Panaji

PANAJI - With jazz artists playing saxophones and trombones strolling on the streets and jugglers, fire eaters, acrobats prancing around, there will be much more than just movies at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2010 starting here

PANAJI - "Munni badnaam hui", the rambunctious song from the blockbuster "Dabangg", simply won't get you the wolf whistles here. Music lovers in Goa, known for its nightclubs and head-banging dos, do not simply connect to Bollywood music.

PANAJI - The death of 85-year-old Yertward Mazmanian aka 'eight finger Eddie', arguably Goa's first hippie, curiously comes at a time when the state is on the verge of a strategic shift in its tourism approach.

PANAJI - Three flights, including a chartered plane, were diverted from the Goa airport Wednesday due to an oil spill on the runway, an official said.

PANAJI - Hugh Gantzer, one of India's first travel writers, shoots straight from the hip. Little wonder that, at a travel fair here, he gunned for hippies, backpackers and even "rubbish tourism ministers", saying they were sullying Goa's image as a top tourist destination.