Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar

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  Goa Tourism Minister Escapes Unhurt As Bus Hits His Official Car

  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.

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  Sunburn Can Be Held In Goa After Organisers Pay Dues: Tourism Minister

  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.

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  Vintage Bike And Car Festival To Be An Annual Affair In Goa

  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.

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  CCTVs To Be Compulsory For Goa Beach Shacks: State Tourism Minister

  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.

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  Goa's Popular 'Sunburn' Music Festival May Be Banned In Tourist Season

  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.

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  Goa Minister Dilip Parulekar Uses Racial Slur For An African, Apologises

  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".

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  Goans 'Annoyed' With Nigerians' Behaviour, Attitude: Chief Minister

  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.

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  Nigerians Are a Problem, Says Goa Minister Amid Centre's Africa Outreach

  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.

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  Shabby Probe In Russian Tourist's Rape Is A Shame, Says Goa Minister

  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

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  Over 5 Lakh Foreign Tourists Visited Goa in 2015: Minister

  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.

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  Rs 22 Crore Spent On Junkets For Goa Minister, Officers: Congress

  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.

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  Security Being Increased At Goa Music Fest Due To ISIS Threat

  Security at the Sunburn and the Supersonic electronic dance music festivals held annually will be increased in view of an ISIS threat, Goa Tourism minister Dilip Parulekar said on Wednesday.

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  Men Accused of Gangrape 'Naive': Goa Minister's Shocker

  Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar has courted controversy after he described the accused in the gangrape of two Delhi-based women in the state as "naive" and chose to dismiss the crime as a stray incident.

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  Goa Likely to See 10 Million Tourists by 2017

  Tourists arrival in the state may rise up to 10 million by 2017, Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar today said in Panaji.

• Snapped with alleged criminal, Goa minister uses Shah Rukh analogy

  Goa tourism minister Dilip Parulekar on Wednesday compared himself to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan.