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*** Can I get to Goa by ferry? (Times Online)
The Sunday Times opens its travel clinic on a daily basis to
answer your holiday queries. Today: ferries in India
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,26689-2333711,00.html
*** Goa NGO to start laundry venture to help sex workers (New
Kerala)
Panaji, Aug 30: Victims of sex trafficking would soon own a
small scale industry in Goa's Sancoale Industrial Estate,
thanks to initiative by a non-government organisation.
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=14882
*** Goa to form overseas recruitment agency (New Kerala)
Panaji, Aug 31: Goa government has decided to form an overseas
recruitment agency to streamline the process of employment
abroad.
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=15284
*** GIM to organise 2-day national conference on logistics (New
Kerala)
Panaji, Aug 31: Goa Institute of Management (GIM) is organising
a two-day national conference from Septembet 2, which will
deliberate on the vital issue of 'logistics'.
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=15417
*** Kotawala India acquires beach resort in Goa (New Kerala)
Mumbai, Aug 28: Financial services firm Kotawala India Ltd
today said it has acquired the Hotel Sunflower Beach Resort in
Goa. The company said in a filing on the Bombay Stock Exchange
that it acquired the resort situated in Calangute Bega, Goa.
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=13832
*** Anti-human trafficking unit to come up: DGP (Navhind
Times)
Panaji, Aug 31: The Director-General of Police, Mr Neeraj Kumar
today informed that an anti-human trafficking unit is being set
up in Goa. However, the Goa police are waiting for funds.
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=090150
*** Around 2 lakh foreign tourists expected to visit Goa
(Navhind Times)
Panaji, Aug 30: Around 850 charter flights are expected to land
in Goa in the ensuing tourist season bringing in nearly 2 lakh
foreign tourists. Over 700 charter flights landed in the state
last year bringing in around 1.5 lakh tourists.
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=083154
*** Goa on the radar of terrorists: Chief Secy (Navhind Times)
Panaji, Aug 29: The Chief Secretary, Mr J P Singh today said
that along with the rest of India, Goa too was reeling under a
constant threat of terror attacks because any terror activity
here would attract international media attention on a
unprecedented scale.
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=083010
*** Insects in cola, Goa sues PepsiCo (Yahoo! India News)
Food and Drug Authorities in Goa have filed a case as "foreign
particles" have been found in Pepsi drinks.
http://in.news.yahoo.com/060830/211/673n4.html
*** Kotawala says buys Sunflower resort in Goa (Reuters via
Yahoo! Asia News)
MUMBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Financial services firm Kotawala
India Ltd. said on Monday it had acquired Hotel Sunflower Beach
Resort in Goa.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060828/3/2p377.html
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