Thursday, May 27, 2010

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Goa banks on Poles and Russians for tourism revival

Posted: 27 May 2010 07:18 AM PDT

After losing tourists from Western Europe, Goa is now banking on travellers from Russia and Poland to revive the sagging tourism industry in the state.

Travel Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) has said the scene was disappointing on the Western Europe tourist front, but the loss is, to some extent, compensated by Russians’ attraction towards the state.

Also, arrivals from Poland went up, giving a fillip to the foreign exchange earning sector reeling under the impact of a global economic slowdown and the Mumbai terror attacks.

“Around 2,000 Polish tourists arrived in the state, which was a new feature this season,” Ernest Dias, a TTAG official, told PTI.

The tourism industry was expecting a 25 to 30 per cent drop in tourist arrivals from English-speaking countries. But arrival of 40,000-odd Russians made up for the loss.

Courtesy:PTI

Court asks Goa if drug probe being given to CBI

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:25 AM PDT

The Bombay High Court Wednesday asked the state government to spell out whether it was handing over the police-drug mafia nexus probe over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Justice N.A. Britto of the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court also asked the state prosecutor to inform the court formally about the government’s intent by May 28.

The bench was hearing the bail application of a senior police inspector, who is one of the seven policemen to have been arrested for their links to the drugs mafia.

The Crime Branch is at present probing the police-politician-drug mafia nexus, which was exposed after Swedish model Lucky Farmhouse uploaded on the internet the spycamera videos of her ex-boyfriend and dreaded Israeli drug dealer Yaniv Benaim alias Atala, boasting of his links to the police and politicians in Goa.

Lucky has also claimed that she has video footage of a leading politician’s son dealing with drug dealers in Goa.

Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar has already demanded that the nexus probe be handed over to the CBI for an impartial enquiry.

Courtesy:Mynews
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