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| UK: Dr James Leitao offers Rs 10 lakh for hockey players | |||
12 Jan: PTI. Pained by the hockey turmoil, London’s Dr James Leitao (photo)has offered Rs 10 lakh for the players who are staying away from World Cup preparatory camp in Pune in protest against non-payment of their dues and incentives… Besides, Dr Leitao, who himself played hockey in London leagues, also promised to donate his Goa residence to the Indian players if they manage a podium finish in the World Cup… 258 words. Dr James Leitao was born in Chinchinim, Goa, lives in St Albans, Herts and is married to Zarina. | |||
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| UK: Roshan Dantis - Brutal textbook murderer | |||
 12 Jan: Herald (Scotland) Roshan Dantis, 30, had only been in the country for nine months. Originally from Goa, he and his wife Astrid were in Glasgow while he studied for a masters at Strathclyde University…. At night he worked as a security guard. At the University he met Nagendra Shah and his wife, Kusbu… He murdered Kusbu in circumstances which drove the police to comment “I don’t know of any case in Scotland with evidence to suggest this level of pre-meditation… Jealousy, financial gain and fantasy may all have been motives.” He has been found guilty and jailed for life … 1091 words. | |||
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| Oratory Goa | |||
 12 Jan: Publico (Portugal). This is one of the most beautiful and perfect examples in Portugal of the kind of oratory that was produced in Goa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries … The motif is cherubs on a globe crushing a dragon. This is to be found in the Museum of Evora, Portugal.
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| Video: Goa Police silent after TV expose on drug abuse | |||
 12 Jan: IANS. The Goa police have gone into a shell after Goa 365, a local television
channel Tuesday broadcast a video showing rampant drug abuse at a popular night
spot at Arpora village in coastal Goa…. It shows foreigners grinding cannabis
and hashish and then rolling joints in full public view at the night market last
Saturday… For text, 359 words, click
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| Death: Steve Barros 6 Jan: Croydon, UK. MERVYN STEPHEN (Steve) BARROS ( Aged 52; ex Nakuru Kenya). Husband of Sandra, Son of Sara. Brothers of late Barnaby, Marie (Edna), Tony, Nelson and Cheryl. He passed at the Royal Marsden in Sutton after a six month battle with an aggressive brain tumour. Funeral mass will be at St Mary's Church, 70 Wellesley Rd., W Croydon CRO 2AR at 2pm on Friday 29 Jan. followed by a wake/reception circa 3.45pm at the church hall. Attendance numbers are required for both the mass and wake (to celebrate Steve's life) - please email tony@barros.fslife.co.uk Donations in lieu of flowers to the project close to Steve's heart i.e. to educate underprivileged Children in Goa. | |||
| Another political crisis brewing in Goa 13 Jan: PTI. The Congress legislators in rebellious mood will on Wednesday meet again to discuss their strategy demanding change in leadership in the state... Congress legislators including Churchill Alemao, Agnelo Fernandes, Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, Francis Silveira and Pandurang Madkaikar had met at a coffee shop here yesterday to lobby against the chief minister. 179 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: India: Aerial Chaos: Airports fogged out, airlines a mess 13 Jan: CNN-IBN. Airports are fogged out and airlines in a mess with the result that passengers are at the receiving end. The year 2010 has started with a lot of pain for the air traveller…. 4 clips. Approx 30m. Full Text. | |||
| The Great Goan Drug Tamasha. By Sujay Gupta 13 Jan: Herald. Stating that there are no drugs in Goa is like saying there is no milk in a dairy farm, says Sujay Gupta … 1209 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa yet to respond to New Delhi’s security questionnaire 13 Jan: IANS. The Goa government, which has warned of “spectacular acts of violence” in the state, hasn’t responded to a questionnaire on the security scenario sent by New Delhi last November despite two reminders, police officials said… 230 words. Full Text. | |||
| Victim returns after 6 years to nail rapist 13 Jan: Daily News & Analysis. An Indian doctor based in the US has returned to Mumbai after six years to depose against a Goa-based hotelier, Sanjay Bhatti, who she has accused of raping her six years ago … 482 words. Full Text. | |||
| UK: TV & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS By Lira Fernandes Indian Winter Season. Channel 4 13 - 21 Jan. News from India: Krishnan Guru-Murthy reports from the heart of India, seeking out the human stories in this beautiful and extraordinary country. FILM: Rang De Basanti. Channel 4 FILM: Zeher. Sony MAX (Sky 800) DOCUMENTARY: Slumdog Secret Millionaire. Channel 4 (104) FILM: Dhoom 2. Channel 4 ARTS: The TV Book Club. Channel 4 COOKERY: Gordon's Great Escape. Channel 4 FILM: Jodhaa Akbar. Channel 4 CHILDRENS: Blue Peter. BBC 1 FILM: The Last Thakur. more4 | |||
