Goan Culture
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Wear anything in Goa: Manohar Parrikar
National | Jul 30, 2014, 02:39 PM ISTPanaji: People are free to wear what they want in Goa, but those who find it objectionable are also free to book them for obscenity, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the legislative assembly Wednesday.Parrikar was
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Anti-bikini minister wants Goans to wear dhotis
National | Jul 22, 2014, 06:57 PM ISTPanaji: Goa's PWD minister Sudin Dhavalikar, who wants bikinis and mini-skirts banned in the state, now wants people to immediately start wearing traditional attire like the dhoti, because he says Indian culture is "the world's
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FIR over uploading Goa minister's morphed photo
National | Jul 09, 2014, 01:18 PM ISTPanaji: An FIR has been filed for uploading a morphed photo of Public Works Department Minister Sudin Dhavalikar in a pink swimsuit which went viral on Facebook last week."The FIR has been filed and the
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Wear loin cloth if against Westernism, designer tells Goa minister
National | Jul 04, 2014, 06:52 PM ISTPanaji: The controversy over a Goa cabinet minister's demand to ban mini-skirts and bikinis in order to "protect Goan culture" refuses to die down, with ace fashion designer Wendell Rodricks asking him to to wear
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No bikini ban on Goa's beaches: CM Manohar Parrikar
National | Jul 02, 2014, 06:40 PM ISTPanaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today ruled out banning wearing of bikinis on the state's beaches, a day after a minister in his government advocated such a measure, but said drinking of liquor in
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Sack Goa minister, says Congress; no dress ban, says another minister
National | Jul 02, 2014, 05:42 PM ISTPanaji: As the Congress called for expelling Goa's PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar who demanded a ban on women wearing mini-skirts to night clubs and bikinis to beaches, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar Wednesday said these dresses
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Congress to present mini-skirt to Goa minister
National | Jul 01, 2014, 03:52 PM ISTPanaji: The Congress will present a mini-skirt to Goa's Public Works Department Minister Sudin Dhavalikar, who wants a ban on girls from wearing short skirts to nightclubs, as, he says, they are a threat to