http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Wed, 09 May 2012 12:34:16 GMT Wed, 09 May 2012 12:34:16 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/Goa_shipyard_to_build_six_patrol_vessels_for_Coast_Guard_128083 Panaji: Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) has been commissioned to build six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for the Indian Coast Guard, a company statement said Wednesday."The vessels are based on in-house design of Goa Shipyard Ltd, which has conside... Wed, 09 May 2012 12:34:16 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/__Alina_Saldanhas_entry_into_Goa_cabinet_deferred_128018 Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Tuesday had to face embarrassment after the Election Commission asked his government to defer the induction of a non-elected person into the state cabinet till the election code of conduct was in force.&n... Tue, 08 May 2012 12:15:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Goa_Church_threatens_boycott_of_village_panchayat_polls_127923 Panaji: The Goa church has threatened to urge voters to boycott the May 16 village panchayat polls, if the "controversial electioneering process" for the grassroot local bodies is not cancelled within seven days.In a letter to Chief... Fri, 04 May 2012 04:42:41 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Opposition_to_Goa_airport_project_continues_127705 Panaji: The Goa government’s decision to quickly complete a controversial airport project at Mopa near the Maharashtra border is being criticised by the state’s political parties and civil society members.  “Why is the B... Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:00:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/Tsunami_scare_Tourists_ordered_off_Goa_beaches_127108 Panaji: Fearing a tsunami, the Goa government ordered tourists off the beaches here after a massive earthquake rocked Indonesia.Speaking to reporters at the secretariat Wednesday, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that vehicles carrying pu... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:47:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/_Crime_nexus_forces_Goa_childrens_home_to_ban_mobile_phones_126888 Panaji: The embarrassed authorities of Apna Ghar, a state-run home for delinquents in Goa, have banned mobile phones on its premises after police investigations revealed that its inmates and caretakers were part of a gangster-crime nexus. &nbs... Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:11:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Parrikars_Lokayukta_promise_caught_in_red_tape_126837 Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's election promise to implement the Lokayukta within hundred days of coming to power is now at the mercy of New Delhi's power corridors.Speaking to reporters here Thursday, Parrikar said one central m... Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:16:18 GMT http://samachaar.in/Pune/Relegationthreatened_Mumbai_FC_face_Lajong_126768 Pune: Stuck at the bottom of the league standings for quite some time, Mumbai FC has an ardous task of lifting up their game and morale if they hope to save themselves from relegation with only four league matches remaining in football I-League.... Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:55:17 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Petrol_prices_in_Goa_plunge_126692 Panaji: Petrol prices in Goa have dropped down to Rs.54.96 since Monday, the cheapest in the country, an official said.Long queues were witnessed at most petrol pumps with bikers and car owners opting to tank up, instead of regulating their fill ... Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:51:21 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/Child_labour_at_Goas_top_medical_facility_126582 Panaji: Goa's top state-run medical facility could have emerged as the end destination of a child trafficking racket, an official said Friday.Chairperson of the Goa state commission for protection of child rights Sameera Kazi also said a pol... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:44:40 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/BJP_budget_blows_hot_and_cold_on_Goas_offshore_casinos_126481 Panaji: Once having resisted offshore casinos tooth and nail as a moralistic opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government in its budget has both slapped and caressed the increasingly powerful casino lobby in Goa.In hi... Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:44:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/Parrikar_assures_crackdown_on_illegal_mining_in_Goa_126453 Panaji: Goa Chief minister Manohar Parrikar Monday promised a crackdown on illegal iron ore traders and assured the state legislative assembly that "not a rupee worth of illegal ore would be exported in the next financial year".Respond... Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:22:43 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Goa_trade_body_demands_Rs1000_crore_grant_for_state_126381 Panaji: With an eye to tourism, Goa's apex trade body has demanded a special grant of Rs.1,000 crore from union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in his budget for the next fiscal to develop a sewage and garbage treatment plant in the state.&... Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:15:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/_Foreign_clubs_should_invest_in_India_Sesa_Goa_126205 Panaji: India's leading football club Sesa Goa, which is owned by mining major Vedanta Resources, wants popular foreign clubs not to treat India just as a commercial market but contribute in developing the game at the grass roots.   Manag... Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:50:39 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Government_will_root_out_Goas_mining_mafia_Governor_126185 Panaji: Goa Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Tuesday said his government would crack down on the illegal mining mafia in the state.In his address to the newly-elected assembly on the opening day of the budget session, the governor also said no more f... Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:09:49 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Five_Goa_ministers_allotted_portfolios_126041 Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) Friday allotted portfolios to the five ministers who were sworn in a day after winning the assembly polls March 6.The cabinet of the BJP-led coalition government ha... Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:56:13 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/_Over_100_tombstones_vandalised_in_Goa_125703 Panaji: Over 100 tombstones in Muslim and Christian graveyards have been vandalised in a mining town in Goa, police said Monday.  The incidents took place in Curchorem, a mining town 50 km from here. The Goa government, headed by the Bhar... Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:36:02 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Celebrations_at_BJP_office_in_Goa_125569 Panaji: Celebrations were on at the Bharatiya Janata Party's office here Tuesday as the party along with its alliance partner, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), won majority in the 40-member state assembly."We have prepared a time-... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:04:07 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Eight_incumbent_cabinet_ministers_lose_polls_in_Goa_125565 Panaji: Eight of the 11 cabinet ministers who contested the assembly elections here have had to bite the dust after a massive anti-incumbency wave knocked out the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance, results of the vote-count showed ... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:55:51 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_All_four_members_of_Alemao_family_lose_125558 Panaji: All four members of the Alemao family, who controversially got to contest as Congress-Nationalist Congress Party candidates, Tuesday lost the Goa assembly elections.  Brothers Churchill and Joaquim Alemao, who were cabinet ministe... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:39:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Goa_Congress_legislator_blames_family_raj_for_losses_125533 Panaji: The first signs of bickering were showing in the Goa Congress with the party's decision to allot 33 percent of seats to the kin of sitting legislators being blamed for its poor showing in the assembly elections.  "Everyone kn... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:18:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/BJP_leads_Congress_trails_in_Goa_125526 Panaji: The ruling Congress was trailing in Goa with victories in just two seats as opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had won seven seats after three hours of counting Tuesday.The Congress is leading in one other seat, while the... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:07:24 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/BJP_leads_in_Goa_125513 Panaji: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday led in three seats and the ruling Congress in two as vote count began early Tuesday.BJP candidates Ganesh Gaonkar (Sanvordem), Ramesh Tawadkar (Canacona) and Nilesh Cabral (Curchorem) were ahead of t... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:39:35 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/Schoolgirl_two_others_killed_in_bus_accident_125509 Panaji: A school bus ferrying children home collided with a truck, killing a 12-year-old girl, and two others Monday afternoon in Goa, police said.The accident took place as the bus, commissioned under the state government's Gomant Bal Rath sch... Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:55:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/oa_skips_siesta_to_vote_turnout_over_80_percent_125408 Panaji: Goa seems to have opted against a Saturday siesta with 82.8 percent of its 10.26 lakh voters exercising their franchise to pick a 40-member assembly, with all political players claiming they were poised to win.Poll officials told report... Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:49:43 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/75_percent_voting_in_Goa_125404 Panaji: More than seven lakh people voted in Goa Saturday to elect a 40-member assembly.Election Commission officials said the North Goa district with 23 seats reported 77 percent voting and South Goa district (17 seats) clocked about 74 perc... Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:42:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/UP_Goa_polling_ends_125399 New Delhi: Polling ended Saturday evening in Goa and Uttar Pradesh, bringing down the curtains on staggered elections in five states including Manipur, Uttarakhand and Punjab.Votes polled in all five states will be counted Tuesday.(IANS) Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:47:45 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Polling_reaches_60_percent_in_Goa_125397 Panaji: With less than two hours left for polling in Goa to end, over 60 percent of 10.26 lakh voters had already exercised their franchise in the assembly elections.  While the 23 constituencies in North Goa had recorded 61 percent votin... Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:58:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Over_42_percent_voting_in_Goa_125378 Panaji: Over 42 percent ballotting was reported in Goa by noon Saturday to elect a 40-member assembly.North Goa district which reported 43.16 percent voting has 23 assembly segments, while South Goa district which clocked 41 percent voting, has ... Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:57:45 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Voting_starts_in_Goa_125373 Panaji: Polling for the single phase Goa assembly elections for 40 assembly seats began here Saturday morning.The electorate numbering 1,026,306 - men 511,111 and women 515,195 - will seal the fate of 215 candidates, including nine women candidat... Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:43:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Congress_faces_BJP_charge_in_Goa__125356 Panaji: As Goa votes Saturday, vying for the attention of over a million voters in 40 constituencies will be 215 candidates. The real faceoff will be between the ruling Congress-NCP alliance and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-MGP combine.Th... Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:14:11 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Goa_expats_want_total_change_of_political_blood_125293 Panaji: Goan expats across the continents of Europe, Australia and America are calling for a "total change of blood" in Goa's political system ahead of assembly elections Saturday.   Members of the Goan diaspora are beseech... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:41:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Congress_probes_audio_glitch_in_PMs_rally_125285 Panaji: The Congress in Goa Thursday launched a probe into the sound system failure during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s election rally the day before.  State Congress president Subhash Shirodkar told reporters that the audio mixe... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:33:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Sloppiness_embarassing_scenes_at_PMs_Goa_rally_125280 Sanquelim (Goa), Feb 29 (IANS) The Congress party, which is facing an anti-incumbency wave and suffering from accusations ofmal-governance, could have done without the sloppiness and embarrassing scenes witnessed at the last election meeting feat... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:29:59 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/PMs_rally_hit_by_audio_failure_in_Goa_125274 Sanquelim (Goa),  Prime minister Manmohan Singh suffered acute embarrasment after the failure of the public address system at an election rally at Sanquelim, 40 kms from state capital Panaji.The public address system failed just after Singh... Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:01:33 GMT http://samachaar.in/Pune/____German_Bakery_blast_Punekars_to_pay_quiet_homage_124512 Pune: Exactly two years after a blast ripped through Pune's popular German Bakery, killing 17 and injuring 64 others, Punekars Monday prepared to pay a silent homage to the victims of the terror strike.  The venue, once bustling with acti... Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:15:17 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_BJPs_fight_against_illegal_mining_wilting_in_Goas_poll_heat_124421 Panaji: In the face of blistering electoral heat, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) "fight" against indiscriminate mining in Goa appears to have all but wilted.   With an increasing number of mining contractors joining its... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:50:29 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/Goa_Police_seek_counselling_for_contract_killer_124144 Panaji: Goa Police are in the process of roping in a counsellor for an alleged supari killer who in 2010 had confessed to have been offered a contract to kill state Home Minister Ravi Naik and his two sons.Michael Fernandes had escaped police custod... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:56:26 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Goa_CongressNCP_poll_alliance_to_be_unveiled_this_week_124017 Panaji: The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are likely to announce their alliance for the upcoming Goa assembly polls by the end of this week, a top Congress leader said Monday.Goa Congress president Subhash Shirodkar told rep... Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:25:07 GMT http://samachaar.in/Pune/NDA_cadet_dies_after_heart_attack_123975 Pune: A 19-year-old cadet at the National Defence Academy (NDA) here passed away Saturday morning after suffering a massive heart attack during training a day ago, official sources said.K. Vignesh, hailing from Chennai, was a third term cadet at... Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:39:41 GMT http://samachaar.in/Pune/Anna_not_to_campaign_in_pollbound_states_Bedi_123839 Pune: Ailing social activist Anna Hazare won't be campaigning in five poll-bound states as he had planned earlier, his aide Kiran Bedi said Thursday.Bedi, a core Team Anna member, told reporters here that Hazare was recovering in a hospital but... Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:50:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/Panaji/Hike_in_iron_ore_export_duty_irks_Goa_mining_industry_123815 Panaji: A recent decision of the union finance ministry to hike export duty on iron ore from 20 percent to 30 percent has irked trade organisations in Goa.The Goa Mineral Ore Exporters' Association (GMOEA) and the Goa Chamber of Commerce and In... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:25:49 GMT http://samachaar.in/Pune/IAF_jet_crashes_near_Pune_pilots_safe_123420 Pune: A frontline Sukhoi jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near this Maharashtra town Tuesday but the two pilots bailed out to safety, an officer said.The crash of the SU-30MKI combat jet occurred around 1.30 p.m. "The pilots are s... Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:02:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/Time_to_unveil_our_own_Victorias_Secret_Indian_designers_123337 Panaji: Call it swimwear, beachwear or resort wear -- the market for this segment has so far been neglected in the country but designers feel the demands of travel enthusiasts and a platform like the ongoing India Resort Fashion Week (IRFW) wil... Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:17:27 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/Arabic_pamphlet_in_BritainGoa_flight_triggers_alarm_123288 Panaji: A pamphlet published in Arabic found Tuesday in a chartered plane which flew from Manchester airport in Britain to Goa has triggered a security alarm here. The alert comes less than two weeks before Prime Minister Mamohan Singh's visi... Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:45:16 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Congress_NCP_in_war_of_words_over_seat_sharing_123033 Panaji: Angry words have broken out between Goa's ruling Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) over seat sharing ahead of the assembly elections scheduled next year.Congress' chief election campaigner Mauvin Godinho said again Tue... Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:44:27 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Kingfisher_flight_makes_emergency_landing_at_Goa_airport_122756 Panaji: A Bangalore-bound Kingfisher Airbus A-320 made an emergency landing at the Goa airport after its windshield developed a crack, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said Monday.The Mumbai-Bangalore flight was forced to land at t... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:05:13 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/Focus_on_social_media_to_get_more_tourists_122739 Panaji: The 'Incredible India' campaign, a branding exercise by the tourism ministry to create a distinctive identity for the country, must be "reinvented", a tourism industry stakeholder said Saturday, while another felt the gove... Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:57:27 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/More_opposition_to_Goa_LGBT_tourism_complaint_filed__122707 Panaji: After objections from Hindu rightwing groups, Baba Ramdev's outfit and the Catholic church, now a criminal complaint has been filed against the organisers of an event on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) tourism.Retired c... Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:15:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Goa/LGBT_tourism_Ramdevs_outfit_church_question_Goas_move_122700 Panaji: Hindu rightwing groups, Baba Ramdev's outfit and the Catholic church are angry with the Goa government and tourism industry's plan to put the state on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) tourism circuit.Bharat Swabhiman ... Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:53:07 GMT