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Whether we agree or not with what other members say, everybody is entitled to their own opinion, the Goa thread is very mild in its daily comments compared to other forums on BE.

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Agree! Everybody is entitled to their opinion and it would be a very boring forum or world if we was all the same.

Banyan.

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That's great to know - I thought the weather was as bad as when I left on the 8th.:thumbup:

Must say, it's glorious weather here in Turkey at the moment.

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I am shocked that these racial comments have any support what so ever.
Yes India has its social problems and is corrupt, also the treatment to people who have purchased property are being treated dreadfull.
But this is not a excuse to make vile racist comments.
I am disgusted by senior members support and dont give a damm if i stand alone.
Probably because i dont agree with your sites pathetic moderators i will be expelled well so be it.

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Hi,

jagger can understand what you are saying, but people are people and sometimes they do not mean to say what they or saying or writing sometime of the spur of the moment and if they are very very upset and are distressed. They say things out of anger and take it out of others when they should not.

Banyan.

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The athletes' accommodation in Delhi for the Commonwealth Games has been described as having faeces-stained toilets, cockroaches, leaking plumbing, overflowing sewage and dangerous electric wiring.

The Indian team have stated that they really appreciate the upgrade.

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Jagger, why should you be expelled - everybody is entitled to their own
opinion. I have not said that I agree/disagree with the posts but they are all within the BE perameter of rules.

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Hi folks

Can we please avoid getting into yet another nasty series of exchanges on here. Many people don't like what others have to say, but everyone has the right to an opinion. If you disagree with what is said, feel free to say so (I did), but I personally find it unpleasant reading when it all becomes so personal and nasty, which seems to be happening quite a bit of late.

Dread - civilised

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Perhaps those in charge of the Commonwealth Games in India, should take a look at the facilites at the Ryder Cup in Newport and see how things really should be run.

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I cannot see what all the fuss is about just beacause there was a cobra in a bedroom. Where you have rats the snakes will follow.

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Infighting begins over Commonwealth Games

28 Sep: Financial Times (UK). India’s sports administrators are turning on each other as the embarrassment around the ramshackle preparations for the Commonwealth Games intensifies in a dispute that threatens to tar the country’s leadership...

PIOs will get to purchase property in India faster
28 Sep: Financial Express. The Indian diaspora would soon have some cause for cheer. The government has decided to permit persons of Indian origin (PIO) to buy property in India without the mandatory approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It is also working on enabling non-residents whose mothers or grandmothers were citizens of India to buy real estate in the country... Visa requirement would also be waived for investments by PIOs ... The home ministry is at present reviewing this norm which insists on business visa for foreigners acquiring properties in India ...

full details on www.goanvoice.org.uk :thumbup:

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They already can - this report doesn't make any sense.
They already can - they're PIO's!

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I was under the impression that PIO was only passed through the male side i.e. a father or grandfather. Which is correct?

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You can get a PIO card if you are a foreigner married to an Indian.

John

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OK - I'm confusing two or more things -
FEMA: "A person of Indian origin' means an individual (not being a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh or Sri Lanka or Afghanistan or
China or Iran or Nepal or Bhutan), who
(i) at any time, held Indian passport; or
(ii) who or either of whose father or whose grandfather was a citizen of India by virtue of the Constitution of India or the
Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955);"

PIO Card: "Who is eligible?

Any person:

* who at any time held an Indian passport; or

* he/she or either of his/her parents or grandparents or great grandparents was born in and permanently resident in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 and other territories that became part of India thereafter provided neither was at any time a citizen of any country as may be specified by the Central Government from time to time; or
* who is a spouse of a citizen of India or a Person of Indian Origin as mentioned above."

Now in practice (certainly in Goa - and I suspect Goa is the strictest place in India) if you've got a PIO Card you will be allowed to buy and register property - as a PIO!

.... also I have a vague recollection that there was a general Act which overode gender-specific terms in Indian law.

AndyD 8-)#

P.S. from http://www.hcilondon.org/piocard.htm