Dilip Parulekar

Goa's Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar had a narrow escape from an accident as his official vehicle was hit by a tourist bus today, according to the police.

Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar on Monday said that organisers of Sunburn, India's biggest EDM festival, can still hold the event in Goa as long as they pay dues of Rs 1.75 crore for providing police personnel for security cover.

Buoyed by a large turnout at the 'Vintage Bike and Car Festival' in Panaji, the Goa Tourism Department has decided to make it an annual feature on its event calender, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said.

Setting up of CCTVs will be made compulsory for Goa's beach shacks for safety and security of tourists, state Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said.

In order to boost tourism between Goa and Thailand, Thai Airlines would soon be commencing a Goa-Thailand direct flight service, Thailand Consul General Ekpol Poolpipat said today.

Promoters of Sunburn Festival on Saturday said they have kept the option open to shift the festival from Goa to Maharashtra or Delhi, if their proposal for this year on the same date and venue as last year was not cleared by the Goa government.

Goa government is planning not to permit the crowd-pulling dance music festivals in the state between December 15 and January 15 which is the peak tourist season, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said today.

Goa's Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar on Wednesday used a Konkani racial slur, "khapri" for an African national, before quickly apologising and later addressing him as a "black person".

The BJP-led Goa government has objected to Hindi thriller 'Missing on a Weekend', which, it has claimed, projects the state as a haven for drugs and sex trade.

Goa beaches will soon have CCTV cameras installed on shacks to keep an eye on the shoreline activities.

Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has said that Goans are "annoyed" with the behaviour, attitude and way of life of Nigerians living in the coastal state.

Amid a string of attacks on Africans in Delhi, Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar today demanded a strict law to deport Nigerians, claiming that they come in conflict with Indian law so as to extend their stay and indulge in drugs and other crimes.

The rape of a 25-year-old Russian woman at a beach resort in Goa last week and the inability of the police to arrest the culprit was a matter of shame, state Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar had said

The foreign tourist arrivals in Goa crossed the historical five lakh mark during 2014 while the growth continued in the subsequent year, state Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar informed the Assembly today.

The Congress today slammed the Goa government alleging that it had spent nearly Rs 22 crore on foreign junkets for state Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar and officials since March 2012 to till date.

Goa's Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar had a narrow escape from an accident as his official vehicle was hit by a tourist bus today, according to the police.

Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar on Monday said that organisers of Sunburn, India's biggest EDM festival, can still hold the event in Goa as long as they pay dues of Rs 1.75 crore for providing police personnel for security cover.

Buoyed by a large turnout at the 'Vintage Bike and Car Festival' in Panaji, the Goa Tourism Department has decided to make it an annual feature on its event calender, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said.

Setting up of CCTVs will be made compulsory for Goa's beach shacks for safety and security of tourists, state Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said.

In order to boost tourism between Goa and Thailand, Thai Airlines would soon be commencing a Goa-Thailand direct flight service, Thailand Consul General Ekpol Poolpipat said today.

Promoters of Sunburn Festival on Saturday said they have kept the option open to shift the festival from Goa to Maharashtra or Delhi, if their proposal for this year on the same date and venue as last year was not cleared by the Goa government.

Goa government is planning not to permit the crowd-pulling dance music festivals in the state between December 15 and January 15 which is the peak tourist season, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said today.

Goa's Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar on Wednesday used a Konkani racial slur, "khapri" for an African national, before quickly apologising and later addressing him as a "black person".

The BJP-led Goa government has objected to Hindi thriller 'Missing on a Weekend', which, it has claimed, projects the state as a haven for drugs and sex trade.

Goa beaches will soon have CCTV cameras installed on shacks to keep an eye on the shoreline activities.

Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has said that Goans are "annoyed" with the behaviour, attitude and way of life of Nigerians living in the coastal state.

Amid a string of attacks on Africans in Delhi, Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar today demanded a strict law to deport Nigerians, claiming that they come in conflict with Indian law so as to extend their stay and indulge in drugs and other crimes.

The rape of a 25-year-old Russian woman at a beach resort in Goa last week and the inability of the police to arrest the culprit was a matter of shame, state Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar had said

The foreign tourist arrivals in Goa crossed the historical five lakh mark during 2014 while the growth continued in the subsequent year, state Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar informed the Assembly today.

The Congress today slammed the Goa government alleging that it had spent nearly Rs 22 crore on foreign junkets for state Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar and officials since March 2012 to till date.