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| Events on 02/07/2009 | |
| 1 | Dawat e Uttar Food Festival |
| Dawat e Uttar, the North Indian Food Festival presented by Riorico, the leading restaurant for authentic Goan & Portuguese cuisine is being held from 13th June to 5th July. The event includes traditional and exotic North Indian Veg and Non-Veg delicacies for lunch and dinner. | |
| 2 | Portuguese Spanish course |
| Portuguese Spanish course to be held at Communicare Cultural Centre, Mala, Panjim. The course is of 3 months duration, 4 times a week, with each sesion of one and a half hours. Portuguese language course will be held for children once a week as well as Portuguese language tutions for Std X, XI and XII will also be conducted. The course period is from 1st June 2009 - 1st August, 2009. Timings 9:30 am - 5:30 pm. Address: Communicare Cultural Centre, Mala, Panjim. Please call on 2903089 / 9767504770 for more information. | |
| News on 02/07/2009 | |
| 1 | Incentives to woo tourists paying off in Goa |
| Fearing fall in tourist arrival due to rippling effects of global economic meltdown during the monsoons, the tourism sector in Goa took "bold" initiatives to attract them by offering more discounts, in addition to normal off season rates, and other freebies and the idea appeared to have clicked with many hotels reporting occupancy ranging from 50 to 70 per cent on available rooms. | |
| Website: www.navhindtimes.in/news/goa-news/309-incentives-to-woo-tourists-payin ... | |
| 2 | DGP says Goans are safe, secure |
| The Director General of Police, Mr Bhim Sain Bassi, said that Goa had received an alert a week ago, and they have already activated their special patrolling squad and put everything in order to meet any challenge in the wake of threat perception from the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) or any other such terrorist organisations. | |
| Website: www.navhindtimes.in/news/goa-news/305-dgp-says-goans-are-safe-secure- ... | |
| 3 | Demonstration of farming device held in Goa |
| Reira Eco Ventures in association with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Goa, and the department of agriculture recently conducted a special demonstration on the working of the 'paddy transplanter' for farmers and community farming groups at Saligao. | |
| Website: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Demonstration-of-farming-device-held/a ... | |
| 4 | Goa looks at slag to drive road construction |
| The Goa State Pollution Control Board will coordinate with the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), Delhi, to study the feasibility of using slag from the steel rolling mills in the state to build roads and embankments. | |
| Website: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa/Goa-looks-at-slag-to-drive-road ... | |
