GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 20 JULY, 2010
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| Video + text: Bedlam in Goa Assembly over drug nexus probe | |||
 21 July: Goa 365. The state legislative assembly on Tuesday witnessed pandemonium
with the opposition MLAs led by the leader of the opposition, Mr Manohar Parrikar
shouting slogans against the government and moving into the well of the House
after the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat refused to consider their demand as
regards ordering a CBI inquiry into the alleged police-drug traders-politicians
nexus. The noisy scenes resulted in the Speaker adjourning the House a number
of times... For text, 570 words, click
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| UK: Savio Azaredo: Entrepreneur with the paste of success | |||
15 Jul: Croydon Advertiser. Savio Azaredo, 43, is a passionate curry fan and mother-in-law
was always sending little packages of spice mixtures from India which were produced
Parampara Food Products ... He quit his job with a cosmetics company and set about
bringing their products to this country.... He established two companies, Curry
Tree and the Purity Trading Company, from his home in Dalmeny Avenue, Norbury
and how has a turnover of £280,000 a year... 450 words. Click
here. Savio Azaredo will be exhibiting at the UK Goan Festival. His website is http://www.puritytrading.co.uk/< | |||
| Football: Maria Rebello set to script history | |||
 20 Jul: The Telegraph. (Calcutta). Maria Rebello, 38, is set to make history this Sunday by becoming the first woman referee to supervise a match in the national championships for the Santosh Trophy... 318 words. | |||
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| Sesa Goa net profit zooms three-fold 21 Jul: Sify. Sesa Goa, the country’s largest iron ore exporter, has posted a threefold rise in net profit at Rs 1,304 crore for the quarter ended June ... 328 words. Full Text. | |||
| Fishermen oppose plan to set up water sports unit in Goa 21 Jul: The Hindu. The proposed National Institute of Water Sports being set up at Caranzalem Bay is facing opposition from fishermen in the area as, according to them, “it will affect traditional fishing in the vicinity and fishing ground.” ... 243 words. Full Text. | |||
| Police question Nadia’s brother in the Psychiatric Institute 21 Jul: Herald. Crime Branch sleuths today questioned Conrad Torroado in connection with the death of his older sister Nadia Torrado. Conrad was admitted to Institute of Psychiatric and Human Behaviour (IPHB) at Bambolim after he fell into depression, last week... 249 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa house panel wants CBI to probe illegal mining 20 Jul: IANS. A committee of the Goa assembly called for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into illegal mining, which has become a multi-crore industry in the state... 239 words. Full Text. | |||
| Accused Sanatan Sanstha members were ‘terrorists’: Goa 20 Jul: IANS. The four Sanatan Sanstha (SS) members accused of carrying out the 2009 Diwali-eve blast in Goa were for the first time Tuesday referred to as “terrorists” by the state home department... 266 words. Full Text. | |||
| Polluting Berger paints unit ordered shut down 20 Jul: IANS. The state pollution control board Tuesday suspended the operations of a Berger Paints manufacturing unit, located at the Pilerne industrial estate in Goa, for polluting ground water resources... 179 words. Full Text. | |||
| Court extends Pacheco's remand, Nadia's mother gets bail 20 Jul: PTI. Former Goa minister Fransisco Pacheco's police remand was extended by three days by a court on Tuesday ... a sessions court in Margao granted bail to Sonia ... Full Text. | |||
| Goa assembly adjourned twice over drug nexus probe 20 Jul: IANS. The Goa Assembly was adjourned twice Tuesday after opposition members stormed the well of the House demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the police-politician-drug mafia nexus here... The House was adjourned after Kamat repeatedly refused to hand over the case to the CBI, leading to opposition members trooping into the well again, shouting slogans against the Congress party... 296 words. Full Text. | |||
| Court date for mother of murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling 18 Jul: Sunday Mirror (UK). The mother of murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling has been summoned to appear in court. The 15-year-old was found raped and murdered on a beach in Goa, India, in February 2008. Now her mum Fiona MacKeown has been told she must give evidence at a children's court on July 30... 159 words. Full Text. | |||
| Stephen Bennett’s mother slams police probe into son’s death 20 July: Herald. The mysterious death of the British tourist Stephen Bennett has revealed the tardy police probe with his mother Maureen listing out several discrepancies... She identified the two murderers as Dharmendra Naik and Santosh D’Souza ... Naik was featured in the sensational death of Scarlett Keeling ... 634 words. Full Text. | |||
| Nadia's death spawns tiatrs and songs 20 Jul: Times of India. The death of Nadia Torrado is the subject of two Konkani tiatrs beginning this August... Anil Kumar will focus on ‘Ratol’ as an “instant solution” to youth troubles... Bento de Vasco’s drama “Nadia aims at avoiding “the deaths of more Nadias”... 546 words. Full Text. | |||
