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Early Bird Discount Registration closes March 31, 2008 http://www.2008goanconvention.com/regform_print.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa govt suspends doctor who conducted autopsy on Scarlett - Times of India [4 hours ago] PANAJI: Goa government on Monday placed under suspension forensic expert Dr Silvano Sapeco who had conducted the first autopsy on slain british girl ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa_govt_suspends_doctor_who_conducted_autopsy_on_Scarlett/articleshow/2896191.cms&cid=1144694000&ei=fDnoR-ndKpfqqgPawcFl&usg=AFrqEzesOT5_8Vum_SUSHikUk1rEtxzHhA *** Delhi, Goa among India\'s top e-governed states - survey - Reuters India [15 hours ago] MUMBAI (Reuters) - Delhi, Goa, Chhattisgarh, TamilNadu and Kerala were among India's best e-governed states in 2007, a survey released on Monday said. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-32648120080324&cid=1144048676&ei=fDnoR-ndKpfqqgPawcFl&usg=AFrqEzdNXio7TpjkGw1FAwF0KCpMtrKLCw *** Scarlette case exposes degradation of Goan society - Navhind Times [3 hours ago] By Maria Aurora Couto The immense media focus on young Scarlette Keelings death has exposed the degradation that has seeped into the fabric of Goan society ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=032563&cid=1145213574&ei=fDnoR-ndKpfqqgPawcFl&usg=AFrqEzcxNOK2pEk_APHeb-MjIcE5OxcWSg *** Goa needs a giant wave to wash off the stains - Economic Times [23 hours ago] PANAJI: GOA desperately needs a facelift. Its not that the one-off murder of a British teenager on a Goa beach will suddenly make tourists apprehansive. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0&fd=R&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Goa_needs_giant_wave_to_wash_stains/articleshow/2893079.cms&cid=1144909865&ei=fDnoR-ndKpfqqgPawcFl&usg=AFrqEzeyY_pAwr2ZBV97W42BT41acbylzQ *** We will make Goa a model state, says Kamat - Financial Express [Mar 23, 2008] New Delhi More private sector participation in the social sector is likely in the healthcare sector in Goa. The state government is actively considering ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/We-will-make-Goa-a-model-state--says-Kamat/287639/&cid=0&ei=fDnoR-ndKpfqqgPawcFl&usg=AFrqEzcuGOMRX_6HhEM5O2sNRj7pRxkS-w *** ˜Tourism infrastructure in Goa inadequate - Financial Express [Mar 23, 2008] New Delhi Even as a debate rages on whether Goa is really safe for tourists,the state government, which is trying hard to salvage its brand image of being ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/-Tourism-infrastructure-in-Goa-inadequate-/287633/&cid=0&ei=fDnoR-ndKpfqqgPawcFl&usg=AFrqEzdpsug6uV6Pimn9o8p00nTEWE8arw *** Goa\'s 400-yr-old Good Friday ritual - Times of India [Mar 22, 2008] PANAJI: It's a solemn but eye-catching procession, more than 400-year-old, and probably observed only in Rome and at the Se Cathedral in Goa. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=R&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goas_400-yr-old_Good_Friday_ritual/articleshow/2890104.cms&cid=0&ei=fDnoR-ndKpfqqgPawcFl&usg=AFrqEzf-da8yjDE_0LgLFlt45GQ6kgrYaQ *** Patrolling to be intensified in coastal areas of N Goa: IGP - Navhind Times [3 hours ago] Sensitive parts of Anjuna, Pernem, and Arambol will have nakabandhis starting from today as a progression of the crackdown by the police on the north ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=032556&cid=0&ei=fDnoR-ndKpfqqgPawcFl&usg=AFrqEzcaWsCdjKM5nDg_gQhWPKPHJvSHKA *** Goa, Bihar doing worse in controlling TB: report - Thaindian.com [8 hours ago] New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Goa, Bihar, Pondicherry and Meghalaya are doing worse in controlling tuberculosis in India, a new report card said Monday on the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=R&url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/goa-bihar-doing-worse-in-controlling-tb-report_10030829.html&cid=1145450110&ei=fDnoR-ndKpfqqgPawcFl&usg=AFrqEzeMi4WYO2-rO8ZnXXW-ESDC6-ZN5Q *** British man held for mailing drugs out of Mumbai, Goa - Daily News & Analysis [1 hour ago] ... on Sunday nabbed a British national for allegedly mailing two parcels containing diazepam worth Rs45,000 to UK from Mumbai and Goa last year. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1157490&cid=0&ei=fDnoR-ndKpfqqgPawcFl&usg=AFrqEzf7XVMA4-JxF2GoTThSMvosRpDYfg Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php