault and destroying evidence in the sensational Scarlett Eden Keeling death case reported in the state in 2008.The Goa Children�s Court also pressed charges, including culpable homicide, outraging modesty, destroying evidence and grave sexual assault under the Goa Children�s Act, against the duo � Samson D�Souza and Placido Carvalho.Goa Children�s Court president B P Deshpande
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Selja tells locals to keep up Goa�s friendly image
Admitting that some incidents against foreigners has marred Goa�s image to certain extent, the Union Minister for Tourism Kumari Selja today called on locals to be more vigilant and more tourist-friendly.�Goa I know is the most tourist-friendly state in India but unfortunately some incidents have marred its image internationally,� Selja said while addressing the gathering after laying the foundation stone for the mega circuit project for tourism, financed by the Central government.
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4th March:The Portuguese seize Goa
Today in History:Vasco da Gama returned to Lisbon in 1499 after his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to the south-western coast of India. He had hoped to find Christians there in the domains of the legendary Prester John, but saw no sign of them. He did, however, see opportunities to break the Muslim hold on the spice trade. King Manuel of Portugal sent a second fleet to develop trading relationships with Indian rulers and in 1503 Afonso de Albuquerque built the first Portuguese fort in India, at Cochin, where the local rajah was friendly. [ More ]

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Partying in Goa? Government will decide
Goa News

Famous for its raves and other all-nighters, Goa now needs to check if it can party with the Home Ministry.It was upto the local administration, usually District Collectors, to sanction permission for large parties. Now, the state's Home Minister will decide who can party, where, and for how long.The goal is to check the drugs sold and used openly at these parties.The same Home Minister whose made this his priority had, just two months ago, told NDTV that drugs were not a problem for Goa. "No, it's only because of the media. Otherwise there are no drugs. Just go out and see, there are no drugs. This is created by the media and the papers. Goa is so peaceful," said Ravi Naik
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Pamella Bordes traced to Goa
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London, March 2: Pamela Singh, who was known as �Pamella Bordes� when she figured in quite a classy sex scandal in Britain 21 years ago � especially when compared with the tawdry affairs involving today�s footballers � has been tracked down to her new life Goa.�Miss Bordes has a new name,� says the Daily Mail.It is wrong in that respect � Pamela Singh is her own name under which she won the Miss India contest in 1982.Pamela became �Pamella� when the beauty queen travelled west, first to America and then to Britain, where she arrived having married a Frenchman with the surname �Bordes�.In 1988 and 1989, when she worked as a �researcher� at the House of Commons, she got the newspapers hot and bothered after she was photographed one evening in the company of Colin Moynihan (now Lord Moynihan), the Tory sports minister. She was what westerners consider �exotic�.
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