Organisers of parties and festivals in Goa will now have to seek state government approval to hold events, as part of a crackdown on illegal drug use in the Indian holiday resort state. A state government order, seen by AFP, said that all dance parties and festivals, except “traditional” dance parties, festivals and weddings will need [...]
January 13, 2010 – 5:44 pm
Due to strict noise pollution laws, it’s become difficult to have an outdoor dance party in Goa, India (which has been a popular outdoor rave location for years).
The Silent Noise crew has found a way around this problem by holding weekly parties where attendees dance to music broadcast to wireless headphones. Instead of one central, [...]
December 31, 2009 – 3:36 pm
The next time you head to Goa for the year-end break, take special care to plan your itinerary — one of the several unknown faces that you come across may actually have been tailing you all through your visit. When Arti Chhabra was questioned by her parents about her late night parties at Anjuna while [...]
December 30, 2009 – 4:00 pm
Goa, which boasts of colonial Portuguese charm, sun-kissed beaches and great seafood, is gearing up to welcome domestic and international tourists during New Year celebrations. Ahead of the New Year, hotel occupancy has been reported to be full and people are enjoying themselves at beaches, and water sports like paragliding, and shopping at Goa’s famous [...]
December 29, 2009 – 2:54 pm
Hundreds of foreign tourists attended a sunburn dance at a beach here on Monday. The two-day sunburn dance festival, which concludes today, is Asia’s Premier Electronic Music Festival.
The festival, which is into its third year, has invited global clubbing brand and dance behemoth Gatecrasher for the label stage. Shalindera Singh, organizer of the dance programme, [...]
December 28, 2009 – 7:52 pm
As is the case every year, Goa is once again a hot favourite with Bollywood stars this New Year’s Eve. As Abhishek Bachchan has been shooting in Goa, Aishwarya too will join him there and the couple will usher 2010 together.
Other celebs scheduled to be in Goa for the New Year’s Eve celebrations are Salman [...]
December 12, 2009 – 7:56 pm
Goa attracts a huge crowd during Christmas and New Year which flocks to its sandy beaches. Goa, with its inherent party culture, is the ideal venue for Christmas party and celebrating the birth of a new year amid fun and frolic.
THE TOURIST paradise Goa, also known as the Rome of the East and Pearl of [...]
October 6, 2009 – 6:06 pm
Mr. Shantaram Naik M.P. and Secretary, All India Congress Committee, has been appointed as Observer for 32-Raigarh, Parliamentary Constituency to supervise Assembly Elections there. Mr. Naik has proceeded today to Alibagh, the Headquarter of Raigarh District from New Delhi for the purpose.
Mr. Naik has also been directed by the AICC to supervise the arrangements made [...]
August 31, 2009 – 8:50 pm
With the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) advising BJP leader L K Advani to assume the role of mentor, speculation about his successor is rife. According to a report by Poornima Joshi in Mail Today, the likelihood of the four top contenders – Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Venkaiah Naidu and Ananth Kumar – being picked for [...]
A day after Goa home minister Ravi Naik expressed disapproval of tourists loitering around the state during wee hours, a group of Mumbai-based youngsters alleged that the police harassed them for going around during odd hours.
“For two days we were stopped by police at Nakabandi points and harassed. They suspected us to be prostitutes and [...]
