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MAMATA’S DIDIGIRI NOT ENOUGH TO DERAIL DINESH YET

UPA ‘buckles’ under TMC demand l Mukul Roy may take railway charge after Budget l Cong ‘offers’ Gujarat RS seat to Trivedi NEW DELHI: Dinesh Trivedi continued to be Railway Minister on Thursday but only just with the UPA leadership appearing to have buckled under TMC demand to sack him, an action that has been temporarily delayed by the Union Budget to be presented on Friday.

However, in a twist, the Congress, an expert at Track-II political manipulations has sent out a feeler to Trivedi that his position in the Government is from the Trinamool quota and hence he will have to go if Mamata insists, but the Congress can accommodate him if he quits the TMC as

he would then not be governed by the TMC discipline.

He will have to resign his Lok Sabha membership, but the Congress can get

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Dinesh Trivedi gets a rousing welcome from all MPs except those from his party when he walks into the Lok Sabha in the morning.

Furious Didi speaks to PM, insists on Trivedi’s removal and wants him replaced by Minister of State for Shipping Mukul Roy. Trinamool group leader Sudip Bandopadhyay adds to the pressure, also has talks with Pranab Mukherjee.

UPA wants railway minister to continue till after Budget, but Mamata says nothing doing.

Congress swings to Plan B, offers Trivedi the RS seat from Gujarat if he quits TMC and the Lok Sabha.

Relief for tax payers on cards

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NEW DELHI: Tax payers will be looking forward to some relief from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who is expected to raise the income tax exemption limit to at least Rs 2 lakh in his budget proposals to be unveiled in the Lok Sabha on Friday.

The Minister may also marginally raise the slabs in other tax brackets of 10 per cent, 20 per cent and 30 per cent. The Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill has also made a mention of it.

The DTC, which will replace the Income Tax 1961, however, will only come into force from 2013-14 and the Minister may make a Continued on pg 13

Indians with OCI status will get consular help: UK LONDON: Responding to concerns of British citizens holding the status of 'Overseas Citizen of India' (OCI), the UK Foreign Office has clarified that when such citizens are in India, they will continue to be treated as British citizens and offered consular assistance if required.

A large number of people of Indian-origin have acquired OCI status after being naturalised as British citizens in the UK. The scheme launched by the Indian Government in December 2005 has been welcomed by the Indian diaspora.PTI

him elected to the Rajya Sabha from its quota from Gujarat. He has to use this option by Saturday or Sunday as March 19 is the last day for filing nominations for the polls on March 30.

He has been once the Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat in nineties.

Trivedi's furious boss, the TMC and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the day and is believed to have been assured that her demand for getting rid of him and replacing him with Mukul Roy would be considered, only Continued on pg 13

THINKING OF YOU: A child looks at the drawings tribute for victims of the March 13 bus crash in Switzerland on the wall in front of St Lambertius school in Heverlee on Thursday. Belgium declared Friday as national day of mourning after the bus crash in the Swiss Alps which killed 22 children.

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Herald revisits documents in its possession to reiterate how the Govt allowed illegal mining to flourish

SHOULD ARVIND LOLIYEKAR CONTINUE AS DIRECTOR MINES… …among others responsible for the mining mess TEAM HERALD teamherald@herald-goa.com

PANJIM: He may call himself a scapegoat, but Arvind Loliyekar, the controversial Director of Mines and Geology will be forced to give answers to questions he has been ducking. Questions raised by his present boss Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar during his tenure as PAC chairman in the investigation about his Department’s role in presiding over illegal mining.

Moreover, Loliyekar’s own careless missives to

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What Parrikar said about the Dept he now holds l Illegal mining carried out in connivance with politicians, bureaucrats and police. l Mines Dept silently watched illegal mining. l Breakdown in administrative machinery required to do legal mining. different mining companies where he has outlined his own failings (eg letter dated 10/10/2011), leaves virtually no scope for his continu-

Loliyekar knew of stolen iron ore being exported but could do nothing “Number of traders were involved in the transaction of supply of iron ore to exporters who were not in a position to indicate the source of extraction”. ance, even pending a detailed inquiry.

The draft of the PAC report, which Parrikar did not manage to submit to the

Assembly as Congress members did not sign it made a damning indictment of the Mines Continued on pg 13

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A man and his nephew were killed when their motorcycle was knocked down by a KTC bus

The Margao Municipal Council has neither manpower nor insecticides to tackle mosquito menace

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curchorem desecrations

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HARDwoRk PAys: The awardees of Dalgado Konknni Akademi at a function at Ravindra Bhavan on Thursday. Fr Pratapananda Naik was pre-

sented with Dalgado Literary award, Annie Quadros (cultural award), Fr Casmiro D’Mello (Konknni heritage award), Konknni Sonvstha award to Kala Mogi, Candolim, Fr Freddy J da Costa Journalism award to Alvaro Gomes and Dalgado Youth award to Marcus Gonsalves.

snapshot Woman comes under moving train, dies

VASCO: Barely hours after two youth were killed in a road mishap, a 40-year-old woman from Karnataka died after she tried to board a moving train and fell on the tracks at the Vasco railway station on Thursday afternoon.

According to Vasco railway police, Jijabai Shankar Bhande along with her husband and their 11-yr-old son were awaiting a local train to catch their connecting train from Margao to Karnataka.

When the local Vasco-Kulem train arrived, Jijabai loaded her baggage and put her son on the train.

The train began to start and Jijabai tried to jump into the train. She, however, slipped and fell under the moving train.

Panic-stricken passengers who noticed the incident pulled the emergency chain and stopped the train. The matter was later reported to Vasco railway police.

‘Policeman’ cons Mungul local, flees away with cash

MARGAO: An unknown miscreant posing as “policeman” conned a citizen after he fled away with cash of Rs 67,000 from his person at Raia on Thursday.

The incident occurred around noon when the victim Venkatesh Naik, a resident of Mungul, was coming to the city from Ponda when the accused miscreant stopped him at Raia. Posing as a policemen, the accused cop sought details from the victim and fled away with his wallet containing Rs 67,000 when he tried to produce his documents.

A case has been registered at the Maina Curtorim police station following a complaint lodged by the victim.

The police are investigating.

Plantation gutted in fire at Sirlim

MARGAO: A plantation of mango and other fruit bearing trees were gutted in a fire at Sirlim last.

The total loss of property on account of the fire is estimated at around Rs 10.000.

Suspecting foul play, a complaint to this effect has been lodged at the Margao police station by Selima Dias, stating that the plantation was set afire and has named a suspect in the case.

Margao police informed that a FIR has been lodged for mischief by fire against Sabrina Dias. The police are investigating.

French national succumbs at Candolim beach

CALANGUTE: A French national died while a Briton was provided with emergency services in separate incidents in North Goa. In the first incident, a lifeguard spotted some commotion at Candolim beach on March 15 and noticed three foreigners dragging a foreign national ashore.

The lifeguard informed the towers and called for an emergency procedure, following which CPR commenced immediately. The victim, Josette Andree Mourrieres (63), had no pulse or breathing and was rushed to the Candolim PHC, where she was declared dead on arrival.

In the second incident, a foreign couple entered in waist deep water in a non swimming zone at Sinquerim beach. A lifeguard observed that a big wave had hit Alan Mundy (52), who fell onto the seabed and was in distress.

A lifeguard rushed to his aid and found that the victim had sustained a low back injury and was unable to move. Mundy was shifted to the Candolim PHC, from where he was referred to the GMC hospital for further treatment.

Three bikes reported stolen in Panjim

PANJIM: The Panjim police has reported three separate incidents of bike theft from different public places Wednesday. In the first case, Ryan Pereira complained that his Activa scooter GA-07-A- 7605, parked in an open public parking space was stolen prior to February 21. While Honda Activa GA-07-H-1526 belonging to Surendra Sankhalkar, also parked in an open parking space at PWD head office in Altinho was stolen between March 1 at 9.30 pm and March 2 at 8.30 am. Hero Honda Passion Plus motorbike GA-03-F-1162 of Yalappa Chalwadi, parked in an open space near Karnataka back was stolen on March 2. Police have registered theft cases and probe is underway.

MARGAO: BJP minority morcha on Thursday took dig at Congress minority cell chairman Saifulla Khan for announcing an award of Rs one lakh to anyone throwing light on the desecrations of the Curchorem cemetery and Kabrastan.

Suspecting the hand of a Congressman in the incidents, BJP minority cell Convenor Sheikh Jina told newsmen that the Congress has turned jittery over the election of six Catholic MLAs on the BJP and is afraid of the party workers flocking towards the BJP.

He demanded to know why Saifulla did not show similar concern when Temples and Churches were sdas

Jina reminded Congress leaders that a Mosque was targeted at Mardol in 1988 and even a Priest was attacked in Navelim in 1999. desecrated across the state in the past.

Asking Congress leaders not to shed crocodile tears, Jina reminded Con-

gress leaders that a Mosque was targeted at Mardol in 1988 and even a Priest was attacked in Navelim in 1999.

When newsmen drew his attention that BJP leaders were highlighting Temple desecrations and had even supported a bandh during the Congress rule, Jina said the Congress had done no investigations into the series of incidents across the state.

He, however, had no reply when asked whether the Parrikar government will lay their hands on the miscreants involved in the Curchorem incidents.

Apprehensions raised over construction Man, nephew killed after KTC of retaining wall on banks of River Sal bus knocks down bike

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MARGAO: Residents of Aquem-Baixo on the outskirts of the Commercial Capital have raised eyebrows over the construction of a concrete retaining wall on the banks of a tributary of River Sal at Rawanfond.

They demanded to know whether the wall is being built in a scientific manner taking into account the ecological and environmental aspects or to satisfy a

builder having close political connections.

Navelim Civic and Consumer Forum Secretary Joseph L Vaz has contended that the retaining wall is being constructed only on one side of the rivulet, fearing inundation and damage to houses along the river course.

The people have now requested the Water Resources Department to go slow on the work, since there are long term implica-

tions of the decisions in terms of damage to property as well as life in case of flooding and a disturbance to the ecology and marine life in the river.

The residents have also taken strong objection to the encroachments in the rivulet as mud is being found dumped along the river banks by a JCB prior to the Assembly polls.

When some residents of Aquem-Baixo approached the JCB contractor, there

was no signboard at site and the contractor could not produce any “Work Order”. Aquem-Baixo VP has also not given any permission for this dumping work. Therefore the residents forced the contractor to stop the work till he produces the work order. The residents fear that any encroachment on the other side (Firgulem) may result in flooding and erosion on the Aquem-Baixo side during the monsoon.

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MARGAO: Rubbishing reports about an imminent change of guard at the South Goa Zilla Panchayat, Chairperson Maria Rebello said she is completing two years in office on March 18, but added that members supporting her have so far not demanded her resignation from office.

She told Herald that while

the agreement amongst her group mandated her to hold office for two years, her likely successor is not keen in taking over the reigns of office. “As per agreement amongst our group, I was supposed to occupy the chair for two years till March 18.

The agreement further states that the remaining three years of the term is to be shared by Cynthia D’Silva, Aparna Naik and Seema

Dais via rotation every year.

But, my immediate successor Cynthia D’Silva have told me that she is not interested in taking over office, while Aparna has conveyed me that she would assume office after one year”, Rebello maintained.

Saying that she has no intention to violate the agreement entered into by the members after the ZP polls, Maria said that even mem-

bers of her group have till date not communicated anything asking her to step down from office.

Replying to a question, she said that questions pertaining to transfer of power will be answered as and when they are raised by the ZP members. She, however, hastened to add that she would step down from office if her members tell her to do so anytime.

The road mishap which claimed two lives near MatveDabolim on Thursday morning.

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VASCO: A man and his nephew were killed when their motorcycle was knocked down by a KTC bus near Matve-Dabolim on Thursday morning.

According to reports, Arjun Padloskar (28) from Sawantwadi-Maharashtra and his nephew, Virendra Vishram Jadhav (17) of Chicalim were proceeding on a Hero Honda CBZ motorcycle (MH-07-M-9775) towards

Panjim along the NH-17A, when they were knocked down by an oncoming KTC bus (GA-01-X-0362).

Padloskar was killed on the spot, while Jadhav succumbed to injuries at the GMC hospital.

Vasco Traffic Police Dharmesh Angle, who rushed to the site, informed that when the driver applied brakes, the bus lost control and rammed the motorcycle on the other lane of the road.

MMC has no manpower to turning point - dabolim tackle mosquito menace Mauvin lucky as his opponent TEAM HERALD

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MARGAO: The Commercial Capital is gripped by a mosquito menace over the last few months, but the Margao Municipal Council says it has neither manpower nor insecticides to tackle the situation.

It’s more than a year and half since the civic body carried anti-larvae operation in the city, but all operations have come to a halt since then for want of anti-larvae chemicals and manpower.

That the situation has called for urgent attention is evident by the fact that the Margao Urban Health Centre has dashed off a letter to the civic body to take up spraying across the city.

Inquiries with the civic body, however, revealed that there’s no workforce to carry out such operations.

That’s not all. There’s no insecticides in the store of the civic body and inquiries revealed that the last time the municipality had procured insecticides was a year and half ago.

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There’s no insecticides in the store of the civic body and the last time the municipality had procured insecticides was a year and half ago. know admitted that the city is hit by a mosquito menace, but expressed helplessness in tackling the situation for want of manpower and insecticides.

Given that the Urban Health Centre has written a letter to undertake spraying in the city, the civic officials will put up a note for the consideration of the Chief Officer to engage labourers and procure the insecticides.

Incidentally, the Margao municipality has stopped fogging operations in the city since the health department advised against fogging to tackle mosquitoes.

Though the civic body had procured fogging machines in the past, they are no longer put in use.

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VASCO: Did three days make all the difference between victory and defeat for the re-election of Cortalim MLA Mauvin Godinho?

The losing MGP-BJP alliance candidate Premanand (Babu) Nanoskar certainly seems to think so. And given the fact that a heavyweight like Godinho won by a little over 900 votes despite working in the delimited Dabolim constituency for about two years seems to suggest that Nanoskar could well have pulled off an upset victory, with more time at his disposal.

Prior to the polls, Godinho was confident of a 5000-vote lead against Nanoskar, but voters though otherwise and Godinho had to be content with a mere 944-vote lead.

“Three more days for my campaign and with some good media cover-

age, I would have been the winner in Dabolim constituency especially since BJP and MGP supporters had worked tirelessly for my success,” said the MGP candidate Nanoskar.

Being the local candidate from New Vaddem,

candidate from Dona Paula.

“Despite the eleventh hour entry into the MGP, after resigning from the BJP, I had hardly 15 days for my campaign, while my rival began his poll preparations over two years ago,” explained

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pulled all strings Despite his short poll campaign, Nanoskar mobilized anti-Godinho forces, which included former minister Jose Philip D’Souza, an industrialist from Vasco, and Congress bigwigs from Sattari and Salcete. which comprises three municipal wards with nearly 11000 of the 19309 votes, Nanoskar managed to draw in a large number of votes within 15 days of his election campaign. His strategy was simple: Being a local from Dabolim, he was fully aware of issues in the area, something which would be difficult for Godinho, an exported

Nanoskar.

Despite his short poll campaign, Nanoskar mobilized anti-Godinho forces, which included former minister Jose Philip D’Souza, an industrialist from Vasco, and bigwigs from Congress from Sattari and Salcete.

Incidentally, a BJP worker claimed that an absent lotus (BJP) symbol

was a crucial turning point for the loss of the MGP candidate, Nanoskar.

“Had Babu contested on the BJP ticket, instead of the MGP ticket, he could easily have been the 22nd BJP MLA, since the Lion (MGP) symbol is not popular among voters in Dabolim,” said BJP worker Santosh Kerkar.

“Many voters complained that the lotus symbol was missing from the voting machine and in that confusion, they had voted other candidates,” Kerkar added.

In fact, Godinho himself considers “lucky” to have survived despite the antiCongress wave.

“I am lucky to have overcome the anti-Congress wave. It was inefficiency of Congress party leaders to resolve various contentious issues, including illegal mining, drug nexus, promotion of Family Raj and MoI,” said Godinho.

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Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Subhash Shirodkar has decided to resign from the post.

The Travel and Tourism Association of Goa is in talks with Tiger Airways for a direct Singapore to Goa flight

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Goa police left red-faced as ‘smuggler’ Mumbai cops escape custody The 11-member Mumbai team was caught at Patradevi while smuggling liquor TEAM HERALD teamherald@herald-goa.com

PANJIM/PERNEM: The ‘smuggler’ Mumbai cops, who were detained for transporting booze illegally across the borders, left their counterparts in Goa redfaced as they supposedly escaped the custody.

It could be either way probably as the custody of the detainees was being debated by the police since the 10 Mumbai policemen were detained at Patradevi check post on Wednesday

evening.

The ten khaki men identified as inspector Shivaji Raut, assistant sub inspectors Bhalu Gosavi and Suresh Wagh; and head constables Vishwanath Vehale, Rajaram Uphafale, Bharat Pawar, Rajesh Patil, Ratnakar Warkhande, Ashok Rathod and Annasaheb Pawar were caught in a daring act by the Pernem police.

Amidst allegations of hushing up the matter, there have been contradic-

tory statements over their detention.

While the Pernem police claim they had handed over the custody of the detained men, confiscated alcohol and the container truck to the Excise department; the latter said they have no powers to arrest a culprit.

It is also learnt that Pernem police had not even mentioned the names of the arrested men in their station diary.

On Wednesday night, a

Mumbai police team which had gone to escort the delivery of cash at a bank was allegedly caught with liquor worth Rs 95,000 at the Patradevi checkpost.

It was a daring arrest by the Pernem Police to arrest the 11-member police team from Mumbai, after having overcome considerable pressure in the process.

According to reports, the incident took place when a bus (MH-04-G-6981) along with the Mumbai police team was returning to

Mumbai after having delivered cash to a bank at Panjim from the RBI Branch at Mumbai.

On their return, the Mumbai police team allegedly purchased about 540 bottles of whisky at Panjim worth Rs 95,000 and were planning to carry the liquor without obtaining legal permit.

Acting on a tip-off, Pernem PI C L Patil and Excise Officer Mohandas Govekar stopped the bus at the Patradevi checkpost on the

pretext of a routine checkup and found 45 boxes of whisky in the bus.

Police then arrested the 11-member police team, which comprised PI Shivaji Raut, ASI Babu Gosavi, SI Suresh Wagh, Head Constables Vishwanath Behale, Rajaram Upale, Bharat Pawar, Rajesh Patil, Ratnakar Varkhade, Ashok Rathod, police constable Anna Pawar and police driver Ramesh Kumar.

It was a major embarrassment for the Mumbai police

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wisH To own onE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar admires the 1800 cc cruiser bike Suzuki Intruder before

handing it over to Sneha and Agnelo Noronha. Also present are Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida, Pradeep Naik, owner of Ashvek Motors, Lumena, fashion designer Verma Demello and Sairah Demello.

Ribeiro blames sLC for ignoring buffer zone around old Goa world heritage sites TEAM HERALD teamherald@herald-goa.com

PANJIM: Why has the buffer zone around the UNESCO world heritage structures not been marked on the Regional Plan 2021?

According to Senior Town Planner Edgar Ribeiro, who is also the chairman of the Goa Heritage Action group, it was pressure and threats by local politicians against the government and Archaeological Survey of India officials that has prevented it being demarcated in the regional plan.

One of the foremost grievances Ribeiro has with the present Regional Plan 2021 that is currently in force, is the complete neglect of the buffer zone around the UNESCO world heritage site.

Sources present at the meeting, between senior Town Planner and Chief

Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday, revealed that Ribeiro was especially concerned about the showing of settlements right up to the door step of the World Heritage Structures located at Old Goa.

Goa and this had brought him to meet the chief minister.

“We all want a good plan for Goa. One of the things we want from the plan is to preserve the heritage of Goa that is dear to my

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willing to go all out Ribeiro told the Chief Minister that he is willing to approach the ASI in New Delhi and even UNESCO office about this issue --- Source “Ribeiro told the Chief Minister that he is willing to approach the ASI in New Delhi and even UNESCO office about this issue,” a source informed Herald.

Ribeiro himself when speaking to media persons after emerging from his meeting with the chief minister said that he was concerned about the heritage of

heart,” Ribeiro had said on Wednesday.

Ribeiro is also not pleased with the inclusion of eco-tourism zones at the behest of certain politicians in the map.

With the help of the ASI staff, Ribeiro has superimposed the buffer zone on the RP 2021 maps and presented it to the Chief Minister.

The SLC which drew up the Regional Plan 2021 had completely ignored the 100 metre radius buffer zone as well as further 200 metre regulated zone around the world heritage structures.

The Old Goa Action Committee had previously pointed out with photographic evidence, large scale violations of the buffer zone as well as proof that local MLA Pandurang Madkaikar had annexed huge swatches of land just adjacent to the Basilica of Bom Jesus as well as other land that has been marked as settlement.

“Right outside the wall of the Basilica there are illegal structures that have come up. We have written several letters to the panchayat, the deputy collector and other authorities, but nothing has been done,” Peter Viegas of the Old Goa Action Committee said.

PANJIM: Owning responsibility for party’s humiliating defeat in the polls, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Subhash Shirodkar has decided to resign from the post.

Shirodkar will be handing over his resignation to party president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Friday, during the meeting which will be held to review poor performance of the Congress party in Goa. “I have decided to resign owning responsibility for the defeat,” Shirodkar told Herald.

Transfers of cops revoked TEAM HERALD teamherald@herald-goa.com

PANJIM: The transfers of 498 head constables and other police personnel to distant police stations have been revoked in an order, by the police establishment board (PEB) Thursday.

These hawaldars have been asked to revert to their previous place of posting with immediate effect.

The order comes a day after the family members of the transferred personnel petitioned Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar that the families were facing problems with the transfers, as many of their bread winners were shunted to far off places.

Around 690-odd lower rank officers were transferred on February 8, just 23 days prior to election, which included 84 sub inspectors, 108 assistant sub inspectors and 498 head constables.

TTAG in talks with Tiger Airways for direct Singapore-Goa flight TEAM HERALD teamherald@herald-goa.com

PANJIM: The Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) has been pitching in for a direct Singapore to Goa flight, and is already in talks with Tiger Airways, a subsidiary of Tiger Airways Holdings, a Singapore based company, partially owned by Singapore Airlines.

Speaking to Herald TTAG President Gaurish Dhond and Spokesperson Ralph de Souza said talks are on with Tiger Airways and a feasibility report has already been submitted to them.

TTAG spokesperson Ralph de Souza said SouthEast Asian market has so far remained untapped and Goa’s tourism industry will get a further boost if there is direct flight to that region.

South East Asia has also remained unaffected by the economic meltdown experienced by USA and European economies.

Since last two years tourism department has tried to diversify its focus, and has been looking at new countries rather than concentrate on European countries.

TTAG also expects an increase in foreign tourists

this season which is almost at its fag end. “We expect foreign tourist inflow to go up to 5 lakh, a wee bit more than 4.7 lakh received last season,” de Souza said.

Last season Goa received 920 charter flights whereas this season thus far 750 charter flights have landed in Goa. Though the number of charter flights is comparatively less thus far, their carrying capacity has been more than the flights that landed in Goa last season, clarified TTAG Spokesperson explaining why there will be more foreign tourists in Goa this time.

There has been also a sub-

Stakeholders meet CM prior to budget PANJIM: There was a frantic scramble at the Government Secretariat, Porvorim, on Thursday as various stakeholders made a beeline to meet Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar with their requests to be accommodated in the Goa budget 2012-2013, which will be presented on March 21.

President of Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) Gaurish Dhond along with TTAG Spokesperson Ralph de Souza, called on chief minister to spell out their budget expectations.

Other industry bigwigs who met Parrikar with their requests to be included in the budget were Shivanand Salgaonkar, Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Chairman Manguirish Raikar and Executive Director of the Goa Mineral Ore Exporters’ Association (GMEA) S Sridhar. stantial growth in the number of Free International

Travelers (FITs) coming to Goa, he added.

Party’s senior leaders Digambar Kamat and Shirodkar are in New Delhi since Thursday with the preliminary report, which has been compiled after speaking to all the candidates.

Meanwhile, party sources confirmed that Pratapsing Rane is likely to be Leader of Opposition post while MP Francisco Sardinha would take over GPCC presidentship.

team and efforts were made to hush up the incident. PI Patil and the excise officials,

however, overcame the pressure and arrested the Mumbai police team.

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Two fishing canoes and fishing net worth a combined Rs 3.37 lakh were destroyed in a fire at Palolem beach.

GBOA has urged Parrikar to withdraw order dated November 29, 2011, banning export of cargo from mining dump.

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Ponda murder accused remanded

PONDA: Shrikant Jairam Gawde (40) of Keri-Ponda, who has been arrested by Ponda police in connection with the shocking murder of his mother Sita (75), has been remanded for two days police custody by the Ponda Judicial Magistrate First Class.

It may be recalled that Shrikant was earlier convicted under Section 304 IPC for the death of his father in 2007. Shrikant was released after serving a jail term about one-and-half year ago and was residing with his wife, their minor daughter and his mother at their house in Karmali-Keri.

On Tuesday evening, the Shrikant allegedly had an altercation with his mother and brutally assaulted her, before striking a stone on her. Sita died on the spot.

Shrikant's brother filed a police complaint the next day and Ponda police nabbed him in the house while he tried to escape from them.

Science seminar at Farmagudi college

PONDA: The science department of PES Shri Ravi Sitaram Naik College of Arts & science, Farmagudi along with the department of art and culture will organise a two-day State level seminar on 'Basic Science: Importance and Future' in the seminar hall of the college.

Goa Science Centre Director Dr V N Joshi will be the chief guest at the inaugural function and will deliver the keynote address at the seminar, which marks the Golden Jubilee of Goa’s Liberation.

Prominent scientists and academicians from the State and other parts of the country will be resource persons and they include Prof S P Kamat, Dr A K Heblekar, Prof.

Jayanthan, Dr Vishwanath Dalvi and Dr N Ramaiah.

Goa University Registrar Prof V P Kamat will be the chief guest at the valedictory function.

Ponda resident dies after consuming poison

PONDA: Neeta M Naik (38) of Panchawadi-Ponda, who was admitted at Goa Medical College Hospital, Bambolim in a serious condition after consuming Rattol poison on March 9, expired on Thursday, Ponda police said.

The dying declaration of the deceased was recorded by police and the body was later handed over to relatives for final rites.

PMC no-trust meet on March 20

PONDA: The no-confidence motion against Ponda Municipal Council Chairperson Kishore Naik shall be taken up for discussion on March 20.

The Director of Municipal Administration convened the meeting in the council hall after seven members, Venkatesh Naik, Rukmi Dangui, Vincent Fernandes, Vandana Jog, Shivanand Sawant, Shailendra Shinkre and Radika Nayak moved the no-confidence motion against Kishore Naik. Naikhas, however, refused to resign and has decided to face the motion.

'Shankar Mutt Sankul' dedication ceremony

PONDA: The Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Charitable Trust, Goa has constructed the 'Shankar Mutt Sankul' at Cuncoliem, adjacent to the existing temples of Sri Balaji, Sri Devi Padmavati and Lord Sri Mahaganapati.

The dedication ceremony of 'Shankar Mutt Sankul' will take place on March 17 at 4.55 pm, while the auspicious ceremony of 'Brahmaklash Punar Pratishta Ashtabhandana Mahakumbha Abhishek Mahotsav' will ake place on March 19 at 9.50 am at Sri Gomantak Tirupati Balaji Saunsthan, Cuncoliem, Mardol.

Dattaraj Salgaocar is the president of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Charitable Trust, while other trustees include Shrinivas Dempo, Dr Dinesh Velingker, Raghurai Tamba, Adv. Atmaram Nadkarni, Dipti Salgaocar and S. Chandrasekharan.

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CANACONA: Two fishing canoes and fishing net worth a combined Rs 3.37 lakh were destroyed in a fire at Palolem beach in the wee hours of Thursday.

The fishing canoes and nets, located at the northern end of Palolem beach, were noticed in flames past 1 am and some fishermen who rushed to the site could not do much to extinguish the fire.

Two fishing canoes worth Rs 1.8 lakh, each belonging to Umesh Pagi and Bhavna Dattu Pagui, were nearly destroyed, while fishing net worth Rs 1.57 lakh and belonging to Prashant Vishwas Pagui was reduced to ashes in the fire.

Incidentally, the fire services was alerted only

consuMED: The destroyed fishing canoes and nets at Palolem. on Thursday morning and a fire brigade went to the sight and assessed the destroyed canoes and nets. Later, an official

from the fisheries department also visited the site, sources told Herald.

Incidentally, this is the very location where about 40

fishing canoes and several fishing nets were destroyed after a sudden surge in seawater caused havoc in the area in November 2011.

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VASCO: The Goa Barge Owners Association (GBOA) has requested Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to provide relief for the barge industry in the Goa budget.

GBOA President Atul Jadhav along with other office bearers, Willaim

D’Costa, Chandrakant Gawas, Osric Cabral and others were present while submitting the memorandum to Parrikar.

In the memorandum, the GBOA has urged Parrikar to withdraw order dated November 29, 2011, banning export of cargo from mining dump.

The GBOA further requested the government to involve various steps in Goa Budget 2012 including waiving payment of barge tax and goods tax, lowering VAT on supply of diesel to barges, lowering the riverine land dues to Rs 3 per sq mtr from Rs 10 and creating a subsistence fund for Min-

ing Dependant Entrepreneurs.

“Taking into consideration the glut in the market and shortage of certified crew and congestion of rivers, the Association wants the Captain of Ports to immediately stop registration of new barges,” said Jadhav.

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PONDA: This year’s Shigmo in Ponda shall be organized by a new committee headed by Marcaim MLA and Minister Ramkrishna (Sudin) Dhavlikar on March 19.

The newly formed committee also has Ponda MLA Lavoo Mamledar, Priol MLA Pandurang (Deepak) Dhavlikar and Shiroda MLA Mahadev Naik as vice–chairmen.

Meanwhile, addressing reporters on Wednesday, Ponda Municipal Council Chairperson and former vice chairman of Ponda Shigmotsav Committee, Kishore Naik, clarified that the Shigmo Parade was not cancelled by former Ponda MLA Ravi Naik, but that it was on account of people being busy for election duty.

Former general secretary of Ponda Shigmotsav Committee, Naguesh Naik, also clarified that at a meeting

addressed by Director of Tourism SwapniNaik on February 27, it was made clear that the Shigmo committee should be headed by the respective council chief officer. In case the chief officer was a returning officer for the election, he should not be part of the committee.

Since 90 percent of municipal staff was on election duty, the Shigmo committee was constituted with members drawn from the remaining staff.

Naik claimed that no one had turned up at a meeting on March 7 and the tourism department was inituially informed that Ponda would not be able to organize the Shigmo festival and had requested the government to take a suitable decision.

"The committee is ready to hold the Shigmo festival if the government allots the funds and a letter been sent to the tourism department on Wednesday," said Naik.

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PANJIM: Gomant Vidya Niketan will be holding its centenary celebrations at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao from March 23 upto March 25.

Dr Narendra Jadhav, member of planning commission and former Vice Chancellor, University of Pune will be the guest of honour and Manohar Parrikar, Chief Minister of Goa will be the chief guest for the concluding function.

The Centenary celebration will start with a cultural program presented by Margao Mahila Mandal and Gomant Vidya Niketan’s Kala Vibhag on Friday, March 23 at 5 pm.

March 24, a seminar on the subject ' Ethical Values in 21st Century: Limits and Challenges' will be held at

10 am. Symposium will be chaired by Justice Satyaranjan Dharmadhikari and Social Activist, Anil Avachat and leading Lawyer, Adv Cleofato Almeida Coutinho will be the speakers.

In the afternoon session at 3 pm, child artists, Master Soham Bakre and Master Tanesh Adkonkar will perform the Harmonium and Tabla. This will be followed by interviews. Subsequently a Mock-Court in which the subject 'Doctor and Society' will be debated On March 25, the seminar 'Goa: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow' will be held at 10 am.

In the concluding session starting at 4 pm, three Goan Luminaries Dr Satish Ramanath Shetye, Dr Dattatraya Madhusudan Deshpande and Dr Jayant

Sharad Vaidya will be honored for their internationally recognised research in different fields of science.

A Book ' Shatkatil Gomantak' (Goa through 100 years) will also be released on the occasion. In the concluding session, Dr Nandkumar Kamat will be awarded Keshav Anant Naik Samaj Seva Puraskar. Serafina Martin Pereira will be honored Pirubai Dalal Swayamsidha Puraskar.

Poetess Aruna Dhere will be conferred with Damodar Atchut Kare Gomant Devi Puraskar. Chodan Farmers Club will be recipient of this year’s Kashinath Damodar Naik Samajik Kritadriyata Puraskar.

The function will conclude after speeches of chief minister Manohar Parrikar, Dr Narendra Jadhav and Digamber Kamat.

Garbage treatment plant at Dumane to be operational soon TEAM HERALD teamherald@herald-goa.com

CANACONA: The much anticipated commencement of Canacona Municipal Council’s prestigious garbage treatment plant at Dumane is expected to be operational from the last week of this month.

The issue of Rs 1 crore worth garbage treatment plant completed in all respects almost 5 months ago was hotly discussed in the council’s budgetary meeting on Wednesday.

It was finally decided to work out inauguration programme of the garbage treatment plant at Dumane between March 24 and 27.

PANJIM: Welshelous Associates and Distributors are appointed to distribute Foster brand drinking water to Quepem and Sanguem taluka areas respectively. It is manufactured by Royal Aqua Global Pvt Ltd and is one of the top brands all over the world. The inaugural function was held recently at the hands of Holy Cross Quepem Parish Priest, Fr Mario Vaz along with the administrator of Welshelous Associates firm Alex Travasso and wife (business partner)Remilla Travasso and the family members, friends and well wishers, says a press release.

Youth retreat at Pilar

PANJIM: A Lenten Youth Retreat will be held in Pilar Monastery on March 18 from 10 am to 4.30 pm.

The retreat includes praise and worship, proclamation of God’s Word, Way of the Cross, testimonies and the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. The theme of the retreat is ‘Your Kingdom Come.’ From March 31 at 9.30 am to April 1 at upto 4.30 pm, a residential Lenten Retreat will be held for PSESA Members & Parents of Pilar Seminarians. From April 5, Maundy Thursday from 5.30 pm to April 8, Easter Sunday at 8.30 am, a residential Retreat in English will be held for lay people. For information contact: Fr Jose D’Costa, Pilar Animation Centre. Phone Nos: 2218694 / 2218553. Mobile: 9922622782.

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in the build up to the State Budget herald spoke to Prashant Shinde, president Verna industrial association and arun Naik, president Goa Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers association .

Govt should adopt proper industrial Entry tax levied on pharmaceutical policy to attract investors: Shinde industry should be abolished: Naik

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he mining sector has to be managed more professionally and illegal mining has to end completely. Goods and vehicles entering our state should be charged with an entry tax, which will boost local manufacturers.

Sand and laterite stone business should be legalised with proper taxes, as it is difficult to ban. Government corporations which run on aids or losses should be privatised.

Develop-

ment of projects like film city, low budget housing schemes along with micro industrial estate, old age homes with professional man-

agement and infrastructure etc should be allowed on barren lands and should be given to private players on long lease to generate revenue and effective utilisation of land.

The sectors which contribute to the new sources of revenue can be compensated by giving them special single window clearances or efiling/registration facili-

ties. We expect the government to encourage green industries by providing land in a much more transparent manner.

The government should concentrate on improving infrastructure and bring a proper industrial policy to attract investor, which in turn will generate employment. Introduce all government tenders /PWD work only by e-bidding and have complete transparency.

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he entry tax which is being presently levied on raw materials/packing materials used in pharmaceutical industry and imported into Goa should be abolished.

The government can increase Value Added Tax (VAT) on medicines from 5 per cent to 7 per cent if it thinks the public can absorb that. VAT on luxury cars costing more than Rs 10 lakhs should be doubled.

Cars should be subjected to city usage tax in order to avoid congestion in cities.

Every car with a Goa regis-

tration should be charged city usage tax for entering a city other than its home city.

For instance, a car owner in

Panaji should be made to pay tax only when he enters other cities. For this to be effective, simultaneously public city transport has to be introduced with two type of buses- one super luxury with a fare of Rs 100 per day and othersnormal with a fare of Rs10 per day. This has to be done on an experimental basis in Panaji, Margao and Mapusa initially.

There is a need to provide huge pay car parking lots outside the city.

The government should ensure that the entire drink-

ing water available in PWD pipelines is potable so that people do not feel the need to boil it or pass it through UV filter.

Government should install suitable devices on power cables entering a city to control the voltage so that people do not feel the need to fit voltage stabilisers on their gadgets.

Finally, larger budget provisions should be made to increase the number of police personnel both for general duties as well as traffic control. This step will help in improving law and order drastically.

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Bharatiya Janata Party supported panel may have its mayor in the election to the post slated this month.

BJP panel likely to have its mayor TEAM HERALD teamherald@herald-goa.com

PANJIM: With clear signs of division in the Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate supported Corporation of City of Panaji ruling panel, in all probability Bharatiya Janata Party supported panel may have its mayor in the election to the post slated this month.

St Cruz MLA Babush in a meeting held at his residence on Thursday zeroed in on deputy mayor Rudresh Chodankar to replace Mayor Yatin Parekh whose one year term ends on March 20. However, a former mayor Tony Rodrigues has also decided to

join the race.

Speaking to Herald, Rodrigues confirmed that he sdas

As things stand at present, it is most likely that BJP supported panel can easily have their candidate elected as mayor, if Rodrigues does not budge from his stand. has decided to contest mayor’s election though he has not intimated Babush about his decision. It is surprising that Rodrigues who is a close associate of Babush

has decided to go against his mentor’s wish. Rodrigues has served as mayor for three terms previously.

Monseratte has also handpicked Bento Lorena to be deputy mayor. Initially, Taleigao supremo wanted Tony Rodrigues to replace Parekh but subsequently changed his plan.

While it’s not clearly known what forced the change of plan, it is learnt that Monseratte is not very happy with Rodrigues and alleged that he supported BJP’s candidate in Taleigao, which is why Jennifer Monseratte won Taleigao seat with a ‘less’ margin of 1151 votes.

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CALANGUTE: Saligao MLA Dilip Parulekar has extended his support to the agitating villagers against a proposed mobile tower at a residential site in Saligao.

Parulekar gave this assurance to residents of Abreu Vaddo, Saligao, while interacting with them at the mobile tower construction site.

Addressing a large gathering of Saligao residents, Parulekar criticised the Saligao panchayat for failing to stop the construction of mobile tower thereby forcing residents to go to the court.

"It is really surprising that the Panchayat did not act in the matter despite protests from residents.

There was no need for residents to move the court and the matter could have been resolved by the panchayat,"

Saligao MLA Dilip Parulekar listens to Saligao villagers over the controversial construction of a mobile tower. said the MLA. Criticising the Additional Director of Panchayats for staying the "Stop Order" of the Panchayat, Parulekar also promised to take up the issue with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.

A resident, Mario Mascarenhas, briefed Parulekar on developments regarding the mobile tower.

Earlier, residents in large numbers gathered at the

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Hoax ‘three-faced’ cobra causes stir in Canacona

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CANACONA: Was it nature's freak or a prankster's tweak? In the end, it proved to be the latter but not before the photo of a "threeheaded cobra" caused a stir in Canacona.

Rumours that a "threefaced cobra" was sighted and "captured" on a mobile phone by a passing motorist at Karmalghat a few days ago led to a flurry of text messages being exchanged across mobile phones, as people wanted a rare glimpse of "nature's freak".

Adding to the rumour was the claim that the snake was sighted near a makeshift Ghumti at Kar-

malghat.

When the matter reached the attention of a few reporters, they realized that the route, as depicted in the mobile photo, did not match that of present-day Karmal ghat.

The man, however admitted that while the place may have been in doubt, he insisted that the "three-faced" snake was indeed for real.

When this correspondent contacted officials from the Forest (wildlife) department, an official dismissed the photo as a fake and stated that a prankster had cleverly morphed the image of the snake on a computer, to resemble that of a "three-headed" snake.

site with lit candles while they awaited the arrival of Parulekar.

On March 6, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had hinted that they would see that their panel would take over CCP by managing to bring two corporators from Babush’s panel on their side.

As things stand at present, it is most likely that BJP supported panel can easily have their candidate elected as mayor, if Rodrigues does not budge from his stand.

Currently, Babush panel has 16 members in the 30member CCP while BJP panel led by Vaidehi Naik has 12 members.

Independent corporators Surendra Furtado and wife Ruth Furtado claimed that they are neutral. When contacted Surendra Furtado told Herald during mayor’s election held last March, he and his wife had not supported either of the group, and were neutral.

Saligao MLA criticised Additional Director of Panchayats for staying the "Stop Order" of the Panchayat.

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38-year-old Akhilesh, son of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, was sworn in as the 33rd Chief Minister of the state .

Wagh polled 56 votes, backed by the BJP (14 seats) and Jansurajya Party (two seats).

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‘Betaji’ akhilesh is UP chief Minister Inducts controversial Raja Bhaiyya PTI

LUCKNOW: Akhilesh Yadav, whose campaign helped steered the Samajwadi Party gain an absolute majority in the elections, was today sworn in as the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh but a surprise inclusion in his Cabinet was the controversial MLA Raja Bhaiyya.

38-year-old Akhilesh, son of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, was sworn in as the 33rd Chief Minister of the state at a function at the La Martinere College ground here in the presence of a huge gathering that included members of SP's first family including Mulayam Singh, Akhilesh's wife Dimple, and an array of political leaders.

Among the 28 Cabinet

Akhilesh Yadav greets the gathering before taking oath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister at a ceremony in Lucknow on Thursday. ministers sworn in by Governor M L Joshi were senior leader and Muslim face of SP Azam Khan, Mulayam Singh's brother Shivpal Singh Yadav, Ahmad Hasan, Waqar Ahmad Shah, Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh,

Ambika Chaudhary and Anand Singh. 19 others of Minister of State rank were also inducted.

Akhilesh, who appeared to give an image of breaking with the past and removing the tag of "goonda raj" associated with Samajawadi Party's earlier rule, inducted Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, against whom there are pending criminal cases of attempt to murder, kidnapping and abduction.

Asked about the induction of Raja Bhaiyya at a press conference he addressed after the swearing-in ceremony, the new Chief Minister said cases against Raja Bhaiyya were politically motivated. PTI

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catch for the day: Fishermen catching fish in River Ganga in Kolkata on Thursday.

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Shivaji statue project

M’rashtra govt blamed for delay ‘govt not sincere’

MUMBAI: Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Thursday criticised the state government for failing to secure environmental clearance for installing the 309-foot tall statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in the Arabian Sea. Taking a cue from Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's comments, the Leader of Opposition Eknath Khadse wondered why the government had not vigorously pursued the matter with the Ministry of Environment as it had done for controversial Lavasa project in Pune district.

Ajit Pawar had said at the customary tea party hosted

"The government was not sincere in getting sanctions for the statue of the warrior king in the Arabian Sea," Khadse said while demanding a unanimous resolution that the statue be erected as planned in the Arabian sea as decided earlier. here Wednesday that the state government was looking for an alternate site near the sea since the Centre has not yet granted the permission for the project.

"The government was not sincere in getting sanctions for the statue of the warrior king in the Arabian Sea," Khadse said while demanding a unanimous resolution that the statue be erected as planned in the Arabian sea

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NASHIK: In a maiden victory in its mayoral venture in Maharashtra, the MNS Thursday bagged the mayor's post in the 122member Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) when its candidate Yatin Raghunath Wagh trounced CPM's Tanaji Laxman Jaibhave here with the support of BJP, after Shiv Sena withdrew from the poll fray.

Wagh polled 56 votes, backed by the BJP (14 seats) and Jansurajya Party (two seats). He won the prestigious post defeating his only CPM rival Jaibhave, who secured merely three votes.

The NCP (20), Congress (15) and Independents (6) remained neutral while

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Shiv Sena (19) staged a walk out from the House.

There were a total of 11 candidates in the mayoral poll fray but nine withdrawals, including those by major parties ensured that there was a straight fight between Wagh and Jaibhave.

The Shiv Sena, which had fielded its own candidate for the post, too withdrew at the last minute. PTI

Opposition continues to paralyse AP House on tainted ministers HYDERABAD: A determined opposition continued to block the functioning of Andhra Pradesh Assembly on the fourth day Thursday even as the beleaguered state government remained clueless on how to break the impasse.

Supported by the two Left parties, the main opposition Telugu Desam Party did not let the House transact business demanding immediate dismissal of the six "tainted" ministers who might face inquiry by the CBI in the case related to amassing of illegal wealth

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by Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.

The House was adjourned three times as the TDP MLAs stormed the Speaker's podium, holding placards and raising slogans demanding sacking of the ministers. They also wanted the government to place files related to the 26 controversial Government Orders in the House.

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Trivedi said neither has he been contacted by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee nor he has spoken to her yet.

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Housan Afshar is alleged to be the person who sticked the bomb to the car of Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua on February 13.

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Plot to bomb Israeli envoy’s car hatched in 2011 NEW DELHI: The conspiracy to bomb the Israeli diplomat's car here was hatched in early 2011 when two Iranian nationals came to India to conduct recce of the embassy besides monitoring the entry and exit timing of diplomats, official sources said here Thursday.

The two -- Syed Ali Mehdi

and prepare an executer of the operation, they said.

Housan Afshar is alleged to be the person who sticked the bomb to the car of Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua on February 13 in which she was critically injured. Four others suffered minor injuries.

Afshar arrived in India in the last week of January

in India. He had been using his motorcycle earlier too before the incident and the staffer obliged him without knowing the nefarious designs of the bomber. PTI

ited his residence in B K Dutt colony in South Delhi.

The motorcycle used for the blast had been recovered and belonged to a hotel staffer where Afshar was staying during his stay

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reconnaissance mission MPs on a Protest: Members of Parliament from the Trinamool Congress party hold placards as they stage protest against the Union Railway budget at Parliament House in New Delhi on Thursday.

I would do the same if asked to present budget again: Trivedi NEW DELHI: A day after proposing fare hike in the rail budget which has threatened his job, a defiant Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today said he would repeat the same if asked to present the budget again.

Trivedi, whose sacking has been demanded by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, also said neither has he been contacted by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee nor he has spoken to her yet.

"I would do the same if I am asked to present the budget again," Trivedi told reporters here.

Trivedi has proposed upto 20 per cent passenger fare hike in the rail budget for 2012-13, inviting the wrath of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee who has written Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to sack him.

When it was pointed out that the fare hike proposals were contrary to his party's

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Will quit whenever Mamata asks: Trivedi

NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has not resigned but a communication from Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee was under "active consideration" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Lok Sabha was informed Thursday.

Amid turmoil over the Trivedi issue, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the House that the communication from Banerjee was received late last night and "as and when a decision will be taken, the House will be informed."

NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, who is in the eye of a storm for raising passenger fares, Thursday said it was his prime duty to ensure passage of the Railway Budget but he would quit whenever his "leader" Mamata Banerjee or Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asks him.

"Nobody has sought my resignation," Trivedi told reporters outside Parliament scotching reports that he had quit after Mamata wrote to the Prime Minister to replace him.

policy, he said "I have done it for the Railways and the country...not for party. If I have to please my party, then I am not doing my

work."

On the possibility of fare hike rollback, Trivedi said "the budget is in Parliament and I will be guided

by Parliament. Parliament will be guided by the wisdom of people."

Referring to Lokpal, he said "why Lokpal has come?

Because of the wisdom of the people. If Parliament tells me to cut down, then I will say okay I am cutting down on safety. But then do not blame me if something happens on safety."

Invoking Rabindranath Tagore, Trivedi said he is inspired by the great poet one of whose poems reads "where the mind is without fear and the head is held high. It is all symbolic."

In an apparent dig at Mamata without naming her, Trivedi said "what is the point of having Tagore's music at traffic junctions and not following him? " Mamata, after becoming Chief Minister, has ensured playing of Tagore's songs at key traffic intersections in Kolkata. PTI

The two -- Syed Ali Mehdi Sadr and Mohammad Reza Abolghasemi -- had been allegedly accompanying arrested journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi in their reconnaissance mission of the Israeli Embassy before they left India for Tehran to finalise the plan and prepare an executer of the operation, they said.

ENA wants holiday in Parliament on Gudi Padva

NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena group leader Anant Geete on Thursday urged the Lok Sabha Speaker to declare a holiday in Parliament on March 23 to let members celebrate the Hindu New Year day of Vikram Samvat 2069 in their constituencies.

He pointed out in a letter to her that it is observed in various parts of the country with many functions as an auspicious day as "Gudi Padva" in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, "Ugadi" in Andhra Pradesh and "Cheti Chant" among the Sindhi community.

For the Central Government employees, March 23 is among the optional restricted holidays.

Sadr and Mohammad Reza Abolghasemi -- had been allegedly accompanying arrested journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi in their reconnaissance mission of the Israeli Embassy before they left India for Tehran to finalise the plan

and stayed in a hotel in Karol Bagh in central Delhi, they said and claimed that he had meetings with Kazmi as well and also vis-

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Put your house in order ‘or get out’, BJP tells UPA govt

NEW DELHI: Former Bharatiya Janata Party chief M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday gave an ultimatum on behalf of the party to the UPA government to either put its house in order "or get out" instead of the country suffer from "a theatre of the absurd" it is playing instead of any governance.

"There is no governance. The foundations of this government are being shaken, brick by brick due to the distrust of the allies. It is on resignation notice by two ministers (Dinesh Trivedi and Harish Rawat) and yet the government claims nobody has resigned," he said at a press conference here. While one minister from Uttarakhand has resigned, there is no clarity on the railway minister, he pointed out.

The same tone and tenor was seen in his participation in the debate in the Rajya Sabha on the motion of thanks to the President for her address to the joint session of Parliament.

Conviction valid on dying declaration: SC

NEW DELHI: Holding that the relatives did a somersault to save the convict from punishment, the Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence of a man for killing his wife as he suspected her fidelity on the basis of the deceased's dying declaration.

A bench of justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar took the view that a person can be convicted on the sole basis of a dying declaration provided it was trustworthy as a person on his or her death bed would not normally resort to falsehood.

"There has to be a very serious doubt or infirmity in the dying declaration for the courts to not rely upon the same. Of course, if it falls in that class of cases, we have no doubt in our minds that the dying declaration cannot form the sole basis of conviction. However, that is not the case here.

"Their somersault appears to be founded on the consideration of saving a relation from receiving punishment at the hands of justice. They appear to have lied before this court, more out of sympathy for the appellant/accused," Justice Kumar writing the judgement said.

The apex court passed the judgement dismissing the appeal of Bhajju alias Karan Singh who set ablaze his wife Medabai on September 12, 1995, in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district as he suspected her fidelity. PTI

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J&K Govt records 84% NRHM fund utilisation JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government has utilised 84 per cent of the Rs 592.61 crore received from the Centre under the flagship National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme.

The state had received Rs 592.61 crore from the Centre under the NRHM

scheme since its inception till January 2012, while another Rs 87.12 crore was provided as state share, Commissioner Secretary Health and Medical Education, G A Peer said here.

"The progress of the NRHM scheme was slow in the initial three years.

However, its pace programme picked up after 2008-09. Of total availability of Rs 679.73 crore, 84 per cent of the funds were utilised ending January 2012", Commissioner Secretary Health and Medical Education, G A Peer said here.PTI

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he Director of Mines Arvind Loliyekar’s continuance in office is absolutely untenable, especially under Manohar Parrikar under whose Chairmanship, the PAC report on mining, damned his role.

As we have recalled in today’s edition, the PAC report stated, “Illegal mining is carried out in connivance of local politicians, bureaucrat s of the mines and forests department and the local police force at the local level”. It further states, “The Director of Mines has remained a silent spectator while allowing rampant illegal mining in the State.”

These lines were drafted and written by the current Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is also the Mines Minister, in is earlier role as the head of the Public Accounts Committee probing illegal mining. If this was the damning conclusion, serious enough to be recorded in a direct manner as this in an official document which could not be tabled in the assembly, Arvind Loliyekar should resign immediately. Or else Chief Minister Parrikar should either transfer him or take sterner action so that the department is cleansed.

Let’s say this straight without any preliminaries. The Mines Department is a hot bed of rampant corruption. If we know that it has presided over illegal mining, the natural corollary is that it has been the beneficiary of its ill gotten spoils. This needs to be investigated and specific proof unearthed, some of which is already available while the rest is circumstantial. It comes as no surprise that not a single question asked by Herald to Loliyekar in the months of September to November of various acts of deliberate negligence and omissions regarding several irregularities, has been answered either by him or the then Chief Minister and Mines minister Digambar Kamat Herald will over the next few days, remind readers of the extent of illegal mining and by association illegal loot Loliyekar has presided over. No we are not pronouncing him guilty but we are confidently saying that there is a very strong case of criminal negligence against him. He has to be probed first by the state investigative agencies and then the Lokayukta, when it is set up. This is when various skeletons will tumble out linking Loliyekar’s actions to those at the very top including middlemen and fixers including family members of the then Chief Minister. In all these probes let there be a scrutiny of the assets of the mines director in the past three years. Let that be on the table right away.

Ditto for the Town and Country Planning Department. Investigations in to the marking of settlements in the Regional Plan, prima facie reveal major “fixing” by the TCP to help certain builders and architects. The probe should go into who made suggestions for change of zones, whether they were connected to members of the SLC or TCP officials and then finally who are ultimate beneficiaries were. It will be useful to also find who were the first off the block, seeking construction licenses under the notified RP 2021.

It’s is not enough to de notify and get a new Regional Plan. Those responsible for literally selling the soil of Goa should be identified and arrested either through an independent criminal investigation or though the Lokayukta process.

Goa needs a new team in both these departments.

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BSNL in Goa is in a mess

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he communication network of BSNL is seriously affecting Goa, due to the malfunctioning of their services. BSNL clients are being deprived of communication facilities as their services are interrupted frequently, causing communication failure. This is one of the reasons why people dial their handsets repeatedly to get connected. This results in the unnecessary rise in costs. Many a times when we dial a particular number, we receive messages such the messages are either ‘Network failure’ or ‘This number does not exist’, ‘ lines on this route are busy’ etc.

There are several areas in which the BSNL’s performance has been found to be below par: * The Staff working in their respective areas in Goa have no technical background or knowledge of the functioning of the network. * There is no co-ordination with the State government, resulting in a blame game either with the PWD or municipalities and panchayats – such as the CCP. * There is non-availability of proper equipment for fault finding of the leakages or faults in the cables. * The splicing of cables joints not adequate as no proper gadgets are available or issued. * There is improper planning for laying the pipeline, which generally are found crossing over the electrical underground HT cabling and water connection piping. * Faulty telephones sets are not replaced, or they replaced sets are also faulty or work for a short duration after replacement!

Apart from this, the SDOT does not have telephone sets in stock.

The receivers issued to clients are substandard and of the lowest quality. Every time the customer demands a replacement of their telephone sets, the BSNL has no stock to replace them. The old receivers are seen dumped and no repairs are undertaken as they have no expert technicians recruited for servicing and maintenance.

The BSNL staff is lazy even in this 21st century.

There are serpentine queues for the payment of The BSNL mobiles and landlines monthly bills at the telephone office. There should have been a single window for payment of both the bills.

More counters need to be made available to clear the load at different locations in Panjim.

Clients are invariably seen fighting with the BSNL staff at the counter, resulting in further delays. Often bills have been delayed in the post, further resulting in people rushing to pay the bills.

The BSNL should therefore ensure that their facilities are improved. The State BJP Government could co-operate in the interest of Goans in the State.

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A hamlet in Ponda is grieving the tragic death of two school going children who fell into a ditch filled with water.

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We are not out of the woods yet. 12 out of the 40 elected MLAs’ face criminal charges, three serious ones; and it cuts across party lines.

ow that the heat and dust have settled, it is worth reflecting on the events that led up to March 6, and thereafter, and examine the lessons derived from them.

First and foremost, the EC team deserves our unequivocal praise and appreciation. I personally know poll officers who started work at 5 a.m. and finished at 11 p.m. on March 3 and March 4, so that we could exercise our rights with confidence.

An unusually large voter turnout signifies either rigged elections or that the electorate has confidence in the system and determination of purpose. I believe the latter, and therefore I am convinced the Election Commission as an institution, must not be tampered with. On the contrary, it must be empowered to impose stiffer penalties and punitive action.

The winning margins rule out the element of chance. Apart from four results, the margins indicate the voters’ clear intentions, producing the intended result. Money undoubtedly changed hands. With the elec-

tions and the threat of retaliation receding, the worms are emerging from the woodwork.

Stories abound of votes fetching anything between Rs.500 to Rs.5000 each. However, in many cases the voter accepted the money and then voted precisely as he pleased! In spite of the huge sums spent, both locally and in New Delhi, some candidates either lost or now warm the opposition benches. The writing is on the wall for those with the intelligence to read it.

Splashing obscene ill-gotten wealth no longer guarantees electoral success- transparent governance does, because we now have an info-savvy younger discerning electorate whose mantra is simple; perform or get out of the way.

In my constituency, only two of the five candidates presented election manifestos, one ambitious, and the other in jarring English. The rest did not appear to have one, hence there was no knowing what the candidate intended to do if elected. I am sure other voters had similar experiences. It is high time candidates

took the process more seriously, because the electorate certainly does.

We are not out of the woods yet since 12 out of the 40 elected MLAs face criminal charges, three serious ones- and it cuts across party lines. BJP-7, Congress-3, GVP-1 and Ind.-1. The declared increase in candidates’ assets was mind-boggling; it appears to attract everyone’s attention except the IT department.

Interestingly, none of the losers were honest enough to admit that the core reason for failure was corruption. Barring the weather and the mother-in-law, everyone and everything else was blamed.

What of the future? I am glad to see an educated education minister who does not need to announce on national television that in three months he will be ‘acquiring’ a graduation certificate. I hope the MoI issue will be settled factoring in parental rights and aspirations. I hope to have a minister who will not cut off the water supply purely because the victims’ politics cause him heartburn. A ministry be it

health or public works, is not a personal fiefdom. I neither want to see a minister leading a mob attacking a police station, nor a law minister leading one attacking a hotel. Nursing homes hopefully will not be raided on flimsy excuses to silence criticism. I want the money seized during the elections, whether in Taleigao or in Chorao, to be investigated with equal vigour and enthusiasm.

It is a simple matter of trust.

Godhra still rankles after a decade because Narendra Modi has never found it in his heart to express any remorse for the thousands who died horrific deaths. After all they were Indians from Gujarat. We have been publicly promised a Goa BJP version of governance rather than the Modi BJP model; remorse has been expressed. Let us hope it transcends to unbiased honesty and fair play, because five years down the line, accountability is ensured. India will still remain the world’s largest and robust functioning democracy.

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Charlane Pereira

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Today, the bicycle is ridden by the ‘privileged few’. Cycling is a very healthy form of exercise among other physical activities for a person of any age.

one are the days of the bicycle. The vehicle with two wheels to be ridden by pushing the pedals in a circular motion is fast being replaced by the four wheeler fancy box shaped car.

I remember my school days, when I used to pedal my way to the school a kilometre away.

It was fun riding the bicycle, with breeze blowing away wisps of my short mop of hair.

There were other school children who also would enjoy wheeling their way to read books at school. Nowadays, there are almost no eager beavers wanting to know about Einstein or the theory of evolution, or the rivers meandering Goa or the rules of BODMAS. Youngsters today are mostly interested in fashion, widening their social circle and taking to bad vices such as drugs, boozing or smoking cigarettes.

Today, the bicycle is ridden by the ‘privileged few’ – some school children (whose parents encourage them to ride these two wheelers), the ‘gauncho poder’ (with his basket of freshly made ‘pao’), ‘ghantis’ (who frequent our houses to collect old cartons, plastic, paper, etc) and a few of the ‘have-nots’ (who cannot afford luxurious modes of transport).

I have often heard my dad reminiscing about his childhood to us: He would often gang up with his small clique of friends and they would cycle all the way to Margao to watch a movie. Pedalling nine kilometres is not an easy task for tiny tots. But that seems to be one of the reasons that the old of today are more healthy than the younger generation.

Cycling is a very healthy form of exercise among other physical activities for a person of any age. No wonder, we see

stationary bicycles or exercise bikes in gyms and fitness centres. Cycling is beneficial both physically and mentally. Besides toning the body, especially the thigh and calf muscles, it reduces anxiety, depression.

Cycling is also a popular sport wherein competitors vie for the title of the fastest cyclist.

This form of sport is promoted in the Western countries – one of the most famous cyclists in the world of sports is Lance Armstrong. In Australia, there are separate bicycle lanes for cycling enthusiasts who then speed to their workplace, study centres, malls, etc.

It is easy to learn cycling if you are keen to do so. Push that old cycle out from your garage.

You only need a strong will if you wish to engage in this sport (of course, besides wiping off the cobwebs and dust from the cycle). If you don’t have a

cycle, you may gift yourself one on your next birthday. Then pedal your way across the street. The art of balancing your body frame on the sleek machine and pedalling it forward on the road might take some practice. You may get yourself a bit bruised or cut while trying hard to earn that unofficial title of ‘cyclist.’ Well, as the saying goes ‘no gain without any pain.’ But it is a reward well earned!

It is important that young parents of today teach their child to cycle among other forms of extracurricular activities. Sports should not be substituted with modern-age gadgets like cell phones and laptops. Children of today need to be physically active and should be constantly on the move to be healthier. So all of you out there pick up your cycles and pedal and pedal.

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letters to the editor ‘Win-ability’ criteria

Goans have voted. And considering the clear mandate, they voted for change with a turnover breaking national records. As a voter, I was depressed by the extent of corruption and the rape of Goa due to mining. The regular murder of fellow Goans and school children felled by the speeding trucks, RP2021, conversion of land and giving jobs to outsiders and politicians becoming rich etc., were keenly observed with disgust and simmering anger. When those perceived as most corrupt attempted to widen their scope by accommodating family members and the Congress party and the NCP acceding to this on the grounds of win-ability as if the people’s concerns were immaterial. This was the last straw. It is comical too hear Churchill’s ridiculous arguments on the reasons for Congress-Nationalist Congress Party defeat. He doesn’t seem to realise the futility of his diatribes since Goans have already delivered their verdict which is clear and overwhelming even if the reasons for the same are beyond the ken of these gentlemen and their imbecile High Command.

Joaquim D’Souza, Fatorda

Saluting Rahul Dravid

One of India’s greatest cricketers has bid adieu to first class cricket after having served the country for 16 long years.

Indian cricket will not be the same with-

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out him and it will be difficult to replace a man of his calibre. He was indeed a true gentleman on and off the field - he played with dignity and without any selfish motives, always putting the country first and thus upholding the spirit of this game. He was the best batsman at No.3 in test cricket. With his retirement he has given youngsters a chance to prove their mettle.

We salute you Rahul. Hats off to you. We will definitely miss you on the cricket field.

Wenzel D’Mello, Mapusa

Congratulations Cuncolkars

Truly we have taken a collective leap to bring down decade of misrule in Cuncolim. Three cheers to all of us. This has paved the way for a rational and exhilarating victory for everyone in Cuncolim constituency.

The rationale embedded in this exhilarating victory has shown that we Cuncolkars are mindful of our land. The dialectical product of the crony capitalism unleashed as ‘development’ of Cuncolim, influenced voters of Cuncolim constituency.

This lead to the outright rejection of crass crony capitalist pseudo development. Those mindless politicians epitomised reckless devastation of our ecology, conversion of our land and unfortunate sale to outsiders and more. A strong stench of the rot of previous ad-

ministration is still visible and has to be cleaned unitedly. Niz Cuncolkars have come together and there’s amazing power in our unity. We have shown that we will not tolerate our land being dishonoured – that we Cuncolkars possess aesthetical and moral sensibilities, we are certainly acutely sensitised by these sensibilities. Viva Cuncolim Constituency! Viva Goa! Danny Moraes, Cuncolim

Self goal

Churchill Alemao used to be a fighter at grassroots level. But now he seems to have lost everything. None of the Alemaos are in top position, except at the panchayat or Zilla Panchayat level. This sports lover turned politician cannot accept defeat either in politics or on the football field. Self goals are not accepted. He blames the coach or the referee officiating the game, never the poor performance of his players.

Now he has applied the same formula, blames the former CM Mr Digambar Kamat, the Police, the Church and the EVMs for his election defeat. Now Goa’s CM Manohar Parrikar will have to use his skill to keep the ball passing, soon he will declare Football as the State game then hopefully a bailout package for football teams.

As Churchill threatens to quit the Congress Party, all pending cases may start cropping up. The only way out is to form

a new party ‘save football’ which may bring him power again. A Columbian player Andreas Escobar scored in his own goal, when he returned back home some crazy fans shot him dead. This time due to the self goal by the Alemaos (family raj) voters have voted them out.

Gregory Dsouza, Siolim

Desecrating monuments

Since a sizeable section of the Goan minority community is in its honeymoon phase with a newly elected BJP, it can only be expected that the needle of suspicion for desecration of graves and tombs in Curchorem or damage to some cross some where else will get diverted to the frustrated opposition. It will take a while before the political intoxication of the Goan minorities dies down and they begin to realise the truth. For those familiar with communal terror across the country, the timing and the designs are clear.

It also costs nothing for the Government to declare attractive cash awards for information on the culprits at public expense when the police investigation can be expected to make no headway. In case public pressure condemning the incidents is seen to increase, some scapegoat from among the migrant minorities or a mentally unsound patient will get picked up for blame.

Soter D’Souza, Socorro

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he railway budget that was presented on Wednesday, 14 March, in a two-hour speech by railway minister Dinesh Trivedi was remarkable in that it was the first time in a decade that passenger fares were hiked. Trivedi tried to present the increase as not particularly huge by saying that it worked out to just two paise per km for second class tickets and a maximum of 30 paise per km for AC first class tickets.

However, that works out to a

off the rails? hike of 35 percent or more in some cases and means that suburban tickets will be 42 percent costlier for a distance of 25km and would increase from Rs 7 to Rs 10. The railway fares would also rise and fall according to diesel prices.

Full of shayaris and references to his party chief Mamata Banerjee – at one point when the minister threatened to launch into yet another piece of poetry, the opposition responded with a pleading “No!” – the minister’s speech prom-

ised to transform the railways over the next half decade. But all those glowing references and poetry couldn’t save Trivedi from the wrath of Banerjee whose party, Trinamool Congress, labeled it “anti-people”. According to news reports, Banerjeehas thrown a “rollback or rollover” notice at Trivedi and has been quoted as asking her party colleagues: “Can Pranab Mukherjee prepare a budget which is contrary to the wishes of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi?”

Mamata, while addressing a rally in Nandigaram, demanded a withdrawal of the hike and later said her party would ask for a cut motion.

Later, the West Bengal chief minister faxed a letter to the prime minister and asked him to sack Trivedi and replace him with her favoured candidate, Mukul Roy. Trivedi himself said he had acted in “national interest” in his railway budget and that he was prepared to be dismissed for it.

As is usual in Delhi’s mercu-

rial political circles, things kept changing all through the day. It initially looked like the UPA was all right with losing the support of the Trinamool and its 19 MPs in the Lok Sabhabecause it had perhaps garnered support from the SP or the BSP. However, later at night Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee called Mamata to ask her not to insist on the induction of Roy until he himself had presented the Union Budget on Friday.

Mamata is reported to have

Trivedi tried to present the increase as not particularly huge by saying that it worked out to just two paise per km for second class tickets and a maximum of 30 paise per km for AC first class tickets

agreed on the condition that Roy be the one to announce the rollback, for which a delegation of party MPs met the PM on Thursday. It seems the future of the new rail budget will be decided in the course of the railway minister’s reply in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Whether Trivedi will be the man who will reply or it will be new face Mukul Roy will be known when the budget starts – an occasion that demands the attendance of the current railway minister.

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mumbai What’s next: Child actor Rubina Ali Qureshi (C) watching as Indian Civic authorities demolish the shanty where she resides in Mumbai. (below) being carried by neighbours through a narrow lane in the Behrampada slums after arriving back from the Oscars

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Rubina had signed the project one and a half years back. The producers have now informed us that she will shoot for about three weeks in Shimla, Wales and London

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n Indian girl who was plucked from poverty to act in the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire is to star in a new film with Hollywood legend Anthony Hopkins, her manager said. Rubina Ali, now 13, will feature in "Lord Owen's Lady," a love story about a young Welsh nobleman and an Indian woman, with filming due to start in September this year in Britain and India.

"Rubina had signed the project one and a half years back.

The producers have now informed us that she will shoot for about three weeks in Shimla, Wales and London," Dubey said from Mumbai. Rubina, who was

picked from the Mumbai slums to play the role of young Latika in the 2008 hit Slumdog Millionaire by director Danny Boyle, will be paid "more than 20,000 pounds " for her second international project.

She was just eight when she

appeared in the blockbuster, which won eight Academy Awards in 2009. Her journey from a Mumbai slum to Hollywood red carpet made her famous around the world. The teenager has since had her share of problems, following ugly family fights over her income and a fire in her congested Mumbai slum that destroyed her family's tin-roofed shack.

Rubina has since moved to a new flat in the upmarket Bandra area of the city. As well as Hopkins, the Welsh-born star of "Silence of the Lambs", her new film project is also reportedly set to feature former Welsh rugby player Gavin Henson. AFP

M

umbai is not new to communal riots - the oldest riot in the city dates back to 1893. Despite this Mumbai has always been hailed for its cosmopolitan spirit.

Communities have always existed together in the past and continue to do so in the future.

Mumbai has rejected philosophy of hatred, says a new book.

Mumbai, however, has become a fragile city, very breakable, and yet the fissures are underneath- over it is the gloss of unity and toughness. Mumbai is in reality, a breakable city.

It is another matter that it joins up very fast, says the book.

Written by Meena Menon, a journalist, 'Riots and After in Mumbai, Chronicles of Truth and Reconciliation’ provides a synoptic record of events in Mumbai looking into the political manipulations that ordinary people of both communities alike are subjected to by the ruling powers and political parties.

"Ordinary people are sharp to realize that there is an enormous political stake in all this.

As more than one person pointed out (during interviews by the author), the ruling class encouraged this policy of divide and rule as the segregation of communities helps their vote banks", the author says.

The political establishment benefits from this division, the helplessness of a community, and the threat of marginalization is like the sword of Damocles hanging over it.

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Mumbai, however, has become a fragile city, very breakable, and yet the fissures are underneathover it is the gloss of unity and toughness.

Mumbai is in reality, a breakable city The book says that reasons for the backwardness and helplessness were not being addressed at the first place. As a result, the reconciliation, post riots, with their lives is at a deeply personal level and there is little political attempt to breach this communal divide.

Political parties pay lip service to secularism, and nurture people as their voters, the book says. Tracing the history of communal riots in Mumbai, the author says there is no attempt to understand the factors that drove the violence

and redress those issues which are splintering communities.

Riots are followed by displacement and then the element of living in separate townships or ghettos comes up. Mumbai already had places where Muslims lived separately. Mumbai's first communal riot dates back to 1893 and since then there have been several riots in the Bombay Presidency and during and after Independence, the book says. The process of ghettoization could have started in those days, the author says.

Mumbai, over a century has changed vastly both in terms of its geography and population.

From a cluster of seven islands, Greater Mumbai is spread over 468 sq kms, while the Mumbai metropolitan region extends over 3887 sq kms.

Though ghettoized in parts, in Mumbai, people have not allowed themselves to be defeated by a divisive philosophy. There are many examples of people helping each other during the riots and there are great many stories of courage. That is what must give hope for the future, the author says.

Menon has divided her 266page book into sections, beginning with history of the metropolis, chronicling communal riots in Mumbai, emergence of ghettos, displacement and polarization, loss of livelihood, perception of justice and then concluding her research.

The author's findings and comments are based on research which she says largely consisted of tracking down people affected by riots and interviewing them. PTI

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TIATR TRIVIA Lenten tiatrs in olden days normally had a religious theme, with the passion and sufferings of Christ forming the crux of the main plot, but nowadays, the tiatrs focus on varied topics such as adultery, exploitation of women, degradation of environment, family values and even politics.

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Trend of staging Tiatrs during Lent

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here was a time when the last day of the carnival brought the curtains down on tiatrs with the exception of a handful of biblical operettas and passion plays being staged in select cities and villages of Goa. Over the years, the trend changed the first day of the Lent now marks the beginning of yet another season of tiatrs in Goa. Although the seasoned directors of the tiatr scene keep themselves busy, putting their acts together for their new release scheduled for release on Easter Sunday, there are at least ten more troupes which prop up a tiatr regularly during Lent.

Vell’lekar Nirmiti under the direction of Father Nevel Gracias, The Pilar Music Academy, Calado de Verna, Ligorio Fernandes, Fr Planton Faria are some of the prominent troupes that step on stage regularly during Lent. Unlike the tiatrs and operettas staged during Lent in olden days which normally had a religious theme, with the passion and sufferings of Christ forming the crux of the main plot, the tiatrs staged during Lent nowadays focus on varied topics such as adultery, exploitation of women, degradation of environment, family values and even politics. Tiatr enthusiasts spoke of what they

felt about tiatrs staged during Lent.

Remedios Colaso, a senior citizen from Raia finds little difference between the tiatrs staged during Lent and those staged during ordinary time.

“Devache tiatr mhunnttat punn tantun choddxem devachem kainch assona (They say that it’s a religious tiatr but there is almost nothing religious in them),” he states, adding that “they should have seen religious tiatrs staged by J P Souzalin and others in olden times.”

Veena Braganza, a housewife from Vasco watches tiatrs basically for entertainment although she agrees that “there

are sometimes issues of public importance that are highlighted in tiatr.” She opines, “A person does not need to watch a tiatr to become a better Catholic,” affirming that “there are other ways and means to redeem ourselves.”

Menino Fernandes from Velsao however feels differently, “Tiatrs staged during Lent are different from those staged otherwise, since they provide viewers with much to reflect upon during Lent.” He says that it all depends on how each one takes it, citing the cliché, “You can take a horse to the water but cannot make it drink.”

Rosemary D Mello, a fish vendor from Nerul feels that songs criticising politicians should not be included in religious tiatrs.

“Tiatrists criticise politicians all year round, at least during Lent they should be spared criticism as such songs also spoil the overall performance of the tiatr from the audience’s point of view.”

Tiatr lovers may have different views and opinions to express as far as Lenten tiatrs are concerned, but as long as parishes and other organisations in Goa promote tiatrs as tool for Lenten reflections the Lenten or the religious tiatrs as they are called are here to stay.

his incident took place in my village when I was a teenager. Our village club had organised a tiatr at the church square on the occasion of the feast of the patron saint of the village, This was the first time that the club was organising a tiatr on the occasion of the feast, as earlier for many years it was organised by a group of individuals from the village.

The newly appointed village parish priest denied permission to the private party as he felt that any activity in the precincts of the church should be organised either by the church or a registered village club as it represents the villagers in their social, cultural and sporting activities, but the aggrieved party consisting of some shady characters were not happy with the decision of the parish priest and had issued threats to the organizers.

Unfazed by the threats a large number of villagers gathered at the church square to enjoy the festive evening. The tiatr started and everything went on smoothly for an hour and then a fight started back stage, the crowd apprehending trouble from the other group rushed out of the pandal and within a few minutes the venue bore a deserted look, But what actually happened back stage on that day, or on that night rather, as revealed by one of the club members was very amusing.

He revealed that he tried to stop a drunkard from forcefully trying to enter the stage and disrupt the show. As he would not listen, he slapped him hard on the face thinking that he was sent by their opponents to disrupt the show but was later identified as one of the actors playing the role of a drunkard in the tiatr. The actor got into the skin of his character much before he made his actual entry on the stage and that provoked the assault.

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gent Vinod’, an action spy thriller has got a U/A certificate from the censor board after a screening on Wednesday and Saif Ali Khan is happy with this. Directed by Sriram Raghavan, the film has Saif in the title role and is releasing on March 23, 2012. Kareena Kapoor plays the female lead in it. “Our film has a lot of action but we have worked on keeping it more realistic and less violent. And after censor board’s screening, we have got a U/A certificate and I am very happy,” said the actor who is in the city for the film’s promotion. “We wanted more people and even the kids to watch the film.

And my son Ibrahim is also very excited and told me that he and his friends want to watch ‘Agent Vinod’,” added the actor.

Jennifer spends $8000 monthly for ‘her look’

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ollywood's golden girl, Jennifer Aniston, is envied by millions for her perfectly sun-kissed glow, toned body and shiny locks and now we know how much it costs. The Wanderlust star, 43, reportedly spends $8000 a month on lotions and potions, her dietary regime and her exercise schedule in order to maintain her flawless appearance. The revelation comes weeks after her confession to being obsessed with laser peel surgery on an episode of Conan O'Brien.

Aside from the 'horrifying' peel that Aniston says leaves her looking like a 'battered burn victim' for a week, the actress indulges in soothing treatments and creams. Yoga: The actress spends around $900 a week on her three hour-long sessions with friend and trainer Many Ingber. She says, “I feel like I am getting a meditation, a workout and time with my friend, all rolled into one hour.”

One neck ointment she uses, is allegedly made with crystals from the planet Mars and costs $450 while she regularly splurges on Tracie Martyn Spa Red Carpet Facials that cost over $500. On leaving the New York spa, she reportedly takes home a $390 goodie bag of products. To offset the expense of her extravagant facials, Aniston washes her face with a cheap Neutrogena Facial Cleansing Bar and moisturizes daily with comparatively affordable Dr Hauschka Rose Day Cream for around $40. But she makes sure she stays young and wrinkle free with Mila Moursi Rejuvinating Serum for $350. And let's not forget Aniston's dietician, Carrie Watt, whose consultation fees and home delivery service total around $680 a week.

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ur muscles are really plastic," says Juleen Zierath of Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. "We often say "You are what you eat." Well, muscle adapts to what you do. If you don't use it, you lose it, and this is one of the mechanisms that allows that to happen."

The DNA changes in question are known as epigenetic modifications and involve the gain or loss of chemical marks on DNA over and above the familiar sequence of As, Gs, Ts, and Cs. The new study shows that the DNA within skeletal muscle taken from people after a burst of exercise bears fewer chemical marks (specifically methyl groups) than it did before exercise. Those changes take place in stretches of DNA that are involved in turning "on" genes important for muscles' adaptation to exercise.

When the researchers made muscles contract in lab dishes, they saw a similar loss of DNA methyl groups. Exposure of isolated muscle to caffeine had the same effect. Zierath explained that caffeine does mimic the muscle contraction that comes with exercise in other ways, too. She doesn't necessarily recommend anyone drink a cuppa in place of exercise. It's nevertheless tempting to think that athletes who enjoy a coffee with their workout might just be on to something.

"Exercise is medicine," Zierath says, and it seems the means to alter our genomes for better health may be only a jog away. And for those who can't exercise, the new findings might point the way to medicines (caffeinated ones, perhaps?) with similar benefits.

(Courtesy: AgenCies)

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3RD POPULAR TIATR FESTIVAL

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List of winners: Comedian Domnic Prince Jacob Coelho - Best - Best Performance I Performance II

Mario Menezes - Best Performance III

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omedian Domnic Coelho’s tiatr ‘Mog Mogan Jiye’ won the first prize for best performance at the recently concluded 3rd Popular Tiatr Festival organised by the Tiatr Academy Goa; the second and the third place was bagged by Prince Jacobs Dramatic troupe for ‘Uleak Zap Dhi’ written and directed by Prince Jacob and Menezes Theatres ‘Xirlo’ written and directed by Mario Menezes respectively. The other participants of the competition were tiatr ‘Kurllio’ written and directed by Oldrin, ‘Kristanv’ by Menino de Bandar, ‘Konnuch Noko’ by Maria Rodson and ‘Pirai’ by Maxie Pereira. The judges for the competition were Premanand Lotlikar, Mariano Almeida and Rajiv Hede.

The awards were presented to the winners at a special function held recently at the Joao Agostinho Pai Tiatrist Auditorium Margao. Well known writer, poet, dramatist and newly elected MLA of St Andre constituency, Vishnu Surya Wagh was the chief guest for the evening. Speaking on the occasion he congratulated the winners and lauded the efforts of the Tiatr Academy for promoting tiatrs through various schemes and activities organised by TAG the year round. A special musical show was also held on the occasion with Anthony San, Soccoro de St Cruz, Young Chico, Felcy, Roma and others along with Comedian Ambe and Nato who entertained the audience with their hilarious comedy side shows.

The function was compered by Daniel F D Souza.

Best Performance Comedian Domnic Coelho 'Mog Mogan Jiye' Prince Jacob 'Uleak Zap Di’ Mario Menezes 'Xirlo'

Upcoming Artiste (Female) Sonia Diniz - Sonia 'Uleak Zap Dhi’

Best Direction Prince Jacob 'Uleak Zap Dhi’ Domnic Coelho 'Mog Mogan Jiye' Mario Menezes 'Xirlo'

BestActor in Negative Role (Female) RosyAlvares - Crizel - 'Xirlo'

Upcoming Artiste (Male) Eddie D' Souza - Eddie ‘Uleak Zap Di’

Best Actor in Negative Role (Male) MarioMenezes – Rio 'Xirlo'

Best Actor (Female) Felcy Fernandes – Sibal 'Mog Mogan Jiye' Diana Fernandes – Rosalin 'Uleak Zap Dhi’ Rosalia – Lia 'Pirai’ (Merit Certificate) Best Actor (Male) PradeepNaik – Rohan 'Mog Mogan Jiye' Prince Jacob - Damiao 'Uleak Zap Dhi’ Best Comedian (Female) Aplon D' Cruz - Gilermin 'Mog Mogan Jiye' Best Comedian (Male) Luis Bachan - Titiv 'Mog Mogan Jiye'

Best Child Artiste (Female) Britney Carvalho - Ria 'Konnuch Noko' Best Child artiste (Male) Aron Rodrigues - Rizmond 'Konnuch Noko' Best Script DomnicCoelho 'Mog Mogan Jiye' Prince Jacob 'Uleak Zap Di’

Best Music (Live Band) Augusto de Panchwadi 'Xirlo' Best Make-up Jewel Fernandes ‘Uleak Zap Di’ Best Costumes 'Mog Mogan Jiye' Best Background Music 'Xirlo' Best Lyrics Moronn' - 'Kurl'leo' Connie M Cardanchi Pack' 'Kurl'leo' - Godwin Best Singer (Female) Rosy Alvares – ‘Devak Ok man Korinaka' 'Xirlo' Felcy 'Devak Diunk Podttoli Zodtti' 'Mog Mogan Jiye' Best Singer (Male) Benny de Aldona – ‘Ekuch Advogad' 'Mog Mogan Jiye' Tony de Ribandar – ‘Panch Bottam' - 'Xirlo'

Best Setting Kamalakant Chari 'Uleak Zap Di' Best Light Effects John Fernandes 'Uleak Zap Di’

TIATR REVIEW - ‘RAV...KhOIm VETAI?’

Best Child Singer (Male) Aaron Rodrigues 'Ami Fuddarache Dive' 'Konnuch Noko' (No winner for Best Child Singer - Female)

Is there a hardworking youngster you are aware of? Someone who stands out for doing something unique? Someone who believes in the ‘extra’ in extraordinary?

Someone who the world should know more about? Please update us on goasheartbeat@herald-goa.com or write in to us at : A – F3, 1st Floor, Campal Trade Centre, Panjim – 403 001 and we will feature these winners of daily life in our weekly youth corner

Christina Viegas, Chief Editor, Features

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Best Comedy Kantar (solo, duet, duo, trio, quartet) Ben Evangelisto, Joana 'Beiman Tiatrist' 'Xirlo' Best Choral Song 'Sot Uloi' 'Kristanv - Reginald, Jane Best Duo Felcy, Aplon – ‘Xristi Sambalat' 'Mog Mogan Jiye' Best Duet ‘Onith' – 'Mog Mogan Jiye' - Felcy, Alias Best Trio Bernard, Ignatius, Cosma – ‘Dhorm’ ‘Uleak Zap Di’

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oans are in haste to make fast money. They have no time to stand, stare and relax. In the bargain, they tend to destroy the beautiful creation of God for their own selfish interests. Craze for easy money has led to degradation of values in the family. Pilar Music Academy’s Lenten musical operetta ‘Rav...Khoim Vetai?’ invites every Goan to create time to sit and relax. In all the hustles and bustles of life, one needs to return to God who is the source of everything in life. Only then man will understand the true meaning of living in this materialistic world.

Lester (Anil Pednekar) is so engrossed with his business at his shack along the beach, that he hardly has time to enjoy the serenity and the natural beauty

around the place. He is ably assisted by Ben (Francis de Neturlim) to carry out his selfish business. Egbert (Elvis Mascarenhas), a youth from the locality and foreign tourist Flamingo (Lenny Fernandes) also visit the beach frequently, but they have a different pur-

pose to do so. Both prefer to come and simply relax at the beach and attain peace of mind and heart.

Taken up by Lester’s plan to throw a party at his shack and make fast money, Egbert is carried away by the evil desire and decides to change his mindset

overnight. There’s turmoil and conflict in the family wherein Rozanne supports her son’s temporary plans, while Albin garners support from his daughter to oppose Egbert’s wicked wishes.

Will Egbert succeed to fulfil his dreams? Does he receive timely support from Lester? What brings a change in Lester’s life?

What is its outcome?

Biblical scenes interspersed in the main plot are worth seeing and help the viewer to reflect on personal life. Comic interludes by Magno (John D’Silva) and Francis de Neturlim bring in laughter among the audience. Musical score by Fr Peter Cardoso and his team, besides the playback singing by Marilyn D’Costa, Sheena Gracias, Sylvester Borges, Fr Mark Cardozo and Fr Peter Cardozo are appealing to the ears and thought-provoking.

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Losing her two-month-long grim battle for survival, two-year-old battered baby girl Falak died.

Government slashed interest rate on deposits in Employees Provident Fund from 9.5 per cent to 8.25 per cent.

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Battered baby Falak dies Ramchandra/Mrs. Usha, Umamahesh/ Mrs Nandini, Jairaj/Mrs. Asha.

NEW DELHI: Losing her two-month-long grim battle for survival, two-year-old battered baby girl Falak, whose harrowing ordeal had shocked the country, died here tonight following a cardiac arrest.

The child, who was ad-

mitted to the AIIMS on January 18 with severe head injuries, broken arms, bite marks all over her body and cheeks branded with hot iron, breathed her last at 9.40 pm after an “unexpected” heart attack, doctors said.

“It was unexpected. She was fit to be discharged. All of a sudden, she had a cardiac arrest at nine and we tried to revive her. But then she gave up at around 9.40 pm,” said Deepak Agrawal, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the AIIMS Trauma Centre who has been attending on her from the day she was admitted there.

During her treatment earlier, she contracted meningitis and underwent five surgeries and had also suffered two heart attacks.

“She was doing well. We removed her from the ICU and shifted her to the ward after we found that she had recovered well. The whole day she used to spend time playing with the nurses at the hospital.

“All of a sudden she had a cardiac arrest. Since she is a medico-legal case, we will conduct a post-mortem to-

morrow,” Agarwal said.

The child was brought to the hospital by a girl, who had falsely claimed to be her mother. Investigations revealed the shocking story of Falak, her two siblings and their mother who were all separated after falling victim to human traffickers.

Falak’s mother Munni was tricked into a second marriage by three women out of whom two — Laxmi and Kanta Choudhry — were arrested. The trio had promised that her three children will be taken care of but they were left to different people.

Ten people were arrested in the case. Police traced Falak’s five-year-old brother from the house of a vendor in West Delhi’s Uttam Nagar locality while her sister Sanobar was traced by Delhi Police to Muzaffarpur in Bihar. PTI

EPF rate cut from 9.5 to 8.25 p. c.

NEW DELHI: Government on Thursday slashed interest rate on deposits in Employees Provident Fund from 9.5 per cent to 8.25 per cent for 2011-12 affecting over 4.7 crore subscribers.

This cut was proposed by the Finance Ministry and a notification was issued by the Labour Ministry, official sources said.

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had provided 9.5 per cent interest rate to its subscribers for 2010-11 after

it found Rs 1,731 crore surplus in its books of account.

The Labour Ministry had recommended 8.6 per cent rate of interest for this fiscal on provident fund deposits to EPFO subscribers.

According to EPFO’s income projections, a provision of 8.25 per cent interest for 2011-12 would leave a deficit of Rs 24 lakh. It had further noted that an 8.5 per cent rate of return would translate into a deficit of Rs 526.44 crore. PTI

Syrians rallying in support of President Bashar al­Assad

2 French soldiers killed in shooting

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Born: 06-12-1932

In Loving Memory of

CONCEICAO NICOLAU ALMEIDA

There will be Eucharistic celebration for the soul of our th beloved mother Conceicao N. Almeida on 17 March 2012 (Tomorrow) at 8.00 a.m. at St. Lawrence Church, Sinquerim, o ffered by her loving children Nora/Lawrence Fernandes, Domnic/Adlyn Almeida, Zita/Pius Dias, Sandra/Cipriano Fialho, Grandchildren & family, followed by prayers and blessing at the grave.

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M O N TA U B A N : Two French soldiers were killed and another seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting near a military base in the southwestern city of Montauban on Thursday, a state official told AFP. AFP

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Huge crowds rally across Syria in support of Assad DAMASCUS:Huge crowds rallied in cities across Syria on Thursday in support of President Bashar al-Assad "to make the world hear our voice" on the first anniversary of a deadly anti-regime revolt.

State television showed tens of thousands of people waving Syrian flags and Assad's portrait in squares in Damascus, the northern city of Aleppo, Latakia on the Mediterranean coast, Suweida to the south and Hasaka in the northeast.

The cities have been relatively unscathed by the regime's crackdown on a revolt which erupted on March 15, 2011 and has cost more than 8,500 lives, according to opposition

mass support State television showed tens of thousands of people waving Syrian flags and Assad's portrait in squares in Damascus, the northern city of Aleppo, Latakia on the Mediterranean coast, Suweida to the south and Hasaka in the northeast. activists.

"After a whole year of pressure on Syria, we want to make the world hear our voice: Leave Syria in peace," a woman on the street told the state broadcaster.

The authorities, which have blamed the revolt on foreign-backed "terrorist gangs," announced a "global march for Syria" to counter anti-regime demonstrations being or-

ganised by the opposition across the world.

"For the lives lost in the battle for Syria," was the slogan beamed across the television screen.

Against a backdrop of a sea of flags, including the colours of Syria's Russian ally and the yellow of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah, a bugler played in Damascus before a military band struck up the national anthem. AFP

LOYALTY IN ACTION: Syrians rallying in support of President Bashar al-Assad on the first anniversary of the anti-regime revolt on Thursday.

Syrians rallying in support of President Bashar al-Assad on the first anniversary of the anti-regime revolt. State television showed tens of thousands of people waving Syrian flags and Assad's portrait in squares in Damascus, the northern city of Aleppo, Latakia on the Mediterranean coast, as

China sacks high profile Communist Party chief BEIJING: Acting tough, China's ruling Communist Party today sacked its highprofile party chief of southwestern Chongqing city Bo Xilai, amidst a scandal after his underling took refuge in the US Consulate.

The purge of the charismatic but controversy-ridden leader came ahead of major leadership transition in the nation and just hours after Premier Wen Jiabao publicly censured him over the issue.

Bo, who was replaced by Vice Premier and Politburo member Zhang Dejiang, was known in China for his populist Maoists revival campaign and had been seen as one of the leading contenders to join party's powerful ninemember Politburo stand-

tough act

sulate.

Acting tough, China's ruling Communist Party today sacked its high-profile party chief of southwestern Chongqing city Bo Xilai, amidst a scandal after his underling took refuge in the US Con-

ing committee, which virtually governs the country.

62-year-old Bo will no longer serve as secretary, standing committee member or member of the CPC Chongqing municipal committee, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

A separate announcement said Wang Lijun, the Vice Mayor and the Police Chief of Chongqing who ran into the US Consulate in Changdu last month ap-

parently to save his life and reportedly sought refuge, was also sacked.

CPC has decided to remove Wang Lijun from the position of vice mayor of Chongqing, a senior party official told the news agency. He will be replaced by He Ting, Vice Governor and police chief of Qinghai Province, the official said.

While Wang is being investigated, whereabouts of

Bo was not known. Bo was last seen meeting the press on March 9 on the sidelines of the National People's Congress to explain his stand. Speculation is rife that he may be taken into custody for investigations.

Bo, a high-profile son of a former hero of the party, became mayor of Dalian, Liaoning province, in 1993.

He served as governor of Liaoning and minister of commerce before being appointed Party chief of Chongqing in 2007.

Bo became famous in recent years for his massive crackdown on local mafias in Chongqing, besides making it one of the highly developed cities of China.

The crackdown was conducted on the ground by Wang. PTI

Senior police official killed in north-west Pak ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber today targeted a police vehicle in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan, killing a senior police official and injuring four others, officials said.

The attacker detonated his explosive vest near the car of Superintendent of Police Kalam Khan at Pishta Khara Chowk in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

The official was on his way to work. Khan was killed instantly while his driver, two bodyguards and a passerby were injured.The wounded policemen were taken to a nearby hospital. PTI

Top Pak military, civil officials mull re-opening NATO supply routes ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is inching towards a decision on reopening NATO supply routes, which were closed following a crossborder air strike in November, though it is expected to impose "tough conditions" like a hefty transit fee for the movement of container trucks and oil tankers.

The issue of allowing the US and its allies to resume using Pakistani routes for transporting supplies to foreign troops in Afghanistan figured at a meeting of leaders of the ruling coalition and top military officials, including army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, that was

chaired by President Asif Zardari last night.

The civil and military leadership evolved consensus on lifting the nearly four-month-old blockade later this month but “tough conditions” are expected to be imposed by Pakistan,

The Express Tribune newspaper quoted its sources as saying.

“There was a general consensus among the participants that we now have to reopen the NATO supply routes,” an unnamed official told the daily. PTI

Syrians rallying in support of President Bashar al-Assad on the first anniversary of the anti-regime revolt. State television showed tens of thousands of people waving Syrian flags and Assad's portrait in squares in Damascus, the northern city of Aleppo, Latakia on the Mediterranean coast, as

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Mamata’s didigiri not Should Arvind Loliyekar continue as director mines… enough to derail dinesh yet after the Union Budget is presented in Parliament.

Highly-placed TMC sources said that Singh had assured Mamata that action against Trivedi, who earned the wrath of the party for proposing a hike in passenger fares in the Rail Budget, would await the Budget presentation, thereby indicating that he can lose the job over the weekend.

Sources said Pranab Mukherjee had talked to Mamata where he is understood to have assured her that her demand would be conceded but she may have to wait till the presentation of the General Budget in Parliament on Friday or may be for a few days.

Mamata, they said, has also been assured that Roy would be replying to the discussion on the Railway Budget in Parliament.

For the record, Mukherjee told Parliament that Mamata’s communication to the Prime Minister (for replacing Trivedi) was under

“active consideration” but did not elaborate.

He said there was no resignation from Trivedi, who himself appeared defiant saying that he has a duty on the Railway Budget but would step down the moment Mamata or the Prime sdas

Mamata has also been assured that Roy would be replying to the discussion on the Railway Budget in Parliament.

Minister ask him to do so.

Earlier in the day, Trivedi walked into the Lok Sabha 10 minutes before the House assembled to rousing reception from everybody.

He kept telling MPs who greeted him that he has neither resigned nor his leader Mamata Banerjee or Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought the resignation which he will tender the moment they demand.

Trivedi had to be in the House since it was the day of his ministry’s questions. Arriving early, he walked to the MPs of all parties, including the BJP’s Lal Krishna Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Jaswant Singh, Janata Dal’s Sharad Yadav, the BSP and Samajwadi Party leaders as also a large number of them from the Congress. CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta made it a point to walk to Trivedi to greet him.

The united Opposition tried to put the government on the mat as soon as the House met, not allowing the questions for half an hour and then the BJP members stormed into the well seeking clarification from the Prime Minister, who happened to be in the Rajya Sabha, and forced adjournment till noon. The Rajya Sabha also faced storm and adjourned for an hour as the Opposition refused to take the government’s word that Trivedi has not at all resigned. PTI/TEAM HERALD

Department and its political leadership which included the then Chief Minister Digambar Kamat.

Here is what it said 1.

Illegal mining (has been) carried out in active connivance of local politicians, bureaucrats of mines and forests Departments and the local police force at the local level.

2.

Department of Mines remained a silent spectator while allowing rampant illegal mining to go on in the State.

3.

Complete breakdown of machinery provided by the State which are required to ensure mining is undertaken and carried out in a legally permissible manner.

Quite clearly, irrespective of what any agency or Commission including the Shah Commission finds, the draft PAC report findings made by none other than Manohar Parrikar, leaves virtually no room for Loliyekar to continue as Director Mines.

Speaking to the Herald, a

senior bureaucrat who worked closely with Digambar Kamat said, “He has been in that position in 2009, and while the Government will be blamed the Mines Director has to account for less royalty, no information of antecedents of traders, difference in ore mined and exported. His problem is that Parrikar knows all of this and won’t be a silent spectator that Digambar Kamat was”.

His biggest misadventure, however, was letter sent by him to all mining companies to install Radio Frequency Identification to monitor movement of iron ore laden trucks. The long ten-page note seemed more like a justification for it’s inaction, before the Shah Commission whose officers had swooped down to Goa. Para 5 of that letter mentioned…

“The Directorate has undertaken an exercise to inquire into the source of extraction from exporters who are not mine owners in order to assess royalty due

Relief for tax payers on cards formal announcement on it in his budget speech.

The Standing Committee of Parliament that has scrutinised the DTC Bill has already submitted its report

to the Lok Sabha Speaker.

Although the Committee had suggested raising the tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh, it is unlikely that Mukherjee will agree to it

in view of the need to contain fiscal deficit.

With limited space for giveaways, the Budget is likely to balance populism with some tough measures

to check tax evasion and generation of black money.

However, in view of reverses in the recently concluded State assembly elections, Mukherjee may

go slow on economic reforms like FDI in multibrand retail and further opening of the insurance sector to foreign investment.

Shah Panel submits report NEW DELHI: The Centreappointed Justice M B Shah Commission has submitted its report on illegal mining in Goa. “The Commission of inquiry, headed by Justice M B Shah, has submitted its report on illegal

to the Government. Inquiry has not progressed because of absence of data and reluctance on part of exporters to furnish information”.

This was October 10. Five

mining to the Mines Ministry,” a senior Mines Ministry official told PTI. The official said the Ministry is yet to go through the report and based on its recommendations steps will be taken. PTI. months have passed and we are no nearer to getting that information.

There’s something even more damning. In that same letter Loliyekar writes “It was revealed that a

number of traders were involved in the transaction of supply of iron ore to exporters who were not in a position to indicate the source of extraction”.

This is a clear open admission of theft of ore and the Mines Department’s unwillingness and inability to do anything about it.

Herald has pieced together a series of questions it has asked Loliyekar based on several of its investigations into illegal mining. Tomorrow’s edition will contain a report “The Questions Loliyekar never answered”.

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(ANC)

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Core i5, H61 mlb, 500gb HDD, 4gb DDR3 RAM, LG DVD RW, Cabinet, Asus 19” LED, I-Ball 2.1 Tarang Speaker, I-Ball Keyboard, Mouse and UPS, Amount Rs 30,000/-i3 Amd, 55m3 mlb, 500gb HDD, 2gb DDR3 RAM, DVD RW, Cabinet, Keyboard, Mouse wireless, 19” LED Asus, UPS, Normal speaker Amount Rs 22500/Contact Comshop Computers 9822122711, 9850829281 and 6483557

OCI/PIO, Foreigner’s Laws consultant for overstay, Exitpermission, Visa, Loss of passport, property (SaleLease-Rent), foreigner’s Investment 9158011412.

Website Designing Packages.

Budget Website 10,000/-; Deluxe 15,000/-; Flash 25,000/; Domain +Server +Emails + Hosting. Get Business Online.

9765610634. swdgoa.com (BS)

Portuguese Nationality, Legal Support Service in Legalization of all documents from local Authorities to Apostille (Delhi), Submission of Birth/ Marriage/ Old Processes in Lisboa. Contact: Pacific Consultancy, behind G.V.N Hall, CASA ALIADOS Building, 2nd floor, Margao, 9890622418.

(CM)

Dual Core, G41mlb, 500gb HDD, 2gb DDR3RAM, LG DVD RW, Cabinet, Asus 19” LED, IBall Key/Mouse, Speaker, UPS, Amount Rs 20,000/-Core i3, H61mlb, 500gb HDD, 2gb DDR3RAM, LG DVD RW, Cabinet, Asus 19” LED, Logtich Z103 2.1 speakers, I-Ball Key/Mouse UPS, Amount Rs 24800/-Contact Comshop Computers 9822122711, 9850829281 and 6483557

All types of washing machine, refridgerator & A/C Repairs, Servicing, Installation and electrical wireing 9158059867/ 9823665273.

Detectives “Cobra” Also install Burglar Alarms, CCTV, Fire System, Metal Detectors, Videodoorphones, Access Controls, etc. Call International Investigators 9822100422 www:cobragroupofcompanie s.com

Self driven car license for LMV is available in Goa. For the first time in Goa. 9860444017 / 9421300462.

(CM)

If you are passionate about cooking food, concerned about preserving the old traditional methods of cooking and want to earn very good income and work from home contributing in preserving and protecting the generation from junk food.

Call Synchro Leisure Service PVT LTD. Phone : 9422429821.

E m a i l : goa2day@rediffmail.com (ADT)

Place your advertisements on our Herald Classified pages and get maximum returns for your money

1 Month Career Oriented Professional Bar tending course at IHRM Donapaula/ Calangute/ Margao, with Placement Assistance Contact: 8698553823/ 2456806.

Design Educations. Spain.

Marbella Design Academy. www.designschool.com. State recognised.

English.

University. Diploma cources.

Bachelor. Interior Design.

Graphic Design. Fashion Design.

Upto 90% free Computer Training. Sponsored by: HRD, Ministry, Govt. of India.

Contact: Digicom Computer Education, Margao Branch.

Ph.: 2702078.

(CON) Study and Work in USA, Canada, Newzealand, U.K Australia, Students passed 12th onwards can apply, Quick Visa Contact: 9552418850, 9403879910 (BS) Flair Bartending @ WIHBM, Goa weekend Cocktail and Mocktail classes, Carving, Housekeeping, F&B Service, BHM, BTM, BBA, BCA 100% Placement classes also at Porvorim and Margao. Call: 3233817, 9552073392 UGC/DEC, Govt. Recognised Distance Education. MBA / MCA / MSW / BCA / BBA/ B.Com / MA / BA / Msc / Bsc / Executive M.B.A. 10th/12th, FY /SY Pass directly appear for Third Year Exam in May /December. Contact: BCHE, Pissurlekar Towers, above Prince Furniture, Opp. Power Jim, St. Inez, Panaji. Tel:2431014, 6456209 /10, 9764234786, 9765565783 / 85. (www.bideindia.com) (PR) Study Abroad: Newzealand, USA & Canada- Calling Class 12 & Graduates. Students Visa through certified agents.

Affordable 1 year diploma/ degree courses in Hotel F&B, MBA, IT, Engg, Electronics etc.

Study and get pathway to Permanent Residency abroad.

Mobile 9910695197 joe.fernandes@thesfedu.com SILVER FERN EDUCATION CONSULTANTS, Raia – Goa (CM) Kravmaga Classes. Israeli system of self defence. Learn and Train. Contact Elroy Vaz mob: 9820059070 and 9821273715. email: elroyvaz@hotmail.com, movements@vsnl.com

Soundtechgoa : Total Event Solution .We undertake entire set up and sales of professional sound , lighting and projectors for conferences, DJ parties, live events, weddings, etc… contact9011534485 / 9 7 6 3 2 2 6 8 6 9 www.soundtechgoa.com (RD) NEXUS a band of seasoned musicians with female vocals and a touch of brass. Contact 7875807329/ 9422576223.

ISI Marked Quality Fir Extinguisher dry powder 5kg @1300/- factory price call Vision Safety,Verna Industrial Estate.9326127464,08322782095/2782443. www.visionsafetyindia.com.

(VS-CB)

Conybio latest products available for Mobile Radiation, Joint Pain, Heart, B.P., Asthma, Sinus, Diabetes, Kidney Problem etc. Call: 9867249858 / 9029060720.

(CM) Lose / Gain / Maintain Weight with Anti-Ageing / Detoxification, without chemicals / side effects. Also available quality Skin-Care Products. 9763823740 / 9765376687 (BS) “Lose/Gain weight” 4 to 5kg in one month 100% result, proved in 79 countries, no side effect.

Call:9860111850.

Perry’s Wedding Cars Margao. Provider of Exclusive AUDI Wedding Car in South Goa. Also available Honda Accord, Camry. 9890299255, 2767832 (CST) South Goa car rentals. Luxury wedding cars – BMW 5-series, Mercedes, Audi, Cruze, civic.

Office Benaulim Mogabai 08323222424/ 9763133424, udayp3424@yahoo.in / www.southgoacarrentals.com (CM) Wedding Cars-BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Camray, Vintage, Civic, Honda City, Sonata, Corrola, Cruze, Special discount for events, m a n a g e m e n t .

9421300462/9860444017.

Parents of RC Spinster 26yrs 5.5” working for Central Government seeks alliances from well educated Bachelors upto 30yrs.

2295432/ 8888788315 Royal Luxury Wedding Car St. Anthony Wedding Car hire Sonata (Gold) White, Sonata (Gold) Black, Margao 9822719468, 9765856465. www.weddingcarrentalsingoa .com (CST)

Biswas Clinic (Margao) 100% Guarantee Treatment for *Piles, *Fistula, *Fissures & All Kind of *Sexual diseases. Life Long permanent cure.

Contact: Opp. Sitara Motors(Bajaj Showroom), Colmorod, Navelim Road, Margao. 07350019156 (DA)

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Know your body constitution by pulse diagnosis. Ayurvedic doctor from Bangalore.

Margao – 14th, 16th & 19th, Panaji – 15th & 17th, Ponda – 17th, Vasco – 16th & 18th, Mapusa – 18th March. Contact Jai Gurudev Distributors 2713545 / 9921056455. Also available Ayurvedic / Herbal medicines, Cosmetics and food supplements from all leading companies.

(ANC) Pain Relief Center, No Medicines Given, for all joint pains, Arthritis, Paralysis, Sciatica, Spondylitis, Back, Knee, Neck Pain, Tenniselbow, heal pain, Stiff joints, guaranteed cure. Contact for appointment Dr. Nidhi Sinha, Clinic No. 9, behind Grace Church, 1st floor Laxmi Plaza Margao. Clinic No. 8, Dream Center, Navelim Junction margao 9561178853 (CST) Complete cure for Asthma, Arthritis, Piles, Infertility, Impotency, Migraines, Allergies, Acidity, Kidney Stones, Psoriasis with Homeopathy.

Contact: Dr.Dias, ‘Good Health Clinic’, Near Bombay Café, above Shahi Durbar Restaurant, OldStation Road, Margao. Call: 9822179980.

(CM) SUGAR REDUCER, urinary disease, stone. Herbs powder [can use thirsty water] available.

Kottakkal aryavaidyasala, near mutton market, Mapusa. Doctor9850461923.

(AKS) (Ayurvedic Dr. Palash) Secret Sexual Diseases: *Infertility, *Quick Discharge, *Impotency, *Nightfall, *Loose Penis, *Erection problem (Without operation *Piles, *fistula, *Fissure).

Ponda Clinic, Below Café Bhosle, Ponda & Near Bar Corner, Malim – Betim, Panaji.

Appointment – 9881889650, 9673094890 (SU-CD) Ayurvedic Treatment for Sex weakness, Secret Sexual diseases, *Infertility, *Quick discharge, *impotency, *nightfall, *Loose Penis.*Erection problem, *High Diabetes, (Without operation Piles(Bik), Fistula, Fissures), Psoriasis(skin diseases) . TUKU CLINIC, Cyber Zone Internet, Near Cine Vishant, Aquem, Margao.

9822155821.

(DA) Conveyance available for Patient, visiting St.Mary Paralytic Hospital, in Karwar Distt. in Karnataka for treatment. Contact: Sanjay 07350019168/ 09028825616.

(CM)

For sale used S/S Body Deep Freezers in excellent condition, 3 doors, horizontal.

Contact: 9545584655 (BS) Wooden pallets for sale.

Going cheap.

Contact: 9822121080.

(CM) Panasonic Fax Machine for sale. Going cheap. Contact: 9822121080.

(CM) Laptops ! Laptops ! Laptops !

Now Pickup a Cute 12”Inch Dell & Toshiba Laptop From India’s No.1 used Laptop Importer Now in Goa. Dell & Toshiba laptops @ 10,500 /only, Price Inclusive of Bag, Adapter, licensed Windows & lifetime Antivirus software.

Call: 9158615417. Special Discount for Senior Citizens & Students. LIMITED TIME OFFER. HURRY!!!

(ADT) Stock clearance of European fashion designers clothes & Jewellery for woman at Tito’s lane Baga .Contact: 9890421091 (KK) Modular Kitchen with upper glass cabinets / steel accessories / pullouts all in marine ply for only Rs.12,000/-. And 8 feet wide teak writing table with 2 large glass storage units only Rs.20,000/- for Sale. Owner shifting. Call - 9860763060 (DA) For sale Big Display heater Rs.25000/- and Restaurant/ Shop boards 2nos in good condition Rs.20000/(specially for Restaurants)Not negotiable .

Interested call-7350818464/ 7350818446.

Sofa Set, TV Stand & Mattress for sale. Contact : 9765799759.

(MCD) Wanted second hand baby cot and baby car seat contact 7798679979 (BKS)

Goa I Friday, March 16, 2012

classifieds Wanted scrap (A.C / Airconditioner) 2wheeler, 4wheeler, 6wheeler, old inverter batteries etc. Phone 9881932991 We buy computers working or non-working, monitors Rs. 300/-, UPS - Rs. 150/-, CPU Rs.150/- and Laptops. Any where Goa - 8605049134 (IND)

Sr.Jessy Kurian Adv. Supreme Court Founder President Citizen Right Trust (An NGO to promote Human Rights & Legal Aid) proposes to have Cell in Goa & is looking for kind Donors to take this initiative forward. Kindly contact Sr.Jessy Kurian 08860617912, lawyering5@gmail.com (CM) Jesus Never Fails Ministries.

Want to be truly free from sickness, curses, financial,family problems? For prayers 9822488082 /9881537402 / 9822436791.

(REB)

Termites (White–Ants), total eradication/ prevention, economical/ guaranteed, Odourless treatment. Snake control treatment.Pest Control Popular- 2251493/ 8806342794 /9823071819.

(ADT)

In stock imported arowana, large Sharks/Kois, Chiclids (Oscars, red/yellow parrotfish, horseface, dolphin, texas, venus, fivecolour), marble catfish, angels, feed (Hikari/Aquafin), medicines, plants, accessories.

Aquaculture Aquariums, Laxmi PlazaB, Behind Grace Church, Margao 6970821 / 9822074025 (REB) Available KCI Lab pups and Doberman pups healthy and vaccinated contact 9823618990 (CST)

Golden red colour, male Cocker Spaniel for sale. Call: 2712481 / 9604359947, South Goa. (CM) African grey Parrot baby four months old cute for sale.

Comes on hand moves around the house. Buyers contact: 9890314181.

(CM) Labrador for sale, 2 ½ months old. Call:-9923651640 Mapusa (AKS) Geese, Ducks, Lovebirds, Dove, Rabbits, Quails, Dogs available at Dad’s Pets, behind Rosary College, Navelim.

Contact: 9850453445. (DA)

Shops & Offices available for Sale, Near St. Andrew’s Church, Vasco. Contact: 9822154599 (SN) Outright/ Rental 40sq.mts. and 30sq.mts. 2 shops/ Godowns at Dhavi Ponda (Ponda-Margao road) near vistar showroom contact: 2312725 or 9822983138 (DK)

Shops /spacious Offices with attached washrooms, Margao - Pajifond, underconstruction, Ample Parking, Elevator with Power Backup, Sitting Lobby, 08308522700 /08698636980.

(PNS)

Shop for Rent at Cross road Avenue with attached toilet 73 Sq. Mt with Mezzanine option facing on the main road.

Contact: 2740379/2740479/ 08382225024.

(BS) Available on lease Bar & Restaurant at Mandrem border. For details call 9420162666.

(BSQ) Office Space 31, 53 and 100m2 for Sale in Metha House, Vasco. Close to Market, Railway Station, with Elevators and basements parking facilities. Contact: 9673237501.

(SD) Rental Shop at Navelim Highway 11,000 per month 3 Months deposit good location.

2BHK flat 8000 per Month 1st floor 3months deposit Navelim Contact Broker 9011973443 (CST)

Kidzee Play School urgently requires Bungalow/ Duplex on Rent, to start its Pre-Primary School in/ around Margao.

Contact: 9890156141.

(SD) Required shop for rent in around Mapusa, Duler or Porvorim to run a vehicle taping business – 9822163132.

(MCD) Urgently wanted 250 to 500 sqmt. Showroom space for Megastore on Long Lease/ Outright in around Margao.

Contact: Continental Real Estates 9527463241/ 9326105011 (ANC) Wanted urgently on Rent 100sqmtr Bus Premises for Godown Purpose in & around Cuncolim 9767501757 (SM) Urgently wanted Industrial Sheds Plots or Godown preferably Verna and Kundaim Industrial Estates 250 to 10000 sqmt. On lease / outright for ready clients. Continental Real Estates 9326105011 / 9527463241 (ANC)

Holiday Homes/1BHK/2BHK @ Seraulim-Nuvem and Karle Ville colony-Benaulim, 2BHK @Aquem –Margao, Lift, Parking, Swimming Pool @ 20lacs onwards 08308522700/08698636980.

(PNS)

2 BHK for Sale, 92 sq.mts. at Majorda, Margao 700 mt. from beach. Contact: 9765375193.

We arrange to Buy / Sell or develop your Property on a Cash and Kind Basis. For Reasonably Priced Properties, Farm Plots, Studio Apartments, Row Houses, Bungalows, Resorts and Hotels, for sale all over Goa, get in touch with us 9822127097 (ANC)

Scenic plot of 500/1000 sqmt for sale on the Balli - Quepem Highway.

Environment friendly and away from pollution. Surrounded by lush greenery and mountains. Ideal for NRIs, Foreigners, Nature lovers. Rs. 4,000/- per sqmt.

Interested person may call 9370698726 (ANC) One Bed Apartment in Saipem near Candolim, 75m2, 3 Galleries, Furnished, new fitted kitchen, 2nd floor,20 lakh only.

Contact: 8550926828.

Developed plot with sanad near Bambolim cross for sale 4km from Panaji city. C.no.

8975287978, 7350926610.

Email: ambi91@yahoo.in

192m2 double height showroom space available in Campal, under construction, close to Vivanta, parking provided, Ultra modern building, Ideal for investment also. Genuine buyers plz call ph:2228167.

Ground Floor shops area16/20/40 sq.mts @ 9lacs onwards, and 16plus 20 sq.mts @17lacs, single height, 4kms from Margao, 08308522700/ 08698636980 (PNS)

Farm house at Quepem, 8000 sqmts with ground + 1 house, servant quarters, pump house, river touching, full sprinkler system and most of Goan fruit bearing trees.

Contact 9673593303 brokers please excuse (BKS) Portuguese houses Raia, Curtorim, Nachnola, Anjuna & more. Studio apartment at Calangute, Plot at Cuncholim Mapusa 339 sq.mts Contact 7 8 7 5 0 8 7 2 4 8 www.vwfraser.com (BKS)

Plot along Camurlim Salcete Church road area 675 sq.m. with raod access for sale. Call 2540673 (VS) For sale flats / bungalows / plots / offices Borda, Aquem, Fatorda, Margao, Vasco, Ponda, Panjim, Mapusa.

Fauziya: 9673499108, Bilal: 9 8 2 2 1 2 5 7 2 8 , bilsoftproperties@gmail.com (CM) Row House for sale 158m2 at Assagao, complex completed with swimming pool. Contact:9011929952.

(AKS) Brand new 2BHK flat for sale 80m2 first floor Amrutnagar, Gogol - Margao. Brokers excuse.

Contact owner 9890262645.

(CM) For sale in Orlem Malad West Mumbai behind Church ground floor one BHK flat 450sq.ft. renovated bldg. Call: 9881333145.

(CM)

For sale, 1BHK flat 58m2 with open terrace 20m2 walking distance to Margao city.

Contact: 8806340463 / 2745042.

(CM) Plot for sale at Collem @ 2300, flat 2BHK in Malbhat.

Contact: 9921280164 / 2714513.

(CM) For sale, in Nuvem 2BHK flat for sale, highway touch 74m2.

Brokers welcome. Contact: 7875011308.

(CM) 2500 area Velsao Cansaulim Surrounded by fields 2 km from beach Approved bungalow license included for c o n d i t i o n s writeJoffy66@yahoo.com No commission paid (WN)

Industrial Plot for sale in Corlim near Vicco 1000m2 at Rs. 6000/m2 contact 9970903246

600 sq.mts. Plot for sale at Benaulim, seaview, walkable distance. Contact: 9763550115 / 2740479 /2740379 (BOS) Land touching the beach 8500m2 and 70.000m2 Cavelossim Mobor. approved hotel project land at varca 45000m2 and land at benaulim 6000m2 and palolem canacona 7800m2 beach touch and betalbatim 8000m2 ideal for hotel projects only . strictly no time pass calls and no brokers please 9823823178 (CST)

Row -villa 4BHK for sale @ 85 lacs, 180 sq.mts. at PanjimBambolim highway, 1BHK flat Calangute 20 lacs. Call8087086005.

(IND) Flat 48 m2 furnished Calangute Resort complex ground floor near Beach, double Bedroom ensuite NRI Returning home- 21 lakhs.

8237001190.

New 3BHK Row House gogol Mutt 175m2, 4 BHK Row House Ambajim fatorda 3BHK Row House 130m2 fatorda 3BHK Row House Maina Gandhi Nagar 3BHK flat 115m2 gogol matt and 2 BHK 93m2 with parking. Brokers don’t call 9011973443.

(CST)

Plot 225 With Compound Wall at Betalbatim Near Hotel jasmine 19 lakhs Only. 2BHK used flat for sale 26 lakhs Navelim New flats also Available Navelim Brokers dont call 9823014710 (CST)

For sale, spacious four bedroom bungalow full marble flooring, full teakwood fixtures, Rodlin - opposite Gate Gourmet, Alto – Dabolim.

Brokers strictly not not welcomed. Call: 8805646704.

(CM)

Fully Furnished 3BHK villa and 1BHK Apartment at Riviera Arpora for Sale. Call 9860763060.

(DA)

For sale 400m2 Plot at Ambeque, Verna. 400mts from Verna Bypass, on Verna Bypass - Utorda Road. Contact: 9881725069 (BS)

2BHK Flat, 88.26sqmts in St Cruz for immediate sale on the main road near Dempo Residence. Call: 8605354679 / 8698944709

Two BHK third floor flat for sale at Margao area. Contact: Owner 9822121204.

(CM)

Rental Office wanted: 100 to 150m2 premises for rent at Patto Plaza, Panaji, Goa. Call Property Management Group 2438560 / 2438559 (ANK)

2BHK Flats under construction, 104 sq.mts. @ 38000/- sq.mts. at Mungul, Margao - Colva Road. Contact: 9822128386 / 9975791304 / 6480792 (BS)

For sale 3BHK Penthouse, open terrace, fully furnished, 150 sq.mts. @ 80 lakhs in Malbhat, Margao.

Call: 2726824 / 9604722712 (BS)

For sale: 1BHK apt in Calangute, 2BHK in Calangute, Studio apt in Arpora and 3 BHK villa in Assagao call 9371192587, 9326123530, 2277439.

(KK)

Panaji: Wanted 40m2 to 100m2 Office premises in Patto Plaza for outright purchase.

Call Property Management Group 2438560 / 2438559 (ANK)

5 BHK house in good Locality 1.5 Klm from GMC. Contact 7798610325/ 9822120334

Settlement plot 450 sqmtrs 4 sale in Aldona. Contact : 9604829424.

(MCD)

Flat for sale at Majorda near Alila Diwa Hotel, 5minutes to the beach.

Contact: 09818749911 / 09313328000.

(CM)

1BHK Fully Furnish 1st floor lift swimming pool gym, Ac, security car park Landscape Shire Caranzalem 9604140186.

Brokers Excuse.

(WN)

Available Prime shops 30&60sqm on MG road, opp to Don Bosco school. Under construction possession 18months. Only Genuine buyers call ph:2228167.

Hurry!!! Book your dream home now at just Rs.2 Lakh *Available flats / shops at Tulip Coastal Delight, Carmona, Salcete – Goa. (Under construction).

Contact: 9545261766 / 9823635310. Visit W e b p a g e : www.tulipdwellings.com *Conditions apply.

(CM)

Scenic Orchard land of 50,000 sqmts. with a stream running in-between for sale at Padi – Canacona. Ideal for farm houses/farm plots or an eco tourism projects. Rs. 550/- per sqmts. Genuine buyers please call 9370698726 from 9.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m (ANC)

125 sq.mt plot with approved plan G+1 for bunglow in southgoa, cansaulim, close to market,beach.

11 lakhs 9890165690.

(WN)

At calangute– Candolim Good shops / showroom for sale / rent for details email mdkrealestate@rediffmail.co m 0r call 9822982783 for appointment (KK)

TO ADVERTISE IN CLASSIFIEDS, CALL ON: 6518505 / 6518516

Villa for sale 3BHK 220 sq mts fully furnished ready possession at Saligao North Goa with all modern amenities for details T: 9029163269 / 8 1 0 8 0 3 7 3 0 0 : www.richmondepark.com.

(WN)

Shop for sale at Curchorem area 32 sqmts. Contact 9850162669 (EMM) Available for rent office with attached toilet at Gera Imperium, Patto Panjim & 2BHK fully-furnished flat in a gated community with swimming pool at Benaulim.

Call: 9049560060 / 2773982.

(CM)

www.heraldgoa.in

New Bunglow, 220 Sq-m, 4 bed Independent compound wall with gate, 415Sq-m plot, 2t panzarconi , cuncolim Salcete Goa, 7km from Margao.

City Ready Possession for sale, 97 Lacks contact:- 7875038817 (WN) For sale flats, plots, shops 2BHK 1st floor 80m2 Gogal, 3BHK duplex ground floor 123m2 Navelim, plot 459m2 Navelim Mandop, plot 400m2 San de Areal, shop 20m2 dheight KTC Madel, shop 45m2 d-height Margao city. For details call: 9545273174.

Brokers strictly excuse. (CM)

Place your advertisements on our Herald Classified pages and get maximum returns for your money

Sea Scan Maritime Foundation conducts DG Shipping Govt. of India approved STCW’95 (FPFF, PEST, PSSR, EFA & OTF courses). Pkg of four courses Rs. 13500/- only Indos No’s issued after the completion of courses for booking contact 2423409/10, 9822132034, Margao booking office 2732706.

(WN)

Wanted for a reputed company at Miramar, Sales Consultant - 12th Pass, minimum one year experienced. Sales Executive Graduate, minimum 3 years experienced. Candidates with excellent communication / computer skills preferred.

Salary: 8000-15000. Contact: 9 7 6 4 4 4 9 2 7 2 , placements@goodwingroup.i n (MH-CB) Margao based firm urgently requires Accountant (well versed with Tally & min 3 years exp) Ticketing /Reservations staff min 3 yrs exp. Portuguese document Translator (age upto 40 yrs) with good communication skills & basic computer knowledge. Email: varasa.p@rediffmail.com or 9765391416 (EMM) Urgently required Housemaid for a Catholic family. Must have valid Passport. Call: 9822550588.

(CM) Wanted LMV Driver to drive hearse vehicle.

Salary Rs.7,000/-. Candidate from South Goa, Call: 9011911904.

(CM)

Buy sell rent at right value.

Contact Synchro Leisure Services P.V.T. L.T.D. / Email details at info@slsgoa.in.

Phone: 8805210477 (ADT) Fully developed sub divided approved compounded 560m2 plot @ 10,000/-m2 negotiable, at Nessai South Goa for immediate sale.

9890621397.

(CM) Plot for sale 3000sqmts Near MES MARGAO 600Sqmts Navelim & Many more Contact 7350115665/7588444749 (CST)

Orchard Land urgently wanted in Betalbatim, Nuvem, Verna, Raia, Seraulim & Sernabatim.

Call:9922926163 (BS) Wanted Land anywhere in North Goa preferably Arpora, Nagoa, Sangolda, Parra, Saligao. Clear Title with Access, 1000m2 and above, reasonably priced. Contact : 09822100511– email info@riversideregency.com (MCD) Wanted agricultural Orchard land, hillocks, paddy field for plantation and nursery sms/ call 8975079999.

(ADZ) Wanted plot 300 to 2000sqmt In around Aquem, Power House, Gogol Navelim, Malbhat, Pajifond, Nuvem, Raia Contact 7350115665 /7588444749 (CST) Required 1BHK/ 2BHK in Margoa at Navelim area only, near Rosary Church/ Rosary college/ Sitara Bajaj/ Konkan railway station, etc for outright purchase. Owners contact: 9823679198. (Brokers with good deals only may contact). Kindly SMS details Plots, Villas, Bungalows, Apartments in South/ North Goa. Contact 7875087248/8390701197 www.vwfraser.com (BKS) Wanted 2 BHK or 3 BHK flat in or around Panjim for outright purchase call 9527611718 (Brokers / Agents excuse) (WN) Wanted office in Panjim for outright purchase Call 9527611718 (Brokers / Agents excuse) (WN) Wanted properties in Goa for Development / Construction interested Landowners Call 9527611718 (WN)

DG Shipping Govt of India approved STCW 95 even Passenger Familiarization Courses can be done in 12 days with INDOS Number. New rates for Panama CDC - 17000/, Booking available. Contact: 6555374, 9987678131 / 9209266294 (BS)

Wanted smart Sales Staff to work at a mobile shop in Margao. Contact: City Centre 9822581001.

(CM) Wanted Driver cum Office Boy to work in Margao. Contact: Goan Realtors 9822110775.

(CM) Wanted Taxi Driver for tourist vehicle, Colva. Contact: 9850124704 / 9850783544.

(CM) Wanted a Beautician for a Ladies Beauty Parlour in Orlim.

Contact: 9890718509 / 7507156609.

(CM) Wanted urgently for Margao, Varca sites - Project Engineers, Site Engineers, Supervisors, Accountant, 1-4years experience on Multistoreyed building. Fresher also apply.

Mail CV pearls456@rediffmail.com / write Pearls Construction C/o.

I.Gomes Plot 42, Housing Board Colony, Gogol - Margao.

(CM) Office Assistant urgently required from in & around Margao for leading Dental Clinic in Margao, fluent in English. Call: 2735663. (CM) Wanted a Receptionist for a Dental Clinic in Margao with min. XIIth. Contact with biodata at 2736804.

(CM) Wanted full-time / part-time smart Salesgirl, Craft Teachers, Showroom Manager, Marketing Executives for a unique toy shop cum kids club at Navelim. Contact: Fun World Mob.: 9503442380.

(CM) Wanted Waiters, Dishwashers & Kitchen Helpers for Beach Shack in Calangute. Contact9822183119 Francis.

(AKS) Wanted female Office Assistant staying in and around Margao, with minimum one year experience & computer knowledge.

Contact with C.V at Goa Petroleum Transport Company. above Radio Mundial, near Muncipality, Margao. on Monday 19th March between 9:30am to 12:30pm.

(INT) Wanted Udpi Cooks & Waiters for Bar & Restaurant. Call: 9970372173.

(CM) A top class restaurant in Verna requires Bartenders, Stewards, Ass Cooks, Kitchen Helpers good salary with free food and accommodation.

Contact: 9823134426 (BL)

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Wanted Allrounder Cook, Tandoori Cook & Helper for Restaurant in Margao.

Contact: 7387602673. (CM)

Required Boys / Girls for Packing Dept. & Office Staff.

Qual: 10-12, age 18-25. Earn 7600-9600.

Contact: 8806168813 / 9545223970 (BS) Wanted Medical Representatives, Area Sales Managers, Regional Managers for Margao, Panaji, Ratnagiri, Mumbai, Nasik, Kolhapur research driven company of Chennai. Good salary package.

Secure job. Walk-in Rajesh Khattar.

Mobile – 09224106620. Hotel Raviraj Classic, near Madgaon Railway Station, Calconda Margaon.

Room # 105.

Email: subrata_som@jrksiddha.com (CM) Wanted girl for travel counter at Panjim and Calangute.

Qualification SSC. Preferable with basic knowledge of computer.

Contact:2422858/2281047 (WN) Wanted Live-in Maid for an elderly lady in Chandor, Salcette Goa. Salary above Rs. 5000/-. Contact 9689374713 / 08322784329 (VS) Wanted technicians for South & North Goa, for prestige Ltd. to repair mixer, Grinder, Cookers, good slary + PF+ ESI+DA+ Conveyance on company rote. Contacat :9272450601 (IND) Wanted Marketing Executive in Ponda ( with or Without Experience ) to develop the sales market of building Architectural product in south Goa. We offers an attractive salary package to the deserving candidates. Contact :9823762735 & Pls send Your CV to below EmailID:godhumal@rediffmail. com (SU-CB) Wanted Bar Helper for restaurant at Candolim. Salary Rs.5000/- plus free food, accommodation. Contacvt Mob. 9822149629.

Wanted Goan Cook , Assistant Cook, Tandoori Helpers, Kitchen Helpers,Dish Washers, Kitchen Supervisors, Kot Readers for a Restaurant in Margo.Food and accommodation provided.

9822133506/ 9890959377.

(EMM)

Wanted House Maid for decent Catholic family of four at Gogol - Margao. Salary 3000/- Timings (8.30 - 4.30pm) Mob: 9922560964 (Margao) (BS) Life is full of opportunities for any age, any background. We will be delighted with Ur Presence Inviting U for Work From Home Income opportunity with Multinational Co. Contact Arti 9822980327.

Required Reliable Beauty Therapist For Marbella Guesthouse, Sinquerim, Candolim For interview call Manager Phone : 08322479551 (WN) Nike Showroom Candolim Urgently Requires Indoor Sales Staff Boys / Girls with fluency in English. Walk-In interview at NIKE, Shop No. 14, Highland Holiday Homes, Next to Newtons Super Market, Candolim.

(AS) Urgently wanted Architectural Assistant, Civil Draughtsman, with knowledge of Autocad.

Contact Architect Francis Fernandis Behind ST Annes Church, Ponda–Goa: Tel:9657724459 (SU) Wanted Sales Girl for a reputed water pump firm.

Contact 09823185944 / 6480155 M/s. Bhat, Shop no 14, Garden View Appts., behind Axis Bank, Margao.

(EMM) Wanted a fulltime housemaid / Nanny for Christian family in Carmona responsible separated / Widow with a Child preferred 9226789108 / 8888585308 (REB) Wanted Stewards for a reputed bar on Tito’s lane.

“Salary Rs. 9,000 + Incentives” Call: 9923426336 (TH) Panjim Travel Agency requires 1. Marketing/Creative person (Must know Corel Draw/Photoshop 1. Hotel Reservations staff 1. Night Receptionist (Travel Qualification is an advantage) 1. Driver (with 5 years experience). Good package offered. Email CV to Xavier@speedbirdtravels.com / Call 9623671185.

(WN)

Wanted for Reputed Restaurant in Panaji, Waiter 2, Tandoor Cook -1, Kitchen Helper - 2, Dishwasher cum Cleaner-2, Attractive Salary, Good Food & Accomodation 9860030270.

(SM) Urgently Wanted waiters, Dishwashers, Kitchen helpers, Indian cook for a Restaurant in Donapaula. contact: 7798337773/9960852025/9970 444760 Wantedfield operators, database administrators for second phase of SECC, project Goa. Contact: 9923684029/9960919085/915 8394627.

Female Office Assistant / Typist (part / full time) wanted urgently. Attend interview Today / Tomorrow: ALPHA TUTORIALS, Opp. ITI, Borda, Margao. 9822484673 (BS) Required for Office Staff male / female.

Age 18-30.

Qualification: 8-12, salary + travelling 7500 - 9500.

Contact: 9765453480 / 8149485299 (BS) Urgently required for Office Staff. Age 18-30, qualification 8th - 12th, Salary 8500-9500.

Contact: 8983428099 / 7798534105 (BS) Wanted urgently Light / Heavy Vehicle Drivers with heavy duty professional licence.

Contact: Apollo Engineers, Margao - Goa. 2714307 (BS) Required I.T.I, Driver, Ladies & Gents for Packing.

Housekeeping Supervisor (Female) Contact: 9881908475 (BS) Wanted “All rounder chef’s skilled in Indian and Continental cooking for a beach shack. Salary Rs. 11000 onwards with free accommodation call (o) 9241780851 for immediate appointment.

(CST)

Urgently required Security Supervisor and Security Guards, salary Rs. 7500/- and Rs.6750/- plus benefits. Please contact with ID Proof, to Private Guards, next to Airosonic. After Military Hospital, Miramar Road, before Reliance Web World, Campal Panaji, Phone: 3250715.

(WN) Wanted urgently experience Waiters, Captain, Goan Indian Tandoori Cook, Kitchen Helper. Good salary food tips accomodation 12monhs running restaurant at small Vagator beach Goa 9850555540 Urgently wanted Waiters, Helpers & Dishwashers (female) for pure veg. restaurant at Margao, contact: 9822382905 (MR) Travel and Sports Company looking for an Office assistant in North Goa with good command over English. Bike Licence and computer skills. call: 9890047272 (MH) Wanted web developer with extensive knowledge of adobe suite / PHP / OOP / Javascript / MYSQL / CSS / Flash contact 2730253 (GL) Require for SIIDA ship management pvt Cooks, Stewards, house keeping, galley utility, bar waiters, commi i, for european, american cruises, rigs, barges , supply vessel. Contact freddy 9545477261 (GL)

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Infosys Ltd expects to double its product research and development engineers to 1,000 in India

The IATA is in talks to reinstate Kingfisher Airlines into its account settlement systems

Budget 2012: India Inc's expectations MUMBAI: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the annual budget to parliament on Friday against a backdrop of slowing growth and burgeoning fiscal deficit.

The government will have to do a balancing act, by raising taxes on some items such as cars, consumer goods and cement to raise revenue, and give incentives to boost business confidence.

Following are industry expectations on the budget for the fiscal year

2012/13 that begins on April 1. n Retailers are expecting the government to announce a roadmap to open up the supermarket sector to foreign giants such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour, which would help in tie-ups and boost capital inflows. n Automakers are bracing for a possible tax of up to 80,000 rupees on diesel cars to partially help fuel retailers for selling fuel at below cost. Analysts say

if levied, the tax could result in the cost of a diesel car increasing by up to 20 percent. n The government is likely to raise the exemption limit on investment in long-term tax-free bonds for infrastructure projects. n Banks expect a government package for loans given to state electricity boards that are in the red and unable to repay. n Banks also expect tax breaks on long-term deposits to help address

asset-liability mismatch. government may roll back stimulus provided during the 2008/09 crisis, by raising excise duty on non-petroleum products such as cement, consumer goods and cigarettes to 12 percent from 10 percent. Companies are lobbying against it. n Government may impose 15-25 percent customs duty on select import items, including power equipment to boost local industry. n The finance ministry n The

may extend tax holiday to 10 years for oil producers and refiners, from 7 years currently. n Expect government to remove 5 percent import duty on LNG and natural gas. n IT industry is lobbying for an extension of tax holiday, especially for small and medium firms to cope with pricing pressures and lower margins. n The IT industry has also asked for reviving tax exemption for units in spe-

cial economic zones. n Hospitals and healthcare

companies expect extension of tax holiday in Tier-II and III towns to 10 years from 5 years. n The finance ministry may announce incentives to encourage higher spending on drugs research and development.

The government is also likely to raise healthcare spending. n Import duty on thermal coal may be scrapped to give a boost to power companies. Reuters

Expectations for energy, commodities NEW DELHI: India announces its annual budget on Friday as high global oil prices pressure finances for Asia's third-largest crude importer and its commitment to providing cheap food to the poor weighs.

Following are some of the measures which might be addressed in the budget, which will be delivered by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to parliament on Friday:

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Refiners want a waiver of a withholding tax which could be as high as 40 percent on payments made in rupees for Iranian oil. The government wants payments for Iranian imports to be made in rupees but so far the mechanism has not taken off, partly because of the tax issue.

Global oil prices have surged as much as 13 percent since the last budget, increasing the revenue losses of state-run retailers that sell at below market rates.

Domestic prices of diesel, cooking gas and kerosene are still heavily subsidised by the government and the budget could take steps to cut the financial burden.

The government could increase prices of these subsidised fuels or announce enhanced subsidy support for state-run fuel retailers, who are expected to incur a revenue loss of 1.4 trillion rupees in the current fiscal year on subsidised sales.

One option could be to fix a per litre subsidy for diesel sales, as favoured by a finance ministry report on Thursday, to curb demand for the fuel in case global prices rise and to specify the government's annual subsidy share in advance.

For liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, industry is seeking elimination of five percent import tax, a move that would cut power generation and fertiliser production costs.

FOOD The government could take steps to curb imports of refined palm oil after a surge in February imports on the back of a tax change by Indonesia to make refined product more attractive than crude.

New Delhi could raise the import tax from the current 7.5 percent or could increase the base price used to calculate the import tax.

The tax-free export policy on rice and wheat is likely to continue as stocks remain high and supplies strong. No major tax break is expected for sugar as production exceeds demand, making the world's top consumer a net exporter in 2011/12.

On pulses, no change is likely to the current zero import duty, as India continues to need extra supplies.

FARMS The budget usually contains some measures for investment in the farm sector, which contributes around 14 percent to overall gross domestic product (GDP) and employs more than half the country's work force. The sector is set to grow at 2.5 percent in 2011/12, marginally lower than earlier projections, according to a finance ministry report published on Thursday.

This year there could also be moves to raise rice and pulses output in non-traditional regions such as the north east.

IRON ORE, COAL, STEEL Iron ore export duties are likely to stay at 30 percent despite calls from miners for them to be cut, as the government tries to encourage retention of supplies of the steel-making raw material for domestic use.

The steel industry has called for coal imports to be exempt from customs duty.

The state-run mining monopoly, Coal India, could be given some incentives to boost production.

FERTILISERS The government is likely to raise prices of nitrogenous urea -- possibly by more than 10 percent -- as it tries to cut subsidies for the widely-used fertiliser, whose production costs have been hit by high freight rates and gas prices.

The government may also modify subsidies to existing urea producers. India on March 1 trimmed the subsidy for potash and phosphatic fertilisers for next financial year. Reuters

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India needs $145 b worth of planes: Airbus HYDERABAD: India's aviation industry will require over 1,040 new aircraft worth $145 billion by 2030, plane manufacturer Airbus said on Thursday, to fuel continued growth in the country's rapidly expanding airline sector.

"Growing urbanization and population concentra-

tions combined with a growing middle class and dynamic economic growth are driving demand and this trend is expected to continue," said Airbus, a unit of Europe's EADS, in a statement. PTI

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Present tense, future good, says Economic Survey NEW DELHI: Terming the economic performance in the current fiscal as "disappointing", the government's Economic Survey today expressed the confidence that an upswing is imminent and growth rate would rebound to 7.6 per cent in 2012-13, though challenges to contain inflation would remain.

Attributing the decline in economic growth, which is projected to be at three-year low of 6.9 per cent in 201112, to global and domestic factors, the Survey, said, "There are signs from some high frequency indicators that the weakness in economic activity has bottomed out and a gradual upswing is imminent".

The economic growth in the current fiscal is expected to slip to 6.9 per cent from 8.4 per cent in the previous two years. India was growing at over nine per cent before the global financial crisis pulled down the growth to 6.7 per cent in 2008-09.

On future prospects, the Survey, an official account

There are signs from some high frequency indicators that the weakness in economic activity has bottomed out and a gradual upswing is imminent of the performance of the economy, said, "The growth rate of real GDP (is expected) to pick up to 7.6 per cent (plus or minus 0.25 per cent) in 2012-13 and faster beyond that." The growth rate will further improve to 8.6 per cent in 2013-14.

Referring to the major challenges, the Survey said, the government would need to focus on fiscal consolidation, inflation management and reforms of direct and indirect taxes, besides initiating steps to deal with the menace of corruption.

It further said that likely easing of inflationary pressure and subsequent reduc-

tion in interest rates would fuel economic growth, though cautioned that rising crude prices in the international market would continue to put pressure on prices.

The Survey said the slowdown in economic growth should act as "a wake-up call" for the government and the RBI to address the domestic issues hampering recovery.

Referring to tight monetary policy, persistently high inflation and slowing investment and industrial activity, it said, "there is room and need to be innovative in terms of policy; the slowing of economy is a wake-up call in that respect".

The Survey said that inflation would come down to 6.5-7 per cent by March end. "Reining in inflation and containing inflationary expectations will continue to be important objectives of monetary policy; the shift to growth objectives has started. As inflation eases, it will open up opportunities to reduce policy

rates," the Survey said.

The fiscal deficit, it said, will narrow to 4.1 per cent in 2012-13 fiscal. For the current fiscal, it is widely expected that the Budget projection of 4.6 per cent will overshoot by one percentage point.

"Going forward there is a need to anchor fiscal consolidation on structural reforms in expenditure," the survey said, adding that lower-than-expected growth in revenue receipts, slowdown in industry, rising costs and additional expenditure on account of stickiness in high global commodity prices, brought about slippages in the government finances.

The Survey also said that industrial growth is likely to rebound next fiscal on moderation in inflation and easing global commodity prices and declining interest rates.

It projected the economic growth to rebound to 8.6 per cent in 20131-14 fiscal, however, the Chief Eco-

nomic Advisor to the Finance Minister Kaushik Basu said, "there could be one more year of slowdown in investment and savings."

Currently investment and savings rate stands at 35.1 per cent and 32.3 per cent respectively. Three year ago investment rate was over 38 per cent, while the savings was more than 36 per cent. PTI

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PUBLIC NOTICE The public is hereby notified that the "SandDunes Cooperative Housing Society", D.B. Road, Miramar, Panaji-Goa has resolved to transfer flat no. D/2/2 belonging to late Mrs LaviniaAlmeida, to:(I) Mrs Eudora Samuel w/o late Jeremiah Samuel and (ii) Mrs. Brenda D'Silva w/o Joseph, I C. Silva Nominated jointly, and designated in her last legal will as heirs of her entire assets movable/immovable.

That this notice is published as per terms of Bye-law no. 31 the Goa Cooperative SocietiesAct 2001 and Rules 2003. Hence and therefore any objection whatsoever to the above transfer by any person; is required to be filed formally within 30 days of the publication of this notice, failing which adequate notice will have been deemed to be served as to the transfer of the flat.

Sd/ For Managing Committee

Sand Dunes Cooperative Housing Society.

Sand Dunes Co-operative, Housing Society Limited. Miramar, Panaji - Goa.

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keep with RBI, has been retained at 4.75 per cent. But this rate was reduced only on March 10 by 0.75 percentage points to infuse Rs 48,000 crore in the system to ease liquidity.

"Notwithstanding the deceleration in growth, inflation risks remain, which will influence both the timing and magnitude of future rate actions," Subbarao said, adding that suppressed prices of fuel, fertiliser and power pose risk

Construction of Gutter in Ward No. 6 from the village Road to the house of Dhadgo Gaonkar at Mauxi, V. P. 1,69,666.46 Mauxi, Sattari, Goa.

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Construction of Footpath in Ward No. 4 from the house of 1,71,004.32 Vasudev Gawas to the house of Nakul Rajaram Gawas at Zarme in V.P. Mauxi, Sattari, Goa.

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Tender Form Time Class of Fee (Rs) Limit Contractor

4242.00

1000.00

90 IV & above Days RBLD

4275.00

1000.00

90 IV & above Days RBLD

Construction of Footpath in Ward No. 2 from the Mahamaya Temple to the house of Laximan Tukaram 1,67,341.00 Sawant and Dnyaneswar Sawant at Kopardem, in V.P. Mauxi, Sattari, Goa.

4184.00

1000.00

90 IV & above RBLD Days

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Construction of Platform (Stage) in ward No. 7 near 1,52,542.37 Primary School at Nagvem, V.P. Mauxi, Sattari, Goa.

3814.00

1000.00

90 IV & above Days BLG.

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Construction of supporting Wall (Protection Wall) from the house of Shri Lad Sawardekar to Rama Gawas at 1,66,742.00 Dabem, V.P. Mauxi, Sattari, Goa.

4169.00

1000.00

90 IV & above Days RBLD

Terms & Conditions :- 1. The last date of receipt of application on 24.03.2012 upto 12.00 noon. 2. The last date of payment towards tender form shall be accepted on 26.03.2012 upto 12.00 noon. (non-refundable).

3. Issue of blank tender form set on 28.03.2012 upto 12.30. p.m. in person or agent authority letter attested by any Gazetted Officer. 4. The sealed tender forms will be accepted on 30.03.2012 upto 12.00 noon & will be opened on the same day at 12.30. pm in the presence V. P. Member, Contractors, if any eligible.

5. The contractor should produce income tax clearance, VAT clearance and contractors valid licence alongwtih the application form. 6. E.M.D. may be deposited in V.P. Office and receipt issued by the V.P. should be enclosed alongwith the tender form. 7. The right to reject any or accept any one or all tenders without assigning any reason thereof is reserved. The conditioned and unbalanced tenders will be rejected outrightly.

Sd/- ( Janu T. Kale ), Sarpanch, Village Panchayat Mauxi, Sattari - Goa.

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No. VP/OXEL/TENDER- NOTICE / WORKS / 2011-12 / 1506 DATE: 15-03-2012 TENDER NOTICE The Sarpanch of Village Panchayat Oxel, Bardez Goa, on behalf of Panchayat invites sealed tenders from the eligible registered P.W.D. contractors, for the below mentioned works.

RBI keeps interest rates unchanged to inflation in the economy.

The RBI said the upside risks to inflation have increased from the recent surge in crude oil prices, fiscal slippages in government finances and rupee's appreciation.

Inflation rose to 6.95 per cent in February which is much above the Reserve Bank's comfort level of 5-6 per cent.

RBI said while there is a slowdown in economy, the GDP growth in the last quarter of the current financial year is expected to be better than the previous three-month period.

The RBI policy, along with political uncertainty, dampened investor sentiment with BSE benchmark Sensex plunging over 240 points at midday. PTI

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MUMBAI: With inflation remaining high, the Reserve Bank today kept the interest rate unchanged for now, but made a promise that cost of borrowing will come down in future.

Amidst expectations of a pause in tight monetary policy, RBI Governor D Subbarao gave a firm signal that no further hardening of interest rates is required.

However, the timing and the quantum of rate cuts will be determined by inflation, he said unveiling the mid-quarterly review of the credit policy, a day before the Union Budget.

The benchmark policy interest rate (repo rate) at which RBI lends to banks has been kept unchanged at 8.5 per cent. The cash reserve ratio, the portion of deposits banks need to

VILLAGE PANCHAYAT MAUXI, SATTARI - GOA

Ref. No. V.P. M / SAT / TENDER NOTICE / 2011 - 12 / 1458 Date : 13.03.2012 TENDER NOTICE The Sarpanch, Village Panchayat Mauxi, Sattari - Goa, on behalf of V. P Mauxi invites sealed percentage rate tenders to execute the following works from approved and eligible contractors registered with State of Goa, PWD upto 30.03.2012 upto 12.00 noon.

Name of work

Estimated Cost (Rs.)

2.

3.

E.M.D. (Rs.) 4.

Time Contractor Cost of Tender form (Days) class (Rs.) 5.

6.

7.

1. Construction of toilet with septic tank consisting of two blocks at Bhati Oxel (GJG)

2,95,223.00

7,381.00

90

IV

1500.00

2. Beautification & laying of pavers tiles at Ganapati Visarjan place at Chouki Oxel, V.P. Oxel, (GJG)

1,16,390.00

2,910.00

60

V

1000.00

3. Beautification of CROSS with shed & laying of chequerred tiles at Bamanwado Oxel, (GJG)

1,67,003.00

4,175.00

60

IV

1200.00

4. Repairs & laying of PCC to crematorium situated

91,668.00

2,292.00

60

V

5. Construction of shed near Kalika Temple, Bhati

1,45,111.00

3,628.00

60

6. Construction of bus stop with shed at Aradi, V.P.

1,48,732.00

3,718.00

90

IV

4,71,567.00 11,789.00

90

III

at Aradi Oxel in sy. No. 78 V.P. Oxel, (GJG) V.P. Oxel, (GJG) Oxel, (GJG)

7. Construction of footpath with chequerred tiles in ward

no. 5, Ramwaddo, from Ramakant Chodankars house to Savitri G. Halarnkar house and at various places through Ramvaddo in ward no. 5, V.P. Oxel.

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1000.00 1200.00 1200.00 2000.00

Last date of application for blank tender form is 22.03.2012 up to 1.00 p.m.

Last date for making payment for issuing blank tender form and depositing earnest money deposit (EMD) is 26.03.2012 up to 11.30 a.m.

Sealed tender form with E.M.D. receipt shall be accepted by this office up to 12.30 p.m. on 27.03.2012 Tenders will be opened on 27.03.2012 between 3.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.

N.B: 1) Contractors should produce attested copy of valid registered P.W.D. license, income tax & sales tax / VAT certificate, and work experience certificates 2) Right to accept any tender or to reject all the tenders without assigning any reason thereof is reserved by the Panchayat.

DRAFT SUMMARY OF TENDER NOTICE TENDER NOTICE NO.PWD/DIV.8 (B.S)/ASW/2001/22/2011-2012 th Dated: 12 March, 2012.

The Executive Engineer, Works Division VIII (Bldgs.-South), PWD, Fatorda, Margao invites on behalf of The Governor of Goa, sealed Item/Percentage rate tenders for the below mentioned works upto 1.00 P.M. on 29th March, 2012 and will be opened immediately on the same day after 3.00 P.M. ITEM RATE 1. Repairs to the toilets, Alluminium shutters and providing and fixing ceramic tiles for wards at T.B. Hospital Monte, Margao.

Rs. 13,35,395.00 2. Urgent premonsoon repairs/maintenance to 'A' & 'B' type Police quarters and P.I. bungalow at Verna Police station.

Rs. 6,11,858.00 3. Maintenance and repairs to quarters No. D-l-1, D-I-2, D2-1, D-2-2 and construction of parking shed at Judicial Rs. 5,23,681.00 quarters, Monte Hill, Margao.

4. Providing of anti-termite treatment and other minor works Rs. 4,59,722.00 for District and Sessions Court building,Margao 5. Premonsoon repairs to school building in Mormugao Taluka.

Rs. 3,64,940.00 6. Shifting of water tanks including roofing and new G.I. pipeline for Dialysis unit system at Hospicio Hospital, Rs. 3,07,618.00 Margao.

7. Repairs to the collapsed compound wall at T.B. Hospital Monte, Margao.

Rs. 3,07,592.00 8. Urgent repairs and sanitary work of kitchen block at T.B. Hospital Monte, Margao.

Rs. 2,51,998.00 9. Providing and fixing of chain link fencing for compound wall at Hospicio Hospital, Margao Rs. 2.33,277.00 10. Urgent guniting work to the ceiling of open verandahs of Rs. 1,88,951.00 Annexe building at Hospicio Hospital, Margao.

11. Construction of new sewerage inspection manhole and repairs to the sewerage line at Hospicio Hospital, Rs. 1,52,329.00 Margao.

PERCENTAGE RATE 12. Replacement of window grills of Civil Supplies godown Rs. at Canacona.

97.579.00

1. Last date of receipt of application is on 22nd March, 2012 upto 1.00 P.M..

2. Last date of payment for lender form is on 26th March, 2012 upto 1 .00 P.M. Detailed Tender Notice may be referred put up on the office Notice Board before applying for tender.

DI/Advt/1801/2012

Sd/- ( Rama S. Parab ) - Sarpanch, V. P. Oxel.

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NATIONAL OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP/PASSAGE GRANT FOR SC Etc. CANDIDATES FOR THE SELECTION YEAR - 2011-2012.

Applications in the prescribed format are invited for 30 overseas scholarships and 5 passage grant from eligible candidates belonging to the following categories: Sr. Category No. of No. of No. Scholarship Passage Grant 1.

Scheduled Castes

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2.

Denotified Nomadic and semi-Nomadic Tribes

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3.

Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional Artisans

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II) Specified Fields of Study:Discipline-wise distribution of the Scholarships for higher studies abroad is as under:a) b) c) d) e)

Fields of study Engineering Management Pure Sciences Agricultural Science Medicine

No. of seats 20 05 05

30% of the awards shall be earmarked for women candidates.

III) Passage Grant: For the passage grant, only those candidates are eligible who possess a Master or equivalent degree in above disciplines and are in receipt of merit scholarship for Post Graduate studies, Research or Training abroad (excluding attending seminars, workshops, conferences from a foreign Government/organisation or under any other scheme where the cost of passage is not provided).

2. Applications should be sent at the following address within 45 days from the date of appearance of detailed advertisement in the Employment News:The Under Secretary, SCD-V Section, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Room No. 253- ‘A’ Wing, Shastri Bhavan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-110 001 The detailed advertisement, application form and other terms/conditions of the scheme may be seen in this Ministry’s website:- www.socialjustice.nic.in GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT

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Salgaocar, Sarvodaya Royals win

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Happy Birthday Baba Adson From, Papa, Isidore, Big Mama Argentina, Parlen Mama Neustron

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A very Happy Birthday to our darling From, GodPa: Lourdino, Godma: Lavina, Nana: Francisca

(Navelim)

PANJIM: Salgaocar Sports Club outplayed Dempo CC by 37 runs and Sarvodaya Royals defeated GCA Academy Stars by 19 runs in GPL T20 cricket, at GCA ground, Porvorim, Thursday.

Dempo won the toss and elected to field. Salgaocar scored 159/6 in 20 overs.

Skipper Sagun Kamat led from the front and scored a quick-fire 87 runs (6 fours, 5 sixes, 92 minutes) off just

56 balls to help Salgaocar post a mammoth total. He was declared man-of-thematch for his scintillating performance with the bat.

He was supported by Yogesh Takawale 47 (5 fours, 1 six) and Vishal Singh 13 (2 fours).

In reply, Dempo failed to reach the target and managed a meager 122/6 in 20 overs. Vikas Singh was too good with his bat scoring an unbeaten 46 (5 fours) off 47 balls but did not receive

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adequate support to overhaul the target.

Sherman Vaz took two wickets while Saurabh Bandekar, Pratamesh Salunke, Vishal Singh and Badal Singh picked one each.

In another match, GCA won the toss and invited Sarvodaya to bat first. Sarvodaya scored a respectable 146/5 in 20 overs. Man-ofthe-match Ian Dev Singh scored a blistering 65 (8 fours, 29 minutes) off just

Sagun

48 balls.

Rahul Keni 30 and Reagan Pinto 25 were the other major contributors.

Azghar Pasha picked two wickets while Yogesh Chodankar took one.

In reply, GCA scored 127/6 in 18.2 overs. Kamran Khan took an astounding five-wicket haul for just 25 runs.

Skipper Robin D’Souza and Amit Yadav took one wicket each.

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Swimathon at Bambolim

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PANJIM: Grand Hyatt, Goa will organise Swimathon 2012, an open water swimming event on March 18, at Bambolim beach, here.

Three different events for swimmers of differing capabilities including a 2km

swimathon, (first prize Rs 5,000, second Rs 2,500 and third Rs 1,000); 1km halfswimathon, (first prize Rs 3,000, second Rs 1,500 and third Rs 1,000); 250metre long-short-swim, (first prize is Rs 2,000, second Rs 1,000 and third Rs 500) will be organised.

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Nerul edge past Navelim TEAM HERALD sports@herald-goa.com

CALANGUTE: Nerul Sports Club over powered Navelim Sporting Club 6-5 via the tie-breaker to book their place in the finals of St. Anthony's Cup Marna inter-village football tournament in memory of Norman De Souza organised by St. Anthony's Sports Club, at Siolim ground, Thursday. The teams were tied 22 after the end of regulation time.

Navelim forged ahead in the 10th minute through Clauddio Dias off Milton Gomes. Navelim could have doubled their lead immediately but Nerul keeper Xavier affected a brilliant save of Alvito Colaco.

Nerul fought back and levelled the score in the 20th minute of play through Siddhant Shirodker.

Changing over, Bervin Teles made it 2-1 for Navelim off Alvito.

Navelim again missed a golden opportunity as Alvito’s try kissed the crossbar.

Siddhant drew level for Nerul in the 57th minute.

In the resultant tiebreaker, Avinash Shirodker, Sarvesh Dabholkar, Siddhant Naik and Siddhant Shirodker were on target for Nerul while Jason Pereira, Clauddio Dias and Stanford Cardozo found the mark for Navelim.

WINNERS: Shrimati HS Velguem, Bicholim, winners of State level mini-secondary school sports U-17 girls cricket or-

ganised by DSYA at Chicali ground, Vasco. They defeated Vadem Nagar English HS, Vasco. Devraj Tari (TSO), Nitin Naik (PE teacher, Shrimati HS) were present. as

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VASCO: Chandigarh thrashed Tamil Nadu 8-0 to record their third victory on the trot in the Group B League football of 34th SubJunior National football championship for the Coca Cola Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy, at Tilak Maidan, here, Thursday.

Chandigarh led 4-0 at the break.

Daniel Lalhlimpuia stole the limelight scoring six goals for Chandigarh to take his tally to 12 in the tournament from only three matches.

Robin Chhettri and substitute K. Lalramzauva were the other goal scorers for Chandigarh.

With this win Chandigarh have qualified for the semi-finals as Group B winners and will take on the

runners-up of Group A on March 20.

In the second match, Madhya Pradesh were lucky to overcome Jharkhand in a 2-1 victory.

Madhya Pradesh opened their account in the 5th minute when Tarun Uikey scored off Lalu. Jharkhand fought back but the equaliser remained elusive.

Jharkhand striker Moinuddin could not keep his

temper in check and slapped MP’s Yogesh prompting match official Prasad Surlekar to give him marching orders and also serving a yellow card to Yogesh.

Down to 10 men, the Jharkhand boys equalised in the 80th minute through Vijay Hembrom.

Five minutes later, Tarun Uikey scored the matchwinner for MP.

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Bardez Veterans down Chandor

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MARGAO: Bardez Veterans defeated hosts Chandor Veterans 6-5 via the tie-breaker to march into the semi-finals of allGoa Chandor Veterans football tournament organised by Chandor Veterans, at church ground, Chandor. Chandor led 10 at half time.

Chandor held a slight edge over their opponents in the first half and created many forays into the rival territory.

On the other hand,

Bardez took time to settle down.

Chandor took the lead midway in the opening session when Ivan Coutinho headed home off a well executed cross from Joaquim Dias.

Spurred by the early success, Chandor exerted pressure but could not inflate their tally due to inept shooting by their forwards.

Crossing over, Bardez put up an improved show and their midfielders as-

serted their supremacy and kept their forwards busy with a stream of passes.

Their efforts materialised when Jayesh nodded home off a cross from Jude Fernandes.

In the resultant tiebreaker, Fasusto Lobo, Lino Pereira, Jude Fernandes, Domnic Pereira and Vasu were on target for Bardez while Egidio D’Costa, Menino Noronha, Agnelo Gomes and Raju Raikar converted for Chandor.

today’s sports n 34th sub-junior National football championship for Coca Cola MIHT: Orissa v. Uttar Pradesh, 8 a.m.; Goa v.

Meghalaya, 4 p.m.; Nehru Stadium, Fatorda. n St. Anthony's Cup soccer (semis): Nagoa Sporting Club v. Nerul United, Siolim ground, 4.30 p.m. n Seamen and Worker Cup football: St. Rock Youth Club, Majorda v.

Youth Welfare and Sports Club, Assolna, Govt. primary school ground, Assolna, 4.30 p.m.

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TT CHAMPS: Sharada Mandir School, Mira Mar, winners of State level U-17 girls table tennis championship organised

by DSYA. Back (l-r): Stany Lobo, Janisa Rodrigues (PE teachers), Sharmila Umesh (principal, secondary school), Oscar Gonsalves (administrator), Eunice De Sa (principal, junior school), Sanjeev Patil, Tukaram Shetkar (PE teachers).

Front (l-r): Dalilah Furtado, Shweta Salelkar, Roshni Gopani (captain), Isha Usgaonkar, Shreya Shetty.

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MAPUSA: Vasco Sports Club rallied from behind to register their first win in the I-League 2nd Division final phase defeating Aizawl Football Club 2-1, at Siliguri, Thursday. Aizawl were leading 1-0 at the break.

In the second half, Vasco got their act together and found the equaliser when Agnelo Colaco swung in a deadly cross from the right which Juluis Akipele headed in.

In the last 10 minutes, Aniket Jadav pushed the ball through for Jerose Oliveira who slotted it under the goalkeeper for Vasco’s victory.

“The boys worked hard and did well to fight their way back into contention.

Every team which has qualified for the final round deserves to be here which means no game is easy,” remarked Vasco coach Valentine Ezeugeo.

Vasco have so far collected four points from four

Aldrid d’CostA

games after losing their opening match 2-3 to United Sikkim, drawing 11 with Royal Wahingdoh, losing 0-2 to Mohammeden Sporting, before overcoming Aizawl.

Vasco are currently placed joint fourth, behind United Sikkim, who lead the group with nine points from three games, while ONGC and Mohammden Sporting have six points each from three matches.

Vasco meet ONGC next on Sunday.

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Varca storm into finals

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MARGAO: Varca Veterans showed some good ball control skills to overcome Carmona Veterans 4-1 to storm into the finals of allGoa Chinchinim Veterans football tournament organised by Chinchinim Veterans, at church ground, Chinchinim, Thursday. Varca led 2-0 at half time.

Bento Rodrigues put Varca into the lead when he slotted past the rival goalkeeper.

The early goal helped Varca to mount pressure and they doubled the lead when Roque Pereira un-

leashed a stiff shot which crashed into the net.

After taking a 2-0 cushion, Varca were aggressive and attacked the rival citadel. Narciso Fernandes put the issue beyond doubt when he punished the rival goalkeeper with a deft placement.

After a brief lull, Varca went into attacking mode and the repeated forays materialised when Mario Coelho bulged the net.

Patrick D’Costa scored the consolation goal late in the second half for Carmona. Varca will now meet Chinchinim Veterans in the finals on March 18.

BITS Pilani win TEAM HERALD sports@herald-goa.com

VASCO: BITS Pilani Cricket Club defeated Noorani Cricket Club by 69 runs in GCA B Division cricket tournament, at BITS Pilani ground, Thursday.

BITS won the toss and elected to bat and scored 238/8 in 40 overs. Divesh 101, Abhijit Padiyari 23, Chandu Lamani 12. Sagar Khor took 2 wickets while Uday Singh Patil took one.

In reply, Noorani Cricket Club were all out for 169 in 34.4 overs. Uday Singh Patil 71, Sarfraz 31. Vijay Venkatesh took three wickets while Chandu Lamani picked one.

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MEDAL WINNERS: Nilesh Babina (gold), Shiva Yadav (bronze), Sagar Kumbar (2 silver), Askar Ali Patil (bronze), of Auxilium Caranzalem team, who won the medals in 2nd allGoa Karate-DO championship at indoor stadium, Campal, alongwith Sr. Celine Pinto (headmistress), Hanumant Gorawar (karate coach), Sr. Audrey Dias (manager) and NR Shinde (PE teacher). as

Jose elected Palvem chief TEAM HERALD sports@herald-goa.com

MARGAO: Jose Rebello was elected unopposed as president of Palvem Sports Club, Chinchinim at the general body meeting held at Chinchinim.

The other office bearers are: Antonio F Rodrigues (vice-president), Tulshidas Naik (secretary), Ajay Kanolkar (assistant secretary), and Emerciano D’Sa (treasurer).

Warriors score 7-wkt victory against Utd TEAM HERALD sports@herald-goa.com

MARGAO: Warriors Club defeated United Club by seven wickets to enter the second round of Sportsweek T10 tournament, at Fatorda ground, here, Wednesday.

Batting first, United Club managed to score a fighting 71/5 in 10 overs. Ashok

Rathod 21. Quadri, Chandresh took one wicket each.

In reply, Warriors sailed past the United Club total losing just three wickets in 8 overs.

Mukhtar Quadri 41 not out, Bharat Arkas 19.

Milin Chodankar 2/20, Ashok Rathod one.

Indian Blues got a walkover as Shirgao did not turn up.

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AMEERA CUP CHAMPS: Zulfa SS Club, winners of 4th Zulfa Ameera Cup cricket tournament, Dubai. They defeated Shareef Vasco Boys by 15 runs in the finals. Mohsin Bepari won the man-of-the-tournament award.

gETTINg SET foR D-DAy: The Goa team warming up ahead of their clash with Meghalaya in 34th Sub-Junior Nation-

als football on Friday.

Goa look to book semis berth

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MAPUSA: In their final group match, Goa will be looking to qualify for the semi-finals when they take on Meghalaya in the 34th Sub-Junior Nationals for Coca Cola Mir Iqbal Hussain trophy, at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Friday, at 4 p.m.

Uttar Pradesh are currently leading the group with seven points from three games, followed by Goa and Orissa on six points each. Karnataka finished their campaign on four points and Meghalaya are yet to open their account after three games.

The morning game will be between Uttar Pradesh and Orissa. If Uttar Pradesh

win the game then Goa will secure a place in the semifinals as they have a better head-to-head over Orissa.

But if Orissa win the match then Goa will have to go all out for victory, having been beaten by Uttar Pradesh earlier.

If the match between Orissa and Uttar Pradesh is a draw, then Goa will need a draw to qualify and a win if they want to top the group.

Although Meghalya have yet to pick up a single point in the tournament, Goa are not taking the game lightly.

“They have excellent fast attackers, but their defence has let them down, so we cannot take anything for granted,” remarked Goa

coach Seby Noronha.

“We have told the boys to go forward and attack, but at the same time watch the

counter- attacks. I am confident they will deliver,” reasoned Goa coach Inacio Viegas.

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Dhoni-Sehwag rift settled: Ganguly KOLKATA: Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday said current skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag have settled their difference of opinion.

Ganguly said he recently had a talk with Sehwag who told him that everything has been settled between him and Dhoni.

Reports of rift between Dhoni and Sehwag had surfaced after the team management introduced rotation policy for only three openers -- Sachin, Sehwag and Gambhir -- during the tri-series in Australia last month.

To a question on the perception that Dhoni did not give chance to many players and liked to play with a fixed team, Ganguly said, "Every captain is different and no captain is perfect. May be Dhoni believes that this team can win because no captain wants to lose." Agencies

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Pak spank Lanka to storm into final MIRPUR: Pakistan relied on a clinical display to storm into the final of the Asia Cup cricket tournament after thrashing a hapless Sri Lanka by six wickets to record their second successive victory.

After bundling out Sri Lanka for a paltry 188 all out in 45.4 overs, the Pakistanis rode on captain Misbah-ul Haq (72 not out) and Umar Akmal's (77) record 152-run partnership to cruise to a comfortable victory with a bonus point and with 61 balls to spare.

Paceman Aizaz Cheema (4/43) and spinner Saeed Ajmal (3/27) played a big role in ripping through the Sri Lankan batting line up which paid the price for some poor shot selections.

Only Kumar Sangakkarra (71) and Upul Tharanga (57) managed to put up decent knocks. Man-of-thematch: Aizaz Cheema. PTI as

Barca's French international defender Eric Abidal will undergo a liver transplant in the coming weeks, the Spanish club said

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Sania-Vesnina cruise into semis Paes-Stepanek bow out of Indian Wells INDIAN WELLS: India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina thrashed Argentina's Gisela Dulko and Paola Suarez to advance to the semifinals of the Indian Wells tournament.

The No.2 seeds took just over an hour to dispose of the Argentine wild card entrants 6-2, 6-3.

The Indo-Russian pair showed great form and broke their opponents five times to pocket the match.

Sania and Vesnina had poor percentage of first serve, 52 percent, but amazingly won 19 out of 25 points on it.

The Indo-Russian team also brushed off five out of six breakpoints they faced and converted five out of

nine break opportunities to their advantage.

They will square off against the third seeded Czechs, Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, in the next round.

The Czechs eased past the fifth seeded Italian duo of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in straight sets.

In the men doubles, Le-

ander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek's campaign in the Indian Wells tennis tournament came to an end after they lost 6-3 7-6(5) to Spain's Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez.

Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi were earlier knocked out in the first round. Agencies

Three top seeds reach quarters maTCh sTaRTs 1.30 p.m. beTTeR luCk This Time: India coach Duncan Fletcher watches Sachin Tendulkar bat in the nets during a training session in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Thursday.

MIRPUR: The time has come for Sachin Tendulkar to end the long and agonising wait for that elusive 100th international century.

For over a year, in his last 33 innings, the Master Blaster has kept India waiting for that rare milestone.

However, Friday's tie against Bangladesh presents a great opportunity to set the record right. Tendulkar enjoys a quality record against the minnows and with the Bangaldesh attack set to pose

little threat to the Indian legend, one hopes that he would rise to his best chance.

Captain MS Dhoni reposed his confidence in Tendulkar ahead of the last tie against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. "These are small things, not a worry. He is an asset to the team," Dhoni had said dismissing Tendulkar's impending 100th century milestone has a cause of concern for the men in blue at the start of the Asia Cup. However, the master's

dismissal cheaply against Lankans has done little to add to the skipper's confidence. Having missed yet another opportunity, Tendulkar has been visibly on the edge. It was no surprise to see him practise hard at Mirpur on Wednesday.

Seen going all out at the optional nets, he did look desperate to cash in on the opportunity against Bangladesh.

Tendulkar's 100th century is now almost the longest

wait for him. The hunt for his elusive ton is now just one innings short of the longest ever wait between two international centuries from Tendulkar's prized willow.

The Indian camp though insists there was no added pressure on Tendulkar ahead of the Bangladesh tie.

Answering a question about pressure on Tendulkar to score big on Friday, bowler Vinay Kumar said on Thursday, "I don't think so." Agencies

INDIAN WELLS: Rafael Nadal raced into the Indian Wells quarter-finals with a dominating win, while Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer needed three sets each to beat unseeded opponents on Wednesday.

Tennis' big three progressed in the California desert with world No. 2 Nadal storming into the quarters by beating 21st seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3, 6-2 in just 76 minutes.

World number three Federer scrambled for the second-straight day to eliminate an up-and-comer he was facing for the first time, coming from behind to beat Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Defending champ and world No. 1 Djokovic lost a

second set tie-breaker en route to a 6-0, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 win over Pablo Andujar.

In the quarter-finals, Djokovic will face Nicolas Almagro, who surprised seventh seeded Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-0. AFP

ResulTs Men 4th rd: Nicolas Almagro bt Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-0; Novak Djokovic bt Pablo Andujar 6-0, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2; John Isner bt Matthew Ebden 6-4, 7-5; David Nalbandian bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Rafael Nadal bt Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3, 6-2; Roger Federer bt Thomaz Bellucci 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Gilles Simon bt Ryan Harrison 7-6 (7/0), 5-7, 6-1; Juan Martin del Potro bt Denis Istomin 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (6/8), 6-2.

Women quarter-finals: Victoria Azarenka bt Agnieszka Radwanska 60, 6-2; Angelique Kerber bt Li Na 6-4, 6-2.

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Clarke on 'verge' of IPL deal: Ganguly

Chelsea edge Napoli as Madrid cruise Cl ResulTs Real Madrid 4 (Higuain 26, Cristiano Ronaldo 55, 90+4, Benzema 70) CSKA Moscow 1 (Tosic 77) Chelsea 4 (Drogba 28, Terry 47, Lampard 75pen, Ivanovic 105) Napoli 1

KOLKATA: Australian Test captain Michael Clarke is in negotiations with Indian Premier League franchise Pune Warriors, according to club captain Sourav Ganguly.

Clarke has made no secret of his preference for Test matches, having retired from international T20 cricket, but could make a surprise decision to appear in the IPL immediately after the conclusion of Australia’s tour of the West Indies. Speaking to local media, former Indian Test captain Sourav Ganguly confirmed that the franchise is poised to secure the services of Clarke. Agencies as

Barca's Pique cleared in referee spat MADRID: Spanish football authorities announced on Thursday they had cleared Barcelona defender Gerard Pique on a charge of accusing a referee of "premeditation" in handing him a red card, they said Thursday.

"The competition committee has decided to close the complaint of the referees' committee against Pique," an official at the Spanish Football Federation told AFP on Thursday.

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iN aCTiON: Chelsea's English defender John Terry scores the second goal at Stamford Bridge, London on Thursday.

PARIS: Chelsea made sure of an English presence in the Champions League last eight after roaring back to defeat Napoli on Wednesday, while Real Madrid swept aside CSKA Moscow 4-1 to take their place in the quarter-finals.

Trailing 3-1 from the first leg in Naples, Chelsea levelled the tie with a 75th-minute Frank Lampard penalty and then se-

cured victory through defender Branislav Ivanovic in extra time to complete a nail-biting 5-4 aggregate success.

The 4-1 victory on the night made it three wins from three for caretaker coach Roberto Di Matteo, who replaced the sacked Andre VillasBoas between the two legs of the last-16 tie.

It also meant that England avoided the ignominy of failing

Teams qualified fOR quaRTeRs

APOEL, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Chelsea, Marseille, Milan, Real Madrid to provide a quarter-finalist in Europe's top club competition for the first time since 1996.

Meanwhile, former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho's dream of becoming the first coach to lift the trophy with three different sides remains on track after Madrid overwhelmed Leonid Slutsky's

CSKA in the Spanish capital.

Following a 1-1 draw in the first leg, a first-half goal from Gonzalo Higuain put Madrid ahead in the tie and the ninetime champions then took full control with further goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema.

Zoran Tosic replied for the visitors but Ronaldo tapped in his second goal deep into injury time to complete a 5-2 aggregate victory. AFP

Proteas in control against Kiwis HAMILTON: South Africa's pace attack humiliated New Zealand's middle order in an extraordinary display, Thursday that put the Proteas firmly in control on the first day of the second Test.

Vernon Philander and Dale Steyn ran rampant as New Zealand lost eight wickets in the final session -- including five in 20-ball spell when the shell-shocked home side did not score a single run -- to be all out for 185.

Philander finished with figures of four for 70 and Steyn took three for 49, as skipper Graeme Smith's decision to send New Zealand in to bat on a green-tinged wicket in Hamilton paid off spectacularly.

It was just reward for the South African bowlers, who had toiled for little reward after early success in dislodging New Zealand's openers Rob Nicol (2) and Martin Guptill (22) before lunch. AFP