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This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To sponsor Goanet operations, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** East Bengal want to keep winning momentum going (The Telegraph) Calcutta: The first big match of the city-based aspirants in the National Football League (NFL) is taking place at a time when they are struggling to cope up with the challenges from the likes of Mahindra United, Sporting Clube de Goa, Dempo or JCT. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070118/asp/sports/story_7277465.asp *** RPI-Athawale to contest seven constituencies in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji, Jan 17: The Athawale faction of the Republican Party of India will contest seven of the 40 constituencies in Goa in the next assembly elections. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=81286 *** BJP wants EC to check bogus voters in Goa (New Kerala) New Delhi, Jan 16: BJP today urged the Election Commission to appoint independent officers to look into its complaints regarding the enrollment of bogus voters in the numerically-sensitive assembly segments of Goa. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=80598 *** Goa carnival begins from Feb 17 (New Kerala) Panaji, Jan 16: Goa will usher in four-day-long eat, drink and be merry extravaganza when the traditional carnival celebrations begins from February 17. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=80594 *** 'Goa needs to embrace knowledge economy' EDUCATION (ZDNet India) Goa, India's smallest state, has a lot of things going for it but its people lack imagination to seize the challenges around them, says a top official. http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/morenews.html?ctime=20070117 *** VAT has made Goa costlier tourist destination: Experts (New Kerala) Panaji, Jan 15: Excessive taxation, triggered by VAT, has forced Goa's hotel industry to hike tarriffs by 25 per cent in the past couple of years making the coastal state an expensive destination, feel tourism experts. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=80193 *** Congress recommends holding Goa Regional Plan 2011 in abeyance (New Kerala) Panaji, Jan 15: The Congress Legislature Party in Goa today recommended the state cabinet to keep the controversial Regional Plan 2011 in abeyance and refer it back to the Town and Country Planning Board to study the objections raised against it. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=80177 *** No organised criminal gangs in Goa, says DIG (Navhind Times) Panaji, Jan 16 The deputy inspector-general of police, Mr Ujjwal Mishra today said that there could be some criminal gangs operating from outside Goa but there are no organised gangs in Goa. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=011736 *** Goa Police have no hand in Bennett murder probe (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) The Goa Police are not investigating the death of British tourist Stephen Bennett, according to Goa DGP V S Brar. He said today that his force would not conduct a probe in this regard unless the Maharashtra government requested it."If every state police started independent investigations into cases, then it would be a big mess," he commented.Brar told The Indian Express that Maharashtra ... http://in.news.yahoo.com/070115/48/6b63y.html *** Bogus voters can alter outcome in Goa, says BJP (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) Drawing the Election Commission's attention to bogus voter identity cards and enrollment of residents from other states as voters ahead of the elections in Goa, scheduled for later this year, the BJP has sought more time to identify such voters.A petition to the Chief Election Commissioner pointed out that in view of the small size of the Assembly segments as well as the voter size in Goa, ... http://in.news.yahoo.com/070116/48/6b7t0.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php