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New guidelines to make mining difficult Around 100-odd mining leases in Goa surrounding wildlife sanctuaries and a national park may face an uncertain future with the recent guidelines of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The guidelines bans mining within 10 kms radius of wildlife sanctuaries or national park borders. (Detailed report on pg 3)
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Has the FIR in Cipriano case been manipulated to help guilty cops? PANJIM, FEB11 The Panjim
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Murder charge against “unnamed” officers: Is this a joke? VIbha Verma aNd sujay Gupta
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police never gives up. Even after Shabaji Shetye’s report to the government details the role of every police officer, including those who could be directly responsible for their assault on him leading to his
death, the FIR (first information report) has been registered only against “accused policemen on duty”. According to top-level official sources, the unnamed nature of the FIR gives ample scope for manipulations at a later stage. There are strong indications that Police Inspector Sandesh Chodankar
Stories we heard from the Panjim police after Cipriano’s death • Cipriano was epileptic and had convulsions. • Cipriano suffered from fits after which he was rushed to the Goa Medical College and Hospital. • Cipriano was an alcoholic and vomited alcohol in the police station, which was why he was rushed to the hospital.
Mubarak finally steps down CAIRO,
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Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt with an iron hand for over three decades, stepped down as president today and handed over power to the army capitulating under mass protests sweeping the country’s streets for the last 18 days. President Hosni Mubarak resigned and handed over power to the military, announced the recently appointed Vice President Omar Sulaiman on State television. Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the anti-government
come in handy for the accused MANIPULATION 1: The FIR is also very clever. And also very shocking. Look at the critical timings mentioned in the FIR. Police personnel on duty between 22.30 hours of 07.01.2011 and 11.55 hours of 8.01.2011, have been named as accused. This is
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and Sub Inspector Vijay Chodankar, who has not been suspended, are trying to get out of the ambit on grounds that they were not directly involved. Circumstantial evidence and eyewitness accounts prove otherwise. These are the apparent manipulations which might
protests, erupted in joy with tens of thousands of people shouting “Egypt is free”. The end of a despotic regime in the most populous Arab nation came one week after the protesters set a deadline of ‘Departure Friday’ for 82-year- old Mubarak to step down as President. Mubarak is the second leader to quit after protests broke out across Arab streets in what is called the ‘Jasmine Revolution’. A fortnight ago, Tunisian President Ben Ali fled the country after protests rocked his nation. >Continued on pg 10
manipulation of the highest degree. Cipriano’s ordeal started much before 22.30 hours. He was picked up from Porvorim close to an hour ago and was tortured on his way to the police station as clearly mentioned in the statement of his lady friend Georgina Nunes. If this critical period is not
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Murder Accused?
Whether on duty on Jan 7,8,9 officially PI Sandesh Chodankar (suspended) NOT CLEAR PSI Radesh Ramnathkar (suspended) January 7, 8am to January 8, 8am. PSI Vijay Chodankar (not suspended) January 8, 8 am to January 9, 8am HC Sandip Shirvaikar (suspended) NOT CLEAR
In the State of MP and Shyamsunder Trivedi and others case the High Court held “Generally speaking, it would be police officials alone who can only explain the circumstances in which a person in their custody had died. Bound as they are by the ties of brotherhood, it is not unknown that the police personnel prefer to remain silent and more often than not even pervert the truth to save their colleagues.”
Sub district courts’ South advocates lawyers join protest stay away again
Egyptian anti-government protesters celebrate outside the presidential palace in Cairo after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down on Friday.
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SIZE DOES MATTER: Size 14 women, like celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, are the happiest, says a UK survey “It’s great to discover that being ‘Size Zero’ (equivalent to a UK Size 4, or 29-22-24) doesn’t necessarily bring you happiness; the curvier Size 14 woman is much more com-
fortable with her shape and has a happier outlook on life,” a spokesperson for Special K, the company that sponsored the poll, said. However, this does not mean
Late Chef Cipriano
Support for Desmond gathers steam
Mubarak Ho! Egypt
Size Zero women not happy, says UK poll LONDON, FEB 11 According to a poll on 3,000 British women, Size 14 women are the happiest with their life and looks. British Size 14 usually means a 38-inch bust, a 30-inch waist and 40-inch hips. A quarter of those wearing Size 14 clothes said they were “extremely thrilled” with life. Over half said their careers were just what and where they wanted them to be, while almost a third said their love life was “extremely satisfactory”. Second came Size 12 women (36-28-38), followed by sizes 8 (32-24-34), 16 (4032-42) and 10 (34-26-36).
taken into account in the FIR, will the police officers and the driver of the car be absolved of all acts of torture committed during the journey from Porvorim to Panjim, when every human right in the book was violated ? Let’s now take a look at a crucial paragraph in Georgina >Continued on pg 10
that being fat makes one happy. In fact, Size 24 (49-4251) women said they were “most dissatisfied”, not only with the way they looked, but also that they were extremely unhappy with life (18 per cent). Less than four per cent of Size 24 women were happy with their careers, while 10 per cent rated their love lives as “extremely unhappy”. Size 20 (44.5-37-46.5) women placed second in the list of unhappiest clothes sizes, while Size 22 (47-40-49) women came in third. Size 6 (31-23-32) and Size 18 (42.535-44.5) women came fourth and fifth in the poll for most unhappy women.
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PANJIM, FEB 11 On Friday,
MARGAO, FEB 11 Advocates
court proceedings in lower courts, including Ponda, Pernem, Quepem, Vasco, Mapusa and Canacona, were disrupted as lawyers from these sub-district courts also joined the agitation against the suspension of Additional Sessions Judge Desmond D’Costa A delegation led by South Goa Advocates Association (SGAA) President Anacleto Viegas gathered at the entrance of High Court of >Continued on pg 10
from South Goa boycotted courts for the second day on Friday and have vowed to boycott all proceedings in the court of District and Sessions Judge U V Bakre from Monday. (Related reports on pg 5) Functioning of the both the lower courts and Sessions Court was badly hit today with the advocates deciding to continue their boycott. Agitating advocates assembled outside the South Goa District and Sessions >Continued on pg 10
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goa SNAPSHOT Two arrested held with Rs 6.2 lakh worth drugs PORVORIM (HC): Mapusa and Pernem Police jointly nabbed two persons, including a Nigerian national, on charges of possessing drugs worth a combined Rs 6.2 lakh on Thursday night. According to DySP Sammy Tavares, under whose guidance the raid was conducted, Mapusa and Pernem Police received information that a resident of Anjuna was involved in the drug activity at Morjim. Acting on the tip-off, Pernem Police kept a vigil on the movement of the local from Anjuna for a few days. On Thursday night, Mapusa PI Rajesh Kumar and Pernem PI Uttam Raut Dessai laid a trap at Morjim and arrested Sagar Pomburpekar of Zorwaddo-Anjuna near a supermarket at Bagwada. Police recovered 10 grammes of Cocaine and 90 grammes of Charas, all valued at Rs 73,000, from the accused. On interrogation of the accused, it was learnt that a Nigerian national, residing at Verla-Canca, was allegedly supplying the drugs to Sagar. After collecting all details from the accused, the police team then laid a trap at Verla on Friday at about 1.30 pm and nabbed Olumide Christopher near panchayat office. Police recovered 110 grammes of Cocaine, worth Rs 5.50 lakh from the Nigerian national.
One held for molesting minor
MARCEL, FEB 11: Ponda Police on Friday arrested a 55-year-old man from Cuncolim-Ponda on charges of molesting a minor girl. According to Ponda Police, the incident occurred on Thursday at about 3 pm when Krishnath Naik allegedly lured the victim to his home and molested her. The complaint was lodged by victim’s aunt. The accused has been remanded to four-day custody.
Man found dead in well BICHOLIM (HC): A 36-year-old man from Atil Peth Bicholim was found dead in the old and dilapidated well at Bairo Alto Warcha Wada, Bicholim, on Thursday morning. According Bicholim Police, Vivek alias Deepak Datta Govekar (36), who had gone missing from September 25, 2010, could be recognized due to his foot wear and clothes. It is suspected that Govekar might have committed suicide making use of the old well which was without use in the remote area. PSI Ditendra Naik is investigating the case.
Taleigao MLA is feeling jittery now. The NCP has also declared to field candidates for CCP election saying they will take on the might of Taleigao MLA and expose his corrupt corportors. -- Adv Bhoshle
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City fathers have though time and again talked about the need to clean the nullah nothing concrete has been done except for their feeble attempts get funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Rural Development Mission (JNNURM) .
ccP polls: Has Monserrate’s confidence level dropped? BINDYA CHARI PANJIM, FEB 11: Has “winability factor” of Taleigao MLA Babush Monserrate for Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) election dropped? Though it’s too early to predict which of the panels will win, clear signals have emerged that Taleigao MLA who was so very confident of its panel, Panjim City Corporation Development Front (PCCDF) riding back to power, is now on the back-foot. Monserrate displayed high level of confidence in his panel when he announced candidates for all thirty wards of the CCP even before notification for reservations of CCP wards was out. Moreover, he retained all the corporators who were infamously labelled as “rotten apples” even though he had earlier indicated that “tainted candidates” will be dropped. Some of the ruling corporators are deeply alleged to be involved in many scams that afflicted CCP during last five years. But the first sign of drop in his confidence level became evident when one of this candidates Nagesh Karishetty, who was to contest from ward 8, very surprisingly issued a public statement
claiming he has opted out of the panel. Karishetty was alleged to be the main player in pay parking scam that had hit the CCP like thunderstorm. Adv Avinash Bhonsle, who was elected on Babush’s panel but was dropped this time, quite vociferously pointed out the obvious. Uday Madkaikar who was alleged to be involved in market scam was next to find himself dropped from the Babush pane. “He has reshuffled his panel -- first it was Karishetty, second Uday Madkaikar and it is likely to drop some more, “says Adv Bhoshle. According to Adv Bhonsle , also a general secretary of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) says, “Taleigao MLA is feeling jittery now. “ The NCP has also declared to field candidates for CCP election saying they will take on the might of Taleigao MLA and expose his corrupt corportors . The NCP has not yet declared its panel. Babush replaced his candidate Gangaram Kale who was to contest election from ward 21 with Adv Kedar Shirgaokar but later dropped Adv Shirgaokar like a a hot potato to bring back Kale. “Though Taleigao man
had started with a big bang on January 1 by announcing his panel well ahead of others , today he is not so sure is demonstrated by his action,” retorted Adv Bhonsle. Former mayor Ashok Naik, who is heading a BJP supported panel , says Panjimites are thoroughly frustrated with the outgoing ruling corporators. “They are waiting to throw all corrupt corporators out and probably realising the mood of the electorate he has made drastic changes in his panel. “ Other major change in the panel is that a former mayor Tony Rodrigues who was nominated to contest from ward 18 has been shifted to ward 8 which is represented by Karishetty. Whereas Vilas Naik , husband of seating corporator Uma Naik is contesting from ward 18. Vilas Naik was hoping to contest from his wife’s ward but his name was dropped in order to accommodate Rodrigues . He has been accommodatedafterRodrigueswas shifted to ward 8 from ward 18. Ward 16 which is represented by Rodrigues has been reserved for women. Babush had named Anjaly Naik for ward 16 but recently replaced her with one Pascuela Mascarehas.
Rubbishing the claims of his critics that “he is no more confident” about victory of his panel in CCP election , Taleigao MLA said, “I’m not at all confused and very much confident of my success in CCP election, “ when contacted by this paper on Friday. “ I have not lost my confidence, my opponents should not bother about my confidence. Let him (Adv Avinash Bhonsle) first come out with his panel, “ he retorted. The NCP which had gallantly declared to float panel to fight corruption of some ruling corporators, has not announce the list of its candidates even as there is hardly a month for election. The election notification is likely to be out on February 13. Justifying the changes he has made in his panel, Monserrate said, “changes have been made considering views of the people and not to allow upper hand to opponents.” Accepting that there have been complaints against certain persons and which became more vocal after he declared his panel, he said there is always a room for development and he always believed in healthy competition..
Saints needed to clean this nullah In the run up to the CCP elections, we will focus on one big issue a week which needs urgent attention in the city. We begin with the St Inez nullah. Bindya Chari reports Panjim: It’s the sight before the stink. Walking on the promenade of Panjim along the Patto bridge to Campal gives way to the stink and stench of the St Inez Nullah, w h i c h could have been a very good artery. Today it virtually chokes Panjim. A 4.2 kilometer Nullah runs across the city from Old GMC building up to Camrabhat. The Camrabhat area which is a tail end of the Nullah, has a high concentration of illegal hutments Illegal huts on the bank of nullah in Camarabhat area which are without any sanitary facilities, conveniently release sewage in the nullah. Commenting on “illegal huts” however Commissioner of Corporation of the City of Panjim ( CCP) Elvis
Gomes said “illegal hutments” have to go. A former councilor Patricia Pinto who is well aware of inherent problems afflicting the
forwarded to the government. The sub-committee that examines DPRs prepared to avail funds under the JNNURM scheme have suggested certain changes , pointed out Gomes who also believes there has to be some arrangements to see that no waste is released into the nullah once it is renovated and de-silted. Nullah was disilted about year and a half ago after some active Panjimites in a letter to the High Court complaint that Nullah had turned into a health hazard. The CCP reluctantly took up the work and desilted the nullah on the directive of the High Court. But the nullah continues to look filthy as ever as dumping of waste and sewage has not stopped.
CCP Polls: THE BIG IssUE city, said cleaning of nullah alone will not end the problem. It has to be seen that no sewage is released into the nullah. And that is a tough task. City fathers have though time and again talked about the need to clean the nullah nothing concrete has been done except for their feeble attempts get funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Rural Development Mission (JNNURM) . “Though a Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Rs 23 crore for cleaning and upgrading St Inez nullah was prepared but it has not been
BATTle fOR pANjIM wARDs 12 & 14 AIn a little over a month, the people of the city of Panjim will exercise their votes and elect a panel that will be in charge of cleaning up and helping Goa’s capital prosper. Right in the middle of Panjim are two wards that definitely need to breathe. With constant congestion, traffic jams, parking problems and more, wards 12 and 14 need immediate attention. Shweta Kamat looks closer
congestion, crowds and shifting of votes The soft-spoken Vaidehi Naik, a CCP corporator, had the hardest task at her disposal in last five years. Getting sorted out vexed traffic congestion problem in city’s arteries – 18th June Road and M G Road, is something which she is still struggling to accomplish. The narrow 18th June Road is mess almost through the day, with cars and bikes parked erratically all along the road. The city fathers had thought that
Ward No. 12 making this road a pay parking slot would fill CCP’s coffers and also regulate the unwanted parking here. But, the proposal has been lying unattended to in Collector’s office and constant reminders have fetched no results. The locals especially businessmen raise the red flag to pay parking fearing
that asking people to pay means they will stop visiting this busy lane. Actually, traffic police had recommended pay parking here. Although CCP conceded to it, now there is no follow-up from the corporation, which has kept the file pending in collectorate. Ward Number 12, represented by the BJP supported Vaidehi Naik, is actually Panaji’s metropolis. It’s the place where Panjim generates maximum revenue. But when it comes to spending, the CCP have not spent a single pie. The work costing approximately Rs 30 lakh was done from local MLA Manohar Parrikar’s funds. And if traffic was one problem that Vaidehi could hardly solve, there is another issue that she is battling with. Around 40-odd names of the voters from the ward have
The ward number 12 has 912 voters. I Did This… (total cost Rs 30 lakhs) nCleaning of drains nSettling garbage issue nPavements
been shifted elsewhere. The voters are caught napping and their names shifted to wards 11 and 28. Vaidehi claims that the move was politically motivated and names were shifted keeping her in the dark. The district collector, who is also a returning officer, has been asked to look into the matter. She says the collector has started the process of rectifying the error. For CCP even few votes can decide the fate of candidates. Garbage is yet another problem which dogged this ward until recently. But Vaidehi says it is now a thing of the past as the issue is solved. The corporator, however refused to speak about the various works undertaken by her, as she believes that works were not done by CCP but by Manohar Parrikar.
Prasad Amonkar, candidate, “cleanliness is a biggest problem that the ward is facing. Drains are been hardly cleaned here. Traffic mess is something, which alone she would not be able to control”
A reluctant office area If Junta House is the power hub for the entire state, for ward number 14 represented by Yatin Parekh, it is also posing as an impediment. The incessant traffic that encircles this building adds to the woes of locals who blame CCP for non-planning. There are thousand odd employees working here, who mostly travel by two-wheelers or four-wheelers. Simi-
Ward No. 14 larly there are equal numbers of vehicles which come to visit these offices. The locals here admit that CCP alone cannot handle this traffic issue and it requires proper planning with the active support of Urban Development Ministry. Peo-
ple are of the opinion that the government offices should be shifted from this congested area or multi level parking facilities built somewhere near. “Traffic has been a real worth problem that the city is facing today. Inadequate planning and political issues have led to this mess,” a local says. Also the narrow lane here has not been widened. And now it’s impossible to widen it, as shops have sprung on its edge. Any widening means demolition of shops which would certainly evoke angry reactions. It can be recalled, that the shopkeepers here had objected to the CCP’s pay parking scheme fearing a drop in business. Local corporator and Deputy Mayor Yatin Parekh feels that the state govern-
Albert Furtado, a local says, “He has been a very good leader, who has kept all his promises. Solving almost all issues pertaining to the ward, he has been successful in carrying out development of the ward.”
ment agencies along with CCP should drum up support for the congestion free 18th June road and surrounding areas. Parekh had won this ward in 2006 by defeating Azim Khan. This time, Parekh is pitched against BJP-panel’s Mayor Candidate Ashok Naik in this ward. The ward, which is spread from one side of 18th June road’s right up to the St Inez Church and right side of Atmaram Borkar road, has 1048 voters. Parekh, who remained a favoured corporator, has maintained this ward well. Works to the tune of Rs 3.4 crores have been undertaken by CCP and PWD. The open spaces are developed properly and garbage problem has been catered to promptly.
I Did This…(total cost Rs 3.4 crore) nGarbage problem solved nWater Availability nCleanliness of drains nDevelopment of open space
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We had preserved DNA samples from the dead body after it was found lying abandoned. The samples will be sent to the Forensic laboratory for testing”. – DySP Umesh Gaonkar
New Central guidelines to make mining difficult shWeTA KAMAT PANJIM, FEB 11: Around 100odd mining leases in Goa surrounding wildlife sanctuaries and a national park may face an uncertain future with the recent guidelines of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). MoEF’s National Board for Wildlife in its recent meeting has circulated guidelines for declaration of eco-sensitive zones around national parks and wildlife sanctuaries which bans mining within 10 kms radius of wildlife sanctuaries or national park borders. The circular which is issued to Additional Principal Chief Wildlife Warden, last week, has said mining activity on the periphery was prohibited. The wildlife board’s circular is part of the National Wildlife Action Plan 20022016. “The areas outside the protected area (PA) network are often vital ecological corridors and must be protected
to prevent isolation of fragments of bio-diversity which will not survive in the long run,” the circular emphasises. Deputy Inspector General, Wildlife, Prakriti Srivastava, in the circular observed land and water-use policies will need to accept the imperative of strictly protecting ecologically fragile habitats. The board has prohibited or regulated several activities around the sanctuaries. The MoEF has asked the State Government to identify the eco-sensitive zones around the sanctuaries and national park, where this activity will not be allowed. Mining comes as a first and foremost economic activity that is prohibited in the 10km radius of the wildlife sanctuaries. The prohibition, however, does not cover digging of earth for construction or repair of houses and for manufacturing of country tiles or bricks for housing or personal use. Forest officials said that
unceRTAin fuTuRe the Forest Department would be soon filing its reply pertaining to the guidelines, whether these could be made applicable to Goa or not. the reply would be first placed before the State Government for suggestions and changes after which it will be forwarded to the Central ministry. there are nearly 100-120 mining leases in these areas, which were required to be stopped if ever these guidelines are made applicable. The Forest Department would be soon filing its reply pertaining to the guidelines, whether these could be made applicable to Goa or not. The reply would be first placed before the State Government for suggestions and changes after which it will be forwarded to the Central ministry. The felling of trees has also been regulated under the new circular while establishment of hydro-electric projects have been completely banned. Activities related to tourism like flying over the national park area by any aircraft or hot air balloon too will
not be allowed. The prohibitions come under section 5 C (1) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 and Section 5 (1) of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986. The ministry, talking in the national context, has said that many of the existing protected areas have already undergone tremendous development in close vicinity to their boundaries. “Some of the protected areas are actually lying in the urban set up,” it adds. The circular says that defining the extent of ecosensitive zones around protected areas will have to be kept flexible. “The width of the eco-sen-
sitive zones and type of regulation will differ from area to area. However, as a general principle the width of the eco-sensitive zone could go upto 10 kms around a protected area as provided in the wildlife conservation strategy-2002,” it reads. In case, where sensitive corridors, connectivity and ecologically important patches, crucial for landscape linkage, are even beyond 10 kms width, these should be included in eco-sensitive zones. MoEF has said that the
eco-sensitive zones are created so that there is no negative impact of activities on the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks.
Cops close to solving headless murder case heRAlD RePoRTeR MARGAO, FEB 11 : The Maina Curtorim police seem to have finally cracked the sensational headless body murder case, with the police recovering the remnants of burnt pieces of fat, hair and ash of bones at Xelvona-Quepem on Friday. A police team headed to Xelvona at the instance of accused Nitin Bhonsle, who police said was one of the occupants of the car on that fateful night. Margao Sub-divisional Police officer, DySP Umesh Gaonkar said that the police found burnt hair, pieces of fat and ash of bones at the spot,
inching close the burnt hair, pieces of fat and ash of bones will be dispatched to Forensic laboratory. Earlier, the police had already taken DNA samples of the body of the deceased. which is some meters away from the Novadut factory. As far as the skull is concerned, DySP Gaonkar said the skull is either taken away by the accused or might have been taken by animals. “The police dog, which was pressed into service at Xelvona led the team to a distance of 50 meters in the bushes”, he said. Replying to a question, he said though the possibility of animals taking away the skull is not ruled out, the arrests of the two accused persons,
Vinod Kumar Yadav and another accused from Mumbai, will finally throw light on the skull. He, however, said that the burnt hair, pieces of fat and ash of bones will be dispatched to Forensic laboratory, adding that the police had already taken DNA samples of the body of the deceased. “We had preserved DNA samples from the dead body after it was found lying abandoned sans the head at Nessai. The samples will be sent
to the Forensic laboratory for testing”, he added. Replying to another question, DySPGaonkarsaidthepolicehas cracked the case and the Maina CurtorimpoliceledbyPISidhant Shirodkar are now collecting pieces of evidence in support of the case. “The police on the look out for the two absconding accused, Vinod Kumar Yadav and the native of Mumbai”, he added. He further said the police are trying to find out from the accused where exactly they had kept the deceased for one full day after his abduction from Benaulim on the night of January 9-10, before his body was found abandoned at Nessai.
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‘Role change will not keep my mouth shut’ I will call spade a spade, asserts Mauvin him from speaking against his own Government, Godinho replied, “The party had recognized a person who stood for the cause.” Replying to another query, he said in-fighting within the party was a big challenge and it will have to be seen how things have to be worked out in this situation. “My job will be to campaign and highlight
heRAlD RePoRTeR PANJIM, FEB 11 : “I will continue to call spade a spade. I will not stop my opposition to certain things,” said Deputy Speaker and newly elected Chairman of the Pradesh Election Campaign Committee (PECC) of Goa Pradesh Mauvin Godinho on Friday. Addressing a press conference in his role as Chairman of PECC found himself answering a volley of questions by media persons. Godinho, who has been very vocal on certain issues on his own government’s functioning, maintained accepting a new responsibility by him should not be read as “he will keep mum on issues concerning the State.” “Thenewresponsibilitygiveto meisnottosilencemeorgagme,” he asserted and added further, “MyappointmentasChairmanof PECC means appreciation of my good work.” Over a question whether the new role was to silence
the achievements of the Congress party,” he stated. Though he maintained Congress was is in a position to get the required numbers on its own and the mood in the party was it should go solo, final decision on this issue will have to be taken by the party high command. He further said new faces will be considered for
tickets in 20 constituencies where currently Congress has not made inroads. Reacting to the decision of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which has decided to drop charges against Manohar Parrikar in the IFFI 2004 scam, Godinho said it was like the former giving himself a clean chit.
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There is no system being followed by the civic body. What the civic body badly requires is a system of follow ups to ensure that revenue flows into the coffers on a regular basis.
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For effective implementation of the ABC program, we want the civic body to provide a full-time van driver and a dog catching worker.
- SGWTA’s Sandra Fernandes
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MMC’s lethargy comes to fore in tackling stray dog menace
MARCEL (HC): Goa Vidhyaprasarak Mandal’s Astronomical Observatory in association with Science Centre, Farmagudi-Ponda, will organise All Goa Inter-higher Secondary School Science Festival ‘Scientia 2011’ at Maquinez Palace, ESG, Panjim, on February 12. A press note stated that Michael D’Souza, director of department of science and technology and environment, will be the chief guest. Wilson Vaz is the event coordinator, Scientia 2011. The registration will begin at 9 am and the prize distribution ceremony will be held at 4.30 pm. Competitions such as Q Test, Earth 2040 and discovery will be organised. Cash prizes of Rs 4,000 (first), Rs 2,000 (second) and Rs 1,000 (third) will be awarded to the winners in Earth 2040 and Q Test. For discovery, cash prizes are Rs 2,000 (first), Rs 1,000 (second) and Rs 500 (third). Professor Suresh Ramaswamy, head of BITS pilani, Goa Campus, wil deliver a talk on the occasion.
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Fr Jerry’s retreat PANJIM (HND): Fr Jerry Sequeira of Divine Mission Society of Mangalore will conduct a retreat at Emerald Lawns, Parra on February 14 and 15, from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm. Free buses are available. Contact Br Willy on 9823055659, for further details.
Bible course at Pilar PANJIM (HND): The second session of the Bible course on ‘prophets’ will begin on February 20 at Pilar Theological College, Pilar. Every Sunday, from February 20 to March 20, the classes will begin at 9.30 am and end at 12.30 pm. Dr Max Gonsalves will be the resource person. Those who wish to attend the course should contact the Programme Director Fr Lino Florindo, to register their names. Interested may contact on 2218521 or 2219459.
Nuvem gram sabha MARGAO (HR): The ordinary gram sabha of Nuvem panchayat will be held on February 20 at 10 am in front of the panchayat office. Sarpanch Antonio Barreto said that if any person wants to put up any proposal or suggestion regarding development in the village, they should give in writing on or before February 17. He said the house repairs files received by the office under Rajiv Awaas Yojana 2008 will be placed before the gram sabha.
Anti-TB Week PANJIM (HND): The foundation day of the Tuberculosis Association of India, New-Delhi is observed every year February 23 by its affiliated associations throughout the country as ‘Anti-TB Day’. On this occasion to create mass awareness about the tuberculosis problem, the TB Association Goa will organise a ‘Anti-TB Week’ from February 17 to 23, in collaboration with various units of the Directorate of Health Services, Goa State TB Control Society/National TB Control Programme, Goa State AIDS Control Society, Goa Medical College, Indian Medical Association, Indian Red Cross Society, Rotary, Lions Clubs and other voluntary institutions. Honorary Secretary of the TB Association of Goa, Dr Damodar Bhounsule has appealed to the medical, para-medical and others to intensify TB control activities during the ‘Anti-TB Week’. The necessary health education material on tuberculosis is available for free distribution at the office of the TB Association of Goa, 403, Nizari Bhavan, Panjim.
Saraswat food festival PANJIM (HND): The 11th Saraswat Food and Cultural Festival 2011 will be held from February 25 to 27 at the Panjim Gymkhana grounds. Stalls at the venue will offer variety of Saraswat cuisine and showcase Saraswat culture through talent contests and other events onstage as well as offstage. The onstage events include competitions of dance, fancy dress, monologue, singing, quiz, Balika and Bal Saraswat, Kumari and Kumar Saraswat, ideal Saraswat Couple and a special Saraswat family-in-action event. Off stage contests include best-out-of-waste, vegetable and food carving, fabric painting, flower arrangement, picture colouring, mehendi, drawing and painting competitions. Preliminaries for events will be held on February 13, at Nalanda Hall, EDC house, Panjim, at 9.30 am. Form for participating in various events and booking of stalls are available at the shop Shakti.com, opposite Hotel Manoshanti, Panjim (2422909/9822004518), Maya Book Stall, Margao (2731759), Hotel Manish, Vasco (2511110/2511175), S D Prabhu Salgaoker, Mapusa (2262311), Aparna Medical Stores, Ponda (2313043), Subhash Phaldessai, Canacona (9890842310) and Vaibhav Kenkre, Sawantwadi (9422963917).
MARGAO: When the Margao Municipal Council inked an agreement with the South Goa Welfare Trust for Animals (SGWTA) to tackle the burning problem of stray dog menace, many in the corridors of the civic body felt that the days of the stray menace will finally be a thing of the past. Nearly one year down the line, and the much-hyped deal is yet to make an impact on the citizens of the Commercial Capital – with stray dogs on the prowl on the city’s roads and lanes. The reasons are not far to seek. Though the Margao Civic body has signed the agreement with the NGO, the support and assistance required to take the menace head on has not been forthcoming from the civic body. Just imagine a situation when dog catching hit a block after the civic body took nearly a month to repair and replace the battery of the dog catching van. Or, that the NGO is made to wait for days and months to receive the meager amount of Rs 11,000 a month from the civic body in lieu of catching the dogs. And, not to mention the in-
Stray dogs on the prowl in the commercial capital. ordinate delay in implementing the expansion plan to meet the growing requirements under the Animal Birth Control program. Indeed, the Margao civic body seems to have abdicated its responsibility in tackling the stray dog menace under the premise that the body pays a monthly remuneration of Rs 11,000 to the SGWTA. Says SGWTA incharge, Sandra Fernandes: “We are facing difficult
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times in continuing with the operations. The Margao Civic body is not prompt in making the payments every month. Payment for the month of December is yet to be made by the civic body till date. How can the NGO continue the operations with such half-hearted support from the civic body”. “For effective implementation of the ABC program, we want the civic body to provide a full-time van
driver and a dog catching worker. This will help in attending to call late evening or night”, she added. Incidentally, the council had resolved to tender expansion work of the dog shelter at a cost of Rs 2 lakh, but a change of guard in the civic body has apparently put the proposal in cold storage. Says former MMC Chairperson Savio Coutinho: “The expansion plan was mooted as the existing dog
shelter was found inadequate to meet the growing requirements. But, after my departure, things appear to have come to a standstill”. Coutinho recalled the attempts made by vested interests to sabotage the ABC program by putting spokes in the construction of the dog shelter. Sadly, though it would one year in March since the civic body entered into an agreement with SGWTA, the municipality is yet to make available space for the disposal of animal carcass. “We were promised adequate land to dispose off the euthanized dogs, but nothing has materialized till date”, Sandra said. A civic official in the know said the senior officials and elected representatives are still unaware of the fact that tackling stray dogs is the basic responsibility of the Municipal Council. “We cannot abdicate our responsibility just because the council pays Rs 11,000 to the NGO. As per the high court directions, the civic body is required to set up a help line for distressed people to call for assistance. There’s not even a dedicate help line number announced by the civic body till date”, the official remarked.
Salcete Portuguese passport holders under radar of poll officials HERALD REPORTER MARGAO: Portuguese passport holders, beware. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have fanned out to various corners of Salcete to strike down the names of voters, who are now Portuguese passport holders, from the electoral rolls. Three months after the Foreigners branch came out with a detailed list of hundreds of Portuguese passport holders across the state, election officials right down at the booth level are tracking down the names as part of the exercise to delete the names. Says Salcete Mamlatdar Paresh Faldessai: “Booth level Officers have been entrusted with the job of deletion of names of Portuguese passport
holders from the electoral list. The exercise is already underway at the booth level”. With the Election Commission appointing one Assistant Electoral Returning Officer for each of the eight assembly constituencies in Salcete, the exercise is being supervised by these AEROs as per the directions of the Election Commission. Incidentally, information revealed that many a Portuguese passport holders have voluntarily made their presence felt before the AEROs for deletion of names from the electoral list. “My office itself has seen many Portuguese passport holders applying for deletion of names from the electoral list. Apart from this, the
Booth Level Officers are carrying out the exercise at the booth level”, Faldessai added. Electoral Officer, N S Navti says the Election Commission has initiated the exercise after receiving a list of names of people who have acquired Portuguese passports. “No sooner, the Electoral Office receives a report from the police department, the same is forwarded to the Assistant Electoral Returning Officers, who in turn marks the same to the Booth Level Officers for action”, Navti said. Saying that a Portuguese passport holder ceases to be an Indian citizen after acquiring the passport of the foreign country, Navti said only citizens of India are entitled to enroll their names on the electoral list and to cast vote.
Mickky’s nationality: ball in Home dept’s court The complaint against former Tourism Minister and Benaulim MLA Mickky Pacheco that he is a foreign citizen has been forwarded to the Home department. Assistant Electoral Returning Officer, Barad informed that the complaint against the Benaulim MLA has been forwarded to the Home department for details on the nationality status of the former Minister.
Sources in the know said the Home department may approach the US embassy to throw light on the nationality status of Mickky Pacheco as was done earlier. It may be recalled that the Home department had on an earlier occasion written to the US embassy vis-à-vis Pacheco’s nationality, but sources in the know said the embassy is yet to reply to the correspondence.
Probe underway in Majorda Sarpanch’s case The State Electoral office is investigating into the nationality status of Majorda Sarpanch Visitation Da Silva. Electoral Officer, N S Navti said the office is seized with the matter in view of a complaint that the
Sarpanch is a Portuguese passport holder. Incidentally, the Sarpanch has vehemently denied that she has acquired a Portuguese passport, making it categorically clear that she is an Indian citizen holding an Indian
passport. In yet another twist to the controversy, Majorda panch Piedade Baptista has denied that he has complained to the election authorities stating that the Sarpanch is a Portuguese passport holder.
MMC stares at empty coffers even as arrears run into crores HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, FEB 11: Chief Minister Digambar Kamat-supported Margao Municipal Council has come under close scanner as the civic coffers has virtually turned empty and outstanding arrears running into crores of rupees. If the Municipal administration headed by Chief Officer Prasanna Acharya had to fall back on two fixed deposits certificates to make salary payments to the employees for the
month of January, the administration has to blame itself for its utter failure to recover huge outstanding revenue. Be it the recovery of house tax, rents from municipal property, advertising and trade tax, the civic body has failed miserably over the years resulting in the sorry state of affairs. A glance at the audit report compiled by the Accountant General of India cuts a sorry figure of the municipal administration, with the audit exposing glaring discrepancies on the revenue recovery front.
Recovery section in doldrums! The revenue recovery section of the civic body appears totally directionless in effecting recovery of the outstanding revenue. With officials heading the municipal administration having other priorities, there’s no senior official around to guide the tax recovery section or to put a mechanism in place. Believe it or not, a new financial year is staring at the civic body, but the recovery section is still in the process of serving bills on the households for tax payments of the current year. The tax recovery section,
sources in the know say, is hit by manpower shortage, but the biggest problem facing the section is the absence of a dedicated cell to recover the revenue due to the civic body. Says former MMC Chairperson Savio Coutinho, who tried to put a system in place during his two year old tenure: “There is no system being followed by the civic body. What the civic body badly requires is a system of follow ups to ensure that revenue flows into the coffers on a regular basis”.
License fees based on old rates The audit has exposed the Margao civic body on the loss of revenue to the extent of Rs 48.38 lakh due to non-adoption of the revised plinth area rate for the construction of license fees. Though the PWD had revised the plinth area rate prior to May 2009 and again in May 2009, the Margao Municipal Council has not adopted the revised plinth area rate for working out the estimated cost of the construction and continued the assessment and collection of license fees based on the plinth area prevailed during 2000.
Rent not revised on municipal shops The collection and revision of rent is a case in point. The audit has pointed out that the civic body has suffered an annual loss of Rs 7.64 lakh due to irregularities
and violation of the Act in leasing of shops in the Gandhi market area. What’s interesting to note is that the audit found the total establishment expendi-
ture incurred on the market turned out high as compared to the income due to the failure to collect rent of shops in time, impose interest on arrears and effect an annual in-
Are trade license, advert fees optional? The situation on the recovery of trade license and advertisement tax is no better either. Though Margao enjoys the status as the State’s commercial capital, the civic body has not benefited in a big way on the revenue front from these two heads. Officials in private admit that there may be more business establishments registered in Panjim and other municipal areas than Margao due to utter indifference and callousness by the municipal
administration to bring these establishments under the tax net. Due to municipal administration’s sheer lethargy, thousands of establishments across the city are operating sans basic trade license and display advertising boards without paying the advertisement tax. Inquires has revealed that the civic body can be richer by at least Rs one crore annually if the establishments are made to pay the trade license and the advertising tax.
The house tax arrears is believed to have crossed the Rs three crore figure during the last financial year. But, the civic body has suffered a further loss of Rs 1.15 crore during the financial year 2007-10 due to non-levy of interest on arrears of house tax. Interestingly, it was revealed that A Class Mormugao Municipal
Council levies interest at the rate of 12 per cent and 18 per cent per annum against dues for house tax and rent. However, the Margao civic body has been caught on the wrong foot not only in the collection of the yearly house tax, but to levy interest on arrears, resulting in a huge loss of Rs 1.5 crore.
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crease in the rent. The audit observed that the irregularities tantamount to violation of the Act and extension of undue benefits to the occupants of the municipal properties resulting in huge loss of revenue to the council.
Sopo contractors have field day The audit has taken strong cognizance of the failure by the municipal body to recover the arrears from the Sopo contractor running into over Rs 24 lakhs pertaining to the last several
years. And, if officials are to be believed, the arrears may have increased further with no concrete attempts forthcoming from the municipal body, again resulting in a loss of revenue to the civic body.
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RTI program organised CALANGUTE (HC): The Calangute Legal Aid Cell of V M Salgaocar College of Law in collaboration with Bailancho Saad organised a legal awareness programme for the residents of Saligao at Saligao Panchayat Hall on Sunday. The main emphasis of the awareness programme was laid on the Right to Information (RTI) and rights of women. Adv Yatish Naik explained and guided the audience into the property rights under the Goa Portuguese Civil Code, while Adv Shankar Phadte addressed the villagers on Women Protection Act. Adv Benaulikar spoke on Right to Information Act. Others who spoke on the occasion were Assistant Parish Priest of Mae De Deus Church, Saligao Fr Domnic Sequeira and Rui de Gama, who called upon the gathering to make the best of the Right to Information Act to weed out corruption, illegalities and make the society a noble one. A large gathering of villagers including Sarpanch Lucas Remedious, Panchayat members Bholanath Ghadi Sankhalkar and Eknath Oraskar and others were present for the function. The students of V M Salgaocar College of Law presented a skit depicting domestic violence in the society, especially on the daughter-in-laws. Anusha Kaisukar compered the function, while Natasha Nazareth proposed the vote of thanks.
More Goa news on pG 9 Major power shutdown at Pernem PANJIM (HND): A major power shutdown is arranged on February 13, from 6 am to 5 pm, at Pernem and Chandel feeders to undertake major repair works at Tivim sub-station. Accordingly, the following areas will have no power supply, which include Pernem municipality and surrounding areas, VP Dhargal and surrounding areas, VP Varkhand-Nagzar, VP Allorna, VP Ozarim, VP Ibrampur, VP Hassapur-Chandel, VP Casarvarnem, VP Torxem, VP Ugvem-Mopa, VP Corgao, VP Naibag Porascadem, VP Parsem, VP AgarwadaChopdem, VP Tuem, VP Virnoda, VP Mandrem, VP Morjim, VP Arambol, VP Paliem, VP Keri, Tuem Industrial Estate and Tuem Hospital.
Vacancies in DRDO PANJIM (HND): Defence Research and Development Organization, Centre for Personnel Talent Management (CEPTAM) Delhi, invites applications to fill 591 vacancies in different subjects/trades. Written examination will be held on April 24. The last date for submission of application is February 18. For more details log on to www.drdo.org. or contact Secretary, Department of Sainik Welfare, Panjim.
Chairperson of Uttarakand State Women’s Commission Geeta Thakur seen with the Chairperson of Goa State Women’s Commission Ezilda Sapeco and members of GSWC Jyothi Gaonkar and Vijaya Sheldekar at the commission’s office in Panjim. Thakur had a wide range of discussion of women’s issue pertaining to common interest of both the States.
Gruha Shobha inaugurated PORVORIM (HC): Chairman of Law Commission Ramakant Khalap inaugurated the Gruha Shobha – Living Style exhibition at Mapusa on Thursday evening. The five-day family shopping event has been organised by Simon Executors from Bangalore. Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Sudhir Kandolkar was also present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Khalap said such type of exhibitions provide opportunities for the people to purchase essential goods under one roof and that too at reasonable prices. He complimented the event company for taking the initiative to organise this type of big exhibition in Mapusa and appealed to the people to take benefit of it. Simons Executors Director M S Nagachandra informed that about 35 traders/companies are participating in the five-day exhibition, which will continue till February 14. “In this exhibition, various products ranging from home appliances, electronics, cosmetics, consumer goods, books, carpets and furniture, etc, are on display. This is the first time they are organizing this type of exhibition in Mapusa,” added Nagachandra. Chairperson Sudhir Kandolkar also spoke on the occasion.
Goa is incomplete without an independent High Court. Now is the time to demand for it. There cannot be one court for two states. — sGaa president adv Viegas
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Laywers strike to protest judge’s suspension continues their clients in court matters at JMFC Canacona on Friday, the second day of the advocate’s protests. However, the seasoned and senior lawyers reportedly stayed away from the proceedings for the second day. “It was the similar scene on Thursday also,” confirmed the source. Sources further informed that court matters on the
SGAA President Adv Viegas addresses the lawyers outside the District and Sessions Court, in Panjim. Photo by Sachin Ambdoskar HERALD CORRESPONDENT PERNEM: Agitated over the suspension of South Goa Additional Sessions Judge Desmond D’Costa, the Pernem Advocates Association on Friday boycotted the court proceedings. Pernem Advocates Association President Prasad Shahapurkar demanded immediate revocation of the suspension order of D’Costa. According to sources, there were no court proceedings at First Class Magistrate Court at Pernem and also at Mamlatdar’s and Deputy Collector’s offices at Pernem, as the agitating advocates abstained from attending the court. MARCEL CORRESPONDENT: Ponda advocates have also joined the bandwagon protesting the suspension of Judge Desmond D’Costa. Though the Ponda JMFC was functioning as usual, the members at a meeting on Friday decided and resolved to abstain from appearing in the Court on Monday to show their solidarity in respect of suspension of Judge D’Costa. VASCO REPORTER ADDS: Lawyers from Vasco continued their agitation in protest against suspension of Additional District Judge Desmond D'Cots for the second day on Friday. Lawyers abstained from attending to the court matters for both sessions in Judicial Magistrate First Class Vasco. Lawyers and advocates of Vasco Advocates Association (VAA) staged a demonstration and boycotted the court proceedings. On Thursday, only evening court proceedings were held up, as most of the lawyers refrained from attending their duties, while on Friday both the sessions were held up as none of the advocates turned up for the proceedings. “Suspending a judge like Desmond D’Costa is sending a wrong signal to the entire judiciary,” said VAA Vice President Adv Rajan Naik. Most of the advocates affiliated to VAA were present during the protest on Friday, as most of them unanimously agreed that D’Costa’s suspension should be revoked as soon as possible. It may be recalled that Judge D’Costa was recently in the news, after he acquitted 40-year-old serial killer, Mahanand Naik, in a murder case involving one of his 16 victims. QUEPEM CORRESPONDENT ADDS: The functioning of Judicial and Revenue courts in Quepem was affected for the second day on Friday, as all the advocates boycotted the court proceedings in protest against suspension of Addi-
Lawyers demand separate High Court for Goa Alongside the demand to reinstate Judge D’Costa, the agitating lawyers have now demanded an independent High Court for Goa. “Goa is incomplete without an independent High Court. Now is the time to demand for it. There cannot be one court for two states (Goa and Maharashtra),” SGAA President Adv Viegas said. Adding to his statement, another lawyer said that tional Sessions Judge Desmond D’Costa. As the advocates boycotted the court proceedings, not a single matter could come up either in the judicial or in the revenue court. Though some advocates appeared before courts, they did not mark their presence and requested the court to mark the presence of the parties only. MAPUSA CORRESPONDENT ADDS: Most of the advocates from Mapusa and other adjoining areas did not attend court proceedings in protest against the suspension of Additional District and Sessions Judge Desmond D’Costa. The advocates gathered at the Advocates room on Friday at about 10 am and resolved not to participate in court proceedings for the day in order to show solidarity to Judge D’Costa. A delegation of some senior lawyers comprising Adv Gopal Kanekar, Adv Saudagar, Adv Rajesh Narvekar and Adv Anthony Braganza went and informed all the judges in the Mapusa Court Complex about their decision to boycott court proceedings for the day. Addressing the lawyers, Adv Amrut Kansar said the decision to suspend Jude D’Costa, who is highly respected among the legal fraternity, is most deplorable and unacceptable. While claiming that every lawyer in the State is anxious to know the reason for the suspension of a judge, who is known for his honesty and
an independent High Court will help several Goan lawyers a fair work experience of this court. “There are several lawyers in the State, but only selective lawyers practice in the HC because they are in good books with the judges. We don’t want this practice to continue and hence want an independent court,” he said adding they will press for the demand till it is accomplished. high standard of integrity, Adv Kansar said that the suspension of Judge D’Costa is arbitrariness. He appealed to all the lawyers not to turn a blind eye and be silent spectators to such acts of high handedness as suspension of good judges like on petty issues can prove to be detriment of entire judicial system. Sympathizing with the lower court judges, Adv Kansar said many times the lower court judges have been asked to work under tremendous stress which quite often results in most of them suffering from various ailments and frustrations. “The Bombay High Court should have a special cell comprising those who are well versed with the practical situations in the State to deal with the administrative aspects of Goa’s judiciary and not to permit people sitting in Mumbai to decide administrative matters of Goa arbitrarily,” suggested Adv Kansar. Mapusa Advocates Forum Chairman Adv Anthony Braganza has condemned the suspension of Jude D’Costa without even conducting a fair enquiry. CANACONA CORRESPONDENT ADDS: The civil and criminal court cases at Canacona JMFC have been partially affected since Thursday, as most lawyers abstained from court matters as part of the state-wide protests against the suspension of Additional Sessions Judge Desmond D’Costa. According to sources, some juniors represented
second day were however called to order as per the day’s listing and there was no let-up or shortfall from the courts administrative functioning. However, few juniors who attended the matters for the day pleaded for new dates. On Friday, around 18 cases were listed for morning session, while another 12 were taken up in the evening.
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his is a story from the latest issue of the Forbes India magazine, headlined “Bribeless in Bihar”, which details a complete turnaround of the state from lawlessness and corruption to a change agent which is doing a cleanup act. The change agent is the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his tool for change is an extraordinary legislation initiated and enacted by him called the Special Courts Act 2009. In a single stroke, Kumar developed a tool which would take away the main after affect of corruption-ill gotten wealth. The new law provides for a summary confiscation of property of al government officials found to be having more assets than their income justifies. The act comes into force when investigating agencies are convinced that an official owns assets in excess of his known source of income. Then even as it pursues a corruption case against the official, the state separately seeks to take control of his assets. The vigilance department moves one of the six special courts set up for the purpose to fast track the hearings declaring that an official has amassed unexplained wealth. The property is then held while the court conducts speedy trials within six months and decides if the property should be confiscated or not. If acquitted the property is returned with five percent interest. If not the state takes over the property for a public purpose. Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Vigilance officials have to get a clearance to prosecute a bureaucrat from his very own department. The Special Courts Act has made this redundant by hitting where it hurts. Property. And that is not all. A Special Vigilance Unit has been set up by the Bihar government to go after the big fish. This unit consists of crack team of former CBI officers and sits in a separate office. This team caught the former Director General of Police, Bihar Narayan Mishra and state drug controller YK Jaiswal with wealth, which according to Forbes Magazine, is “enough to finance annual budgets of entire villages”. Both of them will have one or more properties confiscated. All this has been possible only because Bihar has a Chief Minister with a political will to do this. Does Goa’s Chief Minister have the will to do the same? We do not have the time to do any further lip service on corruption. Goa should without fail draft a Special Courts Act along the lines of the Bihar Act, form a Special Vigilance unit with handpicked team of officers, most definitely from outside the state and start zeroing in on government officials, including police officers who have built giant bungalows all over the state. Even IPS and IAS officials who were posted in Goa have bought land and houses, as their holiday homes. While these may be legal, a look at these properties is justified. Moreover given the stench of corruption and criminality associated with the Anti narcotics Cell, a special vigilance unit should probe the assets and wealth of every officer, inspector and constable associated with the ANC for the past five years at the very least. Next on the list-politicians. There are so many rags to riches stories of Goan politicians, that the stories have reached a level of boredom . Some worked in factories, others were contractors, one senior controversial politician started off as a motorcycle pilot and now has properties dotting every town of Goa. Another reportedly has a flat in very building project he helped by way of licences and permissions. If there is a strong belief that these properties were built through ill gotten wealth or were the actual bribes, they should be seized and held till special courts dispense justice . If this successful model wasn’t in place in Bihar, this debate would have been dumped as a wishful exercise. But no state including Goa has an excuse now. The Bihar Special Courts Act 2009 has been eventually signed into law by the President of India in March 2010. Though this has been challenged , the challengers are mainly officers from Bihar whose properties have been confiscated in disproportionate assets cases. Bihar has shown the way. Does Goa have the guts to follow?
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Irrespective of what the situation, learn to control your temper. Each person will have his own way of doing it, find yours. ---- Swapnil Kamat
A Rich past needs a people friendly future
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Goa shining still a distant dream Dr. Joe D’SouSa, PanJim
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hough Goa leads on a number of counts such as education, GDP, health and standard of living, in many of the national surveys, there is no proper planning or direction for Goa’s growth. Earlier, agriculture, trading, tourism and mining were the chief commercial activities in Goa. In hinterland Goa, mining became the backbone of the economy. A lot of people got direct as well as indirect employment and it became another avenue for earning along with agriculture. Zuari, MRF, Ciba, and some of the local groups were some of the established industries in existence in Goa. Their immense contribution to the state cannot be ignored. The emergence of Verna Industral Estate from 1988 as an electronic city made a huge difference to the state. Many Electronic units also started in Verna like DLink, Titan, Magic Electronics, Sparrow Tech, Siemens etc. GIDC though was set up much earlier it became very active after emergence of Verna Industrial Estate. In 1992, with the opening up of the economy and ushering of liberalization, Goa also benefited. Industry was granted a tax holiday u/s 80 IB of the Income Tax Act – 1961 in the 1993 budget. Availability of land and labour, communal harmony, good law and order situation, peaceful labour and clean environment and the State’s emergence as a cheaper alternative to expensive and congested places like Mumbai spurred investment in Goa.
nitin KunKolienKar The Planning Commission had then rated Goa as the second best state in India for investment. Today, Goa is among the largest pharma manufacturing locations in its industrial development. But along with pharma, a sizable number of steel units which were power guzzlers also set base in the state. Also Zinc, Copper, Cobalt manufacturing units started their base in Goa which should not have been allowed. But entire formation in the Government was going through a phase of building experience that this error took place. In 1994, the Thapar-Dupont Nylon 6.6 plant was vociferously opposed because Dupont had not taken adequate measures to ensure pollution control in Goa. Off late, people started to oppose the new projects and many agitations were seen in Goa like Nylon mentioned above, Meta Strips etc. They were more attributable to the environmental concerns. Three categories of people who are involved in agitations are people genuinely concerned who are thinking of betterment of Goa and Goan’s, people sadistic in nature who just go with the crowd and third category are people who agitate for their personal gains like for money, con-
tracts etc. The cause of agitations are that people feel that new projects won’t benefit locals. This is due to the belief that of Goans that they are not a part of the state’s economic progress. What has to be explained to people at the grass roots is how industry brings development and money. And include them as beneficiaries in development and growth growth In Goa, the benefit of improved infrastructure due to industrialization has also percolated down to the common man. Goa has a road length of 2245 km per 1000 sq.km of land compared to the national average of 730 km. The Konkan Railway commissioned in 1998 is a project of great public and commercial utility. It has not only saved time but also ensured tremendous savings on fuel, decongestion of Mumbai-Goa hilly terrain and is eco-friendly. It has facilitated the scope of trade & industry tremendously. The bottom line therefore, is to continue in the same direction but by making people the real beneficiaries of the state’s growth. Nitin Kunkolienkar is known in business circles as Mr Industry. One of Goas most prominent pro industry voices, he will do a monthly audit of aspects of the Goan industry. He begins with a bit of the past. He is the Vice-President of Smartlink Network Systems Ltd, Vice Chairman of Economic Development Corporation ltd and the Immediate Past President of Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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s a training consultant, I meet hundreds of professionals every month across different parts of the country. During these interactions, I realized that a lot of participants voiced their inability to control their temper or emotions as a concern area. In business – what you say and what you do are the only two things that matter. When we lose control over our temper, we end up saying and doing a lot of things that have an adverse affect on our business and, in turn, our careers. Once you say something, you can never take it back. Once you say something, it stays. Irrespective of whether you mean it or not – words once uttered cannot be taken back. Be careful of what you say when you are in a bad state of mind. One thing said could damage a relationship you built over years. Professionals usually lose their cool on people they believe they can afford to lose their cool on – like small customers, subordinates, etc. The
SwaPnil Kamat manager blows his top on his team but will not do the same with his own boss since he knows the repercussions would be detrimental to his own career. That, by itself, is proof that all professionals can keep their calm and control their emotion even if they are seething from inside. The difference between a good professional and a mediocre one is one’s ability to soak work pressure and not pass it on to the colleagues. This passing on of anger and frustration in business is called emotional leakage. Pass on the message, not the nasty words because it may not help the cause. The same is true
while dealing with a customer. You could have had a tough interaction with one customer which could put you in a bad state of mind. But if you pass on those frustrations on to the next customer, you have created bad blood with both cusThe key to being a good professional is your ability to manage and control your temper by being totally conscious of your behavior. Irrespective of what the situation, learn to control your temper. Each person will have his own way of doing it, find yours. For some people it comes naturally. For others it does not. The easier thing to do is to let go and say the nasty thing. It will definitely make you feel better for the moment. But managing your temper will help you long term and lead to you making progress in your career. Swapnil Kamat is one of India’s leading Training Consultants and heads Work Better India. Contact him at swapnil@workbetterindia.com.
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t is good to understand a business man’s perspective of development and his vision for Goa. Blaise Costabir’s “Goa Shining” story in the weekend edition dated 5th February clearly indicates how a businessman’s vision often is at logger heads with the aam aadmi like me. Growing up in Goa for the last over 60 years, I wish to declare that Goa is degrading or surely not shining. The views expressed by Costabir that narrow roads often lead to accidents and Goa require roads to speed up travel and save time and lives. Surely broader roads lead to quicker travel but it is the total disregard to traffic sense and the neglect shown to the needs of pedestrians , senior citizens and the physically challenged by the arrogant motorists, that is responsible for the chaos on Goan roads. Goans do know that a politician’s interest in 6-lane highways is not in the interest of economic development but to siphon off commissions by cutting across residential areas, agricultural fields and destroying mangroves. Thus by wiping out agricultural productivity, basic fisheries and displacing people by demolition of their houses, Goa’s infrastructure would be promoted. Doesn’t the columnist realise that roads built along mining areas have already reached below the water table. Again, he seems to feel that mobile towers in Goa should reach in large numbers to remote villages. Mobiles today are a source of harassment and exploitation of the urban common man. Besides signals from mobile towers may be harmful to our health. Again Costabir feels strongly about airline connectivity for Goa. He desires that flights in the morning and evening more frequently which would usher prosperity to Goa. It would make Mumbai, Delhi and other cities in India in closer proximity with the people of Goa. Goa has several visitors coming to Goa and heading straight to the casinos. After leaving behind loads of garbage our esteemed guests head straight back to the airport There is just a passing reference on corruption. Today, the business houses and politician nexus operates on the KHA-DI (eat and give) principle. There was uproar in the assembly on the gifting of water tanks by PWD Minister to the voters during election. Is Costabir aware of it? These experiences, if shared in his column would have helped the aam aadmi of Goa. Would it hurt if he spoke about degradation of Goa instead of the Goa shining story? Only the business man can answer and tell the common man.
WEEKEND INBOX lways the leader The new look of Herald is attractive, and most welcome. Now the print is sharp. The format lay out and news features gives satisfaction to your loyal readers. The length of the paper is something that must change, preferably to a to tabloid size, for easy handling. The world over, newspapers of that size, are a norm. Herald must give it a serious thought to come out first, and is expected to be the leader, as always. Nelson Lopes, Chinchinim
Scams affect stock markets The country’s attention has been drawn to the various scams that have taken place and has severely dented the government’s prestige. The
scamsters are protected by the Congress government at the Centre, for reasons best known to them. This has triggered a collapse at the stock markets with the Sensex and the Nifty witnessing a fall. Those who invested their money under the ULIP plans are at the mercy of the falling Sensex. These investors will not get their money back for at least three to four years from now. Dr Manmohan Singh may not be corrupt, but he is protecting the corrupt ‘babus’ of his government. Marcos Alemao, via email
the light of the day, a hundred scams remain unveiled. This is definitely true for India and with scams tumbling out like proverbial skeletons out of a closet, this government is seeing a complete erosion of credibility. It is not enough for the PMO to say that in the ISRO-Devas case, there was no scam and we will now cancel the contract. The question now uppermost in the aam admi ‘s mind is that if this had not come out, would the PMO have cancelled the contract? S Kamat, Alto-Betim
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We have all kinds of scams coming out with the latest being the ISRO-Devas S-band spectrum scam. One does not understand why contracts are drafted in such a manner, that the licensees like ISRO cannot trade in, or sell what is not its own. It is also said that for every scam that sees
The sudden suspension of Judge Desmond D’Costa is deplorable. This cannot be tolerated. It is all the more, when it is meted out to a person of outstanding calibre and impeccable integrity.
The justice delivery system has failed a very knowledgeable, talented and honest judge. If the injustice meted out to Judge Desmond is not immediately rectified, the credibility of the judiciary, which is the third and vital pillar of our Constitution, is at stake. While the learned judge’s suspension came about due to his alleged expeditious disposal of one of the cases against Mahanand Naik, no action is being taken against another judge who has documented evidence of grave judicial impropriety. It is time the High Court cracks the whip. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
Committed allies at loggerheads The case of Raymond A Davis, a US embassy staffer in Pakistan, held in connection with the
murder of two Pakistanis, has stirred a diplomatic rumpus which could possibly endanger the fragile relationship between the two countries. Pakistan is already teeming with scores of US nationals who roam the country freely. Moreover, clandestine activities carried out under the guise of diplomatic affairs by the US, misleads none. With a penchant for turning its embassies and consulates in other countries into virtual espionage dens, Pakistan is undoubtedly getting a bitter taste of its own medicine. Pachu Menon, Margao
Stability of our democracy 61 years isn’t long in a nation’s history, but almost a lifetime for most of us and soon, we reminisce about the good old days, no matter how bad they were. It is quite possible to be-
come disillusioned when we hear reports of corruption which perhaps was not heard of during colonial rule. It has more to do with media censorship where even the mildest criticism of our then rulers, would have been enough to get a scribe punished for sedition. We have seen landmark legislations (Right to Information Act, Rural Employment Guarantee) etc. A lot of the progress is measurable with increased life expectancy, literacy and GDP growth. We have to give credit to the foresight of our founding fathers, who introduced a largely illiterate population to electoral politics from the very beginning with universal adult suffrage. This was something never tried out before. The commonsense of our common man, expressed at the voting booth, has proved to be the main reason for the stability of our democracy. Vijayan Almeida, Navelim
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The Shulton Company, original producer of Old Spice, was founded in 1934 by George Schultz in America. He started selling Old Spice to the army as a convenient substitute for alum.
ART OF GOLD?
Unlike their father and grandfather, the third generation of Raikars is no longer into gold art. Sanjay Raikar, 36, now repairs spectacles.
Cashew can convert rock into gold
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Who said barren land will be dead forever? Henry Crasta didn’t think so either. Team Herald heads over to Mangalore, where Crasta has cultivated cashew and more on a once forlorn hill
Is the rich gold art of Goa on the brink of extinction? Why is the number of traditional goldsmiths quickly dropping? Bharati Pawaskar delves deeper into history of goldsmiths in Goa for some answers
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here was a time when your jewellery was handmade, with techniques and traditions passed down over the years. Many families in Goa can trace their jewellery making history over centuries. But today, the art is dying a slow painful death, with more interest in the government certified Hallmark certification, which means that year by year, more traditional artisans are moving on to other avenues of financial stability. It is sad, but true. Gold art is a heritage that has earned Goa prestige in years gone by. Intricate Goan gold artwork like esmalt (meena work), setting stones, engraving, cutting and embossing was popular during the Portuguese era. Old photographs and artefacts are now displayed at the Rachol Museum and Bom Jesus Basilica. “Gold used to arrive from Europe to Old Goa. My greatgrandfather Kamu Shet Shirodkar was the Assayer of the Mint in 1875. Known as Kamon Sheti in Ribandar, he lived in Cumbarjua and had the contract of minting gold coins and stamps,” says former Director of Archives and Archaeology, Dr Prakash P Shirodkar. Another man with a strong heritage is retired principal of MES College, Dr Harischandra Nagvekar, who proudly says, “My father Tukaram Nagvekar was awarded the Mathagramastha Suvarnakar Puraskar, the Mahabaleshwar Puraskar and the Kalika Puraskar for his gold art. In 1890, my great-
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Jewellers Vikram Verlekar sympathises: “I would request the Goa government to look into the matter and protect Goan gold artisans and the art from dying. The government should come up with schemes, training institutes and offer monetary incentives to gold artisans to adopt new technology and upgrade their businesses. If Goans are to remain in the gold business, we have to face the competition and accept challenges. Last but not least, we all must follow ethics.”
enry Crasta, a self-taught farmer in Mangalore, has raised a profitable cashew nut plantation on what used to be a barren hill. On seven acres (28,000 sq metres) of land on a hill with a slope of 45 degrees that belonged to his family behind Kelarai Church in Neermarga, near Mangalore, he has shown that Gulf-returnees like himself can take up agriculture as a viable profession. According to a report in Daijiworld.com, Crasta, 52, is a diploma holder, and worked as a mechanic in Saudi Arabia from 1979 to 1984. But after his return, his passion for agriculture has given him success, prestige and a handsome income back home. In Mangalore, like in Goa, cashew plants are normally left to grow on their own on barren hills, without any individual care taken about their growth and well-being. But Henry observed that cashew trees near coconut plantations got much more yield than those on hills, as they get better manure and more water. This led him to a way of farming that was quite different from the local practice. He bought improved cashew nut saplings of different species like Ullal1, Ullal 2, Ullal3 Dana, Baskar (Goa), Priyanka, Vengurla 7, as well as local species, from the local Agriculture Research Station. Usually, cashew trees bear two to three fruits in a bunch.
and utilise our very strong distribution network which today is about 1 lakh outlets across India. 2002, P&G gave marketing, distribution and sales back to us. It was the greatest acknowledgement of our marketing of Old Spice in India. Why Old Spice was doing better with us is probably because that was our only brand and all our focus was on it. About 85 per cent of our turnover today comes from Old Spice. 2006, we closed the factory in Goa and outsourced our manufacturing to Maharashtra and Uttaranchal. We moved out because the government of Goa made some exaggerated claims and then acted in an indecisive manner. Today, 2011, Old Spice in India continues to be market leader in the aftershave segment of mens’ toiletries with a share of about 30 percent. The aftershave market in India is about Rs 60 crore and growing at about 10 per cent annually. In the Rs 200 crore shav-
ing cream market, Old Spice enjoys a market share of about 10 percent and ranks third. The shaving cream market in India is growing at about 10-12 per cent annually. Deodorants, which is the most exciting market in India with a size of Rs 500 crore and growth rates of close to 20 per cent is where Old Spice is hurting. Its market share in this segment is a negligible two per cent despite being the number one player globally with a market share of about 30 per cent. The concept of deodorants has been misunderstood in India. Indians use deodorants on shirts rather than on skin, which is not the case globally. Old Spice is a functional product with specific cause and effect, just like medicine. It’s a toiletry rather than a cosmetic. The way it works is it kills fungi which grows under the arm and
Goa’s Gold History The Heritage of Rauluchantim, published in 1998 records n Afonso de Albu-
querque sent noted Goan goldsmith Rauluchantim (Ravloo Shet) to Lisbon GOLDEN TOUCH: Dhiraj Shirodkar keeps the tradition alive grandfather was awarded by the Portuguese for his largerthan-life gold statue Kajulo. A few decades ago, in 1980, there was a documentary film on him called Govyache Karagir (Goa’s craftsmen)” Today, the picture has changed. Sanjay Raikar, 36, now repairs spectacles, sharing a space with four other goldsmiths in Margao. Sanjay now earns between Rs 100 to 300 per day. His elder brother Sachin works in a gold shop in Margao but, he no longer makes ornaments, because of the toll it took on his eyesight, he now runs errands. Their eldest brother is mentally challenged, so Sanjay and Sachin must share the responsibility of a family of six. Unlike their father and grandfather, the third generation of Raikars is no longer into gold art. The Gomantak Suvarn
Karagir Sangh, formed in 1963 to oppose the Gold Control Act imposed by the then Finance Minister Morarji Desai, is presently inactive. “We successfully forced the government to grant a concession in 1968, to melt old gold ornaments and redesign them in 22-carat gold. The Act was abolished in 1978, after many goldsmiths in Maharashtra committed suicide,” says Com Madkaikar, who is 101 years old and was one of the Sangh leaders. Though Goa did not witness any suicides, the law forced Goan goldsmiths to work illegally and pay huge bribes. General Secretary Pradip Karekar, who is now trying to revive the Sangh, laments, “There is no business today. The Bengalis have captured the market with their lightweight, delicate designer jewellery, which involves lot of
hand-work. They hire child labourers for low wages. They came to Goa 10 years ago, and live in clusters in rented flats, willing to work anywhere. It is surprising that the government is not taking any action to curb their illegal activities.” Dhiraj Shirodkar, Madhukar Lotlikar, Uday Karekar, Rajesh Lotlikar, and Gajanan Karekar are all unanimous: “Gold rates are skyrocketing and we’re unable to stock sizeable quantities. Machine-made jewellery is fast replacing traditional Goan designs. People go for ‘Hallmark’ certified gold; it has resale value. We get a few orders that fetch meagre making charges. We need an institute to train Goans in the art and give certificates.” President of Goa Gold Dealers Association and Joint Managing Director of Ulhas
n Rauluchantim was commissioned to design the crown of King Dom Manuel I. n On Rauluchantim’s return three years later, he was appointed Mukadam (in charge) of the Goa Island Council in 151718.
CASHEW BARON: Henry Crasta with his bountiful cashew trees But the cashew trees in Crasta’s plantation each bear between 40 to 50 fruits in a bunch. Crasta says the reason for this is his use of good manure and regular watering of the trees. He wakes up at 5.30am each morning and heads to the plantation with a torch, to
check for worms that eat the stems of the cashew trees. He has employed five full-time labourers to manure and water the cashew trees, and maintain the plantation. He sells raw cashew nuts to local factories. For manure, he uses cowdung compost and cashew fruit. Apart from cashew, he also has 200 co-
The same Old Spice Old Spice – the familiar scent of your father’s aftershave? The visual of a handsome surfer riding the waves are memories that are hard to erase. The brand and its connection to Goa too cannot be ignored. Eric Menezes, third generation of Cosme Mathais Menezes and the current custodian of the brand in India narrates a fragrant tale to Kirth George.
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961, the year Goa got liberated, was the year a choice had to be made. Traders earlier we decided to get into manufacturing. Industrial licenses 1, 2, 3 and 5 in Goa belong to the CMM group. Prior to 1961 we were importers and we had already developed relationships with manufacturers abroad. So, my uncle P J Menezes and father Tome X Menezes went scouting for a partnership. Shulton at that time was an already established company. So when we approached them, they laughed at us saying, “what India needs is bread, not aftershave”. Anyway, we (as Colfax Laboratories India) entered into a joint venture
(60:40) with Shulton for India with rights to manufacture, market, distribute and sell. 1964-65, Colfax Laboratories, Industrial Licence No 2 in Goa, bought the plot for manufacturing at Ponda. The start was difficult and the problems endless. For instance, the brand Old Spice couldn’t come into India just as Old Spice, as foreign brands were not allowed. It was required to have the Indian partners’ suffix or prefix featured in the brand name. However, it was due to the intervention of Jawaharlal Nehru, that Old Spice was allowed. Nehru argued that industry in Goa in 1961 should enjoy the same status allowed to the rest of India in 1947.
In those days, getting quality bottles was a problem, packaging was a problem and perfume concentrate was not allowed to be imported. So, we had to get suppliers from India itself and try to match the quality. The quality suffered a lot in the initial years, but now it is much better. 1969, Old Spice Original was launched in India. Talking about Old Spice it is a classic. George Schultz first introduced it in America in 1937 to the army as a convenient substitute for alum. Since then it has grown to be the number one brand globally in the under-arm deodorant market. 1970, we introduced Old Spice Lime in the Indian market.
1988, Old Spice Musk was launched after a long gap of 18 years. We tried a lot of things in between and it just goes to show it is not easy to get everything correct. 1991, Procter & Gamble (P&G) acquired the brand Old Spice from the Shulton Company worldwide. 1993, P&G took over the sales, marketing and distribution from us while we continued to manufacture. This is when the growth trajectory of Old Spice started slowing. 1994, MCPL India Pvt Ltd was formed. Colfax remained as contract manufacturer while MCPL took over the marketing, distribution and sales. The formation of MCPL also allowed us to take up other brands
hence kills smell. If you use it on shirts its effectiveness is lost. As the market evolves this misconception will rectify itself.
conut trees and 500 pepper vines on his land. In Goa, this kind of plantation would be even more profitable, because the fruits can be used to distil ‘feni’. This is not allowed in Karnataka, as a result of which Crasta is forced to sell them as fruits in the market at a low price, or use them for manure. Crasta says he gets an average yield of 10kg of cashew nuts from every tree. The cashew saplings start bearing fruits in two to five years, depending on the variety. Altogether, he has planted 1,000 cashew trees, investing one lakh rupees per year for the past seven years. Gradually, he hopes to have more and more improved varieties – which are higher yielding – on his land. He says that this year, he expects a bumper yield of 3,000kg of cashew nuts from his seven-acre plantation, judging from the flowers that have bloomed. Crasta says he would be happy to provide guidance about cashew farming to anyone who is interested to venture into agriculture.
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SNAPSHOT Tata to ramp-up nano production MUMBAI: Tata Motors which today reported a 2.46 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 410-crore in the quarter ended December 2010, said that it plans to ramp-up the production of its small car, the Nano, next fiscal. Tata Motors' CFO, C Ramakrishnan, said that the small car's production is expected to reach 12,000-15,000 units per month from April against about 10,000 units now.
rbI for study on FDI slowdown MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is considering setting-up a panel to study the slowdown in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country, a top RBI official said. He, however, said that "there is no concern over FDI slowing down." The report is to understand why FDI is slowing down and what should be done about it, he said. "If we know why it is slowing down then may be we will get some clue. If a research paper is available then the concerned people may take some corrective measures," Chakrabarty said. The panel will be an internal RBI one, he said. RBI Governor, D Subbarao, had earlier said that plans are in the works to form a panel to study the slowdown in foreign direct investment. Subbarao said that the panel would suggest ways to encourage FDI. India received less foreign direct investment in 2010 than the previous year, courtesy a modest recovery in the global economy which reduced the risk and expansion appetite of corporates across the world.
IIP numbers are very unfortunate and it is disappointing but it was on expected lines as it was on yearly basis. Monthly, weekly numbers do not reflect correct picture. — FM, Pranab Mukherjee
Goa’s PPP drawbacks People, Power, Productivity
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Ignoring weak industrial production data, the BSE benchmark Sensex bounced back over 265 points today, after three days of sharp decline, to 17,728.61 on buying at lower levels in the recently dumped interest-rate sensitive stocks despite weak global trends. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share barometer resumed the day higher but fell back by over 167 points from its last close to a new 8-month low of 17,295.62 on weakness in Asian stocks.
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He is the Gen Now of Goa’s industry. At 42, Atul D Pai Kane, belongs to a select group of young Goan businessmen who are trying to make it worth investing and manufacturing in Goa. His Pai Kane Group designs, manufactures and supplies power generation equipment. He talks business with Bharati Pawaskar n Is it good to do business for home grown entrepreneurs like you? The Government of Goa has nothing at this point of time which can encourage an entrepreneur to set up new enterprise here. We have grown in Goa, this is our land, we have hearts here and we want this place to grow. But as an entrepreneur, I have far better opportunities outside Goa, I should say. n Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka are opening their economies for industrialisation. Are you planning to move there? If yes, then why? Certainly! We have just
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I think expansion of IMF basket of currencies to include China's yuan, in an effort for monetary stability. — IMF MD Dominique Kahn
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visited Gujarat. We are looking at what we can do outside Goa. Gujarat is a very natural destination looking at the liberal industrialisation policy there. We are already in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra. Why not Goa? We wanted to start this project in Pernem but did not get the right land. There were issues on the permissions. So we had to shift and
FACT FILE n Started off a trading company in 1971 n Entered into market with manufacturing in 1995 n The Pai Kane Group works in two areas – GenSets
and earth moving equipment.
n Sells 4000 odd GenSets anually n Your company Creative Manufacturing Solutions (CMS) that makes Earth Moving Equipments for a multinational company, has commenced production in
set up the project in Maharashtra. Even today our application is pending for 50,000 Sq metres land in Tuem. Our two-three expansion projects are pending for
Norms out for merger of general insurance Cos
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More than 10 years after opening up of the insurance sector, regulator Irda today proposed to allow mergers and acquisitions in the general insurance business that requires consolidation among the 24 industry players, most of which are lossmaking. To protect the interest of policyholders, they must be given right to exit from the insurer, which is on the block for acquisition, IRDA said in its draft guidelines. Aban Offshor, 552, 572, 533.15, 568.3 Abb Ltd., 647, 655, 626.9, 642.95 Abg Shipyard, 325.2, 334, 311.3, 331.1 Acc Limited, 949, 988.9, 940, 975.3 Adani Enterp, 579.55, 589, 574.25, 584.45 Aditya Birla, 730.05, 785.9, 729.1, 763.95 Allahabad Ba, 188, 199.75, 186, 198.3 Alstom Proje, 528, 547.75, 517.05, 542.9 Ambuja Cemen, 117.4, 117.75, 111.6, 116.45 Andhra Bank, 138.05, 142.75, 135.4, 141.5 Ashok Leylan, 52.5, 54.1, 51, 53.7 Asian Paints, 2499.35, 2521.05, 2456, 2498.55 Axis Bank Li, 1165.1, 1229.7, 1163.15, 1221.7 Bajaj Hindus, 70.45, 74.25, 69.15, 73.2 Bank Of Baro, 795.25, 863, 795.25, 856.75 Bank Of Indi, 415.15, 417.9, 397.5, 415.75 Beml Limited, 602.45, 625.1, 586, 614.45 Bharat Elect, 1640, 1678, 1615, 1654.2 Bharat Forge, 303.35, 317, 302.15, 315.15 Bharat Petro, 585, 592.8, 547.3, 582.95 Bharti Airte, 322.7, 322.7, 314, 318.9 Bhel, 2032.1, 2059.85, 1998.1, 2035.95 Bhushan Stee, 364.5, 381.6, 359.6, 378.55 Biocon Limit, 312.95, 328.9, 312, 325.45 Bombay Dyein, 308, 311.2, 290, 297.5
"The transacting parties shall ensure that policyholders of the transferor entity are migrated in a manner which ensures that their existing policies are continued to be serviced by the transferee entity on terms and conditions no less favourable than those existing prior to the merger," IRDA said. An acquirer will need approvals from IRDA, the Reserve Bank and the finance ministry, in case it has foreign direct investment. Most of the 22 players in the private sector have for-
Bosch Limite, 5985.1, 6025, 5901.1, 5981.25 Brigade Ente, 92, 98.2, 92, 95.15 Cairn India, 324, 330.6, 317.6, 325.85 Canara Bank, 533, 548, 519.1, 541.8 Central Bank, 146.15, 155.1, 142.05, 154.25 Century Text, 302, 310, 290.25, 308.6 Cesc Ltd, 270.5, 299.7, 270, 296.35 Chambal Fert, 68, 70.4, 67, 69.9 Chennai Petr, 204.5, 204.5, 191, 200.1 Cipla Ltd, 312, 313.5, 306.95, 311.15 Colgate Palm, 820, 836, 819, 828 Container Co, 1099.95, 1099.95, 1058.1, 1069.9 Crompton Gre, 258, 266.85, 253.05, 260.75 Cummins Indi, 630.95, 630.95, 603, 619.55 Dabur India, 91.5, 92.4, 90.15, 91.8 Deccan Chron, 75.5, 85.4, 75.05, 83.4 Dish Tv Indi, 60.4, 63.75, 59, 62.9 Divi’s Labor, 631.65, 638, 616, 635.2 Dlf Limited, 244, 248.9, 240.2, 247.65 Dr. reddy’s, 1485, 1516.85, 1480.3, 1497.25 Edelweiss Ca, 35.15, 37.95, 34.85, 37.45 Educomp Solu, 409, 439.9, 401.3, 436.45 Eih Limited, 91.5, 98.75, 88.85, 93.6 Engineers In, 279.55, 289.35, 275, 286.2 Essar Oil Lt, 102.6, 109.5, 100, 108.6
eign investment, which is capped at 26 per cent. IRDAhas also said that the intent of the acquirer should be clearly spelt out. The regulator has retained with itself the power to vet the valuations arrived at by the companies involved in M&As. "The Authority reserves the right to appoint an independent actuarial consultant to carry out actuarial valuation of the insurance business of the proposed transacting parties, the guidelines said.
Essar Shippi, 82.6, 86.4, 79, 85 Exide Indust, 125.35, 125.35, 116.3, 121.9 Federal Bank, 352.05, 376.4, 344.15, 368 Financial Te, 740.55, 768.95, 740.55, 765.8 Gail (india), 448.55, 452.05, 438.1, 445.85 Gammon India, 105.15, 111.8, 104.15, 110.2 Glaxosmithkl, 2161.15, 2235, 2161.15, 2213.9 Glenmark Pha, 284, 289.9, 281, 285.6 Gmr Infrastr, 29, 37.9, 29, 37.7 Godrej Indus, 161.5, 168.75, 155.75, 167.1 Grasim Indus, 2215, 2260, 2204, 2227.1 Great Offsho, 251, 258, 243, 256.15 Gtl Infra.Lt, 36.25, 36.8, 35.1, 36.65 Gujarat Mine, 110.15, 112, 105.5, 111.05 Gujarat N R, 50.2, 50.2, 47.75, 48.75 Gujarat Stat, 92.95, 96.2, 92.05, 94.2 Gvk Pow. & I, 25.6, 28.2, 25.1, 27.65 Hcl Technolo, 452, 474.35, 452, 469.5 Hdfc Bank Lt, 1995, 2060, 1995, 2059.3 Hdfc Ltd, 600.45, 626.05, 597.2, 623.15 Hero Honda M, 1426, 1494.9, 1426, 1469.5 Hindalco in, 216, 216.95, 201.55, 210.95 Hindustan Co, 32, 34.1, 31.65, 33.55 Hindustan Ma, 56.1, 57.9, 55.3, 57.25 Hindustan Pe, 341.15, 343.9, 325.6, 341.4
over a year-and-a-half for want of land. n What are the problems in Goa? The situation is bad in Goa. High cost of land and basic infrastructure. There is no power reliability. People are hoarding land, they are not buying it for use, just buying it to hoard. People, power, roads - everything is a challenge in Goa. n You speak of power constraints. Can you explain? There is no reliability of power in Goa. Right now no new connections are being given. If we put up a project here there are no new power connections. You can’t encash the production without
SBI ups interest rates by 25 bp NEW DELHI: The country's largest lender State Bank of India today raised lending and deposit rates on select maturities by 25 basis points in response to policy rate hike announced by Reserve Bank last month. SBI revised the base rate or the minimum lending rate 25 basis points to 8.25 per cent, the bank said in a statement. With the increase in base rate, all kinds of loans excluding housing and auto loans would be dearer by at least 25 basis points (0.25 per cent).
Hindustan Un, 272.7, 274.35, 268.5, 269.15 Hindustan Zi, 1207, 1240.5, 1200, 1239 Housing Dev, 126.75, 139, 123.6, 137.45 Icici Bank L, 961.15, 1008, 961.15, 1000.55 Idea Cellula, 64.8, 64.8, 62.2, 63.65 Ifci Ltd, 48.7, 50.65, 47.75, 50.15 India Cement, 89.5, 90.45, 87, 89.95 India Infoli, 65.8, 69.5, 64, 68.85 Indiabulls F, 139.05, 147.5, 133.25, 142.15 Indiabulls R, 111, 114.2, 105, 113.25 Indian Bank, 206.55, 213, 199.6, 210.8 Indian Hotel, 78, 82.7, 76.6, 80.75 Indian Oil C, 314.75, 317.4, 307.4, 314.45 Indian Overs, 120.1, 123.45, 117.1, 122.05 Indus Dev Ba, 127.5, 134, 127.5, 133.25 Indusind Ban, 214.6, 214.6, 203.55, 212.2 Infosys Tech, 3030.2, 3068.7, 3020.35, 3040.85 Infra. dev., 127.85, 135.95, 126.85, 135.3 Ispat Indust, 22.3, 22.6, 20.9, 22.35 Itc Ltd, 156.85, 157.1, 154, 155.1 Ivrcl Infras, 65.85, 67.2, 61.2, 66.4 Jai Corp Lim, 133.3, 142.5, 130.1, 140.1 Jaiprakash A, 76.8, 83, 72.95, 81.9 Jet Airways, 432, 465, 424.5, 457.65 Jindal Saw L, 184, 197, 177.55, 192.6
gEnErATIng busInEss: Atul Pai Kane wears his brand lose to his heart. power. The uncertainty itself kills the project. n What about the opposition from people? People oppose for the sake of opposition. Pollution free projects should be a welcome. I don’t know whom to educate. People must themselves realise, this attitude cannot be carried on. In-
stead of saying what we cannot do, tell us what we can do. There is opposition to every project, without understanding whether it is viable or not. See Meta Strips. Unnecessarily they closed it for 11 months. Now it’s working. Have you heard of any pollution?
IIP drops to 1.6% in December PTI NEW DELHI, FEB 11
Industrial expansion plunged to a 20-month low of 1.6% in December, causing a blip in India's growth track, but policy makers remained unfazed on the prospects of robust GDP numbers for the current fiscal. Though the December factory output growth has somewhat "disappointed" FM Pranab Mukherjee, experts are not surprised in the backdrop of a very high expansion a year ago. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had grown
Jindal Steel, 608, 620.8, 603.9, 616.45 Jsw Steel Li, 835, 868.7, 807.15, 860.1 Kotak Mahind, 363.5, 382.5, 356, 378.1 Lakshmi Mach, 2070.4, 2160, 2070.4, 2150.55 Lanco Infrat, 40.1, 42.4, 36, 40.15 Larsen & Tou, 1495, 1568.7, 1495, 1556.1 Lic Housing, 168, 173.4, 163.35, 172.05 Lupin Limite, 393.1, 412.05, 392, 410.1 Mahanagar Te, 41.35, 42.9, 40.25, 42.45 Mahindra & M, 648.55, 669.5, 636.35, 665.2 Maruti Suzuk, 1145, 1186.8, 1145, 1181.35 Max India Lt, 147.4, 153.7, 142.1, 152.15 Moser-baer (, 40.2, 40.8, 36.95, 40.3 Mrpl, 59, 62.4, 58.6, 61.9 Nagarjuna Co, 89.85, 100.5, 89.85, 98.05 Nagarjuna Fe, 26.1, 27.05, 25.5, 26.9 National Alu, 408, 408, 385, 392.2 Neyveli Lign, 95.5, 101.4, 94.15, 99.85 Ntpc Ltd, 170.85, 178.75, 170.55, 176.85 Oil And Natu, 272.1, 279, 265, 277.05 Omaxe Limite, 136, 136, 126.7, 131.75 Oriental Ban, 321, 334.9, 317, 333.35 Pantaloon Re, 234.9, 250.1, 232.05, 247.25 Parsvnath De, 27.9, 28.25, 25.3, 26.25 Petronet Lng, 119.4, 120.65, 115.1, 120
by 18 per cent during the same period last year, making it a daunting challenge to maintain the expansion momentum this fiscal due to the high base. Industrial growth during April-December this fiscal stood at 8.6 per cent, unchanged in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year, official data released showed. The "disappointing" numbers came just days after the Government's prediction of "encouraging" 8.6 per cent economic growth this fiscal, against 8 per cent in 2009-10.
Power Fin Co, 253, 253, 239, 250.2 Power Grid C, 96.5, 97.5, 95.75, 96.4 Praj Industr, 67.7, 68, 61.55, 66.6 Punj Lloyd L, 65.5, 71.55, 63.65, 71.05 Punjab Natio, 987.65, 1038.45, 970.3, 1033.95 Rajesh Expor, 131, 135.25, 130.2, 132 Ranbaxy Labs, 502, 505, 480, 502.8 Rashtriya Ch, 77.1, 79.2, 74.6, 78.85 Reliance Cap, 425, 435, 402.1, 428.65 Reliance Ene, 1001, 1057, 1000, 1053.32 Reliance Ind, 485, 513.65, 467.55, 496.65 Reliance Ind, 899.95, 915, 888.05, 909.95 Reliance Pow, 113.1, 115.9, 107.15, 114.9 Rolta India, 130, 138.45, 128.2, 137.55 Satyam Compu, 56.1, 59.3, 54.35, 57.75 Sesa Goa Ltd, 292.7, 295.75, 280.5, 293.95 Shipping Cor, 109.6, 110.4, 107.1, 109.95 Siemens Ltd, 847.2, 847.2, 841.05, 844.15 Sintex Indus, 150.05, 165.15, 150.05, 161.8 Sobha Develo, 223.6, 227.4, 195, 224.8 State Bank O, 2498, 2602, 2485.05, 2592.6 Steel Author, 160.8, 163.2, 152.5, 160.25 Sterlite Ind, 155.85, 161.5, 154.5, 160.8 Sun Pharmace, 413.25, 423.25, 413.25, 418.25
Suzlon Energ, 44.1, 46, 43.5, 45.75 Tata Communi, 197, 213.5, 193, 210.1 Tata Consult, 1084.1, 1104.2, 1055.9, 1089.6 Tata Motors, 1108.4, 1170, 1098.75, 1142.7 Tata Power C, 1206.5, 1214.95, 1180.85, 1199.6 Tata Steel L, 602, 602.9, 575.1, 595.3 Tech Mahindr, 565, 576.55, 476.85, 571.7 The Ge Shpg., 281.9, 281.9, 272, 277.85 The Phoenix, 178, 178.2, 170.1, 173.65 Thermax Ltd, 600, 624, 577.85, 603.6 Titan Indust, 3109.7, 3144.7, 3032, 3111.45 Torrent Powe, 206.2, 225, 205.5, 221.6 Triveni Engg, 84.5, 84.5, 78.25, 83.05 Tv18 India L, 71.9, 77.3, 71.4, 76.2 Uco Bank, 95.1, 99.45, 94.1, 98.95 Ultratech Ce, 910.05, 924.4, 898.05, 914.8 Union Bank O, 310.65, 330.8, 310.65, 326.95 Unitech Ltd, 36, 36, 33.55, 34.85 United Phosp, 133.15, 135, 131.8, 134.95 Videocon Ind, 190, 197.95, 185, 196.15 Vijaya Bank, 76.4, 80.9, 75.05, 80.2 Voltas Ltd, 168, 171.75, 158.45, 170 Wipro Ltd, 414.05, 423.5, 407.5, 420.25 Yes Bank Lim, 242.6, 259, 239.3, 257.15 Zee Entertai, 114.9, 116.55, 112.55, 113.2
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Minister for Women & Child Development Ravi Naik distributes cheques under Kanyadan scheme and Vastra Bhet scheme to the beneficiaries at a function held at Balli. Also present are MLA and GSIDC chairman Chandrakant Kavlekar and vice chairman of South Goa ZP Khushali Velip. schemes are meant for helpHERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, FEB 11: Stating that women are occupying high positions in social, economic and political field, Minister for Women and Child Development Ravi Naik said that women are partners of progress and development of the State. Naik was speaking after distributing cheques of financial assistance of Rs 15,000 each to 115 persons from economically weaker sections towards expenses of marriages of their daughters under the Kanyadan Scheme. Sarees and dress materials were also handed over to 1926 families from below poverty line under the Vastra Bhet Scheme at a function held at Shree Shantadurga Ballikarin hall, Balli, Quepem. Speaking further, Naik said that the benefits of the government’s welfare
ing the people to achieve progress in life, irrespective of caste, creed and party affiliations. “The government has framed these schemes with specific objective of helping the weaker sections to improve their living conditions,” Naik added and explained various schemes of the Women and Child Development with stress on Shika Shikva and Kamva scheme. Later, local MLA Chandrakant Kavlekar listed the development activities that he has taken up in the area and also the proposed development projects. He said that it is his endeavour to give maximum benefits to the people. The assistance disbursed under Kanyadan scheme works out to Rs 5.7 lakhs while the sarees and dress materials were worth Rs 17.25 lakhs.
Anjuna locals drive to Panjim to watch ‘O Maria’ HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, FEB 11: Residents of Anjuna-Caisua and members of Anjuna Rakhon Manch on Tuesday drove to Panjim to watch the Konkani movie ‘O Maria’, which highlights the ills in the society. The villagers came all the way from Anjuna for the Konkani movie by hiring four buses to get a feel of the issues highlighted in the film which are also engulfing their own village. Incidentally, the Anjuna Rakhon Manch members initially felt they would not cross 50 persons interested in the movie, but the overwhelming response from the villagers was beyond their expectations. The Anjuna Rakhon Manch members then had to make available another 150 tickets so as not to disappoint the villagers. Herald caught up with a few Anjuna Rakhon Manch members and villagers of Anjuna-Caisua for their views on the film. Elaborating on the movie, Anjuna Rakhon Manch President Damas Fernandes said: “The burning issues that are haunting our village have been highlighted in the movie.”
“The hills being cut and developed in the name of farming, the illegal treefelling to make way for a concrete jungle besides many other issues are the real issues haunting us,” said Fernandes. “The protests by the villagers also do not count in the scheme of things of the present aam admi government, as no action is forthcoming against the irregularities and illegalities,” added Fernandes. Another villager Agatha Coutinho said: “The idea of taking the villagers together for the movie cropped up after watching it earlier with my family members and friends.” “The movie is for all Goans to see, as the destruction of the village begins with the greed for money,” said Coutinho and advised Goans not to fall prey to the urge of making fast bucks and save their villages. Social activist of AnjunaCaisua Pradeep Harmalkar was surprised and pleased with the number of villagers attending the movie ‘O Maria’. “The attendance for the movie shows that the social awakening or transformation is taking place in our village, which is really a good sign,” said Harmalkar.
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Sangma slams Meghalaya govt PTI speaker P A Sangma today slammed the Congress-led Meghalaya Government saying it had no "respect for democracy", a day after NCP’s state unit working president and seven other senior leaders joined the Congress. "Meghalaya has been the worst State in terms of development, and now it is the worst where there is no rule of law, no respect to democracy and no respect for the constitution", Sangma told a press conference. His outburst came a day after state NCP working president E K Sangma and seven other leaders – all elected members of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) shifted their allegiance to the Congress, paving the way for the ruling party to clinch power in the Garo council. "I am happy to return to the parent party. I will be able to serve the people better from the Congress fold," E K Sangma said. With the joining of the seven the MDCs (members of district council), the Congress now has 18 members in the 30 members GHADC. Following that, the state cabinet last night decided to revoke the Administrator rule in the GHADC and convene a special session for trial of strength and subsequent installation of a popular executive council. The GHADC was placed under Administrator rule since April 1 last year in the wake of a political instability set off after allegations that the ruling NCP had clutched on to power despite losing majority. P A Sangma, however, said the State Government was trying to forcibly install the executive committee of the GHADC that is in violation of a recent Gauhati High Court ruling that had asked the government to maintain status quo. "A Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court had ruled that till the inquiry into the alleged financial irregularities in the GHADC is over, there cannot be any installation of the executive council (EC). The government’s move to install the EC is purely violation of the court verdict. The NCP will file a contempt of court against the government," the NCP leader said.
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New York, Feb 11:India's move to resume talks with Pakistan on all outstanding issues was a "conscious decision", External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today said, adding that it was "necessary" for both sides to also discuss Afghanistan. "It is a conscious decision that was made," Krishna, who arrived here yesterday on a two-day visit, told PTI. Krishna, who is here on his first visit to the United Nations after India became a non-permanent member for a two-year term last month, said: "We will have to sort out all the outstanding issues between our two countries." "We are hopeful the talks between the foreign secretaries will go in a direction that is positive and pave the way for a bigger meeting (between the foreign ministers) whenever that will be," he added. The composite dialogue between the two sides were put on hold after 10 Pakistani terrorist carried out coordinated attacks in Mumbai in November 2008, killing 166 people. Before entering into
talks with Pakistan again, India wanted the perpetrators of the attack to be brought to justice. Responding to why India was now agreeing to talks, Krishna said, "Nothing is static in relationships between countries." The minister, however, stressed that New Delhi still expected Islamabad to act expeditiously on the Mumbai attacks. "India expects that Pakistan will take continue to take steps to bring to justice all those perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks," he said. "Having taken that position it is necessary for our two countries to engage on various other issues where we will be able to come to reasonable agreements, which will be beneficial to the people for both the countries," he added. The stage was set for renewed talks when Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao met her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir in Thimphu on Sunday. The talks will include issues like Siachen, Kashmir, counter-terrorism, peace and security, economic issues,
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humanitarian issues, the Wullar Barrage/Tulbul Navigation Project and Afghanistan. Krishna also said that it was "necessary" for India and Pakistan to discuss Afghanistan. "I think it was necessary for us to discuss Afghanistan... India has been playing a very positive role in trying to build Afghanistan in terms of our volunteers who have gone there for capacity building and so I think Afghanistan had to be included," he said. Afghanistan is the new item on the agenda for discussion. So far, Pakistan has been wary of India's ties with Kabul. Islamabad continuously questions why New Delhi has so many consulates in Afghanistan. Pakistan also accuses India of using Afghanistan as a base to establish a military presence against it on its eastern border. A recent report published by New York University claimed that concerns of Kabul and New Delhi becoming too close in the post-2001 period, was one reason why Pakistan was hesitant to act against Taliban and Al Qaeda.
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Murder charge... Nunes statement to the Police Complaints Authority which we presume is the same as deposition before Subdivisional Magistrate Shetye on the basis of which the FIR has been filed. “I saw Shirvaikar and the other constable dragging Cipriano’s body to a room attached to PI Sandesh Chodankar’s cabin. Then, I also saw Shirwaikar going to the counter at the entrance of the police station taking a khaki colour belt and going back to the room where Cipriano had been taken. After that I heard sounds of blows given with the belt inside that room. The driver (Ryan who drove the Bolero in which Cipriano was brought and is also accused) came near me and told me to go home. This was about 10.30 pm (on January 7)” In all trials, every second and every minute counts. We do not know if the murderous assault commenced exactly during this time or not. But this is a very critical eyewitness account and the time mentioned is significant. If the FIR is against officers on duty from 22.30 hours (10.30 pm), will all acts committed by officers in the overall saga of assault before this time be taken in to account? It legally should. The FIR is a clear indication that accountability will be fixed from the time Cipriano was officially arrested. This itself is against Supreme Court guidelines. In the Paramhansa Jadab and another, appellants versus the State, respondent the Orissa High Court observed “As soon as an accused or suspected person comes in the hand of a police officer, he is in custody within the meaning of Sections 26 and 27 of the Evidence Act”, Any good lawyer should be able to demolish the timings which are the basis of this FIR. MANIPULATION 2: The FIR mentions 11.55 hrs (am) on January 8 as the end time which would be taken into account for the accused officers. This is surprising. Is 11.55 hrs the time when Cipriano was released from police custody? This is ridiculous, since eyewitness Kenenth Silveira and his friend saw Cipriano lying unconscious on the floor of the Panjim police station around noon. His friend saw his still body being carried to the 108 ambulance close to 1’O clock. In his press conference and his subsequent deposition he said that he saw Sandesh Chodankar and Vijay Chodankar kick the still body of Cipriano during that period. His begs two questions ‘Which officer/s came into the police station after 11.30 am? Was there any further post 11.55 a.m. Next comes the SDM’s order of Cipriano release. This order was issued at 5.30 pm on January 8. So Cipriano was on record in custody till then. So why aren’t their actions going to be accountable between 11.55 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. on January 8?. Let there be no mistake. As watchdogs, the first battle has been won. Bringing the culprits to book will take all our time, energy and attention to detail because we are dealing with killers who may be protected by the State.
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Bombay at Goa and later marched to the registrar’s office where they submitted a memorandum. In the two-page memorandum, the lawyers have demanded revocation of the suspension order and immediate reinstatement of the judge. “The suspension of Judge D’Costa for a matter which he judicially decided and against which no appeal was filed by the State is highly deplorable. The judgment is not found to be erroneous, nor the trial vitiated. We urge the High Court to withdraw the suspension and deal with the matter in a just and proper manner,” reads the memorandum copy. The protesters later marched to the North Goa District and Sessions Court where they addressed a gathering outside the main entrance. The South Goa additional sessions judge’s suspension
order came following a report by South Goa District and Sessions Judge U V Bakre in the Mahanand case, which was handled by D’Costa during his leave period. “You cannot punish a judge like D’Costa who has made an impact with strong judgments. We are not saying that he is victimized, but the HC is wrongly briefed by judge Bakre,” Viegas alleged. The gathering comprising of some 100 lawyers echoed the same opinion and reiterated its demand to reinstate him back. “We have to bring an end to corruption and not get suppressed by anyone. The judges from Maharashtra transferred to Goa don’t know the local language. Honest Goan judges are being crucified,” a member from the North Goa Advocates Association said. The delegation later met Chief Minister Digambar Kamat who absolved himself from interfering in the matter.
South advocates Court and resolved to continue their agitation till justice was done to the suspended judge. Some of the advocates were highly critical of Bakre for lodging a complaint against D’Costa without any rhyme or reason. Triofonio Jacques said that Bakre did not just send information to the High Court, but also called for action against D’Costa. Jacques said that D’Costa deserved to be appointed not just as judge to the High Court but the Supreme Court as well because of his honesty, diligence and added “time has come for a do or die battle.” Addressing members of the legal fraternity, Gopal Tamba said it is a sad reality that the business of “maska polish” had made its way into the judicial system in Goa. “We fought against Goa’s merger with Maharashtra during the Opinion Poll, but are still under the Bombay High Court despite being a separate State,” he said, adding the recruitment in the courts has favoured people of Maharashtra rather than Goans. Criminal lawyer, Alban Viegas said that what Bakre informed the High Court amounts to a direct complaint made against the suspended judge. City-based criminal lawyer, Radharao Gracias said that this was the second Goan judge to be placed under suspension by the High Court. If judges are to deliver justice, they should first get justice, he added.
Mubarak steps down “President Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down as president of Egypt and has assigned the higher council of the armed forces to run the affairs of the country,” Suleiman said in a brief televised address. Mubarak and his wife left their presidential palace in Cairo today and international media reported that he had fled to the Red Sea resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, his favourite holiday destination. Suleiman’s statement was greeted with uproar by the lakhs of people gathered at the Tahrir Square as flag-carrying youth danced in joy and hugged each other. Earlier, protesters marched to the president’s palace and to the State television headquarters, seen as symbols of the State authority, angered by Mubarak’s refusal to quit and the army’s statement declaring support to him. Thursday night, Mubarak’s told the nation that he would remain in office but cede some powers to his hand-picked Vice President Omar Suleiman. In response, throngs of people gathered in cities across the country, their anger and frustration mounting. “Mubarak must go! He is finished!” protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square shouted, as a sea of people waved Egyptian flags.
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Nirupama Rao on Twitter
NEW DELHI Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday opened her Twitter account, becoming the first senior Indian bureaucrat to do so. Her first post went out from her account www.twitter.com/forsecnrao) at about 12.10 pm on Friday - "Leaving4NewYork tonite." According to a foreign ministry official, Rao will be herself sending out tweets through her Blackberry phone. "It will be mainly used to inform about her events," he said
HEADS HELD HIGH: Hindu devotees carry offerings as they take part in a "Kalash Yatra" a Hindu religious procession inauguration of goddess Durga’s idol in Amritsar on Friday. The procession was organized by Maha Durga temple.
Karmapa gets clean chit in cash haul case
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machal Pradesh government today gave a clean chit to Karmapa Ugyen Trinely Dorji in a foreign currency haul case, saying he has no links with the money seized from his transit home near Dharamsala. “The huge foreign currency recovered during raids from the Gyuto Monastery, the transit home of the Karmapa, are donations and offerings from devotees and the Karmapa has no links with it as the affairs of the trust are managed by trustees,” Chief Secretary Rajwant Sandhu told reporters here. “The Karmapa is a revered religious leader of
Wearing revealing dress ground for divorce: Court PTI NEW DELHI, FEB 11: Wearing a revealing dress during her honeymoon proved costly for a woman as a court granted divorce to her husband saying improper dressing by the woman brought mental cruelty to the man. “Cruelty includes not only physical but mental cruelty as well. Ostensibly, she (wife) has indulged in bloating falsehood beyond proportions,” Additional District Judge Manmohan Sharma ruled, accepting the husband's plea that he suffered mental agony due to his wife wearing “vulgar” dresses regularly since their honeymoon. The court allowed the husband's divorce plea saying “mere living under one roof without the necessary ingredients of love and faith, which are the hallmark of a fruitful matrimonial relationship, is nothing but animal existence.” The husband, in his petition seeking divorce on the ground of having been sub-
Ex- rmy jawan kills 4 children MUZAFFARNAGAR: An exarmy jawan allegedly killed his four children before committing suicide by consuming poison at Rampuri locality today, police said. Vijay Kumar, who was depressed over some family dispute, allegedly killed his four children by giving them poison and later committed suicide, they said. Kumar killed his four children identified as Swati (11), Shashank (9), Shweta (8) and Suriyan (7). His wife Gudiya had allegedly committed suicide. (PTI)
TOTALLY UNFAIR ”The additional district judge said “Cruelty includes not only physical but mental cruelty as well. Ostensibly, she (wife) has indulged in bloating falsehood beyond proportions.” jected to cruelty, had contended that his wife wore vulgar clothes during their honeymoon. “During their honeymoon, she dressed herself in a very vulgar manner and when he asked her to change the dress she retorted that she had dressed herself that way to be noticed by at least 50 people,” the husband had said in his plea. The court gave divorce decree to the husband after hearing some audio recordings, played by the woman's father-in-law, proving that she had conspired with her parents to torture her husband and in-laws.
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seizure to the tune of Rs 7.5 crore from Sidhbari. When asked whether there was any chance of the Karmapa “being arrested” in connection with the seizure, she said there was “zero” possibility of any such thing happening.
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Davis’ self-defence plea was considered and keeping in view the witnesses and the forensic (reports), that has been rejected by the investigators. -- Lahore police chief
Qureshi dropped from Pakistan’s foreign ministry
SNAPSHOT Parents put up for auction in Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Five handicapped siblings, suffering from a degenerative disease, put up their old parents for auction in Pakistan’s Punjab province as the family had nothing to eat and had been starving for the past two days. The auction of the parents was organised outside the district coordination officer (DCO) office in Khanewal town, Express Tribune reported on Friday. The disabled brothers and sisters invited bids to sell their parents, saying that their family was starving and that their parents had volunteered to be sold if the money could pay for their treatment. Retired railways official Muhammad Sarwar’s five children - Tanveer, Badar, Safdar, Zaheer and Nadia have become disabled due to a genetic degenerative disorder. Sarwar had sold off his entire property, including furniture, to pay for his children’s treatment and were not able to afford the medical bills.
PTI ISLAMABAD, FEB 11 :Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who was known for his less-than friendly attitude towards India, is no longer the foreign minister of Pakistan as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani reconstituted his cabinet today. A voluble leader, 54-yearold Qureshi, who headed the foreign ministry in the PPP government since March 2008, today refused to take oath as a cabinet minister after it became known that he was not going to get the foreign affairs portfolio. Qureshi was dropped from the foreign affairs portfolio shortly before India and Pakistan are to resume their stalled dialogue process. Offered Water and Power portfolio, the former foreign minister was apparently reluctant to join the government, PPP spokesperson Fauzia Wahab told PTI. A lawyer by profession, Qureshi was considered a hardliner because of his apparent proximity to the Army. At a press conference with External Affairs Minister
china activist beaten over video, says rights group BEIJING: A Chinese activist lawyer and his wife have been beaten by police and state security officials for making a secret video that shows their life under strict house arrest, a rights group said on Friday. China Human Rights Defenders said a reliable source told it that Chen Guangcheng and his wife, Yuan Weijing, have been blocked from going to a hospital after Tuesday’s beating, which was described as “not light” but not life-threatening. Chinese officials could not be reached for comment, and the group’s claims could not be independently verified. The US-based China Aid Association released a video on Thursday of Chen and Yuan talking about life under months of round-the-clock surveillance in their rural home after Chen’s release from prison last fall.
Davis charged with murder, US-Pak stand-off intensifies American gets 14 days judicial custody
Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamat-e-Islami chant slogans during a rally against Raymond Allen Davis, a US consulate employee suspected in a shooting, in Karachi on Friday. PTI LAHORE/ISLAMABAD, FEB 11: The tense stand off between the US and Pakistan intensified today as the Lahore police charged American official Raymond Davis of “cold-blooded” murder, ignoring pressure from Washington for his immediate release. The tussle became murkier as an American channel reported that Obama’s National Security Advisor Tom Donilon threatened to “kick out” the Pakistan envoy Hussain Haqqani, if Islamabad failed to release Davis by today. But later, both Haqqani and a US embassy spokesperson in Pakistan termed the report as inaccurate. Davis, 36, who was arrested for shooting down and killing two Pakistanis, was remanded to a further 14 days of judicial custody by a court till the next hearing on February 25. Rejecting the self defence plea of Davis, Lahore police chief Aslam Tareen said they had framed murder charges against him after finding no proof to back his claim that he had shot and killed two men in self-defence. “His self-defence plea was considered and keeping in view the witnesses and the forensic (reports), that has been rejected by the investigators,” he told a press conference. The killing of the two men was an “intentional” and “cold blooded murder,” Tareen said.
courT baTTle Rejecting the self defence plea of Davis, Lahore police chief Aslam Tareen said they had framed murder charges against him after finding no proof to back his claim that he had shot and killed two men in self-defence. The stand-off between Pakistan and the US over Davis, who Washington says enjoys diplomatic immunity, has taken the already tense relationship between the two countries to a new low. The US has suspended all high-level contacts with Pakistan and reports have suggested they will not be resumed till Davis is freed. But, top Pakistani leaders have so far rebuffed US demands for Davis to be freed, saying the matter will be decided in court according to the country’s laws. US lawmakers have also warned that the matter could affect American civil and military aid to Pakistan running into billions of dollars. Meanwhile, officials in Lahore said police are expected to submit a ‘challan’ or chargesheet against Davis in court after the completion of his judicial remand. The ABC report earlier said that US NSA Donilon told Pakistani envoy Haqqani on Monday that the Obama administration will “kick him out of the US”, close consulates in Pakistan and cancel President Asif Ali Zardari’s upcoming visit to Washington if Davis is not released by Friday.
54-year-old Qureshi, who headed the foreign ministry in the PPP government since March 2008, today refused to take oath as a cabinet minister after it became known that he was not going to get the foreign affairs portfolio.
15 top Pak officials may lose jobs PTI
Qaeda committed to acquiring WMDs: US PTI
ISLAMABAD, FEB 11: Fifteen top Pakistani officials, including the investigative agency FIA’S chief and close aide of the President may lose their jobs with a high-level panel recommending the termination of their services. Establishment Division Secretary Abdur Rauf Chaudhry, appearing before a seven-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, said FIA chief Wasim Ahmed and the Sindh Police chief were among the 15 officials whose termination had been recommended by a committee of the secretaries. Ahmed is considered a confidant of President Asif Ali Zardari and was made head of the FIA after being hired on contract after his retirement from government service. The committee of secretaries conducted a review of contractual employees holding senior official positions on the orders of the apex court.
WASHINGTON, FEB 11 : Pakistan-based al Qaeda’s senior leadership remained committed to acquiring weapons of mass destruction including nuclear weapons, a top Obama administration official said. In his testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Michael Leiter, director of National Counterterrorism Centre said, “We assess that al Qaeda’s senior leadership in Pakistan remains committed to obtaining all types of weapons of mass destruction.” “But thanks to some outstanding and effective offensive action against al Qaeda senior leadership in Pakistan, we also assess that their ability to do so is greatly diminished since 9/11,” Leiter said in response to a question from Congressman Mike Rogers, chairman of the Committee. “So you would rate their intention as high to try to secure that?” Rogers asked. “Yes” answered Leiter. “I think the intent remains high, in particular in Pakistan and in Yemen,” Leiter said. Expressing concern over the current situation in Pakistan, Congressman Ben Chandler said, “Pakistan is one of the most dangerous places on the planet.” “You have got a state in Pakistan which has
enormous volatility and nuclear weapons. What can you tell us about the security of the nuclear weapons under the control of the state of Pakistan? Are we in decent shape there? And what needs to be done to make sure that those weapons are secure?” he said. “I think what I can say in public is that our assessment is that the nuclear weapons in Pakistan are secure. And that’s probably all we should say about that in public,” said James Clapper, director of National Intelligence. CIA director Leon Panetta said his greatest concern was to avoid another 9/11. “The reality is that our biggest concern about al Qaeda was that they could conduct 9/11-type attacks in this country. We have focused on that. I think as a result of the work that’s been done at going directly at them in the FATA, I think we’ve seriously undermined their ability to be able to conduct those kinds of attacks,” Panetta said. “Having said that, they are now resorting to other ways to come at this country. And those ways are through trying to inspire sleepers, to try to go after lone wolves, to use the Inspire magazine, to use Awlaki, who’s basically been urging people to do whatever they can to do something in a terroist way, someplace, somehow, somewhere,” he said.
S M Krishna in July last year, he equated Home Secretary G K Pillai's comments to those of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed. He also said that Krishna often got calls from India during the bilateral talks and left the room for consultations. For now, the foreign ministry will be looked after by Hina Rabbani Khar, who was minister of state for finance in the dissolved cabinet, sources said. The 34-year-old has been participating in discussions with the World Bank and the IMF for financial reforms in Pakistan and is familiar with western leaders. Qureshi stayed away from the swearing-in ceremony for Gilani's new cabinet after he was informed that he would not be reallocated the foreign affairs portfolio. PTV reported earlier that Qureshi would be among 23 ministers who would take oath, but he was not present when President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath of office to 21 federal ministers and a minister of state at a ceremony in the presidency this afternoon.
Held under blasphemy law, man gets bail PTI LAHORE, FEB 11:A Pakistani court has granted bail to a man arrested under the controversial blasphemy law for allegedly defiling the Quran. Legal experts said this was the first instance in several years of a person accused of blasphemy being granted bail. Justice Anwarul Haq of the Lahore High Court yesterday issued an order stating that Shahid Hasan Sheikh, who was arrested for blasphemy, could be released on furnishing surety bonds worth Rs 200,000. Sheikh, a resident of Batapur, told the court through his counsel that he was implicated in a fake case by people belonging to a rival religious sect. The man who filed the FIR against Sheikh had acted at the behest of one Malik Iftikhar, the counsel said.
Assange has four love kids, says WikiLeaks defector
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mbattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, fighting an extradition case over sexual misconduct, has at least “four love children” with mistresses across the world, according to leaked excerpts of a tell-all book by a WikiLeaks defector. Former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel DomscheitBerg, who left the organisation amid tensions with Assange, has revealed in his forthcoming book that the 39-year old Assange used to “boast” about how many children he has fathered across the world. “Often I sat in large groups and listened to Julian boast about how many children he had fathered in various parts of the world. He seemed to enjoy the idea of lots and lots of Julians, one on every continent.” “Whether he took care of any of these alleged children, or whether they existed at all, was another question,” Domscheit-Berg writes in his book, an excerpt of which was leaked to gossip website Gawker. Last month, Domscheit-Berg launched a rival site
OpenLeaks. “From his bombastic OKCupid profile to his creepy love letters to a 19-year-old girl, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s has some strange romantic proclivities. Strangest of all is his apparent obsession with littering the world with offspring,” the report in Gawker said. According to leaked police documents on Assange’s ongoing rape and sexual molestation case, WikiLeaks volunteer and Swedish journalist Donald Bostrom has told investigators in Sweden that Assange had “at least” four children. Gawker said this was a number “independently confirmed” to it by a former WikiLeaks volunteer and a former friend of Assange. The youngest little Assange is a mere six months old, according to the former friend. The oldest, and the only one of Assange’s offspring previously reported, is 20-year-old Daniel Assange who lives in Melbourne, Australia. Assange fathered him in his teens with his thengirlfriend. Daniel however has not seen his father since 2007. Gawker said ages of the other two
children are unknown but both are in Australia. It is not known who the mothers of these children are. “The fixation on seeding the world with mini-leakers springs from a sense of inborn superiority,” Gawker quotes a source as saying. “He (Assange) feels obliged to spread his genes. In other words, he thinks he is so good that the world needs more of his kids.” Assange is currently fighting extradition in London. The WikiLeaks founder is wanted by Sweden, which is investigating charges of sexual-assault allegations against him. He is accused of sexual misconduct by two women he met during a visit to Stockholm last year. He denies any wrongdoing. The US government has also been trying to prosecute Assange for espionage after his whistleblower website released thousands of secret documents on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as a flood of State Department cables. No specific charges against him have been framed.
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PANJIM – The Aldona Cup football tournament organised by Quitula Sports Club, Aldona will be inaugurated with the opening match between Rossman Cruz Nagoa SC and PVC, Parra on February 12 at 4.45 p.m. at Quitula ground. In all, 16 teams are participating. The winners and runners-up will take home Rs 25,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively.
Volleyball at Shrigal PANJIM – Shrigal Sports Club, Dhargal will organise their All-Goa volleyball tournament on February 13 at Shrigal SC court, Shrigal at 4 p.m. Only four Goa teams have been invited. In the first match, Goa Police will lock horns with Da Cruz, Mala while Crown Club, Santa Cruz will take on Churchill Brothers at 5 p.m. The finals will be held at 7 p.m. Details may be obtained from Sameer Raul on 9158472938.
Cricket tourney at Darbandoda PANJIM – Sanjivani Sports Club will organise their 5th All-Goa cricket tournament on February 13 and 20 at Sanjivani ground, Darbandoda. The winners and runners-up will walk away with Rs 20,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively. The semi-final losers will get Rs 5,000 each. Spot entries will be accepted. Details may be obtained from Rupesh on 9765781529.
Swimming classes at Campal PANJIM – The Sports Authority of Goa will organise their learn-to-swim classes at Campal, Panjim. Morning 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. (gents), 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. (ladies). Evening 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. (children), 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. (ladies and gents mixed). Details may be obtained from the reception counter, SAG Campal, Panjim from 6 a.m. to 12 noon and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on all days except Mondays and holidays.
Tennsi cricket at Sanvordem PANJIM -- Shri Krishna Sports Club, Tisk Sanvordem will organise their 9-a-side tennis ball cricket tournament on February 13, 19 and 20 at panchayat ground, Anandwadi, Sanvordem. Only 16 teams will be allowed to participate. The winners and runners-up will take home Rs 10,000 and Rs 7,000 respectively. Details from Prakash on 9049556887 or Raju on 9850456625.
Fr Pires volleyball PANJIM -- United Boys of Ambaulim will organise their 12th Fr Aurilio Pires memorial South Goa floodlit volleyball tournament from February 20 to 27 at Ambaulim court. The winners and runnersup will take home Rs 8,000 and Rs 6,000 respectively. Individual prizes will also be awarded. Details may be obtained from John on 9822169547 or William on 9823456358.
Civil services tourneys PANJIM -- The Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs will organise the State level civil services tournament in cricket, volleyball and kabaddi for the benefit of Government employees to encourage them to keep healthy, fit and mentally alert in providing their best services to the State. Cricket – February 15 to March 13 at Chicalim Sports Complex, Chicalim. Volleyball – February 15 to 18 at Massano de Amorim, volleyball court, Panjim. Kabaddi – March 1 and 2 at Campal sports complex, Panjim.
State handball tourney PANJIM -- The senior men and women State handball championships organised by Goa Handball Association and SAG will be held on February 13 at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda from 9 a.m.
VJM-04, Force India's car for the 2011 Formula One season, completed its first ever laps with Adrian Sutil on driving duties on the first day (Friday) of the second pre-season test at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in Spain.
Bombay win
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Panjim, Feb 11 : The pace at Don Bosco’s Fr Benedict Furtado Memorial indoor basketball stadium picked up on day two with the 17 teams vying for the All-India inter-YMCA basketball title intensifying for the four semi-final slots at stake. Pallakkad YMCA notched up their second win with a determined showing against Coimbatore YMCA. The final scoreline read 71-58 and the winners earned leads in the first two quarters to be up by a clear ten points (3828) at half time. But, Coimbatore came back strongly in the third quarter and seemed poised to snatch victory from their opponents. They took the third quarter and cut the deficit by three points but unfortunately, they failed to carry the momentum forward into the final quarter and ended up on the losing side. Shinto was the star of Pallakkad’s play accounting for nearly half his team’s score with 34 points. B Jose and Dinesh Anand chipped in with valuable contributions. For Coimbatore, Joshua (15),
Muzammil (14) and Sivasankar (12) did most of the scoring. Later, Pallakkad YMCA seemed to have lost their rhythm and lost their next match to Poona YMCA without much of a fight. The Poona lads, with some accurate long-range shooting interspersed with fast-paced offensive play outplayed their rivals 93-64. The Irani brothers – Rashid (25) and Sarfaraz (16) – were Poona’s mainstay. Shinto (24) and B Jose (18) were the only players in Pallakkad’s line-up who displayed some consistency. Other results: Bombay YMCA ‘B’ defeated Bareilly YMCA 59-21. Javed Shaikh (14) for Bombay YMCA while Sunail Khan netted a dozen for Bareilly. YMCA’s Physical Ed College, Chennai defeated Fort Cochin YMCA 86-33. Shridar (24) and Moonakshi (23) for Chennai while Nibin (11) for Fort Cochin. Calcutta YMCA defeated Hyderabad YMCA 103-77. H Khatri (29), Dennis Osta (19) and Tenzing Bhutia (18) for Calcutta. For Hyderabad, Thirupathi (33) and Gopi (15).
Holy Cross in finals HERALD SPORTS REPORTER Mapusa, Feb 11: Holy Cross HS, Siolim overcame Little Flower of Jesus HS, Calangute by a solitary goal in the finals of girls U-13 primary school football tournament at Peddem. In the boys U-13 third
place play-off, St Joseph’s HS, Calangute defeated St Xavier’s HS, Moira 1-0. The U-13 boys finals between St Britto’s HS, Mapusa and St Anthony’s HS, Monte de Guirim is scheduled for Saturday morning.
Vasco in finals
HERALD SPORTS REPORTER Mapusa, Feb 11: With a penalty shoot-out looming, a brilliant strike from Basilio Rego in the 115th minute was enough to put Vasco Sports Club in the finals, as they knocked out United Mhow, Indore 1-0 in FDF invitational football tournament in Bhopal on Friday. Vasco will meet B G Pune in the finals at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday. Great news came in for Vasco as Nigerian striker Koko Sakibo, who was sent off in the quarter-finals and handed a two-match suspension was allowed to play in the finals.
I-League: Dempo SC v. Churchill Brothers SC, Nehru stadium, Fatorda, Margao, 3.45 p.m. GFA Second Division: Merces SC v. St Sebastian SC, Taleigao ground, 4 p.m. GFA U-16: Macasana Welfare Club v. Salcete FC, Curtorim ground, 3.30 p.m. GFA U-14: Colmorod Ratwaddo SC v. AA de Majorda-Utorda-Calata, Rosary ground, 4 p.m. Aldona Cup soccer: Rossman Cruz Nagoa v. PVC Parra, Quitula ground, 4.45 p.m. St Sebastian soccer semifinals: Vailankani Boys, Calangute v. Carmona Boys, 4 p.m. Inter-ward soccer semi-finals: Segundo Bairo SC v. Cujira SC, 8.15 p.m., Greenfield, Santa Cruz. All-India inter-YMCA basketball: Bombay YMCA ‘A’ v. Secunderabad YMCA, 7 a.m.; Guntur YMCA v. Ernakulam YMCA, 8.30 a.m.; Bombay YMCA ‘B’ v. Palakkad YMCA, 10 a.m.; Coimbatore YMCA v. Bareilly YMCA, 11.30 a.m.; College of P Ed. Chennai v. Kalyan YMCA, 1 p.m.; Calcutta YMCA v. Visakhapatnam YMCA, 3 p.m.; New Delhi YMCA v. Fort Cochin YMCA, 4 .30 p.m.; Bareilly YMCA v. Palakkad YMCA, 6 p.m.; Hyderabad YMCA v. Panjim YMCA, 7.30 p.m.; Bombay YMCA ‘B’ v. Poona YMCA, 9 p.m., Don Bosco indoor court, Panjim.
Swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag will return to lead the Delhi Daredevils in the fourth edition of the IPL as Gautam Gambhir will be now playing for Kolkata Knight Riders.
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The ‘noisy neighbours’ have been generally a bit quieter in recent weeks and should Manchester United beat Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday their title claims will be just about silenced.
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It doesn’t matter how strong the team is on paper. More important is to win games in the World Cup — Yuvraj Singh
Arrows, Chirag in goalless draw
SNAPSHOT Junior volleyball squad
PANJIM – The SAG has deputed the State volleyball team for 37th Junior National volleyball championship for boys and girls in Bijapur. Boys: Aaron Pereira, Girish Andrade, Kirtesh Pereira, Shubham Dauskar, Rahul Dessai, Sunil Velip, Swapnil Lokare, Vinod Kondiokar, Nitesh Morgaonkar, Akshay Gawde, Narayan Gawde, Nil Diukar, Suresh Shirodkar (coach) and Sachin Bansi (manager). Girls: Ketki Naik, Danzila Pereira, Sweta Mendes, Melisa Pereira, Neekasha Araujo, Umadevi Chalwadi, Deepali Harmalkar, Komal Naik, Ashwini Chowgule, Anjali Jha, Ankita Arolkar, Archana Velip, Conception Pereira (coach) and Arthi Talkar (manager). Hugo Gonsalves, vice-president, Goa Volleyball Association (GVA) addressed the players alongwith V M Prabhudesai, SAG’s ED.
Indian Arrows 0 Chirag 0 Man-of-the match: Jeje Lalpekhlua (Indian Arrows) AGENCIES Gurgaon, Feb 11: Indian Arrows and Chirag United played out a goalless draw in a Round XIV I-League match at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Gurgaon here on Friday.
Playing at home, Indian Arrows not only had better ball possession, but also dictated terms right from the word go. On the other hand, Chirag United found hard to come up with something concrete and were found struggling.
Chirag sign Chhetri
Pentair cricket tourney PANJIM -- Pentair Water India Pvt. Ltd. will organise their 10th Pentair Cup cricket tournament for industries within the Verna Industrial Estate on February 13, 20, 27 and March 6 at SAG ground, Chicalim.
AGENCIES New Delhi, Feb 11: Chirag United rounded off the transfer deadline day by signing Indian National
team striker Sunil Chhetri till the end of the season. Sunil was released by MLS outfit Kansas City Wizards earlier this month.
Bhakti wins Sharada Mandir High School, Mira Mar winners of U-17 girls State level basketball championship organised by DSYA at Youth Hostel, Mira Mar on February 9. They beat Presentation Convent School, Margao 17-7. The team alongwith Dilip Ghosh (SAI coach) and Stany Lobo (PE teacher).
PANJIM (HSD) - WIM Bhakti Kulkarni beat Tesik Csaba (2275) of Hungary in the 6th round of First Satur-
day Round Robin IM Budapest chess tournament in Hungary. Bhakti is now on 3.5 points after six rounds.
ing Clifford Miranda and Peter Carvalho operating on the flanks. Striker and captain Ranty Martins who has regained his scoring touch will lead the attack alongwith young striker Joaquim Abranches, who will surely keep the Churchill Brothers defenders on their toes. International Subhashish Roy Chowdhury will be tending to their goal while internationals Mahesh Gawli, John Dos or Domnic Noronha, Samir Naik and Debarata Roy will form the back four. However, Dempo will be without attacking midfielder Anthony Pereira who is nursing an injury. Churchill Brothers are not ready to take things lightly and have prepared for their big match. Coach Vincent
Subramanian has some other ideas for the visitors. He is set to try out new strategies and look for a win to earn full points. Boasting several international players and key foreigners in their ranks, they will also strengthen their defence to keep Ranty Martins and Joaquim Abranches away. Subramanian spoke on similar lines. “Tomorrow’s match is a big, very big one for us as we have to catch with table toppers East Bengal,” he said after the team had a long practice session on Friday evening at Cuncolim ground. “The team which capitalises on chances to score goals and cut down on errors will emerge victorious,” Subramanian said.
between the two but because the outcome of this fixture could be decisive in the race for Premiership glory. Fulham – Chelsea: Another classic game to watch is Monday night’s London derby as Chelsea travel to Fulham in an attempt to rescue their season. Chelsea are ten points off leaders United in fourth place. After last weekend’s disappointing debut for Torres, the Blues are left wondering how best they can up their bid for the title. Liverpool without their expensive new signings and just the sole goal from Meireles were enough to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and Fulham will be hoping to capitalize on the surprise loss. Both sides have been equally inconsistent this season and both have drawn one, lost one and won one in their last three fixtures. With West London pride and important points at stake, this derby is going to be a cracker! Arsenal – Wolverhampton Wolves: While the Wolves may have done Arsenal a favour by ending United’s unbeaten record as they won 2-1 at home on Saturday, Arsene Wenger and
his boys will continue to be weary of their recent form against mid-level and relegation teams and will be trying their best to avoid dropping critical points as they have done against West Ham, West Brom and Newcastle last Saturday. This weekend, they travel to the Emirates now in the hope of continuing this winning form against the top clubs in the League. The Wolves will hope for an exact replay of last weekend’s result, earning them another three important points to help lift them out of the relegation battle at the bottom of the league. West Bromwich Albion – West Ham United: One of the other matches this weekend that could prove to be an entertaining watch is going to be the hard-fought battle of the relegation sides, as West Bromwich Albion takes on West Ham United at home. Both teams suffered losses last weekend and languish at the bottom of the table, so be rest assured that both West Brom and West Ham will be looking to earn those much-needed three points to help them stay in the Premier League next season!
Churchill, Dempo promise a cracker of a contest today HERALD CORRESPONDENT Margao, Feb 11: A cracker of a contest is on the cards in the derby clash when Dempo Sports Club and Churchill Brothers meet in the 14th round match of ILeague at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda on Saturday at 3.45 p.m. Both teams showing respect for each other, are determined to adopt a positive attacking approach and go all out for a win to grab three points on offer. Both Dempo and Churchill will be under pres-
sure. Dempo, who occupy the fourth spot with 22 points, will try to avoid a defeat. On the other hand, Churchill who are placed third on the league table with 26 points will go all out for a win to chase the title. Dempo chief coach Armando Colaco and his Churchill Brothers counterpart Vincent Subramanian admitted that Saturday’s clash was big for both the sides. “The morale of the players is high and I am confident that they will play to win,” said Colaco after the team had a light training session at University ground, Taleigao on Friday morning. “Churchill Brothers are a good side and it’s going to be very difficult for us. We will
try out best to record a win as we want to go forward. We are keen to be on the top and stay closer to the leader,” Colaco told Herald on the eve of the match. There was some more good news for Colaco as defender Sameer Naik and Valeriano Rebello have recovered from their injuries and will figure in the playing 18. However, Colaco will miss Brazilian playmaker Roberto Mendes da Silva due to a double booking. “The boys have worked hard but injury to some players and missing key players has affected our progress in the league. But the players intend to give their best and perform well against Churchill Brothers. The two successive victories against
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Manchester’s two famous clubs are both contenders for the Premier League title. Evidently, there’s a lot more than local bragging rights at stake on Saturday. A win for City will close the gap at the top of the league between the two sides to a mere two points.
TODAY’S FIXTURES Dempo v. Churchill HAL v. JCT M Bagan v. Pune FC ONGC v. E Bengal HAL and Viva Kerala have given the boys plenty of confidence and I expect good showing from them,” added Colaco. Dempo’s midfielder Nigerian Ogba Kalu who was with Churchill Brothers last season should start against his former club. Dempo’s supply line looks good with international Climax Lawrence operating in central midfield and upcom-
United to bounce back after shock loss I f you’re still reeling from last weekend’s goal feast in England and midweek international friendlies, don’t forget - we still have four days of Premier League football to look forward too! Can the 20 clubs in the Premiership top the record-breaking 41 goals scored last Saturday? Or will we see yet another collective collapse of top-flight sides? Even if one was in the business of making predictions, last weekend’s football results could not have been imagined in a million years. Arsenal drew Newcastle United after being four goals up. Bizarrely enough, it’s true. Carroll-less Newcastle were the comeback kings and a late goal from Tiote sealed the draw and heroically salvaged a point for his club, from what looked to be a one-sided drubbing at half time. Moving onto the United – Wolves fixture, not a soul and definitely not Sir Alex Ferguson expected that their 29 game unbeaten streak was going to be brought to an end by a club in the relegation points. Equally unexpectedly, it was
all quiet on the fitting Liverpool - Chelsea front, not a squeak from the combined total of 100 million pounds of debuting talent (Torres, Suarez, Luiz and Carroll) on the pitch, instead a sole goal from Meireles winning the game for Liverpool. Manchester United – Manchester City: The first of two derbies to be played in England this weekend, City travels to Old Trafford to take on United. United will hope to bounce back from their shock loss to the Wolves and will rely on their formidable form at home. After having won 12 and drawn 1 of their 13 games at Old Traf-
ford, it’s no surprise that 37 of their 54 points have come at home. The last meeting between the two sides ended in a draw and for the first time in decades, Manchester’s two famous clubs are both contenders for the Premier League title. Evidently, there’s a lot more than local bragging rights at stake on Saturday. A win for City will close the gap at the top of the league between the two sides to a mere two points, leaving the title up for grabs, equally for Arsenal, United or City. Saturday’s derby is a must watch, not merely for the traditional rivalry
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holy rosary Convent High School,Nuvem winners of U-17 boys State handball championship organised by DSYA. They defeated Don Bosco High School, Panjim 21-10. Standing (l to r): Clevinton, Suraj, Selvin, Joel, Rajesh, Royston, Standley, Shubham and Milton. Sitting: Sr Divya AC (principal) and Selvin (PE teacher). Squatting: Slyvester, Alvito, Reagan, Nikhil, Savio and Nivio.
Big win for Raia Sporting HERALD CORRESPONDENT Margao, Feb 11: Raia Sporting Club scored a comfortable 3-0 win over St Rock’s Sports Club, Fatrade in GFA’s First Division League at Raia panchayat ground, on Friday. Raia led 1-0 at half time. Raia began in right earnest and showed better application in their approach with midfielder Danny Dias and Remedious Barretto keeping forward Clemente Xavier busy with a stream of passes. On the other hand, St
Rock’s slowly took over the reins and created forays into the rival territory and had scoring chances to break the deadlock but striker Columban Noronha squandered easy sitters. Raia went into the lead in the 26th minute when midfielder Danny Dias unleashed a blistering 40 yard shot that crashed into the net keeping St Rock’s custodian Samroy Cardozo in a daze. The early goal spurred Raia to pile up pressure and fired well sorties against the rival citadel but their strikers either shot wide or shot
straight into the hands of the rival keeper. Crossing over, Raia were dominant and breached the rival defence an umpteen number of times with striker Clemente Xavier taking shots from handshaking distance. In the 55th minute, Raia doubled the lead when Deslie Fernandes’ snap shot beat the rival keeper hands down off a cross from Ozie Fernandes. At the other end, St Rock’s struggled to contain Raia’s strikers and beat a hasty retreat and seldom troubled the rival defence.
Raia nearly made it 3-0 midway in the second session but striker Clemente Xavier’s goal-bound try was thwarted by St Rock’s defender. St Rock who were at the receiving end had a chance but William Fernandes’ set piece missed the mark narrowly. Substitute striker Alvito Fernandes drove the last nail in the 85th minute off a pass from Eusebio Fernandes. With this win, Raia collected eight points from seven matches while St Rocks suffered their fifth defeat and have four points from seven matches.
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The Cheerleading Association of Goa team which will participate in 2nd National cheerleading championship at Goa Museum Hall, Patto, Panjim on February 12 at 6.30 p.m. They will participate in the all-girls elite event. Team: Saili Naik, Debanshu Naik, Dikshita Borkar, Projoti Naik, Cimona Pereira, Sailee Naik, Ratika Naik, Sanisha Naik, Aarti Shirodkar, Asmita Veer, Arti Gaonkar, Sneha Gaude, Mishel D’Cruz and Priyanka Vaglekar.
Vasco hold Salgaocar HERALD SPORTS REPORTER Mapusa, Feb 11: Hayden Fernandes netted a brace for Salgaocar Sports Club Juniors, but that was not enough for victory as Vasco Sports Club hung on to draw 2-2 in GFA’s U-14 league at Tilak Maidan, Vasco on Friday. Vasco led 2-1 at the lemon break. With Salgaocar recently defeating Dabolim Youth Club 23-0 and Vasco nearly
matching them a few days later defeating Dabolim 22-0, all eyes were on this match but neither team could find the winner and both had to settle for a point each. On Thursday, United Boys of Palolem defeated Sarzora Sports Club 4-0 at Agonda ground. At Raia ground, Guardian Angel Sports Club defeated Raia Football Club by a solitary goal.
Mapusa, Feb 11: Dempo Sports Club Juniors and Young Boys of Tonca played a goalless draw in GFA’s Second Division at Dr Remigio Pinto ground, Taleigao on Friday. This was Dempo’s final match and after eight games they accumulated 17 points, with five wins, two draws and only one loss. Tonca are currently on five points from five matches. The wood work came to the rescue of both teams in the first half. After just two minutes, Elvis Fernandes saw his free kick attempt pushed onto the bar by Dempo custodian Reagan Julio. Eight minutes before the break, Tonca’s Peter Rodrigues hit the cross bar with a dipping shot.
Sanquelim up HERALD CORRESPONDENT Margao, Feb 11: Sanquelim RCC scored a 28-run win over MCC-RCC to enter the last four of late Shubhan Naik U-14 inter-RCC cricket tournament organised by Shumham Naik Trust in association with SAG. In another league match, Mapusa RCC scored a 155run win over Shiroda RCC at Karai ground, Shiroda.
Brief score: Sanquelim RCC, 225 for 7 in 40 overs. Vrushant Govekar (44), Sohan Naik (25), Omkar Kulkarni (21). Rohit Naik 325, Siddhant Solanki 2-45, Shivam Amonkar took a wicket beating MCC-RCC, 197 for 8 in 40 overs. Navdeep Shirodkar (63), Siddhant Solanki (29), Rohit Naik (23). Balkrishna was adjudged man-of-the-match.
Shirgao scored 150 runs in 20 overs. Salman Ahmed (66) and Rajendra Dabholkar (36).
In reply, Babu Brothers faltered to achieve the target and were bundled out for 144 in 19.1 overs.
Shirgao beat Babu Bros, enter finals HERALD CORRESPONDENT Margao, Feb 11: Shirgao Cricketers beat Babu
Brothers, Quepem by 5runs to storm into the finals of Union Trophy T20 cricket.
Panjim, Feb 11: Tamil Nadu beat Goa by 100 runs in South Zone S Pillay 1-day cricket tournament in Malippuram on Friday. Tamil Nadu scored 334 runs for 6 wickets in 50 overs. They won the toss and elected to bat. S Badrinath 104 off 8 balls with 8 fours and 3 sixes, S Anirudha 30 off 30 balls with 6 fours, Murali Vijay 41 off 61 balls with 2 fours, Dinesh Kartik 41 off 29 balls with 6 fours, Satish Rajgopala not out 16 off 8 balls 1 four, 1 six, Vasudeva Das 7 off 5 balls 1 four, C Ganapathy not out 4 off 2 balls with 1 four. Extras: 16. Fall: 1-44, 2-109, 3- 186, 4-302, 5-318, 6-328. In reply, Goa scored 234 for 7 wickets in 50 overs. V U Naik 38 off 55 balls 6 fours, Swapnil Asnodkar 37 off 55 balls 3 fours, R D Asnodkar 30 off 36 balls 3 fours, A S Rathra 2 off 6 balls, R V Keni 3 off 6 balls, Shadab Jakati 1 off 5 balls, Amit Yadav not out 44 off 57 balls 5 fours, S S Duri not out 65 off 74 balls 7 fours, 2 sixes, Reagan Pinto 0 off 3 balls. Extras: 14. Fall: 1-74, 2-97, 3-99, 4111, 5-111, 6-114, 7-116.
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Margao, Feb 11: Don Bosco Oratory, Fatorda weathered a storm before getting past Navelim Sporting Club 6-5 via the sudden death to enter the finals of 3rd Wilred Leisure Cup inter-village football. In the tie-breaker, Rozer Azavedo, Sanjay Borkar, Wilson Barbosa, Ovido Dias and Simon Barbosa were on
target for Don Bosco while Richard Costa, Sanford Cardozo, Carlos Pereira, Alvito Colaco, Samson Pereira and Joseph Dias converted for Navelim. In the sudden death, Charlton Pereira was successful for Don Bosco, while Chandrakant Naik failed for Navelim. Don Bosco Oratory, Fatorda will now meet Betalbatim Sporting Club in the finals on February 13.
People’s, Rosary top HERALD SPORTS DESK Panjim, Feb 11: People’s HS and Our Lady of Rosary HS, Dona Paula claimed victories over Hedgewar HS and Auxilium HS respectively in D G Narvekar U-16 girls cricket. Hedgewar batted first. Mridula Khade (52 not out), Surbhi Kerkar (11). Prachi Kerkar 4-17. People’s Shaheen Shaikh (22) and Kiran
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Sehwag eyes 50-over stay PTI BANGALORE, FEB 11: At his destructive best, Indian opener Virender Sehwag can turn a match on its head with just a short stint at the crease but come this World Cup, he plans to prolong the agony for his rivals by being there for the entire 50 overs -- a feat he has not achieved before. "I think I have never
played 50 overs in one-day team. If I score 20 runs in 10 wards the team's success. Sehwag was a member of cricket. The maximum I balls or 100 in 70, 80 balls I have played is 43 or 44 overs. am happy with that," he India's disastrous 2007 World Cup campaign in the West But this time I will try to bat added. The 32-year-old's trade- Indies, where they crashed 50 overs and give a good start to the team. I have been mark style is to go after the out in the opening stage after unsuccessfully trying this for bowling from the word go, losing to Bangladesh. Asked about the much-anthe last 10 years and the ef- but he said he has slightly fort is still on and will be toned down his aggressive ticipated opening match against Bangladesh, he said there," Sehwag told re- instincts. "For the last three years, I the Indians are eagerly waitporters in an open media session ahead of the mega- was in a good frame of mind. ing to avenge their 2007 deI have changed a little bit. feat on February 19 in Dhaka. event starting February 19. "I think we lost just one or Expectations are sky high Now I give respect to the games against but Sehwag says he does not new ball. I make sure that I two feel the pressure as he his spend four-five overs before Bangladesh, one in the captain Mahendra Singh taking on the bowlers and World Cup and may be one in Bangladesh only. So, our Dhoni and coach Gary try to give a good start.” record against Kirsten have DESTRUCTIVE BATSMAN LONG FOR Bangladesh is asked him to very good. We play his natural I think I have never played 50 overs in one-day know that in game no mat- cricket. The maximum I have played is 43 or 44 ter what the sit- overs. But this time I will try to bat 50 overs and give the last World a good start to the team. I have been unsuccessfully Cup, we lost to uation. trying this for the last 10 years and the effort is still them, so we are "I think noon and will be there. waiting for the body is telling "I know that I have Dhoni, match against Bangladesh. me what to do, that's the good part of our team. The Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, We are charged up for the coach and captain just allow Yuvraj Singh and Suresh game and hopefully, we will me to bat the way I bat. Raina in the middle-order, so do well against them this So, they are not putting I can go after the bowling time," Sehwag said. Asked whether he has reany pressure on me. They straight from the first ball. said you just go and But now I am trying to look covered fully from his shoulplay your natural for three-four overs and en- der injury that cut short his game. If you score sure that I give a good start South Africa tour, he said, "I am taking regular treatment, runs we are happy to the team," Sehwag said. Sehwag has been a prolific so hopefully, I will be comand if you don't score runs then also run-scorer for India in Tests pletely fine." He also said that despite we are happy," but his performances in ODIs are not that impressive concerns about his shoulder, Sehwag said. "My role is to compared to his deeds in the he would bowl in the World Cup but not before recovergo out there and five-day format. But Sehwag seemed ing fully. enjoy my"Of course, I want to bowl. self and hardly bothered by the stagive a good tistics and said what matters I want to contribute for start to the for him is his contribution to- Team India."
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Kiwis face Ireland in warm-up Nagpur: Last edition’s semi-finalist New Zealand and surprise package Ireland will square up for a day-night warmup game here at the VCA’s Jamtha stadium on Saturday.
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A Home full of Hope and Care Karunalaya, a home which cares for the dying and the destitute, will have its opening on February 14, 2011. Anita Rodricks, the person behind this noble cause, speaks to Herald about the home, its facilities and her struggle to start this place nourishment, emotional support, medical assistance and care to the dying, destitute, abandoned and poor. When I see homeless people on the streets, BY DOLCY D’CRUZ I just take them in and care for them like my family, my parents or HERALD FEATURES siblings. When we started the home in Belgaum, we had five inmates any a times, we come across people living on the and now the number has gone up to 40. We have a trained staff of streets; a small piece of plastic to save them from ten who give attention to each one of them,” says Anita about the the weather and just a few grains of rice to sustain Belgaum branch of Karunalaya home. them through the day. The most we can do is offer In Goa, Anita got a house in Pirna, Bardez which was donated by them food and money or just pity. But now, there Isabella Vieira and her son Carmeio to run the home. The house reis Karunalaya, a home just for those who have no quired some renovation to make it suitable for the inmates like a support at all, family or financial. Karunalaya is a home for people ramp for wheelchairs and parking space. “Karunalaya is not an old belonging to any caste, creed or sex, which provides them with free age home. The criteria for admission to the home is that the person food, clothing, housing and medicine; it is run and managed by the should be a destitute, someone without anyone to look after them. members of the Leomel Society who provide selfless service to the We used to get a lot of patients from Goa and it was not easy to take residents of the home. The society was founded by Anita Rodricks, them to Belgaum. In Goa, there will be 25 beds with visiting doctors a retired headmistress of St Paul’s High School, Belgaum. who check blood pressure and diabetics and a physiotherapist for Anita’s husband passed away early in her marriage and she felt paralysed inmates. There will be six trained staff to give medicines emptiness even though she was always surrounded by her three chil- and to care for them. The friendly environment makes it look like it dren and her siblings. “I was a teacher at St Paul’s High School and is a big family living together.” then I became the headmistress of the primary section of the school She adds, “Every evening, there is prayer service which is open to before I voluntarily retired. During school holidays, I used to volunteer all the inmates of different religions. We say the rosary and sing at Sneha Sadan, Hubli, run by Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity. hymns. We share the same food and live in the same home and treat Working for the dying, destitute, terminally ill and poor was very ap- each member as family. Most residents have only known abuse, repealing to me. The work I did there at the home really touched my jection and poverty all their lives. At Karunalaya, we try to teach the heart and moved me tremendously. The selflessness and generosity residents to be respectful, polite and courteous to other residents of the Sisters of Mother Teresa inspired me to do something similar. in the same way love, care and affection is shown to them by the My children who were young then, told me that they would build a staff and society members.” house for the destitute and dying.” She concludes, “The home solely depends on the generosity and “I founded the Leomel society with a few close friends from kindness of the general public. The Leomel Society encourages different religions who extend their dedicated and selfless service people to reach out to us so that we may be able to reach out to the to the residents of the home, without whose help and support dying, destitute, poor and abandoned residents in our home.” The Karunalaya would not be where it is today. My children built the home will be formally inaugurated on February 14 at 4pm. house for it six years ago in Belgaum. The word Karunalaya means a home of compassion and love. The home is about providing physical
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rom behind the bars they will churn out cricket pads, footballs and badminton racquets and other sport goods. Inmates of Meerut District Jail will now produce sports goods, gaining skill and money in the process to assist their families. Three-four sports goods companies have already been enlisted for the innovative scheme by the jail authorities which will see inmates earn a regular monthly income. “Be it the stitching of gloves, cricket pads, footballs or knitting of badminton racquets, all would be done by the inmates, which would then be supplied to these companies,” informed Meerut District Jail’s Senior Superintendent R K Kesarwani. “The best thing about the project is that it will enable the inmates to provide financial assistance to their family members. On most occasions, families have to deal with severe economic stress when the sole bread winner of the family is jailed,” he added.
According to officials, at present the inmates in Uttar Pradesh are entitled to a meagre amount of Rs.10-18 per day for the menial jobs they do inside prison. Officials expect the new project to help inmates earn anywhere between Rs 3,000 and Rs 4,000 per month. “Besides extending financial help, the inmates would also be able to utilise the income for hiring lawyers for their cases,” said another jail official. At present around 50 inmates are undergoing the training for stitching footballs. There are around 2,000 inmates in the Meerut District Jail. “We are receiving an overwhelming response from the inmates as well as the sports companies. While the inmates are willing to undergo the training lessons for generating a regular income, sports companies too are coming to us in search of labour,” said Kesarwani. (Courtesy: IANS)
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Music and the Efforts behind It The week that went by saw a mixed bag of events. From a motivating visit by the Dalai Lama to some interesting musical performances of different genres
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BY CLARON MAZARELLO f the concerned authorities do not take some constructive action in dealing with touristsrelated issue, the repercussions will give rise to a lot of negative emotions. While the Dalai Lama spoke of how to combat these emotions at the Kosambi Festival of Ideas at Kala Academy, another thing he categorically mentioned was how music definitely has the power to calm one’s mind. Of course, besides making a profound impact on all present for this talk, this simple but great man revealed another side of his persona, as he good naturedly and playfully poked fun at the who’s who of Goa with his charisma and extra special feel. Whenever one thinks about a happening event in Goa, the venue is most probably in the north of the state. But changing that will be a music festival of sorts which has been planned out for South Goa. As per exclusive sources, there will be a mini music festival in the south somewhere around April 8, this year. “Let’s do something here in the south as well,” opined Chris, the owner of probably the oldest place in Mobor that promotes live music. “I still remember, the first band I had got to play at my restaurant live was incidentally a ‘morna’ band,” he said. By the way, a ‘morna’ band literally means band of death but Chris was actually referring to a brass band that played at local funerals in Goa, speaking of which, we do need to give credit to all those entertainers who made possible many great musical evenings for us. And let’s not forget the people who really make any event successful, or at least possible – the labourers, sound boys, stage hands, light techni-
cians and other such folk who operate the event behind the scenes. Ultimately, if an event has to go off smoothly, each one has to work in coordination with the other. Well we may have had a late start to the season, but come January end, we sure had quality under our belt. From Goa Chitra coming with some fabulous artistes like popular blues band Soulmate which is performing today, to some great live acts at the Saturday Night Market, things seem to be going great. Live music has always been pitted opposite DJs playing out cds and adding to that argument were some other events that took place. First it was electronic DJ Skazi giving especially the rock fans something to jump about. And as he played out his hard house electronic music to the collegians armed with a violinist, a drummer and a keyboardist apart from his apple, and himself on his guitar. Highlight Tribe on Thursday finally exposed the meaning of organic or natural trance. “They usually open for many music festivals and they are so good,” said Naomi after having seen them perform live before with their bongos, congos, live guitars (lead and bass) and their drummer/percussionist. So it was decided by yet another generation of youngsters that live music is the best to get the people moving. While some may still beg to differ, according to many musicians who graced this performance including Elvis Lobo who opened for Highlight Tribe last year at Moscow playing alongside another live electronic Russian band called Goatika, the main element of difference to look for here is feel.
Helmets prevent Spine Injury too HERALD SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT earing a motorcycle helmet not only prevents fatal head injury but also reduces the chance of cervical spine injury, new research shows. “We are debunking a popular myth that wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle can be detrimental to the spine during a motorcycle crash,” says study leader Adil Haider, assistant professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University. The new study, Haider says, offers the strongest evidence yet that helmets significantly reduce cervical spine injury, which can result in paralysis. His study, like many others before, found a reduction in risk of traumatic brain injury in helmet wearers (65 per cent) and decreased odds of death (37 per cent). “Using this new evidence, there should be mandatory helmet laws,” Haider says. “There is no doubt that helmets save lives and reduce head injury. And now we know they are also associated with a decreased risk of cervical spine injury.” For more than two decades, the researchers say, activists lobbying against universal helmet laws have cited a small study suggesting that, in the event of a crash, the weight of a helmet could cause significant torque on the neck that would be devastating to the spine. But the new study shows that riders with helmets were 22 per cent less likely to suffer cervical spine injury than those without them. The researchers mined the National Trauma Databank, looking through information on more than 40,000 motorcycle accidents between 2002 and 2006. Even with what researchers say are mountains of evidence that helmets reduce mor-
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WHAT’S UP IN GOA?? ‘Asturi’, an exhibition for woman by woman organised by the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Women’s Wing is underway till February 13 from 10am to 8pm at Azad Maidan, Panjim. Registration is open. E-mail goachamber@gmail.com. Call 2424252. Landscapes of the Mind’ – Impressions from near and far, an exhibition of mixed media paintings by Rani Sarin is underway till February 13 from 10am to 7pm at Gallery 3 of the Sunaparanta – Goa Centre for the Arts, Altinho, Panjim. Call 2421311. Third Konknni (Romi Lipi) Literary and Cultural Sammelan, organised by the Dalgado Konknni Academy will be held on February 19 and 20 at Kala Academy, Panjim. Call 2420452. ‘Color Ecstasy’, an exhibition of paintings by Puran Singh Jhala is underway till February 20 from 11am to 7pm at SeShah House, Saligao. A Solo Singing Competition, organised by Omkar Cultural Association will be held on February 19 at 5.30pm in Dhargal. Call 9823306652 or 9673997188. ‘Heritage Walk through Panjim’, organised by Goa Heritage Action Group will be held on February 13 from 8am to 9:30am. The starting point will be the main head post office in Panjim. E-mail GHAGwalks@gmail.com. SEQC’s Twenty Paces – Solo Knock-Out Quiz Finals will be held on February 20. Call 2452805-10. E-mail prog@incentgoa.com HFT, jazz, fusion and world music band will play live on February 12 at Goa Chitra, Benaulim. Call 6570877. Painting exhibition of contemporary abstracts, acrylic and mix media on small and large, ready to hang stretched can-
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HOROSCOPE vas by Piety D’Silva are on display at till February 28 from 5pm to 7pm at Pietyz-Abstractz Artz World, Borda-Margao. Email dasilvamaan@yahoo.com. Call 9822185185. ‘Sunset Art Programme’, an innovative art programme for children, organised by Kala Academy will be held every Sunday from 5pm to 6.30pm for 6 weeks at the Jetty. Call 2420452. ‘Agência – a Decade in Short Films!’ six thematic sessions of Portuguese short films with English subtitles, organised by the Centro de Língua Portuguesa / Instituto Camões and Agência da Curta Metragem will be held on February 12 and 13 from 3.30pm to 7.30pm at Maquinez Palace. Call 6647737 or 2422237. E-mail clpicgoa@yahoo.com or clpicpanjim@gmail.com. Soulmate, blues band will perform live on February 12 at Goa Chitra, Benaulim. E-mail goachitra@gmail.com. Call 2772910 or 6570877. ‘Solving Plant Problems Organically’, a workshop by Miguel Braganza, Valmiki Faleiro and Green Essentials will be held on February 13 from 10.30am to 1pm. Call 8087000708, 9527463684 or 2451360. ‘Effects of promoting obscenity and sexuality for tourism’, a workshop organised by Asha Human Rights Association (AFRRA) will be held on February 26 from 3.30pm to 6pm at Institute Piedade Hall II, Panjim. E-mail trustasha@yahoo.co.in. Call 2256445 or 9822166876. ‘Goan Kaleidoscope 2011’ - a group show of 35 contemporary Goan artists, organised by Gallery Gitanjali will open on February 19 at 6.30pm at Gallery Gitanjali, Fontainhas-Panjim. The works will remain on display till March 5 from 9am to 9pm at Gallery Gitanjali. Visit www.gallerygitanjali.com. Call 9823572035.
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There's little energy around finishing things today, although you will start a 22 Jun - 23 Jul lot. It's all too easy to forget what's really important today, so make sure that you're not just going along with your preconceptions. Ask big questions, because otherwise you could very well miss the point.
Organization will bring strength today. Sorting things 24 Jul - 23 Aug out will put you in the lead. Your ambitions can't take you anywhere on their own -- they need support. Talk them up and see who can provide assistance, because today is all about making connections and getting things started.
Create a buffer between your true self and your public self. 23 Aug - 22 Sep Protect your privacy. You're at your best when dealing with the little details of life, and today's mental energy is making life even sweeter in that regard. It's one of those days when you really ought to go over your work again.
Things are slowing down faster than you hoped, but the 23 Sept - 22 Oct timing is actually perfect. You need to bounce ideas off of a sounding board -- preferably one who can match you brain cell for brain cell! Your great energy is just right for smallgroup brainstorming, so go for it!
Scorpio The best way to get an unpleasant emotion out of your 23 Oct - 22 Nov system is by expressing it. Money issues are on the table today -- but you need to make decisions that affect other people's futures! That's no fun, or at least it's not trivial, and you need to make sure that you've got all the info.
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Capricorn The lives of people all around you will be lit up by your 22 Dec - 20 Jan clear-headed optimism. You seem to be surrounded by party people -- or at least it feels that way to you. It could be that you're the only serious person in the office or around the house. Just let it roll and get on with life!
Aquarius Roll up your sleeves and dig in a bit deeper. There's 21 Jan - 19 Feb work for you to be doing now. You're in a creative mood, and should find inspiration in some unlikely places. See if you can power up a work project or put a swing into your love life by trying something deeply unusual.
Just like they say, there's no time like the present. Take 20 Feb - 20 Mar the bull by the horns. Life keeps switching back and forth between poles today -up one moment, down the next, then fast, then slow and so on. It gets exhausting, but you should be able to get some good rest tonight.
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sidelines today -- the game is getting ugly, 23 Nov - 20 Dec and it won't end soon. Other people are more irritating than inviting today, but you can manage -- don't you always? Even if you've got to shut your door or wear earphones, you can get quite a bit done.
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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England played a major role in the history of astronomy and navigation, and is best known as the location of the prime meridian. The observatory was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II. The scientific work of the observatory was relocated elsewhere in stages in the first half of the 20th century, and the Greenwich site is now maintained as a tourist attraction. The site is home to the Shepherd Gate Clock, the clock mounted on the wall outside the gate of the Observatory building. The clock, an early example of an electric clock, was a slave mechanism controlled by electric pulses transmitted by a master clock inside the main building. The 'network' of master and slave clocks was constructed and installed by Charles Shepherd in 1852. The clock by the gate was probably the first to display Greenwich Mean Time to the public, and is unusual in using the 24-hour analogue dial.
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Instructions for Sudoku 9 x 9 letter: To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes
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HERALD CROSSWORD - 782 Across 1- Lost in Paris?; 6- Quick look; 10- Heavy book; 14- Bring to bear; 15- Area of 4840 square yards; 16- Crowd sound; 17Sleep disorder; 18- Coconuthusk fiber; 19- Hungary's Nagy; 20- Permits; 21- Farseeing; 23Laciniate; 25- Dated; 26- Belief system; 27- Boat often made of birchbark, canvas, or fiberglass; 29- Foremost part; 32- Summarize; 33- Snake eyes; 36- Manure; 37- Standard for comparison; 38- Horse color; 39- Invoice abbr.; 40- Gave a measured amount; 41- Money paid; 42- Shades; 43- Clumsy boat; 44- Abruptly; 47- Like a certain complex; 51- Relocate; 54- Injectable diazepam, in military lingo; 55- Alleviate; 56- Mrs. Chaplin; 57- Rupture; 58- ___ boy!; 59- Monetary unit of Lesotho; 60- Beginning; 61Antlered animal; 62- Primordial giant in Norse myth; 63- Designer Simpson; Down 1- Chimes; 2- Eject; 3- Oscar de la ___; 4Salad sauce; 5- "Respect for Acting" author Hagen; 6- Walked back and forth; 7- Earth Day subj.; 8- Ashtabula's lake; 9- Private; 10- Vacuum tube having three elements; 11- Pizazz; 12- "West Side Story" song; 13- Build; 21- Pro ___; 22- Hoof sound; 24- DDE's predecessor; 27- Gives up; 28- Served perfectly; 29- Rx watchdog; 30- Grog ingredient; 31- Thunder Bay's prov.; 32- Ascended, flower; 33- Little one; 34- Move from side to side; 35- Lennon's lady; 37- Board game; 38- Ruddy; 40- Specks; 41- Arab instrument; 42- Musical ineptitude; 43Hanoi holiday; 44- Lieu; 45- Component of organic fertilizer; 46- Moisten while cooking; 47-
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The Tiatr World united to remember Rosary Ferns
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HERALD FEATURES osary Ferns was not only a writer, director of tiatrs and singer of Konkani songs; he was also a promoter of Goan Culture in Goa as well as in Kuwait,” stated Roseferns, popular tiatr personality and the Vice-President of the Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG) while expressing his grief over the sudden death of Rosary Ferns on January 12, 2011 at Colva. He was speaking at the Condolence Meet organised by TAG. Speaking further, he said that in the death of Rosary Ferns the tiatr stage has lost a stalwart of the Konkani stage who entertained Goans in the Gulf with tiatr and tiatr related activities. Other prominent tiatr personalities who were present and spoke at the occasion were
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John D’Silva, C D’Silva, Marcus Vaz, Mario Menezes and Bony Pereira. All the speakers recounted their experiences with late Rosary Ferns and highlighted his role in promoting Goan tiatr artistes in Kuwait for almost 25 years. Tomazinho Cardozo, President of TAG in his address stated that late Rosary Ferns had a very short life with huge achievements. He praised Rosary Ferns’ efforts in preserving, promoting and developing Konkani tiatr, its song and its music. His invaluable contribution to the tiatr stage will always be remembered, he concluded. Late Rosary Ferns’ mother, his wife Casilda and his younger son as well as his brother-in-law Agnelo Alcoases attended the condolence meet.
In the remembrance of a star: Rosary Ferns's younger son offering floral tributes to a picture of his late father
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Velus-Sattari donned a Festive Look for Two-day Zatra BY ASHRAF KHAN VALPOI CORRESPONDENT he ‘Kalo’ festival at Velus, Sattari drew in crowds of hundreds from all walks of life on the two days of festivities, February 8 and 9, 2011. the celebrations ended early Thursday morning at 6am. ‘Kalo’ is held every year at Ravarnath Mandir, Velus with great fanfare and has always attracted visitors in large numbers. The grand fair had a number of stalls erected on both the sides of the road and children were seen crowding around them, enjoying shopping and playing toy games.
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Many people – men, women and children –visit from outside Sattari, mostly to watch the ‘natak’ or dramas performed by special skilled groups mostly from outside the taluka of Sattari. Also, the ‘Kalo’ festival is usually celebrated for just one day in the other villages of Sattari hence, the festival at Velus, which is about one kilometre away from Valpoi market, is very popular as the festivities go on for two continuous two days. Many devotees were seen visiting Ravarnath temple during both the days. The ‘nataks’ were conducted in the hall adjacent to the temple.
Velus, Sattari wearing a festive look during the ‘Kalo’ festival (left) Ravarnath Temple lit up for the festival (extreme left) Photos by Ashraf khan
MOVIE REVIEW
Patiala House
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor Director: Nikhil Advani Rating: et’s being with one simple statement – Patiala House is not an extension of Akshay’s previous films. The film does have its share of humorous moments, but the humour is of the subtle kind here. Patiala House is more of an inspirational film. It’s about chasing your dreams as and when you get another opportunity, if you don’t succeed the first time. Essentially, Patiala House is a sombre film, with the focal point being drama and histrionics. It’s more about familial bonding, with a sport interwoven in the screenplay. Those exhausted of watching Akshay getting typecast in similar genre films will drop the charges while watching this one. This is, without a shred of doubt, amongst Akshay’s finest performances. At Patiala House lives the Kahlon family ruled by Bauji (Kapoor). They follow his diktats as he tries to hold onto his Indian values in the land of the goras. The younger generation at Patiala House wants to assert themselves and follow their dreams, but is held back by their respect and love for Bauji and the shining example of Bauji’s eldest son, Parghat Singh Kahlon aka Gattu (Kumar). Gattu’s decision to turn cricketer and play for England is unacceptable to Bauji, who tears his dream apart right in front of his eyes. A dejected Gattu decides to live the life that his father forces upon him. Gattu genuinely cares for and respects his father’s opinion, so much so that he is prepared to let his own dream be sacrificed in the process. Will Bauji loosen his hold and let the youngsters find their own dreams, instead of following his? Will Gattu get a second chance to live his life? There’s no denying that the story of this film reminds you of Bend It Like Beckham, but Patiala House is a film about attachments, affiliations and familial bonding, about respect and trying to adjust to contradictory values that generally crop up when one relocates to another country. More importantly, it’s about dreams and aspirations and how fate offers you a second chance in life. Gattu is a character anyone can relate to or empathise with and to portray that convincingly is indeed difficult, but Akshay plays this part with rare maturity. It’s a complex role to portray since he has to conceal the emotional turmoil he is experiencing within, yet wear a cheery expression against all adversities. The viewer is sure to connect directly and indirectly with this character.
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Rishi Kapoor, cast as the patriarch of a family settled in UK, gets it right yet again. Note his dialect and body language in particular. As Bauji, the veteran actor delivers a sparkling performance. Anushka is an integral part of the story. She is Akshay’s shoulder, an unconditional support for him and she fits perfectly into her character. In fact, all the other actors are equally outstanding. On the whole, Patiala House is a compelling watch. The hallmark of the film is the merging of its engaging drama with cricket. Do watch it.
No Strings Attached
Cast: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline Director: Ivan Reitman Rating: hough Natalie Portman seems to be in a good place right now as far as life is concerned, Her professional life has suffered the terrible blow called No Strings Attached where the Oscar-nominee has teamed up with the painfully one dimensional Ashton Kutcher. Adam (Kutcher), a television writer and bona-fide “dude” has the hots for Emma (Portman) a doctor. Emma’s total disinterest in a relationship makes her enormously appealing to Adam, and in his desperation he agrees to partake in strictly physical interactions with her. No snuggling, breakfast, or labelling…a dream for most young men, but not for Adam. Buckle up as Kutcher puts his abs and recycled jokes to work to snag the girl! When supporting characters outshine your leads, especially famous ones like these two, it’s time to call cut and toss the production. The few bursts of laughter from the audience came directly after deliveries by Mindy Kaling and Greta Gerwig, who play Emma’s roommates. As for what didn’t work, let’s start with Ashton Kutcher. He definitely deserves a gold star for consistency with his unwavering ability to fail at acting. As for Portman, it’s sad that the actress is aiming for an Oscar while the public has to tolerate this flick. Portman, who rarely fails to please, came up short this time around. She hasn’t really scratched the surface of comedy since Garden State, and it’s quite clear why. Not only was she completely unhilarious but generally speaking, she simply couldn’t commit to her character. Overall, plenty of teenagers will dig this movie for its eye candy but those looking for something with a little more substance, avoid it. (Courtesy: Sources)
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LiLo’s Courtroom Sexy White Dress becomes Instant Hit
Kangana Ranaut says No to Kiss with Mika
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angana Ranaut plays a feisty girl in the upcoming matrimonial comedy Tanu Weds Manu. But she got cold feet at the idea of kissing the Punjabi singer Mika. In the movie, Mika has sung a peppy song titled Jugni. It’s a promotional track that was recently shot on the film’s lead actors Kangana and Madhavan with Mika joining in for a jig. While filming the song, director Anand L Rai came up with the idea of making Mika kiss Kangana at the song’s end, just the way he locked lips with the item girl Rakhi Sawant a few years ago at his birthday. The antic was intended to be funny, but Kangana wasn’t comfortable in being kissed by Mika. So she told the director to axe the kiss! Wonder why the diva, who has been seen in rather bold avatars before, was so uncomfortable with this kiss?
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indsay Lohan’s sexy, all-white, form-fitting, mid-thigh dress, which she wore to court, has been selling like hot cakes. The dress from designer Kimberly Ovitz’s pre-fall collection is selling out at online stores that carry it, according to reports. The dress retails for 575 dollars. Some brick-and-mortar retailers may still have it, the report adds. The moment the Mean Girls star stepped out of a black SUV in front of the LA courthouse attention shifted to her dress. On her Twitter, Lohan wrote, “I would never steal, in case people are wondering. I was not raised to lie, cheat, or steal... also, what I wear to court shouldn’t be front page news. It’s just absurd.” Lohan, who completed a court-ordered spell in rehab for drug addiction last month, allegedly walked out of a jewellery store in Venice Beach with the gold necklace on January 22. A queen of Hollywood nights and a favourite target of the paparazzi, the former Disney child star was once considered one of the most promising actresses of her generation. But Lohan’s career has dipped many times since 2005 amid legal woes, visits to rehab and movie flops.
It’s all Work and no Play for Imran Khan
Carey Mulligan has No Interest in Fashion
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mran Khan won’t be going on his honeymoon after all. After exchanging vows with Avantika Malik on an island near Bangkok and subsequently marrying her in Mumbai, the couple was expected to go off on a three-day trip to Hawaii. That dream has now died out. “Imran’s very busy with two films, Karan Johar’s Short Term Shaadi and Yash Raj’s Mere Brother Ki Dulhan. He knew the schedule would be extremely tight, but there was always a possibility of squeezing out a couple of days, especially when his co-star Kareena planned to take a few days off. But it didn’t work out as he had planned. Now he won’t be free till June, so the honeymoon is on hold,” said a source. Understandably, Avantika wasn’t quite pleased but Imran has now promised to make it up to her by taking short trips around Mumbai whenever possible. Like Imran, newlyweds Sameer Soni and Neelam too haven’t had a chance to go on a honeymoon. However, they did travel to Shirdi for blessings. When asked if they are planning a honeymoon, a close friend revealed, “Sameer has a couple of projects to take care of. Nothing is planned as of now. But they are thinking of going out of the country in the end of March.”
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arey Mulligan says she doesn’t take an active interest in fashion so doesn’t really follow it. The Never Let Me Go star says she loves wearing stunning outfits on the red carpet but doesn’t take interest in designers so she is not really aware about what is on trend and just dresses in what she feels comfortable in, says reports. “I love clothes. In a way I have a much better understanding of the artistry involved in designing than I did two year ago but I don’t follow fashion all the time. I don’t take an active interest and go to fashion shows or anything,” she said. “Not because I don’t think they are all brilliant at what they do, but I really do not mind what I wear as long as it is sort of knee-length,” she added.
Top Eight Foods that keep your Heart Healthy
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he safest way of keeping good health is to eat healthy. And since we are just a couple of days away from Valentine’s Day, we are bringing you the top eight foods that can keep your heart healthy. We begin with the item that features in almost every romantic date – Red Wine. Pinots, shirahs, merlots – all red wines are a good source of catechins and reservatrol to aid ‘good’ cholesterol. Then comes another food item that brings to mind sinful pleasure – Dark Chocolate, more specifically, dark chocolate with 70 per cent or higher cocoa content. Truffles, soufflés and even hot chocolate can be a good source of resveratrol and cocoa phenols (flavonoids) as long as dark chocolate with a high content of coca is used. Fish such as salmon and tuna, especially white, or albacore, tuna and salmon are excellent sources of omega-3 fatty acids, and canned salmon contains soft bones that give an added boost of calcium intake. Flaxseeds, either brown or golden yellow are a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, fibre and phytoestrogens. They can be ground and added to bread or roti flour or even breakfast cereal. Speaking of breakfast cereal, next comes oatmeal. Cooked for a breakfast porridge or used in breads or desserts, oatmeal is a good source of soluble fibre, niacin, folate and potassium. Black or kidney beans can be eaten raw for an even higher source of niacin, folate, magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids, calcium and soluble fibre. Don’t worry, we even have nuts on our list. Both walnuts and almonds contain omega 3 fatty acids, vitamin E, magnesium, fibre, heart favorable mono-and polyunsaturated fats. They are not only healthy but also make prefect snacks. Rounding up the list are delicious berries which include blueberries, cranberries, raspberries and strawberries. Berries are a good source of beta carotene and lutein, anthocyanin, ellagic acid (a polyphenol), vitamin C, folate, potassium and fibre.
Men are cutting back on Valentine’s Day Gifts
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on’t expect too many gifts from your man this Valentine’s Day, says a new study, which found that men are cutting back on their spending. According to the research, men’s Valentine’s Day gift buying fell by 25 per cent last year, with the trend set to continue this year. Just over 11 million romantic gifts were bought by both men and women last year, 16 per cent fewer than in 2009, continuing a decline which began in 2008. But men in particular appear to be losing their enthusiasm for the event, buying 2.3 million fewer gifts in 2010 than in 2009. Men account for more than two thirds of the Valentine’s Day gifting market, according to a study by Kantar Worldpanel GiftTrak. A spokesman said this Valentine’s Day could get a boost from being on a Monday. “The fact that it fell on a Sunday last year contributed to the decline in gift purchasing, as more partners may have prepared treats such as breakfast in bed instead,” the Scotsman quoted the spokesman as saying.
Catch the World’s First iPad-equipped Car!
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and Rover has taken the car industry’s association with Apple products to a whole new level by becoming the first brand to fit a vehicle with iPads as standard. The limited edition version of the Range Rover luxury 4WD has become world’s first vehicle to be offered with iPads as standard. Two of the electronic giant’s popular portable tablet devices are incorporated into the front seatbacks of the company’s most exclusive Range Rover yet, replacing the traditional DVD screens typically found in high-end luxury vehicles. The Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition’s encased iPads flip up when rear-seat passengers want to watch movies, listen to music or browse the Internet, and they are removable. The office-style back seat also adds new console extensions with Apple keyboards, aluminium laptop table and drinks chiller. Although the iPads, which start around NZ800, come free with the new Range Rover, it is unlikely that buyers will consider this a bargain. The aptly named Range Rover Ultimate, which features a handcrafted leather interior and yacht-inspired wooden cargo floor, is likely to cost more than NZ3,20,000 pounds. The Range Rover Ultimate will be offered with a choice of the brand’s new turbo diesel V8 engine or a 5.0-litre supercharged petrol V8. Courtesy Agencies Editor –in-chief: R F Fernandes. Editor: Ashwin Tombat. Chief Editor-Features: Christina Viegas.
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