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NOW, THE CWG HANGOVER PM appoints high-level team to study corruption charges PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 15

With the Commonwealth Games over and demands for probe mounting, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight appointed a high-level committee headed by former CAG to go into allegations of corruption related to the mega sporting event.

The committee, headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) V K Shunglu, will submit its report to the Prime Minister within three months, PMO spokesman said.

The announcement came even as the CAG stepped into the picture to conduct assessment of various projects related to the CWG with officials set to visit all the stadia and go through records.

Significantly, CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh

BPCL hikes petrol price by 70 paise PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 15

State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) today hiked petrol price by 70 paise a litre effective midnight tonight, while other PSU oil retailers are likely to follow suit in next couple of days.

“Petrol price in Delhi was raised by 70 paise per litre to Rs 52.55 per litre,” a company official said.

Rate in other cities will vary depending on local taxes and levies.

Industry sources said Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation are likely to follow suit over the weekend.

Kalmadi, who has been in the line of fire over the corruption allegations, was snubbed when he was not invited to a felicitation at the Prime Minister’s residence for Indian medal winners.

“The government has decided to constitute a high-level committee under former CAG V K Shunglu to look into all matters relating to organising and conduct of the Commonwealth Games 2010, New Delhi, including to draw lessons from it,” the spokesman said.

The details of terms of reference will be announced in a day or two, the spokesman said.

The developments came as opposition parties, which had held their fire during the 12-day event, today stepped up their demand for thorough probe into corruption charges which the Congress said should be done

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Former CAG V K Shunglu to look into all matters relating to organising and conduct of the Commonwealth Games 2010 The CAG sent inspection officials to the Central PWD office located inside S P Mukherjee Stadium to check the accounts related to the CWG projects.

The audit work for CWG is related to work payments, contracts and leasing of sports equipment among others.

and those guilty, if any, be brought to book.

The CAG, which had held up its audit during the Games,

today sent its inspection officials to the CPWD office located inside S P Mukherjee Stadium to check the accounts related to the CWG projects.

The audit work for CWG is related to work payments, contracts and leasing of sports equipment among others.

The CAG audit would look into how the balance between the cost and quality has been maintained and whether there has been any cost overrun.

“We have started with the CPWD office inside the S P Mukherjee Stadium today. Now that the athletes have vacated the venues, we will gradually start sending our inspection officers to all the stadia,” an official with the auditing watchdog said.

The CAG had begun assessing the Games’ expenditure in August.

Casinos not on govt agenda?

Operators play ball, but dept fighting shy at ITM HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Despite being the only State in the country to have casinos, the State Government seems to be reluctant in promoting casinos in its official tourism agenda.

At the International Tourism Mart, which got underway yesterday, at Bandodkar Grounds, Campal-Panjim, the casino operators took centre stage with several stalls showcasing casi-

nos in Goa. A top Tourism Department official admitted that Goa is fighting shy of whole-heartedly promoting casinos in its official tourism agenda.

Speaking to reporters here, managing director of the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) Nikhil Desai said that the casino industry was not a highlight of Goa’s tourism agenda.

“It is true that the govern-

ment does not try to promote casino in its official communication,” said Desai, who was part of the travel mart-related seminar dealing with the issue of encouraging tourism-ori-

ented synergy between West Coast States like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala.

“Casinos have to co-exist.

They have to follow certain guidelines on the basis of which their operations are allowed,” Desai cautiously said.

Elaborately decorated, stalls operated by major casino operators in the State like ‘Casino Royale’, ‘Casino Carnival’,

John held guilty of rash driving

AGENCIES MUMBAI, OCT 15

A local court on Thursday held Bollywood actor John Abraham guilty of an offence of rash driving and sentenced him to 15 days simple imprisonment.

The Bandra Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate S V Kulkarni also fined the actor, known for his love for bikes, Rs 1,500 for causing an accident and injuring two men when his motorcycle hit a cyclist at 11pm on Khar Danda Road four years ago in April, 2006. Of the fine amount, the magistrate said, Rs 1,000 must be paid as compensation to one of the victims.

Abraham who was present in court when the sentence was pronounced paid the fine immediately and his lawyer sought bail and a stay of the order to be able to appeal against it. The court stayed its order for a month and granted him bail.

When contacted later, Abraham refused to comment.

The offence of rash driving on a public road attracts a maximum sentence of six months imprisonment. The court showed leniency towards Abraham.

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Goa eyes PPP model for tourism HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Marinas, green parks, convention centre, entertainment parks, and adventure sports are some of the areas where Goa will witness Public Private Participation (PPP) soon.

Nikhil Dessai, Managing Di-

rector, Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) while participating in knowledge session on “PPP Model for Goa Tourism” at the ongoing International Travel Mart (ITM) 2010 in the city, said GTDC has set the ball rolling for having PPP for development

MARGAO BLAST – A YEAR LATER

NIA yet to report on Sanatan funding HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 15

October 16 will mark a year since the Commercial Capital was rocked by bomb blast on the eve of Diwali, but the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is yet to cap its investigations into the funding aspects of the Sanatan Sanstha till date.

That’s not all. The trial in the sensational case is being conducted by the South Goa Sessions Court in the absence of a special court as mandated by the NIA Act. Of the 11 accused named in the charge sheet, the NIA has arrested six accused, while three accused are still at large. Moreover, while trial against four accused — Vinay Talekar, Vinayak Patil, Dhananjay Ashtekar and Dilip Mangaonkar — has commenced in the Sessions Court, the NIA has not yet filed the charge sheet against two other accused Prashant Ashtekar and Prashant Juvekar – who are presently in judicial custody.

Two of the accused – Malgonda Patil and Yogesh Naik – had died in the bomb blast behind the Grace Church building – metres away from the venue of the Narkasura competition.

When NIA had filed charge

sheet in the South Goa Sessions Court earlier this year, NIA Superintendent of Police had told newsmen that the agency has sought permission from the court to further investigate into the case, including the funding of Ramnathi-based Sanathan Sanstha.

Till date, however, no report has been filed in the court relating to Sanstha’s funding. Incidentally, though the NIA had mentioned the accused persons as being members of the Sanatan Sanstha, the investigating agency had clearly avoided linking the organization to any conspiracy in the bomb blast case.

So far, the Sessions Court has examined nearly half-a-dozen witnesses out of the 250 witnesses listed by the NIA. Plea by the accused to hold (Continued on page 10)

in tourism sector.

Emphasising the need for greater involvement of private players, he said they have the best manpower and access to investment and should be involved in development of tourism industry.

Goa needs to offer new

products for families as done

by Singapore and other countries to ensure continuous tourists flow in the State, he added.

Ralph de Souza, Chairman, Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Committee (Continued on page 10)

Don’t get confused! Garlands, bouquets...are for the excellent organisation of the games and handcuffs are for the misappropriation of funds

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This year, full proof security in offing for narkasura contests HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 15

Narkasur competition on the eve of ensuing Diwali festival will not be the same in the Commercial Capital this time round, as Saturday will mark the first anniversary of the sensational bomb blast that killed two Sanatan Sanstha activist in the city last year.

Even as trial in the case has finally begun, the Margao police are gearing up to throw a fullproof security cover during this year’s narkasura competition in Margao city.

“The police will be on guard this year. Security will not be compromised during the Narkasura festivities in the city”, asserted Margao sub-division police officer, DySP Umesh Gaonkar.

The police are waiting for the outcome of the meeting called by the district Magistrate, South G P Naik on Saturday morning to decide on the venue of the Narkasura festivities.

The district Collector has invited organisers of Carnival, Shigmo and Narkasura to explore the possibility of shifting the parade from the heart of the city to the Swimming pool route.

“The police have raised objections to holding the narkasura

parade in the heart of the city, near the Margao Municipal square on security consideration”, informed DySP Gaonkar.

But, whether the organisers of the Narkasura competitions will adhere to the new route will be known only on Saturday when the district Magistrate holds an interaction with representatives of the Carnival, Shigmo and Narkasura parade.

So far, the authorities have received an application from Solid Party, seeking permission to hold the Narkasura competition along the traditional route.

Police has maintained that shifting of the parade route to the swimming pool-district court building would have been an ideal situation from the security point of view. But, the men-inuniform have promised to put in place full-proof security in the city on the night of narkasura competition against the backdrop of last year’s bomb blast.

If DySP Gaonkar is to be believed, the police will mobilize Home Guards to maintain vigil at the parking lots along the Narkasura competition route.

“We have no option than to strengthen security in the city as was the case with the Dindi festival”, he said.

Margao blast case: 3 more witnesses examined HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 15

Three more prosecution witnesses were examined by the South Goa Sessions court in the Margao bomb blast case on Friday.

A traffic police constable, besides two businessmen were examined by the prosecution in support of its case.

While special public prosecutor S B Faria represented the National Investigating Agnecy, Adv Sanjeev Punalyekar appeared for the accused persons.

Adv Punalyekar later told newsmen that the defense is interested in cross examining some of the key witnesses, including Margao PI Santosh Desai, but added that even the forensic laboratory reports have not yet come in till date.

He said the cross examination of the three witnesses showed that they were not aware as to who took away the vehicles from the bomb blast site, adding that this

Direct flight to Jeddah for Goa Hajj pilgrims only on paper?

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Is the much publicized special concession given to Hajj pilgrims from Goa a mere eyewash?

Former Chairman of Goa State Hajj Committee (GSHC) Sheikh Hassan today said that notwithstanding the demand for a direct flight to Jeddah from Goa, he has learnt that Hajjis are asked to travel to Mumbai to board another flight to Jeddah.

He said that the sole aim to have embankment facility was to ensure that pilgrims can board the flight at Dabolim and get down at the holy place.

“I have learnt from Central officials that the Goan Hajjis will be taken to Mumbai and embark in a connecting flight to Jeddah.

Our intention was to start a direct flight from Goa to Hajj at Saudi Arabia and back,” Hassan said.

The Union Cabinet selected Goa as the new Hajj embarkation point following a three-year deliberation by the former GSHC with the Union Ministry to approve Goa as the Hajj embarka-

n I have learnt from Central officials that the Goan Hajjis will be taken to Mumbai and embark in a connecting flight to Jeddah. Our intention was to start a direct flight from Goa to Hajj at Saudi Arabia and back ---Sheikh Hassan tion point.

One may recollect, the decision was passed in 2009 but due to inexorable hurdles, Goan Hajjis could not make it from Goa. Sheikh recalled that the former committee had roped in Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Member of Parliament Francis Sardinha to support their cause.

“We also proposed to the Central Government that if Goan Hajjis are limited for the pilgrimage then Hajj Committee of India can combine pilgrims from neighbouring districts like

Sawantwadi, Ratnagiri, Karwar and Sindhudurg,” he added.

GSHC secretary Siddihivinayak Naik was however not available for comments despite repeated attempts to contact him.

Goa has five per cent of total population who are Muslim. The former chairperson said that taking double flights will cost them more for Hajj trip. According to information, nearly 300 Hajjis from Goa according to the quota will be travelling to Jeddah on October 25.

The Goa State Haj Committee has meanwhile announced that the inoculation of meningitis vaccine are to be given to all the intending Hajj Pilgrims from the respective Public Health Centres at Valpoi, Panaji, Ponda, Margao and Vasco on October 16, 2010 from 9 am to 12 am In a press note released by the information department, orientation program for Hajj pilgrims will be held on October 17, 2010 at Adarsh Hall, Margao, Goa and asked all pilgrims to attend the program.

would raise the pertinent question whether the bomb has planted to kill the two Sanathan Sanstha activist or to target the Narkasura competition.

During cross examination, Traffic police constable Suresh Kushali Velip told the court that he was at the spot till about 1.30 am of October 17, but his signature was not taken on any panchanama or any other document.

He said his statement was recorded by the police on November 26, and added that he do not know whether PI Santosh Desai had left the scene and had comeback to the scene after some time.

During cross examination, Vivek Naik told the court that his statement was recorded after about a month from the date of incident. To a query raised by Adv Punalyekar, Naik said that the policemen did not record and note down his name and address before allowing him to remove his Accent car from the spot.

Trial in Scarlet case adjourned for Oct 27 HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Children’s Court today adjourned the trial in the Scarlet Keeling Eden after the counsel for alleged accused Placido Carvalho sought time to study the Court order that rejected his plea about the juvenile’s missing diary pages.

Advocate Jos Peter D’Souza requested the Court to furnish the order copy to examine on what grounds the plea was cancelled following which it may decide filing an appeal.

President P V Sawaikar adjourned the matter for October 27 when Adv D’Souza will crossexamine the shack waiter and witness Murali Sagar.

The counsel’s application, alleging that few pages from Scarlet’s personal diar y were missing, was rejected by the Court earlier this month.

CBI counsel PP Rivonkar had countered the allegation stating that all pages in the diary were intact. In July 2010, Scarlet’s mother, Fiona Mackeown had identified the diary and its contents during the case trial.

The defense counsel during her cross-examination on August 27 pointed out that few pages of the diary were missing. The sketches of the diary had revealed several hidden facets of the school girl’s life.

One held in Corlim chain snatching incident HERALD CORRESPONDENT OLD GOA, OCT 15

Old Goa Police on Friday arrested one person in connection with a chain-snatching case at Belavista-Corlim.

According to Old Goa Police Inspector Francis Corte, accused Michael Fernandes along with another person had recently snatched a gold chain snatching from a woman at Corlim.

The woman was on her way to attend mass at St Joao Facundo Church in Corlim.

“We have been able to solve the case with the arrest of Michael, who confessed that he along with another person committed the crime and later sold the chain to one person from St Cruz, which has been recovered by Old Goa Police officials,” informed PI Corte.

Old Goa Police has brought Michael on a transfer warrant from the judicial custody and now have been arrested under Sections 356, 379.

PI Corte expressed hope that they would be able to nab the other accused, who is still absconding.

It may be noted that Michael is the main accused in about 30 cases of dacoity, robbery, vehicle thefts, impersonation and chain snatching in the State and neighbouring states and w a s re c e n t l y a r re s t e d b y Calangute Police.

Police sources had also claimed that Fernandes was the key accused in recent cases of robbery, including fleecing tourists at gun point.

Application to cancel Konrad’s bail rejected HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 15

Application made by the Crime branch for the cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted to deceased Nadia Torrado’s brother Konrad came a cropper on Friday.

The south Goa Sessions court today rejected the application moved by the crime branch for cancellation of Konrad’s anticipatory bail, with Judge Vijaya Pol asserting that Konrad has not violated any of the conditions imposed by the Sessions court while granting him the anticipatory bail.

Judge Vijaya Pol further said that Konrad’s statement that he does not know the whereabouts of the mobile phone sets, laptop and passport of deceased Nadia does not come with the purview of the term “non-cooperation” with the investigating ageny.

“The records show that Konrad has not violated any of the conditions on which his bail was granted. Konrad has been attending the crime branch as and when called by the investigating officer. It is not the case of the prosecution that Konrad has tampered with the prosecution witnesses. His statement to the effect that inspite of his search, he could not find the mobile phone sets, the laptop and the passport, does not amount to non-cooperation with the investigating agency. It is not clarified as to how the investigating officer would be able to get the articles from Konrad if he is given police custody nor clarified how the investigating officer would be able to elicit the truth from him if he is stating lie by putting him in police custody”, the Judge observed.

The Crime branch has sought custodial interrogation of Konrad for the recovery of the mobile phone set of the deceased Nadia.

Areal STs in arms over moves to auction hills for stone extraction HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 15

Scheduled Tribes from the sleepy village of Sao Jose de Areal are again up in arms over plans to auction the village hills for basalt stone extraction and to set up stone crushers.

Rallying under the banner of the Schedule Tribe Association, the scheduled tribes have strongly opposed Curtorim Communidade’s decision to hold auction for granting permission for extraction of basalt stones and for installation of stone crushers in the village.

“The hills of our village are common lands, traditionally used for sustainable uses only, such as forestry and agriculture in their diverse forms and housing for villagers. The RP 2021 shows the hills of Sao Jose de Areal as orchard zones and no development slopes. Most of the hills a re c o v e re d u n d e r s o c i a l forestry. The RP 2021 also shows these hills as being under social forestry”, asserted Association secretary Josephine Viegas.

What has agitated the local tribal populace of the village was the notice published by the Communidade of Curtorim announcing its decision to hold auction on October 17-18 to grant permission for the extraction of basalt stone and for installation of stone crushers. The notice signed by Curtorim Communidade President Jawaharlal Pimenta and Attorney Dr Ernest Rodrigues had further stated that the land will be allotted to successful bidders located at the Sao Jose de Areal village.

Josephine maintained that large scale illegal quarrying for basalt stone extraction has destroyed many sections of the hills. “In spite of our struggle to save our village, the destruction

This hillock has been ravaged by blasting for basalt stones at Sao Jose de Areal village.

has continued unabated. The ecology, water security, soil generation and the very survival of our village is dependent on the well-being of these hills”, she said, adding that the sustainability of the large population of the village is not possible without these hills. “It is essential that a restoration plan be prepared so that these hills are returned to their natural glory, rather than auctioning them for irreversible destruction”, she added.

The Association has dashed off a letter to the Curtorim Communidade and has demanded that the auction scheduled on October 17 is dropped forthwith. “The majority of the villagers of Sao Jose de Areal belong to the Scheduled Tribes.

The hills of our village rightfully belong to us, the tribal residents of our village, even though the custody rests with the Communidade of Curtorim on account of the historical ties between the villages of Sao Jose de Areal

GSCW’s own probe to verify role of Naga girls in sex racket HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Goa State Commission for Women (GSCW) today began its parallel inquiry into the alleged pushing of north eastern girls into sex trade.

Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) is already inquiring into the incident after the girls were rescued from Lotus beauty parlour at Porvorim.

GSCW Chairman Ezilda Sapeco said that their inquiry was also to cross check various suspicions raised by Nagaland State Commission for Women about the raid. The commission members, however, could not note the rescued girls’ statement as they were busy with inquiry

by SDM. Sapeco said that commis-

sion’s inquiry would be completed in four days and detailed report would be furnished to Nagaland counterpart.

“Since the SDM was conducting an inquiry, we couldn’t speak to the girls. But we saw them in the remand home,” she told Herald. The next visit to the protective home is however not planned, she further said.

The Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW) on Wednesday had sought detailed report from their Goa counterpart about the raid on alleged busting of inter-state sex racket.

NSCW chairperson Sano Vam u z o e x p re s s e d c o n c e r n whether six Naga girls who are rescued and lodged at Merces are really involved in the alleged flesh trade or are falsely impli-

cated.

The raid on September 9 was executed after three Mizoram girls working at the beauty parlour left the work on October 4 and reportedly informed Mizoram NGO and police about the activities here.

The women police team had rescued 11 girls from Mizoram, Nagaland and Belgaum who are allegedly victims of human trafficking. Five boys, including the parlour owner Mahalaxmi Mishra were arrested for trafficking and pushing the girls into flesh trade. Children’s Court will decide on their bail applications on Saturday.

Mizoram police on Wednesday sought production warrant to take custody of the lady owner for questioning.

Transport dept selectively targeting bus owners: AGPBOA HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Almost a fortnight after transport department’s drive against erring conductors and drivers, the All Goa Private Bus Owners Association (AGPBOA) have cried foul claming that department was selectively targeting them.

AGPBOA general secretary Sudip Tamankar alleged that buses belonging to only their associations are being fined, till date.

“Those operators who are minister’s cronies and department favourites are left out,” Tamankar said adding that their buses were not checked.

The Transport Department’s drive, which started on October 1, as of now has issued 611 challans to conductors and drivers.

Panjim and Margao cities top the list with department issuing 410 challans.

“All these challans are issued to the buses which belong to AGPBOA. Many a times two challans are issued per day,” he said.

Tamankar alleged that RTO is selective in their drive, and ignores the traffic rules violations done by those buses having political backing.

“Such an attitude forces association’s bus drivers and conductors to feel that if others are spared than why they should be targeted,” he added.

The general secretary has also alleged that RTOs, rather than checking uniforms, overloading and other required documents, pay more attention to the type of paints applied to the buses, lights, seat covers, etc.

The association has already

Panjim-Chimbel bus owners chide Sudip Tamankar HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Bus owners operating their vehicles on the Panjim-Chimbel route have accused Sudip Tamankar, Secretary of the All Goa Private Bus Owners Association, of spreading false propaganda about them in the media, thus creating a negative image about their business in the eyes of the commuters.

One of the operators Prashant Borkar said there were false claims in the media that the Panjim-Chimbel bus owners were not enforcing the drive called by the RTO and AGPBOA. On the contrary, Tamankar, who operates on the same route have been raised the issue before transport director Arun Desai, twice in last 15 days. “We have given a week’s time to the department to take serious note of the matter or else we will issue notice asking them to withdraw the drive,” general secretary stated.

The drive was initiated after AGPBOA agreed to the fact that they have no control over erring drivers and conductors. However, many private bus operators felt that the drive is like department’s dictatorship on the road.

“Those people with the backing of political masters are opposing this drive, which actually aims to wipe out rampant irregularities in the public transport

caught violating the law during the drive, he claimed.

Borkar asserted the AGPBOA President’s vehicles were recently fined by the RTO for violating rules (i.e. overloading and non-issuance of tickets) when he himself claims to be enforcing the drive.

A complaint signed by nine of the Panjim-Chimbel operators maintained Tamankar has been using the AGPBOA banner to threaten RTO officials and bus owners in order to settle personal scores. “We will in no way support any action taken by this association as this body has individuals fighting for their personal gains,” they observed. system,” Tamankar said.

Earlier this week, Tamankar had also logged a police complaint against bus operators Yaduvir Simepurushkar and Augustine Pereira, for threatening him during a special meeting convened on October 10.

The association, with five hundred members, runs around 14,000 buses across the state.

Rubbishing the charges, Desai said that challans are issued to all those who are violating traffic rules irrespective of who owns the bus. “It will be better that rather than making allegations against us, the association try and improve the bus transport system in the state,” he said.

and Curtorim”, she said.

Another village said the auction proposed on October 1718 is not only against the Code of Communidades and the Forest Rights Act, but also violates the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 since the land is Forest Land. “Therefore, the Communidade of Curtorim must take up a plan for the restoration of the hills, rather than encourage further destruction of the village to fill the pockets of a few”, he said.

As a sustainable alternative, the Tribal Association has proposed that the Communidade consider allowing the villagers to use the same land for forestry, agriculture and grazing. “The rate proposed by the Communidade for quarrying is Rs 18 per sq mt, and for crusher units Rs 8 per sq mt. We are prepared to pay the same rate for our traditional uses of our lands, including cultivation and grazing”, Viegas asserted.

Security to HC registrar illegal, says activist HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Lawyer activist Advocate Aires Rodrigues today complained to the Deputy Inspector General of Police Ravindra Yadav regarding the alleged illegal security provided at the residence of the Bombay High Court at Goa registrar I K Jain.

The advocate has requested to immediately withdraw the security squad from the place and sought to initiate an inquiry into the matter.

“Over the last over six months, four constables and one head constable have been posted illegally at the official residence of the registrar situated at Government colony at Patto, Panaji,” the advocate said in his letter to the DIG. The activist said that Jain was not entitled to any security at her residence and that none of the earlier High Court registrars had any policemen posted at their residence. He has also demanded to recover the costs incurred for the security cover at the place from the registrar.

Robbery bid at Khandepar: cops arrest one more person HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, OCT 15

Ponda Police arrested one more person in connection with the robbery bid by two Karnataka men at Khandepar-Ponda.

Ponda Police on Friday arrested Manoj Namdev Pawar from Kolhapur-Maharashtra at Belgaum.

It may be recalled that on October 4, an alert woman had foiled a robbery bid by two persons at Khandepar. Ponda Police had arrested Basavraj Laxman of Yamuna Nagar-Belgaum, while Manoj managed to flee from the scene.

Police had also attached a motorcycle (KA-26-H-7354), which was suspected to have been used by the accused in the offence.

Investigating Officer Deepak Pednekar along with the LIB staff from Ponda Police arrested the accused in Belgaum.

According to Ponda Police, both the accused were earlier released on bail by Belgaum Police in connection with house theft case. Police also informed that the duo was also involved in various criminal activities.

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Relax CRZ rules, urge tourism stakeholders HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

While complaints from environmentalists pertaining to violations of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regulations especially, by the hotel industry have risen in the recent past, the government and tourism stakeholders feels that tourism industry ought to be given some relaxations in

CRZ regulations in order to have wholesome development of the tourism sector.

Making a demand for some respite from CRZ regulations, speakers at Knowledge Session on ‘West Coast Tourism – Synergy between States’ at the ongoing International Travel Mart (ITM)-Goa, in City today, said the coastal States should make

West Coast States sing tunes of co-operation HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Even if currently, the four States on West Coast of India compete fiercely with each for bigger share of the tourism market, they have certainly realized the need for synergy between them for greater development of tourism sector.

Representatives of the four States – Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala who participated in knowledge session on “West coast tourism -- synergy between States” at the ongoing International Travel Mart (ITM) – Goa in Panjim today, said cooperation among States will help them in a big way in promoting tourism.

For mutual benefits a common Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) among States is what is needed to utilize resources in a better way, they felt.

Vinay Luthra, Managing Director (MD), Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC), said South Indian State Tourism Council (SISTC) has to be formed for promotion of tourism among South States.

S Swaminathan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kerala Travel Mart talking about synergy between States, said synergy is already happening among States in tourism sector.

The development of Malabar coast will also help Karnataka and Goa. Also, talking in favour of “synergy between States” Nikhil Desai, MD, Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC), said it should be a winwin situation for all four States involved if it has to be a viable solution.

“There has to be better plan of action to cross–sell each other’s packages as we encour-

age tourist inflow,” he said. The GTDC has already signed an MoU with KTDC.

a joint representation to the Ministry of Environment and Forest.

“Some exceptions for tourism industry have to be made -- the coastal States should pursue the matter with environment ministry,” suggested Kiran Khandelw a l , M a n a g i n g D i r e c t o r, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC).

He said the CRZ regulations need to be reviewed and made suitable for accommodating tourism activity otherwise overall development of tourism sector will remain a distant dream.

“All hurdles have to be removed,” he added while emphasizing on synergies between

States.

Vinay Luthra, MD, Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) echoed similar sentiments. He said relaxation in CRZ regulations is needed for wholesome development of the tourism sector but it has to be achieved without hurting the environment.

Other speakers who participated in the session include Kingshuk Biswas, Senior Manager - Marketing and Investment, Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd, S Swaminathanm, Chief Executive Officer, Kerala Travel Mart and Nikhil Desai, MD, Goa Tourism Development Corporation.

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OPinionatED Restriction on SGZP tender Improve public transport

BY JOSE MARIA MIRANDA

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he large and increasing number of private vehicles on the roads and the countless accidents that occur in this small State amply prove that Goa’s public transport system is highly ineffective and the traffic scenario extremely chaotic and appalling. The reason for the latter is the dismal failure of the former. It is not the affluence of the people (which unfortunately seems to be more a curse than a blessing to this State) that creates or has created more vehicles on the road, but a poor and inefficient public transport system.

Anyone with two inches of sense, a little sensitivity and a bit of foresight would have taken urgent and drastic steps to improve the public transport system. This would include finding ways and means of tapping rail and waterways to reduce the congestion on the roads, particularly because of the hundreds of precious lives being lost every year in road accidents.

This ought to have been the top priority of any Government that has some thinking power and the interests of the people at heart. But how can we expect this from the eminently incompetent, insensitive and unabashedly corrupt and selfish individuals who to our misfortune and partly due to our own fault (likely to be committed again), have been ruling us and our State?

Time and again, particularly when fares are hiked, some people keep harping on non-issue of tickets and absence of badge or uniform on the conductor or the driver. Instead the focus should be on overcrowding, rude behaviour, delays, unscheduled and long stops. These are actually the main reasons why the public shun public transport and opt for their own. How can our roads, which have not seen much expansion, contain the ever increasing number of vehicles which the Government, consciously oblivious of the plight of road users but solely concerned about their own revenue, allows to come on the roads without any restrictions whatsoever?

When Digambar Kamat took over as CM, I had suggested in these columns that he ought to pay great attention to transport; possibly try for an extension of the Konkan Railway line from Karmali to Panjim and improvement of river transport including a link from Aldona to Panjim.

Improvement of public transport would have generated employment and revenue, precious fuel would have been saved on private transport, traffic hurdles would have reduced and most of all accidents and deaths would be minimized.

Why is it that public transport is in such a mess in this State?

Why are drivers and conductors a law unto themselves, having least regard to the passengers, who are actually the ones who provide their livelihood?

Why is it that the authorities turn a blind eye to bus timings and to their long stops along the route? Is it that because the open corruption in the Transport Department, leaves their officials with no moral authority to discipline the bus drivers and conductors? Do they not realize that it is the arrogant, discourteous and the couldn’t-care-less behaviour of drivers and conductors that is the main cause for the crumbling transport system, forcing people to use their own vehicles, thus creating congestion on our roads? Don’t we all know that with a good public transport system, deaths on the roads which have brought pain and sorrow to thousands of families would have been reduced, with less private vehicles being used? Can we say that any of our Ministers and MLAs including those of the Opposition, have a heart when they ignore the anguish that some family or the other goes through every day with an avoidable death of one of its own?

Margao, the home constituency of the Chief Minister is perhaps one of the worst cities as far as parking and traffic are concerned. When your daily brought us the good news, some weeks back, that the CM was going to hit Margao roads to check the problems of garbage and traffic, I wondered what miracle he was going to perform. But the hopes of Madganvkars were once again shattered as he apparently put up a show only for that morning when nothing much happened either then or thereafter.

In Margao, some agencies came forward to put up traffic lights, signboards and signage, free of cost. Will the Collector of South Goa and the Chairperson of MMC tell us what has happened to these proposals? I was surprised to find that the Collector had notified, some months back (and since denotified) the diversion of shuttle buses through Nanutel to avoid congestion in the city. And it was shocking to read that it was done at the behest of the MMC, which has never taken any interest in matters of traffic.

My letter to the Collector on 17.6.10 protested against this decision. It would further dent the pockets of the commuters, who would have to take another bus to come to the city. I asked him why mini buses going to short destinations like Navelim, Davorlim, etc were not being compelled to proceed directly instead of taking another turn through the Municipal Garden. My letter merited no reply as obviously the South Goa Collector had no answers.

This matter had come up for discussion at several meetings of the District Traffic Committee, but the authorities develop cold feet when it comes to take decisions against lobbies.

However they feel free to act against the aam admi, who rarely comes forward to protest. It is shameful that the Collector thought it wise to hit the common man without first tackling the special “privileges” given to the bus lobby.

The Dy Collector, Johnson Fernandes must be complimented for taking this much delayed initiative now, which will certainly reduce the congestion in the heart of Margao. We also hope that the new Chief Officer, Prasanna Acharya, who is also known to be an upright Officer, will similarly take some hard decisions in the interests of the citizens of Margao, particularly as regards the movement of handcarts, occupation of footpaths, encroachment and conversion of parking spaces, which is rampant in the city, with the active connivance of the authorities.

Army man missing HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, OCT 15

Surendra Singh Solanki, an army personnel who arrived in Goa on July 25 is reported to be missing.

Solanki is the son of Govardhan Singh Solanki and is of 5’ 8” in height. The Superintendent of Police of Mandasaur District, Madhya Pradesh in a faxed message to his counterpart in the Goa crime branch informed that the army personnel had boarded the 2780 Goa Express at Khandwa on July 24 at 5.30 pm and alighted at Margao Railway Station at 8.25 am on July 25. A case in this connection was registered with the Ponda police station on July 25.

Family members of Surendra are reported to have approached the Chief Minister of Madhya

Pradesh who has expressed deep concern over the missing incidence.

The faxed message of MP police further claims that public demonstrations and procession are taken out, which is creating law and order problem in the district.

forms irks contractors

BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 15

Contractors making a beeline to bid for tenders floated by the South Goa Zilla Panchayat were an agitated lot on Friday after the district Panchayat body restricted the issuance of forms to two per contractor.

This left many a contractors disappointed, having come with Demand Drafts to apply for more than two forms.

However, South Goa Zilla Panchayat Chairperson Maria Rebello said the Zilla Panchayat decided to put the restriction on the issuance of tender forms to ensure that the contractors execute the work within the time frame and not resort to any syndicate.

“We have bitter experience in the past that the contractors after taking the forms, struck compromise deals. This has affected execution of the work in the past”, Rebello added.

She said that the contractors can bid for works in the future

n There is no question of the contractors striking compromise deals or forming syndicates. By restricting the issuance of number of tender forms, the Zilla Panchayat is loosing thousands of rupees as revenue. since still four years and half to go for the term of the Zilla Panchayat to expire. “In the past, some of the contractors had taken even 10 tender forms and had later compromised. To do away with any hanky panky

deals, I have decided to issue only two forms for each contactor”, she added.

Contractors, however, begged to differ. “There is no question of the contractors striking compromise deals or forming syndicates. By restricting the issuance of number of tender forms, the Zilla Panchayat is loosing thousands of rupees as revenue”, remarked a contractor, Prashant Desai.

Desai said he had asked for six forms and had come with the Demand Drafts, but the ZP Assistant Engineer and Junior engineer issued only two forms.

The contractors later protested with the ZP Chief Executive Officer over the restrictions imposed on the issuance of tender forms.

He contended that some contractors in the past had failed to execute tendered works, the ZP ought to have blacklisted listed the erring contractors instead of targeting the general lot of contractors.

Inspection panel to visit schools HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

An inspection panel from the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will be visiting schools in the third/fourth week of October or November, 2010, to check the records of internal assessment of students.

A recent circular issued by the Board to secondary and higher secondar y schools states the heads of the institutions should maintain records of internal assessment meticulously.

It further notes that the question papers, answer books, record of marks of regular and supplementary test/examination, justification for supplementary test/examination, along

with information to be filled in the enclosed proforma in duplicate, should be kept ready and made available for scrutiny of the inspection panel.

The circular observes in view of the late Diwali vacation for the current academic year (20102011), the marks of the first terminal examination may be submitted to the office of the Board (in hard and soft copies) in the prescribed format as notified vide Circular Nos 33 & 34 dated September 3, 2010, by December 20, 2010.

It informs that if a student remains absent for any of the school test/ examination on account of his/her participation in recognised sports or sickness or death in the family or any other genuine reason as may be

‘Transport Bhavan’ to house both KTCL, Transport dept offices HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited’s (KTCL) office and Transport Department will come under one-roof with ‘Transport Bhavan’ being materialised in next two years.

The foundation stone for the Rs 12 crore project will be laid on December 19, this year.

The project, funded by the state government, will come up on a 17,000 sq meter area acquired, adjacent to KTC bus stand, Panjim.

Once both the sections -Transport Department and KTCL come under a single roof it will help to have better communication and coordination for both.

“Having understanding between these two is crucial for better public transport system in the state,” official said.

Along with this, the Bhavan

Saligao resident held for thefts, goods recovered HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, OCT 15

Calangute Police on Friday recovered electronic items worth Rs 2 lakh from a resident of Mollem Bhat, Saligao.

After thorough investigation, Police recovered electronic items including mobile phone, four laptops and I-pod, all worth Rs 2 lakh from Rohan Salgaonkar, who was arrested by Calangute Police and is presently in police custody.

Speaking to Herald, Calangute PI Nolasco Raposo informed that Salgaonkar has confessed to various thefts in Calangute and Anjuna, including a theft at Baga by breaking the glass of the parked vehicle on September 25 as well as his involvement in Vagator thefts of laptops. Calangute Police is investigating the case.

Construction of speed breakers PANJIM (HND): District Magistrate, North has ordered the construction of speed breakers at the junction where roads from Aguada, Taj Hotel and Calangute meet, in VP Candolim, Bardez.

will also house enforcement office (North), Additional Director Transport (North) office, conference hall, parking lot and guest houses.

Rahul Deshpande and Associates, a Merces-based Goan architectural and engineering firm has been appointed as a consultant for the project.

“Though the total budget of the project is likely to be Rs 12 crores, the government is yet to come out with final estimates,” he stated.

Official said that the basic idea to have ‘Transport Bhavan’ was to reduce inconvenience caused to people in reaching transport department and KTCL office.

“People use to find it very difficult to visit these two departments as one is located on the busiest street (18th June road) and the other at Porvorim,” he said.

acceptable to the head of the institution, he/she shall be given a supplementary test/examination on his/her reporting to school after the period of absence.

It states that the supplementary test/examination mentioned above is not permitted for students who had already appeared in the regularly arranged test/examination but performed poorly. Whatever marks the students secure in the regular test/examination are to be communicated to the office of the Board within the stipulated time, along with the question papers, the circular adds.

It notes further that the panel will be making occasional visits throughout an academic year.

Undeterred by 35 NC cases, Yadav to fight MMC polls HERALD REPORTER VASCO, OCT 15

Clinging to the innocent-untilproven-guilty insurance cover, candidates contesting the municipal polls are undeterred by the police cases that were registered against them.

One such candidate is Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Vice Chairperson Kashinath Yadav, who has had many as 35 Non-Cognizable (NC) offences registered against him since 2001,besides a Chapter Case u/s 107 CrPC. Many complainants have accused Yadav of threatening them in property related disputes.

"With such a number of NC offences against the accused, police recommended a Chapter Case before the Sub Divisional Magistrate and subsequently, the offence was registered," s a i d Va s c o D y S P M a h e s h Gaonkar.

To make matters worse, Yadav and his family members are now alleged to figure in electoral rolls of two states.

Besides being registered as voters of Vasco constituency, Yadav along with his family members are also reportedly registered in Consistency No 242 of Garwara in Uttar Pradesh.

Speaking to reporters, Yadav admitted that the NC offences were registered against him due to property dispute.

"Ultimately, I won the cases in the court of law," he said.

Exams postponed HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, OCTOBER 15

All University examinations scheduled for October 18 stand postponed due to Vidhan Sabha bye-election for Valpoi constituency to be held on October 18.

New dates will be notified later, says a press release issued here.

Niz Mogi slams 'Greater Goa' HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, OCTOBER 15

The Goynche Niz Mogi (GNM) has said that in calling for a 'Greater Goa' including Konkanispeaking areas of the neighbouring Karwar and Sindhudurg districts, PWD Minister Churchill Alemao is not trying to give momemtum to the dream of the late Ravindra Kelekar, but is trying to fool Goans by making use of Ravindra-bab's concepts to create a vote bank.

Creating vote banks has become the one-point agenda apart from corruption of each of Goa's 40 MLAs, said GNM Vice President Kamla Parsekar.

She said that it was a call to non-Goans that the politicians would work for them, and that they do not any longer need Goans, or their religious leaders or the local media. She said the politicians want to remind non-Goans that it is the MLAs that have provided them with

ration and voting cards, electricity and water connections, jobs and contracts, as well as permitted them to build their homes and businesses in open spaces in the state's villages and towns.

All politicians are today alive to the anger of Goans against them, and are therefore tirelessly working to create vote banks of non-Goans. Some are even creating vote banks of Goans, by using the power of money against the weakness of poor people. Instead of taking up development and creating jobs, these politicians distribute largesse in cash or kind, thereby winning goodwill, gratitude and votes, but doing nothing that can benefit them in the long term. Goans must expose these politicians and defeat their sinister conspiracy, says a press statement issued by GNM President James Fernandes and Vice President Kamla Parsekar.

World White Cane Day observed in Margao

BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, OCT 15

The Goa unit of the National Association for the Blind observed World White Cane Day on Friday near the KTC bus stand, Margao.

Superintendent of Police, South Allan De Sa, DySP Traffic Gajanan Prabhudessai, Margao Traffic Cell PI Prabodh Shirwaikar, NAB Goa president Rozendo Mendonca were present.

Addressing the gathering, Mendonca said the white cane is one of the most important aids for millions of visually handicapped all over the world and called upon the citizens to lend a helping hand to the blind. “It is an aid to mobility and a sense of security on the streets for the blind. The next time you see a white cane, do not ignore him, but inquire whether he needs any help and assistance”, he added.

Later, South Goa SP, Allan de Sa and the Margao Traffic cell incharge, PI Shirwaikar gave an example by helping a blind to cross the cross and request the public to help the people with white cane whenever circumstances arise.

Yadav’s name appears in 3 different places in country!

HERALD REPORTER VASCO, OCT 15

Mormugao Deputy Collector and Electoral Registration Officer Levinson Martins on Friday issued a notice to MMC Vice Chairperson Kashinath Yadav under Section 22 of the Representation of People Act 1950.

It may be recalled that Yadav has been accused of enrolling his name in three different places in the country.

Yadav allegedly registered his name and that of his family members at two places in his native place in Machalishahar village Garwara Assembly constituency and in Sikrara Block under Jaunpur District, as per the 2009 electoral rolls of Uttar Pradesh.

Yadav is the sitting councillor and his name has been registered in Ward 15 of Vasco Constituency.

Speaking to media persons, Martins said as per Section 17 of the Representation of the People Act 1950, no person is entitled to be registered in the electoral roll of more than one constituency.

“In the event of any false declaration to the effect, the same is punishable under Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act,” said Martins.

“It appears prima facie that his name has been registered in more than one place,” said Martins.

Martins further informed that Yadav has been asked to appear before Mormugao SDM on October 22 at 11 am.

Responding to allegations of multiple voter registration, Yadav said: "As far as my name reflects on the electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh, this is a clear-cut conspiracy against me, orchestrated by my political rivals,” claimed Yadav.

"In states like UP and Bihar, anything can happen, which is not the case in Goa." "My political opponents along with some rivals have enrolled my name and that of my family members in UP," stated Yadav.

S H O RT TA K E S Cyril Andrade bags award PANJIM(HND): Noted Konkani stage comedian Cyril Andrade was awarded recently for his outstanding mimicr y in drama Xelli…Punn Sandleli!

He was honoured at the hands of Mr Jerome Mendes, Managing Director of Leonoras Restaurant and Pub. Cyril, nicknamed Dotor Cyril earned ravish praise for his mimicry in drama Xelli, where he imitates former tourism minister Mickky Pacheco, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, Home Minister Ravi Naik and writerd i r e c t o r L a t e Ro s a r i o Rodrigues.

Cyril, an employee of Directorate of Health Services Margao made his humble beginning with comedy in village plays. He sent crowds into peels of laughter with mimicry based on various characters, an area which earned him the title “Prince of mimicry”. He kept the momentum going and later shot into fame at the professional level performing in various dramas.

Nelly attends Madurai Conference PANJIM (HND): ZP Member and President of Goa Panchayat Mahila Abiyan (GPMSA) Nelly Rodrigues, was invited as a resource person to share her experience on role of women in Panchayats and to make a brief presentation on functioning of GPMSA at a conference recently organised by Solution Exchange, New Delhi, an organisation supported by UNDP in collaboration with Ghandhi Gram Institute of Rural Development.

The conference was attended by elected representatives, academicians, NGOs and Ministry of Panchayati Raj officials.

In two years of its formation GPMSA has done commendable work and has its own website managed by Nodal Officer of GPMSA Herminia Da Costa. Director of Panchayats Menino D’Souza, committee members and the staff are pleased by very positive reports of Ministry of Panchayati Raj, New Delhi on the functioning of GPMSA.

Teachers' Day at Anjuna PANJIM (HND): Lions Club of Anjuna recently celebrated Teachers' Day at the Sacred Heart of Jesus HS, Anjuna.

A senior teacher Dominic Colaco was felicitated by chief guest, the Regional Chairman Lion Michael Mendonca, in recognition of his services in the field of education, which he has served for nearly 30 years.

The chief guest, the headmistress, Irene Cardozo and the manager Rev Fr Thomas Gonsalves spoke on the occasion.

The function was compered by Ln Jose Fernandes.

P C Trust Awards presented

SP, South Allan de Sa helping a blind man to cross the road near the KTC bus stand.

Photo by Savio Dias

POWER SHUTDOWN OCTOBER 16 MAPUSA: From 9 am to 3 pm. Areas affected are Riturai Plaza, Maruti temple, Pilankar stores, Laxmi Narayan Temple, Post office, Joao Menezes Pharmacy and surrounding areas.

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

PANJIM (HND): P C Trust Awards 2010-2011 for schools of Chinchinim have been awared to following students: Belinda Fernandes, ASSMPT 1st (89.66%) - Rs 11724, Veenisha Correia, SMA (89.33%) - Rs 12900, Joydeia Fernandes, SMA 3rd (88.33%) - Rs 6995, Stanislaus Alemao first Boy, AASMPT - Rs 1350, Akshata Rane, SMA, with 93% in Konkani - Rs 966, Histon Rebello MMHs - Rs 100, Shelton Pinto first Boy in A V Chichinim - Rs 2400.

Scholarships in science, commerce, for degree courses have been awarded to Elreema Fernandes, Hazel Colaco, Benita Fernandes, Belinda Fernandes Ashok Chari, Meckwin Colaco, Trisha Lopes, Steffy Furtado , Clinson Gracias and Zanshila Rodrigues.

Prizes worth Rs 39975for the first students of Std XII arts and science are also distributed yearly. Donors to the Trust get 50% deduction in I Tax under section 80G.

Kavlekar elected GRPSS chief PANJIM (HND): K T Kavlekar was unanimously elected as the President of Goa Rajya Prathamik Shikshak Sangh in the recently held elections. Prakash N Gaonkar was elected as the Senior Vice President. The State Executive Committee was also elected for the period 2010-11 to 2012-13.

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Monkey menace in Poinguinim HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, OCT 15

Irked with continuous monkey menace, destroying farms and farm products, Poinguinim residents led by their ML A on Wednesday held parleys with forest and agriculture officials to find solution to control the destruction.

In a meeting held at Shre Pa r a s h u r a m Te m p l e H a l l , Poinguinim, MLA Ramesh Tawadkar, Poinguinim Sarpanch Tejashwini Deykar and others held a meeting with Sub-Divisional Forest Officer, Canacona Range, Ramesh Gauns Dessai, Assistant Director (Agriculture) Nelson Figueredo, Zonal Agriculture Officer Canacona Rajesh Dessai.

They called for compensation for the destructions and losses caused by monkey menace in Poinguinim.

According to villagers, coconut plantations, besides other farm products and house roofing are regularly destroyed by rampaging monkeys and over 200 farmers and residents have complained.

Residents also informed that damages are caused by Wild Boars and Peacocks, besides monkeys and called for suitable protection from further damages and payment of compensation for the losses already caused to them.

The Forest and the Agriculture teams admitted that damages are being done by these animals, which too often enters residential and farming areas.

Both the teams also agreed that suitable compensation as eligible under government rules will be paid to the affected residents on submission of applications.

According to sources, residents residing outside the wild life sanctuary areas are eligible for suitable compensation, if any wild or protected animals cause destruction of their property after straying in residential villages.

Mohandas Lolienkar, Chirtakala Faldessai, Vithal Prabhugaonkar, Vijay Kumar Prabhugaonkar, Raguchari Bhat, R Pai Bhot, Vasant Prabhudessai and Ashish Shanbhag were also present at the meeting.

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he keynote speaker at the maiden India Travel Mart, Goa (ITM-Goa) Pradip Madhavji, a former Chairman of Thomas Cook India and a spokesman-at-large for India’s travel and tourism industry, feels that in tourism, just like in sex, one must talk less and do more. Addressing the ITM, which opened at the Campal football ground on Thursday evening, Mr Madhavji said: “In sex, people don’t talk and just do it. But in tourism, people only talk and do nothing.”

It is an amusing analogy, but there is more than a grain of truth to it. It reflects on more than tourism. For, on the same evening when Goa’s pre-eminence in tourism was being flaunted in the elegant pavilions set up on the banks of the picturesque Mandovi River, several hundred activists were shouting themselves hoarse in Panjim city to demand that Chief Minister Digambar Kamat translate his assurances on the Regional Plan (RP) 2021 into action.

Mr Madhavji had kind words for Goa. He said that the predominant image of India abroad was: congested and dirty, but with hospitable people. But in the case of Goa, he said, one repeatedly hears the words ‘tranquil’, ‘peace’ and ‘green’, apart from delight at its delicious cuisine and hospitable people. He is correct. Goa’s greenery, tranquillity, relative cleanliness and peace are a big part of its tourism USP. It is just these qualities that Thursday’s noisy protest, by activists from village committees all over Goa, sought to protect. The Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA), which as its very name suggests, wants to save Goa from mindless development and destruction of its wonderful villages and greenery, is fed up with talk. It says the people have waited patiently for fulfilment of promises and assurances made personally by the CM, even on the floor of the Legislative Assembly. But the government has failed time and again to finalise the Regional Plan, and is allowing big builders to construct concrete jungles.

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat must be aware that his deeds have failed to match his words. For, he failed to turn up at the opening of ITM-Goa. Had he been there, he could not have refused to face the activists. Mr Kamat is well aware that even though Thursday’s protest drew only hundreds, the issue is volatile enough to agitate the public at large, and it will not be too long before the crowds number in the thousands.

Mr Madhavji pointed out good things and bad things about Goa. Some of them show this government in a good light. He praised the roads. “Travelling from the airport to the hotel, I have driven on one of the best-maintained surfaces of roads.

It was like a carpet,” he said, urging that Goa needs to send its road technicians and maintenance personnel to Mumbai, to teach India’s urbs prima how to keep its roads in good shape.

Take a bow, Mr Kamat. But remember that there are many really bad things as well, and at present, these are far more dominant in the public perception. When Mr Kamat took office in 2007, one of his first actions was to announce the complete scrapping of the notorious Regional Plan 2011, and to set up a representative task force to formulate a brand new Regional Plan 2021. It raised so much expectation and enthusiasm. But cynical never-ending delay tactics have slowly transformed this hope into disillusionment, anger and frustration.

Now, there are fewer days for the next poll to come than the one gone by. Electioneering has started in full swing in at least one constituency in South Goa. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has started taking its role as an opposition party very seriously. If Mr Kamat continues to side with the big builders and illegal miners against the aam admi – in whose name he came to power – he could be looking straight into the face of disaster.

it was a mediation not a judgement says AVertHAnUs l d’soUZA

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he long awaited Judgement of the High Court of Allahabad on the entitlements of the litigants to the land at the site of the demolished Babri Masjid does not appear to have satisfied either side in the legal dispute. Both the parties have declared that they will appeal to the Supreme Court in the hope that justice will be done. In accordance with the best practices of democracy and in respect for the ‘rule of Law’ it is but appropriate that everyone should wait for the Apex Court to pronounce on the terms of the dispute. The only hope is that this will not take another sixty years.

In the meantime, the newspapers have begun to carry opinion pieces on the Judgement of the Allahabad High Court, and these, as expected, help the less informed citizens to understand the implications of the Judgement and the interpretations thereof. One fact seems to stand out very glaringly, viz. that the High Court did not focus its attention on the dispute on which it was expected to deliberate. The decision, as it appears in the media, looks more like an attempt to placate the parties to the dispute rather than to pronounce definitively on their conflicting claims to the title of the land on which the Babri Masjid had stood.

Following the logic used by the High Court, it would not be wrong to assume that if there had been four parties to the dispute (instead of the three), the Court would have divided the property into four parts and given permission to each of them to build their structures on the parts of land allocated to them. In effect, the High Court has acted more like a Conciliator or a Mediator then an Arbitrator.

From a layman’s point of view, the Babri Masjid was wantonly and criminally destroyed by those who claimed that the site on which it stood belonged to one group which claimed that it was the site of the birth of Lord Ram. They were supposed to have produced the Title Deeds to the High Court in support of this claim. As far as we can make out, the only “proof ” which they offered was the report of the Archeological Survey of India which had “tentatively” concluded that there was a pre-existing structure on the site on which the Babri Masjid had stood for 400 years.

There does not appear to be any proof that this pre-existing structure was a monument to Lord

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t is said that behind every successful man is a woman (may be not necessarily his wife). Now it seems that behind every successful woman politician there is a man who could not contest in the elections because the seat is reserved for women.

The Municipal elections are just round the corner and there has been a flurry of activity as potential candidates filed their nomination papers. But fortunately or unfortunately some front runners in the run-up to the elections have not been able to file their papers as, to their utter surprise and dismay, the ward which they had nurtured and cared for all these years was now reserved for women.

So the next best thing to do would be to see that their spouses contest from that ward. This way it (politics) will be a family affair.

Incidentally this time around Goa could well see as many as three chairpersons who will probably make way for their spouses. The state-level politicians have also thrown their hats into the Municipal elections.

One particular Minister has seen to it that his wife and brother

Scots poor cameo

Adelmo Fernandes, Vasco

C U Jimmie, Nerul

Reservations of the wards for the various caste categories for the Municipal elections is supposed to be done after taking into consideration the density of that category of people in the ward. Yet in two wards in Mormugao reserved for ST category there were no candidates. If there were none of that caste available, on what basis was the reservation of the two wards done? Is this an example of the whims and fancies of politicians?

The short cameo shown to highlight the next hosts of the Commonwealth Games 2014 was disappointing. I thought it was rushed. The two miming bagpipers in their shredded Scottish Highland dress, walking on boards looked ungainly. Kilts and bonnets scurried around energetically. The inflatables representing a Glasgow landmark and then the Loch Ness Monster looked like giant airbeds. Many a true Scotsman watching will feel that the display could be much better. Having said that, Glasgow will put on Games and ceremonials to match anywhere in the Commonwealth. “Go Glesga!”

Don’t blame the referee Colin Egan, Nerul PRIMEIRO DIARIO NAS COLONIAS PORTUGEZAS

16 October 1910 V S Dempo’s request

The Hindu Community from Goa led by Mr. Vishnu Sinai Dempo salutes the new Republic and requests the new provisionary Government to confirm the appointment of Dr. Couceiro da Costa as the new Governor of Goa.

David Pinter arrives

David Pinter the correspondent from Times of India, who is collecting all the necessary information in regards to the mood of the people concerning the new Republic, is at Nova Goa after having arrived from Bombay,

Church to contribute

The Government School of Cuncolim is going to be maintained by the Government. However, its respective Church organization will have to contribute annually a minimum of 60 Rupees.

Centenary Civic salutation

At its last meeting the Centenary Committee decided to organize a civic salutation near the statue of Afonso de Albuquerque on 25 November instead of Open-Air Mass so as not to coincide with official festivities to be held at Old Goa as such postponing the launching of the Monument which as of now will be unveiled in 1915.

Ram, and that it was definitely the exact spot on which Lord Ram was born. There is a glaring lack of evidence – both archaeological and historical to prove that Lord Ram was actually born at that very spot. To counter this objection to their claims, the group loudly proclaims that the claim in not based on historical or archaeological evidence, but is based on ‘Faith’.

But this is precisely the crux of the dispute which was before the High Court. The High Court was not asked to judge the veracity of the faith of the litigants, but to decide whether the claim could be proved by historical and/or archeological ‘evidence’. Quite obviously this has not been done; so the claim remains unresolved.

Now the fact of the matter is that the Judiciary should either state that it is not competent to give a Judicial Ruling on a claim based on ‘faith’ and allow the political process to solve the dispute through mediation and conciliation; or it should decide the merits of the conflicting claims which were brought before it.

Letter of the Day

CM’s vanishing act

Cedric Da Costa, Margao

He did it again this week. Terrified that the GBA tigers may devour him our CM Digambar Kamat, hid from public glare on Oct 14 when the GBA threatened to storm the CM’s residence at Altinho. He was in Delhi he said. Strange, when he was supposed to inaugurate the ITM at Campal. This is an eye opener to the people of Goa and specially the GBA which has been spearheading the cause of saving Goa from the clutches of decision makers like our CM who is keen to sell Goa to outsiders or destroy it through illegal mining. Kamat has been making tall claims of how much he loves Goa and Goans, but every time genuine Goans try to raise their voice against the ills that are slowly destroying Goa, the CM does his vanishing act. It looks like the Congress Government in Goa is bent on committing political suicide.

If the CM cannot meet respected representatives of the GBA who represent the voice of the disgruntled aam aadmi of Goa, then I guess Goans cannot be blamed if they take the law into their own hands as during the time of the Konkani agitation.

I request the GBA to march down to Margao, where maybe the CM will be comfortable to meet them on his own home ground. Let’s take the fight to Save Goa to Margao. ing deaths, the last being 11 on a single day. I congratulate them. It is important to note that these lifeguards though well trained still put their lives in danger while rescuing drowning people. There should be a substantial fine or imprisonment or both imposed as a deterrent to other foolhardy persons.

AG 90 pc failure

Ayodhya verdict

The letter by Aires Rodrigues ‘AG’s 90 percent failure’ (Herald, 14 Oct), reveals that he has an axe to grind with the AG. If the news item is incorrect and misleading, it would have been right if Aires had to give the actual facts and figures with evidence.

Merely, stating that he is ready for a public debate with AG does not overshadow AG’s achievements.

To have a public debate atleast on this issue both should be of same stature.

Putting others lives at risk Savio Figueiredo, Aldona I would like to know what action is taken against those rescued people who entered the sea in an intoxicated state as well as those who entered the sea in no-swimming zones against the advice of life guards. Drishti Surf Life Team has saved many drown-

contest the Civic polls. Well, well dynastic politics is seen not only in politics at the centre. Its ripples are felt even at the Municipal elections. When it comes to the spouses taking over from their husbands the one that comes vividly to mind is the former Chief Minister of Bihar Rabri Devi who took over from Laloo Prasad Yadav after he got entangled in the fodder scam.

Unfortunately Rabri Devi did not last long as a Chief Minister.

That brings us to the all important question: do women make better politicians than men? Well the question is debateable.

Be that as it may, many Bollywood actresses have, to some extent, been successful in politics. There has been Jaya Bachchan, Jaya Pradha to name a couple of them. It is another matter that none of the actor-turned politicians have raised their voice in Parliament. But on the whole many women politicians have given the men a run for their money. Of the present lot there is Mayawati, Mamta Banerjee, Sheila Dixit, Sushma Swaraj, Jayanti Natrajan and other women politicians who have left a lasting impression on the minds of the Indian people.

By Adelmo Fernandes

But then do women make better politicians in the Civic bodies?

It seems so. As the head of a civic body the most important task is to keep the city clean and tidy. Women are always known to take extra care to see that their homes are neat and tidy. So keeping the city clean could be considered as an extension of the task of keeping the house clean.

As a general rule women on a whole are not as corrupt as their male counterparts. Of course there are exceptions to this rule. Women politicians are more hard-working then the males.

Modern day woman knows how to balance the family life and the tough life of politics.

Politics is not a dirty game. It is a clean game played by dirty people. So if those in politicians are clean, it will be clean politics on the whole. So it may seem that the world would be a better place to live in if more and more women opted for politics as a career. Very soon we will be having 33 percent reservation for women. It would have been better if 33 percent were to be reserved for men and the rest for the women. What do you feel?

Letters to the Editor

There is no doubting the pugilistic talents of Vijender Singh. The score against his English opponent was 3-4. He put the onus on his defeat squarely on the referee.

Wrong. He failed to break down a stubborn defense and coupled with two massive lapses in discipline paid the price. Time to move on and concentrate on London 2012.

There he will be examined by a larger and more knowledgeable audience and can really show what he can do.

Joseph D’Cunha, Porvorim

The decision of trifurcating the site appears to have been received respectfully and maturely by the general population of India. Of course it is well known that the Indian people are not only mature in matters of religious tolerance, but that they accept the differences in a spirit of respect and magnanimity. After all India has been the home to more religions than any other country in the world. So many religions which have spread around the world were born in India.

The point to be noticed is that it is not the ‘people of India’ who have a problem with a multireligious and multi-cultural society. It is the few fanatical elements who periodically whip up sentiments to fever pitch in order to gain political mileage for themselves and their twisted ideologies. What is abhorrent is that ‘religion’ is used as a tool of political advancement by a few bigots.

The means used, of course, are totally unethical and undemocratic.

It has been proven from time to time that many violent incidents, including bombings of places

Women should enter politics

Tongue in cheek

No caste candidate

100 Years Ago

MorAl ConsiderAtions

of worship and public places, were perpetrated by a small coterie of fanatics in order to incriminate members of a minority religious community.

When places of religious worship or sacred shrines are violently desecrated there is always a violent backlash. And this is precisely what is included in the calculations of the bigots and fanatics. Unfortunately the “common man” does not look beyond the surface of the events. He easily falls prey to the false propaganda of the fanatics.

Fanaticism, of course, is not confined to the adherents of any one religion. One finds religious fanatics on the fringes of any religion. The lesson to be learned, however, is that we should never jump to conclusions, specially the conclusions which the fanatics have scripted for us. We have to trust in the normal machinery of law and order to uncover the darker conspiracies underlying many violent events which take place from time to time. But here, again, the fanatical elements are known to have infiltrated the machinery of law enforcement to ensure that those who are supposed to control violence actually become perpetrators and, sometimes, bystanders, even when they know who the perpetrators are.

The Judiciary in India has often exposed its weaknesses and its propensity to evade its responsibilities. The present decision on the disputed land titles to the site on which the Babri Masjid once stood is a clear case in point. In effect the dispute remains unresolved. We still do not know whether the site belongs to those who claim that it is the actual birthplace of Lord Ram, or to those who claim that the Babri Masjid was erected lawfully in accordance with the laws in place at that time. All eyes are now fixed on the Supreme Court which is expected to make a final determination of the dispute.

In the meantime, it is deplorable that some political parties and their manipulative cultural organizations continue to claim that the Indian Judiciary has finally made a judicial pronouncement as to the historicity of the birthplace of Lord Ram and the legitimacy of the violent destruction of an historic monument of great cultural value to India and to the world. A mosque or a temple or a church or a gurudwara can be built anywhere; but the bitterness and anger generated by the wanton acts of the few fanatics cannot be easily dampened.

Michael Vaz, Merces A lot has been said and written on the Ayodhya verdict by the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court. Interestingly quite a few people have hailed the verdict as fitting under the circumstances since it would bring peace. However there is no place for issues like faith and belief under jurisprudence. In a court of law historical facts and evidence have to override mythological deductions. The ultimate purpose of taking recourse to law when all other means had failed was essentially to repose faith in the judicial process of the land.

But the outcome was only an amicable settlement of trifurcating the disputed land and handing over a piece each to the three litigants. We are where we were decades ago. The Hindu hardliners are contemplating seeking the entire disputed land for the temple. For them that is the priority of the country.

Unaffordable Goa Allwyn George, Carmona The politician-builder nexus is taking us towards an unaffordable Goa. Protests have discouraged big time builders, but Goa’s real estate prices are sky-rocketing. Politicians and sarpanches make hay clearing files and issuing licences. We even see Merchant Navy personnel becoming builders.

Government officers run the business in the name of their spouses. In the bargain the poor aam admi is left out in the cold.

This government is wholly for the builders lobby. The only hope groups like GBA and others who can keep watch.

MPT Anti-Goan James Moraes, Cuncolim MPT chairman now wants to improve infastructure and economic growth and wants more projects, increased transportation infrastructure, nationalization of Goan rivers, widening rail network - all ideas which require our land and our rivers. It will displace our traditional fishermen. We are well aware of MPT’s ‘contribution’ to Goa – very few Goans employed while the rest are non-Goans. We have to thank MPT for air and water pollution. Goans must consider this Delhi Babu as anti-Goan and drive him out of Goa.

Diabetes the Killer P L Fernandes, Old-Goa

Paths of Wisdom

Recently, the IMA-Goa said the diabetics are about 5 percent of the population. The percentage has to be more. A good portion of the Health Dept funding should establish dedicated health clinics, even mobile labs with working diagnostic equipment giving instant results of glucose and most of all educating people in villages how to take care of themselves. The Health Centres available do not have proper staff and basic medicines. The medical fraternity should come together and contribute to society selflessly.

Political pointers Nolasco Mendonca, Anjuna - Kuwait Independents candidates should not be given a chance to contest since they indulge in horse-trading. Two political parties, ruling or opposition can do wonders for the nation. One sets policies and the other acts as the watchdog. We need innovation and not stick to old methods of forming governments.

The candidate must have a minimum level of education. Those under chargesheet, in prison or on bail should never contest elections or be appointed.

No politician or party should be allowed to head any sports body. The policy of divide and rule should never be practiced and our youth should work as one unit.

All this infrastructure Nelson Lopes, Chinchinim Goa’s demands for express ways, national highways, state highways, major district roads, expansion of railways will mean more of transport arteries with less area for habitation. The officials of NHAI and PWD held a meeting with the residents at the residence of the Minister of Water Resources and Forests.

They categorically assured the residents that there is no deadline to complete the survey of NH17 by October 31, 2010. They also denied the promulgation of section 3D on or before the date. The meeting was summoned by the minister to clarify the apprehension of the people due to the survey.

Law and Sin

Shall we say then, that the Law itself is sinful? Of course not! But it was the Law that made me know what sin is. If the Law had not said, “Do not desire what belongs to someone else,” I would not have known such a desire. But by means of that commandment, sin found its chance to stir up all kinds of selfish desires in me. Apart from law, sin is a dead thing.

I myself was once alive, apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life, and I died. And the commandment which was meant to bring life, in my case brought death. Sin found its chance, and by means of the commandment, it deceived me and killed me.

So then, the Law itself is holy, and the commandment is holy, right and good. But does this mean that what is good caused my death? By no means!

It was sin that did it; by using what is good, sin brought death to me, in order that its true nature as sin might be revealed. And so, by means of the commandment, sin is shown to be even more terribly sinful.

(Romans 7; 7-12)

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BJP offers support to 14 candidates herald COrresPOndenT PORVORIM, OCT 15

The Bharatiya Janata Party has offered support to 14 candidates in the elections to the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC).

The BJP-supported candidates are Kiran Dessai (Ward 1), Naguesh Mayekar (Ward 2), Sushant Harmalker (Ward 3), Marlin D’Souza (Ward 4), Siddharth Mayekar (Ward 5), Prakash Bhivset (Ward 7), Ilma Mathew Braganza (Ward 8), Tushar Tople (Ward 9), Sandeep Falari (Ward 10), Antonio Luis Alvares (Ward 11), Seema Milind Anvekar (Ward 12), Gurudas Vaigankar (Ward 13), Manisha Kavlekar (Ward 14) and Sudhir Rama Kandolkar (15).

Addressing a press conference

at Mapusa on Thursday evening, BJP Mapusa Mandal President Rajsinh Rane made the announcement to support the 14 candidates in the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) election.

BJP has not supported any candidate in Ward 6.

mapusa civic polls Briefing the press, Mapusa MLA Francis D’Souza said they did the survey of the candidates in the elections ward-wise and decided to support 14 candidates as they were found to have clean image in the society and desire to strive for the betterment of Mapusa city.

Former Mormugao Council chief elected unopposed

MMC Chairperson Shekhar Khadapkar greets Councillor Manesh Arolkar. herald rePOrTer VASCO, OCT 15

Former Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) chairperson Manesh Arolkar was on Wednesday elected unopposed from Ward 14 for the second successive time, after two candidates withdrew their nominations.

The two candidates in the fray, Jagdish Dubhatkar and Anish Mahdev Parsekar, withdrew their nominations.

“It is the people who wholeheartedly supported me and their blessings have worked in my favour to get me elected unopposed,” said Arolkar.

"My family has served this ward for the last five decades,

Orion case writing contest herald news desk PANJIM, OCT 15

The 3rd edition of the Orion Real Life Case Writing Competition will be held on October 16 at the conference hall of DM’s College of Arts, Science, Commerce, Management Studies & Technology, Assagao. The main idea of this competition is to identify the problems in organisations, analyze them and provide solutions. It helps students put their theoretical knowledge into practice and prepare them for the upcoming challenges in the corporate world.

Judges for this event are Director of Shri Shri Institute of Management Studies in Margao, Dr Pradeep Salgaonkar and Senior Manager, Response, Times of India, Panjim, Manish Karapurkar, says a press release issued here.

since my late father Chandrakant Arolkar’s era," he said.

Manesh’s father was twice elected as councillor from this ward and he served as the second chairperson of MMC. In 2005, his sister-in-law, Devika Arolkar, was also elected as councillor from this ward and was subsequently elected vice chairperson.

Arolkar is the only family in the port town that has the distinction of having a father and son serve as chairperson of MMC. Meanwhile, Returning Officer and Deputy Collector Levinson Martins handed over a letter to Arolkar on his election from Ward 14.

“Out of the 14 candidates, some are non-BJP candidates.

We have offered our support to non-BJP candidates, as the party desires that MMC should have good councillors who are interested in providing clean and efficient administration to the citizens of Mapusa,” said D’Souza.

Criticizing the reservation policy of the government, D’Souza said although there are more Scheduled Castes people in Mapusa as compared to Scheduled Tribes, government has not reserved any ward for SC. “This is unjust and unfair. The reservation policy should be formed only after carrying out proper survey of the wards,” said D’Souza.

Restrictions on liquor in Sattari taluka herald news desk PANJIM, OCT 15

In view of Bye-election to 19Valpoi Assembly Constituency, the government has issued a notification for restriction of transportation and possession of liquor in Sattari taluka.

Maximum quantity of liquor which can be transported within Sattari Taluka, by any person or which can be possessed by any person without a permit issued from 5 pm of October 16 to 5 pm of October 18 and on the day of counting of votes on October 21 is: three quart bottles of Indian made foreign liquor other than beer and six bottles of beer for any person including his family; three quart bottles of country liquor for any person including his family, according to a press release issued here.

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‘Chances Casino’, among others have grabbed the centre stage at the ITM Goa. The casino industry has found active and vocal support from key members of the ruling Congress-led coalition government, with Chief Minister Digambar Kamat even saying that money generated from the casino industry was being pumped into the social sector.

Top bureaucrats have been however more circumspect while speaking about the merits of the casino industry, its effect on the Goa’s tourism image.

Bureaucrats and tourism trade representatives from other States in the Western Coast region were also cautious when commenting on whether they would like to emulate Goa’s casino tourism in their own States.

Managing Director (MD) of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) Kiran Kurandkar said that the Maharashtra Government had no policy on casino oriented tourism.

MD of Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation Vinay Luthra said that as a tourism official he was open to the idea of casino tourism.

“But it is a much larger question. There are other State agencies involved,” Luthra said.

There are seven offshore casinos in Goa, apart from more than a dozen onshore casinos located in various five star hotels in the State.

Goa eyes PPP model

on Tourism said private participation too is important for further development of tourism industry in Goa. He recommended that GTDC should develop its properties located in various parts of the State with investment from private sector.

De Souza said private participation in development of tourism is not new to Goa, in fact, in 1960s and 70s, tourism in the coastal belt flourished with local participation when locals opened their houses to be used as guesthouses.

He said, private players have expertise, dynamism and road map.

He suggested that GTDC’s Anjuna property be converted into entertainment park whereas the property at Miramar be utilized for developing planetarium/oceanarium.

He also favoured using the area at Vagator for a golf course and suggested that Chapora Fort be developed into military museum and the one at Cabo de Rama be converted in classical auditorium.

NIA yet to report

day-to-day trial of the case as mandated by NIA has not found favour with the Sessions Court, prompting one of the accused to knock the doors of the High Court for day-to-day trial.

Sena allows cable operators to air Bigg Boss PTI MUMBAI, OCT 15

Shiv Sena on Friday said that it has allowed cable operators to broadcast Colors after the channel apologised for ‘Bigg Boss’.

The party is protesting the inclusion of two Pakistani artistes Begum Nawazish and Veena Mallik on the show, being hosted by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan.

Cable operators had blocked airing ‘Bigg Boss’ in Mumbai and Thane on Wednesday evening following a directive from the Sena which wanted Colors to throw two Pakistani actors out of the reality show.

“The channel has written a letter to the party chief Balasaheb Thackeray apologising to Indians if their sentiments were hurt through the show,” Sena leader Anil Parab told PTI. Following the apology, the party has allowed to air the show on cable from yesterday midnight. However, talks are still on with the channel on sending back the Pakistani artists, Parab said.

“The party has not withdrawn the protest. We have demanded removal of Pakistani contestants from the show and would pursue it,” the Sena leader said.

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PM, Rajapaksa discuss issue of displaced Tamils

Prime Minister Manmohan singh and Sri lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha at a meeting in New Delhi on Frisday.

PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 15

Rehabilitation of displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka on Friday came up for discussion during a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Mahinda Rajapaksa amid India's insistence that it was time for its neighbour to act decisively to “win over” the ethnic minority.

Singh hosted lunch for Rajapaksa, who was here to attend the closing ceremony of Commonwealth Games, during which informal discussions on various bilateral issues were held.

During the meeting, the Sri

Lankan President is believed to have apprised Singh about the steps taken by his government to rehabilitate Tamils, who were displaced by the war between Sri Lankan troops and LTTE which ended a year ago.

Thursday, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G L Peiris held a meeting with his Indian counterpart S M Krishna during which the two sides discussed the issue.

Peiris told Krishna that the number of displaced people who are yet to be rehabilitated has come down to 20,000 from 2.80 lakh.

They also discussed about Sri Lankan government's plan for political devolution.

Krishna, while interacting with a group of journalists here today, said that he had told Peiris that since Presidential elections and all other polls had concluded, it was “now time to act decisively to win over Tamil speaking Sri Lankans so that their concerns were taken care of adequately”.

It is important to bring about homogeneity between ethnic Tamils and Sinhalese people, he said, adding the Sri Lankan side agreed and assured that they were working on it.

Krishna and Peiris also took stock of the progress on implementation of bilateral pacts signed earlier this year.

Mobile phones and other forms of communication technology can be used to reduce poverty and improve the livelihoods of people in the developing countries, a UN report has said.

According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Information Economy Report, better access to information and better chances to communicate through information and communication technologies (ICTs) to poor people can help them to raise their incomes significantly.

“Policies matter in ensuring that improved access to ICTs leads to poverty reduction...Governments have a key role to play in devising policies that respond effectively to the specific needs of the beneficiaries - needs that differ among enterprises, between rural and urban areas, and between countries,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

Poor people often lack information that is vital for the work they do. This information can include current market prices, weather reports, and new opportunities for earning income, it said.

The report gave an example of southern India where fishermen’s profits have increased by eight per cent, thanks to better market coordination.

In some developing countries, mobile phones now allow people without bank accounts to make person-to-person payments, money transfers and prepaid purchases. This allows for lower transaction costs, and easier, cheaper, and safer money transfers to remote locations, it said.

According to the report, the penetration rate of mobile phones is increasing very rapidly, even in the world’s least developed countries, as the technology involved is now simple and affordable enough to be purchased and used by the poor.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, OCT 15

Maharashtra Congress President Manikrao Thakre is being sacked for an utterly irresponsible talk that the state ministers collecting funds for Sonia Gandhi’s “Sadbhavna Rally” in Wardha on Friday.

Though both he and Chief Minister Ashok Chavan issued statements for the damage control after a TV network caught on camera and flashed the loose talk Thakre was having with former minister Satish Chaturvedi, the leadership is not satisfied, top party sources said. Not only Thakre, but Chaturvedi will also be punished, they said.

Sonia Gandhi was more upset from Thakre’s reported comment that part of the collections made for the rally has to be also sent “upar” meaning the AICC as she angrily told her aides that it puts her in a bad light and she was even thinking not to attend the rally.

The Congress President’s political secretary Ahmed Patel is believed to have pulled up Thakre and told him about Sonia Gandhi’s shock over his unbecoming conduct and that she wanted the rally cancelled but for persuasion that the party workers engaged in organising it should not be punished just because of his wrong act.

Instead of dismissing Thakre outright which can be misconstrued as an admission of what all he said on the camera, the party sources said he would be shown the door as part of the new state Congress chiefs to be appointed by Sonia Gandhi in a number of States that authorised her instead of electing them.

Cross-LoC traders decide own exchange rate HERALD CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, OCT 15

The cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade started with much fanfare completes two years next Thursday and yet no banking facility is in place leaving traders to fend for themselves in deciding the exchange rate at which they should do business.

The latest exchange rate they at the zero line meeting at Chakan Da Bagh in Poonch district on Wednesday is the Indian one rupee equal to Pakistan’s Rs 1.80. Traders from Jammu and Kashmir are, however, still losers as the actual rate obtained by converting the two currencies into dollars is Rs 1.95. In real terms, it means loss of Rs 15,000 on transaction of every Rs 1 lakh.

The two sides had tried to resolve the exchange dispute in June as well when the Pak-occupied Kashmir (PoK) traders paying Rs 1.62 per Indian rupee agreed to the rate of the Indian one rupee equal to Pakistani Rs 1.82. But that was for just three months and as such it dropped to Rs 1.60, making the J&K traders threaten to stop business as they were losing crores in terms of the exchange rate.

In the new deal that is too valid for only three months, the exchange rate was decided between a group of 83 traders from Rawalkot and 65 from Jammu and Kashmir.

The exchange rates for for-

eign currencies are fixed in India by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) but it does not decide the exchange rate for the Pakistani rupee, preferring to do it by valuing against the prevailing US dollar rate and as such the Kashmiris have no way to know what exactly they should get from those in PoK for the crossborder trade.

At the time of starting of the cross-LoC trade, India and Pakistan had agreed that they will allow one or two banks of each side to open their branches in their respective territories for facilitating the business but the final decision remains suspended for want of the dialogue since after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.

The J&K traders are also upset over the Pakistan Government putting ban on a score of items that the PoK traders can import from across the LoC. They urged their counterparts to put pressure on their government to lift the ban.

“We have decided to pressurise our governments to the procedure signed by the both countries in which 21 items were listed for trade and the same have been shrunk to very few,” said the Kashmir Traders Association President. He said their association is also pestering the J&K Government to set up a warehouse near LoC and allow more trucks at the Rangar Trade Centre.

Nurses in Britain express unhappiness

Mobile phones can help in poverty reduction: study PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 15

Maharashtra PCC chief to be sacked

HERALD CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, OCT 15

More and more nurses moving to the western countries with high expectations are becoming disillusioned. A study published in the October issue of UK’s Journal of Clinical Nursing says Nurses from India, South Africa and Philippines serving most of the British hospitals have negative experiences of living and working, particularly when it comes to feeling personally valued and professionally respected.

Researchers from the University of Northampton also found that discrimination and racism still exist in the National Health Service and that the reality of first-world UK nursing is often very different to what overseas nurses expect.

Senior lecturer and nurse Julia Nichols and Professor of Neurophysiology Jackie Campbell carried out an in-depth research review of 30 papers, surveys and Government strategy documents published since 1997, covering the views of nearly 4,000 overseas nurses.

“If overseas nurses chose to leave the UK in large numbers, health services could face a severe staffing shortage”, says Nichols.

“It is important that we listen carefully to their experiences to help identify priorities for policies and practice so that we can im-

prove migrant nurses’ job satisfaction and articulate the value that they bring to UK nursing.

“Although some positive experiences are described, significant numbers of nurses describe not feeling personally or professionally valued by the UK nursing establishment and common emotions include disappointment and unmet expectations.”

The UK has a long established tradition of employing overseas nurses, particularly from the Republic of Ireland and the Commonwealth. This dates back to the Colonial Nursing Service, which was established in the 1940s to unify the administration of nursing appointments across Britain and its overseas dependencies.

Since 1997 approximately 100,000 international nurses from 50 countries have obtained UK registration, with the largest numbers coming from the Philippines and India. However, the Nursing and Midwifery Council reports that almost a fifth of the nurses who joined the register between 1997 and 2006 did not renew their registration.

The research review carried out by Nichols and Campbell provides a number of clues about why retention is an ongoing issue, including: * Highly skilled and proficient nurses being used in junior positions where their

expertise and experience went unrecognised. Some nurses even felt the need to hide their skills to avoid alienating the less experienced staff they reported to. * Racism and discrimination. One study even went as far as to suggest that the NHS was institutionally racist, with overseas nurses being socially excluded and having their career progression blocked. * Particular problems working in elderly care homes, where nurses felt their nursing skills were replaced by unfamiliar and basic personal care, such as feeding, washing and toileting. They also reported poor working relationships, a lack of respect and feeling humiliating and degraded by the attitudes of some colleagues. * Disappointment when they discovered that their expectation of working in advanced first-world health care – with hightech equipment, clean hospitals, high standards of care, good staff-patient ratios and positive working conditions – were not realised.

To improve retention of the nurses quitting in large number, they suggested that their expectations should be managed effectively by not over-selling UK nursing in a way that can only lead to disappointment and not recruiting the most senior staff to junior positions that leads to professional frustration.

APPOINTMENTS

Devotees crowd Belur Math temple on Maha Astami to witness ‘Kumari Puja' on Friday.

Cops receive SMS threatening Karuna’s life PTI CHENNAI, OCT 15

Police on Friday received an SMS threatening to kill Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in a bomb attack, a top police officer said.

“We have received an SMS at our traffic control room threatening the life of chief minister.

We are investigating it,” City Police Commissioner T Rajendran told reporters here at a media briefing.

When asked about the details of the message, he said the SMS stated that the chief minister would be killed in a bomb attack.

To a question on Karunanidhi and AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa receiving threatening letters recently, he said that police was not taking the issue lightly.

Obama to stay at Taj Hotel PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 15

With the clear aim of sending a message to terrorists, US President Barack Obama is expected to stay overnight at Taj Hotel in Mumbai and tour other 26/11 targets when he undertakes a visit to India next month.

Sources said Obama is expected to arrive in India on November 5 on a five-day visit, his first since assuming office in January last year.

He is likely to begin his visit from Mumbai where he is expected to have an overnight stay in Taj Hotel, which was targeted by Pakistani terrorists of Lashkar-e Taiba outfit from November 26 to 28 in 2008.

Obama is also expected to visit other spots where the 10 Pakistani terrorists had struck

in Mumbai, leaving 166 people dead.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had on her first visit to India in July last year after taking charge stayed at the Tower Wing of the Taj Hotel.

The sources said External Affairs Minister S M Krishna had been one of those who strongly recommended that the US President visit Mumbai during his trip here.

Obama’s decision to stay at Taj Hotel is clearly aimed at sending a message to the terrorists that the democracies would not be cowed by terror attacks.

The US President is also expected to visit Golden Temple in Amritsar besides Delhi where he will hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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RBI may hike rates PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 15

Driven by higher prices of essential items, inflation moved up to 8.62 per cent in September, with experts saying that it will prompt the RBI to hike its short-term lending and borrowing rates at next month's policy review.

However, this is the second consecutive month in which the overall inflation has stayed in the single digit. It had remained over 10 per cent for five months till July.

Inflation was 8.51 per cent in August. The July figure, meanwhile, has been revised upwards to 10.31 per cent from provisional estimate of 9.97 per cent.

Besides, food inflation numbers released by the government today showed a marginal increase of 0.13 percentage points to 16.37 per cent for the week ended October 2, on higher prices of vegetables and milk.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has expressed concern over the rising prices, saying that managing inflation has been one of his biggest challenges.

The overall inflation numbers for September showed prices of primary articles (those found in raw form) -food, non-food articles and minerals -- shot up by 17.45 per cent on an annual basis.

Meanwhile, Chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu has exuded confidence that inflation will moderate to 6 per cent by March end. "Inflation is virtu-

Konkan Railway is 20 years old

150 Mercs sold in single transaction PTI AURANGABAD, OCT 15

ally holding constant between 8.5-8.6 per cent... for the first time both the core CPI and the WPI are in single digit...Hopeful of year-end estimate holding at 6 per cent," he told reporters here.

Experts said they expect another 25 basis points hike in short term rates, when RBI comes out with its second quarter policy review on November 2.

However, the Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao said in Chandigarh that the central bank would study the inflation data before deciding on further policy actions.

"We will study the de-segregate inflation data in the monetary policy review next

month. Inflation figure would be one of the variables to be looked at during the review. I cannot speculate the stance of monetary policy," Subbarao said, when asked about the RBI's further rate hike action.

In a bid to curb consumer spending, the RBI has raised interest rates five times this year to tame rising prices.

HDFC Bank Chief Economist Abheek Barua said, "We expect another 25 bps hike in repo and reverse repo and after that RBI will pause its rate hike cycle. The rate of rise in prices is coming down gradually. Inflation in prices of manufactured items is easing, even as pressure on food items remain."

Around 150 Mercedes-Benz cars, purchased in a single transaction and valued at Rs 650 million, were distributed in the city. The 150 cars that were distributed include 13 S class, 74 E class, 39 C class, 6 GL class and 18 M class cars.

These luxurious cars were booked by the industrialists and businessmen in the city.

The cars arrived in the city two weeks before and were distributed at a programme in the city. On the occasion, Wilfried Aulbur, MD and CEO of Mercedes-Benz India said, "Today we have fulfilled the dream of almost 150 individuals in Aurangabad who aspired for the Mercedes brand and I am sure there are others who would be inspired as well."

For Aurangabad, this is not just a high value transaction.

The Mercedes transaction has been a lever in driving up the image of the city, he said.

The exposure about this large volume car deal has enhanced the real estate values. It has also created significantly high interest from investors, many of whom are now actively contemplating entry into this city.

"The point that Aurangabad has proved is that the Mercedes transaction has been a strong statement about the economic muscle of this cityand this has been a useful lever in dialing-up the image of Aurangabad," Aulbur said.

Tata Group gifts $50 m to Harvard Business School

HERALD BUSINESS DESK PANJIM, OCT 15

PTI BOSTON, OCT 15

The Konkan Railway, has completed 20 years since its foundation was laid in October 15, 1990.

The Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd was incorporated in July, 1990, with a senior railway official, E Sreedharan, as its first chairman-cum-managing director.

The construction of the Konkan Railway, which connects Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka has been hailed is one of the biggest and most difficult engineering railway projects carried out this century in South Asia.

India's Tata Group has given a whopping USD 50 million to the prestigious Harvard Business School here to fund a new academic and residential building on its campus, the largest gift received by the institute from an international donor in its 102-year-old history.

The gift comes from Tata Companies, the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Tata Education and Development Trust, the philanthropic entities of the Group.

It comes days after Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra and Mahindra Group, gave USD 10 million to the Humanities Centre at Harvard. A Harvard alumnus, Mahindra gave the gift, the "largest" in the Centre's history, in honour of his mother Indira Mahindra.

Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Sons, attended Harvard's Advanced Management Programme -- one of three comprehensive leadership programmes offered by the Harvard Business School's (HBS')

Sensex tanks by 370 pts PTI MUMBAI, OCT 15

The BSE benchmark Sensex tanked by over 370 points today on panic selling across counters sparked by Infosys’ disappointing guidance for the rupee exchange value, though its second quarter earnings beat expectations.

The 30-share barometer of the Bombay Stock Exchange ended the day lower by 372.59 points, or 1.82 per cent, at 20,125.05.

Taking yesterday’s losses into consideration, the Sensex has lost 560 points in the past two days, erasing the gains made during an unpredictable week.

The BSE Sensitive Index recorded a loss of 0.6 per cent during the week ended October 15, 2010, vis-a-vis its close in the previous week.

Executive Education — in 1975.

He had also received the School's highest honour, the Alumni Achievement Award, in 1995.

The School said it will use the USD 50 million gift from the Tata Group to fund a new academic and residential building on its campus for participants in its broad portfolio of Executive Education programmes.

HBS hopes to break ground for the building, which will be named Tata Hall, next spring. It is expected to be open for use by late 2013.

Calling it a privilege and a pleasure to "give back to Harvard a little bit of what it gave to me," Tata said he hoped the new facility would encourage and inspire future leaders to take advantage of the executive education offerings at HBS. "The Harvard Business School is the preeminent place to be exposed to the world's best thinking on management and leadership and we are pleased that this gift will support the School's educational mission to mold the next gen-

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eration of global business leaders," Tata said.

Expressing "deep appreciation" for Tata's "generosity," Harvard Business School's Indian-origin Dean Nitin Nohria said the "historic" gift comes from an organisation "revered" for its significant economic, civic and philanthropic impact.

T&A: Expanding horizons BHARATI PAWASKAR

Goa is a melting pot for different cultures.

There are many business houses in Goa who have migrated from their original lands and settled here peacefully for over a century now. They take pride in considering themselves as much a Goan as any other Niz Goemkar would call himself. With the passage of time, they have blended themselves well with the Goan culture. Veljee family is prominent among those Panjimites who had commenced business decades ago.

The Veljees had come down to Goa from Junagarh in Gujarat, little less than a century ago.

“It’s been 90 years that we, the Veljees, are here in Goa. Though my grandfather came to Goa in search of service, my father started business and we brothers have expanded it,” says Mehedi Veljee, the third sibling in Veljee house. Nearing 60 now, M e h e d i passed out from the People’s High School in Panjim while his siblings studied in Panjim’s p ro m i n e n t schools.

There are about 100 Ismaili Khoja families in Goa, clustered mostly A section of the T&A store. in Goa’s cities. Margao has the largest number – 60, with Panjim around 30, and the rest 10 per cent in cities like Vasco, Ponda and Mapusa. “Ours is a close knit community having strong faith in our religious guru – Prince Aga Khan – and all of us meet at Jamatkhanas every evening.

Prince Aga Khan had visited Goa way back in 1959 and I vaguely remember meeting him at Margao, though I was only four at that time,” says Mehedi.

Asked what business Veljees were into initially, Mehedi says, “Mostly our community is into imported crockery, shoes, and garment business. My father was no exception. He used to import crockery from Japan and Germany. He later diversified into various other things like carpets, handicrafts and jewellery.”

Taking a step further now, Veljees have introduced an exclusive gift centre, with toys as an added attraction at their spacious three floor showroom viz, T&A on Atmaram Borkar Road.

“Whenever I went for shopping I wished I could buy everything under one roof. That

triggered the idea of starting an exclusive gift floor ourselves and therefore we renovated our third floor recently,” tells Brenda, wife of Tablic, Mehedi’s elder brother.

She takes care of the women and kids section, while Mehedi selects for men. “Tablic is our mentor and advisor; we follow him,” Brenda and Mehedi announce unanimously.

Has the recent recession had any impact on sales? “Yes. slightly! Our sales had decreased by 10 per cent during the last two years. But now they are picking up again,” replies Mehedi.

In Goa, the season begins after Ganesh Chaturthi and extends till May. “Our main customers are tourists – domestic and foreign. Visitors love to carry gifts for the family. We have everything for each member,” tells Brenda.

“I am a mother of two young girls and I know what f a m i l y means. Our showroom T & A is actually the initials of our daughters’ names – Tahira and Anoushka,” she discloses.

B o t h daughters stay together and work in Mumbai – Tahira is an MBA and working for a New York-based company as an Equity Research Analyst, while Anoushka is freelancing in Bollywood as a designer.

Veljee’s business tells us that Tablic lived in Muscat for 20 years where he initially worked with the Taj and later got involved in the business of corporate gifts. This business is still on and Tablic visits Muscat once in six months to have an overall look.

He returned to Goa for good in 1997 and started Tashka (again Ta from Tahira and Shka from Anoushka) emporium.

Situated opposite the Delhi Darbar restaurant in Panjim, the emporium deals with handicrafts, woollen and silk carpets from Kashmir, and jewellery.

Tablic started T & A at Candolim in 1998 and ran the show for two years till they shifted to the present place at Navelkar Arcade in 2000. Initially a ground plus one floor showroom, T & A has now expanded to three floors, and that too in the heart of the capital city. With new ventures and innovative ideas of expansion, Veljees are all set to conquer the skies.

ABG completes WISL buy PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 15

ABG Shipyard today announced that it has completed the acquisition of debt-ridden Western India Shipyard by acquiring a further 40.57 per cent stake in the company.

ABG bought 119.55 million shares, representing 40.57 per cent stake, from ICICI Bank in off-market deals. Post deal, it now holds 60.26 per cent stake in Western India Shipyard Ltd (WISL), the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

WISL, the largest domestic composite ship & rig repair company in the private sector, has been a loss making entity since its inception in 1996.

"We have completed the acquisition in all the respects and ABG Shipyard now holds a controlling stake of about 60 per cent in the Western India Shipyard (WISL)," CFO of the company Dhananjay Datar said.

The company had a debt of Rs 250.1 crore and reported accumulated losses of about Rs 187 crore as of March 31, 2006.

As part of its debt-restructuring exercise, the lenders led by ICICI Bank had struck a deal with ABG Shipyard in 2007 to acquire the company and provide financial and technical support to the WISL. "The debt of WISL has now come down to about Rs 120 crore. Some of it is with ICICI and some with IFCI and other lenders," Datar added.

The company, whose revival plan was approved by the Bombay High Court in January this year, had posted profit of about Rs 66 crore for the first time in the last quarter of 2009-10.

In April-June quarter this year, it had reported a net profit of about Rs 5.8 crore.

"WISL has now become an ABG Group Company. With the technical support of ABG, WISL will look forward to big and quality repair orders for both ships and rigs," Whole Time Director and CEO of Western India Shipyard Cdr S K Mutreja said.

Canara Bank holds customer meet HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Canara Bank, Circle Office, Panjim conducted a customer meet at Panjim today.

K L Jagdish Pai, executive director of the bank and S N Naik, assistant general manager along with other dignitaries of the bank were present at the occasion.

Jagdish Pai said that the bank has done very well in the past and has scaled new horizons. The bank has posted handsome gains in the FY April-June 2010-11 which is in excess of Rs 1,000 crore. This is a tremendous achievement considering that this figure has

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been obtained in just three months as compared to the previous year’s figure, which was pegged at a profit of Rs 3,000 crore.

The bank has spread its wings in the state of Goa with the impending inauguration of its 26th branch at Curchorem.

Three Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) would also be installed one each at Patto, Calangute and Assonora. The inaugurations will be held on the bank’s foundation day on November 19, 2010.

Canara Bank has commenced core banking activities in the entire state. The bank has also set an aggressive busi-

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ness target of Rs 5,000 crore, this fiscal as compared to the previous target of Rs 4,200 crore in Goa. One of the major concerns of the government is to ensure that nobody is denied professional education. The Indian Banks association (IBA) had formulated a comprehensive model educational loan scheme aimed at providing financial support to deserving students through banks. Canara Bank has been appointed as a Nodal bank to administer the scheme.

This scheme entails a full interest subsidy during the period of moratorium on loans

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taken by students belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) under IBAs educational loan scheme.

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BOARD MEETINGS Associated Ston Godrej Prop KSL Inds Unichem Lab Reliance Indl Infra Source: Indiainfoline.com

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Norway sees strong China ties despite Nobel anger

ISAF allowed Taliban official to Kabul: US Gen

protested to the Chinese ambassador in Oslo about Beijing's reaction to the award.

Beijing has canceled several official meetings with Norway after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, warning relations with the country would suffer, calling the award "obscenity.

Norway is home to the Nobel Peace Prize committee, though the government there has no say in who receives it. China says Liu is a criminal and that giving him the Nobel was a direct insult to the Chinese legal system.

Last year Norway, the world's fifth biggest oil exporter, sold

goods worth 16.1 billion crowns ($2.76 billion) to China and imported roughly twice as much.

A China-Norway free-trade agreement currently being negotiated is among the first such bilateral deals considered by China, now the world's second biggest economy and hungry for the oil, gas and other resources that Norway can provide.

"The negotiations for free trade, it is not my area, but yes these talks are on track, I know," the minister said.

Berg-Hansen said there had not been any further rebukes from the Chinese side aside from two canceled meetings.

"I have had two meetings canceled but that is it," she said.

Obama vows to allow gays serve in Army

UK Queen axes Christmas party

US General David H Petraeus, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said on Friday NATO-led forces had facilitated the passage of a senior Taliban commander to Kabul to hold talks with the Afghan government.

Speaking to an audience in London, Petraeus said the move was part of US and NATO support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai's reconciliation discussions with the Taliban.

"In certain respect we do facilitate that, given that, needless to say it would not be the easiest of tasks for a senior Taliban commander to make his way to Kabul if ISAF does not allow it to take place," he said "That's about as far as I can go on that at this point."

US and NATO leaders said on Thursday they were ready to help Afghan President Hamid Karzai pursue reconciliation efforts with the Taliban.

REUTERS SHANGHAI, OCT 15

Trade ties between China and Norway remain strong, with talks for a free trade agreement on track despite Chinese anger at a dissident winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Norway's Fisheries Minister said on Friday.

"In trade and seafood everything is fine. We have a very good relationship between China and Norway both in shipping and in seafood and in many other trade areas," Lisbeth BergHansen, told Reuters in an interview at the Shanghai World Expo.

However, Norwegian news agency NTB reported that the Norwegian foreign minister had

PTI WASHINGTON, OCT 15

President Barack Obama has vowed to end the military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly even as the US Justice Department has requested an emergency stay on federal judge’s injunction stopping enforcement of the policy.

“We are moving in the direction of ending this policy.

It has to be done in a way that is orderly, because we are involved in a war right now. This is not a question of whether the policy will. This policy will end and it will end on my watch,” Obama said at a Youth Town Hall meeting.

“I do have an obligation to make sure that I am following some of the rules. I can’t simply ignore laws that are out there.

I’ve got to work to make sure that they are changed,” he said.

Referring to a recent district court order that said, ’Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is unconstitutional, he said: “I agree with the basic principle that anybody who wants to serve in our armed forces and make sacrifices on our behalf, on behalf of our national security, anybody should be able to serve. They shouldn’t have to lie about who they are in order to serve.”

Earlier in the day, Justice De-

partment lawyers said they wanted the federal court in California to grant a stay of the injunction, which would remain in effect throughout the appeals process.

The stay would allow for an orderly transition to a policy allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the US military.

Senior military lawyers at the Department of Defence directed military lawyers to stop any proceedings related to “Don’t Ask, D o n ’ t Te l l , ” a Pe n t a g o n spokesman said.

“The department will abide by the terms in the court’s ruling, effective as of the time and date of the ruling,” Col Dave Lapan, Pentagon spokesman, said.

Under Secretary of Defence for overall military readiness, Clifford L Stanley, cautioned that an abrupt transition would ruin Pentagon’s work surveying military commands around the world to determine how best to create a new policy that allows people who are openly homosexual to serve.

In a sworn declaration submitted with the government’s appeal, Stanley said the injunction will have adverse effects on both military readiness and the department’s ability to effect a smooth and lasting transition to a new policy.

World’s shortest man to get monthly allowance from Nepali company AGENCIES KATHMANDU, OCT. 15

PTI LONDON, OCT 15

The British Queen has axed this year's Christmas party at Buckingham Palace in a cost-cutting drive, a media report said.

Some 1,200 guests were due at the 50,000-pounds party, scheduled for December 13; but the Monarch called the festive bash off after consulting senior courtiers because it's a time of economic austerity, 'The Sun' reported.

"Given the current economic climate it was thought that it was appropriate for the Household to show restraint," a Buckingham Palace spokesman was quoted as saying.

In fact, hundreds were looking forward to the lavish bash as it is the one time they can mingle with senior Royals. They included 400 flunkeys from Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and Windsor Castle, plus 250 privately employed staff from the Queen's estates.

The event, funded from the Queen's private income, is held every two years and had been pencilled in this year.

But a source close to the 84year-old Monarch said: "The Queen understands the situation the country is in and wanted to take a lead. Anything seen to be ostentatious was out of the question."

REUTERS LONDON, OCT 15

Gen Kayani calls shots in Pak: expert PTI WASHINGTON, OCT 15

Describing Pakistan's powerful army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani as a "complicated figure," a top US expert on South Asia has said the General along with ISI's Ahmad Shuja Pasha is the one who calls the shots in that country while President Asif Ali Zardari is "absolutely despised and loathed."

"It's interesting that the United States claims to want a democratic Pakistan, but whenever there's a Congressional delegation that goes to Pakistan, they don't meet their counterparts in the National Assembly.

They all want to meet General Kayani and General Pasha, because they understand that's where the power lies," said Christina Fair of the Georgetown University.

"What Pakistan is doing vis-a-vis the terrorist groups that target India as well as

us, like Lashkar-e-Taiba, what Pakistan is doing vis-a-vis the Afghan-Taliban, those policies are all going to be negotiated by General Kayani and General Pasha," she said in an interview to the popular National Public Radio.

It will be very difficult for the US to achieve its objectives in the war against terrorism and nuclear proliferation by alienating the Pakistani army, Fair said.

"But in some sense, that's exactly what it has to do if it wants to secure a future for Pakistan that is democratic and where the civilians have control over the military, not the military having

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Sacked Pak judges fear repeat performance Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday warned the government against firing assertive judges amid fears of a repeat of a crisis that helped bring down former militar y President Per vez Musharraf. Television channels on Thursday said the government of President Asif Ali Zardari was planning to dismiss judges hearing an appeal against overturning a law that gave amnesty to him, several of his key aides and politicians of corruption.

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani denied the media reports but the court summoned the attorney-general to explain the government's position, saying similar rumours were spread when Musharraf sacked them in 2007.

"Any step (to sack judges) would be tantamount to the toppling of an important pillar of state and subverting the constitution," Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry said, citing constitutional provisions which describe such moves as "high treason".

The sacking of Chaudhry and

was his policies when he was the ISI chief that brought about some of the most precipitous conflicts in US-Pakistan relations over Afghanistan," she said.

Zardari wields very little power, Fair said. "His powers were largely stripped after the passage of the 18th Amendment, which took many of the powers that (former) President (Pervez) Musharraf arrogated to the position of the President, and redistributed them back to the Prime Minister."

So, he is constitutionally weakened, but he is also very problematic domestically, because he is absolutely despised and loathed."

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According to Friday's the National News Agency RSS report, the company said that it decided to provide allowance to Magar for monthly expenses.

Similarly, the Saraswoti Higher Secondary School here has decided to offer Magar the full scholarship, according to school's Principal Durga Bahadur Thapa.

REUTERS ISLAMABAD, OCT 15

control over the civilians," she said in response to a question.

Kayani is an interesting fellow, Fair said, adding that interestingly enough, the United States is always besotted by the newest chief of army staff. "They're convinced that he's a democrat, that he means well, all of these things. But the reality is he's a much more complicated figure," she said.

"He was the director of the ISI, which is the all-important intelligence agency, during the time when Pakistan began its U-turn... against the Taliban. So, it's interesting that we herald him now as the saviour of Pakistan in some measure, when it

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SPORTS GOA, Saturday, 16 October, 2010

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Chandor Club defeated Navelim Villagers Union 6-4 via sudden death to move into the semi-finals of Sebastiao Rosario Dias memorial intervillage football tournament organised by Davorlim Sports Club at Zorivaddo ground, Davorlim on Thursday. The teams failed to score during the normal period.

In the penalty shoot out, Samir Cardozo, Sanford Cardozo,Wilson Fernandes, Vikas Dale and Milton Afonso converted for Navelim while John Fernandes, Ashwin Fernandes, Leo Menezes and Ashward Fernandes scored for Chandor.

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Jungle Junction Boys emerge champs organising secretary welcomed.

Xavier Fernandes, president of

HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, OCT 15

Jungle Junction Boys beat Cross Road Boys 1-0 to emerge champs in the Colva inter-ward football tournament organised

by Smile Boys of 3rd ward Colva at Colva beach ground on Thursday. There was no score at the lemon break.

In an evenly contested match, both teams were on aggressive mode right from the start and tested the keepers with well orchestrated raids. Jungle Boys had a scoring chance to break before the deadlock but their forwards failed at the rival goal.

After resumption, both teams

Kingfisher Pro League football: Faria SM v. Dempo SC, Tilak Maidan; Goa Velha SC v. Churchill Bros, Duler ground, Mapusa. Kick off 4 p.m.

Third Division football: Portais Sporting Club v. Sateri SC, Taleigao ground; Cabesa SCC v. Nauxim SC, University ground; Baina YRClub v. Salgaocar SC (Jrs), Cansaulim ground; Sporting Club of Davorlim v. St Sebastian Club of Aquem, Curtorim ground; Candolim SC v. Nerul SC, Anjuna ground. Kick off 4 p.m.

Utorda’s Lourdes soccer: St. Anthony’s Colva v. PY Nuvem, Utorda ground, 4.30 p.m.

Fr Gervasio Pinto memorial soccer: Stars Boys of Quepem v. Rosary Youth, Davorlim, Figueiredo ground, Curchorem, 4.15 p.m.

Exhibition soccer organised by Shantaram Boys: Red Devils v. Blue Devils, Caranzalem, 5 p.m.

37th Candolim Panchayat Cup soccer: Clube Sao Minguel de Taleigao v. Adarsh Yuvak Sangh, Dr. Gustavo Monteiro stadium, Candolim, 4.30 p.m.

2nd Dalton Fernandes memorial soccer: Navelim Sporting v. Carmona SC, Govt ground, Sarzora, 4.30 p.m.

Uguem Festival soccer: Betalbatim Sporting Club v.

Wilred Leisure SC, Curtorim, Uguem ground, 4.30 p.m.

Sebastiao Rosario Dias memorial soccer: Don Bosco Oratory, Fatorda v. Varca Sports Club, Zorrivaddo, Davorlim, 4.30 p.m.

The captain of Jungle Boys receiving the trophy from Mickky Pacheco, MLA in the presence of Dr Hubert Gomes, Franky Sequeira, Nelly Rodrigues and others at Colva on Friday.

Photo: Third Eye

went all out in search of the match- winner and showed greater urgency in their approach with sorties.

The all-important goal was scored by striker Anthony who unleashed a stiff grounder which crashed into the net.

Jungle Boys were richer by Rs 15,000 while Cross Road Boys had to settle for Rs 10,000.

Following individual prizes were

awarded: Highest scorer of the tournament: Johnson, Lucky Boys.

Best goalkeeper of the finals: Jesus, Jungle Junction Boys. Best disciplined team: Youth of Vanelim.

M L A , Fr a n c i s c o M i c k k y Pacheco was the chief guest and gave away the prizes. Nelly Rodrigues, Zilla Member, Colva and Angela Borges, sarpanch, Colva, were the guests of honour. Fr Diago Fernandes, Parish Priest,

Dempo’s panel for GFA elections HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, OCT 15

Shrinivas V Dempo, who is contesting the GFA elections for the post of president in a straight fight against Peter Vaz of Sporting Clube de Goa, today announced his panel of members.

Except for one name in Tiswadi, the rest was published by Herald much before.

“I am proud and pleased to be sharing the particulars of the panel of members alongwith whom I am aiming to make a difference to the management of Goan football by jointly contesting the ensuing elections to the Managing Committee of GFA for a fresh term,” Shrinivas stated in a signed press note issued today.

“One is certain to recognise the weight, maturity and calibre of fellow members so that the Herald readers will be able to judge the merits of my dream team as we strive to raise the standards of the game and its conduct in Goa in

5-a-side at Shiroda

PANJIM (HSD) – Haldai SC will organise an all-Goa 5-a-side football tournament on October 16 and 17 at Haldai, Vazem, Shiroda.

The winners and runners-up will receive Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 3,000 respectively while the third place winners will be awarded Rs. 1,000. Details may be obtained on 9923483461 or 9765729364.

coming years,” Shrinivas added.

The Shrinivas panel: President Shrinivas V Dempo. Vice-presidents – Francis Xavier Fernandes (north) and Vinod Parkkot (South). Members: Bardez – Babli K Mandrekar, Gajanan Kerkar, Tony Remedios, Uday U L i n g u d ka r. I l h a s – S a n j i v Nagvekar, Welvin Menezes and Charles D’Sousa. Salcete – Anthony Pango, Schubert Furtado, Jaju Fernandes, Benjamin Silva.

Mormugao – Lawrence Gomes, Prakash Naik, Andre Rodrigues.

Colva church presided. Dr Hubert Gomes and Franky Sequeira, Vice-President South Goa District Congress (I) were special invitees. Nasciment Fernandes,

Smile Boys proposed the vote of thanks.

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Federer routs Soderling to enter Shanghai semis AGENCIES SHANGHAI, OCT 15

Swiss maestro Roger Federer sliced through fifth seed Robin Soderling for a 6-1, 6-1 victory to reach the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Friday.

Third seed Federer broke serve three times to wrap up the first set in 29 blistering minutes as the woeful Soderling played little more than a meek cameo role.

The second set was four minutes shorter as quick-firing Federer smashed four aces to call time in 54 blurred minutes.

Federer now faces a last four showdown with Serb Novak Djokovic, who trounced unseeded Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-3.

Britain's Andy Murray brushed aside burly Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 6-2 as he con-

firmed his return to form after a recent illness.

Murray took command early in the first set and was hardly troubled in the second as he advanced to last four.

"He struggled a little bit on his serve and wasn't serving as big as usual, so I managed to get into a lot of the return games," said Murray.

"I served well and didn't give him any chances on my serve. I

was hitting the ball really cleanly from the back of the court, so it was a good start," he added.

The error-prone Tsonga was no match for the 23-year-old world number four, whose stinging backhand returns forced the 12th seed into submission.

Murray will meet Juan Monaco in the last four after the Argentine battled to a 6-7, 7-5, 6-2 win over Austria's Juer-

‘Al Qaeda, Lashkar planned CWG attack’ hundreds of cyber attacks, suspected to be originating from China, to penetrate the computerised system and server during the Games fortnight.

A Western intelligence agency had tipped off the government on October 10 that al Qaeda and LeT militants, trained along the AfghanPakistan borders, would try to attack a few venues and a hotel, government sources said.

Alarmed by the input, the government

PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 15

Al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba had planned to attack some venues of the just-concluded Commonwealth Games on October 12 and 13, prompting the government to put in place a four-layer security arrangement in the last three days of the sporting extravaganza.

Besides this, in a bid to destroy the highlysecured security structure, there have been

Third Nigerian fails dope test PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 15

Doping continued to dog the Commonwealth Games as Nigerian runner Folashade Abugan was today stripped off her women's 400m and 4x400m relay silver medals in the just-concluded event after testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid.

With this, the number of dope-tainted athletes in the Games has gone up to four with three of them being Nigerian.

Rain could ruin India-Aus ODI PTI KOCHI, OCT 15

Heavy rains in Kochi is causing concern about the fate of the India-Australia first ODI on Oct 17.

It has been raining heavily since last night at Kochi.

The practice matches of both the teams has been cancelled due to the rains, Kerala Cricket Association (KC A) sources said.

Vandalism at Village l Aussies deny involvement PTI NEW DELHI, OCT 15

confirmed that a washing machine was thrown from As the Commonwealth Games drew the eighth floor of a resito a close, a fresh controversy dential block housing Ausrocked the event with reports tralians. emerging that Australian athletes indulged in hooliganism and damaged property at the Games Village after their cricket team was handed a drubbing in the Test series against India.

Amid reports that some Australian athletes went on a rampage at Village following India's 2-0 Test series win over Australia out of frustration, an Aussie athlete was sent home for disciplinary reasons.

The report said the Aussies also raised slogans against Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar, who played a pivotal role in India's victory.

But the Australian High Commission in India dismissed the reports as "fantasy" and "baseless".

"It is factually wrong, insulting to Australia's athletes and can only be described as a fantasy," an Australian High Commission statement said here.

However, the Delhi Police

‘Look Out Circular’ issued against Modi AGENCIES MUMBAI, OCT 15

Airports and other entry points across the country have been alerted by the Enforcement Directorate to detain sacked Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi, who is under probe for alleged violation of foreign exchange regulations in connection with the Twenty20 cricket tournament.

The financial watchdog issued a 'Look Out Circular' against the 46-year-old Modi, who is at present in the United Kingdom.

The circular, along with his photographs, has been sent to entry points and airports in the country by the ED, which has already started the process of get-

ting Modi's passport revoked.

A 'Look Out Circular' empowers the enforcement agency at various check points to detain an individual who has been flagged and immediately inform the issuing agency.

Adding to Modi's troubles, the ED is examining the FIR filed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India against him for alleged misappropriation of funds to the tune of Rs 470 crore.

The ED recently issued an international 'Blue Notice Alert' for to detain Modi for alleged "serious contraventions" of the foreign exchange law in connection with the IPL. The notice bears Modi's photograph and passport number besides other details.

Anand draws, remains 2nd PTI BILBAO (SPAIN), OCT 15

World Champion Viswanathan Anand split the point with leader Vladimir Kramnik of Russia to remain second after the end of the fifth and penultimate round of Bilbao Final Masters chess tournament here.

The draw took Kramnik near the title as he retained his two points lead over the Indian ace with just one round remaining in this category-22 double round robin tournament between four players.

Goa ODI’s Rs 500 tickets sold out HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, OCT 15

The Federal Bank, Margao, on Friday witnessed a huge rush from the State as well as Karnataka for the purchase of tickets for the India-Australia ODI to be held on October 24 at Nehru stadium, Fatorda.

Tickets seekers were seen waiting for hours before the ticket counter opened at 2.20 p.m. A majority of the crowd showed preference for the Rs 500 tickets while the Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,500 tickets got a lukewarm response. Many of those seeking the Rs 500 tickets had to return home disappointed as they were sold out on day one as the bank’s quota was exhausted.

Chief Manager, Federal Bank, Margao, S. Haridas told Herald that the tickets were allotted as per the instructions of GCA with maximum four tickets allowed per person.

Ticket seekers in Margao expressed their excitement for the forthcoming match. Even with the absence of cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Virendra Sehwag and Harbajan Singh in the

enhanced the security of the Games venues and village from three layers to four and brought additional forces, including armed commandos, to foil any attempt of sabotage even from air.

The Intelligence input was very specific about the venues suggested that the militants would probably come from Middle East or Nepal or from across India's western border, sources said.

three-match ODI series, the fans said they were looking forward for some exciting cricket in the final encounter to be played in Goa. Meanwhile, South Goa District Collector G P Naik, in the evening convened a high level meeting with the security personnel and other stakeholders to review the overall preparations. Speaking to Herald the District Collector expressed happiness over the on-going works underway at Nehru Stadium. Naik said that labourers have begun the barricading work for the smooth flow of spectators into the stadium, which has now been refurbished.

EPL FIXTURES

SATURDAY Arsenal v. Birmingham Bolton v. Stoke City Fulham v. Tottenham Man United v. West Bromwich Newcastle United v. Wigan W Wanderers v. West Ham Aston Villa v. Chelsea SUNDAY Everton v. Liverpool Blackpool v. Manchester City MONDAY Blackburn Rovers v. Sunderland

gen Melzer, the 13th seed who knocked out world number one Rafa Nadal on Thursaday.

"I know Andy's a very good player. He fights a lot and it will be tough for me. I think today was playing very well, but if I want to beat Andy, I have to play a little bit better tomorrow," said the unseeded Monaco, ranked 41 in the world.