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| Today's Date & Time in Goa: Monday, 15th March 2010 20:12 pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Events on 08/02/2009 | |
| 1 | Kannada cultural festival |
| Kannada cultural festival, 'Kannada Sanskruti Samavesha' organised by the Department of Kannada and Culture, Bangalore in association with Goa Kannada Samaja, Panjim is being held from Feb 7 to 8 at Gomantak Maratha Samaja, Rajaram Smruti Sabhagriha, Panjim. | |
| 2 | Guitares Goanaises - Musique Francaise |
| Guitares Goanaises - Musique Francaise, a musical night with acoustic guitar orchestra organised by Alliance Francaise, Panjim will be held on Feb 08 at 7.30 pm at Hall No 1, Maquinez Palace, Old GMC Complex, Panjim. | |
| 3 | Feast at Cujira |
| The annual feast of Sao Gansalo de Amarant will be celebrated at Cujira Chapel on February 8 with mass being celebrated at 9.30 am. There will be a drama titled 'Tuka Kitem Zai' written by Domnic Botelho and directed by Peter Barbosa near the chapel premises at 7 pm. | |
| 4 | Snow Fest 09 |
| Snow Fest 09 presented by Raia School is being held from 7th to 8th February from 6.00 pm onwards at the Church Square in Raia. | |
| 5 | Goan food festival (India) |
| Goan food festival organised by the Radisson Hotel in Varanasi is being held from February 7 to 22. The traditional Goan specialties like Prawn Balchao, Pmfret Recheado, Chicken Xacuti, Mutton Vindaloo and Sorpotel (for the non-vegetarian) and Gobi Upkari, Vegetable Xacuti, Foogath, Dal Thoy and Dal Ambat for the vegetarian, along with traditional Goan Rice would be available during the food festival. | |
| 6 | Musical Extravaganza Show |
| A Musical Extravaganza Show presented by Infant Jesus School, Colva is being held from 6th to 8th Feb from 6.30 pm to 10.00 pm at the S.A.G Ground, near William Hotel, Colva. | |
| 7 | Britto Fun Fete 2009 |
| Britto Fun Fete 2009 organised by the Parent Teacher Association of St Britto High School, Mapusa is being held from Feb 6 to 8 at the Carnival Parade Ground, opposite Bodgeshwar temple in Mapusa. | |
| 8 | Science Film Festival |
| Science Film Festival is being held from Jan 27th to Feb 10th from 10:30am to 5:00pm at the AC Auditorium, Goa Science Center at Miramar in Panjim. In this 15-day festival, nearly 70 films of varied durations will be screened. Four shows (10:30am to 11:30am, 12:00pm to 1:00pm, 2:30pm to 3:30pm and 4:00pm to 5:00pm) will be screened daily. For more details contact 0832 2463426 | |
| 9 | Saraswat Food and Cultural Festival |
| The Saraswat Food and Cultural Festival organised by the Goa Saraswat Samaj is being held at Panaji Gymkhana Grounds from February 6 to 8. The festival will exhibit rich variety of cuisine prevalent in the Saraswat Community, besides cultural events like Kapyale and laughing competitions. | |
| News on 08/02/2009 | |
| 1 | Beach weddings in Goa shrug off slowdown blues |
| The quaint beaches of Goa will be transformed into exotic wedding locales on Valentine’s Day this year. According to wedding organisers in Goa, over twenty foreigners and an equal number of Goans will be tying the knot on February 14. | |
| Website: economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/Goa_Emerging_destination_for_we ... | |
| 2 | Goa can be land of chocolates |
| Even as the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat called upon the National Dairy Development Board to prepare a plan for Goa so that the State could make a mark in dairy farming, Indian Dairy Association (IDA) Chairman Arun Patil said Goa has the scope to become a land of chocolates. | |
| Website: www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=16948&cid=2 ... | |
| 3 | Goa has achieved stage of leprosy elimination |
| Chief Medical Officer, National Leprosy Eradication Program, Dr M Mohandas has said that Goa has already achieved the stage of leprosy elimination, with the present cases hovering to just 102 in the state. | |
| Website: www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=16927&cid=26 ... | |
| 4 | Goa govt to supply free insulin to chronic diabetics |
| The Goa government has decided to supply insulin free of cost to chronic diabetics, health minister Vishwajit Rane announced on Saturday. | |
| Website: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa_govt_to_supply_free_insulin/art ... | |
