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  Ban bikinis in public places, insists Goa PWD minister

  India | August 07, 2014 16:29 IST

  Panaji: Goa Public Works Department Minister Sudin Dhavalikar Thursday once again insisted that bikinis should be banned on the state's public beaches.Asked if he stood by his comments on banning bikinis from Goa's beaches, Dhavalikar

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  Wear anything in Goa: Manohar Parrikar

  Politics | July 30, 2014 14:39 IST

  Panaji: 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

  Politics | July 22, 2014 18:57 IST

  Panaji: 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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  Anti-skirt Goa minister Sudin Dhavalikar now talks 'sanskar'

  India | July 17, 2014 17:33 IST

  Panaji:  Sudin Dhavalikar, the Goa minister who recently demanded a ban on mini-skirts and bikinis, now says his "thoughts and sanskar" will take both Goa and India to glory. Mr Dhavalikar, the public works department

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  FIR over uploading Goa minister's morphed photo

  Politics | July 09, 2014 13:18 IST

  Panaji: 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

  Politics | July 04, 2014 18:52 IST

  Panaji: 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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  Pubs, liquor very much part of Indian culture: BJP MLA

  Politics | July 03, 2014 16:47 IST

  Panaji: Days after a minister in Manohar Parrikar-led government set off a controversy by denouncing “pub culture”, a BJP MLA has invoked mythology saying “pub and liquor are very much part of Indian culture” and

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  Rape comments not insensitive, but misquoted: Manohar Parrikar

  Politics | July 03, 2014 16:45 IST

  Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Wednesday said his comments in the media on women and rape were misquoted and there was no insensitivity in his comments.Communicating via his official Twitter handle, Parrikar said: "Whatever

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  No bikini ban on Goa's beaches: CM Manohar Parrikar

  Politics | July 02, 2014 18:40 IST

  Panaji: 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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  Congress to present mini-skirt to Goa minister

  Politics | July 01, 2014 15:52 IST

  Panaji: 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