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MARgAo: The deadlock over the Medium of Instruction row continued for the second day today as the proposed meeting with Union Human Resources Minister, Kapil Sibal failed to take place in the national capital on Thursday.

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It’s final! no detentions HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 19

Education Department’s two point ‘guidelines’ issued to heads of all ‘elementary’ schools on Wednesday, asking them to promote all students from classes I to VIII, met with cynicism as headmasters felt that the directions had come too late after declaration of results and that it is not possible to implement it now.

In a single page circular addressed to “all heads of elementar y schools”, Education Department has said, “The child has to be allowed to continue his elementary education in the next higher class by recording

Remark on report card to read…

Promoted to the next class as per section 16 of the RTE Act and circular No. DE/PLG/RTE Act 2010/2011-12/180 dated 06/05/2011 issued by the Directorate of Education. in the report card the following: “Promoted to the next class as per section 16 of the RTE Act and circular No. DE/PLg/RTE Act 2010/2011-12/180 dated 06/05/2011 issued by the Direc-

torate of Education”.

“It is too late to implement the circular. School results are already out and we are at the threshold of the next academic year”, José Maria Cardozo, headmaster of Immaculate Conception High School, Paroda and member of goa Headmaster’s association told Herald.

If the circular needs to be implemented, schools will have to recall report cards sent to students and issue them new report cards. This will most likely happen only once the new academic year begins, since most schools are closed for summer vacations.

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In another major embarrassment for the government, two more ‘fugitives’ in India’s most wanted list handed over to Pakistan were found to be in the country, following which a CBI inspector was suspended and two of its senior officials transferred.

The CBI announced that an Inspector was suspended and an SP and DySP transferred for the “lapse” after a inquiry.

CBI Director A P Singh has ordered a complete review of the Interpol wing and the most wanted list will be thoroughly scrutinised in consultation with state police and other agencies, CBI spokesperson D Mishra said.

India’s list of ‘50 most wanted’ has the name of Feroz Abdul

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Salgaocar pip 2 Goan teams in I-League title race two goals within 11 minutes Thursday.

East Bengal from end to emerge triumphant Salgaocar staged a splendid The title race for the I-League at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Mar- comeback when they were trailwith last title took a new turn as a Yusif gao while Dempo bounced back ing by two goals until the 33rd Yakubu led comeback inspired to beat Mumbai FC 1-0 and also minute when Rino Anto reduced 11-minute Salgaocar SC to a thrilling 3-2 stay in the title hunt at Shahu the margin after East Bengal had rally; Dempo win victory over East Bengal scoring Maharaj Stadium, Kolhapur on (Continued on page 8)

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Khan, alias Hamza, 51, an accused in 1993 Mumbai blast case, who was arrested from a village in Navi Mumbai in February last year and was handed over to CBI for further investigation.

CBI had issued an Interpol Red Corner Notice against Khan in 1994 but the notice was not withdrawn even after the agency has got his custody.

“CBI has conveyed to the Home Ministry that the lapse was on the agency’s part. When CBI forwarded the list to MHA, they forgot to delete the name of this person”, a Home Ministry spokesperson said.

In the second instance, the name of Raj Kumar Meghen, a UNLF leader, figures in the list.

He is now in the custody of the National Investigation Agency.

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Frame charges against Mahanand in Deepali’s murder, orders court

Crime Branch to grill Mines Director again

n Judge Bimba Thaly ordered that charges under section 302 of the IPC for murder, 364 abduction, 394 robbery and 201 for destruction of evidence be framed against the accused.

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Accused Mahanand Naik on Thursday landed in the dock when the South Goa Sessions court ordered framing of charges of murder, abduction and robbery against him in the Deepali Jotkar murder case.

Judge Bimba Thaly ordered that charges under section 302 of the IPC for murder, 364 abduction, 394 robbery and 201 for destruction of evidence be framed against the accused.

The Judge further ordered framing of charges against the jeweller Ulhas Rivonkar under section 411 of the IPC for receiving stolen property.

Adv Joe Antao, who appeared for Mahanand Naik, under the free legal aid scheme, did not argue during arguments before framing of charges.

In this case, the Maina Cur-

torim police had chargesheeted accused Mahanand Naik for allegedly adducting deceased Deepali Jotkar from the housing board and later allegedly murdered here at Fatorda after relieving her of the gold ornaments.

The police said both Deepali and Mahanand were last seen together near the Maruti Temple at the Rumdamol Housing board before her body was found murdered at Fatorda.

Incidentally, Mahanand was acquitted in two other murder cases reported from South Goa, including the one which kicked up a row, leading to the suspension of Additional Sessions Judge Desmond D’Costa.

Arrest officers, sarpanch for demolition drive: Anjuna Manch HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 19

Anjuna Rakhonn Manch (ARM) has demanded arrest of two government officers and local sarpanch for illegally demolishing structure in the village when occupants were not around.

The delegation led by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Goa state general secretary Rajan Ghate has given a deadline of 48 hours for the police to arrest Block Development Officer S S Naik, Sarpanch Levina Jude Rebello and panchayat secretary.

In a memorandum submitted to Director General of Police (DGP), ARM has alleged that around 10 structures were ar-

bitrarily demolished by Village Pa n c h a y a t A n j u n a - C a i s u a terming them as illegal, without issuing notices and following principles of natural justice.

“An inquiry on our part has revealed that demolitions were done by BDO at the behest of Sarpanch, as per requisition for demolition squad to demolish illegal structures erected within the jurisdiction of the VP. But their names did not figuring on the list attached to the order passed by S P Shetye, in-charge of demolition squad North Goa,” the memorandum reads.

“The Sarpanch, secretary and BDO have misused their powers and demolished Vaishali Shirodkar’s house from Anjuna village,”

the memorandum, which is also forwarded to the Directorate of Panchayat and the district collector, added.

The Manch has alleged that principles of natural justice were not followed by Sarpanch and Secretary, when these structures were identified for demolition.

“There are many more illegal structures, which were not even sent show cause notices and constructions are still going on,” the Manch alleged adding that this was done in-order to settle personal scores of enmity with the affected parties.

“We therefore demand to direct Anjuna Police to arrest the culprits within 48 hours,” the memorandum reiterated.

Crime Branch has summoned Mines and Geology department director Arvind Lolienkar again for questioning on Friday, in connection with illegal mining issue allegedly involving NCP leader Jitendra Deshprabhu.

“Lolienkar has been called on Friday for further interrogation.

He was not questioned today as investigating officer Chandrakant Salgaoncar was busy,” sources informed.

Lolienkar was already interrogated on Wednesday for over four hours, wherein he had provided details of action taken by them since 2007 when this alleged illegal mining activity was brought to the department’s notice.

Meanwhile, sources stated that interestingly Gitesh Naik, a contractor from Dhavli Ponda has already been quizzed by the crime branch earlier mistaking him to be son of Home Minister Ravi Naik.

Deshprabhu who has been accused of involvement in illegal mining activity will be summoned after the statements of all government officers are recorded.

Next in the line for interrogation is then Conservator of Forest Dr Shashi Kumar, who also incidentally headed the committee to stop illegal mining in the state.

Apart from him, Goa State Pollution control Board Chairman Simon D’Souza and Director of Transport Arun Desai will also be interrogated by the Crime Branch during course of inquiry.

Deshprabhu sides with sand extractors, wants ban withdrawn

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Nationalist Congress Party Jitendra Deshprabhu addresses a press conference in the presence of members of Sand Extractors Association of Goa. Photo by Sachin Ambdoskar HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 19

Former Pernem MLA and National Secretary of Nationalist Congress Party Jitendra Deshprabhu has taken up issue of Sand Extractors Association of Goa and asked the government to withdraw its order banning extraction in Tiracol River.

Addressing a hurriedly called press conference in the presence of a large number of ore extractors, at his Panjim office, Deshprabhu has warned of an agitation if their demands were not met.

“We have sought an appointment with Chief Minister and expect to meet him tomorrow.

We will raise the issue before him. We want government to revoke mamlatdar’s order banning sand extraction within seven days, else 1,500 trucks will occupy the length of the road from Patradevi to Chief Minister’s official resident in Altinho driving at a snail’s space,”

Deshprabhu announced.

Around five days ago, mamlatdar of Pernem had issued an order banning sand extraction from Tiracol River along Northern border between Goa and Maharashtra. The revenue officials also seized boats used for sand extraction and stopped its transportation.

Mamlatdar’s order was based on an order passed by Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Pernem, which directed police to investigate into a complaint of corruption against government authorities for not acting against those involved in illegal sand extraction in coastal regulation zone (CRZ) areas in Pernem taluka.

The order, based on a complaint filed by Narayan Kerkar Sopte and Kashinath Shetye and others, also pulled up government officials for failing to act in the case.

The sand extractors have cited reasons like the loans they

need to repay on money spent on buying trucks as well as building boats, the need of sand for ‘development’ of the state, as well as booming construction industry, and the fact that sand extractors on the Maharashtra bank continue to extract sand from the same river.

“What should we do? Should we stare blankly at the mechanised sand extraction being carried out by extractors on the Maharashtra side? Isn’t it the same river,” Deshprabhu asked.

The association claims that Maharashtra government has a policy for sand extraction based on which mechanised dredging of the river is being carried out as opposed to manual sand extraction being carried out by Goa extractors.

When asked whether they would appeal against the decision of JMFC Pernem Deshprabhu said, “It is for the government to take a decision on the issue.”

Dona Paula order to be Curchorem MLA examined in Blast accused’s ‘dosas’ plea finds no reviewed on May 30 Sameer Mapari’s murder case favour with court HERALD BUREAU NEW DELHI, MAY 19

Accused in the Margao bomb blast case in a huddle with their lawyer, Adv Sanjeev Punalyekar outside the Sessions court.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 19

They wanted to have a blast in the jail with “dosas”, but their plea found no favour with Sessions court on Thursday.

The plea made by all six accused in the Margao bomb blast case, to have 12 pieces of Dosa, inside the jail, was turned down by the South Goa Sessions court.

Lawyer for the accused, Adv Sanjeev Punalyekar moved a joint application on behalf of all six accused seeking permission to deliver 12 pieces of Dosa to them, which was objected to by Special Public Prosecutor representing the National Investigation Agency (NIA) S B Faria.

In his application, Adv Punalyekar, quoting a Bombay High court Judgement by Justice Bilal Jazki allowing food items to undertrials, pleaded that Dosas be allowed to be delivered to the accused Thursday since they are perishable items. “This court

may please allow the items to be delivered to the accused in accordance with the high court directives”, he said.

The application was strongly objected to by Faria, who maintained that jails in Goa are regulated by jail manuals.

Meanwhile, an accused in the bomb blast case, Prashant Ashtekar today filed a bail application before Sessions court maintaining that there was absolutely no evidence against him about his involvement in the bomb blast and the NIA had only charged him for destruction of evidence. The application will come up for hearing on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Adv Punalyekar said the accused Prashant Juvekar and Dilip Mangaonkar has moved the high court for discharge from the case on grounds there’s no evidence against him.

He said the applications will come up for hearing next month.

The disputed classification of the stretch from Dona Paula cove to Vainguinim Beach as CRZ-II will be reviewed here on May 30 by the National Coastal Zonal Management Authority (NCZMA).

The Environment Ministry sources said the review is in the light of an order issued by the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on December 10 to reconsider the classification of the areas done by the ministry back in December 2001.

Sources said the meeting on May 30 will also hold a detailed discussion on the steps taken by the Goa State Coastal Zones Managements Authority on the directions issued by the ministry for steps warranted to enforce the new CRZ notification of 2011. The issue was on the agenda in the last meeting on April 19 but it was deferred for want of time, they added.

On a petition of Carlos Noronha, the Bench had earlier

in October 2007 stayed operation of the December 3, 2001 notification classifying four stretches as falling under CRZII, prohibiting constructions in the area.

The stretches so classified were Cabo (Raj Niwas) up to Dona Paula cove, second from Dona Paula cove up to Vainguinim Beach, the third from Vainguinim Beach to Panaji municipal limit towards Siridao and the fourth entire stretch of land at Ribandar (within Panaji municipal limit) along the Mandovi river.

In its December 10 order, the Bench had held that the NCZMA considered the issue in June 2008 but failed to record whether the affected areas are within the municipal limits or other legally designated urban areas and hence this should be examined, particularly regarding the first, second and third stretches re-classified as CRZII. The order also requires the authority to take into consideration objections raised by the residents.

Bus conductors’ brawl leaves one seriously hurt HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, MAY 19

A bus conductor was seriously injured in a scuffle with another bus conductor at Barajan-Usgao on Thursday morning.

According to Ponda Police, the incident occurred at about 10 am when both the buses were proceeding from Ponda towards Bicholim.

It is learnt that both the con-

ductors clashed over the bus timing issue.

Ponda Police have identified the conductors as Bablo alias Anand Gad and Yuvraj Naik.

Bablo, who was seriously injured, was shifted to GMC Hospital in Bambolim, while Yuvraj escaped with minor injuries.

Both the conductors have filed counter complaints against each other.

Reis Magos VP secretary faces forgery charges

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Curchorem ML A Shyam Satardekar was on Thursday examined and cross examined in the South Goa Sessions court in connection with the ongoing trial in the Sameer Mapari murder case.

During cross examination, Satardekar said it is not true that he has come to depose before the court only because accused no one is the brother of former MLA Ramrao Desai who had contested elections against him.

The MLA voluntarily said he has no enmity nor rivalry with Ramrao Desai.

Saying that he was not related to deceased Samir Mapari, Satardekar said the deceased was his voter, adding, “other than this, I had no relation with him”.

Further during cross examination, he said he does not know whether accused no one and two were campaigning on behalf of Ramrao Desai during the 2007 Assembly polls.

And, he denied a suggestion that he was sponsoring daily bread and butter to the family members of deceased Samir Mapari to come to the court during hearings of the case.

He further denied that he had kept a bus for the people from the village to come to the court on the dates of hearings of this case.

Meanwhile, the Curchorem MLA told newsmen after his cross examination that he was told by DySP Mohan Naik that the Mapari murder has taken place after he was supposed to raise the question of the attempt to murder of Marian Mascarenhas.

Curchorem MLA Shyam Sattardekar coming out of the Sessions court after his examination in the Sameer Mapari murder case.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

Victim’s mother vents anger at accused HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 19

The mother of deceased Sameer Mapari created a flutter in the Sessions court building on Thursday as she yelled and cursed the accused involved in the murder of his son.

No sooner the accused came out of the court room In his deposition before the court, Satardekar said he was approached by some prominent members from Curchorem constituency in the first week of July 2007 with public grievances, including traffic regulation in Curchorem, improvement of Ravindra Bhavan at Curchorem and the non-action by the concerned police station in the attempt to murder Marian.

after the hearing, she created a flutter as she followed them to the escort bus. Her cries attracted the attention of the court staff and litigants as she followed the accused to the courtyard.

She directed her ire at the accused persons as they sat inside the bus and blamed them for the loss of her son.

Accordingly, he said he had prepared a questionnaire and submitted the same to the Goa Legislative Assembly seeking to know why no finality was attained in the police investigations in the Marian case and status of the case. He, however, said he was supposed to raise these questions on the floor of the house, but could not do so due to instability in the government.

Reis Magos Panchayat Secretary Clifford Azavedo has been accused of manipulating and forging the document of the panchayat.

Porvorim Police registered an offence against Azavedo for allegedly manipulating and forging the document of the panchayat by inserting the name of another person and issuing him a house number in the property, which is in the possession of one Vivek Panvelkar and his mother.

In his complaint, Vivek Panvelker told Porvorim Police that the property belongs to him and his mother. “However, Panchayat Secretary Azavedo issued a house number to another person illegally without knowledge of the panchayat,” added the complainant.

Porvorim Police registered the offence against the panchayat secretary under Sections 466 and 468 of IPC and PSI Sagun Sawant is investigating.

Labourer held for chain snatching HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 19

Panjim police have arrested a 32 year old casual labourer for snatching a chain from a banker by drugging him through a soft drink.

Mariano Rodrigues, a banker, has filed complaint with Panjim police accusing Virendra Kumar Kashyap of robbing him of the gold chain by offering the soft drink which was spiked.

The incident happened on May 4 at Mariano’s office at Gurudatt building in the city.

Panjim police have arrested Virendra who is temporarily staying at Betim.

As per the complaint, Virendra Kumar was called by Mariano to discuss about the painting of his building. The accused after striking a discussion with Mariano went downstairs the office to fetch a soft drink.

Police said that the soft drink, which was in the pet bottle, was offered to Mariano, who felt giddy after having it. The accused, as per the complaint, robbed gold chain from Mariano’s neck when latter was unconscious.

Oily substance resurfaces on Benaulim beach HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 19

Fresh deposits of the oily substance have washed ashore on the Benaulim beach since Thursday morning, posing a nuisance to visitors and the water sports operators alike.

A local resident John Fernandes said the oily substance has literally turned the white sandy Benaulim beach black and sought immediate government attention to clear the beach of the mess.

He pointed out that the government was callous and indifferent to the problem, leaving the task of clearing the oily substance to the locals.

A water sports operator Mahesh Rathod said the presence of the oily substance has hit water sports in a big way.

He said that tourists and visitors shy away from the beach on account of the oily substance and called upon the government to tackle the menace on a war footing.

Disqualification petition filed Fire breaks out at Sonsodo dump yard against QMC vice chairperson HERALD CORRESPONDENT QUEPEM, MAY 19

A disqualification petition has been filed against Quepem Municipal Council (QMC) Vice Chairperson Dayesh Naik for alleged gross misconduct and abusing his power during his earlier tenure as councillor.

In a complaint filed before QMC chief officer, Amrut Shetkar has stated that during the tenure of last council (2005-10), Dayesh Naik was a councillor and a member of QMC’s standing committee.

“As member of the standing committee, Naik preferred to be signatory to a resolution, dated June 20, 2008, which was taken by the standing committee to approve and regularize the illegal and unauthorized building structure within QMC’s jurisdiction, which belonged to Naik’s mother at Amona,” states

the complaint.

“It is the basic principle of law that when there is conflict of interest in deciding a matter in authoritative capacity, the person in authority and passing any order/resolution where he is aware of his conflict of interest should recuse from the authoritative capacity in passing any order or taking or passing a resolution in that specific case,” states the complaint.

The complaint further stated that the property documents submitted along with the application for regularization of the structure are not genuine documents having any legality.

“Councillor Naik has abused his powers as a member of the standing committee and committed a gross misconduct in discharge of his duties. Hence, he is liable for disqualification

as a councillor,” adds the complainant.

When contacted, Councillor Dayesh Naik stated that the allegations levelled against him are false and are levelled out of enmity.

“As a councillor, I had proposed Shetkar’s paddy for Children Park and hence out of frustration, the complaint is filed,” claimed Naik.

“The council has not regularized the house, but only house tax has been imposed,” said the councillor.

“I was not a member of the standing committee as alleged in the petition, but vice chairman when the resolution to impose house tax by the standing committee was taken. Even the standing committee implemented the direction given by the then chairperson and the chief officer,” said Naik.

Firemen battling the fire at the Sonsodo garbage dumping site on late Thursday evening.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 19

Fire engulfed the Sonsodo garbage dumping yard on late Thursday evening.

A fire tender rushed to the yard after receiving a call at around 8.20 pm and extinguished the fire.

Fomento Green Chief Executive Officer, Sridhar Kamat said the fire broke out at the site near the existing shed this evening, but was immediately brought under control. He suspected methane gas to be the cause behind the fire. “The area where the fire occurred is totally

inaccessible. Moreover, there are no overhead wires passing through the area”, Kamat said.

This is the second time in the last one month that fire has engulfed the Sonsodo dumping site.

Last time round, the fire incident broke out following a spark in an overhead power cable.

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CBI to take over police-drug nexus cases HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 19

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over the infamous police-drug nexus cases in the state by next week.

Addressing media persons, Deputy Inspector General (CBIACB) Pravin Salunke said that CBI’s Goa office was asked to take over the case by its Delhi headquarters through a May 18 communiqué. Salunke said that they are waiting for the formal notification by Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT), Delhi to start the investigations.

“CBI will go into all aspect of the drug nexus in the state. We will summon each and everyone related to the drug nexus cases irrespective of their position in society,” Salunke said replying to a question.

He, however, expressed reservation that the time gap between the actual crime and investigation by CBI could be a factor to worry about.

The three police-drug nexus cases wherein seven policemen led by Inspector Ashish Shirodkar and police sub Inspector (PSI) Sunil Gudlar, were found involved in drug trade and having connections with Israeli drug dealer Yaniv Benaim alias Atala and David Driham alias Dudu.

Though all policemen allegedly involved stand suspended, Atala and Dudu are out on bail.

State government, which was initially reluctant to hand over these cases to CBI, was forced to

To handle Atala’s extradition too HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 19

Deputy Inspector General (CBI-ACB) Pravin Salunke addresses the media.

Photo by Sachin Ambdoskar

bow down after High Court order directed it to transfer the cases.

It was the National Students Union of India (NSUI) who pleaded for handing over the investigation to CBI raising suspicion about the way the investigation was conducted by Crime Branch, especially deputy superintendent of police Chandrakant Salgaoncar.

Talking to reporters, the central investigating agency has said that they will resort to all legal remedies like arrests and searches during investigation of the cases, which are booked under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and also under Anti Corruption Act. “We will form three different teams under independent Investigation Officers and Superintendent of Police (CBI) will be supervising these cases overall,”

Salunke said.

With only a dozen staff present at CBI’s Goa office, Salunke said that they will have to pull in resources from its other branches to investigate these cases.

It may be recalled that Atala was caught on camera by his former girlfriend Lucky Farmhouse while confessing about his close links with policemen.

Similarly, Gudlar was shot on spy camera befriending two female foreigner girls – Dudu’s girlfriend, and his sister.

Responding to a question, DIG said that CBI would probe only drug nexus and not entire drug ring on Goa’s beaches. “CBI is also adequately equipped to investigate the international links of these drug lords through its offices and connections with the Interpol,” he added.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will be taking over extradition proceeding of Israeli drug dealer Yaniv Benaim alias Atala, who had jumped bail and was arrested in Peru after Interpol issued red corner notice.

Deputy Inspector General (CBI-ACB) Pravin Salunke said that the extradition process will depend on whether that country has signed MoU with India. “There are other matters such as red corner notice, which can be used for the purpose,” he said adding that the CBI is a nodal agency for such process. “A legal officer will assist us in this job,” he said.

Atala, who was caught on camera by his former girlfriend Lucky Farmhouse while confessing about his close links with policemen in Goa, was granted bail by Narcotics Drugs and Psy-

chotropic Substances (NDPC) court, Mapusa, in June, 2010.

He was released on condition that he should not leave Goa without permission of the court and to further co-operate with the investigating authorities.

However, Atala fled India in August 2010 and was later arrested in Peru in January after an Interpol notice was issued.

Salunke also said that CBI will have to apply for quashing of the charge-sheet filed against Dudu, who was released on bail, in the local court.

Experts to decide fate of mines in Western Ghats HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 19

Environmental clearance granted to various mines located around wildlife sanctuaries and forest areas might turn ‘invalid’ after experts’ panel on Western Ghats submits report to the state government, a senior officer said Thursday.

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Dr Shashi Kumar said that the experts’ panel, headed by Madhav Gadgil, is re-looking at the eco-sensitive spots in the western ghat region and will place fresh recommendations before government.

Dr Kumar said that once eco-sensitive areas around wildlife sanctuaries

or forest areas are marked by the panel, the department will have to cancel the clearance of all those mines, existing in the eco-sensitive zone.

The panel, which was formed on March 4, 2010, was supposed to give its report within six months.

Dr Kumar said that whatever clearances were granted to mines after the committee was formed, were issued on a condition that they would be withdrawn if found going contrary to Madhav Gadgil report.

“All the clearances given to the mining firms are temporary and subject to cancellation or change depending on the state government’s policy,”

Kumar stated.

Kumar said that Ministry for Environment and Forest (MoEF) has recently added a new condition to its list of norms, wherein a mining firm to whom the clearance is issued will not be in contravention of the court judgments or orders. “If so, then we will withdraw the NOC,” he informed.

Meanwhile, Dr Kumar said that it’s been almost 16 months since no fresh clearances have been issued by the department. “Since August 2009, not a single wildlife clearance has been issued by us,” he said adding that whatever permissions granted to mining leases prior to August 2009 were based on the report prepared by state

Forest policy to be changed after CCP Mayor to get new car HERALD REPORTER incorporating public views PANJIM, MAY 19 HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 19

The state forest policy will undergo modification after including suggestions made by various stakeholders, according to Additional Principal Chief Conservation of Forest Dr Shashi Kumar.

He said that another committee may be formed to include suggestions given by various stakeholders. The draft forest policy has already been kept open for suggestions and recommendations about a fortnight ago.

He said that the department has been receiving various suggestions recommending alterations to the draft. “We have also read some articles in the

newspapers and we will try to include suggestions made in the articles,” Kumar said referring to the article in Herald.

The forest department is contemplating the possibility of forming another committee that would include social scientist and wildlife experts, to give final shape to the policy.

The policy which was made public earlier this month speaks of overall management of forest areas. The draft has highlighted effective forest management and also its use for eco-friendly revenue generating avenues such as ecotourism. The policy had also emphasized protecting Sacred Groves by social forestry.

Keeping up with the tradition, the Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) is set to buy a new car for its mayor.

The proposal to purchase a Volkswagen at estimated cost of Rs 8.5 lakhs was approved in the Standing Committee (SC) meeting.

When contacted Mayor Yatin Parekh said that every time a new mayor has taken over, a new car was purchased. Whether it was Ashok Naik or Tony Rodrigues, both had new cars when they assumed the post. He further pointed out that mayor’s car is five years old which he has used since he has become a mayor.

“I have been using my own car for the last two months .The new car is being purchased for the prestige of the post and not for Yatin Parekh,” he added.

But when pointed out that cost limit for purchasing a car for mayor is Rs 5 lakhs and new purchase will exceed the limit, Mayor justified the decision, saying the cost limit was set some four-five years ago.

Old secretariat’s renovation work goes at snail’s pace

Museum plan lacks clarity, say heritage lovers

A view of the old secretariat.

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 19

Renovation work, to convert old secretariat into a museum, has been painstakingly slow and three years after the government conceived of the idea, a concrete plan is far from reality.

Some hope lingers if Director of Art and Culture Prasad Lolayekar is to be believed. He says the museum will at least be partially inaugurated on Goa Liberation Day, this year.

“It is going to be a separate museum. The Goa State Museum will not be shifted there.

At least the first floor will be inaugurated on December 19 this year. The ground floor, which requires more work to be done on it will take at least another

Photo by Sachin Ambdoskar

year,” Lolayekar told Herald.

However this has not satisfied heritage lovers, who more than anything are looking out for a concrete plan of what is conceived. “The government has no plan in place. They have not decided what exactly is going to be put therein,” Prajal Sakhardande of Goa Heritage Action Group (GHAG) told Herald.

Heritage lovers have been longing for a place for interactive and intellectual discussion on matters of heritage within the city and have in the past made representations to this effect.

“What we want is that Goa State Museum be shifted here.

In its current location nobody

visits it. They can have a very lively and interactive place with a seminar hall, besides various galleries and even one special one dedicated to the history of the secretariat building,” Sakhardande said.

Currently, most private museums and institutes play host to intellectual activities such as Sunaparanta Centre and Xavier Centre for Historical Research (XCHR) run by Goa Jesuits.

The government is however unlikely to budge on its commitment to keep Goa State Museum where it is especially with the new central library coming up right next to it. Work on the old secretariat began in 2008 and initial estimates were pegged at Rs 6.93 crore.

In the past, the delay in handing over of old furniture to General Administration Department (GAD) held up work. Even now, some furniture is still lying in the building. There are wooden chairs, tables, steel tables, wooden cupboards, steel racks and wooden rack lying in the Old Secretariat.

The secretariat is Panjim’s oldest surviving building with its sloping tiled roofs, carved stone coats of arms and wooden verandas. It was originally the Summer Palace of Goa’s 16th century Muslim ruler, Adil Shah.

Later, the Portuguese converted it into a temporary rest house for the territory’s Governors and then a residence for the Viceroy.

government’s committee in 2007. Till that time, Kumar said, NOCs were given for mining on case to case basis, based on 2007 report.

The report prepared by then Revenue Minister, which is submitted to the Union government, has no fixed buffer zones specified in it.

“Several firms had approached us demanding NOC’s. After lot of processing and debates on the issue, the forest department was asked to give clearances,” Kumar added saying that government had also sought legal opinion over the matter.

CBI submits Suicide bid survivor critical HERALD REPORTER cide after their families, reportclosure report PANJIM, MAY 19 edly, refused to accept their marpolice have said that riage. on IFFI scam Calangute the condition of Anil Alushe, Pallavi and Anil who hail from HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 19

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official on Thursday said that they have submitted closure report on corruption case filed against Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar in connection with IFFI infrastructure scam before the local court.

Talking to reporters, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Pravin Salunke said “We have filed a closure report with the court last month for lack of evidence,” Salunke said.

CBI was probing Parrikar after a complaint was filed by Congress legislator Mauvin Godinho for alleged financial misappropriation while building infrastructure for the 2004 IFFI. Parrikar was interrogated under sections 409, 421, 423, 431, 432, 463, 468, 471 & 120 B IPC and Sec 10 & 12 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, for irregularities found in the matter.

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, who was then a BJP leader and a key member of IFFI organizing committee, was also questioned by CBI in connection with the case.

Robbers bid to rob bank unsuccessful HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, MAY 19

Robbers made an unsuccessful attempt to rob a bank in Market Yard, Ponda, on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.

In his complaint, the bank manager told Ponda Police that some persons effected entry into the bank premises by cutting the toilet grill and tried to beak open the locker.

The complainant further stated that the culprits damaged the computer, causing a loss of about Rs 38,500. Ponda Police is investigating the case.

who tried to commit suicide along with his newlywed wife, has worsened with doctors citing kidney failure.

Anil, admitted to Goa Medical College and hospital, was found unconscious at Calangute shack, Tuesday evening, while his wife Pallavi was found dead in a hotel room. Police has said that his condition remains critical with both his kidneys and liver having failed.

The couple, who had entered into wedlock against parents’ wishes, had tried to commit sui-

Solapur and Jalgaon respectively had arrived in Goa on May 16.

The matter has been referred to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) to conduct the inquiry into the issue.

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Pg 4 upCoMiNg eveNtS Anti Terrorism Day today PANJIM(HND): Anti Terrorism Day will be observed in Goa as in rest parts of the country on May 21.

However, as May 21 falls on a Saturday and being a holiday for state government offices, heads of departments and offices may administer pledge of non-violence and tolerance in their respective departments to all staff members between on May 20 between 10 am and 11 am.

The objective of observing Anti Terrorism Day is to wean the people, especially the youth, away from the cult of terrorism and violence by highlighting the suffering of the common people and showing how it is prejudicial to the national interest.

Quelossim convent inauguration

PANJIM (HND): The inauguration of the Convent of St Ann’ of Providence, Consecration of the altar by Archbishop Patriarch Filipe Neri Ferrao will be held on May 20 at 4 pm in village Quelossim on the banks of river Zuari.

Se Cathedral novenas from May 22 PANJIM(HR): The novenas and feast of Our Lady of Three Necessities will be held in at Se Cathedral, Old Goa. Novenas will begin from May 22 to May 30 with masses at 7.30 am and 4 pm. The feast will be celebrated on May 31 with mass at 7.30 am and feast mass will be solemnised at 4 pm followed by a procession.

“Face to Face’ with Sabina Martins on HCN PANJIM (HND): HCN, News and Entertainment Channel will present its programme, ‘Face to Face’ with Convenor of the Goa Bachao Abhiyaan Sabina Martins, on May 20 at 8.30 am, 11.30 am, 3.30 pm and 6.30 pm. The interview with Martins will be conducted by Zameela Franco Joseph, reporter, HCN, highlighting issues concerning irregularities and haphazardness in the Government's planning process. The interview will also give an update on the current Regional Plan Scenario and GBA's future (Goa Bachao Andolan) plan of action.

Kiranpani-Aronda ferry temporarily suspended HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, MAY 19

Ferry services on Kiranpani-Aronda ferry route will be temporarily suspended from May 18 to carry out under water repairs and maintenance of ferry boat.

Shifting of central library to new premises begins Sans completion of building

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 19

Work of shifting of Goa central library to its new premises at Patto Plaza has already begun, but without work on the building being complete.

Besides the books and manuscripts, employees too have been made to move into an incomplete building much to their chagrin. A visit to new central library at EDC’s Patto Complex under construction tells the whole story.

While the fifth floor where employees are working has been completed, the rest of the floors have a long way to go and are currently full of dust. Labourers walking all over makes for difficult work environment.

In the midst of all the chipping at the plaster and fitting of windows a vehicle carrying labelled bags of precious old

n Besides the books and manuscripts, employees too have been made to move into an incomplete building much to their chagrin. A visit to new central library at EDC’s Patto Complex under construction tells the whole story. manuscript makes it way to get unloaded to its new location.

Sources in the library have questioned the hurry to shift

MMC chief assures to consult councillors on Costa ground issue HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 19

Margao Municipal Chairperson Sushila Naik on Wednesday assured a delegation of Aquem Ground Bachao Association that she would consult the City Fathers before taking a decision to call a special meeting to discuss the Costa ground issue.

Naik conveyed this to a delegation of the Association led by Damodar Korgaonkar, who called on her to submit a memorandum with a request to the civic body to acquire the Costa grounds for sports activities.

After going through the memorandum, the Chairperson said she would discuss the matter with her colleague councillors before taking a decision to call a special meeting.

n the citizens of Margao would collect funds towards the acquisition of Costa grounds if the civic body falls short of the funds.

She, however, told the delegation that the civic body has no funds to acquire the land in question.

The delegation told the Chairperson that the citizens of Margao would collect funds towards the acquisition of Costa grounds if the civic body falls short of the funds.

Sound of Music

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Golden Voice – M S Subbulakshmi

and Russia, among others. She was critically acclaimed not just by Indians, but by foreigners as well. People who did not even understand the language she was singing in said that she was a divine manifestation. Her fan list included Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. In fact, Mahatma Gandhi once said that he would rather hear Subbulakshmi speak the songs rather than hear someone else sing it.

.S. Subbulakshmi is a name that is synonymous with the world of Carnatic music. Along with Lata Mangeshkar and Sarojini Naidu, Subbulaskhmi is often called the ‘Nightingale of India’.

She was born on 16th September 1916, to a family deeply involved in music. Her grandmother Akkammal played the violin and her mother was a veena artist. Her full name was Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, but she is known as M.S. Subbhulakshmi.

Musical Beginnings

True to her roots, M.S. Subbhulakshmi was a child prodigy in music.

She released her debut album at a tender age of 10. She received training in classical Carnatic music under the tutelage of the famous Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, and subsequently learnt Hindustani classical music under Pundit Narayan Rao Vyas.

Subbulakshmi gave her first public performance at Kumbakonam during Mahamaham festival. She then went on to the Madras Music Academy and gave a stunning performance at the age of 17. Apart from her mothertongue Kannada, she sang in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali and Gujarati.

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Personal life and death

versatile singer sang all famous Meera bhajans in her melodious voice and these bhajans are enjoyed by people even today. Her other films include Sevasadanam, Savitri and Meera (Tamil). She attained much acclaim and success in films, but, in time, they lost their appeal for her.

She continued to pursue music, as it was her first love. After she quit films, she continued to give public performances and concerts.

The International Acting Bug

M. S. Subbulakshmi has performed in internationally, most notably in the Royal Albert Hall, London and New York’s Carnegie Hall. She has also performed in Canada, the Far East

In the year 1936, she met Sadasivam who was a freedom fighter. They both got married after four years, in 1940.

Sadasivam already had children from his previous marriage, and the couple did not have any children of their own. It was said that she treated his kids like they were her own.

She passed away on 11th December, 2004, in Chennai, at the age of 88.

The rich legacy of music that she left to the world will live forever. It would be difficult to estimate the impact made by M.S. Subbulakshmi, not just in the field of Carnatic music, but also as a philanthropist and a selfless person, who placed her life at the service of her country and its people. She was much larger than life and completely unforgettable.

M.S. was also an actress and one of her most memorable films was Bhakta Meera (1945). The

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the employees to the new building even without proper amenities being made available to them.

Director of Art and Culture however informed that it is better to do the shifting in stages than all at once. “The building is 90% complete. Some employees have been given their new offices especially on the completed fifth floor. We are doing the shifting in stages. The entire operation is expected to be completed by September,” he informed.

The fact remains that for the next three to four months employees will have to contend with the travails of transition.

Sources say currently the toilets are without proper sewage connections, and in some cases no electric connection within the office either. This however could not be independently verified.

Don Bosco past pupils voice support for English HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, MAY 19

The executive committee of the Don Bosco past pupils association - Panjim unit at it's meeting voiced it's strong stand that students wanting to study in English as their medium of instruction in the primar y schools should be given the benefits of government grants.

The association has appealed to all the powers that be, to take a firm stand and enable all children (not only of the rich) desiring to study in primary schools with English as medium of instruction to be given government grants with immediate effect from this scholastic year.

The association has further stated that its is not against grants being given to schools teaching in Konkani and Marathi as medium of instruction and has urged the government to make Konkani as a compulsory subject till std XII besides giving preference for jobs to those studying Konkani.

Anjuna manch to petition CM over demolitions

Rajan Ghate addresses the media at Anjuna.

Photo by Thomas Fernandes HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, MAY 19

The Anjuna Rakhon Manch (ARM) on Tuesday criticised the State government and its machinery for demolishing houses of the common people.

The speakers referring to the recent CRZ demolitions in Anjuna-Caisua Panchayat jurisdiction were of the opinion that the State government could have come up with a resolution to save the houses belonging to common people.

The Manch has decided to fight the CRZ demolitions by petitioning Chief Minister Digambar Kamat over the issue.

Addressing a press conference, ARM President Damas Fernandes called upon the villagers to unite and fight against the Anjuna-Caisua Panchayat for demolishing the legal houses which existed prior to 1991.

Vaishali Shirodker of ChivarAnjuna claimed that the act of Anjuna-Caisua Sarpanch Lavino Rebello to first allow re-building their house and later notifying it for demolition was like stab-

bing from behind.

Ramesh Kambli said that the State government could have saved their houses likewise it did to save a hotel in North Goa, but regretted that the government has no such desire for poor Goans.

Social activist Rajan Ghate said: “Goa is of Goans and Goans are the backbone of Goa and if this issue is not tackled with united effort, Goans will be finished in Goa due to selfish attitude of our political leaders.”

“The law of the land should be uniform to all immaterial of poor and rich class,” said Ghate.

Others who addressed the press conference were Michael D’Souza, Maria D’Souza, Balbim Malvankar.

Pradeep Harmalkar compered the programme, while Agatha Coutinho proposed the vote of thanks. Edwin Fonseca was also present on the occasion.

When contacted, AnjunaCaisua Sarpanch Lavino Rebello refused to be drawn in the war of words controversy. “It is a High Court matter,” he stated.

KRC says preference given to land losers for jobs HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 19

Konkan Railway Corporation has asserted that it has always given first preference to the land losers for any job openings in the Corporation.

KRCL public relations manager, Telugu said the KRC so far offered employment to 1978 land loser candidates after they were found eligible for employment since May 30, 1996.

“So far, the KRC has issued 35 notifications inviting applications from eligible land loser candidates from various Group C & D category of employment.

Besides, 25 notifications for filling up of vacancies in Group-C post have been issued and land loser candidates have been employed in categories like Asst Station Master, Commercial Assistant, Goods Guard, Passenger Asst, Diesel Asst, Electrical Signal & Telecom Maintainer, Accounts Asst, Blacksmith Tinsmith & Welder, Artisan. Further Konkan Railway also has issued 10 numbmer of Group D notifications and land losers have been employed in categories like Trackman, Asst Pointsman, Station House Keeping Helper and Khalasis in Mechanical & Electrical departments, etc”, he added.

He clarified that the interviews conducted at IIT Campus, Delhi

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for Post Graduate Engineers was exclusively for the specialized work in Jammu & Kashmir project of Konkan Railway and these engineers will be engaged on contract basis only for two years.

He, however, said that the KRCL has not been able to get candidates from the Konkan region for the specialized categories like doctors, nurses, post graduate engineers like M-Tech for various project works, geologists, personal secretaries, etc.

“As such the recruitment has to be resorted from the open market as an exception for smooth and efficient functioning of the organization,” he added.

Apart from providing job to the land losers in the Corporation, he said opportunity has also been extended to land losers of KRCL in commercial establishments at railway stations.

“Under the commercial contract policy of KRCL catering / non catering stalls viz. tea stalls, milk parlours, book stalls, general stores, STD booths are allotted through public notification. Already KRCL awarded 63 contracts to the land losers”, he added.

He was clarifying on the KRC’s recruitment policy in view of the agitation by the Konkan Bhumi Prakalpgrastha Kruti Samiti at the Corporate office, Mumbai.

Acting Sancoale Sarpanch Ramakant Borkar launching the works of joggers park on the open space at Upas Nagar Housingg Board colony. Also present is Sancoale ZP member Aparna Naik, Panchas Roquezinho Vales, Bhoj Naik and others.

SARC celebrates anniversary

PANJIM(HND): Sai Acupuncture Research Centre SARC, located on Panjim-Mapusa highway at Porvorim recently celebrated its third anniversary. Sai Acupuncture centre which has been certified by China Academy of Acupuncture science, Beijing, China, was started by doctor M B Prabhu in 1989.

The chief guest MP North Goa Shripad Naik lit the traditional lamp in the presence of special guest of honour, the Editor of Tarun Bharat, Kiran Thakur and the parents of Dr Prabhu, Bhaskar Prabhu and Anandi Prabhu.

In his welcome address, the Managing Director of Sai Acupuncture Research Centre Dr Prabhu said that the centre is well-known for successfully treating chronic, so-called incurable and difficult disorders. Kiran Thakur, Shripad Naik and others spoke on the occasion.

The recipients of ‘Shikshak Bhushan’ award Vasant Mahadic complimented Dr Prabhu for the yeomen service he has rendered for the people for the last 23 years. He expressed regret that the Goa Government has still not recognised Dr Prabhu’s service.

During this occasion, several patients who had been cured

by Dr Prabhu, thanked him.

To watch such successful stories of patient treated at SARC-Goa, visit www.drmbprabhu.com.

Youth should help aid NGOs MAYEM(HC): Executive member of Patanjali Yogpith Haridwar Hetal Desai while highlighting the work of Patanjali Yogpith in the remote village like Mayem stressed the need for participation of more youth to shoulder the responsibility of the NGO. She was recently addressing the gathering during the valedictory function of 15 days Yog Prashikshan Shibir organised

by Patanjali Yog Samiti, Goa unit, at Adinath Math Mayem in which over 30 girls participated.

Kamlesh Bandekar, Kamlatai Fulari, Milinda Alvi, Bhartesh Gulnavvar, Sandhya Khanolkar, Sandeep Pednekar and Tariji were present on the occasion.

Desai said mass participation of young girls is a good sign and called upon the girls to come forward to protect themselves.

On the occasion, Desai opened the office of Patanjali Yogpith and members inspected three houses built by Patanjali Yogpith for the families whose houses were destroyed during last monsoon.

Goa Branch CAs excel

The chairman of the Goa Branch of Chartered Accountancy CA Ashish Prabhu Verlekar receives award for the best branch in the medium branch category for 2010 at a function recently organized by Western India Regional Council.

PANJIM(HND): It was a double achievement for the Goa Branch of Institute of Chartered Accountants as they were not only awarded the best branch in the medium branch category for the year 2010 by the Western India Regional Council (WIRC), but their research project on how chartered accountants can help motorcycle pilots at Goa in financing and self-sustaining was also adjudged by WIRC as the best research project for 2010. The Chairman of the Goa Branch, CA Ashish Prabhu Verlekar gave the credit of this honour to his managing committee team consisting of Virendra Prabhudesai, Anup Borkar, P R Hegde, Naveen Daivajna and Kiran Kharangate, all CAs. Verlekar opined that this recognition will give a big boost to the chartered accountancy professionals in the state and would also attract young talent towards pursuing chartered accountancy in the state.

POWER SHUTDOWN MAY 20

BICHOLIM: From 8.30 am to 2 pm. Areas affected are Ghadiwada in VP Surla, Ghotkotod, Kottambi, Tixe in VP Pale, Bandodkar Mining and Bandekar Mining at Tixe in Bicholim.

CARANZALEM: From 9 am to 3 pm. Areas affected are Auxilium School, Gulmohar Apt, Eugene waddo, Bharat Petroleum Qtrs, Hotel Ananaz, Hotel Blue Bay, Chaitanya Apt, Primos serene and surrounding areas.

BETIM: From 9 am to 2 pm. Areas affected are Britona, Virlosa, Haliwada, RND- Slipway, Malim, Tourist Complex, ice factory, Betim, Walkeshwar wado, Vithoda temple, Malim and surrounding areas.

MAY 21

QUEPEM: From 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. Areas affected are Quepem Municipal Council and Ambaulim Panchayat.

CARANZALEM: From 9 am to 3 pm. Areas affected are Samarth Apt, Casa Fernando Complex, Marine Plaza, Marine Castle, Borchem Bhat, Part of Dando, Peace Heaven and surrounding areas.

NAVELIM: From 9 am to 2 pm. Areas affected are Navelim, Telaulim, Nagmoddem, Sirvodem, Ravora, Nalanda Apts and Butica.

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‘Govt gives us schemes, not water and oxygen’

Churchill supporters Illegal activities goes unabated dare BJP to on govt holidays in Cortalim prove allegations HERALD REPORTER VASCO, MAY 17

BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 19

(From L to R) Fr Stephen Dias (Manager of Vavraddeancho Ixtt), Fr Ave Maria Afonso (Parish Priest of St Elizabeth’s Church, Ucassaim), Fr Feroz Fernandes (Editor of Vavraddeancho Ixtt), Priyanka Prabhakar Parab, Rajendra Kerkar, Stanley Vaz, Valanka Alemao, Fr Manuel Gomes and Fr Tony Lopes, the superior general of the Society of Pilar.

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Government can give us schemes but not water and oxygen, stated noted environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar at the award ceremony of Vavraddeancho Ixtt at the Black Box of Kala Academy on Thursday.

“The two main sources of water of Goa lie in the Chorla Ghat and Netravali region of Sanguem. The main rivers of Goa, Mandovi and Zuvari, originate in these forest area.

Therefore it is a prerogative to protect the forest of Goa,” said Kerkar, who was speaking as chief guest at the function to mark the 78th anniversary of the Konkani weekly ‘Vavraddeancho Ixtt’.

Noting that Goa is increasingly losing its forest cover, Kerkar said: “In future we may have to, like some places in Mumbai, go to an oxygen parlour. But if our forests are destroyed, our simple Goan people will not afford to go to the oxygen parlors.”

“To take care of nature is the greatest religion of modern times. In today’s context of Goa, we need not build churches or

temples but we need to preserve our environment especially the mangroves,” Kerkar said.

Valanka Alemao, guest of honour for the function, urged the youth to come forward to take up the challenge and keep Konkani alive.

Fr Tony Lopes, superior general of the Society of Pilar, stated that, the identity of Goa disintegrates when one looks only for his/her wants.

“The challenge is to face such a context. Today in Goa, we need simple people who with their education, talent and religious upbringing are ready to preserve and renew their identity of Goa,” he said.

Vavraddeancho Ixtt Editor-inchief Fr Feroz Fernandes claimed that people’s responsibilities as Goans does not end with the slogan speak, read and write Konkani.

“But they should encourage others to speak, read and write Konkani.”

“We need to preserve the identity of Goa not just as it is but rather renew it with the changing times. Our responsibility is to bring such a renewal

in the identity of Goa,” Fr Fernandes said.

Fr Manuel Gomes, director for Diocesan Centre for Bibical Apostolate and Professor of Pastoral Institute at Old Goa, was awarded the Xennoi Goybab Puroskar for immense contribution to Konknni for over last two decades.

Stanley Vaz received the Fr Lactancio Almeida Puroskar as an outstanding writer of Vavraddeancho Ixtt for the year 2010.

Fr Nicolau Pereira Puroskar for the student who scored the highest marks in Konknni at MA examination (2009-10) was awarded to Priyanka Prabhakar Parab from Saligao.

Zagruti (Awakening) of St Elizabeth’s Church, Ucassaim received the Firgojechem Potr Puroskar for being the best parish bulletin of the year 2010.

On the occasion, ‘Tornatteancho Papa, Bhoktivont Zata’ (Father of the Youth, becomes Blessed), a book written in Roman Konkani by Brother Eusebio V. Miranda, sfx was released by Valanka Alemao.

Bro. Eusebio is currently the sub editor of Vavraddeancho Ixtt.

Rane launches works in Poriem-Sattari

Speaker Pratapsing Rane launches water project at Pissorlem-Sattari.

Photo by Vishant Vaze HERALD CORRESPONDENT MAYEM, MAY 19

Speaker Pratapsing Rane recently launched several development works in Poriem-Sattari.

At Mauxi, Rane laid the foundation stone for improvement of rural water supply scheme, construction of ground level reservoir and the work is estimated to cost Rs 19.05 lakh.

The water supply to Mauxi, having a population of 1,132

residents, is from 5 MLD Dabose water supply scheme. The scheme will provide assured potable drinking water supply to all the sectors in the village.

Rane inaugurated improvement of water supply at Narayan Nagar, Honda. The cost of the project is Rs 57.31 lakh.

At Pissurlem, construction of 800 m3 ground lever reservoir, 300 m3 overhead reservoir and laying of conveying and distri-

bution pipelines project was inaugurated by Rane in the presence of Pale MLA Pratap Gawas.

The total cost of the projects at Pissurlem is Rs 306 lakh and the objective of the project is to meet the total water demand of Pissurlem village, which was the long pending demand of the villagers.

The scheme will provide assured potable water supply to domestic, commercial, industrial and other sectors in the village.

Speaker Rane was accompanied by ZP member Ashok Gawas, Mauxi Sarpanch Rajgo Gaonkar, Deputy Sarpanch Yog e s h w a r i G a o n k a r, S u n i l Mauskar, Honda Sarpanch Ankush Gaonkar, Purnali Kerikar, Pissurlem Sarpanch Sagun Wadkar, Sandeep Gawde, mamlatdar, Block Development Officer, PWD executive engineer and others.

Addressing the gathering at Pissurlem, Rane urged the villagers to avail benefits of various government schemes and make efforts to protect nature.

Pratap Gawas also spoke on the occasion. Sagun Wadkar welcomed the guests, while Namdev Chari proposed the vote of thanks.

After slowing down a bit which caused some concern among the villagers, the work on the Bandolem (lake) is going on a fast pace with the concrete embankment on one side being almost complete.

In fact, the slow progress of the work had caused some concern with the villagers raising the issue at the recently held gram sabha.

Acting Sarpanch Ramakant Borkar had assured the villagers that the work would pick up after the paddy harvesting was over as it would thereafter be possible to bring down the water level of the lake.

Borkar who inspected the work told Herald that the work is on schedule and he would try his best to get the work completed before the onset of monsoon.

The first phase of work is taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 95 lakh and also includes desiltation and is done from the funds of Water Resources Department (WRD).

Deputy Speaker and local MLA Mauvin Godinho while launching the works had assured that the lake would also be beautified and he would also take up the second phase at the estimated cost of Rs 1.10 crore.

Meanwhile, Borkar has informed that the panchayat has taken up works amounting to

Make hay when authorities are at bay.

Violators seem to thrive on illegal activities during the weekend or on government holidays and in a recent case, truckloads of mud was being dumped in a paddy field at Pazentar-Cortalim.

Despite notices from the Mormugao Mamlatdar and Cortalim Panchayat on two occasions, the illegal activity was in full swing to dump mud and debris in the field.

“Violators undertake such operations during the weekend, when the government is closed,” remarked a villager.

On Saturday morning, a local villager tipped off a reporter about the incident and matter was reported to Mormugao Deputy Collector Levinson Martins.

Martins immediately directed Talati Hanumant Mandrekar and Verna police ASI Kamlakar Bhandari to rush to the site and stop the activity.

Speaking to reporters, Mandrekar and ASI Bhandari claimed that a contractor, identified as one Barad, had engaged his truck to illegally dump mud in the field.

“The Mormugao deputy collector has asked us to investigate the matter and if the activity violates TCP norms, the police has been asked to seize the machinery,” said Mandrekar.

He further said the deputy collector had also directed Verna police to arrest the contractor under Section 151 of CrPC. As per Section 17-A of Goa TCP ACT, 1974, filling of lowlying and agriculture land is prohibited without prior permission of the Chief Town Planner.

“We have not issued any permission to illegal dumping or filling of paddy field. Earlier, we

Case registered against Porvorim resident for threatening wife HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, MAY 19

The damaged telephone cables near CHC Valpoi.

Photo by Ashraf Khan HERALD CORRESPONDENT VALPOI, MAY 19

Rs 1.5 crore. The works, he said, include drainage works, premixing of roads, beautification of open spaces, etc.

Entrance exam for LLB (Hons)

Blood donation camp at Margao

PANJIM (HND): VM Salgaocar College of Law will hold entrance examination date for admission to its five-year integrated law degree programme at the college on June 14 at 10 am. Admissions will be purely on merit based and on the performance of the candidates at the entrance examination. Eligibility for appearing at the entrance examination is 12th pass with minimum 45 per cent.

On Churchill’s 62nd birthday, cheques worth Rs one core was distributed to the beneficiaries under the BPL scheme”, Farrel said.

She pointed out that community halls, Panchayat ghars, besides roads have been taken up and completed across the constituency and pooh poohed BJP’s claims of lack of development in Navelim constituency.

Valpoi residents irked with telephone exchange service

BSNL customers in Valpoi have expressed great resentment over poor and irregular service provided by Valpoi Telephone Exchange since the last few days.

The students’ community on Wednesday expressed anguish as they could not check the HSSC results on the Internet despite repeated requests to the authority at Valpoi exchange to repair landline phones, which have remained dead for several days at Valpoi.

“BSNL landlines in Valpoi frequently remain non-functional and in a month more than 15 days our phones remained dead and the Valpoi Exchange do not even provide any relaxation or reduction in rental charges,” complained the customers.

“Most of the time in a month, our landline phones remain dead and are repaired only after repeated requests and that too repair work is carried out at a snail’s pace. The reply we get from the exchange often is that cables are broken or damaged and will be replaced once it is brought from Panjim,” added the customers.

When contacted, sources in BSNL Exchange Valpoi admitted that during last few months landline customers in Valpoi had to suffer due to frequent damage of cables by Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC), which is engaged in the ongoing beautification work at Valpoi.

“They frequently damage the

‘Work on Bandolem lake will be completed on time’ HERALD CORRESPONDENT CORTALIM, MAY 19

Supporters of PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao on Thursday had dared the BJP to prove that Navelim constituency has not achieved any progress and development during the last four years.

Addressing a press conference, Navelim MLA Paul Pereira said if the BJP leaders from Navelim constituency cannot see the development in the constituency, they should go through the souvenir released on Alemao’s birthday containing the achievements of the Navelim MLA during the last four years.

“All the developmental works carried out by the PWD Minister is contained in the souvenir. The BJP cannot just make allegations for the sake of allegations”, Pereira said.

Referring to the statements made by BJP Minority cell chief Sheikh Jina, Pereira said the PWD Minister had proposed three bridges over River Sal, adding that while the VarcaTelaulim bridge is complete, work on the Assolna-Cavelossim bridge is under progress.

Former MLA and RDA Coordinator, Farrel Furtado e Gracias said that the developmental work carried out in Navelim constituency speaks volumes of the man who believes in action. “We have all the proof on the work carried out in Navelim constituency in the last four years.

n The works carried out in Navelim constituency speaks volumes of the man who believes in action.

“We have all the proof on the work carried out in Navelim constituency in the last four years. On Churchill’s 62nd birthday, cheques worth Rs one core was distributed to the beneficiaries under the BPL scheme.

BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 19

Social Democratic Party of India, Goa is organising a blood donation camp at Haji Kadar building, opposite Gujrati Samaj hall, VidyanagarMargao on May 21 from 9 am.

Hospicio hospital will depute its team to conduct the camp.

cables while digging the road and do not inform us about it which causes inconvenience to both the customers and BSNL,” claimed sources.

It is learnt that customers are not satisfied with the service and many of them have opted to disconnect their landline phones, while few customers have even disconnected their Internet Service (Broadband) due to frequent landline phones disruption.

Meanwhile, mobile phone users in Valpoi have also expressed dissatisfaction over the ser vice since the last few months.

It may be recalled that during the interaction session between BSNL senior officers and customers at Valpoi recently, the customers had brought to the notice of senior officials about their intention to switch over to services of other companies if improvement in service at Valpoi is not initiated immediately.

Medical camp at Margao

BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 19

A bone marrow density detection camp will be organized at the Orthopedic cline at the Reliance Trade Centre, Margao behind Grace Church on May 21, Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm.

Patients availing the free facility to check osteoporosis will be attended on first come first serve basis.

Porvorim Police have registered an offence against a man on charges of threatening his wife and for violating the court order which restricts him and his parents from visiting his wife and children.

Offence has been registered against Gaurav Gupta under Section 31 (1) of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 for allegedly threatening his wife, Radhika, in the presence of minor daughters and also violating the court order which restricts him and his parents from entering the building complex of his wife and children.

It may be recalled that Radhika had filed criminal proceedings against her husband Gaurav, father-in-law and mother-in-law under Section 31(1) of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 in 2009.

A police complaint has also been filed against them in Women Police Cell on October 10, 2008, for allegedly throwing her and her minor daughters out of the matrimonial house at Green Valley in Alto Porvorim and treating her and her children with mental and emotional cruelty.

Gaurav allegedly entered the building complex without Radhika’s consent, abused her in the presence of her minor daughters, thereby violating the protection court orders passed by the Trial Court on August 4, 2009.

had stopped it, but despite that, the dumping has resumed,” said

Cortalim Sarpanch Anthony Miranda.

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Goa humiliates itself on Medium of Instruction

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t was another agonizing wait for the Goa delegation in the court of the centre to get a verdict on English as a medium of instruction. On day one, Kapil Sibal the union HRD minister, expected to decide on an issue which should have been settled in Goa, was missing, attending far more important matters. On day 2, the delegation consisting of several Goa heavyweight ministers bided their time chit-chatting in the confines of Goa Niwas in Delhi, waiting again for the Centre to take a decision.

The signals are that the deadline given by the AICC General Secretary in charge of Goa J S Brar of giving a decision regarding the medium of instruction issue on May 20, will be extended by two to five days. The FORCE representatives present there are insisting that the decision should be given

by Friday.

Irrespective of the decision the Centre gives, do we realise that Goa has humiliated and insulted itself by the manner in which it has conducted itself? The issue was a very simple state matter which would have been resolved in any other state. Frankly, neither Kapil Sibal or for that matter the AICC president Sonia Gandhi will not, in their right senses, put this issue on the top of their to-do lists. The party will squeeze some time out to hear the delegation on the issue but that must not be mistaken for the Centre giving too much merit to the urgency of this.

Goa has allowed itself to be a subject of ridicule, because it’s Chief Minister has lost the capacity to take firm decisions on matters which are under his jurisdiction and control. It is actually shameful to see senior ministers and the deputy speaker wait in the Delhi durbar, to settle an issue which the Goa leadership should have strongly dealt with.

If Goa’s Chief Minister and Education Minister cannot decide on whether to include English as a medium of instruction and give parents of Goa a choice, then they should not be holding those jobs. Alternatively, they should declare officially themselves puppets of the Centre and absolve themselves of any trouble of decision making in the future.

Let there be no doubt that the Centre will not take a firm decision which goes in favour of any one group in a hurry.

They will, in a quintessential manner take a middle of the road approach or take the time-tested approach of appointing a committee consisting of representatives from all sides.

This is all the more certain because the Chief Minister himself is not completely in favour of including English in the holy sanctum sanctorum of aided subjects, because of a perceived political fallout in north Goa talukas. Moreover, Speaker Pratapsingh Rane, is one of the strongest behind the scenes advocates of maintaining the current status quo of having Marathi and Konkani as the medium of instruction only.

The current exercise of the Goa delegation may be meaningful and sincere and perhaps there is a need felt to solve this issue. But the truth is that the right doors are not being knocked. An issue which could have so easily been settled in Goa, is lingering in the corridors of uncertainty in Delhi.

Now, as before, the writing is clear. The overwhelming majority of parents, and all right thinking people of Goa, want a choice of the medium of instruction for their children, including the choice of English. The government should go ahead and give that choice because this takes nothing away from the present choices. This doesn’t need Kapil Sibal’s decision. This needs common sense.

Churchill’s generosity Marcos Alemao by email During the last four years as PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao has done tremendous developmental work in this constituency.

His predecessor dreamt it, but never attempted to do anything for the last 25 years. He (Churchill) has constructed Panchayat Ghar and some beautiful ornamental work opposite the Varca Church under RDA, the Varca Telaulim bridge which was the dream of the Varca Telaulim people, the Panchayat Hall at Carmona, and the Panchayat Ghar under construction at Carmona. He has also proposed the mini Ravindra Bhavan at Carmona for which land acquisition process is going on. Many internal roads have been tarred in Navelim constituency thanks to his efforts. The ornamental street lights, which were pending

100 Years Ago PRIMEIRO DIARIO NAS COLONIAS PORTUGEZAS

20 May 1911 Pamphlets incite revolt

In the corners of O Porto some affixed pamphlets appeared inciting a revolt with verses of Guilherme de Borges supporting the rebellion.

CCR gets wide publicity

Our Government Press gave a wide publicity to Code of Civil Registration (CCR) of the State of India penned by Mr Antonio Floriano Noronha, the Attorney of the Republic.

Shareholders meet convened Took place in the Capital City of Nova Goa a meeting of the share-holders of the Company “Fraternal” to discuss various issues in regards to its administration.

Feast of Holy Cross

Due to some promises made earlier took place on the 12th of the current month the Feast of Holy Cross at the village of Santa Cruz.

OPINION

Parents with little or no education have mothered the shining stars of the world, says JAMeS ferNANDeS

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he cry of a child immediately conveys a message to the parent the reason for crying and waking up in the middle of the night.

The parent is able to identify the various sounds in a child’s cry and attends to the child accordingly.

Their parental instincts, instructs them what is good and what is bad for their child, they are well equipped to understand the foods that are nutritious, the foods that can cause complications, the foods that strengthen their metabolism and immunity and the foods that damage their metabolism and immunity and accordingly, the child is fed.

On many occasions, an illiterate parent brings up the child in a manner far better than a literate parent. Since time immemorial, parents have played a pivotal role in the success of their children. Tens and thousands of individuals, including inventors, scientists, scholars, academicians, musicians, and sportsmen owe their success to their parents, elders, friends and relatives.

The examples cited by the Bhatikars, Bhembres, Sandesh Dessai’s and others, who have categorically expressed their view that even though they have received their formative education in Konkani, Marathi or other vernacular language, they have been successful individuals in professions inclined towards the English language. The admissions made by these successful gentlemen reinforces our belief that with parents, the elders and relatives around us that lifts, advises, supports and teaches you to shoulder the difficulties before you.

It is these fundamentals that do not exist in millions of unfortunate homes and therefore, the disparity in education, standard of living, financial status is eloquently vivid between a child of an enlightened parent and unenlightened parent. It would be worth pondering if the Bhatikars, Bhembres, Sandesh Dessai’s, Mousinho Athaides, Jamie Coutos and others who subscribe to similar views, would have been successful individuals if they were born of poor or backward parents.

The present day parent is well versed in the knowledge that knowing English language would help their siblings to move out of their home, their village, their state and their country and that one day, the knowledge of English would render their siblings to be economically successful individuals. The other parents have accepted that

LoverS of GoA pursuing English language would help them to be successful professionals.

One may call it selfishness, rashness or just indifference to their own mother tongue. Economic imperatives, financial rewards and status, drive the parent to educate their siblings in English language. It is these selfish and self-centered views of these parents that require to be fine tuned. While their selfish desire to educate their children in English should be encouraged, supported and incorporated, the mother tongue Konkani should be supported and incorporated in a manner that the mother tongue Konkani gets positioned to walk hand in hand with English and the two languages should be insulated and fortified in a way, that would assist the languages to feed, depend and support each other.

Let us for a few moments introspect the decision of the government of Dayanand Bandodkar to open hundreds of government funded Marathi primary schools across the state, which has left tens of thousands of students, who had attended these schools, backward, poor and insecured.

Let us consider a situation where, instead of government primary schools, the government of

Indian tailored Liz

Breakfast of Champions

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ueen Elizabeth II has become the second-longest reigning monarch in 1,000 years of British history. She has overtaken George III who reigned for 21,644 days.

Only one royal ancestor has had greater longevity on the throne: the queen’s great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. Elizabeth II, who celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, next year, acceded to the throne on 6 February 1952, has reigned for 21,655 days. Queen Victoria, who was 18, when she became queen, spent more than 63 years on the throne. Queen Elizabeth will surpass Victoria’s record in September 2015. She will achieve this distinction with ease. What with so many millions regularly invoking ‘God save our gracious Queen’.

Last month’s wedding of the Queen’s grandson, Prince William to Catherine Middleton, attracted worldwide interest, sparking media claims that upto 2 billion people watched telecasts of the ceremony at Westminster Abbey.

Even in India, the TV news-channels showed their anchors and reporters panting and breathless at the spectacle. In Europe and North America, it was inevitable as unemployment soared and there was a need for vicarious living. But in India, where the Planning Commission tells the Supreme Court, ‘No urban Indian spending more than Rs578 a month on all their basic needs – less

for so many years, are given a new lease of life. Churchill’s pockets are always open for the down trodden. Even if Congress loses many other seats during the next election, Churchill will come out in flying colours for his generosity and positive steps.

Incapable govt Ayres Sequeira, Salvador do Mundo Dum Maro Dum has insulted Goans, particularly the womenfolk. The former Minister for Tourism has dubbed Goa as the rape capital of India. The Atala-police drug nexus is a blot on the men in the uniform, whose duty is to protect the law in the state. The Education Minister was detained at the Mumbai airport for obvious reasons. The medium of instruction is the legitimate right of the parents to educate their children which is denied to them. More than this, we know what is happening in Goa. The list goes on endlessly. The current government has brought disgrace to our land.

Do we want such a government in power again? Let us not be mob mentality and self-seeking. Our ancestors were not knowledgeable yet they had a perception for their land. We have both besides being sensible and respectable. Let you and I become the change to bring a change in Goa.

Three cheers to Goans Antonio Prestly, Bermuda The recent request by the AIFF advising Armando Colaco to take over the reigns of coach the Indian national football team has created a rare achievement in the football crazy state and to add to it, he will be assisted by two other Goans Savio Madeira and Marcus Pacheco. Isn’t it a laurel for Goa and Goans? Keep up the good work guys and credit to AIFF for finally putting faith in our very own sons of the soil. I believe the AIFF will not jump to the conclusion and treat Armando Colaco with time, space and finance which, otherwise, they would have spend on a foreigner.

Problems after Std VIII Bevinda Collaco, Panjim More and more, it seems to me that our elected representatives have a deep and

Dayanand Bandodkar had to open government English primary schools. Is it possible that 10% of the students attending the English primary schools would have become successful professionals and more than 50% of the students would have been economically successful individuals?

History would reveal one day to the world that it was a monumental error indeed on the part of the government of Dayanand Bandodkar to open hundreds of government Marathi primary schools.

Babasaheb Ambedkar was born in a Mahar community, then considered as untouchables who were now allowed to draw water from a well that did not belong to the Mahar community. As a student, Ambedkar had to drink water that was poured from a height generally by a peon in the school, however the abnormalities did not hinder Ambedkar to succeed and become the first, amongst the untouchables, to achieve multiple doctorates to succeed as an eminent jurist, and economist, scholar and writer.

Behind the success of Babasaheb Ambedkar was his father Ramji Sakpal, his Brahmin teacher Mahadev Ambedkar, who changed Babasaheb’s surname to his own surname, “Ambedkar” from

than Rs20 a day – can be termed ‘poor’. Those who have the capacity to spend more would not receive subsidies from the Central Government for below-poverty-line (BPL) citizens’. So ours is a rich nation.

So what is the relevance of all this un-solicited information you may well ask. What have we Indians got to do with the Royal family? Except for a few die-hard mad Parsees whose walls at home are adorned with huge portraits of Royal British personages going back a few centuries? And who when they discuss happenings in the British Royal household are likely to say ‘Aapro Charles’ when referring to the Prince of Wales?

Surely we are, after more than 60 years of independence, staunch Republicans. We are as far removed from Royalty as we are from rule by Divine Right. We have rabid communists (who have now been shown the door) and so-called Maoists who would slit your throat at the mention of Royalty. Bad enough, the present ruling dispensation has reduced our democracy into an oligarchy ruled by an Italian Empress.

So why did our media go ga-ga over the Royal Wedding? There has got to be some connection. So I placed this enigma before my historian friend at the Central Library. She thought about it for a while and then gave me a pitying look as she said: “The Royal

Make MoI a ballot issue

Vishant Shirodkar, Ponda

For this coming academic year, the government of Goa needs to immediately acknowledge and fulfil the request of parents seeking funding for English as a MoI and stopping discrimination towards English. A long term decision can be reached in the near future. Goa is likely to go to the polls soon to elect a new government.

Why don’t we add the medium of instruction issue to the ballot paper and ask all eligible voters to cast their votes and decide for themselves in true democratic fashion? This will definitely boost the poll numbers because polling stations would be swarming with people eager to secure their child’s future.

The current set of MLAs seem to have based their opinion on the medium of instruction issue, purely on political issues. Why should parents be at the mercy of these 40 MLAs who more often than not, are not even sure which party they should be in...leave alone the best language to educate their children? Uneducated ministers and wily politicians cannot decide on the future of our kids. And why should parents in Goa be at the mercy of high command in New Delhi? Allow parents to vote on this issue. Keep politics and politicians out of this.

No, he did not surrender Rogerio Fernandes, Candolim Sarjano, if you believe silence is golden

By Anthony Simoes family is Indian rather than British.” I was speechless as she continued.

“Queen Victoria’s title was Empress of India. So Indian!

We Indians build castles in the air. The Royal Family lives in castles. So Indian!

The Royal family has strong family ties like us. So Indian!

They run a family business which keeps out non-family members.

They are Indians! Like us Indians, they are strong votaries of arranged marriages. So Indian!

Succession to the British throne is based on the queen passing a virginity test by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The British have extended this honour to prospective Indian brides immigrating to Britain for marriage. So they are Indian.

The Queen has 75 Corgi, just like we have 750 million stray dogs. She must be Indian!

The Queen gives awards and titles to those who can curry favour. We have a patent on curry. So Indian!

The Royal family has huge weddings. Like the great Indian wedding. So Indian!

The Royal family has a very strict caste system. So Indian!”

The resident historian at the Central Library gave me a superior look and said, “Long live the Queen.”

Letters to the Editor

Letter of the Day

abiding hatred for Goa and Goans. All their activities seemed geared to the destruction of both. Over construction has destroyed the coastal areas, over-mining is destroying the hinterland and just when you thought things could not get worse, education goes for a toss.

The mother tongue issue seems small compared to Section 16 of the Right to Education Act. It doesn’t matter if the child cannot understand or speak English in standard V because no student will be expelled or failed till Std VIII. Given the kind of teachers we have (yes, yes, there are a few exceptions) this is a red-letter day for them. They won’t need to do any research on their subject, or correct exam papers.

Children can be delinquents with no fear of being expelled or failed. Teacher’s jobs are secure. They will be laughing all the way to the bank. The children will appear for exams in Std IX and then, corrections will be lenient since it will be their first.

Next follows Std X. I wonder how many suicides will take place then.

“Ambavedkar”. The contribution made by Babasaheb Ambedkar to the nation and his community, and the Buddhists in particular, would not have been possible had he not received substantive guidance and assistance from his parents and certain well placed persons and above all, his alma mater, his temples of learning, which included the University of Bombay, Columbia University, University of London and the London School of Economics.

Every one of these temples of learning were English institutions which begs the question: would Babasaheb Ambedkar have known the success he achieved if he had not received the guidance from parents and other prominent individuals? Would he have reached the pinnacle of success if he had not pursued his education in English? All of these institutions were English based institutions.

Certain communities, primarily the socially and economically backward, in several parts of the country have begun to experience enlightenment and understanding. A perception that influences them to move into localities that have a predominant, educated, disciplined and reasonably successful people as residents. The parents and elders of these people gain this knowledge at the place of work or from friends or purely based on an inclination that informs them that the reason for their backwardness is their inability to move with the times.

These parents on getting enlightened, make a calculated decision to educate their children in English language, that could bring them prosperity, enlightenment and success and with this objective in mind, they undertake a journey that asks them to change their present residence to a locality where reasonably disciplined and educated people reside.

The politicians, certain religious leaders and above all, the self righteous feed and depend on the poor and illiterates.

They have vested interest in seeing that the poor and backward are not enlightened with the knowledge of English that would assist the poor and backward to move away from the ghettos and become independent individuals.

(James Fernandes is the President of Goynche Niz Mogi. His column will appear every alternate Friday.

Kindly mail your views to gnn4july@yahoo.com. Website: www.loversofgoa.com.)

(‘Compassion not revenge’, Herald, 18 May), then in the first case, you would have not replied. You say Osama was killed like a dog and deserves a fair trial. But was he ready to surrender? Take the case of Saddam. He evaded arrest, but was finally captured and hanged to death. In both cases, the US Special Forces tried to capture these terrible fanatics. In one case, they succeeded in imparting a trial but in the other, it was unavoidable. And if you read the newspapers and read them well, then it says he was offered a chance to surrender.

He instead chose to resist. About compassion, Osama is the guy who killed innocent people and his disciples were involved in the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. One can have neither compassion nor sympathy for such dreaded human beings.

Fair trial for Osama?

Pascal Dias, Candolim Who is this Sarjano? (Letter ‘Compassion, not revenge’ Herald, 18 May). How can a human being have compassion for Osama Bin Laden? Is Sarjano not aware about the deeds of Osama? The 26/11 is the ominous plan of Osama’s adherents. About fair trail, take the case of Ajmal Kasab the lone sur-

viving terrorist who is currently in prison.

He is on a trial as per the Indian law but at whose cost? It is the Indian citizens who pay for his stay in prison. What would you have done had you been at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (VT Station) on that bloody day (26 Nov) with a loaded gun in one hand and the Bible or any holy book in the other, while Ajmal Kasab was reloading his AK47?

Would you read out a passage of forgiveness from the Holy Book or shoot his brains off?

On Bin Laden’s death Agnelo Dias, Calangute I feel funny and insecure when Sarjano says that he has compassion for Osama Bin Laden, who was a dreaded terrorist. Is Mr Sarjano a radical or an extremist? How can anyone even have sympathy for a dreaded terrorist like Osama known for his evil doings? As per my knowledge, merely surfing an Al Qaeda website or any other terror related websites is considered to be done with evil intentions. And now, here is someone who speaks in favour of Osama, asking for a fair trial.

K’taka guv differed Mathew Oommen, Pune Democracy is all about the game of numbers.

Whoever gets one vote more than his rival is the winner. The system of proportional representation by single transferable vote has been thought of in the past, but could not be introduced in Indian legislatures. In Karnataka where BJP Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has been the on-again, off-again and repeatedly on-again leader for about 16 MLAs, five of whom are independents.

They did not support Yeddyurappa for some time, when the Speaker disqualified them (on the behest of Yeddyurappa). Now after quite some time during which Yeddyurappa had a good run of his sort of governance, the SC has nullified the disqualification. By this time, Yeddyurappa has got back the allegiance of a majority of these people who had denounced him earlier. The Governor though, had different views. Morality of the whole issue apart, this is the form of number game we are always playing in the Indian democracy.

Paths of Wisdom Enjoin good forbid evil

By Samir Khan “Abu Hurairah reported the Holy Messenger (blessing and peace upon him) as saying: for those who call people to righteousness, there will be reward assured for them like the rewards of those who adhered to it, without their rewards being diminished in any respect. And those who call people to error, they shall have to carry (the burden) of its sin, like those who committed it, without their sins being diminished in any respect.” (Sahih Muslim) Islam enjoins the believers to call people to all that is good, virtuous and righteous, and prohibit them from all that is evil. This duty of amr bil ma’roof and nahi anil munkar (enjoining good and forbidding evil) forms the nucleus of the socio-religious life of the believers. Here in this hadith (Sayings of prophet Muhammad) the Holy Messenger (may Allah bless and greet him) brings into light the rewards of those who take care to do this duty as well as the burden of those who choose to go contrary to it.

Islam enjoins the believers not to content with doing good to themselves only but to invite others as well to do good and virtuous.

The emphasis it lays on this duty is so great that it becomes obligatory upon the believers to invite others to ma’roof (good).

If a believer invites his fellow beings to do good and righteous, the Holy Messenger (may Allah bless and greet him) assures to him (By Allah’s will) of a reward equal to the reward of those who adhere to the call.

And, similarly, if a person invites his fellow beings to evil, the Holy Messenger (may Allah bless and greet him) warns him that he would have to bear the burden of its sin equal to those who commit the evil.

And in either case, there will be no diminishing of the reward or burden of sin of the adherents.

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OPinionated The Dignity Debate

By SABINA MARTINS

The dignity of a human being is fundamental and universally accepted, making it mandatory for governments across the world to uphold and protect this dignity, a human right of every individual. The objection to the dialogue in ‘Dum Maro Dum’ promos demeaning the women of Goa, and derogatory writings – poetry or prose – stems from this principle.

When people are treated differently because of their colour, we do not hesitate to decry racial discrimination. After all, the dignity of a human being is facing attack.

When people are treated differently because of the religion they follow (or do not follow), we do not hesitate to decry communalism. The dignity of a human being is under assault.

When persons belonging to certain communities are treated differently – say they are prevented from drawing water from a community well – we do not hesitate to decry casteism. The dignity of a human being is being assailed.

The dignity of the human being is the common underlying cause in the struggle against racism, communalism, casteism, and even gender bias. Dignity is the birth right of every human, regardless of colour, religion, caste, gender, class, education, region, nationality, language, ideology, disease, age, etc.

So when a whole population of women from Goa is labelled cheaper than liquor, or when voices are raised against writings derogatory to women, why do some decry women activists repulsing these attacks on the dignity of women? Double standards exist, because the grouping determines whether dignity will be respected or not.

That is why intellectuals and writers will express outrage when an individual is referred to derogatorily by a caste name. But when a section of marginalised and vulnerable women is referred to in a derogatory manner, they may dismiss the issue as a personal matter or trivialise it.

It is not common to hear abuses linked to the sexuality of women when debating issues ranging from communalism, environment, identity, workers’ rights, land rights or politics.

Wife beaters can even include those who are vociferous in condemning communal and caste violence. Members of gram sabhas fighting for their legitimate rights sometimes slip up and use derogatory language against women panchas. Workers fighting for their just wages end up hurling sexual abuses that insult women. A debate on issues could easily slide into character assassination of women activists. These digressions happen irrespective of gender.

This is a shortcoming of progressive movements fighting for the dignity of human beings.

While the law states that all are equal before the law, the debate in the media centres on the right of expression of only ‘creative people’. Does the freedom of expression of one set of people supersede the freedom of expression of another group? Gender bias stares us in the face .When women activists review and critique the language and content of poetry, prose or films, an unprecedented undermining of the rights of women to freedom of expression begins. Why? Every right comes with a corresponding duty. Does freedom of expression have no corresponding duty? Can one right infringe on another right? It is settled by law that one cannot play loud music under the name of freedom of expression and harm the eardrums or destroy the peace of others.

When under the guise of creative expression character assassination of women and activists was resorted to and vulgar language used in a publication meant for children, there was complete silence in the media. No critique appeared in the public domain, though in private opinions were expressed against it.

However, when women activists raised a policy demand that only those people who respect the dignity of women should head institutions funded by the government, several writings appeared against the demand, to the extent of calling it personal. These double standards become stark.

‘Personal is political’ has been a long-standing slogan of the women’s movement. If a woman is beaten at home, it is a personal problem that is political. That is why legislators were forced to make a law against domestic violence. The same is true for dowry, rape, molestation, sati and other indignities on women That the authorities do not care for the dignity of women is evident from their policies, and the non-functional systems meant to address the concerns of women – whether it is rape, trafficking, molestation, domestic violence…

The coming together of women’s groups has triggered the dignity debate, a move in the right direction. The alteration of the derogatory dialogue in ‘Dum Maro Dum’ is a small success. We still have a long way to go.

When we do not respect the dignity of human beings because of their grouping, violation of human rights begins.

That is why laws are made to protect the rights of women, children, senior citizens, HIV-afflicted people, transgenders, tribals, ethnic people, workers, and other marginalised and vulnerable people.

It is time we recognise that the dignity of a human being is important, and cuts across all issues. We should all be on the same side. No marriages of convenience…

Rs 1 cr blood money offered for 17 Indians in Dubai death row PTI DUBAI, MAY 19

Blood money to the tune of Rs 1 crore was offered in a Dubai court today to save the 17 Indians on death row for murdering a Pakistani following which the case has been adjourned till June 16.

Local businessman, S P Singh Oberoi, who is founder president of Indian Punjabi Society, told PTI that he made the offer of Rs 1 crore in Pakistani currency, in the presence of the judges, Indian convicts and the media.

On March 28, 2010, the Sharjah Court of First Instance pronounced the death sentence on 17 Indians who were accused of killing a Pakistani national in January 2009.

The Government of India hired a law firm Mohammad Salman Advocates and Legal Consultants to defend the accused. Today's hearing was the 13th in the case.

"When the attorney (Ramzan)

representing the victim (Misri Nazir Khan) refused to acknowledge that we have made an offer before today's hearing, I offered a sum of 1 crore Pakistani rupees (over USD 120,000) to settle the matter," Oberoi told PTI. According to him, individuals from Indian and Pakistani consulates in Dubai and members of the media were present in the court when the offer was made. Bindu Suresh Chettur, one of the lawyers representing the case confirmed that the offer was made.

"We wanted to convince the court that we are abiding by the procedures and are pursuing the matter with Ramzan. Now they have to decide before June 16 whether they are accepting this offer," she told PTI. A statement from Indian consulate in Dubai said that safeguarding the interests of the 17 accused remains the paramount concern of the Government of India.

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CBI team in Denmark with expired warrant for Kim Davy PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 19

After the goof up in India's '50 most wanted' list given to Pakistan, Government faced another embarassment when a CBI team landed in Copenhagen to seek extradition of the main accused in the 1995 Purulia arms drop case Kim Davy with an expired warrant.

A two-member CBI team, which reached Copenhagen on May 16, was left red-faced after Davy's counsel pointed out during the court proceedings there that the arrest warrant issued by a special CBI court in Kolkata against his client had expired in January this year.

The team which was in the Danish capital to assist local authorities immediately sought a fresh warrant against Davy from the special CBI court.

The Kolkata Special Crime Branch officials of the agency scrambled to get the fresh warrant which was issued by the special CBI court and a scanned copy was sent to the team in Copenhangen. The agency then sent an original copy of the warrant as well so that team there is fully equipped when hearing resumes today.

"All documents are in order

with the CBI team," CBI spokesperson Dharini Mishra said today. A CBI official was earlier quoted as saying that an oversight had led the CBI team go to Denmark with an invalid warrant.

The BJP wasted little time in seizing on the second embarrassment in the space of two days to come down heavily on the government. Senior BJP

papers. Oversight in India's Most Wanted List. It is an all time excuse," she said.

CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said the government must quickly remedy the situation in the interest of the country.

Home Minister P Chidambaram yesterday accepted as a "mistake" the inclusion of terror accused Wazhul Kamar Khan in the list of most wanted

AnotheR goof up leader Sushma Swaraj called it a "big embarrassment" and "another blunder".

"Here is another blunder. CBI reached Copenhagen with an expired warrant for Kim Davy.

Big embarrassment for the country. Is anybody accountable in this government," Swaraj said in a twitter posting.

Referring to government's response on appointment of the Central Vigilance Commissioner as well as on goof up in the 'most wanted' list, Swaraj said 'oversight' has become the "all time excuse" for the UPA dispensation.

"They say expired warrant is an 'oversight'. Oversight in CVC

fugitives given to Pakistan, calling it a "genuine error" by Mumbai Police and "oversight" by the Intelligence Bureau.

A two-member team of CBI is in Copenhagen to assist authorities there with the facts and evidence collected against Davy. Though India is not a party to the case in the Danish court, the role of the team is limited to helping the prosecutors there with necessary material evidence.

A five-member constitutional bench of the Denmark High Court is hearing the plea of the Denmark government which challenged a lower court order against the extradition of Davy

to India.

The decision to despatch the CBI team was taken days after Davy and one of the convicted persons in the case, Peter Bleach, had alleged that the Purulia arms drop operation was planned by the Indian government and its intelligence agencies to destabilise the Left Front government in West Bengal.

The government had, however, quickly denied the allegation saying it was aimed at misleading the prosecuting agency and the court in Denmark which are seized with the matter of his extradition to India.

The CBI had registered the case on December 28, 1995 after sophisticated arms including AK-47 assault rifles, anti-tank grenades and other weapons were dropped from a foreign plane in the fields of Purulia in West Bengal on the night of December 17, 1995.

An Interpol Red Corner Notice was issued against Kim Davy in 1996 on the request of the agency. Since he was traced to Denmark in 2001, efforts continued to extradite him to India even though there was no extradition treaty between the two countries.

ED slaps money laundering charge against Kalmadi PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 19

Troubles mounted for the sacked CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi with the Enforcement Directorate registering a money laundering case against him in connection with financial dealings during the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The Directorate, which had earlier charged Kalmadi for alleged violation of foreign exchange rules, has now moved a court to seek the custody of Congress MP from Pune and record his statement.

Kalmadi, arrested by CBI last month on charges of cheating, conspiracy and corruption in the Timing, Scoring Result system (TSR) relating to Commonwealth Games, is currently in judicial custody.

Sources said today the ED has registered the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Kalmadi as he had a role in every financial dealing of the OC, by virtue of being its Chairman.

The findings of the CBI and the ED in the entire Games probe were also taken into account while pressing the money

laundering charges, the sources said.

The ED, after obtaining the court's permission, will also question Kalmadi in connection with the money laundering and foreign exchange cases that it has registered in the overlays and the Queens Baton Relay (QBR) scams.

The agency has also asked Kalmadi to furnish details of his bank accounts, movable and immovable properties, instances of foreign travel before the Commonwealth Games held last year, and transactions of foreign exchange in the last few years.

Sources said Kalmadi has asked for a few weeks' time to furnish these details to the ED.

Four Pak youth swim into India

Order on Kanimozhi’s bail today

PTI PATHANKOT, MAY 19

PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 19

Four Pakistani youths taking bath in Jalalia rivulet entered into the Indian territory near Jaitpur Post in Bamial sector and were arrested by BSF jawans.

The incident occurred last evening, a senior official said today.

Gurdaspur BSF DIG D S Bains said the four Pakistani youths had told them that they were taking bath in Jalalia rivulet and swam into the Indian side in the absence of any demarcation.

Bains said during preliminary inquiry, BSF authorities found that they had "inadvertently" entered the Indian territory and in case they were found to be innocent and if the officials were convinced that they had not made a forced entry into the Indian side, they will be handed over to the Pakistan Rangers.

So far, Pakistani authorities have not made any formal request for getting them back, Bains added.

As she anxiously awaits a decision on her bail plea tomorrow, the blistering summer heat of the capital seems to have hit DMK MP Kanimozhi, who today complained of ill-health in a Delhi Court which allowed her to temporarily skip the proceedings in the 2G spectrum case.

No sooner did the court began its proceedings for the day, Kanimozhi urged Special CBI Judge O P Saini to grant her relief on medical grounds.

She was allowed to leave the courtroom till lunch. Her counsel said she had pain in the stomach and made an oral request to the judge to exempt her from personal presence in the court till lunch.

Kanimozhi, the 43-year-old daughter of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, came back to the court at 2 PM with her husband Aravindan.

protestors hold placards during a protest in New Delhi on Thursday, part of an indefinate hunger strike urging the release of Indian prisoner Sarabjeet Singh who is facing the death sentence in a pakistani jail. protesters demanded that prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Indian government send a petition to pakistani authorities requesting them to take immediate steps for the release of Sarabjit Singh, who has been languishing in a pakistan jail for the last 21 years.

Stand-off on Assembly session intensifies in K’taka BJP government threatens state-wide stir

PTI BANGALORE, MAY 19

The stand-off between Governor H R Bhardwaj and Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on convening of the Legislature session from June 2 took another turn today with the BJP government threatening a state-wide stir if approval for holding it was not given by this evening.

"By this evening, news should reach me (from Raj Bhavan) that approval has been given for the (legislature) session", a visibly upset Chief Minister said.

Otherwise, he said, he would embark on a state-wide tour in open-jeep addressing road-side rallies to build public opinion

Maya denies Rahul’s allegations PTI LUCKNOW, MAY 19

Uttar Pradesh government today dismissed as baseless Rahul Gandhi's allegations about burning of people and rape of women in Bhatta Parsaul, rocked by farmers' agitation on land acquisition issue, and said preliminary forensic reports of ashes collected from the area have ruled out presence of any human remains.

Addressing a press conference on behalf of chief minister Mayawati, the state's cabinet secretary Shashank Shekar Singh said prelimianry forensic reports have not found any human bone or remains. "There are traces of melted synthetic in the ash," he said.

Terming the charge on 74 people being killed there and women raped as "baseless and an effort to malign the state government", he suggested restraint over airing views which later require clarifications.

from tomorrow.

Yeddyurappa's ultimatum comes a day after both he and Bhardwaj displayed brief bonhomie in the midst of a raging political war over the Governor's recommendation for imposing President's rule in the state.

Law Minister S Suresh Kumar, flanked by several ministers, said a massive protest rally, led by the Chief Minister himself, would be staged in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue here tomorrow if the Governor did not give his approval by this evening for holding the session.

Key office-bearers and Ministers would decide on the future agitational course after tomor-

row's rally, which would be attended by legislators, partymen and members of the public, Suresh Kumar and Home Minister R Ashoka said.

Suresh Kumar said there was a suggestion that the Chief Minister should conduct a statewide tour to elicit public opinion from day after tomorrow.

A Ministerial delegation, led

by Yeddyurappa, had met the Governor yesterday and requested him to convene the session to pass the full budget, to which Bhardwaj had told them that he was awaiting the Centre’s decision on his recommendation to impose President's rule.

The Governor had asked the Chief Minister to wait for a "day or two" on the issue of his approval for the session.

Suresh Kumar said there was no response from the Governor on the May 13 cabinet decision on holding the session from May 16. And now, even four days after another cabinet decision, taken on May 16 to hold the session from June two, there is no word from the Governor.

"This is unprecedented. Never in the history of Karnataka has a Governor delayed or refused approval for holding a session", he said.

He said the Governor should either give his approval or reject

it. "Keeping it lingering will not serve any purpose". "The Governor should act as per provisions of the Constitution. The Governor should not act as per provisions of some other constituencies. The cabinet has sent two resolutions as per article 163 of the Constitution to the Governor, which he is bound to accept", Suresh Kumar said.

Lashing out at Bhardwaj for his refusal to meet ten MLAs who went to Raj Bhavan on May 15 citing non-availability of staff, he said "the same governor had time to compile a special report and send it to the Centre with the help of the staff".

Mamata first woman to head WB govt PTI KOLKATA, MAY 19

Final touches are being given to the preparations for the swearing-in of West Bengal's first woman chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the Raj Bhavan here tomorrow.

The swearing-in at a ceremony in the presence of 3200 invitees drawn from among the top names in politics, business and art and culture will take place at 1:01 pm as per the wishes of the Trinamool supremo.

Banerjee, who will be the eleventh chief minister of the state, will be administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor M K Narayanan on the southwest lawn of the 208-year old Raj Bhavan, where shamia n a s h a v e b e e n e r ected.

Narayanan has already appointed Banerjee as chief minister.

Banerjee will be head the first non-Left government to take charge of West Bengal 34 years after a nine-party Left Front government had come to power led

by Jyoti Basu in 1977.

Trinamool Congress and allies Congress and SUCI stormed to

Cong to join ministry PTI KOLKATA, MAY 19

There will be 36 Trinamool Congress ministers, while seven are likely to be from the Congress in the new West Bengal government to be headed by Mamata Banerjee.

A list of 36 names of MLAs from the Trinamool Congress, barring Banerjee, has been received by the chief secretary's office from the Raj Bhavan, secretariat sources said. "The Congress list of ministers has not yet been received," the sources said. The Congress was likely to have seven ministers.

The Trinamool Congress list of ministers include Amit Mitra, Partha Chatterjee, Manish Gupta, Subrata Mukherjee, Abdul Karim Chowdhury, Sadhan Pandey, Upen Biswas, Sabitri Mitra, Bratya Basu, Madan Mitra and Noore Alam Chowdhury.

power in the state with a threefourths majority signaling the historic changeover in the state's politics.

Congress, which secured 42 seats, is likely to join the Mamata Banerjee government.

The huge guest list includes outgoing chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who has been invited along with wife Meera by Deputy leader of the Trinamool Congress Legislature Party Partha Chatterjee who personally went to their Palm Avenue residence, the first visit by any Trinamool leader there since the party came into existence in 1998.

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence minister A K Anthony are expected to attend the swearingin ceremony.

Other invitees were Left Front chairman Biman Bose, political leaders, the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, judges, industrialists, administrative top brass, members of defence services, diplomats and MLAs. The family members of Baner-

jee will also witness the swearing in. Giant screens have been put up at the Shahid Minar grounds for the live telecast of the swearing-in ceremony.

After the swearing-in, the chief minister will have tea with the Governor and VVIPs and leave for Writers' Buildings, the state secretariat in nearby BBD Bagh, to formally take charge.

Four cops killed in Naxal attacks PTI NAGPUR, MAY 19

Four policemen including a commander of an elite anti-Naxal force and two special police officers were killed and two injured in separate Naxal attacks in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district today.

"A commander of C-60 battalion Chinna Menta was killed when a group of Naxalites attacked a police party at Nargonda in Bhamragarh taluka of the district while three other policemen were killed in Bejurpalli area in Allapally taluka, where another team was engaged in a face-off with ultras," Additional SP (Operations) Rahul Sheth told PTI. The three other deceased policemen have been identified as constable Surendra Pathan, Sudhakar and Pungati (both SPOs), police said.

A chopper brought the bodies of all the policemen to Gadchiroli, besides the injured cops, they said. The injured have been admitted to Gadchiroli Civil hospital. Police claimed casualties among Naxals in the second encounter but their bodies have not been recovered so far.

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scored through Tolgay who converted from the spot in the 10th and Baljit Sahni doubled the lead in the 16th minute.

Salgaocar brought in fresh pair of legs after the break and equalised in the 79th minute.

Ryuji Seouka took a free kick and floated the ball into the box for Cajetan Fernandes who headed in much to the delight of the team and Salgaocar fans.

Salgaocar kept on pressing for the winning goal and scored in the 84th minute when Yakubu Yusif headed in a low cross from the left by Rino Anto to the dismay of East Bengal.

In Dempo’s match, Ranti Martins scored the winner in the 72nd minute. Joaquim Abranches provided the cross from the right, which was headed home comfortably by the Nigerian striker as he notched up his 20th goal of I-League.

Dempo will now need to win all the remaining matches if they really fancy to give any sort of challenge to the current table leaders Salgaocar.

Salgaocar did what was expected of them and came out with a victory which will surely boost their morale. They lead the table with a tally of 53 points from 25 matches with 56-27 goals for and against. They have just one match to go. Churchill Bros are second with 47 points from 24 matches with 53-27 goals and two more matches to be played. East Bengal (40-17 goals), Dempo (45-27 goals) also have 47 points each from 23 matches each with both having three matches in hand.

Medium row deadlocked

Various delegations from Goa are still camping in Delhi and were hoping to have an audience with Sibal, even as the Forum for the Rights of Children’s Education (FORCE) has insisted on a decision on the controversy by Friday.

It is learnt that the eight-member delegation of FORCE has decided to return to Goa on Friday after having put forth its views with the central leaders.

Sources said FORCE leaders maintained that a decision should come by Friday as per the assurances given by the Congress high command functionaries, though the central leaders have agreed to come out with a solution in the next three-four days.

FORCE Secretary Savio Lopes said the delegation is hopeful of a positive outcome after it convincingly put across its view on the Medium of Instruction. He admitted that the delegation will return to Goa on Friday if the proposed meeting with Sibal fails to take place.

Sources in the know said the various delegations met informally in Delhi and shared their views on the sensitive MoI “There were no formal discussions on the issue today in the absence of the Union Human Resources Minister. However, representatives of diverse groups held informal consultations where they put across their views”, sources said.

It’s final! no detentions

technical loophole in the circular issued.

The circular has been issued to “heads of elementary schools.”

However, under the current system, schools are classified as Primary, Middle and High Schools and elementary education implies primary education. However, under the RTE, elementary education implies those studying till STD VIII. “I haven’t seen a copy of the circular as yet, but if this is true it will apply only to primary schools and could be a serious problem”, Cardozo said.

The circular has also asked the heads of elementary schools to issue a certificate for those students seeking to leave the school certifying them to be eligible to continue education in a higher class.

Officials from Directorate of Education were not available for comments, despite personal visits to the Department and repeated efforts to contact them.

Section 16 of the central government’s RTE Act states: “No child admitted in a school shall be held back in any class or expelled from school till the completion of elementary education”.

Three major bodies — Goa Headmasters Association (GHA), Goa School Managements Association (GSMA) and Nationalist Educational Institutions Management Association (NEIMA), have in the past opposed the Directorate’s unilateral last minute decision, saying that the circular needs to be withdrawn as it as led to chaos in the educational institutions.

Most academicians want that the RTE be implemented from next year onwards.

Questions on why the Government remained dormant on the RTE even though it was passed by the Centre in 2009 and have suddenly woken up in May this year remain unanswered.

Bihar’s ‘absconding’

minister resigns PTI PATNA, MAY 19

Under pressure from Opposition parties, Bihar Cooperative Minister and BJP leader Ramadhar Singh, declared an absconder by a court 16 years ago, resigned from the Nitish Kumar Cabinet.

Singh sent his resignation to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar late last night, officials at the CM's office said today.

Singh told PTI today that the allegation against him of being an absconder since 1995 was true.

"Therefore, I decided to put in my papers. I was not aware of a court declaring me as an absconder in this case," he said.

"If I was aware, I would have approached the court for bail.

Even my lawyers did not inform me about this," he claimed.

"After coming to know about being declared as an absconder in this case, my first duty was to resign before taking legal remedy," he said.

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Govt creates elite unit to probe financial crimes PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 19

Faced with a plethora of frauds and scams, the Finance Ministry has decided to set up a specialised wing to probe financial crimes like terror financing, money laundering and trail black money.

The specialised wing -- Directorate of Criminal Investigation (Income Tax)-- will be manned by hand-picked officers who are experts in financial and forensic investigations.

The I-T department, which has unearthed about Rs 30,000 crore blackmoney in the past two years, has begun putting necessary infrastructure for the new unit.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee gave his approval for the creation of the new unit earlier this month and this has come as a 'shot in the arm' for the department which is currently probing some very highprofile and big-ticket financial transactions in the country and abroad.

This is on the lines of the action plan, called 'Vision 2020' unveiled by Mukherjee earlier this year. The document, among other things, focuses on the department's efforts to unearth black money.

Under the provisions of the new Direct Taxes Code (DTC) which is set to replace the I-T Act by next year, the department, with the operationalisation of this elite unit, will have powers to investigate and summon for evidence on the lines of the Enforcement Directorate

and the CBI. The new unit will enable the department to deploy additional intelligence and investigation tools to detect and combat terror financing, money laundering, offshore tax evasion and other illegal trades which impact national security.

"The department has begun putting the infra in place for the new directorate which will have enhanced powers than the present investigation and intelligence units of I-T. "The new unit will function under the provisions of the Income Tax Act but will have additional resources to check terror financing and financial proceeds of crime," a senior I-T officer said.

The creation of the new unit comes in the backdrop of a new plan of action developed by the Finance Ministry for the I-T department keeping in view the multitude of financial scams in the country and ramifications of national security through illegal funding and Hawala dealings.

"Income Tax department intends to use innovative methods to supplement its traditional enforcement tools in order to reduce the tax gap during the strategic plan period 2011-15. A conscious effort will be made to move towards non-intrusive targeted enforcement tools," the 'Vision 2020' document of the department said.

According to the document, the I-T is currently probing a host of high-profile financial ir-

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ICA Goa branch bags awards

regularities from and to overseas destinations and is of the view that the "next decade" will see an increased role (of I-T) in scrutinizing such transactions and fund flows.

"This will require the income tax department to deploy considerable resource and energy on criminal investigation.

"Effective criminal investigation will necessarily include a comprehensive international strategy to combat offshore tax evasion, and fund flows that threaten security of the country," the official document said.

The document, which will undergo a mid-term review in 2013, aims at taking forward the strategic planning of the department and its policies from 2011-2015 along with the new Direct Taxes Code (DTC) which is proposed to replace the current Income Tax Act from next fiscal.

The roadmap seeks to strategise the policies of the department as new technological development, accelerated globalisation, exchange of information between revenue authorities and the new Direct Tax Code offer both challenges and opportunities.

The department also proposes to hone its cyber forensic skills, keep tab on fund flow relating to money laundering, narcotics and terror and "ensure exemplary enforcement against abusive schemes and corporate tax frauds."

The I-T department accounts for 60 per cent of the central revenue.

Dr Batra's to open 300 clinics PTI KOCHI, MAY 19

The chairman of the Goa branch of chartered accountancy CA Ashish Prabhu Verlekar receiving the award.

PANJIM (HBD) -- The Goa Branch of Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA)were awarded the best branch in the medium branch category for the year 2010 by the Western India Regional Council (WIRC).

The research project by the Goa branch on how chartered accountants can help motorcycle pilots at Goa in financing and selfsustaining was also adjudged by WIRC as the Best Research Project for 2010.

The chairman of the Goa Branch CA Ashish Prabhu Verlekar gave the credit for his managing committee team consisting of CA Virendra Prabhudesai, CA Anup Borkar, CA P R Hegde, CA Naveen Daivajna and CA Kiran Kharangate.

CA Verlekar opined that this recognition will give a big boost to the Chartered Accountancy professionals in Goa and would also attract young talent towards pursuing chartered accountancy in the state.

The branch has membership strength of more than 500 members. During the year 2010-11 the branch took various initiatives to keep their members abreast of new fiscal challenges in the form of Goods and Service tax (GST), Direct Tax Code, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) besides organising a number of seminars and conferences.

The CA Students Association at Goa was formed during the year and a number of learning programmes, orientation course, CPE classes, IT training, industrial visits etc were organised for the members of the group.

Antony to commission GSL modernisation project

PANJIM (HBD) -- Defence Minsiter A K Antony will formally commission the 1st and 2nd phases of Goa Shipyard’s Infrastructural Modernisation Project Ltd (GSL) on May 21, 2011 at GSL. The commissioning of the 1st and 2nd phases of GSL’s ambitious infrastructural modernisation project at a cost of Rs 400 crore will enhance its infrastructure by two repair berths, transfer area and shiplift piers in addition to the shiplift facility.

The ‘Shiplift System’ – first of its kind in defence shipbuilding yards in the country, will be dedicated by the Defence Minister on the occasion. AK Antony will be also lay the foundation stone for the 3rd and 4th phases of GSL’s Modernisation Project.

The commissioning of the Shiplift facility is synchronized with the launching of the 3rd in the series of Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels indigenously designed and being built by Goa Shipyard Ltd for the Indian Navy by Elizabeth Antony, wife of the Defence Minister.

The planned modernisation programme is aimed at creating new facilities and infrastructure whilst augmenting existing facilities in order to achieve the qualitative and quantitative objectives of building and delivering quality ships at competitive cost with shorter construction periods, increased capacity, product mix and shortened delivery times.

The modernization plan at a cost of Rs 800 crore aims at creating capacity in the shipyard for the production of cutting edge technology warships. Modernisation programme once fully completed will result in a substantial augmentation of GSL’s capacity to fabricate/construct steel, aluminium and GRP hull vessels to nearly three times the present yard capacity.

Homeopathic healthcare corporate, Dr Batra's Positive Health Clinic Private Ltd (DBPHCPL), is targeting to open about 300 clinics world wide in the next 3 years and touch 100 clinics by the end of this fiscal.

Homeopathy is slated to grow at around 200 per cent and we want to open 30-40 clinics every year to touch about 300 clinics in three years time, Dr Akshay Batra, CEO and Deputy MD, Dr Batra's said.

Foraying into Kerala, Dr Batra's clinic was opened at Kochi, its 70th clinic. The new clinic showcases the corporate's vision of reaching out to the length and breadth of the country and bringing branded homeopathic healthcare solutions to the consumer, he said.

Last year it opened 10 clinics and this fiscal, 30 more would be opened to touch 100 clinics by this financial year.

Presently, there are 66 Dr Batra's clinics in India besides 4 abroad including Muscat, Dubai and London.

The areas of treatment will cover chronic diseases like respiratory ailments, hair loss, psoriasis, allergies, white patches, weight management, chronic fatigue syndrome, women and children's ailemnts, lifestyle and stress related disorders among others.

As part of its expansion plans, DBPHCPL will be opening new clinics this year in Mysore, Kodagu, Jammu, Jodhpur, Nasik, Puducherry, Bubaneshwar besides in metro and major cities including New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.

Syndicate Bank, KPSC into MoU PTI BANGALORE, MAY 19

Public sector Syndicate Bank has entered into an MoU with Karnataka State Public Service Commission (KPSC) to accept application fee across all its branches in the State.

The Bank has offered comprehensive C2B (Customer to Business) solution to KPSC, it said in a statement.

The Aspirants applying for the vacant positions called for

by KPSC from time to time need to log onto KPSC website and apply online.

On submitting the application online the candidate has to download system generated challan having unique identification number and make payment of the application fee at any of Syndicate Bank or through NEFT from any other Bank, the statement added.

WB approves biodiversity loan for India PTI WASHINGTON, MAY 19

Corp Bank to extend branch-less banking operations in 6k villages PTI PANJIM, MAY 19

The World Bank on Thursday approved a USD 15.36 million credit and USD 8.14 million grant for a project to conserve high-value forest areas while improving the livelihoods of forest dependent communities in India.

The Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement Project will conserve biodiversity, while improving rural livelihoods by applying culturally appropriate and tested participatory approaches to support opportunities for improving rural livelihoods, the Bank said in a statement.

"India is among the most diverse countries, with up to 47,000 species of plants and some 90,000 species of animal and the country's biodiversity is fundamental to human well being," said Malcolm Jansen, World Bank Senior Environmental Specialist and Project Leader.

The Corporation Bank today announced that it will increase its lending to the agriculture sector from existing nine per cent to the stipulated 13 per cent by opening branch-less banking operations in 6,000 villages by the end of the current fiscal.

Corporation Bank's Chairman and Managing Director Ramnath Pradeep told reporters today here that the existing operations of branch-less banking facility in 1,700 villages would be extended to almost 6,000 villages, particularly reaching out to the farmers' doorstep.

Pradeep claimed that RBI restrictions of disallowing the landing to the farmers through via-media like Food Corporation of India (FCI) or Mills has resulted in the bank falling short of its target of 13 per cent lending to the agrofield.

Jet dives into red on fuel costs PTI

MUMBAI, MAY 19

The country's largest airline, Jet Airways today reported a consolidated March quarter loss of Rs 124.5 crore against a profit of Rs 58.6 crore year-on-year on rising fuel cost that soared by a whopping 51 percent.

The loss is despite the airline improving its cost per seat km and implementing strict cost control measures across various areas along with effective route rationalising, the Naresh Goyal-promoted airline said in a statement here.

A 14.3 percent jump in revenue could not offset the 51 percent spike in fuel cost.

While revenue rose to Rs 3,288 crore in the reporting quarter, fuel cost rose to Rs 1,279.7 crore against Rs 846.3 crore in Q4 of FY10, a growth of a full 51 percent, the airline said.

Accordingly, the weight of fuel cost in the overall coast too rose by a full 7 percentage points to 39 percent in the March quarter, which was just 32 percent y-o-y.

Going forward, the airline warned that the full impact of the crude shock would only be known in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal.

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"The recent dramatic rise in crude price has severely impacted margins and softening in May should help. But the full impact of all the fare increase and surcharge increases will come through only in Q1 of FY12," the airline said.

"To the extent, crude price and fares continue to remain higher, it could impact some traffic growth in the shortterm, though the medium-term growth outlook remains intact," it added.

However, for the full year, the group has massively narrowed its losses to Rs 85.84 crore from Rs 420 crore in FY10 on a total income of Rs 14,737 crore during the year compared to Rs 12,000 crore in the previous fiscal, a growth of 20.3 percent.

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The bank has now decided to directly connect to the farmers with the landing facility and a bank account of their own.

"They would be serviced through Branch-less banking wherever there is no place available to set up a branch," the CMD said.

The branch-less banking is a model pioneered by the Corporation Bank since November 2006.

"The bank has adopted a unique model where the business correspondent is a permanent resident of the village and is available throughout the day for the villagers for the banking," Pradeep said.

The bank, which brags of less than one per cent NPA, is also wary about the high percentage of NPA in the agriculture sector.

Pradeep said that agriculture sector has 3 per cent NPA while housing has 2 per cent and the corporate is less than one per cent.

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The bank had extended

loans of Rs 200 crore to the farmers for the last FY, which were not paid.

"The farmers are paying back now and the recovery to the tune of Rs 100 crore is already made," the CMD said.

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Strauss-Kahn resigns as IMF chief PTI WASHINGTON, MAY 19

Dominique Strauss-Kahn who is locked up in a New York prison on allegations of sexual assault today resigned as the managing director of the IMF, triggering a succession battle

between the developing world and Europe to lead the global lender.

"It is with infinite sadness that I feel compelled today to present to the Executive Board my resignation from my post of MD of the IMF," Strauss-Kahn

wrote to the Washingtonbased IMF board.

"Dominique Strauss-Kahn has today informed the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of his intention to resign as Managing Director with immediate ef-

fect," the IMF said in a statement after it received a formal letter in this regard from Strauss-Kahn.

Strauss-Kahn, 62, who has claimed innocence, is locked up in a New York prison since Saturday when he was bundled out of a Paris-bound flight and taken into custody on charges of sexually assaulting a chambermaid at a Manhattan hotel.

"To all, I want to say that I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me.

"I want to protect this institution which I have served with honour and devotion, and especially—especially—I want to devote all my strength, all my time, and all my energy to proving my innocence," he said.

In his letter Strauss-Kahn maintained his innocence and said he would fight off the charges.

The IMF said John Lipsky, the First Deputy Director, remains the acting MD of the agency.

"The Fund will communicate in the near future on the Executive Board's process of selecting a new MD. Meanwhile, John Lipsky remains Acting Managing Director," the IMF said in a short statement.

The 24-member executive board votes to fill the top post, with votes weighted based on member countries' and region's subscription quotas.

...India watching: Mukherjee PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 19

India today said it is watching the situation following the resignation of International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is facing charges of sexual assault in the US. "Strauss-Kahn has tendered his resignation... We are watching the situation," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.

Battling damaging allegations of sexual assault, Dominique Strauss-Kahn tendered his resignation from the top post of the IMF yesterday, while maintaining that he was innocent.

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia is being talked about as one of the contenders for the post of the next IMF chief, besides Kemal Dervis of Turkey, Christine Lagarde of France, Trevor Manuel of South Africa and Britain's Gordon Brown.

Yesterday, talking to the reporters, Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu had said, "In my view, Montek is the best name... not only from India's point of view, but from the world's point of view also."

The IMF is likely to decide on a new Managing Director soon.

Declining trend evident: Pranab

Mukherjee told reporters here.

His comments came after Buoyed by the fall in food infla- food inflation slipped to 7.47 tion during the first week of per cent for the week ended May, the government today May 7, continuing on its downsaid there is a trend of moder- ward trajectory for the third ation in the rate of price rise in consecutive week. This is the both the food and INFLATION lowest food inflation non-food segments. figure since separate "Both in food inflation and data on the rate of price rise of overall Whole Price Index (WPI) food items was first released inflation, there is a declining about 18 months ago. trend," Finance Minister Pranab The fall in food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), from 7.70 per cent in the previous week was mainly due to cheaper pulses, wheat and vegetables.

Mukherjee said inflation has come down in all three segments -- primary articles, food and non-food.

Inflation in overall primary articles during the week under review stood at 10.94 per cent, down from 11.96 per cent in the previous week.

In the non-food primary articles segment, inflation fell to 23.82 per cent from 28.62 per cent during the week ended April 30.

"I do not give much credibility to weekly fluctuations or monthly fluctuations. We shall have to take an overall view," Mukherjee said.

The latest numbers are likely to bring cheer to the government, which has termed inflation control as one of the major items on its agenda.

Food inflation remained in double-digits for most of 2010 before showing signs of moderation from March this year.

During the week under review, pulses became cheaper by 8.87 per cent year-on-year, while prices of vegetables were down by 3.61 per cent. Wheat prices fell by 0.06 per cent.

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Sensex up 55 points PTI MUMBAI, MAY 19

Halting 3-day falling trend, the BSE Sensex moved up 55 points to 18,141 today as investors bought heavyweights at lower levels amid strong Q4 result posted by L&T, easing food inflation and firm European cues.

Infrastructure major L&T rose 5.92 per cent on reporting 17.25 per cent growth in standalone net profit at Rs 1,686.21 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31. It also gave a positive outlook for this fiscal, detailing several projects that are underway.

After taking investor beating, recording steep slide in the last couple of sessions, ONGC gained because of buying at lower levels. Index heavyweight RIL gained 1.45% for the same reason.

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22 dead in Argentina plane crash: officials AFP BUENOS AIRES, MAY 19

A small commercial plane crashed in an isolated part of Patagonia in southern Argentina, killing all 22 people on board, officials said.

“We did not find anyone alive.

There were no survivors. The plane is in multiple charred fragments. Everything is burnt and smashed to pieces,” said local hospital director Ismael Ali, who participated in the rescue mission.

Ali said a witness had reported seeing a fireball crash into a field near his home, indicating a possible mid-air explo-

sion.

The plane had earlier been reported missing on a flight

between the southern cities of Neuquen and Comodoro Rivadavia, in Rio Negro province.

Horacio Farre, a spokesman for the private company Sol, which owned the plane, confirmed that there had been no survivors.

The company said the plane had taken off at 8:08 pm (0438 IST) and crashed around 45 minutes later, shortly after issuing a distress signal.

The passengers on the Saab 340 twin-engine aircraft included 18 adults, one minor and three crew members, the company said, adding that an inves-

tigation would be carried out to determine the cause of the crash.

Isabel Yahuar, the mayor of the nearby town of Los Menucos, said the recovery had been difficult as the plane crashed in a remote region in the foothills of the Andes.

“In the area of the accident there is no mobile phone signal,” she told local television.

“It’s very cold and the conditions of the rescue were very difficult.”

The crash came two days after a small plane crashed outside Sao Paulo in neighbouring Brazil, killing its four passengers.

President Barak Obama jogs from Air Force One to a group of supporters who came to meet the President at Logan Airport in Boston, on his way to a pair of fundraising events in Boston.

Bomb attacks on police kill 27 in north Iraq

Respect Pak’s sovereignty, China asks US PTI BEIJING/ISLAMABAD, MAY 19

A car burns following a bomb attack in Kirkuk on Thursday.

AFP KIRKUK, MAY 19

A spate of bomb attacks against police in the disputed northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Thursday killed at least 27 people, the worst violence to hit Iraq in nearly two months.

A further 89 people were wounded in the three attacks, with months to go before US forces, who participate in confidence-building tripartite patrols and checkpoints with central government forces and Kurdish security officers in Kirkuk and across north Iraq, must withdraw from the country.

Three explosions — two car bombs and a magnetic “sticky bomb” attached to a car — occurred around one hour apart in the oil-rich ethnically-mixed city, security officials said.

The first of the blasts took place at 9:20 am (06:20 GMT) when the “sticky bomb” exploded in the parking lot of the city’s police headquarters, Major Salam Zangan said.When police and emergency responders arrived at the scene shortly afterwards, a car bomb detonated.

“I ran out from the headquarters after I heard the first bomb — I went with my colleague to check the parking lot but as we arrived, a huge bomb went off,” said Sherzad Kamil, a policeman who suffered wounds to his abdomen and face.

“I fell on the ground and saw several of my colleagues killed and wounded,” he said, speaking from Kirkuk general hospital, adding that he saw colleagues whose bodies caught fire as a result of the second blast.

China today said the international community “must respect” Pakistan’s sovereignty, tacitly confirming reports that it has asked the US not to violate Islamabad’s territorial integrity, following the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Asked about reports that China has asked US during its recently concluded strategic dialogue with Washington to respect Pakistan’s sovereignty as Islamabad came under heavy pressure after bin Laden’s killing, Chinese Foreign Ministr y spokesperson, Jiang Yu told media here that “sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan must be respected.”

“We believe that Pakistan has made great contribution to international counter-terrorism efforts, as well as huge sacrifices.

The international community should understand and support Pakistan’s efforts to restore national stability and develop its economy,” she said.

According to Pakistan’s state run APP news agency, Gilani told Pakistan media here last night after his meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that “China supported Pakistan’s cause on its own.”

US slaps sanctions against Assad PTI WASHINGTON, MAY 19

US President Barack Obama has slapped sanctions against Syrian President Bashar Assad and six of his deputies as the regime continued oppressive measures against its own people.

The slapping of sanctions came a day before President Obama was to make a major policy speech on the recent developments in the Middle East and North African region including Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.

Obama signed the Executive Order imposing sanctions against President Assad and six senior officials, including Vice

President, Prime Minister and Defense Minister, in an effort to increase pressure on his government to end the use of violence against its people and begin transition to a democratic system that protects the rights of the Syrian people.

In his statement, Obama said the Syrian Government was continuing with escalation of violence against its people through attacks, arrests and harassment of protestors and political activists, and repression of democratic change, overseen and executed by numerous elements of the government.

Simultaneously, the Depart-

ment of the Treasury announced designation of 10 individuals targeting Syrian officials and others responsible for human rights abuses, including repression against the Syrian people, as well as a set of companies tied to Syrian corruption.

“The US continues to strongly condemn Syrian government’s use of violence and intimidation against its people and urges President al-Assad and his regime to answer calls of their people for a more representative government and embark upon the path of meaningful democratic reform,” the Treasury said in a statement.

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Salgaocar win, keep title race open HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, MAY 19

It was indeed a game of two halves but Salgaocar Sports Club’s performance in the second half was more fulfilling after a 3-2 win over East Bengal at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Thursday.

For 45 minutes, Salgaocar looked all drowned as they were trailing 2-1.

The fear of East Bengal’s midfield dominating the centre c a m e t r u e w i t h Pe n O r j i , Mehtab Hussain, Sushanth Mathew and Harmanjot Singh Khabra making Salgaocar look ordinary with strikers Tolgay Ozbey and Baljit Sahni constantly on the prowl.

East Bengal’s Australian striker Tolgay Ozbey created the first opportunity in the ver y 3rd minute when he picked up the ball from his own half and outpaced Salgaocar defender and captain Luciano Sabrosa and unleashed a snap shot which missed the mark narrowly. The Red and Gold brigade finally shot into the lead in the 10th minute through a penalty. East Bengal goal poacher Ozbey was tripped by Salgaocar stopper back Irungbami Meitei inside the box and Delhi referee Mohammed Kamil pointed to the dreaded spot.

Ozbey fired to the left of Salgaocar keeper Karanjit Singh to put his team in front. Salgaocar’s players disputed the penalty,

claiming it was not a penalty but the referee stood to his ground.

On the other hand, Salgaocar were on the receiving end most of the time especially in the opening session. The second reverse took the wind out of the Salgaocar side when striker Baljit Sahni gently tapped the ball in off a defence splitting pass by striker Ozbey via hardworking Pen Orji from the left in the 16th minute.

East Bengal continued their hard work and nearly made it 3-0 but Salgaocar’s keeper Karanjit was equal to the task to block Ozbey’s blistering right footer. Bengal had a chance to inflate their tally but midfielder Orji ballooned over from close range after being fed by Ozbey on the left flank.

But the setback was just what Salgaocar needed to spur them on. In the 33rd minute, Salgaocar reduced the margin through left back Rino Anto.

Following a throw in from Rino on the left, went to midfielder Gilbert Oliveira and the latter essayed a fine pass to Rino, who unleashed a left footer which dipped into the net easily.

Changing ends, Salgaocar put up an improved performance.

Francis Fernandes was brought in for Anthony Barbosa as substitute and the pint-sized midfielder quietly brought about the changes. He gave East Bengal a taste of their own medicine

moving down the left with a three-man move that Salgaocar were proud of.

Salgaocar’s equaliser came in the 79th minute through man-of-the-match Cajetan Fernandes, following a well-exec u t e d f re e - k i c k t a ke n b y Japanese Ryuji Sueoka from the right, which saw Bengal’s rearguard crumble and a lurking

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Mumbai had Abhishek Yadav and Henry Ezeh upfront with Ebi Sukore operating behind them. Armando Colaco started with Marcus Peixoto, Siavash Samenia, Mahesh Gawli, who recovered in time from dehydration and the knock on the head, and Valeriano Rebello in what was a makeshift defence while Nicolau Borges filled in for Clifford Miranda.

The first half was a rather cagey affair as the home side didn’t allow Dempo the space they so crave for to operate.

With Laxmikant Kattimani between the sticks for Dempo, Mumbai players were quite ambitious as they resorted to long range attempts to test the former Vasco lad.

Ranti Martins’ diving header around the half hour mark from a low cross found the back of the net but the linesman surprisingly ruled it off-side much to the dismay of Dempo players.

Colaco introduced Joaquim Abranches at the start of the second session for Nicolau Borges and that turned the tide of the game. Except for an attempt from close range by Henry Ezeh

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Salgaocar 3 E. Bengal 2 Man-of-the-match: Cajetan Fernandes (Salgaocar)

Dempo 1 Mumbai 0 Man-of-the-match: Siavash Samenia (Mumbai)

Cajetan nicely nodded in much to the applause of Salgaocar’s supporters.

Salgaocar’s veteran striker Yakubu Yusif exploited the lack of pace in the centre of Bengal’s defence and confirmed Salgaocar’s victory scoring the matchwinner in the 84th minute.

Following a floater by Rino from the left, saw Yakubu judge the flight of the ball to perfection to coolly head home to the thundering applause from the Salgaocar fans.

Earlier, Bengal’s keeper

Jayanta Pal came to his side’s rescue by fisting away a left footer drive from Rino Anto.

Salgaocar coach Karim Bencherifa and his East Bengal counterpart Trevor James Morgan had verbal exchanges.

Salgaocar coach Karim Bencherifa was all praise for his team which showed greater character.

“The results tell that we dominated the second half.

The team has always shown great character to come back and always carried a fighting spirit. I asked them to put up a better performance to win this match so that we could enjoy the top position on the League table,” Bencherifa stated.

“It is a huge relief and also great satisfaction that everyone worked hard. This victory is one which I can savour with my boss Shivanand Salgaocar,” Bencherifa concluded.

East Bengal coach, Trevor James Morgan was upset that his team conceded needless goals.

“We should have won the match but unnecessarily invited pressure. Although I am happy with our performance yet I am unhappy with the refereeing.

The title race is wide open as we have three matches remaining to play and I believe my side will bounce back after the defeat when we take on Churchill Brothers on Sunday,” concluded Morgan.

Ranti scores winner for Dempo

A second half header by Ranti Martins was enough for Dempo to go past Mumbai FC at Shahu Maharaj Stadium, Kolhapur, Thursday.

in the opening seconds after the break, Mumbai were kept quiet for the next half hour or so.

Beto headed it over the bar from inside the six yards and also in his attempt to place the ball into the top corner once again saw it miss the target.

The goal finally arrived in the 71st minute as Ranti put his head to good use from an

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Abranches cross from the far right after Dempo had taken a short corner.

The final ten minutes saw Dempo not being very adventurous as they stayed in their own half and made it compact at the back. Mumbai FC tried but their attacks lacked the venom as the game ended with Dempo taking away three important points.

To the surprise of those present, the man- of-the-match award was given to Siavash Samenia.

Holiday Club enter semis HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, MAY 19

Holiday Club, Arpora prevailed over Milagres Sports Club 5-3 via the tie-breaker after a 1-1 draw to move into the semi-finals of Saligao United Cup soccer 9-a-side inter-village football tournament organised by Saligao United at Saligao Seminary ground, Thursday. There was no score at half time.

After a goalless first half, Milagres took the lead in the 40th

minute through Joelen Fernandes after intercepting a back pass from Gaurish Naik.

Down by a goal, Arpora fought back and restored parity 10 minutes later through Pradeep Chopdekar off Sanjay Kudalkar’s cross.

In the penalties, Gaurish Niak, Saish Palyekar, Lawrence Rodrigues and Pradeep Chopdekar converted for Arpora while Pascoal Furtado and Norvin Pontis were on target for Milagres.

SPORTS Pg 15 Falcao fires Porto to Europa glory

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Falcao fired Porto to Europa League glory as the Colombia striker capped a remarkable campaign by clinching his side's 1-0 win over Braga in the allPortuguese final in Dublin on Wednesday.

Andre Villas-Boas' side arrived at the Aviva Stadium already crowned as Portuguese champions after a record-breaking domestic season and Falcao's latest heroics brought them an

Guirdolim move past St Anthony HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 19

Guirdolim Sports Club overcame St Anthony Sports Club, Colva 1-0 in FBM soccer organised by Rossman Cruz Sports Club, Nagoa at Nagoa ground, Salcete, Thursday. There was no score at half time.

Crossing over, Guirdolim came up with renewed ideas and scored the match-winner when Clifton D’Costa hit the target.

even greater prize.

It was fitting that Falcao's superb header just before half-time proved the decisive moment as he had smashed Jurgen Klinsmann’s record for most goals in a Europa League campaign earlier in the tournament.

While Falcao's name is now firmly etched in the tournament's history books, it may be that winning the Europa League is only the start of an even more memorable career for Villas-Boas.

At 33 years old, he is the

youngest coach to win a UEFA club competition and he has already surpassed some of the formidable achievements of his mentor Jose Mourinho - the last manager to win this tournament for Porto back in 2003 when Villas-Boas worked as the club's opposition scout.

Since taking charge of Porto last year, Villas-Boas has enjoyed a meteoric rise and he will finish the season with a treble if his team beat Vitoria Guimaraes in the Portuguese Cup final on Sunday.

He is already been courted

by some of Europe's biggest clubs and leading Porto to their first European trophy since the 2004 Champions League may trigger a scramble from the likes of Chelsea, Juventus and Roma to secure his signature.

Villas-Boas took his first tentative steps towards a management career as a teenager when he impressed then-Porto manager Bobby Robson with a letter that made a persuasive case for why he should play a striker called Domingos Paciencia.

England not to vote in FIFA polls

n There are a wellreported range of The English Football Association issues both recent (FA) is to abstain from voting in the upcoming FIFA presidential and current which, election between Sepp Blatter in the view of The and Mohamed Bin Hammam, it FA board, make it was announced Thursday. difficult to support FA chairman David Bernstein said in a statement there were either candidate. a "range of issues" which made -- FA chairman it "difficult" to vote for incumDavid Bernstein bent Blatter or Asian football AFP LONDON, MAY 19

chief Bin Hammam.

"The FA Board has today agreed to abstain in the vote for the Presidency of FIFA," Bern-

stein said.

"There are a well-reported range of issues both recent and current which, in the view of

The FA board, make it difficult to support either candidate.”

"The FA values its relationships with its international football partners extremely highly. We are determined to play an active and influential role through our representation within both UEFA and FIFA. "We will continue to work hard to bring about any changes we think would benefit all of international football." would have seen that the World Cup was in the process of circulating, in Asia (2002), South Africa (2010), Brazil (2014)..."

So it was the ultimate irony that, 17 years later, Villas-Boas should lead Porto out at Lansdowne Road alongside a Braga team managed by Paciencia.

Braga finished 38 points behind Porto as the runaway champions enjoyed an unbeaten league campaign with a record number of points. But Paciencia's underdogs had already shocked Celtic, Sevilla, Arsenal, Liverpool and Benfica this season and they showed no signs of being overawed in the club's first European final.

Ivana advances HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 19

Ivana Furtado is on five points after sixth round in the U-12 girls category in Asian Youth Chess Championship at Subic Freeport, Olongapo City, in Philippines, Thursday.

Ivana got the better of Abdusattorova Bakhora of Uzbekistan. Riya Savant is on four points in the U-12 girls category after beating WCM Kiana Arab of Iran. Anurag Mhamal is on three points in the U-16 open category defeating Casiano Paul Benjamin of Philippines.

Dempo boss in two minds Goa kick off Santosh campaign today on releasing Armando PTI MARGAO, MAY 19

FC Porto’s Colombian forward Falcao celebrates their victory at the end of the UEFA Europa League final at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

St Anthony lift Holy Cross trophy HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 19

St Anthony Sports Club, Colva defeated Ambelim Sports Club 2-0 to emerge champs in 15th Holy Cross inter-village football tournament organised by Holy Cross Sports Club, Vodlemoll, Kakoda in memory of Albert J Fernandes, at Vodlemoll ground, Wednesday.

There was no score at half time.

St Anthony shot into the lead when Dhilon Fernandes netted through a fine header.

John Fernandes doubled the lead when Ambelim’s defence was caught napping just before the final call.

St Anthony were richer by Rs 1,00,000 while Ambelim had to settle for Rs 75,000.

The semi-finalists UC Nerul

and Betalbatim Sporting Club took home Rs 5,000 each.

Following individual prizes were awarded: Best disciplined team Arpora Sporting. First scorer of the finals Dhilon Fernandes (Colva). Man of the finals Dhilon Fernandes (Colva). Best goalkeeper Dulio Andrade (Colva). Best defender of the tournament Luis Rogtao (Betalbatim). Best striker of the tournament Remson Fernandes (Ambelim).

Manohar (Babu) Azgaonkar, Minister for Sports was the chief guest and gave away the prizes in the presence of guest of honour, Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar.

Shyam Satardekar (Curchorem MLA) and Stephen Dias (international footballer) were the special invitees.

Sangolda win HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, MAY 19

Sangolda Lightning scored a comfortable 3-1 victory over Sodiem Sports and Cultural Association to move into the quarter-finals of 18th Pilerne Panchayat Cup All-Goa inter-village football tournament organised by Pilerne Sports Club, at Pilerne ground, Thursday. Sangolda led 3-0 at break.

Dominating the initial proceedings, Sangolda forged ahead in the 14th minute through a penalty converted by Anthony D’Sousa.

Sangolda doubled the lead through Amar Harlankar off a Sarvanand’s throw in the 20th minute.

Sangolda added another one to the scorer’s list through the efforts of Sarvanand in the 26th minute.

Sodiem reduced the margin in the second half through Lloyd.

Dempo Sports Club boss Srinivas V Dempo today said he was in two minds on releasing Armando Colaco, who has been selected by the AIFF to succeed Bob Houghton as India's next National football coach.

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has roped in Colaco, who is associated with Dempo, to replace Bob Houghton and is awaiting a green signal from his club to release him before the executive committee meets in New Delhi tomorrow.

"It's an honour for Dempo that Armando is being considered for the India job. Personally, I

n Personally, I am happy for him, but I am in two minds to release him as he is not only a coach but also a secretary of the team.

-- Srinivas V Dempo am happy for him as well but I am in two minds to release him as he is not only a coach but also a secretary of his team. It's a tough call to make as there are two major factors which needs to be handled," he said.

“At first, there is this coaching issue but since it's a lean season and Mauricio Afonso is as good as anyone else, there should not be a problem on the coaching front,” Dempo said.

"My major concern, though is on the secretarial front. Armando is not just a coach for us but also plays an important role of club secretary. There is so much to do liaising with the AIFF, attending to daily matters, besides we also need to take our alliance with (Danish Club) FC Midtjylland forward," he said adding that a decision on releasing Colaco would be taken only on the day of the executive meeting after a final thought.

GFA serves notice to Benjamin PTI MARGAO, MAY 19

The Goa Football Association (GFA) has sought an explanation from former FIFA referee Benjamin Silva and his namesake, who is an executive committee member of the GCA. “Silva has been accused of “cheating, impersonating and misrepresenting” in an attempt to prolong his international referee-

ing career,” GCA secretary, Alberto Colaco told reporters here.

“The executive committee member has also been held responsible since, according to a complaint by former GFA secretary, Savio Messias, the referee could not have used the birth and school leaving certificate of Benjamin (the EC member) without his consent and knowledge,” he saiii The duo have been provided

with 10 days to file their replies.

Messias in his complaint to the GFA stated that the referee's original birth certificate shows his date of birth as 8-12-1961.

The document, alleged to be the birth certificate of the executive committee member, he submitted for a passport states his birth date as 31-1-1966.

Both Benjamins hail from the same village in South Goa.

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, MAY 19

Goa kick off their Santosh trophy campaign against Railways in Assam, Friday.

In a Group B match, Punjab take on Services. The Goa team trained on Thursday and the

squad is fully fit and ready to play.

“Railways have already played three matches in the qualifiers and are used to the surroundings, but it should not take us too long to acclimatise,” stated Goa coach, Peter Vales.

Maina Curtorim up HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, MAY 19

Maina Curtorim Sports Club got the better of Chicalim Sports Club 4-2 in Fr Chico Bayside Cup inter-village football tournament organised by Candolim Sports Club, at Dr Gustavo Monteiro Stadium, Candolim, Thursday.

Maina forged ahead in the 10th minute through Agnelo off a Diogo move.

Serterro doubled the lead in the 12th minute off a Royston Carneiro pass.

Down by two goals, Chicalim fought back and reduced the margin through Moses off a Sushant’s pass in the 18th minute.

Goaded by success, Chicalim restored parity in the 26th minute through a Diogo header.

Changing over, Maina gathered momentum and regained the lead to go ahead 3-2 in the 40th minute through Serterro. Agnelo rounded off the tally to 4-2 in the 50th minute.

Nerul move into semis HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, MAY 19

Nerul Sporting moved into the semi-finals after defeating St Savio Sports Club, Calangute 53 via the tie-breaker, in Siolim Sodiem Super Soccer at St Anthony’s church ground, Thursday. The match ended 1-1 after normal time.

Five minutes into the second half, Domnic Fernandes opened the account for Nerul.

In the final minute, Janifar Clemente netted the equaliser with a fine shot past the Nerul keeper to send the game into a tie-breaker.

In the penalty shootout,

Avinash Shirodkar, Abdul Khan, Jovito Fernandes, Philip Dias and Sarvesh Dabolkar converted successfully for Nerul. Sherwin, Francis and Alber Gonsalves were on target for Savio.

Carmona ahead

MARGAO (HC) -- Carmona Sports Club beat Fr Agnel Youth Club, Paroda 6-5 via the sudden death to move into the quarterfinals of All-Goa Fr Bento Martins memorial football tournament at Agonda, Thursday. There was no score at full time.

Carmona had the last laugh in the sudden death.

St Anthony’s Colva receiving the winners trophy from Shyam Satardekar in the presence of Aliffa Fernandes, Sanjay Raikar, Stephan Dias and Baburao Dessai.

GFA U-18 2nd Division: Ave Maria AWC v. Orlim SC, Rosary ground, 4 p.m.

GFA U-20 1st Division: Salgaocar SC v. Goa Velha SC, Cansaulim ground; Dempo SC (Jrs) v. Sporting Clube de Goa, Duler Stadium, Mapusa; Vasco SC v. Churchill Brothers SC, Tilak Maidan, Vasco. Kick off 4 p.m.

Rossman Cruz F B M s o c c e r : Fr Agnel SC, Paroda v.

A d a r s h Yu y a k Sangh, Saligao, Nagoa ground, Verna, 4.30 p.m.

Fr Chico Bayside Cup soccer: FC Siolim v. Friends XI, Vaddem, Dr Gustavo Monteiro Stadium, Candolim, 4.30 p.m.

GOA DIARY 7-a-side soccer at Goa Velha

PANJIM (HSD) – St Anthony’s Youth will organise their All-Goa 7-a-side football tournament at Firguem Bhatt ground, Goa Velha from May 23. The winners will walk away with Rs 12,000 while the runners-up will have to be content with Rs 8,000. Details may be obtained from Lesly on 9923296393.

Bodybuilding championship at Mardol

PANJIM (HSD) -- Roofman Constructions under the aegis of Goa Bodybuilding and Fitness Association will organise their All-Goa Bodybuliding Mr Roofman Championship on May 21, at football ground, Mardol. The championship will be held in six different weight categories. Details may

Pilerne Panchayat Cup soccer: Nagoa SC v. Saligao SC, Pilerne ground, 4.30 p.m.

Saligao United Cup soccer: Calangute Association v. Pax of Nagoa SC, Seminary ground, Saligao, 4.30 p.m.

Fr Bento Martins memorial soccer: Curtorim Gymkhana v.

Ambelim SC, Agonda ground, 4.30 p.m.

be obtained from Amod Mardolkar on 823768690 or Mirza Sheikh on 8007361606.

Bodybuilding championship at Ponda

PANJIM (HSD) -- Goa Sena will organise their first All-Goa Mr Goa Sena Bodybuilding Championship under the aegis of Goa Bodybuliding and Fitness Association on May 28, at old bus stand, Ponda. Details may be obtained from Vishant Gawde on 9765995701.

Mandopa inter-village soccer

PANJIM (HSD) -- Mandopa Sporting Club will organise their All-Goa inter-village football tournament from May 25. The winners will take home Rs 30,000 while the runners-up will have to settle for Rs 20,000. Details may be obtained from Claudios on 9822177730, Salvin on 9689994482 or Remmy on 9545925940.

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Kolkata Knight Riders wicketkeeper Shreevats Goswami steps out Pune Warriors batsman Callum Ferguson at The D Y Patil Stadium on the outskirts of Mumbai on Thursday.

Gambhir leads KKR to easy win PTI MUMBAI, MAY 19

Kolkata Knight Riders kept their hopes of qualifying for the IPL play-offs on track with a comfortable seven-wicket victory over out-of-reckoning Pune Warriors at the D Y Patil Stadium here tonight.

The visitors first shackled the home team batsmen with their three-pronged spin attack and restricted the Warriors to a mea-

gre 118 for seven and then reached the target by making 119 for three in 16.4 overs.

Skipper Gautam Gambhir led the victory charge driving with elan in his fine, unbeaten innings of 54 in 46 balls with seven fours while Yusuf Pathan made a brisk 29 in 25 balls to guide the home team to a thumping victory.

Manoj Tiwary made 24 in as many balls earlier.

Pathan, who also took two

Pune Warriors: Jesse Ryder c Tiwary b Pathan 1, Manish Pandey lbw Abdulla 16, Callum Ferguson st Goswami b Shakib 16, Sourav Ganguly c Pathan b Shakib 18, Robin Uthappa c Lee b Pathan 12, Yuvraj Singh c Goswami b Balaji 24, Sachin Rana b Balaji 18, Wayne Parnell not out 1. Extras: 12. Total: 118 for 7. Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-17, 3-44, 4-71, 5-79, 6-113, 7-118. Bowling: Lee 4-0-28-0, Pathan 4-0-23-2, Abdulla 3-0-12-1, Kallis 2-0-18-0, Shakib 4-0-16-2, Bhatia 2-0-11-0, Balaji 1-0-7-2.

Kolkata Knight Riders: G Gambhir not out 54, S Goswami c Uthappa b Thomas 6, Manoj Tiwary b B Kumar 24, Y Pathan c Ganguly b Parnell 29, R Bhatia not out 1. Extras: 5. Total: 119 for 3. Fall of wickets: 7-1, 53-2, 117-3. Bowling: A Thomas 3-0-29-1, W Parnell 4-0-27-1, Rahul Sharma 4-0-29-0, B Kumar 3-0-19-1, Yuvraj Singh 2-0-12-0, S Rana 0.4-0-2-0.

Man-of-the-match: Yousuf Pathan

wickets, was declared the manof-the-match.

The third wicket partnership of 64 runs in 8.1 overs between Gambhir and Pathan, who was out when two runs were needed for victory, laid low the Warriors' lukewarm challenge.

It was the Knight Riders' eighth victory in 13 games and boosted their tally to 16, the same as Mumbai Indians who have one extra game in hand.

The Kolkata franchise would take on Mumbai in their concluding round robin tie on May 22 at home.

Chennai Super Kings (18) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (17) lead the points table while Kings XI Punjab, the only other team in contention, have 14 with one game in hand.

It was yet another pathetic batting display by the Warriors after they were invited to bat first by Knight Riders skipper

Gambhir.

Captain Yuvraj Singh, who came in at number 6, made the top score of 24 in another spineless batting display by the Warriors who have one more game at hand against Kings XI Punjab on Saturday away from home to conclude their debut season.

Chasing the modest score of 118, the Knight Riders lost an

early wicket in opener Sreevats Goswami who fell in the first over. But a first wicket stand of 46 runs between captain Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary (24 in 24 balls) set them off on the track.

Tiwary departed in the eighth over when the score read 53, chopping Bhuvaneswar Kumar on to his stumps. Gambhir and Pathan, who hit three fours and one six, then put on 64 runs to put their side on way to the modest target.

Pathan was especially harsh on the accurate Rahul Sharma and hit the leggie for three fours in two overs to maintain the desired run-rate. He also hooked Bhuvaneshwar Kumar for a six.

Gambhir, who played sensibly, and Pathan made sure that the Warriors did not get a whiff of a come back.

Earlier, the Warriors struggled against the Kolkata spinners on

Mumbai clash with Royals PTI MUMBAI, MAY 19

Still not assured of a place in the next stage of the ongoing IPL, Mumbai Indians would be hoping to book their berth in the play-offs with a win over out-of-contention Rajasthan Royals here tomorrow.

IPL STANDINGS

Though Mumbai are sitting pretty with 16 points from 12 games, they still need one victory out of their remaining two games to secure their place in the four-team play-offs, and the Sachin Tendulkar-led side would be eager to finish off the job tomorrow itself at the Wankhede

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Mumbai cannot afford to wait till the last away league tie against Kolkata Knight Riders on May 22, incidentally the final round-robin game before the play-off phase begins on May 24.

But the Royals, out of running

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for the n e x t phase with only 11 points ahead of their final game, would be equally eager to s t o p Mumbai f r o m clinching TODAY’S FIXTURE t h e Mumbai Indians v. berth, Rajasthan Royals, which 8 p.m. could lead to a no-holds-barred game between the two outfits.

The match would also provide Mumbai an opportunity to avenge their humiliating seven-wicket defeat against Royals in an away encounter in Jaipur last month.

Misbah replaces Afridi as Pak ODI captain

Modi accuses Srinivasan of helping CSK

two-match series against Ireland this month.

Butt said Afridi will play as an ordinary member of the team despite leading Pakistan to a 32 one-day series win over the West Indies earlier this month.

The switch is likely to be seen as punishment for Afridi's public criticism of coach Waqar Younis' alleged interference in team selection.

"Misbah will lead Pakistan in the two matches against Ireland and Afridi will play as a member (of the team) only," t h e Pa k i s t a n Cricket Board (PCB) chairman told a news conference.

Ireland hosts

Lalit Modi, the sacked Indian Premier League commissioner, has accused the Indian cricket board secretary Narayanswamy Srinivasan of going out of his way to favour his franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

Modi said the Chennai Super Kings are such a good team that they can win the IPL without Srinivasan propping them up.

"It's a pity Srinivasan is resorting to all that. CSK is a mighty fine team and can win without any such help," Modi wrote on the social networking site Twitter.

Modi, who in his reply to the IPL charge sheet last year had accused Srinivasan of picking and choosing umpires for Chennai team's matches, said the president-elect of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is brazenly supporting the side.

"Not indirectly, but very directly. Fixing the auction, umpires and now pitch. Just give the damn trophy to CSK," Modi tweeted.

Modi also touched upon the IPL's falling TRP ratings, reaching an all-time low in the fourth edition.

"Just learnt that the ratings for IPL have reached an average of 3.84. Which is the lowest it has ever achieved. Sorry to hear the same."

AFP ISLAMABAD, MAY 19

Pakistan cricket chief Ijaz Butt appointed Misbah-ul-Haq on Thursday to replace Shahid Afridi as one-day captain for a

Pakistan for two matches on May 28 and 30.

The 31-year-old Afridi took over as Pakistan captain last year and guided the team to this year's World Cup semi-final where they lost to India -- who went on to win the tournament.

After the series against the West Indies, Afridi accused Waqar of meddling in team selection upon his return home on May 9.

"Everyone should do his job and should be answerable for his duties," Afridi said. When asked about his differences with Waqar, Afridi replied: "They are not at a stage where we cannot resolve them."

The PCB asked Afridi to explain why he had violated the code of conduct that prohibits players from speaking to the media on team affairs.

Afridi replied by saying he did not name Waqar. On Monday, he left for the United States for a private family visit and will rejoin the team in Ireland.

AGENCIES NEW DELHI, MAY 19

a spinning track that was also a tad too slow for their liking and slumped to 17 for two initially and never recovered from the poor beginning.

Manish Pandey (16), Callum Ferguson (16) and Sourav Ganguly (18) frittered away decent starts along with the under-performing Robin Uthappa (12) after Jesse Ryder was packed off for one in the eighth ball of their innings.

Yuvraj (24) and Sachin Rana (18), playing his first match, gave some late fillip to the sagging innings during their stand of 34 for the sixth wicket – the highest of the innings. But the overall batting effort was clearly below expectations.

All the batsmen struggled to get on the offensive against the visiting team's spin trio of Pathan, Iqbal Abdulla and Shakib Al Hasan who picked up five wickets among them.

Gayle in row with TV media crew PTI BANGALORE, MAY 19

West Indian cricketer Chris Gayle today allegedly pushed a reporter of a regional TV channel and tried to snatch the mike and camera when the media team tried to videograph him while he was shopping, police said.

Angry at the media crew which followed him to one of the shops in Brigade Road here, the explosive batsman, a member of the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) reportedly pushed the reporter and verbally abused the team, police said.

Gayle's bodyguards also allegedly attempted to physically assault the crew members. However, when a number of onlookers gathered and started arguing with the cricketer, he along with his bodyguards sped away in his car.

The team members, who approached City Police Commissioner Jyothiprakash Mirji with an intention to file a complaint against Gayle, was directed to go to Deputy Commissioner (Central Division) G Ramesh and give it in writing.

Mirji told PTI "action will be initiated on whatever the crew gives in writing".

Australia's retiring spin legend Shane Warne on Thursday slammed the hefty fine handed to him during the IPL for a public spat with an official, saying he was paying the price for ‘telling the truth’.

Warne, captain of Rajasthan Royals in the Ind i a n P re m i e r League, was Wednesday f i n e d $50,000 for his part in a row with Sanjay Dixit, secretary of Rajasthan Cricket Association, over the choice of wicket for a home game.

"Not saddened about what happened at all," Warne told CNNIBN news channel. "I got fined for telling the truth. The incident was silly, petty and a bit immature. I won't let this spoil my IPL and the experience I've had."

The 41-year-old leg-spinner rowed with Dixit in front of the television cameras earlier this month over the selection of a new wicket for Rajasthan's home games which offered less turn for the spinners.

Warne said he had no regrets about his bust-up with Dixit.

"No regrets at all because you cannot change the past. I should have gifted Sanjay Dixit a pair of Spinners underwear," he joked, referring to the brand of men's underwear he endorses.

The Aussie star also said the IPL was not the same without Lalit Modi, the sacked former boss of the IPL who is under investigation for corruption.

Dixit had earlier mocked the bowler in a column and also took aim at the controversial blondhaired star over his romance with British model Elizabeth Hurley.

"He (Warne) caused quite a sensation with his long lip-lock in full public view at the time of presentation ceremony of a game which he won," wrote the official.

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BY DOLCY D’CRUZ HERALD FEATURES housands of Goans throng to the beachside to take in the lovely breeze and the gushing waves. Beaches from the North to the South are crowded with people who come to stay in rented rooms for a day or two and enjoy the pleasure of annually visiting the beaches. The elders are more cautious and stay near the shore, just dipping their legs in the water while the children enjoy spending their time building sand castles. The adventurous ones are spotted in the water taking the waves on their back.

For most Goan families across the state, a family visit to the beach is an annual event where the entire family and even extended family get together and spend some quality time on the beach. The elders, especially those ailing with blood pressure and pains, find this time very relaxing and rejuvenating and they think it is a healing touch by the salty water. Dr Sushila Fonseca, a Pathologist from Panjim, says, “I don’t believe that the beach has a healing touch. It is because of the faith that the elders put in their feel good experience to the beach that they make a trip annually. It is still more of a myth than a fact. During the summer season, the water is warm and the salt water is a type of fomentation that makes them feel better for maybe a day or two.

The temperature outside is too hot and the visit to the beach is very cooling. Scientifically, we did not learn anything about visiting the beach to improve health but the salt water fomentation can be a cause for their rejuvenating feeling. Psychologically, when a visit to the beach is mentioned, they start preparing even if it is week later. The outing itself helps them to take some time off and if these visits are more frequent, they might feel even better. They are usually at home so when an outing with the family is introduced, they feel free.”

She further advices, “In the summer season, the elderly should take it easy. The temperature is already hot so they should keep their body cool. They can sit outside and spend some siesta time but don’t work against nature. Too much walking should be avoided especially in the

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Come summer and Goans try everything to keep their body cool, especially visiting the beaches very often. For elders, it is more of an annual ritual to take a dip in the salty water. Herald probes further, speaking to doctors to find out more about this act and its effects heat and a lot of water should be consumed.”

This tradition has been followed for generations now where three to four generations of a family would visit the beach. The women of the house would prepare a meal for the first day of the visit in huge utensils to be sufficient enough for the entire day, the men would accompany the children to the beach. After lunch, the entire family would spend quality time by the seaside and some even had bonfires.

Dr Rufino Monterio says, “Scientifically nothing has been proved so far but the salinity in the water is a major factor for the elders. At this point of time in summer, the water is more warm compared to the rest of the year and the salinity in the water is also high though it decreases after the first rains. These factors when combined give the body a salt fomentation which is good for the elders.

The psychological effect also plays an important role as it is a change for them coming to the seaside. The relaxation they get from it adds to their belief that the beach visit is healing them. I recommend the elderly to have a lot of fluids like fruit juices to keep the body temperature normal in the heat. And avoid being exposed to extreme heat.

If possible, even take a bath twice a day, in the morning and evening, as it is already hot, the body feels cool and it doesn’t affect one’s health compared to the other seasons.”

A Life of Selfless Service A holy man, an educationist, a messenger and a simple, kind man, Father Anil Soares was this and much more. His sad passing away is not just a loss to his people but the Catholic community as a whole

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BY MARIE SOARES n April 28, the day Father Anil Soares died, his sister told me this story: as youngsters together in Poona, his siblings would say “Good heavens, Anil, aren’t you going to sleep?” only to be told “After I've said my prayers". And there Anil would be, a mere stripling of thirteen, kneeling with hands joined, eyes closed, reciting his simple prayers. Anil received the call then, and when he died, aged 66, just a year short of the golden anniversary of his joining the Jesuits, many at his funeral said simply, “He was truly a good priest” - indeed a rare tribute these days, and a well- deserved one.

As one of the eight children of the educationist Edward Soares, founder of the well known St Thomas School, Aldona and Beatrice Soares, a school teacher, it was inevitable that Anil adopted the teaching line after joining the Jesuits at age sixteen. His B Ed and M Ed were done from Pune University and he earned a Masters in English from Loyola University, Chicago. He then served as Principal of St Britto's, Mapusa and of Loyola High School, St Vincents and St Joseph's Night School, Pune. He left his mark on the numerous lives he touched - his students knew him as a strict disciplinarian, but also very fair, impartial and never unkind. The boys enjoyed his English and History classes. The teachers held him in high esteem and the parents found him to be approachable, sincere and genuinely concerned, but completely impervious to inducements and pressure. When he died, he was ‘Socius’ (Assistant and Companion) to the Provincial, a most demanding post, and one he performed with his usual dedication.

Anil's commitment to his priestly calling was evident in his humility and austerity. Despite his family's teasing, he went his simple way, only buying for himself the bare necessities, carrying for years a well-worn cloth bag and wearing large spectacles of ancient vintage! He never had his own bike and only recently acquired a cell phone, which he ‘inherited’ from a fellow priest.

Anil always said he truly enjoyed pastoral work. Whenever possible, he gladly lent a hand in one parish or another. He gave retreats and was Confessor to the nearby religious communities, who found him most approachable, likeable and very kind. He liked to visit the sick and the poor, for whom he had a special concern, and very particularly devoted himself to his priest companions when they were sick and alone.

Serious and earnest though he was, he took childlike delight in social events, and his happy chuckle and good humour are a pleasure to recall.

Though he held positions of authority, he was ever self-effacing and never lost the common touch. In fact, it embarrassed him hugely to be praised and commended.

At his funeral, St Xavier's Church was packed to overflowing with priests, nuns, ex-students and people from all over Pune. They did not come out of duty - there was a palpable feeling of love, deep regard and admiration for this man. There was no eulogy, no paeans of praise and fine oration; just a little voice in people's hearts that said, “This was God's own good man. We were privileged to have known him. How we wish we could be like him.”

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defiance born from the rough and tumble of the streets, a long struggle against an entrenched power system, a stunning blow to the world’s longest ser ving elected Communist government...the script of Mamata Banerjee’s life would do any Greek dramatist proud. It will now be depicted in a jatra, West Bengal’s popular folk theatre form.

Titled Banglar Kshamatay Eibar Mamata (Mamata - Now at the Helm in Bengal), the play on the Trinamool Congress chief will be directed by Kanak Bhattacharya, who has been associated with top Bengali film stars. “It is my humble way of thanking the leader who has always stood up for the poor and the oppressed,” said Bhattacharya, who had planned the jatra well before the assembly polls in West Bengal, where the Trinamool ended the 34-year-long reign of the Left Front.

“After I came out with an advertisement in a Bengali daily March 8, the response I got was tremendous. If there were people who congratulated and wished me for my idea, then there were others who would threaten me with dire consequences. I would often be asked how I could plan such a drama when the polls were yet to start,” he said.

“I replied it’s my gut feeling, my intuition. I had taken a big risk - if she had lost, I would have been ruined. But, fortunately, everything turned out well. Usually such dramas are enacted after people have won, but I did it much in advance; so it was a kind of gamble,” he said.

Mamata Banerjee, who still lives in a bylane of the congested Kalighat locality of Kolkata, will be the first woman chief minister of the state.

On the theme of the drama, Bhattacharya said, “It’s about Banerjee’s political struggle, her political life. How did she reach the ultimate glory? From the attack on her at the Hazra crossing to her giant killing act of defeating Somnath Chaterjee as well as how she was dragged out of the Writers’ Buildings by policemen, all will be included.”

Banerjee had made people sit up and take notice when she upset Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) heavyweight Somnath Chatterjee in the 1984 Lok Sabha elections from Jadavpur constituency.

In 1992, Banerjee, then a union minister, had stormed the state secretariat, the Writers’ Buildings, dragging a rape victim along. In the then chief minister Jyoti Basu’s absence, she sat on the floor in front of his chamber, demanding a meeting with him. After three hours of persuasion failed, police personnel forcibly lifted Mamata and bundled her out of the building. Bhattacharya said he had bought two books on the life of Banerjee, 57, for the script that is yet to be finalised.

Although most of the actors are more or less finalised, the actress for the lead role is yet to be confirmed.

Bhattacharya also said Banerjee’s agitation against forcible acquisition of land in Singur and Nandigram will be the centrepiece of the play. The three-hour long play would culminate with her getting the chief minister’s chair.

The director, who is working day and night on the play, is yet to inform Banerjee. “I haven’t informed her yet, but I will invite her at the inaugural show,” he said. The first show is planned for Aug 15.

“It was the day when India got independence. As Bengal is also now independent, I have chosen that day,” added Bhattacharya, talking on the same lines as Banerjee who had said soon after defeating the Left Front that Bengal had found freedom again.

Courtesy: IANS

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MahaQuizzer 2011, the seventh edition of the National Solo Quiz Championship conducted by the Karnataka Quiz Association will be held on May 29 at 9.30am at the College of Pharmacy, Panjim. Call 9823362217.

‘Quest for Promoting Tourism between Goa and Sri Lanka’, will be the topic of the lecture to be given by Prasad Kariyawasam, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in India on May 30 at 5.30pm at the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. It is organised by the International Centre Goa and the International Centre for Excellence to Promote South-South Co-operation.

Call 9765404391 or 2452805-10. Email prog@incentgoa.com.

‘Role of Judiciary in Good Governance’, lecture II of the series of lectures on Good Governance, organised by the International Centre Goa will be held on May 20 at 6pm at the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. It is free and open to all. Call 9765404391.

Five-Sunday social ballroom classes, organised by Clube Harmonia will begin on May 22 from 10.30am to 1pm at Clube Harmonia, Margao. Call 9823014397.

Know Thy King, a 12-hour journey through some of Goa’s best King Cobra habitats, organised by Herp-active will be held on May 22. E-mail ophidian_nirmal@yahoo.co. Call 9822586918.

A collection of holy pictures and religious memorabilia belonging to the late Amalia Aida de Santa Rita Vas, and photographs of all the parish churches of Goa from the book

by Jose Lourenco will be on display till May 22 at the Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa. Visit www.museumofchristianart.com. E-mail museumofchristianart@gmail.com.

Call 2285299.

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HOROSCOPE begin on May 23 at the Goa University, Taleigao plateau, Taleigao. Call 6519048..

‘Matters of the Art’, organised by the Sunday Evening Quiz Club and the Museum of Christian Art will be held on May 22 at 5pm at the Museum of Christian Art. Visit www.museumofchristianart.com. E-mail museumofchristianart@gmail.com.

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A workshop in cold ceramics, organised by Ramdas Gadekar will be held from May 23 to 28 at Sunaparanta – Goa Centre for the Arts, Altinho-Panjim. E-mail info@sgcfa.org. Call 2421311.

Free public sessions on rhythmic breathing, organised by the Rhythmic Breathing Club, Goa will be held in the month of May. Registration is open. E-mail veebee200303@yahoo.co.in.

Call 9422443421.

Free Summer Special animation classes, organised by Arena Animations will be held during the course of May at MGM Animations Academy, Panjim. It will cover creative art and sketching and computer fundamentals. Registration is open. E-mail mgmanimations @gmail.com. Call 2225153, 9823013484 or 9823611824 With the 3rd anniversary of VLCC Margao the fitness shop gives out special offers. A forty per cent discount will be applied to all slimming and beauty programmes.

This offer will be valid till May 20 and 21. This offer is valid at the centres in Margao and Panjim.

‘Discover Margao Treasure Hunt’, organised by Goan Shutterbugs in association with the Margao Cricket Club will be held on May 29 at 3pm at Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margao. Call 9881533456 or 9822151419.

‘Creating Positivity Within’ is the topic of the one-day training workshop, conducted by the Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD) Goa Chapter to be held on May 27 at Goa Shipyard Officer’s Club, Chicalim. Email istdgoa@rediffmail.com.

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Adding Glamour to the Traditional Professions of Goa Photo by Siddesh Mayenkar

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BY DOLCY D’CRUZ HERALD FEATURES fter her fashion show which gave a new platform for khadi garments, Verma D’Mello is back to say ‘salaam’ to Goa, through her new collection, ‘Salam Goenkar’. Verma is shortly going to present the collection in a fashion show in Goa. The collection has drawn an inspiration from the lives and professions of people from the rural areas of Goa. Traditional professions like farmers, coconut pluckers, bakers and fishermen play and even often forgotten occupations like cane makers and shell-craft workers will be brought into focus through this collection.

“Goans are all talented but very few of them are brought to the forefront. ‘Salam Goenkar’ is a salute to ‘amche Goem’.

Through this collection, I have tried to make every profession glamorous. Why should a Kunbi sari be worn only as a sari? I have changed it to a cocktail dress. I have visited every village and seen how these villagers live and yet are happy. I want to make them happy and feel wanted, right from the ‘pavwallas’,

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Goa’s Handicrafts go on a Grand Display Babita Naik and Manisha Naik Kanchi Shah

HERALD FEATURES he Margao Crafts Festival 2011 was inaugurated on May 18, 2011 at the hands of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi in the presence of Digambar Kamat, Chief Minister, Sameer Salgaonkar, Chairperson, GHRSSIDC, Asha D Kamat and other dignitaries. Before the inauguration ceremony, a group of traditional folk dancers escorted the dignitaries from the Pandava Chapel Junction to the venue, the Costa Grounds.

The Festival, organised by the Goa Handicrafts, Rural Small Scale Industry Development Corporation (GHRSSIDC) in association with Kalashree Sameer Salgaonkar Asha Kamat and Sushila Naik Mahila Mandal, Margao is a part of the state’s celebration of the completion of 50 years of Liberation. It also celebrates the achievements of traditional Goan craftsmen and artisans. The 130 stalls displayed works from select handicraftsman and artisans from all over Goa. Goa Chitra, the ethnographic museum set up a special gallery depicting the evolution of Goan crafts and artistic traditions. A seminar, titled, ‘Problems and Prospects associated with Traditional Coconut Craft and Toddy Tappers Trade’ was also held. Big Foot, Lotoulim also set up a special depiction of Goa’s traditional craftsman community and conducted a brief session on the preservation and conservation of the traditional art forms of Goa. Besides, the event will witness various activities like seminars, workshops, competitions, live demonstrations, guidance sessions for the benefit of women and self help groups, as well as entertainment and cultural programmes and competitions.

On May 22, Digambar Kamat will lay the foundation stone of the proposed ‘Sourcing Hub’ near Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. This project will provide artisans with an opportunity to showcase and market their products and designs. Prizes of the handicraft competition will be distributed at the hands of Kamat on the Maendra Alvares from Big same day.

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‘render’, ‘xetkars’ to bring to focus their true struggles in life,” said Verma at a press conference.

The fashion show ‘Salam Goenkar’ will be held in Goa and models from Goa and Mumbai will walk the ramp including two village girls who have been groomed and choreographed

by Charmaine Shackelton. Forty-two outfits including 12 nonwearable outfits will be showcased through four rounds on the ramp. Goan hand-woven fabrics as well as handicrafts items like cane products, shells and fish have been used for the outfits. “For my research I visited villages like Sanvordem, Bainguinim, Collem, Mangueshi and Bicholim besides a few others.

Each place is known for their works. “Each outfit has a Goan element to it. Some outfits are very entertaining and add drama to the show. I made an outfit out of cane and added corn as embellishment. The outfit was completely ready and the next day I found it eaten by rats. I was so annoyed and wondered how those farmers were living in tiled houses. So I have made the same type of outfit and added something new for effect on the ramp,” said Verma.

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TIATR REVIEW

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BY ELVIS SEQUEIRA HERALD FEATURES scene or a song lashing out at the politicians for their misdeeds has become a regular feature of tiatrs, as tiatr lovers relish every punch-line that is delivered to their elected representatives by the tiatrists through songs and acts. Comedian Agostinho’s tiatr Public marches a step ahead in this direction – it lambastes both, the takers as well as the givers as far as corruption is concerned.

We cry hoarse that system is corrupt, but we fail to identify the source of this malaise and eradicate it – even to a slight extent even if not all at once. Comedian Agostinho gives a clarion call to the public to rise and fight against corruption.

But the moot point is, will the thunderous applause that Public gets at the end of every scene turn into action or will we elect the same bunch of looters by selling our votes for a paltry 500 rupee note? This is a million dollar question.

Comedian Agostinho’s cast of seasoned artistes such as Jaju, Salu de Loutolim, Jr Nelson, Janet, Xeneda, Filipe Almeida, P Cabral, Peter and others have all done justice to their given roles. Comedian Agostinho portrays the character of the main protagonist leading the fight against corruption and performs his role with élan. He tries to deliver his message not by preaching but in a very light way so that people can understand and act on his message. He also performs comic acts along with the seasoned comedian Selvy and comedienne Janet also has a double act in an interesting character as a lady Sarpanch.

Public also has a number of interesting songs by Francis de Tuem, Jr Nelson, P Cabral, Janet, Filipe, Xeneda, Salu de Loutolim and Comedian Selvy. Amongst the solos, Francis de Tuem’s solo on the medium of instruction, Jr Nelson’s solo on the recent Japan Tsunami, P Cabral’s solo on the ill effects of alcohol, along with Comedian Selvy’s comic solo stand out. Francis-Selvy-Jr Nelson trio sing a parody on the tariff at the Delhi parliament canteen with an authentic scene displayed. Salu-Filipe-Jr Nelson-Jaju (chouko) and the ladies’ duo of Xeneda and Janet also deserve a special mention. The music for Public has been written, arranged and played by Mestre Agnelo Dias (Trumpet) along with Sherrif (Keyboards), Arif (Bass guitar) and Jack (Drums).

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Rochnnar

BY JOEL E f man has faith in God, then he can move mountains, but if he believes only in his strength and intelligence, then he should expect the unexpected. This is the message conveyed by John D’Silva in his drama Rochnnar. Dr Melwin (Joe) is a renowned cardiologist, who runs his private hospital successfully. There are patients at his doorstep seeking his advice or receiving treatment to their ailments. He believes that his fame and success is out of sheer hard work and intellect.

When Savita (Mita) decides to interview him on HCN channel, he confesses that he does not believe in the existence of God and he has his own valid reasons to support his statement. His revelation about God upsets most of his patients. They tend to lose faith in him and there is a gradual decline of patients visiting his hospital.

Dr Melwin’s wife Ria (Roma) as well as his close friend Nixon (Peter de Pedda) make all efforts to convince him about God, but everything proves futile. Upset with the decline of patients at his hospital, Dr Melwin decides to take a break and proceeds to Chennai on a three-month holiday along with his wife.

He returns with yet another false proclamation that he was suffering from cancer and as he was healed from that dreaded disease, he believes in God. That revelation prompts patients to return to his hospital and he prospers again in his medical profession.

Over a period of time, Dr Melwin suffers from cancer and he is convinced by his driver Salvador (John D’Silva), besides his wife and friend, to believe in the creator and repent for his mistrust in God. What steps does Dr Melwin take to gain back his health? Who steps in to throw more light on the power of God? Does Dr Melwin recover from cancer? What is his final public statement?

John D’Silva has made concrete efforts to show the power of the mighty and the introduction of the Holy Bible convinces the audience to have staunch faith in God. Through various instances, stress is laid on faith in God. Child artistes John (Benhur) and Joe (Jonas) as new entrants on the Konkani stage have done justice to their short roles.

Dr Pio (Anthony San) plays a convincing role, besides Roma and Joe have a fair deal in their respective characters as husband and wife. Comic interludes by John D’Silva and Nato are worth watching.

Songs rendered by Roma (Ostoreo tiatramni), Joe (Maim-paiche tras), Anthony San/Roma (Satvo sacrament), S (Lemos Krikett khell), Anthony San (Panch bottam), John D’Silva (Sun gharant) are worth listening to as they convey a message to the viewers. Music for the songs was provided by Philip de Sanvordem and his troupe.

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ctor Shah Rukh Khan is apparently trying to gain the weight that he had lost while shooting continuously in a specially made superhero suit for his upcoming film. Sources say that the suit, which cost him about Rs 4 crores, used to heat his body up quickly, resulting in rapid weight loss. Sources also say that SRK had lost close to seven kilos as he used to wear the suit all day long while shooting.

“I have lost a lot of weight and Gauri (his wife) is trying to make me gain the lost weight fast. So, yes, I am eating a lot these days,” says Shah Rukh, confirming the fact that he is on an eating binge these days.

Shah Rukh says that he is working out a lot too. “I really had to work hard to lose those kilos for my superhero role. At this point of time, I am working doubly hard to regain all that weight that I had lost. And Gauri is ensuring that I do that,” he adds.

Shah Rukh has said previously that his favourite food is chicken and whenever he is at home, Gauri ensures that he gets his full of just that.

“Shah Rukh has a very cute way of eating. Whenever he is very hungry, he will take a lot of food on his plate. But he will never take a second helping. He will finish all that is on his plate in one go,” says a source close to Khan.

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he heat is on for Murder 2. Well, literally. The much anticipated sequel of the Emraan Hashmi-Mallika Sherawat has been making news for its sexual quotient, so much so that even before the first look of the Mohit Suri directed film is yet to be out, there are already talks of the Bhatt franchise to be not just shocking in content but also going the next level when it comes to explicit scenes involving Emraan and Jacqueline Fernandez.

When Jacqueline was asked about this, she said, “What you see on the screen is definitely not graphic. The only slight element that you would see in Murder 2 around these lines is me being a pin up girl but that’s about it.

The character I play may be a pin-up model but she is not cheap. She is someone who is successful in her own way in whatever she does. She is not crass though; she is doing a job that is paying her well.”

On a parting note, Jackie adds, “If you are expecting no holds barred nudity then that’s not the case. It would be shocking nevertheless.”

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Michael Sheen romancing Rachel

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elsh actor Michael Sheen publicly confirmed his romance with actress Rachel McAdams saying she is not only “warm and friendly”, but “very funny”. “Yeah, we’re together. She’s talented, intelligent, beautiful. She’s warm and friendly. She’s very supportive, and very kind, very funny. She makes me laugh a lot.

Hopefully, I have some of those qualities as well,” said Sheen.

Mcadams and Sheen have been dating since they met on the sets of Midnight In Paris, but the couple never admitted their relationship.

However the 32-year-old actress, who was engaged to her Notebook co-star Ryan Gosling before calling off their three-year relationship in 2007, said they didn’t plan to keep their romance a secret.

“I don’t think it was planned one way or the other.”

Jennifer Lawrence determined to show Curves in X-men Prequel

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ennifer Lawrence refused to look like a “prepubescent 13year-old boy” when she appeared in the buff in X-Men: First Class. The 20-year-old actress, who plays shape-shifting mutant Mystique in the superhero prequel, appears naked apart from blue body paint in numerous scenes in the film and she was determined viewers would see her with womanly curves.

She said: “I knew that if I was going to be naked in front of the world, I wanted to look like a woman and not a prepubescent 13-year-old boy. I’m so sick of people thinking that’s what we’re supposed to look like.”

Jennifer is proud of her shapely figure and will eat whatever she likes, even though she knows it’s a rare occurrence in Hollywood.

Despite her new-found fame, Jennifer, who was up for the Best Actress award for her role in Winter’s Bone, is still uncomfortable with being treated like a star. “When you’re on set, everybody’s like, ‘Oh, do you need water? Here’s 45 bottles!’

It’s really bizarre ... I’m still getting used to it. I’m still in wonderland,” she said.

Yoga offers Tremendous Relief for Women with Breast Cancer

Sunshine plays Vital Role in Protecting Kids from Asthma

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new research from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre has indicated that for women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy, yoga offers unique benefits beyond fighting fatigue. While simple stretching exercises improved fatigue, patients who participated in yoga that incorporated yogic breathing, postures, meditation and relaxation techniques into their treatment plan experienced improved physical functioning, better general health and lower cortisol (stress hormone) levels. They also were better able to find meaning in their cancer experience.

The findings are the latest in an ongoing effort to scientifically validate the age-old belief that mindbody interventions have a beneficial impact on the health of cancer patients. The research was conducted in collaboration with India’s largest yoga research institution, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana in Bangalore, India.

“The combination of mind and body practices that are part of yoga clearly have tremendous potential to help patients manage the psychosocial and physical distress associated with treatment and life after cancer, beyond the benefits of simple stretching,” said Lorenzo Cohen, professor and director of the Integrative Medicine Program at MD Anderson.

According to Cohen, developing a yoga practice also helps patients after completing cancer treatment.

“The transition from active therapy back to everyday life can be very stressful as patients no longer receive the same level of medical care and attention. Teaching patients a mind-body technique like yoga as a coping skill can make the transition less difficult,” said Cohen.

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new study led by Valencian researchers has shown that children who live in colder, wetter cities are at greater risk of suffering from asthma, since there are fewer hours of sunlight in such places. “Prolonged exposure to the sun can cause cancer, but it’s also dangerous to avoid it. There has to be a balance between the pros and cons,” said Alberto Arnedo-Pena, an epidemiologist at the Public Health Centre in Castellón and lead author of the research, which is part of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), led by Luis García Marcos of the University of Murcia.

In fact, 90 per cent of our vitamin D is synthesised through exposure to the sun. This vitamin, which can be found in various cell receptors, is usually found at lower levels in people with asthma. The study results show that there is a higher prevalence of this illness among children in wetter places with less sun.

“Although we need more studies on this issue – this hypothesis is not even five years old – it is clear that an average level of sun exposure is important for the assimilation of vitamin D, a compound that is extremely important in preventing illnesses such as asthma, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases,” added Arnedo-Pena.

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Hacking to soon be made Ineffective!

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omputer passwords are never fully secure. Hackers have by all means and ways taken advantage of security loopholes, as can be seen by the increasing number of websites and databases that are compromised everyday. But now, computer scientists from Beirut have pioneered a new approach called Key-Pattern Analysis (KPA), to verify passwords that also takes into account the speed with which a user types in their login and the gaps between characters would render a stolen password useless.

Ravel Jabbour, Wes Masri and Ali El-Hajj of the American University of Beirut, in Lebanon has incorporated ‘intra’ timing that measures how long each key remains depressed, which they say gives them the beat of the typing and is a much more robust parameter.

The program gathers information about how the user is typing in their password by recording the electronic signals from a standard keyboard as keys are pressed and released. It then compares the pattern of the password typed with a pre-stored pattern recorded when the account is initially setup.

A user would be expected to repeatedly type their password at the login registration stage to record a reproducible typing pattern. The validation algorithm then looks at the various parameters, intra and inter timing the relationships between two keys (digraph), three keys (trigraph) and up to the number of keys that are the password length.

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