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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. *** HC asks Goa govt to outline plan for water supply (Business Standard India) A division bench of the Bombay High Court in Goa asked the state government to give concrete assurance on how it intends to take care of water scarcity in the state. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=2176 *** Goa information panel starts functioning (Navhind Times) Panaji, June 21: The Goa State Information Commission has started functioning at Ground Floor, ShramaShakti Bhavan, Patto Plaza with Mr A Venkatratnam as State Chief Information Commissioner and Mr G G Kambli as State Information Commissioner. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=062211 *** Goa has failed to enforce smoking ban: NOTE (New Kerala) Panaji: The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE)-India has pointed out that Goa governement had failed to enforce the ban on smoking and spitting at public places in the state. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=11432 *** Domestic tourists thronging in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji: With the arrival of monsoon in Goa, the domestic tourists, especially those from north India, were thronging here, to cool themselves in the showers. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=12131 *** Goa to celebrate `San Jao' festival on Jun 24 (New Kerala) Panaji: Various programmes have been planned for Goa's traditional `San Jao' festival to be celebrated on June 24. "As per mythology, on this day St John De Baptista took a leap in his mother's womb. This leap was considered to be a leap of joy. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=12137 *** GTDC aiming at upmarket tourists (New Kerala) Panaji: After successfully catering to domestic tourists, the state-owned Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) is aiming at upmarket high spending guests in the state. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=12339 *** GOA reveals launch line-up for casual games portal (gamesindustry.biz) France Telecom's videogames publishing arm, GOA, has revealed the first three titles to appear on its European free-to-play games portal, which is scheduled to launch in the second half of the year. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=17844 *** Goa to get amusement park (ATE On-line) Log in to remember this page. Email this Goa's Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) has identified three sites, Baga and Vagator in North Goa and Colva in South Goa, for a planned amusement park and has said that 'an expression of interest will be floated soon'. http://www.ateonline.co.uk/60/74/79/articles/7470.php *** India Hot Stocks: Sesa Goa up on Chinese price hike (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) MUMBAI, June 21(Reuters) - The following stocks were on the move at the BSE on Wednesday.At 12:05 p.m., the benchmark 30-share BSE index was up 1.35 percent at 9,955.37 points.The 50-share National Stock Exchange Index was up 1.15 percent at 2,894.80 points.--------------------------------------- http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060621/3/2m64t.html *** Gold Aura (Mineweb) PNGs FERGUSSON ISLAND IS NEW GOLD TARGET Gold Aura Limited (GOA) has signed a contract with the PNG based firm, Paradise Drilling for a drilling program at its Wapolu and Gameta gold properties on Fergusson Island in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. http://www.mineweb.net/co_releases/575963.htm Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)