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World: American Idol star Crystal Bowersox ties the knot Pg 12 Badal suspended from SAD Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal tonight suspended Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, who is at loggerheads with Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on the Centre’s reported conditional loan-waiver offer, from the party on the charge of anti-party activities.

Asked if Manpreet would be dropped from the Council of Ministers, SAD Secretary and spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said that it was the prerogative of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. He added that further action against the Finance Minister is likely after October 20. – (PTI)

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KRC puts projects worth Rs 75 cr on track for Goa

IN THE PIPELINE: 6-7 flyovers at level crossings, a new railway station at Loliem-Canacona, rail bypass between Margao and Balli, upgradation of the Seraulim railway station and a double line between Margao and Vasco.

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 12

The Konkan Railway Corporation has mulled a slew of projects in Goa worth over Rs 75 crore, including 6-7 flyovers at level crossings, a new railway station at Loliem-Canacona, rail bypass between Margao and Balli, upgradation of the Seraulim railway station and a double line between Margao and Vasco.

KRC Managing Director B P Tayal told newsmen that the Corporation will soon move a

proposal to the Goa Government for construction of the road over bridges on 50 per cent cost sharing basis. “There are around 17 railway level crossings on the KR line in Goa, of which, 6-7 level crossings are critical and have large volume of traffic.

There’s a criteria that flyovers can be built at level crossings only when the vehicular traffic is around one lakh vehicles. But, in the case of Goa, we will dispense with this criteria and build the flyovers on 50 per cent cost

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sharing basis if the State Government agrees to the proposal”, Tayal said.

He said the new railway station at Loliem estimated to cost Rs eight crore will add to the passenger train capacity in Goa. He said plans are afoot to upgrade the Thivim and Karmali stations, by adding one-two additional lines. “This will take some time and will be implemented as and when the funds come in”, he added.

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19 years on, India enters UNSC PTI UNITED NATIONS, OCT 12

India was today elected to the United Nations Security Council after a gap of 19 years, with substantial support, taking over from Japan a position which would help it push more aggressively for the reform of the world body’s top organ.

Out of the 191 countries that voted, India received 187 votes, including Pakistan’s, India’s envoy to the UN Hardeep Puri said, after the ballot.

While one member state abstained from the vote, three votes were polled against India.

However, it was not clear which three countries voted against India.

Centre threatens to steer off Goa highway Sets deadline for land acquisition SURAJ NANDREKAR PANJIM, OCT 12

In a development which could put the State Government in a fix, the Central Ministry for Road, Transport and Highways has threatened to withdraw the national highway widening projects for what they called the State Government’s delay in handing them the land for the purpose.

The National Highways Authority of India is to undertake the widening of the NH17 – from Patradevi to Polem and NH4A – from Panjim to Anmod, under the NHDP II project, costing around Rs 2800 crore. The project was promised to the State

by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when the latter visited

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Goa in December 2007.

However, constant delays in handing over the land required for the project by the State has forced the Centre to think on withdrawing the project.

In a stern letter to the State Government Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath has stated that if the State does not provide land

by October 31, 2010, then the ministry will have no option to withdraw the NH widening projects.

Sources disclosed that if the Government does not expedite the land acquisition process for the project than the project would be taken up in some other State.

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Twist to K’taka tale PTI NEW DELHI/BANGALORE, OCT 12

Political developments in Karnataka took a whole new turn today with Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa accepting the gauntlet thrown by the Governor to face a trial of confidence on Oct 14 after the High Court

gave no relief to 16 disqualified MLAs. “I am going to seek a vote of confidence on the 14th at 11 am.

I am confident of winning the vote of confidence”, the Chief Minister told reporters hours after Governor H R Bhardwaj (Continued on page 11)

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124 candidates in fray for MMc elections HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 12

A whopping 124 candidates – 77 male and 47 women -- are left in the fray for the 20-member Margao Municipal polls after the process of scrutiny on Tuesday.

The process of withdrawal of nomination papers will take place on Wednesday between 11 am to 3 pm.

Returning Officer, Johnson Fernandes informed that a total of 22 nomination papers were rejected at the time of scrutiny today.

“I had received around 146 nomination papers, of which 2 2 w e re re j e c t e d d u r i n g scrutiny. Three nomination

A large numbers of candidates and their supporters making a beeline to the office of the Returning Officer, Margao on the day of scrutiny.

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No forms rejected in canacona HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, OCT 12

All the candidates, who have filed their nomination papers to contest the 10 wards of Canacona Municipal Council (CMC), have scored a perfect 100, as no forms were rejected on the day of scrutiny on Tuesday.

After taking out the second nomination paper sets, 46 candidates are eligible in the contesting list, subject to the withdrawals on Wednesday.

Ward 6 (Kindlebag), which has received a maximum of 11 nomination sets including three second set of forms, has maximum eight eligible contestants after the day of scrutiny.

Ward 1 (Nagarcem, reserved for Women) and Ward 3 (Mastimoll, reserved for ST) have minimum number of candidates of three in each ward.

According to sources in Returning Office, all the forms

were found in order and there was no rejection or disqualification at the time of the forms scrutiny. After scrutiny, only one nomination form against each contestant is taken into consideration.

Ward-wise contestants are Ward 1, Nagarcem (3), Ward 2, Chaudi (7), Ward 3, Mastimoll (3), Ward 4, Ponsulem (4), Ward 5, Kindlem (5), Ward 6, Kindlebag (8), Ward 7, Patnem (4), Ward 8, Bhagatwada (4), Ward 9, Palolem-I (4) and Ward 10, Palolem-Devabhag (4).

Candidates who wish to withdraw from the contest will do so between 11am and 3 pm on Wednesday and all the contesting candidates will attend a meeting at 4 pm in Returning office.

“The voting symbols will be allotted in the meeting on Wednesday evening,” informed Returning office source.

cuncolim RO rejects objections raised by candidate HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 12

Objections raised by former Cuncolim Municipal Councilor Prof Laxman Naik to the candidature of vice-chairman of the Goa Urban Development Agency Mario Moraes in ward No 3 of the Cuncolim Municipal Council came a cropper on Tuesday.

Returning Officer, Johnson Fernandes rejected the objection raised by Naik and accepted the candidature of Mario Moraes for ward no 3.

The bone of contention raised

by Laxman Naik was in respect of the term office of profit.

He contended that the candidate is the SUDA vice-Chairman, who holds office of profit and his resignation after the coming into force of the notification for elections would serve no purpose.

Naik further contended that

4 forms rejected in Vasco HERALD REPORTER VASCO, OCT 12

The Election Returning Officer (ERO) of Mormugao has rejected four candidates during the scrutiny process for Mormugao Municipal Council election on Tuesday.

The ERO office has rejected four candidates, Peter Araujo (Ward 9), Parmeshwar Ganji (Ward 1), Rupesh Naik (Ward 12) and Chandrakant Girap (Ward 5) on technical ground.

Few candidates have wrongly filled the forms, while few candidates are not the voters from the municipal area as per the electoral roll, June, 2010.

With the rejection of four candidates, 141 candidates have remained in the fray and it is expected that few more dummy

Order on Konrad’s bail on Oct 15 HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 12

The South Goa Sessions Court on Tuesday has reserved its order to October 15 on the application filed by the Crime branch to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to the brother of deceased Nadia Torrado, Konrad.

Arguments on the Crime branch application were heard in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Vijaya Pol on Tuesday afternoon. While the crime branch maintained that the Konrad is required in custody for the recovery of the mobile phone used by deceased Nadia, Konrad’s lawyer Adv Antonio Clovis da Costa called for rejection of the crime branch application on grounds that the even the seizure of the phone may not be able to provide any assistance in detecting the offence.

He pointed out that the application for cancellation of bail filed by the Crime branch is malafide, malicious and filed only to harass his client since there is no cause of action to file such an application.

3 arrested by Anjuna police HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, OCT 12

Anjuna Police on Tuesday arrested three persons, while 11 girls were sent to a protective home.

After thorough interrogation, Anjuna Police arrested owners Mr and Mrs Jose Coutinho and Yakub of the Rich Massage Parlour at Arpora, while the 10 Manipuri girls and a Goan girl in the age group of 20-26 years were sent to Apna Ghar, Merces.

Anjuna Police is investigating.

candidates would withdraw from fray on Wednesday.

Few aspiring candidates were seen in verbal clash outside the ERO’s office over complaint lodge by Mohana Salgaokar for allegedly holding office of profit and claiming false OBC certificates.

Mohana Salgaonkar, who has filed her nomination from Ward 20, has lodged her complaint with ERO against former MMC chairperson and councilor Kritesh Gaonkar for holding office of profit.

Salgaonkar, in her complaint stated that Gaonkar, who is member of Mormugao Planning and Development Authority (MPDA) and member of Executive Management body of Communidade of Canacona, is a member of MPDA, which is a

government body.

“Gaonkar is enjoying government benefits and other allowances given to the member and he is continuously doing development work in his ward, which is against election code of conduct,” stated Salgaonkar in her complaint.

Fo r m e r c o u n c i l o r A n i l Chopdekar has also filed a similar complaint against Pascoal D’Souza, elder brother of Revenue Minister Jose Philip D’Souza, who is member of Goa State Rehabilitation Board.

Salgaonkar has further objected for the OBC certificates of Premanand Nanoskar and Vijay V Canolkar, who have filed their nomination papers from Ward 18.

Applications invited for varsity project HERALD REPORTER PANJIM OCT 12

The University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, has sponsored a project titled ‘The Historical Interface: Human World and Environment on the Western Coast of India (with special reference to Goa and Coastal Karnataka)’ to the Goa University.

The project work is for a period of five months at the Department of History of the varsity. GU has now invited applications from eligible candidates for “Project Fellow’ to work on the same. The candidates are required to have a second class MA degree in History or related subject with a minimum of 55 per cent marks. A salary of Rs 8,000 pm will be paid during the period of the project work.

Those interested may send their application and attested copies of mark sheets/certificates to Dr N Shyam Bhat, Principal Investigator, Department of History, GU, Taleigao Plateau, Goa- 403 206 by post so as to reach the varsity on or before

October 22, 2010. The candidates eligible to attend the interview will be communicated separately. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview.

Similarly, the varsity has called for applications for one post of Research Fellowship under UGC scheme ‘Research Fellowship in Sciences for Meritorious’ to carry out research leading to PhD degree in Marine Science.

Again, candidates with 55 per cent marks in MSc in Marine Science, Physical Oceanography, Marine Chemistry, Marine Biology, Marine Geology, Environmental Science, Life Sciences, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Geology are eligible to apply.

Preference will be given to NET/SET qualified candidates.

The position is temporary for one year, extendable to another year upon satisfactory performance.

Those who are interested may appear for interview on October 18, 2010, at 3 pm in the office of the Head of the Department of Marine Science along with bio-data and other relevant documents.

Second edition of HOPE soon HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 12

Bolstered by good response to its first edition, the St Luke’s Medical Guild (Goa Branch) is coming out with the second issue of HOPE (Holiness Obtained by Practising Ethics) which will lay emphasis on lifestyle diseases.

The second edition will have informative articles on lifestyle diseases which will also throw light on how to change one’s lifestyle to a healthy one. The lifestyle diseases to be covered are heart disease, diabetes, cancer, stress, etc.

p a p e r s w e re re j e c t e d o n technical grounds as the forms were submitted incomplete”, he said.

After the scrutiny of nomination papers, ward no 9 has the highest number of candidate – 13 candidates to be precise.

Meanwhile, 54 candidates are left in the fray for elections to the 10-member Cuncolim Municipal Council.

Of the 54 candidates, 33 are males and 21 females.

The Returning Officer has received a total of 62 nomination papers for the 10 days, of which eight were rejected at the time of scrutiny.

The new HOPE will get into details of exercises that can keep away such diseases. It will have tips on keeping away stress and tension in this fast-paced life.

The book, which is edited by Dr R G Wiseman Pinto and Fr Daniel Agnelo Pereira, will also have articles on hazards of smoking, tobacco, narcotic drugs, etc. Like the last time, the Guild intends to distribute this book to as many schools.

Those interested in contributing articles relating to the subjects described may contact Dr Wiseman Pinto on 9422641170.

the candidate should have resigned mush prior of the commencement of the election process, beginning from October 4.

Moraes, however, submitted that he was not holding any office of profit on the date of filing of nomination papers as he had resigned on October 8 and the nomination was presented on October 9.

He also disputed that the post held by him is not one which constitute the office of profit and disputed that the provisions of Article 191 of the Constitution of India is not applicable to him in as much as the Municipality Act is a composite code by itself.

After hearing both the parties, the Returning Officer observed that his office is of the opinion that the relevant date which needs to be con-

sidered is the date of scrutiny.

“As on the date of scrutiny, the candidate should not attract to himself the provisions of section 16(1). The resignation has been tendered on October 8 and the scrutiny is taken up on October 12. The moment the resignation is tendered, the notification of acceptance may be published subsequently. This would not debar the candidate from contesting elections, but the resignation would come into effect as on the date the same is tendered. This ratio is also laid down by the Apex court in the decision re p o r t o n J T 1993(2)SC 251. The proposition of law as laid down by the courts is cr ystal clear that there is no ambiguity on this factor”, observed the Returning Officer, while rejecting the objection.

candidate quits BJP HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, OCT 12

Rajendra Teli, who filed his nomination from Ward 9 for Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) election, has resigned from the primary membership of Bharatiya Janata Party in protest for being denied party support.

Addressing press persons at Mapusa on Tuesday evening, Teli said he has been a primar y member of the BJP for the last 14 years and toiled hard to strengthen the party in Bardez.

“Inspite of this, Mapusa ML A Francis D’Souza has backstabbed me by announcing BJP’s support to Tushar To p l e , w h o i s a n o f f i c e

bearer of Maharastrawadi Gomantak Party,” claimed Teli.

“I have worked hard for the progress of the party at various levels and hence I expected support from Mapusa MLA. Instead of extending his support to me, Francis D’Souza is asking me to withdraw my candidature or not to expect BJP’s support from Ward 9,” alleged Teli.

“This is totally unfair and unjust. Hence, I have submitted my resignation to Mapusa BJP Block President Rajsingh Rane.

I have decided to contest the municipal election without the support of the party. I enjoy support from the residents of Ward 9,” said Teli.

PIO should be punished for not providing info: Kejriwal HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 12

“The Information Commission (IF) should not let a Public Information Officer (PIO) off the hook who err in providing information sought under the Right to Information Act (RTI) by the applicant. There is no option but to punish him as stipulated under the Act when he deny information sought under the Act,” said Arvind Kejriwal, Magasaysay Awadee and RTI activist while participating in a daylong seminar organised today.

The seminar on “Right to Information – strengthening participator y democracy ”

conductor arrested HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, OCT 12

Calangute Police on Tuesday arrested a bus conductor on charges of befriending a minor girl at Calangute.

According to Calangute Police, accused Anand Talwar was employed as a bus conductor on a bus plying along the BagaMapusa route. Few days ago, he befriended a minor girl and was having illicit relationship with her, while she traveled to her College.

Realizing the danger of the continued relationship, the victim’s father filed a police complaint and the bus conductor was accordingly arrested on Tuesday.

The bus owner was also summoned to the Calangute Police station and advised him to relieve Talwar of the job for maintaining illicit relationship with the minor girl. Calangute Police is investigating the case.

FOUR PERSONS ARRESTED: Calangute Police on Tuesday arrested four persons in connection with road fight due to motor accident, while another was arrested on charges of threatening a local.

According to Calangute Police, Devidas Dolre of Karwar, but a resident of St Inez, Gautam Deka (Assam) resident of Majorda, Mohammed Akbar (Bangalore) and V ick y Singh (Uttarakand) were arrested in connection with a fight due to a motor accident at Porba/Agar Vaddo, Calangute.

Police arrested Simon Fernandes (Calangute) on charges of threatening a local from putting up a shack at Baga.

Calangute Police is investigating the case.

was organised by Media information and Communication centre of the Goa International Centre.

Kejriwal though complained about implementation of the Act in other State he expressed satisfaction about its implementation.

“Goa is a pioneer in implementing RTI,” he said.

Speaking about greater utility of the RTI Act, he said it should not be limited to accessing information for exposing corrupt ion in the government offices.

An important aspect of the RTI Act, is it should be used in knowing about government policies and programmes for strength-

ening democratic process in the country.

Participating in the discussion Motilal Keny, State Chief Information Commissioner of Goa, said there has been positive change in the usage of RTI Act for getting information in the State.

The number of people seeking information under the RTI has gone up as also people going in for appeals, he said.

Ramakant Khalap, Chairman of the Law Commission suggested Non Government Organisation (NGOs) and other social organizations should work in co-ordination for getting information under RTI.

Panel okays waste management plant under JNNURM HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 12

The process for availing funds under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Development Mission (JNNURM) for Corporation of the City (CCP) has finally got moving.

The sub-committee of the State Steering Committee formed for considering and approving projects to be forwarded to JNNURM has approved in- principle Solid Waste Management (SWM) plant for CCP. The proposal for SWM was pending for too long. Estimated cost of SWM as Detailed Project Report (DPR) is Rs 33 crore.

The Sub-Committee headed

by Opposition Leader and Panjim MLA Manohar Parrikar has also approved two projects -sewage treatment facility and water supply to Panjim. The PWD which is in-charge of these two projects will submit DPRs

by end of this months, told CCP official.

Also, a beautification project at St Inez has been approved in principle but land acquisition for this project has not been initiated yet.

Another project which has been granted approval by the sub-committee include disiltation of St Inez creek, informed Dr Joe D’Souza, who is part of the sub-committee.

All approved projects will be forward to JNNURM once they are approved by the State steering committee.

It would be interesting to see how early steering committee meets to consider the projects that have been granted approval today by the Subc o m m i t t e e a n d f o r w a rd s them to JNNURM. It must be recalled that it is almost three years now that CCP is talking about getting funds under JNNURM.

Drunk woman tourist found unconscious HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, OCT 12

In a bizarre incident, a heavily drunk foreign tourist was found in an unconscious state along the Palolem sea shore, before she was lifted to a hospital to regain consciousness.

Sources informed Herald that late Monday night, word spread of a highly intoxicated woman lying unconscious in the beach waters and was reportedly noticed moving along the force of light waves hitting the coastline.

Sources further informed that

the woman drank heavily at one of the restaurants in the beach surroundings, was seen walking towards the beach waters in a highly inebriated state.

“The woman fell down as soon as she reached in the beach waters, where soft waves returns back in the sea after hitting the shoreline,” informed sources.

Someone reportedly noticed the almost unconscious woman and informed around before she was lifted to a hospital in the taluka. Police were also reportedly alerted of the incident.

Ponda civic chief ousted HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, OCT 12

Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) Chairperson Pradip Naik was voted out of office, after the no-confidence motion called against him was passed by 7-0 votes.

Naik had barely completed five months. Earlier, Sanjay Naik, Venkatesh Naik and Shailendra Shinkre served as the chairpersons.

The voting was conducted by raising of hands, where only seven councillors present out of 13 raised their hands in favour of the motion.

The proceedings were conducted by Chief Officer Shivaji Dessai. Outgoing chairperson Pradip Naik, Deputy Chairperson Vincent Fernandes, Councilors Dikshya Mayenkar, Shivanand Sawant, Damu Naik and Rukmi Dangui did not attend the noconfidence motion.

Councilors Sanjay Naik, Venkatesh Naik, Shailendra Shinkre, Radhika Naik, Adv Vandana Jog, Dinkar Mundaye and Kishore Naik were present and voted in favour of the motion.

A big pothole on the busy Dr Jack Sequeira road at Mira Mar which is posing death trap to motorists. Many other potholes are visible on the same stretch of the road.

Photo by Rozario Estibeiro

KRC posts Rs 12 crore profit for first time HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 12

The Konkan Railway Corporation has finally made a turn around in its financial position, with the Corporation posting for the first time a modest profit of Rs 12 crore since the rail operations began 11 years ago.

The KRC, however, appears to be still grappling with the problem of landslides at the Ratnagiri section and is weighing various options, including a rail bypass to overcome disruption of rail traffic on this section during monsoons.

KRC Managing Director B P Tayal said the Corporation now plans to take the annual profit

to Rs 50 crore and reach the three digit figure in the next 2-3 years.

“This is the first time in 11 years that the KRC has earned a profit of Rs 12 crore from the daily loss of Rs one crore. Our mission now is to reach the three digit figure in the next 23 years, say around Rs 100 core plus profit in the coming years”, he added.

Saying that funds is the major constraint affecting the KRC in its expansion plans, Tayal said the Corporation will take up major projects once the profits go up substantially in the coming years.

Replying to a question, he said the KRC made the modest

profit out of the increase in the passenger and freight traffic.

“Freight traffic brought us around Rs 300 crore, incuding Rs two crore from RO service.

Passenger traffic brought in another Rs 275 crore’, he said, adding that the KRC has designed a new wagon for the Ro Ro rail service.

If Tayal is to be believed, the KRC has bright prospects of increasing revenue from freight traffic in view of the proposed coal and steel plants coming up in the Konkan region.

On electrification of the Konkan railway route, he said the proposal would be taken up on BOOT basis only after the

Western and Southern railways takes up electrification of their routes.

When newsmen drew his attention to the landslides at the Ratnagiri section every years, Tayal said the KRC is thinking of various options, including construction of a bridge at a whopping cost of Rs 35 crore. .

“We have even carried out a feasibility study of a rail bypass.

This is a difficult challenge for the engineers. Recently, we engaged a Profession from IIT Kanpur to help overcome the problem. We have spend around Rs 200 crore to stabilize the land and has planted lakhs of saplings to stabilize the land”, he added.

Mickky seeks court nod to travel HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 12

Former Tourism Minister, Mickky Pacheco has once again knocked the doors of the South Goa Session court to travel to Delhi from October 15 for political reasons.

Sources said the MLA has filed the application before court on Tuesday and the matter will come up for hearing on Thursday.

This is the third time that the former Minister has approached the court seeking permission to travel outside Goa since the Sessions court had granted him bail in the Nadia Torrado death case.

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CM calls for meeting today on CWH imbroglio HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 12

After series of opposition against the Critical Wildlife Habitat (CWH), Chief Minister Digamber Kamat has now personally decided to intervene in the matter.

Sources stated that Kamat has called for a special meeting of Forest Department, Tribal Welfare Department and United Tribal Association Alliance (UTAA) on October 13 at his Chamber in Secretariat.

UTAA leader and Poinguinim MLA Ramesh Tawadkar stated that the association on Monday met chief minister seeking his intervention on the issue which will affect tribal population living in state’s wildlife sanctuaries.

He said that the Schedule

AG succeeds in 90% cases?

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CORTALIM, OCT 12

A total of 137 cases, decided in favour of the government which, were attended by the Advocate General of Goa Subodh Kantak during the period 2005 to 2009.

According to the information available, 441 cases were filed against the government during the said period. While 137 cases were decided in favour of the government, only 19 cases were decided against the government, 94 were disposed/dismissed as they were withdrawn by the parties and 191 cases were otherwise disposed of.

An official from the law department confirmed that the statistics prove that the Advocate General had succeeded in getting favourable judgments for the government in almost 90 percent of effective cases.

In fact, these figures run counter to the allegations made against the Advocate General by the Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar in the assembly and other fora, wherein he cast doubts on the eligibility of the Advocate General in the appearing for the government.

The details were also provided in the LAQ tabled by Parrikar in the Assembly.

GU postpones Oct 18 exams HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 12

The Goa University has postponed all varsity examinations that were scheduled for October 18, 2010, for a later date which will be notified soon.

In a press release issued here, GU noted that the same had to be effected on account of the Valpoi assembly by-election on the said date.

Tribes and other Traditional Dwellers Act 2006, which speaks of tribal welfare is not implemented in the state with full vigour while it’s being enforced in bits and pieces.

“Forest department talks of CWH which falls under this act but what about other provisions of this act?” he questioned.

Tawadkar was amongst the leaders who had opposed CWH status to Cotigao wildlife sanctuary. The process for declaring CWH has hit a bitter note after Chorao residence raised strong objection to CHW status to Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary.

The State Level Steering Committee is facing a heat from the locals who feel that their rights would be encroached upon once CWH status is notified.

The BJP legislator said that chief Minister will take stand on the issue after the crucial meeting tomorrow. “We are opposed to CWH. They can’t thrust it on us,” he said.

Interestingly, even as Forest Department is trying hard to declare state’s wildlife sanctuaries as CWH, the Tribal Welfare Department, a nodal body to rehabilitate displaced forest dwellers, is in the mess in Goa. The department which is set up recently is not functional.

“Few staff is drawn from the social welfare department to make it functional but it’s yet to function like a full fledged department to take the important issue of rehabilitation,” Tawadkar said.

Agnelo doubts Princess removal before monsoon

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 12

While State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) has decided to float a fresh tender for removal of M V River Princess, Calangute MLA, Agnelo Fernandes has stated that he is doubtful whether the government will succeed in getting the vessel removed even this time.

“I’m doubtful whether the vessel will be removed before the onset of monsoon,” said Calangute MLA while speaking to Herald on Tuesday.

Unlike the last tender – this time it will be a closed tender with terms - seeking bank guarantee of Rs 10 crore, no cure –no pay, outer limit of June 1 (six months for removal of the vessel).

The Calangute MLA said stringent conditions may put off potential bidders.

“What if nobody comes forward due to time constraint as the outer limit does not leave much time for the bidder,” he said.

And even if the government succeeds in finalizing a bidder by mid-November the work will

not start immediately as the bidder will require some time to mobilize resources, he pointed out.

This means - if all goes well the actual work of removing the vessel will start in December.

On the other hand the government is running short of time in light of the High Court directive.

On September 8, a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa had directed the government to start work on removal of the grounded M V River Princess within a period of two months.

This means, the government has now time till November 7 to finalize a bidder. But the question remains whether it will succeed?

Marcaim locals protest, want ferry service woes solved HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, OCT 12

Unhappy with ferry services along the Marcaim-Cortalim route, residents of Marcaim on Tuesday disrupted ferry service for over two hours demanding to solve the problems faced by commuters.

Villagers have claimed that two ferryboats are insufficient and that sudden breakdown of one of the ferry has put undue pressure on the lone ferry boat.

However, soon after villagers protested, another ferry was pressed into service. Ponda Police rushed to the site and brought the situation under control.

Villagers further claimed that during rush hours, two-wheelers forcibly enter the ferry leaving no space for four-wheelers. Vil-

lagers also demanded to deploy a policeman to control the traffic during rush hour.

“Every day, we are facing problem due to insufficient ferry.

There has to be atleast three ferry boats during rush hours, as most of the time vehicles are stranded for hours. Authorities should act fast to solve t h i s p ro b l e m , ” s a i d O l a v Aguiar, a villager.

“To make matters worse, one of the ferries broke down a couple of days ago, but authorities were least bothered. We contacted the River Navigation Department, but couldn’t get satisfactory answers,” said Aguiar.

“There is also a need to deploy policemen during rush hour to control errant two-wheelers,” he added.

Ponda Police pacifies agitated crowd at Marcaim ferry wharf.

Photo by Amresh Parab

Researchers call for cleaning of beaches to avoid tar-balls impact SHWETA KAMAT PANJIM, OCT 12

The Ocean Researchers have warned that prompt cleaning of the beaches need to be done to avoid long term impact of tarballs.

The researchers have also suggested that if required even a top layer of the sand should be replaced.

“If the concentration of tarballs is severe, the top layer of sand containing the tar-balls may be removed and replaced with clean sand. The need mostly arises when freshly formed tar balls, which are soft and brownish in colour, get deposited on the beach,” National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) scientists Dr X N Verlencar and Dr Classy D’Silva has said in their paper.

The scientists believe that the soft tar balls have tendency to melt with the heat of the sun and the petroleum materials present, get absorbed in the sand.

“Such tainted sand should be removed so that the petroleum does not pose threat to the sand dwelling inter-tidal organisms such as worms,” the paper

reads.

South Goa’s beaches had reported unprecedented amount of oil slick and tar-balls ahead of tourist season raising concerns.

NIO, which has predicted two possible reasons for a tar-ball appearance on the beaches, has said that the dumping of oil midsea by ship has resulted in the mess on the shore. The second reason can be attributed to ship mishap.

“Unscrupulous ships violate international rules regarding when, where, and how to clean tanks. Such behaviour can lead to appearance of tarballs on Goan beaches,” NIO, which has been studying tarball appearance since 70s, stated.

Explaining about the process, scientists have stated that after a spill, initially, the lighter components of the oil evaporate much like a small gasoline spill.

In the cases of heavier types of oil, such as crude oil, much of the oil remains behind.

“At the same time, some crude oils mix with water to form an emulsion that often looks like chocolate pudding.

This emulsion is much thicker and stickier than the original oil. Winds and waves continue to stretch and tear the oil patches into smaller pieces, or tar-balls,” the paper added.

While some tar-balls may be as large as 30 cm in diameter, most are coin-sized or a bit bigger.

NIO said that the direction of movement of floating tar-balls is very much dependent on winds and waves on the surface of a sea and on currents.

“Stronger and more persistent the wind, faster is the movement of a tar-ball. Waves on sea surface can also push tarballs in the direction in which the waves go. Stronger the waves, more effective they are in transporting tar-balls,” they said.

On why the occurrence of tar balls formation is higher d u r i n g M a y - O c t o b e r, r e searchers say that normally winds start blowing towards the coast in May. “They keep getting stronger as the monsoon sets and are strongest in July-August. In September and October the winds weaken, and by November they

Fake currency notes cases on the rise HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 12

TEARFUL ADEUS: The Tiatrist fraternity of Goa, the family and the fans gave a tearful adeus to Comedian-Composer-Writer Peter D'Costa at Colva on Tuesday evening.

Photo by Savio Dias

This indeed is a record of sorts.

The Margao police have received the 10th complaint from a leading private sector bank vis-à-vis detection of counterfeit currency notes. Till date, however, the Margao police have failed to detect any of the cases.

Bank officials lodged a complaint with the Margao police stating that they have detected fake currency notes amounting to Rs 19,000 spanning a period of three months.

In the complaint, the bank has maintained that it has detected around eight 1000 currency notes, 500 (41), 100 (100), besides some Rs 50 denomination notes.

are no more oriented towards the coast,” scientist said.

As such, under the influence of winds, and to a lesser extent

that of waves, tar balls formed from an oil slick, gets transported towards the coast during May-October.

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short takes Cooperative Awards 2010

PANJIM (HND): The award for the ‘Best Cooperator’, ‘Best Chairman’, ‘Best Society’ and ‘Best Secretary’ will be given by the Goa State Co-operative Union Ltd, Panjim, (GSCUL) during the Cooperative Week. Only individuals who have worked for cooperative movement for minimum 10 years are eligible to apply for the ‘Best Cooperator’ award.

Duly filled proforma should reach GSCUL by October 31 during office hours. Prescribed forms are available at the office of Goa State Co-operative Union Ltd, Dayanand Smriti, Swami Vivekanand Road, Panjim. Ph: 2225109.

Mechanised farming can help boost agriculture, says farmer

Mushtifund wins quiz contest

PANJIM (HND): Mushtifund HS, Panjim emerged victorious for the third consecutive year at the 4th annual quiz competition organised by the PTA of St Mary’s HS, Ponda. The boys from Mushtifund managed to keep a clear lead right from the outset. Loyola HS, Margao grabbed the second spot while Bhatikar Model HS, Margao and People’s HS, Panjim were placed third and fourth respectively. The chief guest was the manager of the technical training unit, Nestle India Ltd, C V Narayanan, while the guest of honour was parish priest of St Anne’s Church, Ponda, Fr Tony D’Souza. The quiz was conducted by Wilson Vaz.

Damodar celebrates b’day

The harvested rice is collected from the crop harvester machine, as a farmer looks on.

Photo by Manuel Vaz HERALD CORRESPONDENT MERCES, OCT 12

Damodar Bhatkar cuts the cake alongwith wife Sujata, son Balkrishna, daughter Rajlaxmi in the presence of CM Digambar Kamat, Asha Kamat, Home Minister Ravi Naik, MLA Francis Silveira, MLA Pratap Gawas, industrialist Vishwasrao Dempo, Congress general secretary Arthur Sequeira and prominent writer Dilip Borkar and others.

PANJIM (HND): Damodar alias Mahendra Balkrishna Bhatkar, prominent social worker and Congress leader celebrated his golden jubilee birthday at Hotel Mandovi on Sunday evening.

After performing pooja, Bhatkar along with his family took blessings at Shantadurga Nerlikarin Temple, Verem followed by a small reception at his Damodar Sadan residence, Verem.

Later, at a reception held at Hotel Mandovi for friends, relatives, well wishes and the distinguished guests.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Kamat highlighted all the good achievements done by Bhatkar in his social life and wished him a long life. Ravi Naik said that his spirit of dedication should continue for the next 50 years with the same smiling face.

‘Golmaal AST Meet’

Golmaal AST Team Prakash Kapadia, AST Area X, Vineet Parikh, NST RTI and all attending Round Table India, Area Secretary Treasurers.

PANJIM (HND): Panjim City Round Table 128 organised Area Secretary Meet 2010 of Round Table India, with the theme ‘Golmaal AST Meet’ at O Hotel, Candolim.

National Secretary Treasurer Vineet Parikh was the chief trainer for the event and all budding area secretary treasurer of RTI from across India participated in the event.

Prakash Kapadia, Area Secretary Treasurer, Area X was the chief coordinator for the event and with the support of Panjim City Tablers, the event was successfully completed. PCRT 128 hosted all the RTI AST & NST, Shack Nite out at Brittos, Baga and after completion of the AST training program at O Hotel, all AST had a great time checking out their Luck at Casino Royale.

Rotary refurbishes classroom

Farming in Santa Cruz village is on a decline in recent years and that could be attributed to the fact that the costs for hiring labour has gone up tremendously and the farmers are able to generate less or negligible income in the venture.

But, there is some good news for these types of farmers who would want to cut on labour costs as mechanised farming comes at a cheaper rate and is also quicker as compared to manual labour.

And this was quite evident when a farmer from SegundoBairro, Santa Cruz Maria Dias Juliao hired a crop harvester and within no time the harvesting was complete.

A visibly excited Maria told Herald that this is the first

TAG condoles Peter’s death

time any farmer in Santa Cruz has used the harvester machine and that the cost involved in such type of mechanised farming is roughly fifty percent lesser than manual farming.

"If the government promoted mechanised farming, then it would definitely help in promoting agriculture in the State, and particularly in villages like Santa Cruz, which have been traditionally known for its agriculture produce," she opined.

Elaborating further, Maria informed that they have hired the crop harvester at the rate of Rs 2500 per hour.

"Our entire field was harvested within half an hour, which cost us around Rs 1200," she said and added that for the same work, to do manually, the

cost would be around Rs 2500.

"This shows that mechanised farming is economically viable for farmers who have to depend on manual labour," she concluded.

Maria, however, lamented the fact that the government has not done enough in promoting mechanised farming in Santa Cruz, which has resulted in many farmers abandoning their fields.

She further said that she was able to hire the crop harvester due to the help from Fr Patrick D'Souza of Pilar Society, who allowed the machine to be taken to Santa Cruz.

"Such types of machines should be made available to the farmers, on rent, if the government is really interested in boosting agriculture," she added.

Entrance examination

PANJIM (HND): The entrance examination of Sainik School for class VI and IX for the session 2011-2012 will be held on January 2, 2011 at Sainik School, Sattara. This is the nearest Sainik school to Goa. Sainik is a residential school aims at preparing boys from socio-economically backward background for a career as officer in the armed forces.

The age limit for boys for admission to class VI is July 2, 2000 to July 1, 2001 (both days inclusive). 25 percent seats are reserved for boys of service personnel, including ex-servicemen, while reservation for SC and ST is 15 per cent and 7 and half per cent, respectively. Apply on or before December 10.

For details, contact Secretary, Department of Sainik Welfare, Collectorate Building, Panjim.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, OCT 12

The Drishti Surf Life team of lifeguards saved 13 persons, including two Russian nationals, from drowning at Calangute, Baga and Candolim shores.

According to Drishti reports, Nihar Amin (21), Sumit Gupta (23) and Gaurav Agarwal (21) from among the group of Jaipur students were saved from drowning at Calangute beach by Drishti lifeguards Dinanath Halarnkar, Arun Karbotkar, Arun Kumbharjuvekar, Krishna Halarnkar and Siddesh Dhargalkar with the help of rescue tubes.

In another incident at Calangute beach, Prakash Pramanik (21) from the West Bengal group was saved from drowning by lifeguard Dinanath Halarnkar with the help of Jet Ski. At Candolim beach, Russian Taisia Chebotareva (31) and Deepak Kumar Pauja (31) were saved by Drishti lifeguards Krishna Siddekar and Rajendra Gaonkar in two separate incidents.

While another Russian Evgeny Dergachev (28) and Irshad Hussain (24) from Karnataka were saved from drowning off Majorda and Arambol beaches by lifeguards Yogesh Naik, Vincent Mascarenhas and Vithal Chari on Sunday.

On Monday, the Drishti lifeguards Vitthal Chorlekar, Gautam Kalangutkar and Anil Gaonkar with the help of driver Sushant Gaonkar saved a couple each from Chennai and Karnataka at Baga beach.

At Calangute beach, Sudesha Devi (40) was saved from drowning by Drishti lifeguard Dinanath Halarnkar.

MP urges people to help poor

HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, OCT 12

Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG) has condoled the untimely death of popular comedian Peter D’Costa who expired at his residence in Colva.

Peter D’Costa was a good comedian and always tried his level best to make the performance of the Tiatr lively and entertaining.

He was at his best when it came to mimic certain famous personalities of the Tiatr field. He would send the audience into peels of laughter by his dialogue delivery and appropriate body movements. Tiatr stage has lost an intelligent comedian, TAG said in a press note.

People throng to view Durgamata at Mapusa

MP Shantaram Naik distributes goodies to the inmates of Old Age Home.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, OCT 12

HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, OCT 12

A large number of people from various communities have been visiting the Savajanik Durga Pooja Samiti pandal at Mapusa to witness the Durgamata displayed there.

The Sarvajanik Durga Pooja Samiti has been celebrating the Navratrasav since the last 15 years. A pooja is performed everyday and Prasad is distributed to visitors.

MP Shantaram Naik said that it should be the endeavor of every citizen to try his or her best to see that the last drop of tear from the eyes of the poorest of the poor is wiped out.

Naik was on a visit to Old Age Home near Hospicio Hospital, Margao, to distribute a few utility items to the inmates of the house on behalf of Goa Pradesh Congress

Seva Dal. He further said that no one in the world has succeeded in this endeavor but, to make an attempt towards this goal is equally important.

GPCC vice-President Luis Alex Cardoso said that the simple life of Mahatma Gandhi can, to a large extent be emulated by the citizens.

GPCC general secretary Altinho Gomes said that the life of the two great sons of India

‘Dandiya, Garba dances form significant part of Navratri’ Social worker and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Vice President Venkatesh Prabhu Moni stated that Dandiya and Garba are the most popular dances of Gujarat, which hold a significant place in Navratri celebrations.

Moni was speaking as the chief guest after inaugurating Dandia and Garab programme organized by Samrat Club of Porvorim at Nilkant Brahmeshwar Vanadurga Sansthan, Porvorim.

“Over the course of nine days, Mother Goddess is worshiped in her various forms Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati.

Each goddess is worshiped for three days in turn, starting with Durga, who destroys negative tendencies. Next is Lakshmi, who bestows good virtues and fortune and last is Saraswati, who instills wisdom and spiritual knowledge,” he said.

Moni congratulated the Samrat Club of Porvorim for organising the programme and providing a platform to the residents of Porvorim to participate in the Navaratri festival.

In his welcome speech, Sam-

upCoMing eVents Exhibition, sale of pearls

PANJIM (HND): Amba Pearls and Jeweler’s exhibition cum sale of Hyderabadi pearls is currently on at Hotel Park Plaza, Panjim from 10 am to 9 pm. Amba Pearls and Jewelers, who have been in this business for over thirty years have been forced to sell their pearls at cost-to-cost due to cancellation of export orders because of worldwide recession, according to a press release issued here. Finest range of pearls with life time guarantee are available, including pink, rice pearls, corals, American diamond jewelery and more. Exhibition is on only for few more days.

Workshop on telemedicine

PANJIM (HND): Medical Electronics department of Agnel Polytechnic, Verna in association with Institute of Electrical & Electronics (IEEE) and Goa Medical College (GMC) will organise a two-day workshop on telemedicine and cybercare on October 13 and 14 at Library Auditorium of GMC. A two hour open session will follow this workshop on October 14 from 3 pm to 5 pm for all medicine and IT professionals.

High profile professionals from the telemedicine sector and the industry will speak at this workshop which is aimed at providing in-depth knowledge of telemedicine and cyber-care to hospital administrators, nursing home owners and other professionals from the health care services. Students from the medical and engineering colleges with an interest in the field are also encouraged to attend.

For more information call Agnel Polytechnic on 9822589796 / 9823910663/ 9422639333) or CME cell at GMC.

Fugdi, cooking contests

PANJIM (HND): Banai Sanskrutik Mandal will organise its 1st all Goa fugdi competition at Government Primary School, Charmanas, Badem, Britona on October 15 at 5pm. Cash prizes of Rs 4444, Rs 3333 and Rs 2222 will be awarded to the first three winners while three consolation prizes of Rs 750 each and two individual prizes of Rs 500 each will be also awarded.

Also, Banai Sanskrutik Mandal will organise its 1st all Goa cooking competition at the same venue on October 15 at 4.45 pm. Interested participants should report at the venue at 4 pm on October 15. For more details contact 9850324265 or 9011000300.

Taxi owners’ meet

CALANGUTE (HC): The general body meeting of North Goa Tourist Taxi Owners Association will be held at St Alex Church Hall, Calangute, on October 16 at 3.30 pm to discuss various issues before the commencement of tourism season.

Majorda forum’s meet

PANJIM (HND): The monthly meeting of Majorda-Utorda-Calata Residents and Consumer Forum will be held on October 17 at St Anthony’s high school premises, Majorda at 10.30 am.

Amongst the issues to be taken up are road safety and traffic management, increasing crime rate, Konkan Railway subway and matters relating to the oncoming Gram Sabha.

Tiatr competition

HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, OCT 12

PANJIM (HND): The Rotary Club of Panjim Mid-Town in association with Rotary Club of Blaby, Leics LE 9 1SL England and the Rotary Foundation (I) provided two-seater desks, tables, chairs and black boards to six class rooms at Shri Dayanand Arya High School, Neura, Tiswadi at the cost of Rs 6,45,819.

As a part of the continuous social commitment in the field of upgrading educational facilities in rural schools, the club had adopted Shri Dayanand Arya HS. Chief guest Gurudatta Bhakta inaugurated the classroom in presence of other Rotarians and Headmaster Vitu Annant.

13 rescued from drowning

namely Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri can give sufficient strength and direction to those who genuinely desire to serve this country.

Chief Organiser of Goa Pradesh Congress Seva Dal J T Vaz gave welcome speech.

Manguesh Naik compered the proceedings of the brief meeting held at the Old Age Home, while Damodar Korgaonkar proposed a vote of thanks.

CVAC urges govt to notify eco-sensitive zones in Chicalim HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, OCT 12

NCP Vice President Venkatesh Prabhu Moni inaugurates Dandia and Garab programme at Nilkant Brahmeshwar Vanadurga Sansthan, Porvorim.

Photo by Anil Shankhwalker

rat Club of Porvorim President Rajkumar Dessai said apart from Gujarat, Dandiya and Garba are nowadays performed in many other states of India during the festive season of Navaratri.

“Samrat Club organized this programme to provide an opportunity to all sections of the people to participate in the Navratri celebrations,” said Dessai.

Dessai further informed that Samrat Cub has organized an all Goa Dandiya Ras competi-

tion on October 15 at 9 pm.

The first three winners will be awarded cash prizes of Rs 4,444, Rs 3,333, Rs 2,222 respectively. The prize distribution will be held on October 16, said Dessai.

Earlier, chief guest Moni lighted the traditional lamp.

Devidas Kudav compered the programme, ZP member Gupesh Naik, Shilpa Dessai and panch members of Salvador do Mundo and Penha-de-France Panchayats were present.

The Chicalim Villagers Action Committee (CVAC) at its recent meeting has decided to protect eco sensitive zones and to request the government to notify the eco-sensitive zones in and around the Chicalim village pending the finalisation of the Regional Plan 2021.

The CVAC also decided to support the Goa Bachao Abhiyan’ morcha from Azad Maidan, Panjim, upto the Chief Minister’s residence on October 14 to protest against the destruction of Goa’s natural beauty and social harmony in the name of development.

CVAC has appealed to all like minded citizens in and around Mormugao to participate in the morcha in order to get the government’s assurance on fulfillment of its commitments on the agreed points discussed at earlier meetings this March and April.

PANJIM (HND): Vandana Productions Borim will organise its XIIth annual all Goa Tiatr competition cum Mahotsav from November 8 to 18 at Pai Tiatrist Joao Agostinho Auditorium of Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. Cash prizes amounting over a lakh will be awarded to the best group as well as individual performances.

The competition is open to all the institutions registered under societies registration Act 1860 and devoted towards producing Tiatr in the traditional form. Entries in prescribed format along with refundable security deposit of Rs 3000, a recent photograph of performance and a copy of Tiatr script should be submitted to Vandana Productions Borim on or before October 18. No withdrawals will be allowed. The sequence of performance by the selected participating institutions shall be decided by the organizers on October 17, and the participants have to present their Tiatr on the scheduled date. The organizers reserve the right to limit the number of entries.

The prescribed entry forms along with rules and regulations are available at Vandana Productions, Borim. For entry forms and further details, contact Agnelo (Borim) on 9822983541 or Armando on 9822584766.

Inter-school computer quiz

PANJIM (HND): SRS Computer Services, Ponda will organise its nineteenth all Goa inter-school computer quiz on November 28 at 10 am.

The quiz is primarily organised to encourage and test computer knowledge amongst the school students. The quiz will consist of written test of 50 minutes duration covering general computer concepts, windows, Linux, word processor - Word, Spreadsheet – Excel, internet and flowcharts/algorithm.

There will be attractive prizes for the first three positions in addition to two consolation prizes. Any school student from standard Vth to Xth can participate in the quiz. Each school can send maximum two participants, however the quiz will be conducted on individual basis.

Last date for submitting completed entry form is October 27. For further details / entry form, contact personally or email at srsponda@bsnl.in or write to Sagar R Sakordekar, SRS Computer Services, Varad Building, Shantinagar, Ponda. Ph: 2313329 / 2318734.

power shutdown OCTOBER 12 BICHOLIM: From 9 am to 4 pm. Areas affected are Nanoda, Ussap, Kalika temple, Deulwada Kasarpal, Bhatwadi Ussap, Zarapkar/Kamat crusher, Gavalwada and surrounding areas.

OCTOBER 13 MAPUSA: From 9 am to 3 pm. Areas affected are Hotel Preeti International, Kamarkhazan and surrounding areas.

powerline warning PONDA: The newly commissioned 63 KVA (work of arranging ps to 5 nos LTD at Kirtinagar, Bethora, Ponda) distribution transformer centres (11 KV/0.44 KV) along with 11 KV line will be test charged and remain charged thereafter.

OLD GOA: The newly erected 100 KVA 11 KV/0.433 KV distribution transformer along with associated 11 KV lines and cables will be test charged on September 30, at St Francis Xavier, Old-Goa. PERNEM: The newly erected 100 KVA distribution transformer along with 11 KV single circuit line at Bhomwada in VP Palye in Pernem has been charged and will remain charged thereafter. Similarly, the newly erected 100 KVA distribution transformer along with 11 KV single circuit line at Newwada, in VP Morjim has been charged and will remain charged thereafter.

Public is advised not to come in contact with the said distribution transformer centre, 11 KV s/c lines and its associated accessories which are highly dangerous.

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India in men’s hockey final, to clash with Aussies

India players celebrate team’s success in the penalty shoot-out during the semi-final hockey match against England at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Tuesday.

PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 12

India produced a lion-hearted performance and came back from two goals down to beat England 5-4 in the penalty shoot out here today and book a berth

in the title clash of the men's hockey event in the Commonwealth Games against world champions Australia.

The Indians displayed great character and determination before a packed Major Dhyan Chand

National Stadium here, to not only make a remarkable comeback into the match but also kept a cool head to convert all their strokes in the shoot out after both the sides were tied at 3-3 at the end of the regula-

Second Nigerian athlete tests positive for banned stimulant PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 12

The Commonwealth Games was rocked by a second dope scandal within 24 hours of the first when Nigerian high hurdler Samuel Okon tested positive for banned stimulant, the Commonwealth Games Federation announced today.

"We have had a second anti doping violation.

Nigeria's Samuel Okon, a 110m hurdler, has tested positive for the same Methylhexaneamine substance," said CGF president Mike Fennell at his customary morning press conference here.

It was the second dope scandal to hit the Games after another Nigerian athlete, women's 100m champion Osayemi Oludamola, was declared to have taken the same banned substance yesterday.

Oludamola has asked that her B sample be tested and pending the results of this test, expected only yesterday, has been provisionally suspended by the CGF. "It's (Methylhexaneamine) a stimulant and in accordance with our anti doping standard, we have notified the athlete. We will have a provisional hearing later today," said Fennell.

Vijender loses appeal against 'unfair' penalty AGENCIES NEW DELHI, OCT 12

Indian boxer Vijender Singh's appeal over "unfair penalty points" awarded to his opponent during the semi-final bout was rejected by the Commonwealth Games Federation on Tuesday.

The offiicals rejected India's protest over the four penalty points docked against world number one Vijender in his 75kg middleweight semi-final defeat by Anthony Ogogo of England on Monday.

The Beijing Olympics bronze medallist appeared heading for victory after taking a 3-0 lead in the third and final round of the bout at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium before he was controversially penalised twice for fouls in a dramatic turnaround of fortunes.

Ogogo got four points from the two fouls and went on to win 4-3, scoring all his points from penalties.

The Indian team officials were furious and lodged a protest later.

The CGF chief said the athlete, who finished sixth in the men's 110m hurdles, might have waived his right to have the B sample tested in his case, but it can be confirmed only later at the hearing.

Fennell said, in response to a query why the same substance is being found in the athletes' system following a spate of similar cases involving Indian sportspersons in the run-up to the Games, that it might have to do with dieterary supplements taken by the athletes.

"You are correct, the same substance is coming up. I can't speak very definitively. It appears it may be coming from the use of (diet) supplements.

The supplement industry is an unregulated industry worldwide, worth USD 86 billion", he said.

"It's a cause of great concern. WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) commissioned a survey on supplements, but I don't have the details.

"Supplements are widely advertised and a lot of these supplements do not show presence of these banned substances in their content lists.

Many are misled into using these supplements.

More attention needs to be paid from an educational point of view," he said.

tion 70 minutes.

The match was a tight affair can be gauged from the fact that the 15 minutes of extra time also failed to decide the winner, which brought shoot out into action.

Indian challenge ends in squash PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 12

It was curtains for India in the team squash events of the Commonwealth Games after fourth seeded pair of national champions Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa went down fighting to the Malaysians duo of Nicol David and Beng Hee Ong in the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles category here today.

The Indian pair gave a glimpse of their fighting abilities before going down against the third seed Malaysian pair 5-11 11-7 7-11 in almost an hour contest at the Siri Fort Sports Complex.

The capacity crowd present at the all-glass court arena cheered relentlessly for the Indian pair but that did not prove sufficient to raise the confidence of Ghosal and Chinappa.

The pair had claimed a place in the last eight of the Mixed event.

Kalmadi non-committal in staging Olympics PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 12

After an extremely bitter experience in hosting the controversy-ridden Commonwealth Games, Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi today appeared non-committal in staging his dream event Olympics.

Having earlier said the Olympics would be next on their agenda, Kalmadi today put a question mark as to when they could bid for the biggest sporting extravaganza.

Asked whether India was now getting ready for the Olympics after hosting the Commonwealth Games, Kalmadi said, "Well I have a dream (of getting Olympics to India), but I don't know when..."

"I will decide after the Commonwealth Games.

Let's see when we can get Olympics. We have to speak to the Government after the Games," Kalmadi said at the daily media interaction at the Main Press Centre.

But he said Delhi had become a global city, making them ready for the Games.

To a particular question whether foreign media were extremely bias and anti-India in being critical of the Games, Kalmadi chose to play it safe, avoiding any fresh controversy. "No comments," said Kalmadi.

Asked by saying 'no comments' he agreed to the allegation of foreign media being anti-India, Kalmadi said, "I said no comments, that does not

mean I agree to what is being said."

Kalmadi further said it was very satisfying to see the performance of Indian athletes who are hanging on to their second-place in the Games medals tally.

"The number of the medals this time is the highest. The government had sanctioned a lot of money for preparation of Indian athletes.

"They were given a lot of international exposure, better facilities, training abroad, better coaches...

We are trying for a second spot. So far we are on the second spot, hope it continues.

"The biggest legacy is Olympic sport but most of the youngsters are tuned to cricket which is played by 10 countries.

In the shoot out, the onus was on Sarvanjit Singh, Vikram Pillay, Sandeep Singh, Arjun Halappa and Shivendra Singh to deliver the goods and they did not disappoint as all of them converted their strokes with precision.

Indian custodian Bharat Chetri also turned out to be a star for India today as he made an all-important save in the shoot out, denying Glenn Kirkham with a brilliant diving save to his right.

Even though Richard Smith, Richard Mantell, Ashley Jackson and Simon Mantell converted their strokes, Bharat's brilliant save clinched India the victory.

India will now face title holders Australia, against whom they lost 2-5 in the pool stages, in the summit clash on Thursday, while England will take on New Zealand in the bronze medal match.

Tonight's win also gave India their much-awaited revenge over the Englishmen, who beat them 2-3 in the World Cup earlier this year at the same venue.

In the regulation time, India scored through three field goals from Sar vanjit (20th, 60th minute) and Vikram (56th), while England converted three penalty corners through Ashley Jackson (35th, 41st) and Simon Mantell (45th).

As the scoreline suggest, the match was indeed a high-intensity affair from the onset with adrenaline flowing on both sides

throughout the encounter.

The Indians were down 1-3 in the match with barely 15 minutes from the hooter but they never gave in. In fact, they showed great fighting spirit to pump in two goals in a span of three minutes to reverse their fortunes.

The opening half was a battle of midfield possession as both the sides tried hard to control the proceedings.

India emerged victorious in controlling the pace of the match initially as their midfield continued from where they left against Pakistan and combined well to ease the pressure on the backline.

The first real scoring chance of the match went to India in the 26th minute when Sarvanjit set it up for Shivendra who, after failing initially with a reverse, pushed the ball wide off the English goal with only custodian James Fair to beat.

India continued to mount pressure on the English defence and in the process earned their first penalty corner of the match after Shivendra found Richard Mantell's foot inside the circle.

The Indians went for variation but Dhananjay Mahadik's low grounded flick was saved by Fair, only to see an alert Sarvanjit pushing the ball home from a goalmouth scramble in the 19th minute.

Three minutes later an unmarked England got a golden opportunity to equalise when

Rob Moore found Richard Mantell unmarked inside the circle but the English defender shot wide from what should have been an easy goal.

Thereafter, attacks came in quick succession from the two teams but both failed in finishing.

But 10 seconds from the break England earned their first penalty corner when they found Danish Mujataba's foot inside the circle and from the resultant set piece Jackson scored to go into the breather tied at 1-1.

However, after the change of ends it was a completely a different scenario as England pumped in two quick goals from penalty corners, much to the disappointment of the packed house.

England earned their second penalty corner just five minutes after the breather and once again Jackson was bang on target with his dragflick.

If that was not enough, England made it 3-1 four minutes later when Praboth Tirkey conceded an unnecessary short corner after he pushed English captain Barry Middleton inside the circle.

This time, England went for variation and Simon Mantell made no mistake in putting the ball in the back of the Indian net.

Luck also favoured India as Jackson was denied by the wood work minutes later.

India, however, did not give up as egged by a vociferous home crowd they pressed hard

for goals and managed two within a span of three minutes.

Vikram reduced the margin in the 57th minute with a deft touch after Sardara Singh and Sandeep combined to set him up and then Sarvanjit scored his second and the all-important equaliser for his team, yet again from a goalmouth melee to send the spectators into wild celebrations.

In the dying moments of the regulation time, it was all India as they mounted attack after attack on the English goal and in the process missed as many as five chances to take the match into extra time.

In the added time, India came out the better side as they used both the flanks to perfection to put pressure on the English defence but what eluded them was the winner.

But the Indians displayed great composure in the shoot out as they comfortably converted all their spot shots.

Smith and Richard Mantell took the first two shots for England and on both the occasion beat Bharat all ends up.

However, the Indian custodian denied Kirkham in the next shot with a superb diving save to his right to give his side the advantage.

From there on, Sandeep, Arjun and Shivendra made no mistake in converting their shots to give Indian hockey a muchneeded 5-4 win in the penalty shoot out.

Shooters bag 1 gold, 2 silver; Gagan Narang disappoints PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 12

Indian marksmen continued their stranglehold in the 19th Commonwealth Games winning one gold and two silver medals, even as Gagan Narang's goldwinning spree came to an end with a fifth place finish at the Karni Singh Shooting Range here today.

Heena Sidhu and Annu Raj Singh clinched the gold medal in women's 10 metre air pistol pairs, while 'Goldfinger' Samresh Jung combined with Chandrasekhar Kumar Chaudhary to win silver in men's 25-metre standard pistol pairs.

Tejaswini Sawant came up with her best showing in this edition to grab the silver medal in women's 50m prone.

Partnering Hariom Singh, the ace shooter finished a disappointing fifth in 50-metre rifle prone event in an upset.

Scottish duo of Neil Stirton (592) and Jonathan Hammond (589) clinched the gold with a total of 1181.

England's Mike Babb (591) and Richard Wilson (587) bagged the silver, Aussie duo of Warren Potent, who shot the best individual score of 594, and David Clifton (580) took the bronze.

Gagan was the second best individual scorer with 593 but his partner Hariom, suffering from bouts of viral fever with temperature hovering around

Gold medalists Heena Sidhu (left) and Annu Raj Singh (right) of India pose after the medal ceremony for the women's pairs 10 m air pistol event..

100, found it difficult to compete in the star-studded field.

With today's haul, the Indian shooting contingent has exceeded their Melbourne tally (27 medals) and have three more events remaining.

The hosts now have 14 gold medals, 10 silver and four bronze.

In Melbourne 2006, India had 16 gold, seven silver and four bronze medals.

Earlier in the day, it took the Indian marksman less than an hour to shoot three medals -– one gold and two silver – to continue their dream run in the ongoing Games.

In the women's 10m air pistol, India prevailed following some tense moments as both Australia and Canada competed on even keel.

After the final round, the three teams were tied on 759 points. There was more drama on cards as India and Australia shot 21 perfect 10s in the shootoff but the hosts were adjudged winners on count-backs.

Canada took the bronze, shooting 14 perfect 10s.

In the event in which Tejaswini featured, Scotland's Jen McIntosh won the gold with a Games record of 597.

She broke the record of 590

set by Australian Carolyn Quigley and India's Roopa Unnikrishnan at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games.

India's first woman world champion Tejaswini clinched the silver after she shot 594, while Wales' Johanne Brekke had to settle for the bronze with 593 points.

In the men's 25m standard pistol, Jung (561) and Chaudhary (542) won the silver with a score of 1103.

Singapore's Bin Gai (564) and Lip Meng Poh (552) won the gold medal after they totalled 1116 as they bronze went to England's Michael Gault (554) and Iqbal Ubhi (544).

Antil lashes out at Milkha

After India created history by sweeping all the medals in the women's discus throw at the Commonwealth Games, bronze medallist Seema Antil lashed out at legendary athlete Milkha Singh for saying that the country's athletes will not win a single medal in the quadrennial event.

"He (Milkha Singh) is a legend and should not have said that India would not win a single medal in athletics at the Delhi

Games," Antil said at the postcompetition press conference.

Milkha Singh, who was the

only Indian to have won a gold at the Commonwealth Games, had predicted that the hosts

would not bag even a single medal in athletics.

Krishna Poonia, who became the first Indian woman gold medallist in athletics, said that the competition was tough despite pull-outs by some athletes, including world champion Dani Samuels of Australia.

"Competition was tough, there was a world champion (Beatrice Faumuina of New Zealand) as well as defending champion (Elizna Naude of South Africa)," Haryana-born Poonia said.

Englishman on the back of his head and the second for holding him.

A protest was lodged by the hosts but the result was upheld and it is now upto Suranjoy (52kg), Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Paramjeet Samota (+91kg) to lift the spirits after yesterday's disappointment.

Suranjoy faces Kenya's feisty

Benson Njangiri but given the fantastic form the diminutive Manipuri has shown, he can be considered a good bet for a gold.

The tempo-boxer, nicknamed 'Chhota Tyson' by his peers, is all aggression mixed with some caution whenever he takes the ring and often leaves his rival gasping for breath with swift

counter-attacks and sublime foot-movement.

"I don't like talking much between bouts, I like to talk with my punches. Let's keep the talking for until after I win the gold," he said ahead of the finals.

The 23-year-old, who has won six successive gold medals since March 2009, would be gunning for his seventh tomorrow and

it would hardly be a problem for him to finish on top.

Next up for India tomorrow would be Manoj who has been an unexpected success story given that he was in wilderness for two years due to a wrist injury.

The unassuming Haryana-lad has quietly gone about his job even as Akhil and Vijender hogged the limelight.

n Milkha Singh is a

AGENCIES NEW DELHI, OCT 12

legend and should not have said that India would not win a single medal in athletics at the Delhi Games -- Seema Antil

Best-ever medal haul assured, boxers target gold in summit bouts today preview PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 12

With the fancied Vijender Singh ousted after a shock loss, it is now left to Asian champion Suranjoy Singh and two other unexpected finalists to ensure that India's best-ever boxing medal haul in the Common-

wealth Games gets a touch of gold in the summit bouts here tomorrow.

India are assured of seven medals in the Games, surpassing the six (a gold, two silver and an equal number of bronze) the country won in the previous edition of the quadrennial event in Melbourne.

Four of the medals this time

are confirmed bronze because Amandeep Singh (49kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Dilbag Singh (69kg) and Vijender (75kg) lost their respective semifinal bouts yesterday.

The biggest blow to the team, which was unbeaten till the quarterfinal stage, was Olympic and World Championship bronze-medallist Vijender's stun-

ning 3-4 loss to England's Anthony Ogogo after another favourite and defending champion Akhil Kumar had lost in the quarterfinals.

What added to the heartbreak was the fact that the world number one didn't take a single blow from his rival, who scored through twin warnings that the Indian got -- first for hitting the

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MLA regrets use of Tension in Xelvona as two groups religion for convene meet at same place promoting violence

Bardez Bazzar unveils schemes

Opposition to merry-go-round project

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CURCHOREM, OCT 12

Tension prevailed at Xelvona on Sunday when two groups convened a meeting at the same place, day and time to oppose the proposed merrygo-round project of the Central Government at Xelvona.

According to sources, Xelvona Lok Sanghatana (XLS) had informed villagers about a meeting at the Sateri Temple Hall, Xelvona and notices were pasted at several places.

Incidentally, copies of another notice of the same meeting were allegedly pasted over the notices of the XLS. On Sunday morning, villagers, including former Curchorem MLA Ramrao Dessai and his supporters, assembled at the venue. Heated arguments erupted when one panchayat member requested Dessai to come on the dais.

Some villagers opposed the move and demanded that he should sit among the audience like any other villager.

Curchorem PI Bhanudas Dessai and a police team, however, managed to avert the situation from going out of control.

Amid noisy scenes and strong protests, Ramrao Dessai and his supporters later left the Sateri Temple Hall, while

HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, OCT 12

Former Curchorem MLA Ramrao Dessai engaged in a heated discussion with villagers of Xelvona.

the XLS continued with the meeting.

Addressing villagers, XLS President Babal Dessai accused Ramrao Dessai of creating hurdles in the struggle of Xelvona Lok Sanghata.

Surendra Dessai, Shankar Dessai, Ankush Dessai and Domnick fernandes and some villagers also expressed their views.

Later, speaking to media persons, former MLA Ramrao Dessai alleged that “only members of fellow families, who have a doubtful background and some of whom were supporting the projects, have now

taken up the issue of opposing the project.”

“We had won the case in the High Court on the technical grounds that the state government cannot acquire the land on behalf of the central government. If the state government files an affidavit in the Supreme Court that it is not interested in the project, then the Supreme Court can set aside the case," he said.

“The Xelvona Lok Sanghatana has neither taken the local panchayat nor the villagers into confidence regarding the issue and hence we have strong doubts towards

Mormugao council’s dustbins idle HERALD REPORTER VASCO, OCT 12

They were meant to collect waste and garbage, but the dust bins are themselves gathering dust.

Mormugao Municipal Councilor (MMC) that was struggling hard to get dustbins has finally got it, but due to election code of conduct, the much-needed dustbins could not be utilized to replace the dilapidated dustbins in all 20 wards of the council.

Nearly 200 metal dustbins, garbage compactor, garbage truck and water tanker have been lying idle in the backyard of MMC since the last four days.

It may be recalled that MMC was struggling to replace the dilapidated dustbins for nearly two years, then chairperson Carlos Almeida had initiated process to procure it two years ago, which however reached when the tenure of the council is almost at the end.

“We could not replace the dilapidated dustbins considering the election code of conduct,” said MMC Chief Officer Gopal Parsekar.

“The water tanker, garbage compactor and garbage truck

the integrity of this group,” alleged Dessai.

The merry-go-round project was supposed to eradicate dust pollution during unloading of ore in the area.

Ore from the railway wagons was to be transported in a conveyor belt to the Xelvona jetty, from where it was to be loaded directly on the barges, thereby minimizing dust pollution.

Both groups, XLS and Dessai along with his supporters, had opposed the project, claiming that it would disturb the environment, paddy fields and other plantations in the area.

Efforts by Cumbarjua MLA Pandurang Madkaikar could well enable the Old Goa Panchayat to set up its own garbage treatment facility in the village.

The Cumbarjua MLA recently held talks with Director of ICAR Research Complex Old Goa Dr N

Body recovered are yet to get RTO registration numbers,” he added.

He said at few places, where dustbins where needed, most have been replaced with the new ones.

The procurement of this materiel had generated lot of heat in the council for the last two years. Revenue Minister Jose Philip D’Souza on the occasion of his birthday about six months ago had handed over the cheque issued by Urban Development Ministry to procure the bins.

However, the procurement procedure adopted by the council to procure the material had raised many eyebrows, as

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the council wanted to procure it without inviting any tender.

Council was forced to scrap the entire process, after few councillors had raised objection and later in a ‘U-turn’, MMC again initiated the same process after consultation with DMA that similar process was adopted earlier to acquire vehicles.

Meanwhile, some aspiring candidates who have filed their nomination papers have complained that some sitting councillors are violating the code of conduct, as they are personally taking dustbins to place it in their wards from where they have been contesting.

The Margao branch of Bardez Bazzar has unveiled schemes for its customers coinciding with the first anniversary of the opening of the branch at Gogol.

Chairman of the Bardez Bazzar Consumers’ Cooperative Society Dharma V Chodankar told newsmen that the first anniversary of the outlet at GogolMargao will be celebrated between 4 pm to 7.30 pm on October 19. “Our customers will be given special discount on purchase of different items on the anniversary day. The schemes includes free items on purchases and many other schemes”, Chodankar said.

He said Bardez Bazzar gives discount of two per cent to all

the shareholders, adding that that a special drive will be taken up to enroll new members on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Margao outlet. “All persons who want to become members of Bardez Bazzar should submit two passport size photographs and an identity proof. All such members will get two per cent discount on all purchases made at the Bazzar”, he added.

MLA in talks with ICAR to set up waste plant at Old Goa HERALD CORRESPONDENT OLD GOA, OCT 12

Dust bins lying idle in the backyard of MMC.

Mapusa MLA Francis D’Souza has stated that while all religions preach peace, religion has been one of the sources of violent conflict.

He was speaking at the World Peace Festival organized

by Tej Gyan Foundation, Poona, in association with Mapusa Tejasthan at Hanuman Theatre, Mapusa, on Sunday.

“It is tragic that more people are killed and tortured, burnt in the name of religion than on any other account. Peace has become very imperative for the survival of human race,” said D’Souza.

D’Souza further said no nation can make progress without peace.

“Peace must begin with each of us. First of all, we must learn to find peace in our own hearts. Humanity is the true religion. The quality of life of every individual will improve if human being dispels the feeling of hatred from their hearts and behave affectionately with each other,” added D’Souza.

Goa Pradesh Congress Party President Subash Shirodkar said physical and mental problems disturb peace of the mind of every human being.

“The real education can bring about transformation in life of an individual. Every individual should try to introspect his own action and try to improve his behaviour with fellow beings. The moral and righteous action can only bring happiness to the individual,” said Shirodkar.

Playwright Vishnu Wagh stated that there is strong relationship between human beings and nature.

“The life of human beings depends solely on the nature.

It gets disturbed if there is disturbance in the nature. Hence, it is important that human being should care of ecology,” said Wagh.

“Every individual should know the purpose of life and live accordingly. One should live peacefully and should allow others also to live peacefully in this world,” added Wagh.

On the occasion, three books ‘The Warriors Mirrors’ in English, ‘Swayan Ka Samana’ in Hindi and ‘Shodh Swatacha’ in Marathi, all written by Sirshree, were released by Shirodkar.

Earlier, guests Francis D’Souza, Subhash Shirodkar and Vishnu Wagh lighted the traditional lamp. Sunil Mirchandani compered the programme.

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 12

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 12

Three days after he went missing at the Rajbag-Cabo de Rama beach stretch, the police has finally recovered the body of Ashish Ashok Redkar on Monday evening.

The police later shifted the body to the Hospicio morgue for post mortem examination.

Deceased Ashish along with two friends had gone for a swim at the Rajbagh-Cabo de Rama beach stretch on Saturday evening, where he went missing.

Meanwhile, the Cuncolim police informed that a 27-year old youngster, Wilson Rebello ended his life at Cotta-Fatorpa by hanging to a rafter.

P Singh for a small space in ICAR to set up a garbage treatment facility for the Old Goa village.

The Old Goa Panchayat has its own trucks which move around the panchayat jurisdiction to collect over a tonne of garbage on a daily basis.

The panchayat had earlier identified a site in its jurisdiction to dispose garbage, but the site was later rejected due to interference of some opposition panch members.

"I have spoken to the Director of ICAR Research Complex Old Goa Dr N P Singh requesting him to give us a small space to treat garbage from the jurisdiction of the Old Goa panchayat.

He has responded in a good way and if ICAR and Old Goa panchayat work hand in hand, then residents of Old Goa can have their garbage treatment facility," Madkaikar told Herald.

The MLA also spoke of his plans to set up a market complex for Old Goa.

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Birthless, eternal, changeless, ever-same It is not slain when the body is killed" - Bhagavad Gita

Voice of Goa semi-finalists rock Kesarval

The contestants selected for the finals of English section of Kingfisher Voice of Goa.

The contestants who made it to the finals of Konkani section of Kingfisher Voice of Goa. HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, OCT 12

All roads led to Kesarval Gardens as they played host to the semi-finals of Kingfisher Voice of Goa. The rains came down heavily, but nothing could alter the mood of the crowd that was pouring in from different parts of Goa. The King's men once again got their act to-

gether, sending a clear message that the show must go on.

After having overcome cold feet and tattering teeth, besides facing an assorted band of judges, the contestants were expected to pump up their performances ‘A Unique Goan Voice’ - was the criteria, that the judges and host kept echoing all night. There were a cou-

ple of chosen semifinalists who didn't turn up citing health reasons, but the ones present, came up with fantabulous performances.

Judges Sigmund D’Souza, Varun Carvalho and Franky, three popular faces on the music circuit, were quite impressed and admitted that choosing the top 10 for the fi-

nale was a daunting task. "It even brought us to blows," quipped Varun on a funny note.

Rockets kept the decked up crowd grooving during the recess. The second half witnessed lusty crowd cheering, spiced with whistles and thunderous claps. Even as the rain danced on the tiled roof, the contestants continued to enchant the night with songs from Lionel Richie, Shania Twain, Tina Turner, besides our very own Chris Perry. The compere did an excellent job for the evening, calming those nervy moments and filling in with some witty punches. Norman, Lorna's unsung hero was continuously praised for his magical music.

It was evidently hard on the judges as Kingfisher Voice of Goa, announced its final ten in both the categories, which were based on merit. With all the happy hugs and crazy joy that surrounded the finalists, the once who didn't make it, went homes with happy memories and a truly good experience.

The finals are scheduled at SGPDA grounds, Margao on October 15 (Konkani) and October 16 (English).

The list of finalists include: In English: Ana Soraiya Monteiro, Sanaita Jadhav, Salisha Fernandes, Deepak Ramaswamy, Valerie Fernandes, Anais Gonsalves, Nikita Fernandes, Kadish de Sa, Maryanne Fernandes and Melwyn Noronha. In Konkani: Ulfa Kwaja, Caetano Agonda, Lokesh Kumar, Gayathri Ghatwal, Akash Telgu, Gladwyn Fernandes, Steffi Goes, Swarupa Naik, Priyag Salmarkar and Augustino Fernandes.

On his Twenty-sixth Death Anniversary, we pay homage to him, and commit ourselves to continue his enduring legacy.

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Indian athletes set track ablaze, win 5 medals PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 12

Sini Jose, Ashwini Akkunji, Manjeet Kaur and Mandeep Kaur celebrate their win.

Vasant Vidyalaya, DM’s sail through HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, OCT 12

Vasant Vidyalaya, Siolim and D.M’s, Mapusa reached the semi-finals of the tennis ball cricket tournament organised

by Purushottam Walawalkar Higher Secondary School, Khorlim, Mapusa, on Tuesday.

The tournament is part of the ongoing centenary celebrations of Saraswat Education Society at Saraswat ground, Khorlim, Mapusa. Saraswat Vidyalaya, St Clara, Assonora, Sacred Heart, Parra and Mantravadi HS, Mapusa have reached the quarter-

Kingfisher Goa Pro League: Dempo Sports Club v. Goa Velha Sports Club, Duler stadium, Mapusa, 4 p.m.

Third Division football: Jawahar Club v. Santo Estevam SC, University ground, Taleigao; Clube Athletico de Parra v. Candolim SC, Anjuna ground; Sporting Club of Davorlim v. Sao Jose de Areal, Areal ground. Kick off 4 p.m.

37th Candolim Panchayat cup soccer: Football Club of Siolim v. Milagres Sports Club, Mapusa, Dr. Gustavo Monteiro stadium, Candolim, 4.30 p.m.

Dalton Fernandes memorial soccer quarters: Sarzora Sports Club v. St Anthony’s Sporting Club, Colva, Government school ground, Sarzora, 4.30 p.m.

Sebastiao Rosario Dias memorial soccer: Maina Sports Club v. Parish Youth, Nuvem, Davorlim Panchayat ground, 4.30 p.m.

Telaulim Panchayat cup soccer: Curtorim Gymkhana v. Ambelim Sports Club, Telaulim Panchayat ground, 4.45 p.m.

F&C cup soccer: Navelim Villagers Union v. Clube Sao Minguel de Taleigao, Verem ground, 4.45 p.m.

All-Goa Utorda inter-village football: Don Bosco Oratory, Fatorda v. Betalbatim Sports Club, Utorda ground, 4.30 p.m.

finals. The semi-finals and finals will be played on Wednesday.

Gurudas Natekar, industrialist and social worker was the chief guest and Rama (Bahu) Raul, businessman and social worker was the guest of honour. Narendra Kamat, secretary SES, Dr. Dipak Gaitonde, manager, PWHSS and principal were present.

V. M. Prabhudesai, executive director, SAG will be the chief

guest and Gokuldas Nagvekar will be the guest of honour at the prize distribution function.

The winners will take Rs 3333 and a trophy while the runnersup will receive Rs 2222 and a trophy. The semi-final losers will receive Rs 555 and a trophy and the man-of-the-series will be richer by Rs 333 and a trophy.

The man-of-the-finals will receive Rs 222 and a trophy.

India completed an unprecedented success in athletics events in the Commonwealth Games here as they collected one gold and four bronze today to take their medal count to 12.

Indian women's 4x400m relay team added another gold to the one won yesterday by discus thrower Krishna Poonia as medals rained for the home country in front of a cheering near-capacity crowd at the Jawaharalal Nehru Stadium.

The men's and women's 4x100m relay teams, triple jumper Renjith Maheswary and javelin thrower Kashinath Naik added a bronze each.

After today's events, only men and women's marathon remained in the athletics competition.

In terms of number of medals won, it turned out to be the most productive day for India.

Yesterday, India swept women's

Chubby Cheeks beat St Britto’s HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, OCT 12

Chubby Cheeks High School, Porvorim defeated St Britto’s High School, Mapusa 6-3 in the finals of the U-14 boys Bardez Zone, basketball tournament organized by DSYA at Peddem complex, here on Tuesday. The U-17 finals is scheduled for Wednesday.

Soccer tourney at Davorlim

Gurudas Natekar, industrialist and social worker, Rama Raul, businessman and social worker, Narendra Kamat, secretary S.E.S and Dr. Dipak Gaitonde, manager, P.W.H.S.S at the inaugural function.

PANJIM (HSD) -- Motto Boys of Tolleaband, Davorlim will organise their first All-Goa football tournament on October 20 at 20 points, Tolleband ground, Davorlim. The winners will be richer by Rs 50,000 while the runners-up will receive Rs 30,000. Details may be obtained on 9604747525.

Carmona rout Cuncolim Union HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, OCT 12

Carmona Sports Club demolished Cuncolim Union 3-0 to storm into the quarter-finals of 2nd Dalton Fernandes memorial inter-village football tournament organised by Sarzora Sports Club at Government ground, Sarzora on Tuesday. Carmona were leading 2-0 at the breather.

Carmona dominated the entire proceedings and shot into the lead in the 6th minute when Preston D’Sa beat the rival

keeper with a snap shot after he picked up a ball from Neil D’Cruz.

At the other hand, a lot was expected from Cuncolim but today they looked displaced and could not combine as a cohesive unit.

Carmona doubled the lead when Raju Cardozo headed in a flag kick taken by Alex Rodrigues midway in the opening session.

Cuncolim were struggling and seldom troubled the rival de-

fence as their opponents outclassed them in all the departments.

The second half did not bring any respite to the sagging morale of Cuncolim and they surrendered their challenge meekly to their opponents. Preston D’Sa who was on song throughout the match rounded off the tally with a solo effort.

Despite three blows, Cuncolim did not fight back and the long whistle came as a big relief to them.

Penha de Franca pip Baina SC HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, OCT 12

Penha de Franca prevailed over Baina Sports Club 5-3 via the tie-breaker after a 1-1 draw to move into the quarter-finals of 37th Candolim Panchayat cup inter-village football tournament organised by Candolim Sports Club at Dr. Gustavo Monteiro stadium, Candolim on Tuesday.

Baina began the match on a promising note but their forwards failed to convert the chances that came their way.

Shivraj could have given the lead

for Baina in the 6th minute but he missed the target narrowly.

Soon after a power-packed shot from Umar was brilliantly saved by the Penha keeper Naved Almeida. Penha found the mark in the 26th minute through a solo effort by Mangesh Kankonkar.

Changing over, Penha could have doubled the lead but a Felix Colaco try was brilliantly saved

by Baina keeper Felix. Baina fought back and scored the equaliser through a Johnny Fernandes header with a few min-

utes remaining.

With both teams on level terms, the match was decided on penalty shoot-out. Penha kept their nerves to win 4-2.

Felix, Swapnil, Akshay and Shailesh were on target for Penha while only Wasim and Umar could convert for Baina.

Earlier, the tournament was kicked off by chief guest, Candolim sarpanch Anand Shettigar.

He was introduced to the players by the president of Candolim SC, Lourenco Fernandes and Patrick Gonsalves, treasurer.

Divar lift Corlim Panchayat Cup HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, OCT 12

Divar Sports Club defeated Khalpora Sports Club 3-1 in the finals of All-Goa Corlim Panchayat cup football tournament organised

by Corlim Youth Club, Corlim at Corlim church ground on Monday. At half time Khalpora were leading 1-0.

In an evenly contested match, Divar came from behind to beat Khalpora and entertain the large Sunday crowd. Khalpora opened the account in the last minute of the first half through Vinod.

Changing ends, Divar equalised through Ajit Diwadkar’s header.

With 10 minutes to go for the final whistle, Divar netted their last 2 goals through Ajay and Nilesh Naik.

Chief guest, Victoria Fernandes, ML A alongwith Corlim Parish priest, Fr Assis Dourado were introduced to the players

by Camilo Estrocio, Corlim club president, Joseph Rodrigues and Pascoal Rodrigues, sports sec-

The captain of Divar receiving the trophy from Victoria Fernandes, MLA and other guests at Corlim on Sunday.

retary. Also present were guest of honour, Edwin Gomes, social worker, Steven Fernandes, Reliance manager, Fidelis Rodrigues, Corlim deputy sarpanch and Naresh. The winners took

home a trophy and Rs 10,000 while the runners-up took home Rs 5,000.

Following individual prizes were awarded: Best goalkeeper Nikhil, Khalpora SC. Best goal

of tournament Praveen, Sunshine SC. Best player of tournament John Fernandes, Divar SC. Best veteran player Frankie Mascarenhas, Friends SC. Best disciplined team Sunshine SC.

discus throw with Poonia winning gold to break a 52-yearold drought, while Harwant Kaur and Seema Antil bagged a silver and bronze respectively.

The 12 medals, including a gold, is more than the 10 medals the country had won in the earlier editions.

The women's 4X400m relay quartet of Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose, Ashwini Akkunji and Mandeep Kaur set the track ablaze by winning the race in 3:27.77, ahead of Nigeria (3:28.72) and England (3:29.51).

Manjeet was running second at the end of first leg and Jose maintained it. Akkunji then took India to lead with a fast run in the third leg before Mandeep saw off a late surge from a Nigerian to cross the finishing line ahead of the rest.

There were scenes of wild celebration among the Indian officials present at the VIP stand and among the vociferous crowd. National coach Bahadur Singh termed it as the beginning of India's emergence as an athletics power.

"We have shown that we can win medals at the highest level.

Athletics competition in the Commonwealth Games is of high standard. If we maintain

this level for another 3-4 years, India can become an athletics power," Bahadur told PTI. The medal-surge began with the women's 4x100m relay team of Geetha Satti, Srabani Nanda, P K Priya and H M Jyothi finishing third in a photo finish with a timing of 45.25secs, just onehundredth of a second behind second-placed Ghana (45.24secs). England won gold in 44.19secs.

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Dempo Sports Club lock horns with Goa Velha Sports Club in the Kingfisher Pro League at Duler stadium, here on Wednesday. Both teams are looking to bounce back from narrow defeats from the weekend.

Dempo are currently on six points after three matches after

defeating Sesa Football Academy 3-0 and then Vasco Sports Club 4-0. After returning from the Federation Cup they lost to an injury time goal to Churchill Brothers.

Goa Velha go into the match with three points from four matches. They lost 0-3 to Salgaocar Sports Club and 0-2 to Vasco Sports Club. They man-

aged to defeat Sporting Clube de Goa 1-0 but then lost to a solitary goal to Faria Sports Management.

The Duler Stadium has enjoyed large crowds recently due to the Goa Football Association allocating free tickets to students and senior citizens and this game is also expected to be a crowd puller.

James stars for Panjim Footballers HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, OCT 12

James Fernandes scored the winner as Panjim Footballers defeated CDJ Ribandar 2-1 in GFA’s Third Division at University ground, Taleigao on Tuesday.

T h e s c o re w a s 1 - 1 a t t h e breather.

It was Ribandar who opened the scoring in the 16th minute

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The captain of Sporting Club of Davorlim receiving the 34th St. Joseph’s festival football trophy from chief guest Edwin Cardozo at Davorlim on Sunday

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through Chandan Gawde. Panjim pushed forward in search of the equaliser and they were rewarded when Raymond Fernandes punted home in the 35th.

After the breather, both teams went all out in search of the winner, but it was Panjim who snatched the winner 18 minutes from time through James Fernandes.

The match between Quitula

Sports Club and Friends XI Sports Club, due to be played at Quitula ground was postponed as Quitula turned up only with six players. As a result the Match Commissioner could not start the match. A Quitula official stated that some players had gone abroad, while others were injured and some could not get time off work.

Betalbatim down Telaulim HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, OCT 12

Betalbatim Sporting Club defeated hosts United Club of Telaulim 2-0 to move into the semi-finals of the All-Goa intervillage football tournament organised by United Club of Telaulim at Telaulim Panchayat ground on Tuesday.

Betalbatim opened the account in the second half through Desmond Fernandes.

Betalbatim secured their second goal when Haston D’Costa found the net. Betalbatim would have made it 3-0 had Dominic’s try not been saved by the rival keeper.

Betalbatim Sporting Club will now meet United Boys of Dando, Colva in the semi-finals on October 14.

Ponda Centre SAI trainees excel HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, OCT 12

Trainees at Sports Authority of India (SAI) at Ponda Centre have excelled at international and national events held in September this year.

Aman kumar won a gold medal at the 1st India Open International Taekwondo championship at Vishakapatn a m w h e re a s f o u r o f t h e trainees in football, Mazahar Ali, Rakesh Kumar, Vishnu Singh and Clearton were part of the Goa team which won the gold in football at the 55th National School Games held in Jammu.

According to the trainees, they have excelled thanks to Sports Authority of India’s Centre at Ponda.

“The coaching and infrastructure facitilities available are the best and that has helped them a lot. I am proud and thankful

St Anthony’s win rosario dias soccer

SAI Training Centre, Ponda, taekwondo and football players alongwith the officials at Ponda.

to my coach and SAI for all the support and training,” said gold medalist in taekwondo Aman Kumar.

Football trainee Vishnu Singh, who was part of the football team which won a gold medal, said: “We have good facilities

here and all credit goes to our coach and the administrator Surinder Rajput. We will continue to put our efforts and bring glory to our SAI Centre, Ponda”.

Administrator Surinder Rajput congratulated the boys for their

excellent performances. He said that every year SAI holds selections for students and those selected are trained by reputed coaches.

Presently there are 30 students in football, 14 in boxing, 10 in taekwondo, 6 in judo.

Bicholim Fantastic Club top

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St Anthony’s Sporting Club, Colva beat United Club of Benaulim 4-3 via the tie-breaker to enter the quarter-final of Sebastiao Rosario Dias memorial inter-village football tournament organised by Davorlim Sports Club at Davorlim Panchayat ground on Tuesday. The teams were tied 1-1 at full time.

The teams pushed for an early goal and Colva succeeded in surging ahead in the opening sessions when Ryan Fernandes found success.

Crossing over, United Club of Benaulim put up an improved display and created many forays into the rival territory with the match heading in favour of Colva, Benaulim fought gallantly and neutralized the lead through Xamaro Rodrigues.

In the penalty shoot out, John Fernandes, Guilson Fernandes and Preston Fernandes were on target for the winners while Greg Fernandes and Charles Rodrigues converted for Benaulim.

The wining team Fantastic Club receiving the trophy from Bharat Chanekar and Bhagwan Harmalkar.

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Fantastic Club of Bicholim won the footboll tournament organised by Independent Cricketers of Bordem Sports and Cultural Association, Bicholim. They defeated H,B.K.

Club, Bicholim in a penalty shoot out 2-1.

The winners were given a trophy and cash prizes in memory of Hirabai Chanekar sponsored

by Bharat Chanekar.

Those who lost in the semifinals were also awarded prizes.

Prizes were distributed at the hands of Bharat Chanekar, Councillor Bhagwan Harmalkar and others. In all, 32 teams participated in the four-a-side football t o u r n a m e n t o rg a n i s e d a t Karatichi Mali ground, Bordem, Bicholim.

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Ponting’s defiance sets up exciting final day Sachin hits 6th

MS Dhoni celebrates after stumping Michael Clarke in Bangalore on Tuesday.

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Indian spinners raised hopes of an exciting finish to the second and final cricket Test against Australia by reducing the visitors to 202 for seven after Sachin Tendulkar slammed his sixth double hundred here today.

R i d i n g o n Te n d u l k a r ' s marathon 214, India took a slender 17-run first innings as they folded for 495 at stroke of lunch

Anand draws with Kramnik

in reply to Australia's 478.

Indian tweakers Pragyan Ojha and Harbhajan Singh then bowled superbly to reduce Australia to 202 for seven at stumps on day four at M Chinnaswamy stadium.

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting batted with resolve for his 72 before being trapped by paceman Zaheer Khan at the fag end of the penultimate day of the match.

Ponting was the highest-

scorer for the team and struck seven boundaries and a six in his 117-ball knock.

Australia, who are seeking a series-levelling win, are leading by 185 runs with lower-order batsmen to contend a fired-up Indian bowling unit.

Mitchell Johnson (7) and Nathan Hauritz (8) will resume the Australian innings tomorrow.

Pragyan Ojha snared three batsmen while Harbhajan Singh

World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out a quick draw with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia to remain in second spot after the end of the third round of the Bilbao final masters tournament.

Anand, who played his first white in the tournament, could do little against a solid approach

by Kramnik and the game ended in under one and a half hours.

The status quo remained as the other game of the day between Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Alexei Shirov of Spain also ended in a draw albeit in contrasting fashion.

The result gave Carlsen his first points in the tournament even as the standings remained unchanged.

At the half way stage in this four-players double round-robin tournament, Kramnik maintained his sole lead on seven points with two victories and his first draw while Anand remained two points behind the leader with two draws and a solo win that he got against Carlsen in the previous round.

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all-time run-getter," the Sydney Morning Herald said.

The Australian daily described Tendulkar as "the one constant in an everchanging cricket universe, ever present, always scoring. He has been at the crease for 21 years.

"How he haunts the Australians. Last time they were in India, Ricky Ponting's men watched him score his 13,000th run.

In this Test, he brought up his 14,000th and at times he seemed to be on his way to 15,000th. God alone knows when he will desist," the paper added.

The 37-year-old played "like the kid

Serena Williams might miss the rest of the 2010 season because her injured right foot hasn’t healed properly.

Australia 1st innings: 478 India 1st innings: 495 Australia 2nd innings: Shane Watson lbw b Ojha 31, Simon Katich c Dhoni b Harbhajan 24, Ricky Ponting lbw b Zaheer 72, Michael Clarke st Dhoni b Ojha 3, Mike Hussey lbw b Ojha 20, Marcus North b Harbhajan 3, Tim Paine c Dhoni b Sreesanth 23, Mitchell Johnson batting 7, Nathan Hauritz batting 8. Extras: 11. Total: 202 for 7. Fall of wickets: 1-58, 2-58, 3-65, 4-126, 5-131, 6-181, 7-185.

Bowling: Zaheer Khan 6-0-32-1, S Sreesanth 9-1-40-1, Pragyan Ojha 25-5-57-3, Harbhajan Singh 21-2-63-2, Virender Sehwag 4-0-8-0.

who wished it wouldn't get dark", the paper said.

"Tendulkar is exceptional," wrote cricket columnist Peter Roebuck in the same paper. "Every shot he plays is compelling."

"India might never know how blessed it has been that its best cricketers of the period were also its most upstanding," he said.

The Age newspaper said: "The Little Master serves up a lesson. If October 10, 2010, was to be Sachin Tendulkar's day, then the 11th was his honorary parade, one which may roll over the top of the hapless Australians in the second Test."

"Emphatic doesn't really come close to justifying Tendulkar's batting masterclass," the paper added.

Tendulkar, on Tuesday, completed his sixth double hundred in Test cricket scoring 214 runs. The right-hander took 363 balls and struck 22 fours and a couple of sixes during his stay on the crease.

He was dismissed by rookie Australian pacer Peter George who clean bowled the Indian for his maiden Test wicket.

Tendulkar holds just about every batting record worth owning in the game, including those for most runs and hundreds in Tests and ODIs and most international runs.

‘Expulsion of Royals, KXIP will affect IPL brand value’ PTI MUMBAI, OCT 12

Former Australian cricketer AdamGilchrist today said expul-

sion of the Rajasthan Royals and the Kings XI Punjab from the Indian Premier League will affect the brand value of the Twenty20 league.

"It does have an impact on the IPL. The brand and overall competition in general. No doubt it came as a surprise. I hope there is still scope for discussion between the franchisees and the BCCI. Hopefully they will stay in the competition," Gilchrist told reporters here.

"There is a need to maintain value and integrity which has so far been so successful for the venture.

There have been some negatives. If people sit down there's an opportunity for everyone - business, players and spectators - as long as

My season could be finished: Serena

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and second this season after a 200 against South Africa in an ODI in Gwalior.

This was also his second double hundred against Australia and third on the Indian soil. Incidentally, Virender Sehwag too has made six double hundreds so far.

The 37-year-old's free-flowing knock, however, came to an end when debutant pacer George rattled his stumps with a delivery that kept low.

Tendulkar bent fully and almost squatted on the ground to drive to square leg but he gave an inside edge to his shot which drifted on to the stumps.

This was the 10th occasion that Tendulkar lost his wicket to a debutant. Three of these debutants have been Australians –- Peter Siddle, Cameron White and George.

In his marathon 547 minutes stay at the crease, Tendulkar struck 22 hits to the fence and also smashed a couple of sixes, which took him from 93 to three-figure mark.

His association with Dhoni yielded 75 runs for the sixth wicket off 128 balls.

Tendulkar and Dhoni were going in an unruffled manner and the team seemed headed for a good first innings total but script changed as they lost wickets in a hurry.

Aussies media lauds Tendulkar’s double Australian media on Tuesday paid rich tributes to Sachin Tendulkar, calling him the "man of the century" for the double hundred that helped the hosts restore balance in the second and final cricket Test against Australia in Bangalore.

All leading publications showered praise on the 'greatest batsman of all time' and described the little master as "like the kid who wished it wouldn't get dark".

"Tendulkar's resurgence has put an almost insurmountable gap between him and Ponting in the race to be the highest

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took two wickets as Australia slumped from 94 for three to 202 for seven in the last session.

Openers Shane Watson (34) and Simon Katich (24) made a good start by adding 58 runs for the first wicket but India clawed their way back by striking thrice swiftly.

Left-armer Ojha trapped Watson to draw first blood in the 17th over while Harbhajan Singh removed Katich three balls later

to rattle the Australians.

A tremendous piece of work

by Mahendra Singh Dhoni behind the wickets resulted in Michael Clarke's dismissal.

A sharply turning ball from Ojha deceived Clarke to reach the gloves of Dhoni, who took the bails off with lightening speed leaving the batsman short of crease.

Earlier, India suffered a dramatic lower-order collapse after Tendulkar was bowled by debutant Peter George as the hosts lost last four wickets for just nine runs.

Tendulkar, who resumed at 191, slammed his sixth double hundred as India took a 17-run lead before being dismissed for 495 in their first innings at lunch.

Tendulkar's 214-run knock helped India wipe out the Australian first innings total of 478 as India lost five wickets during the morning session with debutant Peter George dismissing Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh (4).

Spinner Nathan Hauritz claimed two wickets -- of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (30) and S Sreesanth (0) – in his 48th over -- while Watson dismissed Zaheer Khan (1).

Tendulkar was in his elements and duly reached the 200 mark before getting out at 214, which was his sixth double ton in all

“I am likely out for the year now,” Williams said Sunday in a posting on her official website.

W i l l i a m s s a i d s h e “ re strained” her foot by overtraining.

“In order not to make this worse, I have to chill on my physical workouts but I will immediately begin rehabbing as soon as I get the Doc’s OK. Keep me in your prayers (I need them),” the posting said.

Williams’ agent, Jill Smoller, confirmed the posting was from the 13-time Grand Slam champion and said she will be re-evaluated in the coming days.

If Williams is sidelined for the remainder of the season, it would be a blow to the WTA Championships later this month, as well as for the United States

when it plays Italy in the Fed Cup final next month in San Diego.

Last week, Williams’ older sister Venus said she will miss the rest of the 2010 season because of an injured left knee. Both Williams siblings had said in August they would make themselves available for the U.S. Fed Cup team in the final.

Serena Williams pulled out of the Generali Ladies Linz tournament that begins Monday, saying she felt pain while training in Florida on Saturday, and a scan showed her injury hadn’t healed properly.

She has been sidelined since July after cutting her foot on broken glass at a restaurant, shortly after winning Wimbledon. She had surger y that month.

none of them get greedy," he said.

"Hopefully, there is still a way for a compromise," he added.

Gilchrist, who led Deccan Chargers in the first three editions of the IPL, felt that the Cricket Board's move would also create insecurity among the other franchisees. "There will be a ripple effect. I read with interest, comments of few others franchisee owners regarding this issue. It does create a feeling of insecurity. It just needs to be well managed, well administered. There is an interest on what exactly happened," he added.

The BCCI on Sunday terminated the franchise agreements of KXIP and Rajasthan Royals, while asking the newly-inducted Kochi to resolve its internal dis-

putes in 10 days.

Praising batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who is into his 21st year of international cricket, for his longevity and adaptability, Gilchrist said the search for an elusive triple-hundred may keep the little-master going for a few more years.

"His hunger is amazing. He has continued to play and play at the highest level. The quality of a champion is longevity and he has done it in a cricket crazy nation. Who knows what's left for him to achieve? Chasing that elusive 300 may keep him going for a few more years," he said.

"He has shown the ability to evolve and change his game through the years," Gilchrist said, adding that Tendulkar had shown his adaptability in the IPL.

Test double hundred

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First:•217 not out against

Exaclty a weeek after the mir- New Zealand in 1999. acle in Mohali, Sachin Tendulkar gave the nation another Second: 201 not out in a reason to celebrate as he brought up his sixth Test dou- drawn game against ble hundred and his second Zimbabwe in 2000. of the year on day four of the second Test against Australia Third: 241 not out against here on Tuesday.

Australia in 2004.

Sachin, who had missed out on a century in the first in- F o u r t h : 2 4 8 n o t o u t nings of the first Test when he was dismissed for 98, was against Bangladesh in in no mood to be charitable 2004. this time around. on Monday, he brought up his 49th Test Fifth: 203 against Sri hundred to extend the gap Lanka in 2010 between him and the secondplaced Ricky Ponting to 10 S i x t h : 2 1 4 a g a i n s t centuries.

He would have reached the Australia in 2010.

200-run mark on Monday evening itself but for bad light not out in a drawn game against that stopped play with three Zimbabwe at the Vidharbha overs to go.

Cricket Association ground in Batting on the overnight Nagpur. score of 191, Tendulkar brought In 2004 during the historic up the landmark figure, his sec- series Down Under, Tendulkar ond against Australia, with a sin- was a picture of poise, pagle off Hilfenhaus as the crowd tience and perseverance as he in the Chinnaswamy Stadium crafted a brilliant 241 not out went delirious with joy and gave agaisnt Australia at the Sydney the Master Blaster a standing Cricket Ground. That match ovation. too ended in a draw.

Interestingly, India have never In December of the same year, lost a match in which Tendulkar Tendulkar plundered Bangladesh has scored a double hundred. for his fourth Test double hunEven though he has been dred scoring 248 not out. India playing for almost 21 years now, went on to win this game at the it wasn't till 11 years ago that Bangabandhu National Stadium he brought up his first double in Dhaka. century.

There was gap of a little over Tendulkar scored his first dou- five years before Tendulkar ble hundred, 217 not out against notched up another big one.

New Zealand at the Sardar Patel This time he hit 203 in a drawn Stadium in Ahmedabad in 1999. game against Sri Lanka at the That match ended in a draw.

Sinhalese Sports Club in Two years later, he scored 201 Colombo in July this year.

Tendulkar, Harbhajan rested; Sehwag injured ahead of ODIs rested Pragyan Ojha for the three-match series, starting October 17 in Kochi.

Paceman R Vinay Kumar, who made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in May this year, made a comeback and would be part of the pace battery which also includes the experienced trio of Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel and Praveen Kumar.

Tendulkar, who has been in scintillating Test form scoring his sixth double hundred in the ongoing second Test against Australia, has not played a one-

dayer since the February clash against South Africa in Gwalior.

India will be without explosive The 37-year-old had become batsman Virender Sehwag in the the only batsman to slam a douupcoming one-day series against ble hundred in the 50-over forAustralia due to an injury while mat in that match.

Sachin, Harbhajan and Zaheer Out-of-favour left-hander Yuhave been rested. vraj Singh, who lost his place in Although the Cricket Board the Test side due to lack of form has not specified the exact naand fitness, has managed to hold ture of the Sehwag's injury but on to his ODI spot in the squad, he is reportedly nursing a shoulannounced today. der problem.

Rookie batsman Shikhar Since Gautam Gambhir is also Dhawan has benefited from ininjured, the selectors have filled juries and rest to senior players the opening slot and has been given a by calling Murali national call-up.

Vijay in the 14Dhoni is the only member squad, MS Dhoni (Captain), Murali Vijay, Shikhar wicketkeeper in the which has a new squad after the seface in batsman Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj lectors dropped DiShikhar Dhawan. Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, R Ashwin, Praveen nesh karthik for the The selectors October 17 to 24 sehave left out in- Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Vinay ries to be played out jured paceman Is- Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja and Rohit Sharma. in Kochi, Visakahpathant Sharma and nam and Margao.

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Liverpool future unclear amid case, bids AGENCIES LONDON, OCT 12

Liverpool’s proposed takeover by the owners of the Boston Red Sox is uncertain after a Singapore businessman raised his offer for the Premier League club on Tuesday and lawyers representing the current owners said a third group is also making a bid.

The future of the club was being discussed in a hearing at the High Court in London.

Royal Bank of Scotland, which holds the bulk of Liverpool’s debt, is seeking a court order preventing co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. from removing two of the three rival board members supporting a $476 million sale to New England Sports Ventures, owners of the Red Sox. The court was told the deal could be terminated by either party if the sale is not completed

by Nov. 1.

While the hearing was under way, Singapore billionaire Peter Lim issued a statement saying he was raising his offer to $507 million, with an additional $63 million to buy new players.

The 57-year-old Lim said he would not need any financing to fund his offer and that all the money would come from his cash reserves. Liverpool, which won the last of its 18 English league titles in 1990, is off to its worst start to a season since 1953 and is mired in the relegation zone.

“I will be injecting ($63 million) in cash into the club for (manager) Roy Hodgson to bring in new players during the upcoming transfer window,” Lim said. “Liverpool needs to start winning again.”

In court, meanwhile, there

was another surprise when attorneys for Hicks and Gillett said there was a bid from American hedge fund Mill Financial to pay off all the club’s debt and com-

mit $158 million to a new stadium.

Mill Financial helped support a previous refinancing of the loan used

by Gillett to buy the club in 2007. The hedge fund technically controls Gillett’s 50 percent stake.

RBS has already been granted an interim injunction preventing chairman Martin Broughton or managing director Christian Purslow and commercial director Ian Ayre from being fired.

Broughton and Purslow were in the courtroom Tuesday, while Hicks and Gillett were not.

Hicks and Gillett claim the proposed sale to New England Sports Ventures, headed by financier John Henry, undervalues the club. But the group has already signed a binding takeover agreement with

the three board members.

“Everyone is hoping for the best,” Henry said in a message to Liverpool fans on his Twitter account. “There have been enough twists and turns. Hopefully all gets sorted out soon; LFC moves forward.”

RBS wants the sale to the Red Sox ownership group to proceed and has already held off from putting Liverpool into financial administration, a form of bankruptcy protection which would also dock the club nine points by the Premier League.

Friday was the original deadline for Hicks and Gillett to repay $453 million of debt.

The bank says Hicks and Gillett forfeited control of the club to a new chairman, Broughton, as the condition of extending the repayment deadline for their liabilities in April.

Separate legal action may be required by Broughton to assert his legal power to sell the club.

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Karnataka echoes Goa?

hose who have been closely observing the tumultuous events in neighbouring Karnataka could not but have noticed that Monday’s drama in Bangalore’s Vidhan Soudha bore an uncanny similarity with events in the Goa Legislative Assembly during February 2005, which led to Manohar Parrikar’s government being dismissed by the then Goa Governor S C Jamir.

It was the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Vishwas Satarkar who, as Speaker, tried to disqualify independent MLA Filipe Neri Rodrigues, after four BJP legislators – Monserrate, Pacheco, Isidore Fernandes and Pandurang Madkaikar – resigned from the Assembly, and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) leader Ramakrishna alias Sudin Dhavlikar and independent MLA Filipe Neri Rodrigues withdrew their support to the government, bringing the BJP’s strength in a 36-member Assembly down to 17 (including the Speaker). The Congress had 18.

Tourism Minister Matanhy Saldanha was away in Spain and, against his party’s wishes, supported Parrikar. This made both sides equal, but the BJP was minus the Speaker’s ballot, and would have lost the confidence vote.

Unable to induce any of the opposition to defect, two BJP MLAs filed petitions for disqualification of Filipe Neri Rodrigues, claiming that he had ‘joined the BJP’ in 2002. Speaker Vishwas Satarkar issued a notice to Neri to appear before him in connection with the disqualification petition. But Neri informed the Speaker that he would meet him only after the session.

Just before the confidence vote, Satarkar invoked Rule 289, accused Neri of disorderly behaviour, and had him evicted from the House. This threw the assembly into chaos, in the midst of which the Speaker put the motion to vote. In the melee, Dhavlikar, who stood up to protect Neri, was also counted ‘in favour’ of the motion, taking the BJP’s tally in a so-called voice vote to 18, while only six members were recorded as having opposed it. The Speaker then adjourned the Assembly sine die and the ruling party members left.

But Jamir acted fast. The order of dismissal of the government reached Parrikar within an hour, and Rane was hurriedly sworn in as Chief Minister at 11.30pm that night.

In Karnataka, the numbers were stacked against the ruling BJP. The Assembly’s total strength is 224. The BJP had exactly 106. Minus the Speaker, it was 105. This meant that the strength of the House had to be brought down to 208 for the BJP to have a majority. The 16 MLAs that were in the dissident camp were therefore served notices on Saturday, asked to appear before the Speaker on Sunday, and disqualified on Monday, before the confidence vote.

Under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution, an MLA becomes liable for disqualification if (s)he voluntarily gives up membership of the party or votes against an express direction given by the party. The rebel MLAs had written to the Governor withdrawing their support to Chief Minister B S Yedyurappa (not the party) on grounds of corruption and nepotism. Strictly, this does not amount to either of the above two actions. It might have, after they had voted against the government, but not before. But in any eventuality, disqualification can only apply to the 11 BJP MLAs among the rebels, not to the five independent MLAs, who are free to vote as they wish and to support whoever they wish. Their disqualification is a total travesty.

What happens now? Governor H R Bharadwaj has called for a second confidence vote on Thursday, but the High Court has adjourned the writs challenging the disqualification to next Monday.

In Goa, it all ended when Speaker Satarkar resigned after disqualifying Filipe Neri, and interim Speaker Francisco Sardinha disqualified Matanhy Saldhana in retaliation. That’s when the Centre imposed President’s Rule. What will happen in Karnataka…?

the Goan christian community has a water-tight pecking order, says FReDeRicK NoRoNHa

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y now, many have come to believe that merely because you belong to the same religious community, your interests are the same – and probably opposed to those of everyone else who isn’t part of the same grouping.

Nothing could be further from the truth. It is worth promoting this myth in times when politicians lack principles. Communalism can be a potent justification for a tiny group grabbing a disproportionate share of resources in the name of the ‘community’.

It also makes sense to those at the top of the pyramid, who would like to continue in their happy situation, and create a threat-perception among others thus forced to accept their leadership.

For long, such ideologies have come unstuck.

In 1971, religion alone was unable to keep East Pakistan united with its western flank. Despite claiming a huge numerical majority in religious terms, the Hindutva project has not converted into an electoral advantage. (This only shows that Hinduism isn’t equal to Hindutva.) Its attempts to seize and hold power at both New Delhi and Panjim have survived purely on luring over smaller or regional parties that have nothing whatsoever to do with their ideology.

Unfortunately, the minority religious communities, being smaller, tend to be more effective in creating the illusion that communalism works.

No wonder majority communalists can point to this experience, and blast ‘minoritism’ with some credibility. Never mind that their policies only benefit a few lobbies within, while the bulk of the community only ends up short-changed.

Years of intense communalism have also made the minorities cling closer together, to paper over their differences. While this may sometimes yield political or electoral results, it has only harmed those who are weaker within the communities, and hardly get noticed anyway.

There are many different types of Cristaos in today’s Goa and beyond. These differences need to be acknowledged, studied and appreciated. If not, we will continue with the trend that a small minority in a minority, makes away with the cream. In times when affirmative action is getting another lease of life, the fruits, if any, need to be shared equitably.

Devil’s aDvocate The Manmohan Singh government has been promoting ideas like coaching for the religious minorities. Should such benefits be cornered by those empowered and well off? Or should it go to those who have been deprived and kept out in the cold for generations?

One interesting comment came up in cyberspace recently from Bijo Francis, a human rights lawyer with the Asian Legal Resource Centre in Hong Kong. Francis argues that Church-run institutions have ‘distanced themselves from poverty’.

A ‘business’ approach was being taken to education. He was speaking in the context of Kerala.

But how different is this in Goa — at least as far as the elite institutions go? Such an approach keeps out in the cold a large section of the ‘community’ itself, not to speak of the disadvantaged sections of all religious backgrounds. *** Not long back, Goan expat communities overseas found also themselves badly divided on lines of caste and class. In East Africa, Catholics of different backgrounds had to fraternise in clubs based on a milder, yet equally bizarre, version of Apartheid – separate development for separate folk.

Even today, the global Goan Catholic community globally has its own pecking order. All may be

Catholics, but some are more equal than others.

The Catholic in the US or Canada are probably on top of the pile, followed by those in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. European Goans, including the many in Portugal, follow. The Goan still left back in East Africa or Pakistan, and the Bombay Goan, are probably lower down in the scale of things. Finally, it is the Goan in Goa – you and me — who is right down on this ladder; so much for the myth that sharing a religion builds a community.

Common religious backgrounds might have shaped our background, our culture and our history. But it doesn’t decide our economic and class interests. But this is not all. There are divides of gender too.

Women from the Catholic Goan community have done fairly well for themselves. But this has been more out of necessity rather than any liberal air prevailing amongst the community itself.

Migration, education, the pressure to take up two jobs in a family... all these factors have helped women here emerge from their traditional roles.

But this brings on new pressures, as women – and more importantly, men – adjust to their new roles. Male insecurity at the feeling of being suddenly challenged, losing a position they‘ve known for millennia, and having the status quo unsettled, are new factors in the game.

Even the language you speak, or grew up with, can have a crucial role in shaping one’s perceptions.

Catholic Goans who grew up in the Luso-speaking world probably lost out a lot after the changed dispensation of 1961. On the contrary, the English-speaking Catholic gained from the situation, the jobs and opportunities it threw up. The former still sees the end of Portuguese colonial rule as an event which spelt gloom, though in part this could also do with privilege and position of the pre-1961 times.

A Mangalorean Catholic, though linked by history and probably ethnicity too, could well have a very different perspective and approach to issues like social change in the Goa of the 1960s, or setting up a Konkan Railway connecting Mumbai to Dakshina Kannada via Goa. In fact, some prominent bureaucrats came from this grouping in the Goa of the past, and not without reason. Likewise, a Goan Catholic whose parents grew up in what was then ‘British India’ would have a very differing approach towards Portuguese colonialism, or the greater egalitarianism that set in place in the Goa over the past five decades.

It is not without reason that groups of Catholic freedom fighters were linked to certain pockets, villages or castes. Ditto with those linked to political formations of diverse sorts in post-1961 Goa. Today, as the degree-less yet expert sociologists of our grassroots politicians have realised, diverse groups of Catholics have different goals. Some see communalism as an issue; others give priority to caste-battles. Yet others can be sold the idea of good-governance and cleaner cities for Goa. The relationships of different Catholic groups to mainstream parties like the Congress and the BJP, says it all.

It is time we took a closer look at the diverse interests within society. Legitimate issues and concerns of each, need to be addressed, if we are not to be caught up with a whole lot of makebelieve concerns and misleading agendas. The greater project of communalism is too simplistic for it to succeed; that it works for short periods unfortunately creates the illusion that it indeed is viable.

Goan to the Dogs!

Goan abroad!

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ister Evangeline smiled. “What breed were you looking for?” she asked beatifically. “Dogs have no breeding!” screamed my idiotic parrot Cocky.

The Convent of the Sacred Heart on New York’s Upper Eastside was an architectural marvel. But behind the gothic spires, the industrious sisters made exquisite linen, delicious preserves and....bred fine curs! I thought I should now get a dog. My cockatoo obviously disagreed.

“Do parrots ever become rabid??” she screeched. “Wait till you start foaming at the mouth, after a bite from these canine monsters!”

“But a dog is Man’s best friend!” I tried to protest feebly.

“Don’t listen to that silly bird!” Sister Evangeline chortled, “A dog will be your companion long after your fine-feathered friend is extinct!”

“I’ll have you know,” Cocky drew herself up haughtily, “In dog years, I am a baby! But most of your dogs are ... dog-eared!”

“A cute puppy,” I giggled, “May give me a new leash on life!”

“Indeed!” snorted Cocky, “Lie down with dogs; you’ll get fleas!”

“That was Ben Franklin,” I said, “Tell him to go fly a kite!”

Sister Evangeline led us through the parlour past the refectory.

A sea of weaning pups milled around her flowing habit.

“An’ what kinda dog would ye be approvin’ then lassie?” she asked Cocky, in her Scots burr.

“Stop calling me Lassie!” yelled Cocky, “Nothing lower than being called a hound!”

“Will nothing satisfy your proud Goan blood?” asked Sister.

“Nothing!” snapped Cocky, “After fleas, dogs really tick me off!”

“You’re very punny!” smiled Sister, “Maybe we’ll call you...Pun’durang!” This infuriated Cocky no end. She exploded.

“How much do you nuns make selling these dogs?” she demanded.

“That’s nun of your business!” snapped Sister Evangeline, “Doggone it!”

“I hear Lady Gaga paid thousands for a snot-nosed Roti!” said Cocky.

Lady Gaga of course was all over the local news, as having gone to the Convent of the Sacred Heart, returning there recently to visit. A picture of her clutching a cute droopy little sausage-dog made the front-page.

“Nope,” said Sister, “Not a Rotti, just a smooth fast-moving

By Francis Rodrigues Daschund!”

“Haha!” laughed Cocky, “Daschun, Nissan, they’re all just......curs!”

“Lady Gaga’s pooch,” I interjected, “is so well-bred she actually listens to classical music!”

“Hah!” crowed Cocky, “Listens to Pooch’ini on her I’pawd!”

“Paw-don!” I interjected, “I really have a bone to pick with you!”

“There you go again!” spat Cocky, “Even your idioms are doggy!”

“Just paws it!” I protested, “Look at the affection of these pups for Sister!”

“Aw, they’re all alcoholic!” spat Cocky, “See? It’s all....lick-her!”

“OK,” I said, “I give up! I should have sent you to Goa when I could!”

“Nope,” said Cocky, “The situation there is just like these miserable hounds!”

“Whaddya mean??” I snapped.

Cocky giggled hysterically.

“Goa,” she said, “Is gone....to the dogs!”

The popat always knows.

(If you’ve just arrived: Langoti “Long” John Silva is a globe-trotting Goencar, always accompanied by his wise-cracking parrot Cocky)

Letters to the Editor Refund HSRP charges S Kamat, Alto-Betim This wise government is understood to have terminated the Shimnit Utsch contract for HSRP licence plates. I had to compulsorily purchase a number plate at the overpriced government approved rate of Rs1400, else the RTO would not have registered my new vehicle. There are many more like me in the same predicament.

Since the government got us into this purchase, will it consider refunding us Rs1000 which is the extent of overcharging that Shimnit did to possibly pay off the government and politician nexus? Or are we to remain martyrs to the cause of the first

100 Years Ago

PRIMEIRO DIARIO NAS COLONIAS PORTUGEZAS

13 October 1910 Gun salute for Royals

Reuter reports that King D. Manuel of Portugal and Queen Amélia upon their arrival at Gibraltar were received warmly by the naval authorities with a volley of gunfire.

Britain knew of revolution

From Berlin the newspapers Deutschstag and Localzinger are of the opinion that Great Britain was well aware of the happenings in Lisbon and were in total accord.

Berlin accuses Britain

The Vorsiche Zeitung believes that Great Britain will avail of the opportunity to exploit the Portuguese debt with an aim to control the far flung Portuguese colonies.

King D. Manuel’s escape

With regard to the escape of Portuguese King D. Manuel it is said that when the bombardment was taking place, D. Manuel retreated from the rear door of the palace to Jiead, to Sintra, to Mafra and then to Ericeira from where he embarked on the fishing boats waiting to take him to the anchored yacht.

use of HSRP in Goa? Will someone make a martyr’s column for us and have our names etched on marble tombstones in Azad Maidan as those who paid so that others could escape misery.

Ask Karwar for help L R Naik, Panaji There is no sign of MV River Princess being moved out from the Candolim beach in the near future. In the monsoon of 2005, a vessel of the same size as MV River Princess drifted from Karwar port and ran aground outside Ravindranath Tagore beach at Karwar.

The District Magistrate of Karwar first removed the fuel from the vessel and brought it safely to shore. Then a contractor was paid Rs 3.5 crore to break the ship and remove the scrap. Another one and half crore were paid towards Customs duty on scrap and one crore was spent on transportation and other expenses. The Goa Government could get the details from the DM, Karwar.

Goans on the backfoot James Moraes, Cuncolim Today we have Non-Goans from the rest of the country setting up readymade garments establishments in Margao and all over Goa at behest of our politicians. This is a free country, but now they seem to be throwing Goans out of business.

A clear example is this incident when mass false and malicious mobile messages were sent defaming one of our Goan businessmen from Margao. He had to pay for public advertisements to clear his name.

Goans have to think about the risks we face with increasing numbers of migrants moving in and taking over.

Unethical govt lawyers Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar As lawyers our acts should never match the colour of our gowns. Today we have some government advocates appearing for private parties in cases against the government. This is an unethical practice that is going on unabated. Government advocates should not appear in private matters even before quasi-judicial authorities since they appear and advise them in matters

Letter of the Day Wide choice for civic elections Nelson Lopes, Chinchinim

The large number of candidates in forthcoming elections bodes well for the democratic process. The hold of parties appears to be dwindling regarding the absolute say in this matter. The parties try to woo any one of the elected candidates and spread rumours that candidates received their blessings The aspiring candidates may use this opportunity as spring board for Assembly elections or to project their clout to be recognized There is no doubt every one receives financial support according to their assumed popularity from powers that be. The motive to withdraw with understanding and for a consideration is no more the issue today. The electors have a much wider choice with better qualified individuals, capable of independent, right decisions not influenced by self aggrandizement and popularity. Others promoting themselves as social workers for the benefits of the office will not find place. There is no doubt at all, that most candidates aspiring for the post are hardly aware of their real role. The candidates should first secure a copy of their functions, be better informed to discharge their duties. The electorate should shunt those who try to influence them with bribes. Since there is a wide choice, the past involvement, concern, actual participation in community affairs, commitment and passion for social work without personal gain should be the index of judgment. The often repeated cliché of development, but the specific vision should be enumerated.

It is only when a right candidate is elected by the electorate many of the evils in the society will be curbed. Once your vote is cast there is nothing you can do thereafter till the next election. Elect wisely and convince others with reasoned views devoid of emotions to make a right choice. before the High Court and other courts.

The Advocate General should be a role model to the entire legal fraternity by first maintaining high and noble standards himself. But unfortunately we are seeing a sordid state of affairs. So who will crack the whip? Maybe the Honourable High Court should step in and take suo-motu action on those government advocates who are acting in clear conflict of interest by appearing in matters against the government.

Ward reservations are wrong Jose Maria Miranda, Margao Every rule or law framed in this State or country has loopholes which work to the advantage of the framers themselves. Take ward reservation for instance. It is wrong to arbitrarily choose a ward to be reserved for a certain community, caste or gender.

There has to be a process based on statistics; if none of these help, it should be done by draw of lots. If there is a majority of a particular community or caste in a cer-

tain ward, then perhaps it ought to be permanently reserved for that community.

Shifting it to the next ward for the next election does not make sense, since the next ward may not have any members of that caste and a candidate would have to be imported from elsewhere. But in a democracy like ours politicians have the last say. One cannot expect any wisdom, justice or fairness.

Vishwajit as Sports Minister Dr Anil Dessai, Goa Velha Vishwajit Rane is educated and makes quick decisions. He should be made Sports Minister, if the infrastructure is to be completed for National Games. I fully agree with Joaquim Teles in his letter ‘‘Vishwajeet’s contribution’ (Herald, 1 Oct) about the contribution and efforts of Vishwajit Rane, Health Minister, in upgrading the facilities in the health sector, especially in Goa Medical College. Today, GMC gives free medicines to its patients including Insulin. Tests

are conducted at the centralized Laboratory and people no longer have to rush from one ward to another. The new hospital with its excellent equipment can be compared with any good private hospital in the country. Rane monitors its working on a day to day basis. Shri Teles, who was the Joint Director in GMC, also did a wonderful job. He should be transferred back to GMC to complete the unfinished work of increasing the MBBS seats from 100 to 150.

RP delay chance for builders Lucas D’Souza, Qatar Offshore/Verna It looks like the delay in the RP 2021 which was to be notified in September 2010 is being done to allow the builders lobby to finish their projects or start new ones before the Plan comes into existence. A lot of public money and time has gone in preparing this Plan and one wonders if this will be an exercise in futility. The GBA is planning an agitation and I wish all the other NGO’s and people of Goa support them before it is too late.

We’re deaf to injustice M. D’Souza, Mapusa The news report of a mentally disturbed teacher in a Chimbel school is unfortunate.

The teacher needs help instead of advertising her sickness in the Press. If she is incapacitated, she should be asked to leave.

This is human rights violation against a mentally ill person. Will the Press be accountable if she ends her life? We may be a spiritual country and a rising power, but we are backward in protecting the dignity and rights of human beings. What use is religion and power if we are deaf to injustice all around? The Press should highlight crimes, inefficiency and corruption and awaken the people to act. We learned nothing after Independence. No wonder even politicians send their children to settle abroad. Our patriotism is limited to getting a few votes and waving the tricolour on a few days. The rest of the time we trample on our weaker fellow Indians.

Letters should be 150 words or less in length, and should have the writer’s name, address and telephone number. The editor reserves the right to edit letters for size and readability, and to delete any personal attacks or libellous /objectionable matter.

Paths of Wisdom The Lord has no fixed form

An artist who had travelled far and wide and had built up an extensive reputation, had not achieved access to Krishna. He was anxious to seek approbation from Lord Krishna as well. With this view, one day he got an appointment with Krishna, met Him and requested Him to stay still, so that he could paint His picture. He prepared the outline and told Krishna that he would get the final painting ready in a week’s time. Krishna knew the ego of the painter.

After a week, the painter brought a finished portrait, covered with a white cloth. In Krishna’s presence he uncovered the painting and was shocked at the lack of similarity between Krishna and the painting. The painter was completely surprised and asked for a week’s time to get the job done. The painter made several attempts but every time the result was equally disappointing.

In complete frustration and total dejection, he wanted to leave the city and go away. When he was going away, sage Narada met him. Narada told him that it was silly to attempt to paint the picture of Lord Krishna. “The Lord has no fixed form and He can change His face every second,” Narada advised. “If you do want to paint Him, I will tell you a method which will enable you to do so.” Narada whispered something into the ear of the artist.

Following the advice given by Narada, the painter came back, with a white cloth covering something and again approached Krishna and told Him that this time, He is welcome to change in any manner but the painting will look exactly like Him. When the cloth was removed, Krishna saw only a mirror and this mirror reproduced an exact replica of Krishna.

If therefore, you are imaging that God is like this or like that, it is not correct.

You cannot describe God and your attempts will fail. Make your mind clear and clean; fill it with love and devotion; that will enable you to have the true vision of God. (Source: Chinna Katha)

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Govt blunders onGoanQueen’s Baton Relay Special Postal Cover Olympian Walter de Sousa mistaken for R S Gentle l

The photograph showing Walter and Gentle (inset Walter right, Gentle left).

The Special Postal Cover which was released on September 7 at Kala Academy by Governor S S Sidhu with the photographs of the five Goan Olympians inset as portrayed on the cover at extreme top left.

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 12

The Government committed a serious blunder when releasing

with great fanfare the Special Postal Cover depicting five great Goan Olympians to commemorate the Queen’s Baton Relay

in Goa on September 7. The photograph of Walter de Sousa, after all is that of R S Gentle.

The postal cover was released

by Governor S S Sidhu at a glittering function at Kala Academy.

Poor Walter must be turning in his grave for the faux pas

which was detected by his son Patrick de Sousa.

Patrick tried to obtain the postal cover, but was unlucky as these were all sold out in Goa. He had then to rely on the newspapers and websites when he was devastated to find out that the photograph showing his father was of R S Gentle.

Walter represented India in 1947 East Africa Hockey Tour and

was also a member of the 1948 London Olympics hockey team.

“It was only a few days ago that I managed to get a glimpse of the said postal cover and got quite a shock. The person shown on the postal cover is not my father Walter de Sousa but is in fact another team member R S Gentle,” pointed out Patrick.

“Also his name has been mis-spelt as Walter D‘souza

instead of Walter de Sousa,” Patrick clarified and added, “I do hope the mistakes will be rectified. If required I can provide a high resolution image of my father as well as that of Leo Pinto, Maxi Vaz a n d Re g g i e Ro d r i g u e s , ” Patrick disclosed.

Patrick attached the two photographs, one of the 1947 Africa tour where Walter and Gentle

have been indicated. The other photo is that of the Lusitanian team where Walter has been indicated alongwith Reggie Rodrigues and Maxi Vaz who have also featured on the postal cover.

Patrick has written to Charles Pinto, Post Master General, Goa Region, and Dr Susana de Sousa, Director, Sports and Youth Affairs to rectify the mistake.

Bhakti becomes Goa’s first IWM HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, OCT 12

Bhakti Kulkarni has become Goa's first International Woman Master (IWM) according to Arvind Aaron, Press Officer,All India Chess Federation.

The press note stated that the World Chess Federation (FIDE) at its annual meeting at Khanty Manski (Russia) awarded the IWM title to Bhakti.

"I consider this as not my destination but one of the stepping stones for my future achievements," said Bhakti - brand ambassador for Goa Carbon. “I am grateful to Srinivas Dempo, Goa Carbon and my coach Raghunandan Gokhale for the achievement."

Bhakti had scored seven norms for IWM in the last two years when it was mandatory

Narrow win for Siridao

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, OCT 12

A solitary goal from Lawrence Dias in the 64th minute gave Siridao Sports Club a 1-0 victory over Carambolim Sports Club in GFA’s Third Division at University ground, Taleigao on Monday.

Siridao’s Pravin Naik was given a straight red card in the 53rd by referee Anthony Vaz as he kicked out violently at an opponent. Carambolim lost their goalkeeper Rosario Cardoza through injury on the half hour mark and he was replaced by Domnic Fernandes.

Siridao attacked their opponents from the start with intensity. Alinton Vaz tested the goalkeeper on a number of occasions.

Carambolim did not create many shots on goal. Even after their opponents were reduced to ten men they failed to open them up.

In the 7th, Siridao’s Alinton Vaz’s shot was saved by the rival goalkeeper.

Siridao had the ball in the net in the 27th but it was ruled offside.

Once the Carambolim custodian was replaced through injury, Siridao put the reserve goalkeeper under a lot of pressure.

In the 36th, the Carmbolim goalkeeper did well to save from Alinton.

Eight minutes after the lemon break Pravin Naik was given his marching orders for a violent

kick.

Eventually In the 64th minute, Siridao broke the deadlock when Lawrence Dias headed home a corner taken by Alinton to seal the victory.

Siridao are on three points after winning their opening match while Carambolim have yet to pick up their first point after losing both their matches.

In a match played at Tilak Maidan, Vasco, Cross Boys defeated BITS Pilani 4-0. Cross Boys have collected 9 points from three matches while BITS Pilani have one point after three matches.

At Cansaulim ground, Baina Youth and RC defeated Dabolim youth club by a solitary goal.

to score just three. The player must reach the rating of 2200 to be eligible for becoming IWM. Bhakti had crossed that milestone long back and is enjoying a rating of 2294 with a first position in her age group in the under-18 Asian.

The newly appointed vicepresident of FIDE and secretary, All India Chess Federation, D.V.Sundar hailed Bhakti as one of the leading stars of Indian chess with bright future. "Bhakti will be one of the leading woman players of our country within the next three years," stated the organiser.

Bhakti is training at present with Dronacharya Awardee Raghunandan Gokhale in Mumbai before leaving for Halkidiki (Greece) for the World Youth Championship on October 19.

SS Angle, Cuncolim top higher secondary kabadi HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, OCT 12

Cuncolim United Higher Secondary and SS Angle Higher Secondary, Mashem, Canacona emerged Zone Four champions in boys and girls sections of interhigher secondary kabadi tournament respectively at Tilamol Panchayat ground on Monday.

In the boys section, Cuncolim United HS defeated S.S Angle 28-24.

In the girls category, SS Angle made short work of Maria Bambina Convent Higher Secondary, Cuncolim 34-16.

MRF Calangute and MRF Mapusa alongwith Farrel Furtado, Valanka D’Souza and members of the executive committee of Goans Hockey and State hockey coaches.

MRF Calangute win 6-a-side hockey HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, OCT 12

MRF Calangute won the all-Goa 6-a-side hockey tournament organised by Goans Hockey at Fatorda, Margao on Sunday.

In the finals, MRF Calangute got the better of MRF Mapusa

5-2. Teams from Benaulim, Majorda, Gudi, Collem, Margao and Borda participated.

Farrel Furtado, secretary, Goans Hockey, gave away the prizes alongwith Pearl Viegas and Valanka D'Souza, executive committee member. Benny Vie-

gas, organising secretary welcomed and assured the boys that this was only the beginning and Goans Hockey is committed to conduct more tournaments in Goa, for boys as well as girls.

Farrel Furtado further stated that Goans Hockey would en-

deavour to bring back the glorious days of hockey in Goa with plans for many more tournaments, camps, clinics for umpires as well as schemes for equipment and coaching for schools. Dexter Pereira proposed the vote of thanks.

Monte de Guirim earn ticket to Delhi

Presentation Convent demolish Fatima HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, OCT 12

Presentation Convent, Margao, scored a record of sorts demolishing Salcete schools

p o w e r h o u s e Fa t i m a C o n vent, Margao in Taluka interschool girls basketball championship 17-11 in Margao.

Presentation, ably captained

by Bernice Rodrigues owe their victory to Piola, who contributed with nine points. Heather scored four, Sherline two. Bernice

scored two at a crucial period, enabling Presentation to take the lead. Susheela Borkar topscored for Fatima with eight points.

St Anthony’s HS, Monte de Guirim, winners of State U-15 inter-school hockey.

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, OCT 12

St Anthony's High School, Monte de Guirim defeated Holy Spirit High School, Margao 2-0 in State

Inter-village football in Doha HERALD CORRESPONDENT QATAR, OCT 12

Presentation Convent, Margao, Salcete Taluka inter-school basketball champions alongwith PE teacher Pearl D’Silva, deepa Sawant, TSO Bevylyn Rodrigues, coach Samson D’Sousa.

The draw of the 7-a-side Goan inter-village football tournament organized by Doha Goans Sports Club (DGSC) will be held on October 13 at Al- Mira Aryass Restaurant at 6 p.m.

DGSC will hold their inter-village football on October 15 at Al- Ahli ground from 7.30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Benaulim, Curtorim, Aldona, Chinchinim, Calangute, Candolim, Maina, Raia, FC Corlim, St. Andre Goa-Velha will participate. The organisers stated that there will be lucky prizes for spectators too in the form of lucky entrance, lucky fancy spectator.

hockey U-15 boys Nehru finals at Peddem complex, here on Monday.

In the U-17 Bardez Taluka football finals, St Ann's High

School, Tivim overcame Seminary High School, Saligao 3-2.

Physical Education Teacher of St. Xavier Higher Secondary school Mapusa, Newton was the

chief guest. Hockey coach Alexander Remdios was the guest of honour. Bardez Zonal organiser Nita Pednekar proposed the vote of thanks.

GFA elections under new Statutes HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, OCT 12

The elections to the Executive Committee of Goa Football Association scheduled for October 24 are governed by the Statutes of the association as amended and passed at its extraordinary general body meeting held on July 18, stated Tonito Botelho, GFA spokesman.

Botelho stated that under Artticle 54, the amended Statutes came into effect immediately after the close of the EGM. By unanimous decision of the AGM also on July 18, the previously-elected executive committ e e o f G FA w a s a s k e d t o continue functioning with its previous duties, rights and powers intact during the transitory period from until such time as a new executive committee to

be elected on October 24 assumes office.

The powers as vested on the president, secretary and treasurer of the previously-elected executive committee continue undiminished until the new president to be elected on October 24 assumes office, on which date the posts of honorary secretary and treasurer shall also cease to exist, Tonito added.

The additional powers conferred upon the president of the executive committee of GFA by the amended Statutes, as well as those of the Executive Committee and the Emergency Committee are defined under Articles 25, 26 and 27 – to call and compile the agenda for Executive Committee meetings, to be the legal representative of GFA, to be responsible for implementing

the decisions of the General Body, Executive Committee and Emergency Committee, to supervise the work of the General Secretariat, to propose the appointment or dismissal of the General Secretary and to preside over the meetings of both the General Body and the Executive Committee as well as any subCommittee of which he may be chairman, pointed out Tonito.

Tonito also clarified that the spokesperson of the GFA is only empowered to answer questions of members of the media. Members of the public who desire more information may contact the secretariat of GFA at 5th floor at Atmaram Commercial Complex, Opposite Nova Goa Hotel, Panjim, for a copy of the Statutes and procedure for conducting elections.

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I’m fed up with corruption in mining, says Bhardwaj PTI BANGALORE, OCT 12

Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj made a scathing attack on the BJP government today, highlighting the mining scam and corruption scandals and strongly refuted allegations that he acted in a partisan manner in recommending President’s rule in the state.

“I am fed up with this kind of corruption in mining....”, Bhardwaj, who is under attack by the BJP, told a press conference and referred to media reports on land-grabbing and (corruption in) denotification of land. “...those who are elected to serve the people are not governing in Karnataka,” he said.

Rejecting charge made by the BJP that he is an agent of the Congress and was not impartial, Bhardwaj noted that BJP is now resorting to streets (in protest against his recommendation).

“It’s for the people of Karnataka to reply. I am a Governor, my duty is to serve the people of Karnataka, no political parties, no individuals,” he said.

“I am not born in Karnataka. But Karnataka gave me tremendous responsibility as Governor, as Head of State. If I fail in it, I will be going against my whole life and my whole career as a legislator, as well as Member of Parliament as well as Governor,” Bhardwaj said.

He said his one-and-half-year stint in Karnataka was highly disappointing and frustrating, adding, those affected by large-scale floods in north Karnataka last year have not got their houses.

“It’s for the people of Karnataka to reply. I am a Governor, my duty is to serve the people of Karnataka, no political parties, no individuals.” -- Bhardwaj “Money was sent from the Centre... Rs 1,400 crore. Where has that money gone? I cannot go to the Assembly and debate all that,” the Governor said.

He also said he has reached a stage in life when he is very contented and office does not matter to him.

The Governor also took a dig at the Government, saying: “When Reddys (Bellary Reddy brothers who are in the Cabinet raised a banner of revolt last year) hijacked their MLAs, did they disqualify anybody? They (the dissidents then) were promoted.”

“There is no politics so far as I am concerned.

It’s governance which has failed,” he said.

Bhardwaj said, “When Reddy brothers hijacked 50 MLAs (during the rebellion last year), this Chief Minister was in tears”.

“I had sympathy with him because he had been returned by the people of Karnataka. I did not move anything during that time... that revolt against him,” he said, adding, during he last oneand-half years, he has fully cooperated with the Government, which can make no grievance against him.

I-T moves HC to claim Rs 4 cr from Salman PTI MUMBAI, OCT 12

Income Tax Department has moved the Bombay High Court to claim Rs four crore from actor Salman Khan in a tax evasion case while challenging an order of the appellate body which absolved him from paying the amount.

The petition will come up for hearing in due course before a bench headed by Justice V V Daga.

The Income Tax had charged the actor with evading tax to the tune of Rs four crore for assessment year 2000-2001.

The actor had declared his income as Rs 9.32 crore during the same financial year. However, Income Tax department found his income to the tune of Rs 13.61 crore and informed the actor about the reassessment.

Beant assassination case: HC commutes death sentence PTI CHANDIGARH, OCT 12

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today commuted the death sentence of the mastermind in Beant Singh assassination case to life imprisonment, while it upheld the trial court penalty to four other accused in the case.

A division bench of the court comprising Justice Mehtab Singh Gill and Justice Arvind Kumar termed the case of Jagtar Singh Hawara, who was awarded capital punishment by the trial court in 2007, as a “boundary line for death” and converted his sentence to life.

“It was found that Hawara was not found near Chandigarh on July 30 and 31 in 1995...his case is boundary line for death...he is sentenced to life and will not be

Man wrongly diagnosed of HIV/AIDS in Orissa PTI KENDRAPARA, OCT 12

The health department has begun a probe after a man was wrongly diagnosedof HIV/AIDS by a self-styled physician in a village of Orissa’s Kendrapara district, officials said today.

33-year-old Balaram Patra of the far-flung seaside Talchua village, who was later tested negative in the government-run diagnostic centre, has drawn the attention of police and health authorities.

Health authorities have ordered a departmental probe into the incident, while an FIR has been lodged against the diagnostic centre and the self-styled doctor, officials said.

The unsavoury episode lends credence to the oft-repeated charge that quacks are running parallel health service network in this coastal district.

“My life has taken a turn towards the worse after an erroneous medical report found me carrying HIV/AIDS virus. The government-run public health centre (PHC) at Talchua has become defunct and no doctor is turning up here,” Patra, a local businessman, rued.

“When I was suffering from fever and pain in the joints last month, I sought medical advice from a self-styled doctor who has opened a clinic in the village. He tested blood samples and to my horror, I was diagnosed of HIV/AIDS,” he said.

To crosscheck the authenticity, Patra got himself tested at the Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre (ICTC) at Pattamundai run by state AIDS Control Society.

“Its an unfortunate incident. The diagnostic test report compiled

by ICTC conclusively stated that the complainant was never infected with HIV virus,” said Biraj Kumar Sahu, the chief district medical officer.

The guilty practitioner’s diagnostic centre would be shut down under the provisions of the Clinical Establishment Act, he said adding that action could be taken against the self-styled doctor under the provisions of the Medical Council of India Act, 1956 and also under the Indian Penal Code.

Aakrosh makers undeterred with ‘A’ certificate PTI MUMBAI, OCT 12

Ajay Devgn starrer ‘Aakrosh’ is releasing with an ‘A’ certificate this week but the film’s makers are not too worried as they say that the movie is aimed at a mature audience. “‘Aakrosh’ wasn’t designed as a kiddie flick in any case. This is a dramatic affair and inspired by true events that have been rocking the nation for a few years now. Honour killing is a serious issue and we want the adults in the country to wake up to this fact,” producer Kumar Mangat told PTI. When this Priyadarshan-directed film was presented before the Censor board, a huge list of cuts were suggested since then it makes a direct reference to honour killings and also carries a strong undertone of religion and political violence coupled with raw language.

“They wanted us to make more than a dozen odd cuts due to these factors. If we would have consented to that, ‘Aakrosh’ would have got a U/A certificate,” said Mangat.

“However, we couldn’t agree on this. If we would have introduced those cuts, the core essence of the film would have been lost. The purpose of making this film was to expose the harsh reality of our society rather than delivering a sugar coated feel good message,” he added.

The producer says that although the ‘A’ certificate is not desirable, but he is happy that they didn’t have to compromise on the flavour of the film.

“It was not the best case scenario but still, given the circumstances, it is okay. Now there are only 3-4 cuts in the film but we are happy that we didn’t have to compromise with the flavour.

‘Omkara’ too was given an ‘A’ certificate but the film was a success and is hailed as a cult film. Such films find their target audience so I am not worried,” he said.

released till death,” Justice Gill said while pronouncing the order.

However, the bench upheld the capital punishment of Balwant Singh awarded by trial court in July 2007. Besides, the bench also upheld the life sentence of three accused Shamsher Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Lakhwinder Singh.

Barring Balwant Singh, all the accused had filed an appeal against the trial court order in the High Court where the case was heard regularly since February and the arguments were concluded in September this year.

The bench also observed that Balwant Singh had made three confessional statements on his involvement in the killing of the

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then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh on August 31, 1995.

The court observed that the role of Shamsher Singh,

Gurmeet Singh and Lakhwinder Singh was of providing logistic support in the plan to eliminate Beant Singh.

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EU to help Hungary over toxic sludge AGENCIES BUDAPEST, OcT 12

The European Union (EU) would do whatever it took to help Hungary deal with its toxic sludge spill, European commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in southwest Hungary Tuesday.

Barroso made the commitment at an annual rector's conference held at Pecs University, where Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was also a guest of honor.

Barroso voiced his sympathy for the Hungarian people, who were now coping with what he called "a very serious ecological disaster." He also praised the Hungarian authorities for their fast action and expertise in handling the tragedy.

Focusing on the conference, Barroso said it was an excellent chance to investigate the vital issue of "how universities can help us shape the future."

However, he returned to the red sludge issue at a news conference, promising to send additional EU experts to Hungary to help mitigate the consequences of the spill.

The EU has already sent five experts to help Hungary deal with the sludge, according to the commission chief.

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SCI hikes rates PTI MUMBAI, OCT 12

FROM PAGE 1

Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), announced a freight rate increase on cargo moving exIndian sub-continent to European sectors at USD 200/TEU with effect from November 1.

The increase is for all the bookings to north Europe, the UK, Mediterranean and Black Sea trades, a press release issued here stated.

KRC puts projects....

The KRC Managing Director has said that a Rs 8 crore rail bypass has been planned somewhere between the Sao Jose de Areal and Sarzora junction to meet the demands of the South Central Railway trains. “If the bypass takes shape, trains moving further south down need not come to the Margao railway station”, he said.

Saying that the KR has added two additional lines at the Margao railway station at a cost of Rs 6 crore, Tayal said the Corporation has planned additional platforms at the railway station.

Saying that the double line between Margao and Vasco would cost the KR around Rs 50 crore, Tayal, however, is treading a cautious approach, saying the project can materialize only if the State Government acquires the required land. “The KRC has planned a full-fledged station at Seraulim to increase capacity of trains. For this, we require additional land”, he said, adding that though the KRC has already acquired land between Margao and Majorda for laying of the line, additional land would be required between Majorda and the Verna yard to lay the double line. “You don’t get land easily in Goa with objections raised to land acquisitions by the Government. We have not yet moved any formal proposal to the Government in this respect, but will certain do soon”, he added.

Replying to a question, he said the KRC would set up a facility at Margao for periodic over haul of the coaches as against the present practice of sending the trains to Hubli for the purpose.

Twist to K’taka tale offered “another opportunity” to prove his majority in the Assembly on Thursday.

On yet another day of twists and turns, the Chief Minister’s announcement came after a meeting of top BJP leaders at L K Advani’s residence which was attended by about 100 of the 105 BJP MLAs supporting the Government.

The decision also came shortly after the two-member Bench of the High Court, hearing the case of rebel MLAs, adjourned the matter to Oct 18 without giving any interim order by way of stay on Speaker K G Bopaiah’s order disqualifying them.

The Union Cabinet, which was also said to be awaiting the High Court’s verdict in the case, met in Delhi today but did not discuss Karnataka developments, ministers said.

Centre threatens...

What has irked the Centre is despite awarding tenders for the projects for over six months now, the land acquisition is not yet complete.

Facing protests from various quarters over the demolition of structures for the projects, the State government had appointed a committee to re-survey the alignment carried out by the NHAI consultants Wilbur Smith Associates.

The committee was to submit the report to the Government

by August-end but till date the survey is still to be completed.

Officials in the PWD revealed that consistent rains in the past few months were the reason for the delay in resurvey.

Nonetheless, officials said, “the survey is now complete and would now be handed over to the Government in a week’s time.”

“The NHAI officials have met Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, who again asked them to see that there was minimum demolition of houses for the project,” officials said.

Attempts to contact the chief minister and PWD minister proved futile as Kamat’s cell phone was out of coverage while Alemao is reportedly sick.

However, Principal Chief Engineer J J S Rego admitted receiving the letter from the Central Government.

“The minister has given us a deadline of completing the process by October 31 and we are confident of achieving the target”, Rego told Herald.

BSE sheds 137 pts PTI MUMBAI, OCT 12

The BSE benchmark Sensex shed almost 137 points today as investors reacted to data showing a sharp decline in industrial output growth in August, with Reliance Industries and L&T the worst-hit scrips in the 30-share pack.

Amid weak global cues, the 30-share barometer of the Bombay Stock Exchange lost 136.55 points, or 0.67 per cent, to close at 20,203.34.

During the session, the index fell by 232 points to an intra-day low of 20,107.25. However, buying in blue chips like TCS, Tata Motors and ICICI Bank towards the end of trade helped the 30share index pare its losses.

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Kim Jong-il’s oldest son against dynastic succession AFP TOKYO, OCT 12

Kim Jong-nam, 39, who lives in the gambling hub of Macao and was once said to be too "wayward" for the leadership, said he did not approve of the hereditary principle that saw his 27year- old half-brother Kim Jong-un being groomed as the North's next leader last month.

"Personally I am opposed to the hereditary transfer to a third generation of the family," Jongnam told Japan's Asahi TV Network in an interview conducted in Beijing on Saturday.

He was speaking before Kim Jong-un made his first major public appearance as leader-inwaiting, standing next to his ailing father while reviewing a massive military parade in Pyongyang on Sunday.

Although disapproving of the hereditary principle, Jong-nam, the son of an actress who died in 2002, said he would continue to support his brother from afar, hinting that he had no plans to return home after his brother took power.

"As a matter of course, I think it was my father who made the decision. As I have had no interest in the matter, I don't care at all," he said.

He added that he also hope that his brother could improve living standards in North Korea which remains desperately poor as a result of crippling economic sanctions and a Soviet-style command-economy.

"I hope my younger brother will do his best to make the lives of the North Korean people affluent. For my part, I am prepared to help my younger brother whenever necessary while I stay abroad."

After two years of speculation, the issue of who would succeed Kim appeared to have been resolved this month in favour of Kim Jong-un who was promoted to four-star general.

New Mandela memoir goes on sale AFP JOHANNESBURG, OCT 12

A book painting an intimate portrait of Nelson Mandela went on sale Tuesday, offering readers a glimpse at letters and diaries for a more personal look at one of the world's most revered figures.

"Conversations with Myself" brings together correspondence, personal notes and hours of recordings with an unfinished autobiography that would have been a sequel to Mandela's world-famous memoir "Long Walk to Freedom", published in 1995.

Publisher PQ Blackwell and the Nelson Mandela Foundation said the book will give readers access to the private man behind the public figure who led South Africa's struggle against whiteminority rule and served as its

first democratically elected president.

The Foundation compiled the book using documents from its archives. The book will be published in 22 countries and 20 languages.

In South Africa, several book stores held early-morning launch events to celebrate the arrival of what is widely expected to be the 92-year-old Mandela's last book.

"It's a whole lot of his own writing, which we haven't seen for a long time," said James Hendry, a Johannesburg writer who was among the first to buy the book Tuesday morning.

"This will be probably the last real publication we have of his stuff before he passes on to wherever he's going."

John Fawcett-Peck, manager

of a Johannesburg book store that promised readers a free coffee with purchase of "Conversations with Myself", called it "definitely the book of the year".

But publicity around the book has been relatively quiet in South Africa.

Some 20 customers queued to buy copies at the 8:00 am opening of Fawcett-Peck's store.

But within 30 minutes, the shop's clerks were sitting idly at their cash registers, untouched piles of the book stacked seven high on the counter.

"I would have liked a few more" customers, Fawcett-Peck said.

He added that Mandela himself had attended the launch of his previous book. At that event, the presence of "Madiba" -- the clan name by which Mandela is

affectionately known -- helped the store sell 1,000 copies the first day.

"Unfortunately Madiba could not be here today because he's just not well enough," FawcettPeck said.

Hendry said the fact that not many South Africans know about the book is an indication that Mandela's vision for a new South Africa has not been fully realised.

"If you look around here, you'll see most of the customers at this launch are white, and that's simply because not enough black people will find out about it," he said.

"Most of them live in rural areas and we sell books in traditionally wealthy, affluent white areas. I don't know how you solve that problem, but it's quite sad."

American Idol star Crystal ties the knot AGENCIES CHICAGO, OCT 12

"American Idol" star Crystal Bowersox married musician Brian Walker in a Chicago club on Sunday, according to media reports.

Bowersox, 25, and her longtime friend Walker got married in the nightclub where they first met each other six years ago.

She and Walker announced their engagement in September.

Sixty friends and family members attended their wedding

ceremony at the club.

"Our lives have never made more sense than they do right now," Bowersox said.

"I can't believe how incredibly lucky we are to have found so much laughter, love, and light within each other. We're one happy WalkerSox family."

The Season 9 "American Idol" runner-up split from her then boyfriend, Tony Kusian, hours before the Idol finale performance in May.

"American Idol" winner Lee DeWyze performs with finalist Crystal Bowersox.

Hotel in Copenhagen named world’s greenest AGENCIES COPENHAGEN, OCT 12

The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers has been named the greenest one in the world by the travel and tourist organization Skaal International, reported the Danish news agency Ritzau on Monday.

The hotel has been awarded the EcoTourism Award for setting an environmental-friendly

example to other hotels, said the report.

The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers is located in the Copenhagen suburb of Oerestad and has the largest solar cell facility in the Nordic. This facility delivers energy to the hotel while Danish groundwater supplies cooling and heating in the air condition of the hotel.

TV and lights in the hotel are

all of energy-saving brands.

Shampoo bottles, toothbrushes and washing accessories are biologically degradable, which means that the nature can easily absorb the materials.

The hotel restaurant is only buying local goods and the food leftovers are used for bio-energy as well as fertilizer. The fitness facilities also provide a green touch to the hotel, as the train-

ing bikes of the fitness center are linked to the power grid of the hotel, thereby providing free energy if any guest wishes to exercise. People who do contribute free energy this way are supposedly getting a free meal in the hotel restaurant. "It is the first time that a Danish hotel receives this award. I think our throughout green thinking is the reason why we have been

awarded. It is all the small details, as well as the big picture," says Allan Agerholm, the CEO of the hotel, in a press release.

The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers opened its doors last year. Skaal International was founded in 1932 by travel managers and has approximately 20,000 members in 89 nations.

It is an organization promoting global tourism.

40 killed in Ukraine bus, train collision AP KIEV, OCT 12

Officials say a crowded passenger bus smashed into a train in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing 40 people and leaving 10 in critical condition.

The Interior Ministry said that the collision occurred outside the town of Marhanets in the Dnipropetrovsk region after the bus attempted to cross the track, ignoring a siren that indicated an oncoming train.

Rescuers, medics and investigators are working at the scene of the crash.

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov ordered to pay the families of the dead 100,000 hryvna ($12,600 or euro 9,100). He also instructed transport officials to install automated crossing gates at all the nation's railway crossings.

Rescue workers look at bodies at the scene where a train and a bus collided in the town of Ordzhonikidze in the industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

‘7/7 bombers had planned to attack a day before’

Courtney and David on trial separation

PTI LONDON, OCT 12

Terrorists plotting the July 7, 2005 bomb attacks had planned to unleash carnage a day earlier, but changed their plan after their leader's wife had complications with her pregnancy, the inquests into the deaths have heard.

Mohammed Sidique Khan, the terrorists' ring leader, took his pregnant wife to hospital two days before the attacks and sent a text message to his fellow bombers telling them that the plans had been delayed.

The details emerged as the full inquests into the deaths of those who died at the hands of Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Hasib Hussain and Jermaine Lindsay in the suicide attacks five years ago opened here yesterday.

Had the bombs been detonated on July 6, the explosions would have come just hours before the announcement that London had been awarded the 2012 Olympic Games. Sidique Khan's wife had a miscarriage on the day of the bombings.

It also emerged that the men had extra bombs and a handgun they could have used to defend themselves if stopped by police and their original targets included Paddington, Westminster and Kensington.

Courtney Cox Arquette and husband David Arquette AGENCIES LOS ANGELES, OCT 12

The 11-year-couple of Courteney Cox and David Arquette has been separated for several months already, according to TMZ Tuesday.

The pair said they have agreed to a "trial separation" but remain married while they work through the reasons for their split.

A couple of months ago, "Friends" star Cox, 46, addressed the years of rumours about their relationship during an interview with InStyle.

"We've done couples therapy in the past. We're not lazy about our marriage. We have the same arguments we've had for years."

The couple met on the set of 1995's horror blockbuster "Scream" and will also be seen together in the coming fourth instalment, "Scream 4."

They have a 6-year-old daughter, Coco.

In a joint statement released by their representatives, the pair asked that "our friends, family, fans and the media...show us respect, dignity, understanding and love at this time."

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Govt to raise $3.5 b from Coal India IPO REUTERS MUMBAI, OCT 12

The government will raise up to $3.5 billion from a price band of 225 rupees to 245 rupees for state-run Coal India's initial public offering, the largest in the country's corporate history.

The government is selling 631.6 million shares, or 10 percent stake in the world's largest coal miner. The share sale is part of the country's plan to divest its stakes in roughly 60 companies over the next few years.

"I think the pricing is much better than what we were expecting. We were expecting it to be 260 rupees at the upper end," said Ambareesh Baliga, vice president of Karvy Stock Broking in Mumbai.

"The response from institutional investors is expected to be very good," he added.

Priced at the top end of the band, the company would be valued at $35 billion, placing it

among the top Indian firms by m a r k e t value. It is the seventhlargest IPO in Asia this year.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the country's coal minister said the IPO would raise more than 150 billion rupees.

Coal India, based in the eastern city of Kolkata, holds a dominant position in the fast-growing Indian market. The state monopoly produced 431 million tonnes in 2009/10 and accounts for nearly 80 percent of coal out-

LAUNCH PAD

Resolute vodka now in pink, black, crystal PANJIM (HBD) -- Vodka drinkers can cheer as super-premium vodkas in three variants of crystal, pink and black are now available in India.

Goa-based bottler of imported spirits, Sipping Spirits Pvt Ltd (SSPL), launched 'Resolute,' an all-new range of super-premium vodkas. The 'boutique' spirit bottling company entered into an exclusive tie-up with the Netherlands-based Melchers Group in 2007.

The domestic vodka market is robust, with sales of an estimated 4.5 million cases annually. The super-premium segment is growing at a brisk 50 per cent annually. Vodka is traditionally clubbed under the 'white spirits' category, but SSPL has launched its black and pink variants.

The company aims to introduce the 'sipping culture', as a growing number of affluent Indians aspire for superior, but moderatelypriced vodkas.

According to Prasanna Natarajan, MD, SSPL, the new variants are straight-sipping products, which can be enjoyed on the rocks. ''We were the first company to launch non-Scotch products at price points between Rs600 and Rs800 per quart in 2009, essentially creating a new segment, which everyone is talking about now,'' points out Natarajan.

SSPL holds the license for a number of international brands and products. ''We are confident of growing the market share and keep up the tempo with new product launches,'' adds Somangsu Biswas, senior vice-president, SSPL. The company aims to change the drinking patterns of Indians, who are mostly given to diluting liquor prior to intake. A 'sipping spirit' is typically 100 per cent pure spirit of high authenticity that can be consumed 'neat' or 'straight' without the need for mixing or dilution.

Reliance Life’s highest NAV advantage ULIP MUMBAI (AGENCY) -- Reliance Life Insurance Company (RLIC), part of Reliance Capital promoted by Anil Ambani, Tuesday announced the launch of a new unit linked insurance plan (ULIP).

The Reliance Life Insurance Highest NAV Advantage Plan offers guarantee on maturity with the highest Net Asset Value (NAV) per unit achieved during the entire 15-year policy term.

'Our new unit-linked plan fulfils the diverse needs of customers across different segments while addressing their need for longterm wealth-creation and increased life protection,' said Malay Ghosh, executive director and president, RLIC. This is the first ULIP launched by Reliance Life after the insurance regulator, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, came out with revised guidelines a few months ago.

The plan pays the beneficiary double the sum assured plus total fund value in the event of accidental death for the base cover portion. The unique plan also offers the benefit of up to 100 per cent equity exposure during the policy period.

The plan, which is available for customers in the age group of 7-65 years, also provides liquidity through partial withdrawals after fifth policy anniversary and loan after the completion of second policy year and top-up option to the policyholder.

It is available under two minimum payment options. The regular option allows customers to pay Rs.20,000 annually, half yearly, monthly and quarterly. In the single premium option, the customer pays a minimum of Rs.50,000 only once at the beginning of the policy tenure.

Piaggio launches Ape Mini with Rs 1.73 lakh price tag NEW DELHI (PTI) -- Auto-maker Piaggio Vehicles today said it has launched a new four-wheel cargo transport mini- truck, ''Ape Mini'', at an ex-showroom price of Rs 1.73 lakh across the country.

"Ape Mini is a strategic initiative from Piaggio to further expand its share of the half-tonne market, where the company is already an undisputed leader with its Ape 3- wheeler," Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL) said in a statement.

The company had launched its Ape 3-wheeler way back back in 1999 and now has a customer base of over a million users. "Anticipating the customer''s need for a small, classy and comfortable mini truck, we conceived the Ape Mini to deliver exceptional value and a superior experience to our customers," Piaggio India CMD Ravi Chopra said.

The company claims the Ape Mini offers a mileage of 29 km per litre. Piaggio has a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant at Baramati, in Maharashtra, with an installed annual production capacity of over 200,000 three-wheelers and 100,000 four- wheelers.

Nokia’s N8 smartphone NEW DELHI (AGENCY) -- Mobile handset manufacturer Nokia Tuesday launched the Nokia N8 smartphone with Ovi services which will enable its users to create content, connect to their favourite social networks and enjoy on-demand web TV programmes.

Ovi by Nokia is the brand for Nokia's internet service which can be used by a mobile device or computer.

Keeping Indian consumers in mind, Nokia has introduced thousands of applications on the Ovi store optimised for Nokia N8.

'The consumer is in the centre of all that we do at Nokia and we are constantly innovating to enhance user experience and address user feedback,' said D. Shivakumar, vice president and managing director of Nokia India.

The smartphone, equipped with a 12-megapixel camera, will also enable the customers to make and edit high definition videos.

Priced at Rs 26,259, the phone will be available across the country from Oct 13 at Nokia priory stores.

put in Asia's third-largest econ-

omy.

Coal powers 75 percent of India's electricity output, and annual demand is expected to swell at 11 percent. The c o u n t r y, which faces a peak-hour power deficit of nearly 14 percent, plans to triple its generation capacity over the next decade.

It reported earnings per share 15.60 rupees for the fiscal ended March 2010.

According to a Reuters poll of fund managers, potential investors in state-run Coal India's IPO had expected the issue to be priced around 250 Indian rupees ($5.63) a share, or 16 times trailing earnings.

China's Shenhua Energy, the Indian miner's closest rival, trades at 16 times earnings, while smaller Indonesian peer Adaro Energy has a price-toearnings ratio of 20 1953066341 U.S. miner Peabody Energy trades at 25 times earnings.

The IPO opens on Oct. 18 and closes on Oct. 21. The listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange is expected by Nov 4.

Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Kotak Mahindra Capital, Enam Securities, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch are the managers for the offer.

Coal India's operations REUTERS MUMBAI, OCT 12

Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, is on its way to a public listing in India, slated to be the largest-ever in the country.

Following are some details on Coal India's operations: FACTS AND FIGURES d Coal India was founded in 1973 when the government nationalised many coal mines to boost output under its own supervision. d The company made a net profit of 98.337 billion rupees ($2.21 billion) in 2009/10 (AprilMarch) on revenues of 525.922 billion rupees. d A 10 percent sale for $3.5 billion would imply a total value for the company of $35 billion with total share capital of 63.16 billion rupees. d The company produced 431.26 million tonnes of coal in the year ending March 2010, up 6.82 percent year-on-year. d The world's number two coal producer is China's Shenhua Group, that is seeing an output of 360 million tonnes in 2010. d The monopoly producer accounts for over 80 percent of India's total coal output and is targeting production of 461.5 million tonnes in the current year which started in April. d The company has 471 coal mines, mostly located in eastern and central India, seven subsidiaries and a workforce of 394,041 people. d It wants to expand overseas to bridge the

Govt extends BlackBerry deadline PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 12

The government has extended till December 31 the deadline given to Research in Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry phones, to provide access to its messenger and enterprise services to the security agencies.

The decision has been taken by the Home Ministry after a meeting with representatives of RIM and the Ministry of Telecommunication.

Technical discussions on the BlackBerry Messenger Service (BMS) and BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) have been going on between the security agencies and the RIM. The latter has sought more time as the October 31 deadline given to the company was approaching.

"We are satisfied with the solution provided for the lawful interception of BMS. We want to test it for some more time while discussions on BES are still on, hence RIM has been given a fresh deadline," an official said.

According to the licensing conditions, service providers are liable to put in a mechanism allowing security agencies to intercept any conversation or message of any subscriber whenever required.

As telecom service providers like Airtel, Vodafone, RCom, the Tatas and the governmentrun BSNL and MTNL are offering BlackBerry services, it is the responsibility of these operators to ensure that the security agencies get access to all services they offer.

RIM representatives explained that BlackBerry mobile device sends encrypted emails, which are sent to BlackBerry Enterprise Server located with the service provider.

BES decrypts messages and sends them to the email server of the service provider where they remain stored in decrypted form. Then they are pushed to the BlackBerry device in encrypted form.

"We hope that final solution would be found by December 31," the official said.

As of now, voicemail, SMS and BlackBerry Internet Services (BIS) have been made available to the law enforcement agencies.

There are around one million BlackBerry subscribers in India.

RIM offers the BlackBerry services in 175 countries across the globe.

yawning gap between India's demand and supply, and is in talks for buying mining stakes in Australia, Indonesia and the United States. d Coal India has been importing small amounts of coal and plans to issue a tender for importing 6 million tonnes of coal this year mostly for power-maker NTPC Ltd. d The company has a total of 18,862.9 million tons of total reserves of which 10,595.1 million tons are proven.

CHALLENGES d Social problems are an obstacle to mine expansion with resistance from locals who are concerned about displacement. d Maoists, who say they are opposed to capitalism and have attacked some other state-run firms in east India, are another hindrance to expansion. d Bloated stocks of coal because of slow transportation have prompted top officials to consider moving into power generation to use the inventories. d Coal India will face competition from foreign miners as the government moves to reform the coal sector and allow non-domestic players to bid for blocks in joint ventures. d After selling shares, it will have to review its policy of discounting coal in order to strike a balance between its social obligations -- to keep power cheap -- and keeping investors happy with profits and dividends.

Retail discount likely REUTERS MUMBAI, OCT 12

State-owned Coal India is likely to offer a 5 percent discount on the final IPO price to retail in-

DIL eyes Rs 700 cr in imports PTI MUMBAI, OCT 12

Diamond India Ltd (DIL) today said that it may import rough diamonds worth around Rs 700-crore during this financial year. "The first six months registered a good quantum growth beyond 30-40 per cent.

We had set a target to import Rs 700 crore worth rough diamonds during this fiscal and I am sure we will achieve it," DIL Chairman Praveen Shankar Pandya told reporters on the sidelines of a conference here.

In 2009-10, DIL, a consortium of 58 traders, had imported rough diamonds worth Rs 550 crore.

He said, the US and the Middle East markets have recovered, while the European and Japanese markets are still sluggish and yet to recover.

Govt to make RBI Guv head of FSDC sub-panel PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 12

In order to address the central bank's concern over the autonomy of regulators, the government today said RBI Governor will head a sub-committee of FSDC, a body being set up to maintain financial stability.

FSDC will be headed by the Finance Minister.

After a meeting with financial sector regulators -- RBI, SEBI, IRDA and PFRDA -- on the proposed Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, "it (formation of FSDC) will be announced shortly."

Later, a Finance Ministry statement said, "The Council would have one sub-committee which would be headed by RBI Governor."

The decision to make RBI Governor head of the sub-committee of FSDC, which will also look at inter- regulatory issues, comes in the wake of the central bank expressing apprehensions over breach of regulators' autonomy by the proposed council.

The move comes on the heels of the elevation of RBI Governor's position in a recently formed joint committee, which was set up by the Finance Ministry to sort out turf

war issues between regulators.

RBI Governor was made vicechairman of the committee, as against the earlier proposal to make it merely a member.

Recently, RBI Governor D Subbarao had said that the central bank has a role greater than merely containing inflation, indicating that it too had a task of maintaining financial stability for which FSDC is being set up.

Besides, in its annual report on 2009-10, RBI had said, "During the Parliamentary debate on the Bill, the government gave an assurance that the scope of the proposed Bill will be restricted to jurisdictional disputes on regulation. In operationalising the arrangement envisaged under the Bill, it is important to ensure that the autonomy of the regulators is not compromised, either in fact or in perception."

The statement, issued after the regulators' meeting with Mukherjee, said that without prejudice to the autonomy of regulators, the council would engage in macro prudential supervision of the economy, including the functioning of large financial conglomerates and address inter-regulatory coordination issues.

"It was agreed that with a view to strengthen and institu-

tionalise the mechanism for maintaining financial stability and development, the central government would set up the apex council (FSDC)," it added.

After the meeting, Subbarao said, "We gave our suggestions."

Other regulators -- SEBI Chairman C B Bhave, IRDA Chairman J Hari Narayan and PFRDA Chairman Yogesh Agarwal did not make any comment.

The Government had earlier constituted a joint committee of the Finance Ministry and financial sector regulators to sort out jurisdiction issues, after market regulator SEBI and insurance watchdog IRDA clashed on regulation of ULIP schemes.

After passing an ordinance to this effect, the government tabled a bill in Parliament to set up a joint mechanism to resolve such disputes. The Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment) and Validation Bill, was passed by Parliament in the Monsoon session.

However, to pacify RBI, the government made the central bank governor the Vice-Chairman of the joint mechanism, with Finance Minister as its head. Like on FSDC, RBI had expressed reservations over the joint mechanism as well.

Govt nod for Rs 1,200-cr infusion in AI: Patel PTI MUMBAI, OCT 12

National air-carrier Air India is likely to receive Government approval for a Rs 1,200-crore equity infusion by month-end, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said today.

"The note for the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has been moved...I think by the end of October, we will be getting the clearance for the second tranche of Rs 1,200 crore (equity infusion)," Patel told reporters here.

The Minister, however, said there was no cap on Government's funding to the national airline, adding the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) has already discussed the issue.

After pumping in Rs 800 crore in the national airline last

year, the Government had earlier this year announced an additional Rs 1,200 crore equity infusion in Air India to help strengthen its balance-sheet.

"After the Rs 2,000 crore infusion, if required and as per SBI Cap advice, we can infuse further equity," Patel said.

Air India has mandated SBI Caps to provide it a road-map on its proposed financial restructuring, which includes debt reduction, enhancement in revenue and lowering of costs.

Patel said the airline has seen significant improvements in its revenue as well as yield on the back of an encouraging growth in traffic this year.

"There has been a marked improvement in the passenger and cargo revenue as well as

yield. This will help Air India reduce its deficit between revenue and expenditure. The airline is already substantially reducing costs," Patel said.

On the issue of restructuring of debts of airlines by the Reserve Bank of India, the Minister said certain issues relating to the proposal are being taken up with the RBI. "Reserve Bank of India has taken a considerate view on the issue. However, there are some further issues and these can also be addressed. We will take up these issues with the RBI and the Finance Ministry," he said.

Patel said the domestic aviation industry has seen good growth this year, clocking around 20 per cent upward growth.

vestors and employees of the world's largest coal miner, three sources with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.

The Indian government is selling roughly 631.6 million Coal India shares, or 10 percent of the company, making it the country's largest initial public offering. The sale opens on

Monday and closes on Oct. 21.

Earlier, the chairman of Coal India said a newspaper report an Indian government panel was likely to recommend a price band of 220-240 rupees a share for its IPO was incorrect.

A decision on the price band for the IPO will be taken by a group of ministers later on Tuesday.

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mation about Liu's wife, who apparently is under house arrest.

He did not directly answer questions about whether Liu Xia who has not been convicted of violating Chinese law - would be allowed to go to Norway to accept the prize on her husband's behalf.

The Nobel Committee is based in Norway but is a private organization. Ma, however, made it clear that China especially blames the Norwegian government for the award.

Ma says the Norwegian government supports what he described as the Nobel Committee's "erroneous decision." He also says the move has hurt relations and has, in his words, "made the Chinese people unhappy."

He gave no details about how Norway can improve relations, but said only that "a responsible government should know what

A volunteer street cleaner has found a bag containing 8 small bricks of military C4 explosives in a historic cemetery in New York's East Village, on Tuesday.

Ray Kelly, police chief said, the deadly explosives bag was found by a cleaner at Marble Cemetery. When he looked inside the contents it looked very suspicious, so he called the police.

Immediately, police officers and bomb squad specialists moved to the Marble Cemetery, and closed the area to traffic.

The package found in the Cemetery contained eight sticks of C4 weighing just over a pound each, police said.

"There is writing on the explosives and it appears to be military,' Police chief, Kelly said.

He said there was no detonating device inside the bag and police is investigating the matter.

AGENCIES BEIJING, OCT 12

China has again lashed out at the granting of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo. A Foreign Ministr y spokesman also made clear that Beijing blames the Norwegian government for the award.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu criticized the Nobel Committee for awarding this year's Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo - whom he did not mention by name.

Ma says the Nor wegian Nobel committee's decision to present the Peace Prize to a Chinese convict shows no respect for the Chinese judicial system.

Ma also said Tuesday that is up to Chinese judicial authorities whether Liu Xiaobo will be allowed to go to Oslo to receive his prize in person.

Ma also said he had no infor-

it has to do."

Ma also did not have any direct answer to a question about whether China plans to retaliate against all countries that support Liu's Nobel.

Fellow dissident Dai Qing said she shed tears when she heard the news.

Dai says she cried because since the People's Republic of China was founded 60 years ago, she felt so many Chinese people have been bullied, murdered or exiled. Now, she says, the award is a signal that there are people around the world who support Chinese dissidents.

Dai says she does not always agree with Liu Xiaobo, but wholeheartedly welcomes the award. She says the award is not just for one person. She calls Liu a symbol for all Chinese activists, many of whom are less well known and, therefore, easily forgotten.

AGENCIES NEW YORK, OCT 12

A general view of the 92,000 ton Queen Elizabeth cruise vessel for the Cunard Line, docked at Southampton, prior to her maiden voyage. Queen Elizabeth II named the vessel at a ceremony in Southampton. Her Majesty was then given a tour of the new liner starting with a visit to the Bridge before proceeding to The Queen's Room to view a portrait commissioned by Cunard of Her Majesty.

Obama condoles Afghan rescue tragedy AGENCIES KABUL, OCT 12

In a phone call to Number 10, the US president offered his condolences to David Cameron and promised a full investigation.

"The president offered his condolences for the death of Linda Norgrove," a spokesman for the prime minister said.

They agreed that the decision to launch the rescue operation had been right, given the grave danger to Linda's life, and that US forces had shown great courage. The Prime Minister and the president agreed that it was now essential to get to the bottom of what had happened in the course of the rescue

operation."

Miss Norgrove was killed on Friday in Kunar province, northern Afghanistan, when US forces tried to free her from kidnappers who had held her for more than two weeks. The new information was disclosed after footage of the mission was reviewed.

Mr Cameron said yesterday that Miss Norgrove, 36, may have been killed by US forces in an operation authorised by the British.

Mr Cameron said: "I am deeply sorry and distressed that it has not worked out in the way we all wanted it to work out, but you have to take a decision and I think the decision was the right one."

British officials had previously insisted that Miss Norgrove was killed by her captors using a grenade or suicide belt.

In an emotional statement, Mr Cameron promised that there would be a "full US-UK investigation" into Miss Norgrove's death.

"We must get to the bottom of what happened and make sure first of all that the family get this information and they know exactly how their wonderful daughter died," he said.

Shortly afterwards, the US military's Central Command issued a statement that Maj Gen Joseph Votel would conduct the investigation. "The team will work in close co-operation with UK authori-

Indian helps Kazakh woman in labour UNI DUBAI, OCT 12

A Kazakh woman gave birth to a baby boy in the lobby of a Dubai hotel, with only the Indian bellboy standing by to assist her.

The Kazakh woman had got down to the lobby from her 17th floor room to go to a hospital when the contractions started. ''I saw her leaning on the sofa and when I rushed to her and asked her if she needed a wheelchair, she told me to get two towels,'' Ram Chandra Sharma, the bellboy at the Grand Midwest Hotel in the Dubai Media City told the Gulf News. He said he knew the couple well as they had been staying at the hotel for the past two months.

ties," it said.

Following a conversation between Mr Cameron and Barack Obama last night, government sources said the two leaders agreed there would be "close cooperation between the authorities on the investigation".

Obama told the Prime Minister he was "heartbroken" by Miss Norgrove's death.

Maj Gen Votel is chief of staff of US Special Operations Command, which oversees US special forces teams in Afghanistan. In April, Afghan officials said US special forces soldiers shot dead women and children then dug the bullets out of their bodies with knives and denied the killings.

French strikes hit air, rail travel AGENCIES PARIS, OCT 12

The confrontation between the French government and unions over plans to reform the pension system intensified on Tuesday

as transport and energy workers, teachers and civil servants went on strike across the country.

Unions in some sectors — including transport, ports and power — have toughened their stance, threatening to prolong the strikes. They have given local chapters the authority to decide on a daily basis whether to renew the action. Unions have also called another day of demonstrations on Saturday.

On Tuesday, according to the national train operator S.N.C.F, intercity trains to Paris were running at only one-third of normal frequency, while rural services were more seriously disrupted.

Oprah school worker acquitted of sex charge REUTERS JOHANNESBURG, OCT 12

A South African court found a former employee of a school founded by US TV star Oprah Winfrey not guilty of sexually assaulting students, a prosecutor's office spokesman said. ''She was found not guilty,'' Mthunzi Mhaga, a spokesman for the National Prosecuting Authority, told Reuters.

Tiny Virginia Makopo faced 14 charges of assault, including the sexual assault of students, the SAPA news agency said.

Much of the testimony was held behind closed doors at the Magistrates Court in Sebokeng to protect the students who are minors, it said yesterday.

The popular American talk show host spent millions of dollars to open The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in a town south of Johannesburg in early 2007 to provide a highquality education for impoverished girls.

The service was normal on the Eurostar trains to London, and trains to Belgium and Germany were running at two-thirds of normal schedules.

The RER commuter trains into Paris were running at under 50 percent, while there were also disruptions on the Paris subway and bus system.

Airports were predicting significant disruption to flights as air traffic controllers and Air France staff joined the walkout.

At Roissy Charles de Gaulle and Beauvais airports, 30 percent of flights were expected to be canceled, and about 50 percent at Orly. Long-haul flights were expected to be maintained, however.

Unions at ports, refineries, the chemical industry and representing civil servants, postal and communication workers and in education have also given the go-ahead for action.

News reports citing union officials suggested power output at Électricité de France’s nuclear plants had declined and said that workers at 7 of the country’s 12 refineries had voted to strike, stemming deliveries to and from sites and curbing refining rates.

An ongoing strike at oil terminals in Marseille continued Tuesday, prompting concerns about fuel shortages, notably on the island of Corsica, which is supplied from the mainland but is receiving fuel through Italy and Spain.

Try Musharraf for treason: Sharif PTI LAHORE, OCT 12

Dubbing former military dictator Pervez Musharraf as "most corrupt, callous, immoral and ruthless ruler of Pakistan", the Nawaz Sharif led PML-N has demanded that the government seek Interpol help to bring him back home

to face trial for treason.

Making public a chargesheet against Musharraf who ousted PML-N Government in a bloodless coup 11 years ago, the Party has said the former dictators' misdeeds included imposition of martial law, Kargil misadventure in which 800 officers and

men of the Army were sacrificed, concealing the war from public, murder of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti and killings in the Lal Masjid.

The 10-page chargesheet comes at a time when Musharraf has launched a move to return to active politics.