[Goanet-News] DefExpo in Goa: Defence ministry doesn't give two hoots for the environment (Nihar Gokhale, CatchNews.com)

2016-03-03 Thread Goanet Reader
DefExpo in Goa: Defence ministry doesn't give two hoots for the environment NIHAR GOKHALE @nihargokhale | 3 March 2016 Disputed Land * 150 acres in South Goa is being contested * Defence ministry hopes to host DefExpo and Aero India there * Locals are opposed; cite social and ecological concerns

[Goanet-News] The Last Prabhu...

2016-03-03 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
Bernardo Elvino de Sousa's The Last Prabhu is now available on the Kindle store: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CEZLK48?ref_=pe_2427780_160035660 -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha | http://about.me/noronhafrederick |

[Goanet-News] Jerry Pinto wins a literary award worth over Rs 1 crore...

2016-03-03 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
Only after reading this report did I think of doing a dollar-to-rupee conversion. Turns out that Goanetter Jerry Pinto becomes the first Goan writer to get an award worth over a crore of rupees (though the taxman is not figured into this calculation)! See more about the award here: