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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa declares Rs 1 cr aid for Mumbai blast victims (Business Standard India) The Goa government will contribute Rs 1 crore from the Chief Ministers relief fund for Mumbai's blast victims. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=2942 *** Goa to have another cricket stadium: Minister (New Kerala) Panaji: Goa will soon have another international cricket stadium, State Sports Minister Pandurang Madkaikar told the state legislative assembly today. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=22409 *** Goa Christian council opposes mandatory HIV test (New Kerala) Panaji: The Council for Social Justice and Peace of then Archidiocese of Goa and Daman has advocated voluntary and not mandatory HIV testing before marriage. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=21638 *** Goa's educational policy may eliminate Marathi: Velingkar (New Kerala) Panaji: Activists seeking to promote Marathi in Goa have expressed fears that the current state education policy would lead to elimination of the language from the curriculum by the next decade. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=21571 *** Goa, Bihar win in Girls' U-17 national football (New Kerala) New Delhi: Goa came from behind to defeat Jharkhand 4-1 in their opening Cluster C qualifying round fixture of the third Junior Girls Under-17 National Football Championship in Chandigarh today. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=21675 *** CAG report cites lapses of Goa police (New Kerala) Panaji: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has cited various lapses on the part of Goa police, including its "failure" to dispose off arms dating back to Portuguese era and lying unserviceable in the armoury. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=22223 *** Goa govt: paucity of manpower has affected restoration work (New Kerala) Panaji, July 12: Goa government today admitted that the paucity of manpower has affected the work of restoring age-old birth and death certificates in the state which are in bad condition. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=21984 *** Goa Assembly witnesses noisy scenes over Speaker's ruling (New Kerala) Panaji: The Goa assembly today witnessed noisy scenes as Opposition protested Speaker Fransisco Sardinha's ruling debarring the electronic media from telecasting the proceedings other than Question Hour. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=22998 *** Terrorist threat perception growing in Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, July 13: There is a growing threat perception about spots in Goa being terrorist target. While vital installations in the state are potentially primary targets, the second-order risks lie in crowded places. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=071571 *** Canadian national to join Indian junior camp (Outlook India) The plan to attract foreign players of Indian origin to turn out for the country seems have borne some fruit with a Canadian national confirming his participation at the national junior camp in Goa. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=398887 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org