In To-day's Newspapers
Feb 3rd 2011, 7:41 pm
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Re: In To-day's Newspapers
I think there are some urinals just on the cut through at the side of Borkars. The smell brings tears to your eyes. That mixed with a ton of rubbish and rotting vegtables all in the one cut through.....Mum and I had to cover our faces!
Feb 3rd 2011, 8:09 pm
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Re: In To-day's Newspapers
This one is in the middle of the gardens though, and airconditioned!! As one opposition minister said if one person goes in (to cool down), they won't want to come out, but --if the aircon. is not working you will have a closed hot smelly box.
Feb 3rd 2011, 8:25 pm
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Re: In To-day's Newspapers
Waste of money, the men never use them anyway.
Feb 4th 2011, 2:48 am
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Re: In To-day's Newspapers
Why head to Goa when you can take a break in Derby's finest pubs?
www.goanvoice.org.uk
Now Dread we know why our dear friend
deserted us for Derby.
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Feb 4th 2011, 2:53 am
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Re: In To-day's Newspapers
Parrikar flays Govt for drop tourist inflow
4 Feb: Herald. Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar today criticized the government over the dwindling rate of foreign tourist arrivals in the state. Bad publicity, killing fees and harassment by police, dirty and overcrowded beaches is the major reason why the tourist arrivals is dropping every year, Parrikar said ...
Fiona Mackeown feels vindicated after Rivonkar’s exit 4 Feb: Herald. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Counsel S R Rivonkar’s withdrawal from the Scarlet Keeling Eden case has come at a time when Fiona Mackeown expressed reservations about the way CBI probed the case... Coroner’s office in UK discovered certain evidences while conducting an autopsy on the body ... the CBI officials did not consider these evidences during their investigation...
www.goanvoice.org.uk
4 Feb: Herald. Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar today criticized the government over the dwindling rate of foreign tourist arrivals in the state. Bad publicity, killing fees and harassment by police, dirty and overcrowded beaches is the major reason why the tourist arrivals is dropping every year, Parrikar said ...
Fiona Mackeown feels vindicated after Rivonkar’s exit 4 Feb: Herald. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Counsel S R Rivonkar’s withdrawal from the Scarlet Keeling Eden case has come at a time when Fiona Mackeown expressed reservations about the way CBI probed the case... Coroner’s office in UK discovered certain evidences while conducting an autopsy on the body ... the CBI officials did not consider these evidences during their investigation...
www.goanvoice.org.uk
Feb 5th 2011, 1:44 pm
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The following is from "OneIndia News"
Panaji, Feb 4 (PTI) The trend of nuclear families coupled with migration has resulted in Goa recording 60,000 additional households in the past one decade, officials said today.
"The trend of nuclear families coupled with the migration has increased the number of households in the state. Within one bungalow there are several nuclear families living," a senior official said on the sidelines of a press conference.
During the first phase of decadal census in the form of house listings, conducted from April 1-May 15 last year, recorded 3.51 lakh houses, Director of Census Operations A K Wasnik told reporters here.
The figure is 60,000 more than 2001 census, he said.
The second phase of the decadal census operation will begin in Goa, along with the rest of the states from February 9-28.
Wasnik said that 3,054 enumerators, 500 supervisors and 10 per cent reserve staff would be on their toes to collect data from across the state by visiting households.
As per 2001 census, Goa''s population was 13,47,668, 15.21 per cent more than the 1991 census.
Wasnik said the current census has several new facets including inclusion of third gender.
"In the column of gender, there is male, female and other sex, for who are neither male or females," he said.
Panaji, Feb 4 (PTI) The trend of nuclear families coupled with migration has resulted in Goa recording 60,000 additional households in the past one decade, officials said today.
"The trend of nuclear families coupled with the migration has increased the number of households in the state. Within one bungalow there are several nuclear families living," a senior official said on the sidelines of a press conference.
During the first phase of decadal census in the form of house listings, conducted from April 1-May 15 last year, recorded 3.51 lakh houses, Director of Census Operations A K Wasnik told reporters here.
The figure is 60,000 more than 2001 census, he said.
The second phase of the decadal census operation will begin in Goa, along with the rest of the states from February 9-28.
Wasnik said that 3,054 enumerators, 500 supervisors and 10 per cent reserve staff would be on their toes to collect data from across the state by visiting households.
As per 2001 census, Goa''s population was 13,47,668, 15.21 per cent more than the 1991 census.
Wasnik said the current census has several new facets including inclusion of third gender.
"In the column of gender, there is male, female and other sex, for who are neither male or females," he said.
Feb 5th 2011, 1:55 pm
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From yesterday's IRISH TIMES.
I wonder how it will look after one monsoon!!! Check out the website at the bottom of the article (incl the rates!!!)
The Irish Times - Saturday, February 5, 2011
Giving it a go in Goa
GO INDIA: Situated on Goa’s exotic coast and now a favoured haunt of celebs and even royalty, a boutique hotel opened by Irish couple Paul McGlade and Caoilinn Taylor feels like the hottest place in town, writes ADAM ALEXANDER
IT’S A FRIDAY night on a beautiful moonlit beach in Goa, India, and as I pause to take in my surroundings, I’m reminded of the film Casablanca and its original title – Everyone comes to Rick’s.
It’s the exotic, tropical setting of course, but it’s also the characters around me – a Bollywood star, a Bahraini princess, and most incongruously of all perhaps, a member of the legendary band Madness – all somehow drawn together here, under the same roof at the same time.
Moving seamlessly through this eclectic mix are a glamorous young Irish couple – too young even to know who Madness are. Trying to make everyone feel at home, trying to remember everyone’s names. Trying most of all, perhaps, after a lot of hard work, to remember when the last time was that they managed to have a nice boring night off since being deluged on New Year’s Eve alone with what felt like almost 3,000 people.
It is only their first year of opening an exclusive 14-room luxury boutique hotel called Marbela Beach on a beautiful and surprisingly empty swathe of beach in India. But already Paul McGlade Jnr and Caoilinn Taylor, both 28, look as if they may have one of the hottest places in town.
“Which one’s the princess?” I ask Paul – as he looks in on the exclusive Bahraini princess’s birthday party they’re hosting to check if everything is going alright. “I haven’t a clue,” he says in his Dublin lilt, and can’t help but laugh at the sheer absurdity of it almost.
It’s a typical answer from a wholly unpretentious, immensely likeable couple, who nevertheless find themselves sitting on a place now almost effortlessly attracting names like actress Sadie Frost, socialite Jade Jagger (who regularly drops in from her own place just up the beach), and Bollywood stars like Hrithik Roshan – about as big as they come in India.
But how on earth did such a young Irish couple get themselves into all this, and how have they been so successful?
In a word, India is booming. While the rest of us can feel our economies draining, the exact opposite is happening here, as if the world were an egg-timer flipped on its head suddenly.
“I think over the next 10 years this place is going to explode,” says Paul, already widening his business interests to include building luxury homes along the Goan coast as he gamely tries to keep up.
But as is soon apparent to anyone who spends any time here, this is because Paul and Caoilinn’s dream – of bringing a little, personal comfort here – is now India’s big dream as well.
Interestingly, the pair who’ve been together since they were 18, still credit their decision to go travelling around the world together – to places like the United States, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and Vietnam – for giving them many of the ideas for Marbela Beach and broadening their minds enough to do something as adventurous as move to India. “Everyone should take a year to go travelling,” says Paul. “It’s better than any university.”
Four years ago, Paul then started making business trips to India with his father, and – despite getting his fingers badly burnt initially – decided not to let go of a place he found to be “buzzing”.
“That’s when I realised that if you want to do business here you’ve got to be here. That’s when we decided to move,” he says.
The one thing that keeps coming up in their account of their India experience so far though is just how friendly and welcoming the overwhelming majority of the people have been. Their invitation to dinner with Gregory David Roberts, author of Shantaram – who they met one night at a party in Mumbai – the most enviable example of all, perhaps.
“I was so excited, because I’d just read Shantaram. I was like: wow!” says Caoilinn, who also met Roberts’s wife – the enigmatically-titled Princess Francoise.
Afterwards, Roberts, whose best-selling book is all about his exploits with the Bombay mafia, wrote down a number and gave it to Paul. “If you’re ever in trouble and need a guardian angel,” he told him. “Call this guy.”
And has he? “Not yet,” Paul laughs. “But it’s amazing the people you meet here.”
The way things are going though, it would be no great surprise if the author whose book is arguably bringing more people travelling to India than the Lonely Planet now, popped up again at Paul and Caoilinn’s wedding due to take place at Marbela Beach at the end of February.
Some 50 people are expected to fly from Dublin for the big day – joining 100 more guests from India, many of them family from Ireland, who have never even seen India before, never mind Marbela Beach.
“I can’t wait for them to get here to see what we’ve created,” says Caoilinn, who puts the formula for Marbela Beach’s early success down to their deliberate attempt to create an intimate ‘living room’ atmosphere. “We want them to see our home. We want them to have a really good time.”
What’s clear also is how excited they are to show off Goa – a surprisingly affluent, utterly laid-back part of India, they are equally as passionate about.
“You can hop on a bike here and in 20 minutes be in the middle of jungle. We’ve seen monkeys, crocodiles, snakes even. There’s nowhere like this,” says Paul.
But while they joke together about perhaps becoming the first ever Irish couple to get married here, what is far more apparent sadly – for Irish business interests anyway – is that they are the only Irish they know doing business here.
“India is not on the Irish map at all,” says Paul, who would dearly love to see – and help – more Irish people venturing into the new Indian market. “People have the wrong impression, that’s why. They think it’s all ‘slum-dog millionaire’ – poor and dirty and slums. But it’s so much more than that! There are more millionaires and billionaires here than anywhere else,” he says.
He rattles of some more startling statistics. “Fifty per cent of the population is under 25. Sixty-five per cent is under 35. There’s 300 million middle class growing 10 per cent every year. For a young entrepreneur, this is the land of opportunity. Because of the numbers.”
As a result, Goa – where India is taking the party – seems to be changing already. No longer the tired backpacking cliché, but a destination with style cheaper and better than the Caribbean perhaps, as it slowly transforms itself to accommodate India’s insatiable new appetite for luxury.
Not that Paul and Caoilinn, at the very engine of this now, want the tranquil hippy vibe that Goa still retains from the 1960s to ever disappear as a result.
“You don’t want to lose the hippy scene,” says Paul. “You don’t want to lose the cows on the beach. You don’t want to become the next St Tropez – too perfect!”
It’s a reminder that at Marbela Beach, the right people are in the right place at the right time. Irish entrepreneurs, take heart.
* marbelabeach.com or tel 00-91-9158881180. Fly with Ethiad Airways (etihadairways.com) from Dublin, Qatar or direct charters from Manchester or London.
I wonder how it will look after one monsoon!!! Check out the website at the bottom of the article (incl the rates!!!)
The Irish Times - Saturday, February 5, 2011
Giving it a go in Goa
GO INDIA: Situated on Goa’s exotic coast and now a favoured haunt of celebs and even royalty, a boutique hotel opened by Irish couple Paul McGlade and Caoilinn Taylor feels like the hottest place in town, writes ADAM ALEXANDER
IT’S A FRIDAY night on a beautiful moonlit beach in Goa, India, and as I pause to take in my surroundings, I’m reminded of the film Casablanca and its original title – Everyone comes to Rick’s.
It’s the exotic, tropical setting of course, but it’s also the characters around me – a Bollywood star, a Bahraini princess, and most incongruously of all perhaps, a member of the legendary band Madness – all somehow drawn together here, under the same roof at the same time.
Moving seamlessly through this eclectic mix are a glamorous young Irish couple – too young even to know who Madness are. Trying to make everyone feel at home, trying to remember everyone’s names. Trying most of all, perhaps, after a lot of hard work, to remember when the last time was that they managed to have a nice boring night off since being deluged on New Year’s Eve alone with what felt like almost 3,000 people.
It is only their first year of opening an exclusive 14-room luxury boutique hotel called Marbela Beach on a beautiful and surprisingly empty swathe of beach in India. But already Paul McGlade Jnr and Caoilinn Taylor, both 28, look as if they may have one of the hottest places in town.
“Which one’s the princess?” I ask Paul – as he looks in on the exclusive Bahraini princess’s birthday party they’re hosting to check if everything is going alright. “I haven’t a clue,” he says in his Dublin lilt, and can’t help but laugh at the sheer absurdity of it almost.
It’s a typical answer from a wholly unpretentious, immensely likeable couple, who nevertheless find themselves sitting on a place now almost effortlessly attracting names like actress Sadie Frost, socialite Jade Jagger (who regularly drops in from her own place just up the beach), and Bollywood stars like Hrithik Roshan – about as big as they come in India.
But how on earth did such a young Irish couple get themselves into all this, and how have they been so successful?
In a word, India is booming. While the rest of us can feel our economies draining, the exact opposite is happening here, as if the world were an egg-timer flipped on its head suddenly.
“I think over the next 10 years this place is going to explode,” says Paul, already widening his business interests to include building luxury homes along the Goan coast as he gamely tries to keep up.
But as is soon apparent to anyone who spends any time here, this is because Paul and Caoilinn’s dream – of bringing a little, personal comfort here – is now India’s big dream as well.
Interestingly, the pair who’ve been together since they were 18, still credit their decision to go travelling around the world together – to places like the United States, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and Vietnam – for giving them many of the ideas for Marbela Beach and broadening their minds enough to do something as adventurous as move to India. “Everyone should take a year to go travelling,” says Paul. “It’s better than any university.”
Four years ago, Paul then started making business trips to India with his father, and – despite getting his fingers badly burnt initially – decided not to let go of a place he found to be “buzzing”.
“That’s when I realised that if you want to do business here you’ve got to be here. That’s when we decided to move,” he says.
The one thing that keeps coming up in their account of their India experience so far though is just how friendly and welcoming the overwhelming majority of the people have been. Their invitation to dinner with Gregory David Roberts, author of Shantaram – who they met one night at a party in Mumbai – the most enviable example of all, perhaps.
“I was so excited, because I’d just read Shantaram. I was like: wow!” says Caoilinn, who also met Roberts’s wife – the enigmatically-titled Princess Francoise.
Afterwards, Roberts, whose best-selling book is all about his exploits with the Bombay mafia, wrote down a number and gave it to Paul. “If you’re ever in trouble and need a guardian angel,” he told him. “Call this guy.”
And has he? “Not yet,” Paul laughs. “But it’s amazing the people you meet here.”
The way things are going though, it would be no great surprise if the author whose book is arguably bringing more people travelling to India than the Lonely Planet now, popped up again at Paul and Caoilinn’s wedding due to take place at Marbela Beach at the end of February.
Some 50 people are expected to fly from Dublin for the big day – joining 100 more guests from India, many of them family from Ireland, who have never even seen India before, never mind Marbela Beach.
“I can’t wait for them to get here to see what we’ve created,” says Caoilinn, who puts the formula for Marbela Beach’s early success down to their deliberate attempt to create an intimate ‘living room’ atmosphere. “We want them to see our home. We want them to have a really good time.”
What’s clear also is how excited they are to show off Goa – a surprisingly affluent, utterly laid-back part of India, they are equally as passionate about.
“You can hop on a bike here and in 20 minutes be in the middle of jungle. We’ve seen monkeys, crocodiles, snakes even. There’s nowhere like this,” says Paul.
But while they joke together about perhaps becoming the first ever Irish couple to get married here, what is far more apparent sadly – for Irish business interests anyway – is that they are the only Irish they know doing business here.
“India is not on the Irish map at all,” says Paul, who would dearly love to see – and help – more Irish people venturing into the new Indian market. “People have the wrong impression, that’s why. They think it’s all ‘slum-dog millionaire’ – poor and dirty and slums. But it’s so much more than that! There are more millionaires and billionaires here than anywhere else,” he says.
He rattles of some more startling statistics. “Fifty per cent of the population is under 25. Sixty-five per cent is under 35. There’s 300 million middle class growing 10 per cent every year. For a young entrepreneur, this is the land of opportunity. Because of the numbers.”
As a result, Goa – where India is taking the party – seems to be changing already. No longer the tired backpacking cliché, but a destination with style cheaper and better than the Caribbean perhaps, as it slowly transforms itself to accommodate India’s insatiable new appetite for luxury.
Not that Paul and Caoilinn, at the very engine of this now, want the tranquil hippy vibe that Goa still retains from the 1960s to ever disappear as a result.
“You don’t want to lose the hippy scene,” says Paul. “You don’t want to lose the cows on the beach. You don’t want to become the next St Tropez – too perfect!”
It’s a reminder that at Marbela Beach, the right people are in the right place at the right time. Irish entrepreneurs, take heart.
* marbelabeach.com or tel 00-91-9158881180. Fly with Ethiad Airways (etihadairways.com) from Dublin, Qatar or direct charters from Manchester or London.
Feb 5th 2011, 5:02 pm
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http://oheraldo.in/news/Local%20News...OME/45434.html
Two questions;
Why does it take the authorities 10 years to come to the same conclusion everyone else did at the very beginning?
Why does the Calangute MLA find it necessary to so vigorously defend people who are not even his countrymen, let alone constituents?
Wouldn't involve large amounts of rupees by any chance..........
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Two questions;
Why does it take the authorities 10 years to come to the same conclusion everyone else did at the very beginning?
Why does the Calangute MLA find it necessary to so vigorously defend people who are not even his countrymen, let alone constituents?
Wouldn't involve large amounts of rupees by any chance..........
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Feb 6th 2011, 12:41 am
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Re: In To-day's Newspapers
From yesterday's IRISH TIMES.
I wonder how it will look after one monsoon!!! Check out the website at the bottom of the article (incl the rates!!!)
The Irish Times - Saturday, February 5, 2011
Giving it a go in Goa
But how on earth did such a young Irish couple get themselves into all this, and how have they been so successful?
I wonder how it will look after one monsoon!!! Check out the website at the bottom of the article (incl the rates!!!)
The Irish Times - Saturday, February 5, 2011
Giving it a go in Goa
But how on earth did such a young Irish couple get themselves into all this, and how have they been so successful?
Easy when you are Paul McGlade (one of Ireland's richest businessman) rich kid daddy's son and you have play money to waste and throw away.
He's already been conned 11 crores from some Indian.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/6316440.cms
Great performance. It's not profit that matters here anymore its just pretending that counts. "Keeping up appearances" Who cares, daddy will send a new tranche when conned again and the beautiful former model will call herself the manager.
Feb 6th 2011, 2:13 pm
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Paul McGlade Jr. and his model girlfriend are such a successful couple ... and have opened a wonderful resort in Ashvem ....blah blah. How sweet and cheesy !
Easy when you are Paul McGlade (one of Ireland's richest businessman) rich kid daddy's son and you have play money to waste and throw away.
He's already been conned 11 crores from some Indian.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/6316440.cms
Great performance. It's not profit that matters here anymore its just pretending that counts. "Keeping up appearances" Who cares, daddy will send a new tranche when conned again and the beautiful former model will call herself the manager.
Easy when you are Paul McGlade (one of Ireland's richest businessman) rich kid daddy's son and you have play money to waste and throw away.
He's already been conned 11 crores from some Indian.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/6316440.cms
Great performance. It's not profit that matters here anymore its just pretending that counts. "Keeping up appearances" Who cares, daddy will send a new tranche when conned again and the beautiful former model will call herself the manager.
I agree with you Excelsior - a cheesy bit of reporting, but what I was trying to get at was - will this new boutique hotel survive a monsoon, or will the Bollywood Glitterati just move on to some new haunt next season?
As you imply - easy come, easy go!
Feb 6th 2011, 2:58 pm
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Ok, so let's suppose he's doing well, everything's perfect, land deeds registered to the company and so on.
At some point, he'll need a new visa, though...
At some point, he'll need a new visa, though...
Feb 7th 2011, 1:48 am
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Re: In To-day's Newspapers
This sucks as with the old guys you could at least obtain some arangement with irregularities 
From IANS
Centre may manage immigration desks at Goa
2011-02-07 14:40:00
Panaji, Feb 7 (IANS) Irked by complaints about corruption at the immigration counters at Goa's seaport and the only military-operated airport, a top level delegation of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) will visit Goa this week to discuss the modalities for taking over the immigration chores from the state police.
A state home ministry official Monday said the delegation, led by Anil Goswami, additional secretary (MHA) in charge of the foreigners section, and Anuj Sharma, director (Immigration), will be meeting Goa Chief Secretary Sanjiv Srivastav Thursday to discuss the details.
'The union home ministry wants to finalise and adopt an action plan before fully taking over the management of these immigration desks by Im**************** officials,' the senior home ministry official told IANS.
In the recent past, Goa has emerged as a soft entry point for several criminals and the immigration desk, manned by the Goa Police, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons -- ranging from corruption to turning a blind eye to a fake passport racket that was unearthed a couple of years back.
The immigration desks are crucial, especially because Goa caters to more than five lakh foreign tourists -- especially tourists arriving on charter flights -- from the period of October to March annually and the immigration counters are the first point of contact for any incoming overseas traveller.
'We received complaints from various consulates about the inefficiency and the unprofessional behaviour of the state police when it came to handling the huge rush of foreign tourists who visit Goa each tourist season,' the official said, adding that a sense of professionalism would prevail once seasoned immigration officials were posted at the immigration check posts.
'The meeting with the chief secretary would also be attended by senior police as well as state home ministry officials,' the official said.
From IANS
Centre may manage immigration desks at Goa
2011-02-07 14:40:00
Panaji, Feb 7 (IANS) Irked by complaints about corruption at the immigration counters at Goa's seaport and the only military-operated airport, a top level delegation of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) will visit Goa this week to discuss the modalities for taking over the immigration chores from the state police.
A state home ministry official Monday said the delegation, led by Anil Goswami, additional secretary (MHA) in charge of the foreigners section, and Anuj Sharma, director (Immigration), will be meeting Goa Chief Secretary Sanjiv Srivastav Thursday to discuss the details.
'The union home ministry wants to finalise and adopt an action plan before fully taking over the management of these immigration desks by Im**************** officials,' the senior home ministry official told IANS.
In the recent past, Goa has emerged as a soft entry point for several criminals and the immigration desk, manned by the Goa Police, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons -- ranging from corruption to turning a blind eye to a fake passport racket that was unearthed a couple of years back.
The immigration desks are crucial, especially because Goa caters to more than five lakh foreign tourists -- especially tourists arriving on charter flights -- from the period of October to March annually and the immigration counters are the first point of contact for any incoming overseas traveller.
'We received complaints from various consulates about the inefficiency and the unprofessional behaviour of the state police when it came to handling the huge rush of foreign tourists who visit Goa each tourist season,' the official said, adding that a sense of professionalism would prevail once seasoned immigration officials were posted at the immigration check posts.
'The meeting with the chief secretary would also be attended by senior police as well as state home ministry officials,' the official said.
Feb 7th 2011, 2:02 am
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Re: In To-day's Newspapers
This sucks as with the old guys you could at least obtain some arangement with irregularities
From IANS
Centre may manage immigration desks at Goa
2011-02-07 14:40:00
Panaji, Feb 7 (IANS) Irked by complaints about corruption at the immigration counters at Goa's seaport and the only military-operated airport, a top level delegation of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) will visit Goa this week to discuss the modalities for taking over the immigration chores from the state police.
A state home ministry official Monday said the delegation, led by Anil Goswami, additional secretary (MHA) in charge of the foreigners section, and Anuj Sharma, director (Immigration), will be meeting Goa Chief Secretary Sanjiv Srivastav Thursday to discuss the details.
'The union home ministry wants to finalise and adopt an action plan before fully taking over the management of these immigration desks by Im**************** officials,' the senior home ministry official told IANS.
In the recent past, Goa has emerged as a soft entry point for several criminals and the immigration desk, manned by the Goa Police, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons -- ranging from corruption to turning a blind eye to a fake passport racket that was unearthed a couple of years back.
The immigration desks are crucial, especially because Goa caters to more than five lakh foreign tourists -- especially tourists arriving on charter flights -- from the period of October to March annually and the immigration counters are the first point of contact for any incoming overseas traveller.
'We received complaints from various consulates about the inefficiency and the unprofessional behaviour of the state police when it came to handling the huge rush of foreign tourists who visit Goa each tourist season,' the official said, adding that a sense of professionalism would prevail once seasoned immigration officials were posted at the immigration check posts.
'The meeting with the chief secretary would also be attended by senior police as well as state home ministry officials,' the official said.
From IANS
Centre may manage immigration desks at Goa
2011-02-07 14:40:00
Panaji, Feb 7 (IANS) Irked by complaints about corruption at the immigration counters at Goa's seaport and the only military-operated airport, a top level delegation of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) will visit Goa this week to discuss the modalities for taking over the immigration chores from the state police.
A state home ministry official Monday said the delegation, led by Anil Goswami, additional secretary (MHA) in charge of the foreigners section, and Anuj Sharma, director (Immigration), will be meeting Goa Chief Secretary Sanjiv Srivastav Thursday to discuss the details.
'The union home ministry wants to finalise and adopt an action plan before fully taking over the management of these immigration desks by Im**************** officials,' the senior home ministry official told IANS.
In the recent past, Goa has emerged as a soft entry point for several criminals and the immigration desk, manned by the Goa Police, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons -- ranging from corruption to turning a blind eye to a fake passport racket that was unearthed a couple of years back.
The immigration desks are crucial, especially because Goa caters to more than five lakh foreign tourists -- especially tourists arriving on charter flights -- from the period of October to March annually and the immigration counters are the first point of contact for any incoming overseas traveller.
'We received complaints from various consulates about the inefficiency and the unprofessional behaviour of the state police when it came to handling the huge rush of foreign tourists who visit Goa each tourist season,' the official said, adding that a sense of professionalism would prevail once seasoned immigration officials were posted at the immigration check posts.
'The meeting with the chief secretary would also be attended by senior police as well as state home ministry officials,' the official said.
Feb 9th 2011, 10:31 am
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Re: In To-day's Newspapers
http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetai...ils090211v.php,
along with the prosecuting counsel walking out of the Miss Keeling case as its going nowhere (oops, sorry, going on too long, what was I thinking about?)
Not surprising that the same incompetent judge (sic) is in charge of so many contraversial cases, more surprising that he has been suspended...........
Must have forgotten to pass on the correct "cut" of his January Bribe Account?
.
along with the prosecuting counsel walking out of the Miss Keeling case as its going nowhere (oops, sorry, going on too long, what was I thinking about?)
Not surprising that the same incompetent judge (sic) is in charge of so many contraversial cases, more surprising that he has been suspended...........
Must have forgotten to pass on the correct "cut" of his January Bribe Account?
.
Feb 9th 2011, 5:44 pm
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Re: In To-day's Newspapers
http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetai...ils090211v.php,
along with the prosecuting counsel walking out of the Miss Keeling case as its going nowhere (oops, sorry, going on too long, what was I thinking about?)
Not surprising that the same incompetent judge (sic) is in charge of so many contraversial cases, more surprising that he has been suspended...........
Must have forgotten to pass on the correct "cut" of his January Bribe Account?
.
along with the prosecuting counsel walking out of the Miss Keeling case as its going nowhere (oops, sorry, going on too long, what was I thinking about?)
Not surprising that the same incompetent judge (sic) is in charge of so many contraversial cases, more surprising that he has been suspended...........
Must have forgotten to pass on the correct "cut" of his January Bribe Account?
.
AndyD 8-)#
