Goa carnival cancelled after school bus falls into river
Feb 18, 2012, 04.23PM IST
PANAJI: Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat cancelled carnival
celebrations in the state following the bus tragedy in which at least
four passengers including two children died on Saturday.
It's a big tragedy. And
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Vijay de Souza, TNN Feb 17, 2012, 04.08AM IST
PANAJI: Goa is just two weeks away from deciding who will
govern the state in the next five years. With a sudden spurt
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[Initial reports put the deaths at 15. The number of bodies recovered
by late Saturday was 7. But it is not clear if more persons are still
missing...]
The uploader (selvinaabraham) of these videos, who was at the venue,
has commented:
I am afraid of political people. they got a chance to blame
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Parrikar eyes South Goa Congress bastion
TNN | Feb 18, 2012, 06.58AM IST
CUNCOLIM/MARGAO: Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar feels a massive
anti-incumbency sentiment and voters' disenchantment with Congress'
'family raj' politics will propel the BJP to power in the March 3
polls.
His feeling,
