`Liqour ban on Goa beaches will save Russian lives`

Last Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 11:54

Goa has received a pat on the back from Russian Ambassador Alexander M Kadakin for banning consumption of hard liquor on the state`s beaches.

British tourists to Goa dip, Russian arrivals shoot up

Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 17:41

While 154,122 tourists arrived from Britain to Goa in 2010, the number shrank to 117,683 in 2011.

Russian tourists have `all kinds of vices`: Goa BJP chief

Last Updated: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 19:42

Russians tourists who come to Goa have "all kinds of vices", the Bharatiya Janata Party`s (BJP) state unit chief Laxmikant Parsenkar Sunday said, calling on the local people not to "encourage them too much".

Russian tourists in Goa to receive medical insurance cover

Last Updated: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 21:17

Russian tourists in Goa facing medical emergencies will not have to pay from their pocket now as a Moscow-sponsored medical insurance firm has worked out a mechanism to reach out to them within hours of any exigency.