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Goa state film festival from May 1

The State Department of Information and Publicity in association with the Entertainment Society of Goa is hosting the 4th Goa State Film Festival from May 1 to 4.
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, who also holds the information portfolio, told reporters that the inaugural function will witness a grand musical performance by renowned MTV and Channel V […]

Uefa Euro 2008 mascots

 The Euro 2008 official mascots Trix  and Flix pose during the presentation of the video of the Uefa Euro 2008 mascot song interpreted by Jamaican American reggae and Grammy-winnig singer Shaggy, at the Austrian Embassy in Berlin. The opening ceremony will take place June 7, 2008 in Basel.
-Herald, Goa Daily

Radio Mirchi launches campaign for greener Goa

Radio Mirchi is all set to commemorate World Earth Day with a ‘Green is Cool, Mirchi’s Hot’ campaign consisting of on-air and on-ground multi-city activities in Goa aimed towards generating environmental awareness from April 21 to 27, says a press note issued here.

Launching the campaign in partnership with presenting sponsor, the Dempo Group of Companies, […]

Indo-UK naval war games off Goa coast from Monday

The third annual Indo-British naval exercise will be organised on the western seaboard in Goa from April 21 to May 2.

‘The Royal Navy will field the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and the HMS Trafalgar nuclear submarine besides a guided missile frigate and a fleet replenishment tanker,’ a British high commission statement said Friday.
At the ‘Konkan’ […]

Phoenix wins silver at the Goa Festival

Phoenix Ogilvy, the first Sri Lankan agency to win several international regional awards, scored yet another first last Saturday when they won the coveted silver award at the Goafest 2008 for their campaign for the Sri Lanka Federation of Visually Handicapped. No Gold was given out in the public service and charity category, making the […]

Buy a boat in Mumbai and park it in Goa

Mumbai, which is host to the International Boat Show, could be a great place to buy a yacht but its waterfront may not be the best place to park it, feel experts.
The best yacht harbour closer home could be Goa or down south in Kochi or Chennai.
“Mumbai doesn’t have good water quality, the sea is […]

Dandiya, garba take Goa by storm

Once limited to Bengal, Mumbai and Gujarat, Navaratri celebrations, which is the lead up to the Durga Puja festival on Dussehra, have caught Goans on in a big way.
The 10-day celebrations feature cultural programmes, folk dances, discourse, one act plays etc, though the highlight is dandiya and garba.
In Panjim, puja is organised at a few […]

Appointment of IFFI event management agency postponed

The governing council of the Entertainment Society of Goa today postponed awarding of the tender for appointment of an event management agency for the forthcoming International Film Festival of India to a later, as yet unspecified date.
Earlier, the governing council met under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, for the presentations of […]

Technical Writing Conference in Goa

The 9th Annual Conference of the India chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) will be held through October 25-27, 2007 at Cidade de Goa in Goa.
STC India’s annual conference is the largest annual learning and networking event for technical writers in India. The conference brings together technical writing professionals from all over the […]

IFFI 2007 - Only 2 Hindi features among 21 in panorama

DHARM by Bhavna Talwar and GAFLA by Sameer Hanchate are the only two Hindi films among the twenty one features short listed for the Indian Panorama section of the forthcoming 38th International Film Festival of India in Goa next month.
A total of 15 non-features were also named by the juries which held their sittings in […]