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According to today's paper the Indian govt have forced the British govt to re-start issuing visa in Belgium by refusing Indian visas to British applicants in Belgium and increasing visa fees to match those charged to Indians visiting Britain.
This doesn't seem to be completely borne out by the FCO website - but check out the charges - €10 for a phone call and €124 + VAT to do the biometrics PLUS the visa fee no wonder people complain.
India has been talking about using biometrics for visas so I guess we will eventually have to pay the same when getting our Indian visas!

AndyD 8-)#

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ten years in thailand that place grew with tourist money ten years in goa well i am happy that most roads have been hot mixed (cheaply with outside gangs of women and there kids n menfolk , so where,s all the tourist moneys went ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome...ded-world.html

it does seem a bit watered down from something similar i read in the herald a few years back but theres no denying some did get stupidly rich very quick going up in the political ladder (which is something your gonna need when the hills behind us start collapsing soon) no wonder Vaz feels like he,s KING OF THE WORLD when he,s back amongst his kins , OH how they must laugh ( f***ing T**T) he is (coz i hate fat little baldy B**s***NT polyticians that were once of b lairs A**licking compatriots !! . NOW i,m gonna have a friday session and ask god WHY POLITICIANS CANT TELL THE TRUTH god bless rant over for anuva year :eek::eek::eek:

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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/huhne-hires...102744329.html

Well, they got away with murder in the face of overwhelming evidence, so probably a good choice?


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It is a similar situation to that of Phillip Olds, a Met police officer who was shot and paralysed after responding to an armed robbery in the 80's.
He kept being referred to as a hero and seemed to cope amazingly well with his injuries - then committed suicide.
Post trauma stress disorder is very prevalent following something so life changing and it has been shown many times in recent history that the police do not deal well with post trauma effects. The support system offered to police officers is not as good as it could be either.
I believe similar can be said of armed forces personnel coming back from wars.

Very sad all round

Dread - x

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India’s tit for tat to UK on visa norms

2 Mar: Times of India. India has forced the UK to roll back its decision to bar Indians to apply for UK visas from Belgium by restricting UK nationals from applying for visas in Brussels… The Indian retaliation though was also increasing the visa fee, bringing it on par with the money charged from Indians for UK visa… "Now that they have given in, there will be no change in the visa cost though," said a source

www.goanvoice.org.uk

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"Now that they have given in, there will be no change in the visa cost though," said a source

Says it all really.................

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-n...e-woman-746295

Zombie gran: 95-year-old Chinese woman terrifies neighbours by climbing out of her coffin six days after she 'died'
Li Xiufeng was found motionless and not breathing in bed by her neighbour more than a fortnight after tripping and suffering a head injury

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http://inagist.com/ndtv/175912402062286848/

80% turnout to vote.

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Election results - Goan voice updating results as they come in.

http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/

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Can't get their link to work, anyone else?

Got it now, just very slow to load


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Let us hope it will be in our favour!

BJP to form Government in Goa
Results so far: BJP:18 | Congress: 7 Independent: 4| MGP: 3| GVP: 2
6 results to come in

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Kamat's resigned so it's all over.
The 'man from Parra' is tipped to be next CM.

Ingeneral terms I would expect BJP to be less foreigner friendly than Congress, but DK was always more BJP than Congress (parties are just labels of convenience anyway).

I have heard that Parrikar has said he has no objection in principle to foreigners owning a house or apartment - but that was then and this is now.
Who knows!

AndyD 8-)#

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If M Lobo gets in for Calangute he should be very friendly to foreigners seeing that he made a lot of money building and selling them properties over the last 10 years

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He has got in.


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... which are his?

AndyD 8-)₹