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IN BRIEF Execution day for Koli announced A local court has announced dates for Surender Koli’s hanging in a Nithari serial murder case. Koli will be hanged any day between May 24 and 30.

Koli was given death sentence for murdering 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar, one of his victims in the serial rape-cumkilling episode over four years ago. – PTI

TIDES TODAY High Tide: 0223; 1616 Low Tide: 0910; 2235

Terror alert for IPL ties in Indore PTI INDORE, MAY 9

Madhya Pradesh police have tightened the security arrangements following an intelligence input that terrorists may target the two IPL matches to be played at Holkar Stadium here next week.

“We have got a generalised advisory from home ministry that some terror group might become active during the IPL matches,” said Indore Range’s Inspector General, Sanjay Rana.

Kochi Tuskers will play against Kings XI Punjab on May 13, and Rajasthan Royals on May 15.

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Pak slams US, SC stays High Court verdict to split land okays probe PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 9

Dubbing as “strange” the Allahabad High Court’s verdict of three-way division of the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya, the Supreme Court Monday stayed its operation saying none of the parties had demanded partition of the land.

“A new dimension was given by the High Court as the decree of partition was not sought by the parties. It was not prayed by anyone. It has to be stayed.

It’s a strange order,” a Bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R M Lodha observed while staying the September 30 order of the High Court.

It expressed surprise over how the High Court could pass such an order when it was not prayed by anyone.

“How can a decree of partition be passed when none of the parties had prayed for it.

Court has done something on its own. It’s strange. Such kind of decrees cannot be allowed to be in operation,” the bench said while staying the High Court’s verdict.

“It is a difficult situation now.

The position is that it (the High

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Court verdict) has created litany of litigation,” the bench observed.

While ordering status quo at the site, which means that prayers at Ram Lala’s make-shift temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya would be going on as

usual, the Court restrained any kind of religious activity on the adjacent 67 acre land, which had been taken over by the Centre.

All the parties to the suit expressed satisfaction over the Supreme Court order.

Counsel for various parties, including Lord Rama Lalla Virajman, Hindu Maha Sabha and Sunni Waqf Board, expressed satisfaction over the apex court’s interim order saying that none of the parties had sought (Continued on page 8)

Brides told to ring off!

AFP NEW DELHI, MAY 9

In the State of Punjab newlywedded women are told to avoid talking too much on their mobile phones for the first two years of marriage in case it provokes jealousy from their husbands.

The Punjab State Commission for Women (PSCW) issued an official advisory urging brides “to focus on their domestic life instead of having long conversations on mobile phones”.

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Kaur Sangha told AFP on Monday that the advice was designed to avoid suspicion between new couples as they adjust to their new life together.

“I found that almost 40 per cent of women consider seeking a divorce on the grounds that her husband and in-laws do not like her talking on mobile phones,” said Sangha, 70, from Chandigarh, the state capital of Punjab.

“Most husbands said their wives are always on the phone and they doubted their charac-

ter as they suspected them of talking to ex-boyfriends.”

Sangha said she had seen a rise in complaints from women about domestic violence, sexual harassment and family discord due to arguments over brides being constantly on the phone.

The advisory said most newlymarried women were actually ringing their parents not former boyfriends, but warned that passing on hourly updates about their new home was damaging.

It added that for at least two years brides should make “small adjustments” to help build a solid foundation for a marriage.

Virtually questioning US role in the 90s that gave birth to Taliban and al Qaeda, Pakistan Monday said it alone cannot be blamed for Osama bin Laden but said the army will conduct a probe whether he enjoyed support structure in the country.

In an apparent reference to US funding in conjunction with Pakistan’s role in the war against Soviet troops in Afghanistan which led to the rise of al Qaeda, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said it was unfair for Pakistan to take all the flak.

“Collectively, we must acknowledge facts and see our faces in the mirror of history.

Pakistan alone cannot be held to account for flawed policies and blunders of others. Pakistan is not the birth place of al Qaeda,” Gilani said in a 30-minute address in Parliament.

He announced that a probe will be conducted by Pakistan Army’s Adjutant General Lt General Javed Iqbal to determine how the al Qaeda chief had managed to hide in the garrison city of Abbottabad.

Gilani, who along with the top Pakistani leadership, has been under all round fire over the US action as also bin Laden being tracked to near the capital, dismissed as “absurd” criticism of the military and intelligence set-up for its failure to detect the al Qaeda chief ’s presence in Pakistan.

Gilani mounted a strong defence of the powerful army and Inter-Services Intelligence agency and took a swipe at

Collectively, we must acknowledge facts and see our faces in the mirror of history.

Pakistan alone cannot be held to account for flawed policies and blunders of others.

Pakistan is not the birth place of al Qaeda.

America for its perceived role in backing jihadists during the campaign against Soviet forces in Afghanistan in the 1980s.

Addressing parliament a week after the killing of bin Laden, Gilani said: “The obvious question that has vexed everyone is how could Osama bin Laden hide in plain sight in the scenic surroundings of Abbottabad. Let’s not rush to judgement. Allegations of complicity or incompetence are absurd.”

Pakistan is “determined to get to the bottom of how, when and why about bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad”.

Gilani reiterated his contention that the failure to detect bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad was an “intelligence failure” of the spy agencies of the world.

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Pg2 WBFC awarded consultancy project to upgrade 4 jetties HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 9

West Bengal Fisheries Corporation (WBFC) has been awarded Rs 2.35 crores consultancy project for upgradation of four jetties, by Goa government. This excludes the project implementation cost that would follow after the acceptance of the report.

Work on the one year project has already been initiated by WBFC since early April.

Goa Government had proposed to upgrade Malim, Cutbona, Chapora and Cortalim jetties with modern amenities and back up, couple of years ago.

As part of this major project,

n These consultants would be compiling techno-economic feasibility report, detailed report and the Environmental Impact Assessment Report, which would be submitted to the Government in 2012 for consideration.

-- Verenkar Fisheries Director S C Verenkar said that the experts have begun surveying the fish landings such as construction of modern auction shed that could meet international standards and other requirements.

“These consultants would be compiling techno-economic feasibility report, detailed report and the Environmental Impact Assessment Report, which

Auditing of GSHC accounts yet to begin HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 9

More than a month after Agriculture Minister Vishwajeet Rane’s assurance that accounts of Goa State Horticulture Corporation (GSHC) would be audited, the task remains unaccomplished due to inaction from accountant general’s office.

Sources disclosed that although the Corporation’s accounts were sent to the accountant general’s office; the auditing is yet to begin.

On March 26, Rane had assured in the Legislative Assembly that the Corporation’s accounts which were not audited for years would be assessed within next two weeks.

“But there is no sign since then, except for ferrying of files from one table to another.

The entire process is moving at snail’s pace,” said the source.

The minister had discussed with the Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar and concerned officers before handing over the GSHC details, for audit investigation.

Rane had called for an audit after the Opposition pointed out irregularities and scams in the Corporation. The minister had also assured that once the audit is complete, they would hold another meeting with Opposition members to finalize the course of action in the interest of the Corporation and take action against the guilty, if required.

Agriculture Minister was unavailable for comments till late Monday evening. GSHC Chairman Sankalp Amonkar, when contacted, said that the internal audit of the Corporation’s scheme of providing vegetables at cheaper rate is underway, refusing to discuss about the main audit.

would be submitted to the Government in 2012 for consideration,” Verenkar said. “ The work on each of these fish landings will be in phases. If the upgradation project works out, we will have bigger trawlers measuring about 20 metres, which can be easily anchored along jetties and venture into deep sea fishing,” the officer fur-

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Traditional fervour marks Milagres feast

ther stated.

There are about 875 fishing vessels in Goa and most of these measure about 18 metres.

The WBFC experts are also contemplating to develop Cutbona and Chapora jetties as Mini Harbours. Incidentally, a recent preliminary report by the Central Institute of Coastal Fisheries & Engineering, Government of India had said that the two jetties had the potential of a minifishing harbour.

Goa has an approximate average annual fish yield of 95,000 tonnes, of which about 15,000 tonnes is exported to USA, Japan, China, and other countries.

Agnelo’s family suspects foul play

Seeks probe into death HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 9

Suspecting foul play in the death of Agnelo Fernandes, his family members on Monday have once again sought the intervention of Superintendent of Police, South Allan De Sa to conduct a detailed inquiry into the death under mysterious circumstances.

Addressing a press conference, Agnelo’s family members alleged that Cuncolim police are trying to hush up the case because of political pressure. Agnelo’s brother Jerson said the left hand of the body, had been severed from below the elbow and was missing.

Demanding justice, the family members maintained that only an impartial and thorough inquiry would unravel the true facts leading to Agnelo’s death.

When contacted, Cuncolim police station incharge, PI Nelson Albuquerque refuted allegations that attempts are made to hush up the case. He said the post mortem examination report clearly says that the Agnelo died of drowning.

“The autopsy says that there are no ante-mortem injuries on the body of the deceased”, he said, adding that the post mortem report has attributed the injuries on the body to bites by aquatic animals.

When his attention was drawn to repeated demands made by the family members for registration of the case as murder, PI Albuquerque said there should be some basis for treating the case as murder.

“Where is the case for registration of murder. The post mortem report rules out any foul play. How can a murder case be registered in the absence of any motive”, he said, adding that the police have interrogated the person who had accompanied deceased Agnelo on the day of occurrence of the incident.

Devotees pour oil over the statue of Our Lady of Milagres at Mapusa.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, MAY 9

The feast of Our Lady of Milagres at St Jerome’s Church in Mapusa was celebrated with traditional fervour on Monday, with devotees from different walks of life participating in the religious services.

Vicar General Fr Remedios Fernandes was the main celebrant at the feast mass and in his homily, extolled the qualities virtues of Mother Mary. He also advised the congregation to lead a good life which would please God. The church feast falls on a

4 houses razed at Anjuna HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, MAY 09

Four houses that encroached on the CRZ limits at Anjuna were demolished by a Demolition Squad led by the BDO Shivprasad Naik on Monday.

The houses were razed with the help of heavy earthmoving machinery and manual labour.

In all 29 houses were scheduled for demolition, of which 15 have been able to get a stay. The demolitions will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Anjuna Police force led

by PSI Vishwajeet Chodankar provided the security cover for the demolition squad which also included the Jt. Mamlatdar Sheetal Amonkar, Junior BDO Krishna Gadekar, Panchayat Secretary Subhash Phatarpekar and others.

Margao officials for action against illegal hutments HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 9

One of the houses that was demolished at Anjuna on Monday.

S Goa lawyers hail move to reinstate Judge Anuja HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 9

The South Goa Advocates Association has welcomed the decision of the Inquiry Committee to reinstate Judge Anuja Prabhudessai to her original post without any blemish of the period of wrongful suspension.

“The lawyers of Goa had solidly opposed the unjust and unfair charges leveled against a fair and just judge. That justice has been ultimately done is the best that could happen in surroundings that are polluted by selfishness of those that desire to climb the ladder of success by fair or foul means”, said Association President Adv Anacleto Viegas.

He said the pursuit of justice for judge Anuja Prabhudessai was relentless and the Bar would not brook shoddy or shabby treatment of a just, upright, diligent, honest, objective and sincere judge. “No individual lawyer can claim to be the champion of a judge in distress as the entire Bar stood behind

judge Anuja Prabhudessai as solidly as a rock and even streamlined those who were hesitant to stand up for the cause”, he said..

Adv Viegas said the Bar Associations are the only bodies that can effectively counter the events that are leading the judiciary on the path of dishonesty and self destruction. “The lawyers have often stood for free and fair judicial system and the rule of law.

The legal fraternity can be of a great assistance to organize dissent against injustice and dictatorial disposition of power by those in authority”, he added.

He said the legal fraternity awaits with bated breath, the outcome of the false, baseless charges filed against judge Desmond D’ Costa who like Judge Anuja Prabhudessai has been genuinely upright, honest and hardworking judge. “We look forward with confidence for justice to be done towards judge Desmond D’ Costa at the earliest”, he added.

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MMC’s sanitary employees remain absent HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 9

Not a single employee from the sanitary section of the Margao Municipal council reported for work on Monday, as discovered

by MMC Chairperson Sushila Naik when she personally went to verify complaints against employees.

Acting on complaints by the public that no one attended to grievances pertaining to the Sanitary Section, Naik preferred to physically verify the situation, only to find the door of the section closed and no employees present.

She immediately called the Sanitary Inspector Viraj Arabekar on her cellphone, only to be told by the latter that he is in Panjim. “Arabekar said the LDC and the attendant were on leave, while another employee had not reported for work since his brother was hospitalized”, Sushila told newsmen. She however demanded to know from

Arabekar as to how all the employees were granted leave at one time.

The chairperson, later gave instruction to secure leave applications from the absent employees, and asked Chief Officer Prasanna Acharya to effect intersection transfers to rectify the situation.

Incidentally, plans by the Chairperson and the Chief Officer to install Closed Circuit TVs and to implement the bio-metric finger scan reader have failed to materialize till date.

In fact, both Naik and Acharya had maintained that the Civic body would go for the CCTVs after Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat gave his nod during his visit to the civic body last year.

Till date, however, neither CCTVs nor bio-metric finger scanners have been installed due to objections from employees under the banner of Goa Municipal Employees Association, three years ago.

With monsoons round the corner, authorities in Margao have called for necessary action against illegal hutments on Benaulim bandh and shanties near the land acquired by GSUDA at Madel-Davondem.

Salcete Mamlatdar Paresh Faldessai has written a letter to the Margao Municipal Chief Officer Prasanna Acharya to ensure that hutments near the land acquired by Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA) be cleared before the onset of monsoons.

The Mamlatdar pointed out that since the acquired area is not secured with any fencing, hutments have come up along the land, making it difficult for the agencies to approach the area during monsoons.

In another development, the police have drawn attention of the District Disaster Management Authority headed by G P Naik to the presence of hutments on the Benaulim bandh posing a menace during the monsoons.

In this connection, the District Collector had sought a report from the Director of Panchayats over the status of the hutments and if any action was taken against the shanties.

Sources in the know said the police maintained that the hutment dwellers on the Benaulim bandh had to be evacuated to safer places every monsoon due to flooding of the low lying areas of the village.

Monday following the third week of Easter.

Our Lady of Milagres, popularly known as Milagres Saibinn, is venerated by various communities as the deity who cures ailments.

Many devotees, both Catholics and Hindus, were seen lined up in the church to make a vow, to pour coconut oil over the statue of our Lady of Milagres and offer wax figurines in repayment of favours received by them.

Incidentally, Hindus consider Milagres Saibinn as one sister of Hindu deity ‘Lairaee’ of Shir-

Photo by Anil Shankhwalker

gao, whose festival was celebrated on Saturday.

“The Milagres feast is considered one of the unique manifestations of the strong bond of communal harmony between Catholics and Hindus in Goa,” said Mapusa Parish Priest Fr Francis D’Mello.

The main attraction of the Milagres feast is the fair which is popular for furniture.

The parallel roads on either sides of the St Jerome’s Church were crowded with people to buy furniture and different household items, sweets, grinding stones, etc.

“Like last year, this year too we have kept control over the price of flowers and other items being offered to Milagres Saibinn. No item can be sold for more than Rs 30.

Besides, 50% of the profits generated through the sale of these items will go the charitable institutions and remaining 50% to Confraria de Nossa Senhora Dos Milagres,” said Fr D’Mello.

A number of cultural programmes are being organised in Mapusa to commemorate the feast of Our Lady of Milagres.

Goan seamen to press for retirement benefits HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 9

Representatives of newlyformed Goan Seamen Association of India have decided to call on chief minister Digambar Kamat and press for retirement and medical benefits for the retired seamen.

Association president Dixon Vaz said a delegation of Goan Seamen had called on South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha to ascertain the status of the demands placed by the seamen with the Union Shipping Minister pertaining to pension and ex-gratia relief for retired seamen.

“The MP briefed us on the steps initiated by him in Delhi over the issue”, Vaz said, adding that Sardinha has assured to lead a delegation of seamen to

n Sardinha briefed us on the steps initiated by him in Delhi over the issue. He has assured to lead a delegation of seamen to Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to work out a suitable scheme for retired seamen on lines of motorcycle and rickshaw operators. -- Dixon Vaz Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to work out a suitable scheme for retired seamen on lines of motorcycle and rickshaw operators.

He said the seamen will submit a memorandum to the chief minister making a strong case to come out with a retirement and medical benefit scheme for retired seamen.

Vaz also disclosed plans to hold village level meetings of seamen as part of the member-

ship drive and also to create awareness amongst seamen on their rights and benefits.

Meanwhile, the South Goa MP told Herald that he is following up with the Union shipping Ministry in respect of the demands of the retired seafarers for enhancement of the monthly ex-gratia relief from Rs 200 to Rs 1500. “What the retired seamen are getting is peanuts. They ought to be paid minimum Rs 1500 a month”, he said.

PMC extraordinary meet adjourned yet again HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, MAY 9

The extraordinary meeting of the Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) was on Monday adjourned for the second time in a week over the vexed sopo collection tender.

It may be recalled that the PMC meet was adjourned last week after Chief Officer Jayant Tari reached 15 minutes late.

The councillors and the chief officer were present at the scheduled time on Monday, but the meet remained inconclusive as noisy scenes prevailed over the sopo tender.

The agitated councillors accused the chief officer of issuing orders even though the council had, at a previous special meet, unanimously resolved to withhold the sopo collection tender auctioned to a private party for Rs 61.2 lakh.

Councillors had also expressed their concern over the increase in sopo collection from the vendors.

They accused Tari of bypassing the councillors and sought to know under what powers the chief officer had rejected the resolution passed by the council.

Chief Officer Jayant Tari claimed he passed orders under the Municipal Rules, but this did not satisfy the councillors.

The meet dragged on for over two-and-half hours over the issue of Sopo collection.

With no outcome in sight, PMC Chairperson Kishore Naik

Ponda Councillor Sanjay Naik confronts PMC Chief Officer Jayant Tari over the Sopo collection tender. Photo by Amresh Parab

decided to adjourn the meet and approach the Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA) in this regard.

“Since the confirmation of minutes of the previous meet was not complete, the meeting was adjourned. The main issue of the meet was the sopo collection tender, where the chief officer claimed his supremacy, whereas the councillors claimed theirs,” said Naik.

“The issue needs to be settled and that is why we have decided to approach the DMA in this regard”, he said.

Radhika Nayak claimed the chief officer had acted illegally as he had no powers to overrule the resolution passed by the council.

“This is happening in all local bodies and it is high time that government should intervene and resolve this issue,” said Nayak.

On the other hand, Tari told Herald that he took the decision according to the powers under the Municipalities Act. “The resolution passed by the council on March 30 was bad in law and it would have created a financial loss to the municipality.”

“Even there was no time to set up infrastructure for the purpose. There was also no adequate staff to carry out sopo collection. It would have been difficult for the municipality to manage the sopo collection,” said Tari.

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Man slits pregnant wife’s throat Cops, doctors save 19-year-old from jaws of death LOUIS RODRIGUES BELGAUM, MAY 9

In a heinous act, a 19-year-old girl from Margao was seriously injured after her throat was allegedly slit by her husband near Belgaum.

Timely intervention of the police and doctors saved the life of Reshma Sameer Shaikh (19), who is reportedly three weeks pregnant.

The incident took place at Bekwad near Nandgad-Khanapur on May 4 when Sameer Shaikh (25), a truck driver also from Margao, attempted to kill Reshma by slitting her throat.

Reshma, whose maiden name is Manjula Badiger, is the daughter of a watchman employed with a prominent builder at Margao and the family resides at Seraulim near Margao.

Reshma, who is nursing serious injuries at the District Hospital, here, told Herald that Sameer had professed his love for her a few months ago and got married to her last month at a temple near Gokak in Belgaum district.

Later, he hired a room at Sanvordem and kept her there.

On May 4, Sameer told Reshma that he was taking her to Bailhongal for a family wedding and left Sanvordem at 7 pm on a motorcycle.

After reaching Bekwad, near Khanapur, Reshma alighted from

Reshma recuperates at the District Hospital in Belgaum.

Photo by Louis Rodrigues

Good Samaritans at Belgaum’s hospital HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, MAY 9

Attacked by her husband and disowned by her family, Reshma was virtually brought back to life and is recuperating thanks to doctors at the District Hospital.

Apart from giving her the best nursing care, doctors also provided her with several bottles of blood, IV fluids and expensive medicines.

The husband who allegedly tried to kill her is absconding,

while her father who only visited her for a day on Sunday has virtually disowned her.

Brought almost back from the dead, Reshma’s future now lies uncertain as she recuperates in the hospital.

Centre seeks factual report on Raheja’s project at Carmona HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 9

Raheja Universal’s mega housing project at Carmona has echoed in the National Capital with Union Ministry of Environment & Forests asking the Chairman of Goa State Coastal Zone Management Authority to examine issues raised in a complaint lodged by Carmona Panch Orlando Da Silva against the housing project and initiate necessary action.

Deputy Director in the Ministry E Thirunavukkarasu has also sought a factual report on the project spread over 88,000 sq mts from the Goa State Coastal Zone Management Authority, at the earliest.

MoEF has acted based on a complaint filed by Da Silva seeking the intervention of Union Minister Jairam Ramesh against the mega housing project of the Mumbai-based builder.

In his petition filed before Jairam Ramesh, the panch member said, Raheja had purchased the property admeasuring 88,000 sq mts on the banks of

No more NOCs: TCP Board HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 9

In an interesting development, the Town and Country Planning Board has ruled that no further NOCs can be issued to Raheja’s project at Carmona without fulfilling the conditions imposed in the earlier NOC. This decision implies that Rahejas will have to wait for the widening of the existing 6 meter road to 10 metres, before the TCP grants approval for the construction of bungalows in the property.

Raheja had submitted a proposal for single family unit (bungalow) in each plot with floor area from 1000-1500 square metres and had claimed that the existing road width is sufficient for single family units.

Senior Town Planner, Margao, had maintained that the existing road width for the entire property is six metres.

However, PWD in a letter dated October 19, 2010 had informed that the proposal for acquisition of land for widening of the existing road to 10 metres was under its active consideration.

Incidentally, the TCP maintained that it had issued NOC for final sub-division on condition that the approach road of 10 metres is built before any secondary development could be considered in the property.

The TCP Board’s decision comes as a welcome news for the local villagers as the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat had earlier told the local media that the Board had agreed to grant development permission for Rahejas on condition that road in question is widened to 10 meters before occupancy for the bungalows is issued by the planning body.

River Sal, a eco-sensitive zone with thick green cover dotted with mangroves and other trees with the intent of setting up a huge mega housing project meant for the neo rich from outside as second homes.

He drew attention to the gram sabha’s meeting held on March 30, 2008 which passed an unanimous resolution opposing the mega housing project and terror unleashed by goons sent by a local politician, who is actively supporting the Rahejas against the wishes of the locals.

“There is absolute lack of basic infrastructure and availability of housing land for the locals demand in the village.

The River Sal will be polluted and would ultimately result in polluting the drinking water wells which are recharged by this river. The polluted river will also affect the marine life and fauna which is an essential source of food of the locals”, Orlando had stated said in his petition to the Union Environment & Forests Minister.

the bike at about 10 pm to answer nature’s call.

“However, after I returned to the bike, Sameer who was totally drunk by then raised a knife and slit my throat, before I could understand anything,” recalled the visibly terrified Reshma, who spoke to Herald in fluent Konkani.

According to Nandgad police, Sameer may have assumed that Reshma was dead and fled from the spot.

To Re s h m a ’ s l u c k , t h e Nandgad police on night patrol noticed her on the road and rushed her to the District Hospital and Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS) here at Belgaum.

As luck further favoured Reshma, she was immediately placed under the medical supervision of Dr Vijayanand Halli, the hospital’s medical director and an expert ENT surgeon.

Dr Halli conducted an emergency surgery at 3 am and saved her life. According to doctors, Reshma’s blood vessels and throat had been severely damaged in the attack. Doctors also informed that Reshma is three weeks pregnant.

Nandgad police is on the hot pursuit of Sameer, who is still at large and a case is registered at the Nandgad police station.

The police have also sought the assistance of their Goan counterpart to trace the culprit.

Rajendra Arlekar HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 9

Strongly criticising police for not registering an FIR against former Pernem ML A Jeetendra Deshprabhu despite directives from Pernem JMFC, Bharatiya Janata Party today demanded that police should not only lodge an FIR without further delay, but also seize

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 9

All registered pharmacists will have to henceforth wear white aprons while on duty, according to the directives of Director of Food & Drug Administration Salim Velji, to the Chemists & Druggists Association of Goa. Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), which is a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Health, and which is responsible for regulation of pharmacy education and registration of pharmacies in India, has issued this

missive.

The apron issue was deliberated and decided at the 87 Central Councils of India of PCI which met in February 2011.

Currently, hardly any pharmacist wears white apron while on duty.

Any deviation from the direction by registered pharmacist would be viewed as misconduct and is likely to attract action from PCI, warned director of FDI, in his communiqué to Chemists and Druggists Association.

surrounding area operate their accounts from the Sada Post Office. The closure of the office will certainly affect services at these vital installations and institutions. -- staffer

“If it is closed, then people would be forced to travel nearly three kilometres to visit the post office in Vasco,” he said.

Many employees felt that the Vasco post office is already crowded and attempts to shift the Sada Post Office there would only add to the chaos.

“I don’t know why they (postal authorities) want to the shift the Sada post office. The office is very important for people of Headland Sada, considering the services it provides,” said Mormugao MLA Milind Naik.

Assuring to intervene in the matter, Naik said he would contact postal authorities and request them to avoid shifting the Sada Post Office elsewhere.

No govt sanction for proposed police crèche at Porvorim, alleges lawyer HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 9

Advocate Atish Mandrekar has alleged that Goa Police have proposed to start a crèche (nursery) for children of the police personnel, at police quarters Porvorim, without getting sanction from Goa government.

The information procured under Right to Information by Adv Atish Mandrekar has revealed that the police department is not in possession of certified copy of the approval and permission

from the government to start the crèche facilities.

A note issued by the Superintendent of Police (Headquarters), on March 31, reads that the department has decided to start crèche for 3-8 years children, at Porvorim, between 8 am and 8 pm, as welfare measure for Goa Police personnel.

The noting also invited police personnel to enrol their children in the crèche. The RTI information also revealed that there are ‘no guidelines for running of crèches by this (police) department and no circular/notification has been issued.

n If government accepts the report, than there may not be any occasion for agitation or discord and people may voluntarily come forward to offer their lands to the government for public purposes. -- Khalap

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 9

Goa State Law Commission has recommended that district collectors should be empowered to decide compensation to be paid to land holders in case their holdings are acquired by State government. The Commission’s report on the Land Acquisition policy, incorporating the above was submitted to the Government on Monday.

The report also recommends a proper Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R and R) policy in case there is huge land acquisition for projects such as airport or industrial estates.

Addressing media persons, Law Commission Chairman Ramakant Khalap said that there is dissatisfaction in the minds of people affected by land acquisition, all over, due to inadequate compensation and absence of any R and R policy.

The draft policy has recommended that Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 be amended to empower collectors to determine compensation and a package of benefits should be drawn up by the government as part of R and R Policy.

The Law Commission’s proposed R and R policy states that ‘compensation paid for the land holder should not be less than the minimum rates notified by the government’.

Recommending amendment

Calls for seizing machinery

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of Indian, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) and MPT.” “Besides that, all schools and Central Government employees at Headland Sada and surrounding area operate their accounts from the Sada Post Office. The closure of the office will certainly affect services at these vital installations and institutions,” the staffer added.

Incidentally, most employees at the post office were unaware of the reasons to shift the Sada Post Office to the Vasco Post Office.

Milton Fernandes, a regular customer at the Sada Post Office, said that the post office is essential for residents of Headland Sada and surrounding areas.

‘Empower collectors to determine compensation to landholders’

BJP demands FIR against Deshprabhu immediately

White aprons must Headland locals against moves to vacate Sada Post Office for registered n Besides that, all schools and Central pharmacists Government employees at Headland Sada and Attempts by postal authorities to vacate the Sada Post Office at MPT Colony, Headland Sada, have shocked residents of Headland.

In a bid to save the post office, Mormugao MLA Milind Naik along with Councilors Sarika Palkar and Sunita Usgaonkar as well as residents of Headland Sada have objected the move and have demanded the revocation of the order seeking to shift the post office.

According to instructions from postal authorities, the Sada Post Office, presently housed in the MPT premises, is to be accommodated in the departmental building at Vasco after one month.

“This would affect around 1500 postal accounts which are presently operating. In addition, this post office handles 6-7 bags of letters every day,” said a staffer at the post office.

“Besides, the Sada Post Office caters to requirements of the Sada Sub Jail, Food Corporation

LAND ACQUISITIONS

material and machinery from the site.

BJP Spokesperson Rajendra Arlekar, made the demand while addressing a press conference on Monday here. He said, even 24 hrs following the JMFC order, Pernem police have failed to register an FIR against the former MLA for his alleged involvement in illegal mining.

Arlekar informed that when BJP MLA Dayanand Sopte visited the police station to ascertain whether FIR was registered against Deshprabhu, he found that police had not acted. Sopte was told that, police could not register FIR since there were not enough policemen there as some had gone on leave and others were sent on bandobast, Arlekar said.

JMFC Pernem, on Saturday, had directed Goa Police to register an FIR within 24 hours against Deshprabhu and other State Department officials in illegal mining case.

In February activists Pradeep Kakodkar, Kashinath Shetye and Ketan Govekar had filed a police complaint alleging that the NCP legislator and others cheated the State exchequer to the tune of Rs 50 crores.

Deshprabhu was fined Rs 1.72 crore for illegally extracting mining ore.

to Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act, the Law Commission has said that ‘the compensation paid shall not be less than the compensation determined in terms of notification issued by the government, fixing the minimum market value of similar lands and such other benefits as may be permissible under any land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement policy notified by the government from time to time.’

The commission has recommended that the minimum market price of land should be published by the government annually, preferably by December 31, based on type of land, location and potential for different uses and these prices should be binding upon the collectors while determining the compensation to be paid.

“The district collectors have strenuously tabulated the min-

imum floor rates of different lands in various parts of Goa, and these are annexed to the draft policy” Khalap stated.

The proposed policy also states that farmers, whose large tracts of land are acquired for airport, industrial estates, etc should be paid adequate annuity for a considerable period of time. “ Those who lose their houses, commercial or industrial establishments must be provided with housing sites, commercial places and industrial plots at concessional rates besides compensation determined under R and R policy,” the draft policy adds.

Khalap said that if government accepts the report, than there may not be any occasion for agitation or discord and people may voluntarily come forward to offer their lands to the government for public purposes.

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Pg 4 UPCOMING EVENTS Annual Accounts Day PANJIM (HND): The recreation club of the Directorate of Accounts (RCDA), Panjim, will celebrate its 38th Annual Accounts Day on May 13 with a variety entertainment programme at Kala Academy Auditorium, Panjim, at 6 pm.

Tavora on FM Rainbow PANJIM (HND): AIR FM Rainbow 105.4 Mhz will broadcast the popular radio voice of yesteryears, Imelda Dias Tavora in a chat session with Eurico Noronha, former announcer, which will also feature the release of her book titled ‘Reminiscences of my Radio Days’ published by Third Millenium, Goa, on May 10 from 6 to 7 pm.

Sarzora youth fete PANJIM(HND): Youngsters of Sarzora will be organizing their annual fete on May 15 at 4 roads Sarzora with topmost bands from Goa and Delhi.

Musical programme PANJIM (HND): ‘Suvadik Konkani Git’ a Konkani Musical Programme produced and directed by Tomazinho Cardozo will be staged on the May 13 – the 1st day of the 3-day festival ‘Together for Seminary’ organised for raising funds for the renovation of Seminary of Our Lady Saligao, Pilerne.

The programmes on May 13 will start at 6.30 pm and ‘Suvadik Konkani Git’ will commence at 7 pm with participation of Anthony San, Clarissa Fernandes, Sonia Fernandes, Irene Cardozo, Maria Cardozo and numerous award winning artistes of Kala Mogi Candolim. Award winning children singers Violet, Stacy, Vhorty and Josepha will also participate. A comedy skit on the ‘Bhattkar- Mundkar’ relationship will also be staged.

Rhythmic Breathing sessions PANJIM (HND): The Rhythmic Breathing Club, Goa will share priceless secrets of Rishi Patanjali – short, simple, and yet powerful breathing exercises, which take only about 10 minutes, free of charge in June at following venues: On June 5, from 11 am to 1 pm at 2nd floor, Rotary Community Centre (Entrance from opp ICICI Bank), Tilak Maidan complex, Vasco; on June 5, from 6 pm to 8 pm at Room No 2, 1st floor, Vidyadhiraj Hall (Opp Hanuman Temple), Mahalakshmi Temple, Panjim; on June 10, from 6 pm to 6.45 pm at Basement, Radhakrishna Temple, Near Mahalakshmi Temple, Panjim.

Due to limited seats registration is advised, for details call Coordinator, Rhythmic Breathing Club, Goa, Venkatesh Betigiri, on 9422443421 or e mail veebee200303 @yahoo.co.in.

HJS to hold meet at Margao MARGAO(HR): The Hindu Janjagruti Samiti will hold a public meeting at the Multipurpose school grounds, Borda on May 15 at 5 pm to bring about awareness amongst the Hindus on the atrocities committed against the community in the country.

Samiti president Jayesh Thali told newsmen that the attacks on Hindus has increased manifold in recent times and cited the spate of Temple thefts reported across Goa in the last three years.

Cong, BJP claim credit for works executed at Arpora-Parra HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, MAY 9

The two national parties, Congress and BJP, were involved in a competition of sorts to claim credit in the recently inaugurated Arpora-Parra road hot-mixing at Parra on Friday.

The hot-mixing of the Calangute-Arpora-Parra road was inaugurated twice, first by Saligao ZP member Michael Lobo in the presence of Saligao MLA Dilip Parulekar, while Parra Sarpanch Benedict D’Souza did the honours in the presence of Nagoa-Arpora Sarpanch Agostinho D’Souza, ex-sarpanch of Nagoa-Arpora Agnelo D’Souza, Shekar Kerkar, Panch of Nagoa-Arpora and others.

It was reliably learnt that the two MLAs, Agnelo Fernandes who represent the Congress at Calangute and Dilip Parulekar representing the BJP at Saligao, were to inaugurate the hot-mixing works of the Arpora-Parra stretch of Calangute-ArporaParra road which was pending for quite long.

Benedict D’Souza claimed that the work was undertaken

Goan injured in accident at Karwar HERALD CORRESPONDENT POINGUINIM, MAY 9

Two middle-aged persons, including a Goan, were seriously injured after their motorcycle met with an accident on the highway at Majali, Karwar on Monday evening.

According to Chittakula PSI Umamaheshi, the injured man from Goa has been identified as Surendra Naik, while the other injured person is Balkrishna Naik from Sadashivgad-Karwar.

They were shifted to the Government hospital at Karwar.

Police claimed that the two injured persons did not carry any personal identification and did not have vehicle documents at the time of the mishap.

Michael Lobo, Dilip Parulekar and others of BJP at the inaugural function of hot-mixing of the Calangute-Arpora-Parra road.

Photo by Thomas Fernandes

due to the initiative of Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes, while Michael Lobo claimed that the credit for the work should go to Dilip Parulekar.

However, with the delimitation, the villages of Nagoa-Arpora and Parra now forms part of the Calangute constituency, where Agnelo Fernandes is try-

PWD Minister Churchill Alemao laid the foundation stone for the market complex at Saligao, to commemorate the birthday of Saligao MLA Dilip Parulekar on Monday.

The day was marked with a host of developmental programmes in Parulekar's constituency.

The re-construction of the market complex has been sanctioned under the District Rural Development Agency (North) with estimated cost of Rs 45 lakh for the ground floor consisting of 18 shops.

"Despite political pressures from different quarters, I have

Surprisingly though, the weird math ‘stuff’ does come in handy in the real world. This is especially true of probability.

What’s in a name?

The worst part of math was always the ridiculous names for the various sections. For goodness sake, which kid is going to enjoy something preposterously called ‘trigonometry’? What a mouthful.

Thankfully probability doesn’t have that particular problem. It is exactly what its name suggests.

The dictionary definition of probability is that it is a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible.

For example, the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5.

Essentially, it is mathematically possible to plot how possible it is for a coin to land heads up instead of down. The next question is then, why would one want to do that.

Real-life applications

Simply put, understanding probability is helpful for decision-making. Conducting an experiment or

sample test provides an outcome that can be used to compute the chance of events occurring in the future. To better understand this concept, we need a few definitions:

An experiment is the observation of some activity or the act of taking some measurement.

An outcome is a particular result of an experiment. The collection of one or more outcomes of an experiment is known as an event.

For example, a market testing of a sample of new breakfast cereal, new beer, new wine, new magazine, etc. gives the Director of Production or Director of Marketing a company a preliminary idea (outcome) whether consumers would like the product if it is produced and distributed in bulk.

Definitions

There are three definitions of probability. The first one is known as classical probability. The classical definition applies when there are n equally likely outcomes to an experiment. It is obtained by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of possible outcomes.

The probability of certain events is already known or the resulting probabilities are definitive. For example: 1

The chance that a woman gives birth to a male or female baby (p = 0.50 or ½)

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South Western Railway (SWR) has decided to augment one additional AC 3-tier coach to Train Nos 12779/12780 Vasco-Nizamuddin-Vasco Goa Express after removing one Second Class Sleeper coach.

This will be in effect from Vasco end from August 15 and from Nizamuddin end from August 17, according to a press release from the SWR. The present composition of Goa Express has a total of 18 coaches, comprising one AC 2tier coach, one AC 3-tier coach, ten second class sleepers, three general second class coaches, one second class-luggage-cumbrake van, one pantry car and one parcel van.

The revised composition of Goa Express will have total of 18 coaches, comprising one AC 2-tier coach, two AC 3-tier coaches, nine second class sleepers, three general second class coaches, one second classluggage-cum-brake van, one pantry car and one parcel van, with effect from Vasco from August 15 and from Nizamuddin end from August 17.

The renovated Salmona Spring at Saligao.

Photo by Thomas Fernandes

sanctioned the project considering the well-being of shopkeepers, traders and villagers," said Alemao.

The contractors for the project M/s D N R Constructions have promised to complete the project within six months on vacant possession of the existing market.

Those present on the occasion included Saligao Sarpanch Lucas and others.

Earlier, Parulekar inaugurated the renovated Salmona Spring in the presence of Executive Engineer Pramod Badani, Asst Engineer Mr Kamat and Sarpanch Lucas Remedios. The project is expected to cost Rs 8.5 lakh.

Work of laying pavement tiles begins in Merces

2 The chance that one spot will appear in die-rolling (p = 0.16 or 1/6).

The second one is empirical probability that is based on past experience. This is determined dividing the number of times an event happens by the total number of observations. For example: 1 383 of 751 business graduates were employed in the past. The probability that a particular graduate will be employed in his or her major area is 383/751 = 0.51 or 51%.

2 The probability that your income tax return will be audited if there are two million mailed to your district office and 2,400 are to be audited is 2,400/2,000,000 = 0.0012 or 0.12%.

The third is a subjective probability. Subjective probability is a probability assigned to an event based on whatever evidence is available.

It is an educated guess. Unlike empirical probability, it is not based on past experience. Subjective probability is obtained by evaluating the available options and by assigning the probability. Examples of events that require computing subjective probability: 1

Estimating the probability that a person wins a jackpot lottery.

2 Estimating the probability that the GM will lose its first ranking in car sales.

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hen in school, especially during math class, there is sure to be at least one person thinking, “Why do we have to learn this stuff? How on earth will my solving equations and finding the value of ‘x’ help me in real life?”

ing his best to win the goodwill of the villagers and voters of the newly formed Calangute constituency.

Villagers of Calangute, NagoaArpora and Parra were however happy with the development as it keeps the politicians on their toes to claim credit for developmental works.

SWR to augment AC 3-tier coach

Alemao lays foundation stone for Saligao market complex

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Well-known tiatrist Justino Fernandes from BamonsaiSanguem was recently felicitated at a function organised by Pundalik Narayan Naik Natyamahotsav Sanguem, at the hands of Curchorem MLA Shyam Satardekar.

‘GSCDI aiding students’

Members of GSCDI USA along with beneficiary students of Khapal village. Photo by Vishant Vaze

MAYEM(HC): Executive Director of Goa Sudharop Community Development Inc USA (GSCDI) Ibonio M B D’Souza has stated that GSCDI is playing a key role in helping students from poor and downtrodden sections of community from rural areas to provide them with education in different fields.

He was addressing the gathering after distributing the study material to the students of Government Primary High School Kharpal-Bicholim recently.

It may be recalled that the school has been selected by GSCDI as part of its social service programme.

GSIDI member Belty Rodrigues, Narayan Gawas of Yuwa Pratibha, Headmaster Dattarm Pednekar, teachers Varsha Malwankar, Sangeeta Sutar, Pradnya Damle and Rajendra Kerkar were present on the occasion.

On the occasion, teacher and environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar spoke on geography.

The students were given text books, foot wear and other study material.

Earlier, School Headmaster Pednekar gave introductory speech, while Pradnya Damlawe proposed the vote of thanks.

Madkar is Bicholim temple president MAYEM(HC): Yeshwant Madkar was elected president of Rudreshwar Devasthan, Harvalem-Bicholim.

Other office bearers elected are Subhash Kinalkar (secretary), Shatrughan Pednekar (treasurer), Deepak Naik (vice president), Sankalp Pednekar (joint secretary), Tulshidas Pednekar (joint treasurer), Sangesh Kundaikar (attorney) and Vasudev Gaonkar (vice attorney).

With the elections, Bicholim Mamlatdar Pramod Bhat handed over the charge of the temple to the ruling committee which was with the Bicholim mamlatdar for the last six years as the administrator.

Bicholim youth undertake farming MAYEM(HC): With attractive government schemes to encourage farming in different talukas, youth from Bicholim have now taken an initiative to undertake farming as their main occupation.

Bicholim Zonal Agricultural Officer Pradeep Malik stated that Vaigini paddy crop this year was quite satisfactory, creating a feeling of enthusiasm among the farmers.

“The government has introduced novel schemes to encourage cultivation of cashew nuts, banana, soya beans, coconut, sugarcane, vegetables, fruits and edibles,” said Malik.

Farmers interested in farming activity now would get 75% concession on tractors, Rs 75,000 to dig wells, 70-90% concession for power fencing, 90% for bio-gas, 90% for drip irrigation, 90% for purchasing of pump and other concession on different agriculture schemes.

Malik called upon sections of farmers to contact the Zonal office to get different benefits of farming by undertaking farming as the prime occupation.

BSc Nursing Course prospectus

A worker lays tiles at Butem Bhat, Merces.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT MERCES, MAY 9

The Merces Panchayat began the work of laying pavement tiles in various parts of Merces.

Speaking to Herald, panch Venita Gracias informed that the works are undertaken in Bhutem Bhatt, Gaunchem Bhatt, Salem Bhatt and Firguem Bhatt.

"The works for laying tiles was taken up during my tenure

Photo by Manuel Vaz

as Sarpanch and was supposed to be executed by the PWD," she said and added that due to some reasons the same did not materialise. She further said that the work is now being undertaken by the panchayat.

Meanwhile, the work of desilting drains in Merces is also undertaken at a hectic pace to ensure that water logging does not take place in the monsoon.

PANJIM(HND): The prospects for BSc Nursing Courses for 2011-2012 will be available at the office of the Principal, Institute of Nursing Education, Near Holy Cross Chapel, Bambolim, from May 16. The last date for submission of complete application forms is June 2 till 4.30 pm. Details can be obtained from the website www.dhsgoa.gov.in.

Notice to mariners PANJIM(HND): Captain of Ports Department, Panjim, has notified that the navigational buoys laid to mark the approaches to the navigational spans of the Mandovi and Zuari bridges, will be retrieved from their respective positions for pre-monsoon maintenance, from May 11 until further orders.

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C-LIBZ celebrates anniversary HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, MAY 9

C-LIBZ, a premier institution of Goa celebrated it’s 15th anniversary recently at a glittering function at it’s IT Mall in Vasco culminating with C-LIBZ’S 2011 Queen and King Contest which was won by Prajakta Kuncolienkar from Panjim and Laban Carvalho of Vasco who were declared Queen and King of CLIBZ’s 2011.

C-LIBZ’s students, alumni, IT dealers, customers, associates and well wishers gathered at it’s venue to participate in innova-

tive technology show interspersed with demos on latest multi-branded products. Simon Fernandes, presented report of C-LIBZ’s achievements in it’s 15 years of dedicated services in the field of Information Technology.

Guests of honour Cedric Dias of Prime Builders and Cdr Narayanan of Vasco Watch praised C-LIBZ and it’s team for their contribution to the society. Delbert Figueiredo and Paul Fernandes, associates of C-LIBZ also spoke on the occasion.

OLD GOA: From 9 am to 2 pm. Areas affected are Jyoti Estate, Church Waddo, Calwado, Volwaddo of Corlim village, entire Carambolim village, Katyebhat, Dineshnagar, Ela and vicinity of Old Goa village.

SIOLIM: From 9 am to 5 pm. Areas affected are Siolim PHC, Ingrezwado, Oxel, Madlaghat, Marna Gudem, Dando, Vagali, Tarachi Bhat, Partawada, Bamanwada, Waddi Siolim, Sodiem, Gausawada and surrounding areas.

CARANZALEM: From 9 am to 3 pm. Areas affected are Venusta Residency, Mitra bazaar, St Anthony Apartment, Tarkar Residency and surrounding areas.

SANVORDEM: From 9 am to 3 pm. Sanvordem and Panchawadi Village Panchayats will be affected.

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SANVORDEM: From 9 am to 2 pm. Sanvordem and Panchawadi Village Panchayats will be affected.

PARRA: From 9 am to 2 pm. Areas affected are Jackniwaddo, Brittowaddo, Lingbhat, Salisawado, Bockache Aradi, Fondawaddo Abbaswaddo Canca, Sonarwado Verla, Fretaiswaddo Verla, Parpoli, Sonvem Kumayamarod and surrounding areas.

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42 injured as train derails in MP PTI VIDISHA (MP), MAY 9

Forty-two passengers were injured, three seriously, when the Mumbai-Pratapgarh Udyognagri Express derailed near here early today, disrupting rail traffic for over 14 hours.

The Pratapgarh-bound train derailed around 6.20 AM near Sourai, six kms from here, District Collector (Vidisha) C B Singh told PTI. While three bogies of the train overturned, four others jumped the rails disrupting traffic on both up and down lines between Bhopal and New Delhi, he said.

Movement of trains on the affected line could not be resumed even 14 hours after the derailment, he said, adding, trains were allowed to pass using a parallel line.

Some of the derailed bogies

Railway officials and onlookers stand near damaged railway tracks after a passenger train derailed in Vidhisha district on Monday.

slid down the tracks as the accident site was at a height, railway officials said.

The seriously injured persons were referred to Bhopal's Hamidia Hospital while the remaining were admitted in the Vidisha District Hospital, the

Collector said. All three grievously injured are women – Kamla Ramchandran, Sushma Devi and Nirmala Verma.

Meanwhile, an inquiry has been ordered into the mishap and the Railways announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1,00,000 to the

grievously injured passengers and Rs 25,000 to those with simple wounds.

"P K Vajapyee, Commissioner Railway Safety, Lucknow Division, will conduct the inquiry," a Railway Ministry spokesman said.

Honour killings deserve death rap: SC AGENCIES NEW DELHI, MAY 9

The Supreme Court on Monday said that honour killings fell in the category of rarest of rare crimes and those committing them deserved capital punishment.

Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra in their ruling said, “Honour killings are nothing but barbaric and brutal murders by bigoted persons with feudal minds.”

The judges said "In our opinion, honour killings, for whatever reason, come within the category of rarest of rare cases deserving death punishment.

"It is time to stamp out these barbaric, feudal practices which are a slur on our nation.”

The court said this while upholding the death sentence awarded to Bhagwan Dass, who

Honour killings are barbaric and brutal murders by bigoted persons with feudal minds.

In our opinion, it comes within the category of rarest of rare cases deserving death punishment. was convicted for killing his daughter after she deserted her husband Raju and began an incestuous relationship with her uncle.

The judgment said "In our opinion both the trial court and high court have given very cogent reasons for convicting the

Punjab minister appears Ministers, MPs, bureaucrats before CBI in corruption case to come under Lokpal purview PTI CHANDIGARH, MAY 9

Punjab industries and local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia today appeared before the CBI in response to a notice issued to him by the agency in the Rs1.5 crore graft case in which chief parliamentary secretary Raj Khurana and a government employee were arrested.

Kalia arrived at the CBI office this morning and had to jostle with a huge crowd of supporters, including women, to get inside the building.

In a letter written to the CBI, Kalia had claimed that the case was politically motivated. He had also said he would be accompanied by his advocate K S Sukhija to the agency's office as he wanted all legal norms to be followed during the investigation.

However, Sukhija did not enter the CBI office with Kalia nor was he called in.

Sukhija told reporters outside the office premises that the minister will not move court for anticipatory bail as he was not "directly involved" in the matter.

"The accused have named him (Kalia. He himself is confused how his name came in," Sukhija said.

He said the CBI in its notice to the minister did not mention any specific date for appearance before the agency office, asking him to appear "as early as possible".

The minister could not make a statement to the media after the interrogation as he was surrounded by the large number of supporters who had gathered outside the CBI office.

Punjab technical education minister Swarna Ram has also been asked by the agency to appear before it.

The CBI arrested Khurana, BJP MLA from Rajpura, and Devinder Singh, an official of the office of Registrar, Firms and Societies, Punjab, on May 6 after registering a case under section 8 of Prevention of Corruption Act against Singh for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 1.5 crore for closing a complaint against an association.

The case was registered on the basis of a complaint by Manpreet Singh, secretary of Punjab Automobile Mechanic Association, alleging that Devinder had demanded the bribe for not taking action against the association on a complaint filed against it.

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AGENCIES NEW DELHI, MAY 9

With the last and sixth phase of the Assembly elections in West Bengal, covering 14 constituencies, all set to begin at 7 a.m. on Tuesday (May 10), the Election Commission has made “ u n p re c e d e n t e d s e c u r i t y arrangements” considering all the constituencies come under the hotbed of naxal activities.

Besides 700 companies of the Central Police Forces (CPF) which have already been moved to provide security cover in the constituencies coming under West

A special court has ordered that Surender Koli, sentenced to death in sensational Nithari serial killings case, be hanged between May 24 and May 31 following which he has filed a mercy petition before the President.

CBI Judge Shyam Lal issued the death warrant for execution of Koli, 39, after the Supreme Court in February confirmed the death penalty awarded to him in the case related to rape and murder of 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar, CBI advocate Jai Prakash Sharma said today.

In the May 3 order, the judge said that Koli should be hanged between May 24-31 at 4 am.

Following the issuance of the death warrant, Koli moved a mercy petition before the President of India on May 7, the CBI counsel today told a court which

Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura districts, another 125 companies of the State armed police and local police have been deployed to ensure all goes well during the polling, an EC official said here on Monday.

Besides three helicopters and CPFs on anti-landmine vehicles would be patrolling the sky and the ground to ensure that the electorate – 26,578,434 – exercised their franchise in a peaceful atmosphere without fear or violence. Of the total voters 12, 87,967 are women.

With the completion of this

phase of WB poll, the process of polling that began on March 1 with the announcement of poll schedule for Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, Puducherry and West Bengal will come to an end and the counting is to be taken up on May 13 at 8 a.m. in all the four States and Puducherry.

A total of 97 candidates are in fray for this phase of WB poll and of them seven are women. The Commission has set up 3534 polling stations in the three districts and declared all of them as “hyper sensitive”.

AIEEE candidates smash school’s glass door in Ahmedabad AGENCIES AHMEDABAD, MAY 9

A scooterist seeks permission from a security officer to cross the Exchange road Srinagar which was closed for vehicular traffic as Jammu and Kashmir Governor was supposed visiting a school on the road on Monday.

Nithari murders convict moves mercy petition PTI GHAZIABAD, MAY 9

Ministers, MPs and bureaucrats seem set to come under the purview of the proposed Lokpal with government and civil society members of the drafting committee expressing unanimity on their inclusion.

However, there is disagreement over bringing the Prime Minister and the judiciary under its ambit. The proposed anti-corruption ombudsman, Lokpal, will not have to wait for the permission of the government to investigate allegation of corruption against ministers, MPs and bureaucrats.

During the third meeting of the Joint Drafting Committee to prepare a stronger Lokpal bill here last week, the members were unanimous that the ombudsman would not have to seek permission to either investigate or initiate prosecution against public servants.

The move to give powers to Lokpal to initiate investigations on its own would require amendments in certain existing laws. These may include

the Prevention of Corruption Act, CrPC and the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act - a law which governs the functioning of the CBI. While there were basic principles on having an effective Lokpal among the members, there were certain areas which have an impact on existing laws and constitutional provisions which need more discussion, the meeting decided.

As of now, the sanction to prosecute a minister comes from the Prime Minister. In case of an MP, the sanctioning authority is the Lok Sabha Speaker or Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

However, inclusion of Prime Minister and judiciary under the ambit of the Lokpal was a sticking point and the issue was flagged for broader discussion at the next meeting scheduled for May 23.

The meeting did not discuss the powers the proposed Lokpal will have. The latest version of the Jan Lokpal Bill prepared by the Anna Hazareled group proposed power to tap phone calls by the ombudsman and having institutions like the CBI and CVC under its supervisory control.

Unprecedented security for final phase of Bengal polls

Delhi mayor slams CM for terming MCD ineffective Delhi Mayor Rajni Abbi Monday slammed Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit over her statement about MCD administration being "totally ineffective" and alleged that it was a ploy to divert attention from "indictment" of the city government regarding Commonwealth Games.

"It is a clever ploy to divert attention from Shunglu Committee report which has strongly indicted the Delhi government for its inefficient and corrupt handling of the projects and works relating to Games," she said.

The Mayor claimed that the Chief Minister was focusing on dividing MCD to suit her "whims and fancies".

Abbi also appealed to the "conscience" of all the councillors and MLAs irrespective of party line to resist the move of the Delhi government to split the MCD in five parts apparently referring to a section of city Congressmen which are opposing the proposal being pushed by Dikshit.

Chairman of Standing Committee Yogendra Chandolia said the Chief Minister is "perturbed by the revolt of Congressmen, Delhi government's indictment

by Shunglu committee and allegations of corruption against one of her ministers.”

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fixed May 13 for further order in the matter.

Koli was sentenced to death along with his employer Moninder Singh Pandher, 54, by the Ghaziabad court on February 13, 2009. It was the first of the Nithari killings cases to be decided. The Allahabad High Court had confirmed Koli's death sentence on September 11, 2009 while acquitting Pandher of the charges.

The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence in February saying the case was "horrifying" and "barbaric" and "no mercy can be shown to him".

A Bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra had said, "Koli has not retracted his confessional statement" and the circumstances in which the crime was committed was "premeditated" falling in the "rarest of rare category".

"In the statement, he (Koli)

described how he allured the girls and then strangulated them. He also confessed that he used to have sex with dead bodies and would eat parts of human body after cooking them," the bench had said in the order.

Sixteen cases were registered against Koli after Nithari serial killings came to light in December 2006, following discovery of human remains from a drain behind Pandher's house in Noida on the outskirts of Delhi.

Haldar, who went missing from her home in the neighbourhood of Pandher's residence in early 2005, was one of victims of serial rape-cum-killing episode that sent shockwaves across the country.

Koli was sentenced to death in four other cases. Both Koli and Pandher are currently lodged in the high-security Dasna Jail here.

Candidates and their parents on Sunday created ruckus at Kendriya Vidyalaya-2, Ahmedabad Cantonment, and broke the main door of the school building when no one turned up to conduct the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE).

The angry students were clearly unaware that the AIEEE rescheduled to May 8 for candidates appearing in the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) examination, had been rescheduled again, this time to May 11.

Several parents complained that they were unaware of the new date or about its announcement.

"We had been waiting since 8 am at the exam centre as we

thought the AIEEE would begin at 9 am but there was no one at the centre except three security guards," a parent said. "When the centre didn't open at 9 am and no one turned up to hold the exam, everyone was panicstricken."

The parent said that they were told at 9.30am that the examination had been rescheduled to May 11. Around 300 candidates along with their parents had come from different cities for the examination.

Another parent, Vijay Patel, said they had come for the examination all the way from Rajkot.

"We travelled the whole night to reach Ahmedabad only for the exams," he said. "The change of date wasn't conveyed

to us. The authorities should have contacted us on mobile or sent an SMS to inform us about it. If everyone is expected to check their website to find this out, why does the application form ask for the student's or parent's contact number? Now we will have to come again on May 11."

appellant, and we see no reason to disagree with their verdicts.”

"There is overwhelming circumstantial evidence to show that the accused committed the crime as he felt that he was dishonoured by his daughter.”

Speaking for the bench, Justice Katju said: "This is necessary as a deterrent for such outrageous, uncivilized behaviour. All persons who are planning to perpetrate 'honour' killings should know that the gallows await them.

The judgement said "There is nothing honourable in honour killings.”

The court pointed out "Often young couples who fall in love have to seek shelter in the police lines or protection homes, to avoid the wrath of kangaroo courts.”

Starting his judgment with a

couplet from renowned poet Mirza Ghalib (Hai maujazan ek kulzum-e-khoon kaash yahi ho, Aataa hai abhi dekhiye kya kya mere aage), Justice Katju said: "This is yet another case of gruesome honour killing, this time by the accused-appellant of his own daughter."

The court said 'honour' killings had become commonplace in many parts of the country, particularly in Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

"If someone is not happy with the behaviour of his daughter or other person, who is his relation or of his caste, the maximum he can do is to cut off social relations with her/him.

"But he cannot take the law into his own hands by committing violence or giving threats of violence."

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Development & the Aam Admi

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he unprecedented fury of farmers in western UP against land forcible acquisition shows once more that scepticism of and opposition to ‘development’ is not confined to middle class environmentalists, but even the commonest of common people. It all started in Goa, with the movement against the Special Economic Zones (SEZs), picked up steam with the violent struggles at Singur and Nandigram in West Bengal, and is now centred around the agitations in Jaitapur in the Konkan and Greater Noida in UP. The fury of the agriculturists is directed at the arrogant belief of bureaucrats, politicians and industrialists that real ‘development’ only comes with industrialisation. It is the forcible acquisition of fertile agricultural land for industrial or infrastructure projects that sparks the fury of the people.

Both the SEZ controversy in Goa and the Greater Noida violence raise a further question. When land is acquired for a project that does not materialise, should it not be returned to the original owners?

That is what UP’s farmers are demanding, apart from an increase in compensation for lands taken over for the Yamuna Expressway, a partly completed eight-lane super highway from Delhi to Agra being built on a ‘Private-Public Partnership (PPP) basis by UP Chief Minister Mayawati’s favourite firm, Jaypee Associates. The people’s anger is not at the highway per se, but at the thousands of acres of land given to the firm for real estate projects as ‘compensation’. Besides, the JP Group is also poised to bag the contract for the Ganga Expressway, a planned second super highway that will connect UP from its western border to its Eastern border.

The farmers allege that the Mayawati government buys land at cheap rates from farmers and sells it to private developers at high premiums. They have asked for setting up of a two-member committee of retired judges to decide the land compensation issue. But Mayawati asked the police to crush the agitation. In the resulting confrontation and violence, the police came off poorly. Armed farmers fired back at them and killed two cops. Now the government has announced awards for the capture of the farmer leaders. It is when governments make constitutional protests impossible that people take to violence.

The same process is playing out in Jaitapur, where the world’s largest nuclear power station is to come up, just over 100km from Goa. Here, protestors are not allowed to assemble peacefully. Sympathisers of the people’s movement, including retired justices of the High Court and Supreme Court, are detained by police and prevented from visiting the area. Curtailment of constitutional rights will, inevitably, try the patience of the people. Jaitapur may one day explode with similar ferocity as we have seen in UP. It seems hard to believe that our politicians do not realise that development cannot be equated with industrialisation.

There has to be a realistic cost-benefit analysis from the point of view of the local people. And, unless the people are given a proper stake in ‘development’, they have no reason to support it.

A

Parking?

crafts bazaar, the ‘Goa Haat’, is to be set up on six acres of wooded land adjoining the Rua de Ourem in Patto, Panjim, opposite the Directorate of Tourism, at a whopping cost of Rs5 crore. Four acres will be used for 65 handicraft stalls and two acres will remain wooded, we are told.

But what about parking for hundreds of visitors? Or, in the ‘finest’ traditions of Panjim, is it to be purely on an already overburdened road?

Message to pharmacists Adelmo Fernandes, Vasco It is understood that as per the new guidelines laid by the Foods and Drugs Administration (FDA), registered Pharmacists practising the profession of pharmacy at retail/wholesale/hospitals in the state, were supposed to compulsorily wear white aprons while on duty, with effect from 3 May. It must be said that the world over, pharmacists working in pharmacies are seen donning the white apron with their names printed on the flannel. This trends needs to be followed in Goa as well.

Protection excesses Marcos Alemao, by email The police chief in Goa stated that there is a shortage of police personnel in the state. He was replying to a question posed

100 Years Ago

PRIMEIRO DIARIO NAS COLONIAS PORTUGEZAS

10 May 1911 Major Lopes reinstated

Major Craveiro Lopes who had been transferred from the regiment to which he belonged to and which had brought about political unrest in Portugal has been reinstated.

Relations broken off

A message from Milan states that commercial relations between Italy and Dalmatia have been broken off.

Debate on territorials

There was on-going debate at the House of Lords in London with regards to positioning of the territorial’s in India.

Capt Bell promoted

Captain Bell of the Steamship ‘Thordis’ has been appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy (Reserve).

OPINION

Shining India & Fatal Attraction

the indian stampede to appease the US was clear during the obama family circus visit, says antHony SiMoES

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ver the last 5 years, the UPA government has been working overtime to convince the nation that they are a circus with a difference. The UPA is a circus with a few performers and a majority of clowns. Right at the start, they insulted the intelligence of a billion people by invoking an ‘inner-voice’ for placing a stooge on the ‘gaddi’.

Earlier, he had proved his worth to a globalising world by being a faithful friend of the World Bank and selling the third world down the river. As our liberalised, privitised, globalised, finance minister, he led us up the garden-path.

The poor but politically sophisticated people of Bharat recognised not only the power behind the throne but the need for a regent during the ‘minority’ of Rahul Baba.

Over the years, he toed the line drawn by the Empress. Only 7 years later, in April 2011 did he muster the courage to say publicly that he lives by the commands of Mother and Son. During his single-minded chase for the 1-2-3 nuclear agreement he reached the pinnacle of his career as a first-among-equals clown.

Imagine telling George Bush Jr., one of the worst presidents the USA. has produced, ‘The people of India deeply love you’ (Even George Bush looked like he had swallowed a bee!).

And this at a time when at least 800 million Indians would not have recognised George Bush if they had fallen over him.

This love blatantly, brazenly and unblushingly speaks its name in the Wikileaks cables thanks to Julian Assange. Even the racketeers of the Pakistan military and intelligence (whose motto was ‘muh me Obama; bagal me Osama’) appear dignified when compared with the shamelessly fawning Indians stampeding to plant kisses on American back-sides.

This was on public display last November when the Obama family circus came to town. Manmohan Singh has presided over an ignominious surrender of national sovereignty, dignity and pride.

What now after the latest score-card: Obama 1 – Osama 3001.

After Abbottabad how about Old Monk and Coke?

In the face of Fukushima, the UPA is hell bent on going ahead with Jaitapur. Is it just because Manmohan Singh would like to be mentioned as

Politically incorrEct a tiny footnote in the history books twenty years down the road?

Today, our nuclear power plants are working at 45% Plant Load Factor. Allegedly because the world has starved us of fuel since we have not signed the NPT and the CTBT. So now that the Nuclear Suppliers Group has accepted us in their list of buyers, why don’t they turn their words into action?

Even without building a single nuclear power plant we could generate another 5,500 MW of nuclear power at 100% Plant Load Factor if they give us the fuel promised.

This will test the genuineness of the Nuclear Suppliers Group as well as the claims of our Nuclear Power Corporation.

It will most importantly buy valuable time for all the protagonists in the great nuclear power debate.

Life’s like that

Staying alive!

T

he music and that opening walk in Saturday Night Fever may have launched John Travolta’s film career but here we are referring to the real thing.

How folks go through trying times to keep body and soul together in any dog-eat-dog city anywhere in the world. And that includes Mumbai.

Remember asking the chaiwala (tea boy) at Mahalaxmi (outside Famous Studio) when his father would be coming, thinking he was on relief duty and he pointed upwards.

That was where his dad was. It came like a bolt from the blue and one was abashed at touching a sore spot, but in good time, we were enlightened about his duty hours.

Waking up at 4am and getting ready to set up shop around 6ish.

From then, it went on and on with a brief break in the afternoon (when his brother would take over) and then again till 10 at night.

Then home and sleep around 12 midnight to be up again at 4am. What a life indeed!

But he was quite contented, no hassles, no cribbing. Guess these are the future Mastaans and Goenkas who start small. It is

by an individual on crimes, thefts etc. Your report ‘Overprotected VIPs leave common man without police cover’ (Herald, 8 May) has revealed that most of the police personnel are protecting the guardians of the state. It is not understood why the Chief Minister, Health Minister, Speaker need so many cops to guard them, whereas all other ministers have just one or two police constables for protection.

Aimless education policy Allwyn George, Carmona The circular issued by the Director of Education to schools, not to detain students under the RTE Act from I to VIII, needs an in-depth analysis. If the students do not have to worry about failures, then what will be the driving force for them to learn, study and pass? It will be very difficult for teachers to control the students as the students will confidently know that no matter how they perform, they are going to pass anyway. This does not make sense at all. A sensible alternative would be to conduct open book examinations like in Bihar. I think this policy is totally flawed and not in the interest of students. It also contradicts the very purpose of sending our children to schools, and will eventually lower the standard of our students as compared to other states.

Curbing drowning deaths Augustus Alphonso, Vasco Despite deployment of lifeguards along the 38 beaches in the state over the years and with a beach safety system operated

by Drishti Beach Life Guard Services in place, scores of deaths have been recorded in the state over the last two years. If this is due to drowning, it is because swimming in the ‘sea’ is always risky. Therefore, if ‘swimming pools’ could be built within the proximity of the beach, safely above the high tide level, it would create an alternative for those who wish to go for a swim.

The pool could comprise of salt or fresh water.

My question, however, is: Are there any pools for the general public near our popular beaches to help solve these drowning issues?

Why has the UPA taken on the India Shining mantle of the NDA after discrediting it? Food prices have become intolerable for the poor.

There is no scope for tightening of the belt any further.

At the production-end of the food spectrum, on average, 47 farmers have committed suicide every single day of the past 16 years in our ‘shining India’.

On 5th March, Friday evening, when Bangalore’s watering holes were getting filled up, when all the DJs were blaring-out deafening music, when we were busy discussing India’s chances at the World Cup, sitting in Café Coffee Day’s and Baristas – just 100 kilometres away from Bangalore, Swamy Gowda and Vasanthamma, a young farmer couple hanged themselves, leaving their three young children to fend for themselves or most likely, to die of malnutrition.

Why did they do it? Were they fighting? No. Were they drunkards? No. Did they have cancer or full-blown AIDS? No! Then why?

Because they were unable to repay a loan of Rs80,000 (a working information technology company employed couple’s 1 month salary) for years, which had gradually increased to Rs1.2 lakh.

Having been hurt by government which announced a reduction in import duty for silk in this year’s budget from 30% to 5%, there are these struggling silk farmers and instead of getting a helping hand from them, they got this!

Decrease in import duty means the market will now be flooded with cheap Chinese silk and our own farmers will be left in the lurch.

Protests against corruption have paralysed Parliament. Then a leaked US diplomatic cable: In 2008, the aide to an old courtier to the NehruGandhi family showed a US diplomat 2 chests containing 25 million dollars in cash – money to bribe members of Parliament into voting for an Indo-US nuclear deal.

Not surprisingly, the Americans have developed contempt for representatives of the world’s largest democracy.

This exposed the egregious mendacity and venality of our ruling elites. The head of government adored by foreign businessmen and journalists lost his moral authority and the clown became a lame duck.

This sounds like Tunisia or Egypt, countries long deprived of representative politics and pillaged by the local agents of neo-liberal capitalism.

But it is India, where in recent weeks, Wikileaks has highlighted how democratic institutions are no defence against the rapacity and selfishness of globalised elites.

In another cable, Hillary Clinton gets right to the point with an enquiry about Pranab Mukherjee, the finance minister widely tipped to be India’s next prime minister: ‘To which industrial or business groups is Mukherjee beholden?

Whom will he seek to help through his policies? Why was Mukherjee chosen for the finance portfolio over Montek Singh Ahluwalia?’

No one stands more diminished by Wikileaks than Manmohan Singh. Our democracy now resembles an oligarchy run by Robber Barons.

Both national and international.

By Ervell E Menezes

often humble beginnings that are breeding grounds for the big industrialists of tomorrow.

Then, there is the fruitwalla (fruit vendor) opposite Liberty cinema who regularly give me my share of Elchi kellas (Mumbai bananas) along with a smile.

He does it in and out of the year, come sun or rain. Like clockwork, a virtual robot but he has a sense of humour when extolling the escapades of his immediate neighbours.

An uncanny observer, who would make a good journalist.

If ever he had the opportunity. What do they say about success?

Its preparation meeting with an opportunity.

He is a natural as far as preparation is concerned. All he needs is the opportunity. If only we were still in the business!

Just across the road on the Liberty cinema side is a little woman with a child asking for alms and he calls her pagli (lunatic) because she does not hesitate to abuse the many who ignore her.

Religiously, every morning she is out there like so many in the same line, some pink-cheeked alcoholics/tramps who await their early morning shot.

The crossword-solving girl who loads the fish baskets on the

cart and pushes it along has been absent for some days now but the man who accompanies her is there.

Is he her father or husband or lover?

So I pluck up courage and approach this khaki short pants banyan clad man and ask about her. Being an old man, it does not raise suspicion.

He tells me she had a fall and is house bound. Even more reluctantly I enquire how she is related to her.

She is a cousin; he confirms a thought that crossed my mind for weeks.

Poor thing, hope she recovers or else she’ll be just one more of those nameless hundreds who just have had enough and breathe their last.

But life goes on in its own measured manner. Faces come and go, some to become familiar like the fruitseller, others to stay anonymous like the lunatic.

And the only thing sure about life is death, but still ever yone finds it a full-time job just in order to stay alive.

Thankfully John Travolta did not belong to this club.

Letters to the Editor Letter of the Day

I beg to differ

Kalidas Sawkar, Caranzalem

Adv Uday Bhembre’s article ‘Look at thy neighbour, please!’ (Herald, 2 May) has quoted a passage from the great Shenoi Goembab. Translated, it says: “Let us all develop Konkani language in such a way that there would not be distinctions between upper and lower (rungs/levels) and all should understand it equally well whether ‘written or spoken.’ There should not be divisions in it as educated and non-educated or as an elite or non-elite language. We shall make non-elites elites so that all will be elites. Thus, we all together shall reap benefits of a fully developed Konkani language.”

These few words tell exactly what I had written in my first article ‘Overview: let Konkani be…!’ (Herald, 14 Dec). I rejoice that I had echoed the great Shenoi Goembab’s thoughts of sixty years ago, in my aforesaid article. Sadly, post-liberation, the situation is still the same.

Adv Uday Bhembre writes about Drs Anil Kakodkar, Mashelkar, Kosambi, and others who have studied through Konkani and Marathi mediums, but still have come on top in their careers. The point in making English as a MoI is entirely for children from lower economic and social classes so that they get equal opportunities to shine in society.

However, the fight over standardisations, accents and scripts of Konkani goes on.

My second article ‘Replacing primary language with mother-tongues’ (Herald, 26 Jan) says it scientifically, that a baby can easily absorb 5 to 6 languages till 5 or 6 years of age. However, the only Nagari newspaper in Goa with 500,000 people speaking Mai Bhas Konkani has a readership of 850 and protagonists want children of other people to study in Konkani!

Despite the above, I too love my Konkani just like Adv Bhembre.

Filthy Calangute John Sousa, Calangute It’s high time Calangutkars get up, bury the hatchet and do something to bring back the lost glory of Calangute. The market is stinking with filth all around and the drains need to be cleaned up as they are full of trash. There are so many associations in Calangute all for name’s sake. There is more talk and less action. Take the example of the Baga road. The drainage work which commenced a long time ago by the PWD and Zilla Parishad, is still incomplete. As a result, there are so many ditches around and vehicles have fallen into some of them.

On weekends, it is very difficult to drive or even walk on this road.

Our village does not have a petrol station.

There is so much money being wasted on lavish birthday parties of the big-wigs. The

same money could instead by used for development of the village. If the Panchayat has no money, then there is a need to rope in some good companies for development.

These firms would love to be of help.

Goa’s ‘Bin Ladens’ Fatima Sardinha, Margao The Americans finally zeroed in on Osama Bin Laden and he is now history. The soldiers were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.

Here in Goa, we have our own set of ‘Bin Ladens.’ The politicians and the bureaucrats are supposed to be the guardians of law. Can anyone deny the fact that the politicians in Goa are less than the terrorists? They fish in troubled waters. No one cares for the cries of the common man unless there is political backing. America cut off the head of AlQaeda. Beware politicians, the public will

cut you to size at the time of the assembly elections and win for themselves the ‘Public Unit Citation.’

US snub Anthony Fernandes, Mapusa The USA is right in chiding India - there can be no parallel between 9/11 and 26/11.The Mumbai shootout stands nowhere in comparison to the Twin Tower attack. Moreover, the shootouts at the CST Railway station, Old Taj Hotel, the Oberoi Trident Hotel, Cama Hospital, and ‘Chabbad’ House, were all clubbed together at the trial of Ajmal Qasab, the lone surviving terrorist, for reasons best known to the Indian government. Was it a mess-up or a mixup?

Rename GBA Jason Pereira, Canacona What has the GBA done to justify usage of the prefix “Goa” to their organisation’s name. In the last 5 years, they danced footsie with the mining mafia. Many in their ranks are now agents for the kingpins.

They achieved limited success on the Regional Plan front. Therefore, it would be fitting if they called themselves Regional Plan Bachao Abhiyan (RPBA).

Irresponsible freeloaders Octavio Goes, London Goans have settled all over the world, most of them for a better life, some by choice and some have gone overseas because they have no choice. But all are bound by something in common – their love for their homeland.

They have homes in Goa, families, ties and of course, their roots. Most Goans visit Goa on a regular basis - they pay their taxes like house tax, water bills and other indirect taxes which should be appreciated by the authorities.

And when a couple of the so-called freedom fighters say that they should be treated as tourists, is tantamount to betrayal by their so called Goan brethren. It is because they are pensioners and have nothing better to do than make stupid remarks.

Goans who work and live abroad are very offended and saddened by these

Paths of Wisdom Each to His Own Destiny

by Paulo Coelho A Samurai who was known for his nobility and honesty, went to visit a Zen monk to ask advice.

However, the moment he entered the temple where the master was praying, he felt inferior.

“Why do I feel so inferior?” he asked, as soon as the monk finished his prayers.

“I have faced death many times, have defended those who are weak, I know I have nothing to be ashamed of.

Nevertheless, upon seeing you meditating, I felt that my life had absolutely no importance whatsoever.”

“Wait. Once I have attended to all those who come to see me today, I shall answer you.”

The samurai spent the whole day sitting in the temple gardens, watching the people go in and out in search of advice. He saw how the monk received them all with the same patience.

At nightfall, when everyone had gone, he demanded: “Now can you teach me?”

The master invited him in and lead him to his room. The full moon shone in the sky, and the atmosphere was one of profound tranquillity.

“Do you see the moon, how beautiful it is? It will cross the entire firmament, and tomorrow the sun will shine once again. But sunlight is much brighter, and can show the details of the landscape around us: trees, mountains, clouds.

I have contemplated the two for years, and have never heard the moon say: why do I not shine like the sun? Is it because I am inferior?”

“Of course not - answered the samurai.

- The moon and the sun are different things, there is no comparision.”

“So you know the answer. We are two different people, each fighting in his own way for that which he believes, and making it possible to make the world a better place; the rest are mere appearances.”

(Source : Spiritual short stories)

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opinionated Pak major behind Mumbai terror attacks:US PTI

Devnagri Konkani the main problem

By Ramnath G Naik

I

read the article ‘Look at thy neighbour, please!’ by Uday Bhembre (Herald, 2 May). I am delighted that he pleads his case on behalf of all Goan Hindus, whom he hitherto castigated because all of them claimed Marathi as their mother tongue, and he was known as a ‘real’ secularist.

So far, only the RSS family has monopolised the interests of the Hindus, but none of them is on record that Marathi belongs to Goa too. There were a minuscule few claiming that Devnagri Konkani was their mother tongue in 1961, and the number has not grown to any level, even after the Official Language Act was passed in 1987.

Only the Christian community dedicatedly accepted Bhembre’s Konkani – Devnagri Konkani to be precise, and they have learnt where they stand today. Almost all Christians were made to believe by the likes of Bhembre that Marathi came only the then Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar introduced Marathi in schools in Goa after Liberation, and that till then, it was only Konkani.

Bhembre has given a long list of pre-Liberation personalities including his Shenoi Goembab (born in 1877) who studied in Marathi. Did Portuguese force Marathi on Goans then?

Christians have learnt many things from Bhembre ever since he entered the Legislative Assembly and then spearheaded the language agitation. It is an irony that they should now learn from him that Marathi is not a language of only Maharashtra (formed only in 1960), but was in use Goa for ages.

He has quoted Goembab in the original, but it is too insufficient to know his ideology fully. I can quote extensively. I have written a full 200-page book in Marathi titled ‘Conspiracy behind Goa's language controversy’. One full chapter, titled ‘Osama Bin Bhembro’ is dedicated to Uday Bhembre.

His vocabulary is not second to Osama Bin Laden’s verbal venom. It has destroyed two generation of Hindus and at least one generation of Christians. While Hindus do still study Marathi, Devanagari Konkani has polluted every sphere of Goan social life. Unfortunately, till this eruption of the present controversy of medium of instruction, Christians were simply allergic to Goan Marathi people, thanks to poisoning of their mind by the likes of Bhembre.

Tomazinho Cardozo is on record that the Official Language Act of 1987 is the greatest scandal of the 20th Century, but only to the extent that the official language was defined as ‘Konkani written in the Devanagari script’. For us, the masses and not classes of Hindus, except those still flourish on the now infamous word ‘Chedi’ – which is actually part of the original literature of Shenoi Goembab – Konkani meant that language written in the Roman script only.

We never opposed their Konkani, but only insisted that Marathi be also included as official language. None listened. In the present circumstances, English has already been introduced at the primary level, and no heaven will fall if it is made the medium of instruction. But then, Christians ought to be clear, especially with their live experience of the last 20 years; what should be the fate of Devanagari Konkani vis-à-vis Roman Konkani and Marathi?

Bhembre is a chameleon. He changes his arguments according to the situation. It is his latest colour to argue his case with the numerous examples of Marathi. If he is honest, there is no case for Devnagri Konkani at all, except for looting public money for its so-called development. Moreover, he had stated earlier in 2005 that Konkani would be fully developed in next 50 years, a period of another two generations.

Enough is enough! He has now infiltrated the Marathi movement. Those demanding English should realise it and come out in the open that they not only want English but also, in equally loud voices, that they do not want Devnagri Konkani either.

Tomazinho demands English on one side and also says that Konkani should be made compulsory as the second language.

Which Konkani? He knows very well whose Devnagri Konkani is! But he is not yet vociferous about it.

In that case, it would be another scandal, this time of the 21st century. He was part of the first scandal and now claims that he was cheated. The onus lies on him too, if the Christian community has suffered. He should not be a part of this scandal and make us suffer. The bone of contention is not English, but Devnagri Konkani. Let him come out openly!

Alliance with RPI soon, hints Shiv Sena chief

“There is no need to worry about our (Shiv SenaBJP's) alliance with RPI, as it will materialise soon”, Thackeray told reporters after meeting Dalit leader and former RPI member of parliament Ramdas Athawale at Thackeray’s residence ‘Matoshree’ in suburban Bandra here.

PTI MUMBAI, MAY 9 Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray today said that an alliance with Republican Party of India (RPI) will be formed soon.

He, however, refrained from announcing the exact date of alliance of ‘Shiv Shakti’ and ‘Bhim Shakti’ (Dalits, who form RPI's support base).

“There is no need to worry about our (Shiv Sena-BJP's) alliance with RPI, as it will materialise soon”, Thackeray told reporters after meeting Dalit leader and former RPI member of parliament Ramdas Athawale

a t T h a c ke r a y ’ s re s i d e n c e ‘Matoshree’ in suburban Bandra here.

His son and Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray, and a few other Dalit leaders too were present.

The meeting assumes significance as the high-profile elections to BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) are just nine months away.

Alleging that the ruling government in the State and at the Centre had become “arrogant”, the Sena patriarch said that the government had been “presenting us with issues on a platter, for us to launch agitations”.

“The government's autocratic nature can be seen from the various issues which have led to protest from the people in the country, including the proposed nuclear power project in Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district and the f a r m e r s ' p ro t e s t i n U t t a r Pradesh”, he said.

Asked about bringing the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts' prime accused, Dawood Ibrahim, to justice, Thackeray said, “May be I will have to do something about him when our government comes to power.”

Athawale had met Thackeray in January and was given a proposal to form an alliance by the Sena chief.

“The discussion on forming an alliance with Sena-BJP is going on in a positive manner and it will be formed before October,” Athawale told reporters.

NEW DELHI, MAY 9

A suspected serving Pakistani major, believed to be working with the ISI, is among four nationals of that country charged by the US with being alleged conspirators behind the 2008 Mumbai terror strikes.

The accused identified as ‘Major Iqbal’, was named along with Sajid Mir, Mazhar Iqbal and Abu Qahafa in a second superseding indictment filed by the federal prosecutors before a court in Chicago on April 25 last.

Besides, the indictment mentioned an unnamed individual as “Lashkar Member D.” Indian investigators had named Major Iqbal along with another Pakistani Army officer Major Sameer Ali as the brain behind the Mumbai terror strikes and on the request of New Delhi, Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice against them.

The dossier was handed over during the Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary-level talks on February 25, 2010 in New Delhi.

The role of ‘Major Iqbal’ emerged in the interrogation by the Federal Bureau of Investi-

gation (FBI )of US terror suspect David Headley, arrested in Chicago in October, 2009 in connection with the Mumbai attack.

The four men identified were previously mentioned but not named in the indictments that charged Pakistani-American David Headley and PakistaniCanadian Tahawwur Rana in connection\ with the Mumbai attacks which killed 166 people, including six Americans.

An individual known as 'Major Iqbal' participated in planning and funding attacks carried out by LeT in Mumbai, federal prosecutors said.

According to the Indian dossier, Maj Iqbal was posted in Lahore from 2007 to 2008 and was handling Headley. He also handled all the surveillance videos sent by Headley.

The US federal prosecutor said that in July 2006, Major Iqbal provided to Headley approximately USD 25,000 to, among other purposes, establish and operate the Mumbai office of First World and pay for living expenses while Headley carried out his assignments for Lashkar.

In September 2006, February

The US federal prosecutor said that in July 2006, Major Iqbal provided to Headley approximately USD 25,000 to, among other purposes, establish and operate the Mumbai office of First World and pay for living expenses while Headley carried out his assignments for Lashkar.

2007, September 2007, April 2008 and July 2008, Headley travelled to Mumbai for extended periods for the purpose of conducting surveillance of possible targets of attacks by LeT, using his association with First World as cover for his travels.

Prior to Headley's departure for each of these trips, Mir and Major Iqbal along with others instructed Headley regarding locations where he was to conduct video surveillance in and around Mumbai, as well as other locations in India.

After each trip, Headley travelled to Pakistan, where he met

Sajid Mir and Major Iqbal associated with Lashkar to report on the results of his surveillance, and provided them with photographs and videos from the surveillance, the US federal prosecutors said.

In July, Major Iqbal provided Headley another USD 1,500 to keep open the First World office in Mumbai, but approved closing that office in the future and opening a new business in Delhi, to be used as cover for future activities by him.

And soon after the Mumbai attacks, Major Iqbal advised Headley to avoid contact with him until further notice and to remove any incriminating materials from his home in Pakistan.

Sajid Mir was associated with LeT and supervised others linked with the outfit. He served as a "handler" for Headley, who has confessed to his involvement in Mumbai attacks, and others who were directed to carry out actions relating to planning, preparing for and carrying out the terrorist strikes on behalf of LeT. Abu Qahafa was an associate with LeT who trained others in-

combat techniques for use in terrorist attacks, while Mazhar Iqbal and 'Lashkar Member D' were LeT commanders.

According to the indictment, Sajid Mir, Abu Qahafa and Mazhar Iqbal conspired with each other, Headley, 'Lashkar Member D' and others known and unknown to the grand jury, to deliver, place, discharge and detonate explosives and other lethal devices in, into and against places of public use, state and government facilities, public transportation systems and infrastructure facilities in India.

Federal prosecutors alleged that in July and August 2008, Abu Qahafa and others were training a number of young men in Pakistan in various skills and tactics to be used in carrying out terrorist attacks in Mumbai, including combat tactics, room entry, hostage rescue, nautical training and swimming.

During the course of attacks in Mumbai, the attackers were in telephonic contact with defendants Sajid Mir, Abu Qahafa and Mazhar Iqbal, all of whom were then located in Pakistan, the federal prosecutors said.

FIR against Hasan Ali PTI JAIPUR, MAY 9

Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali has been named in an FIR along with four others for allegedly duping a man of Rs 24 lakh, police said here today.

SHO Vaishali Nagar Raisingh Beniwal said that the complainant Ramesh Kumar, in his FIR lodged on Saturday, has alleged that he finalised a deal with a city based property firm to purchase a shop in a building at Vaishali Nagar.

He gave Rs 24 lakh to the property firm run by four persons identified as Anil Kumar, Raju Bhai Khandelwal, Ravi Mathur, Anuj Mathur for the shop but the firm did not give him the possession of the shop.

When he demanded his money back, the firm owners refused to return the amount.

The four accused also threatened him and refused to return the amount saying that they all are associated with financer Hasan Ali, who is accused of stashing away black money in banks abroad.

All parties happy with Ayodhya case verdict

A Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police (JKAP) soldier checks his weapon in the guard of honour at the civil secretariat complex on the first day of the Darbar Move in Srinagar on Mionday. Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah struck a note of optimism on the talks between India and Pakistan, saying "the killing of Al-Qaeda Chief will not have any bearing on the renewed process.

BJP cries foul as CBI grills two ministers PTI CHANDIGARH, MAY 9

Two Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers were today questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI ) in connection with a graft case in which Chief Parliamentary secretary (CPS), Finance, Raj Khurana has been arrested.

Industries and Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia arrived at the CBI office in Sector 30 here at 11.20 am and remained closeted for about 75 minutes. He was followed by Technical Education Minister Swarna Ram. Denying any role in the case, Kalia, who is at number three position in the Parkash Singh Badal-led SAD-BJP alliance government in the State, said that he replied to all CBI queries in the case.

“I have replied to all of them. I have no connection with the case,” he said at a press conference at the Punjab BJP headquarters.

Backing its ministers, the BJP accused the CBI of acting at the behest of the Congress and said its two leaders will come out clean.

“We do not trust the CBI. It is playing into the hands of the Congress,” Punjab BJP President Ashwani Sharma said at the press conference.

Kalra's lawyer K S Sukhija said that the minister will not move for anticipatory bail as there is no direct involvement of the BJP

Backing its ministers, the BJP accused the CBI of acting at the behest of the Congress and said its two leaders will come out clean. leader.

The CBI had issued notice to the two ministers following the arrest of Khurana and Devinder Singh, an official of Registrar, Firms & Societies and a Chandigarh resident, on Thursday for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 1.5 crore for closing a complaint against an association.

Punjab Automobile Mechanic Association Secretary Manpreet Singh had filed the complaint against the duo.

The CBI had booked Khurana alleging that the bribe money was to be handed over through him to Kalia whose name along with that of Swarna Ram cropped up during three recorded conversation involving Devinder and Khurana which were submitted to the court by the CBI. Kalia said that the CBI officials made him listen to the audio tape of conversation involving Khurana, Devinder and Manpreet.

When asked if he was confronted with Khurana and Devinder, Kalia replied in the negative.

“I have nothing to do with the case. Such files do not come to me. They are handled

at the lower level,” he said, adding that he had not met Khurana since the case came to light.

Replying to a question, Kalia said that it was the prerogative of the CBI to call him again or not.

“I did not go as an accused. I have not been named as an accused by the CBI,” he said.

Kalia said that it was an “open secret” that the CBI is working at the behest of the ruling Congress at the Centre.

“I am being targeted because I am a leader of the BJP. The Congress is trying to find fault with the saffron party as elections in Punjab are drawing near,” Kalia said.

The industries minister repeatedly said that he did not know the accused Devinder.

He said that he has apprised the BJP high command of the developments in the State.

“This is a conspiracy against the BJP by the Congress because the saffron party is the biggest threat to it,” Sharma.

He alleged that the Congress is involved neck-deep in corruption as was evident from CWG and other cases.

Earlier, Kalia entered the CBI building with great difficulty due to presence of a large number of supporters, including women.

The senior BJP leader jostled his way to reach the entrance gate of the CBI office after alighting from his vehicle in front of the building.

Cong ‘war room’ abuzz with election-related activities HERALD CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, MAY 9

The “war room” of the Congress at the Gurdwara Rakabganj Road that normally operates only during the elections abuzz with activities since past one week, leading to a speculation that the ruling party is preparing for a mid-term Lok Sabha polls.

Manning the "war room" is Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel, assisted by Union ministers Ghulam Nabi Azad and Jairam Ramesh and party treasurer Motilal Vora.

Top party leaders from the States are being called to brief this group on the ground realities in their areas and a clear message that they carry back is to get ready for the elections by activating the party cadre to strengthen the party machinery.

Though party sources claimed the whole exercise is meant to formulate a State-specific strategy and implement it in the runup for the Lok Sabha elections due only in 2014, indications are that the preparations are to

pull the plug for polls in the eventuality of the Opposition continuing its destructive strategy of paralysing Parliament and not allow the UPA government to deliver to the people.

Sources assert that there is no threat to the Congress-led UPA government completing its full term, but the present exercise is basically to tone up the party at the states-level to be always in the poll mode as that will ensure the leaders remaining in live contacts with the party workers to act on the ground realities.

State leaders are being asked to point out the state-specific issues that should be pursued by the party and provide the group a run-up of the ground situation in each of the Lok Sabha constituencies. They are also probed on the issues dear to people in their respective states to convert them into advantage in the assembly elections as well.

Instead of the Congress focusing only on the national issues as in the past since it is a

national party, sources said a shift in adopting the state-specific issues was felt necessary because of so many state-level parties entering the fray and swaying the voters with the state issues.

The consultations will throw up issues on which the Congress will concentrate in the coming months to snatch away the agenda from the state parties, the sources claimed. The exercise will also help the party prepare for the Assembly elections in various states as it will help the leadership work on the issues and talk about them to send a clear message to the voters that the Congress is live to what matters them the most.

Once the “war room” is ready with the state-wise political situation, the leadership plans to mount a propaganda blitz across all the states to highlight how the Centre's policies and programmes since the UPA came to power is changing the people's life in a big way and how the Opposition is hell-bent on inventing bogus emotional and unimportant issues to divert their attention from the great strides in achievements.

Various parties to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit today expressed satisfaction over the Supreme Court order staying the Allahabad High Court direction for tripartite division of the disputed land.

The counsel for various parties, including Lord Rama Lalla Virajman, Hindu Maha Sabha and Sunni Waqf Board, expressed satisfaction over the apex court's interim order saying that none of the parties had sought division of the 2.77 acre land.

“There will be no change of situation at ground zero (the make-shift temple of Ram Lalla).

The pooja will continue as per the January 7, 1993 order,” senior advocate Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is representing Ram Lalla Virajman, told reporters in the apex court premises after hearing on the Ayodhya dispute.

After demolition of the masjid on December 6, 1992, the d e m o n s t r a t o r s c re a t e d a makeshift temple. On January 7, 1993, the Congress government enacted the Ayodhya Act

1993 which preserved the status quo of the destroyed mosque and limited prayer on the disputed site.

Sunni Waqf Board counsel Zafaryab Jilani said, “We are satisfied with today's order of the Supreme Court...This will help in maintaining peaceful position in the country.”

“Everybody had claimed for exclusive rights, so Supreme Court is completely justified in staying the High Court judgement,” he said, adding, “Sunni Waqf board will ask the court to expedite its hearing in the case.”

The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court's verdict dividing in three parts the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya, terming as “something strange” the judgement although the parties had not asked for trifurcation of the land.

The court, while staying the September 30, 2010 judgement of the Lucknow bench of the High Court, ordered status quo at the site. (PTi)

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division of the 2.77 acre land.

Sunni Waqf Board counsel Zafaryab Jilani said, “We are satisfied with today’s order of the Supreme Court...This will help in maintaining peaceful position in the country.�

The High Court had directed that the controversial land of 2.77 acres at Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid be divided equally among Hindus, Muslims and Nirmohi Akhara, the parties to the suit.

At the start of the proceedings, the bench queried whether any of the parties was in favour of the High Court’s verdict but none of them supported the judgement. “At least there is unanimity on it,� the bench remarked.

Although the appeals filed by various Hindu and Muslim religious organisations pertained to only 2.77 acre of disputed land, the apex court bench, however, ordered status quo on the 67 acre of land adjacent to the disputed site.

After the demolition of the Masjid on December 6, 1992, the demonstrators created a makeshift temple. On January 7, 1993, the Congress government enacted the Ayodhya Act 1993 which preserved the status quo of the destroyed mosque and limited prayer on the disputed site.

The bench was hearing a batch of appeals filed by Nirmohi Akhara, Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, Jamait Ulama-I-Hind and Sunni Central Wakf Board, besides the one filed on behalf of Bhagwan Ram Virajman.

The Wakf Board and Jamait Ulama-I-Hind have submitted that the High Court’s verdict should be quashed as it was based on faith and not on evidence. They have contended that the court has committed an error by holding that the demolished Babri mosque stood at Lord Ram’s birth place.

They have contended that claims of Muslims, Hindus and the Nirmohi Akhara over the disputed site were mutually exclusive and could not be shared. “It was nobody’s case in the High Court that the Muslims, Hindus and Nirmohi Akhara were in joint possession of the disputed premises. The claims of the three sets of plaintiffs were mutually exclusive in the sense each set of the plaintiffs claimed the entire property as its own and no one sought a decree for partition of the property,� the appeals have said.

The Hindu Mahasabha, on the other hand, has sought only partial annulment of the majority verdict of the High Court, which ruled handing over one third of the disputed site to Muslims.

It has sought the apex court’s endorsement of the September 30 minority verdict by Justice Dharam Veer Sharma who favoured handing over of the entire land to the Hindus. “The judgement dated September 30, 2010 by Justice S U Khan and Justice Sudhir Agarwal should be set aside to the extent that one third of the property in dispute has been declared in favour of Muslims and to allot share to them in the decree,� the Hindu Mahasabha has said in its petition.

It has appealed to the apex court “to maintain the judgement passed by Justice Dharam Veer Sharma� as the effective verdict.

A three-judge bench of the high court’s Lucknow bench had passed three separate judgements on September 30 with the majority verdict holding that the area covered by the central dome of the three-domed structure, where the idol of Lord Rama is situated, belongs to Hindus.

While justices Khan and Agarwal were of the view that the entire disputed land should be divided into three parts – one part each to Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and the parties representing ‘Ram Lalla Virajman’, Justice Sharma had held that the entire disputed area belongs to Hindus.

Earlier, Delhi MLA Shoaib Iqbal had also filed the appeal in the Supreme Court which refused to entertain it, saying the petition “is misconceived. Hence dismissed.�

Two Diana dresses sold for $276,000 AFP LOS ANGELES, MAY 9

Two dresses worn by the late princess Diana were sold at an auction house in Beverly Hills Sunday for a total of $276,000, the seller announced.

According to Julien’s auction house, the first dress -- a black crepe evening gown with diamante paste embroidery on the short-sleeved top inspired by Indian motifs -- went for $144,000.

It was purchased for Diana’s 1992 visit to India, when she accompanied her then-husband, Prince Charles on the trip.

The second dress -- a light blue silk chiffon, strapless, floorlength gown and accompanying stole -- was sold for $132,000.

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Sinha wants India Inc to be on ‘right side’ of SebI PTI MUMBAI, MAY 9

In the wake of a spurt in allegations of fraudulent behaviour

by India Inc, capital market regulator SEBI, today gave a stern warning to corporates to be on the "right side" and not indulge in market manipulation and insider trading.

"Some corporates, who ideally should not have fallen into this category or this trap, we are discovering that due to lack of focus this (illegal activity) is happening...I'd like corporates in India to be on the right side of SEBI," its new chairman, U K Sinha, said during an address to the members of industry body, Assocham, here.

Corporates should definitely access the markets to grow, but should not come to the "adverse" notice of SEBI. "What I mean is in matters like market manipulation, insider trading," he clarified, insisting that SEBI is more interested in fulfilling its mandated job of developing the market rather than playing the role of a vigilant watchdog.

Asking for extra caution by corporates in their internal systems, Sinha said promoters and top management "are not able to safeguard themselves against certain things which might be happening without their knowledge or without their support."

Gold Harvest scheme from Aditya Birla PTI MUMBAI, MAY 9

Aditya Birla Money, the broking, distribution and wealth management arm of Aditya Birla Financial Services Group, said it has launched an innovative systematic accumulation plan to invest in gold.

The Gold Harvest scheme offers investors a way to invest in gold, through which they can accumulate 1 kg of the precious metal by paying an initial upfront margin of Rs 3 lakh and the balance in monthly payments spread over 12 to 36 months, the company said.

"From about Rs 9,000 in 2009 to over Rs 22,000 in 2011, the gold prices have more than doubled. Gold Harvest is an innovative product to enable customers to easily and systematically accumulate 1 kg gold. The product also helps the customer overcome the issue of rising prices," company MD Ramasubramanian said.

Sinha said discovery of documentary evidence and analysis done by SEBI recently prompted these remarks while speaking before representatives of India Inc, his first such interaction since taking over in February this year.

SEBI is currently in the midst of setting-up a world-class facility having the best of surveillance capabilities, Sinha said, adding that more than half of the work on it is complete and the entire facility will be operational in six months.

"It will be possible for us to find a good trail," he said.

Speaking about the accounting and audit fraternity, he new SEBI chief said the regulator would take action if it finds any "collusion" between the audit firms and corporates and asked the latter to adhere to the highest standards of financial reporting.

"Besides concentrating on your vision and business growth, also devote some time on issues of internal controls within your system and things like financial reporting," Sinha said.

The SEBI chief's comments come close on the heels of a string of allegations of insider trading, market manipulation and misuse of borrowed funds coming to SEBI's notice wherein the corporates concerned have walked out by paying hefty "consent fees",

choosing not to challenge the allegations.

Expressing reservations over on corporate governance, the SEBI chief said generally , it is limited to issues like independent directors making it very "cosmetic" in nature.

On the takeover code, Sinha said consultations are currently on at various levels and said he expects the final guidelines to come out in a "couple of months".

Coming out in support of pension money being invested in the equity markets, Sinha said a working group's recommendation of allowing trusts to invest up to 15 per cent is yet to be notified and added that SEBI has taken it up with the govt at the "appropriate level".

SEBI will focus towards deepening the markets going forward, Sinha said, pointing out to certain concerns like low participation of domestic institutions, skewed geographical growth and failure to attract pension funds to the market.

Batting for retail investors, Sinha said current know your customer (KYC) requirements are not harmonious for investors and the contracts they enter into while purchasing shares also need a "major overhaul". A working group has been constituted to remove "bottlenecks and discrepancies", he said.

Cisco, Xerox partner REUTERS NEW YORK, MAY 9

Cisco and Xerox are partnering to provide cloud computing and print products in a bid to bolster the amount of services and hardware they can each offer to their corporate clients.

Cisco, the networking equipment maker, will now offer Xerox's printing services on its network equipment, which will help it compete with its rivals, such as Juniper Networks and Hewlett-Packard.

Companies that opt to use the print services will buy ink, toner and printers from Xerox, which could boost revenue, said Rick Dastin, president of Xerox's Enterprise Business Group in an interview.

Cisco's Cius business tablets as well as its virtual desktops will also carry Xerox software that allows users to print from mobile devices. Xerox said it would make money from selling this software to Cisco's clients.

Cisco said the deal will help it offer more services to its clients, such as telecommunications providers and other large organizations.

"Our clients used to look elsewhere for printing services and now they don't have to," said Marie Hattar, Cisco's vice president of Borderless Networks marketing.

Tain to enter Goa market with project at Vagator HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 9

Tain Constructions, a Punebased real estate firm, is planning to foray into the Goa market with a residential project at Vagator and a commercial one in Panjim.

800 meters from the beach, the 8000 sqm area at Vagatore was bought in 2006. The residential units here will be priced in the range of Rs 55,000 to Rs 65,000 per sqm. There will be a total of 45 units available in options of 100, 120, 140 and 200 sqm.

The project will have The maintenance fee will be in the proximity of Rs 2500 per sqm for five years which works out to about Rs 50,000 per annum for a 100 sqm flat.

“We are looking to target upmarket clientele here in Goa. Our strength is in land identification, development, cutting edge design and construction techniques. Our focus is on

Tanveer Inamdar, CEO Tain Constructions

providing the ‘right product’ to our customers,” said Tanveer Inamdar, CEO Tain Constructions.

Apart from India, Tain has operations in Romania and UK. The company is now planning to enter the South Africa market with its maiden project in Port Elizabeth. International business constitutes about 30

per cent of Tain’s total business. “We find a market attractive when the population density is high and the availability of houses there is low,” said Inamdar.

Apparently, Tain was the first company in the country to start flat plane construction. This concept allows flexibility in design and better space utilization.

Tain also prides itself for its sensitivity towards natural light and air flow apart from being ‘green’.

Tain also claims to have the world’s first web based real estate transaction website. The website www.tain-con.com allows buyers to view the buildings, customize the selected flat, view the entire cost breakup and even buy the flat, all in real time. Four flats with a total value of about Rs 2.7 crore have already been purchased via the website revealed Inamdar.

A picture shows Vespa scooters lined up in a shop in Amsterdam on Monday. Sales figures over the last month show an increase in popularity for the classic brand. In April 2011 7,683 Vespas were sold, a 26.3 per cent gain from the same month in 2010.

Food rights bill holds key to farm exports plan REUTERS NEW DELHI, MAY 9

India's grain bins are overflowing and the forecast for a normal monsoon promises another bumper crop, but political disagreement over a bill to secure food rights for the poor means the country is expected to steer clear of large-scale exports.

Shipments from the world's second-biggest producer of wheat, sugar and rice could come as a relief for governments across Asia who are trying to combat food-led inflation, but India needs to know how much to put aside for the food security bill before taking any decision on overseas sales.

"Ensuring supplies to the government's welfare schemes are more important than allowing exports for private trade," a senior food ministry official told Reuters on condition of anonymity because of the political sensitivity of the issue.

"Exports will be allowed after assessing local demand.

The food security bill will spell out the demand for food grains." But there is little clarity on when the food bill, an election promise from the ruling Congress party, could be ratified by parliament.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to introduce the bill in parliament this year but members of the National Advisory Council (NAC), which is helping the government draft the bill, and finance ministry

Apple has overtaken Google as the world's most valuable brand, ending a four-year reign by the Internet search leader, according to a new study by global brands agency Millward Brown.

The iPhone and iPad maker's brand is now worth $153 billion, almost half Apple's market capitalisation, says the annual BrandZ study of the world's top 100 brands.

Apple's portfolio of coveted consumer goods propelled it past Microsoft to become the world's most valuable technology company last year.

Peter Walshe, global brands director of Millward Brown, says Apple's meticulous attention to detail, along with an increasing presence of its gadgets in corporate environments, have allowed it to behave differently from other consumer-electronics makers.

"Apple is breaking the rules in terms of its pricing model," he told Reuters by telephone.

"It's doing what luxury brands do, where the higher price the brand is, the more it seems to underpin and reinforce the desire." "Obviously, it has to be allied to great products and a great experience, and Apple has nurtured that."

Of the top 10 brands in Monday's report, six were technology and telecoms companies: Google at number two, IBM at number three, Microsoft at number five, AT&T at number seven and China Mobile at number nine.

McDonald's rose two places

to number four, as fast food became the fastest-growing category, Coca-Cola slipped one place to number six, Marlboro was also down one to number eight, and General Electric was number 10.

Walshe said demand from China was a major factor in the rise of fast-food brands. "The Chinese have been discovering fast food and it's such a vast market -- Starbucks, McDonald's... and pizza has hit China," he said.

"The way McDonald's has reinvented itself, adapted its menus, added healthy options, expanding the times of day it can be visited, for example oatmeal for breakfast... that allied with growth in developing markets has really helped that brand."

Nineteen of the top 100 brands came from emerging markets, up from 13 last year.

Facebook entered the top 100 at number 35 with a brand valued at $19.1 billion, while Chinese search engine Baidu rose to number 29 from 46.

Toyota reclaimed its position as the world's most valuable car brand, as it recovered from a bungled 2010 product recall.

The survey was carried out before the March earthquake that caused massive disruption to Japanese supply chains.

The total value of the top 100 brands rose by 17 percent to $2.4 trillion, as the global economy shifted to growth.

Millward Brown takes as a starting point the value that companies put on their own main brands as intangibles in their earnings reports.

prices to their highest in three decades.

LARGE EXPORTS UNLIKELY Wheat reserves have swelled to more than double the government's target of 8.2 million tonnes, and rice output is expected to be well above demand, prompting industry and trade to demand that export curbs are lifted.

Exports of all but small amounts of special quality rice remain restricted, while on wheat a decision is still pending after the farm minister called for lifting the ban. A panel of ministers headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is yet to take a call on allowing wheat exports.

But huge domestic stocks are seen by an inflation-hit government more as an insurance against high global prices than an impetus to sell overseas, analysts said.

US wheat futures leapt about 47 percent last year as inclement weather in various places, including the Black Sea region, slashed global supplies.

This year, prices are down about 8 percent, but investors have been coming back to the market on crop weather concerns in the US and Europe.

Traders said Indian wheat prices were around $300 per tonne free on board, while importers such as Japan and Iran are currently importing US wheat at around $360 a tonne, indicating competitiveness of Indian wheat.

REUTERS FRANKFURT, MAY 9

Volkswagen made a longawaited bid for MAN, valuing it at $20 billion and stepping up plans to merge the German truckmaker with Swedish rival Scania in which it also holds a stake.

Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, said on Monday it would offer MAN shareholders 95 euros per ordinary share and about 60 euros per preference share, in both cases less than the stock was trading at last week ahead of the bid.

"This low-ball offer serves to start the takeover process but still have maximum flexibility," MM Warburg analyst MarcRene Tonn said.

The offer, which values the whole of MAN at 13.76 billion euros ($19.79 billion), was triggered when VW increased its stake above 30 percent, requiring a mandatory bid for the remaining shares under German rules.

The price represents a 1.6 pct discount to Friday's close of MAN common shares and 14.2 pct discount on Friday's close for the preference shares.

VW already owned 29.9 percent of MAN ordinary shares, which turned positive after the announcement, trading 2.1 percent higher at 98.52 euros at 1042 GMT. Volkswagen's blue-chip preference shares narrowed losses to trade 1.5 percent lower at 128.45 euros.

Govt to assess impact of growth on environment

Apple topples Google as top global brand REUTERS LONDON, MAY 9

officials think the target is too ambitious.

The NAC, headed by Sonia Gandhi, the powerful chief of the Congress party, has suggested widening subsidies to 75 percent of the billion-plus population. India currently provides subsidised grains to about 30 percent of its people.

But the finance ministry and the planning commission, which charts India's economic development, are seeking a lower number of beneficiaries, mindful of its impact on the country's plans to cut the fiscal deficit to a targeted 4.6 percent in 2011/12.

India will also need to weigh concerns about persistently high food inflation, currently just under 9%, against leaving stores to rot when global prices are near record highs.

And then there is the uncertainty of monsoon forecasts.

"Betting on a favourable monsoon you may get it right, but what if you get it wrong?

Will the opposition spare you if you have to go and buy at current global prices?" a senior leader of India's Congress party, which heads the country's coalition government, said.

A failed monsoon could force India into the international markets as a buyer, as happened in 2009, when India suffered its worst drought since 1972 after initial forecasts had called for normal rains. That year, India had to import sugar, driving up global

Volkswagen makes $20 b MAN offer

PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 9

VP, India Raymond Limited, Ram Bhatnagar (left) and sales head, Manoj Chandna pose with samples from the newly launched economy brand ‘Makers’ at a press conference in Hyderabad on Monday. Raymond Limited, a leading textile manufacturer and retailer and world leader in premium worsted textile making introduced the economy clothing segment, through ‘Makers’ for the first time in India, priced between Rs 250-390 will be available at all leading textile retail outlets of India.

Govt to raise Rs 40k cr via public offers PTI MUMBAI, MAY 9

The Govt has set a target to raise Rs 40,000-crore through disinvestment this year and has lined up public offers of Power Fin Corp, SAIL, ONGC and Hindustan Copper in the current fiscal. "We have Cabinet approvals for 4 public issues this year. We will kick-off this year's disinvestment process with the launch of Power Finance Corporation's FPO, followed by SAIL in June and ONGC issue in July," Disinvestment Secretary, Sumit Bose said.

Amid a debate over economic growth verses environment, the government has decided to conduct an assessment of the impact of GDP growth on ecology using Green Accounting System and the process will be completed by 2015.

The government will soon set up of an expert group headed by environmental economist Partha Dasgupta to provide a road map for Green National Accounting (GNA) system to evaluate impact of economic growth on environment by 2015, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told reporter here today.

The expert group would be set up jointly by the Planning Commission and Enviroment

Ministry.

The GNA would help government bringing out gross domestic product (GDP) growth data co-relating it with impact on the enviroment.

"This expert group will provide a road map for 'green' National Accounts...By 2015, we would report Gross Domestic Product (GDP) after taking into account environmental costs," he said after releasing an interim report on low carbon strategies for inclusive growth.

The panel will also include distinguished economists Nitin Desai, Vijay Kelkar and Kirit Parikh, he said.

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who was also present on the occasion, said, "I fully endorse the view

Mundra Port sees 5-fold capacity rise REUTERS MUMBAI, MAY 9

Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone reported a 74 percent jump in the March quarter net profit as revenue rose on higher cargo and container volumes, and also forecast a five-fold growth in its port handling capacity by 2013.

India's largest private port operator, headed by billionaire chairman Gautam Adani, reported a quarterly net profit of Rs 335 crore from Rs 192 crore.

Revenue rose to Rs 644 crore from Rs 428 crore.

The firm handled 14.26 MMT (million metric tonne) consoli-

dated cargo this quarter, from 10.46 MMT a year ago.

Its container volumes increased to 311,630 TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units) from 254,420 TEUs a year ago.

The firm's standalone FY11 net profit rise 41 percent to Rs 986 crore.

Mundra Port, a unit of Adani Enterprises, had earlier this month agreed to buy Abbot Point Coal Terminal in Australia for $2 billion in an allcash deal to tap into growing coal traffic in the overseas markets.

The Abbot Point Coal deal is one of the largest acquisitions of an Australian asset by an In-

dian company since Adani acquired Linc Energy's Galilee coal project for $2.7 billion last August.

This terminal has capacity of handling 50 MMTPA and scope of addition up to 80 MMTPA, Mundra Port said.

The company said its total capacity would be around 265 MMTPA by 2012/13, due in part to the Abbot acquisition. It handled 52.26 MMT of cargo in FY11.

While all the major ports grew 2 percent in 2010/11, Mundra Port registered a 30 percent jump in cargo, boosted by higher bulk and container business, the com-

pany said.

The Adani group is currently engaged in developing ports and terminals at Dahej, Hazira, Mormugao and Visakhapatnam in India as well as Abbot Point in Australia, it said in a statement.

"The addition of the capacities at Mundra port as well as all other ports like Goa, Hazira, and now Vizag apart from the operating port at Dahej is well on track."

"This would take the port handling capacities to 215 MMTPA by 2013, apart from the International Port Abbot Point capacity of 50 MMTPA," the statement added.

of Jairam Ramesh that growth should be sustainable and it is desirable that we should reduce emission intensity."

The decision to conduct the assemment study comes in the backdrop of questions whether fast economic growth was coming the cost of enviroment.

Ramesh had recently questioned the country's nine per cent growth reports, contending that if the impact on ecology had been taken into consideration, the growth would have been only around six per cent.

He had said from 2015 onwards, the impact of ecology would be part of calculations to judge the economic growth.

PLG Power files for IPO in London REUTERS NEW DELHI, MAY 9

PLG Power Ltd has filed for $100 million initial public offering (IPO) on London's Alternate Investment Market (AIM) to fund the expansion of its solar power manufacturing facilities, its chief executive said on Monday.

The firm has mandated Peel Hunt to arrange the issue and aims to get listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange's international market for smaller growing companies, by September, Puneet Goyal said.

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PFC eyes foray into banking PTI CHENNAI, MAY 9

Car sales growth slows REUTERS NEW DELHI, MAY 9

Car sales in India rose at its slowest pace in nearly two years, rising 13.2 percent from a year earlier in April, as higher interest rates, fuel prices and vehicle costs crimped demand in the world's second-fastest growing auto market.

Indian automakers sold 162,825 cars in April, compared with 143,862 vehicles a year earlier, data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) released on Monday showed.

"We are anticipating that there will be some postponement of purchases because of interest rates, high prices," SIAM's senior director Sugato Sen said.

Sales of trucks and buses, a key pointer to economic activ-

Input costs to remain high: Hind Unilever REUTERS MUMBAI, MAY 9

ity, rose 8.2 percent from a year earlier to 53,202 units in April, the slowest rise since September 2009, SIAM said.

Last week, the RBI raised interest rates by a bigger-thanexpected 50 basis points and declared it would battle stubbornly high inflation even at the cost of some economic slowdown.

The rising costs of steel, rubber and other raw materials have forced some Indian car makers, including Maruti Suzuki, to raise prices in recent months.

Earlier this month, top car maker Maruti posted a 4.4 percent rise in global sales to 97,155 units in April, its slowest pace of growth in more than a year.

The company, 54.2 percent owned by Japan's Suzuki Motor

RBI: unrealistic to deliver on inflation in short term REUTERS MUMBAI, MAY 9

Hindustan Unilever, a unit of Anglo-Dutch Unilever Plc, expects input costs to remain high going forward, its Chief Financial Officer R Sridhar said in a conference call.

India's largest household products and consumer goods maker on Monday posted net profit of Rs 569 crore for the fourth quarter ended March, slightly down from Rs 581 crore a year ago, partly hurt by rising input costs.

Corp, had warned that the short-term outlook was uncertain due to rising interest rates that could dampen consumer demand, and higher commodity prices.

SIAM expects local auto sales growth to slacken to 1215 percent this fiscal year, after it grew a record 30% in 2010/2011 to 1.98 million units driven by demand from a growing middle class in Asia's thirdlargest economy, easier access to loans and a wider choice of models.

"Overall consumer sentiment, we are not sure how long that will remain buoyant," SIAM's Sen said. "All economic parameters are a bit wobbly."

Shares of Maruti Suzuki fell 1.7 percent, while those of Tata Motors fell 2.33 percent after the data release.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which had raised rates by a hefty 50 basis points last week, will not be able to deliver an inflation target in the short term because price pressures are mostly supply driven, its governor said.

"Inflation targeting is neither feasible nor advisable in India, and for several reasons," Duvvuri Subbarao said in a speech to the Central Bank Governance Group in Basel.

"First, in an emerging economy like ours, it is not practical for the central bank to focus

exclusively on inflation oblivious of the larger development context."

He said monetary policy transmission in India has been improving but it is still a fair bit away from best practice.

"The Reserve Bank cannot escape from the difficult challenge of weighing the growthinflation trade off in determining its monetary policy stance," he said.

Structural bottlenecks that are beyond the scope of monetary policy make fast-growing India especially vulnerable to bouts of elevated inflation like in recent weeks.

HC asks Petro Ministry to hear Welspun, Ispat issue PTI MUMBAI, MAY 9

Bombay High Court today directed Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to give a hearing on May 11 to Welspun Maxsteel and Ispat Industries, major producers of sponge iron, who are fearing closure of their operations because of drastic cut in supply of natural gas from KG basin due to fall in gas production and government policies.

The direction was given by the bench headed by Justice Mrudula Bhatkar on a petition filed by Welspun and Ispat who have challenged an oil ministry order reserving the entire gas output from KG basin for the "core sector".

The court asked the Ministry to hear the petitioners and also other industries who have sought to intervene in the matter on May 11, and take a decision by May 18. The matter has been posted for further hearing on May 23.

The petitioners contended that in the event of closure, or reduction in production levels

Power Finance Corporation is exploring opportunities for a formal entry into banking services, a company official said.

"We are exploring opportunities to get into banking (services)", Power Finance Corporation Director (Finance) R Nagarajan said.

The company will be appointing a consultant to study the feasibility of foraying into banking services and would decide on a plan based on the report.

"We are appointing a consultant to suggest whether we can put equity...," he said.

Also, the company is yet to get "clearances" from the Ministry of Power for making equity investments in both private and public sector power projects.

"So far we have not made any equity investments. Currently, we are waiting for the Ministry of Power for its clearance", he added.

Nagarajan and other company officials were here to announce their FPO to raise funds to the tune of Rs 4,700 crore at the upper end of the band and Rs 4,400 crore at the lower end of the price band.

The price band is fixed between Rs 193 and Rs 203 per equity share, he said.

The FPO, which opens tomorrow and close on May 13, comprises fresh issue of 17.21 crore equities.

The government holds about 89 per cent stake in PFC, after divesting 10 per cent through an initial public offering in March 2007.

of sponge iron, the exchequer will suffer losses of as much as more than Rs 1000 crore.

They argued that if targeted steel production was not achieved, there would be a shortage and the country would have to import steel, as against the present net exporter status.

Reliance Industries has seen output from its eastern offshore KG-D6 fields dropping from 61.5 million standard cubic meter per day (mmscmd) in March 2010 to less then 50 mmscmd now.

Reliance, till now, had been effecting a pro-rata cut in supplies to all its customers but the oil ministry now wants gas to go first to fertiliser, power, LPG and city gas companies, leaving nothing for others like sponge iron makers such as Welspun and Ispat.

The petitioners contended that there are only three manufacturers of sponge iron in India at present. If the Ministry's decision was implemented, they would have no alternative but to stop the pro-

Sensex up 10 points PTI MUMBAI, MAY 9

The BSE Sensex ended nearly flat today - up just about 10 points at 18,529 - as cautious investors bought heavyweights, including RIL and Infosys, at lower levels amid firm Asian markets.

Analysts said however that investors remain concerned over high interest rate regime and low GDP growth projections last week by RBI for the current fiscal -- just 8 per cent against the earlier government estimates of 9 per cent. Besides, after a steep fall last week, crude oil prices surged again in the global markets fanning inflation fears. New York's June contract for crude oil rose USD 1.18 to USD 98.36 a barrel, although still below USD 100.

Brent North Sea crude also gained 52 cents to USD 109.65.

duction.

The petitioners said that on October 19, 2005, a resolution was passed by an empowered group of ministers that gas production at Krishna-Godavari basin by RIL will be allocated in certain proportions, whereby 40 mmscmd will be reserved for the core sector (power, gas, CNG, etc) and the balance distributed to steel and others.

It was also decided that if there was any variation in allocation it will be done in consultation with the concerned ministries and stakeholders.

Meanwhile, production of gas, December 2010 onwards, dropped from 60 mmscmd to 50 mmscmd. So, on April 21, 2011, the Ministry of Natural Gas issued a directive to RIL that in view of the shortfall, all the 50 mmscmd should be reserved for the core sectors.

Petitioners contended that the government should not have reduced allocation, and the companies should have been given an opportunity to explain their stand before the authorities.

Aban Offshor, 611.2, 624.65, 601.8, 608.7 Abb Ltd., 897, 897.7, 868.25, 874.15 Abg Shipyard, 370.05, 372.5, 355.1, 357.25 Acc Limited, 991.5, 1010, 990.1, 999.9 Adani Enterp, 622.3, 629.9, 610.65, 621.55 Aditya Birla, 826.05, 849, 826.05, 832.1 Allahabad Ba, 204.3, 205.75, 201.6, 203.15 Alstom Proje, 603.4, 603.4, 582.8, 584.45 Ambuja Cemen, 140.5, 141.7, 138.65, 139.4 Andhra Bank, 141.4, 144, 139.6, 140.55 Ashok Leylan, 49.5, 50.35, 48.5, 48.65 Asian Paints, 2722.45, 2768, 2717, 2743 Axis Bank Li, 1260.1, 1268.55, 1231.25, 1237.75 Bajaj Hindus, 72.9, 72.9, 70.1, 70.6 Bank Of Baro, 873.85, 891.4, 871.7, 886.1 Bank Of Indi, 422.1, 428, 402.55, 413.2 Beml Limited, 651, 684.9, 651, 665.8 Bharat Elect, 1805.05, 1815, 1783, 1792.7 Bharat Forge, 340.25, 348, 335.15, 344.1 Bharat Petro, 669, 669.9, 650.1, 655 Bharti Airte, 352.8, 366.85, 352, 365.2

Headline inflation surged to nearly 9 percent in March, far above forecasts and is expected to remain around these levels in the April-September period according to the RBI's policy projections.

The RBI has raised key interest rates nine times since midMarch last year, but inflation has remained stubbornly high.

While the RBI does not have an official inflation target, its perceived comfort zone is around 5 percent. The central bank expects inflation to ease gradually to 6 percent by endMarch 2012.

GVK Power to bid for 25 road projects REUTERS MUMBAI, MAY 9

GVK Power and Infrastructure plans to bid for 25 road projects in FY12 and expects to monetise a part of Mumbai airport land in the next two-three months, a top official said.

"In 2011-12, we might see a lot of road projects that might come up for bidding... At least 25 has been identified," CFO Issac George said.

The company is expecting monetisation of 3.5 million square feet of airport land in Mumbai, of the total 20 million sq ft, in the next 2-3 months, he added. GVK Power's, FY11 net zoomed to 682.9 million rupees, against 216.8 million rupees a year ago.

The company, which builds roads, airports and power plants, had an orderbook of around 120 billion rupees and a net debt of 50 billion rupees as on March 31.

George said the firm will bid for more projects and that would result in an increase in both order book and net debt positions.

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we have added expertise and today Pradeep Dhabolkar leads the technical products development, very ably,” modest Blaise praises his team. He and his team have worked on a totally different idea and came out with an amazing plastic septic tank.

Sharing how this idea of plastic septic tank struck him, Blaise says, “I had seen plastic septic tanks abroad. They are strong, one piece and easy to install. However I was not happy with the design I saw. One day through the National Innovation Foundation website we Blaise Costabir, MD of GMI Zarhak Moulders Pvt Ltd at his factory in Verna. were introduced to an in- age. But the septic tank inno- offering end-to-end solutions ventor Ramesh’s baffle for vated by Blaise prevents this (including product design and which he had applied for a from happening. “Our septic manufacture of both cast patent. I realised that this was tank is going to play havoc in mould and end product), JIT, TPM and unique Serial Numit. His product was not doing the market,” feels Blaise.

In the course of his illustri- bering system, among others. well stand alone. But if I could combine it in my plastic tank it ous career, Blaise has won nu- The company is on the preferred vendor list would become a for a large number septic tank sysof Indian and tem. With the help of NID and Set up all commercial systems and introduced comput- multi-national corRamesh we put to- erization of accounts in India Containers; First to intro- porations includgether the baffle duce the concept of Sr No for individual products in ing Volvo, Ford, and plastic tank rotomoulding, achieving traceability; Implemented Total John Deere, Atlas and applied for a Productive Maintenance and improved efficiency by 15 Copco.

Blaise’s technipatent for a septic per cent; Implemented KAIXEN, Practiced JIT, and Lot tank. For one year Size 1 concept; Designed and implemented in house ERP cal expertise inwe did trials with on a linux platform; Gera Big Goenkar Businessman of cludes well honed installations and the Year Award; National Award to SSI 2000: Special skills in all fields of finally redesigned Recognition Award for Entrepreneurship; Rajiv Gandhi management, with the product to National Quality Commendation Certificate for SSI for proven success in match the new Zarhak; Special Citation - CII Carrier Aircon Young Man- key areas includbuilding code. agers Trophy; Manager of the Year - Goa Management ing project management, aligning The tank is easy Association. business and techto install, light nology strategies, weight and roots cannot penetrate easily. According to merous business excellence brand and organisational buildVastu the water tank has to be awards such as Businessman of ing and Improving operational at the highest point in the plot the Year and Manager of the efficiencies.

With his innate drive, initiaand the septic tank lowest. Year. He has been profiled in But if plot A is above plot B, many top-rated Business maga- tive and enterprise, strongly the lowest area in plot A will zines including Business India supported by a dogged perseverance and a proficiency in be highest in plot B and any and Business Goa. He has also established a business development, netleakage in the septic tank in plot A will contaminate water name for himself as an industry working, negotiation and peotank in plot B, in case of seep- leader, having held key posi- ple management, Blaise has tions in Industry Associations ensured his success in all his and he has been invited by the endeavours.

"My wife has supported me Government of Goa to be on wholeheartedly, even sacrificvarious committees.

In addition, he is on the vis- ing her own career as a marketiting faculty at educational in- ing professional, to ensure I stitutions including Goa could focus on work while she Institute of Management (GIM) ably managed home and and Sri Sri Institute Manage- hearth," says Blaise who feels if it was not for his better-half, he ment Studies.

The driving force behind would not have reached where GMI Zarhak, Blaise has been in- he is today. strumental in building and BOARD MEETINGS growing the Company from the project stage to its current poGlenmark Pharma sition as one of the top five Alchemist custom rotomoulding compaGujarat Apol nies in India, with a turnover of Ranbaxy Lab Rs 6crore and manufacturing units in Goa and Pune.

Alchemist Rlty Even while building a sucRashtriya Chem cessful brand in water tanks Ardi Invest (which, in India, is the major Rodium application for rotomoulding HDFC process) against established Roselabs Fin national players, Blaise has also been driving the company India Sec into the unchartered business Asian Paints of custom moulding in the Infinite highly demanding automotive Shree Renuka Sug market.

Silver Oak India This success has largely been Sobha Dev due to various strategic and inC&C Const novative measures, initiated and executed by Blaise, such as J Kumar Infra Chambal Fert Jubilant Life Tata Invest Liberty Shoes Elder Health Elder Pharma Trident Tools Essar Secu Triveni Engr NIIT Everest Fin NTPC Oracle Fin Source: Indiainfoline.com MUMBAI: Specialty chemicals maker Galaxy Surfactants has set a MF FUNDA price band of 325-340 rupees a share to raise up to 2.02 billion rupees via initial public offering (IPO), according to an adver- DEUTSCHE MUTUAL FUND has announced revision of fundamental attributes of DWS Treasury Fund- Cash Plan, an open ended tisemnt in the Business Standard newspaper on Monday.

Subscriptions to the 5.93 million share sale begin on May 13 debt fund. As per the revision the scheme would now be categorised as an open ended liquid scheme. The investment objecand end on May 19, it said.

Proceeds from the issue, about a quarter of the post-issue paid- tive of the scheme is to provide liquidity and generate stable up capital, will be used to part-finance expansion of its subsidiary returns to the investors by investing in a high quality portfolio GC Egypt, to set up new manufacturing unit in Gujarat and to ex- comprising of a mix of short term debt and money market instruments. The performance of the fund will be benchmarked against pand its existing capacities.

Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Pvt Ltd and Centrum Capital Crisil Liquid Fund Index. No exit load will be charged. The revision will be in effect from June 8, 2011.

Ltd are the book running lead managers for the issue.

BHARATI PAWASKAR

A mover and shaker when young, has turned into mature moulder today. Always up to something he could never sit still. Either planning a prank or an outing he found it very easy to make friends. “I was good in studies but I surely could have done better if I was more focussed,” admits Blaise Costabir, MBA, PGDBM, BSc (Statistics).

Blaise is the founder partner and Managing Director of GMI Zarhak Moulders Pvt Ltd, (a joint venture with GMI of France) and a multifaceted top management professional with over 20 years of rich experience in the manufacturing industry, backed by an MBA from the prestigious Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines.

Blaise grew up in the metropolitan city of Mumbai with his younger brother and sister. His father taught him values. One must eat little but earn with respect, is one lesson that Blaise carries in mind till today. Indeed, Blaise was lucky to have good family and good people around.

“I had an extremely good boss, Lakshaman, who taught me many things, most of which I use to run my company till date,” says Blaise whose first product in his factory in Goa is Shakti water tank. Shakti has grown as a brand and today is recognised as a quality Goan product, making his team and him extremely proud.

Success followed in each of his innovative ventures. “We have never hired from competitors. This forces us to think and act innovatively to solve the problems that arise or meet new challenges. My team has always come up with the solutions. As we have grown

Operations Excellence

Galaxy Surfactants sets IPO band at Rs 325-340

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Obama calls for probe into Osama’s support network PTI WASHINGTON, MAY 9

Raising questions about the possibility that “some people inside of government” in Pakistan may have been involved in providing support structure for the slain terrorist Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, President Barack Obama has called for investigations both by Pakistan and US into it.

“We don’t know whether there might have been some people inside of government, people outside of government, and that’s something that we have to investigate and more importantly, the Pakistani government has to investigate,” he told the ‘60 Minutes’ show on ‘CBS News’ in his first interview after bin Laden’s death.

“We think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin Laden inside of Pakistan. But we don’t know who or what that support network was,” Obama said.

His comments came as his top security advisor said there was no evidence so far that the Pakistan government knew about the al-Qaeda chief ’s pres-

ence in the country.

“We have already communicated to them, and they have indicated they have a profound interest in finding out what kinds of support networks bin Laden might have had.

“But these are questions that we’re not gonna be able to answer three or four days after the event. It’s gonna take some time for us to be able to exploit the intelligence that we were able to gather on site,” Obama said.

Refraining from making any adverse comment on Pakistan given that stakes are high right now, Obama said he has to be careful about sources and methods and how America operates and how it pieced together this intelligence, because they are still be going after terrorists in the future.

“What I can say is that Pakistan, since 9/11, has been a strong counterterrorism partner with us. There have been times where we’ve had disagreements.

There have been times where we wanted to push harder, and for various concerns, they might have hesitated. And those dif-

‘Pak ignored US warnings on unilateral action on Osama’ PTI ISLAMABAD, MAY 9

Pakistani authorities ignored several warnings from the US over the past three years that it would take unilateral action if it gathered intelligence on Osama bin Laden’s presence in the country, according to a media report today.

The Americans had warned Pakistan “time and again” that if the US had intelligence concerning bin Laden, “they would act on it with or without Pakistani cooperation”, The News daily quoted informed sources as saying.

An unnamed top-ranking US official said: “Time and again we have warned Pakistan but it seems like your officials live in a dreamland and believe that we need you so much that we will close our eyes and ears to all you do.”

This official angrily asserted that US had warned Pakistan time and again that it would undertake unilateral action against bin Laden if the US thought Pakistan would not act on its own.

One warning came almost three years ago in June 2008, when a high-level US delegation

comprising Steve Hadley, National Security Adviser in the Bush administration, and CIA Deputy Director Stephen Kappes were sent to Islamabad with a message to then President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani – the US strongly believed that some militant groups in Pakistan were harbouring bin Laden, the report said.

The Pakistani leaders asked for “actionable intelligence”.

When questioned by civilian leaders, Pakistani intelligence officials immediately denied any knowledge about bin Laden and any other groups or individuals mentioned by the CIA, the report added.

A few months later, similar demands, including the threat of unilateral action, were made to National Security Adviser Maj Gen (retired) Mahmood Durrani when he visited Washington.

On returning to Pakistan, Durrani communicated his fears about potential US actions.

“Unfortunately, these were interpreted in a way to make him seem like an ‘American agent’ and the substance of his views was ignored,” the report said.

Gaddafi’s time up, says NATO AFP MISRATA, MAY 9

Time is running out for Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, even as the strongman’s forces laying siege to Misrata intensified their assault on the lifeline port.

“The game is over for Gaddafi.

He should realise sooner rather than later that there’s no future for him or his regime,” the NATO secretary-general told CNN’s “State of the Union” programme late Sunday.

“We have stopped Gaddafi in his tracks. His time is running out. He’s more and more isolated,” Rasmussen said.

Given the “wind of change” sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East, the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the growing press u r e o n t h e Ta l i b a n i n Afghanistan, the Danish former

prime minister said he was “very optimistic” that Gaddafi would ultimately lose his decades-old grip on power.

NATO forces have kept up an air bombing campaign against Libyan military targets since March, but have failed so far to prevent Gaddafi from killing scores of his own people in rebel-held towns and cities -the stated goal of a UN resolution authorising the allied mission.

“First of all, we have to realise that there is no military solution.

We will need a political solution” to break the stalemate, said Rasmussen.

But he also recognised it was “hard to imagine the attacks, the outrageous and systematic attacks against Libyan people, will stop as long as Gaddafi remains in power.”

Fighting has been raging near in Misrata, a make-or-break city

Russia flexes nuclear muscle on Victory Day AFP MOSCOW, MAY 9

Some 20,000 soldiers and Russia’s most advanced missiles rumbled across Red Square on Monday in a parade marking victory in World War II and reinforcing the country’s belief in its Soviet-era might.

But the lustre of the annual show of force was somewhat dimmed by renewed doubts about the wisdom of staging the costly exhibition and reports that Islamists were planning to undermine the celebration by staging new attacks.

A well-rehearsed 1,500-piece orchestra set the tone to the

procession by booming out festive marches as President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin watched from a podium in front of Lenin’s mausoleum.

“The further these years are removed, the deeper our understanding of the heroic exploits of our military generation -- its bravery, willpower and self-sacrifice,” Medvedev said in remarks broadcast live across the nation.

“You decided the fate of World War II,” he told the small group of veterans in attendance.

“Today we mark the holiest of our holidays and thank you for our freedom.”

ferences are real. And they’ll continue,” he said.

“But the fact of the matter is, is that we’ve been able to kill more terrorists on Pakistani soil than just about any place else.

We could not have done that without Pakistani cooperation.

“And I think that this will be an important moment in which Pakistan and the United States gets together and say, ‘All right, we’ve gotten bin Laden, but we’ve got more work to do. And are there ways for us to work more effectively together than we have in the past?’,” he said.

“And that’s gonna be important for our national security. It doesn’t mean that there aren’t gonna be times where we’re gonna be frustrated with Pakistanis,” he said.

The President said frankly there were going to be times be times “where they’re frustrated with us” “You know, they’ve got not only individual terrorists there, but there’s also a climate inside of Pakistan that sometimes is deeply anti-American. And it makes it more difficult for us to be able to operate there effectively,” the President said.

Obama said he did not feel the need of telling anybody in the Pakistani government about this covert operation.

“If I’m not revealing to some of my closest aides what we’re doing’, then I sure as heck am not gonna be revealing it to folks who I don’t know,” he said.

Pakistan says knew of US raid just after it began: report AFP DUBAI, MAY 9

Pakistan became aware of the operation that killed Osama bin Laden 15 minutes after it had begun but did not know the target, Al-Arabiya television quoted Interior Minister Rehman Malik as saying.

“I was made aware of the operation 15 minutes after it had begun,” according the pan-Arab satellite channel Monday quoted the minister as saying in an interview. He added that he was also unaware of the target.

The minister’s remarks which were published in Arabic on the channel’s website, said that he was first informed that “one of two drones involved in the operation had crashed.”

Malik later Monday told reporters outside parliament in the Pakistan capital Islamabad that he believed it was a “drone attack” because Pakistan did not have helicopters with night vision.

He also sought to clarify remarks published in the Arab media.

“I was misquoted. I said I came to know there was a helicopter crash within 15 minutes. I asked relevant authorities and directed the concerned police official to go to the spot and check since we don’t have night vision helicopters, so may be it was a drone strike,” he said.

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GOA, Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Verna emerge Immaculate champions HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 9

Thanks to:

U.K./ Raia

Verna Sports Club, Verna overpowered Mandopa Sports Club 3-1 to emerge champions in 13th Immaculate Conception inter-village football tournament organised by Immaculate Conception Sports Club Avedem, Paroda, Quepem at panchayat ground, Avedem, Sunday. Verna led 3-0 at half time.

The teams started in right earnest and looked keen to find the rival net. Although the game was laced with a good network of passes in both the camps, it was Verna who stole the limelight scoring three goals in the first half through Anthony Rego,

Minguel tricks for Pax HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, MAY 9

A fine hat-trick by Minguel D'Costa helped Pax of Nagoa trounce St Augustias, Pomburpa 4-1 in Saligao United Cup soccer 9-a-side inter-village football tournament organised by Saligao United at Saligao Seminary ground, Monday.

Nagoa moved ahead in the 4th minute through Minguel D'Costa.

Down by a goal, Pomburpa fought back and levelled in the 10th minute through Amit Halarnkar.

Nagoa again went ahead in the 23rd minute through Minguel.

Changing over, Minguel completed his hat-trick in the 35th minute while Valerian Faria added another one for his team.

GFA U-16 South play-offs semi-finals: Guirdoliom SC v.

Salgaocar SC (Jrs), Curtorim ground; Betalbatim SC v. Chicalim YC, Assolna ground. Kick off 4 p.m.

GFA U-18 First Division: Dempo SC (Jrs) v. Churchill B ro t h e r s S C , C a n s a u l i m ground, 4 p.m.

15th Holy Cross inter-village football semis: Ambelim SC v. Betalbatim SC, Vodlemoll Kakoda ground, 4.30 p.m.

Frank Pires memorial soccer: Guirim SC v. Chicalim YCC, Siridao church ground, 4.30 p.m.

Siolim Sodiem Super Cup soccer: Sai Avtaar SC, Anjuna v. Arpora SC, St Anthony’s church ground, Siolim, 4.45 p.m.

Andrew Julio Fernandes memorial volleyball: Molloca A v. St Augusteus, 7 p.m.; Gauchem Bhat v. Temba Boys, 8 p.m.; Molloca B v. Vaddy Boys, 9 p.m.; Molloca court, Merces.

Richard Dias and Arseno Pereira.

Crossing over, Mandopa fought back and reduced the margin through Jaison Pereira with a stiff grounder.

The winners bagged Rs 30,000 while the runners-up settled for Rs 20,000.

Following individual prizes were awarded: Man-of-thematch Richard Dias (Verna). First scorer of the finals Anthony Rego (Verna). Best goalkeeper of the finals Rizven Fernandes (Verna). Best defender of the finals Manuel Moniz (Verna). Best half of the finals Jaison Pereira (Mandopa).

Minister for PWD, Churchill Alemao was the chief guest and

The captain of Verna Sports Club receiving the winners trophy from Anthony Pango in the presence of Peter Fernandes and Minguel Fernandes at Avedem.

gave away the prizes in the presence of guest of honour, Babu Kavlekar, MLA, Quepem, Anthony Pango, executive member,

GFA, Minguel Fernandes, panch, Ulhas Gauns Dessai, retired Goa Police and Seby Fernandes, social worker.

Earlier, Peter Fernandes, club president welcomed. Inacio Fernandes compered. Dilip Naik proposed the vote of thanks.

Nat champ Alan gets new bike l Govt keeps up its promise, SAG delivers it of a racing bike by SAG, which he desperately needed to start the defence of the title starting in Bangalore on May 15.

Alan was felicitated in the Legislative Assembly in July last with Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, PWD Minister Churchill Alemao, Sports Minister Babu A z g a o n k a r, Re g i n a l d o Lourenco, Victoria Fernandes and other MLAs praising Alan for being the first-ever Goan to win the National title under the FMSCI. Later, Alan had also won the first Motocross event organised by Gomes Sports Academy at Candolim, becoming the overall National champion and recording a grand double, a feat that is unparalleled in Goa. “I urgently needed a bike to continue my career as my two-

wheeler was old and almost worn out, with the shock absorber having to be replaced every time I participated in the racing event,” remarked Alan.

“It has been an outstanding and unique gesture on the part of the Government that needs to be commended. I shall forever remain grateful to the Government and especially Chief Minister Digambar, Sports Minister Babu, PWD Minister Churchill, MLAs particularly Reginaldo and Victoria for according special recognition and sponsoring the two-wheeler, without which I would not have been able to pursue my supercross and motocross careers.

The two-wheeler sport is a very costly affair and not meant for those who are not economically well off, like me. Hence, it was

a big rescue act from the part of Government,” added Alan, in all humility.

“It is the SAG which did the spadework for getting the twowheeler once it was approved by the House. The SAG officials and staff were extremely cooperative with Executive Director V M Prabhudesai taking keen, sustained interest in complying with the complicated bureaucratic procedures and monitoring the matter from close. Assistant Secretary, Navin Acharya who was dealing with the matter also did his very best. Their sporting gesture shall forever remain engraved in my heart,” pointed out Alan and added that it was PWD Minister Churchill Alemao who was at the heart of the matter.

PWD beat SAG, win T20 title

PY Nuvem sail into semis

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 9

The Government lived up to its promise as National supercross champion Alan Sequeira of Sirvodem, Navelim was finally presented with the latest model

HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 9

PWD captain Gomakant Mahambrey with the players.

HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 9

An unbeaten 64 by Umesh Naik in 35 balls and his unbeaten 42run partnership with Someshwar Adpaikar (17 not out) helped PWD overhaul the 113-run target by SAG to lift the winners trophy with six wickets to spare in State level inter-Government Dept T20 season ball cricket tournament organised by PWD Sports and Recreation Club in association with SAG, Sunday.

SAG electing to bat hit 112 for 8 in their allotted 20 overs.

PWD bowlers managed to pick up wickets at regular intervals.

Only Narayan Kambli (26 not out), V inay Sambari (24), Damodar Redkar (20) could sustain the combined pace and spin

Areal in finals HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 9

Sao Jose de Areal got the better of St Anthony SC, Colva 2-0 to enter the finals of 10th All-Goa Guirdolim Panchayat Cup soccer organised by Guirdolim Club at Chandor church ground, Monday. The score was 1-0 at the break.

Sao Jose de Areal took the lead in the 20th minute off a powerful shot by Rony Monteiro.

Crossing over, Areal increased their lead when Mariano Rebello dribbled past a couple of rival defenders.

attack of PWD of from Naresh Parsekar, who claimed 2-12 in 4 overs.

Though SAG managed to dismiss the PWD openers Mahesh and Sameer cheaply, Umesh Naik stood like a wall, treating the SAG bowlers with utter disdain in an enterprising innings of 64 not out off 35 balls.

SAG: 112/8 in 20 overs (Narayan Kambli 26 not out, Vinay Sambari 24, Damodar Redkar 20, Naresh Parsekar 2/12, Shailesh Naik 1/16, Mayur Naik 1/27) lost to PWD: 114 / 4 in 15.3 overs (Umesh Naik 64 no, Someshwar Adpaikar 17 no, Mahesh Gavande 11, Deepak Lotlikar 2/27, Vinay Sambari 1/23).

PWD were richer by Rs 30,000 while SAG had to be content

with Rs 10,000 alongwith trophies.

Following individual prizes were awarded: Man-of-the-finals Umesh Naik. Man of the series Mayur Naik (PWD). Highest number of sixers Shailesh Naik (PWD). Orange Cap, highest run aggregate and best batsman Damodar Redkar (SAG). Best bowler Vinod Shirodkar (Agriculture). Purple Cap and most wickets Paresh Dessai (Art and Culture).

Best fielder Narayan Kambli (SAG). Man of the finals Umesh Naik (PWD).

Chief architect, Radha Pamnani was the chief guest and gave away the prizes in the presence of Gomakant Mahambrey and other members.

St Savio trounce Guirim HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, MAY 9

A fabulous goal from Alber Gonsalves helped St Savio Sports Club, Calangute to a 40 win over Guirim Sports and Welfare Club in Siolim Sodiem Super Cup at St Anthony’s church ground, Siolim, Monday. St Savio led 1-0 at the interval.

St Savio opened the scoring a minute before the breather, through Sherwin Lobo who received a neat back heel from Francis Fernandes, before crashing the ball into the back of the

net There was no respite for Guirim after the change of ends, as fifteen minutes in, Francis provided another fine assist for Blake Haldankar to tap home.

Three minutes later, Alber started with the ball in his own half before dribbling half the field and slotting home the third.

In the 22nd minute, Agostinho also scored off a solo effort, but this time from within his opponents half.

Parish Youth, Nuvem got the better of Navelim Sporting 2-1 to enter the semi-finals of St Anthony’s Super Soccer at Colva ground, Monday. Nuvem led 10 at the break.

Nuvem opened their score through Joe Colaco off Remy Colaco.

Navelim equalised through W ilfred Pires in the 40th minute. Nuvem netted the match-winner when Neves Noronha. P Y’s Neves Noronha was declared man-of-the-match.

Natasha in 2nd round IANS NEW DELHI, MAY 9

Goa’s Natasha Palha was the only Indian to advance to the second round on the first day of $10,000 ITF women's tennis tournament at DLTA complex, Monday.

Palha, who came through the qualifiers, overcame lucky loser Ambika Pande 6-4, 6-4. She now plays eighth-seeded German Jessica Sabeshinskaja for a place in the last eight.

X-Zone in finals HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 9

X-Zone, Cuncolim defeated Our Lady of Fatima SC 2-1 to sail into the finals of Our Lady of Fatima Soccer at Fatima ground, Baida, Monday. X-Zone were leading 1-0 at the lemon break.

X-Zone opened their scoring through Cruz.

Changing ends, Victor doubled the score for X-Zone. Fatima scored their consolation goal through Narcisco off a pass

by Nickson.

Fatima’s Nickson was adjudged man-of-the-match.

Mikayla Fernandes, Cinida Maria Dias, Maeve Psyche Fernandes, Oshin Bianca Colaco, Sylvia Agatha Fernandes and Gerson James Viegas representing India at ICU World Championship Walt DisneyLand, Florida, USA. This was the first time India participated in the world class event and qualified for the finals. The troupe was co-ordinated by Jason and Sylvia.

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Barca one point from title AFP BARCELONA, MAY 9

Mighty Barcelona moved to within a point of a third successive Spanish league title on Sunday with a 2-0 win over Espanyol in the Catalan derby.

Goals from Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique took Barcelona to 91 points, eight ahead of Real Madrid, who stayed alive in the title race with a 6-2 win over Sevilla on Saturday.

Barcelona, who have a superior head-to-head record over Real, will be crowned champions if they avoid defeat against Levante on Wednesday.

A Real failure to see off Getafe on Tuesday will also be enough for the championship celebrations to start.

Barca started slowly on Sunday, appearing to suffer a hangover from their Champions League semi-final against Real where they came out on top in a tumultuous double header.

Espanyol were still in the hunt for a place in the Europa League despite a dismal run which had seen them win just once in six games.

It became seven as Barca slowly cranked up their customary passing game and started to find cracks in the defence.

Pedro Rodriguez tested ‘keeper Carlos Kameni with a strike from 20 yards and then Iniesta had a shot from the edge of the area before he made the break through.

The Spain international jockeyed his man, making space for himself, and then fired passed Kameni.

Any hopes of an Espanyol comeback suffered a blow at the start of the second half when

poor defending at a LA LIGA SCOREBOARD corner allowed Pique to steal in and head Real Mallorca 0 Villarreal ......0 home at the near Barcelona ......2 Espanyol ....0 post.

Real Zaragoza 1 Osasuna ......3 Valencia are strong favourites to finish Athletic Bilbao moved up to third following a 0-0 stalemate fifth in the table with a 3-2 win between Mallorca and Villarreal. over Levante but Atletico Madrid A brace from Roberto Soldado crashed 3-0 at home against a reand a Jonas Goncalves goal gave juvenated Malaga who recorded Valencia a 3-0 win over Real So- their fourth successive win. ciedad and now they are five points Almeria's survival dream came clear after a lethargic performance to an end as a 2-0 win for Getafe from Villarreal on Sunday. gave them only their third vicMallorca started the brighter tory of the year and took them but Giuseppe Rossi hit the post out of the relegation zone. on the counter attack. After the Hercules' future is also lookbreak Nilmar for Villarreal and ing bleak as they are now six Pierre Webo for the home side points from safety following a had shots well saved before the 3-2 defeat at home by Racing game petered out into a draw. Santander.

Pak cricket bosses Serb press celebrates seek Afridi answers Djokovic’s win over Nadal AFP KARACHI, MAY 9

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday demanded Shahid Afridi explain why he criticised coach Waqar Younis, saying the one-day captain had violated the code of conduct.

Afridi criticised Younis for interfering in team selection during the 3-2 one-day series win over the West Indies.

"Waqar interferes with the team selection and everyone should do his job," Afridi said on his return from the West Indies Sunday.

"PCB has taken notice of the statements made by Afridi in the media about the differences within the tour management in

West Indies. It is a violation of code of conduct on part of Afridi," the PCB said.

"An explanation has been sought from him for the reasons to make such statements publicly. PCB will take appropriate action after submission of the tour-report at the conclusion of the tour."

Pakistani media last week reported that serious differences had emerged between Afridi and Waqar during this year's World Cup. Pakistan reached the semi-finals in the tournament, jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, before being beaten

by India who went on to win the championship.

Mary Kom strikes gold asian cup AGENCIES HAIKOU, MAY 9

Espanyol's Cameroonian goalkeeper Carlos Kameni (left)•vies with Barcelona's midfielder Sergio Busquets (right)•during their Spanish league football match at the Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona on Sunday.

Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom (48kg) clinched her first gold medal of the year by finishing on top in the Asian Cup Women's Boxing tournament in Haikou, China.

The mother-of-two from Ma-

nipur claimed the gold after beating Asian champion Kim Myong Sim of North Korea 4-3 in the final.

Playing her first tournament since her bronze medal at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, Mary Kom had made a place in the last two of her weight division after drubbing Kate Appari of Philippines.

India outclass Malaysia 5-2 azlan shah cup PTI IPOH (MALAYSIA), MAY 9

Double defending champions India came up with a spirited display to outclass hosts Malaysia 5-2 and returned back in medal contention in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here today.

With this win, India have also avenged their shock Asian Games semi-final loss to Malaysia.

Despite starting their campaign with a 2-3 loss to South Korea, India are back in the medal hunt with their second victory from four matches beside the draw against World champions Australia.

Britain surged to the top of the roundrobin league standings with a 3-1 win over New Zealand, which took their tally to nine points from four outings.

Australia, meanwhile, hammered Pakistan 5-1 to take their points tally to

seven from three matches and have a slightly better goal-difference compared to India, who are in the third position.

India will now play arch-rivals Pakistan in their next round-robin league match on Wednesday.

Against Malaysia, young Mandeep Antil scored two goals (18th and 69th minute), while Roshan Minz (8th minute), Rupinder Pal Singh (22nd) and S V Sunil (35th) found the net once each for India.

Malaysia's goals came through Azammi Adabi (34th minute) and Nabil Abdullah (43rd).

India, who share the tournament record of winning five titles with Australia, are seeking to complete a hattrick after winning the cup in the past two editions. India won it outright in 2009 and were joint champions with South Korea in 2010 after the match was disrupted by heavy showers.

Vasco looking for victory against Samity

UC Nerul in semis

getic Basilio Rego will come in to replace him.

After Vasco took nine points from their first three matches with wins over Mohameden Sporting (2-1), Sporting Clube de Goa (3-0) and Royal Wahingdoh (3-2) to go top of the table, they then slumped to a defeat against Shillong Lajong (1-2) and a draw against Arhima (1-1), but coach Gavin Araujo is still upbeat.

“Before we won the first three games there was no expectation on the players and suddenly the

United Club of Nerul defeated Arpora Sporting 6-5 via the tiebreaker to enter the semi-finals of 15th Holy Cross inter-village football tournament organised

by Holy Cross Sports Club in memory of Albert J Fernandes at Vodlemoll Kakoda ground, Monday.

Nerul opened their scoring in the 15th minute when John Vaz scored through a 20 yard shot.

Arpora equalised through Kishore Palker off a corner kick in the 50th minute.

In the tie-breaker, Xavier Clemente, Alexander Cardozo, Philip Dias, Russel Fernandes and Augusto Monteiro were on target for Nerul while Kishore Palekar, Milton Estibeiro, Sudesh Naik and Sunil Nanodkar netted for Arpora.

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, MAY 9

Vasco Sports Club will go all out for victory as they take on Southern Samity in their second last match of the I-League Second Division at Shillong, Tuesday at 11 a.m. The venue has been moved from the Polo ground to the Nehru Stadium due to poor ground conditions.

Vasco will be without high scoring midfielder Joel Sequeira who is suspended after receiving two yellow cards. Young ener-

focus was on us. I believe my boys showed stronger character in the last two matches as it was not easy playing home teams in front of a large crowd. I will be honest, my heart was in my mouth, but my boys coped,” remarked Gavin.

Gavin has also expressed the need for his team to go forward in search of goals as the goal difference will be a major factor in qualification. Vasco have currently scored ten and conceded four, giving them a positive +6 goal difference.

Saligao United oust Sinquerim PANJIM (HSD) -- Saligao United beat Sinquerim Sports Club 2-1 in Frank Pires memorial soccer at Siridao church ground, Monday.

Saligao led 2-0 at the lemon break.

Saligao opened their scoring in the 15th minute. They doubled their lead in the 30th

minute.

Crossing over, Sinquerim netted their only goal in the 40th minute.

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Keith De Souza, who secured the best lap time has been karting since he was 7-years-old.

He said he was eagerly awaiting the challenge from the rest of India. Raul Costa and Jonas Fernandes secured the second and third best lap times respectively. Akshay Rajput, who bagged the 9th best lap time in Goa redeemed himself after failing to qualify in the Mumbai regional trials and travelled all the way to Goa for a second chance.

The National finals will be held in September and will have 100 finalists.

Commenting on the conclusion of the Goa leg, Dr. Vijay Mallya, Chairman and Team Principal, Force India Formula One Team said, “In the few weeks

since we launched India’s first ever serious initiative and platform for young Indians to showcase their racing talent via a karting programme in India, we have had an extremely enthusiastic response both in Mumbai and Goa. The week-long Goa leg has given us 14 talented finalists who will now proceed to the national final where they will compete with 86 other talented finalists later this year and I wish the 14 finalists from Goa all the very best” The finalists: Keith DeSouza (00:24.39), Raul Costa (00:24.88), Jonas Fernandes (00:24.97), Dillon Dourado (00:25.07), Rohan Hoble (00:25.20), Hilton Fernandes (00:25.22), Adnan Shaikh (00:25.28), Saurabh Bhadauria (00:25.30), Akshay Rajput

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AFP BELGRADE, MAY 9

Serbian papers were euphoric on Monday a day after Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal at the Madrid Masters 7-5, 6-4, the world number one Spaniard's first loss on clay in nearly two years.

"Novak Djokovic Untouchable," read the influential Politika daily frontpage headline below a photo of the world number two.

"The Madrid tournament certainly does not have the same importance as the Australian

Sai Avtaar up HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, MAY 9

Sai Avtaar, Anjuna got the better of Sangolda Lightning 4-2 via the tie-breaker after a 1-1 draw to move into the quarter-finals of 20th V M Salgaocar inter-village football tournament organised by Saligao Sporting Club at Saligao ground, Monday.

Sangolda shot into the lead in the 12th minute through Nithin Naik. Cristopher equalised.

Donovan, Avdumber for Polo Cup HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 9

South Goa’s Donovan Vaz and Avdumber Hede have been chosen to race in the second round of Volkswagen Polo Cup India to be held on June 17 at Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore.

In all, there will be 20 riders.

The selection process took place under the scrutiny of an ex-

pert jury consisting of Akbar Ebrahim, India’s only principle instructor in racing, Rayomand Banajee, six times National Champion, Rohitaaz Kumar from JK Tyre Motorsport and Ronny Wechselberger from Volkswagen Motorsport. Volkswagen followed international standards and conducted the coaching camps to select the best young talent.

Coach Samson no more Samson D'Souza, ex-National basketball player, National Referee Panel B and coach died following a massive heart attack. He was 43.

Samson was coaching at Presentation Convent, Margao, St.

Mary's Convent HS, Chinchinim and Fatima Convent HS , Margao.

Presently he was coaching the Goa Youth Girls and Boys Teams for the Youth Nationals to be held in Nagpur.

The Goa Basketball Association has condoled the sudden death of Samson. GBA president, C F Vaz stated that Samson was a coach whose dedication and passion was unique.

(00:25.57), Sufiyan Shaikh (00:25.59), Rudra Sanvordekar

(00:25.64) and Ameen Shaikh (00:25.79).

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Keith, Raul among 14 for final F1 trials

Fourteen participants were selected at the Goa Regional round of “One From A Billion Hunt”, the Force India Formula One Team Academy and Mobil 1 at Go-A-Karting track, Nuvem.

The 14 finalists were selected on the basis of the best lap times posted by them during the qualifying sessions. Each applicant was allowed five laps to log their best possible lap time to qualify for the National finals.

Over the past week, highly talented boys and girls gave their very best as they touched a maximum speed of 70 km/h on the specially designed Force India Formula One Team Academy karts at the 360 metre long track.

The finalists.

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Open, but taking into account the circumstances, it has a special meaning since nothing is more difficult than to beat Rafael Nadal on clay," the paper stressed.

"Djokovic Dominates Nadal on Clay," read the Danas daily headline.

"The best player currently defeated the Spaniard on his favorite surface and continues his fabulous series of victories," the daily commented, estimating that 'Nole', the nickname used

by Serbs for Djokovic, could "soon be the (world) number one."

"The King Nole," read the sports Sportski Zurnal daily frontpage headline below a large photo of Djokovic brandishing his Madrid trophy.

"The King has fallen.

Long live Nole who outclassed Nadal in his backyard in Madrid.

Nadal is still world number one, but there is no doubt that Djokovic is the best player at the moment."

The Blic daily simply said on its front page that Djokovic was "Definitely the Best."

It cited the Serb's comments that it was his "best match on clay."

Djokovic has now won three straight Masters 1000 trophies over Nadal after defeating him at Indian Wells and Miami in March and April respectively.

Sunday's win was also the Serb's first over Nadal on clay after losing their nine previous meetings on the surface while his incredible winning streak is now 32 matches in 2011 and his two Davis Cup victories in December.

I will retire in an EB jersey: Bhaichung AGENCIES SHILLONG, MAY 9

Away from the I-League, India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia is sweating it out for United Sikkim Football Club (USFC) in the 2nd Division League in Shillong. In a freewheeling interview, the ace striker said he won't ever play for any other Indian club other than USFC. What prompted you to launch United Sikkim Football Club?

The game needs to spread to all over the country. Let's not forget India is a vast country and football has a huge fan following. But there are certain parts which hasn't had a representation as far as the I-League is concerned. Hence, I thought we should have a local team from Sikkim which should serve as a role model to others.

How much of a difficulty did you face in incurring the expenses?

Every club has to be a commercial entity. United Sikkim is no different. We need to reach out to the people and can never ignore the socio-cultural aspect.

Community development is something we stress upon. The kids need to be involved and the academies will follow.

We have undertaken a three-

year plan to take USFC to the ILeague.

Will you be considering playing for other I-League clubs too in the future?

My playing career is committed solely to United Sikkim. I will never play for any other Indian club apart from USFC. I am getting offers from I-League clubs for the next season but I will not move out anymore. Even if USFC doesn't qualify for next season's I-League, I won't change my mind.

But yeah, I will retire in an East Bengal jersey.

How long do you want to continue playing for the national team?

Right now, I'm yet to reach peak fitness. The injuries have been troubling me for a while.

I will wait for some time and see how my body responds. But yeah, I haven't retired as yet.

Wearing the National Jersey is something I have always relished and am up to the challenge.

Was it difficult to convince national team players like Rennedy Singh and NS Manju to play in the 2nd division?

Indeed, it was. Both had offers from other clubs. But they trusted me. All I told them was that I will be building a good squad for sure.

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PTI JAIPUR, MAY 9

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's brutal assault and Murali Vijay's brisk fifty was backed up by some sensible bowling as Chennai Super Kings outplayed Rajasthan Royals by 63 runs in their Indian Premier League match here today.

After Chennai rode on Dhoni's onslaught towards the end to post a formidable 196 for three, the bowlers led by Doug Bollinger's three for 22, bundled out Rajasthan for 133 to

more or less seal a play-off berth.

With seven wins from 11 matches, Chennai are now second with 14 points.

Apart from Dhoni's 19-ball 41, Michael Hussey (46 of 30) and Suresh Raina (43 off 27), too, impressed with their innovative strokeplay after Vijay laid the platform with a blazing 53 off 40 balls after rival skipper Shane Warne put the visitors in.

During his brief stay at the wicket, Dhoni smashed three sixes and as many fours.

Chennai Super Kings innings: Mike Hussey b Botha 46, Murali Vijay run out (Botha) 53, Suresh Raina b Singh 43, Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 41, Albie Morkel not out 5. Extras: 8. Total: 196 for 3.

Fall of wickets: 1-77, 2-135, 3-179. Bowling: Menaria 2-0-17-0, Singh 4-0-40-1, Watson 4-0-47-0, Botha 4-0-23-1, Warne 4-0-34-0, Trivedi 2-0-33-0.

Rajasthan Royals: S Watson c Jakati b Ashwin 11, R Dravid c Dhoni b Bollinger 20, A Rahanec Raina b Bravo 52, R Taylor c Saha b Morkel 6, A Menaria c Dhoni b Ashwin 2, J Botha c and b Bollinger 14, A Raut run out (Ashwin) 19, D Yagnik b Bollinger 3, A Singh c and b Raina 1, S Trivedi not out 0, S Warne c Bravo b Raina 0. Extras: 5. Total: 133 for 10.

Fall of wickets: 27-1, 48-2, 63-3, 70-4, 105-5, 129-6, 132-7, 133-8, 133-9, 133-10. Bowling: Morkel 3-0-21-1, Bollinger 4-0-22-3, Bravo 4-0-36-1, Ashwin 4-0-24-2, Jakati 4-0-30-0, Raina 0.3-0-0-2. Man-of-the-match: M Vijay.

While Vijay scored two fours and three sixes, Hussey hit eight boundaries. Raina found the fence six times.

Ajinkya Rahane top-scored for the hosts with an entertaining 52 off 36 balls.

Chasing a mammoth target, Rajasthan needed a flying start but neither Shane Watson nor Rahul Dravid lasted enough.

If the early dismissals of the two openers were not enough, Rajasthan were dealt a telling blow when Albie Morkel accounted for the dangerous Ross Taylor.

Barring Taylor, the batsmen that followed the openers lacked experience of playing under pressure, but Rahane proved to be an exception.

The hosts were in the doldrums at 70 for four in the 10th over and while he could not really threaten the Chennai outfit, Rahane, one can say, tried to save Rajasthan from embarrassment in front of the home crowd.

Deccan, Pune aim to rise PTI HYDERABAD, MAY 9

Languishing at the bottom of the points table, Deccan Chargers and Pune Warriors would be playing for pride when they square off in an IPL match here tomorrow.

Both the teams have played 10 matches each so far and won three each thus having six points.

Though Deccan have been

able to post competitive scores, their inability to put up a collective show and sloppy fielding has cost them dearly.

The Pune Warriors too must clinch the game to continue the momentum which they found last night after losing seven match in IPL-IV. All eyes would once again be on former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who is yet to play for the

team, despite being signed up last week as a replacement player.

Given Pune's batting frailties, Ganguly could finally get a game to lend the line-up some strength.

Pune's star batsman and captain Yuvraj, Jesse Ryder and Robin Uthappa also need to shine bright with the bat, while bowlers such as Rahul Sharma have to continue doing well.

the teams in the competition.

Apart from the 38-year-old Tendulkar, in-form Ambati Rayudu and Rohit Sharma have shown the ability to tear apart any bowling attack, which in Punjab's case has been the weak link.

Aiden Blizzard, who blasted 37 in 23 balls in last game, can

also be dangerous. Kieron Pollard is an asset for Mumbai with his all-round abilities and his athleticism on the field has impressed all.

Mumbai's bowling has also been quite good, with Sri Lankan import Lasith Malinga the highest wicket-taker with 24 scalps. Medium pacer Munaf Patel and off spinner Harbhajan Singh have also been bowling well and taking wickets.

Kings XI have been struggling in the tournament and have managed just three wins from nine games.

After impressing all with his heroics, opener Paul Valthaty has not been able to maintain consistency and the same has been true for skipper Gilchrist.

Gilchrist's compatriot Shaun Marsh is the key batsman for Punjab and on his day he can singlehandedly lead the attack but it remains to be seen how he tackles the in-form Malinga's pace.

Punjab had made wholesale changes in the game against Pune and it will be interesting to see what combination they play tomorrow.

Tough task at hand for KXIP PTI MOHALI, MAY 9

Assured of a berth in the playoffs, table-toppers Mumbai Indians will start outright favourites when they take on bottom-ranked Kings XI Punjab in an IPL encounter at the PCA stadium here tomorrow.

It is going to be a tall order for the Adam Gilchrist-led Kings, whose hopes to reach the playoff race were dashed after a defeat to Pune Warriors last night, to face rampaging Mumbai, a side coming into this game with eight wins from 10 matches.

The win at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday propelled Mumbai to the top of the points table with 16 points from 10 games and booked them a berth in the playoff stage of the Twenty20 tournament.

In their last match, the Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai inflicted a crushing defeat on Delhi Daredevils.

The high-flying Mumbai have been in terrific form with allround performances putting them way ahead of the rest of

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ICC ponders Test, ODI, DRS future PTI LONDON, MAY 9

The future of Test and one-day cricket, as well as the controversial decision review system (DRS), will be among the subjects up for discussion when the International Cricket Council (ICC) cricket committee gathers at Lord's for a twoday meeting starting here on Tuesday.

The ICC would like DRS, first introduced in 2009, to be used in all one-day internationals (ODIs) as was the case at the recent World Cup in the Indian subcontinent.

Prior to the World Cup, concerns were expressed that ODIs were becoming increasingly 'formulaic' contests. Suggestions the ICC committee will look at for reviving the 50-over game include split innings, possible use of two new balls per innings and allowing bowlers to bowl more than the current ODI maximum of 10 overs each.

Floodlit Tests have long been seen as the way to revive declining worldwide spectator interest in the five-day game, which has suffered from falling attendances outside of traditional strongholds such as England in recent years.

But then as now, the problem of finding a ball that wears at the same rate as the traditional red

leather cricket ball - unsuitable for use under floodlights where a white ball and coloured clothing are now the norm for day/night one-dayers has proved a problem.

Various different coloured balls have been trialled around the world but the first day/night Test match still seems some way off.

A white ball has generally been perceived as giving bowlers too much of an edge in anything longer than a floodlit one-day match and former England captain Tony Greig, who led the World XI in WSC, has said: "That (white) ball created monstrous problems for us, and those problems, to my way of thinking, still exist."

The ICC's cricket committee, whose members include former Australia captain Mark Taylor and former South Africa coach Gary Kirtsen, will also consider the use of artificial lights to extend play in Test matches and whether injured batsmen should still be allowed to use a runner in international matches.

Any recommendations they reach will have to be submitted to the ICC's chief executives' committee and the global governiny body's main board, with both committees next due to meet in Hong Kong from June 26-30.

Injury forces Sehwag to quit IPL PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 9

Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the rest of the IPL matches this season as he will undergo a surgery on his injured shoulder, a development which may also make him unavailable for India's forthcoming tour of the West Indies.

Australian all-rounder James Hopes has been appointed as the captain for Delhi Daredevils’ remaining three matches.

Delhi Daredevils CEO Amrit Mathur said that Sehwag will be proceeding to England for the surgery and Hopes has been given the responsibility of leading the team in the remaining matches.

"We will miss Sehwag. But he has to undergo the surgery and that is why he will not take any further part in the IPL," Mathur said.

PB Vanchi, director of GMR Sports Pvt Ltd, owners of Delhi Daredevils, said that a mutual decision was taken after the Daredevils skipper held talks with the BCCI on his injury and was immediately advised to go for the surgery at the earliest.

The Indian opener will travel to London for the surgery but the exact date is not known yet.

Sehwag is currently the top scorer in the IPL with 424 runs and his loss will further hamper the chances of the Daredevils, who are currently placed seventh in the points table and are left with only three games.

Sehwag's, whose injury is a long-standing one that had ruled him out of the two World Twenty20s and the ODI series in South Africa in January. However, he was declared fit in time for the World Cup after having undergone rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

India will leave for the West Indies on June 1 for a T20 match, five ODIs and three Tests but it unlikely that the dashing opener will be available for the series. He may be forced to sit out of the subsequent series against England.

Symonds a great guy: Bhajji AGENCIES MUMBAI, MAY 9

A day after reports claimed that Sachin Tendulkar helped Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh bury the hatchet of the Sydney Test racial row scandal to become friends, the Indian off-spinner described the Australian allrounder a "great guy".

Harbhajan also blamed the media for making a mountain out of a mole hill by projecting the two as foes.

"We are playing together for Mumbai. He is a great guy and is enjoying his moment," Harbhajan said about his Mumbai Indians IPL teammate Symonds here.

Three years of seething animosity triggered by the "Monkeygate" scandal of the 2008 Sydney Test has ended thanks to the IPL, with both the feisty players forming a bond at Mumbai Indians playing environment, The Australian reported on Sunday.

When Harbhajan was asked about the newspaper report, he said, "We

...Rubbishes fixing reports AGENCIES MUMBAI, MAY 9

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Monday dismissed as "silly" claims made by a leading sports magazine that some of the Indian cricketers are involved in match fixing.

"We don't need to react to such silly things," the 30-year-old cricketer said.

Asked to give his reaction to the report, he said "no comments. I will talk to the Board, if required. Otherwise, I just don't want to comment on this," said Harbhajan.

Sports Illustrated India, a leading sports magazine, claims to expose "dirt in cricket" in its latest issue which features conversations with bookies.

The magazine claimed that bookies have taken names of Indian cricketers as well but refused to publish those, saying it will share all the material gathered with the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Harbhajan, who along with teammate Yuvraj Singh, attended a felicitation function organised by Pearls Group, said that the issue is unnecessarily being raked up by the media and termed it as someone's creation.

As the discussions veered towards Indian cricket team's upcoming tour of West Indies, both Harbhajan and Yuvraj said they would be available for the selection.

Selection meet on May 13

nThe newly-appointed India coach Duncan Fletcher is likely to attend.

PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 9

The newly-appointed India coach Duncan Fletcher is likely to attend the selection meeting slated to be held in Chennai on May 13, for the tour of West Indies.

On that particular day, the squad for ODI and T20 series will be announced. Although Fletcher will join the team prior to their series against England, he has been invited for the meeting as it will provide him a chance to get formally introduced to the Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Dhoni is expected to be in

have always been friends. Thanks to all of you (media) for making it such a big news."

He however added that "such things (spat between the two) happen when you play the sport at that level".

"Every team wants to win. Few words get exchanged during the games, but I left that matter there and then. From there onwards we have been playing together for Mumbai," Harbhajan said on the sidelines of a function here.

The spinner acknowledged that Tendulkar played a part in ending one of the most talked-about feuds in world cricket.

"It is not just this (Symonds) matter, but he (Tendulkar) has helped me in lot of other matters as well. I am grateful to him," he said.

Harbhajan said that he does not read the newspapers and blamed the media for its tendency to rake up the issue. "I don't really read newspapers," he said.

Chennai on May 13 as his team Chennai Super Kings will be playing against Delhi Daredevils in an IPL match a day earlier.

As per terms and conditions of Fletcher's contract which is identical with his predecessor Gary Kirsten, he will certainly not have voting rights at the selection meetings.

India's bowling coach Eric Simons will also attend the meeting in Chennai as he is likely to be in-charge for the tour of Caribbean before Fletcher takes over in England.

The BCCI has decided to retain the services of Simons who was roped in after Kirsten suggested his name. The Indian team management including the senior players are believed to be very happy with the inputs that have been provided by this former South African speedster.

"If I get selected, I am going to play," said 29-year-old Yuvraj, who is currently playing in the IPL captaining Pune Warriors.

"I am definitely available for the whole tour. For all five ODIs, two T20s and three Tests. Like Yuvi said, if I am selected, I will definitely go," said Harbhajan.

Yuvraj was asked about Sourav Ganguly's non-inclusion against Pune Warriors last night, he said, "He will be playing in the next game."

Yuvraj said Ganguly had been preparing to play the game against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali on Sunday, but felt he needed couple of days more before getting into action.

Asked about his team's poor run in the IPL, Yuvraj said, "The talent is definitely there and the team could have won three more games. But that's the way Twenty20 is and hopefully, we should be able to win our remaining four games."

In contrast, Harbhajan's Mumbai Indians are on top in the points table, having won eight out of their 10 matches played so far, but the spinner said there was no room for complacency at this stage.

"We don't want to take things for granted. We know all the teams are capable of beating each other. We just want to keep on working hard and do things which will ensure we stay on top," he said.

Belgian rider Weylandt dies in Giro crash AGENCIES ROMA, MAY 9

Cycling was in a state of shock on Monday after Belgian rider Wouter Weylandt died following a crash during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia.

"Despite immediate treatment there was nothing we could do," Giro doctor Giovanni Tredici told Rai Television.

"Today, our team mate and friend Wouter Weylandt passed away after a crash on the 3rd stage of the Giro d'Italia," Leopard-Trek manager Bryan Nygaard said in a statement.

Leopard-Trek rider Weylandt, 26, fell off his bike in the descent from the Passo del Bocco.

Doctors at the scene cut off his helmet and performed cardiac massage for 40 minutes but their efforts were in vain despite the arrival of a helicopter.

Italian Thomas Casarotto died following a crash during last year's Giro del Friuli.

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Black Slade completes Twenty Rocking Years ‘Black Slade’ is a name synonymous with music. The group came together to bring the crowds to their feet and rock to the beat and for two decades the group has managed to do just that, carrying on with great dexterity

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BY COLIN SAVIO COELHO lack Slade journeyed into the realms of music way back in 1985 on their home soil, Goa. A few school buddies came together to celebrate their musical talent. From the “different ‘weird’ kind of music those days” they have grown to become a popular dance band in Delhi and a very sought-after band down in Goa. The band now has in their ranks Menino Dias (lead guitar), Nazario (Socorro) Pereira (drums) and Anton Braganza (bass guitar) as the founder members of the band. The other members then were Benny Pinto (keyboard) and Julius (vocals).

Menino hits some exceptional highs on the lead guitar. He has a strong sense of musical exuberance and is always on a musical high. His vocal ability also adds pep to the performance of the band. Socorro has the beats sounding tight. He can generate the rhythm in his own simple way and can take it along to a different high. Ronald da Silva is now the vocalist who can enthral the crowd with his voice and stage presence. The last ten years as part of the band have been an ‘amazing feeling’ for him. He has a strong stage presence and usually generates an ostentatious audience response. Ronald emphasises, “Delhi is a great place where you can build music to become a profession.”

Anton can give the bass guitar a genuine rhythmic thump and sets the tone for some excellent backing on the all important lows. He transverses on a contagious groove and hits it continually to make the music more enjoyable.

There is one member of the band who does not hail from Goa but is very comfortable with the music they do. Raja Paul is a gem of a person and a very talented musician. In fact, his working and playing almost in silence is very impressive. His fleeting fingers bring the black and white on the keyboard to life.

Black Slade is probably the first dance band to have made it big in Delhi. And they have performed not just in Delhi, but at various places around India and abroad as well. They had a tour of Jalandhar a couple of months ago, adding to the list of cities they toured this year, which includes Jaipur, Bangalore, etc. Presently they are on a short tour to Qatar. They have also been performing regularly at Gurgaon and Noida and places nearer to Delhi. Their repertoire includes pop, hi-summit jazz, blues, rock, reggae, Indipop, Punjabi and everything that can the crowd on their feet.

People say Black Slade rocks a crowd. They are a musically tight band that can rock and this has happened numerous times in Delhi and Goa. Yet they have only one cry, ‘We love Goa and we enjoy performing here.’ The band takes time off to be in Goa during the months of AprilMay every year. Black Slade completes 20 years and the only wish we have for them is that they have many more years of music.

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laying an active role to bring relief to those affected by disasters, the elderly, the homeless or those marginalised and displaced from their homes and lands can now earn awards. In a bid to recognise and encourage volunteers in the country, an Indian corporate house has announced awards for individuals and organisations who devote their time, energy and professional expertise towards a social cause without expectations of monetary benefits.

Perhaps a first of its kind in the country, the Apeejay India Volunteer Awards, by Apeejay Surrendra Group, focuses on rewarding volunteers.

“We aim to identify champions in volunteering in the country, recognise them, promote and raise awareness and drive volunteering as a mainstream interest in India,” says Renu Kakkar, VP, Corporate Communications, Apeejay Surrendra Group.

“The platform gains importance for the people when India needs to look up to roles with a deep sense of responsibility to face several social issues hampering the growth of the country,” she adds.

Winners would get a cash award of Rs one lakh and a citation. Also, they would get an opportunity to attend a two-day workshop on how to get more people interested in volunteering through arts like street plays, social media and music.

The United Nations had declared 2001 as the ‘International Year of Volunteers’ and the tenth anniversary of the declaration is being celebrated globally this year.

The competition will be held regionally in four zones including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore.

The shortlisted candidates from the regions will be eligible for national round of selections. The awards are scheduled to be announced here in August this year.

“The working population is moving around and community connections are being broken now. The corporate houses and people themselves recognise the value of volunteering now,” says Joe Phelan, India director, International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF).

“A lot of more volunteering is needed in India and these awards will recognise it and hopefully, the good practise will follow,” says Phelan.

In the individual category, there will be two awards – ‘volunteer of the year’ and ‘youth volunteer of the year’ while for the organisations, there will be employee volunteering program of the year award and volunteer involving NGO of the year award.

According to Indira Dasgupta, member of national jury for the award, there is a sense of ‘giving’ now in the society, which along with active role of media and youth have led to increase in number of volunteers in the country.

“The government has a bank of volunteers through the schemes like National Service Scheme, but there is need for professionalism and zeal to really push the cause forward,” says Rahul Nainwal, Director of iVolunteer, an NGO that brings volunteers and different organisations together for social cause.

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The Don Bosco Past Pupils Association recently felicitated Yatin Parekh and Eddie Jorge, alumni of Don Bosco Educational Institution. Herald finds out more about the association and the activities it conducts

BY JANICE RODRIGUES HERALD FEATURES here are two things that shape the personality of an individual in the growing up years, one is the family and surrounding home environment and the other is the educational institution that the person goes to. Even though the former plays the most vital role in one’s life, the latter aids in the development of inner talents. So deep is the impact of the educational institution that very often people remain connected to it even long after they have passed out from it.

This unbreakable bond can be clearly seen in the case of the pupils of the Don Bosco Educational Institution in Panjim, who have continued to nurture the bond with their alma mater through the Panjim Unit of the Don Bosco Past Pupils Association.

The Association, which was completed more than 40 years, is a part of the bigger worldwide association of the Don Bosco Past Pupils Association world over. It is always a good feeling to meet up with an old friend and the association provides its alumni with ample of such opportunities, from the annual Dine And Dance that is held every January 31 on the feast of Don Bosco and the annual picnics and

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retreats, to the various tournaments held including that The best way of the tie breaker and the All Goa Veteran’s Football Tournament.

The association is not only a means of keeping in touch with your classmates and reminiscing about the good old days, but it also works towards the benefits of society, spreading the same values that the students learnt while schooling in the institution.

“We work closely with the youth, trying to help them in various spheres of life, holding talks and retreats for the betterment of life,” says Dr Rufino Monteiro, current president of the Association. The association has for the last 40 years been running a night school under the name of Don Bosco Night High School and Night Higher Secondary School, which aims at imparting education to those who have dropped out from school and are working. “Around 100 to 150 boys every year enjoy the benefit of studying in the night school,” says Dr Monteiro. Apart from this, the association is working to brighten up the lives of those who are less fortunate, providing help to children who want to study and has even set up a free clinic for the poor at the Don Bosco Retreat Home in Odxel which operates every Sunday, apart

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As part of acknowledging those who have reached great heights in life and providing motivation to others, every year the association felicitates two of their past pupils and this year it honoured CCP mayor Yatin Parekh and Corporator Eddie Jorge.

The association has been spreading its messages through the magazine Boscolink, which is brought out every four months as well as the newly launched website donboscopastpupilspanjim.com. “Our next issue and major event is scheduled for the month of August, which will coincide with the coming of the relics of Don Bosco to Goa, from August 18 to 20, 2011. The relics consist of the urn containing the wax statue of the saint which has the bones and tissues of the right arm of Don Bosco,” explains Dr Monteiro, who is among many others who are really looking forward to this event.

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‘Right to Information (RTI)’, will be the topic of the workshop organised by Asha Family Responsibilities and Rights Association in collaboration with Lions Club of Aldona, to beheld on May 15 from 4.30pm onwards at Aldona Parish Centre Hall, Aldona. E-mail trustasha@yahoo.co.in.

Call 9822166876.

The Summer Shopathon will be held on May 12 from 10am to 8pm at The Mapusa Residency Hotel, Mapusa. Call 9822160275.

‘Pogo Mad’ and ‘Smart Potato’, live summer workshop for kids will be held from May 9 to 29 at Kids.Com Playgroup and Counselling, Vagator-Anjuna. Call 9923393844 or 9158528453.

Film-Making workshop with Oscar nominated director Ashwin Kumar, organised by Art Chamber will be held in July at the Art Chamber, Calangute.

Registration is open. E-mail artchamber@gmail.com. Call 9823217435.

‘People’s Preparedness and Participation in Disaster Management in Goa’ is the topic of this fortnightly Friday Balcao session, to be held on May 13 from 4pm to 6pm at the Goa Desc Resource Centre, No11 Liberty Apartments Feira Alta, Mapusa. Email goadesc@gmail.com.

‘Art is all around us’, an art and craft workshop will be held from May 23 to May 28 May at Chinchinim.

Registration closes on May 19. Call 9766374445 or 9860082466.

Collector’s Day will be celebrated by the Museum Of Christian Art on May 15 at the Museum. It will allow collector’s to showcase their collections. Registration closes on May 10. E-mail museumofchristianart @gmail.com. Call 2285299.

‘Natyarangpancham’, a 5-day theatre festival of selected plays of Goan playwright Pundalik Naik, organised by the Kala Academy, Directorate of Art and Culture and

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H O R O S C O P E Antruz Lalitak, Bandora is underway till May 11 at the Kala Academy, Panjim. Call 2420452.

Sons of Babur, the first play written by Union Cabinet Minister Salman Khurshid and directed by Tom Alter will be staged on May 12 at the Kala Academy, Campal-Panjim. Call 2420452.

Free public sessions on rhythmic breathing, organised by the Rhythmic Breathing Club, Goa will be held in the month of May. Registration is open. E-mail veebee 200303@yahoo.co.in. Call 9422443421.

Dance classes, organised by Dr Martin and Dance Illusions will be conducting dance classes in Margao, Vasco and Panjim on May 12, 13 and 14, respectively. Call 9823014397.

Free Summer Special animation classes, organised by Arena Animations will be held during the course of May at MGM Animations Academy, Panjim. It will cover creative art and sketching and computer fundamentals. Registration is open. E-mail mgmanimations @gmail.com. Call 2225153, 9823013484, 9823611824 or 7709425857.

‘Indian Sculpture’, an exhibition of painting by Shalini Srivastava, organised

by Sunaparanta - Goa Centre for the Arts, Altinho-Panjim is underway till May 11 at the Sunaparanta, Altinho-Panjim. Call 2420452.

Yoga sessions, organised by the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula will be held every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday beginning from May 3. There will be two batches.

Batch I will take place from 6am to 7am and batch II from 6pm to 7pm.

E-mail prog@incentgoa.com. Call 9766015762 or 2451363, 9765404391 or 2452805-10.

The image of the 7th century saint, Saint Dymphna, patroness of mental health, epilepsy, sleepwalking, incest victims, etc will be kept open to the public on the feast day which is May 15 from 8am to 12pm at the house of Lida Joao, Bainfol, Assolna.

Call 2773333.

Your self-esteem will be well served by speaking your 21 Mar - 19 Apr mind today, so speak up. If you've got kids, your good energy is right on their wavelength. If not, you might be thinking about parenthood or just eager to spend some time with fresh young minds. Get out there and play!

Taurus Act as often as you can -- step in and don't be s h y. Yo u c a n 20 Apr - 20 May make a real difference. You get all fired up over some issue that might not be important to anyone but you. That's okay, as now is your chance to educate folks -- go to town and let your passion move the crowd.

Don't be shy Gemini about putting yourself into the middle of the action right now!

21 May - 20 Jun You're having too much fun arguing and challenging assumptions to worry much about what others think -- but see if you can take a quick step back when (inevitably) someone starts to get riled.

An increased feeling of connectedness will inspire a conversation full of new 22 Jun - 23 Jul ideas. You can't accept bargain basement quality today -- you need the best!

If you can't quite afford it, see if you can find a deal or go in on the purchase with someone whose tastes match yours.

Keep your eyes and ears open -- and when you see the ball, take it and run with 24 Jul - 23 Aug it! You've got creative energy to spare -- so spread it around! You ought to be able to get your people to see that things can be different, but it might be a little tougher to really inspire them.

Deal with the people who are in your presence today -- some23 Aug - 22 Sep one wants to connect. You need to quiet down a little -things are just too hectic! It's one of those days when you know what's important and know that you need to stick to it, so set some clear boundaries and make them work.

Focus on the good parts of a troubled relationship -- there is 23 Sept - 22 Oct still hope there.

Any group you are a part of needs some leadership today, and you almost certainly have to step up to provide it. That should be a comfortable role for you, as your social energy is steady.

Scorpio Be more reflective in what you want out of life - are you aiming 23 Oct - 22 Nov high enough? A power trip may disrupt your plans today -- especially if it belongs to you!

Try to let go, hard as it may be, but if you can't, then fight for what's right until the issue is completely settled.

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Capricorn When you are deep in the thick of things, you can't see 22 Dec - 20 Jan clearly. Step back today. It's not enough to protect what's yours -- you need to defend your no-sharing policy today.

It's better that than coming up short tomorrow or next week, though. You can make it happen.

Aquarius Today is not about pushing forward -- it is about appreci21 Jan - 19 Feb ating where you are. Your interpersonal skills are working overtime, which means you should shore up those relationships that need a little help. If anything is strained, you can make it seem better by hook or by crook.

Playing hardto-get is not the smartest strategy for you 20 Feb - 20 Mar now. Make the first move.

Things might not seem all that comfortable at work or at home, but unless you are personally involved, try not to stir things up. You need to make sure that you're able to step in to referee later.

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shortcuts available to you -- get creative and skip 23 Nov - 20 Dec the formalities.

Now is a great time for risk-taking -- though you'd better know what you're doing! Remember that a zero chance of success isn't a risk, so be smart about how you invest your resources.

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DID YOU KNOW? The love story of Cupid and Psyche

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The tale of Cupid, the Roman god of love, and Psyche, his mortal lover, first appeared as one of the stories in Lucius Apuleius’ second-century novel alternately known as The Golden Ass or Metamorphoses – the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety. In the folktale, the jealous goddess Venus asks her son Cupid to use his arrows to cause a beautiful mortal woman named Psyche to fall in love with the vilest creature on Earth. Cupid finally agrees to her commands after a long and failed debate. As he flies to Psyche’s room at night, he turns himself invisible so no one can see him fly in through her window. He takes pity on her, for she was born too beautiful for her own safety. As he slowly approaches, careful not to make a sound, he readies one of his golden arrows. He leans over Psyche while she is asleep and before he can scratch her shoulder with the arrow, she awakens, startling him, for she looks right into his eyes, despite his invisibility. This causes him to scratch himself with his arrow, falling deeply in love with her. He cannot continue his mission, for every passing second he finds her more appealing. This just marks the beginning of a very intricate tale of love, doubt, trials and, yes, a happy ending.

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‘Together for Seminary’ to commence with Konkani Musical Programme

Herald Features u v a d i k Ko n ka n i G i t ’ a Ko n ka n i M u s i c a l P ro gramme produced and directed by Tomazinho Cardozo will be staged on the May 13, 2011, which is the first day of the 3-day festival ‘Together for Seminary’. The festival is being organised for raising funds for the renovation of the Seminary of Our Lady Saligao, Pilerne.

The programmes on May 13 will start at 6:30 pm and ‘Suvadik Konkani Git’ will commence at 7pm. Well known singers namely Anthony San, Clarissa Fernandes, Sonia Fernandes, Irene Cardozo, Maria Cardozo and numerous award winning artistes of Kala Mogi Candolim will participate in ‘Suvadik Konkani Git’.

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The programme will consist of 12 songs which include solos, duets, trios and quartets. Child artistes, namely Violet, Stacy, Vhorty and Josepha, who have won the Kala Academy’s Award for singing will also participate.

There is also a comedy skit on the ‘Bhattkar-Mundkar’ relationship vis-à-vis the effects of Mundkar Act. The lyrics of all the songs are composed by Tomazinho Cardozo and the musical arrangement is done by father-son duo Louis and Nolvert Cota.

The comedy skit features Dnyeaneshwar Morajkar, Irene Cardozo, Jocelyn Misquita, Shivanand Naik, Zico Fernandes and Anthony Carvalho.

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HERALD FEATURES he six-day workshop on acting and other aspects of drama was opened on May 9, 2011 by tiatrist Wilmix Mazarello in the presence of Tomazinho Cardozo, president of the Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG) at the TAG office, the venue of the workshop.

Shantaram Pawar, a diploma holder in theatre, conducted the sessions and educated the participants about the aspects of acting as well as the technical side of tiatr.

The workshop will go on till May 14.

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‘Reminiscences of my Radio Days’ to have Radio Launch Today HERALD FEATURES kin to a walk down memory lane, AIR FM Rainbow will broadcast Goa’s popular voice of yesteryears Imelda Dias Tavora in a chat session with Eurico Noronha, former announcer, today, May 10, 2011, from 6 to 7pm. This unique show will also feature the release of Imelda’s book, titled, ‘Reminiscences of my Radio Days’ published by Third Millennium.

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Filling the Dance Floor with their moves: the Floorfillers perform some Bollywood numbers

Singing her Heart Out: Sharon Mazarello belting out some memorable Konkani tunes

Photos By : Karen D’mello

Finale of the Festivities at Santa Cruz Quermesse HERALD FEATURES he festivities of the concluding day of the three-day fete at Santa Cruz were in keeping with the saying ‘save the best for last’. In a display of colour, song and talent, the evening proved to be entertaining to people of every age. The western dance performances put up by Dance Illusions, the Bollywood styled dances by the Floor Fillers and Portuguese dances by Viva Goa, entertained the crowds. For the Konkani music lovers, there was a performance put up by Sharon, while Wilmix and Sharmila had the crowd in peals of laughter.

The fete came to an end with the lively and entertaining performance by the band Syndicate, which belted out tunes of the king of pop Michael Jackson and then shifted to oldies of Abba, which had the audience clapping and singing along with the band.

The Santa Cruz parish also took the opportunity to felicitate Cinida Dias from Santa Cruz who was a part of the team that represented India at the ICU World Championship, Disneyland, Florida, USA.

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Entertaining the Kids: Spirit Fernandes as Charlie Chaplin

Salsa at its Best: Dance Illusions

Having a Good time: Crystal Condillac

Comic Timing: Wilmix performing with Sharmila

Mil Mel Mel: Performing some songs of Laughter

Fr Cristavao Caldeira felicitating Cinida Dias along with Marian Aroujo

Kidding around with Tom and Jerry

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Delhi Belly will destroy our goodwill: Aamir

Dia has found a Role Model in Shabana Azmi

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ollywood superstar Aamir Khan says that his forthcoming production venture Delhi Belly will destroy the goodwill he has earned in the past decades with his family-oriented films. “Aamir Khan Productions is known for its inspiring, clean, family entertainment.

All that is about to change! Delhi Belly has the potential of destroying, in a single stroke, all the goodwill we have built in the last 10 years,” Aamir wrote on his blog.

The film, co-produced by Aamir Khan Productions and UTV Motion Pictures, stars Imran Khan, Vir Das and Kunal Roy Kapur and is slated to release July 1.

The actor-producer says that Delhi Belly happened by

accident.

“Akshat Verma, the writer, had been trying to reach me with no success but dropped off a copy of the script at my house. One day I was busy with some email and (my wife) Kiran, while waiting for me to finish, picked up the script lying on top of the pile of unread scripts.

Couple of minutes later I heard her giggling, then laughing, then falling off the sofa choking with laughter and rolling on the ground,” wrote Aamir.

“Three hours later I was calling the number written on the first page of the script and asking for Jim Furgele and Akshat Verma. Forty-eight hours later Akshat and Jim were sitting in front of me,” he added.

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ctress Dia Mirza might not be an active social worker, but she is voicing her opinions on various causes. She is associated with humanitarian projects and for all this the former beauty queen gives credit to Shabana Azmi, her role model. “She is my role model not because she is an activist, but because she was the one who once told me to be a citizen of the country first and then a daughter and a mother.

Hence, this is what I am following and have been trying my level best to give something back to society,” said Dia, who played Shabana’s daughter in Tehzeeb.

“If my celebrity status helps in generating attention to the cause, then why not? If I feel for the cause, I do try to support it,” added the 29-year-old.

In the past, she has worked extensively with the government of Andhra Pradesh to spread HIV awareness and prevent female foeticide. She is also involved with the Cancer Patients Aid Association and the Spastics Society of India.

Sequels should follow similar formats: Bradley Cooper

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he Hangover star Bradley Cooper thinks sequels should follow similar formats to the original movie in order to be successful.

Bradley Cooper is pleased The Hangover Part II follows the same formula as the first movie. The actor is set to reprise his role as Phil Wenneck in the forthcoming sequel – which sees a group of friends head to Thailand for a bachelor party which gets out of hand – and he thinks it is more likely to be a hit because the plot is similar to that in the 2009 film, which saw the men trying to piece together the events of an evening celebrating the final single days of a pal in Las Vegas.

He said: “The sequel can’t be, ‘Let’s make a movie that has a completely different story but it won’t matter because people love seeing those guys together.’ I don’t believe that – when you look at sequels that don’t work in comedy, it’s when they abandon the formula. I was very happy that there was a structure – a ticking clock, a missing night.”

Bradley enjoyed working on the movie sequel, and admits he hopes it lives up to expectations because he is such a fan of the first film.

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Toth finds Witherspoon’s Life Bizarre

ctress Reese Witherspoon says that her husband, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, feels that her life is bizarre. Reese, who has children Ava, 11 and Deacon, eight, from her previous marriage to actor Ryan Phillippe, says that Toth is shocked to be at the centre of attention suddenly.

“He thinks it’s totally bizarre. I think you have an instinct when you’re with the person you want to build a life with. You learn more as you get older about what you need in a partner,” said Reese.

Asked if it is easier to be with someone who is not an actor, she said: “I wouldn’t say it’s easier; every relationship has its own dynamic. But it helps that he understands what I do for a living.”

Despite her high-pressure job in the public eye, Reese believes being a parent is the toughest job she has. “Being a parent is the hardest thing on earth. It breaks your heart when your children are unhappy and you feel incredible joy when they are happy.”

The couple got married in a small ceremony in March.

World’s Smallest Atomic Clock in Matchbox Size

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Stressed Moms-to-be More Likely to have Unruly Kids

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regnant moms who are stressed are more likely to have unruly, short-tempered kids, thanks to the presence of stress hormones in their wombs. The research, which tracked thousands of babies from the womb to school, found the hormones raise the odds of a child experiencing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other behavioural problems.

ADHD symptoms are inattentiveness, hyperactivity, lack of self control.

Stress hormones could also affect other aspects of the child’s development, including influencing the hand a child favours later in life. This means that watching the way a youngster uses his or her hands could help diagnosis of ADHD. Alina Rodriguez of the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, studied more than 1,700 mothers and their children.

The study found that mothers who were stressed in pregnancy, or had suffered a relationship breakdown or bereavement were twice as likely as others to have a child who was ‘mixed-handed’ at the age of five.

Those who are mixed-handed use one hand for tasks such as writing and another for things such as throwing and catching a ball. It is different from being ambidextrous because both hands are not necessarily equally proficient at all tasks.

The children exposed to stress in the womb were also more likely to suffer from ADHD and have other emotional problems, such as hot tempers. And they found it more difficult to get along with other children.

But Rodriguez urged pregnant women not to be alarmed by the risk, saying: “It is really important to put it into perspective and to go about your business and try to relax, get support from different people and do things that make you feel good.”

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esearchers have created an amazing, matchbook-sized atomic clock 100 times smaller than commercial versions with both military and commercial applications.

For instance, pocket-sized Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) could help divers engaged in deep-sea explorations plan ultra-precise operations with remote colleagues who also have atomic clocks, especially when the GPS singals are blocked by natural barriers. The timekeeper would be invaluable for preventing phone signals from detonating improvised explosive devices or IEDs. Though GPS signals also would be blocked, a CSAC timekeeper would still function.

The CSAC, only about 1.5 inches on a side and less than a half-inch in depth, also requires 100 times less power than its predecessors. Instead of 10 watts, it uses only 100 milliwatts. “It’s the difference between lugging around a device powered by a car battery and one powered by two AA batteries,” said Darwin Serkland, lead investigator of Sandia National Lab, US. Despite common implications of the word ‘atomic’, the

clock does not use radioactivity as an energy source. Instead, where an old-fashioned alarm clock uses a spring-powered series of gears to tick off seconds, a CSAC counts the frequency of electromagnetic waves emitted by cesium atoms struck by a tiny laser beam to determine the passage of time.

On a nationwide scale, relay stations for cross-country phone and data lines, which routinely break up messages into packets of information and send them by a variety of routes before reconstituting them correctly at the end of their voyages, would continue functioning during GPS outages.

Many Young Adults suffer from Quarter-life Crisis!

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study has found that many young adults, who are in their 20s and 30s, are suffering from a ‘quarter-life crisis’. The research suggests that they are experiencing the traditional symptoms of a mid-life crisis earlier, as they are faced with too many choices.

According to Greenwich University researcher Oliver Robinson, today’s young adults often struggle with the multitude of options available, driving them to feel anxiety, depression and a sense of being trapped or ‘locked into’ a marriage or a job that doesn’t feel right.

“You are now more footloose to make changes in early adulthood than I think you once were,” stated Robinson, who interviewed 50 people aged between 25 and 35 about their difficulties coping.

“In the past if a major life change were to occur it would happen in mid-life,” he said. Adding that pressure to meet parents’ demands can add to the sense of crisis among today’s young adults.

“It is about people feeling a frenetic need to get a job, make money and be successful quickly. It links to the demanding nature of people in their 20s and 30s who want it all. They are not happy with a mediocre, ploddy, conventional life,” he stated.

While a major re-evaluation of life choices can be unsettling, it seems to be worth it in the end. Robinson said “setting the clock back on adulthood and starting again” brings with it a sense of freedom.

And those who have suffered, or are in the midst of, a ‘quarter-life crisis’ will be glad to know that it cuts their odds of suffering a ‘proper’ mid-life crisis later on. “You’d be much less likely to suffer another crisis because the lifestyle that you have post crisis is intrinsically healthier than what you had before,” Robinson said.

Courtesy: Agencies

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