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http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/valentines/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Expansion is proposed for campus rec centers (Daily Nebraskan) Bill Goa is the senior associate director of Campus Recreation. But you would never guess it by looking at his office.These days, Goa's workspace is cluttered with architectural renderings of proposed plans to add onto the rec centers."It's overcrowded," he said of the rec center on City Campus. http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/2007/02/01/Sports/Expansion.Is.Proposed.For.Campus.Rec.Centers-2690072.shtml *** Lack of customs facilities stifles Goa pharma industry (PharmaBiz) Lack of dedicated customs facilities in Goa is posing a plethora of issues for the pharmaceutical exporters' in the region, causing inordinate delays and other related logistical issues, complains the industry. http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=37311 *** Preserve Goa for future: Venkaiah (Navhind Times) Mapusa, Feb 1 The Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union minister, Mr Venkaiah Naidu today said the state was taken to new heights by the previous BJP government but it has been brought to new low by the Rane government. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=020239 *** Centre grants debt waiver of Rs 32 crore to Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, Jan 30 The Union finance ministry has granted the Goa government debt waiver of Rs 32 crore on central loans for the year 2006-2007. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=013114 *** Goas amphibious namesake confirms Mahadayis bio-hotspot status (Navhind Times) Panaji, Jan 29 In a discovery bearing further testimony to the status of the wes tern ghats of India as a hotbed of bio diversity, a team of researchers recently dug up a new species of legless amphibian in the village of Keri in the Sattari Taluka of North Goa. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=013012 *** Goa govt to focus on medical tourism: Willy (Navhind Times) Mumbai, Feb 1 The Deputy Chief Minister and Tourism Minister, Dr Wilfred de Souza today announced that Goa tourisms focus will be on medical tourism. as due to cost effectiveness, no waiting time and the skill that is available in the state, an increasing number of foreign tourists come to Goa for various treatments in allopathic as well as alternative medicines like ayurveda, unani, etc. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=020237 *** Goa will not be able to sustain influx of migrant manpower, says Parrikar (Navhind Times) Panaji, Jan 29 The opposition leader, Mr Manohar Parrikar today said that Goa will not be able to sustain the huge influx of immigrant manpower that will result from the industrialisation brought about by the large-scale acquisition and allotment of Goan land to private companies by the Congress government. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=013013 *** Goa appoints sarpanches as administrators (Outlook India) For the first time in the history of Goa, the state government today appointed sarpanchas (village heads) as administrators of respective panchayats pending elections to the local bodies. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=447677 *** Sesa Goa says Mitsui to sell majority stake (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) KOLKATA (Reuters) - Sesa Goa Ltd., India's largest private-sector iron ore exporter, said on Monday that Japan's Mitsui & Co. wants to sell its 51 percent stake in the Indian firm. http://in.news.yahoo.com/070129/137/6blby.html *** Protests against Goa fete takeover (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) Squabbling Goan politicians are now threatening to derail this year's Carnival, a popular tourist attraction of the state. With Carnival committees in the municipalities of Panjim, Margao, Vasco and Mapusa yet to be formed, Deputy Chief Minister Wilfred D'Souza, who holds the tourism portfolio, has asked the Goa Tourism and Development Corporation to take over the celebrations.Politicians ... http://in.news.yahoo.com/070201/48/6bpte.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php