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N-bill faces hurdles from BJP, Left Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

— Samuel Johnson

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Tharoor weds Sunanda in Kerala

Stranded Indians in Libya to return A batch of 62 Indians, who got stuck up in Libya, will come back to the country tomorrow after the government took up the matter with Tripoli and facilitated their return.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said 116 Indians were stranded in Benzami near Tripoli, capital of Libya, for want of documents.

“Among these, 54 Indians, majority Punjabis, have already returned. The next batch of 62 Indians will arrive in New Delhi from Tripoli on Monday,” she said. — (PTI)

Cloned buffalo ‘Garima-II’ born More than a year after it successfully managed to clone a buffalo calf, the National Dairy Research Institute at Karnal has repeated the feat with the birth of a second calf.

The bovine was cloned using the advanced hand-guided technique, Dr A K Srivastava, Director, NDRI, Karnal, said.

— (PTI)

PTI PALAKKAD, AUG 22

Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor today tied the knot with Dubai-based entrepreneur Sunanda Pushkar in a typical Malayali wedding ceremony in his ancestral home at Elavanchery village near here.

Fifty-four-year-old Tharoor, a former UN Under Secretary General and now a Lok Sabha MP, tied the ‘thali’, symbolising the marital bond as per the Hindu custom, amid playing of ‘Nadaswaram’ and beating of drums at the auspicious moment shortly before 8.30 am.

While Tharoor was clad in traditional Malayali attire of kurtha and mundu, 48-year-old Sunanda, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, turned up in an off-white ‘veshti-mundu set’ like any Malayali bride would have preferred on her wedding.

Before the wedding ceremony, the two sought the blessings of gods and elders of the family, who included Tharoor’s 94-year-old maternal grandmother Jayasankari Amma.

PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

Two days before it is moved in Parliament, the Nuclear Liability Bill today ran into fresh trouble with the BJP and the Left parties slamming the government for “diluting” the suppliers’ liability through changes in the draft legislation.

The BJP and the Left parties have apprehensions over an amendment in the Bill which they feel protects foreign companies and domestic private players in the event of a nuclear accident caused by gross negligence or defective supplies on their part.

“We are very clear that the scope of Clause 17 (B) (relating to suppliers’ liability) cannot be diluted,” BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said.

“We need that to be addressed and if it is being diluted by this amendment which the Government has cleared in the Cabinet, BJP will stand up and object to it,” she added.

The Left was categorical that it would not give its nod to such a change in the text of the Civil Nuclear Bill.

In a joint statement, the Left parties criticised the new amendments proposed by the Government which, according to them, would make it impossible to ascribe liability to suppliers of equipment for nuclear plants.

“The formulation of 17 (b) proposed in the amendment is in fact worse than the provision contained in the original bill,” CPI(M) General Secretar y

Prakash Karat, CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan, Forward Bloc leader Debabrata Biswas and Abani Roy of the Revolutionary Socialist Party said in a statement.

The amendments to the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 proposed by the Government not only goes against the grain of the crucial recommendations of the Standing Committee, but also seeks to further dilute the provisions of the original bill to protect the interests of the foreign suppliers of nuclear equipment and domestic private players, they said.

However, the Congress said that the Bill was still a “work in progress” and Government was open to build the “widest possible consensus” by taking on board concerns voiced by political parties.

We are very clear that the scope of Clause 17 (B) (relating to suppliers’ liability) cannot be diluted.

We need that to be addressed — BJP The formulation of 17 (b) proposed in the amendment is in fact worse than the provision contained in the original bill.

— Left parties

Match point? Soccer brings Faleiro, Sardinha together HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 22

A football match at Fatorda grounds on Sunday evening brought Congress stalwarts under a common platform, but the assembly also raised eyebrows in the camp of Salcete’s powers that be.

The odd man out on the platform might have been BJP Fatorda MLA Damu Naik, but the presence of Congress Working Committee member Luizinho Faleiro and South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha was enough to give anxious moments to their detractors. And, not to mention Congress Mahila Chief Monica Dias, former MLA and Minister, Luis Alex Cardozo, besides Councilor Piedade Norohna – the bete noire of GPCC general secretary Vijay Sardessai.

The assembly of these political stalwarts comes against the backdrop of reports that the former Navelim MLA, Luizinho Faleiro might throw his hat in the ring in the next Assembly hustings in either Fatorda or Navelim.

But, apparently aware that his presence at the football venue

WHAT’S COOKING: CWC member Luizinho Faleiro makes a point as South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha lends his ear at the football finals at Fatorda on Sunday.

Photo by Sidharth Mehta.

may be kick off a row of sorts, Faleiro sought to play down his presence by saying that he is on the platform given his long relationship with late Assis Norohna – in whose memory the soccer tourney was organized by the Late Assis Norohna memorial Trust. Faleiro took the opportunity to pay rich tributes to Assis, saying it’s difficult to get good contractors like Assis in the present times and recalled his participation in many a movement, including language, statehood, for recognition of

rights of the OBCs and STs. Incidentally, when these stalwarts were busy watching the football match at Fatorda, the GPCC general secretary was at the Chowgule grounds, attending another football final.

“I don’t see much in the assortment of political leaders at Fatorda this evening. Faleiro is a seasoned politicians and I don’t expect him to make inroads in a constituency by attending a football match”, he said.

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Locals wade through knee-deep waters to reach home after the mass at St Anne’s Church, Agonda. Heavy downpour which continued till Sunday morning raised alarm bells after the three major rivers — Galgibaga, Talpona and Saleri — flowed above the danger mark. The flooding gave villagers the shivers of the devastating flood that hit Canacona on October 2, 2009 which rendered hundreds of villagers homeless.

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BJP to tap minority vote to boost base HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 22

With an eye on the forthcoming Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party has tentatively chalked out its strategies, one of which includes reaching out to minority groups in Goa. Addressing the media for the first time after taking charge of Goa desk Arti Mehra said the party will hold interactions with Christian religious leaders including Archbishop of Goa in an endeavor to boost minority vote.

“I am holding an interaction at Fr Agnel Ashram where I will make a presentation for its stu-

Pentagon played ‘role’ in rape charge: Assange PTI NEW YORK, AUG 22

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange believes that the Pentagon could be behind the false rape charges that were filed against him on Friday by Swedish prosecutors and then withdrawn after a few hours.

“I don’t know who’s behind this but we have been warned that, for example, the Pentagon plans to use dirty tricks to spoil things for us”, Assange told Swedish daily Aftonbladet.

So far, Pentagon has not reacted to the charge.

The website is set to publish 15,000 more secret papers about the war in Afghanistan in coming weeks, having recently released nearly 77,000 papers and sparking charges that it had endangered the lives of informants and others.

The information supported existing suspicions like Pakistan’s ISI links with extremists and extra-judicial killings by US forces.

Assange has been asked by the Pentagon not to release another 15,000 documents, which has blasted him for endangering the lives of local informers in Afghanistan mentioned in the documents.

India @ 78th in best country list PTI NEW YORK, AUG 22

India ranks 78th on the World’s Best Countries’ list compiled by Newsweek magazine, which placed nations on the basis of health, education, economy and politics.

Among India’s neighbours, China is ranked 59th, Sri Lanka is placed at 66th position, while Bangladesh and Pakistan has been placed at 88th and 89th spots respectively.

Japan, South Korea and Singapore are the only three Asian countries in the top 20.

The top four positions go to Finland, Switzerland, Sweden and Australia while the United States comes in at 11th with Germany at 12th and the United Kingdom at 14th.

INDIA’S REPORT CARD Described as a big country with 1.2 billion people with a small per capita income of USD 1,170 per capita.

Got 2.5 for freedom of expression, political participation and electoral processes from Freedom House with 1 being the highest score.

In the ‘ease of doing’ business category, India was placed at 133.

“In Newsweek’s first-ever Best Countries special issue, we set out to answer a question that is at once simple and incredibly

complex. If you were born today, which country would provide you the ver y best opportunity to live a healthy,

safe, reasonably prosperous and upwardly mobile life?”, writes Rana Foorohar, deputy editor.

The rankings are based on performance in areas such as education, health, economic dynamism and quality of life.

India is described as a big country with 1.2 billion people with a small per capita income of USD 1,170 per capita.

India gets 2.5 for freedom of expression, political participation and electoral processes from Freedom House with 1 being the highest score. Pakistan scores low with 4.5.

In the ‘ease of doing’ business category, India gets 133rd rank, according to World Bank, which puts 1 as the best place to do business.

Top brass to be told of scams

dents. We want to shed the misconception of being tagged as a communal political party…for this we are holding interactions with Christian religious leaders and subsequently other minority religious groups to correct the party’s image. We need such sensitization programs to ensure BJP more seats”, she said.

Mehra, also BJP National Secretary admitted the party sensed the need to reach out to the Christian community to help increase minority votes by at least five per cent.

“Christians comprise of nearly 30 per cent of the Goan

Even as the State BJP leaders have been instrumental in exposing several multi-core scams from ministries in the Congress Government, its failure to directly hold Chief Minister Digambar Kamat responsible will have to be answered to its Central leadership.

In her reply to a media question, BJP National Secretary Arti Mehra said that she would ask

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Cops gearing up for Babri verdict With the verdict in the Ayodhya case expected to be pronounced next month, the district administration is busy with finalising plans to deal with any law and order problem. — (PTI)

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 22

To be a MLA of this constituency, swimming is mandatory sir!!

BlackBerry told to install server or close messenger PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

The Government has conveyed to the BlackBerry makers to install its server in India for tracking its messenger and enterprise mail service as the offer made by it to provide data from its Canada-based server could be detrimental to national security.

Officials of BlackBerry maker RIM (Research In Motion) had offered to provide information on a deferred basis after it faced the threat of a shutdown of the core features by August 31 if security agencies cannot gain ac-

cess to heavily encrypted corporate email sent on a Blackberry handset.

The RIM had provided an option to the security agencies and officials of the Home Ministry that they could hand over the details of BlackBerry phones needed to be monitored and the firm in turn will

decrypt the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and BlackBerry Enterprise mail Service (BES) of the smart phones in question, sources in the Telecom Ministry said.

The RIM officials were ready to provide the information initially manually and later through a non-human interface using the “cloud computing environment” method under which a separate wall created in the server and code and pass-code is handed over to the overall coordinator, in this case India, the sources said.

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Nuvem locals want highway woes addressed by NHAI

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 22

Nuvem villagers on Sunday unanimously opposed demolition of age old religious struct u re s a l o n g t h e N a t i o n a l Highway and demanded that officials of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) come down to the village and explain the NH-17 alignment passing through the village.

At the Sunday gram Sabha meeting, villagers expressed concerned over the NH-17 alignment and demanded that NHAI officials be invited and explain in detail the proposed alignment and other aspects of the highway.

Villagers raised apprehensions that the proposed highway

may result in demolition of structures and asked the Panchayat body to invite the NHAI officials at the earliest.

As far as the age old religious structures are concerned, the gram Sabha strongly opposed demolition of these age old structures saying they have been existing on the survey records for decades now.

Deputy Sarpanch Menino Mascarenhas told newsmen after the meeting that the Panchayat body would immediately write a letter to the PWD and NHAI to have a meeting with the villagers at the earliest. “Till such time, the NHAI or PWD explains the villagers on the alignment, people will oppose the

highway proposed by the government”, he added.

Local activist Gregory Pereira informed that the villagers will not allow the highway in Nuvem till they are explained the alignment by PWD and NHAI. He suggested that since the Nuvem stretch of the highway has been a site of many a road accident, the government should serious consider the possibility of building a flyover or underground channel for heavy traffic. “To avoid road accidents, the government should consider building flyover or an underground channel in the village”, he added.

The gram Sabha also deliberated on the health situation in the state, with officials of the

Loutolim Primary Health Centre briefing the members on vector borne diseases. Regarding the discharge of soakpit waters in the drainage at Cupem, the Panchayat has promised to initiate action within 24 hours.

The gram Sabha also deliberated on the disposal of medical waste along the village boundary with Margao and called for action against the miscreants.

The increasing number of thefts in the village and the inability of the police to crack the burglaries also figured at today’s meeting. The deputy Sarpanch assured the villagers that the Panchaayt would issue notice to the concerned persons to stop the illegal bore wells.

Uproarious scenes at Cansaulim meet HERALD CORRESPONDENT CORTALIM, AUG 22

Uproarious scenes were witnessed at the Cansaulim gram sabha with the members nearly coming to blows.

The incident happened when a proposal which was read by a resident was refused to be incorporated in the minutes by a section of the members since it was not placed on the agenda.

Sheila Gracious along with other members strongly objected to the inclusion in the minutes since it was not placed on the agenda and which according to them was in violation of Panchayati Raj Act. She said that the proposal could be taken up after all items on the agenda were taken up.

However, some members including Panch Martha Saldanha supported the inclusion saying that the proposal was of a development nature.

When Gracious took the mike to speak on the subject, some

members began booing at her.

At this stage, Sarpanch Jose Manuel Fernandes announced that the meeting could not go ahead in such an atmosphere and adjourned the meeting.

Soon after the announcement, one Andrian Almeida came charging at Doctor Marconi Corriea. However, some members intervened and after some commotions brought the situation under control. Later, the police were also called in to maintain law and order.

Earlier, Gracias demanded that some wordings which were left out being incorporated in the minutes. She said that the wordings "... stop work order being issued to the builder immediately since the construction was in dispute as there was a letter from the TCP asking submission of fresh plans as ..." had to be incorporated which the sarpanch agreed.

However, the builder one Babloo demanded that the re-

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quest of incorporating the wordings be passed by the gram sabha. This was however turned down since the resolution was passed at the last gram sabha and the matter was not needed to be placed before the gram sabha afresh.

On the issue of the blockage of road leading to Park Hayat Hotel, Gracias wanted the action taken report on the directions of the Dy Collector Levinson Martins.

The sarpanch informed Gracias that he could not intervene in the matter since the deputy collector had issued directives to the police to ensure compliance of his order.

However, Verna PI J Dalvi when contacted told Herald that the job on the police is only to

ensure protection. The work of removing blockade or speed breakers is the job of other departments to execute.

Later, speaking to Herald Andrian Almeida accused the doctor of abusing him. He said the doctor being an educated person.

Almeida said that with every developmental projects including market being opposed in the village, the youth had now come forward which was evident in Sunday’s gram sabha and also during the last ZP elections which ensured that the candidate backed by their MLA Mauvin Godinho was elected with a convincing margin.

However, the doctor could not be contacted on his phone for his comments.

Three Canacona rivers in spate HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, AUG 22

Heavy rains on Saturday night saw all the three major rivers and other rivulets in Canacona overflowing above the danger mark on Sunday morning.

The rains that commenced on Saturday evening continued non-stopped till Sunday morning, while the gushing waters from mountainous terrains of the taluka, the rivers swollen, submerging all the low-lying areas, especially in the taluka’s rivulets.

The three major rivers Galgibaga, Talpona and Saleri flowed almost at the danger mark, while most of the lowlying areas on the banks of rivulets at Loliem, Poinguinim, Devabhaga and Agonda remained submerged with water racing onto the streets and some residential areas.

Parishioners attending early

morning masses were the most affected, as only thin presence was witnessed for the Sunday’s first mass in almost all the parishes in Canacona taluka.

At Agonda, few parishioners were seen walking their way or driving through the knee deep waters to reach the church, as the over flown floodwaters from the nearby rivulet had submerged the road on both sides of the village bridge.

Even the parishioners who walked safely in the early morning, found floods had submerged the village street to new heights, after the first mass got over and were forced to walk through knee-high flood waters, deciding escape early, fearing the floods might turn bad at later. However, sun came out at about 8.30 am on Sunday and it remained dry and sunny day with no rains throughout the day.

Bedlam at Chopdem meet HERALD CORRESPONDENT PERNEM, AUG 22

Pandemonium prevailed at Agarwada-Chopdem gram sabha meeting on Sunday over the issue of inauguration of new panchayat building, which was recently held at Agarwada.

The gram sabha was plunged into unprecedented chaos, after former sarpanch Babli Raut asked Sarpanch Prabhakar Nagvekar as to why he inaugurated the incomplete panchayat building.

Irked with this, angry scenes prevailed with gram sabha members divided over the issue. Some villagers

spoke in favour of the sarpanch and his group, while some spoke against the ruling body. Some angry villagers flung off the chairs and damaged furniture and microphone at the gram sabha meeting.

Later, Sarpanch Prabhakar Nagevekar had to abruptly end the meeting and hold separate meeting of the panchayat members. Later, the sarpanch filed a police compliant against two gram sabha members, who also filed a police complaint against the sarpanch.

Pernem Police has registered non-cognizable cases against both the parties.

Hubby held for suicide HERALD REPORTER VASCO, AUG 22

Acting on the report of Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in the case relating to the suicide of newly wedded Vibha Gautam Parulekar from New Vaddem, Vasco Police on Saturday arrested deceased’s husband for alleged abetment of suicide.

The SDM report stated that prima-facie evidence indicates that the deceased ended her life because of abetment.

It may be recalled that a twomonth-old love marriage ended in tragedy when Vibha (29) from Porvorim committed suicide by jumping in the sea behind Goa Shipyard Limited, Vasco, on July 16.

Vibha had tied the knot with her longtime friend Gautam just two months before her suicide.

She committed suicide when she had come to her parents’ house at New Vaddem, Vasco.

Police informed that due to some dispute among the newly wedded couple, Vibha had come to her parent’s residence and she left her residence on July 15, and next day her body was found in the sea behind GSL. Police further informed that the deceased and her husband were working together at Verna Industrial Estate.

However, it is learnt from police that deceased’s husband had sent an SMS to her, which suggest that something was wrong among the couple that could have led her to commit suicide.

3 bank staff booked HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 22

Three employers of a private bank at Patto, Panaji have been booked for duping a customer of Rs three-lakh, Panjim police informed. Those booked include Amit Khatkar of Mapusa, Sonali Araundikar of Vasco and Anil (full name not known) for cheating.

In his complaint to Panjim town police station, Rishikesh Naik of Margao mentioned that he approached the bank to obtain a loan amount of Rs threelakh when the trio allegedly demanded him two cheques of Rs 10,000 each and cash of Rs 50,000 as ‘security amount.’

The complainant paid the demanded amount and in return he was given cheques of the requested loan amount. However, these cheques turned out to be forged after which he lodged a complaint with the police who are carrying out a preliminary inquiry to take further action.

Official dies of injuries HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, Aug 22

A 52-year-old Sales tax officer Panjim police informed that Santosh Shirodkar of St Inez succumbed to injuries he sustained in a self accident near Shankarwadi at Taleigao, late on Saturday night.

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Road to Perdition ADELmO FERNANDES, VASCO

The entire road at the KTC Bus-Stand, Vasco, is in a dilapidated condition. The internal roads have developed huge potholes.

When filled with rain water, it becomes impossible to gauge the depth of these pot-holes, and poses a danger to road users, specially two-wheeler riders. The concerned authorities need to do a lot of work to maintain this bus stand.

Deplorable roads TOmAS LObO, biCHOLim

In Goa, the PWD undertakes road repairs on a war footing just before the onset of the monsoon, only to see it washed away with the coming of the rains. The pathetic state of our roads today tell a sad tale of shoddy and sub-standard work, for which the aam admi has to pay a heavy price.

One such stretch of road calling for immediate attention is the one connecting Assonora to Bicholim town. It received a hot-mix carpet just a few months back, but has developed huge craters like the surface of the moon. The stretch is a veritable death-trap for two-wheeler riders.

The dilapidated condition of this and many other roads speaks volumes of the percentage of public money siphoned off by Ministers and bureaucrats, and is a sad reminder of the unprecedented level of corruption in government departments.

Bad speed breakers mERLyN FERNANDES, SAO JOSE DE AREAL

The word ‘speed breaker’ means a safety feature designed to slow down traffic. But in Goa, it means spine injuries, accidents and even deaths, as many two-wheeler riders go for a toss.

The size of the speed breakers is arbitrary and not as per specifications. More often than not, there are no reflective marks or signs to warn night riders. Unscientifically built road bumps cause accidents.

PWD authorities should check that standard IRC norms are followed, and flatten those that are a nuisance. All speed breakers should have white and yellow stripes visible at night.

The government should install rubber speed bumps which are cost efficient, easy to install, durable and require zero maintenance. They also prevent damage to the undersides of vehicles.

Muddy drinking water CEDRiC DA COSTA, mARgAO

Commuters Rights Awareness Fortnight HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 22

GOACAN will observe a Bus Commuters Rights Awareness Fortnight from August 23 to create awareness among the commuters on their Right to Safety, Right to Complain and Right to Grievance Redressal.

The awareness fortnight will also highlight various consumer issues related to the public transport system in Goa. G O A C A N C o o r d i n a t o r, Roland Martins informed that during the fortnight Consumer Forum volunteers will focus on a special campaign on notif ying Bus Stops, issue of Bus Tickets,

Gov, CM extend Onam greetings HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, AUG 22

Governor Dr S S Sidhu and Chief Minister Digambar Kamat have extended warm greetings to people of Goa on the occasion of 'Onam' festival.

The Governor extended his greetings and best wishes to fellow brethren in Goa and in particular the Keralite community in the State.

In his message, Digambar Kamat said: "On the joyous occasion of Onam, I extend my warmest greetings to everyone especially to all my brothers and sisters in the State."

display of Fare Tables in all buses, action on bus conductors & drivers for misbehaviour and driving in a rash & negligent manner.

He said the Forum volunteers will reach out to various panchayats & Municipals to seek their participation in making the public transport system in Goa comfortable, affordable and safe.

CM launches Bharathi Cement HERLAD NEWS DESK PANJIM, AUG 22

Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat launched Bharathi Cement in Goa at a function held in the city on Saturday.

Chief Minister congratulated the company for launching its product in Goa. He said, we are in the era of technology and our prime minister has a vision to make India super power in the fields of technology and knowledge.

Ravinder Reddy, director, marketing said, the Bharathi Cement has its manufacturing Unit in Andhra Pradesh. The company has production capacity of 2.50 million tones and in second phase another 2.50 tonnes will be added. The plant has grinding capacity of 360 tonnes per hour, which is largest in the world, he added.

Markus Oberie, Managing Director, Shri Harish Kamarthy, Executive Director, also spoke on the occasion.

T M Suresh Kumar, General Manager welcomed the guests.

Dharmendra to give up booze!

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 22

Veteran Bollywood actor, Dharmendra, who completes 50 years in films this year, is completely off alcohol after a recent health scare. According to a report in ‘DNA’, he promised daughter Esha on the sets of their new movie ‘Tell Me Oo Khuda’, being shot in Goa, that he will not touch alcohol again.

He now says that no power on earth can make him take to the bottle again, even if it means doing less convincing drunken sequences than his ‘suicide’ act in ‘Sholay’, for which the star, apparently, had taken several large swigs.

For a scene in his new film, Dharmendra and his two sons, who also star with him in the film, were required to do a drunken boys’ night out scene, but he refused to consume any alcohol for it. He says, “My days of ‘masti’ are over. I wake up early, do yoga and meditate.”

Director Samir Karnik said: “Sunny has always been a teetotaller, but it was surprising to see Dharamji ordering apple juice for the scene. The only one who really drank in the sequence was Bobby Deol.”

There was a major pipe burst on Friday near Vidyanagar in Aquem, Margao. The entire road, already full of potholes, was flooded with water. The PWD authorities took forever to begin repair work, resulting in the drying of taps in Margao.

When the supply was restored on Saturday morning, the water in the taps was mud red and unfit for human consumption.

Recently, an independent test revealed that the drinking water supplied by the PWD from the Selaulim reservoir was unfit for human consumption, with a high level of impurities.

Margao is a constituency represented by the CM, with the PWD Minister being from neighbouring Navelim. One expects better sense to prevail.

FROM PAGE 1 BJP to tap minority vote population. By our efforts and personal interactions, we would try to increase our vote share by at least five to seven per cent…

We have plans to shortly reconstitute the State Minority Morcha”, Mehra a former Delhi mayor for two years, between 2007 and 2009 said.

Earlier, claiming consistent popularity of the Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar among the people of Goa, Mehra accused Congress of ‘corruption’. Citing the recent infamous scenario in Goa, she stated that Congress governance is blend with corruption.

“Wherever Congress goes, corruption follows whether it is the proposed PPP hospital project by roping in an Israeli company or the drug nexus involving Israelis and other drug mafias…what impact will it have on younger generation”, she questioned.

The revelation on the alleged involvement of Roy, son of Home Minister Ravi Naik in the drug cartel created flutters at the Central ministry, Mehra admits. “The whole country has witnessed that Home Minister’s son is dragged into the alleged nexus…involvement of another minister’s son in a sexual assault case…” she said adding, the party will form a pressure group in Delhi to raise these issues at the Central level.

Top brass to be told of scams

her party officials to explain their action. “I have recently taken charge. I will ask them but as far as I am concerned I will reserve my opinion until I know the exact picture”, she said.

BJP State President Laxmikant Parsekar, Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar and other BJP leaders hauled up Kamat-led Government of being involved in multi-crore scams including excise, mining and Information & Publicity departments.

Match point?

Saying that he is not at all disturbed by the development, Sardessai said the presence of these leaders is not inimical to him. “I don’t consider the presence of these leaders as a hindrance to me. When the time comes, voters and the party will decide who has been with them always”, he added.

Incidentally, sources in the know said the presence of Luizinho and Sardinha on one platform has also left other powers that be unnerved in the typical alignments and realignments along Salcete’s political landscape. PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao said LuizinhoSardinha duo will not be able to match his close aide Vijay Sardesai in Fatorda. “I am told that BJP MLA was present for the finals.

Even if the Congress duo aligns with the BJP MLA, nothing will affect Sardessai”, he asserted.

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No Kabrastan in Raia village Reginaldo assures residents

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 22

Raia villagers on Sunday opposed setting up of the proposed Kabrastan in the village, even as the gram sabha demanded return of the village land admeasuring 30,000 square meters acquired by the Margao Municipal council for garbage dumping.

Even as the villagers firmly opposed the proposed burial grounds in the village, local MLA Reginaldo Lourenco assured the villagers at the Sunday gram sabha that the burial grounds for the Muslim community is coming up in neighbouring Margao city.

The MLA was specifically invited for today’s meeting following queries raised in many quarters in the village over the exact location of the Kabrastan.

“The Kabrastan is coming up on the land falling in the jurisdiction

of Margao Municipal Council and not in Raia”, Lourenco told the gram Sabha members.

The Sunday gram Sabha meeting also resolved to oppose the proposed Shiroda-Rachol bridge, apprehending that the bridge has been proposed only to benefit mining traffic.

On the 30,000 square meters of land acquired by the Civic body a decade and half ago for

garbage dumping, gram Sabha members said the land in question falls in a eco-sensitive zone and demanded that the Margao Municipality return the land to the villagers.

Sarpanch Savio Gomes said the gram Sabha has unanimously passed a resolution demanding the return of the acquired land back to the village. He said the villagers are not averse in compensating the Margao Municipality for the land acquisition.

Local activist Xavier said that the villagers have made it amply clear that they will not sit quite and watch the eco-sensitive zone destroyed by the authorities for projects. He strongly demanded the return of the land acquired by the Margao Municipal council at Sonsodo back to the village.

The meeting witnessed an uproar after the Sarpanch decided to wind up the meeting on

Nothing can stop Valanka from contesting in Benaulim: Churchill HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 22

PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao has said that nothing can stop his daughter Valanka from contesting the next Assembly polls from Benaulim constituency.

“The NCP may say that the Benaulim seat belongs to them.

I have no comments to make on their claim on Benaulim”, Alemao said, while reacting to NCP’s claim on the Benaulim seat.

He, however, sent a message loud and clear that his daughter Valanka will contest from Benaulim whether NCP gets the Benaulim seat or not. “I have made it quite clear that Valanka will contest the next Assembly polls from Benaulim on the Congress ticket. If she fails to get the Congress ticket, Valanka would still go ahead and contest from Benaulim on the people’s ticket”, he asserted.

NCP spokesmen Trajano

nI have made it quite clear that Valanka will contest the next Assembly polls from Benaulim on the Congress ticket. If she fails to get the Congress ticket, Valanka would still go ahead and contest from Benaulim on the people’s ticket.

-- Churchill Alemao

D’Mello had on Saturday told newsmen that the party would not give up its claim on Benaulim, which is presently represented by former Minister, Mickky Pacheco.

The NCP stand, however, as-

sumes significance as it comes against the backdrop of overt and covert moves by its Benaulim Legislator to contest the next Assembly polls from the new constituency of Nuvem.

This means, the NCP leadership, will lay their claim on Benaulim, irrespective of the decision of the Benaulim MLA Mickky Pacheco to switch over to neighbouring Nuvem constituency, where the Congress will certainly lay their claim for its four-time Legislator and Power Minister, Alexio Sequeira.

Valanka has already opened her election office in Benaulim, while the Benaulim ML A Pacheco has vowed to field his candidate against her in hustings.

Pacheco has already disclosed his plans to play a major role in the next Assembly polls, but has declined to comment whether he would continue in the NCP or float a new regional party.

grounds that business mentioned on the agenda stands transacted.

This led to an uproar with members drawing attention of the Sarpanch that many of their questions remained unanswered and questioned his rationale behind abruptly concluding the meeting.

Commenting on the episode, the Sarpanch said the meeting was concluded within the time frame, adding that questions sought by the members will be made available to them within a period of eight days.

Gram Sabha member, Joseph Rodrigues, however, begged to differ. He said the Sarpanch is not following the right procedure by asking the members to collect the answers from the Panchayat.

“The procedure followed by the Sarpanch is not legal”, he added.

MP opposes ban on export of Goan ore

Cansaulim man killed in mishap HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 22

In a tragic accident, a 25-year old motorcyclist Sandeep Gawde from Cansaulim, died on the spot after he came under the wheels of a bus at the Ambaji j u n c t i o n h e re o n S u n d a y evening.

Investigating officer, PSI Suraj Gawas informed that the deceased was coming to Margao apparently to inquire into the condition of his ailing relative at Hospicio when the accident occurred at the junction.

He said the accident occurred near the divider when the motorcycle landed under the bus proceeding in the same direction.

A case of rash and negligent driving has been registered against the bus driver, PSI Suraj added.

Further investigations are on.

Arti slams Centre on CWG messup

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 22

The eight year old project of hosting the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi in Octob e r 2 0 1 0 h a s d o c ke d t h e Congress Government in an embarrassing corner with Bhartiya Janata Party hitting at the Centre for organizational collapse.

Addressing a press conference on her first Goa visit, Arti Mehra termed CWG to Congress Wealth Games and slammed the government on not pacing up mega event project resulting into colossal waste of expenditure.

"Since the Game is hosted in India it should benefit domestic players of home ground. But the Government has slept over the project for the last eight years.

It is nothing but 87,000 crore scam of which 37,000 crore have been allotted to sports,"

lamented the former Delhi mayor.

She recalled of writing to the Prime Minister's Office during her tenure of Delhi mayor between 2007 and 2009 of creating a single window for CWG, a suggestions which was not taken seriously.

"I had written to the Prime Minister's Office to create a single window system for clearing all CWG related files to ensure proper work procedure. It was installed much later, only after the damage was done...they held only one meeting so far," she said.

Speaking on inflation, Mehra lamented that the Prime Minister though a well-known economist failed to control price hikes making it difficult for underprivileged meet two meals a day.

In yet another issue that triggered debate across the country

Santa Cruz VP urged to act on migrants littering waste

HERALD CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, AUG 22

HERALD CORRESPONDENT MERCES, AUG 22

Goa Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik has strongly opposed nationalisation of mines and a blanket ban on the export of iron ore, even though, he said, he is personally inclined towards socialist policies. In a debate in the Rajya Sabha on Friday on the subject of illegal mining, he opposed CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechuri’s demand that all mines be nationalised and export of mineral ore be banned.

Naik said that the country has not yet developed capabilities to use certain grades of iron ore locally. For example, ore extracted in Goa was basically of low grade, which has no market in the country and therefore necessarily has to be exported, he said.

Naik questioned how iron ore worth hundreds of crores of rupees disappeared, and said that a CBI inquiry is the ideal way to find out.

Stating that migrants residing near Santa Cruz High School are littering the surroundings with waste, a Santa Cruz local urged the panchayat authorities to immediately take action against it, failing which he expressed fears over the possibility of diseases spreading in the area.

Speaking at the gram sabha on Sunday, Renato Dias informed that the migrants have turned the area into a waste site and cautioned the panchayat that if immediate action is not taken, there is a possibility of outbreak of diseases, which he said would affect not only the locals in the area but also the school children.

Dias also urged the panchayat authorities to conduct a site inspection to ascertain the facts for themselves and informed that even the drains have be-

come choked by the waste discharged by the migrants residing there.

Dias further brought to the notice of the panchayat that a migrant paan vendor who had earlier been told not to conduct his activity in the village, has again resurfaced at another place, and he expressed fears that if a blind eye is turned to his activities, other migrants would also join in, which does not augur well for the village.

Re p l y t o h i s d e m a n d s , Sarpanch Rosy Fernandes assured that the panchayat would take immediate action in both the matters.

Earlier, members of the SCREAM urged the panchayat to conduct a site inspection of a project at Primeiro Bairro, near Urban Health Centre, to check whether the builder has left the required width for the purpose

of road widening in the future, since they felt that the road is narrow.

The SCREAM members further urged the panchayat that if there is any violation, then the license granted for the project should be immediately withdrawn.

Acceding to the demand, Sarpanch Rosy said they would inspect the project and if any violations are found, the panchayat would begin the process of revoking licence.

The issue of vehicles being parked on the road at ArradiBandh was also discussed with local Caitano Fernandes stating that residents in the area are parking their vehicles on the road, which puts locals in great discomfort when plying their vehicles, particularly when any emergency arises.

He further pointed out that at some places the drainages

GSHC’s initiative to sell vegetables gets good response HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 22

WEB DESIGNER! A spider seen resting on its web in Panjim on Sunday night.

Photo by Rozario Estibeiro

Despite subsidy hike, no increase in milk output HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 22

Though expenditure on subsidy given to dairy farmers has increased substantially since the introduction of Kamdhenu Scheme (KS) in 2003-04, there has been no corresponding increase in milk production. Moreover, milk production has dropped from 57,265 litres per day in 2005-2006 to 45000 litres per day in 2009-2010.

The government paid subsidy Rs 26,49 lakh in 2007-2008, Rs 83.85 lakh and Rs 60.40 lakh in 2009-2010. Also, total expenditure on dairy promotion has increased since 2008-2009 in which year, the government spent Rs 2.14 crore, in 2009-10 Rs 1.06 crore and this financial year the expenditure till date has been Rs 23 lakhs.

The Goa Dairy continues to rely upon supply of milk from outside Goa. Speaking to Herald Madhav Sahakari, Chairman of Goa Dairy though agreed that milk production has not gone up on the

expected lines, he said in the last two years there has been some improvement, especially after KS was re-introduced after modification.

"I wouldn't say milk production has increased however, we have been able to arrest the downfall. Annually, there used to be drop in milk production of about 2 lakh litres but this trend has been broken in the last two years due to modified KS and other incentives offered to dairy farmers," says Sahakari.

Also, he pointed out that since modification of the scheme waiting period in avail-

ing subsidy under the scheme has been reduced.

But the underlining reality is that even after seven years of KS in operation which was basically introduced to promote dairy farming; the State has not achieved its target of reducing reliance on other States for milk supply.

Information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) by this reporter revealed that total 5382 animals (cows and buffaloes) have been purchased since the scheme came into being. If we take average milk produced per cow/buffalo as 10 litres, Goa's average milk production has to be 53,820 litres per day.

But this is not the case -- average milk production per day is 45000 litres and in fact, it h a s d ro p p e d s i n c e 2 0 0 5 2006.

We couldn't get official from the department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services (AHVS) to comment as currently, the department is functioning

without a director whereas officer in-charge of the scheme was out on official tour.

One of the officers who did not wish to be named however said, milk production has increased after KS was introduced but it is not reflected in the official figures because many dairy farmers prefer to sell milk on their own for higher profits.

Sahakari also says that not all farmers availing benefits under Kamdhenu Scheme sell milk to Goa Dairy. "At least, 15 per cent of them sell in the open market."

While Goa's dependence on other States has not reduced in any big way the chairman of Goa Dairy believes that in the next two years milk production of the State will definitely increase.

"We are expecting milk production to up to 75000 litres as modified KS has proved to be really helpful to dairy farmers.

There's been not a single defaulter under the modified scheme, "he says.

is the Prime Minister's remark of granting autonomy to Jammu & Kashmir.

The senior leader, speaking to reporters today, has warned the Centre stating Kashmir is a part of India.

"PM is confused. Our demand to declare ISI as 'terrorist group' is still not solved...there were terror at t a c k s i n M u m b a i and Pune. Kashmir is a part of India...he should not come under pressure of international agencies," she said.

Couple of days before India celebrated its 64th Independence Day, Singh had said that they were willing to consider autonomy for the state within the ambit of the Constitution.

BJP has sour l y re a c t e d t o Singh's statement, saying autonomy for J&K won't be tolerated and termed the issue as unfortunate.

In a bid to foster locally grown vegetables which are barely in demand, Goa State Horticulture Corporation's (GSHC) initiative of selling these vegetables along with outstation vegetables at their outlets, has fetched good response, said an officer.

Managing Director Orlando Rodrigues speaking to Herald asserted the endeavor has yielded profitable results. "This has augmented turnover from 70 to 100 tones a day at all 237 GSHC outlets across the state," said the officer.

Whereas, essential kitchen vegetables including potatoes, onions and tomatoes that arguably is widely used ingredients is imported from neighbouring states, locally grown vegetables have limited takers.

"This prompted the scheme of marketing vegetables precisely to encourage small farmers and local growers. Local

vegetables are grown in limited varieties due to climatic conditions... We cannot depend on locally grown vegetables...Since, they are less in demand we source them with other vegetables," the MD said.

He entailed that widely demanded vegetables such as potatoes, onions, tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflowers, French beans, etc require 'much cooler' climate making it difficult to grow in local farms. These vegetables are therefore imported from neighbouring states, which, Rodrigues stated, are sold at lowprice at all GSHC outlets.

In its subsequent move to ensure promoting agricultural produce, Horticulture Minister Vishwajeet Rane in the recently concluded Assembly Session declared introducing four collection centers (at Valpoi, Old Goa, Fatorpa and Canacona) on oneyear trial basis.

The Corporation is contemplating starting atleast one collection centre at Valpoi before Ganesh Chaturthi. The response, the officer said, will create an assured market to farmers.

Man slits his throat HERALD REPORTER VASCO, AUG 22

A 24 year old man from Andhra Pradesh T Ramesh Tograju but presently residing at Kharewado, Vasco was seriously injured, after he slit his throat near Hindu Crematorium, Vasco, on Sunday at about 9 pm.

According to sources in 108

ambulance service, the man, suspected to be about 29 years, slit his own throat.

His vocal cord was cut and was not in a position to speak.

Sources further informed that the victim was admitted in GMC Hospital at Bambolim in critical condition and was undergoing treatment.

A joint venture of Agriculture Department and Horticulture Corporation, the centers will source vegetables including cucumber, rigid gourd, bottle guard, lady fingers, brinjals, green chilies, pumpkins and sweet potatoes, all of which will be procured from local farmers.

"We will procure identified vegetables to distribute to our network of 237 outlets and centers. Zonal Agriculture Officers will be asked to interact with local MLAs and select farmers from respective places who will be supplied seeds, nutrients and technical information to ensue a profitable venture," revealed the officer.

Even as the Corporation currently supports 72 farmer groups linked with 138 of the total outlets, it claims assistance to other farmers, as well. With more projects in the pipeline, the Corporation is motivated to embark upon 12 more shops that will vend vegetables and essential commodities.

are not covered with slabs, which poses a threat to the users of four-vehicles since during rains they are unable to make out where the road ends and sometimes drive their vehicles right into the drain.

At the fag end of the gram sabha, ex-sarpanch and current Panch Helen Lourenco made a serious allegation by stating that the conduct of the gram sabha has become a mere formality for the panchayat.

Sarpanch Rosy, though, chose not to the react at the gram sabha, but when asked to comment on the statement, she said Helen had always been negative about the panchayat, but added that the panchayat is very much serious when it comes to the gram sabha.

However, she hastened to add that the panchayat can act only on those resolutions which are within the purview of the law.

Man drowns in Tambdi Surla waterfall HERALD CORRESPONDENT COLLEM, AUG 22

A 20-year-old man from BarazanKhadakhi, Sattari, drowned in Vazarakade-Tambdi Surla waterfall on Sunday at about 1 pm.

According to Collem Police Inspector Manoj Mardolkar, a group of six persons from Barazan went to Vazarakade waterfall, which is situated in dense forest, about 5 kms from Tambdi Surla.

PI Mardolkar further informed that the deceased Naresh Girodkar slipped and fell into the waterfall.

Collem Police rushed to the site and after conducting search operations with the help of Valpoi Fire Brigade personnel, the body was finally fished out at about 5.30 pm.

The body was later sent to GMC Hospital in Bambolim for post mortem.

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ShOrt takeS I-Day celebrated CALANGUTE (HC): Lourdes Convent High School, Saligao, celebrated Nation’s 64th Independence Day with patriotic singing competitions for the students of primary and secondary sections.

Both the school halls were decorated in tune with the Independence Day celebrations, while few students brought the memories live of great leaders like Mahatma Gandhiji, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Shahid Bhagat Singh, Subhashchandra Bose and other leaders who sacrificed their lives for the sake of motherland.

In the primary section, PTA member Anthony D’Souza who excelled in sports, was the chief guest for the function and gave away the prizes to the winners.

Addressing the gathering, D’Souza congratulated the students for their splendid performance and teachers for their wholehearted efforts in preparing the students.

Earlier, Teacher Neeta D’Souza introduced chief guest Anthony D’Souza, while Sr Esmeralda Correia accorded a warm welcome. Teacher Savia Barretto compered the function, while teacher Geetika Lingudkar proposed the vote of thanks.

Malaria exhibition held

Students urged to inculcate vivid ideas to boost talent HERALD NEWS BUREAU PANJIM, AUG 22

Deputy Director of Sports and Youth affairs Juliana Colaco has encouraged students to inculcate vivid ideas to enhance their talents.

Colaco was speaking on the occasion of the 8th Fr Francis Sequiera Talent Fiesta 2010 organized by the Pilar Pre Novitiate in the Seminary Annex Hall Pilar on August 15.

Colaco recalled the saying 'Life is a gift of God and what we make it is our gift to God' and appreciated students for their display of talents.

With the theme ‘Peace with God Peace with Creation’, students of Fr Agnel Niketan, Fr Agnel Apostolic School, Fr Agnel Minor Seminary and the Pre Novitiate participated in the street plays, poem recita-

PANJIM (HND): Curtorim primary health centre in collaboration with Navelim consumer forum conducted an exhibition on malaria and other vector borne disease at Navelim sub health centre. Health officer Dr Shashi Parkar briefed on vector borne diseases and also on swine flu.

Navelim consumer forum president Joseph Vaz and secretary Joao Fernandes were present for the exhibition.

This exhibition highlighted stages of malaria, life cycle of mosquitoes, breeding places of mosquito, anti–larval measures, personal protection, etc. Around 80 people including school children took the benefit of the exhibition. The programme was managed and co-ordinated by Rajesh Arlekar.

ANM Annandibai Keni, Sheela Shetye, MPHW Suresh Pagui and Subhash Zore were present.

Coconut shell training imparted

CALANGUTE (HC): The Pereira Social Welfare Centre (PSWC), Parra, along with the Goa Handicrafts Rural and Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (GHRSSIDC) conducted a 20-day coconut shell training programme at PSWC hall, Parra.

Women and youth of Canca, Verla and Parra attended the training programme under the guidance of Vijaydatta and Nilam Lotlikar. The training programme guided the attendants into various ways and means that coconut shells can be put to good use without destroying it.

On the last of the programme, Saligao ZP Michael Lobo distributed certificates to all participants.

Addressing the gathering, Lobo highlighted the importance of woman's role in society and congratulated the PSWC for the initiative in organising programme specially for women so that they can make a living by selling their products to GHRSSDIC or any handicraft shop in the market.

Others present at the function included Siolim ZP Member Manoj Korgaonkar, Parra Deputy Sarpanch Philomena Martins, Animator of Pereira Social Welfare Centre and Co-ordinator for the training Sr Edith, Henry D'souza and Mohan Dabhole.

Earlier, Sr Vincy D'Souza outlined the activities of the Pereira Social Welfare Centre, while Nancy D'Sousa later proposed the vote of thanks.

Cleanliness drive organised

Sanguem Councillor Romualdo Fernandes and health officials at the cleanliness drive undertaken at Bamonsai-Sanguem.

Photo by Alfred Fernandes

SANGUEM (HC): A joint cleanliness drive by the Sanguem Municipal Council (SMC) and Government Primary Health Centre, Sanguem, was organised at Bamonsai-Sanguem.

The drive, which commenced at Bamonsai, will follow in other wards of Sanguem and the public has been advised to co-operate with health officials during their visit to the houses.

The cleanliness drive is being undertaken by the SMC and the Sanguem PHC following directives by South Goa Collector G P Naik and Quepem Deputy Collector Agnelo Fernandes to make towns and villages free from dengue, malaria, chickungunya and other diseases. During the cleanliness drive, ward councillor Romualdo Fernandes and health officials visited houses in the locality and informed inmates of the various common places which forms a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

The cleanliness drive follows a recent meet conducted by Deputy Collector Agnelo Fernandes with the health officials and SMC councillors at the Sanguem PHC, where plans were chalked out to keep the various wards of Sanguem disease free. Deputy Collector Agnelo Fernandes informed Herald that directives are also issued to the Health Officer and the ward councillors to identify various establishments in the town area dealing with remoulding and vulcanizing works, so that measures could be initiated to prevent vector diseases.

Talk on tobacco

PANJIM (HND): The NSS and YRC unit of St Francis Xavier's higher secondary school, Siolim organised a talk on harmful effects of tobacco. The talk was effectively presented through a power point presentation by the resource person Dr Shekhar Salkar, general secretary of National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) for the students of Std XI. An interactive session was conducted by RJ Uday and RJ Namrata of Big FM who were present for the talk. Also present on the occasion was Principal Fr Paul Sagayam and the NSS and YRC officers Nidhi Verneker welcomed the gathering and Steffeni Paiva proposed the vote of thanks.

Issues concerning students were deliberated at the recent annual general meeting of Parents Teachers Association (PTA) of Don Bosco High School, Calangute.

Addressing the gathering, Principal/Headmaster Savio J Fernandes thanked all PTA members for their co-operation and support during the last academic year and requested the same during the current year.

Fernandes put forth the management's plans to con-

tion, patriotic songs, slogan raising and paint a poster and collage presentations.

Fr Milagres Baretto sfx, Direc-

tor of the Pre Novitiate, stated that the talent fiesta is held in memory of Fr Francis Sequeira, one of the re-organisers of the

tinue with the vision and work started by the late founder Fr Vital Sales by providing free uniforms, shoes and note books to all poor and needy children of the school.

Fernandes also expressed gratitude to PWD Minster Churchill Alemao for contributing towards the renovation of the school roof, and also thanked Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes for supporting the school, Dr Sandesh Dhardwadkar for rendering free medical services to the entire school, Di-

rectorate of Sports, Calangute ZP member Abelina Menezes and the Calangute panchayat for their generosity in lending the school a helping hand.

The teachers and parents later had an interactive session, where queries were raised and answered to the satisfaction of the parents.

Candolim Health Officer Dr Sachin Govekar presented a power-point presentation on H1N1 and explained its symptoms and preventive measures to arrest the spread of the dreaded disease.

CM urges Goan folk music, nature has youth to take inspired my poems: Wagh keen interest HERALD CORRESPONDENT the occasion.

MAYEM, AUG 22 On the occasion, regular in photography Vishnu Wagh has stated that reader students of the library HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, AUG 22

Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat has called upon the youth to give keen interest in photography.

Kamat was speaking as a chief guest at the World Photographic Day function organized by Goan Shutters Bugs, Goa’s Premier Photography Association at Ravindra Bhavan.

Speaking further Chief Minister congratulated the organizers for organizing the exhibition as well as the competition on photography. He expressed satisfaction as younger generation is attracting towards photography.

Kamat said photography is an art and assured government help to organize programmes to promote it.

Later, the Chief Minister distributed prizes to the winners of various photographic competitions.

Lynn Barretto, president of the association welcomed the gathering, while Apurve Bhembre, secretary proposed the vote of thanks.

his poems are the outcome of Goan folk music and themes of nature.

He was addressing the students of Shri Shantadurga Higher Secondary School on the occasion of Library Day celebration. Principal G Delaney, educationist Chandrakant Gawas and Librarian Sanjeev Assagaonkar were present on

Mamta Shirodkar, Bhageshree Gaonkar and Shankar Gawas were felicitated by Wagh.

Earlier, Sanjay Tendulkar welcomed and introduced the guests, while Shankar Gawas recited poems on the occasion.

Sanjeev Assagaonkar compered the function, while Pankaj Sainekar proposed the vote of thanks.

Mapusa school excels in group singing HERALD CORRESPONDENT MAYEM, AUG 22

Purushottam Walaulikar Higher Secondary School Mapusa has excelled in the higher secondary category at the All Goa Group Singing competition organized by Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Committee Bicholim at Deendayal Hall Bicholim.

Ideal High School Pilgao excelled in the high school category in the competition.

The second and third prizes went to Government HSS Sanquelim and Bhumika HSS Poriem respectively, while Shantadurga HSS Pirna, Kakulo College Mapusa, Zantye College Bicholim and Shantadurga HSS Bicholim won consolation prizes

in higher secondary category.

In high school category, Radhakrishna HS Bicholim and Shantadurga HS Bicholim won the second and third prize respectively, while Progress HS Sanquelim, Mahamaya HS Mayem, Sriganesh HS Harvalem, Our lady of Grace HS Bicholim, Poira HS, Saraswat HS Mapusa and Vijayanand HS Mayem won the consolation prizes.

Environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar inaugurated the competition and gave away the prizes. Committee President Sripad Kumbharjuvekar and members Deelip Dhargalkar, Ramanad Natekar, Narayan Betkikar and others were present on the occasion.

Vateshwar Temple inaugurated

Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes inaugurates temple at Nerul.

Photo by Anil Shankhwalker HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, AUG 22

Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes inaugurated the Vateshwar Temple at Nerul on Independence Day. ZP member Jayesh Salgaonker, Nerul Deputy Sarpanch Sarita Shirodker and Reis Magos Deputy Sarpanch Francisco Colaso were present on the occasion.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT COLLEM, AUG 22

Kalay Round Forest Officer Vishnu Shetye has emphasized that planting of saplings during tree plantation programmes are not as important as nurturing them to survive and grow.

He was addressing the gathering as the chief guest at plant plantation programme at Abhinav Vidyamandir High School, Mollem.

Mollem Sarpanch Govind Gaonkar presided over the function, while School Headmaster Sharadchandra Khandeparkar was present on the occasion.

After panting the tree in the

Calangute school’s PTA meet focuses on students’ issues HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, AUG 22

‘Nurturing saplings is more important’

Speaking on the occasion, Agnelo Fernandes said the temple is the place of worship and it dissolves the difference between human beings and bring Hindus of all caste and creed under one roof.

“There was request from the panchayat and residents of Nerul to construct this temple and hence I took the initiative.

This temple has been built

spending about Rs 10 lakh. It is now the responsibility of the temple committee to maintain it,” said the MLA. “The work of the construction of ramps at Nerul for Ganesh immersion is in progress and will be completed soon,” said Fernandes.

ZP member Jayesh Salgaonkar appealed to the people not to bring politics in the administration of the temple.

“In some of the temples in Goa, the members of the temple committee fight among themselves over petty matters.

This creates a divide among the people. This should not happen and all the committee members, irrespective of their political party affiliations, should work jointly and handle the affairs of the temple,” said Salgaonkar.

Nerul Deputy Sarpanch Sarita Shirodkar said construction of the temple was the long-pending demand of the residents of Nerul. She thanked the Calangute MLA for taking the initiative and constructing the temple as assured to the Nerul Panchayat.

Society of Pilar. It provides an opportunity to the budding creative minds of the Pilar Family to exhibit their talents.

Governor extends Onam greetings

school premises and releasing the wall paper prepared by students of Std X, Shetye explained different steps towards plant care.

In his speech, Sarpanch Gaonkar appealed to the students to plant at least one or two trees in the premises of their houses.

Khandeparkar said trees and plants provide free oxygen, shed, food, wood and shelter.

Earlier, Ambesh Lambor welcomed the gathering, Yeshwant Bandodkar introduced the chief guest, Pritam Sangodkar compered the programme, while Prasanna Khutkar proposed the vote of thanks.

Significance of Vanamahotsava is invaluable: Forest Officer

HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, AUG 22

Governor Dr S S Sidhu extended warm greetings to people of Goa on the occasion of ‘Onam’ festival. In his message, the Governor says, “On the auspicious and festive occasion of Onam, I extend my greetings and best wishes to fellow brethren in Goa and in particular the Keralite community in the State.

We, in India, have inherited a rich legacy of celebrating many spiritual, social and cultural festivals. This age-old practice has undoubtedly contributed, and continues to contribute, to the emotional integration of the people of all faiths and the overall unity and integrity of the country. Onam is one of the traditional festivals which is celebrated by the people of Kerala with great enthusiasm and gaiety, irrespective of any feeling of caste, class and community. The festival on Onam thus symbolizes the secular fabric of the cultural life of the people. It is a matter of satisfaction that the festival of Onam is celebrated

by Keralites not only in their home-State, but in all corners of the world wherever they live. May this years Onam celebrations bring renewed peace, happiness and prosperity to everyone in the State”.

SDFO Canacona Ramesh Dessai plants a sapling at Shri Shradhanand Vidyalaya Poinguinim in the presence of headmaster Madhukar Shenvi and Manager F Y Prabhugaonkar.

Photo by Kathy Pereira HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, AUG 22

Canacona Sub-Divisional Forest Officer Ramesh Gauns Dessai has stated that the current threat of global warming has made programmes like Vanamahotsava invaluable in the present age.

“Just imagine the foresight of then central minister Mr Munshi, who started the practice of observing Vanamahotsava by planting saplings in 1950,” said Desai, while addressing a short function at Shre Shradanand VidyalayaPoinguinim which observed Vanamahotsava on Friday.

“This means that the minister had the foresight of global-

warming even 60 years ago.

The need to grow more and more trees has been felt since then, which we are vigorously following now.”

“Conservation of wildlife and forest produce is necessary for our own survival, as the globe gets warmer and warmer every year,” he added.

Several medicinal plants procured by the forest department were planted in the school compound by Dessai, headmaster Madhukar Shenvi, school Manager F Y Prabhugaonkar and others.

Teacher, Subhash Mahale, compered the function and later proposed the vote of thanks.

Anniversary of Cubs, Bulbuls held

HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, AUG 22

The Salcete Bharat Scouts and Guides have added a feather in their cap thanks to Commissioner Mario Pereira who was instrumental in enrolling several young boys and girls to this movement. At an impressive function at the Church Hall, a prayer service was conducted by Guide Captain Tisha Pereira followed by garlanding of Lord and Lady Baden Powell.

The youngsters then sang the flag songs.

The special guest for the occasion Afonsa Fernandes who was also a past Bulbul and Guide shared her experiences of this movement and how the leadership gained through Bharat Scouts and Guides. “This movement can shape ones destiny if one gets involved,” she said.

Salcete Bharat Scouts and Guides President Nelly Rodrigues also motivated the young Cubs and Bulbuls and complimented Mario Pereira.

She urged teachers and parents to encourage children to join this movement.

District Secretary Regina Faleiro presented ‘Komel Pank’ badges to the bulbuls. The Scouts and Guides then presented a short cultural program and later had a cleanliness drive around the church area. Office bearers present for the function were organising Chairman Russel Coutinho, Tr Comm Francis Rebello and other prominent villagers.

Abieta felicitated for achievement in Karate HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, AUG 22

The Calangute panchayat recently felicitated Abieta Menezes in recognition of her achievements in Karate at the international level.

Acting Sarpanch Sneha Salgaonkar felicitated Abieta with a shield and certificate during the Independence Day celebrations at the Calangute Panchayat.

Abieta Menezes was felicitated for attaining the 2nd DAN international black belt in Karate at the age of 15.

Those attending the felicitation function included Abieta's parents, Anthony and Abeline Menezes (Calangute ZP member), former sarpanchas Joseph Sequeira, Laxman Porob Palyekar and Albert Fernandes, Deputy Sarpanch Ana Marie D'Souza and Panchas

Calangute Acting Sarpanch Sneha Salgaonkar felicitates Abieta Menezes for her achievements in karate. Photo by Thomas Fernandes

Alex Fernandes, Vinayak Salgaonkar, Filipe Dias, Annie Coelho and Reshma Kalangutkar.

In her address, Abieta thanked the panchayat for the felicitation, while Anthony Menezes advised children and

parents alike to take up Karate as a sports to keep one healthy.

Others speaking at the dunction included Acting Sarpanch Sneha Salgaonkar, Abeline Menezes and Eknath Nagvekar.

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Unfair to hold Reddys guilty, says Gadkari HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, AUG 22

BJP national president Nitin Gadkari has clearly stated that it is unfair to hold anyone including Reddys guilty of being involved in illegal mining until Lokayukta Santosh Hegde comes out with his final report on illegal mining in the state.

Addressing a press meet in Belgaum on Friday, he said the BJP will not intervene in the mining issue until the process of investigation into illegal mining is over.

“We will take cognizance of Hegde’s report and later comment on the mining issue,” he added.

Gadkari said his party will always stand by the decision taken by the Karnataka government over the ban on export of iron ore.

He said instead of exporting iron ore, it was appropriate to make the finished products from the raw materials and later export it to add value to the

export products and also to help create employment for the youth.

“Apart from Karnataka, it is better for other states also to stop the export of raw materials and switch to the export of the finished products,” he said.

“The Karnataka government has entrusted the investigation

illegal mining into illegal mining to an upright person like Santosh Hegde. I recently met Hegde and assured him of all the support in his investigation. Yeddyurappa too has assured him giving total independence and cooperation in conducting a fair probe into illegal mining,” said Gadkari.

Yeddyurappa has also written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on banning of iron ore export. “I will also request

the Prime Minister to take serious note of the Chief Minister’s letter on this vital issue of mining,” he added.

Addressing a programme at Gomtesh Vidyapeeth in the city in the afternoon, Gadkari said the plight of education sector in the country had been pathetic.

“I find that many schools lacked either of infrastructure, buildings, teachers or other facilities. Due to unfair management of schools, the students are not able to get good education,” he said.

Gadkari called upon his party workers to devote themselves in works that were needed to build a stronger nation without making way for the division of the country on the basis of caste and creed.

He said politics was the instrument for socio-economic reform and in that direction, the party youth workers should strive to bring a healthy change in the society.

RCL takes up conservation work of art gallery in K'taka UNI MYSORE, AUG 22

The Regional Conservation Laboratory (RCL) here has taken up the conservation and restoration work of the famous Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery in Jaganmohan Palace in the city, which is well-known for its paintings by world-renowned artists.

The Gallery houses the paintings of artists like Raja Ravi Varma, Haldankar, Nikolai Roerich, Svetoslav Roerich and Rabindranath Tagore along with a collection of various curios, including weapons of war, a French clock, which has a mechanism to display a parade by miniature soldiers every hour, musical instruments, sculptures and brasswares.

However, the most artistic and historic art to be found in the Gallery is the mural painting on the walls, painted around the time the Palace was built in the 1861. Most mural paintings which depict scenes of the then Mysore kingdom along with hunting, board game and Chaturanga probably invented by the kings in a stage of deterioration due to flaking walls and dripping roofs.

Now, the RCL, a regional centre of the National Research Laboratory for Conservation of

Cultural Property, has taken up restoration of the murals.

The murals on fourth floor of Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery in Jaganmohan Palace, which have been covered by a patina of varnish for several months, are now being restored to their former glory by an eight-member team from the Regional Conservation Laboratory (RCL). The Gallery is looked after by the Jaganmohan Palace Trust.

Mr Narasimha, Curator of the palace, told UNI that the mural was completed in 1861. ''It's a rare mural and is also among the earliest surviving documentation of the Mysore Dasara as the artists have depicted the procession scene in which Krishnaraja Wadiyar III is seated in a chariot drawn by six elephants. The entire scene was studied and described in detail by the Archaeological Survey of Mysore in 1932,'' he said What was significant about the painting was that the artists had rendered the portraits of all contemporary Maharajas who ruled in various kingdoms in India during that period, apart from the portraits of some important officials who were at the helm of administration, Mr Narasimha said.

This was also the only paint-

ing which depicted some of the ancient Indian games, including a variant of the chess, in which Krishnaraja Wadiyar III was reckoned to be an expert and had even authored a work titled 'Tattwanidhi' which explained how the game should be played.

At the central portion of the eastern wall, the family tree of the Wadiyars had been depicted with portraits of 22 kings from the dynasty.

Mr B V Kharbade, who heads the RCL in Mysore, said the restoration work was taken up two months ago and it would take about a year to complete it.

He said the mural was painted using natural resins that were displaying traces of discolouration.

A team of experts under Technical Restorer N Selvarehai was working on the mural to restore it to its old glory. Mr Selvarehai said the aesthetic value of the mural had diminished, but after the removal of varnishes, the visibility had been enhanced. ''The major problem during restoration pertains to removal of varnishes to enhance visibility, and consolidation of original paintings using a special adhesive called 'consolidant' which is injected,'' Mr Selvarehai explained.

Farmers from Amona-Bicholim resort to organic farming HERALD CORRESPONDENT BICHOLIM, AUG 22

About 70 farmers from AmonaBicholim have resorted to a novel organic farming technique to get a better yield.

A c c o rd i n g t o re p o r t s , Bhaileshet Khazan Tenant Association Amona has applied for a certificate from Indocert Kerala for organic farming. Land admeasuring 2,30,340 sq mtrs, which is divided among several farmers, lies close to the Mandovi River and is used for Khazan farming.

“The land was being manually cultivated by the farmers separately since several years, but this year, it is done collectively and the yield will be shared collectively,” a farmer, Shashikant Ghadi told Herald.

“Last year, only few farmers cultivated the land, but this year all the farmers cultivated the land.

The organic farming in paddy field is a new technique and has good demand all over. So we have asked for a licence from Indocert

Shashikant Ghadi along with other farmers in the field at Amona-Bicholim.

Photo by Samir Umarye

Kerala,” added Ghadi.

Indocert Kerala is a government organisation in agriculture, which gives licence and certificate for organic farming after inspecting the fields continuously for three years.

“This is the second time that representatives of the organisation inspected the site and we will get the certificate by next year. Later, the farmers will get a chance to sell the produce at a much higher rate, as there

is huge demand for the organic paddy faming,” he said.

“We have also plans to export it to Germany and US after the certification. This is the first such project in Bicholim at such a grand scale,” said Ghadi.

“The project is financed by a mining company and we are sure of getting high yield this year. We also urge some farmers who have not cultivated the land due to high farming price to follow the method,” Ghadi said.

Parents should take guidance while deciding wards career: Dhavlikar HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, AUG 22

Transport Minister Sudin Dhavlikar has urged parents to take guidance from educationists while deciding on students’ academic career.

Dhavlikar was speaking during the inaugural ceremony of the newly built Anganwadi at Gaunem-Bandora in Marcaim constituency.

Speaking further, Dhavlikar said rural schools have now excelled and there is no need for parents to worry for admissions

in reputed schools.

“Now, it is a totally different scenario in the education sector.

Gone are the days where only few schools which had high standards.

Now every school in the State is progressing and I urge parents not to insist for getting admission to their children only in reputed schools,” said Dhavlikar.

“Parents should also take guidance from educationalists in order to decide on child’s education. It very important and will do justice to child’s academic career,” he said.

Bandora Panchayat and ward Panch Ramchandra Naik said education was priority of late Bahusaheb Bandodkar and thanked Sudin Dhavlikar for following his footsteps.

“I am thankful to the transport minister for his help in building this Anganwadi. He is instrumental in bringing various projects in Marcaim constituency,” said Naik.

Also present on the occasion were Bandora Sarpanch Damodar Naik and other panch members.

KLE University signs Hindu Janajagruthi Samiti bats MoU with Goa Govt for 'illegal' places of worship HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, AUG 22

The KLE University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Goa Government for strengthening pharmacy education in the state-owned Goa College of Pharmacy, Panjim, the oldest and prestigious pharmacy college in India having a history of more than 162 years.

Under the agreement, professors and teachers from KLE University shall give all the support in the implementation of pharmacy curricula and also extend co-operation in strengthening of research at Goa College of Pharmacy.

MoU was signed at Panjim on Thursday at a formal function that was held in the college premises.

Registrar of KLE University Dr P F Kotur and Prof Vivek B Kamat, Directorate of Technical Education, Goa Government, signed the MoU. Vice Chancellor of KLE University Dr C K Kokate and Vice Chancellor of Goa University Prof Dileep N Deobagkar emphasized upon the importance of public-private partnership in strengthening higher education.

Hoax bomb caller held in Hubli HERALD CORRESPONDENT KARWAR, AUGUST 22

Karwar police have arrested a man identified as Wasim Azeez Quazi (25), who is accused of making a call threatening blow up the Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Express on the night of August 12. The accused was picked up in Hubli.

Wasim had allegedly called the Police Control Room in Karwar on the night of August 12, using his mobile (8971441461) and threatened to set off explosives on the train either at Canacona Railway Station in Goa or at Karwar. Following the threat, police detained the train for more than seven hours at Asnoti Railway Station near Karwar to check it. The threat turned out to be a hoax. Police later traced the number to Hubli and arrested Wasim. Uttar Kannada SP Raman Gupta said that Wasim hails from Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

Wasim, who spoke to press persons, admitted that he had made the hoax call, but denied any terror links. He said that on August 12 at Ankola, lodge managers refused to give him him a room after seeing his name. Furious at their discriminatory behaviour and under the influence of alcohol, he made the threatening call. Investigations are underway.

n Under the agreement, professors and teachers from KLE University shall give all the support in the implementation of pharmacy curricula and also extend co-operation in strengthening of research at Goa College of Pharmacy.

Principal of College of Pharmacy Belgaum Dr F V Manvi and Principal of Goa College of Pharmacy Prof Madhav G Pai also spoke on the occasion.

Dr Kotur said KLE University has unique distinction of getting NAAC 'A' grade and has been getting several offers of academic participation from institutions all over the world.

PTI MANGALORE, AUG 22

Hindu Janajagruthi Samithi has raised its voice against the decision of the District Administration to take action against the illegal Hindu places of worship.

Speaking at the press conference here yesterday Mohan Gowda, spokesperson for Karnataka Hindu Janajagruthi Samithi, lashed out at the authorities for declaring 641 religious structures in Dakshina Kannada as illegal. He argued that the places of worship existed even before the Indian law was formed. Besides, he sought a clarification from the authorities as to what they mean by ‘illegal’.

He also demanded the authorities to explain whether religious centers were hindering the development of the country that they have been declared illegal.

He also declared that the Samithi in collaboration with other likeminded associations will fight to save these temples, especially because some of the unidentified temples in Dakshina Kannada

Provincial of Goa Province Fr Tony da Silva has lauded the role played by Jesuit priest Swamy Prabhudhar for the overall development of the people of South Maharashtra and North Karnataka.

He was speaking on the occasion of the felicitation to Swamy Prabhudhar alias Fr Constant Drago, a senior Jesuit priest who completed his 50 years in the Society of Jesus and was also celebrating his 75th birthday.

A large number of priests and people from the region had gathered here to wish and seek Almighty’s blessings on Swamy Prabhudhar who has transformed lives of thousands of persons through his prayers and social work. The felicitation function was organised at St Paul’s High School hall here on Sunday.

Highlighting tremendous and

Retired headmaster F Y Prabhugaonkar lights the traditional lamp after garlanding the portrait of Shennoy Goenbab.

Photo by Kathy Pereira HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, AUG 22

Retired headmaster F Y Prabhugaonkar has stated that the Konkani Bhasha Mandal's (KBM) state-level 'Konkani Story Telling competition' for school children gives them a unique opportunity t o e x p re s s t h e m s e l v e s i n mother-tongue.

He was addressing the taluka level 'Konkani story telling competition' at Shri Shradanand Vidyalaya, Poinguinim on Saturday.

Before the start of the competition, Prabhugaonkar garlanded the portrait of Shennoy Goenbab.

The competition, organized

by KBM in collaboration with Department of Arts & Culture and Radio Mirchi, is first being conducted at the primary, middle and secondary school level at the various talukas. Winners are then entitled to compete at the state-level competition.

In the secondary school category, the winners were Shefali Painguinkar of Shri Shradanand HS Poinguinim (first), Adil Dangui of Navodaya (second) and Deepali Naik of Damodar HS Loliem (third).

In the middle school category, the winners were Prabhau Tengse of Shradanand HS Poinguinim (first), Purva Naik Borkar of Shri Mallikarjun HS

selfless efforts of Swamy Prabhudhar through his work for the marginalized and down trodden in the societies, Fr da Silva said Swamy Prabhudhar has served the society as a true Jesuit and devoted his life ‘All for the greater glory of God’.

Prof Kisanrao Kurade, a senior social activist from Gadhinglaj who has been writing a book on Swamy Prabhudhar, focused on the life of Swamy Prabhudhar.

“Swamy Prabhduhar is not God, but he echoes the true image of God,” said Kurade adding that Swamy Prabhudhar cannot belong to one religion as his personality reflects a blend of all the religions.

Fr Karidad Drago, a senior professor of theology, also lauded the role of Swamy Prabhudhar.

Replying to the felicitations, Swamy Prabhudhar reminisced the miraculous incidents in his life that lead to him becoming

the priest.

“Lord is miraculous and through his chosen people, he shows his power,” he said adding that despite several adversities the Almighty has kept him strong to work for the people.

Earlier, Fr da Silva presided over the special thanksgiving mass was offered at Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral at Camp.

Fr Joe Monteiro in his introduction speech highlighted the special qualities of Swamy Prabhudhar that went on to make him a revolutionary priest. Fr da Silva presented an appreciation letter sent by Fr Adolfo Nicholas, the Superior General of the Jesuit Society, Rome.

Rev Msgr Lucio Mascarenhas, Fr Alban D’Souza, Fr Gerald Furtado, Fr Jacob Carvalho, Fr Fidelino Araujo, Fr Eusebio Fernandes, Fr Roland Coelho and other priests were present.

Fr Matthew Bardeskar anchored the function.

Saplings distributed to villagers of Arpora-Nagoa, Parra HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, AUG 22

Saligao ZP member Michael Lobo distributed saplings to the villagers of Nagoa-Arpora and Parra on Sunday.

Over thousands of saplings like mango trees, chickoo, lime, coconuts, besides the plants were distributed to the villagers of Nagoa-Arpora and Parra.

Many villagers were happy to get a sapling after years together despite such distributions.

Speaking to Herald, an elderly lady from Arpora said: “I have

were over three centuries old.

Mr Gowda said a signature campaign had been started against this move, and a protest ‘Devastana Ulisi Dharma Belisi’ would be held on August 29 in all taluk centers simultaneously.

Honorary president of the committee Pradeep Kumar Kalkura demanded that the government should provide a detailed explanation of how these temples hinder the district’s development before approving their demolition. Some of these religious places comprise temples, Jain basadis, churches, and bhajana mandirs. Pointing out that these temples receive large donations, he said the government hardly releases any fund

‘KBM contest aiding students to express in mother-tongue’

Provincial of Goa Province laud services of Swamy Prabhudhar HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, AUG 22

n The government should provide a detailed explanation of how these temples hinder the district’s development before approving their demolition. Some of these religious places comprise temples, Jain basadis, churches, and bhajana mandirs.

been living for long now and have heard of such distributions by the MLAs and others, but did not get any sapling earlier, but today I finally got one. Dev Borem Korum taka.”

Says a villager from Parra: “Earlier, MLAs used to come with a handful of saplings and distribute it to his own people and go, but aam admi like me and others never got any. The initiative of the newly elected ZP member Michael Lobo deserves appreciation.”

Going by the past experiences of sapling distribution in the

coastal belt of Calangute, the villagers used to find it difficult to get a hand on a single sapling while being distributed, but Lobo saw to it that the villagers were not disappointed with the distribution of saplings.

Lobo himself supervised the distribution of the saplings at Nagoa-Arpora and later at Parra.

He was lent a helping hand in the distribution of work at the Community Hall of Holy Trinity Church, Nagoa-Arpora, by Nagoa-Arpora Panch Asha Palyekar along with Rena D’Souza, Valinni D’Silva and others.

Char-Rasta (second) and Shriya Tengse of Shradanand HS Poinguinim (third).

In the primary school category, the winners were Aba Faldessai of GPS WelwadaPoinguinim (first), Suchita Bandekar (second) and Rutuja Naik (third), both from the GPS Shelli.

In all, 42 students from different schools in the taluka participated in the contest.

KBM President Prashant Naik, noted Konkani writer Kamlakar Mhalshi and state-level Konkani story telling competition incharge Paresh Naik were also present at the programme, while the judges at the contest were Anand Shenvi, Swati Naik, Sunil Tilve and Mangaldas Bhat.

for the development of these temples as tourist centres, but mercilessly approves their demolition.

He accused that the move to demolish several Jain basadis, Maroli Suryanaryana Temple, St Lawrence Church, Bondel and some ancient mosques which are said to be illegal as per the maps was meaningless and showed that India was moving towards dictatorship.

Zilla Andholan Pramukh Hindu Janajagruti Samithi, Sullya Ram Bhat said a protest will be staged combining the leaders from all the community at various places in the district including DC office on September 20 to oppose the bitter decisions of the government.

Conference at Ponda HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, AUG 22

Goa Bagaytdar Kharedi Vikri Sanstha Maryadit and Department of Agriculture in association with Centre for International Trade in Agriculture and Agro-based Industries (CITA) and United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will organize one-day workshop on ‘Linking Agriculture Producers to the Export Market’ at Farmagudi-Ponda on August 25.

According to Goa Bagaytdar Chairman Adv Narendra Savoikar, the conference will deliberate on various issues related to agricultural scenario in the State.

He also said issues related to agri-exports will be discussed and responsibilities will be on the State and other organisation in the agriculture to work accordingly so as to implement the decisions taken during the conference.

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Curfew imposed in Trehgam; in force in parts of Srinagar PTI SRINAGAR, AUG 22

Curfew was clamped in Trehgam town of Kupwara district today even as the restrictions remained in force in major parts of Srinagar and Bijbehara town of south Kashmir in the wake of a call for shutdown by the separatists.

"Curfew was clamped in Trehgam town of Kupwara district as a precautionary measure," police said.

They said curfew remained clamped in areas under the jurisdiction of various police stations of Srinagar district -Batmaloo, Bemina, Qammerwari, Kralkhud, Nowhatta, Khanyar, M R Gunj, Safakadal,

Rainawari, Maisuma and parts of Khotibagh -- till further orders.

Police said curfew also remained in force in Bijbehara while the restrictions have been lifted in Anantnag and Sopore towns.

However, markets remained closed and transport was off the roads in most parts of the Valley in response to the separatists' call for strike.

The Valley was rocked by violence following the death of a teenager on June 11 after he was allegedly hit by a tear gas shell near Rajouri Kadal area.

After that, street protests broke out in the Valley which has

claimed 62 lives so far.

Meanwhile, police denied media reports that 42 youths were rounded up in Bemina locality of Srinagar yesterday during a crackdown and said only six have been arrested.

"The report published in some newspapers that 42 youths were rounded up in Bemina is incorrect," they said.

They said police had launched an operation against the stonepelters in the area. "The police questioned some people out of which only six persons against whom there is enough evidence in form of videos and photographs have been arrested," police said.

Boy admitted at SMHS hospital after being injured in a police firing used to disperse demonstrators in the Chhatabal area in down town Srinagar on Sunday.

Transgenders to be separate category in Census: Panel PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

The Technical Advisory Committee constituted by Registrar General has recommended inclusion of transgender community in the census as a separate gender and not as males as is the present practice.

In an RTI reply to Dr S E Huda of Bareilly based-NGO SSFA-ESFI, the Registrar General has said that the TAC has recommended a separate category for the transgender community of the country.

The recommendation of the TAC would now be placed before the government for consideration, it said.

In the current practice, the community is included in the Census as 'males'. The TAC proposal says that during census males will be give code one, for females code two and for transgenders it will be 'code three'.

The NGO had petitioned the Prime Minister's Office, President's Secretariat, Home Ministry and Registrar General's Office on inclusion of transgender in a different category.

It has also filed a petition before the Supreme Court.

The Planning Commission, meanwhile, has also recommended separate category for the transgenders in the Unique Identification Authority of India Project, said a separate RTI

Lt Col dismissed from service by GCM in ‘milk scam’ in J&K PTI JAMMU, AUG 22

An Army Lieutenant Colonel has been dismissed from service and awarded three years' rigorous imprisonment by a General Court Martial (GCM) which found him guilty of irregularities in procurement of milk powder.

The GCM found Lt Col Kuldeep Singh of Military Farms guilty of irregularities in the procurement of skimmed milk powder worth over Rs 10 crore in Northern Command in Jammu and Kashmir during 'Operation Parakram' and dismissed him from service on Wednesday.

Ministry of Defence PRO Lt Col Biplav Nath told PTI that Lt Col Singh was cashiered and awarded three years' rigorous imprisonment by the GCM. The GCM's order in this case in subject to confirmation by the authority concerned, Col Nath said.

Lt Col Singh, who was facing 25 charges including irregularities in purchase of skimmed milk powder, was found guilty in 15 charges by the GCM presided over by the Commander of Artillery Brigade, Brig S P Mehta at Akhnoor-based 10 Division headquarters on August 18, army sources said.

Another army officer of Colonel rank, who was then posted as Director of Military Farms, is also facing a GCM at Narian Brigade headquarters for failure of supervision and technical inspection in this scam.

The GCM was convened after a Court of Inquiry (COI) fixed 25 charges including that of intent to defraud, irregularities, acts prejudicial to good order and military discipline under Army Act against Lt Col Singh and 17 charges including failure to exercise requisite supervision, not taking due action and failure to carry out technical inspection against a Colonel.

The purchase of 1526 metric tonnes of skimmed milk powder were made through local market in violation of all rules by the Lt col during Operation Parakram between January 2001 and August 2003, the sources said.

There was multi-fold increase in the demand of the milk during Operation Parakram. Local purchase of skimmed milk was made despite adequate stocks in army stores and milk powder was illegally shifted to other commands without due sanction from Northern Command, the sources said.

Bureaucracy shatters a braveheart’s dream PTI JAIPUR, AUG 22

Sixteen-year-old Yogesh Kumar Jangid, who has won five bravery awards, including the National Bravery Award, thought that his fearless feats would win him the chance of getting a decent education and a possible entry into either the IPS or IIT. But the high hopes of this teenager have been dashed by his own poverty and callousness of the Rajasthan bureaucracy.

Jangid who was proudly paraded down Rajpath during the Republic Day parade last year, was taking coaching lessons for IIT exams in Jaipur. But the tuition fee of Rs 2.5 lakh was much beyond the means of his BPL (Below Poverty Line) family.

So, Jangid has returned to his village in Karauli.

"I had no other option but to ask my son to come back

from Jaipur where he was simultaneously studying for his class XIth and IIT exams. As we cannot fund his education further for IIT coaching, he had to change from the Mathematics stream to Arts and repeat an year in the same class," Jangid's father Prakash Chandra Sharma said.

Sharma had written numerous letters to the President, Prime Minister and state Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for help.

"In 2009 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote to the then Rajasthan Chief Minister to extend help to my son but the district Collector reported back to the Chief Secretary saying he has no funds at his disposal," he said.

Sharma is now looking for ways to repay the Rs one lakh loan he took from the bank to meet the IIT coaching expenses.

"My family cannot afford my

education. I have been a good student and I want to become a police officer," Jangid said, adding, "I am confident that, given a chance, I can do better."

This braveheart won the National Bravery Award last year for saving four children from drowning in the Kalisil river in Karauli district in 2008. Earlier, he had won the President’s Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak in 2007 and the state Governor's award for bravery.

In 2006, Jangid saved his classmate Anita from a marauding hyena when she went to collect wood from a nearby forest.

Before that he won the Ghanshyam Binani Children’s Bravery Award in 2005 for another "outstanding act of bravery."

But all these awards and citations are of little use as he sees his future hopes crumbling before his eyes.

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ahul Gandhi’s planned visit to Lanjigarh in Orissa on 26 August, to meet tribals protesting against bauxite mining

by UK-based minerals conglomerate Vedanta Resources in the Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi district – that are sacred to the Dongoria and Kutia Kandha tribals – has predictably kicked up a storm. It comes in the background of the arrest and alleged torture of 35-year-old tribal activist Lada Sikaka Majhi by police, on charges that he was a Maoist.

It is the indecent haste of the Union Government to achieve a 10 per cent growth rate that is at the root of India’s Maoist problem. The Centre wants to give a huge boost to mining and metallurgy, by inviting large-scale Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Unfortunately, India’s mineral-rich areas also happen to be its tribal heartland. Any haste in this direction without securing the natural and traditional rights of tribals will further marginalise these oppressed peoples.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi realises this. That is why she urged the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) on Friday that it should ensure that the rights of tribals are not compromised in any way. But the pro-business elements within the Congress and the government – including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – are in a hurry to expand India’s mineral sector. That is why they support the use of armed force to subdue the Maoists. They believe that it can quickly open up these areas for mineral exploitation.

Others have more venal motives; like Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, who in his private profession as a top corporate lawyer has represented many of the biggest mining and metallurgical corporations in the country. The Home Minister has advocated the use of the Air Force against the Maoists, when it is not used even against Kashmiri terrorists! Even the top brass of the BJP, especially lawyer Arun Jaitley, holds similar views, for similar reasons.

Had it not been for voices of sanity like Mrs Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Digvijay Singh, the anti-Maoist Operation Green Hunt would have turned the forests of central India red with tribal blood by now. It stands to reason that when a complete people are disaffected, mere use of force cannot bring peace.

It is fear of being dispossessed of whatever little they have that pushes the tribals to become Maoists. And no matter how many get killed, unless the cause of the disaffection is removed, more will take their place. One cannot shoot one’s way out of such situations. Political problems require political solutions and negotiated settlements.

Take the example of Nagaland. Ever since Independence, this tiny north-eastern state has been occupied by the Indian Army, to put down the insurgency. For 50 years the Army fought the rebels, but could not win the war. Then, about 10 years ago, the government negotiated a cease fire with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), and peace has come to the troubled land.

Negotiations are still on. A solution is a long way off. But in the meanwhile, the people of Nagaland have tasted peace and enjoyed it. They have developed a stake in peace. Today, if the NSCN wants to go back to war with India, they will find their people are not very enthusiastic to go back to the bad old days. So they will think twice before taking any such decision.

The Maoist hold over tribal areas is not new. It is over two decades old. In the 40-odd years since the Naxalbari uprising in West Bengal, the government has responded to Maoists with violence. It hasn’t worked; they’re still here and getting stronger by the day. Why not give peace a chance instead, as was done in Nagaland? Now that Maoist leader Kishenji has made an offer of a cease fire and talks, the central government should seize the opportunity.

Karnad and CM Cedric Da Costa, Margao The recent resignation-retraction drama by noted actor Girish Karnad seems to be more of a publicity stunt than a protest. Every Goan knows how the current CM is a master of pulling cunning stunts and later blaming the media for ‘misquoting’ him.

All Goans must get together and ask the CM to ban fanatical organisations of all religions operating in Goa and ensure that the long standing issues plaguing Goa are solved before the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Liberation begin. Forget Karnad; can the CM ensure that illegal mining, River Princess, bad roads, garbage, and corruption in his government – including departments headed by him – are done away with?

What is the point in celebrating a Golden jubilee in which most of the crores of rupees spent will be pocketed by some middle men?

Parrikar, Jerry & Nitin Leonardo E Lobo, Vasco I strongly support the views expressed in the letters ‘Stop glorifying Parrikar’ by Jerry

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atriotism is described as that innermost feeling that bestows wholehearted love and allout support to one’s own country. Soldiers lose their lives to defend the borders against the aggressors and safeguard ultimately the integrity of its inhabitants and economy; it is attributed as the highest feat of endeavour and sacrifice.

However in contemporary circumstances, the tenor of love for one’s country is metamorphosing into the many-headed hydra of Lerna. Avarice and greed is assuming centre stage; the rest be damned, as long as the objective is obtained and greed duly sated, whatever the dubious and unscrupulous means required.

India is a vast country with tremendous economic and scientific potential. But the major roadblocks to desired development are caste, creed, language, culture and other infirmities which are not worth elaborating in the present context. India in international forums may be a force to reckon with, but the attitude of its people is a despairing shame. Money and only money matters, procured dubiously through wanton means to assure venal success.

The love for money is blatantly obvious in our daily grind. Contracted works are haphazardly undertaken and executed, simply awaiting the next catastrophe. Some just pocket the amounts reserved for the downtrodden and the needy.

Their own unlimited lucre brings in focus what was once said: “Who cares about the poor, it is my necessity that counts. For I, with political patronage, am the Supremo, and there is nobody else but me.”

Who cares about what foreigners might have to say about the corruption in our country, or for that matter the Queen of England? It follows Darwin’s pattern of ‘survival of the fittest’. Let them keep their opinions to themselves (but issue succour in cash), lest they spread the malicious virus of uncertainty among the Indian people, putting my greed in jeopardy.

But the fantasy suppresses the actual reality, like the expression ‘making hay while the sun shines’, which is familiar in our vicious circles. I may be expressing my opinion through my hat, but the truth, though bitter, is in actual proportion

View from my PanVddo to the malfeasances protracted. We, the people of the streets, are left alone in some god-forbidden nook to whimper about the sorry state of our affairs. Though we are now quite used to it, the malaise, seemingly, has no end.

Take the conditions of our roads, our transport system, our food security, our water woes, the plight of our soldiers, unemployment – which is corroding our innards, with no jobs available – the medical travesty, with hospitals and human services being available only to the more affluent.

Then there is the exploitation of the unwary and young, police harassment of the unprotected, the high-handedness of the bureaucrats and the mighty, etc.

These are a few instances of malpractices conceived and conceptualised by the powers-thatbe. Although I must state that the government is all agog with expectations that in any forum India can beat China hollow (at least, it has been ingrained in the minds of the people) by sending up fossilised rockets and launching unreceptive satellites in space, even as the authorities neglect the appalling conditions of the country’s own people.

It is not a question of stating that money saved is money earned.

H

ey what are you doing? Have you no sense?, A voice shouted at me. I looked down to see a girl looking up at me angrily from the flat below mine in the new neighborhood that I shifted into. I realized water was dripping from the clothes on my washing line, right on to her head and petite small frame. I apologized sheepishly. The next thing I heard from her is, “Hey come over for dinner. I am from Sikkim. We are going to have momos” And there began a wild and beautiful friendship between Sangay Larden Shenga and me. I soon discovered that she was more into life and living than anyone I knew. She was the deputy collector of South Goa, and later Director of Industries and mines- but that was just one of the things she did! To my astonishment, she just loved doing anything and everything. In our few years together as friends and neighbors I realized she was a powerhouse of ideas and action. She loved cycling. She loved cooking. She loved making pottery. She loved doing interiors. She loved dressing well. She loved buying gifts for everyone she knew, even the one’s subordinate to her in office. She went about her life on her own terms. And she was excellent at her work, dedicated and honest.

We were all in the bureaucratic circle and one evening we had to go for a formal dinner in the honor of the new Collector, her boss, at a fancy hotel. Sangay and I exchanged a knowing look, at the self important attitude on our table. I rolled my eyes in boredom.

Religious ravers Kalidas Sawkar, Caranzalem I commend Dr Joe D’Souza for having written an excellent and a balanced article: ‘God and Devil are in Man’ (Herald, 20 August).

Unfortunately, in recent times, it has become fashionable to make rabid comments about all things science and scientific, while enjoying the fruits of scientific achievements.

Many people idiotically blame science for the Atom Bombs exploded in World War II, since they are too immature to properly reason out the developments or pros and cons of that war. Many of them equate science and scientists with inhumanity, and

Smitha Bhandare Kamat

The question lies also in fundamentalism ravaging the Art world, with an obnoxious clamour to save a pantheon of deities, citing absurdities that do not have any relevance in the modern life. It is well known that Art follows its own line, which may be loved by some but loathed by others. Each one should have their own right of opinion about safeguarding lore and traditions that the country has imbibed.

What gets my goat is the malafide and total disregard that the country is harassed with, and that is the lure for money. It is said: if there ever was an Olympic medal for the quest of making illicit money, India would win hands down.

Psychologically, Indians by and large are slobbering gatherers of filthy lucre at the cost of the reputation of their own country. Where is their sense of patriotism and those great chest-thumping displays when something goes awry, and when the country is facing the daunting task of reining the irrepressible; when patriotism is in the nadir of unaccountability, where everything goes as per the rules of the deviants?

The case in point is the unfinished works of the Commonwealth Games, to be held in October.

As I write this in late August, as per reports, noth-

ing seems to have been completed, or there would have been some much-touted fanfare.

It is to be noted that the initial estimated cost to hold these Games was pegged at Rs480 crore.

Now however, the cost has escalated to a fantabulous sum of nearly Rs12,000 crore. Where has all this money vanished? It is poignantly pointed out that the infrastructure is in a sorry state, with walls peeling and the leaking roofs in collapsible conditions. India, having lost its credibility, is as of now looking up for divine intervention, but to no avail.

At the onset, India vowed to the athletes that their safety will not be compromised, but the tide in reverse does not assure that the calamity will not take place. Is it any surprise that the participating countries are, as of now, having second thoughts about their commitments?

In paradox, Suresh Kallu Kalmadi wants India to bid for Olympics 2020, and for Asiad 2019, perhaps to outdo the Chinese and South Africans.

This can never take place, as the Chinese are known for their determination to present to the world their new economic progress and a new face in the ruling scenario, hiding their malevolent communism. South Africa is coming to terms with new facets that the world had not seen.

I have titled this article ‘Patriotism be damned’, as I am quite aware of how the Indian mind works.

For many of my countrymen, money is everything, and there cannot be any obstacles on their way to accrue that filthy pelf, even at the cost of the country’s reputation. This makes me say: “Who cares for the country, as long as my avarice is satiated!” It comes across to pole vault the impossible heights, when running is questionable.

New Delhi, the host city, is now in an unenviable position. Nothing seems to be going right. Where should the word ‘patriotism’ be applied when country’s resources are going haywire, thanks to its own people, with scams galore, and the government a mute spectator? It is not enough to hold seminars to evaluate patriotism. I should emphasise that patriotism means to endear oneself to one’s own country. But can Indians do that; shunning the money – that resident evil – and working towards a fruitful co-existence to build their own country?

a friend indeed

Changing Perspective

Fernandes (Herald, 19 August) and ‘Parrikar’s true face’ by Nitin Kamat (Herald, 20 August).

They are a true reflection of the bankrupt character of Goan society today. Manohar Parrikar is wasting his time and energy trying to correct the ills affecting true Goans.

After all, isn’t it much more difficult to write a Letter to the Editor than what Parrikar did in the last Assembly session? People like Jerry and Nitin are doing more for Goa than Parrikar. Writing Letters to the Editor is a tedious and difficult job indeed!

SMILE WITH SMITHA

nowadays, it’s only the money that counts, laments CaeTano de aBreU

Suddenly, she clutched her stomach and her eyes contorted in pain.

“Oh please help me. I have a severe stomach ache”. We were the only two women at the dinner table. So I got up to lead her to the rest room. Once outside, she laughed wickedly and held my hand and said, “Let us sneak up to the bar and have some Cocktails.

Those men down there are so stifling” So we ran up in excitement and fear lest we might be discovered.

I had the first cocktail of my life with her and drank it up like coke, fast and swift. Soon, we went back. Sangay faked a weak smile when all of them looked concerned. And then she winked at me when we realized that the boring bureaucrats were themselves quite high with the drinks.

One of them kept looking at me and saying, “Madame you will run like PT Usha”. In last ten years I have not figured out that one!

Sangay and I roared with laughter at the absurdity of it. Soon, we went out on another attack of stomach ache and came back with another cocktail in our stomachs. The rest of the evening passed in hazy shades of blunders and laughter.

Together, we had many escapades. I was the only one who knew driving in our young gang. I drove the big government jeep to a local fair in Navelim. When we reached back to our car, I realized my awry parking had caused quite a traffic jam. An irate mob was

Doctors and private practice

Dr M Joshi, retired physician

The recent unfortunate death of Raveena at GMC brings into focus once again the well-established fact that many doctors in Goa Medical College (GMC) as well as the Dept of Health Services (DHS) do private practice. This implies that their salaries are not remunerative enough.

After the Sixth Pay Commission, it was thought that government doctors would have no reason to complain. But that would be ignoring the fact that these professionals who dedicate themselves to the service of the patients who cannot afford private care and throng the GMC and DHS clinics, sacrifice lucrative careers in the private sector.

At the same time, the government is already reeling under financial constraints, and cannot be expected to offer salaries commensurate with corporate hospitals. States like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have tackled this by offering doctors the option of private practice after routine working hours by refusing the non-practicing allowance (NPA). This attracts more doctors to government service; it would help fill the numerous vacancies in the DHS and among the teaching staff in GMC. It would also mean considerable savings for the government.

Goa is one of the leading states in health care, and has a dynamic Health Minister, who has taken several innovative initiatives. It should not lag behind in looking after its health care providers.

Mocked in our home Harold Andrade, by email While travelling in a local bus on the Margao-Betul route, a group of male tourists conversing in Hindi, were making a mockery of the language and the music when Konkani songs were being played on the bus. I cannot understand how we allow these boors to show such disrespect to our language and music in our own land.

I have been studying in Tamil Nadu. I know if the same thing happened there, these people would have just shut their mouths out of fear. What can be more disgraceful than outsiders coming to our state and ridiculing its language and culture?

Inefficient MLA Roque Pereira, Navelim PWD Minister Churchill Alemao is receiving

shouting at us, “So who is the deputy collector? Shouldn’t you have more sense than common people like us?” The men looked at Sangay and me trying to figure out who the deputy collector was. To my utter exasperation I saw Sangay point her finger at me and so the whole mob turned towards me and started talking in annoyance and agitation. I remember pouring a whole bottle of coke on Sangay later, half furious and half laughing.

After four years she got transferred out of Goa. We all went to a field in Rachol, which was surrounded by water, parked our car there, solemnly chatted till two in the night, and then went to sleep in the car, out in the wilderness! Next day she left for Arunachal Pradesh on her next posting. As I waved to her I told another friend, “I feel I am never going to see her again”.

A year later one of her colleagues called me, and in a strange subdued voice, said, “I have bad news for you. Sangay has died in Arunachal in a helicopter crash.” I thought someone with so much life cannot die. It is impossible. There must be a mistake.

I spent next few months unable to get up from bed. But one cannot die with the dead; one has to live with the living. Yet, I often feel she is alive. She lives in me and many others like me, whose life she touched.

If any of you have friends like Sangay- hold on to them with all you have got.

Letters to the Editor

Letter of the Day

identify them with animals. Belief in God or religion is supposed to be with humanitarian intents. Both these equations and their makers are bigoted, to say the least.

By Sajla Chawla

a much-deserved bashing in the ‘Letters to the Editor’ column these days. Regarding the squealing pig gaffe, someone should tell Churchill that NGOs comprise educated and farsighted people who have the welfare of Goa and Goans at heart, unlike himself, who refuses to see beyond his nose; or if he does, only for his own personal benefit.

Can Goa forget that Churchill, not long ago, called Goans ‘rascals’ on a national TV news channel?

As Navelim MLA, how many regular government jobs has he given to the people of his constituency? Can he come even close to the services rendered by Vishwajeet Rane and Sudin Dhavalikar in terms of jobs to the people of their respective constituencies?

Goa needs Oscar Jerry D’Souza, Divar On reading Whistleblower’s ‘Where is Dr Oscar?’ (Mirror, Herald, 8 August), I was upset as I misunderstood Whistleblower’s point. I was happy when I read the letter ‘Oscar’s rage is misplaced’ (Herald, 14 August), that it was saying that Dr Oscar is needed by Goa and Goans.

Dr Oscar’s reply ‘Reply to rumor-mongers’ (Herald, 11 August) must have brought tears in people’s eyes, as it did with me. Years back, PWD Minister Churchill Alemao was a crowd puller, as he used to fight for Goa and Goans. Now, only Dr Oscar can pull crowds, as we saw during GBA meetings.

Can he also get people elected? Dr Oscar, we all want you back, not only as Dr Oscar but as MLA Oscar in 2012.

Life of the pitiful man Bartholomew C D’Souza, Anjuna Merciless discrimination in jobs by politicians bring frustration to deserving candidates, causing cries of favouritism against God. God simplifies it, saying: ‘If you do evil and reject the Lord, He will bring upon you disaster, confusion and trouble in everything you do, until you are quickly and completely destroyed.’

God further states ‘There will be no descendants for Godless men, and fire will destroy the homes built by bribery.’ Be careful how you accumulate wealth, because curses follow evildoers’ families, while blessings engulf the righteous.

Our rich MPs Adelmo Fernandes, Vasco Parliament proposed to raise the salary of a Parliamentarian by a whooping 300 per cent, from Rs16,000 to Rs50,000 per month, plus allowances and perks. MPs are not happy with this and are asking for Rs80,001 per month!

These politicians were drawing a paltry Rs16,000 all these years, which only goes to show that Parliamentarians are not dependent on their salaries for their daily sustenance, and have other sources of income.

How else can one explain the crores of rupees spent by each politician on elections?

What is the need to give them a raise at the cost of the taxpayer? In fact, Parliamentarians should work in an honorary capacity.

Aid to Pakistan Michael Vaz, Merces Pakistan, our unfriendly neighbouring country, is reeling under the fury of unrelenting floods, the worst in its history. Close to

1,600 people have perished and over 20 million are marooned, but it dilly-dallied on accepting aid from India.

This is what happens when one is obsessed with false pride. Isn’t it a tragedy that on the one hand they are asking for international succour and on the other spurning the help provided by a neighbour? Are they not concerned about the plight of their own people? Disgustingly, Pakistan has launched a campaign blaming India among others for the catastrophe. What is the use of peace initiatives under these circumstances?

Boycott Golden Jubilee Arwin Mesquita, Abu Dhabi I sincerely appreciate the protests in Margao on Independence Day against the anti-Goan policies of corrupt Goan MLAs / Ministers. The harassment of the protestors by the Goa Police should be condemned.

Instead of going around singing praises of the perceived development of the state, our Ministers should go around talking about what development they and their families have achieved.

The Golden Jubilee of Goa’s Liberation is coming up. Goans need to start another front to protest and boycott these farcical celebrations, and portray the true reality of how Goans are actually losing their state and identity.

Pot and the kettle Orlando S A Da Silva, Carmona Churchill Alemao’s outburst against Mickky Pacheco’s demand for a CBI inquiry into the functioning of the PWD is like the pot calling the kettle black. I remember when Churchill Alemao first took charge of the PWD, he gave an assurance that every road hot mixed in the state would last for at least three years, otherwise he will blacklist the concerned contractor and suspend the engineer concerned. Today, almost all roads hotmixed prior to the current monsoon have been washed away before the monsoon is even halfway through. The PWD minister is solely responsible for this, and should have submitted his resignation

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opinionateD The Games They Play

By Pachu Menon It is that simple, is it? Of course!

There are ways and ways of evading the long arms of the law. And don’t worry, even if one is arrested, it can be ensured that not one day is spent in the confines of a 2x2 cell as the esteemed guest of the law enforcers. At least that is what some of the cases of the high-profile personalities with an alleged ‘criminal disposition’ have been teaching us in recent times.

The preambles first! A shyster will keep refuting all assertions of wrong-doing till he is cornered. When such a person apprehends that there is a move afoot to get him arrested, the laws of the country permit him to move the Courts for the grant of bail in the event of his arrest. The court may, if it thinks fit, direct that in the event of such an arrest, he shall be released on bail.

More than the common criminals, it is the politicians and the unscrupulous practitioners in certain professions and business, the economic offenders so to say, who take recourse to such actions. Anticipatory bail has thus become the most likely way for alleged wrongdoers to avoid incarceration – a Court’s direction to release a person on bail, issued even before the person is arrested!

Now let us say that the Court refuses the bail and the applicant’s legal counsel has exhausted all possible means to get a respite for his client … and he is arrested! There are ample means and ways that could delay the prospects of being taken into custody. The most common of these ruses have been complaints of chest pain on/after arrest. Of late, politicians, senior police personnel and high-status individuals are being admitted and discharged from hospitals after having ‘suddenly developed severe chest pains’ when accosted by the law enforcement agencies. For that matter, a highly controversial self-styled Godman arrested on rape and other charges tried the same stunts when detained by the police.

Persons hale and hearty, and whose lifestyle is an envious topic of discussion amongst their colleagues, suddenly complaining of pains and discomfort in the chest when they face an imminent arrest by the cops, is not all that baffling, considering their reactions to an obtrusive invasion of their status and social-standing. In medical parlance, it is called ‘Panic Disorder’. This ailment, supposedly afflicting the high and mighty, is characterized by “a broad set of symptoms such as palpitations, diaphoresis, tremor, dyspnea, choking, nausea, dizziness, fear of losing control, tingling of extremities, hot flashes and chills.”

Nevertheless, such ‘patients’ after preliminary examinations, are shifted to the intensive care units for further tests and treatment. After monitoring their condition and evaluating the reports of the tests conducted, the doctors at the hospitals decide on their discharge. The ‘ailing’ also have sometime to contemplate the future course of action in the relaxed environs of the ICUs. In the bargain, many from the noble profession are also accused of impeding the arrest of the accused either willingly or coerced to do so under threat.

The ‘panic disorder’ appears to be the only sane explanation for the people in the pink of their health and aggressive in their dealings, taking the ‘medical way out’ to escape the ignominy of a term behind bars. The alarm at their power being stripped off and the dread over climbing down from their high pedestals to the levels of a common man; the feeling of omnipotence being shattered once and for all, maybe these infirmities of a befuddled mind is responsible for the devious scheming.

In any case, hospitals and medical institutions are today ‘a jail away from jail’ for such felons. Getting admitted in a hospital to evade arrest is in vogue these days my dear friend, a ploy that is well exploited by seasoned offenders.

So, in a nutshell, we can credit those in high-places with having taught us commoners a lesson or two from landing up as a detainee in a police lock-up for repressively having trodden the wrong side of the law.

Initially, they keep on denying any knowledge of the crime.

When the misdeed however is irrefutable, they pooh-pooh all allegations and claim it to be the work of some political opponent(s), or better still, they blame it on a foreign power.

When matters come to a head and an involvement is established, they start moving the courts for an anticipatory bail.

If this ultimately fails, they surrender before the Courts, get arrested and then immediately develop pains and discomfort in the chest and get hospitalized. In any case this is the regular chain-of-events happening in the country today!

But then, is it not a widely accepted cliché which recognizes that a stint in jail can only enhance the reputation of a politician and social worker? Indian history is replete with accounts of such acts of self-sacrifice by leaders. Why an allergy for it now?

DmK, AiADmK in election mode with tn assembly polls next year PTI CHENNAI, AUG 22

With the assembly elections scheduled in May next year, the ruling DMK and the opposition AIADMK in Tamil Nadu have put their party apparatus in election mode and are organising rallies in different parts of the state.

DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, who had not taken part in the campaigning during the Lok Sabha polls last year due to health problems, has started addressing public meetings.

AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa, who had virtually launched her party's electioneering at Coimbatore last month, addressed a public meeting at Tiruchirapalli early this month and is planning to tour the state extensively from the next month.

Not to be seen lagging behind, DMK too has been organising meetings at places where Jayalalithaa had her party rallies.

Karunanidhi had already addressed a public meeting at Coimbatore in the state's eastern part, considered to be the AIADMK's bastion. The party

had won most of the seats in the region in the last assembly polls and Lok Sabha elections.

In a bid to win over the region's voters, the DMK organised the World Classical Tamil meet in June with great pomp and show and spent a considerable amount for the development of the Textile town, popularly known as the Manchester of South India.

The party also organised a massive public meeting in the town last month.

To counter the AIADMK's Tiruchirappalli meet, DMK is organising a public meeting there on September 8 to be addressed by the Chief Minister.

Transport Minister and DMK's Tiruchirapalli District secretary K Nehru has been supervising the arrangements for the meet.

On the other hand, Jayalalithaa is planning to address a meeting at Madurai, considered to be the stronghold of Karunanidhi's elder son, Union Fertilisers Minister M K Alagiri.

Alagiri, DMK's South Zone Secretary, has been touring the region extensively to galvanise the cadre. He recently visited Andipatti in Theni, which had

PTI SRINAGAR, AUG 22

Facing allegations of using excessive force for mob control, Jammu and Kashmir Police has got two new weapons in its armoury -- pump action and riot control guns -- which are nonlethal but can injure a person indulging in violence.

While the pump-action gun, popularly known as "shot gun", was also put to use last week, the anti-riot gun, which fires plastic bullets, was handed over to field units this morning.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had requested the Centre to take immediate steps for producing a non-lethal weapon as a number of people had died when police and security forces opened fire for dispersing mobs during the latest phase of violent protests in the Kashmir Valley.

At the request of Omar, the Ordnance factory at Jabalpur got into act quickly and produced such rifles which were handed over recently to the state police for putting them to use in mob control activities.

The Chief Minister had suggested several non-lethal weapons to the Centre and had also taken up the issue with Defence Minister A K Antony.

The anti-riot gun, manufactured at the shortest possible time by the ordnance factory, fires plastic bullets which after being released from the weapons disintegrates into 40

small projectiles and hits large number of protesters.

Senior police officials said with these new weapons, the causalities are going to reduce drastically.

The two-month long protests in the Valley have seen over 50 people die in mob violence and police action.

A pump-action rifle or shotgun is one in which the hand grip can be pumped back and forth in order to eject a spent round of ammunition and to chamber a fresh one. It is much faster than a bolt-action system and somewhat faster than a lever-action system, as it does not require the trigger hand to be removed from the trigger while reloading.

The term pump-action can also be applied to various air soft guns and air guns, which use a similar mechanism to both load a pellet and compress a spring piston for power, or pneumatic guns where a pump is used to compress the air used for power.

Plastic bullets are hollow based plastic cylinders and are designed like a flat nose.

The propulsion is provided only by the primer, and the slow moving plastic bullets may be captured undamaged and reused numerous times if a suitable backstop is used.

Such bullets are meant to cause pain but not serious injury and can result in contusions and abrasions.

Murders, robberies in NCR on rise

planetoids, orbit the Sun, whereas virtual impactors are asteroids which can possibly hit the Earth.

Organised by SPACE and US-based International Astronomical Search Collaboration (ISAC), the campaign was held in India for the first time and about 45 schools and organisations participated from different parts of the country, including Delhi and National Capital Region.

"These are important observations that will contribute to the NASA Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program, that studies certain types of comets and asteroids, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California," said Prof Patrick Miller, Director of ISAC. The other two asteroids, PO4 and PL 26, were discovered by Amanjot Singh and Sahil Wadhwa, class 12th students of Ryan International School, Rohini.

"We put in 45 days of hard work. I am very excited about the discovery we made," said Sahil, while his classmate Vikrant described the achievement as "great".

"Though we did have some expectations, we were very surprised when we learnt about the great discovery," he said.

Rathnashree, Director of

PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

Four new asteroids have been discovered by Indians, two of them school students, within a few days of each other, findings which could help contribute to future astronomical research.

The All India Asteroid Search Campaign, held from May to August in various parts of the country, has resulted in the discovery of four Main Belt Asteroids - 2010 PU57, 2010 PV57, 2010 PO4 and 2010 PL26, and a virtual impactor - 2010 NB2.

"Some especially complex methods called 'Stack and Track' were employed to analyse the observatory data to make fainter objects stand out, thereby, discovering two extremely faint asteroids," said Vikrant Narang, Scientific Officer at Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE).

Narang and his team comprising educators Tanmay Paranjape and Priyanka Srivastava are behind the discovery of the PU57 and PV57 main belt asteroids.

The Main Asteroid Belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, where small rocky and metallic objects called asteroids, sometimes also called minor planets or

S Elangovan, a vocal critic of the DMK, started attacking the government, despite the TNCC imposing a gag on its leaders speaking on the alliance issue.

Apparently trying to wean the Congress away from DMK, Jayalalithaa has been dropping hints that she is not averse to an alliance with the Congress and made her intentions clear at the two public meetings she had addressed.

At Coimbatore, she asked her partymen to launch the election work and leave the question of alliance to her and promised to have an 'alliance' of their liking. At Tiruchirapalli, she said she would join 'hands' (Congress election symbol is the Hand) with anybody to dislodge the DMK government.

The PMK, a backward-Vanniyar community based party which had snapped its ties with the AIADMK after drawing a blank in the Lok Sabha polls, is yet to decide its strategy for the assembly elections. It is keeping its cards close to its chest, but its founder S Ramadoss has been advocating a front headed by the Congress.

PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's prolonged absence from her ministry has cost the exchequer more than Rs 11 lakh over a one-year period.

Expenses for travel of five officials between Delhi and Kolkata to meet Mamata for clearing files have cost the Railways Rs 11,23,550.

The officials in question are Officer on Special Duty to Railway Minister Gautam Sanyal, Private Secretary Santanu Basu, Executive Director (Public Grievance) J K Saha, Additional PS S Ashok and APS Ratan Mukherjee.

While the airfares of Saha and Mukherjee could not be furnished by the Railways, the total cost incurred for air travel by the other three officials to Kolkata and back was Rs 8,73,946 from July 1, 2009

to June 30, 2010.

Besides, Railways had to shell out Rs 2,49,604 as TA/DA to five officials for travelling to Kolkata to meet Mamata during this period, an RTI reply has disclosed.

RTI activist S C Agrawal had sought information about the expenses of officials to contact Mamata Banerjee and the cost of the transportation of files between Delhi and Kolkata.

Branded as "absentee" Railway Minister by Opposition, Mamata is being constantly accused of paying more attention to her home state than to Railways.

However, Mamata had said in Parliament last week that her absence from Delhi has not affected the functioning of her ministry whose performance was the best "in last 50 years".

Bullets to rubber bullets, police now move to plastic bullets

It’s raining asteroids - four new discoveries within days!

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returned Jayalalithaa to the Tamil Nadu Assembly, and distributed over 9,000 bottles of a health drink.

Jayalalithaa had alleged that these bottles were stolen from a lorry consignment.

At the rallies, there is no dearth of mudslinging.

While Jayalalithaa has started calling Karunanidhi as 'evil force from Tirukuvalai', the birth place of the Chief Minister, the DMK cadre has started describing her as 'Vaidha Rani' (queen of adjournments) for seeking adjournments in the wealth case pending against her in a Bangalore court. The DMK's youth wing had also organised an agitation to highlight this.

Jayalalithaa had slammed the protest and said it was unheard of in political history that a ruling party was organising a demonstration against an opposition leader.

In the midst of these developments, some utterances by Congress leaders against the DMK government have become a thorn in the relationship between the two parties.

Former Union Minister E V K

It cost more than Rs 11 lakh to fly files for Mamata

Nehru Planetarium, described the discovery of the four asteroids as 'raining of asteroids'.

"The discovery of asteroids is very nice. Congratulations to all involved," she said.

Rathnashree said the efforts made by the international group in distributing analysable data to students, along with providing user friendly analysis tools, was very inspiring.

"Kudos to SPACE for bringing these possibilities to the notice of so many students and amateur astronomers and giving them all the encouragement and training that they needed," she said.

Using images taken of the sky in the night with 24" and 32" telescopes at the Astronomical Research Institute (ARI) Observatory, USA, the programme gave students a chance to sift through data with specialised software to make original discoveries of Main Belt Asteroids and important observations.

SPACE nodal Center students P Jhaveri, A Shah and M Shastri from Navrachana School, Vadodara, have also made a Virtual Impactor Observation (asteroids with a possibility of impacting the Earth) discovery of 2010 NB2 on July 19th as part of the same programme.

Crime appears to be on the rise in the satellite townships of the national capital with over 200 people killed and 300 robberies reported so far this year.

A total of 215 murders were reported from Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad this year till July 30 while 336 robberies took place in these townships during the same period, officials said.

In the national capital, the figures for murder during the period was 274 and robberies 318.

Ghaziabad topped the list of murders with 114 followed by Noida with 57 and Gurgaon where 44 murders took place during the period, officials said.

Robbers appeared to have a free run in Noida compared to the other two towns where 134 robbery cases were reported as against Ghaziabad's 114 and Gurgaon's 84.

Last year, 239 murders took place in Ghaziabad, 84 in Gurgaon and 75 in Noida. There were 381 robberies in Ghaziabad, 127 in Gurgaon and 77 in Noida.

To tackle the rising crimes, Ghaziabad Police said it has erected police pickets in all main markets and roads, besides conducting mobile patrolling.

Pink City becomes 'Pothole City' as continuous heavy shower since last few days made vehicular traffic badly affected as seen at busy Ashok road in the picture.

Nicol Tamang escapes from CID custody PTI SILIGURI, AUG 22

Nicol Tamang, main accused in the murder of All India Gorkha League president Madan Tamang, today escaped from CID custody in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, police said.

Tamang was arrested on August 16 and kept in CID custody at Pintal village near here after he was pro-

duced in Darjeeling district court the next day, Superintendent of Police, Darjeeling, Debendra Pratap Singh said.

Tamang escaped on the pretext of going to toilet this morning, he added.

Search operations had been launched to nab the fugitive, he said, adding nobody had been suspended in this connection as yet.

Forest, wildlife nod biggest hurdle for border roads: Parliament panel PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

Delay in forest and wildlife clearances was "the biggest stumbling block" for roads along the Chinese border with time over-runs exceeding nine years, a parliamentary committee has said.

In a report on Border Roads presented to Parliament this week, the Standing Committee on Defence said Forest Ministry's approval for 19 Sino-Indian Border Roads (SIBR) out of 109 projects were still pending and in non-SIBR cases, 138 proposals were yet to be cleared.

The committee noted that while border roads required no clearance under the Environment Protection Act, approvals under Forest Conservation Rules and Wildlife Protection Act were necessary.

It said under the Forest Conservation Rules, clear time lines of 90 days for state governments and 60 days for central government had been prescribed, both compressed to 30 days for roads and infrastructure along the Sino-Indian borders and projects of national importance.

"In spite of the clear cut time frame provided under the rules, the forest and wildlife

clearances have been the biggest stumbling block for construction of roads and other infrastructure development in border areas as observed by the committee during the study visit," the report said.

"The average time taken is two to three years and in certain cases eight to nine years have been taken for such clearances," it added.

Though the Defence and Environment and Forest Ministries were seized of the matter and steps taken to streamline the clearances, the committee noted that the real issue was "enforcement of various decisions" taken by the government.

Among the steps it mentioned were simplifying and design integrated form for application for clearances, single window system at Ministry, state forest department headquarters and district forest office levels, and processing of applications for forest and wildlife approvals simultaneously.

"A proposal was made to have a nodal officer at the state level in the Defence and Environment and Forest Ministries and that a checklist provided to them clearly delineating responsibility on time lines," it said.

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Over 5,000 evacuated as floods hit N Korea REUTERS SEOUL, AUG 22

More than 5,000 people have been evacuated from a North Korean city bordering China after flooding from a rain-swollen river that also forced more than 50,000 people to leave affected areas in China this week.

North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said today many parts of northwestern Shinuiju city had been submerged after the Amnok river overflowed due to high water levels in rivers running between North Korea and China.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il sent military units to rescue residents of the northwestern area and air force units sent dozens of planes and navy units warships to evacuate at least 5,150 flood victims, KCNA said.

Torrential rains hit China’s Dandong area, which borders North Korea after the Yalu River broke its banks, Chinese state media reported yesterday.

Massive flooding in recent years left hundreds of people dead or missing, swept away buildings and inundated farms, prompting the reclusive North Korea to seek foreign food aid.

Lack of proper infrastructure in most areas

Iran unveils long-range drone REUTERS TEHRAN, AUG 22

n North Korean leader Kim Jong-il sent military units to rescue residents of the northwestern area and air force units sent dozens of planes and navy units warships to evacuate at least 5,150 flood victims, KCNA said. outside the capital Pyongyang makes arable land and residential districts of North Korea vulnerable to water damage in times of heavy rains, which in turn hurts harvests and worsens food shortages.

Aid groups have said the North suffers chronic shortfalls of food by as much as 1 million tonnes a year, with traditional key donor countries such as South Korea and the United States having sharply cut contributions in the wake of the North’s provocations.

North Korea can barely feed its 23 million people even with a good harvest due to its hilly terrain and antiquated farming industry.

Oz PM, Oppn leader wooing independents PTI MELBOURNE, AUG 22

Australians voters have dealt a crippling blow to the ruling Labour in two key provinces and left the country with a prospect of a hung Parliament, forcing its first woman Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her rival Tony Abbott to woo independents for government formation.

In a history-making day for Australia yesterday, a national primary vote swing of more than 5 per cent against Labour left the two-month-old Prime Minister Gillard fighting to hold onto her leadership. She had come to power after the ouster of Kevin Rudd.

However, her challenger and Liberal party leader Abbott declared that the opposition Coalition is “back in business.”

Labour MPs were swept aside by swings of more than 9 per cent against them in former prime minister Rudd’s home state of Queensland and of over 6 per cent in New South Wales (NSW).

The Rockhampton-based seat of Capricornia is the only Labour win in regional Queensland.

As counting wound up last night before its resumption today, Labour was left with 70 seats after being hit by the massive 9.4 per cent swing against it in Queensland and 6.9 per cent in New South Wales.

After picking up a slew of seats in both states, the Coali-

tion can claim 72 seats, four short of the number needed to form government in its own right.

Gillard was the first to address her supporters here late last night as the prospect of a hung parliament became clearer; telling them the nation faced “anxious” days ahead.

But she vowed to fight to form a government in the coming days and flagged her willingness to work with the crossbenchers. “We have always believed that the best days of country are ahead of us,” she said.

“In this camp we have fought for a positive plan for those better days. In these days, as the election result is being determined, the conventions of our wonderful democracy ensure that I will continue to lead the government and provide strong and stable government until the outcome of the election is clearly known,” Gillard said.

On his part, Abbott said it was clear Labour had lost its majority. “What that means is that the Government has lost is legitimacy,” he said.

“The Australian people have decisively rejected factionalism in all its forms. This is a night for pride in our achievements, for satisfaction at the good results that have been achieved,” 52-year-old Abbott said.

“This election has to some extent at least been a referen-

dum on the political execution of a prime minister,” he said.

According to an ABC analysis, the Coalition is to have 73 seats in the House of Representatives, while Labour would get 72, independents 4 and Greens 1. A party needs 76 seats in the 150member house to form a government.

It would be the first hung parliament in Australia since 1940, when Robert Menzies’ United Australia Party governed with the help of the Country Party and two independents. Meanwhile, this year’s elections appeared to have had the highest number of informal votes in at least the last six federal elections.

Early figures from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) show about 5.65 per cent of ballots cast would not count because they were filled out incorrectly or left blank.

Only 3.95 per cent were informal at the 2007 election, media reports said, adding counting will resume today after 10.8 million votes were tallied last night.

The AEC estimates that there is still about 400,000 ordinary votes left to count.

Former Prime Minister John Howard, who was ousted by Kevin Rudd in a 2007 landslide, said Abott’s “magnificent campaign” had “potentially destroyed” 48-year-old Gillard’s first-term government.

A common bluebottle butterfly collecting nectar from a yellow cosmos flower at the Hamarikyu Gardens in Tokyo, Japan. With its 250,000 square metres and located close to the Shiodome business centre, the Hamarikyu Gardens presents through the year a large display of flowers to the public, including yellow cosmos in summer.

Peace deal with Palestinians ‘difficult but possible’: Israel REUTERS JERUSALEM AUG 22

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday reaching a peace deal with the Palestinians would be “difficult but possible,” acknowledging there was skepticism talks will succeed when they resume next month.

In his first remarks to reporters since Israel and the Palestinians accepted on Friday an invitation by the United States and other powers to restart direct talks, Netanyahu said: “We want to surprise all the critics and skeptics. But to do that, we need a true partner on the Palestinian side.

“I know there is deep skepticism. After 17 years have passed since the Oslo process, it’s possible to understand why this skepticism exists,” he said at the start of Israel’s weekly cabinet meeting.

He made no mention of a potential stumbling block once the talks start in Washington on September 2 — the scheduled end some three weeks later of Israel’s 10-month limited moratorium on Jewish settlement building in the occupied West Bank.

“Achieving a peace agreement between us and the Palestinian Authority is difficult, but possible,” he said.

Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, said on Friday the Palestinians would pull out of the new talks if Netanyahu’s government, which is dominated by pro-settler parties, announced new settlement construction.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Erekat said, sent a letter to that effect on Sunday to the Quartet of Middle East peace brokers — the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia.

Palestinians say they fear the settlements Israel has built on land captured in a 1967 war will deny them a viable state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.

Gaza is now under the control of Hamas Islamists opposed to the U.S.-backed peace efforts.

The talks are the latest chapter in a peace process which, interrupted by several years of violence earlier this decade, have given Palestinians limited self-rule but no state.

“Achieving a peace agreement between us and the Palestinian Authority is difficult, but possible,” he said.

Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, said on Friday the Palestinians would pull out of the new talks if Netanyahu’s government, which is dominated by pro-settler parties, announced new settlement construction.

Betty White, ‘The Pacific’ win Emmys REUTERS LOS ANGELES, AUG 22

Anti-bullfighting protesters from Fundacion Equanimal, Anima Naturalis and CAS-International form the shape of a fighting bull with their painted bodies during a demonstration in front of the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.

Wen calls for political reform, reports Xinhua REUTERS BEIJING, AUG 22

China has to pursue political reform to safeguard its economic health, Premier Wen Jiabao said during a visit to the booming town of Shenzhen, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Wen’s call for political reform lacked specifics. But his comments reflect broader worries that unless the Party embraces at least limited reforms to make officials more answerable, then corruption and abuses may erode the country’s economic prospects. ‘’Without the safeguarding of

political restructuring, China may lose what it has already achieved through economic restructuring and the targets of its modernisation drive might not be reached,’’ Wen was quoted by Xinhua as saying. ‘’People’s democratic rights and legitimate rights must be guaranteed. People should be mobilised and organised to deal with, in accordance with the law, state, economic, social and cultural affairs,’’ Wen added.

Wen also wants to ‘’create conditions’’ to allow the people to criticise and supervise the government as a way to address

‘’the problem of over-concentration of power with ineffective supervision’’.

Wen has developed a reputation as the member of China’s ruling Communist Party leadership most sympathetic to relaxing some of the countr y ’s top-down controls.

Wen will retire as premier in early 2013. He has used recent speeches and comments to indicate that he wants to spend his final years in office focused on improving social welfare, promoting more balanced and equitable economic growth, and addressing public discontent with government.

Newly ubiquitous ‘’Golden Girls’’ actress Betty White won the fifth Emmy of her career on Saturday for hosting an episode of ‘’Saturday Night Live,’’ while fellow screen veteran Ann-Margret got a standing ovation after receiving her first statuette.

White, 88, won for guest actress in a comedy series during the ‘’creative arts’’ portion of the Primetime Emmy Awards, where more than 70 awards, mostly in technical categories, were handed out. The 26 high-profile categories will be announced during a live broadcast of the US TV awards on August 29.

The biggest winner overall was the costly World War Two miniseries ‘’The Pacific,’’ which led the Primetime Emmy nominations with 24.

It won seven awards and remains in contention for five more on August 29.

Rookie comedy ‘’Modern Family’’ and ‘’Saturday Night Live’’ each won three. ‘’Modern Family,’’ with 14 nominations overall, is up for eight awards at the main Primetime Emmys, although five of its stars are competing in two categories. ‘’Saturday Night Live’’ received 12 nominations, and its three wins pushed its haul to 28 since 1976. It will compete for best variety, music or comedy series at the main ceremony. ‘’Mad Men,’’ last year’s best drama winner, added two awards to its collection. With 17 nominations overall this year, it remains active with nine bids. ‘’Glee’’ won two awards, including one for guest star Neil Patrick Harris. It received 19 nominations, second only to ‘’The Pacific,’’ and will be up for eight awards at the main ceremony. ‘’30 Rock,’’ last year’s best comedy winner, went home empty-handed after being in contention for eight awards. It has seven chances at the next presentation.

White was not at the ceremony, but it is possible she would have thanked Facebook for her award.

Members of the social networking site launched a campaign to persuade ‘’Saturday Night Live’’ creator Lorne Michaels to hire her as guest host of the comedy show. After much reluctance, White acceded to Michaels’ entreaties and hosted the Mother’s Day-eve episode on May 8.

She previously won an Emmy, also in the same category, for playing herself in an episode of ‘’The John Larroquette Show’’ in 1996, as well as two for ‘’The Mary Tyler Moore Show’’ and a single statuette for ‘’Golden Girls.’’

White has enjoyed a remarkable career resurrection, kick-started last year by her role as a sprightly grandmother in the Sandra Bullock comedy ‘’The Proposal.’’ A popular Super Bowl commercial and a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild followed.

Ann-Margret won the Emmy for guest actor in a drama, after five previous nominations, for her role on ‘’Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.’’ The 69-year-old Swedish-born actress told reporters backstage she had been ‘’around for 95 years,’’ and attributed her longevity to a fitness trainer who trimmed 15 pounds (7 kg) off her figure in the past two months.

John Lithgow won his fifth career Emmy, for playing a serial killer in ‘’Dexter.’’ Lithgow, 64, accidentally thanked HBO instead of Showtime. ‘’Did I really?’’ Lithgow said, when apprised of his faux pas backstage. ‘’I wondered why people were laughing at me. Now I know.’’

Jeff Probst from ‘’Survivor’’ maintained his clean sweep of the reality show host category, winning for the third straight year of the category’s existence.

Other winners included Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, composers of the theme music for rookie series ‘’Nurse Jackie.’’ They are best known as Wendy and Lisa, two of Prince’s musicians during the 1980s.

They fielded plenty of Prince-related questions backstage, despite disclosing that the musician’s attorneys had sent them a cease-and-desist letter to stop talking about him.

Iran unveiled a prototype longrange unmanned bomber today, the latest in a stream of announcements of new Iranianmade military hardware as tension mounts over its nuclear programme.

On a stage in front of military officials, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pulled a sheet away from the aircraft, called the Karrar, which Iran says is its first long-range drone.

With the United States and Israel saying they do not rule out a military strike to stop Iran getting a nuclear bomb, the Islamic Republic has showed off new mini-submarines, a surfaceto -surface missile and announced plans to launch high altitude satellites over the next three years.

The presentation of the drone came a day after Iranian and Russian technicians began fuelling Iran’s first nuclear power station, something Israel called ‘’totally unacceptable’’.

In a speech at the unveiling ceremony, Ahmadinejad said Iran should seek the ability to make pre-emptive strikes against a perceived threat, although he said it would never strike first. ‘’If there is an ignorant person or an egoist or a tyrant who just wanted to make an aggression then our Defence Ministry

Egypt probing Van Gogh painting theft AGENCIES CAIRO, AUG 22

Egyptian prosecutors are questioning officials at a Cairo museum after thieves stole a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million, the country’s state-run Middle East News Agency reported.

Officials discovered yesterday that the painting, Poppy Flowers, was missing from the Mahmoud Khalil museum on the west bank of the Nile. Security agencies were put on alert at Egypt’s airports and border to prevent the thieves from smuggling the painting out of the country, the staterun news agency reported yesterday.

The museum houses 304 oil paintings by 143 artists, valued at more than 7 billion Egyptian pounds ($1.2 billion), according to a government website. Other works on display include Renoir’s “The One with a White Tie.”

should reach a point where it could cut off the hand of the aggressor before it decided to make an aggression,’’ he said.

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During this current fiscal, the two prominent pieces of tax legislation will be the Direct Tax Code and the Goods and Services Tax. Of the two, the former will replace the outdated Income Tax Act of 1961, while the latter will put into place a comprehensive fiscal statute for the sales tax and Value Added tax. But given the present political fragmentation in the country, the likelihood of the GST coming into place by April next year appears remote. But since Income tax is within the central taxing statute, there is a distinct possibility of the DTC becoming law the next year.

Government has made several amendments to the proposed bill let us look at some of the major changes that were made.

ASSET BASED METHOD OF TAXATION The taxation of corporations from which the major share of Government revenues comes, has always been a source of

Mutual Fund Scheme Name

felt that in many sectors, the gestation period for a company to yield profits could be several years. Further several businesses have cyclic turn in their profitability. Companies will large asset bases would be required to pay tax even when there are no profits. In several cases these are public sector companies. The government has now turned around its proposal. MAT under the Direct Tax Code will be with reference to book profits. This will be as before.

Probably the Code will have a re-look at the percentage of book profits.

But the method of computation will be book profits.

The use of book profits as a method of computation is in line with the theory that income tax is a tax on profits and gains. It is not a tax on assets of wealth. With this turnabout Corporate India will have not cause to complain.

There are several other changes proposed and each of

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

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AIG India Equity Fund - Regular Plan (D) India Equity Fund - Regular Plan (G) Infrastructure and Economic Reform - Regular (D) Infrastructure and Economic Reform - Regular (G) Axis Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Tax Saver Fund (D) Tax Saver Fund (G)

12.43 12.43 9.71 9.71 11.23 11.23 12.09 12.09

B

Baroda Pioneer ELSS 96 26.14 Growth Fund (D) 29.61 Growth Fund (G) 52.56 Infrastructure Fund (D) 10.13 Infrastructure Fund (G) 10.13 Bharti AXA Equity Fund - Eco Plan (Bonus) 18.70 Equity Fund - Eco Plan (D) 13.15 Equity Fund - Eco Plan (G) 18.70 Equity Fund - Eco Plan (QD) 14.37 Equity Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) 18.60 Equity Fund - Retail Plan (D) 13.11 Equity Fund - Retail Plan (G) 18.60 Equity Fund - Retail Plan (QD) 14.31 Focused Infrastructure Fund (D) 11.04 Focused Infrastructure Fund (G) 11.04 Focused Infrastructure Fund (QD) 11.04 Tax Advantage Fund - Eco Plan (D) 13.31 Tax Advantage Fund - Eco Plan (G) 24.45 Tax Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (D) 13.29 Tax Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (G) 24.37 Birla Sun Life Advantage Fund (D) 88.93 Advantage Fund (G) 164.14 Basic Industries Fund (D) 29.55 Basic Industries Fund (G) 107.13 Buy India Fund (D) 27.04 Buy India Fund (G) 44.53 Commodity Equities - Global Agri - Retail Plan (D) 14.90 Commodity Equities - Global Agri - Retail Plan (G) 14.90 Commodity Equities - Global Commodity - RP (D) 12.16 Commodity Equities - Global Commodity - RP (G) 12.16 Commodity Equities - Global Metals Plan -RP (D) 12.82 Commodity Equities - Global Metals Plan -RP (G) 12.82 Dividend Yield Plus (D) 15.53 Dividend Yield Plus (G) 86.86 Equity Fund (D) 77.88 Equity Fund (G) 276.97 Frontline Equity Fund - Plan A (D) 22.37 Frontline Equity Fund - Plan A (G) 87.66 Frontline Equity Fund - Plan B (D) 13.25 Frontline Equity Fund - Plan B (G) 13.25 India GenNext Fund (D) 15.13 India GenNext Fund (G) 24.95 India Opportunities Fund - Plan A (D) 19.56 India Opportunities Fund - Plan B (G) 53.70 India Reforms Fund (D) 11.08 India Reforms Fund (G) 11.08 Infrastructure Fund - Plan A (D) 13.36 Infrastructure Fund - Plan A (G) 18.20 Infrastructure Fund - Plan B (D) 13.06 Infrastructure Fund - Plan B (G) 13.60 International Equity Fund - Plan A (D) 8.34 International Equity Fund - Plan A (G) 8.34 International Equity Fund - Plan B (D) 9.30 International Equity Fund - Plan B (G) 9.30 Long Term Advantage Fund (D) 13.55 Long Term Advantage Fund (G) 14.66 Midcap Fund - Plan A (D) 25.95 Midcap Fund - Plan A (G) 117.36 Midcap Fund - Plan B (D) 14.81 Midcap Fund - Plan B (G) 14.81 MNC Fund (D) 87.37 MNC Fund (G) 203.02 New Millennium (D) 13.75 New Millennium (G) 19.80 Pure Value Fund (D) 16.79 Pure Value Fund (G) 17.92 Small and Midcap Fund (D) 13.29 Small and Midcap Fund (G) 13.29 Special Situations Fund (D) 10.66 Special Situations Fund (G) 10.66 Tax Plan (D) 48.50 Tax Plan (G) 13.82 Tax Relief 96 (D) 88.76 Tax Relief 96 (G) 11.98 Top 100 Fund (D) 15.40 Top 100 Fund (G) 22.19

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Canara Robeco Emerging Equities (Bonus) Emerging Equities (D) Emerging Equities (G) Equity Diversified (Bonus) Equity Diversified (D) Equity Diversified (G) Equity Tax Saver (D)

fine tuning. With several incentives and deductions available to companies, many of them, while being profitable, would return a negative income in respect of their tax liability.

The Minimum Alternative Tax regime was brought into the statute to compel these companies to pay tax. Under the existing regime, companies pay tax on a percentage of their book profits.

The DTC had provided a novel tax regime whereby companies would have to pay MAT on the basis of the net asset value. The rationale of this perspective was to ensure that the assets of a company were put to use in the most efficient manner. When the proposals were first out in public domain, Corporate India was up in arms against such a method of taxing.

Most of the Chambers of Commerce as well as different Confederations spoke out against this provision. It was

19.94 16.44 23.82 25.25 25.21 55.42 21.83

Equity Tax Saver (G) F.O.R.C.E Fund - Retail Plan (D) F.O.R.C.E Fund - Retail Plan (G) Infrastructure (D) Infrastructure (G) Multicap (D) Multicap (G)

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DWS Alpha Equity Fund - Regular Plan (D) Alpha Equity Fund - Regular Plan (G) Alpha Equity Fund - Wealth Plan (D) Alpha Equity Fund - Wealth Plan (G) Investment Opportunity Fund - Regular Plan (D) Investment Opportunity Fund - Regular Plan (G) Investment Opportunity Fund - Wealth Plan (D) Investment Opportunity Fund - Wealth Plan (G) Tax Saving Fund (D) Tax Saving Fund (G) DSP BlackRock Equity Fund - Regular Plan (D) Equity Fund - Regular Plan (G) Focus 25 Fund (D) Focus 25 Fund (G) India T.I.G.E.R. Fund - Regular Plan (D) India T.I.G.E.R. Fund - Regular Plan (G) Micro Cap Fund - Regular Plan (D) Micro Cap Fund - Regular Plan (G) Natural Resources & New Energy - Regular (D) Natural Resources and New Energy - Regular (G) Opportunities Fund - Regular Plan (D) Opportunities Fund - Regular Plan (G) Small and Mid Cap Fund (D) Small and Mid Cap Fund (G) Tax Saver Fund (D) Tax Saver Fund (G) Technology.Com - Regular Plan (D) Technology.Com - Regular Plan (G) Top 100 Equity Fund - Regular Plan (D) Top 100 Equity Fund - Regular Plan (G)

17.68 81.22 14.14 16.91 27.98 40.38 13.98 18.28 13.78 14.74 53.03 16.78 10.72 10.72 20.42 50.09 10.39 17.12 14.58 14.58 30.42 87.25 16.98 18.52 13.11 17.60 25.09 34.36 22.02 97.94

E

Edelweiss Absolute Return Equity Fund (D) Absolute Return Equity Fund (G) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund -A (D) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund -A (G) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund -B (D) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund -B (G) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund -C (D) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund -C (G) ELSS Fund (D) ELSS Fund (G) Nifty Enhancer Fund - Plan A (D) Nifty Enhancer Fund - Plan A (G) Nifty Enhancer Fund - plan B (D) Nifty Enhancer Fund - Plan B (G) Nifty Enhancer Fund - Plan C (D) Escorts Growth Plan (D) Growth Plan (G) High Yield Equity Plan (Bonus) High Yield Equity Plan (D) High Yield Equity Plan (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) Leading Sectors Fund (D) Leading Sectors Fund (G) Power and Energy Fund (D) Power and Energy Fund (G) Tax Plan (D) Tax Plan (G)

11.18 11.18 14.26 14.26 14.31 14.31 14.35 14.35 19.90 19.91 11.43 12.55 12.46 12.46 11.10 13.52 81.70 14.42 12.25 14.39 9.18 9.18 11.91 11.91 14.61 18.21 11.14 51.82

F

Fidelity Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) India Growth Fund (D) India Growth Fund (G) India Special Situations Fund (D) India Special Situations Fund (G) India Value Fund (D) India Value Fund (G) International Opportunities Fund (D) International Opportunities Fund (G) Tax Advantage Fund (D) Tax Advantage Fund (G) Fortis China-India Fund (D) China-India Fund (G) Dividend Yield Fund (D) Dividend Yield Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Future Leaders Fund (D) Future Leaders Fund (G) Opportunities Fund (D) Opportunities Fund (G) Sustainable Development Fund (D) Sustainable Development Fund (G) Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS) (D) Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS) (G) Franklin

22.42 35.43 12.19 12.19 16.99 18.74 11.57 11.57 13.22 13.22 19.76 22.01 8.88 8.88 12.75 18.34 11.21 33.13 10.10 10.14 10.26 19.72 11.74 12.88 11.39 14.30

New Initiatives these will be discussed in my continuing appraisal of the DTC. NORMS FOR SCRUTINY The work of the tax department consists is the selective scrutiny of a certain percentage of returns. Four decades ago, each return was looked at by passing an individual assessment order. Today will the work of the department having increased several fold, these is little possibility of each return being looked at. Each year, the Board of Direct Taxes issues guideline for the selective scrutiny of a certain percentage of cases. According to this year’s guidelines, the central computer will select the

Asian Equity Fund (D) Asian Equity Fund (G) Build India Fund (D) Build India Fund (G) FMCG Fund (D) FMCG Fund (G) India Bluechip Fund (D) India Bluechip Fund (G) India Flexi Cap Fund (D) India Flexi Cap Fund (G) India High Growth Companies Fund (D) India High Growth Companies Fund (G) India Opportunities Fund (D) India Opportunities Fund (G) India Prima Fund (D) India Prima Fund (G) India Prima Plus Fund (D) India Prima Plus Fund (G) India Smaller Companies Fund (D) India Smaller Companies Fund (G) India Tax Shield (D) India Tax Shield (G) Infotech Fund (D) Infotech Fund (G) Pharma Fund (D) Pharma Fund (G) Templeton India Equity Income Fund (D) Templeton India Equity Income Fund (G) Templeton India Growth Fund (D) Templeton India Growth Fund (G)

10.29 10.29 12.67 12.67 40.82 65.04 41.62 207.92 16.33 32.24 13.17 13.17 15.48 32.22 44.66 286.63 29.25 217.85 13.90 15.01 33.10 201.34 19.85 58.31 30.67 57.95 15.30 19.70 56.80 120.75

H

HDFC Capital Builder Fund (D) Capital Builder Fund (G) Core & Satellite Fund (D) Core & Satellite Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) Long Term Advantage Fund (D) Long Term Advantage Fund (G) Long Term Equity Fund (D) Long Term Equity Fund (G) Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund (D) Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund (G) Premier Multi-Cap Fund (D) Premier Multi-Cap Fund (G) Tax Saver (D) Tax Saver (G) Top 200 Fund (D) Top 200 Fund (G) HSBC Dynamic Fund (D) Dynamic Fund (G) Emerging Markets Fund (D) Emerging Markets Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) India Opportunities Fund (D) India Opportunities Fund (G) Midcap Equity Fund (D) Midcap Equity Fund (G) Progressive Themes Fund (D) Progressive Themes Fund (G) Tax Saver Equity Fund (D) Tax Saver Equity Fund (G) Unique Opportunities Fund (D) Unique Opportunities Fund (G)

26.57 109.67 23.36 41.09 50.58 275.22 33.80 86.30 12.80 12.80 39.49 134.90 13.46 16.27 15.48 15.48 16.82 29.66 65.55 233.35 49.07 207.60 10.32 10.32 9.20 9.20 27.83 103.09 17.29 34.70 15.38 25.06 12.24 14.39 13.79 14.96 11.22 11.22

I

ICICI Pru Banking & Financial Services Fund - Retail (D) Banking & Financial Services Fund - Retail (G) Discovery Fund (D) Discovery Fund (G) Dynamic Plan (D) Dynamic Plan (G) Emerging S.T.A.R. Fund (D) Emerging S.T.A.R. Fund (G) Equity Opportunities Fund (D) Equity Opportunities Fund (G) FMCG Fund (D) FMCG Fund (G) Focused Bluechip Equity Fund (D) Focused Bluechip Equity Fund (G) Fusion Fund (D) Fusion Fund (G) Fusion Fund Series - III Retail Plan (D) Fusion Fund Series - III Retail Plan (G) Growth Plan (D) Growth Plan (G) Indo Asia Equity Fund - Retail Plan (D) Indo Asia Equity Fund - Retail Plan (G) Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (D) Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (G) Power (D) Power (G) Services Industries Fund (D) Services Industries Fund (G) Target Returns Fund - Retail Plan (D) Target Returns Fund - Retail Plan (G) Tax Plan (D) Tax Plan (G) Technology Fund (D) Technology Fund (G) R.I.G.H.T. Fund (D)

18.31 18.31 21.05 48.56 19.36 102.70 17.94 36.03 12.43 13.33 37.08 64.82 15.67 15.67 14.28 15.15 12.82 12.82 18.64 130.26 10.16 10.16 12.72 30.33 17.67 112.80 13.34 17.74 13.81 13.81 20.66 138.56 16.49 16.49 12.02

cases to be taken up for scrutiny. In many cases the Assessing officers find that the cases selected by a random selection are by and large cases, where little enquiry is possible. In addition to these computer selected cases, returns where the value of an international transaction exceeds Re. 15 crore will also be looked at. Further cases where in the past years, a substantial addition of Re 10 lakh was made or where there are issues of fact or law that have been confirmed in appeal will also be scrutinized. Survey and search cases will also be reviewed. In order to ensure quality in the assessments, the

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

12.02 15.58 21.53 12.89 15.71 10.84 12.91 15.89 19.22 14.88 17.24 27.45 33.87 15.77 19.11 14.44 14.60 15.87 19.82 14.89 14.89 18.30 13.36 18.30 16.65 14.20 16.64 20.04 37.87 21.71 23.88 14.32 37.94 17.88 22.51 11.10 11.10 11.32 12.67 12.67 29.63 14.59 29.59

J

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

3.08 3.08 12.43 17.80 6.02 6.02 9.37 9.35 15.27 37.52 10.68 10.68 6.18 6.18 14.14 19.23 18.75 27.37 14.47 15.56 6.34 6.34 7.81 7.81 8.11 8.11 14.90 18.41 12.43 13.38 8.15 8.15

K

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

32.45 102.89 18.07 22.41 12.80 12.80 9.12 9.12 7.65 7.65 12.22 14.11 18.86 27.11 15.53 48.01 12.05 12.05 11.61 18.96

L

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

10.90 10.90 7.47

cases that are being scrutinized will be also watched by the concerned Commissioner.

Assessments are the primary work of the tax department.

However over the years, the poor quality of assessments is a worrying aspect of the department. In many cases, the additions made by the Assessing officers are deleted by the first appellate authority. Unless officers have sufficient technical knowledge, the poor quality of assessments brings little revenue to government.

THE SLOW MOVEMENT TOWARDS GST In the case of Goods and Service Tax, our federal constitution gives the states the rights to determine the levy of tax on the sale of goods. Thus the Finance Minister in a recent meeting with the state finance ministers had agreed that states were free to fix their own GST rates, but hoped that they would not exercise this option in the interests of

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

10.77 18.11 38.34 9.90 13.95 7.91 7.91 24.38 42.25 15.42 19.34 19.85 45.33 6.07 6.07 16.39 22.31 15.29 16.46 9.82 9.82 10.55 26.76 11.55 13.03 9.20 9.20 10.66 18.73 10.54 29.45 8.40 8.40

M

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

11.01 11.01 11.36 11.36 14.91 16.07 15.43 15.43 21.15 64.89

P

Principal Dividend Yield Fund (D) Dividend Yield Fund (G) Emerging Bluechip Fund (D) Emerging Bluechip Fund (G) Global Opportunities Fund (D) Global Opportunities Fund (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G) Large Cap Fund (D) Large Cap Fund (G) Personal Tax Saver Fund PNB Long Term Equity Fund - 3 yr - Series 1 (D) PNB Long Term Equity Fund - 3 Yr - Series 1 (G) PNB Long Term Equity Fund - 3 Yr - Series II (D) PNB Long Term Equity Fund - 3 Yr - Series II (G) Resurgent India Equity Fund (D) Resurgent India Equity Fund (G) Services Industries Fund (D) Services Industries Fund (G) Tax Savings Fund Quantum Long-Term Equity Fund (D) Quantum Long-Term Equity Fund (G) Quantum Tax Saving Fund (D) Quantum Tax Saving Fund (G)

R

17.73 24.03 26.10 32.99 16.26 16.26 24.49 54.05 19.51 28.48 98.94 11.98 11.99 12.33 12.33 13.08 92.05 13.16 14.85 78.48 21.99 21.80 21.79 21.79

Reliance Banking Fund (Bonus) 102.74 Banking Fund (D) 40.99 Banking Fund (G) 102.74 Diversified Power Sector - Retail Plan (Bonus) 84.68 Diversified Power Sector Fund - Retail Plan (D) 49.98 Diversified Power Sector Fund - Retail Plan (G) 84.68 Equity Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (B) 12.79 Equity Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (D) 12.79 Equity Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (G) 12.79 Equity Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) 15.38 Equity Fund - Retail Plan (D) 15.38 Equity Fund - Retail Plan (G) 15.38 Equity Linked Saving Fund - Series I (D) 15.00 Equity Linked Saving Fund - Series I (G) 15.00 Equity Opportunities Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) 36.41 Equity Opportunities Fund - Retail Plan (D) 25.72 Equity Opportunities Fund - Retail Plan (G) 36.41 Growth Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) 80.91 Growth Fund - Retail Plan (D) 59.79 Growth Fund - Retail Plan (G) 487.79 Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) 11.82 Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (D) 11.82 Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (G) 11.82 Long Term Equity Fund (D) 16.73 Long Term Equity Fund (G) 16.73 Media & Entertainment Fund (Bonus) 30.98 Media & Entertainment Fund (D) 22.27 Media & Entertainment Fund (G) 30.98 Natural Resources Fund (Bonus) 10.28 Natural Resources Fund (D) 10.28 Natural Resources Fund (G) 10.28 NRI Equity Fund (Bonus) 40.11

having a countrywide uniformity. The Finance Minister also stated that the GST Council has only a recommendatory role and therefore all decisions have to be on a consensual basis.

Many states especially those that are run by the opposition parties are of the view that states would not be in a position to bring about this legislation by April next year. Many of them believe that their states are not ready for the implementation of a uniform system of GST. The Finance Minster also spoke of the need of having a independent and autonomous body to resolve disputes that arise between states and the centre on several of these issues. Thus GST does not appear to be a possibility by the next year.

A NEW TAX SAVING DEVICE During the last budget, the Finance Minister had announced a new incentive for savings. Under Section 80CCF

NRI Equity Fund (D) NRI Equity Fund (G) Pharma Fund (Bonus) Pharma Fund (D) Pharma Fund (G) Quant Plus Fund - Retail Plan (B) Quant Plus Fund - Retail Plan (D) Quant Plus Fund - Retail Plan (G) Regular Savings Fund - Equity Option (D) Regular Savings Fund - Equity Option (G) Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (D) Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (G) Vision Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) Vision Fund - Retail Plan (D) Vision Fund - Retail Plan (G) Religare AGILE Fund (D) AGILE Fund (G) AGILE Tax Fund (D) AGILE Tax Fund (G) Banking Fund - Regular Plan (D) Banking Fund - Regular Plan (G) Business Leaders Fund (D) Business Leaders Fund (G) Contra Fund (D) Contra Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) Mid Cap Fund (D) Mid Cap Fund (G) Mid N Small Cap Fund (D) Mid N Small Cap Fund (G) PSU Equity Fund (D) PSU Equity Fund (G) Tax Plan (D) Tax Plan (G)

23.87 40.11 52.87 39.44 52.87 12.92 12.92 12.92 24.87 31.90 16.88 21.66 46.44 45.10 276.51 6.47 6.46 7.35 7.35 15.83 20.41 12.35 12.35 12.69 16.41 12.68 12.69 12.74 12.75 8.82 8.82 15.12 15.12 15.11 15.11 11.52 11.52 14.78 17.84

S

Sahara Banking and Financial Services Fund (D) Banking and Financial Services Fund (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G) Infrastructure - Fixed Pricing Option (D) Infrastructure - Fixed Pricing Option (G) Infrastructure -Variable Pricing Option (D) Infrastructure -Variable Pricing Option (G) Midcap Fund (Bonus) Midcap Fund (D) Midcap Fund (G) Midcap Fund (Growth Auto Payout) Power & Natural Resources Fund (D) Power & Natural Resources Fund (G) Star Value Fund (D) Star Value Fund (G) Super 20 Fund (D) Super 20 Fund (G) Tax Gain (D) Tax Gain (G) Wealth Plus - Variable Pricing Option (D) Wealth Plus - Variable Pricing Option (G) Wealth Plus Fund - Fixed Pricing Option (D) Wealth Plus Fund - Fixed Pricing Option (G) SBI Blue Chip Fund (D) Blue Chip Fund (G) Infrastructure Fund - Series I (D) Infrastructure Fund - Series I (G) Magnum Comma Fund (D) Magnum Comma Fund (G) Magnum Contra Fund (D) Magnum Contra Fund (G) Magnum Emerging Businesses Fund (D) Magnum Emerging Businesses Fund (G) Magnum Equity Fund (D) Magnum Equity Fund (G) Magnum FMCG Fund Magnum Global Fund (D) Magnum Global Fund (G) Magnum IT Fund Magnum Midcap Fund (D) Magnum Midcap Fund (G) Magnum Multicap Fund (D) Magnum Multicap Fund (G) Magnum Multiplier Plus (D) Magnum Multiplier Plus (G) Magnum NRI - Flexiasset Plan (D) Magnum NRI - Flexiasset Plan (G) Magnum Pharma Fund (D) Magnum Pharma Fund (G) Magnum Tax Gain Scheme (D) Magnum Tax Gain Scheme (G) One India Fund (D) One India Fund (G) PSU Fund (D) PSU Fund (G) Shinsei Industry Leaders Fund (D) Industry Leaders Fund (G) Sundaram BNP Paribas Capex Opportunities Fund (D) Capex Opportunities Fund (G) Equity Multiplier Fund (D) Equity Multiplier Fund (G) Financial Services Opportunities - Retail Plan (D) Financial Services Opportunities - Retail Plan (G) Growth Fund - Regular Plan (D)

19.88 31.42 30.71 81.92 12.98 17.76 13.46 18.32 32.83 17.58 32.83 32.83 11.99 14.24 11.77 12.80 11.50 11.50 17.12 38.40 22.66 22.66 21.88 21.88 12.97 14.88 10.77 10.77 16.98 25.14 23.63 59.26 18.58 41.87 32.74 43.39 29.03 32.44 58.04 21.25 18.94 24.70 14.04 18.48 60.74 85.54 29.17 29.06 32.79 39.68 41.77 61.28 11.35 11.35 10.40 10.40 11.52 11.52 13.83 26.28 11.92 14.61 16.37 20.59 12.64

investment in infrastructure bonds would be exempt. The IFCI has is issuing such types of bonds. The face value of the bonds is Re. 5000 per bond.

The bonds have tenure of 10 years, with a buyback option after 5 years.

The coupon or interest rate ranges from 7.85% to 7.95%. Interest received from the bonds is taxable but tax will not be deducted at source. The investor will have to declare this income and pay tax on the interest. Investment made is deductible under 80CCF. For those who are looking for a further deduction on their tax, these bonds are ideal. The end of the month is the last day for subscription.

For those seeking to make some investment as also looking for deduction, this is an ideal opportunity!

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

Growth Fund - Regular Plan (G) India Leadership Fund - Regular Plan (D) India Leadership Fund - Regular Plan (G) Media & Entertainment Opportunities - Retail (D) Media & Entertainment Opportunities - Retail (G) PSU Opportunities Fund (D) PSU Opportunities Fund (G) Rural India Fund (D) Rural India Fund (G) S.M.I.L.E Fund - Regular Plan (D) S.M.I.L.E Fund - Regular Plan (G) Select Focus - Retail Plan (D) Select Focus - Retail Plan (G) Select Midcap - Regular Plan (D) Select Midcap - Regular Plan (G) Select Small Cap Fund (D) Select Small Cap Fund (G) Select Thematic Energy Opportunities Funds (D) Select Thematic Energy Opportunities Funds (G) Tax Saver (OE) (D) Tax Saver (OE) (G)

94.68 12.97 42.28 13.09 16.58 11.38 11.38 14.09 15.47 13.83 35.56 11.74 90.64 19.41 155.35 14.39 14.39 8.72 8.72 12.15 45.33

T

Tata Capital Builder Fund (D) Capital Builder Fund (G) Contra Fund (D) Contra Fund (G) Dividend Yield Fund (D) Dividend Yield Fund (G) Equity Management Fund (D) Equity Management Fund (G) Equity Opportunities Fund - Plan A (D) Equity Opportunities Fund - Plan B (G) Equity P/E Fund (G) Equity P/E Fund - Trigger Option A 5% (D) Equity P/E Fund - Trigger Option B 10% (D) Growing Economies Infrastructure - Plan A (D) Growing Economies Infrastructure - Plan A (G) Growing Economies Infrastructure - Plan B (D) Growing Economies Infrastructure - Plan B (G) Growth Fund (Bonus) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) Infrastructure Tax Saving Fund (D) Infrastructure Tax Saving Fund (G) Life Sciences & Technology Fund (D) Life Sciences & Technology Fund (G) Mid Cap Fund (D) Mid Cap Fund (G) Pure Equity Fund (D) Pure Equity Fund (G) Select Equity Fund (D) Select Equity Fund (G) Service Industries Fund (D) Service Industries Fund (G) Tax Advantage Fund - 1 (D) Tax Advantage Fund - 1 (G) Tax Saving Fund Taurus Bonanza Fund (D) Bonanza Fund (G) Discovery Fund (D) Discovery Fund (G) Ethical Fund (Bonus) Ethical Fund (D) Ethical Fund (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) Star Share (D) Star Share (G) Tax Shield (D) Tax Shield (G)

14.52 15.56 15.56 17.69 21.13 32.61 13.87 14.95 23.04 84.27 47.64 41.75 42.22 11.60 11.60 12.33 12.33 41.86 18.43 46.07 23.49 35.67 17.59 17.59 35.43 66.54 15.99 18.63 38.15 101.41 47.79 66.62 20.63 25.71 15.96 15.96 45.57 43.44 43.16 17.45 17.43 24.20 18.14 24.21 15.30 15.25 40.65 57.74 21.97 37.07

U

UTI Contra Fund (D) Contra Fund (G) Dividend Yield Fund (D) Dividend Yield Fund (G) Energy Fund (D) Energy Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Equity Tax Savings Plan (D) Equity Tax Savings Plan (G) India Lifestyle Fund(D) India Lifestyle Fund(G) Infrastructure Advantage Fund - Series I (D) Infrastructure Advantage Fund - Series I (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) Leadership Equity Fund (D) Leadership Equity Fund (G) Long Term Advantage Fund (D) Long Term Advantage Fund (G) Long Term Advantage Fund - Series II (D) Long Term Advantage Fund - Series II (G) Master Equity Plan Unit Scheme Master Plus Unit Scheme (D) Master Plus Unit Scheme (G) Master Value Fund (D) Master Value Fund (G) Mastershare (D) Mastershare (G) Mid Cap Fund (D) Mid Cap Fund (G) MNC Fund (D)

13.35 14.46 15.25 31.79 13.21 11.66 46.59 52.72 17.10 40.20 11.49 11.49 9.34 9.34 20.37 35.77 14.54 15.68 13.06 13.06 14.45 14.45 48.94 59.29 82.24 24.56 53.51 31.36 53.12 25.09 33.72 38.29

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CBDT signs pact with Fin intelligence unit PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

Black money stashed abroad by Indians will now be traced more efficiently as Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (India) have signed a pact to exchange information on tracking unaccounted funds, say official sources. Under the agreement, a nodal officer will be appointed from each organisation to ensure the exchange of information.

Furthermore, a periodical review of information will make it more effective in checking the black money flow. "The MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) also provides scope for obtaining information on any investigation conducted by the Indian Revenue Service.

It will provide another avenue to get information about

black money of Indians and NRIs stashed abroad," an official said about the agreement.

The MoU will formalise the exchange of information in accordance with best international practices, he added.

The MoU was signed on Friday by CBDT Chairman S S N Moorthy and FIU (IND) Director Arun Goyal. FIU-IND is an independent body reporting directly to the Economic Intelligence Council (EIC), headed by the FM. It is responsible for receiving and disseminating information relating to suspect financial transactions. The CBDT, on the other hand, is the largest consumer of information reported by financial transacting institutions like banks and insurance companies.

The MoU between CBDT and FIU (India) assumes significance

Laggard export sectors may get sops in policy PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

against the backdrop of India''s becoming a full-fledged member recently of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the sources said. FATF is an intergovernmental body, which will enable FIU (IND) to get information from member countries on money laundering.

This information can then be passed on to the CBDT, as and when required. After a five-year wait, India joined as the 34th member of the FATF. With this, India will have access to information on suspicious financial transactions abroad.

The issue of black money stashed away by Indians abroad had become a political issue in the last Lok Sabha elections in 2009. Indian is currently renegotiating its tax pacts with various countries like Switzerland to get information on black money parked there.

In an effort to prop laggard export sectors, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma may announce sops like extension of some duty benefits in the annual foreign trade policy review here tomorrow, amid apprehensions of demand slowdown in the developed markets. Commerce Ministry officials indicated that the government may announce benefits like extension of DEPB scheme beyond December and provide more incentives for exports under focus product and market programmes.

"Some of the sectors, particularly the labour intensive ones like textiles and handicrafts, still need support and a package is being worked out to help them," an official said. Instant tea segment may be put under VKGUY scheme, under which the exporters are entitled to 5 per cent duty credit scrip, the official said.

The policy review will be

Swiss banks list four conditions for info PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

Facing flak from India and others for acting as a safe haven to foreigners stowing away wealth, Swiss banks have said they will share account details of suspected money launderers if the request is supported by four specific details. The specific details that someone requesting information should provide are the identity of the suspected offenders, details of the alleged offence, along with facts to undermine the suspicion, name of the bank and branch concerned in Switzerland and a written request from the foreign country's tax authority.

India is believed to have completed talks with Switzerland to amend their bilateral tax treaty, which would pave the way for authorities here to seek details of illicit wealth stashed away by Indians in Swiss banks. Having made it clear earlier that it won''t encourage "fishing expeditions" by any country, Swiss banks have also said that account de-

Philips plans 10 lighting lounges PTI MUMBAI, AUG 22

Lighting solutions provider, Philips Lighting India, plans to set-up 10 new Home Decorative Lighting Lounges pan-India by end-this year to tap the burgeoning demand in this segment, a senior company executive said.

The company, which set up one such lounge in Navi Mumbai yesterday, presently has around 40 such lounges across 20-odd cities in the country, the official said.

"Our plan is to cross 50 Home Decorative Lighting Lounges in another 3-4months across geographies," Philips Lighting India's Senior Director (Home Decorative Lighting and Modular Switches), Nand Kishore, said.

The segment is expected to clock a 25-30 per cent growth on a year-on-year basis and Philips is looking at garnering a major chunk of this, Nand Kishore said.

tails would not be exchanged automatically and would be shared with foreign countries only under their taxation agreements.

Switzerland-based banks'' apex body, the influential Swiss Bankers Association (SBA), has listed out the set of conditions for providing bank account details to other countries in its latest ''compendium'' on the Swiss banking sector being distributed to various stakeholders. The 2010 edition of the Compendium, which is an updated version of its last edition published in 2006, is "intended above all for readers outside the industry who seek to gain a general understanding of the banking sector," SBA said.

Switzerland is revising tax treaties with various countries, including India, as per an international model agreement on double taxation, which governs the exchange of information, or mutual administrative assistance among the tax authorities of the signatory countries.

In its latest Compendium, SBA

has said that the banks'' client confidentiality would still remain safeguarded and "administrative assistance" would be given only in isolated cases and the practice known as "fishing expeditions," where countries seek to flip through multiple accounts in the hope of finding incriminating evidence, is yet not permitted.

SBA has further said that "administrative assistance" would be provided subject to certain conditions. "The foreign tax authority has to submit a request in writing, stating an adequately reasonable suspicion," the first condition says.

The second makes it mandatory for the request to "contain a specific reference to the identity of the person liable to tax".

The other two conditions says that "the facts of the tax evasion case have to be adequately described (and), the bank or branch concerned has to be specified. " The issue of secret Swiss bank accounts is a political hot potato and a poll plank during last year''s general elections.

LG goes for image makeover PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

Reliance Life to infuse Rs 250 cr PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

Anil Ambani Group company Reliance Life Insurance will infuse Rs 250 crore to fund business expansion plans in FY''11, out of which Rs 70 crore was pumped in during the first quarter itself. "So far as capital infusion is concerned, we need Rs 250 crore in 2010-11.

After investing Rs 70 crore in the first three months of this fiscal, we have plans to infuse Rs 180 crore in the next three quarters," Reliance Life Insurance President and Executive Director Malay Ghosh said.

With the Rs 70 crore infusion,

Anil Agarwal set to pip Mukesh as richest Indian PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

The proposed takeover of Cairn Energy's India business could see NRI billionaire Anil Agarwal emerging as the richest promoter of a corporate house ahead of Mukesh Ambani, who has ruled the list for long. After the acquisition of Cairn India and a proposed IPO of group firm Sterlite Energy, Anil Agarwal, as head of the promoter family, would command an estimated networth of close to Rs 1,67,000 crore, ahead of Mukesh Ambani at Rs 1,45,275 crore, a comparison of promoter family holding valuations for leading groups reveals.

However, Mukesh-led RIL is a wealthier group than Agarwal''s Vedanta, although both are behind the Tatas, whose market capitalisation in terms of listed entities is over Rs 3,70,000 crore. However, in terms of promoters'' wealth, Tata group chief Ratan Tata hardly compares to either Mukesh or

Agarwal.

In their own respective fields of business, Agarwal is a global leader in the metals and mining, while Mukesh is among the top-ranked international players in the fields of petrochemicals and largest private sector oil group in India. Agarwal is now entering oil business through the Cairn India acquisition and his capacity to play to the size could now make competition intense in oil sector.

At the same time, the acquisition would give the Agarwal family double the size of Anil Ambani group (whose promoter wealth currently stands at less than Rs 80,000 crore).

The USD 9.6 billion takeover of Cairn India has already pushed Vedanta group head Anil Agarwal to the second position after Mukesh Ambani in terms of family net worth, measured in terms of value of shares held as promoters in five listed group companies.

Add to this, the value of

shares he holds in aluminium major Balco and IPO-bound group firm Sterlite Energy, the promoter family wealth of Anil Agarwal group could rise to nearly Rs 1,66,938 crore. In comparison, the promoter family wealth of Mukesh Ambani group currently stands at Rs 1,45,276 crore, based on the value of promoter holdings in two listed group firms Reliance Industries and Reliance Industrial Infrastructure.

Without Sterlite Energy, which has proposed an initial public offer of Rs 5,100 crore, and Balco, where Vedanta group has 51% stake, the total promoter family networth of the Vedanta group currently stands at Rs 1,38,465 crore.

This includes the value of promoter shares in Sterlite, Hindustan Zinc, Sesa Goa (all listed in India) and that in UK-listed Vedanta Resources, as also the worth of proposed 60 per cent stake in Cairn India proposed to be purchased from Scotlandbased Cairn Energy.

the total paid-up capital of the company has crossed Rs 3,000 crore mark. The paid-up capital of the company stood at Rs 3,044 crore at the end of June 30, 2010.

Besides the capital infusion, Reliance Life Insurance is also looking at selling a 10-15 per cent stake to a strategic investor to raise funds for expansion.

The company proposes to come out with IPO once the guidelines are put in place by sectoral regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) and market watchdog SEBI.

US visa:

‘Indian Cos will counter fee hike’ PTI PUNE, AUG 22

Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy has expressed confidence that Indian software companies will counter the pressure of the recent visa fee hike by the US government with greater competitiveness, using innovation as a tool to enhance productivity.

Stating that it was the right of the US government to determine its policy, Murthy said, "We must accept it and compete and succeed under the new dispensation. Innovation is an important tool to become stronger and enhance our revenue productivity."

Murthy's comments came at the felicitation of academician and researcher J G Krishnayya, founder of Systems Research Institute (SRI) here last night.

The new fees for H1B and L1 visas, effective from August 14, is expected to put an additional annual burden of USD 200 million on Indian software firms.

South Korean consumer durables giant LG said it is working on a brand re-positioning exercise to cater to the premium segment by introducing more high-end products in India. At present, the company's Indian arm LG Electronics India has major presence in the mass market segment and the premium products account for 35 per cent of the company's overall sales. It had clocked a sales of Rs 13,089 crore last year. "We are working on the brand positioning.

Our effort is to shift to a more premium image," LG Electronics India Chief Marketing Officer Yasho V Verma said.

"Four years back, premium sales was just 5 per cent of our total sales. Now it has increased to 35 per cent.

So one can see the change that has been happening and our aim is to further increase it," he said.

part of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) for 2009-14, which was announced in August 2009.

However, officials said the government has a limited budget.

The existing incentives may be partially taken away from the better performing segments and given to those which are laggard. The main sectors that registered positive export growth includes gold, gems and jewellery, chemicals, fertilisers, pharmaceuticals, Under Duty Entitlement Passbook (DEPB) scheme, the govt reimburses duties on imported inputs used in exports.

In the focus market\product programmes, exporters get fiscal benefits to explore new markets and overcome infrastructure bottlenecks. Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar recently said that in the second half of this year, trade activities globally might be affected on account of rollback of economic stimulus packages and demand contraction in the developed world.

In wake of the apprehensions of demand slowdown, apparel exporters led by AEPC are demanding benefits like interest subsidy and increased duty sops, in the FTP. Textiles industry is also demanding increase in duty drawback to 13.55% from 8.8%. Duty drawback is a partial refund of duties paid on the import of goods that are further processed and then exported.

Besides, industry body Ficci has urged the government for 3% additional duty benefit under focus market scheme.

India''s export growth moderated in July to 13.1% due to weak consumer demand in key markets - the US and EU. Handicrafts exports contracted by 60%, Tea by 25%, garments by 23% and electronics products by 20.8%.

Despite demand slowdown in the coming months, the Commerce Ministry expects India would be able to achieve the export target of USD 200 billion in 2010-11.

FICCI asks sops for steel exports PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

FICCI demanded an additional three per cent duty sop for steel exporters to bridge the rising trade gap. "In order to bridge the trade gap, the govt needs to give further incentives to steel exports through measures like Focus Market Scheme, which provides 3% duty free credit scrips for exports to select markets," it said.

India that used to be a net exporter of finished steel till 2006-07 has become net importer since 2007-08. In 200910 the deficit reached 4.06 million tonnes, about three times over the previous year, it said.

Steel exports in April-July 2010-11 declined by 11 per cent year-on-year, while imports went up by over 66 per cent. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, on Monday, is likely to announce fiscal benefits to exporters in the supplement to the Foreign

Trade Policy 2009-2014, amid fears of demand slowdown in India''s traditional markets.

Steel exporters get duty benefit of three to eight per cent under DEPB scheme, which aims at neutralising the incidence of duty on the inputs used in products for exports.

Ficci said that the rising share of steel imports in India''s domestic consumption and the widening trade deficit in steel has become a cause of serious concern for domestic industry.

It further said the share of domestic producers in the total consumption of steel in the country has declined over the years. While share of imports has increased from 6.13 per cent in 2004-05 to 12.9 per cent in 2009-10.

FICCI said the government should set up a taskforce under Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh to look into the reasons for inadequate growth of domestic steel production vis--vis consumption in the country.

Elder Health Care bets big on Tiger Balm PTI MUMBAI, AUG 22

Elder Health Care, the FMCG arm of the Rs 8]00-crore Elder group, is targeting a turnover of Rs 125-crore and has earmarked Rs 40-crore for an advertising blitz aimed at strongly pushing its three top brands – Tiger Balm, Fuel deodorent and FairOne Cream-this fiscal.

"We are eyeing a turnover of around Rs 125-crore in FY 11 on the back of a massive push we plan to give Tiger Balm, Fuel and FairOne cream. We plan to beef-up our distribution and penetration pan-India over the next 1-year," Elder Health Care's Managing Director, Anuj Saxena, said.

The company also aims to launch some dermo-cosmetic products which would give it better margins as also an economy soap--Rhyme--over the next 6-9-months, he said.

The company's strategy is to

tap the rapidly-growing rural and semi-urban markets and it plans to begin this exercise with Tiger Balm.

"Tiger Balm has a great brand acceptance and will enable us to easily enter new markets. We will begin with Maharashtra and over a year spread across the country," Saxena said.

The company plans to augment its distribution network by adding another 5-lakh outlets to its existing 4.5-lakh ones over the next one-year.

It has lined-up an ad-spend of Rs 22-crore for Tiger Balm, and around Rs 10-crore each for Fuel and FairOne. Tiger Balm's contribution to Elder Health Care's revenue should increase to Rs 35-crore this fiscal from Rs 20-crore in FY 10, Saxena said, adding "by FY 13, we are eyeing Rs 80crore."

The company plans to launch a few variants of Tiger

Balm such as muscle-rub and ointment by end-2010, he said.

While the company's strategy is to maintain sales of FairOne cream at around last year's level of Rs 15-crore, it is eyeing a sale of around Rs 18crore from Fuel this fiscal up from the Rs 12-crore of last fiscal.

"The deodorant market is promo-intensive," Saxena explained, adding "we are reworking our brand formulation for FairOne as the skinwhitener segment is intensely competitive."

On its economy soap launch, Saxena said that the company was looking at pricing and packaging issues.

"We test-marketed it sometime ago, but then raw material prices shot up. The margins should be healthy for us to enter this business. We might launch our soap in about sixmonths if the market conditions suit us," he said.

Dubbed films rake in moolah, take Hollywood to small cites

PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

At a time when big-budget Bollywood films are searching for audiences and revenue, the dubbed Hollywood films are not only turning out to be money churners for foreign production houses but are also making overseas actors a household name at the grassroots.

"Hollywood movies offer great entertainment value and in order to enjoy them, they have to be made relevant to audiences across the country," Vivek Krishnani, head of distribution, marketing and syndication, Fox Star Studios India Pvt Ltd said.

"English is not the entertainment language of audiences at large, therefore, dubbing helps increase comprehension and increases the entertainment

quotient by making it relevant to audiences," he says.

The dubbed films give foreign production houses an opportunity to go wider and reach a larger section of the cinema going audiences by making the content available in a language they can easily understand.

"A lot of our films have outperformed big budget Hindi movies running simultaneously at the Box Office. "Avatar" has become the third highest grosser in the history of Hindi Cinema. The "A-Team" as well as "Knight and Day" have performed extremely well compared to Hindi films that have been released in the same period," says Krishnani.

"Avatar" saw its English and dubbed versions sharing the revenues at 50 per cent.

Around 35 per cent of the rev-

enue from the Tom CruiseCameron Diaz starrer "Knight and Day" in India came from dubbed version while the action movie "The A Team" raked in 45 percent of its revenue from dubbed versions.

"India is certainly a very important and fast growing market for Hollywood films. While India was the 13th highest grosser for 'Avatar' worldwide which is itself a huge achievement for us, it has figured in the Top 10 International markets in the world for The 'ATeam', 'Knight and Day' and 'Predators,' which is phenomenal," says Krishnani.

Last year, Sony's 2012 was probably the biggest example of a the biggest dubbing success for a Hollywood film.

"The film earned approximately 90 crore at the Indian Box Office of which approxi-

mately 70 per cent came from the dubbed versions. This figure is even more notable considering the lower prices of tickets in the dubbed markets," says Kercy Daruwala, MD, Sony Pictures India.

Hindi, Tamil and Telugu are the main Indian languages used to dub a Hollywood movie, though experiments with Bhojpuri, Bengali and Malayalam also been done.

Sony released "Spider-Man 3" in Bhojpuri and "Sixth Sense," "Signs" and "Spider-Man" in Malayalam.

The average cost of dubbing a movie is estimated around 8 to 10 lakhs.

"It is a successful model because there are several factors that give Hollywood an edge over Bollywood. It has wider global audience from which to recover costs and earn profit,

multiplexes, which are the mainstay of Hollywood films now use digital prints which cut costs and Hollywood action and special effects films have greater dubbing potential than Bollywood films," says Daruwala.

Vishal Kapur, COO, Fun Cinemas, says the dubbed film market is fast picking up in India with the metro cities witnessing a rise in their revenues.

"Earlier, small centres like Lucknow, Agra, Panipat had a good demand for dubbed Hollywood films but of late, metros also have sizeable audience for them," he says.

"Like in Delhi, south Delhi will have takers for English version but in east and west Delhi, Hindi version is more liked.

Movies such as "Inception" and "A Team" had occupancy upto 50 per cent in Hindi versions,"

he adds.

In a unique scenario in India, Hollywood faces stiff competition from dominant local film industries. Also, ticket prices are low and piracy is extremely high. Despite these shortcomings, India still figures in the top 15 global markets for Hollywood.

"Through dubbing we have already been expanding the market in the last couple of years. Plus smaller, more niche Hollywood films are finding their own audiences because of increasing number of multiplex screens and digitalisation," says Daruwala.

The Oscar-winning film, "Gandhi" was dubbed by Sony Pictures India for the first time in 1982 in six Indian languages.

Daruwala says dubbing a Hollywood movie is an old trend which has good commer-

cial potential now and Sony has plans to bring in more Indian languages as the market expands in future.

Not all Hollywood films are dubbed in Indian languages.

There is an increasing appetite for action and special effects oriented films and especially in 3D among audiences as a whole.

This is a space that Bollywood has not yet been able to enter successfully.

"Other genres like comedy etc do not work as it is difficult to translate the nuances of humour into local language," says Krishnani.

It's not only dubbing but also subtitling the films by which Hollywood is making inroads in Indian market. Hits like "Inception," "A Team" had English subtitles.

"For starters, we have started

subtitling our films as sometimes the accent and the pronunciation by the stars in Hollywood films is a bit difficult for the Indian audience to understand.

This has helped us in getting in more audiences, who otherwise would skip Hollywood films, with a fear of not being able to understand the same," says Krishnani.

Going by India's rise as a big Hollywood market, there are plans to get Hollywood stars in India for their film's promotion in future.

"As India becomes a more and more important market, Hollywood stars will come here for promotion," says Daruwala while Krishnani says Fox has been trying to get some big Hollywood stars to India and hopefully something should work out soon.

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Taking Stock of the Market - III

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he most common areas of work in the capital markets, one can look forward to include the following. Options

Stock Brokers:

Given the present complex situation of our capital markets, stock brokers have to face challenging tasks. The specialized knowledge and profes-

ties traders. Many prefer to work as dealers, advisors and securities analysts.

2. Security Analysts:

Are those who advise companies on floatation of shares as they are expected to have sound knowledge of capital markets. Brokers also work in the financial sector with banks, mutual funds, consul-

something out of it. Investment analysts are those who carry out the very same job and help fund managers manage their investments. They can work as stock broking or institutional analysts. Although expertise and experience, varies from individual to individual,

particular field so that they can give their best.

Work includes studying the companies financial reports,

By Maria de Lima Pereira assessing various statistical information, drawing up estimates of demand and supply factors, profitability projections, comparing financial results, visiting the organisations , meeting the management, surveying the industry as a whole and on the basis of the available information, finally making a decision based on these factors.

4. Equity Analysts:

sional acumen required has made the job of brokers highly skilful. The work of stock brokers depends upon the kind operations they engage themselves into. Some of the brokers prefer having individual clients while others work for institutions. Brokers who work for institutional investors are often called securi-

tancies, insurance companies, pension funds and financial institutions etc.

3. Investment Analysts:

Investments in today’s capital markets is not something which can always fructify, based on mere guesses. It requires thorough scientific research and analysis to make

in the subject of capital markets it makes them suitable to handle high value investment decisions of merchant banks, insurance and pension funds and other financial institutions. With diversification of financial sector into vast and complex fields, investment analysts usually specialize in a

Investment markets all over the world are witnessing major changes. Indian markets are no exception. The amount of professionalism and complexity of financial markets has led to the adoption of most advanced techniques and approach while dealing in securities.

Increasing presence of both domestic and foreign players in the Indian markets have further added to the demand for having a more systematic approach. Therefore arose the need for professionals who can specialize in the fields of capital markets.

The Equity analyst is one such specialist who does research and helps in systematic and better financial investments. Given the prevailing market conditions, equity ana-

lysts are in for favourable times ahead. There work is quite similar to that of investment analysts. The job mainly involves research activities apart from analysing financial performance, making profit projections, conducting interviews with the executives of companies, making field visits and market research, etc.

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encompassed a range of attractive reasons including creative freedom, economic growth opportunities, no concrete/glass ceiling issues, better time management et al.

Corporate downsizing and extensive layoffs provided the groundswell for many employment consulting operations

ing Business Week, projected double digit growth of the consulting profession in less than five years. The magnetic draw to the employment consulting field

to launch. Also, large companies benefit greatly by dropping key employees. They could rehire them as employment consultants, thus saving on training new

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ith a further increase in the number of job losses expected this year it is no wonder that many of us are concerned about our own future prospects.

‘Recession’, ‘credit crunch’ and ‘lay-offs’, have been the buzzwords that have been used to describe the current job climate and, unfortunately, it seems that we may have to get used to hearing them throughout 2009, too.

So when your company is faced with the unenviable task of short-listing those people who are up for redundancy, how can you ensure that the red pen doesn’t strike through your name?

The first thing that you need to consider is the process that human resource departments and managers use to determine who stays and who goes. And the most commonly used criteria used are: last in, first out; employee skills and knowledge; employee attendance; and employee disciplinary record.

As crude as this may seem, the fact is that human resource managers are faced with a difficult decision. Their first priority is to protect the interest of the business not whether you are a nice person who is the life and soul of the office. So after looking at these four points you have to ask yourself, “If I was making the decision whether to keep

someone like me on or not, would I keep me or let me go?”

Here are the key things that you need to consider to stave off any threat of losing your job.

1. Skills and knowledge

When you go for a new job, your interviewer will ask you a series of questions to establish whether you are the right candidate for the job to which you are applying.

And it is your task to convince her that you have the necessary skills and attributes required to fulfil the expectations of the position.

It is exactly the same when redundancies strike — you are in effect about to embark on a mission to prove your worth and demonstrate precisely why you are the right person to continue doing your job.

Employers want to see that you have shown a commitment to improving your overall performance and that means taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the company through skills workshops, training courses and professional study, whether mandatory or voluntary.

Yet employees failing to attend these courses can and will affect their careers in the long term .It will be a red mark against them, and their loyalty and commitment will be questioned because they refused to

hires and employee benefit costs. Employment consulting was one of the fastest growing professions in the 1990s and continues to lead the professional path at the start of the second decade of the new millennium.

The factors including increased corporate downsizing, small business growth and emerging industries continue to benefit the consulting boom. However, are consultants who have been in the game for a while still psyched about the initial “perks” of the profession? Does the current economic climate bode well for employment consulting and the consulting profession?

Consulting is still a lucrative industry, but the current climate should make any newcomers cautious and seasoned ones careful. Working for yourself has pluses and minuses and it is crucial to understand that being your own boss gives you freedom, but also limitations. You are at the ‘beck and call’ of your clients and your ‘free time’ can often be used up to address their needs.

Employment consultants, even in growing industries such as technology and healthcare, are still facing challenges as businesses are cutting back or closing down thus forcing these emerging entrepreneurs to not only “think outside the box”, but also “keep it real.” “Consultants often find themselves working

undergo the previous training that they was offered.

You need to constantly bear in mind that employers are running a business and they want to get the maximum return on their investment i.e. you.

How has the company benefited with you as an employee?

What can you offer that your colleague in a similar role can’t?

It could be that you have become proficient in SPSS, CAD or ECDL. Perhaps you work for a public body and are able to speak the official written language whereas a colleague in the same role can’t, thereby saving your organisation money in translation services.

In much the same way that the ‘skills’ section on your CV will help you get an interview, your skills in the workplace can also keep you in the job that you love. Therefore, you need to continually sell yourself and demonstrate your skills therefore showing how you are going to be a positive addition to their workforce.

There are three types of trader: proprietary, flow (market makers), and sales. Flow traders buy and sell products on the financial markets for the bank’s clients. Products include securities and other assets such as futures, options and commodities. They make prices and execute trades, seeking to maximise assets or minimise financial risk. Proprietary traders trade on behalf of the bank itself.

Their aim is to buy low and sell high. They do this by analysing economic data, technical analysis, experience, cross-asset correlations and identifying undervalued and overvalued prices. Sales traders deal directly with clients, providing market information, execution and promoting new financial ideas to clients. They are intermediaries between the client and the market maker.

Whilst there are many similarities in the work of flow and proprietary traders and those working in sales, their roles differ substantially. The main difference is risk - sales traders don’t take risk while flow/prop traders take risks seeking reward.

2. Attendance

If you were on maternity leave or signed off due to ill health, then you will have nothing to worry about because your time off work in these instances cannot work against you by law.

However, if you are prone to showing up late for work or calling in sick (especially on a Mon-

more hours and having to be more creative in the services and arrangements.

They have been putting my customers on retainers and keeping their rates the same although they are often putting in more time, but these are customers who have been there with them for a long time and set the standard for new clients.

Establishing a strong customer base to get your employment consulting, or any consulting business, through the rough times is vital to survival until the economy turns around. If you are consulting, then you have to believe that the economy will turn around and you can see the opportunities down the road.

Consultants though, are very aware of the fact that there are still rough times ahead and that many potential clients are holding on to their funds for a while longer just to be on the safe side. However, staying visible, supporting loyal customers and providing quality service will increase outreach and generate business.”

In this era of high tech gadgets such as I Pods and Blackberries and paperless communications, the new consultant must use old fashioned customer service and sales techniques to survive in this economy and to successfully generate business and maintain a long term client base.

day) then eye brows will almost certainly be raised.

Poor time keeping is a major nuisance for managers and can make or break your chances of safeguarding your job.

Even if you are late just five minutes each morning, you will actually owe your employer 25 minutes each week, 100 minutes every month and by the end of the year, two-anda-half days yet you will have been paid for this time.

And over the course of five years, you have cost your company almost two weeks in pay based on the average salary. This makes you a liability and a costly one at that.

3. Complacency and diversification

When you have worked in the same role for a certain period of time, it is easy to fall into the trap of becoming complacent with your work. You were willing to learn and enthusiastic to take on more responsibility when you first started your job, so what’s changed? Seek out opportunities to maximise your talents and skills.

Demonstrate to your boss that you have initiative and you are not afraid to try your hand at other roles.

s I look around at the various professions and businesses around, I feel astonished to see the number of “quacks” almost all over the

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neer, A Laboratory Technician becomes as good as a Biochemist or Pathologist conducts all your medical investigations and puts his signature on your reports too. The list simply goes on…

place. A young man or woman may spend three to five years learning to be professional in a certain field, but suddenly a person with a little knowledge of the subject and some tact to learn, comes in and tries to convince he can be equally good at half the price.

A good example of this is the number of Desk Top Publishing (DTP) operators around the place. This should be a job best left to the professional Bachelor in Fine Arts or higher. But in Goa, if the job is done by a person good enough to own a shop and a complete computer setup, an internet connection to download images and some rusty knowledge of art, and more importantly at half the price or less than what a professional would charge; the job will always be well appreciated.

There are many examples of this in all aspects of business or profession. A clerk who suddenly becomes an electrician, a graduate with no technical knowledge becomes a Computer Customer Support Engi-

I remember a very old Portuguese saying that always has impressed me.

“Quem mandou ao sapateiro tocar o rebeco” which simply says, who even suggested and gave this brilliant idea to the cobbler that he could also play the double-bass (or maybe even the violin or for that matter the guitar!) I think every professional is trained to do and what he does best. It is hard to imagine how one can become a DTP operator overnight when a young man or woman would take four to five years to attain a fine arts degree takes learning many important concepts that go into art!

I was surprised of late, to find a few pseudo-lawyers mushrooming from nowhere. These are touts who arrange to organize sale deeds, make agreements between parties for various reasons, draft affidavits, arrange licenses from various

By Colin Savio Coelho

5. Traders:

In Recession, Employment Consulting is Great Job Option

hen business experts and the media projected the rise of employment consulting and focused on it as an emerging industry model, many began to set their sights on elaborate titles, freedom and ultimate time control. As we approached the new millennium leading publications, includ-

Pseudo-Professionals Threaten To ‘Change’ Our Lives

4. There is no ‘I’ in ‘team’

As clichéd as it may sound, being a team player is fundamental to the success of most modern businesses. And getting stuck with the label of not being a team player is one of the surest ways to kill off your chances of securing your position when the cuts come. Loners and mavericks are often be considered by managers as loose cannons and are regarded as looking out for ‘Number One.’ As Randall Hansen, founder of Quintessential Careers puts it: “You can’t be so much a member of the team that your individual efforts are not recognized and rewarded.”

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departments and, not to forget, even draft simple applications for various government offices and even your day-to-day letters.

This is really lucrative business and besides, you gain the respect of your “clients” who address you as “dotor”. I have to give it to them that they sometimes know procedures better than most lawyers do. But, nevertheless we need to understand that they cannot replace a lawyer in anyway. These days even builders are inching towards becoming “pseudo lawyers”. They just change the names on an old agreement and place it on the table for the next buyer. No need to pay a lawyer for a new agreement!

Today in Goa, we find a good many “Jack of all trades”. A person willing to take a construction contract will do everything himself, from getting the plans passed with to authorities to the carpentry, plumbing and up to the final painting of the edifice he constructs.

In the end, what we have is a poor quality construction, which is not very promising compared to the money we spend to purchase the place. But when the work has been undertaken with the attitude of “Konalem Paichem Kitem Voita” or as famously translated literally: “whose fathers what goes”, we cannot expect too much better.

Now, besides the famous quacks in the medical field, we also have to counter “quacks” in various professions and we must make ourselves aware of this fact. We must use our judgment to decide what is best.

These views would surely ruffle a few feathers but I cannot imagine that I would not have anyone to shine my dancing shoes while the cobbler plays the violin for me!

Dress Down While Still Looking Professional

o you want to look the business even on a casual day?

The biggest mistake that some people make when they dress for business casual is that

they don’t distinguish their work clothes from their “just out for the night with my friends” items.

Top corporate bosses stress the fact that you need to emanate as much power, authority and credibility and command as much respect as you do in a suit.

While men often look very good in uniform or in a suit, when you see them pushing the trolley at the supermarket they often look like an unmade bed.”

Even on dress down days, you still have to maintain a good impression on clients and colleagues. The casual look can be turned to your advantage and still allow you to exude credibility, personal power and authority and command respect – while feeling comfortable.

Let’s get those wardrobes open and pull out those toostuffed drawers. Turn the casual look to your advantage with our help.

TOP TIPS FOR MEN

* Do wear a suit without a tie. A lounge suit - not doublebreasted - with a plain cotton shirt can make men look extremely cool. * Don’t wear gimmicky ties or socks. No matter how funny the Simpsons are, they’re out of place in the workplace. * Do put your best foot forward at all times. Polish your shoes - and make sure your belt matches the colour of your footwear. * Do maintain some formal structure in your outfit. Let the casual note come through different colours, patterns and textures. * Don’t wear baggy trousers and shirts.

They’ll make you look like a blob, rather than a force to be reckoned with. * Do pay attention to your neckline. Polo neck sweaters are a major part of James Bond’s smart-casual wardrobe, recognising the fact that a strong line at the neck usually looks better than bare skin, medallions and loose ties. * Don’t wear a tie with jeans or combat trousers. Some men think this is dressing down; but actually you’ll look like a stiffneck desperately trying to look relaxed. * Thumbs up to: clean, pressed clothes; immaculate grooming; fine knits and jerseys; chinos, cords or moleskins, cotton, linen suits, gabardine or wool trousers; high-quality logofree T-shirts in summer; sports jackets in softer fabrics than your formal suits; crisp cotton good-quality shirts; and loaferstyle shoes, half-boots or slipons.

TOP TIPS FOR LADIES

* Do keep those heels down.

High heels are for going out and

looking sexy. Mid-height heels at work mean that you look more competent as you comfortably walk round. * Do keep to understated elegance for low maintenance with a soft, chic appearance. If you have to run to the bathroom to touch up your eyeliner five times an hour then you’re not paying much attention to your work, are you? * Do avoid tight clothes, plunging necklines and any bling. It looks tacky and distracts from that brilliant report you just handed in. * Don’t confuse casual with scruffy. A pair of jeans with fraying knees or an un-ironed shirt will simply make you look like the office scarecrow. * Do aim for a simple, sharp look if you’re a more mature worker. Black and navy blue combined with neutral accents are smart and ageless. * Do avoid wearing flat shoes or sandals with skirts. * Don’t dress too flamboyantly. If you turn up from head to toe in silver lamé, people will assume you’ve come straight from a night out on the tiles at Annabel’s.

* Do choose clothes that flatter your figure. Jeans and T-shirts can show your contours at their worst.

US to invest $1 million on Indian students The University of Cincinnati (UC), one of the top public research universities in the United States is planning to invest US $1 million in undergraduate scholarships for Indian students beginning the fall 2011 intake.

The university has committed to provide two full scholarships to undergraduate Indian students joining UC in fall 2011.

This opportunity is applicable to two brilliant students who have overcome substantial disadvantages during their educational pursuits.The university-wide UC Global Scholarship Programme also

provides scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $12,000 per year to international undergraduate students. Students are advised that their completed applications should reach the university by 1, December, 2010 for maximum scholarship consideration.

Jonathan Weller, Director of International Admissions said, "UC has always seen significant research contributions by Indian students. We look forward to more contributions and interest from Indian students with the current investment."

The university will partner with a NGO to help identify these two

students. Information about this, and other scholarships for Indian undergraduate students, will be available on www.uc.edu/india

by October 1, 2010.

The university has nearly 2,000 international students out of which 650 are Indian.

The UC has an extensive network of local representatives throughout India to assist students with the decision making process. They are available to answer questions, assist with applying for admission, and provide detailed information about opportunities for Indian students at UC.

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A Kid’s Life In... IRELAND

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ia dhuit! My name is Patrick and I am 10 years old. I live in Dublin, Ireland with my mom, dad, and my sister Maureen.

Maureen is 8 years old. Ireland is a country located in Northwest Europe.

The country covers most of the island of Ireland in the British Isles. The other part of the island is called Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

Have you ever heard anyone call Ireland the Emerald Isle? Many people call it that, because of we have a beautiful green countryside. There are also rolling farmlands that cover most of the centre part of the country. We have mountains near the coasts.

In Ireland we go to public primary school when we are 6- 12 years old. Most of the schools in Ireland are private schools run by the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland. I like primary school a lot! When I go to secondary school, I won’t

go to school with any girls because girls and boys usually go to different schools.

I also like the city of Dublin a lot! It is also called

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The Dublin Castle was built in the 16th century?

In the winter the temperature is usually from 40 to 45 degrees in Ireland?

One of my favourite things to eat is Irish stew. It is made by boiling layers of potatoes, onions, and pieces of mutton.

In Gaelic, which is the ancient language of Ireland, the name of our country is called Eire (pronounced AIR uh).

“Town of the Ford of the Hurdles”. Dublin is the capitol of Ireland. Dublin is in the Province of Leinster. My family lives in a nice brick house with lots of rooms. When you visit Dublin, you will be very frightened because the roads are so narrow; and the steering wheel is on the right side

of the car.

An interesting place to visit in Dublin is the Dublin Castle; it was built in the 16th century. Once I went there with my mom and dad. Another place to visit is St. Patrick’s Cathedral. My family goes to church there sometimes.

Ireland is a great place to visit. Lots of people say that the Irish are warm-hearted and very friendly. Did you know that we, the Irish, are also known for our hospitality, close family ties, and our skill as storytellers? When you come to visit us you’ll even be able to understand us if you speak English. Ireland has two official languages which are English and Gaelic. Everybody speaks English with a soft accent called a brogue. When you speak Gaelic in Ireland people usually call it Irish.

Some sports in Ireland are basketball, boxing, cricket,

Celebrate Your Friendship Everyday Hello friends How are you? It’s been a long time, and I know I am quite late it writing to you on this topic. But as the saying goes, “ it’s better late than never.

The world celebrates the first Sunday of August as Friendship Day and some commemorate the entire month of August as Friendship Month. But we are skeptical about finding genuine friends in today’s phony temporary world.

So who is a true friend? We’ve often heard the old proverb ‘ a friend in need is a friend in deed’.

Real friendship looks at the heart, not just the “packaging.” It risks, it overlooks faults, and it loves unconditionally, but it also involves being trustworthy and truthful, even though it may hurt, forgiveness. We love our friends no matter what and we always want the best for our friends.

Relationships involve different levels of friendships. People are designed by God for lasting relationships. Often our isolationist society offers only vague, empty relationships. God wants us to have friends here on earth. Most of all, He wants us to be friends with Him! Remember, genuine friendship, also called “ love, comes from God. On Earth true friendship is an intimate expression between two people that honours and leaves the freedom of each intact. It involves relationship. Many people say, “Oh, he’s a good friend of mine,” yet they never take time to spend time with that “good friend.” Friendship takes time: time to get to know each other, to build shared memories, to invest in each other’s growth. A genuine friend is caring and concerned about his/her friend’s wellbeing. He/she wants to see his/her friend grow and develop, and succeed in life. Trust, faithfulness and loyalty are essential; they’re the stronghold to true friendship He/she doesn’t expect anything in return for doing something for a friend. He/She shares thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment or negative criticism.

We all need someone with whom we can share our lives, thoughts, feelings, and frustrations, our deepest secrets without the fear of being exposed, betrayed, left out, and lonely.

Real friends encourage and forgive one another, especially if we sometimes offend a friend without meaning to. A real friend never betrays or backbites; he shares your joys and divides your sorrows; is never negative about you; and no matter what, always stands by you. Real friends are dependable.

Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with iron bars.” When we’ve offended a true friend - whether by breaking a trust or by speaking the truth with love we risk losing that friendship. We must be careful not to break the trust. But when not speaking the truth will cause greater hurt in our friend’s life, we must be willing to sacrifice our needs for those of our friend. That is true friendship.

A true friend also, always helps, gives wise counsel, sympathises, protects, sacrifices, helps you to be good and do good, helps you know and understand yourself. I dedicate this to my two closest friends, whom God has chosen for me. You too can be a real friend and ask God to help you recognize and select genuine friends, so that you live a fruitful life.

Cheerio!

My Pavilion golf, hockey, horse racing, rugby, soccer, swimming, and tennis. My favourite sport is soccer (it is also the most popular sport in our country, but we call it football) because you have to be fast, and have good “foot-eye coordination”.

The climate of Ireland is a lot like other islands. In the winter the temperature is usually from 40 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (4 to 7 degrees

Celsius). In the summer the temperature is usually from 59 to 62 degrees Fahrenheit (15 to 17 degrees Celsius).

We Irish people dress the same as Americans. They wear jeans a lot. Americans wear suits and dresses only for special occasions like us.

Well, see you soon! Slan agat!

Erin go bragh (Gaelic phrase that means Ireland forever)!

Jesus The Creator Jesus you are humble and kind You lend out a helping hand You heal the sick and blind Whatever we seek, we find You have cured people on earth You are precious than gold You created the mighty seas, The beautiful birds and bees .

We can see through your light Which shines very bright To proclaim your constant love each day Teach us to have faith and pray Sent by Karina Anthony Fernandes, Std III, St Thomas Girls HS., Aldona

My CITy Stephanie Shirin Sequeira (10), Std V, Mary Immaculate Girls’ HS., Panjim

SkIING Ruela Amanda Coutinho(7), Std II, Our Own English HS., Cuncolim

Ducks Shane Teo Vas (7), Std II, Mushtifund Primary School, Panjim

ENTRY FORM MONGINIS Creative Me NAME:__________________________________________________ AGE: ______ STD: _______ Phone: ________________________ SCHOOL: _______________________________________________ HOME ADDRESS: ________________________________________

MONGINIS TWO BEST CREATIVE ME ENTRIES  

UNDERwATER wORLD Nathan Vales, KGII, St Jude’s HS., Betalbatim

Earl Smith Azavedo(12), Std VI, Government HS., Guirim wins a gift voucher of Monginis worth Rs. 125/Ruela Amanda Coutinho(7), Std II, Our Own English HS., Cuncolim wins a gift voucher of Monginis worth Rs. 75/-

A SNAIL Dannett Gomes (6), Std II, SFX HS., Siolim

Transplanting Earl Smith Azavedo(12), Std VI, Government HS., Guirim

Colour Me

A SHIP Darren Menezes (8), Std III, Our Lady of Divar HS., Divar

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Mabnovikas win HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, AUG 22

Manovikas English Medium School, Margao emerged champions in Salcete Taluka Under 14 Table Tennis inter-school football tournament beating King’s School, Margao 2-1.

In the first singles, Rithik Ghanti beat Kushboo Shah 118, 6-11, 11-4, 11-5. Tanisi Kirtani outplayed Tanisha Mujawar 114, 11- 1, 11- 1 and Shasin Mathani of Kings defeated Saumdarya Kapoor 11-8, 11-8, 2-11, 11-8. In the decider, Tansi Kirtani scalped Khusboo Shah 11-2,11-6, 11-3 to pocket the girls title.

Varca trounce Dando Boys HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO ,AUG 22

Varca Sports Club rallied to trounce Dando Boys, Benaulim 4-1 in GFA Third Division league at St John Baptist ground, Dando, Benaulim on Sunday.

Varca led 2-1 at half time.

Dando Boys were the first to settle down and took the lead in the 20th minute when Allen Rodrigues beat the rival goalkeeper with a stiff shot.

Varca’s Kruschhev Alemao

equalised in the 25th minute and thereafter snatched the lead in the 37th off a through pass from Tennyson Rocha.

Crossing over, it was again Varca who enjoyed total domination and virtually toyed with the rival weak defence. Orlando Vaz scored the third goal with a stiff grounder in the 55th minute.

Zico Mascarenhas rounded off the tally in the 77th minute off a Carmo pass.

Chandravaddo lift Assis Trophy

MARGAO (HC) --Chandravaddo A outplayed Vidyanagar 5-3 to lift the 2nd Asiss F Noronha memorial Fatorda inter-ward football tournament organised by Assis Noronha Memorial Trust at outside Nehru Stadium ground, Fatorda on Sunday.

Francisco Sardinha, MP was the chief guest and gave away the prizes. Damu Naik, MLA and Monica Dias, chairperson of Goa Khadi and Village Industries Board were the guests of honour. Luizinho Faleiro, permanent member, Congress Working Committee presided. Luis Alex Cardozo and Seby Noronha were the special invitees.

PVC Parra edge past St Sebastian HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, AUG 22

A solitary goal by Valentino Rosario in the 24th minute enabled PVC, Parra to down St Sebastian, Mapusa in GFA’s 3rd Division, at Anjuna Gymkana ground on Sunday.

The match was played like a local derby with both clubs committing countless fouls. The teams were lucky the referee was lenient and only showed four yellow cards.

Edwin Barreto, Valerin Rosario and Joaquim Pacheco were booked for PVC whilst Paul Fernandes was the only Sebastian player to be booked.

In the 9th, Joalav Fernandes

came close for Sebastian, but the ball went over the bar. At the other end, Joaquim Pacheco’s shot was just wide off the far post.

Sebastain goalkeeper Manuel Veigas came out to make a save in the 24th, but unfortunately for him the ball fell to PVC’s Valentino Rosario who still had some worked to do before tucking home what proved to be the only goal of the match.

Changing over Sebastian came out looking for the equaliser but Parra custodian Clifton Fernandes stood strong.

Early into the second half, PVC felt they should have had a penalty when

Nuvem advance

Safron Araujo was brought down in the box but it was not to be.

Severino Fernandes hit a half volley for Sebastian which came close and minutes later Sebastian had a penalty request turned down. Joalav Fernandes dribbled down the left and crossed. The ball hit a PVC defender on the hand but the referee waved play on, as it did not look intentional.

In the closing stages it was PVC who finished strongest. Brijesh Shirodkar and Vigilito Lobo had good attempts at goal.

At St Anthony’s church ground Siolim, Siolim Sodiem Sports & CA drew 2-2 with Xetrapal SC.

Siolim took the lead through Dylan Noronha in the 11th. His goal was cancelled out by Raju Shirodkar in the 20th and eight minutes later Vaibhav Mayeker put Xetrapal in front. The lead only lasted a minute as Dylan scored his second goal to ensure both teams shared points.

Football Club De Sanquelim came from behind at St Christopher’s ground, Tivim to register a 2-1 win over Youth Sports Club, Covale.

Philino Ratos put Colvale up in the 8th minute. Ismael Suvnar equalised in the 32nd and Millind Rane grabbed the winner four minutes before the end.

St Xavier’s beat PVS Assagao

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, AUG 22

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, AUG 22

Nuvem Sports Club scored a hard fought solitary goal victory over Saligao Sporting Club to move into quarter-finals of All-Goa InterVillage Mahabank Platinum Jubilee Trophy soccer tournament sponsored by Bank of Maharashtra at Calangute on Sunday.

Nuvem took the lead in the 35th minute through Milagres Fernandes.

Nuvem keeper Flyod Colaco too came to his side's rescue a couple of times to deny Saligao a goal. Nuvem also tried to double the lead but their forwards were off target.

St Xavier’s HSS defeated PVS, Assagao HSS 5-0 to qualify for the finals of Inter-school football tournament at Peddem Complex on Saturday.

Jolan Fernandes bagged a hattrick and Francis Coutinho added a brace for Xavier’s. Xavier’s will play Government HSS, Sanquelim in the final on Monday.

In the Subroto U-17 tournament, St Ann’s HS, Tivim defeated G S Amonkar HS 5-0. Patil Sundersingh scored a brace.

Chandravaddo captain and a player receiving the 2nd Assis Francisco Noronha Memorial Trophy from Francisco Sardinha, MP after the finals of 2nd Fatorda interward football tournament organised in memory of Assis Francisco Noronha by Assis Francisco Noronha Trust at Fatorda on Sunday in the presence of Seby Noronha, Monica Dias and Luis Alex Cardoso.

Palolem United top

PANJIM (HSD) -- Palolem United won the 7-a-side Canacona Taluka football tournament organised by Maxem Boys defeating Unique Boys, Agonda 20 in the finals at Palolem. Both goals were scored by Cavin Lobo.

Palolem Boys were richer by Rs 6000 while Unique Boys were awarded Rs 3000. Individual prizes – Best player Cedric Palolem. Best goalkeeper Savio Palolem. Best disciplined team Nirakar Hostel Boys. Cruz Fernandes welcomed and later proposed the vote of thanks. Guests present at the prize distribution ceremony were Fr. Simon Fernandes, Z.P member Daya Pagi and Brother Danny. In all, 24 teams participated.

3rd Div football: FC Siolim v.

Cunchelim SC, Siolim ground; Sirsaim SWC v. St. Christopher SC, Tivim ground; UB Dando v. Cavelossim YA, Mobor, Dando ground, Benaulim; Verna SC v. PY Nuvem, Verna ground. Kick off 4 p.m.

Joao Francisco Pacheco memorial soccer: Enfermos SC v. Curtorim Gym, Betalbatim , 4.30 p.m.

Catherine Viegas memorial soccer: Durga SC v. Fatima Boys, Baida, Chinchinim, 4.30 p.m.

MahaBank Platinum Trophy soccer: Adarsh YS v. Peddem Bomm, Vagator, Calangute Association ground, 4.30 p.m.

1st All-Goa 9-a-side Reis Magos Panchayat Cup soccer quarters: Cana Benaulim v. Candolim SC, Verem Panchayat ground, 4.45 p.m.

Lester Fernandes, A Abil and Selyn Rodrigues also were on the scoresheet for St Ann’s.

St Xavier’s HS defeated St Anthony’s HS, Duler 3-1. Xavier’s goals came from the bootS of Kartik Shetye, Akshay Morjaker and Slaney Michael.

In another match St Anthony’s, Guirim trounced St Rita’s, Colvale 8-0. Jishan Mohamed scored a hat-trick. Megan Sivera scored a brace. Joel D’Costa, Tomal Janmejay and Aniket Shipe contributed with one each.

Tie-breaker at Merces

PANJIM (HSD) – Young Boys of Merces will be organising their 18th All-Goa 3-a-side tiebreaker on August 24, the feast

of St. Caetano, from 11a.m.

Cash prizes of Rs 5000 and Rs 3000 will be awarded to the winners and runners-up respectively.

Sunday.

The lone goal came in the first half when Hayston D’Costa slotted past the rival goalkeeper with a snap shot after he picked up a through pass from Denzil Rogtao.

Betalbatim dominated the proceedings with their midfielders and forwards working in tandem.

Betalbatim could have won by a handsome margin had notAlllwick Fernandes and Denzil Rogtao muffed sitters.

Crossing over, Betalbatim dominated and came across umpteen times to inflate their tally but it was poor finishing

by Denzil Rogtao and Allwick Fernandes.

Betalbatim down St Rock HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, AUG 22

Betalbatim Sporting Club registered a hard fought 1-0 win over St Rock’s Youth Club, Calata, Majorda and sailed in the semifinal of Joao Francisco Pacheco memorial inter- village football tournament organised by Betalbatim Sporting Club at Betalbatim Sports Complex, on

Mignfol oust Secreamvaddo Boys HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO , AUG 22

Mingfol Sports Club came from behind to defeat Secreamvaddo Boys 3-2 to enter the quarterfinals of Catherine Viegas memorial football tournament organised by Union of Chinchinim Villagers at church ground, Chinchinim on Sunday. Mingfol were

trailing 0-1 at half time.

Secreavaddo, who had a slight edge over their opponents in the opening session went into the lead when Anthony bulged the net off Macline Pereira.

Mingfol regrouped quickly and took the fight to the rival camp but the resilient defence of Secreamvaddo never allowed

Curtorim Gym pip St. Savio’s HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, AUG 22

Curtorim Gymkhana defeated St. Savio’s Sports Club, Calangute 2-1 to move into the quarter-finals of 1st All-Goa 9a-side Reis Magos Panchayat Cup soccer organised by Verem Boys at Verem Panchayat ground, on Sunday.

In the 7th minute, Sertorio Monteiro got hold to a pass from Nickson Castana and beat the

advancing keeper with a neat placement.

Had it not been for poor shooting by Cliff Fernandes and Shevin Lobo, Calangute would have not only levelled terms but taken the lead.

Curtorim consolidated the lead through Roy Albuquerque in the 50th minute.

In the last quarter, Alber Gonsalves scored off the rebound.

Kho kho workshop in Margao MARGAO (HC) – The All Goa Kho Kho Association will organise a clinic-cum-workshop for Physical Education teachers on August 28 at 2.30 p.m. and State level referees examination on August 29 at PJN Stadium, Fatorda at 10 a.m. The objective

is to update the officials and PE teachers with the latest rules and regulations.

Those interested may cont a c t B . V. K a r g a r o n 9890880576 or the convenor L.J. Lima on 9922542360 before August 25.

their opponents to score.

The second session belonged to Mingfol who exerted pressure and Babu equalised with a scorcher.

Mingfol intensified their forays and Raju added his name on the scorebard with a gentle push off a Vincy cross.Oslin rounded off the tally.

St Pius move up

HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, AUG 22

St Pius High School, Orlim, St Joseph Educational Institute, Chandor and Marina English High School,Verna advanced into the second round of SalceteTaluka Under-14 Subroto Mukherjee inter-school football tournament at Government ground, Manora–Raia on Saturday.

St Pius beat St Rita’s Maina– Curtorim 7-6 via the tie-breaker.

St. Joseph's scored a comfortable 3-0 win over Our Lady of Health High School, Cuncolim.

All goals were scored in the second session. Lovito Hilario, Myson Fernandes and Carry Vaz scored.

Marina defeated Assumpta Convent High School, Sarzora 3-2. Stany Braganza, Noel D'silva and Prence Pinho scored for Marina while Hayden Fernandes struck a brace for Assumpta.

Alisha, Diljeet bag BPS titles l

Tejas, Urmila bag double crown

HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, AUG 22

Alisha Alfonso of Vasco Table Tennis Academy signaled her return to the State table tennis scene in emphatic style with a crushing 3-0 win over Nyssa Alvares, in the finals of BPS Club All-Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournatment at BPS Club hall, Margao yesterday.

In the finals, Alisha, a First Year Engineering student of Padre Conceicao College of Engineering, Verna, demolished her opponent in an awesome display of attacking table tennis which left her opponent clueless.

With both the forehand top spin crosscourt openings and lethal backhand down the line drives working like a dream, Alisha had her opponent wilting, in the face of the non-stop barrage of attacking strokes, to romp home, an easy winner of her 4th women’s title at BPS. In other matches, young upcoming talent from Mapusa, Urmila Mense beat promising Margao paddler, Tanishi Kirtane 3-1 in the cadets girls’ final and later put it across Laxmi Shetye

3-0 in the sub-junior girls final.

Tanishi, had earlier won the mini-cadet girls’ singles final with an easy win over her opponent.

Devika Sood shocked top seed Eleanor Rosario 3-2 in a see-saw junior girls final to bag her first-ever singles title in State table tennis.

Young Wesley do Rosario continued his dominance in the mini-cadets and cadets boys’ event with sterling victories over his opponents Tejas Shevde continued his mastery over Krishal Peres De Silva with emphatic 3-0 victories over his opponents in the both the sub-junior and junior boys categories.

In a rather predictable and tame men’s singles final, top seed Diljeet Velingkar put it across Agnelo Naik 4-1 to bag the title.

Our Margao Correspondent adds: Tejas Shevde bagged the double crown, winning sub-junior and junior boys crowns. Urmila Mense also bagged the double crown.

Results: Mini-cadets girls: Tanisi Kirtani beat Abigale Faria

Cunha 11-5,11-2, 11-8. Minicadets boys Wesley do Rosario beat Varun Gangodkar 11-3,113,11-3. Cadets girls Urmila Mense beat Tanisi Kirtani 6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-9. Cadets boys Wesley do Rosario beat Abner Fari Cunha 11-4, 11-9, 11-8. Subjunior girls Urmila Mense beat Laxmi Shetye 11-6, 11-7, 11-6.

Sub-junior boys Tejas Shevde beat Krishna Peres de Silva 116, 11-7, 11-6. Junior girls Devika Sood beat Eleanor do Rosario 11-6, 6-11, 11-9,4-11, 11-8. Junior boys Tejas Shevde beat Krishal Peres de Silva 11-7, 13-11, 11-7. Ladies singles Alisha Alfonso beat Nyssa Alvares 11-8, 11-4, 11-7.Men singles Diljeet Velingkar (BPS) beat Agnelo Naik 11-8, 10-12, 12-10, 11-6, 11-8.

Francisco Sardinha,MP was the chief guest and gave away the prizes in the presence of Ashok Mhambre, general secretary, Goa Table Tennis Association and Audhut Kare, president of BPS and secretary Santosh George. Earlier, Audhut welcomed and later Santosh proposed the vote of thanks.

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Bhupathi & Co move into Cincinnati final AGENCIES CINCINNATI, AUG 22

Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi and his Belarussian partner Max Mirnyi reached their third ATP World Tour final of the year together, beating fifth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach in straight sets in the Cincinnati Masters Tennis Tournament.

The fourth-seeded BhupathiMirnyi pair defeated the PolishAustrian duo of Kubot and Marach 6-3, 6-4 in the semi-finals.

In the final, they face second seeds Americans Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, who saved two set points in the first set en route to a 7-6 (8), 7-5 win over Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman.

Fish, Federer clash in final AGENCIES MASON, AUG 22

Newcastle United's Argentinean midfielder, Jonas Gutierrez (centre) vies with Aston Villa's Stephen Warnock (left) and Ciaran Clark (right) during an English FA Premier League football match at St James' Park, Newcastle on Sunday.

REUTERS LONDON, AUG 22

Andy Carroll helped himself to a hat-trick as Newcastle United stunned Aston Villa 6-0 to mark a memorable home return to the Premier League on Sunday.

Two goals from midfielder Kevin Nolan and another from Joey Barton ensured a third 6-0 victory of the weekend following Chelsea’s win over Wigan Athletic and Arsenal’s thumping win over Blackpool.

Last season’s runners-up Manchester United were held 2-2 at Craven Cottage after a frantic fin-

ish in which Fulham defender Brede Hangeland scored late on at both ends, after a Paul Scholes strike had earlier been cancelled out by Simon Davies for the hosts.

Carroll, the England Under21 international striker, staked his claim for inclusion in manager Fabio Capello’s plans for the senior side with an outstanding performance to the delight of the watching Tyneside scoring hero Alan Shearer in the stands.

Villa wasted a golden opportunity to go ahead when John Carew skied a penalty high over the bar after 10 minutes and

soon after last season’s Championship (second division) winners took control.

Barton fired home an angled shot after 12 minutes before Nolan headed in at the second attempt just after the half hour mark and Carroll made it three for the Magpies minutes later.

Carroll blasted in the fourth on 67 minutes with another Nolan header and a neat stoppage-time finish from Carroll sealing Newcastle’s first points of the season following their opening 3-0 defeat by Manchester United on Monday.

In an entertaining game at Craven Cottage, Scholes continued his fine form by giving United the lead on 11 minutes with a sweet low drive from 20 metres but Fulham levelled after the break when good work from Damien Duff and Bobby Zamora allowed Davies to thump home from inside the box.

United looked to have snatched victory on 84 minutes when Hangeland put through his own net but after Nani had a penalty saved soon after for the visitors, Hangeland rose highest to head home a stoppage time equaliser.

‘7+4 formula for village tourneys’

BY LECTOR MASCARENHAS

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he game of football is all about passion. We often say to our players, “no pain, no gain’. I would simply say to them, “no passion, no game”. We have seen what passion is all about in South Africa during the FIFA World Cup. And passion is something that Goans have in abundance. And this is why inter-village football is alive and kicking in Goa. No wonder than, that the inter-village rules which govern these games have been a bone of contention.

Over the years, players/village clubs have found ways to flout the rules with impunity. With little political clout, one could take transfers from one village to the other by just transferring their names from one ration card to the other.

Now with the new resolutions taken by the GFA General Body, players will have to play as per their registration in the voting

card and ration card for a particular village with a minimum three years residence.

The amendment of rules, should ultimately benefit the players. It’s true that several discussions were held by GFA and opinion was also sought from the clubs but unfortunately nothing concrete emerged from it. Now that the General Body Meeting is scheduled in October, it’s more important to see what changes could be brought in the rules for the good of the players.

Going down memory lane, I recall the tremendous good the inter-village tournaments did for us when there were no restrictions. Players could freely play for any village and this gave us an opportunity to mingle with the best. The best then would motivate the rest. Inter-village rules were framed because it was felt that some of the village clubs with money power could win most of the tournaments and it also deprived the local village players from getting a chance to play for their own village. I do agree that there should be some check on this but with the introduction of the inter-village rules, I am not sure whether the quality of the game has improved, since then.

Here are few questions which are very important from the player’s point of view: What happens to the players

from a village who do not take part in inter-village tournaments? Where do they go? Will they play for the neighbouring village? When villages are clustered, there is undue advantage given to some villages. Then there are players from a village who are surplus. Where do they go? There are players from a village who have been sidelined because of ego and high handedness of some club officials.

Where do they go? There are players who are playing for Professional Club/League on account of which they cannot play inter-village tournaments.

The GPL runs for just two to three months, thereafter what do the players do if they are not allowed to play inter-village?

And why should GFA restrict these players from playing intervillage? It’s the prerogative of the clubs. The clubs should take action in the matter.

There was a proposal with FIFA to restrict the number of foreign players playing in European Leagues, to protect local talent. FIFA president, Joseph Blatter called it the 6+5 Rule i.e a club should have 6 home-bred players and 5 foreign players in the playing eleven. Labour laws have put brakes on this proposal as under Europeon Union, there can’t be such restrictions as far as work is concerned.

I suggest a similar Rule - 7 +

4 Rule for inter-village tournaments. Let the village club have 7 home bred players and 4 players from any other village in the playing eleven. Let there be no cluster of villages. The inter-village card should simply be a registration of a player for a village (even without clubs) as per voting card and/or ration card (of parents).

If the 7+4 Rule is accepted by the General Body, I am sure players/clubs will not cheat with bogus voting/ration cards, excess and sidelined players, players from villages without clubs shall be free to play for the team of their choice. We must only ensure that a player is not allowed to play against his own village. Better remunerations offered by other clubs will be a huge motivating factor for the inert-village players.

Even after about 30 years, I still remember the first amount of Rs 20 given to me as traveling expenses by another village for which I played. That was the start for better things to come.

By bringing few players from other villages, identity of a village will not be affected. Just restricting players from moving out will not help in protecting local talent. If players from all over India and the world can play for our clubs, why can’t few players from one village play for another?

Roger Federer breezed through his semifinal in just 70 minutes on Saturday to set up a final at the Cincinnati Masters against Mardy Fish, who capitalized on a timely rain delay to beat Andy Roddick.

Federer was sharp in his 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Marcos Baghdatis, never facing a break point. He broke the Cypriot to close out the first set, then again to go ahead 5-3 in the second.

The Swiss will be trying to win the Cincinnati title for the fourth time— he also was the champion in 2005, 2007 and 2009.

The earlier semifinal, the seven-minute delay came with Fish only one game away from a straight-set defeat, and he returned far the better player after the interruption, winning 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1 against his American compatriot, boyhood friend and high school teammate.

Meanwhile, Britain's Andy Murray, who lost his Cincinnati Masters quarter-final to American Mardy Fish Friday, was disappointed that tournament organisers had given him three consecutive starts in the midday heat.

Goa face TN today HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, AUG 22

In a must-win encounter Goa girls will battle against Tamil Nadu in their final group match of 7th Sub-Junior Nationals at Forestry academy grounds, Haldwani, Uttarakhand on Monday.

Only one team will qualify for the second stage from the group and Goa are currently sitting in second spot behind Bihar on goal difference.

Goa drew 3-3 with Bihar and defeated Tripura 3-0 which gave them four points. Tamil Nadu are on three points and also stand an outside chance of qualifying if results go their way.

Goa will have the advantage of watching the 2.30 p.m. match between Bihar and Tripura as they will know exactly what kind of result they will need to progress when they take the field at 4.30 p.m.

Deggie Cardoza is looking forward to the game. He knows the importance of the match but has not put any pressure on the players. “The girls will go out and fight, and I am sure they will get the result,” remarked Deggie.

Thapa enters boxing finals; Vikas loses in 60 kg semis

youth olympics UNI NEW DELHI, AUG 22

Indian pugilists had a mixed day at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore with Shiva Thapa entering the bantamweight (54 kg) final and Vikas Krishan losing in the semifinals of the lightweight (60 kg) category.

According to informed received here, Thapa hardly faced

any trouble against Zack Davies of Great Britain, comfortably defeating his opponent 14:4 on points.

Although the Welsh boxer had the height advantage over Shiva, it was the lethal combination of the Indian boxer's deft left hooks and right straight punches which gave him a solid lead of 5:1 pts at the end of opening Round.

In the second round, Shiva attacked relentlessly and in-

Tennis ball cricket trials Messi hat-trick HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, AUG 22

Following players have been selected by the Goa Tennis Ball Cricket Association for the 3rd and final stage selection trials to select probables for the PreNational coaching camp for the State teams to participate in the 21st Senior National Tennis Ball Cricket Championship in Nagpur from September 27 to 30.

Hemant Khot (Panjim), Naresh Parsekar (Cumbharjua), Sagar Naik (Cumbharjua), Mohsin Shaikh (Veling-Priol), Amey Dongrekar (Caranzalem), Mahesh Naik (Margao), Dattatrai Sikerkar (Adkon-Bhom), Tek Bahadur (Panaji), Dinesh Dhuri (Betim), Vishal Naik (Ponda), Gaurish Vaigankar (Chorao), Deepak Sawant (Ponda), Tushar Sawant,

Chandresh Naik (Ponda), Akshay Naik (Mangueshim), Sudan Thakur (Pernem), Gaurav Naik (St. Estevem), Vikikesh Pednekar ( B i c h o lim), Ritesh Shetye (Pernem), Sunay Virdikar (Sanquelim), Dattaram Morajkar (Sanquelim), Sushant Kerkar (Pernem), Prashant Phadte (Bandora), Chandan Dongrekar (Panaji) and Pritam Vernekar (Chorao).

Players have been asked to report to Nilesh Naik or Haresh Parsekar at Kunkolim tennis ball cricket ground, MardolKunkolim, Priol on August 24 at 3 p.m. with kit.

Meanwhile, women players who have attended the 1st and 2nd stage selection trials have been asked to report on August 25 at 2.30 p.m. at Kunkolim ground for trials with kit.

GOA DIARY Football trials for U-19 boys and girls

PANJIM (HSD) – The Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs will conduct state level football selection trials for U-19 boys and girls to select probables for the State teams to represent the State at the 56th National School Games in U-19 (boys) football from September 20 to 25 and girls from September 27 to October 1 in Jammu.

North district boys have been asked to report to Nita Pednekar on August 25 at 9 a.m. at Peddem sports complex, Mapusa.

South district boys may report to Guilson Baptista, APEO on August 26 at 9 a.m. at Rosary HSS football ground, Navelim while the State level selection trials for boys will be held at 9 a.m. and girls at 2.30 p.m. on August 27 at Campal sports complex, Panjim, players may report to Divakar Kotkar, APEO. Players born on or after 1/1/1992, studying upto Std. XII are eligible. Players may report at the venue with their identity card, authority letter from the head of the institution alongwith kit.

Raia SC selection trials

PANJIM (HSD) – The Raia Sporting Club will conduct selection trials on August 23 and 24 at Raia panchayat ground at 3.30 p.m. Players may report to Anthony Oliveira, Luis Cardosa or Pele Xavier with kit.

Robert elected Benfica president HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, AUG 22

Robert Vales was elected unopposed as president of Benfica Youth Club, Desterro, Vasco for the fourth consecutive term at the general body meeting recently at the club premises Desterro, Vasco.

The other office bearers are: Dr. Savio D’souza, Daniel D’Souza, Michael Pereira and Derrick Vales (vice-presidents).

Bernardinho Velho (general secretary). Lourenco Rebello (joint secretary). Roseberm Amorim (treasurer). Delfina Velho (asst. treasurer). Baldomiro Fernandes, Macelin De Betim and Mairen Barretto (entertainment secretaries). Joaquim Coutinho and Lourenco L. Fernandes (sports secretaries). Martinho Miranda (asst. sports secretary). Florencio Pereira (football team manager).

Milton Colaco (asst team manager). Derrick Pereira, Dr. Luis Souza, Nolasco Rodrigues, Lepoldo Fernandes and Judas D’Souza (technical committee).

Joaquim Fernandes (football

coach). Daniel Fernandes (asst. football coach). Adv. Dileshwar Naik (advisor). Francisco D’Souza, Sai Satardekar, Shaikh Saludin, Godwin Dias, Anthony Fernandes, Salvador Fernandes, Marcus Dias, Rocky Fernandes, Joaquim George, Santano Pereira, Sebastiao Fernandes, Alcantu Gurjao, Nazir Shaikh, GR Amonjar, Rocha Barretto and Caitan Antao (members).

Lavinio for release of Village Players Licence cards HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 22

With his mission not yet complete, Bardez Zonal secretary, Lavinio Rebello, popularly known as Bidu, who has pleaded for the release of InterVillage Players Licence Cards has decided to contest the GFA election to be held on October 24.

He will be vying for the post of Vice-President for North Goa, comprising Bardez and Ilhas clubs.

“I have my credentials in perfect order, having been active both in GFA and also at club level with performances to boast about at several youth development programmes. The clubs in North Goa know that I have been one of the most active members of the GFA Executive Committee for the past seven years,” remarked the energetic president of Anjuna Gymkhana, who has been recently elevated

as the Sarpanch of AnjunaCaisua.

Lavinio, was somewhat reluctant to throw light on the work undertaken by him, for he felt that it was for the voting clubs to give him marks. “I have still to carry on the good work for the development and upliftment of football in Goa and especially Bardez,” he said.

The moment he was elected for the first time, Lavinio rose to become the Treasurer of GFA (2003-07) under the presidentship of Shivanand Salgaocar.

His re-election was a foregone conclusion in 2007 elections when Joaquim Alemao took over and he was appointed the Bardez Zonal secretary. And, he claims he did full justice, being responsible in successfully organizing the official GFA events with headquarters in Mapusa.

Success, he pointed out, was the result of team work and co-

operation of the members and clubs and many others.

Lavino was at the heart of football organization at Duler stadium as a dedicated volunteer, being available at all times and as s u c h w a s re sponsible alongwith the other Bardez members for organizing the 3rd, 2nd, 1st Division League matches, agegroup, Pro League and even some ILeague (AIFF) matches, 2nd

Division NFL matches besides some National age-group events, Manchester Cup (1st year). The GFA actually had him as a Mr Dependable in Mapusa.

Being the president of his progressive home club, Anjuna Gymkhana since 2000, Lavinio could take credit for spotting talent at youth level with names like Phandari Chopdenkar, Alesh Sawant (Siolim), Joel Fernandes (son of Baptist, SAG coach and

creased his lead to 10:3 pts. The 3rd and final round displayed Shiva's superiority in the match as he danced his way to win the bout at 14:4 pts.

Shiva, who trains at the Army Sports Institute, Pune under National Coach Hony Capt G Manoharan, thanked his coach for training him tactically and also giving him sound advice to change strategy depending upon the opponent.

ex-Dempo player), Lester Martins, Desmond Carvalho (son of Paul, ex-footballer) being most prominent since they went to don colours for India at various international events and Lester having the privilege of being selected for the Leichester City programme in England. The youngsters are on the upswing now, having shown tremendous progress and as such are being wooed by big clubs.

Lavinio, no doubt, is quite loud always, that’s his trademark and is understandable, often invoking memories of late Domnic Fernandes of Don Bosco HS (Panjim) as he is a Physical Education teacher with St Mary’s HS, Mapusa.

You give him a task and he delivers, that’s the general impression. Lavinio has now been asked to look into the release of the 25 cards submitted upto

June 30, for transfers have been withheld since the new rule on Inter-Village Players Licence has come into play. He has rightly taken up the issue, as according to him the new rule cannot be made effective with retrospective effect. It is rather a matter of interpretation and as such it is the spirit of the law that should take precedence. He is confident that the GFA Executive Committee members will support him on the issue, since it is the players who stand to benefit ultimately.

“Whatever I have been able to accomplish, it has been because of the help and cooperation from everybody, the GFA, the PE teachers from Bardez, DSYA and SAG, several panchayats and especially Lino Pereira, Fausto Lobo, Fabian of Goa United Academy,” L avinio added.

gives Barca Super Cup win REUTERS MADRID, AUG 21

Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to lead Barcelona to a 4-0 victory over Sevilla on Saturday and a 5-3 aggregate win in the Spanish Super Cup. The Argentine forward had a quiet World Cup in South Africa in June and July but looked more comfortable back among his club mates at the Nou Camp.

Messi grabbed two well-taken first-half goals after Sevilla’s Abdoulay Konko had put the ball in his own net early on, and rounded off the night with a third at the end.

“We’ve won another important title after turning round what was a difficult (first leg) result. We now have the first trophy of the season,” Messi told Spanish television.

Having lost the first leg 3-1 in Seville last week with a second-string side, Barca fielded an almost full-strength team to win La Liga’s traditional curtain raiser for a record ninth time.

Barca coach Pep Guardiola refused to speak about the future of striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic before the match and gave little away as he left the Swede on the bench in favour of Bojan Krkic.

It only took the hosts 13 minutes to open the scoring when Pedro squirmed his way into the area and crossed low for Konko to bundle the ball into his own net.

Sesa’s Clifford returns HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, AUG 22

Sesa Football Academy head coach Clifford Chukwuma returned from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after completed the Pro Licence football course which is recognized by FIFA. The coruse, “Sindicato dos Treinadores de Futebol Profisional Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro”, is a course for those who have completed their A Licence. Clifford had the opportunity to meet legend Zico, who conducted a part of the course.

“In Brazil the youngsters are selected at a young age, given proper diet and are also monitored as they develop,” stated Clifford.

He also observed that in Brazil, football is an economy in itself and thousands of Brazilian players are being trained and sold abroad.

“In India, clubs have to start paying compensation when they sign a player, in order to create a feasible business model,” signed off Clifford.

Jawaharlal’s view on transfers HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, AUG 22

Dr Jawaharlal Henriques, president, Siolim Sodiem Sports and Cultural Association stated that he had proposed that the resolution on GFA inter-village Players Licence ought to have come into effect from January 18, 2011.

“I should have proposed a fourth clause that players from villages that do not have a village team be allowed to play for any village at the inter-village tournament,” Jawaharlal added.

“A Goan plays for Goa, a Keralite for Kerala. It is immaterial for which club he plays. However, a Brazilian played for Portugal, after he had met with the criterion laid down by FIFA. My resolution at the Annual General Body Meeting on July 18 meets with the same criterion laid down by FIFA and AIFF,” pointed out Jawaharlal.

Meanwhile, he appealed that the controversy as regards the artificial turf should be resolved in a sporting manner by Goan football personalities and that both Tilak Maidan and Duler stadium should have the astroturf.

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Advani, Sethi in semis Defending champion Pankaj Advani and veteran Geet Sethi reigned supreme at the green baize to enter the semi-finals in the Point-format of IBSF World Billiards Championship in Pune on Sunday.

While Advani edged Myanmar's Kyaw Oo's challenge 4-2 in the quarter-finals, Sethi prevailed over compatriot Dhruv Sitawala with an identical scorline.

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Newcastle stun Villa 6-0, Fulham hold United Pg 17

Lanka rout India, storm into final

Fresh controversy for Delhi CWG organisers AGENCIES NEW DELHI, AUG 22

Zahoui to coach Ivory Coast Ivory Coast have named Francois Zahoui as SvenGoran Eriksson's successor as coach two weeks before they begin their African Nations Cup qualifying campaign.

Zahoui has signed a twoyear contract, Ivorian Football Federation general secretary Hego Ouattara said in a statement.

The former Ivorian international was caretaker coach for the Ivorians's 1-0 win over former world champions Italy in London earlier this month.

Del Potro withdraws from US Open US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will be unable to defend his title this month, having failed to recover from a wrist injury which has kept him out since January.

"I feel extremely sad to announce I will not be able to defend my US Open title," the 21-year-old Argentine told the ATP Tour website (www.atpworldtour.com) on Saturday.

"Winning in New York last year has been my major accomplishment in tennis and my best memory so far."

Kenyan Rudisha breaks world record Kenyan David Rudisha broke the men's 800 metres world record on Sunday, clocking a time of one minute 41.09 seconds at the ISTAF athletics meeting in the German capital.

Rudisha snatched the world record from Denmark's Wilson Kipketer, who set a mark of 1.41.11 in 1997 in Cologne, Germany.

Tiote set to join Newcastle United Ivory Coast midfielder Cheik Tiote is close to signing a contract with English Premier League side Newcastle United, his Dutch club Twente Enschede said on their official website (www.fctwente.nl) on Saturday.

The 24-year-old, who is a regular for the Ivory Coast after forcing his way into the side at the Nations Cup in January, has to pass a medical and get a work permit before he can sign.

I am a bit awkward, says Adebayor Emmanuel Adebayor believes his near death experience at the Africa Cup of Nations has made him a more difficult player to manage.

The Man City striker almost lost his life when the Togo team bus was attacked by Angolan separatists just days before the start of the competition.

Paul untouchable, says Zidane France legend Zinedine Zidane has lavished high praise on Paul Scholes, claiming one of his regrets is not playing alongside him.

The 38-year-old is adamant that Scholes is up there with the toughest opponents he has faced during his time in football - an ultimate tribute to the Manchester United veteran.

‘Wayne Rooney is like Gascoigne’ Terry Venables has likened Wayne Rooney to another England legend, Paul Gascoigne.

The Manchester United striker has been getting a lot of stick from the fans and media for his loss of form in front of goal but former England manager, Terry Venables is adamant that Rooney does not need to score goals to be useful for the Red Devils.

(Top) Sri Lankan cricketer Nuwan Kulasekera (2nd left) celebrates the wicket of batsman Dinesh Karthik with teammates on Sunday. (Right) Thisara Perera jubiliates after taking the wicket of Suresh Raina on Sunday.

PTI DAMBULLA, AUG 22

A spineless India crashed to their biggest ODI defeat in terms of balls remaining as Sri Lanka stormed into the final of the cricket tri-series with a resounding eight wicket victory here today.

Thisara Perera produced a devastating spell of seam bowling to record his maiden fivewicket haul and play a big role in Sri Lanka's comprehensive victory.

The 21-year-old Perera (5/28) ripped through the Indian middle order with a fine exhbition of swing bowling to skittle out the visitors for a paltry 103 in just 33.4 overs, their third lowest total against the Sri Lankans,

in what turned out to be a totally lop-sided contest.

The fired-up Sri Lankans rattled up the required runs of 104 in just 15.1 overs to gain a bonus point and become the first team to move into the final.

Tillakaratne Dishan (35) and Mahela Jayawardene (33) virtually toyed with the Indian bowlers as they plundered runs at will to set up the chase brilliantly.

Paceman Ishant Sharma dismissed both the openers Dilshan and Jayawardene in two consecutive deliveries but it came too late in the day as the islanders overhauled the target with 209 balls to spare.

Till now, India's biggest defeat in terms of balls remaining was

174 against Australia at Sydney in 1981. In that match, India had scored 63 and Australia responded with 64 for one.

It was an abject surrender by the lacklustre Indians who were outplayed in all departments of the game.

The hosts completed their league engagements with 11 points and India will have to now win their last match against New Zealand on Wednesday to secure a berth in the final. New Zealand have seven points and India five points.

Pacemen Lasith Malinga (2/21) and Nuwan Kulasekara (2/31) also chipped in with wickets to compound India's misery on a day when nothing seemed to go right for Mahendra Singh

Dhoni's men.

Only Yuvraj Singh provided a semblance of resistance with a gritty 38 as the Indian batsmen succumbed tamely on what appeared to be a spongy twopaced track at the Rangiri

PTI DAMBULLA, AUG 22

India were handed the worst ODI defeat in terms of balls remaining by Sri Lanka here and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni conceded nothing worked right for his side in the tri-series match today except for the fact that Yuvraj Singh returned among runs.

"Nothing worked today. We didn't get the kind of start we needed and so not enough runs for the bowlers to defend after batting first. Sri Lankan bowlers bowled in the right channels and pushed us into making the mistakes," Dhoni said after his side's eight-wicket defeat.

India now face a must-win situation against New Zealand in their last match to enter Saturday's final and Dhoni admitted

Sehwag retains No 2 spot in Test ranking, Sachin 4th UNI DUBAI, AUG 22

India's swashbuckling batsman Virender Sehwag continued to stay at the second spot in the latest ICC Test rankings for batsmen, with compatriot Sachin Tendulkar at the fourth position.

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara leads the batting table and Michael Clarke of Australia is third.

VVS Laxman is the next highest Indian at 12th spot.

Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf, Umar Akmal and Azhar Ali, and England's Alastair Cook and Matt Prior all rose up the rankings.

Yousuf, who scored 56 and 33, during Pakistan's four-wicket victory over England in The Oval Test, which concluded on Saturday, has climbed two places to 14th position with India's Gautam Gambhir (13th) firmly within his sights.

Umar has jumped six places to share 41st position with Australia's Phillip Hughes and Azhar has vaulted 28 places to 55th spot.

England opener Cook's century in the second innings has given him share of 28th position with Ramnaresh Sarwan of the West Indies while Prior has gained two places to rise to 33rd position following his knock of 84 not out in the first innings.

that it is now or never for his side.

"Next game is like a semi-final now. We have to do well in that match or we have to pack up and go back home," the Indian skipper said.

He said the only positive thing India derived from today's match was Yuvraj Singh, who returned to the playing XI after missing a match due to dengue fever.

Yuvraj was the sole Indian batsmen to produce some resistance before the disciplined Lankan seam bowling attack with a gritty 64-ball 38.

"Yuvraj batted well.

That

was the positive thing. He is a crucial man at the middle order.

He is the kind of guy who can graft for runs and also hit big shots. His performance today must have boosted his confidence," Dhoni said.

Meanwhile, Dhoni's counterpart Kumar Sangakkara said his bowlers set up the platform for the easy win, which ensured Sri Lanka's place in the final of the triseries.

"We would have batted first had we won the toss. But o u r bowlers, from the first ball on,

Dambulla International stadium.

Yuvraj was a victim of a dubious leg before decision and there were a couple of dodgy decisions during the Indian innings but that was no excuse for the pathetic display.

India: Dinesh Karthik c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 9, Virender Sehwag lbw b Kulasekara 12, Rohit Sharma lbw b Mathews 11, Yuvraj Singh lbw b Malinga 38, Suresh Raina c Sangakkara b Perera 8, M S Dhoni c Sangakkara b Perera 10, Ravindra Jadeja c Silva b Perera 0, Praveen Kumar c Tharanga b Perera 0, Ashish Nehra c Sangakkara b Malinga 2, Ishant Sharma b Perera 3, Pragyan Ojha not out 2. Extras: 8. Total: 103 all out. Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-26, 3-50, 4-61, 5-71, 677, 7-77, 8-80, 9-99, 10-103. Bowling: Malinga 9-1-21-2, Kulasekara 92-31-2, Mathews 8-3-20-1, Perera 7.4-1-28-5.

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene c Jadeja b I Sharma 33, Tillakaratne Dilshan c Nehra b I Sharma 35, Upul Tharanga not out 12, Kumar Sangakkara not out 13. Extras: 11. Total 104 for 2. Fall of wickets: 1-79, 279. Bowling: Praveen Kumar 7-1-44-0, Ashish Nehra 5-0-39-0, Ishant Sharma 3.1-0-15-2. Man-of-the-match: T Perera

Nothing worked for us today: Dhoni bowled great lines and great lengths. We have got a varied attack," he said.

He also said that opening with the batting Mahela Jayawardene was a tactical decision which paid off.

"We opened with Mahela Jayawardene because sometimes he is wasted in the middle order. If he bats that well, we can let him bat freely at the top.

This might be something we might see more often," Sangakkara said.

Man-of-the-match Thisara Perera, who notched up his maiden five-wicket haul today, said, "I really enjoyed this match, these are my best figures. Hopefully I can carry on from this performance. I also work hard on batting and hard hitting too."

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Indian media boycott Dhoni's press conference AGENCIES DAMBULLA, AUG 22

The Indian print media on Sunday boycotted captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's press conference as he did not turn up despite repeated reminders after his side slumped to a eight-wicket loss to Sri Lanka in a cricket tri-series match in Dambulla.

After the match, the media persons waited for Dhoni for the press conference but he was busy playing football.

Despite sending repeated reminders, he did not turn up to address the waiting media, which angered the Indian print journalists who then decided to boycott the press briefing.

In yet another damaging revelation, a British company reportedly charged the Delhi Commonwealth Games Organising Committee more than double of what a rival firm was offering for doing the overlays work at venues.

According to a report in The Guardian, an event-organising company that claims to work with stars including Elton John and Rihanna charged inflated prices for items such as tissue papers and liquid soap dispensers at the Games venues.

"ES Group is part of a consortium accused of charging inflated prices for supplying items to the games," the newspaper reported.

"The company and its partners charged organisers 64 pounds each for 360 tissue paper dispensers. Comparable items were available for just 9 pounds from another games supplier. It supplied 176 rubbish bins at 104 pounds each, compared with the 16 pounds charged by another group.

And the 20 sinks it supplied each cost - at 501 pounds a time - more than double those provided by a rival," the report claimed.

The newspaper claimed that four groups were selected to do the overlays at the stadiums.

"ES Group won a 20 million pound contract under the name ESAJV D Art Indo, covering three venues, a temporary stadium for the rugby and 18 training

Now, Asafa Powell set to withdraw AGENCIES

NEW DELHI, AUG 22

Defending 100m champion Asafa Powell is all set to join fellow Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in pulling out of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, the buildup to which has been marred by withdrawals by star athletes and corruption allegations.

The reigning world 100m bronze medallist and former world record holder had pulled out of recent meetings in Stockholm, London, Paris and Zurich due to injuries to his groin, back and hamstring.

His agent Paul Doyle said fitness issues coupled with the timing of the Commonwealth Games almost certainly rules out Powell defending his 100m gold in Delhi. facilities," the report said.

When contacted, the company refused to react citing confidentiality clauses in its contract with OC. "As is the case with all major international sporting events, the Delhi Organising Committee has imposed very strict confidentiality clauses in the contracts. For this reason we are unable to discuss the terms of our agreement," Liz Madden, the company's head of sales and marketing, said.

British swimmer tells parents to stay away AGENCIES BRITIAN, AUG 22

Concerned about security at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, British swimmer Fran Halsall has asked her parents not to accompany her to India during the October 3-14 mega-event.

Halsall, who won the silver in the 4X100m freestyle and 4X100m medley relays in Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, said she won't be able to concentrate on swimming if her parents, Andrew and Diane

travel to India to support her.

"I don't want to be worrying about them when I'm in the pool, so I've asked them not to come," Halsall, who won five medals for Britain at the European Championships, was quoted as saying in the Daily Mail.

Halsall joins fellow swimmer and Beijing Olympic 10km silver medallist, David Davies, who also told his parents to stay away from Delhi.

Former Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser had also expressed concerns over the security.