GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 20 MARCH, 2010
| ANNOUNCEMENT | ||
| Restricted Service Ahead! | ||
From Eddie Fernandes: I will be in Goa ( Tel. 00 91 909 666 3431) 12 Mar to 2
Apr and will endeavour to provide a restricted service during this period. Send
messages to eddie.fernandes@gmail.com
as normal but if urgent action is required, please copy your message to carvalho_sel@yahoo.com Thank you. | ||
Photo Gallery | ||
| Freida Pinto lands lead in new James Bond film | ||
 20 Mar: The Mirror (UK). Stunning Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto has landed a multi-million pound deal to be the next Bond girl. As she prepares to join the ranks of screen beauties Ursula Andress, Diana Rigg and Britt Ekland, Freida is looking forward to her biggest payday yet with the 007 assignment… the deal thought to be worth £3million... 396 words.
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| Keith Vaz's sister to fight Walsall seat | ||
 19 Mar: Express & Star. Valerie Vaz, sister of Labour MP Keith Vaz has been
chosen to fight for the party's Walsall South seat when Bruce George stands down
at the General Election… [Walsall is regarded as a safe Labour seat]. 222 words. Click
here. Photo shows Valerie Vaz as a Network East presenter in the 80s. For videoclips of some of her presentations, click here. | ||
News Summary | ||
| Goa Government safe claims Congress 20 Mar: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The Goa Congress Chief Subhash Shirodkar has ruled out any threat to the Congress-led State government after the group of seven members gave a two-day deadline for two congress MLAs to apologise. the high commands of the congress and the nationalist congress parties are seized of the matter and are likely to meet in Mumbai on Sunday, Mr. Shirodkar said … Full Text. | ||
| Russians helped Goa tourism buck recession 21 Mar: Navhind Times. Despite the recent appalling media hoopla against Russians, it is the surge of Russian visitors who kept Goa tourism bucking the recession trend in 2009, said Goa’s tourism director, Mr Swapnil Naik… Although efforts are on to lure Germans, British and Japanese tourists, but what concerns Mr Naik is the increase garbage strewn around the cities and beaches … 413 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: How is aid money spent in India? 20 Mar: BBC. Last year India got almost £300m from the UK. Some of it was spent on toilets in the country's financial capital, Mumbai. Humphrey Hawksley reports… Full Text. | ||
| No autopsy on Russian woman’s body 20 Mar: Mumbai Mirror. The Goa police are awaiting for a no objection certificate from the Russian Consulate to conduct autopsy on a Russian woman, who was found dead in a hotel in a north Goa district. 212 words. Full Text. | ||
| Record sale for F N Souza painting 18 Mar. Times of India. F N Souza's 'Decomposing Head' went for Rs 1.57 crore against an estimate of Rs 1.12 crore. The ironically titled Saffronart auction also saw an M F Hussain painting sell for over 2 crore.Full Text. | ||
| Goa CM confident of passing Finance Bill on the floor 20 Mar: Zee News. Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat on Friday said he is confident of passing the Finance Bill on the floor of the House, even as a group of seven legislators decided not to support the bill forcing the state government on the brink of crisis. Full Text. | ||
| Trouble Brewing For Congress-Led Government In Goa 20 Mar: Brunei News. Stability of the three-year-old Congress-led coalition in Goa appears to be under threat with seven MLAs deciding not to support the Finance Bill over the issue of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat planning to drop an MGP legislator from the cabinet… 167 words. Full Text. | ||