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EMBATTLED RAJA QUITS PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 14

Yielding to relentless pressure, controversial A Raja resigned tonight as Telecom Minister after being ordered to do so by his party, DMK, in the wake of allegations that he caused a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the exchequer while allocating 2G Spectrum two years ago.

Raja, the 57-year-old lawyerpolitician, who got the coveted portfolio after the exit of Dayanidhi Maran in 2007 and retained it after the May, 2009 elections, drove to Prime Min-

In order to avoid embarrassment to the Government and maintain peace and harmony in Parliament, my leader (DMK chief M Karunanidhi) has advised me to resign.

— A Raja ister’s residence late tonight to hand in his resignation after steadfastly refusing to do so for the past few days even as the opposition paralysed Parliament demanding his ouster.

The resignation was submitted after he returned to Delhi from Chennai where he met the party chief and state Chief Minister M Karunanidhi twice in the last 24 hours.

“In order to avoid embarrassment to the Government and maintain peace and harmony in Parliament, my leader (DMK chief M Karunanidhi) has advised me to resign,” Raja said.

There was speculation that the telecom portfolio would go to a DMK nominee, possibly Karunanidhi’s daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi or T R Baalu who had earlier been a Cabinet minister.

After meeting the Prime Minister, Raja, the Dalit face of DMK, told reporters that he tendered his resignation on the basis of

advice given by “my beloved leader Karunanidhi”.

“I have tendered my resignation to the PM to avoid further embarrassment to the government and avoid disruption of proceedings in Parliament. I have resigned.

“That does not mean I am accepting everything. I will come clean and I will prove that I did everything according to the law.

I wanted to send a message across to the people. Whatever I have done is in accordance with the rules. I will prove it,” he said.

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Sports: Advani opens Pg 16 gold account Consider Goans on highway toll, CM asks Centre PTI PANJIM, NOV 14

Quelling the opposition for national highway expansion, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat today said he has asked the Union Road Transport Ministry to give special consideration to the State as far as toll for the locals is concerned.

“I have demanded with the Union Ministry that toll within 40-km radius from the toll booth should not be charged for the locals,” Kamat said, adding that if this happens almost 80 per cent of the people will be saved from paying the toll.

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Pvt buses to stay off roads on Nov 22 HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 14

Peeved over the recent decision of not all allowing private buses to operate from the old bus stand in Margao, the All Goa Private Bus Owners’ Association on Sunday gave a one-day token strike call all over the State on November 22.

Addressing a press conference over the issue in the city, President AGPBOA Sudip Tamankar said this recent development and other pending issues had forced them to go on strike.

“We have been operating from the old bus stand for years.

This sudden decision has inconvenienced us. There has been no suitable explanation for this move,” he observed.

Tamankar said they will be protesting in front of the offices of the deputy collectors, who are the chairmen of the regional transport offices. Besides the recent issue, there are other pending issues, which we have duly highlighted in the media and the authorities are aware but are doing nothing, he maintained.

Incidentally, the AGPBOA strike call comes when schools reopen after the Diwali vacation.

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CIVIC FORUM People use gutter at Cuncolim

‘Act tough against trouble makers at Moti Dongor’ HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 14

Vishal D’Costa, Cuncolim The photograph shows the open gutter at Cuncolim, which is used by pedestrians as an approach road to the bus stand. Recently, one person died in a hit-and-run case. So also, speed breakers are required at the entrance and exit point on main road.

Demarcation of parking lots Moon Charles Afonso, Vasco

Parking is in such chaos, especially when it comes to four wheelers in the city. We need to have properly defined and regulated parking areas for four and two wheelers. Vehicles are either parked haphazardly, preventing other vehicles from parking, or parked so closely that one cannot get into his own vehicle. This leads to a lot of denting and scratching. One suggestion is to have lines marked so that each vehicle can be parked within the slot and if found to be inappropriately parked, action should be taken. Parking of vehicles inappropriately (two wheelers parked in four wheeler parking and vice versa) also should be taken care off not just for a bief moment but until people get used to the system.

Horticulture vehicle

As tension flared up at Moti Dongor again with miscreants damaging a motorcycle late last night, senior police officials have instructed the men-in-uniform to come down against trouble makers with a heavy hand.

As a first measure, Margao Sub-divisional Police Officer, DySP Umesh Gaonkar told the Margao police to round up all youngsters loitering atop the hillock after 11 pm from Sunday.

DySP Gaonkar along with Margao PI Santosh Desai rushed to Moti Dongor on Sunday morning after last night’s motorcycle damage incident.

“Enough is enough. There won’t be any more talking or negotiations with any groups at Moti Dongor. The police gave enough opportunities to the rival groups to settle their problems amicably. The damage caused to the motorcycle is a indication that things have not been resolved by the groups”, DySP Gaonkar told Herald.

He said that strict instructions

off duty lifeguard saves one from drowning HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 14

Gregory E. D'Souza, Siolim

It is heartening to know the vehicle carrying essential commodities like tomatoes, sugar, oil and cereals from the Horticulture Department is now making a stop in the jurisdiction of Siolim-Marna panchayat once in fifteen days. I request the authorities to increase the frequency by making it once in every week on a particular day and include a stop at the SFX School. This would make the scheme very successful since there are lots of parents who wait to collect their children can also buy these items from this vehicle. At present, not many people are aware of this scheme. The panchayat can also put up a board with details of the timing and stops were the people can wait and collect these items.

Speed breaker needed Nelson Lopes, Chinchinim

The junction on NH17 at Dandeavado ,Chinchinim has 3 crossroads. In the past, this has been the spot of many a chilling, deadly accident. It is a blind junction with the view of the NH17 completely obstructed. The road from Chinchinim joining the highway is sloping. Student and host of others, forced to cross this stretch daily, are in great danger. It is noted that such speed breakers are installed on NH17 at Dramapur, Sirlim.and Panzorcone, strangely skipping Dandeavado, where it is most needed. Political undercurrents can be the only explanation. The PWD Minister has been informed with a site sketch. In fact soon after this request a lady lost her life meeting with accident at the place. Navelim speed breakers are notified recently. It is sincerely hoped that the case at Dandeavado will receive the attention overdue.

Pathetic Roads Venan B Dias, Santo Estevam

During my recent visit to Goa, I saw the pathetic condition of roads in Goa, the so-called tourist destination. Being a Goan myself, I was dismayed to see the stretch from GIM to Ribandar crossroad (Teen Watt junction). There are potholes at every nook and corner of the road and if you are on a bike or a fourwheeler you are sure to end up paying more to the mechanic.

Even a prestigious institute like GIM does not make the authorities think of a solution to this problem. It would be better if the Government of Goa instead of wasting money on IFFI and other events not concerning the Aam Admi focused more on the basic necessities, which would make a real difference to the common man.

Do you have a complaint against some authority or service? Are there any violations of the law that you would like to bring to the notice of the public? Do you have any suggestions for improvement and/or redressal of services?

If you do, then write to us at editor@herald-goa.com. With the aim of improving the quality of our civic life, every Monday Herald will publish the best letters on these subjects received during the week. This is in addition to our regular ‘Letters to the Editor’ column.

He was off duty but a Drishti Surf lifeguard was at the right place and at the right time when he saved a resident of PatnemCanacona from drowning in the Talpona river on Friday.

According to Drishti reports, Madan Pondekar (32) lost his balance while riding a twowheeler and fell off the bridge and into the Talpona River. Drishti lifeguard Kalpesh Pagi was returning home when he noticed the incident.

He immediately jumped into the river and saved the rider and brought him safely out of the river. Pondekar was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital in a 108 Ambulance.

Admitting that the lifeguard wasn’t trained for the rescue in the dark, the Drishti Team has appreciated the brave lifeguard who jumped into the river without a second thought and saved the rider in the dark without any aid or back-up.

have gone to the police to round up anyone found loitering atop the hillock after 11 pm. “Instructions have gone to the police to round up people loitering after 11 pm. Only after verification and inquiry, the concerned persons will be released the next day”, he added.

Margao PI Santosh Desai said the Margao police have registered a non-cognizable case following the damage caused to the motorcycle. “The police are maintaining a close vigil at Moti Dongor”, he added.

Sources in the know said that a meeting took place at the Masjid a top the hillock this morning, but what has transpired at the meeting is not known so far. It is also not known whether the meeting was called to discuss the situation or routine matters of the religious body.

Sources said the police have identified two main rival groups, one owning allegiance to the Chief Minister and the other which supported the candidates fielded by opposition in the recent Margao municipal polls.

19 Lamanis held for harassing tourists HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 14

Calangute and Anjuna Police on Sunday arrested 19 Lamanis on charges of harassing tourists at Calangute, Baga and Anjuna beaches.

Calangute Police arrested 15 lamanis on charges of disturbing foreign tourists, who were relaxing on the beaches along the Calangute and Baga coasts.

Calangute Police have also registered 30 cases of smoking in public places.

Calangute Police also arrested two persons for allegedly playing loud music under the Noise Pollution Act. Anjuna Police have also registered 10 cases of smoking in public places and arrested four lamanis on charges of harassing tourists at Anjuna beaches.

Meanwhile, Anjuna Police have registered an offense against the locals for alleged extortion of money. According to Anjuna Police, Nirvana Nest Buildcon Manager Krishnan Kumar (Andha) in his complaint stated that locals demanded a sum of Rs 15 lakh from the company to permit construction of a building at Vagator. PSI Pilgaonkar is investigating.

Gujarat native held for cheating HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, NOV 14

Mapusa Police arrested a native of Gujarat on charges of committing fraud and cheating many people from Mapusa.

According to Mapusa Police, accused Parveen Rajani was mostly dealing in furniture items and his modus operandi was that he used to pretend that he is dealing in furniture items. On receipt of orders from the customers, he was demanding some advance money and on getting the money, he would disappear.

In his complaint, Nitin Karekar from Mapusa told Mapusa Police that he had placed an order with Rajani for supply of furniture on August 1, 2010, and paid Rajani an advance Rs 43,000. But the accused did not execute his order nor was he traceable in Mapusa.

PSI Nitin Halarnkar, who was investigating the case, traced all the bogus activities resorted to by the accused and kept a vigil on him.

Police further informed that they received the information few days ago that the accused arrived in Goa and was staying at Santa Cruz. However, by the time Mapusa Police could nab the accused, they learnt that Rajani has changed his residence and has shifted to Porvorim.

PSI Halarnkar swung into action and rushed to Porvorim with his team on Saturday night and nabbed the accused.

Police Inspector Rajesh Kumar said the accused is a professional criminal and uses all possible ways and means of duping people.

“The accused would even publish advertisements in newspapers to get work orders and later cheat the people,” informed PI Kumar.

It was also revealed that the accused would change his residence often while in Goa. He used to steal and rob items wherever he was staying on rent and hoodwink the people and police by traveling to his native place in Gujarat, informed PI Kumar.

DFF to honour Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee

Dindi gets underway in Margao

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 14

The Dindi festivities got underway in the Commercial capital on Sunday.

The festivities were inaugurated at the hands of the Chairman of the Dindi Festival Committee, Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat in the presence of Fatorda MLA Damu Naik, and members of the Hari Mandir committee.

In his brief address, the Chief Minister said the government would provide wholehearted support to the famous festival, especially when it is celebrating its centenary year this year.

While saying that the festivities have coincided with the Children’s Day, Kamat called for greater participation of the people in the Dindi festivities.

The main Dindi festival will be held on November 19 and the festivities will culminate the following day at Hari Mandir.

Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee would be felicitated during inaugural of IFFI 2010, sources stated.

Directorate of Film Festival (DFF) has decided to honour Bajpayee for his contribution to new emerging cinema, officials said.

IFFI 2010 inauguration is likely to take place at the hands of Indian film industry’s legend Yash Chopra. Ajay Deugan, who recently shot in Goa during his Golmaal 3, will also be present for the inauguration.

Union Railway Minister Mamata Benerjee will also be present as the chief guest along with state Governor Dr S S Sidhu and chief minister Digamber Kamat.

“I am very happy and humbled by this decision. They selected me for my work that is yet more rewarding,” Bajpayee is quoted as saying in a website dedicated to Indian cinema.

He said that to be honored and facilitated in the presence of international film fraternity is definitely great.

“For me, as an actor, film making is a constant changing process.

Indian cinema has come a long way and my contribution to it has brought me pleasure. As an artiste, I too, I have evolved along with it,” he added.

Bajpayee has played memorable roles in films like Bandit Queen, Satya, Shool, Aks, Pinjar and recent one is Raajneeti.

Goa Governor S S Sidhu with the Ambassador of Portugal in India, Luis Castro Mendes, when he called on him at Raj Bhavan on Sunday.

Dignitaries skip function on the ship HERALD REPORTER VASCO, NOV 14

A lunch hosted by the officer of NRP Sagres, Portuguese ship, became a flop, as most of the dignitaries skipped the onboard function on the ship anchored at Berth No 10 of Mormugao Port Trust on Sunday.

Governor Dr S S Sidhu and Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, who conveyed their message that they would be not attending the function, did not attend the lunch party amid protests by freedom fighters and the opposition party, who are condemning the arrival of ship in the State to mark 500 years of circumnavigation of Portugal and glorify its rule in Goa. Speaker Assembly Pratapsingh Rane, Power Minister Alexio Sequeira, Chief Secretary Sanjeev Shrivastav and Flag Officer of Goa Naval Area Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai also skipped the function.

Vasco Police deployed police force at the entrance of the port as well as inside the port, where the ship is anchored, to avoid law and order problem.

Public who had turned up to visit the ship had to return back as only VVIPS were listed for the function on Sunday.

CM, Ravi Naik inspect Bicholim police station HERALD CORRESPONDENT MAYEM, NOV 14

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Home Minister Ravi Naik recently visited Bicholim to take stock of the dilapidated Bicholim Police station.

According to sources, Kamat and Naik expressed shock over the dilapidated condition of the building of Bicholim police station.

Home Minister Naik, who was well aware about the state of affairs of Bicholim police station, requested the chief minister to undertake the construction of new police station building as

early as possible.

After verifying the file pertaining to the new police station building, Kamat assured to look into the matter as to why the file is pending.

The chief minister also assured to undertake the construction of new building as early as possible to give the end problem faced by Bicholim Police.

Kamat and Naik were accompanied by Block President Naresh Sawal, BMC Chairperson Anisha Vernekar and Deputy Chairperson Shashikant Halarnkar.

Ship’s visit condemned HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 14

The Catholics for Devnagiri has joined the chorus of protests against the arrival of the Portuguese boat NRP Sagres at Vasco and has urged Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat to turn down the invitation to visit the boat.

President of Catholics for Devnagiri Serafino Cota condemned the visit of the boat to Goa and have demanded that boat leave the Goan shores immediately.

He said it would have been a different thing if the boat had to come in 1998 to commemorate the discovery of the sea route to India, but the commemoration of the 500 years of the conquest of Goa is certainly not acceptable, more so when the people of Goa are bracing up to obser ve the 50 years of Liberation from the Portuguese yoke.

Meanwhile, a public meeting was held at the White Hall in Cuncolim on Sunday evening wherein speakers condemned the visit of the Portuguese ship to Goa and the commemoration of the 500 years of conquest of Goa. The speakers strongly condemned the plans of the Goa government led by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to welcome the Portuguese ship to Goa. Speakers, including freedom fighters and youth leaders, recalled the valiant sacrifices made by the freedom fighters, including the hundreds of freedom fighters from Cuncolim and neighbouring villages.

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 14

Another Pangolin rescued HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 14

Yet another Pangolin was rescued from Salcete’s coastal belt in a space of a fortnight.

This time, the Pangolin was writhing in pain on a tree after it got entangled to a creeper, before a youngster from the locality, John Fernandes rescued the ant eater from a certain death.

“I was called to Gujjir Mam’s place after they heard sounds of cries on the tree. When I went to inquire, I found the Pangolin crying in pain as it’s neck got trapped on the tree”, John recalled.

After rescuing the ant eater, John took it inside the house where many neighbours came to have a glimpse of the Pangolin.

He said that the Forest officials came within minutes to take possession of the Pangolin

BMC deputy assures all-round development HERALD CORRESPONDENT MAYEM, NOV 14

The Pangolin that was rescued at Pedda-Varca on Sunday morning.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

and the mammal was handed over to the officials after they produced their identity. “Initially, I resisted the move by a man to take away the Pangolin, but the man showed his identity as being a forest official”, he added.

A fortnight ago, a Pangolin was rescued from Orlim on November 1 after it had strayed in the garden of residential house.

Animal lover Julio Quadros informed that the Pangolin will be released at the Bondla sanctuary.

Newly elected Deputy Chairperson of Bicholim Municipal Council (BMC) Shashikant Naik has assured to undertake allround development of Bicholim town.

Naik was addressing the gathering on the occasion of a get-

together organized by his supporters at Our Lady of Grace Church Hall, Bicholim, on Saturday evening.

The deputy chairperson said that he would give priority to the welfare of downtrodden sections of the community.

Naik also informed about development works under-

taken by him after he took over as deputy chairperson.

Works includes commissioning of 108 ambulance, sanitation, etc.

Dr Guruprasad Kapdi, Ramesh Gawas, BMC Councilor Kamla Teli and Karuna Govekar were present on the occasion.

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protests against NH17 widening in Salcete HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 14

The agitation against the proposed NH-17 widening has surfaced in Salcete taluka. While residents of Nuvem and Verna took to the streets at Dongorim opposing the highway, the village panchayat of Navelim in PWD Minister Churchill Alemao’s home constituency opposed the highway alignment passing through the villages of Navelim and Telaulim. Armed with placards and banners, agitated residents of Nuvem and Verna assembled at Dongorim and opposed the proposed highway alignment through the water bodies.

Led by Nuvem Zilla Panchayat member, Wilfred D’Sa, the protestors warned the government to respect the sentiments of the people or face their wrath.

“For the last one year and half, we have been making rounds of the PWD Office and other Minister for a copy of a plan, but till date the plan is not made public by the authorities”, lamented D’Sa. He said the authorities have told them that the proposed highway would be passing through the River Sal at Nuvem, raising apprehensions that the eco sensitive zones in the villages of Nuvem, Verna and Nagoa would be severely affected if the highway is passed as per this alignment. “These water bodies help in water conservation in these villages. The wells would go dry if these rich natural resources are destroyed to make way for the highway”, he asserted.

Strongly opposing the highway, D’Sa wondered why the

Villagers of Nuvem and Verna opposing the proposed NH-17 widening passing through the River Sal and other water bodes in Nuvem.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

government is planning to take the highway through the water bodies and fields when land is already acquired long ago for the highway. Another protestor, a science teacher by profession, warned the government that the villagers of Nuvem and Verna would take the agitation to its logical conclusion till the project is scrapped..

Saying the highway would divide the villages and destroy the rich natural habitat, she said the government decision to take the highway by the side of River Sal would destroy the natural habitat.

“If the government seriously think of the environment, they should practice the same and scrap the project”, she said, adding that it is not just the question of saving the houses of people, but the project would affect the whole of Goa. “This highway alignment passing through Goa is just a corridor for the states of Maharashtra

GBA kick-starts postcard campaign in Moira for RP HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 14

The Moira Civic and Consumer Forum in tandem with Goa Bachao Abhiyan and on the occasion of Children’s Day kickstarted its postcard campaign “Save Goa for us children’ with a message to the leaders concerned at the Centre to impress upon the State Government to finalise the Regional Plan 2021 at the earliest.

Even though the Government has assured the whole plan will be ready by March 2011, a meeting of the MCCF today expressed little faith in the Chief Minister with a suggestion coming forth that they should address the postcards only to All India Congress Committee President Sonia Gandhi.

Convenor GBA Sabina Martins said after the Diwali vacation ends the campaign will spread

to schools and colleges where students will be asked to send postcard messages to Sonia, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, youth Congress President Rahul Gandhi and other key decision-making leaders.

Martins reiterated besides the demand for finalisation of the RP their major thrust is upon saving the eco-sensitive zones and restriction of constructions to 50 FAR (floor area ratio). She appealed to the people to approach their MLA with the demands and see his response and spoke on bringing a change in governance.

Representatives of other neighbouring villages like Nachinola and Aldona also supported the call given by the GBA at the meeting. Local leaders like Sunita Rodricks, Vigilia D'Sa, Venita Coelho, Oscar Lobo, Floriano Lobo and Rupesh Mahambre spoke at the meeting.

Hearing on Mhadei tribunal in SC today HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 22

The Centre on Monday will make its stand known in the Supreme Court on the formation of the much-awaited tribunal to resolve the water dispute between Goa and Karnataka, which has taken up work on the Kalsa Bandura project opposed by the former.

Chief Engineer Water Resources Department Sandeep Nadkarni said the matter was coming up for hearing tomor-

row (Nov 15).

“We don’t know the decision of the Centre. A team of the State Government’s team is camping in New Delhi and will attend the hearing tomorrow,” he stated.

The court had given the Centre three weeks to notify the constitution of the tribunal to solve row. The bench of the court had asserted if the Centre failed to notify the tribunal then it would be forced to pass an order in this regard.

Heavy showers pound Vasco; flight diverted HERALD REPORTER VASCO, NOV 14

Heavy showers accompanied by gusty wind and lightning on Sunday evening brought Vasco to a standstill with uprooting of trees, power disruption and a flight diversion.

The showers that lasted nearly 45 minutes commenced at about 3.30 pm, forcing the people to remain indoors.

One flight, which was supposed to land at Dabolim airport, was diverted back to Mumbai.

Airport Director D Pual Manickam informed that a domestic flight from Mumbai was diverted back due to bad weather, otherwise the operation was normal at the airport.

According to Vasco Fire Brigade, three trees uprooted at three different places due to gusty winds and heavy showers.

A tree that fell in Maimollem was cleared by the people be-

fore the Fire Brigade could reach the site. A mango tree fell on the changing room of a resort in Hollant-Bogmalo, besides damaging window of a stationary car.

Vasco Fire brigade also cleared an uprooted tree near the Khapreshwar Temple, Headland Sada, Mormugao.

The power supply was disrupted during the heavy showers. However, the power supply was restored in some parts of Vasco.

However, no reports of any casualty were reported.

The unprecedented showers too disrupted sporting activities and cultural programme.

A GFA Professional League match between Salgaocar and Dempo at Tilak Maidan, Vasco, was also called off due to heavy showers, while the Women Festival at Chicalim Panchayat ground was also called off due to heavy showers.

and Karnataka. The project will in no way benefit the people of Goa”, she added. The protestors carried placards conveying message loud and clear that the highway project is disastrous for the state.

At Navelim village, the gram sabha held on Sunday opposed the highway once again. A resolution tabled by Sidharth Karapurkar stated that the highway would affect the internal roads leading to Sinquetim and Telaulim and would result on acquisition of land for road diversions.

The gram sabha members lamented that the PWD authorities have till date not addressed their concerns and asked Sarpanch Paul Pereira to send reminders to the PWD department on a priority basis.

“At the last meeting, the gram sabha had opposed the highway.

We again reiterated our opposition to the highway project at today’s meeting”, Karapurkar asserted.

Expansion of sewage treatment plant at Sirvodem opposed HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 14

Demanding scrapping of the land acquisition process to acquire fields for the expansion of Margao sewage treatment plant at Sirvodem, Navelim villagers on Sunday have resolved to write to the Margao Municipal Council to stop to the discharge of city’s sewage into the once picturesque Saipem Lake.

The gram sabha have also resolved to protect the River Sal from further pollution. A proposal was mooted to save the eco-sensitive areas on the banks of the river and to dredge the river to curb pollution.

While opposing the land acquisition process to acquire the fields for the expansion of the sewage treatment plant, the gram sabha tabled a resolution to implement the National Farmer’s policy in the village and to scrap the land acquisition process.

The gram sabha expressed concern over the deteriorating condition of the River Sal with members demanding urgent ac-

tion to protect the river, the eco sensitive zones and its tributaries.

Sarpanch Paul Pereira later told newsmen that the Panchayat would write to the Margao Municipal Chief Officer to stop the discharge of Margao’s sewage into the Saipem lake.

“The Panchayat would ask for a joint inspection with the Margao Civic body to work out a solution to the pollution”, he added.

He said the gram sabha has further resolved to ask the landlords to register their tenants with the police and the village Panchayat.

The gram sabha members have also asked the Crime branch to dish out crime statistics pertaining to the Navelim village. A similar request would go to the health authorities to provide information on the status of malaria and other vector borne diseases in the village.

Gram sabha member Sidharth Karapurkar said the members have told the Sarpanch to also request the local MLA to de-

3 hurt in lightning HERALD CORRESPONDENT MAyEM, NOV 14

Three persons were seriously injured, after lightning struck their residence at Mulgao-Bicholim late Saturday night.

According to reports, Sanjay Krishna Parab along with his two friends, Ajay and Tushar Parab, from Mulgao were rushed to PHC Bicholim. They were later discharged.

The incident occurred when Sanjay, Ajay and Tushar were sitting in the corridor of the house, when the lightning struck on the electricity meter box.

The impact was such that all three youth were injured, as broken pieces of the meter box fell on their faces.

mand early notification of the Regional Plan 2021 and demanded a freeze of construction activity at 50 FAR till the finalization of the plan.

Given that the village is celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Rosary on November 17, the gram sabha members suggested to the Panchayat to place bins in the market place for collection of plastic waste.

Sapranch Pereira later told the members that the Panchayat body in coordination with NGOs will organize a plastic drive on November 30 in the village.

Shiroda man succumbs

MARCEL(HC): A 40-year-old man from Shiroda died of burn injuries after he allegedly set himself on fire. According to Ponda police, Vithal kamat of Daboli-Shiroda reportedly doused himself in kerosene and set himself ablaze in his house at around 11 am.

Police said the deceased was disturbed since the last few days. He is survived by his wife and three children.

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S H O RT TA K E S Credit society opened at Bicholim

American to play lead role in Goan film HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 14

Home Minister Ravi Naik inaugurates the Co-operative Society at Bicholim.

Photo by Vishant Vaze

MAYEM(HC): Home Minister Ravi Naik said success of any co-operative institution depends upon sincerity, dedication and devotion shown by the Society members.

He was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the 10th branch of Bhandari Urban Co-operative Credit Society at Bicholim market recently.

Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar, Naresh Sawal, BMC Councilor Ankita Vernekar, Riyaz Beig, Shashikant Halarnkar, Chairman Mohan Naik and Registrar of Cooperative Societies P K Velip Kanekar were present on the occasion.

MLA Patnekar, Sawal and Kanekar also spoke on the occasion.

Narendra is MD of IOB PANJIM (HND): Manjunath Narendra recently took charge as Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Overseas Bank.

Narendra started as an officer trainee with the corporation bank in 1975 and was with this Bank till November 2008. He was appointed by GoI as Executive Director, Bank of India, on November 6, 2008 and held this position, till his present assignment at IOB. M Narendra said that the bank aims at growing its advances by Rs 14,000 crore and deposits by Rs 29,000 crore in the second half of the year, which sharply contrasts with the figures of the second half of last year, Rs 2,000 crore of advances and Rs 1,300 crore of deposits.

The bank today announced a waiver of processing fees for its home loans, valid up to March.

MDAP organised at Canacona CANACONA(HC): Health workers under Canacona Community Health Centre (CHC) commenced four-day Mass Drug Administration Program (MDAP) in the taluka to eliminate Filariasis, commonly known as Elephantiasis.

According to local health sources, health workers will visit all the residential areas and administer drugs under the programme to about 46,000 residents from the taluka.

A health worker informed that all residents above two years, except pregnant women and people with specific medication, will be given necessary drugs (DEC + Albendazole tablets) by the health workers. The programme will be continued till Saturday.

Bicholim Rotary Club efforts lauded MAYEM(HC): Dr Digambar Naik has lauded the efforts of Bicholim Rotary Club for undertaking various social welfare programmes since the last 17 years.

Dr Naik was addressing the gathering on the occasion of 17th Charter Night of Rotary International Bicholim at Rotary Hall, Bicholim, on Wednesday.

Rotary Governor Gaurish Dhond, President Rajkumar Kamat and Secretary Sandesh Burye were present on the occasion.

On the occasion, senior teacher Shyam Pai Kuchelkar, senior advocate Raghoba Fadte and businessman Ramkrishna Malgaonkar were felicitated by Dr Naik with a shawl, srifal and memento for their dedication towards the society.

Earlier, President Rajkumar Kamat gave a welcome speech, Sandesh Burye read the annual report, while Sandesh Burye proposed the vote of thanks.

Wild boar rescued from well at Bicholim

‘An Incredible India’ campaign guy will be playing lead role in Rajendra Talak’s O Maria film, which will be premiered for IFFI 2010.

Cory Goldberg, an American, who featured in ‘Incredible India’ campaign, has played a lead role in the film, which speaks about a foreigner who arrives in Goa. “I saw Cory in the Incredible India campaign. He was shown bathing elephant and finally signing incredible India card. He appealed me and thereafter I started looking out for him,” Talak, a national award winning, director said.

Talak later started scouting for the actor in Mumbai and contacted several agents. “Fi-

HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, NOV 14

Expressing happiness that the BJP-backed panel succeeded in forming the ruling group of Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC), Mapusa MLA Francis D’Souza said lot of developmental works are in the pipeline for Mapusa town.

Speaking to media persons, D’Souza stated that he is confident that the ruling panel will endeavour to get the projects completed soon.

“Tender of the new fish market and vegetable market for Rs 7 crore and Rs 1.5 crore respectively has already been issued.

The land for construction of new bus stand has also been acquired,” he said.

“The process of land acquisition for setting up garbage treatment has begun. The JAICA Cell of PWD has issued tender forms

Anjuna-Assagao farmers derive benefit of crop harvester HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 14

The farmers of Anjuna-Assagao, who were facing acute shortage of manual labour to harvest their crops, reaped the benefits of the Klaas Tiller Crop Harvester.

The farmers reaped the benefits of the Klaas Tiller Crop Harvester through the initiative of the Siolim Youth Congress Block under the leadership of its President Sandesh Khorjuemkar.

Over 100 farmers from Anjuna and Assagao villages, including the youth members, Dattaprasad Mandrekar, Bharat Govekar, Dinesh Kalangutkar and Suryakant Kalangutkar, availed benefits of Klaas Tiller Crop Harvester.

The Harvest machine was provided through the Agricultural Department in the interest of the farmers to encourage them to cultivate their paddy fields in the years ahead.

With the State government extending various agricultural facilities for farmers, the people of Goa should be able to get a good yield for their cultivation.

The farmers of Anjuna and Assagao have thanked Siolim Youth Congress Block President Sandesh Khorjuemkar and Agricultural officials Nagesh Dabholkar and Lobo for their support and co-operation.

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HERALD CORRESPONDENT BICHOLIM, NOV 14

The Animal Rescue Squad (ARS) Bicholim and fire force officials recently rescued a wild boar from a well at Mayem-Bicholim.

According to ARS Chief Amrut Singh, they rescued a wild boar fallen into the well of one Kalidas Naik at Gaonkar wadaMayem.

“The boar fell in the well on Wednesday night and Naik informed us in the morning. The boar was struggling in the water

and after about an hour, we were able to rescue the animal,” said Singh.

The boar survived as the water in the well was less and there was some space by the side for the animal to stand.

ARS team including Shilpesh Mayekar, Nitesh Narvekar, Santosh Natekar along with the fire force officials rescued the animal. Later, the animal was handed over to the forest department.

nally, I managed to get him,” he said adding that Cory has played a role of a foreigner in the film.

The film also features Shernaz Patel, Sulabha Arya, Tiku Talsa-

nia, Meenacshi Martins, Aryan Khedekar, Kavin D’mello, Rosefern and John D’Silva beside others.

The music for the film is composed by Remo Fernandes, who has also sung three songs in the movie.

Cory has shot in Goa for 25 days and his entire dialogues are in English. “There was no issue during dubbing as he speaks English in the movie,” Talak said.

The music for the film would be released soon.

Talak said that he has already received Censor Board certificate for the film. “This film will appeal all the Goans and I expect good response from the delegates for IFFI,” the director said.

Developmental works in pipeline for Mapusa: D’Souza

Ration quota for November

The wild boar which was rescued from the well at GaonkarwadaMayem.

Photo by Samir Umarye

n I saw Cory in the Incredible India campaign. He was shown bathing elephant and finally signing incredible India card. He appealed me and thereafter I started looking out for him.

10 kgs of rice and 5 kgs of wheat per card will be distributed during month of November to APL cardholders. 60 kgs of rice will be distributed by the families of Below Poverty Line (BPL) categories families per card for November and 35 kgs of rice will to the families of Antyodaya (AAY) categories families per card. Sugar will be distributed at 500 grams per person per month to all except APL card holders.

Fair Price Shops owners have been directed to lift the stock of the above commodities immediately and release the quota of November. They also have to display the sample of the quality of commodities supplied to the cardholders.

Complaints related to non supply of PDS commodities or the quantity and quality supplied by the FPS can be made to the Directorate of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Panjim.

to 15 companies for the construction of sewerage treatment plant as per SBR technology at Mapusa,” said D’Souza.

D’Souza refuted the allegations that he is not in favour of the construction of new bus stand on the land acquired by the government.

He stated that such allegations are being hurled at him to malign his image in the eyes of the public.

“I am fighting for the right of the farmers. While acquiring land for the new bus stand, the government has cheated the farmers by paying them meagre Rs 5 per sq mtr. The government had acquired the land for market sub-yard at the rate of Rs 120 per sq mtr about 20 years ago,” claimed D’Souza.

“Why same rate has not been made applicable to the farmers while acquiring the land for new

bus stand? The government has done great injustice against the farmers. As a MLA, I have to look after the interest of every citizen of Mapusa,” he added.

“Hence, I am fighting for the right of the farmers and will continue to fight for them,” said D’Souza.

Regarding Kala Bhavan, D’Souza said the Kala Bhavan cannot be considered as first priority of Mapusa town.

“Mapusa is still in the stage of development. The council will have to address major issues like cleanliness of the town and parking problem,” he said.

“Few areas in Mapusa are still facing acute water shortage despite releasing additional 20 MLD water from Assnora Reservoir. These prime issues need to be tackled by the new council on priority basis,” said D’Souza.

‘Navy wants to reach out to local community’

Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai addresses media along with Commodore Ajay Chhabra, Commander Mahesh Joshi, Commander Atul Bhatnagar and Capt Rahul Bali at INS Hansa.

Photo by M Prabhav HERALD REPORTER VASCO, NOV 14

Flag Officer of Goa Naval Area Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai has stated that Navy wants to reach out to the local community and seek their participation in the ‘Navy Week’ celebrations.

Pillai was addressing the media along with Commodore Ajay Chhabra, Commander Mahesh Joshi, Commander Atul Bhatnagar and Capt Rahul Bali at INS Hansa on Thursday.

However, Sagar Pawan Aerobatic Team (SPAT), world’s finest aircraft aerobatic team of Indian Navy will be missing from this year’s Navy celebration.

“We will definitely miss the ‘Sagar Pawan’ team of the Kiran fighter aircrafts, due to some training commitment and also due to air crash in Hyderabad this year, the Sagar Pawan has been kept in abeyance,” said Pillai.

Navy has hired professional an event management company, Innovations Inc, to ensure that most of the events and social activities are organized in a professional manner.

The Navy week is centered

VPK credit society makes tremendous progress HERALD CORRESOPONDENT PORVORIM, NOV 14

VPK Urban Co-operative Credit Society Ltd, Mardol, has made tremendous progress during the course of last 17 years.

VPK Society, which was started in 1993 with share capital of Rs 1 lakh in a small house at Mardol, has been successful in raising its share capital to the tune of Rs 6.91 crore and open 18 branches as on October 31, 2010.

Addressing media persons at Porvorim, VPK Urban Co-operative Credit Society Ltd General Manager Ashok Gaude informed that the deposits of the Society now stands at Rs 137.69 crore.

“It is the vision of the Society to raise bank deposit to Rs 3,000 crore by 2030. The Society plans to open two more branches, one each at Vasco and Khandepar,

by March 2011,” said Gaude.

He further informed that the Society has got 39,672 shareholders and they have given loans to the tune of Rs 116.49 crore till October 31, 2010.

Gaude said the Society offers housing loans, vehicle loans and business loans to the extent of Rs 15 lakh, Rs 15 lakh and Rs 10 lakh respectively to the customers.

“The company’s recovery system is very good, due to which we have been successful in

VPK Urban Co-operative Credit Society Ltd General Manager Ashok Gaude addresses the press persons at Porvorim.

Photo by Anil Shankhwalker

bringing down the NPA to 7.98%.

The society has made a net profit of Rs 1,53,50,571 during the financial year 2008-09,” said Gaude.

With regard to various deposit schemes of the Society, Gaude said they recently introduced ‘Golden Recurring Deposit scheme’, under which if the customer invest initially Rs 50,000 and thereafter Rs 5,000 every month for a period of 180 months, he can get back an amount of Rs 24,05,037.

Gaude said the existing branch of the Society at Housing Board Colony at Porvorim will

be shifted to spacious premises at Chogum Road.

Aldona ML A Dayanand Narvekar, Saligao MLA Deelip Parulekar, Registrar of Co-operative Societies Pratapsing Kankar and Marra-Pilerne Sarpanch Suvarna Malik will also attend the function, informed Gaude.

Society Chairman Sur ya Gaude, Vice Chairperson Pandurang Gaude and Directors Hiru Khedekar, Rohidas Khedekar, Dina Bandodker, Ramdas Kerkar, Anant Kerkar, Chandrakant Gaude, Ramdas Velingker and Rama Gaude were present for the press conference.

NCC camps instill in young people self reliance, confidence, community living, working together in disciplined manner said Commanding Officer of 1 Goa Battalion NCC and Camp C o m m a n d a n t AT C C a m p , Colonel F S Virk. He was speaking to a group of journalists who visited the Army Senior and Junior Division Annual Training camp at St Anthony’s High School at Duler, Mapusa recently.

Col Virk informed that there are in all 742 NCC cadets attended the camp which includes 260 Junior Division, 86 Junior Wing, 273 Senior Division and 124 Senior Wing from 8 colleges and 74 schools from all over the State.

During the 10-day camp, the cadets he said, were trained in

weapon training, drill with arms and without arms, field craft, battle craft, map setting and reading, health and hygiene, social services like blood donation. NCC he said develops the students as good and responsible citizens.

During camps the instructors also take the opportunity to complete the syllabus for answering part A, B and C certificates.

Speaking about advantages of joining the NCC, he said there are number of vacancies which are reserved for NCC cadets in Government and also in private sectors. At Officers Training Academy, certain seats are reserved for NCC “C” Certificate candidates with A or B grading.

For such candidates written examination is waived off. Also in privates sectors such as Sahara, Reliance and others certain quota is reserved for NCC cadets.

The camp which commenced on November 1 concluded with camp fire, prize distribution ceremony and cultural programmes by the cadets. James Christopher and Capt Tushar Anvekar were camp adjutants.

Poetry competition

PANJIM (HMD): An all India poetry competition will be organised in English, Konkani, Marathi and Hindi, limited to 12 lines, by Nandanvan trimonthly for its X’mas and New Year special issue to be published in December. 20 prizes, of Rs 100 each will be awarded to 20 selected poems. Poems should be sent

by November 27 to the Editor, Nandanvan, 178/176, Narayannagar, Honda, Post Pratapnagar, Sakhali, Goa 403 505.

Besides, last year’s Navy initiative ‘Pilot of the Day’ programme for young Goans that generated tremendous response will be continued in the near future, assured Pillai.

As part of social responsibility, Navy will hold medical camps for underprivileged in Sancoale and Mangor on November 20 and 28, said Pillai.

The popular Navy Ball event held at the Naval Officer’s Institute on December 11 has been planned to be bigger with much closer interaction with the vibrant Goans.

The Navy week festival will culminate with the Navy central band and symphonic orchestra at Kala Academy on December 21 and 22.

CME programmes organised at GMC

Dr Vijay Ramanan, Dr Gajanan Kanitkar and Dr Wiseman Pinto at the CME programmes held at GMC recently.

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NCC camps instill sense of community living: Col Virk HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, NOV 14

on Navy Day, which is celebrated on December 4 every year, to commemorate the daring attack by the Indian Navy on Karachi Harbour during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.

Pillai said the curtain raiser for this year’s navy week will be a film festival at Rajhans, the Navy auditorium on the airport road from November 12, besides celluloid feast and fun and frolic events to make it a memorable outing for families and friends.

An awareness campaign ‘Know Your Navy’, where Navy will welcome young Goans to participate in an interactive extravaganza over two weeks to be run in schools and colleges across the State.

The Goa Medical College in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Cytologists organised a series of CME (Continuing Medical Education ) Programmes in GMC Bambolim recently.

In the first CME Programme, Dr Vijay Ramanan, Consultant Clinical Hematologist and Oncologist, Ruby Hall Clinic and Jehangir Hospital Pune spoke on the approach to a patient with Anemia, and Dr Gajanan Kanitkar Consultant Cancer Surgeon, Ruby Hall Clinic, Sahyadri Hospital Pune spoke on Laparoscopic Surgery in Oncology.

The CME was chaired by Dr R G Wiseman Pinto.

In the second CME Pro gramme for Medical Students of GMC Dr CBS Chauhan, DIG. (Medical ) and Dr B S Pandey I G(Medical ) and Director (Med-

ical ) BSF (Border Security Forces ), New Delhi spoke on the career opportunities for doctors in the CPMF ( Central Para Military Forces ). This was chaired by Dr R G Wiseman Pinto.

In the third CME Programme, Dr V Desai, Professor of Pharmacology, Mumbai spoke on new antibiotic molecules and anti-thromotic molecules and this was chaired by Dr R G Wiseman Pinto.

In the fourth CME Programme, Dr Shweta Singh, Consultant Nutrition expert from Mumbai spoke on Scientific versus Blenderised Feeding in Hospitalised Patients and this was chaired by Dr R G Wiseman Pinto.

All the CME Programmes were accredited by the Goa Medical Council and well attended by doctors and medical students of GMC, says a press release.

POWER LINE WARNING

The newly erected 33KV double circuit line from Xeldem Sub Station to Nessai Sub Station along with 33 KV XLPE cable will be test charged on November 15 and will remain charged thereafter.

Public is cautioned to keep away from the lines and associated equipment.

Clearance of Power dues HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, NOV 14

The Electricity Department has declared the period from November 15 to December 31 as ‘Arrears Clearance Period’ for clearing of electricity dues by all its consumers. Consumers are therefore asked to clear their outstanding dues during the said period, failing which they will face disconnection.

POWER SHUTDOWN NOV 15

MANDUR: From 9 am to 5 pm. Areas affected are Amparo Church, Bank of India, Miryabhat and surrounding areas at Neura.

NOV 16

NEURA: From 9am to 5pm. Areas affected are Neura Panchayat, Dayanand Arya HS, Alvares Saw mill, Gudiwala and surrounding areas.

PANJIM: From 9 am to 3 pm. Areas affected are Health department, Forest office at Campal and surrounding areas.

NOV 18

NEURA: From 9 am to 5 pm. Areas affected are Neura Church and surrounding areas.

NOV 19

NEURA: From 9 am to 5 pm. Areas affected are Neura-O-Pequeno, Deubhat and surrounding areas.

NOV 20

NEURA: From 9 am to 5 pm. Areas affected are Neura Panchayat, Dayanand Arya HS, Alvares Saw Mill, Gudiwada and surrounding areas.

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Adarsh scam has tainted M’rashtra’s image: Chavan PTI MUMBAI, NOV 14

The Adarsh Housing scam has left Maharashtra's image "sullied" and has given birth to an atmosphere of growing "disillusionment" and "cynicism" among common people, newly appointed Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said.

"There is no doubt about that it has sullied Maharashtra's image," Chavan said.

"An atmosphere of disillusionment has crept in among the common people due to the happenings in the country. There is cynicism that nothing good will happen at the hands of politicians," he said in an interview.

An enquiry panel has been constituted and whose crime or mistake (it was) will come out later. But there is a perception, after all, politicians can't just say they are yet to be sentenced, the chief minister said.

"In politics, perception is important. If people are to trust you...it is about perception," he said.

Chavan said his efforts would be to provide an efficient administration. "Be it me or Ajit Pawar, we have to, through our personal behaviour, set an example for colleagues and bureaucracy."

"It is everyone's effort to pick up the best ministry, Chavan said. But it is also a fact that we pick up from amongst the legislators we have," he added. Besides, it is also important to strike a regional balance and achieve social justice (in ministry formation), he said.

So, although it is a noble aspirational feeling to form a ministry solely on basis of merit, it is not feasible in practise, Chavan said. "I have seen that some times, merit is sacrificed."

Prithviraj to reach out to people opposing N-plant at Jaitapur PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 14

New Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said he would reach out to local people opposing the proposed nuclear power plant in Jaitapur and ensure that they get proper compensation.

"You cannot take resettlement for granted. The project-affected people must be duly compensated," Chavan said replying to questions on the protests against the Jaitapur plan in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.

Chavan said the state government along with officials of the Department of Atomic Energy and popular leaders like Narayan Rane will lead an initiative to convince the people of the region on the necessity of the project.

"I will personally reach out to the people to convince them on the necessity of the project that will bring an investment of over rupees one lakh crore in the region," he said at the India International Trade Fair here.

Chavan said it would be his endeavour to ensure that investments in trade reach the remotest parts of the state.

He announced special sops and quick clearances for businessmen making investments in rural areas of the state.

"We have to limit the migration by ensuring investments in rural parts of the state. From now on, the focus would be on creating jobs in rural and other backward parts of the state," Chavan said.

He also inaugurated the Maharashtra Pavilion at the IITF. There has been opposition from farmers and local villagers to building the nuclear power plant on their farmland in Jaitpur.

If those in administration have made mistakes, they should not be shielded, exemplary punishment is needed, he said, when asked about actions taken against the corrupt.

Chavan cited the action against top politicians in the aftermath of 26/11 terror attacks and said, "No one's crime was proven in court but there was a perception of dereliction of duty.

So, the Congress president took a daring decision and some people who were most efficient had to leave, at least for some time."

The chief minister said he feels importance of small "indi-

vidual-centric" regional parties would gradually decline.

"I feel that slowly, the small regional parties, those who are centred around an individual...their importance will gradually decline," Chavan told a TV channel.

"But one can't tell when this will happen. In the next elections or the ones after that.

"Some people say that there won't be a single-party government now. I don't feel so. I feel people realise that if they give a fractured poll verdict, they have to suffer the consequences, be it roads, drinking water or schools," he said.

Unrest among mining lobby over govt’s decision: K’taka CM

APMC president killed in Belgaum HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, NOV 14

In a horrific incident that has traumatized the people of Belgaum, President of Agriculture Produce and Market Committee (APMC) was murdered in broad daylight recently.

According to reports, Parashram Devappa Kuranagi (50) was allegedly hacked to death by some persons. The incident took place at about 2 pm on Thursday at Shahunagar locality of Belgaum. The police have arrested two persons in connection with the case.

According to police, the incident was the fallout of the prolonged property dispute.

Giving details about the incident, CPI Basvaraj Yeligar said two persons entered Parashram’s house and started demanding the sum of amount he had received as compensation from the government towards three acres of land at Halga-Belgaum, where the Suvarna Soudha (Legislative House) is being constructed.

After a scuffle, the duo allegedly attacked Parashram with sickles they carried along with them, though Parashram tried to escape. But the duo followed him and he was hacked to death on the road.

The impact of the hacking was such that Parashram, who is said to have had multiple fatal injuries, collapsed on the road.

Dr Kore’s competence, vision has aided KLE society HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, NOV 14

Pioneer and great visionary of primary and higher education in Belgaum and Karnataka and chairman of Karnataka Lingayat Society Dr Prabhakar Kore, under whose leadership the KLE has achieved global excellence, will be felicitated on Monday on completing 25 years of his chairmanship with dynamism.

Cine actor and National Award winner Padmashri Anupam Kher will be the chief guest for the function, which will be organized at the Lingaraj College campus here, to felicitate Dr Kore, who is also Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha for the second time.

Giving details about Dr Kore’s legendary role in the phenomenal success of the KLE Society institutions, KLE Society President Shivanand Kaujalgi said Dr Kore became chairman of the society in 1984 and since then the society that was formed in 1916 has become a huge success story.

“Dr Kore, who was 37 years of age when he became the c h a i r m a n o f t h e s o c i e t y, showed exemplary competence and extraordinary proficiency in leading the society,” said Kaujalgi.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, NOV 14

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has stated that his government’s decision to impose ban on mining export and illegal mineral trade with China and other countries has caused unrest among the mining lobby in Karnataka, which was responsible for the recent coup against him in Karnataka.

He was speaking at a public function that was organized under the Bhagyalakshmi scheme under which over 11 lakh women in the state, including about 1 lakh women in Belgaum district, were distributed sarees so far, while all the girl children in the state coming from BPL families

will be provided higher education upto graduation.

Rally was also held at the C Ped College ground here late Monday evening.

“Karnataka is the first and only state in India to ban exports and initiate an important step to mobilize the minerals with a value added advantage for the benefit of the nation,” said Yedyurappa.

“However, the mining lobby that was looting this national wealth was disturbed and tried to unsettle my democratically elected government,” he said asking the women gathered to pray every morning that God saves his government.

Stating that the present BJP

government has the honour of getting Karnataka to the No 2 position at National Level as far as overall development is concerned, he said the endeavour to reach the No 1 position would continue by implementing various farmer and common man oriented developmental programmes.

“Do not discontinue the education of your girl child and do not send them to work at a tender age, as my government under the Bhagyalaxmi scheme will take sufficient measures to ensure their education upto graduate level,” said Yedyurappa u rg i n g t h e w o m e n b e l o w poverty line, who had gathered for the rally in large number.

Fox Studios pushes release of 'Dum Maro Dum' by 2 months PTI MUMBAI, NOV 14

Abhishek Bachchan-Bipasha Basu starrer 'Dum Maro Dum' will hit the screens on April 22 next year instead of February which was scheduled earlier.

Sources said fresh release date is an Easter weekend while February was an examination time for youngsters.

Earlier, Fox Star Studios and Ramesh Sippy had announced that the film would release in the first week of February to coincide with Abhishek's birthday on February 5.

After their successful collaboration in 'Bluffmaster', this film marks the coming together of director Rohan Sippy and Abhishek Bachchan, who essays the role of a fearless cop in the film.

"The film has shaped up very well and the audiences should get ready to enjoy a gripping, moving film with great visual appeal. The colors, feel and sounds of Goa are further complemented by music composed by Pritam and lyrics by Jaideep Sahni," producer Ramesh Sippy said.

"We are in the midst of researching the film amongst various target groups and are excited with the response that we are getting. It has a great script, it's vibrant and contemporary, and we expect the film to appeal to the multiplex and single screen audiences. Since Easter is a big holiday weekend, it will provide a great release window in India and across International markets," says Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios.

The movie is an exciting stylish thriller drama which races through the by lanes, beach shacks and raves of India's largest tourist destination Goa, director Rohan Sippy said.

He said the film promises to take the audience on a trip that will have them on the edge of their seat.

"Populated with unforgettable characters, punctuated with a soundtrack that moves from haunting Konkani songs to pulsating dance music, the film is shot right in the midst of the international tourist hotspot," he added.

'Dum Maaro Dum' stars Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Rana Daggubati, Pratik Babbar and Aditya Pancholi in the lead roles.

PTI MUMBAI, NOV 14

Actor-Filmmaker Aamir Khan has decided to step back and let wife Kiran Rao to take centerstage for her debut directorial venture 'Dhobhi Ghat'.

Aamir had started a trend of showing the first theatrical to media and having an informal interaction at the beginning of each film.

Starting with 'Taare Zameen Par', 'Jaane Tu...', 'Ghajini', '3 Idiots' and 'Peepli Live', he always personally shows the first look or theatrical to media.

But for the first time, in over 3 years, he will not be there for the launch of first look of 'Dhobhi Ghat'.

Aamir's decision comes close on the heels of reports of Anusha Rizvi's discomfort in the manner with which Aamir took the entire control of marketing and promoting her directorial debut 'Peepli Live'.

According to Anusha, exposure cannot come at misrepresentation.

After 'Peepli Live', 'Dhobi Ghat' is Aamir's latest production.

According to sources close to Aamir, the entire marketing team of 'Dhobi Ghat', including Kiran, were taken aback at his decision.

Jinnah House belongs to Govt, HC told PTI MUMBAI, NOV 14

The central government has told the Bombay High Court that it had gained total legal ownership of the historic Jinnah House which is mired in controversy after heirs of the original house-owner Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah staked claim to the property.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),

in an affidavit filed recently before the High Court, claimed that the government had acquired the Jinnah House in Mumbai as evacuee property and hence all rights of evacuee and others stood extinguished.

The affidavit was filed in response to a petition by Dina Wadia, daughter of Jinnah, laid claim to Jinnah House which stands on a 2.5 acre plot in

posh Malabar Hill area of South Mumbai.

Ninety one-year-old Dina, who lives in New York, has contended that she was the sole heir to her father's property.

However, in another twist to the fight over the property, Mohammed Rajabally Ebrahim, grand-nephew of Jinnah, has claimed one-sixth share in the estate.

Kasab not interested in case, lost in his own world: lawyer PTI MUMBAI, NOV 14

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yedyurappa distributes a saree and a bond to a woman and a girl child at Belgaum.

With a meager 38 educational institutions, 33,508 students, 600 acres of land and a turnover of Rs 6.5 crore, the society has made phenomenal progress.

Under the leadership of Dr Kore, the society has 211 educational institutions, more than 75,000 students, 1,200 acres of land, an annual turnover of about Rs 440 crore and fixed assets with net worth Rs 300 crore.

The society has the world class institutions imparting primary and higher education in the field of medicine, engineering, science and technology, computers, law, management and other areas of education.

The 1,000 bed KLES Hospital, 920 bed charity hospital and

300 bed ayurvedic hospital are the results of the exemplary vision of Dr Kore.

He has also played an important role in getting the Legislative session of the Karnataka State Assembly in Belgaum and is instrumental in enriching the Kannada language and culture in the region by organizing literary meets occasionally in Belgaum.

He has also traveled widely in major part of the world in promoting KLE Society.

He miraculously survived the bullets fired at him in 2006 and since then his commitment to strive for the society has risen multifold.

Dr Kore, now a MP, has also served as a MLC in Karnataka State Council. He is also the Chancellor of the KLE University.

He has a strong association with the people and leaders of all religions. He also has cordial contact with the leaders and people from all walks of life in Goa and Maharashtra.

Incidentally, KLE Society too is observing its 95th foundation day on the occasion. Distrcit Incharge Minister Siddeshwar Mahaswamiji, Umesh Katti and a large number of dignitaries will be present for the felicitation of Dr Kore at Belgaum.

Aamir puts wife Kiran at centerstage for Dhobi Ghat

Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, sentenced to death for his role in 26/11 terror attacks, does not have any interest in the hearing of his appeal in the Bombay High Court and seems to be lost in his own world, his lawyer Amin Solkar said today.

Solkar, who met Kasab in his heavily guarded bullet and bomb-proof cell at Arthur Road Central Prison here yesterday, said, "He does not evince interest in the 26/11 case".

"We talked about religion and things in general but often he went off at the tangent and diverted from the topic...I think he is lost in his own world," Solkar told PTI. "Kasab seems to be medically fit and showed interest in reading books. I have promised to give him some story books in Urdu as he is proficient in that language," Solkar said.

The jail authorities have already provided him with the holy Quran and Kasab recites the verses regularly.

"All that I can understand from meeting him is that he is unpredictable. He says one thing at a particular moment and suddenly switches to another topic," Solkar said.

Asked what was his purpose

of meeting Kasab, Solkar said, "I wanted to know his mental frame of mind because of the tantrums he has been throwing in the court and jail."

Meanwhile, hearing on Kasab's appeal and confirmation of his death sentence would resume tomorrow before Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice R V More in the Bombay High Court after Diwali vacations and his lawyers have geared up to submit arguments.

On Monday, Government Counsel Ujjwal Nikam would harp on Kasab's confession and his admission of guilt in the trial court on how he and other terrorists had come from Karachi to strike terror in the commercial capital of India.

"I would focus on the conspiracy of Lashkar-e-Taiba to give military and intelligence to Kasab and nine others who came

by sea route and killed 166 persons at Nariman House and hotels Taj Mahal and Oberoi," Nikam said.

N i ka m w o u l d h i g h l i g h t Kasab's confession in which he has described how the security apparatus of Pakistan was used to train terrorists for the attack in Mumbai.

Nikam has already submitted arguments on the role played

by Kasab in gunning down people at Chhatrapati Shivaji railway terminus, in and outside Cama hospital, and planting a bomb in a taxi.

Defence lawyers would argue that identification of Kasab by witnesses in the court did not have evidential value because his photographs were flashed in newspapers and on TV on the day of attacks. "There is no evidence to show that Kasab conspired with other accused to strike terror and also he did not participate in the strikes", Solkar said.

Nikam would take at least a week to conclude his arguments following which Kasab's lawyers Amin Solkar and Farhana Shah would give their submissions.

This would be followed by arguments from Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, who were acquitted by the court as evidence against them was doubtful.

The pleas of Dina and Abrahim were admitted in August this year.

Ebrahim has staked his claim on the basis of Jinnah's will dated May 30, 1939, in which he had bequeathed his house to sister Fatima.

Dina, on the other hand, has denied that Jinnah had left behind such a will.

The case will come up for final hearing next week.

Dr Jali awarded BELGAUM, NOV 14(HC)

Dr M V Jali, Medical Director and Chief Executive of KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital, has been conferred with ‘Distinguished Services Award-2010’ by recognizing his contributions to establish Geriatric Clinic (clinic to take care of elderly) at KLES Hospital, Belgaum.

This is only the second Geri-

atric Clinic in entire Southern India, the first one being at Chennai.

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Vol No CX No: 285 Goa, Monday 15 November, 2010

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law makers are the law-breakers yet we re-elect them says PeteR FeRnanDeS

Going to the birds

n Thursday, an Aeroflot plane bound for Moscow with 250 passengers on board at 7.30 am had a narrow escape when it suffered a bird hit as it was accelerating down the runway to take off from Dabolim airport. The pilot had the presence of mind to abort takeoff and braked hard, resulting in all the tyres bursting. Fire tenders had to rush to the aircraft and douse the airplane’s smoking tyres with water.

Bird hits happen at nearly all airports. In 2006, there were 167 incidents of bird hits in India. In 2007, the number went up to 217. It went up further to 304 in 2008. The number was expected to go up even further in 2009. Bird hits cause huge losses, not only because of damage to aircraft, but also because of delays and re-routing for passengers.

So far, Thursday’s incident of bird strike has been the most serious so far. But bird strikes can be far more dangerous.

On 15 January 2009 in New Jersey, US Airways Flight 1549, on take off from Newark Airport, suffered bird hits in both engines, requiring immediate emergency action to land the aircraft. Luckily, the captain of the plane had the reflexes to bring it down in a glide onto the Hudson River, where the passengers could evacuate into life rafts and get rescued.

While Goa airport is bound to have its share of bird strikes, the problem is that this year, the number of bird hits seems to have suddenly gone up in the last few months. No one seems to know why. A number of international flights have been the victim of bird hits, some late at night by owls. The authorities have varied explanations for this new phenomenon. For example, Flag Officer for the Goa Area Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai has said that the increase in bird hit cases at Dabolim airport is because of worms coming to the surface during monsoon, which attract birds. Others have laid the blame on residents of Vasco dumping garbage in the vacant areas near the airport, which attract birds. Still others postulate that the Vasco Municipality’s garbage dump on the nearby Sada plateau is responsible for the increase in birds.

There is no saying what reasons could be behind the number of birds in the area. But the curious phenomenon of bird hits late at night seems to suggest that the usual commonsense answers may not be the right ones in this case. Late night bird strikes above altitudes of 500 feet are often known to be caused by bird migration. For example, the Israeli Air Force suffers more bird strikes, because Israel is on a major spring and autumn long-distance bird migration route. The Sacramento International Airport in California, USA, suffers more bird strikes than any other airport in the area, as it is located along the Pacific Flyway, a major bird migration path.

Instead of simply speculating, the authorities need to call in experts. Scientists of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) are among India’s most knowledgeable on birds.

Asking them to find out what is causing the bird hits and how they can be avoided might be the most sensible thing to do in the circumstances.

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Jobless utopia

he first-ever annual employment survey by the Union Ministry of Labour shows that Goa is supposed to be the state with the highest jobless rate in India, both in urban and rural areas. Thousands of people from all over the country migrate to Goa for employment and get it, while the locals have no jobs… Or are we missing something here?

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t is said, laughter is good medicine for our many woes. “Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.” Indeed, we would love to laugh at the right things and in the correct situations, instead, we laugh at awkward situations, and at false premises. Comedians have made a fortune from mishaps in society, and for creatively crafting sarcasm at others. The socio-political situation presents numerous circumstances, which then become a living reference book. However, the sarcasm is directed not to destroy but to bring a positive change in people’s attitude; to overcome the ills in society. As we know, “The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.” So laugh even though we laugh at ourselves, and nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.

Several months back, I wrote an article, Tragic Comedy, which ruffled a few feathers in the Goa Legislative Assembly. To take offence at such literature was entirely uncalled for on the part of the elected representatives. What they wanted to do was flex their muscles to silence a voice, to continue their business to usurp public funds for their own benefit, and that of their immediate family members.

Someone once said, “I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry.” Looking back, it was indeed an abomination to compare the act of the politicians to our beautiful cultural art tiatr. The politicians have descended to such an ethical low, violating every code of conduct, that there is no real comparison. Tiatrists have shouldered the responsibility to right what is wrong in society and to bring about positive change. The elected legislators were given this responsibility by the ‘popular will’ to work for the common good. They have failed, failed and continue to fail miserably with each passing day.

The political fiasco in Vasco is the epitome of our past, present and future political life in Goa. People of Goa, you should not be surprised at such a declaration. The law makers are the law

Changing perspectives

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RevitaliSinG Goan SoCietY breakers, and supposedly it is fine with us because we continue to elect them time and time again.

How deplorable is this situation? It would be disgraceful and reprehensible to elevate them to the beautiful art of Tiatr, which has been handed down to us, and continues to brighten the community with values and entertainment.

However, in this Vasco production, there was no proper script; neither was it comedy or tragedy for the audience to have a thrill or chill. All they feel was pure disdain. It was an outrageous act of cowardliness and hooliganism.

These are not sporadic, random acts, but have history connected to them. Let me remind the people of Goa, if they are not able to recall, that these are the same hooligans who sabotaged the inauguration of the new bridge at San Jacinto Island, not long ago. Despite having lost all self-respect and dignity, they still have the audacity to present an ugly brawl to the people of Goa. It is high time that we stop the bull fights, and let Francisco Sardinha conduct a real fight in the Fatorda Stadium among these 40 hooligans, who have been fed by Goans for way too long.

I would like to make another point. Why are

national parties involved in civic elections? Citizens should choose their representatives independent of any political parties. But, you know the answer. Our politicians are never satisfied, as their greed grows by leaps and bounds. They grab whatever is available by hook or by crook.

A case is made by Jose Philip against Mickky for trying to sabotage his position in Vasco. It is indeed wrong to entice voters by distributing material goodies, but one is free to give out of his generosity and the people are free to receive, and free also to vote for the candidate of their choosing.

In a democratic society like ours, therefore, how could Jose Philip, the Revenue Minister, prevent someone from distributing what is his own?

Why was similar outrage not shown towards the Chief Minister and PWD Minister, as they campaigned for their candidates in Margao city? The hypocrisy of our system has embedded itself so deeply; it is a death trap for those willing to change. Laugh…but you will be laughing at yourself.

How we wish our tiatrist’s offspring would continue their legacy. But, we know it is a talent, which cannot be bought and sold. However, this

Going to town on Yankee Doodle

ichelle Obama dances to the Rang de Basanti song. Barrack Obama says Javed Akhtar is lucky to have Shabana as his wife. Obama’s minute-to-minute schedule, from every day that he spent in India, was splashed across the main headlines of the front pages on all leading Indian dailies. Obama finds India “incredible”! It surely is incredible when a foreign dignitary is given so much undue obsessive absurd importance. In fact the Indian media went absolutely berserk but thankfully was still not as preposterous as to tell us when Michelle burped or when Obama hiccupped or when they had gastritis.

It almost seemed like the Raj was back again, the Union Jack replaced by Stars and Stripes, and Uncle Sam and our Press, waving it with the vigour and vivacity of a young giddy teenage girl in love with her own self. The few days passed in a whirl and swirl of Obama this and Obama that.

I do not know what popularity the poor man enjoys in his own country now, after three years of presidency, but I know he lost many of the followers he had in India, and nearly all the people who were sitting on the fence. All we wanted to see was a show, but the jockey brought the horse right on to our noses and we had no alternative but to get off the fence, shake off the dust, throw one last appalled look at the arena and retreat hastily.

We all know that the whole world has been a little in love with

American Presidents, with the lone exception of Osama Bin Laden.

And why not? Most of them are tall, handsome and good looking.

Can you imagine Atal Bihari Vajpayee or Manmohan Singh as presidents of America? In a country that has very little history, perhaps the world view and ethos are different. Perhaps looks and charisma and a whole lot of good marketing have replaced genuine values and essence.

That does not necessarily mean that every short, fat and ugly politician in India is a symbol of virtue and righteousness. But all the same, looking at both the countries and their politicians, the American ones are definitely more palatable and presentable.

Indians in general, with their whole history of civilization, yoga, meditation, Lalu Yadav, scams, myriad social and political problems and acceptance of those problems, are just content to be.

Americans are never content. They are so busy following the American dream of material hoarding and that too on credit, that to learn to live, they either have to turn to ancient Oriental spirituality or yoga or the proverbial American ‘shrink’ – the psychiatrist.

Now we all very humbly know that America is a land of dreams.

And Americans feel, only they have a right to dream. The rest of the world is nonexistent for them, except when they are suddenly awakened to it by some need of theirs. Well, one cannot blame

Letter of the Day Welcome Sagres FFs Carlos Fernandes, by email

I write these few lines in regard to NRP Sagres’ arrival in Goa (Herald, 12 Nov). I can understand the BJP protests, as they are desperate to be in the limelight. But I fail to understand the Goan Freedom Fighters (FFs) joining them in the protest. They should have welcomed the Portuguese with garlands of gold. It is because of the Portuguese that they are able to call themselves Freedom Fighters and draw hefty pensions and other benefits. The Portuguese must be having a good laugh saying, “Goan Freedom Fighters got rid of the foreign yoke so that they could themselves be the heavier yoke to Goans forever,” as it would be impossible for Goans to get rid of this domestic burden on the tax payers.

Only colonial freedom?

Julius Carvalho, Dubai BJP and ABVP are protesting because they are confirmed communal organisations for

which history is waste paper and politics is divide and rule game. Nagesh Karmali may be one of the few genuine Freedom Fighters (FFs) unlike many other fake FFs registered soon after Liberation. Instead of calling for removal of Portuguese names from Goa, he should call for the removal of fake FFs names which are a burden on the taxpayer.

He should remember that only because of the Portuguese today he is President of Freedom Fighters and he along with his relatives enjoy free dole and other benefits at the cost of the state exchequer. It seems he is more anti-Goan and his fanatical nature is taking our State and country backward.

Why protest against people who left Goa 50 years ago? If you really believe in freedom, then why are you silent against postliberation atrocities committed by politicians and bureaucrats in corruption, crimes, nepotism, sycophany and mismanagement? FFs should protest against misrule of Congress and educate some Goans who think of democracy only in terms of making money.

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is not the case with politicians. They feel it is their duty to pass on their political baton to their progeny – even before they have left the office.

None of the elected representatives have achieved any greatness for the present and the next generation to remember and emulate. On the contrary, they have systematically destroyed what God had blessed us with, by the way of our bountiful natural blessings. They have created a web of deception to entice the people, and methodically sold us to drug-lords, and land sharks. They have no thought about the wellbeing of society, but only of their own future.

How could you even think of promoting your own kin? Is politics purely a family business where you better your life at the cost of the tax payers?

Don’t you feel any shame for having failed the people over and over again? Our forefathers, and especially tiarists of yesteryears, would roll over in their graves if they see the plight of our state created by our own people. It is said, “You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.”

The current mess of our political scenario is our own creation. I want to remind you of the words of Churchill Alemao. While addressing the opening ceremony of a political office for his daughter in Benaulim, he had this to say, “If Congress National Party fails to give her a ticket to contest for the next assembly election, she will contest on the people’s ticket.” It is laughable, yes? But, on the other side of that laughter is a harvest of deception, failure and lost opportunity.

As Goans, what will we do differently for our state?

Yes, laughter is good medicine. Auschwitz survivor, Viktor Frankl, called laughter “the currency of hope.” We, Goans, must rediscover hope.

Hope asks us to make changes in our lives, in our world, because despite the nature of Man, hope knows everything is possible. Hope is ever present, ready to come forth, and because it is connected to the Creator, the greatest Force of all, I believe that the people of Goa will rise above their political shame.

Why bow to ‘freedom fighters’

Dr. Flora Miranda, Panjim, Ex-Professor and Head of Skin Dept. GMC

I read with concern the letters to the Herald written by Marcos Alemao, Nelson Lopes, Adelmo Fernandes (8th November) and Dr. Francisco Colaco (11th November). I am shocked that our State Government is going to bow down to the demands of the so-called freedom fighters like Naguesh Karmali and Flaviano Dias. Also, I am concerned that from December 19, all the sign boards in Goa, will be in Devnagari Konkani script and Marathi. People of older generation like me will find it tough to read the boards. This is not acceptable. Moreover, Goa is an international tourist destination English should be retained for sign boards. The Government should not listen to foolish suggestions of these so-called freedom fighters who seem incapable of doing any meaningful work. Karmali and F. Dias should concentrate their efforts on issues that plague Goa like mounting garbage problem, corruption everywhere, water shortage, electricity shortage and other issues that plague Goa. Real freedom fighters in India never claimed any pension and I expect Karmali and others to give up their pension, if they have other means to meet their needs. In future they should desist from making foolish suggestions to the Government. The Chief Minister must make not bow down to the wishes of the likes of Naguesh Karmali and others.

Take alcoholism seriously Rocky Dias, Raia Alcoholism is one of the three deadliest diseases and as per the WHO. The alcoholic is a sick man. Alcoholics are good and helpful persons with charming ways when sober.

On 10 June 2010 Alcoholic Anonymous International celebrated its 75th anniversary.

AA is a fellowship of people who help others stay sober. There are no dues or fees for membership. The primary requirement is an acceptance of one’s alcoholism and a desire to stay away from that first fatal drink. Media and liquor barons have glamorised alcohol by sponsoring sporting activities and bringing an early end to the career of some of our brightest sportsmen.

Responsible corporates are also taking the problem seriously with weekly AA meetings on the premises. The irony is the alcoholic when sober is more productive than the average worker. Government of Goa and business houses must encourage the increase of AA groups and set up at least 4 Rehab Centres.

(Pequeno and Grande) of strategic importance to them. Come to think of it, it increasingly appears that they needed Goa for strategic, military purposes, or to exploit every which way, rather than to liberate Goans from the yoke of colonial repressive power. Were we sitting ducks?

BJP must stick to present Maria Fernandes, Houston-Texas Even after 50 years our administration is in turmoil with no party claiming popular mandate. Note also the irreversible plunder of our motherland in the name of development. Now extrapolate backward the physical change of Goa’s denizens to about 500 years at the beginning of Portuguese rule. The reasons that brought the famous ‘Beautiful Goa’ phrase would have been lost centuries ago. How dare BJP call 500 years of Portuguese rule as the darkest period in Goa when during this same period Harijans, a sizeable populace in India were condemned to live and die as lesser than human? I am for fairness not Portuguese.

Islands and the Airport

Guv and CM to blame

P L Fernandes, Old-Goa

Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar

First the contentious issue of whether the Dabolim Airport is civilian or naval (Military).

All along we thought it was civilian with the assurances received that Dabolim will remain civilian even with new airport at Mopa. Now in order to guard the runway of Dabolim, the military wants two islands

Any other Advocate General would have put in his papers by now. What is more worrying is the inaction of Goa’s Governor and Chief Minister, despite a mountain of documented evidence of excessive billing and professional misconduct by Subodh Kantak. In a way, they must share the blame

By Sajla Chawla

them. Perhaps we cannot understand them, because, while most of our country grapples with real hard core issues of survival, there are an astounding number of Americans who are under depression because they cannot afford as many holidays a year as they used to, due to the Recession!

To be on the top is always a pressure, be it career or academics; institutions or even countries. Uncle Sam seems to be facing this pressure now in a time of recession. It is a country that has been on the top for too long and has consequently felt it has the moral authority to walk into any nation with its devastating army and then make a big hue and cry if few of its soldiers die. That too, after killing thousands of people of that country, heaping war atrocities on them and debilitating their economy. And then exiting, leaving death and chaos.

Yet, in spite of their havoc creating foreign policy, American presidents are such a rage that the visit of one of them garners so much absurd media attention. Manmohan Singh’s visit to America would perhaps be a small news item on page four or five in American newspapers. We are a great country, with a great civilization and great problems. We would be grateful if our media would focus on some of those issues than make a circus of themselves, a mockery of the nation, and fools of us … with due respect to the Yankees of course!

Letters to the Editor for just watching and allowing the high constitutional post of Advocate General deteriorate. Subodh Kantak who is India’s highest paid Advocate General has officially cost Goa’s exchequer over Rs 5 crore over the last five years. When will Goa get an ‘Adarsh’ Advocate General? Someone with a sound knowledge of law and impeccable integrity, someone who will not bleed the exchequer and who is not thick skinned?

Wake up BJP! J Pinto, Mapusa This refers to the news item titled ‘BJP trains guns on Portuguese Ship’ (Herald, 12 Nov). The BJP spokesperson spoke of ‘dark age’ and ‘undergo conversion’. I am grateful my ancestors converted to Christianity, because they have brought me from darkness to light. Instead of training their guns on the Portuguese ship, the BJP should train their guns on corruption, indiscipline and wanton destruction of our environment and the bull dozing policies we are witnessing today.

The various government buildings built by the Portuguese are still looked upon as monuments. The Portuguese are instrumental for the multi-cultural society and architecture which exist in Goa as a result of which Goa is on the tourist map of the World. BJP, awaken to reality. Do not try to fool others and in the process fool yourselves. Adopt a secular and positive outlook and let us move forward. Let us together make Goa the most beautiful and peace loving State to live in.

Parsekar on thin ice Marcos Alemao,by email I greatly respected the President of BJP Laximikant Parsekar, when he fought in the Assembly, but after ‘BJP trains guns on Portuguese ship’, (Herald, 12 Nov) he has lost his credibility. The Portuguese ruled Goa for more than 500 years efficiently and peacefully. The people were happy during Portuguese time as compared with today. People were safe from crimes, murders, house breaking etc. Innocent people were never punished. Only trouble makers like Naguesh Karmali and others were not spared for their misdeeds. Today, under Indian Democracy, it is the opposite. Trouble makers are spared, while the innocents

are punished. The BJP has already eaten dust in the municipal elections and it will be routed during the coming Assembly election if a man like Laximikant Parsekar behaves in the manner he did yesterday.

Two pensions for the FF! Nelson Lopes, Chinchinim The prominent freedom fighter is in receipt of double pension from the State. One from his government job and the other as a freedom fighter. There is no moral justification for this. The dole is coming from taxes paid by the citizens. I salute my colleague Felicio Cardoz, who refused a pension, but instead created a corpus for scholarships in Konkani at SSC. The hate against the colonial masters is understandable, but overdoing it smacks of rabid prejudice. Going hammer and tongs at all things Portuguese is sheer madness. Today’s Goan benefits from a fusion of two cultures which makes Goa a unique soughtafter place in India.

Respect match officials Stuart Cabral, Nagoa With the dearth of sporting talent in Goa in every sports arena, there is a need to train youngsters to respect a match official (referee) in a game. It is the duty of the coaches, concerned sport authorities and parents to take up this matter seriously.

Good habits initiated at a young age will yield good results.

Jesus is God Dominic Mathews, Siolim This refers to John A. Fernandes’ letter ‘Misusing the Bible’ (Herald, 2 Nov) on yoga and spirituality. Jesus prayed to the Father, but nowhere it says that he meditated because meditation leads you to union with God. Jesus is God himself (Son of God).

Jesus is the Son of the Father, God made man. He humbled himself to share in our humanity in order to give us a share in his divinity.

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OPinionatEd Goans striking wrong chords in music business

By Jonathan Rodrigues, Saligao, Bardez, Goa / Ohio

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ell folks, this is one question that keeps coming to mind, as I watch and listen to musicians at various places of entertainment, from beach shacks to starred properties in Goa. Though I may not be a popular name in the music industry in Goa, I was fortunate enough to play in the Indian Film Industry; in resorts all around Goa and around the world. In the process I had the good fortune of meeting with the best musicians around the world. This also puts me in an embarrassing position, as getting back home, my buddies who come along for a holiday happen to be good, knowledgeable, musicians. They are forced to put up with below-average performances by the musicians at the venues. It’s even more embarrassing to find starred properties support such musicians.

Being curious enough to know the actual facts linked to this problem, I decided to dig for facts and came up with a few. It was shocking to learn that musicians in Goa are employed based on their ability to rub someone the right way, as also their quote, which could read as low as Rs1,500. So in short, if you’ve got a good tongue that does the dual job of buttering hotel staff and undercutting fellow musicians, as also quote as low as Rs1,500 per performance with a few free performances thrown in, you are welcomed as a musician, to perform at a resort, irrespective of your abilities. You are also known as a ‘musician’ who has performed at the best starred properties not across the country, but only in Goa. Another category of musicians employed by hotels are those holding Government jobs. This has been a practice for the past 15-20 years. They hold government jobs by day (thanks to the support of the respective ministers) and turn into paid performers by night (though paid in fictitious names). I don’t think an individual can do justice to either his Government job or his job as a musician. Unfortunately this happens to be a common practice all over our state. How insecure can one get? You either have confidence in yourself as a Government servant or a musician. It’s unfair doing both, as you are depriving a deserving candidate of an opportunity on both sides. Anyway they’ve got the babus in the Goa Government on their side, so they couldn’t care less.

This behaviour has deprived local and western tourists of an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the very best talent Goa has to offer, which is plentiful, except that the hotel staff refuse to scout for talented musicians. What do talented musicians deprived of an opportunity do? Turn into music instructors or hit the bottle?

While I agree, it is unfair to say “Goan musicians”, I would like to specify, that a majority of the Goan musicians are closeminded individuals, with a crab mentality. It is no top secret; anyone can observe their body language on stage, at jam sessions held in the North and the South.

Barring a few known names and many who have greyed playing good quality stuff, close-minded musicians even established ones, are not even open to the idea of supporting their own upcoming brethren, leave aside performing alongside a qualified drummer or guitarist or percussionist etc.

This attitude has even spilled onto to friends of mine from Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangalore, Chennai, USA, UK and the Philippines, but trust me, they make a laughing stock of themselves once they get down to playing their music. Because it’s a visible struggle and they make a mess of the music they are trying to deliver.

At a resort in the South, where a musician friend of mine from the US was quick to point out, the musician performing that night indulged in a ‘conversation’ more than strumming his guitar. It was 65 percent talk and 35 percent music. Is this what a musician is employed for? Yet this is exactly the entertainers accepted by our hotel staff around the state of Goa. Good musicians are not wanted, so people like me have to go elsewhere in search of opportunities. Sad but true. A sorry state of affairs, unless they decide to change over.

It would be better if the Goan musician can stop living on past laurels and start living in the present. We Goans need to accept the fact that musicians from all over India have now made their presence felt with their expertise as true musicians.

The reason for this is nothing but hard work and less talk.

Goans could also get there, but only if they went about the task of minding their own business. Let the music you play do the talking, rather than your tongue. Your tongue can be destructive, but your music played in the right manner could have a soothing effect.

Union demands arrest of Rakhi Sawant PTI MUZAFFARNAGAR, NOV 14

Bhartiya Kisan Union on Sunday demanded that actress Rakhi Sawant should be arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a youth, who took the extreme step after he was humiliated on the TV show that she hosts.

The outfit’s spokesperson Rakesh Tikait alleged that a youth from Jhansi had committed suicide after he was insulted on her show Rakhi ka Insaaf and demanded that she should be booked for abatement of suicide.

Laxman, 25, suffered from depression ever since he was humiliated at the reality TV show, following which he was admitted to Jhansi Medical College hospital on November 9 and unable to bear the ignominy, he stopped taking his food and eventually died on November 11, his family had claimed.

65% cost escalation in CWG Village project: CVC PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 14

The CVC has found several discrepancies in a DDA project for construction of certain facilities in the Commonwealth Games Village that led to a cost escalation from Rs 38 crore to over Rs 63 crore.

According to an internal investigation report, the CVC’s Chief Technical Examination Wing has also said that the construction company has flouted government norms related to testing, purchase and security.

As part of its different development projects, the work for construction of swimming pool, training hall, fitness centre and athletic track in the Village spread over 63.5 hectares area was given to Sportina Payce Infrastructure Private Limited, a consortium of four companies especially created for the job, by the Delhi Development Authority.

“Sportina Payce Infrastructure Pvt Ltd was the lowest tenderer with their quoted amount of Rs 64.86 crore which was 67.39 per cent above the estimated cost of Rs 38.76 crore... Negotiations were conducted with the agency and the agency reduced their quoted amount to

Gandhian L C Jain passes away

Rs 63,09,67,855 which was 62.77 per cent above the estimated cost and 11.79 per cent above the justified amount of Rs 56.44 crore.

“As per CPWD manual which is being followed by the DDA the work can be awarded up to 10 per cent above the justified cost. Work Advisory Board decided to place the matter before the Hon’ble LG for acceptance... and work was awarded to Sportina Payce Infrastructure Pvt Ltd at their negotiated amount of Rs 63,09,67,855,”, the report, which was received in reply to an RTI query filed by PTI, said.

According to the finding, an application was submitted by a consortium of Payce Consolidated Ltd and Paynter Dixon Construction Pvt Ltd, Australia, Sportina Exim Pvt Ltd, Mumbai and Robertson Marks Architect Pvt Ltd, Australia.

“As per the agreement to establish a consortium, the consortium members agreed to incorporate a limited liability company i.e. a Special Purpose Vehicle Company (SPV) in the name and style of Sportina Payce Construction (India) Pvt Ltd...

“But at the time of submitting the tender, a company was

Nehru remembered on 120th birth anniversary

PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 14

Well-known Gandhian and Magsaysay award winner L C Jain passed away on Sunday following prolonged illness. He was 85.

An organiser, commentator and activist, Jain spent more than six decades of his life as an impassioned crusader for what Mahatma Gandhi called India's second freedom struggle – the fight against corruption.

Known as a fierce opponent of overwhelming state control and an ardent advocate for social action, his efforts to keep alive the legacy of the freedom struggle through the intervention of civil society led to him being awarded the Magsaysay Award in 1988.

Jain is survived by his wife and two sons.

Much of the first phase of his entry into public life was spent working on cherished Nehruvian projects, but it was Gandhi who remained a beacon throughout his career, guiding and illuminating his responses.

It was this association that led him to accept one of his few forays into official life, as High Commissioner to South Africa, where he was plunged into that country’s own struggles to build an inclusive society.

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The nation on Sunday fondly remembered the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 120th birth anniversary with President Pratiba Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leading the countrymen in pay rich tributes to the leader.

Patil and Singh paid floral tributes to Nehru at Shanti Van, his memorial on the banks of Yamuna here this morning amid chants of vedic hymns and songs by a group of students.

Besides the President and Prime Minister, Vice President Hamid Ansari, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister and Sheila Dikshit were among the prominent persons who paid floral tributes at the memorial.

The dignitaries also released tricolour balloons in the air as

Three consecutive summers of unrest in Kashmir may have brought miseries to people of the Valley but they have also given time to some to follow their muse.

Such is the case of 21-yearold Roushan Illahi, a business administration student, who has gained popularity as the Valley’s first rap singer.

Illahi, known as ‘MC Kash’, is fast becoming popular among the new generation of music lovers having ears for beats other than those emanating

students played the band.

Singh, Gandhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and BJP leader L K Advani paid floral tributes at Nehru’s portrait in the Central hall of Parliament.

On the occasion, an on-thespot drawing competition was also organised by the children's corner of Parliament library in which 268 children participated.

Cultural programmes were organised in city schools as the day is also observed as Children’s Day. Nehru was fond of children and was known as Chacha Nehru during his lifetime.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) also organised a colourful programme to celebrate Children’s Day. Around 5,000 primary school children presented cultural programme at the functions. Hundreds of students from schools located in slum clusters, resettlement colonies and other parts of the city.

In Nehru’s birthplace Allahabad, Congress leaders including UPCC vice-president Shekhar Bahugna, party leader in state Assembly Pramod Tiwari, local MLA Anugrah Narain Singh and Mayor Chaudhary Jitendranath Singh gathered at the historic Anand Bhawan, the ancestral house which has been converted into a memorial and museum.

Confusion haunts parents over nursery admissions

Maoists blow up culvert, 1 dead

in a mad race to get their wards’ admission into one of the reputed schools in the city. They are not sure whether they should go ahead with their child’s admission or wait till the DoE comes out with fresh guidelines.

“I have bought forms for my daughter’s admission from three top schools. A school in Pitampura even asked me to pay Rs 90,000 to reserve a seat for my child,” said a disgruntled parent without wishing not to be named.

“But after Delhi Education Minister’s statement that no school should commence the admission process before the DoE notice, the schools have instructed us to contact after December 15,” she said.

The government was drafting comprehensive guidelines for admissions into nursery classes incorporating provisions of the RTE (Right To Compulsory and

One person, suspected to be a Naxalite, was killed as Maoists blasted a culvert at Boulia under Nauhatta police station in Bihar’s Rohtas district early on Sunday, police said.

Over 75 ultras gathered at the spot and triggered a landmine blast in which the culvert was blown up.

One person, suspected to be an ultra, was blown to pieces in the blast triggered apparently to create panic in the area to enforce the poll boycott call given by the Maoists.

The blast site is under Chenari Assembly constituency going to polls in the sixth and final phase of Assembly election on November 20.

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It seems controversies and nursery admissions in the capital have a never-ending relationship.

Like every season, this year too has begun with chaos and confusion with several schools starting the admission process ahead of schedule due to absence of any notification from the Directorate of Education (DoE).

However, some schools have stopped the admissions after stern warning from the Delhi government.

Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely on Thursday warned private schools not to start the process for nursery admissions before issuance of relevant guidelines and said punitive action will be taken against the violators.

This has led to confusion among many parents, who are

Free Education Act) and all the schools have to comply with it, Lovely had said.

Sumit Vohra, who runs admissionsnursery.com –- a website which deals with nursery admissions-related information, said parents seeking admission for their children have reported that at least a dozen schools have started selling admission forms and some even asked parents to deposit the fees in part or full to ensure seats for their kids.

“It’s like a catch-22 situation for parents. If you pay the admission fees to a school today, and after a month you get a seat for child in a better school, there are much chances that you won't get back your money,’ Vohra told PTI. “As per the DoE guidelines, one is entitled to get the fees refunded within a month. If the time exceeds, you have to forgo the money,” Vohra said.

Valley’s first rapper sings about turmoil, attracts youth PTI SRINAGAR, NOV 14

formed as Sportina Payce Infrastructure Pvt Ltd which submitted the tender and became L1 and finally work was awarded to them,” it said.

“In this company other partners except Sportina Exim Pvt were not represented at all. Ultimately at site only Sportina Exim Pvt Ltd was executing the work which does not have expertise, experience which was considered at the time of Pre Qualification. Thus undue favour has been shown to agency,” the anti-corruption watchdog noticed in its report.

“Certain discrepancies were observed in the justification of rates prepared during award of work which resulted into higher justified cost,” the report read.

Pointing out the irregularities, it said that labour charges for fixing tiles and calculations of Value Added Tax (VAT) was calculated twice.

The contractor also did not furnish workmen’s compensation policy which was a mandatory requirement to insure at his cost and expense against any damage or loss or injury which may be caused to any person or property at site of work, the report said.

from Bollywood movies and other traditional forms of singing.

Born in 1990 in Srinagar’s Dalgate neighbourhood, MC Kash broke into the world of hip-hop and rap with a solo titled “Moment of truth” last year, when that genre of music was still unknown in the Valley.

He recorded three more songs this year which include ‘Feel It’, ‘I Protest (Remembrance)’ and ‘Beneath the Sky’.

Illahi’s renditions have won him adulation of young Kashmiris within and outside the Valley.

Since he grew up in the shadow of guns and witnessed death and destruction in the past 20 years of turmoil, his songs reflect mostly his personal experiences.

His song ‘I Protest (Remembrance)’ was released in September, when Kashmir was in the midst of its third consecutive summer of protests. The song includes the names of 65 civilians and protestors, who were killed till the day MC Kash wrote the lyrics of the song.

“The 65 martyrs were my inspiration for the song. Whenever someone listens to the

song, they are surprised and say how many are they,” MC Kash told PTI. He says the lyrics he writes are not against anyone but “an expression of love for my people”.

After singing I protest (Remembrance), MC Kash says he was under pressure to stop writing about Kashmir as his well wishers expressed fears about his safety.

“I was a bit afraid but then I thought that revolutionaries do not fear execution. My next song is also about Kashmir,” he said.

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BSFsoldier bolts the doors after the Thar Express train left India’s Munabao railway station some 550 kms from Ahmedabad on Saturday. The Thar Express train runs between Jodhpur and Karachi.

Infiltration bid foiled along LoC in Poonch, 2 ultras killed PTI JAMMU, NOV 14

Army troops on Sunday foiled an infiltration bid and shot dead two militants along the Line of Control (LOC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Troops of 5 Maratha Light Infantry (MLI) found suspicious movement between Anand and Gain forward defence posts in Sona Gali forest belt of Mankote sub-sector of Poonch district around 0045 hours, a senior Army officer told PTI. During the search of the area, they found a group of militants crossing into the Indian side and challenged them, he said, adding that the militants opened heavy fire on the troops, who retaliated resulting in a fierce gunbattle.

Two militants were killed in the gunbattle which ended early today, while the others managed to escape, the officer said.

The infiltration bid has been foiled, he said, adding that the troops were alert and vigilant along the border line in view of the reports that there would be an increase in infiltration attempts before the snowfall in the mountain ridges.

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Prince William flies to Helmand as war dead remembered AFP LONDON, NOV 14

Prince William flew into Afghanistan on Sunday for a surprise visit to honour Britain's war dead, as the Queen led the nation in remembrance in London.

The Prince attended a Remembrance Sunday service earlier in the morning at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, and laid a wreath before flying home.

Back in London, Queen Elizabeth led the nation in a twominute silence at 11 o'clock to remember the fallen, and laid a wreath at the Cenotaph memorial.

She was followed by other senior members of the royal family, as well as Prime Minister David Cameron and other politicians and diplomats.

Remembrance Sunday marks the end of World War I on November 11, 1918, and honours all those killed in conflict since.

Prince William, 28, who is second in line to the throne, was joined in Afghanistan by Defence Secretary Liam Fox. "Remembrance Sunday is a time when the entire country stops to recognise the sacrifices made by the armed forces on our behalf," Fox said on Sunday.

"I am extremely proud that Prince William and I could come to Camp Bastion to stand alongside the men and women serving in Afghanistan today.

"I pay tribute to them, and everyone who has served before them in this conflict, and others on behalf of the freedoms that the British people enjoy."

The Camp Bastion service was also attended by Commander British Forces, Lieutenant General James Bucknall, and Commander Task Force Helmand, Brigadier James Chiswell, and William Patey, who is British ambassador to Kabul.

Remembrance services were also held across Britain and in other military bases in Afghanistan.

The prince also met British, Commonwealth and other forces from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Sunday, according to a statement issued by his St James's Palace official residence. He also visited Camp Bastion's medical centre.

Britain has around 9,500 troops in Afghanistan, mostly in Helmand, making it the second largest contributor to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.

Prince William had already paid a secret visit to the country in 2008, visiting frontline troops in Kandahar.

His younger brother, Harry, had served with the British army in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, but was withdrawn in 2008 after media reported the deployment.

Woman killed on bed as SUV crashes into bedroom AGENCIES CHICAGO, NOV 14

A 48-year-old woman was killed when she was asleep on bed as an SUV crashed into her bedroom in Bolingbrook, a village in Will and DuPage counties of Illinois State near Chicago early Saturday morning, the Chicago Tribune reported.

A 17-year-old boy, influenced by alcohol, ran his SUV off the road and crashed through a window into the bedroom of a firstfloor apartment, where the woman was trapped under the car and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman's husband survived and another person was being treated for injuries, but it remains unknown how many people were in the apartment at the time of the accident.

There were two people in the SUV. The 17-year-old driver was taken into custody and the other person was being interviewed by police.

Police are working with the States Attorney's Office for charges.

A 74-foot tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is put into place at 30 Rockefeller Plaza for the 2010-2011 holiday season in New York City. The 12-ton Norway Spruce tree was grown in the property of New York City firefighter Peter Acton and his wife Stephanie in Mahopac, New York. It will be formally lit on November 30.

Six Indians held in UK for immigration violation PTI LONDON, NOV 14

Six Indians have been arrested in the UK on charges of violating immigration rules and face deportation.

They were arrested after UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers numbering about 20, acting on a tip-off, raided two wholesalers at the centre in Hayes Road in Southall here on Thursday morning.

The UKBA officers arrested five Indian men, aged between 24 and 33, at Jaystar - two of

West can’t defeat al-Qaeda, says UK army chief AGENCIES LONDON, NOV 14

The head of British armed forces on Sunday warned that western forces would never be able to fully "defeat" al-Qaeda-inspired terrorism and could at best "contain" it.

In remarks that commentators described as reflecting "new realism" about the limits of using military power to defeat terrorism, General Sir David Richards said it was "unnecessary" even to think in terms of a "clear-cut victory’’ because it would "never be achieved".

"In conventional war, defeat and victory is very clear cut and is symbolised by troops marching into another nation’s capital.

First of all, you have to ask: do we need to defeat it in the sense of a clear-cut victory? I would argue that it is unnecessary and would never be achieved. But can we contain it to the point that our lives and our children’s lives are led securely? I think we can," Gen Richards told The

Mexico reports tough action against corruption AGENCIES MEXICO CITY, NOV 14

Mexico prosecuted 1,700 public servants in 2010, doubling the number in the past 25 years, Mexico's Public Duties Ministry said in a Friday statement.

"These results clearly show that the strategies we are adopting to combat corruption are improving," Vice Minister Rogelio Carbajal Tejad told a conference in the French capital of Paris.

Under Public Duties Minister Salvador Vega Casillas, who took office two years

them for illegally entering the UK and the other three for staying in the country after their visas expired, officials said.

The sixth man, a 26-year-old failed asylum seeker, was arrested at A1 Veg Ltd. Their employers face fines of up to 10,000 pounds per employee unless they can prove they carried out the necessary checks.

The UKBA said it will take steps to remove all six workers from the country.

UKBA Assistant Director John

ago, said the ministry has changed the role from being an auditor that ensured public servants to file correct papers, to an active investigator tracing corruptive government employees.

The ministry previously assumed that inconsistent filing would surely exposed corruption, but now it has begun sending engineers out to check whether the work meets contracted standard and looking into public servants who obviously spent more than their salaries.

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He said Islamist extremism could not be completely eradicated and al-Qaeda and its affiliates would continue to pose a threat for at least 30 years.

"Make no mistake , the global threat from al-Qaeda and its terrorist affiliates is an enduring one and one which, if we let it, will rear its head in states, particularly those that are unstable."

Gen Richards criticised British and American approach to the conflict in Afghanistan and said that Afghan people were starting to "tire’’ of NATO’s inability to deliver on its promises. Both Britain and America were sidetracked by Iraq.

"To begin with our eyes were taken off the ball because of Iraq. I remember having a conversation about it with Donald Rumsfeld (the then US Defence Secretary). (It) got me into a bit of trouble for suggesting that the number of troops were not sufficient for the task," he said.

Lang warned businesses in the area to ensure they checked their staff thoroughly.

"We continue to have success in targeting illegal workers in this area and more of these kinds of operations are planned," he said.

"My message for businesses is that it pays to play by the rules. Check the status of your staff. Employers of illegal migrants can be hit with big fines – but if you deliberately employ an illegal worker you could face criminal prosecution."

Iran to unveil new generation S-200 missiles AGENCIES TEHRAN, NOV 14

A senior Iranian military commander announced Sunday that the country will unveil a new generation of domestically developed long-range S-200 air defense missile system by next February, the local Fars news agency reported.

"We have made good progress in developing S-200 systems," Brigadier General Ahmad Miqani, Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base told a news conference.

The commander said that in the new generation of the S-200 system, the radar system is boosted and is made fully digital, Miqani was quoted as saying.

Reportedly, the S-200 system is a very long range, mediumto- high altitude surface-to-air missile system, designed to defend large areas from bomber attack or other strategic aircraft.

On Wednesday, Iran said it would test-fire its domestically built S-300 missile system in near future in response to Russia's refusal to provide Tehran with the defense missile shield.

Obama unconnected to reality: Jindal AGENCIES WASHINGTON, NOV 14

Louisiana's Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal has accused President Barack Obama of not being "connected to reality on the ground" during the Gulf oil spill and more focused on its political aftermath.

In a new book titled "Leadership and Crisis," set to be released Monday, Jindal recounts a pair of private conversations with the president that paint him as consumed with how his actions were being perceived, Politico, the online political newspaper here, reported.

On Obama's first trip to Louisiana after the disaster, the governor describes how the

president took him aside on the tarmac after arriving to complain about a letter that Jindal had sent to the administration requesting authorisation for food stamps for those who had lost their jobs because of the spill.

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The chief minister said that as per highway rules the toll within 20 km radius of the toll booth is exempted.

“But I have demanded that the radius should be extended to 40 kms for Goa,” Kamat said.

Locals have expressed their apprehensions over the exorbitant toll that they will have to shell out once highways are expanded.

National Highway Diversion Action Committee has decided to chalk out an extensive agitation plan from November 22 onwards opposing the current alignment of the highway.

Kamat said that maximum efforts were made to give relief to the locals.

“I have also suggested that monthly pass as low as Rs 150 should be worked out for Goa so that regular travellers need not pay more,” he said.

The chief minister said that he has written a letter to Union Road Transport Ministry listing the suggestions.

“I have even discussed this issue with Union Minister Kamal Nath,” he added.

Kamat said that in his recent visit to Delhi, he held meeting with National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) officials where the joint survey report of the highway expansion was discussed.

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Suu Kyi calls for talks with junta AP YANGON, NOV 14

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, freed from seven years of house arrest, told thousands of wildly cheering supporters today that she would continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-controlled nation.

She called for face-to-face talks with the junta's leader.

She spoke to about 5,000 people who crowded around the dilapidated headquarters of her political party, the first stop for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate after leaving the lakeside residence that had been her prison.

"I believe in human rights and I believe in the rule of law. I will always fight for these things," she said. "I want to work with all democratic forces and I need the support of the people".

Suu Kyi, 65, told reporters her message to junta leader Gen Than Shwe was, "Let's speak to each other directly". The two last met in secret talks in 2002 at the encouragement of the United Nations.

"I am for national reconciliation. I am for dialogue. Whatever authority I have, I will use it to that end. I hope people will support me," she said.

She entered the small compound of her National League for Democracy as people shouted "We love Suu" amid

Sarkozy appoints Fillon to form new govt AGENCIES PARIS, NOV 14

Aung San Suu Kyi holds a sign reading "I love the public too" while addressing supporters outside her National League for Democracy party headquarters in Yangon, on Sunday.

thunderous applause.

Inside, she met with Yangonbased diplomats and was later scheduled to attend the funeral of a close friend and pay a customary visit to the city's sacred Shwedagon pagoda.

"This is an unconditional release. No restrictions are placed on her," her lawyer Nyan Win said.

T h e re w a s s p e c u l a t i o n whether the charismatic and relentlessly outspoken Suu Kyi would use her freedom to challenge the ruling military headon, or be more conciliatory.

She did not sound a strident note, saying she bore no grudge

against those who had held her in detention for more than 15 of the last 21 years, adding that she had been well-treated.

"I hope they (the military) won't feel threatened by me.

Popularity is something that comes and goes. I don't think that anyone should feel threatened by it," she said.

Suu Kyi thanked her wellwishers and asked them to pray for those still imprisoned by the junta. Human rights groups say the government holds more than 2,200 political prisoners.

"If my people are not free, how can I say I am free? Either we are all free together or we

are not free together," she said.

Speaking of her isolation while under house arrest, Suu Kyi said she "always felt free within myself. I kept myself pretty much on an even keel".

But she said that for years she had only listened to the radio, adding "I'd like to listen to human voices".

In her first public appearance last evening, Suu Kyi indicated she would continue with her political activity but did not specify whether she would challenge the military with mass rallies and other activities that led to her earlier detentions.

French President Nicholas Sarkozy has charged Francois Fillon once again with forming a new government, the president's office announced on Sunday.

The move came one day after Fillon stepped down as prime minister along with his government to pave the way for Sarkozy to conduct a longawaited cabinet reshuffle.

The formation of the new cabinet is expected later Sunday.

Government sources said it will only feature 26 ministers and state secretaries, instead of the previous 37.

Former premier and foreign minister Alain Juppe, who now serves as the mayor of Bordeaux, is expected to return to the cabinet as defence minister.

Speculation has been rife about the overhaul, the fourth of Sarkozy's presidency. The president has seen his popularity decline further over the introduction this month of a pension reform that increases the retirement age by two years.

Analysts say Sarkozy is hoping to use the reshuffle to polish his image prior to an expected bid for a second term in presidential elections due in 2012.

Swraj Paul demands public enquiry into Lords’ expenses PTI LONDON, NOV 14

Hurt at being "unjustly and unfairly targeted" by a 'kangaroo court', Lord Swraj Paul today demanded a public enquiry into expenses of members of the House of Lords which has suspended him over his allowances claims.

Paul, who has resigned as the deputy speaker because "my faith in the House and in British justice has been shattered," told PTI that he will continue to speak out against the abuse of power and fight for a democratic House of Lords which functions transparently.

The NRI industrialist was recently suspended from the House for four months for allegedly being negligent in his claims for overnight allowances that, he said, had been made according to rules in place in 2005-06.

Calling the punishment meted out to him as unjust and unfair, Paul demanded a public enquiry into "practices of expenses" of members of the House during the past decade and also why he had been singled out for "harsh" treatment.

"I will certainly speak out against the way I have been treated. What kind of justice is it when other peers have been treated by a different set of standards? Even the Metropolitan Police cleared me of any wrong-

Strike paralyses life in Bangladesh

Taliban militants are weak, facing money crunch: NATO and keep on pressure on them.

"We are pressing them on, we are driving them away from the population that led to decreased on their number and you can see the number of insurgents' leaders taking out of the fight by troops and Special Forces," he emphasized.

He further said the opium production, the funding base for the Taliban insurgency, this year went down nearly about 50 percent.

To prove the notion, the spokesman of NATO-led ISAF forces played a footage in which a Taliban leader Ustad Mohammad Yaser was asking people in an unknown village to collect money.

"Now we have one suicide bomber for each one of NATO and American tanks and trucks, but we do not have enough sui-

cide vests and funds to support such operations," the Taliban leader Yaser said in the footage played in video.

This is the future the Taliban have in mind for the youth of Afghanistan, Blotz said.

"The alliance commitment is for long-term and the military commitment is for the longterm," Blotz said.

Briefing reporters of agenda in the upcoming NATO Summit in Lisbon of Portugal due on November 19 and 20, Dominic Medley said the transition of security charge to Afghan forces would be part of the agenda in the summit.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in July that Afghan security forces would be able to take security charge of the country in 2014.

Karzai wants end to intrusive US military operations

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The spokesman for NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Sunday that Taliban insurgents have been weakened and facing financial problem to continue the fighting.

"By applying military instruments and maintaining very decisive pressure on insurgents, they are losing, but this is still absolutely necessary," BrigadierGeneral Josef Blotz told reporters in a joint weekly press conference with the spokesman of NATO's Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Dominic Medley.

Blotz also said that Afghan and ISAF forces have managed to come up with significant attrition on the side of the Taliban

PTI WASHINGTON, NOV 14

Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants the US to reduce the visibility and intensity of its "intrusive" military operations, saying people of the war-torn nation have lost patience with the presence of American troops in their homes which could exacerbate Taliban insurgency.

"The time has come to reduce military operations," Karzai said.

"The time has come to reduce the presence of, you know, boots in Afghanistan ... to reduce the intrusiveness into the daily Afghan life," Karzai told 'The Washington Post'.

"It's not desirable for the Afghan people either to have 100,000 or more foreign troops going around the country endlessly," he said.

Karzai said the increased US Special Operations forces night raids could aggravate sufferings of Afghans and exacerbate the Taliban insurgency. He says Afghan troops are ready to take more responsibility for their own security.

He said foreign troops should limit themselves to necessary operations along the Pak border.

His comments placed him at odds with US commander Gen

David H Petraeus, who has made capture-and-kill missions a central component of his counterinsurgency strategy, and who claims the 30,000 new troops have made substantial progress in beating back the insurgency, the Post said.

Karzai's comments also came as American officials played down the importance of July 2011 - the date US President Brack Obama set to begin withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan – in favour of a combat mission ending in 2014, it said.

Karzai said he was speaking out not to criticise the United States but in the belief that candor could improve what he called a "grudging" relationship between the countries.

The President said Afghans have lost patience with the presence of American soldiers in their homes and armoured vehicles on their roads.

Karzai has long been publicly critical of civilian casualties at the hands of US and NATO troops and has called for curtailing night raids into Afghan homes.

But Karzai was emphatic that US troops must cease such operations.

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A senior Afghan diplomat in Pakistan, kidnapped two years ago by gunmen, has been freed, the Afghan govt said on Sunday.

Abdul Khaliq Farahi, the Afghan consul general in Pakistan, was seized after gunmen ambushed his car and killed his driver in September 2008 in Peshawar.

"I can confirm that he was freed yesterday and he is in Afghanistan," Siyamak Herawi, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said.

doing. The battle is not over; I am not a quitter," he said.

It was unheard of in British parliamentary history that a member had been suspended not for dishonesty, but for negligence, he said.

Two members of the fivemember sub-committee that went into his case were 'openly hostile' to him. The chairperson of the sub-committee had publicly acknowledged that she had threatened to resign if their report was not accepted by the Privileges Committee, he said.

The fact that one member of the sub-committee had asked 122 out of 169 questions put to him "tells us something", he said.

A house outside London had been designated as his 'main residence', which entitled him to claim expenses to attend the House of Lords proceedings.

Paul's stand had been vindicated by the police, which did not find any reason to continue investigations into his claims.

But a House sub-committee chose to proceed against him.

He said: "My case was referred to the Metropolitan Police after a campaign by the press and a Scottish MP who was opposed to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. One has to assume it was politically motivated.

"However, the police very quickly said there was no case against me because the rules that I and my fellow members had followed when submitting expenses claims were too vague to be enforceable."

He added: "I had repaid the money -- in fact I had repaid 14,000 pounds more than I need to have done -- and been told by the police that they would not be taking action.

"Since I had already repaid the money and the police had decided there was no case against me, why did the House of Lords authorities think it needed further investigation?"

On the hearing in the subcommittee, Paul said: "The whole thing was like a 'kangaroo court.' Nobody asked why I thought my claims were valid.

"The transcript shows that one member in particular just harangued me over the meaning of 'main residence' which the police, and the House itself, had already said was a discredited term.

Handicrafts from China are seen at the Impor t Shop Fair held in Berlin, Germany. A total of 571 exhibitors from 57 countries and regions took par t in the 6-day-long 2010 Berlin Import Shop Fair which started Tuesday

Hundreds of riot police patrolled streets of the Bangladeshi capital today as main opposition BNP enforced a nationwide general strike protesting against the "eviction" of its leader and expremier Khaleda Zia from her cantonment residence, leading to arrest of nearly 24 party activists.

The dawn-to-dusk strike forced closure of shops, businesses and schools in all major cities while millions of people, who planned to visit their village homes ahead of Wednesday's Eid-ul Azha festival, were stranded as transport operators suspended inter-district services to evade wrath of the opposition activists.

Witnesses said baton-wielding policemen chased the protesters at several areas of the city as they pelted stones on vehicles for defying the strike call and set on fire a police van at the downtown Sadarghat river port terminal area.

Police said they arrested nearly 24 opposition activists in sporadic incidents of clashes during which protesters also set on fire a police bike at central Bangla Motor area after damaging dozens of vehicles in the city in an apparent attempt to create grounds for forceful enforcement of the countrywide stoppage.

"The people have lost their confidence in the government and spontaneously observing the 'hartal' across the country," BNP secretary general Khandakar Delwar Hossain told news-

men in front of the party's central office at Naya Paltan, where BNP leaders staged street rallies.

Hours after her eviction yesterday from the cantonment residence which was allotted to her under a controversial lease agreement 29 years ago following her husband and ex-president Ziaur Rahman's 1981 assassination, 66-year-old Zia told newsmen that she was "humiliatingly" dragged out of the house in single clothing.

"I was driven out of the house ... I feel harassed, humiliated and ashamed of the way I was thrown out of the house," she said with tears in her eyes at her Gulshan office last night.

She called an army statement claiming she voluntarily vacated the house as "totally false."

The Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) yesterday also said the Cantonment Board authorities extended Zia "the due honour as she vacated the house."

"The honourable leader of the opposition Begum Khaleda Zia has extended her cooperation in executing the court verdict through vacating voluntarily her 6, Shaheed Mainul Road residence in Dhaka Cantonment at 3.15 this afternoon," said the ISPR in an earlier statement.

It said the government earlier had donated a house to her in Gulshan while another house at 29 Minto Road is allotted to her for being the leader of the opposition. "She can live in any of the two houses as she wish. This is entirely an issue of her choice," the ISPR said.

Netanyahu: US 90-day freeze proposal not final AGENCIES JERUSALEM, NOV 14

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that that the proposal put forward by the US for a 90-day settlement freeze in exchange for UN support and military aide is not final.

"This proposal was raised during my talks with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. It is still not final; it is still being formulated by Israeli and the American teams."

Speaking at the beginning of the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said "if and when it is complete, I will bring this proposal to the appropriate Government forum, which in this case is the Cabinet."

"In any case, I insist that any proposal meet the State of Israel's security needs, both in the immediate term and vis-àvis the threats that we will face in the coming decade," Netanyahu explained.

Netanyahu told the cabinet about his meetings with various US officials last week. "I met with US Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. I also spoke and met with various leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives. I met with senior US economic and media figures, including the top analysts and commentators in the US," Netanyahu said.

The prime minister said "In all of these meetings, I raised – first and foremost – the need to stop the Iranian

nuclear project. This is the greatest threat to both world peace and the security of the State of Israel."

Before the meeting on Sunday, Coalition head Ze'ev Elkin said he believes the majority of Likud ministers and MKs will oppose Netanyahu's proposal to approve the American plan. Referring to the international political assistance

offered by the US in exchange for the extended freeze, Elkin said that it is possible the assistance could be of more harm to Israel than it is helpful.

Elkin also expressed concern that Israel would be the recipient of heavy pressure from the United States to reach an agreement with Palestinians on borders during the three-month building freeze. Referring to the American offer for an additional 20 fighter jets, he said that Israel should accept the military aid.

Elkin, together with MK Ariye Eldad (National Union) sent a letter on Sunday to the right wing of the government in a call to oppose the US freeze proposal.

The pair called on MKs to "stand with them in this testing time, to oppose every additional freeze and to demand a renewal of building as the cabinet decided." The letter continued, "No security package can be as worthy as the security provided by the hills and Jordan valley."

Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Danny Danon (Likud) also entered the debate and held an emergency round of consultations with key cabinet members to shore up their support for the residents of the West Bank.

Danon especially focused on ministers who have voiced their opposition to an additional freeze such as Benny Begin, Limor Livnat and Moshe Yaalon.

Nazis were given safe haven in US: report Berlusconi seeks turst vote PTI NEW YORK, NOV 14

The notorious Nazis and their collaborators were given a "safe haven" in America by the CIA after World War II, a newspaper has said, citing a declassified report of the US government.

'The New York Times' said that the 600-page report contains details of decades of clashes with other nations over war criminals here and abroad, and provides new evidence about 24 of the most notorious Nazi cases of the last three decades.

"America, which prided itself on being a safe haven for the persecuted, became -- in some small measure -- a safe haven for persecutors as well," according to the US justice department report.

The report cites help that CIA officials provided in 1954 to Otto Von Bolschwing, an associate of Adolph Eichmann, who had helped develop the initial plans "to purge Germany of the Jews", and later worked for the CIA in the US. In a chain of memos, CIA of-

ficials debated what to do if Von Bolschwing were confronted about his past -- whether to deny any Nazi affiliation or "explain it away on the basis of extenuating circumstances", the document said.

The justice department, after learning of Von Bolschwing's Nazi ties, sought to deport him in 1981. He died that year at age 72, the US newspaper said.

The US government report also examines the case of Arthur L Rudolph, a Nazi scientist who ran the Mittelwerk mu-

nitions factory. He was brought to the US in 1945 for his rocketmaking expertise under Operation Paperclip, an American programme that recruited scientists who had worked in Germany.

Rudolph has been honoured

by NASA and is credited as the father of the Saturn V rocket, the newspaper said.

The report also cites a 1949 memo from the justice department's No 2 official urging immigration officers to let Rudolph back in the country after a stay

in Mexico, saying that a failure to do so "would be to the detriment of the national interest".

The report documents divisions within the US government over the effort and the legal pitfalls in relying on testimony from Holocaust survivors that was decades old, the newspaper said.

The report concluded that the number of Nazis who made it into the United States was almost certainly much smaller than 10,000, the figure widely cited by government officials.

AP ROME, NOV 14

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged Saturday to submit his government to a make-or-break confidence vote to determine whether his weakened coalition still has enough support in Parliament to survive.

If Berlusconi loses a confidence vote, he must resign. If the center-right leader cannot assemble another government, President Giorgio Napolitano can call early elections, widely expected to be held early next spring.

But the prime minister insisted that before he puts his government's survival on the line, Parliament must pass legislation providing for Italy's national budget. Lawmakers have been trying for weeks to come up with budget cuts, even as

they worry that voters will punish them at the polls if elections are held anytime soon.

I'm more optimistic than before" about the government's survival, said Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, a leader of Berlusconi's main coalition partner, the anti-immigrant Northern League.

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The fine art of tax planning – transfer pricing SCI FPO by early

The world over, astute tax lawyers, work tax laws in a manner by which their clients pay the least tax possible. The fees of these legal eagles are often a percentage of the amount saved in term of tax savings. In income tax most of the big and medium industrial and business families float several companies and firms through which they divide their businesses’. Tax planning often consists is under or over invoicing goods and services between sister concerns or between individuals and their firms. In many instances before tax returns are filed, the accountants often twist accounts to juggle items of either income or expenditure between the different firms and individuals of a group. This ensures that all the several firms and partners pay the least possible tax.

On a larger international scale multi nationals play a similar game. Where the entire world is considered one – top corporate lawyers study various tax systems to advice their clients as to the best tax strategy. Of course this strategy takes into consideration, not only tax on income but also goods and services tax and import and export duties. In a world where both commodities and services can be sourced from various destinations and where markets can be in any part of the globe – the ideal strategy is to produce goods and services at places where the cost of production is the least; in developing countries; to register companies in territories where capital and income tax is non

Mutual Fund Scheme Name A

Key to abbreviations: R Price: Repurchase Price; S Price: Sale Price; (D): Dividend; (G): Growth NAVs (Rs)

A

AIG India Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 12.96 India Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 12.96 Infrastructure and Eco Reform Fd­ Regular Plan (D) 9.99 Infrastructure and Eco Reform Fud ­ Regular Plan (G) 9.99 Axis Equity Fund (D) 11.97 Equity Fund (G) 11.97 Tax Saver Fund (D) 12.00 Tax Saver Fund (G) 13.10

B

Baroda Pioneer ELSS 96 28.37 Growth Fund (D) 32.15 Growth Fund (G) 57.07 Infrastructure Fund (D) 10.48 Infrastructure Fund (G) 10.48 PSU Equity Fund (D) 9.68 PSU Equity Fund (G) 9.68 Bharti AXA Equity Fund ­ Eco Plan (Bonus) 19.30 Equity Fund ­ Eco Plan (D) 13.59 Equity Fund ­ Eco Plan (G) 19.30 Equity Fund ­ Eco Plan (QD) 12.83 Equity Fund ­ Retail Plan (Bonus) 19.20 Equity Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) 13.53 Equity Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) 19.20 Equity Fund ­ Retail Plan (QD) 12.75 Focused Infrastructure Fund (D) 11.32 Focused Infrastructure Fund (G) 11.32 Focused Infrastructure Fund (QD) 11.32 Tax Advantage Fund ­ Eco Plan (D) 13.96 Tax Advantage Fund ­ Eco Plan (G) 25.64 Tax Advantage Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) 13.92 Tax Advantage Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) 25.54 Birla Sun Life Advantage Fund (D) 95.32 Advantage Fund (G) 175.94 Basic Industries Fund (D) 31.38 Basic Industries Fund (G) 113.75 Buy India Fund (D) 27.17 Buy India Fund (G) 47.70 Commodity Eq ­ Global Agri Plan ­ Retail Plan (D) 17.16 Commodity Eq ­ Global Agri Plan ­ Retail Plan (G) 17.16 Commodity Eq ­ Global Multi Com Plan ­ RP (D) 14.05 Commodity Eq ­ Global Multi Com Plan ­ RP (G) 14.05 Commodity Eq ­ Global Precious Metls Plan ­RP (D) 15.11 Commodity Eq ­ Global Precious Metls Plan ­RP (G) 15.11 Dividend Yield Plus (D) 16.15 Dividend Yield Plus (G) 94.56 Equity Fund (D) 78.23 Equity Fund (G) 296.15 Frontline Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) 24.14 Frontline Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) 94.61 Frontline Equity Fund ­ Plan B (D) 14.30 Frontline Equity Fund ­ Plan B (G) 14.30 India GenNext Fund (D) 15.92 India GenNext Fund (G) 26.24 India Opportunities Fund ­ Plan A (D) 19.88 India Opportunities Fund ­ Plan B (G) 58.38 India Reforms Fund (D) 11.69 India Reforms Fund (G) 11.69 Infrastructure Fund ­ Plan A (D) 13.99 Infrastructure Fund ­ Plan A (G) 19.05 Infrastructure Fund ­ Plan B (D) 13.67 Infrastructure Fund ­ Plan B (G) 14.24 International Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) 9.19 International Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) 9.19 International Equity Fund ­ Plan B (D) 10.13 International Equity Fund ­ Plan B (G) 10.13 Long Term Advantage Fund (D) 14.43 Long Term Advantage Fund (G) 15.63 Midcap Fund ­ Plan A (D) 27.78 Midcap Fund ­ Plan A (G) 125.65 Midcap Fund ­ Plan B (D) 15.86 Midcap Fund ­ Plan B (G) 15.86 MNC Fund (D) 88.88 MNC Fund (G) 219.95 New Millennium (D) 13.73 New Millennium (G) 21.03 Pure Value Fund (D) 17.78 Pure Value Fund (G) 18.98 Small and Midcap Fund (D) 13.95 Small and Midcap Fund (G) 13.95 Special Situations Fund (D) 11.17 Special Situations Fund (G) 11.17 Tax Plan (D) 49.38 Tax Plan (G) 14.65 Tax Relief 96 (D) 95.07 Tax Relief 96 (G) 12.83 Top 100 Fund (D) 15.77 Top 100 Fund (G) 24.17

Canara Robeco EmergEquities (Bonus) EmergEquities (D)

existent; countries that are known to be tax havens and to sell or distribute goods and services where the profit margins are the highest.

Over the years, developing countries have found that multi nationals have developed a strategy of determining the prices of their goods and services to artificially reduce profits in the country of their operation. Many countries and India is one of them that have put into place a set of transfer pricing rules. These rules dictate that all transactions should be at ‘arms length’. Thus if the Assessing officer has reason to believe that transactions are not at ‘arms length’ he refers the issue to the Transfer Pricing officer. The TPO after calling for the necessary documentation that the company is required to maintain will analyse the transaction under certain set rules. If he finds that the transaction price is not at arms length, he will decide the price of the transaction and send this both to the Assessing officer and the company. Of course the Company has the right to challenge the price fixed by the TPO at an appellate forum. In the case of local transactions, a section 40A(2) exists in the Income tax act. According to this section, the Assessing officer is empowered to determine the transaction value where he believes that excess expenditure has been claimed in cases where two concerns are

C 20.40 16.82

EmergEquities (G) Equity Diversified (Bonus) Equity Diversified (D) Equity Diversified (G) Equity Tax Saver (D) Equity Tax Saver (G) F.O.R.C.E Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) F.O.R.C.E Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) Infrastructure (D) Infrastructure (G) Large Cap+ Fund (D) Large Cap+ Fund (G) Multicap (D) Multicap (G)

24.38 26.26 26.22 57.65 22.76 27.63 13.73 14.73 18.95 23.80 10.51 10.51 15.52 16.73

D

DWS Alpha Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 18.88 Alpha Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 86.78 Alpha Equity Fund ­ Wealth Plan (D) 15.11 Alpha Equity Fund ­ Wealth Plan (G) 18.07 Investment Opportunity Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 29.82 Investment Opportunity Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 43.05 Investment Opportunity Fund ­ Wealth Plan (D) 14.90 Investment Opportunity Fund ­ Wealth Plan (G) 19.49 Tax SavFund (D) 14.69 Tax SavFund (G) 15.71 DSP BlackRock Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 57.24 Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 18.11 Focus 25 Fund (D) 11.44 Focus 25 Fund (G) 11.44 India T.I.G.E.R. Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 20.22 India T.I.G.E.R. Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 52.68 Micro Cap Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 11.12 Micro Cap Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 18.31 Natural Reso and New Energy Fund ­ Reg Plan (D) 15.76 Natural Reso and New Energy Fund ­ Reg Plan (G) 15.76 Opportunities Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 33.01 Opportunities Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 94.69 Small and Mid Cap Fund (D) 18.47 Small and Mid Cap Fund (G) 20.15 Tax Saver Fund (D) 14.14 Tax Saver Fund (G) 18.98 Technology.Com ­ Regular Plan (D) 25.07 Technology.Com ­ Regular Plan (G) 34.33 Top 100 Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 22.53 Top 100 Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 106.21

E

Edelweiss Absolute Return Equity Fund (D) Absolute Return Equity Fund (G) ELSS Fund (D) ELSS Fund (G) Nifty Enhancer Fund ­ Plan A (D) Nifty Enhancer Fund ­ Plan A (G) Nifty Enhancer Fund ­ plan B (D) Nifty Enhancer Fund ­ Plan B (G) Nifty Enhancer Fund ­ Plan C (D) Escorts Growth Plan (D) Growth Plan (G) High Yield Equity Plan (Bonus) High Yield Equity Plan (D) High Yield Equity Plan (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) LeadSectors Fund (D) LeadSectors Fund (G) Power and Energy Fund (D) Power and Energy Fund (G) Tax Plan (D) Tax Plan (G)

11.66 11.66 21.45 21.46 12.59 13.81 13.89 13.71 12.22 14.29 86.36 16.09 13.89 16.05 9.22 9.21 13.10 13.10 14.89 18.57 12.07 56.17

F

Fidelity Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) India Growth Fund (D) India Growth Fund (G) India Special Situations Fund (D) India Special Situations Fund (G) India Value Fund (D) India Value Fund (G) International Opportunities Fund (D) International Opportunities Fund (G) Tax Advantage Fund (D) Tax Advantage Fund (G) BNP Paribas China­India Fund (D) China­India Fund (G) Dividend Yield Fund (D) Dividend Yield Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Future Leaders Fund (D) Future Leaders Fund (G) Opportunities Fund (D) Opportunities Fund (G) Sustainable Development Fund (D)

24.19 38.23 13.21 13.21 18.29 20.17 12.43 12.43 14.37 14.37 21.34 23.77 9.64 9.64 11.96 19.42 12.24 36.19 10.83 10.88 10.90 20.96 12.63

closely related.

The Assessing officer under the said section would disallow the excess expenditure not being for the purpose of business. In a recent decision in the case of Glaxo Smithkline (Asia) Ltd, the Supreme Court has opined that the provision of transfer pricing used in the case of international transactions could also be extended to domestic transactions. This will help reduce litigation. In this case the Supreme Court had rule in favour of the company that since the tax authorities had recorded a finding that the companies were not related, there was no cause for the invocation of section 40A(2) ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES Assessments are being taken up in right earnest in the tax department. The procedure of assessment begins by the issue of a notice. Earlier, the Assessing officers had the option of deciding which cases they would like to scrutinize. This practice has led to misuse, since it was subjective and based on the personal prejudices of the concerned officer. Today, selection of cases for scrutiny is based on selection by a Central Computerized process. The tax officers today complain that the selection done by the computer throws up cases where little investigation is possible. Of course there is the limited option of an officer investigating a case, if the selection

Sustainable Development Fund (G) Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS) (D) Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS) (G) Franklin Asian Equity Fund (D) Asian Equity Fund (G) Build India Fund (D) Build India Fund (G) FMCG Fund (D) FMCG Fund (G) India Bluechip Fund (D) India Bluechip Fund (G) India Flexi Cap Fund (D) India Flexi Cap Fund (G) India High Growth Companies Fund (D) India High Growth Companies Fund (G) India Opportunities Fund (D) India Opportunities Fund (G) India Prima Fund (D) India Prima Fund (G) India Prima Plus Fund (D) India Prima Plus Fund (G) India Smaller Companies Fund (D) India Smaller Companies Fund (G) India Tax Shield (D) India Tax Shield (G) Infotech Fund (D) Infotech Fund (G) Pharma Fund (D) Pharma Fund (G) Templeton India Growth Fund (D) Templeton India Growth Fund (G)

13.86 12.09 15.18 11.08 11.08 12.59 13.18 43.85 69.87 44.93 224.43 17.81 35.16 13.63 14.23 15.68 34.71 48.16 309.08 31.29 233.03 14.87 16.06 35.83 217.93 20.03 64.69 34.38 64.97 62.63 133.11

H

HDFC Capital Builder Fund (D) Capital Builder Fund (G) Core & Satellite Fund (D) Core & Satellite Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) Long Term Advantage Fund (D) Long Term Advantage Fund (G) Long Term Equity Fund (D) Long Term Equity Fund (G) Mid­Cap Opportunities Fund (D) Mid­Cap Opportunities Fund (G) Premier Multi­Cap Fund (D) Premier Multi­Cap Fund (G) Tax Saver (D) Tax Saver (G) Top 200 Fund (D) Top 200 Fund (G) HSBC Dynamic Fund (D) Dynamic Fund (G) EmergMarkets Fund (D) EmergMarkets Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) India Opportunities Fund (D) India Opportunities Fund (G) Midcap Equity Fund (D) Midcap Equity Fund (G) Progressive Themes Fund (D) Progressive Themes Fund (G) Tax Saver Equity Fund (D) Tax Saver Equity Fund (G) Unique Opportunities Fund (D) Unique Opportunities Fund (G)

28.82 118.97 25.60 45.03 56.26 306.11 36.84 94.08 13.52 13.52 43.88 149.91 14.54 17.58 17.00 17.00 17.99 31.72 70.83 252.11 53.96 228.29 11.18 11.18 10.22 10.22 30.23 111.97 18.78 37.68 16.72 27.25 13.01 15.30 15.17 16.45 12.72 12.72

I

ICICI Pru Bank& Financial Services Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) Bank& Financial Services Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) Discovery Fund (D) Discovery Fund (G) Dynamic Plan (D) Dynamic Plan (G) EmergS.T.A.R. Fund (D) EmergS.T.A.R. Fund (G) Equity Opportunities Fund (D) Equity Opportunities Fund (G) FMCG Fund (D) FMCG Fund (G) Focused Bluechip Equity Fund (D) Focused Bluechip Equity Fund (G) Fusion Fund (D) Fusion Fund (G) Fusion Fund Series ­ III Retail Plan (D) Fusion Fund Series ­ III Retail Plan (G) Growth Plan (D) Growth Plan (G) Infrastructure Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) Infrastructure Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) Power (D) Power (G) Services Industries Fund (D) Services Industries Fund (G) Target Returns Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) Target Returns Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) Tax Plan (D) Tax Plan (G) Technology Fund (D)

20.22 20.73 22.65 52.27 19.78 110.68 18.67 37.51 13.02 14.51 38.36 67.07 17.27 17.27 15.62 16.58 13.81 13.81 19.30 142.48 12.95 32.16 18.42 124.07 14.19 18.86 15.11 15.11 22.65 151.90 18.31

Technology Fund (G) R.I.G.H.T. Fund (D) R.I.G.H.T. Fund (G) IDFC Classic Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) Classic Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) Equity Fund ­ Plan B (D) Equity Fund ­ Plan B (G) Imperial Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) Imperial Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) India GDP Growth Fund (D) India GDP Growth Fund (G) Premier Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) Premier Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) Small & Midcap Equity Fund (D) Small & Midcap Equity Fund (G) Strategic Sector (50­50) Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) Strategic Sector (50­50) Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund (D) Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund (G) Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (D) Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (G) ING C.U.B. Fund (Bonus) C.U.B. Fund (D) C.U.B. Fund (G) Contra Fund (B) Contra Fund (D) Contra Fund (G) Core Equity Fund (D) Core Equity Fund (G) Dividend Yield Fund (D) Dividend Yield Fund (G) Domestic Opportunities Fund (D) Domestic Opportunities Fund (G) Midcap Fund (D) Midcap Fund (G) Tax SavFund (Bonus) Tax SavFund (D) Tax SavFund (G)

18.31 12.76 12.76 16.74 23.14 14.16 17.26 11.91 14.19 17.43 21.09 15.89 18.41 29.20 36.03 16.89 20.47 15.96 16.13 17.75 22.17 16.20 16.20 19.31 14.10 19.31 17.62 15.03 17.62 21.99 41.56 23.09 25.40 15.33 40.59 18.60 23.41 32.58 16.05 32.53

J

JM Agri & Infra Fund (D) Agri & Infra Fund (G) Basic Fund (D) Basic Fund (G) Contra Fund (D) Contra Fund (G) EmergLeaders Fund (D) EmergLeaders Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Financial Services Sector Fund (D) Financial Services Sector Fund (G) HI FI Fund (D) HI FI Fund (G) Large Cap Fund (D) Large Cap Fund (G) Mid Cap Fund (D) Mid Cap Fund (G) Multi Strategy Fund (D) Multi Strategy Fund (G) Small & Mid­Cap Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) Small & Mid­Cap Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) Tax Gain Fund (D) Tax Gain Fund (G) Telecom Sector Fund (D) Telecom Sector Fund (G) JP Morgan India Tax Advantage Fund (D) India Tax Advantage Fund (G) India Equity Fund (D) India Equity Fund (G) India Smaller Companies Fund (D) India Smaller Companies Fund (G)

3.03 3.03 12.58 18.01 6.50 6.50 9.82 9.79 16.69 41.01 11.98 11.98 6.37 6.37 15.45 21.01 20.04 29.25 15.37 16.53 6.45 6.45 8.00 8.00 7.92 7.92 16.17 19.97 13.50 14.54 8.79 8.79

K

Kotak 30 (D) 30 (G) Contra (D) Contra (G) EmergEquity Scheme (D) EmergEquity Scheme (G) Global EmergMarket Fund (D) Global EmergMarket Fund (G) Indo World Infrastructure Fund (D) Indo World Infrastructure Fund (G) Lifestyle Fund (D) Lifestyle Fund (G) Midcap Fund (D) Midcap Fund (G) Opportunities Fund (D) Opportunities Fund (G) Select Focus Fund (D) Select Focus Fund (G) Tax Saver (D) Tax Saver (G)

35.24 111.74 19.30 23.94 13.69 13.69 10.00 10.01 8.10 8.11 13.33 15.40 20.47 29.42 16.71 51.66 11.89 13.17 12.64 20.64

L

L&T Contra Fund (D) Contra Fund (G) Global Advantage Fund (D)

11.53 11.53 7.95

has been approved by his superior officers. All cases where a survey or a search is conducted are also subject to scrutiny. During scrutiny, an Assessing officer calls for various evidences in relation to the income or deductions claimed.

The officer also calls for the books of accounts. Today with accounts generally computerized, the chance of finding any arithmetical inaccuracies is non existent. In a set of surveys conducted recently it was found that several jewellery shops had built programs where a certain percentage of their sales omitted in the final tally that made the books of accounts. In a series of jewellery shops that were surveyed it was found that all these shops were using the same software. Interestingly with computerization, the methods of evasion have also gone electronic.

Detection of evasion is often a cat and mouse game, where tax officers need to be attuned to the ways of business men. On completion of the assessment proceedings, the Assessing officer frames an order assessing the income and determining the tax payable. Of course, the order is not final and can be challenged in appeal. The assessments taken up for scrutiny have to be completed latest by the 31st December. Thus while the world enjoys the end of the year, tax officers are busy, completing their time barring assessments.

(The author of the column is a retired Chief Commissioner and the views expressed, his personal.)

Global Advantage Fund (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G) Hedged Equity Fund (D) Hedged Equity Fund (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) Midcap Fund (D) Midcap Fund (G) Multi­Cap Fund (D) Multi­Cap Fund (G) Opportunities Fund (D) 21.17 Opportunities Fund (G) Small Cap Fund (D) Small Cap Fund (G) Tax Advantage Fund ­ Series I (D) Tax Advantage Fund ­ Series I (G) Tax Saver Fund (D) Tax Saver Fund (G) LIC Infrastructure Fund Series 1 (D) Infrastructure Fund Series 1 (G) MF Equity Fund (D) MF Equity Fund (G) MF Growth Fund (D) MF Growth Fund (G) MF India Vision Fund (D) MF India Vision Fund (G) MF Opportunities Fund (D) MF Opportunities Fund (G) MF Tax Plan (D) MF Tax Plan (G) MF Top 100 Fund (D) MF Top 100 Fund (G)

11.46 20.05 42.44 10.77 15.17 8.29 8.29 26.50 45.93 16.61 20.84 48.34 6.10 6.10 17.21 23.42 16.65 17.92 10.40 10.40 11.49 29.16 12.56 14.16 10.05 10.05 11.62 20.41 11.45 31.99 9.00 9.00

M

Mirae Asset EmergBluechip Fund (D) EmergBluechip Fund (G) Global Commodity Stock Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) Global Commodity Stock Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) India Opportunities Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) India Opportunities Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) Morgan Stanley A.C.E. Fund (Across Capitalisations Equity) (D) A.C.E. Fund (Across Capitalisations Equity) (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G)

11.66 11.66 13.04 13.04 16.18 17.44 15.62 16.59 21.68 71.02

P

Principal Dividend Yield Fund (D) 19.37 Dividend Yield Fund (G) 26.24 EmergBluechip Fund (D) 26.90 EmergBluechip Fund (G) 35.30 Global Opportunities Fund (D) 17.83 Global Opportunities Fund (G) 17.83 Growth Fund (D) 26.24 Growth Fund (G) 57.92 Large Cap Fund (D) 21.22 Large Cap Fund (G) 30.97 Personal Tax Saver Fund 106.57 PNB Long Term Eq Fund ­ 3 Year Plan ­ Series 1 (D) 12.73 PNB Long Term Eq Fund ­ 3 Year Plan ­ Series 1 (G) 12.73 Services Industries Fund (D) 14.20 Services Industries Fund (G) 16.02 Tax Savings Fund 84.26

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PTI MUMBAI, NOV 14

State-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is likely to come out with its follow-on public offer by end-November or early-December, a top company official said here.

"We are expecting approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) approval shortly, following which we will file the copy of the red-herring prospectus with the Registrar of Companies. We are hopeful of coming out with our follow-on offer by end-this month or early-December," SCI's CMD, S Hajara, said.

The issue comprises a fresh issue of 42.35 million shares and an offer for sale of another 42.35 million shares. Post the stake-sale, the Government's holding in the company will come down to 63.75 per cent from the 80.12 per cent presently. The stake-sale pro-

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ceeds will be used to buy new vessels.

The company plans roadshows in London, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong from next week.

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Exports post robust 27% plus H1 growth Trade target of Rs 200 bn surpassable for entire fiscal

PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 14

Robust growth of over 27 percent in exports during the first six months of FY'11 has fuelled hopes that India may cross the trade target of USD 200 billion for the entire fiscal, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said.

In April-September this fiscal, Indian exports aggregated to USD 103.30 billion, a 27.6 percent increase vis-a-vis the corresponding year-ago period.

"In the first six months, we

have achieved USD 103 billion (worth of exports) and am sure that we will be on course to complete USD 200 billion (target) and go beyond," Sharma said after inaugurating the annual India International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi on Sunday.

India's exports, which declined by over 3 percent to USD 178.75 billion in 2009-10, shot up by an annualised 23.2 percent in September this year to a two-year high of USD 18.02 billion.

Stressing on the need to increase India's share of global trade, Sharma said, "By 2014, we expect to double India's export of goods and services. It shall be our endeavour that industry and government work in tandem and work closely to achieve this target as well."

To reduce dependence on US and European markets, the

minister said exporters have been encouraged to look beyond traditional destinations at new markets like Africa, Latin America and the Far East.

To pave the way for greater engagement with other regions, India had last year signed two trade pacts with Korea and the Asean grouping.

Sharma said in January, 2011, India will sign two more Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPA), one with Malaysia and another with Japan, and will commence negotiations for a separate pact with Indonesia.

The CEPA, or free trade agreement, with Japan would reduce or eliminate tariffs on over 90 percent of goods traded between the two nations.

The negotiations were concluded during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to

Banks have to grow 5-fold to meet fund needs: McKinsey PTI MUMBAI, NOV 14

Domestic banks will have to scale up their asset size five times over the next five years, if they want to cope with demand for capital from an economy that is clipping at near double-digits,says an industry report.

The report, prepared by McKinsey & Company, says the No 1 bank in the country (without naming State Bank) will have to scale up its asset size to USD 800-900 billion by 2015 from the current size of USD 200 billion (March 2009), while the No 10 will have grow to USD 90-100 billion by then.

The report further says the No 1 Chinese lender will have to grow its size to USD 4,0004,500 billion by 2015, up USD 1,700 billion in 2009, while that of the No 10 lender will be USD 800-900 billion against the present USD 190 billio.

"A fast growing Asia will need USD 400-450 billion in capital by 2015, of which USD 380 billion will be for Chinese and Indian banks," the McKinsey report, titled Sustainablegrowth through inclusive institutional credit flow, said.

The report further says by 2014, the combined revenues of the domestic banks will be USD 73 billion, while that of China it will be USD 433 billion.

But does not mean that foreign banks can have a quick run either in the country or in China, warns report. Because, the report says, "over 60 per cent of these revenue pool are subject to access restrictions that limit the traditional branch-based approach."

The report also says that by 2014, the five largest emerging Asian economies-China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand-will alone account for 45 per cent of the banking assets and over 60 per cent of market capitalisation of all Asian banks, including those of the developed Asia -- Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore Hong Kong and Australia. Late last week, both State Bank and ICICI had called for the need to massively scale up their asset size to meet the growing demand for capital from a fast growing economy, which is projected to clock a 8.5 per cent plus growth this fiscal, even as most of the world is still reeling under worst recession that

Hotel Leelaventure reports net loss of Rs 4.75 cr AGENCY NEW DELHI, NOV 14

Hospitality firm Hotel Leelaventure Ltd on Saturday reported net loss of Rs 4.75 crore for the quarter ended September 30.

The company had posted net profit of Rs 1.75 crore during the corresponding period last fiscal.

For the three month period under review, Hotel Leelaventure's net sales grew by 16.38 per cent at Rs 104.41 crore as

compared to Rs 89.71 crore in the same period last year, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The company's Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Director Finance and Chief Financial Officer V L Ganesh.

Hotel Leelaventure operates The Leela Palaces hotels and resorts in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Udaipur, Goa and Kovalam.

started in the last quarter of 2007.

Stating that the balance sheet size of his bank is at par only with the tenth largest Chinese bank, State Bank chairman Omprakash Bhatt said in the next five years, there would be an addition of up to 500 million to the already bulging middle class bandwagon in the country, which will demand huge support from the banking and financial sector.

"The public sector banks will have to play a pivotal role in helping the large middle class populace meet its aspirations," he said, and expressed his doubts whether the stateowned banks have the wherewithal to meet such demand.

“I suspect if the public sector banks will be able to cope with the demand, though I hope I am proved wrong," he said, addressing a banking summit over the weekend.

ICICI Bank Chief Executive and Managing Director Chanda Kochhar too said the banking sector will have to grow at 25 per cent annually over the next five years if the country is to sustain the 8-10 per cent per annum growth rate.

Expats to remit $ 55b in 2010

Tokyo last month. The pact will be implemented in April.

The negotiations on a free trade agreement with Malaysia were concluded in October during the Prime Minister's visit to Malaysia. The agreement will come into effect from 1st July 2011.

Emphasising that the country will go for more free trade agreements, Sharma said, "We will be launching more (FTAs) and we are in the final stages of concluding a broad-based agreement with the EU." He added that once these become fully operationalised, in the next five years, exports would increase dramatically.

Sharma further said the Commerce Ministry is pursuing the matter with the Ministry of Urban Development and Delhi Development Authority to establish a worldclass exhibition and convention

Household savings to touch $5 tr by 2020 PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 14

India may takeover the US in terms of households savings by 2020, touching the USD 5 trillion mark, as the growing economy would boost incomes of people, a study has said.

"The household savings rate of 33.4 per cent would translate into incremental savings of USD 5 trillion over the next decade with growing incomes of Indian households," Assocham President Swati A Piramal said in a statement.

Currently, the size of Indian household savings is over USD 330 billion, according to a study jointly done by Assocham and PricehWaterhouse Coopers.

Indian households have traditionally preferred safety of bank deposits and government saving schemes. Less than 10 per cent of their investments are in other financial assets like shares, debenture and mutual funds, which is low as compared to some of the developed economies, Piramal said.

facility at the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO).

"We have taken many steps.

Hopefully, before this year is out, things should roll out and definitely in the tenure of this government itself, Delhi will have one of the finest worldclass facilities," he said.

In November, 2009, the government announced its decision to build a world-class convention centre in the capital to bridge the infrastructure gap for holding global conferences, exhibitions and business events.

The 30th edition of the IITF, which is being organised by the ITPO, is expected to register about 1 million footfalls.

This year, Maharashtra is the partner state for the exhibition, while Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan have been chosen as the focus states at the fair.

Unemployment rate at 9.4% in 2009-10: Survey PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 14

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors continued to employ the largest workforce in the country, according to a government survey for 2009-10 fiscal which said the unemployment rate in India during this period stood at 9.4 per cent.

According to the first national-level household survey conducted by the Labour Bureau under the Labour and Employment Ministry, out of 1,000 employed people, 455 were working in agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors during the period.

This was followed by 89 people employed in the manufacturing sector, 88 in the wholesale and retail trade, 84 people in community services and 75 in construction sector.

Oct gold import soars 65% to 43 tonne PTI MUMBAI, NOV 14

Gold imports went up by 65 percent to 43 tonnes during October over the corresponding month last year following rise in festive demand due to good monsoon despite the ruling high prices.

The import during October 2009 stood at 26 tonnes, according to data given by the Bombay Bullion Association. According to trade analysts, the signs of global economic recovery and good monsoon has given a drew customers to the appeal of the yellow metal despite the ruling high prices.

Gold on Saturday ruled at Rs 20,440 per 10 grams, while on the international market it was trading at USD 1,368.80 an ounce.

The country had faced its worst drought in 2009, which badly affected agriculture production, particularly paddy, coupled with world economic crisis made people conserve their savings.

With increasing consumer confidence the imports are steadily rising and stood 8.2 tonnes more than in September, which was 34.8 tonnes.

"This year the demand during

the festivals were very high as compared to the year-ago period, which resulted in high imports," industry expert Suresh Hundia told PTI here.

However, after the festive season there is hardly any demand for the precious metal which, is likely to affect the November imports, he said.

Analysts feel that, in short term the gold prices will decline by 30-40 dollars in the global market and Rs 500-600 in the domestic markets due to profit taking.

"However, for medium and long term the gold prices remained bullish on the back of weak US dollar and global inflationary concern," analysts said.

From January to October, gold imports stood at 278.5 tonnes, up 92 per cent from 144.7 tonnes in the corresponding period last year, data from BBA shows.

The current gold demand trend in the country indicated a robust year-on-year recovery in imports from the 2009 levels, WGC said in a recent report here. Based on WGC estimates, India owns over 18,000 tonnes of above ground gold stocks worth approximately $ 800 bn at today's gold price.

Auction of Madoff effects raises $2 bn

PTI DUBAI, NOV 14

Indian expatriates are expected to remit about $ 55 billion into the country this year as the number of emigrants from the nation is likely to clock 11.4 mn a new World Bank report said.

India is likely to stay as the top receiver of remittances in 2010, as inflows of $ 51 billion to China keeps it a place down, with Mexico at third spot.

REUTERS NEW YORK, NOV 14

A diamond engagement ring that belonged to the wife of Bernie Madoff fetched

$550,000 at an auction on Saturday, while a pair of black velveteen slippers embroidered with the convicted swindler's initials went for $6,000, U.S. mar-

shals said.

The auction of jewelry, furniture, antiques, clothing and other personal effects to help compensate Madoff's victims raised more than $2 million, the marshals said.

Madoff pleaded guilty last year and was sentenced to 150 years in prison. A previous auction of his personal property raised $1 million.

Proceeds from the auction will go to the Department of Justice's Asset Forfeiture Fund, which is used to compensate the victims of Madoff's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

I-T dept begins probe on Cos having 2G license PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 14

In a development that could spell more trouble for embattled Telecom Minister A Raja, the Income Tax department has begun probe into charges of alleged bribing and possession of disproportionate assets against some of the new operators who were awarded licenses under the 2G spectrum deal and Telecom Ministry officials.

The department has also begun an investigation into the tax returns of all the telecom operators who were granted 2G spectrum licenses to ascertain their registered profits and find discrepancies, if any, official sources said.

The department, according to sources, will specifically look into the angle of tax evasion in the entire process of allotment of the 2G spectrum through under-stating profits and escalating losses to allegedly facilitate bribes and kickbacks.

The department is using its intelligence wing to gather financial information on all the stakeholders and individuals who were part of the spectrum allocation deal which has been marred by controversies including on the role of Raja.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has reportedly put the revenue loss to exchequer at Rs 1.40 lakh crore in addition to another Rs 36,700 crore on allocation of spectrum beyond contractual limit to existing nine operators.

In 2008, the DoT had issued 2G spectrum to eight new operators at Rs 1,658 crore for pan-India operations. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has

asserted that there was no loss to the exchequer due to distribution of new licences in 2008.

The CAG report is also understood to have castigated Telecom Minister A Raja for ignoring the advice of finance and law ministries on allocation of 2G spectrum licenses to benefit a few operators. On his part, Raja asserted had that he had not done anything wrong and had only followed the policies pursued by his predecessors.

The I-T department, according to sources, has largely collected documents related to finances and tax details of the stakeholder companies which have 2G spectrum license, the Telecom Ministry and its officials.

Sources said the department has shared certain documents with the CBI, probing the 2G spectrum allotment, and is in the process of obtaining documents from the investigating agency which relate to communication related to bidding and award of contract between the Telecom Ministry andthe winners of the 2G spectrum.

The companies which were allotted spectrum include Unitech Wireless Ltd (rebranded as Uninor), Loop Telecom, S Tel, Datacom Services (now known as Videocon Mobile) and DB Group-promoted Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB Telecom).

The Telecom ministry has earlier told the Supreme Court that the government auditor CAG did not have the authority to question the policy decision as per which licence were issued to new players in 2008.

Maruti to adopt more ITIs across India AGENCY NEW DELHI, NOV 14

Maruti Suzuki--India’s largest automobile maker is all set to adopt more Industrial Training Institutes in the current fiscal and tap talent to boost its ambitious production plans in the coming years. Currently, MSL has 17 operational ITIs across the country.

“We plan to ramp up these numbers to 53 ITIs by end of 201011 financial year,” managing executive officer, Maruti Suzuki S Y Siddiqui said.

So far the company has absorbed over 500 candidates in the company’s service network.

“We are planning to absorb 500-600 more ITI students who can be immediately employed in the coming months,” The new ITIs are expected to come up in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Kerala, Bihar and Rajasthan.

Asked about the selection of the ITIs in these states, Siddiqui said his team was in the process of selecting individual institutes.

He pointed out that Maruti Suzuki’s ambitious plan to ramp up its development initiatives in ITIs is in line with the robust growth of over 27% by the automobile sector.

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SPORTS GOA, Monday 15 November, 2010

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Goa bag bronze in National School Games girls under-17 football

Goa scored a grand double winning both the boys and girls baseball U-19 titles at National School Games which concluded at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda on Sunday.

In boys finals, Goa beat Delhi by 6-0 homes. Delhi had qualified after beating MP 5-0 homes.

In the hard-line finals, MP beat Vidya Bharati 3-0 homes.

In baseball girls, Goa beat Delhi by 6-0 homes. Earlier, MP beat Delhi 5-3 homes in the semi-finals. In the hard-line finals, Delhi beat Maharastra by 5-1 homes.

Manipur beat Jharkand 1-0 in under-17 girls football finals with Grace scoring the precious match-winner.

Goa beat Haryana 5-4 via the tie-breaker to win the bronze medal. Velania, Simone, Leena, Jeeny, Bethany scored for Goa.

Sonia, Deepika, Munesh, Nirmala netted for Haryana.

Jharkhand nearly broke the deadlock against Manipur but striker Savitra Kumari spurned an easy chance with only the rival goalkeeper at her mercy.

After the wake up call, Manipur enjoyed better possession with star striker D Grace who was brilliant throughout repeatedly attacked the rival citadel but the Jharkhand defenders kept her under control with tight marking.

Crossing over, Manipur were determined to earn a victory and went all out in search of the match-winner which they earned through D Grace.

Host Goa came from behind to beat Haryana. Goa showed better understanding and coordination In the second session, it was Haryana who stunned Goa when Sonia Singh bulged the net. Stunned by the setback,

Pro League tie called off

Cobra Vaddo lift Calangute Trophy

HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, NOV 14

HERALD REPORTER VASCO, NOV 14

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 14

The Kingfisher Pro League match between Dempo and Salgaocar was called off as the Tilak Maidan, Vasco was found unsuitable due to water logging problems after a heavy downpour.

Cobra Vaddo prevailed over Gaura Vaddo 5-2 vie the tiebreaker after both teams were involved in a 1-all draw in the finals to lift the Calangute Panchayat Cup 2010 Inter-Ward Football tournament organised

by Calangute Association at Poriat ground, Calangute on Sunday.

The teams began the match on a promising note but it was Cobra Vaddo who took the lead through Pandurag Kalangutkar in the 15th minute. Gaura Vaddo fought back and restored parity in the 10th minute of second half through Shamba Korgaonkar off a Prashant Matkar move. Thereafter, Gaura Vaddo enjoyed the upper hand but their forwards failed to capitalize on the scoring opportunities.

The winners were decided on penalties.

Cobra Vaddo kept their nerves to prevail over Gaura

U-16 trials at Candolim

PANJIM (HSD) -- United Club Nerul will organize trials to select their U-16 football team for the coming season on November 16 at Dr. Gustavo Monteiro stadium, Candolim at 8 a.m.

Those born on or after January 1, 1995 may report at the venue with original birth certificate, two photos and full playing kit.

Goa went into the attacking mode and created many forays and their efforts bore fruits when Velania Fernandes found success with a stiff shot.

Chess U-14 boys: 3rd Andhra Pradesh, 2nd Karnataka, 1st Maharashtra. Chess U-14 girls: 3rd Karnataka, 2nd Andhra Pradesh, 1st Tamil Nadu. Chess U-17 boys: 3rd Karnataka, 2nd Goa, 1st TN. Chess U-17 girls: 3rd Maharastra, 2nd Karnataka, 1st TN. Chess U-19 boys: 3rd Karnataka, 2nd TN, 1st Maharashtra. Chess U-19 girls: 3rd AP, 2nd Maharashtra, 1st TN. Board prizes: U-14 boys: 1st S. Dhananjay (Chhattisgarh), 2nd Kartik V (AP), 3rd Stvik M (Karnataka), 4th Shabdik Varma (Karnataka). U14 girls: Sai Amulya ( AP), M. Mahalaxmi (TN), Shiny Das (Tripura), M. Sandhya (TN).

Vaddo 4-1 on penalties. Ashley Lobo, Joaquim Gonsalves, Alester Lobo and Merwyn Sequeira converted for Cobra Vaddo while only Rajkumar Naik could find the net for Gaura Vaddo.

C o b r a Va d d o w o n t h e Calangute Panchayat Cup and Rs 10,000 while Gaura Vaddo had to be content with the runners-up trophy and Rs 8,000.

Following individual prizes were also given away: Promising player Allwyn D'Souza (Madda Vaddo). Best goalkeeper of finals Pritesh Matkar (Gaura Vaddo).

Best half Saroj Diukar (Cobra Vaddo). First goal of finals Pandurang Kalangutkar (Cobra Vaddo). Best forward Joaquim Gonsalves (Cobra Vaddo) and best defender Rajkumar Naik (Gaura Vaddo). Umtta Vaddo B won the best disciplined team prize.

Lavino Rebello, GFA vice-president and Sarpanch of AnjunaCaisua who was the chief guest alongwith GFA Executive Com-

PY Nuvem in quarters

U-17 boys: J. Nishvin (TN), Anurag Mhamal (Goa), Mugil Jaival (TN), Pranav Zatye (Goa).

U-17 girls: P Michelle Catherina (TN), Vanessa Disouza (Karnataka), N. Hema Priya (TN), Swati M.R (Karnataka). U-19 boys: Rakesh Kulkarni (Maharashtra), Aditya Udeshi (Maharashtra), Pranav Shetye (Maharashtra), Maharjot Singh (Delhi).

U-19 girls: R. Bharthi (TN), J. Mohanpriya (TN), C.H. Savetha (TN), J. Janani (TN).

Baseball girls: Best hitter Anuja (Goa), best catcher Chandra (Delhi), best fielder Anjali (Goa), best pitcher Bharati Singh (MP), all-round player Sheral (Goa).

Baseball boys: best hitter Sandeep Das (Delhi), best catcher Prathamesh (Goa), best fielder Prashant (MP), best pitcher Sunny (Goa), all-round player Sahil (Goa).

Football girls U-17: best goalkeeper Banita Singh (Haryana), best defender K. Ranjita Devi (Manipur), best midfielder Savitri Kumari (Jarkhand), best forward D. Grace (Manipur), highest scorer Sonia Singh (Haryana).

Speaking as chief guest at the valedictory function, Chief Minister Digamber Kamat, called upon young footballers, baseball and chess players to take greater interest in sports and try to achieve laurels at National and international arena. He appreciated the dedicated efforts of the officers of the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs who ensured that all organizational aspects were taken care of.

Director of Sports and Youth Affairs, Dr. Susana de Sousa, delivered the welcome address.

Gulshan Ara, Observer SGFI, complimented the organisers for the excellent organization.

The colourful cultural presentation by Amelia Group and Kanta Gaude enthralled the large number of spectators. The NSS volunteers of RMS HSS Margao added elegance to the ceremony.

S.K. Srivastava, Chief Secretary, Dr. M. Modassir, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs, Ramakant Angle, president, Baseball Federation of India, Prashant Trivedi, Observer School Games Federation of India attended the ceremony. Also present were officials of DSYA and SAG Juliana Gurjao e Colaco, Dy. Director, R.N. Tari, asstt. director (sports), Anant Raut Desai, asstt. director (projects), B.S. Malaj, asstt. director PE) North, Laximan Naik, AAO, Nagesh Cascar, auditor.

Juliana Colaco proposed the vote of thanks.

The colourful fireworks display lit the entire arena to mark the grand finale.

Lavino Rebello,GFA vice-president and GFA Bardez zone GFA members giving away the trophy to winners Cobra Vaddo at Calangute onn Sunday.

mittee members Babli Mandrekar, Uday Lingudkar, Alirio Lobo and Gajanan Kerkar (guest of honours) and Alex Fernandes,

president of Calangute Association and Sarpanch of Calangute gave away the prizes. Others present were Luis Gonsalves

(vice-president, Calangute Association), Jerry D'Souza (sports secretary), Gajanan Salkar. Bento D'Souza compered.

St Jerome’s Altar Servers triumph

HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, NOV 14

Parish Youth, Nuvem registered a fluent 3-1 win over Ambelim Sports Club 3-1 to enter the quarter-finals of 2nd Eslinda Alemao memorial inter-village football tournament organised by Cuncolim Union at Cuncolim ground, on Sunday.

Parish Youth broke the deadlock in the 6th minute when Albino Pereira rocked the citadel with a snap shot. Xavier Colaco doubled the lead midway in the first half.

Maxwin Fernandes reduced the margin. Parish Youth striker Albino Noronha put the issue beyond doubt late in the second half.

Earlier Devendra Dessai, chairperson of CMC declared the tournament open.

St Anthony up HERALD CORREPSONDENT MARGAO, NOV 14

St Anthony ’s Sports Club, Deussua blanked Sacreamvaddo Sports Club 2-0 to move into the semi-finals of VJT Cup football tournament organized by VJT Event Management at church ground, Chinchinim on Sunday. The winners led 1-0 at half time.

St Anthony’s enjoyed the lion share of exchanges and opened the scoring through Turand Fernandes. After the break, St Anthony ’s doubled the lead through Clifford Furtado.

The Altar Servers of Mapusa and Uccassaim with the trophies.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 14

St. Jerome's Altar Servers, Mapusa got the better of St. Elizabeth Altar Servers, Ucassaim 2-0 via the tie-breaker after both teams played out an exciting goalless draw at full time to win the Mapusa Deanery Altar Servers 7-a-side football tournament organised by St. Francis Xavier's and Seminary Niwas at Duler ground, Mapusa.

Ronaldo and Beckham converted for Mapusa. The tro-

phies were given away by the Chaplain of St. Francis Xavier Chapel, Duler Fr. Caetano Fernandes, Duler Seminary Niwas in-charge Fr. Pio Almeida, Fr.Alex D'Souza, Fr. George Ratos and other priests.

Following individual prizes were given away: Best goalkeeper Clinton (Mapusa). Best Player Jesuinho Pereira (Ucassaim). Best disciplined team St. Francis Xavier Altar Servers, Pirna. Promising player Jovian (Revora). Best girl player Chrisentie Sequeira (Duler).

Fr. George Ratos was the match referee for the entire tournament. In all, 12 parishes took part - St. Cajetan (Bastora), St. Francis of Assis (Colvale), Our Lady of Flight (Cunchelim), St. Diogo (Guirim), St. Jerome's (Mapusa), St. Anne (Parra), St. Francis Xavier (Pirna), Holy Cross (Alto Porvorim), Our Lady of Victory (Revora), Our Lady of Succour (Socorro), St. Elizabeth (Ucassaim) and St. Francis Xavier (Duler). Bro Savio and other seminarians took active part in organising the tournament.

Kuwait wallop India HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 14

In a run-up to the AFC Asian Cup 2011, India suffered yet another heavy defeat at the hands of Kuwait in an international friendly at Al-Wahda Stadium, Abu Dhabi, here on Sunday evening.

The Western Asians giants were on a high and defeated India 9-1. Al Azraq pumped in

three goals in the opening half, while they went to score six goals in the second half to record an emphatic victory over the Bob Houghton coached side.

Mohammed Rafi scored a consolation goal for India in the 69th minute.

India now, take on UAE in another tough international friendly on November 18.

SM Taleigao up Kingfisher Pro League: Faria Sports Management v. Churchill Bros, Tilak Maidan, Vasco, 4 p.m.

U-14 soccer: Colmorod Ratwaddo SC v. Young Strikers Club, Rosary ground, Navelim; Ave Maria Athletic W.C v.

United Boys Palolem, Sirvodem ground. Kick off 4 p.m.

Anjuna-Caisua Panchayat Cup soccer (quarters): Sangolda Lightning v. Nagoa Sporting, Chapora ground, 4.30 p.m Bardez Cup soccer (semifinal): FC Siolim v. Calangute Association, Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Stadium, Candolim, 4.30 p.m.

VJT Cup soccer: ZB Boys v.

Yo u t h o f S i r l i m , c h u r c h grounds, Chinchinim, 4.30 p.m.

Eslinda Alemao memorial soccer: Nerul SC v. SCC Cavelossim, Cuncolim ground, 4.30 p.m.

Clube Sao Minguel de Taleigao trounced PVC, Parra 4-1 to move into the semi-finals of AnjunaCaisua Panchayat Cup Inter-Village football tournament organised by Chapora Yuvak Sangh at Chapora ground on Sunday.

Taleigao began the proceedings on an attacking note and

took the lead in the 8th minute through Vardhan Haldankar.

Cedric doubled the lead for Ta l e i g a o w i t h i n m i n u t e s .

Taleigao scored two more goals through Valencio and Gautam in a span of 10 minutes to give Taleigao a comfortable 4-0 at lemon break.

Parra pulled one back in the 45th minute through Brijesh Shirodker.

dolim on Sunday.

Candolim began the match on a promising note and surprised Nerul with a goal in the 5th minute through Joelif Simoes off a free kick by Samir.

Stung by the reverse, Nerul mounted pressure on the Candolim defense but their for-

wards failed to find the net.

Changing over, Nerul kept attacking the Candolim citadel and found the equaliser through Samir in the 15th minute. With both teams tied 1-1 and the match heading for the tie-breaker, Joelif came up with the matchwinner in the dying minutes.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 14

Naveen Mendes from Majorda, who represented Goa in the Indian Hockey Federation’s Under-20 National Championships in Pune recently, has been selected among the probables for the Junior India camp to be held in Pimpri, Pune, from November 15-30.

Candolim move into finals HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 14

Candolim Sports Club scored a hard fought 2-1 victory over hosts United Club of Nerul to book their place in the finals of 4th Bardez Cup Inter-Village football tournament at Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Stadium, Can-

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Messi double lifts Barca

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi shoots and scores a goal against Villarreals’s goalkeeper Diego Lopez during their Spanish League football match at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona.

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Lionel Messi’s double lifted Barcelona to a provisional lead over Real Madrid in the Spanish league with its 3-1 win against third-place Villarreal on Saturday.

In other matches, nine-man Athletic Bilbao bettered Almeria 1-0 and Diego Forlan scored twice in Atletico Madrid’s 3-0

win over Osasuna.

David Villa scored Barcelona’s 22nd-minute opener with a low strike from the left side of the penalty area after deftly avoiding a diving tackle by defender Carlos Marchena.

Four minutes later, Nilmar slalomed through the left side of the Barcelona defense and beat Victor Valdes with a leftfoot crossing shot that ricocheted off the right post and into the net.

Messi regained the lead by chipping Diego Lopez from the right in the 59th after a precision combination with Pedro Rodriguez surrounded by the Villarreal defense, and the Argentina forward recorded his 10th goal of the season—just one behind league leader Cristiano Ronaldo—by deflecting Rodriguez’ cross in the 83rd.

Barcelona head coach Pep Guardiola said he was “very satisfied with the win” over a Vil-

larreal that had “impressed” him.

Barcelona’s 28 points lifted it two ahead of Real Madrid, which visits Sporting Gijon on Sunday. Villarreal, which had not lost since the first round, remained third with 23 points.

Bilbao moved provisionally into seventh place with 16 points with its win, while Almeria stayed on nine points near the relegation zone.

Atletico provisionally climbed into 5th place with 17 points.

Guimaraes rally to beat Braga AP LISBON, NOV 14

Guimaraes rallied to beat Braga 2-1 on a late own goal by Miguel Garcia to provisionally take sole possession of second place and cut FC Porto’s lead to seven points in the Portuguese league on Saturday.

Braga went ahead on Alan’s 19th-minute opener, but Maranhao equalized a minute before halftime.

Then with eight minutes to go, Garcia inadvertently sent a pass by Alex into his team’s net.

Also, Sporting Lisbon earned a 2-1 win at Academica to move into fourth place for the moment with 18 points.

Sporting took the lead in the 9th when Academica’s Nuno Coelho was called for a penalty on Valdes that the Sporting midfielder did not fail to convert.

Simon Vukcevic added Sporting’s second in the 32nd and Academica could pull one back only when Miguel Fidalgo struck in the 47th.

On Friday, Nacional did no better than a scoreless draw at home against Maritimo.

Nacional played the last seven minutes a man down after center back Danielson Ferriera was shown his second yellow card.

Cricket at Bicholim

BICHOLIM (HC): The Koteshwar Cricket Club of Bicholim will organise ten overs cricket tournament at Shivaji Maidan, Bicholim on November 21 at 9 a.m.

The winners and runners-up will be awarded Rs. 7,007 and Rs. 4,004 respectively. The third spot will fetch Rs. 1,001. Teams from Bicholim Municipal area are eligible. The last day for registration is November 18. Details may be obtained from Daya on 9403271345.

Sensei Kanan, along with the students of Future Hope School, Calangute, who obtained their fist yellow belt under the supervision of Anthony Menezes, president, All Goa Karate Do Association. The belts were handed over by Ashley Gomes, black belt 1st dan, and chairman of the school. In order to inculcate a sporting and healthy culture amongst the youth the Future Hope School principal, Deepali Gomes has introduced karate classes, dance classes, music classes, cycling track, lawn tennis, table tennis, football ground, carrom, and outdoor games next to the famous Gomes Race Track, Annavaddo, Candolim.

Nerul win Nagoa Rossman Cruz Cup HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, NOV 14

Nerul players receiving the Nagoa Cup from Mickky Pacheco, MLA after the finals organised by Rossman Cruz Nagoa.

Nerul Sports Club defeated Dicarpale Sports Club 4-3 via the tie-breaker after both teams were engaged in a goalless draw at 2nd Nagoa Cup soccer finals organised b y Ro s s m a n C r u z N a g o a Sports Club at Nagoa ground, Verna.

Nerul’s only opportunity came in for Umakant Mandrekar when the speedy striker collected the ball from the center, only to see the ball hit the crossbar and rebound.

In the tie-breaker, Nerul scored through Sarvesh Dabholkar, Radha Krishna Dessai, Jolious D’Costa and Sidarth Shirodkar while Jasnifar Clemente failed to score.

Sydney Furtado, Charles Colaco and Venson Figuredo converted for Dicarpale. Bras Vales and Joaquim Figurado failed to

score.

Following individual prizes were awarded: Best goalkeeper Prasad Dabholkar (Nerul).

Best midfielder Joe Gomes (Dicarpale). Best defender Jolious D’Costa (Nerul). Best striker Neves Carvalho (Dicarpale).

Man-of-the-match Sidarth Shirodkar (Nerul).

Nerul were rich by Rs. 20,000 and the winners trophy while Dicarpale had to be content with Rs. 15,000 and the runners–up trophy.

MLA, Mickky Pacheco was the chief guest and gave away the prizes in the presence of Savio Messais, GFA vice-president Lavinio Rebello, ZP member Domnic Gaonkar, Nelly Rodrigues, Wilfred D’Sa, GFA executive members, Anthony Pango, Alrio Lobo, Velvin Menezes.

Francis Valladares, panch welcomed.

Indian Mahesh Bhupathi (left) and Byelorussian Max Mirnyi pose with their trophies after winning their Paris masters 1000 ATP tournament double final tennis match at Paris Bercy (POPB) in Paris. They defeated Mark Knowles and Andy Ram 7-5, 7-5.

Vettel youngest champ AGENCIES DUBAI, NOV 14

Germany’s Sebastian Vettel sobbed with joy after becoming Formula One’s youngest world champion on Sunday with a pole to flag victory in the seasonending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The 23-year-old Red Bull driver lapped up the pressure under the Yas Marina floodlights to chalk up his fifth win of the season while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, the pre-race favourite for a third title, struggled home seventh.

Vettel, adding the drivers' crown to the constructors' championship won the previous weekend in Brazil, ended up with 256 points to Alonso's 252.

"Thank you boys, unbelievable," gasped the German over the team radio, the tears flowing behind the visor after he took the chequered flag.

Alonso, who was the overall leader before the start, paid the price for an early pitstop that dropped him to 13th.

The Spaniard then spent lap after lap trying in vain to find a way past Renault's steely Russian Vitaly Petrov while Ferrari held their breath and hoped for the rookie to make a mistake under pressure. It never happened.

Australian Mark Webber, Vettel's team-mate, was eighth. He had been the first of the contenders to pit and also became bogged down in traffic in a race full of frustration for the 34-year-old.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who had to win in Abu Dhabi to have any hope of the title, finished second and was first to congratulate Vettel after they had stepped out of their cars.

Team-mate and outgoing world champion Jenson Button took third place.

While Vettel celebrated, seven times world champion Michael Schumacher's comeback season ended with a smash on the opening lap when his Mercedes spun and was speared by Force India's Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi.

Nihal Chico, student of Rosary HS, Mira Mar who won the individual swimming championship in U-14 boys at the recently concluded State level mini-secondary school sports at Campal. In all, Nihal claimed 11 medals, 5 gold in 100m, 200m, 400m freestyle, 200 m individual medley and 4x100m freestyle relay, 5 silver medals in 50m freestyle, 50m, 100m butterfly, 50m, 200m backstroke and a bronze in 100m backstroke. Nihal is being trained by coach Thomas Jose.

Akshada A Godinho a student of Std XI Science at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Panjim who claimed the individual championship at State Higher Secondary aquatics winning gold in 50m breast stroke, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 50m freestyle and silver in 200m individual medley.

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Advani opens gold account

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Star cueist Pankaj Advani provided the first gold for India in the 16th Asian Games by clinching the title in billiards singles while Alok Kumar claimed a bronze in 8-ball pool event and the shooters accounted for a silver and bronze on the second day of competitions here today.

Defending champion Advani kept his reputation intact with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Myanmar's Oo Nay Thway in the billiards final as India pushed their medals tally to one gold, three silver and two bronze to retain their fifth position on the table.

Hosts China continued to rule the roost and maintained the top position on the medals table with a tally of 37-14-12 while South Korea (13-10-12) and Japan (8-20-15) were in the second and third spots respectively.

The shooters were again in the spotlight with Heena Siddhu, Annu Raj Singh and Sania Rai claiming the silver in the women's 10 m air pistol team event and Vijay Kumar bagging the bronze in the men's 10 m air pistol at the Aoti shooting range.

Alok became the first Indian to win an Asian Games medal in pool events by bagging a bronze though he lost his semifinal contest 5-7 against Kuo PoCheng of Chinese Taipei.

Under rules of the event, both the losing semifinalists are awarded a bronze each instead of playing a third-place play-off.

India's men's tennis team also

assured itself of a bronze medal by securing a place in the semi-finals against top seed Chinese Taipei but the performance in other disciplines such as weightlifting, judo, swimming, cycling and triathlon left much to be desired on a day of mixed fortunes.

The day clearly belonged to the 25-year-old Advani who showed nerves of steel under severe pressure to clinch the first gold medal for India when he came twice from behind to edge out Myanmar's Oo Nay Thway 3-2 and retain his title after a bitterly fought billiards singles final.

Advani was down 12 after losing the first and third frames, but fought back in dogged fashion to clinch the fourth to take the match into a nerve-wracking final frame.

A beaming Advani, who has won the world professional and IBSF titles in the past, said this was the biggest title of his career.

"This feels great. This is Olympics for me as unfortunately we are not there in the Olympics. This time I made it a point to win the first gold for the country. It's an absolutely emotional moment for me. I

can't ask for more," he said.

After Narang's exploits on the opening day, the Indian women shooters Heena Sidhu, Annu Raj Singh and Sonia Rai had their moment of glory as they won the silver medal in the 10m Air Pistol team event.

The Indian trio combined to shoot 1140, a point adrift of the gold medallist Korean troika of Yunmi Gim, Byunghee Kim and Lim Ho Lee. Chinese shooters Qi Sun, Jun Wen Guo and L i n g S u Yu settled for the bronze medal with a score of 1139.

Heena shot a score of 381, while Annu and Sonia managed scores of 380 and 379 respectively to help India win its third silver in shooting.

Vijay just about made the cut for the finals by finishing eighth in the qualification round but shot the highest score of 101.4 in the medal round for a total of 680.4 to take the bronze.

Lee Daem-Yung of South Korea won the gold with a total of 685.8 while Chinese veteran Tang Zongliang totalled 684.5 for silver.

Earlier in the qualification round, Gurpreet Singh totalled

573 to finish 20th while Omkar scored 568 to settle for the 28th position.

Away from the shooting ranges, India's tennis players kept themselves in medal reckoning by moving into the semifinals by prevailing over last edition's bronze medallists Thailand with a 2-1 margin.

Unranked Sanam Singh defeated 546th ranked Kittipong Wachiramanowong 6-1 6-4 in the first singles match in one hour and eight minutes.

World number 106 and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Somdev Devvarman then clinched the issue for India by edging past 464-ranked Danai Udomchoke 7-5 7-5 in one hour and 43 minutes.

In table tennis, Indian paddlers put up a good show as both men's and women's teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Making a positive start to the day, the Indian women routed Maldives 3-0 and then Achanta Sharath Kamal starred in men's 3-1 win over Vietnam in the men's competition as he won two singles rubbers.

In the women's event, Mamta Prabhu, Madhurika Patkar and Kumaresan Shamini needed just 30 minutes to win their respective singles rubbers and seal India's place in the next stage.

Pa t k a r r o u t e d M u e e n a Mhamed 11-6 11-6 11-7 in just 12 minutes and then Patkar needed just nine minutes to dispose of Fatimatch Jumana Nimal 11-3 11-4 11-1.

Sachin Tendulkar survives a close run-out chance early on the third day.

We have to bowl, field well: Dravid PTI HYDERABAD, NOV 14

Despite enjoying a healthy lead, Rahul Dravid today warned his team-mates not to be complacent and said they would have to bowl and field well in the fourth innings if the home side fancy any chances of winning the second cricket Test against New Zealand here.

"We were looking for a lead of about 100. But there is a lot of time left in the game and the wicket is still looking very good, so we will have to bowl and field really well," Dravid said after India finished at a strong 436 for nine in reply to New Zealand's 350 on the third day at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

Praising Harbhajan Singh for his effort of 85 off 82 deliveries to propel India to a strong position, Dravid said, "His was a

fantastic innings, even in the last Test he played brilliantly to save the game for us and, today also, because of his innings we enjoy the edge. His partnership with Sreesanth bailed us out."

The off-spinner was involved in an unbroken 69-run partnership for the last wicket with Sreesanth.

On the lighter vein, Dravid described Harbhajan as the "new Gary Sobers", when pointed out that the offie has scored almost as many runs as Virender Sehwag in the series so far.

"Harbhajan is definitely not a bunny with the bat, he was hitting it really sweetly," he added.

Dravid also praised Sreesanth for his resolve, saying "credit to Sreesanth, he hung in there and played 50 balls. That's his credit".

Asked about his dismissal after doing all the hard work earlier in the day, Dravid said,

"It's disappointing to get after settling down, after doing all the hard work. As team we are doing pretty well, though some of us may not have gone on to make a big score, we have (almost) achieved the target (of taking a 100-run lead)," said Dravid who scored 45 runs before being trapped by Tim Southee.

"At times you do take time to get used to the conditions. You feel good after four or five singles and get ready for the day," he said.

On the dismissal of Sachin Tendulkar who is just one short of notching up his 50th Test hundred, Dravid said, "He got quickly but on most day, you expect him to execute that shot."

Dravid was impressed with Daniel Vettori's bowling and New Zealand fielding.

"Vettori bowled really well, he is a top class bowler. New Zealand’s ground fielding was outstanding. They saved a lot of runs when I was batting with Laxman," said Dravid.

Bhajji spoiled our plans, admits Taylor PTI HYDERABAD, NOV 14

Ross Taylor credited Harbhajan Singh for turning the match in India's favour and said that the last hour, during which the off spinner went hammer and tongs with the bat, foiled New Zealand's plans on the third day of the second Test here.

"The last hour was disappointing but full credit to Harbhajan. (It) would have been better if we were 20 or 30 runs

behind by the end," said Taylor, after New Zealand let India score 113 runs in the final session of play.

"Plans didn't go as we have liked them to," the Kiwi added.

Asked about the team's chances in the last two days, Taylor said, "We will try and keep the lead to 100 and then bat the whole day tomorrow and score around 260 (till stumps on the penultimate day)."

Asked if the New Zealand

team management had any specific plan or analysed Harbhajan's batting, Taylor said, "We have plans for every batsmen but Harbhajan has really improved his batting."

When pointed out that skipper Daniel Vettori had bowled the bulk of the overs in the innings, the New Zealander said, "Going into the match with one spinner, he knew he was going to bowl long spells and Martin was also doing well."

Pg16 Arsenal go 2nd

LIVERPOOL: Arsenal climbed into second place in the Premier League as goals by Bacary Sagna and Cesc Fabregas earned Arsene Wenger’s side a 2-1 win at Everton.

Sagna scored a rare goal in the 36th minute when the France right back smashed a high shot in at the near post from 10 yards. Fabregas doubled Arsenal’s lead three minutes into the second half.

Everton reduced the deficit in the 89th minute after Louis Saha headed down a corner at the far post. Arsenal, though, held on for the three points that lift the team above Manchester United in the table.

Indian billiard player Pankaj Advani reacts after winning the men’s English billiards singles final in Guangzhou.

Shamini sent packing Aminath Shiura Shareef 11-4 11-4 11-1 in the third singles. With two wins and a defeat, India finished second in group B with five points.

Indian weightlifters continued to put up a dismal show with Rustam Sarang and Omkar Otari finishing ninth and 11th in the men's 62kg category.

The Indian swimmers continued to disappoint with Rehan Poncha and Virdhawal Khade

failing to qualify for the men's 100m butterfly event.

Poncha and Khade were drawn in the same heat and while the former finished sixth, the latter settled for the eighth spot in the standings.

There was more disappointment for India in the men's 200m freestyle event where Havaldar Rohit Rajendra and Aaron Agnel Dsouza failed to make the finals.

In cycling, Okram Bikram

Singh and Hylem Prince failed to qualify for the men's sprint quarter-finals after losing their repechage events.

India suffered their second consecutive loss, going down 28-37 against Qatar in a Group A match of the handball competition here today.

With the loss today, India are now in a difficult position to qualify for the semifinals. They had lost to China 21-41 in their opening match yesterday.

PTI HYDERABAD, NOV 14

knock lower down the order that swung the pendulum in India's favour.

After a century and a fifty in the first Test at Motera and his sterling display with ball on the second morning here, the 'Turbunator' kick-started his innings with a couple of power-packed shots to the fence. The feisty offspinner then pulled Brent Arnel for a massive six over deep squareleg to signal his intentions.

But his best moment came when he launched into Kiwi skipper Daniel Vettori, after rain interrupted the match for 18 minutes.

Vettori had taken four wickets by then, including the one of Sachin Tendulkar, but Harbhajan

was unfazed. He lofted Vettori over long-on for a massive six and then, in a repeat of his earlier shot, sashayed down the ground to score the maximum again.

The lusty hitting continued unabashed as the 50-run partnership between the two came up in double quick time, of which Sreesanth's contribution was a mere 10. Long-on turned out to be Harbhajan's favoured area as the Jalandhar man greeted Chris Martin with a massive six over that region.

E a r l i e r, re s u m i n g a t a n overnight 178 for the loss of two wickets, Laxman and Dravid survived a testing morning session after Vettori removed Sachin Tendular early.

Harbhajan sizzles Harbhajan Singh extended his fairytale run with bat to help India take a significant lead over New Zealand and provide the platform for the hosts to push for victory in the second cricket Test here today.

Harbhajan smashed the Kiwi bowlers to smithereens during his swashbuckling unbeaten knock of 85 off just 82 deliveries, and his unbroken 69-run last-wicket partnership with S Sreesanth helped India finish the day at a commanding 436 for nine, thereby enjoying a lead of 86 runs.

Harbhajan's knock was laced with seven boundaries and five massive sixes. Such was his onslaught that India racked up 113 runs in the final session.

Earlier, a fluent half-century

by VVS Laxman characterized India's display in the first two sessions, but it was Harbhajan’s

Morkel, Botha put SA in control REUTERS DUBAI, NOV 14

Morne Morkel and Johan Botha tore through Pakistan's batting order as the designated hosts collapsed to 248 all out on the third day of the first test at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium today.

After off-spinner Botha dismantled the middle order by picking up three quick wickets, paceman Morkel made sure South Africa took a firm control of the match as he grabbed five for 54 to give the visitors a first innings lead of 132.

The hosts lost their last five wickets for the addition of just 28 runs and face an uphill task to save the Test.

South Africa 1st innings: 380 (G Smith 100, A Petersen 67, H Amla 80, J Kallis 73).

Pakistan 1st innings: (overnight 144-2) M Hafeez c Smith b Harris 60, T Umar lbw b Morkel 42, A Ali c Amla b Morkel 56, Younis Khan c de Villiers b Botha 35, Misbah-ul-Haq c Amla b Botha 9, U Akmal c Steyn b Botha 4, A Akmal c Boucher b Steyn 10, A Rehman c de Villiers b Morkel 1, U Gul not out 12, W Riaz c Boucher b Morkel 5, S Ajmal c Boucher b Morkel 2. Extras: 12.

Total: 248 all out. Fall of wickets: 1-105 2-111 3-176 4-196 5-202 6220 7-225 8-228 9-246 10-248.

Bowling: Steyn 18-3-58-1, Morkel 21-7-54-5, Harris 25-7-47-1, Kallis 8-3-16-0, Botha 23-6-61-3.

New Zealand 1st innings: 350 India 1st innings (overnight 178-2): Rahul Dravid lbw b Southee 45, Sachin Tendulkar c Taylor b Vettori 13, VVS Laxman lbw b Martin 74, Suresh Raina c Guptill b Vettori 20, M S Dhoni c McCullum b Vettori 14, Harbhajan Singh not out 85, Zaheer Khan c Arnel b Southee 7, Pragyan Ojha run out (Southee/Vettori) 0, S Sreesanth not out 14.

Extras: 14. Total: 436 for 9. Fall of wickets: 1-160, 2-160, 3-184, 4-259, 5-311,6-326, 7-336, 8-355, 9-367. Bowling: Chris Martin 29-6-87-1, Tim Southee 28-6-95-3, Brent Arnel 24-5-79-0, Daniel Vettori 45-6-123-4, Kane Williamson 7-0-31-0, Ross Taylor 1-0-9-0.