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| Events on 20/10/2008 | |
| 1 | Lepakshi Exhibition |
| Lepakshi Exhibition organized by Lepakshi Handicrafts Emporium and sponsored by Development Commissioner Ministry of Textiles, Government of India is being held from October 16 to 26 at Club National, 1st Floor, Vaglo building, M G Road, Panjim. | |
| 2 | Goan fiesta 2008 |
| Goan fiesta 2008 is being organized from October 5 to 26 in Mumbai to promote Goa as the best tourist destination. Various cultural programmes as well as a food festival are being organized at various places in the city. | |
| 3 | Saras Fair 2008 |
| Saras Fair 2008 an exhibition cum sale organised by the District Rural Development Agency, South Goa is being held from 18th to 29th Oct at SGPDA Ground in Margao from 4.00 pm onwards. The fair will display a wide range of products manufactured by the rural artisans, craftsmen and beneficiaries of self-help-groups (SHGs) across the country. Tel: 0832 2712790/940 | |
| 4 | Balotsav - 08 at Margao |
| Balotsav - 08, a children festival organised by the Directorate of Art and Culture and West Zone Cultural Centre Udaipur will be held from 20th Oct to 25th Oct from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at Ravindra Bhavan in Margao, Goa. The festival is being held for school children of Margao and its vicinity, in the age group of 10-16 years. Tel: +91 9921043711 | |
| News on 20/10/2008 | |
| 1 | Goa bandh today |
| In view of the call for Goa bandh on Monday given by the Mandir Suraksha Samiti and a few other organisations, the government on Sunday imposed prohibitory orders banning assembly and collection of five or more persons and taking out or organising processions, carrying of firearms or weapons of offences, with the district magistrates issuing the orders effective from midnight tonight. | |
| Website: www.navhindtimes.com/story.php?story=2008102038 ... | |
| 2 | Security in full force for today’s bandh |
| Around 300-plus policemen, including CISF and IRB personnel, besides magistrates will be deployed across Margao and Rumdamol housing boards in view of Monday’s bandh called by Akhil Goa Mandir Suraksha Samiti, even as major markets in the commercial capital have decided to shut shop tomorrow. Private bus operators have decided to keep their buses off the road on Monday, if the roads are closed. | |
| Website: www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=11405&cid=10 ... | |
| 3 | Govt prepares to foil bandh call |
| Terming the bandh called on Monday as "illegal", the state government has intensified police patrolling in the state, besides posting two platoons of CISF and staff of the Indian Reserve Battalion at sensitive locations in the state. State transport buses will ply with police protection. | |
| Website: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa/Govt_prepares_to_foil_bandh_cal ... | |
| 4 | Amendment to tourist trade Act mooted |
| Commissioner for NRI affairs Eduardo Faleiro has said that his office had prepared an amendment to the Goa Tourist Trade Act 1982 so as to prevent travel agents from doubling as recruiting agents unless they were registered with the protector general of emigrants. | |
| Website: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Amendment_to_tourist_trade_Act_mooted/ ... | |
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