Sudin Dhavalikar
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Ban bikinis in public places, insists Goa PWD minister
India | Aug 07, 2014, 04:29 PM ISTPanaji: 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
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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Anti-skirt Goa minister Sudin Dhavalikar now talks 'sanskar'
India | Jul 17, 2014, 05:33 PM ISTPanaji: 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
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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Pubs, liquor very much part of Indian culture: BJP MLA
National | Jul 03, 2014, 04:47 PM ISTPanaji: 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
National | Jul 03, 2014, 04:45 PM ISTPanaji: 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
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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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