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Circular on ripening fruits To prevent artificial ripening of fruits, the Union Health Ministry has asked State authorities to keep a strict vigil on use of chemicals for this purpose.

In a circular to all State food (health) authorities, FSSAI has stressed the need for taking legal action for violation of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules. — (PTI)

Centre to push for Anderson extradition Rs 1,265 cr package for Bhopal PTI NEW DELHI, JUNE 24

In the backdrop of outrage over the trial court’s verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy, government today announced a Rs 1265.56crore package and decided to file a curative petition in the Supreme Court besides pushing for extradition of the former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson.

The Union cabinet, which considered the report of the Group of Ministers on the 1984 disaster, accepted all its 22 recommendations but did not fix liability on anybody.

It decided that the opinion of the attorney general would be sought on whether Dow Chemicals or any other succes-

sor to Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) or Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) could be held liable, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters.

The cabinet meeting, chaired

by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided that ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh would be given to the kin of each killed in the tragedy, Rs 5 lakh to those who suffered permanent disability, Rs 2 lakh each to people who suffered cancer and total renal failure and Rs 1 lakh to those with temporary disability.

The ex-gratia would benefit 45,000 affected people and the amount would be paid after adjusting the compensation already paid, Soni said.

The government also announced various packages for remediation, rehabilitation and other measures, taking the total spending to Rs 1265.56 crore.

The cabinet decided that additional material in support of the request for extradition of Anderson may be put together by concerned agencies and the External Affairs Ministry would thereafter press the request for extradition with the US government, she said.

India had made requests for Anderson’s extradition earlier, the last being in 2008, but these have not been entertained by the United States.

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After shoddy Atala probe, police now eyeing Lucky HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JUNE 24

Two days after the Israeli drug dealer Yaniv Benhaim alias Atala was released on bail by the NDPS (Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) court due to lack of evidence, the Goa Police said that it will send a team to Sweden for questioning the Israeli’s former girl friend Lucky Farmhouse.

Forced by the media to interact on the issue, Director General of Police Bhim Sain Bassi, who was initially reluctant to speak, stated that the police has done everything necessary in the case.

The High Court which heard the case few days back had criticised the police investigations in the case.

The court while hearing the bail application plea of a police

inspector linked to the drug mafia said that police were unwilling to get to the bottom of the high profile drug probe, in which a son of a senior ruling party minister is linked.

“If the police department can send police inspectors North and East to investigate a simple case of attempted suicide, the police department could have certainly sent a responsible Indian Police Service (IPS) officer to record the statement of Atala’s friend,” Britto said.

However, the DGP said that the court did no pass any strictures against the police but only made certain observations, “which we will keep in mind”.

He also refused to admit there was lethargy on part of police in the investigation.

“The police are probing the (Continued on page 11)

Jaswant back in BJP PTI NEW DELHI, JUNE 24

Expelled leader Jaswant Singh was today back in BJP, nine months after he was shown the door over his controversial book on Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah with the party adopting a forgive-and-forget attitude.

The 72-year-old leader, once one of the leading lights of the party when it was in power at the Centre as also in the opposition, was brought back by new party president Nitin Gadkari who is going the extra mile to revive the organisation.

Ironically, the leader who welcomed Singh into the party-fold was party patriarch L K Advani who himself had to step down from the post of party president for his remarks on Jinnah during his 2005 visit to Pakistan.

“It is good to be back in familiar surroundings... I wish to unreservedly express my gratitude to Advaniji who took the initiative (for my return) several months back,” Singh said at a function held at the party headquarters here to re-induct him.

Youngsters in colourful headgear at the Siolim Sao Joao boat parade celebrations. (Report on page 4)

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Vishwajit joins Cong, sworn in again

Cong MLA arrested for cheating

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JUNE 24

On a day of hectic political activities, Valpoi legislator Vishwajit Rane joined the Congress party after resigning his assembly seat.

Within hours of tendering his resignation to the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly Pratapsing Rane, Vishwajit was sworn in again as a cabinet minister, at Raj Bhavan.

Rane was administered the oath office and secrecy by Governor Shivendra Singh Sidhu, at a function which was attended

by Chief Minister Digamabar Kamat, Home Minister Ravi Naik, Revenue Minister Jose Philipe D’Souza, Education Minister Babush Monseratte, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Subash Shirodkar, Cumbharjua legislator Pandurang Madkaikar, Calangute legislator Agnelo Fernnades, Quepem legislator Babu

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I will be happy to work as the dedicated worker of the Congress as this will provide strength and stability to the party.

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Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

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Kavlekar and Curtorim legislator Alexio Reginald Lourenco.

Earlier, before swearing in ceremony Vishwajit submitted his membershi p f o r m t o t h e GPCC president in the presence of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Home Minister Ravi Naik, at Congress House, in the city.

Addressing the media after the swearing in Vishwajit said he was always a Congressman.

“Only during the last assembly election I did not get the assembly ticket otherwise I was

always a Congressman,” Vishwajit stated adding the people of Valpoi want to vote for the party and I am happy to be back in Congress.”

“I will be happy to work as the dedicated worker of the Congress as this will provide strength and stability to the party,” he said.

GPCC president Shirodkar said that Vishwajit’s entry into the Congress will strengthen the party base in North Goa. “In the Zilla Panchayat elections people voted for the Congress and the people now want to endorse the party,” he stated.

Replying to a query the president said that the legislator’s entry into Congress was unconditional.

“The Congress does not believe in setting conditions,” he said.

On whether there would be any more entries into Congress, he said, “just wait and watch.

PTI MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, JUNE 24

A Congress member of the legislative assembly (MLA) and mining magnate from Karnataka was arrested at Mumbai international airport in connection with a case of alleged cheating and brought today to Delhi where a court remanded him to a day’s police custody.

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Subhash has no info on Babush, Vishwajeet being chargesheeted

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JUNE 24

The Congress seems to have drifted from its own policy of not having any tainted ministers in the cabinet.

The Congress had dropped the then Finance Minister Dayanand Narvekar for being charge-sheeted in the 2001 Ticketgate Scam.

However, within a span of three days two ministers Babush Monseratte and Vishwajeet Rane have switched their loyalty to Congress.

Incidentally, both have been

charge-sheeted by the police in different cases.

While CBI has charge-sheeted

Babush in two cases including the Police station attack case in 2007, Vishwajeet has been charge-sheeted by Old Goa Police for threatening to kill a lawyer.

When this was pointed to the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Subash Shirodkar, he said, “Dropping any minister is the prerogative of the chief minister.”

“I have no information about Vishwajeet and Babush being charge-sheeted in criminal cases,” Shirodkar stated.

Further, he said, he would gather information on the issue and take and take it up with the high command.

When pointed out that Nar vekar was dropped for being charge-sheeted, Shirodkar simply said “I was not the GPCC president then so do not have any knowledge on the issue.”

Only days back Shirodkar had said that Babush’s entry in Congress was cleared by high command and as such he would not want to speak on his criminal background.

‘Dormant’ district planning committees to be reconstituted HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JUNE 24

Will the “bottom to top” planning process ever become a reality in Goa? It appears the government only pays lip service to grass-root level planning, as it’s nearly a decade since the constitution of District Planning Committees, but not a single plan have been put in place for want of guidelines.

Take the current status of the District Planning committees.

It’s more than three months since elections were held to the Zilla Panchayats, but the government is yet to re-constitute the District Planning Committees till date.

Inquiries with the South Goa Zilla Panchayat have revealed that South District Planning Committee stands defunct for want of its re-constitution after the March 2010 Zilla Panchayat

polls.

And, the District Planning Committee can start functioning only after its re-constitution after induction of ZP, Panchayat and Municipal members on the Committee.

Director of Panchayats, Menino D’Souza said the planning committees would be shortly reconstituted by the induction of new ZP members on the Committee. “This process would be completed soon without any delay”, he said.

Questions, however, are raised whether the mere constitution of the District Planning Committees would help put the village and district level plans in place. If the track record of the district planning committees is any indication, nothing would materialize unless guidelines are formulated how to go about the preparing the plan.

Says ex-ZP member, J Santano Rodrigues: “The ZP members and the ZP CEO were eager to consolidate the plans from the villages and the district level, but could not succeed for want of guidelines from the Panchayat authorities”.

The Director of Panchayat, however, sought to know what guidelines are required by the District Planning Committees to consolidate the plan. “The Directorate of Panchayat has now mandated the Panchayats to constitute the ward development committees. These development committees will prepare a draft plan and after its approval will be forwarded to the District Planning Committee for consolidation”, he said.

D’Souza said the Panchayat authorities have already framed the rules for the guidance of the Panchayat bodies and the Zilla

Panchayats and said the Directorate of Panchayats would enlist the support of Non-Governmental Organisations to help the Panchayats and Zilla Panchayats prepared the district and village Plan.

But, Santan Rodrigues and many a ZP member wondered whether the process of decentralized planning would be realistic in the absence of devolution of functions and functions to the Panchayat Raj Institutions and Urban Local bodies.

The 73rd Constitutional Amendment (Article 243 ZD) mandates local planning taking into account the natural, human and financial resources available at the village, intermediate and district Panchayat and Urban Local bodies and their consolidation into composite district plan through the District Planning Committees.

Margao ODP to be finalized after rectifying discrepancies HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JUNE 24

The much-awaited Outline Development Plan (ODP) for Margao will be finalized by the Town and Country Planning department only after rectifying the discrepancies, if any, in the plan drawn by the South Goa Planning and Development Authority (SGPDA).

The SGPDA will also set in motion within three months the preparation of the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) for the Commercial Capital.

This was stated by the Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat when a delegation of Citizens Welfare Committee called on him on the long-delayed Margao ODP 2011.

After giving a patient hearing to the delegation, the Chief Minister agreed to the points raised by the delegation that a comprehensive survey of the city is required for proper planning.

Kamat informed that he has already issued instructions to the TCP to undertake talks at the earliest.

‘The Chief Minister told the delegation that he has instructed the sub-Committee (Vigilance Committee) to clear the discrepancies, if any, in the ODP”, CWC President Savio Dias said, adding that the Chief Minister has assured them that the Margao ODP would be finalized only after all the discrepancies

are rectified. “ The Chief Minister furt h e r a s s u re d u s t h a t t h e process of preparation of the C o m p re h e n s i v e D e v e l o p ment plans would be initiated within the next three months”, he added.

He said the CDP would give details on the existing structures, sub-divided plots approvals, entire road network, land marks etc.

“Kamat told use that he has given clear instructions in October 2009 to the survey officer of Margao and Fatorda in this regard. The new survey process will be completed soon. The fresh survey map would be used by the SGPDA as a present land

Wild cat scare again in Bicholim HERALD CORRESPONDENT BICHOLIM, JUNE 24

A wild cat has struck once again in Bicholim on Wednesday night, killing a calf at Wavti-Vathadev, Bicholim.

According to reports, the leopard attacked a calf belonging to one Nilesh Nigalye from Wavti. At about 2.30 am on Wednesday, the Nigalye family heard some commotion in their cowshed and rushed to the site, only to see the wild cat attacking their calf.

“When the beam of torch fell on the wild cat, the animal jumped over the fence and ran into the jungle,” Animal Rescue Squad Chief Amrut Singh told Herald.

When the leopard attacked the calf, the calf was seriously injured on its neck and was struggling for life. As the wounds were deep and the calf had already lost a lot of blood, it died in the morning.

It may be recalled that leopard attack in Wavti and sur-

Huts razed in Margao HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JUNE 24

Taking cognizance of mushrooming huts in the Commercial capital, Deputy Collector, Margao Johnson Fernandes on Thursday razed down illegal hutments near the KTC bus stand and the wholesale fish market.

The deputy collector passed the order for demolition following media reports that illegal huts have resurfaced in the low lying areas behind the KTC bus stand, creating nuisance to the local farming community.

MMC workers, who were requisitioned to raze down the structures, also demolished the illegal huts erected on the bandh near the wholesale fish market.

Incidentally, the illegal huts near the KTC bus stand were razed down only recently, but resurfaced within days of the demolition operation.

use map of Margao for the new Margao ODP”, Dias said, adding that the Chief Minister has assured the delegation that development and good planning of Margao has always been his prime priority.

The ODP 2011 is likely to be in force for a short time and the new ODP that would be prepared thereafter would be unique, Dias quoted the Chief Minister.

The SGPD had forwarded the Margao ODP 2011 to the TCP Board in December 2009. If the Chief Minister is to be believed, the same would be approved after the sub committee places the same before the TCP at its monthly meeting.

rounding areas is now a common affair. In May, calf belonging to Ashok Sawaikar, Jitendra Sawaikar and Govekar was killed by the wild cat.

Besides, dogs belonging to Anil Govekar, Pandurang Gawde and others had escaped from

the clutches of the wild cat.

Meanwhile, the trap which the forest department had laid earlier to catch the leopard after the attack on one Pandurang Tulaskar (45) from PistewadaNanoda, Bicholim, is still lying near the village.

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today blamed the public protests against erection of mobile towers for the poor network service in Goa. “We are finding it difficult to set up mobile phone towers in rural Goa due to stiff opposition from the resident population,” chief general manager (Maharashtra Goa circle) Alok Kaul told reporters on the sidelines of the 3G service launch.

The official said that the resistance had severely limited BSNL’s expansion and connectivity in Goa's rural areas.

“There is big fear in the minds of rural Goan villagers, that mobile towers would have a bad effect on health.

I don’t know where the fears are come from. Even scien-

Latest medicines can help reduce pain: docs HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JUNE 24

Why should anyone suffer from pain? Well, pain is as old as mankind and man has been struggling to find a cure to it.

A group of South Goa-based consulting anesthesiologists and pain physicians now says that longstanding pain as well as pain during childbirth can now be reduced to a great extent by using latest medicines and techniques.

Says Dr Venkatesh Nevagi, Padma clinic: A long standing backache or sciatica can be cured with a simple injection in the back. A terminally ill patient with intractable pain can be given a better quality of pain

free life by certain specialized nerve block. A long standing headache can also be cured by highly advanced technique of blocking various nerves”.

Dr Nevagi further emphasized that Goans need not rush to Mumbai, Bangalore or Belgaum as these procedures are now possible in Margao at Padma clinic.

Dr Neena Faldesai, Margao and Dr Megha Savoikar, Ponda dwelt at length on “Pain relief during childbirth”. The duo stressed that no woman should undergo the experience of childbirth with much pain and agony when this pain can be almos totally abolished by various techniques, one of the most effective

Vehicles plying between Goa and Karnataka via Canacona will now have to pass through two check posts at the Polem border, as against the earlier existing one which was subsequently removed by Goa Police.

Police has erected barricade a little ahead of the previous check-post, while Goa Excise recently set up a full-fledged gate at the same place where the previous check-post gate stood.

It may be recalled that Goa Police was accused of removing one of the longest-serving border gate and throwing the check-post open for all at Polem border a few months ago.

That gate was used not only by police, but several other government agencies like Excise, Forests, RTO, etc. Besides at

Chikungunya detected at Bicholim HERALD CORRESPONDENT MAYEM, JUNE 24

Two cases of persons have been detected with Chikungunya at the Bicholim Primary Health Centre.

According to Health Officer Dr Shivram Lotlikar, two patients from Tirthbag-Mayem were detected with Chikungunya at a casual check up at PHC Bicholim.

“PHC has taken due precaution to prevent the spread of disease further by spraying pesticides and delivering the required medicines,” stated Dr Lotlikar.

Dr Lotlikar further informed that two patients, a man and a woman, are presently undergoing treatment at PHC Bicholim and due precaution has been taken in Tirthbag area to prevent the spread of the disease.

“A joint meeting of panchayat members was also held in which awareness camp was organized.

A blood check up camp was also organized and free medicines were distributed,” said Dr Lotlikar.

Meanwhile, residents of Bicholim have requested Bicholim Municipal Council to undertake sanitation of stagnated gutters to prevent mosquito menace.

Dr Lotlikar has once again called upon the builders lobby to conduct routine check up of their workers to prevent the spread of different diseases and also informed them to take due precautions to keep the building sites clean.

BSNL blames public for poor network HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JUNE 24

The calf that was killed by the leopard at Wavti -Vathadev, Bicholim.

Photo by Samir Umarye

Two checkposts set up at Polem HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, JUNE 24

being the Labour Epidural.

This group of anesthetists have been practicing painless deliveries at various hospitals in Margao and Ponda and claimed that over 200 happy mothers have benefited from them.

These pain physicians said chronic pain affects 20 per cent of all population. Of this, 30 per cent is musculoskeletal, 30 per cent neck pain and back pain, 10 per cent headaches and two per cent cancer pain.

About 60-70 lakh people die of cancer in the work every year and out of them 80 per cent have some or other form of severe pain, they said.

tifically it is proved that the towers are not harmful in any way,” he stated.

"Out of the 260 towers planned in rural Goa, nearly 76 are still pending because there is opposition from the villagers," Kaul said.

"This has hampered our 2Gmobile expansion plan tremendously as we could not erect many towers, as no objection certificates were not issued by the village panchayats and other relevant bodies," Kaul further said, adding that the misconception that radiation from mobile towers affects health, should be cleared as soon as possible.

"The scene in Goa is that people are not giving us land. They are not giving us co-operation at all when it comes to erecting towers in Goa," the BSNL official said.

One gets remand for possessing drugs

BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JUNE 24

The native of Bangalore, who was arrested by the Maina Curtorim police, after he was found in possession of ganja, has been remanded.

The accused has been given five days police custody.

The police said the accused is required in custody to find out whether the 19year old youth had connection with any organised involved gang involved in drug trafficking.

The police are conducting further investigations into the case.

The newly set up excise gate at Polem border, Canacona.

Photo by Kathy Pereira

times the gate was effectively used by police themselves and security personnel for checking vehicles in the event of terror threats or intercepting any

marked vehicle driving away.

In the absence of a checkpost at State’s border, it was alleged that there were widespread fears of proliferation

of excise goods including free trafficking of large quantity of alcohol across the State’s border.

After public outrage, police, however, returned back at the border area but a little ahead from the previously existing Polem check-post gate and began to intercept vehicles plying on either side.

It is alleged that these types of police barricade serves police purpose and that too only to some extent, while other agencies continued to be left in the lurch undermining these agencies activities at the State border post.

The Goa Excise personnel were reportedly critical of the police for removing the Polem check post and decided to erect its own gate at the same site.

PWD constructs road without taking possession of land HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JUNE 24

Strange this may seem, but true.

The PWD has built a road at Orlim village without taking possession of the acquired land in question – which has now come in handy for a builder to undertake his mega housing project.

Officials in the Land Acquisition office, Margao revealed that the PWD could not officially take possession of the land since the government failed to deposit the compensation amount with the deputy collector.

This sad reality came to light after villagers of Orlim agitating against a mega housing project objected to the use of road by the builder on grounds that the property belongs to the Fabrica.

Land Acquisition Officer, Johnson Fernandes, however, ob-

served that the villagers cannot stop the builder from using the 1.2 km stretch of the road since the PWD has already built the road without any objection from any quarter.

In fact, Fernandes on Thursday passed an order under Section 147 of the Cr P C giving the builder right to use the road.

He however, stayed the order for the period of seven days after the villagers submitted that they intend to go in appeal to the Higher Court against the order.

When contacted, the deputy Collector informed that though the PWD could not officially take possession of the acquired land due to its failure to deposit the money with the Land Acquisition Officer, the land was already put to use by the acquiring de-

partment by building the road.

What has come as a surprise to the villagers was the fact that though the Land acquisition officer had passed the award way back in 1999, the government is yet to deposit the compensation to the land owner, Fabrica.

Meanwhile, Orlim villagers assembled in large numbers at the Dy collectors court, Margao in view of today ’s hearing in respect of the Fabrica property.

The Fabrica of Orlim was represented byAdv Nigel Cost Frias.

After the deputy Collector Johnson Fernandes passed an order under section 147 of the Cr PC giving the builder the right to use the road, the Fabrica immediately asked for a stay to challenge the order in the high court, which was granted.

15-yr-old ‘virgin’ building falls

Rooftop of a primary school building at Marlim-Poinguinim, Canacona, collapsed. Photo by Kathy Pereira HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, JUNE 24

A primary school building at Marlim-Poinguinim built over 15 years ago, but never used for its intended purpose, has collapsed two days ago.

According to sources, the primary school building with two classrooms, which was built at an approximate cost of Rs 2 lakh, was never utilized for housing school children or put to any other use.

The building was left unattended and uncared for since then, due to which thick weeds

grew over its walls and even wild tree branches covered it from the top.

S o u rc e s i n f o r m e d t h a t some two days ago, one of the tree branches came crashing down on the buildi n g , u l t i m a t e l y b re a k i n g down the roof.

Given the need for a school building in this locality, consisting of Marlim and Tirval, it is learnt that authorities built this two-room structure at a centralized location in Marlim to facilitate children residing in both the residential areas.

However, given the distance, parents were reluctant to send their wardens to the school and over the years, both Marlim and Tirval got new primary schools in their respective areas, keeping the two -room government building unused and unattended.

Locals now blame authorities for not putting the building to use by allotting it to some other departments like forests, which would have helped to maintain the building in condition and avoided drainage and wastage of public money.

‘Profitability has to go up for more people to take up farming’ HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JUNE 2

Lamenting that people are losing interest in farming activity, Agriculture Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that profitability of the existing farmers has to be increased to attract more and more people to take up farming.

Rane was addressing media at Krishi Bhavan after awarding best farmers awards to 11 agriculturists from state’s different talukas.

The agriculture minister said that except for the rural areas like Sattari, Sanguem, Pernem and Canacona, elsewhere there is increasing tendency of people leaving farming profession.

“The statistics show that the farming in Goa is stable every passing year, but the ground reality is different.

There are many people who no more till their land,” he conceded.

Further speaking, Rane said,

nThe agriculture minister said that except for the rural areas like Sattari, Sanguem, Pernem and Canacona, elsewhere there is increasing tendency of people leaving farming profession.

simply increasing fallow land will not encourage people to take up farming.

“Profitability of the existing farmers has to be increased to attract more and more people to take up farming,” he said.

He said that the mechanization is the only answer to attract more youths towards farming community.

“Mechanisation is difficult as

there are no combined harvesters because the holdings are very small,” Rane said.

Rane further conceded that he himself finds it difficult to manage the farms which he owns due to management issues.

“I, myself, have got some farms which I find difficult to manage considering the kind of maintenance it requires,” Rane said.

“Also there is difficulty in getting a type of labourers which is required for the farm,” he added.

The agriculture minister said that his issues reflect the problems faced by farmers in the state.

“Sustaining the existing agriculture is a bigger task for the department rather than getting fellow land under cultivation,” Rane said.

He further said that his government is trying its best to get the central assistance for farming.

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Dry waste collection of CCP takes a beating locals beat up workers at sorting centres

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JUNE 24

The dry waste collection of the Corporation of the City of Panjim has come to a grinding halt for the last three days after some workers at the two sorting out centres at Campal and the Ani-

mal Shelter, St Inez, here, were beaten up by some locals allegedly over payment of ‘hafta’.

On Thursday at St Inez CCP bins overfilled with the dry waste like paper, plastic, thermocol, etc., were seen unattended and the same were not

picked up even till 6 pm to be taken to the segregation centres. Monday and Thursday are the two days allotted for collection of dry waste as per the corporation’s schedule.

CCP workers confirmed whatever dry waste was collected by

them wasn’t picked up by the contractor who segregates and sends the same for recycling outside the State. The contractor Shakeel Abdul Wahab has filed a complaint in which he maintained his workers were beaten up, four of them badly, at Tambdi Mati in St Inez and at Campal where the sorting out of waste is carried out.

Police have registered the complaint as a non-cognisable offence under Section 323 of IPC and were yet to make arrests. PI Sandesh Chdodnakar said they will arrest the guys responsible very soon.

Wahab said his workers were beaten up on two consecutive days on Tuesday and Wednesday nights by around 15 to 20 people armed with hockey sticks, lathis and pipes. After being refused hafta money for drinks by these workers they wanted to beat them, he said.

He said the dry waste collection has been stopped for the last three days and he had discussed the matter with CCP engineer Sachin Ambe today. The contractor said he had told Ambe it would be good if there is police protection because the workers were scared.

Digambar launches 3G mobile services HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JUNE 24

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat launched the 3 G Mobile Services of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in North Goa at a function held at Cidade de Goa today.

The Chief Minister dedicated the 3G technology to the people of Goa by making a video call to Member of Parliament for North Goa Shripad Naik.

With this Goa became the third city in the country to get this mobile service after Poona and Nasik. It will be launched in South Goa District on June 26.

3G is the next generation of mobile communications systems. It enhances the services such as multimedia, high speed mobile broadband, internet access with the ability to view video footage on mobile handset.

In addition to the usual voice call and messaging services found on a mobile phone through 3G one can make video calls, do video conferencing, watch live TV, get video on demand, access high speed internet, play online video games, get live streaming video and audio service, download video of entertainment, news, current affairs and sport content, receive emails download music tracks, transfer person to person video and video messaging. 3G services are available for both postpaid and prepaid customers.

Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister termed the launching of 3G service in Goa as a great moment for the people of Goa to cherish.

Shripad Naik, MP expressed happiness over launching of 3G mobile service in North Goa. He said, lots of developments are taking in telecom sector.

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PFI protests Environment conservation is of paramount importance: Guv court verdict on HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, JUNE 24

The XVII meeting of the Goa Environment Protection Council GEPC) was held on Thursday at the Raj Bhavan under the Chairmanship of the Governor Dr Shivinder Singh Sidhu. This was the third GEPC meeting which was convened under his Chairmanship.

Dr Sidhu said protection and conservation of environment is of paramount importance to attain sustainable as well as optimal utilization of natural resources and as such, GEPC should frequently meet once in every four months, so as to understand the current scenario on various environmental issues in the State and ongoing initiatives taken or to be taken to mitigate the same.

Further, he stressed that garbage disposal and waste management as well as sustainable mining should be accorded a top priority, by adapting to an integrated approach, in joint collaboration with various line departments, local authorities, NGOs’ and general public so as to arrive at a common consensus in mitigating the problem. Accordingly, he suggested to convene the next GEPC meeting in the month of November/December 2010 as a follow-up of the today’s meeting.

Chief Minister Digamber Kamat in the capacity as Vice-Chairman (GEPC) attended the said meeting. Others, who attended included Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes, Chief Secretary (as additional charge) Narendra Kumar, Commissioner and Secretary to Governor, Yogesh IFS, CCF representing PCCF, Forest Department, Levinson Martins, Director, ST&E, Saligao, Morad Ahmad, Chief Town Planner, TCP, Patto, Srinet Kotwale, Member Secretary, GSPCB, Patto, Dr Joseph Rauto De Souza, Scientist, GSCST, Saligao, Dr G N Nayak, Head, Dept of Marine Sci-

ences, GU, Dr A G Dessai, Head, Dept of Geology, GU, Nitin Sawant, Director, WWF, Miramar, Dr K G Hiremath, President, Botanical Society of Goa. Senior Government Officials attended the meeting.

It was also informed at the meeting that tenders were floated for the removal of River Princess and 12 parties have responded. Out of the list, two parties have been short listed and one will be finalized after necessary formalities after approval from State Disaster Management Authority.

Governor has informed that over Rs 4 crores have been spent by Water Resources Department to install geo-tubes to prevent further erosion of the beach as per the advice of the Central Water Research Institute (CWRI), Pune.

The issue related to the preparation of the State-specific Action Plan on Climate Change was also discussed. It was informed that the Goa State Council of Science & Technology (GSCST) and the Center for Environment Education (CEE) were working to sensitize the adverse impact of climate change at educational institutional level to minimize green house gas emissions.

Chief Minister informed the Council about various issues particularly related to municipal waste management, implementation of Regional Plan – 2021. He highlighted that lot of efforts and technical inputs besides opinions / suggestions from various stakeholders like panchayats, general public, experts, NGOs’ have gone into the preparation of the Regional Plan and is in the final stage of completion. Once, it is published, it would serve as a landmark regional plan as details about Survey numbers will be incorporated into the plan. In few days time, Pernem and Canacona taluka level plans will be published.

Dr Sidhu appreciated the path-breaking

exercise in the preparation of State Regional Plan with such minute details on a large scale.

Since Minister(Environment) as well as the regular Secretary and Director Environment were away on official foreign tour, the Governor desired to have a special meeting with officials from the department of DST&E, Panchayat, GSPCB, Municipality along with respective Minister and Secretary on the subject matter related to management of biodegradable as well as nonbiodegradable garbage management in the State.

Governor sought to know the steps taken in containing vector-borne diseases in the State, to which Director of Health – Dr Rajananda Dessai elaborated on various steps initiated by the Health Department in this regard.

Regarding rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge, it was decided to conduct a detailed survey to identify sitespecific areas suitable for effective recharge and accordingly, WRD was requested to do the needful. Council also discussed about the progress in finalisation of the State Forest Policy and State Mineral Policy, which are under consideration of the Government.

In his concluding remarks, the Governor commended the efforts of Chief Minister for taking personal interest in issues related to garbage management, Regional Plan issues and in constituting Flying Squads for taking instant action on violations, such as hill-cutting, filling-up of low-lying areas, etc.

At the conclusion of the meet, the Governor urged all the members to take issues related to environment seriously and work whole-heartily in a time-bound manner so that we preserve our environment for posterity.

Bhopal disaster HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JUNE 24

The Popular Front of India on Wednesday held a protest infront of the district Collectorate, south over the recent court verdict in the Bhopal gas disaster and demanded extradition of Union Carbide Chief Warren Anderson.

Front activists led by President Sayed Iftiyaz urged the Goa governor for the extradition of Anderson to India and to fix liability on those who facilitated his escape and bring them to book.

The Front also demanded an apology from the UPA government for the injustice caused to the victims of Bhopal.

“Instead of condemning the court verdict and taking constructive steps for the welfare of the affected people, our political leaders are busy playing the blame game. Where were these leaders when the Congress government at the centre was busy finding a route of escape for Warren Anderson”, Sayed demanded to know.

He also expressed his surprise and shock over the court verdict in the case and the silence of the democratic and socialist forces in this shameful justice.

Scholarship for needy students HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, JUNE 24

Shree Ramnath Devasthan Charities Trust has announced freeship/scholarships for the academic year 20102011. Applications in prescribed forms are invited for freeship/scholarship from needy and deserving students for the academic year 2010-2011 for the following educational degree/diploma courses such as Medical, Engineering and Technical discipline, Arts, Science and Commerce, Pharmacy, Cultural Education.

Recipients of freeships of the Trust during the previous year should send their application duly filled as per requirements as men-

tioned in the application form.

Application forms can be obtained from this office and the places mentioned below, either in person or by post in which case self-addressed large envelope duly stamped must be sent.

Application should reach this office latest by July 30. No other correspondence in this aspect will be entertained. The places wherein applications can be posted are: Pundalik Anant Keni, Govind Building, Panaji, Maya Book stores, Margao, Prabhakar V S Talaulikar, Tyre dealers, Ponda, Narayan S N Burye, Mapusa, M/s Angleys Sports, Panaji and Umakant Sarmalkar, Vasco-da-Gama.

Jumping into wells, boat parades, rallies mark Sao Joao HERALD NEWS BUREAU PANJIM, JUNE 24

The traditional ‘Sao Joao’ festival was celebrated all over the State on Thursday, with some revelers jumping into the wells, while others participated in boat parades to mark the festival.

Margao reporter adds: Sao Joao was celebrated with great pomp and traditional gaiety across Salcette on Thursday.

Dressed in colourful attires and wearing crowns, Sao Joao revelers went round the taluka countryside celebrating the festival.

At Benaulim, the Pedda boys took out a colorful rally, wherein the young and the old participated in the festivities.

Traditional jumping in the wells marked the festival in Navelim as village youth organised the festivities in their respective wards.

PORVORIM CORRESPONDENT ADDS: A number of colourful boats took part in Sao Joao celebrations in the rivulet opposite Siolim Church on Thursday to mark the festival in the village.

According to reports, Sao Joao feast is being celebrated here for the last 176 years. The young and old wearing crowns of seasonal flowers danced to the tune of ‘Sao Joao’.

On the occasion, the Siolim Sao Joao Traditional Boat Festival committee organized various programme and competitions.

There was an entertainment performance by Prince Jacob and D Pietros.

The highlight of the festival was the competition of colourful boats, similar to Carnival floats.

A large number of people had gathered at the creek to witness the boats parade at the creek opposite Siolim Church despite heavy rains.

The boats parade began at about 3 pm and all the boats gathered at the creek, where the beautiful stage was erected for the artistes to perform.

Police had a tough time in regulating vehicular traffic.

Siolim MLA Dayanand Mandrekar was among the dignitaries present for the event. The prizes to the winners of various competitions were distributed by the guests.

VASCO REPORTER ADDS: Bhutea Bhat Club (BBC), Vasco, celebrated the Sao Joao festival with traditional fervour.

The BBC, known for its traditional way of celebrating ‘Sao Joao’ festival, over last 60 years has been celebrating the festival along with the residents from Bhutea Bhat in a traditional manner wearing crowns and dancing to the traditional band.

Earlier, the revelers assembled near St Sebastian Chapel, BainaVasco, and offered prayers for safe celebration and to the departed souls of the village, before marching towards the wells.

Revelers began the celebrations by jumping in the centuryold well at Patrong-Baina, which was constructed in 1880. Later, they marched towards other wells in the village by bursting

upcoMinG EvEntS Br Anil’s retreat at Parra

PANJIM(HND): Salvation Ministry will be conducting a one day retreat on June 26 at Emerald Lawns, Parra, from 10 am to 5 pm. Various healing and miracles take place during this retreats.

Come and experience God’s power of healing and deliverance through Bro Anil and be blessed, says a press release. For details, contact Mob: 9226387098/9763553575.

Workshop for media persons

PANJIM(HND): A second sensitization workshop will be held on July 2, 2010, being first Friday of month for Media personnel for their support in propagation of Healthy Life Style messages to the masses for awareness.

The sensitization workshop will be on ‘reproductive child health programme.’ The same will be held in conference hall of Directorate of Health Services at 10.30 am.

Similar sensitization workshops are proposed to be held on 1st Friday of every month on different National Health Programmes, says a press release.

Album release at Panjim

PANJIM(HND): ‘Mahan Mhozo Des,’ an audio album of Konkani songs on national integration produced by Tomazinho Cardozo in collaboration with Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa, will be released on June 28 at 4:30 pm by the Chief Minister Digamber Kamat. ‘Mahan Mhozo Des’ is dedicated to late Rajaram U Pai, a freedom fighter and a teacher.

The release function which will take place at Auditorium I, Marquinez Palace, near Old GMC Building, Panjim, will begin with a cultural programme of Konkani songs presented by well known singers of Konkani stage namely Anthony San, Socorro de Santa Cruz, Sonia, Sheik Amir, Irene and Tomazinho Cardozo.

The lyrics of all the songs are penned by Tomazinho Cardozo and the music is provided by Mukesh Gathwal. The songs are rendered by well known singers of Goa such as Sonia Shirsat, Anthony San, Socorro de Santa Cruz, Fatima D’Souza, Lydia Cardozo, Anil Kumar, Shirish Lawande, Irene and Tomazinho Cardozo. The programme is open to all.

Anti-drug, tobacco expo

PANJIM(HND): On the occasion of the observance of 23rd Annual “International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking”, on June 26, Tuberculosis Association of Goa, as a part of health educational activities will organize its annual exhibition on ‘Anti – Drug , Alcohol& Tobacco,’ consisting of posters, stickers leaflets, press clippings, video cassettes, CDs, various national and international publications on Anti - Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco movement, collected by Dr Damodar B Bhounsule, Honorary Secretary of the Association during his participation in conferences, seminars, meetings held at various places of our country and abroad.

The exhibition will remain open to the public at the premises of T B Association of Goa, 403, Nizari Bhavan, Panaji, from June 26 to July 31. Visitors will be provided free educational literature.

Legal literacy camp

A decorated boat at the Sao Joao festival in Siolim.

Photo by Rozario Estibiero

Villagers of Siolim celebrate Sao Joao by taking a plunge in a common well. Photo by Rozario Estibiero

PANJIM(HND): Legal literacy camp will be organized on July 17 at 4 pm at Gananath Temple hall, Nirankal, Ponda.

The camp will be presided over by Advocate K L Gaonkar, Member of Ponda Bar Association Adv Shri Raghuvir Varde will speak on ‘Right to information’.

Adv Nandita Madhu Shetkar will speak on ‘all government schemes including National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

All the citizens of Ponda taluka, in general, advocates, Students, social workers, women and litigants can attend the camp.

Lok Adalat

The young and the old celebrating Sao Joao in a well at Calvaddo in Corlim.

Photo by Kanzil Rodrigues

PANJIM(HND): The advocate/litigants and the general public are hereby informed that the Lok Adalat of Claim Petitions Cases of South Goa District will be conducted by the District Legal Services Authority, South Goa, Margao on June 26 at 10 am onwards in the District and Sessions Court building, Margao.

All the concerned parties whose cases are referred to the Lok Adalat are required to be present at 10 am.

U V Bakre, Principal, District and Sessions Judge, South Goa, Margao, will be the Presiding Officer for the Lok Adalat, duly assisted by the panel members of senior advocates.

Agricultural programme

PANJIM(HND): Agricultural programme by ZAO, Margao and organized by SSVP and Frederic Ozanam Centre, Ratmaddem, Carmona will be held on June 27 at 10.30 am at the Holy Trinity Hall, Benaulim.

Issues to be discussed are as follows: State schemes, crop production and input management, plant protection, development of agricultural extension, development of horticulture and support price scheme.

For details, contact SSVP Presidents of Benaulim Ares Council or Ashley Dias on 9822176131, says a press release.

Legal literacy camp

Sao Joao revelers jumping in a well to mark the festival at Margao, on Thursday.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

fire crackers and dancing to the tunes of ‘Sao Joao, Sao Joao’.

Former MMC chairperson Carlos Almeida was the chief guest and guest of honour former MMC chairman Saifullah Khan participated in the celebrations.

Parishioners of Our Lady of Candelaira organized floats parade, while residents of PixemDongri celebrated the ‘Sao Joao’ festival in a grand manner, few clubs in Vasco converted Sao Joao celebrations into rain dance parties.

OLD GOA CORRESPONDENT ADDS: Revelers from CalvaddoCorlim celebrated the feast of St John the Baptist with great enthusiasm.

As per the tradition, young and old gathered near Cross well, Fursachi Bai, at about 10 am and later singing ‘Viva Sao Joao’ jumped into the well. The youth while jumping into the well tried to jump in different styles.

On the occasion, a competition to search a bottle of Goan Urrak or Feni by jumping in the well was organized. The bottle

is hidden by a person inside the well and others try to get it from the well.

After getting out from the first well, Fursachi Bai, then the revelers moved to the next seven-eight wells situated in different houses in the village of Calvaddo-Corlim singing ‘Sao Joao’. The revelers moved in a procession wearing crowns of

The prize winning ‘Copel’ at Siolim.

Photo by Rozario Estibiero

leaves and carrying Feni bottles.

On the occasion, the revelers while moving from house-tohouse are offered fruits like mangoes, jackfruits, pineapples, etc.

The newly wed sons-in-laws, who had come to their motherin-law’s house to celebrate the feast, presented the revelers a basketful of fruits.

PANJIM(HND): The Legal Literacy camp under National Plan of Action for 2010-2011 is being organized in the hall of Village Panchayat, Chorao in Tiswadi taluka on June 26 from 10:30 am onwards, with a view to create awareness about the legal rights and duties of the citizens.

Advocate Harsha Naik will speak on the subject ‘Consumer Protection Laws’.

Advocate Nilesh Shirodkar will speak on the subject ‘protection of women from Domestic Violence Act.’ All the citizens of Tiswadi taluka, in general, advocates, social workers, women and litigants can attend the camp.

Shiroda school PTA meet

Traditional Act! Newly wed woman distributing ‘Sanna and fruits’ to the participants of Sao Joao at Siolim. Photo by Rozario Estibiero

Motorcyclist dies in self accident

PANJIM(HND): The PTA general body meeting of Shiroda Higher Secondary School will be held on June 27 at 9 am at Rayeshwar Engineering College hall, Shiv-Shail, Karai-Shiroda.

The guest speaker will be Tilroy Fernandes, Principal of United Higher Secondary School, Cuncolim.

Selection of new executive committee will be done at the meeting. Parents of students studying in various faculties at the Higher Secondary School are requested to attend the same. Any suggestions or queries can also be forwarded to the Principal on the given format which is attached to the invitation given to the students, says a press release.

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JUNE 24

Sao Joao celebrations at Bicholim.

Photo by Vishant Vaze

One Dilip Bapu Podwal, 52, from Vasco died after he met with a self-accident on his two-wheeler, a Hero Honda Passion (GA-06-C6421), in the city on Wednesday night. He was declared dead at the Goa Medical College and Hospital in Bambolim.

Police said the accident happened between 10 pm and 10.15 pm yesterday night near the KTC Bus Stand, here. Podwal, who was found in an injured condition on the road, was rushed to the GMC where he succumbed to his injuries, they stated.

POWER SHUTDOWN

JUNE 26 TALEIGAO: Between 9 am to 2:30 pm. Areas affected are Purva Apartments, Martins Morod, Eugene Waddo and surrounding areas.

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Panel for devolution of powers yet to be notified HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JUNE 24

Government’s assurance to form a committee comprising MLAs to study the State Finance Commission’s recommendation and table a report in the coming session of the Goa Legislative Assembly for devolution of powers and functions to the Panchayat Raj Institutions has so far not been put in place.

Inquiries has only revealed that the government has no doubt constituted a committee comprising of five MLAs, including Panchayat Minister, Babu Azgaonkar, Urban Development Minister, Joaquim Alemao, Power Minister Alexio Sequeira and others.

However, the committee has not been notified yet, raising

questions when exactly the Committee members would meet and study the Finance Commission recommendations.

Sources in the know said the recommendations from the Committee will be placed before the Cabinet before the same are tabled on the Floor of the House in the coming Assembly session.

Italian certificate courses at GU HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JUNE 24

The Faculty of Language and Literature , Goa University, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi, will conduct Italian language certificate courses – beginners and advanced – during the academic year 2010- 2011.

The course for beginners will start on June 28 and end on October 20, 2010. The advance course will start on November 15, 2010 and end on March 18, 2011.

For the beginners course the minimum qualification is Class XII of Goa Board or any other recognised board and for the advanced course a certificate of a beginner course is necessary for proof of the basics of the language.

The duration of each course is 96 hours. Classes will be conducted three times a week – Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the varsity campus in the Art Faculty Building from 3 pm to 5 pm.

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Pg 7 Home Guard volunteers briefed on HIV HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, JUNE 24

Civil Defence Medical Officer, Dr Nagvekar said, it is very important to note that if a person is infected with HIV, they can still transmit the virus to others during the window period.

Dr Dattaprasad Nagvekar speaking on HIV for the Home Guard volunteers of the Panaji division at Police Headquarters recently.

Speaking further Dr Nagvekar said, the ‘window period’ is a term used to describe the period of time between HIV infection and the production of antibodies. During this time, an antibody test may give a ‘false negative’ result, which means the test will be negative, even though a person is infected with HIV. To avoid false negative results, antibody tests are recommended six months af ter potential exposure to HIV infection, he added.

Honorary Company Commander of Home Guards, Panaji Division, John Aguiar was also present.

Mr Aguiar exhorted the Home Guard volunteers to promote public awareness and people at risk for HIV infection to undergo voluntary testing. Finding out whether you are infected with HIV is the first step to improving your health and the health of your partners and your family, he added.

The volunteers also asked questions and it was a healthy interactive session. Company Commander John Aguiar proposed the vote of thanks.

No-trust moved against Merces sarpanch, dy HERALD NEWS BUREAU PANJIM, JUNE 24

Six panchas of Merces panchayat have moved a no-confidence motion against Sarpanch Prakash G Naik and his deputy Yogita Kavlekar.

The signatories to the motion, Yateen Paleinkar, Venita Gracias, Deepika Shirgaonkar, Sandhya Hoble, Girish Uskaiker and Sunil Kalangutker, have alleged the sarpanch and deputy sarpanch were not taking the members into confidence while undertaking development work in the village and were encouraging illegal constructions.

The six panchas have submitted the no-confidence motion notice to the Director of Panchayat.

Chodankar is GDDIDC chief HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, JUNE 24

In the annual general meeting of GDDIDC Employees Union held recently at T B Cunha Memorial Hall, Panaji, Madhusudhan Chodankar was elected as President of GDDIDC Employees Union for the year 2010-2012.

The other members of the executive committee are : Balkrishna Dessai (Vice-President), Vence Azavedo (Secretary), Narcinva Prabhudessai (Joint Secretar y), Deepak Haladkar (Treasurer), Laxman Amelkar (Member, Bethora Industrial Estate), Ramakant Naik (Member, Kundaim Industrial Estate), Dharmaji Palyekar (Member, Bicholim Industrial Estate), Mohan Volvoikar (Member, Corlim Industrial Estate), Manohar Raut (Member, Pissurlem Industrial Estate), Suhas Raut (Member, Cuncolim Industrial Estate), Prakash Narvekar (Member, Mapusa Industrial Estate), Cristo Fernandes (Member, Sancoale Industrial Estate), Uttam Arvankar (Member, Pilerne Industrial Estate), Ashok Kale (Member, Canacona Industrial Estate), Naresh Mardolkar (Member, Madkaim Industrial Estate), Vasudev Satardekar (Member, Thivim Industrial Estate), Vishnu Palkar (Member, Tuem Industrial Estate), Uttam Gawas (Member, Honda Industrial Estate), Sudhakar Naik (Member, Kakoda Industrial Estate).

While welcoming the members, President Madhusudan Chodankar expressed happiness for implementing VIth Pay Commission Report to the staff of Goa-IDC. He also congratulated the Managing Director of GoaIDC for rising to the position of Managing Director being an employee of Goa-IDC. Deepak Haladkar, treasurer, laid the annual statement of accounts for the year 2009-10 before the meeting. Balkrishna Dessai, vice president, proposed the vote of thanks.

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Vol No CX No: 162 Goa, Friday 25 June, 2010

Bo-bo in Benaulim

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hatever else one may say about him, PWD Minister Churchill Alemao is the consummate politician. He always gets his timing right. Just around the induction of Education Minister Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate and Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane into the Congress, Churchill has chosen to announce that his daughter, Valanka, will contest the election from Benaulim constituency.

At this point, Benaulim is leaderless. This is because in the last election, Churchill himself moved his constituency to neighbouring Navelim, and trounced its undefeated representative (and his sworn enemy) Luizinho Faleiro. Churchill wanted to move out of Benaulim, because he was not confident of defeating the presently absconding former Tourism Minister Francisco ‘Mickky’ Pacheco. And, in any case, Navelim constituency included his stronghold villages of Varca, Orlim, Carmona and Cavellossim.

Now, in the new delimitation, all these villages have become part of the new Benaulim constituency. Mickky’s strongholds of Majorda and Betalbatim have become part of the new Nuvem constituency, which replaces the erstwhile Loutolim constituency. Mickky therefore faces Power Minister Aleixo Sequeira, not Churchill, as his main rival, and Benaulim is open for Valanka.

Valanka Alemao is no greenhorn. She has been taking a keen interest in the affairs of the constituency for some years now, in preparation to step into his shoes. She is educated and intelligent, and can hold her own with the media and fellow politicians. But unfortunately for Churchill, the Congress has a policy not to give more than one member of a family a ticket for an election. This norm may be relaxed for the 2012 poll, to accommodate Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane. However, Churchill’s family already has two tickets; brother Joaquim is the Cuncolim MLA and Urban Development Minister.

Can Churchill realistically expect a third ticket for a family member?

Let us not forget here, that Churchill has established another little tradition over the last two assembly elections. A little before each election, he resigns from the Congress and ‘joins’ a regional party that his followers have conveniently set up a few months earlier. The last time, it was called the ‘Save Goa Front’. Before that, it was the United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP). And then, about a year after he wins the election, he ‘merges’ that party with the Congress, and joins the cabinet as a minister. He has done this without fail in the last two polls. Is this the first step for a third edition of the same?

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n a state where we have no shortage of ‘leaders’ with no followers, here comes a party – presumably full of followers – in search of a leader! The United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP), a namesake of Jack Sequeira’s great United Goans, says it is in total disarray because it needs a suitable leader who can take the reins and restore the party to its erstwhile glory in the coming 2012 assembly elections.

For a party that once had three MLAs in the Legislative Assembly, it is a sorry state of affairs. Party Secretary General Anacleto Viegas says that it has not held any meetings, public rallies and not even reacted to the momentous events in the state over the past three years, because all the leaders it brought into the Assembly deserted the party and joined the Congress, starting from its first ‘great’ leader Churchill Alemao.

Now, says Anacleto, the party is left only with part-timers – those who have full-time jobs, businesses or are professionals – and no one to manage it full time. In the last Lok Sabha elections from South Goa, party candidate Matanhy Saldhana was even denied its symbol of ‘two leaves’, because it did not poll the requisite number of votes. If the same fate awaits it in the 2012 Assembly Election, it will be de-recognised as a state party as well.

Any takers?

Waka Waka Errol D’Souza, Porvorim Herald’s sports editorial team deserves a great round of applause for giving its readers magnificent coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2010, from football action news to the wonderful and colourful glamour football pictures, and also for the awesome translated official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song, ‘Waka Waka’ by Shakira. Keep up the good work and give us more awesome FIFA World Cup news coverage .

Way to go, Herald. Waka Waka!

Useless Opposition Praxy Fernandes, Sanquelim Whenever the legislative assembly session is notified, the BJP goes gung-ho, telling us how they will expose present government.

The same theatrics continue on the assembly floor, but what is the final outcome? We

100 Years Ago PRIMEIRO DIARIO NAS COLONIAS PORTUGEZAS

25 June 1910 Swirling Dust It is unbearable, the dust which swirls from the roads of the Capital City which is forcing passersby to close their eyes.

Is the Municipality sound asleep?

Unabated Robberies There was another robbery, this time at Parra. In all probability, these series of crimes will continue unabated as there is no stern punishment for the perpetrators.

Man Assaulted A gentleman named Feleciano Noronha was viciously assaulted with sticks at an isolated nook of the village of Assolna.

However, he escaped the fatal injuries due to prompt help rendered by the villagers.

Our self-belief in our greatness is unfounded, and is the cause of india’s downfall, says adv RaDhaRaO F gRaCiaS

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t was sometime at the beginning of the 19th century that a soldier in the French Emperor Napolean’s army, when asked to justify the incessant wars that France launched against its neighbours, gave the classic reply: “My country, therefore right” (later modified as: “My country, right or wrong”). The soldier’s name was Eduardo Chauvin (not Faleiro!). He gave the world an entirely new concept: ‘chauvinism’.

As a people, we Indians seem to have the highest regard for Chauvin; we have mastered the art of chauvinism. If chauvinism were to be declared as a sport, India would sweep all the medals at the Olympics. A symptom of our chauvinism is apparent in the oft repeated slogan ‘Mera Bharat Mahaan’ (My India is great). The question arises; is it really so?

There hasn’t been too much greatness about our country, not in the last two thousand years or so. Our history is nothing but a record of invasions, conquests, subjugations and enslavement.

Perhaps no other country has been the victim of as many invasions and conquests as India. The Huns, Scythians, Parthians, Greeks, Mongols… all simply marched into the country, pillaged and ransacked it. We did not give any cause for invasions, as we attacked no one. The invaders came simply because we could not defend ourselves.

What prevented us from defending ourselves against foreign invaders?

As a consequence of our cowardice and failure to defend ourselves, invaders marched in at will and marched out with booty and tens of thousands of Indian slaves. The poor, underfed vegetarians from the plains were driven ruthlessly over the mountains of Afghanistan, where they died “like flies”. The mountains themselves came to be known as the Hindu Kush range, which does not mean ‘Hindu happy’; it means ‘Hindu killer’ in the local language.

Geographically, the country was by far the most defensible against the battle technology available in those days. The Himalayas form a huge bulwark towards the north. No invader crossed the Himalayas into India, until China in 1961. The eastern borders with Burma are rugged, forested hills.

No invader came from the East till the Japanese conquered Kohima during World War II. The South has a vast ocean around it. No invader entered

StRaight taLk from the sea till Afonso de Albuquerque conquered Goa in 1510.

All previous invasions into the country were overland from the West. There were just two routes of entry: the Bolan Pass and the Khyber Pass. Most invaders poured in through the Khyber Pass, which is about 134 km long and, in places, just three metres wide. However, it never occurred to our countrymen to fortify these two passes and permanently block access into the country.

In this context, I am reminded of the designer advertisements being released by the Indian Army inviting youngsters to join the army. They are couched in a language that practically seems to suggest that the Indian Army is a five star hotel with all sorts of facilities for those who join it.

But, despite such enticing advertisements, the army is short of as many as 14,000 officers!

If we have to join the army there should be only one reason to do so; because the country needs soldiers to defend it. It is here that patriotism comes in. No other reason is required. India has one billion and two hundred million people, and we are running short of 14,000 army officers.

Can you beat that?

I have seen how when the Government of Goa

the Status of Dogs

Ridiculous Ridicule

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uring early years of the sixth decade of the last century, one eminent personality of Maharashtra, noted Marathi litterateur and educationist the late Acharya Atre and Shiv Sena supremo, Bal Thackeray were stern political enemies of each other. Once, Thackeray published a cartoon in his weekly ‘Marmik’ depicting therein Acharya Atre as a dog that wallows in dirt. The next day, Acharya Atre in his daily ‘Maratha’ published another cartoon wherein a roadside stone was drawn. On that stone was written ‘Bal Thackeray’. Then, the very same dog (of Thackeray’s cartoon) was shown urinating on that stone raising up, as usual, one of its hind legs!

Then, after a couple of years or so, Acharya Atre visited Goa and met Mr. Dayanand Bandodkar, then the Chief Minister of Goa. Acharya Atre presented Mr. Bandodkar with a puppy and suggested that it be called ‘Jacky’.

It must be noted that the leader of the opposition of the Goa Assembly then, was Dr. Jack de Sequeira.

Thus, ridiculing one’s enemy by calling him a dog is an old legacy. During the apartheid regime in South Africa, along with the Blacks, the Browns (Indians) too were not treated on par with the whites. Some places were reserved for whites alone. And

the public are fooled, as there is no improvement in administration. On the contrary, scams and criminal activities by politicians, their relatives and ‘friends’ keep increasing, that too exponentially.

Today’s politicians are all birds of the same feather. They fool the public saying they will expose ministers’ corrupt and criminal activities, but don’t waste any time to make the same person a minister if they can pull down the government and cobble a majority of their own.

Remember, the BJP made two well-known goons ministers, propelling them into so much limelight that they now feel they are above law. BJP even gave corruption an official status by starting corporations like the GSIDC, which looted funds in the name of speedy projects.

Why the silence?

Reuben Anthony Coutinho, Tivim Congrats to Svatantra Sarjano for his eyeopening article ‘Why the silence Goans’ (Herald Mirror, 20 June) which could be a catalyst for the Goan masses to unite and wake up, before we literally die in our slumber of apathy and lethargy. We ought to heed Sarjano’s advice and strive to form conclaves or committees of educated, like-minded Goan people, who will unite and come together to strongly fight against the current messy, corrupt situation in Goa. It truly is a shame that there was no response from any of us to support Sarjano.

Why the shameful silence? Is it because he is a ‘foreigner’? Are we too proud to take advise? Are we yet to outgrow our ‘frog in the well’ attitude? Or perhaps, it’s the famous ‘crab mentality’ that most Goans are noted for. I would advise my fellow Goans to wake up, unite and revolt against this warped and wicked system of governance before it’s too late; lest we are all slaughtered like Churchill’s pigs!

BJP ‘natok’ Sudesh Naik, Anjuna On the one hand, a North Goa BJP MLA demanded that the government release a drug peddler arrested by the Mumbai cops. On the other hand, the party plans a ‘natok’ in the upcoming Assembly session, saying it

announces vacancies for posts of police sub inspectors (PSIs), thousands of Goans apply. Some are known to have paid up to Rs15 lakh to be selected. I understand that shortly, another batch of sub inspectors is to be recruited, and the asking price has reportedly touched Rs25 lakh. Mark my words, there will be hundreds seeking to pull strings and willing to pay the amount needed to be selected. But none of these applicants for PSIs would go anywhere near an army selection camp, where they would be gladly and freely selected.

That’s our patriotism.

I often wonder about the Sangh Parivar, which day in and night out talks of patriotism. The RSS itself claims a membership of over 2.5 crore cadre, who dress in khaki and are frequently seen marching in military formation. The Bajrang Dal, Sri Ram Sena and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) have tough-looking volunteers who unleashed their ‘patriotism’ in Gujarat, Karnataka and, not very long ago, at Fontainhas in Panjim. So, presumably, the Sangh Parivar is full of young energetic countrymen willing to defend the country’s honour.

That being so, why does the RSS and its sister organisations not hold camps of its ‘patriotic’ se-

vaks and call upon the army to select from its cadre? The army should easily be able to enroll 14,000 officers from among the 2.5 crore swayamsevaks. It is time that the Sangh Parivar cadres display their patriotism on the Indo-Pak border!

Our self-belief in our greatness is unfounded, and is the cause of our downfall. We do not become great through self-proclamation. The rest of the world has to acknowledge our greatness.

No one does so.

There is not a single field of human endeavour where we are anywhere near the top. There is not a single field of human endeavour where we are not near the bottom.

Until the middle of the 19th century, the Japanese were as insular as Indians. They closed their ports to foreign trade. When western nations demanded the right to trade, the Japanese Emperor refused to concede. The western nations bombarded Japanese ports and, within a few days, the Japanese Navy was routed. Japan conceded all demands and opened its ports.

But, unlike us, the Japanese did not take the defeat lying down. They accepted that the West was more advanced. They send their scientists and traders all over the world, acquired western technology, improved upon it and were soon able to compete with and beat the West at its own game. The Japanese became the first Asian nation to defeat a European power when it knocked the stuffing out of the Russian Navy in 1904-05.

Less than four decades later, the American fleet was destroyed at Pearl Harbour. Even though they lost that war, the Japanese have since emerged as the second-largest economy on Earth. They have also improved physically. The average height of a 21-year-old Japanese has increased by 20cm post World War II. This increase is jokingly called ‘hamburger height’, since it is attributed to their change to American food habits.

We are still lost, since we refuse to acknowledge our weaknesses and correct them, as the Japanese have done. We have to admit that we are a cesspool of superstition, corruption, dishonesty and deceit. We have stagnated, and failed to evolve and advance. Our contribution to civilisation is zero; no pun intended. We have become the ‘Coelacanth’ of civilisation. We are not great.

We have to strive to be great.

there it was written: “Indians and dogs are not allowed”. Therefore, the statement made recently by the new president of the BJP, Mr. Nitin Gadkari calling the two Yadavs –Lalu Prasad and Mulayam Singh as dogs is not surprising.

Not only dogs, we humans are in the habit of seeing vices and wrongs in a variety of beings other than us. Besides dogs, they include, ass, pigs, hares, tortoises, cats, rats, crows, horses, oxen, elephants, camels, cocks, hens, chameleons, lizards, monkeys, earthworms, sheep, crabs, crocodiles etc. Phrases like, ‘Black sheep’, ‘white elephant’, ‘horse sense’, ‘rat race’, ‘crocodile tears’ and ‘crab mentality’ are frequently used in the English language.

Once in South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi sat in a railway compartment that was reserved for only whites.

Soon, two white youth entered that compartment and the sight of a brown person sitting there made them very angry. They rushed towards Gandhi and standing on his either sides and clutching his shoulders, tried to pull him. While doing so, one of them called Gandhi a donkey and the other, called him pig. To this, Gandhiji coolly replied, “I am between the two”!

But of all the creatures cited above, dogs seem to be soft targets of mankind. Even its tail is not spared. “A dog’s tail is always bent.

By Pradip R. Lawande Even if put in a pipe, it can never be made straight”, we criticize.

But then, there is the other side which unequivocally shows many more good qualities of dogs. A dog is man’s reliable friend and protects his property. It helps the protectors of laws in searching the wrongdoers. The logo of one of the renowned organization offering financial services is the dog. And under that logo is written, “Faithful, friendly”.

Two different dogs of two different reputed companies viz. HMV and Vodafone are quite familiar to us. Most of us might have forgotten that a dog named Laika is the first living being of our planet to enter the space. There are instances of dogs earning names in history and mythology.

Like Rana Pratap’s horse Chetak Shivaji’s dog Vagya is remembered by all. It is said that the four dogs that follow Lord Dattatray represent the four Vedas. In the Mahabharata, Lord Dharmdev himself took the form of a dog and accompanied Yudhistir day in and day out.

Thus, while half of the present world praises the dog, the other half expresses complete disapproval of it. Therefore, the status of a dog today is like that of a ‘Dhobi ka kutta’. ‘Na ghar ka, na ghat ka.’!

Letters to the Editor Letter of the Day Probe incomes of ‘social workers’ Orlando S A Da Silva, Carmona

Aspiring politicians nowadays donate a lot of goodies like free text books, uniforms, fertiliser bags, etc, in the name of social work. These goodies cost money. Therefore, one presumes that these social workers have a lot of surplus income.

But where does this money come from? Is it surplus from legal income? Is the person born rich? Is it reflected in their income tax returns? Or is it the money of fugitives who robbed this country of taxes or indulged in corruption, and is being distributed in the name of social work to win votes and legalise their corruption and crimes?

Recently, the Ministry of Finance (DEA) of the central government vide its OM No: F.4/1/2010/NS-11 dated 12 April 2010, has issued guidelines for the introduction of anti-money laundering (AML) and combating of terrorism (CFT) measures. It has asked post offices to introduce AML/CFT norms in their small savings schemes.

Soon, post office savings account holders will have to compulsorily affix a photograph, and furnish PAN details on each and every investment. The postal authorities will also do customer due diligence or introduce ‘know your customer’ (KYC) norms, requiring documentary proof and stringent record keeping and reporting norms.

The ‘aam admi’ (small investor) definitely expects the Finance Ministry to find the sources of funds of our aspiring politicians, who invest huge funds in the name of ‘social work’ to get elected and become law makers. will reveal the names of politicians having a nexus with drug mafias.

If the BJP is so serious to eradicate this dangerous trend of releasing confiscated narcotics back into the market, why did Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar go into oblivion after merely suggesting a criminal inquiry by an IPS officer?

The criminal cops as well the drug mafiosos have been released owing to a shabby investigation carried out by Goa Crime Branch officers, to purposely weaken and sabotage this case. They want to safeguard criminal cops and, particularly, a gambler-turned-politician and his kin.

Criminals in power Mario Mendes, Margao What is the significance of the entry of Education Minister Babush Monseratte into the Congress and the shabby investigation into the drug mafia-police nexus? Does Chief Minister Digambar Kamat need criminals to run his government and to survive as the CM of Goa for the next two years?

Congratulations Digambar-bab. Now you

have all types of criminals – smugglers, drug mafias, land mafias, goondas, murderers and, last but not least, criminals who attack the police right in their station – under one roof in your government.

Dow should pay Adelmo Fernandes, Vasco The Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy has recommended a Rs1,300crore package for the victims enhancing the compensation for the kin of the dead and disabled. It is in the fitness of things that the victims of the world’s worst industrial disaster should get a hike in compensation.

The question is, why not make the erring company ‘Union Carbide’, which is now owned by ‘Dow Chemicals’, pay the compensation to the victims? Is it right for the centre to spend taxpayers’ money as compensation, when the government was in no way responsible for the disaster?

The erring foreign company should be made accountable for the untold misery it is causing to the people of Bhopal even to this day.

Frog-Forest nexus?

Cedrick Fernandes, Margao

Paths of Wisdom

Following the celebrated Drugs-Police nexus, I have been wondering about officials from the Forest Department. Already five or six cases have reportedly been booked against frog poachers. But where have the frogs gone? When raids are conducted on eateries serving frog meat, where do the officials of the Forest Department release the frogs?

Into government custody or into the market?

No rule of law Joel Morais, Cuncolim The court’s verdict in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy after 26 years confirms where a common man stands as far as justice is concerned in our beloved country.

The Nadia death case is in the news. The Goa police are doing a great job. But why are the police not giving so much importance to the drug menace in Goa, in which policemen are themselves involved, allegedly with the blessings of politicians in power?

Why is the Miramar sex racket case dead and buried? Has the government been serious about the attack on the Panjim Police station some time ago?

Not just Mickky, but none of the present ministers are clean. Most of them are involved in some or the other racket. One of them even called Goans ‘squealing pigs’, because genuine Goenkars have raised their voice against selling of their beautiful village to outsiders. Now, the minister denies he ever said it!

Nobody says mining is bad. We do understand that a lot of families depend on mining. But everything has a limit, and the mining lobby in Goa has crossed all limits with the blessings of the people in power.

When the people in power are all out to sell Goa, how do we fight to save our beloved motherland? If common people like us come out with our own laws to save our beloved state, the people in power will charge us with being Maoists and what not. Only God can save us.

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Keep Trust and Promise

By Samir Khan

Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that barely did the Holy Messenger (may Allah bless and great him) addressed us without saying: “There is no faith in him who cannot hold a trust and no religion for him who does not keep his promise.” (Baihaqi) The Holy Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless and greet him) used to inculcate the very spirit of Islam in his Companions in a very effective manner. This saying of the prophet brings to light two salient features of the Islamic faith- holding one’s trust and keeping a promise. A person who willingly and knowingly fails to hold one’s trust or keep a promise is a grave sinner - rather a hypocrite in the eyes of Almighty Allah.

When a person is entrusted with some money, secret or power, he is expected to hold it fast. And, if he fails to do so, it is not that he is merely shattering someone’s expectations; in fact, it is his lack of faith, at least to some degree, that manifests itself in his misdeed. Similarly, when a person fails to keep a promise, it is a matter of his faith. What really lurks behind a breach of trust or promise is to cheat one’s fellow beings. In doing so, one fails to keep in view the requirements of piety and sense of accountability. That is why the Holy Messenger (Pbuh) used to warn his companions and by extension all his followers against the consequences of not holding these traits.

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oPinionateD India, Pak exchange proposals on various issues Football in india

By Mauro Fernandes

The greatest sporting spectacle of the world, the football World Cup, kicked- off in South Africa on June 11. Undoubtedly the World Cup is the biggest sporting extravaganza of the universe, even bigger than the Olympics. Thirty-one teams have gone through the gruelling qualifying matches to be part of this great event. Qualifying for the World is a great honour. Brazil and Spain are the bookmakers’ firm favourites. May the best team triumph.

We Indians also, would like India to be part of the World Cup. My heart bleeds for India because World cup after World Cup, India has failed to make it to the mega event. In fact India has been knocked out at very first hurdle itself. Given the current circumstances, India at the World Cup seems like a far-fetched dream. And I am afraid that if present state of affairs of AIFF continues, India would not qualify for the World Cup for another hundred years. The AIFF is in absolute disarray and ‘the beautiful game’ has stagnated in India.

In the 1950s, India was among the best teams of Asia. In fact India even qualified for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil but had to withdraw from the competition as they were not allowed to play barefooted. So what went wrong? When all the other countries have improved leaps and bounds, India continued to lag behind. Who is to be blamed for the sorry affairs of the game in our country? The football administrators, former players are very quick to blame it on cricket. No doubt cricket and cricketers grab all the headlines and attention to other sports is neglected.

But blaming cricket entirely is inappropriate. It is cowardly and unfair to blame others for its own failures. The AIFF should take page from BCCI’s book.

We Indians have very emotional attachment to cricket and Bollywood, and are very passionate about the game. It is like football for Brazil and England. But other sports in these countries continue to flourish because of the hard work and dedication of the respective associations and clubs. Cricket in India flourished only after the World Cup triumph in 1983. BCCI in spite of its many wrongdoings has managed Cricket with a fair amount of authority. What has the AIFF done for the development of the game in India? We have an AIFF president, Mr Priyaranjan Das Munshi who is at its helm of affairs for two decades and only steps down due to ill health. We don’t have proper training facilities in India and the national team has to train in places like Dubai, Portugal etc. The national football league which was launched with much fanfare was a flop. The rechristened ILeague is another fiasco. There is absolutely no focus to develop the game at the grassroots level. The J- League launched in the 1990s in Japan, revolutionized the game in that country and soon Japan qualified for the World Cup in 1998 that was held in France. In the next edition of the World Cup jointly hosted

by Japan and Korea, Japan reached the pre-quarters; a very significant achievement indeed. The South Koreans were the pushovers in the 1990s; but when they co-hosted the tournament in 2002 reached the semi finals that year. That is an incredible improvement in a very short time. Take USA, a country where most of the population is not even aware of football, where American football, baseball and basketball are the major sports.

They qualified for the 1990 World Cup after 50 years. But since then, they have taken long strides in football. They finished runners up in last year’s Confederations Cup, losing narrowly to mighty Brazil. While all the countries have progressed, we have remained dormant. India will be playing in the Asian Cup next year after nearly two decades. As part of the preparations, all the selected players will be housed together for nearly eight months and would not be allowed to play for their clubs during that period. This is something unique and needs to be appreciated. But alas, this would not help much, because you cannot transform mediocre players into champions in eight months.

The standard of football in India is so pathetic that we cannot even compete with teams like Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, leave alone top Asian teams like South Korea, Japan, China and countries of the Middle East. The fact is that sometimes we get beaten even by teams like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Football Clubs in India should also share the responsibility for the low standard of football in our country. Where is there professionalism among the clubs? Players continue to change clubs at will without the parent club getting any transfer fee, so how will the clubs sustain themselves? Most clubs have no proper training facilities leave alone their own play ground.

There is absolutely no stress given to youth academies, the core of any football clubs. There is an absolute lack of vision in most of our clubs. The big Calcutta clubs are satisfied with victory in their local league or a victory in derby matches. The same applies to clubs in Goa as well. There is no importance given to developing the game. We complain that big corporate houses do not support football in India. To get corporate support we need heroes – are there any of these who can be found in the game of football? I am afraid NO. When you have champions who the people can look up to money will easily flow in football.

Look at Boxing; - Vijender Singh has taken boxing in India to a different level. There are so many other sportspersons V Anand(chess), Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupati Sania Mirza Malik(tennis), Saina Nehval(badminton), Pankaj Advani(snooker), etc., who are very successful in their respective sports and are household names in India. Mind you, they are not cricketers.

They are successful due to their talent, sheer hard work and the staunch backing of their Associations.

India with a population of 1.15 billion - the majority of who are youth- can easily have a strong football team which can compete with the best in the World. The AIFF should have a clear vision and a long term plan. The entire football structure in our country needs to be totally remodelled. Forget the next World Cup in Brazil and the next one too. Set the target for the 2022 World Cup. Unearth young talent from across the country and create a nucleus of the team. Provide them with World class training facilities. Give them adequate foreign exposure. Play regular international friendlies against quality teams; impart training to our youth coaches under foreign coaches. If these basics are followed seriously and religiously, the day won t be far when our tricolour will finally flutter at the World Cup.

PTI ISLAMABAD, JUNE 24

In an effort to bridge the trust deficit, India and Pakistan today exchanged proposals on a wide variety of issues bedeviling bilateral ties, including terrorism, humanitarian matters and Jammu and Kashmir.

In a change from the acrimony that has marked their relations since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries — India’s Nirupama Rao and Pakistan’s Salman Bashir — held “cordial and constructive” parleys here in a bid to “understand each other’s position and concerns.”

Rao, the first senior Indian official to travel to Pakistan after the 26/11 attacks, said at a joint press briefing, “We discussed all issues; obviously our core concerns on terrorism were also articulated.”

Sources said that proposals and specific ideas on various issues were exchanged during the meeting. India’s focus was on terrorism and humanitarian issues.

Pakistani sources said they had also discussed ideas relating to Kashmir.

These proposals will be taken back to the political leadership of the two countries so that they can be firmed up and “form the substantial part of

the outcome” of the meeting of the Foreign Ministers scheduled to be held in Islamabad on July 15, the sources said.

However, they did not provide specifics of the proposals offered by both sides but indicated that the talks had gone “very well” and that the Pakistani side listened to India’s concerns without dismissing them out of hand.

During the talks, the Indian side raised the “core concern of terrorism”, including the activities of the Lashkere-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawah as well as the founder both groups, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.

The Indian side noted that Saeed’s “virulently anti-India rhetoric” was not conducive to peace and that Pakistan need to “at least stop such propaganda”, the sources said.

The Indian side also sought to address Pakistan’s concerns about the Indian presence in Afghanistan, saying that the only role being played by New Delhi in that country was developmental in nature.

The sources said the Indian side also made it clear that attacks on Indian assets in Afghanistan could not be “allowed to continue” as it affected relations between New Delhi and Islamabad and created “bad blood and

suspicions”.

The sources said the ongoing re-engagement process could succeed if it started with the “achievable”, including release of prisoners, trade and cross-Line of Control confidence-building measures.

Rao asserted that the orientation of the re-engagement between the two countries was to look at the reasons why there was a trust deficit and how it can be bridged.

Rao noted that Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani had assured his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in Thimphu in April that Pakistan will not allow its soil to be used for terrorist activities against India.

“We believe that it is an important commitment and what we also believe is that we should jointly work together towards our goal of resolution of outstanding issues,” she said.

After his meeting with Rao to prepare the ground for the meeting of the Foreign Ministers in July, Bashir said he felt “much more optimistic” about a good outcome at the talks.

He said the two countries should “work towards restoring confidence and building trust with a view to make it possible to have comprehensive, sustained and substantial dialogue”.

“The meeting was marked with a

sues raised during the parleys.

Describing today’s meeting as a step forward in bilateral relations, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the two countries should build on this development.

“I think this dialogue is a step forward. The fact that the two sides have resumed the dialogue, have agreed to sit together and talk on issues of mutual concerns is an important development.

And we should build on this development,” Qureshi said.

Asked whether the trust deficit can be bridged, he said: “Why not? where there is a will, there is a way.”

Later, speaking to reporters, Bashir refused to go into specifics of what was discussed during his meeting with Rao. “I would not like to go into the specifics of one or the other issue at this point of time. I think what we are trying to do here is to create the right environment. What is in the interest of both countries is to re-engage on each and every issue,” he said.

Asked whether both countries were getting irritated by each other’s core issues, Bashir said, “I think it is not a question of irritation. We realise that there are complex issues on both sides that we have to address.”

Cases can’t be dismissed on mere technicalities: SC PTI NEW DELHI, JUNE 24

Actress Claudia Ciesla learning martial art and actions from Chitaha Yajness Shetty in Mumbai on Thursday.

3 arrested for Delhi serial honour killings PTI GHAZIABAD (UP), JUNE 24

Three youths who allegedly carried out the sensational honour killing of three of their relatives in Delhi on Sunday were today arrested in Garhmukteshwar area here.

Mandeep Nagar (23), Ankit Chaudhury (22) and Nakul Khari (21) were arrested from Garhmukteshwar, about 90 kms from Delhi, and a country made pistol was recovered from them, Senior Superintendent of Police Raghubir Lal said, adding they have also seized a car.

The three were on the run after allegedly killing Ankit’s sister Monica, 24, along with her husband Kuldeep, 26, for marrying in a different caste, and Mandeep’s 22-year-old sister Shobha, who too had eloped with a man belonging to a different case.

The accused carried out the three murders on the same day— June 20, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Brij Lal said in Lucknow.

First they killed Shobha after asking her to meet them. They shot her in her car. Then they called Kuldeep to meet them and killed him. Later his wife Monica was murdered at her home, he

said.

The youths said that the villagers would insult them by pointing out that their sisters had married outside the caste and they could not take the humiliation, Lal said.

After the murders, the three escaped to Uttarakhand and there were reports that they were moving around in Dehradun, Rishikesh and Musoorie but there was tip off today that they were located in Garhmukteshwar, where police arrested them.

Lal said they were being taken to Ghaziabad and Delhi Police has been informed.

Police had yesterday announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 each for anyone providing information on them.

The three were presented before the media here by the police.

Earlier, Delhi Police took Mandeep’s uncle Dharmaveer Nagar and friend Nitin, who allegedly gave provocative statements justifying the murders, into preventive custody.

“We have taken them into preventive custody under Sections 107 (Security for keeping peace in the other cases) and 151 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offence) of the Cr PC,” DCP (north-west) N S Bundela said in Delhi.

Perceive bigger dreams to be successful: Dr Hegde HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, JUNE 24

Former sheriff of Mumbai Dr Jagannath Hegde has urged the youngsters to perceive bigger dreams to attain success in life.

Dr Hegde was speaking at an award function that was held at Mumbai.

‘Maitri’, a NGO and ‘Savali’ Educational Institution had jointly organized the function that was held at the Dadar-Matunga Cultural Center.

Chief of Belgaum edition of Tarun Bharat daily Upendra Bajikar, veteran actress Sulabha Deshpande and renowned hotelier Vitthal Kamat and others were felicitated for special contributions in their respective fields.

Despite adverse situation for Marathi language in the border areas of Karnataka, more so in case of Marathi journalism, Bajikar has proven his mettle by his valuable contributions in Marathi journalism.

Upendra, who has been in journalism for more than 15 years, has covered topics of diverse interests through his reporting.

The award carries a citation signed by the Maharashtra chief minister, a medal, a trophy and a certificate.

Incidentally, Upendra is the first journalist from Belgaum to have received this honour.

great deal of cordiality, sincerity and earnestness. The dialogue was very constructive...We have been able to review comprehensively the state of our bilateral relations. All issues of concern and interests were touched upon,” Bashir said.

Rao said the discussions were not merely “exploratory” as the two sides tried to “understand each other’s position”. She said both countries must “deny the terrorist elements any opportunity to derail the peace process.”

Rao and Bashir also brushed aside a question on the nomenclature for the ongoing engagement and said the two sides should focus on “serious, sustained and comprehensive” talks instead of issues like a roadmap.

Both Foreign Secretaries noted that Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram and his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik would discuss terrorism on the sidelines of a SAARC Interior Ministers meeting on June 26 and hoped that it will help in strengthening and solidifying efforts to address the menace.

Unlike their last meeting in New Delhi on February 25, both sides were today cautious in articulating their positions before the media on various is-

Upendra Bajikar receives an award from Dr Jagannathrao Hegde in the presence of Sulabha Dehshpande, Makarand Vangnekar and Sanjay Salgaonkar.

Kurla serial murders suspect remanded PTI MUMBAI, JUNE 24

A local court today remanded a 41-year-old man arrested for allegedly trying to abduct a minor girl in suburban Kurla, to police custody till June 29.

The police sought the custody of the arrested person, Kamlesh Sharma in order to interrogate if he was involved in the serial rape and murders of three minor girls at Nehru Nagar in Kurla since February this year.

Sharma, an auto rickshaw driver, was arrested yesterday after he was nabbed by local residents when he was trying to lure a seven-year-old with money and chocolates.

According to the residents, Sharma offered the girl Rs 10 and told her he would give her chocolates if she accompanied him to his house. When she started crying, people around got suspicious and nabbed Sharma.

Since February this year, three minor girls from Nehru Nagar were kidnapped, raped and murdered. While the first two incidents were reported on February 9 and March 7, the third came to light when the body of a nineyear-old girl was found inside a room in an abandoned building on June 19 after she had gone missing on June 6.

The body of the first victim was recovered from the terrace of a building in the police residential quarters in Nehru Nagar and the body of the second victim was found from a drain in the area.

The police today informed the Kurla metropolitan magistrate that it wants to take the DNA samples of Sharma and to also interrogate him with regard to the three rapes and murder cases.

The Supreme Court has held that cases cannot be dismissed by courts on mere technicalities like delay in filing appeals/petitions as the issue involved has to be fought on merits by the disputing parties.

The apex court said unless malafide intent is shown on the part of the petitioner/appellants, courts should normally deal with the case on merits.

“It is the duty of the court to see to it that justice should be done between the parties. It is pertinent to point out that unless malafides are writ large on the conduct of the party, generally as a normal rule, delay should be condoned.

“In the legal arena, an attempt should always be made to allow the matter to be contested on merits rather than to throw it out on such technicalities,” a bench of Justices Deepak Verma and K S Radhakrishnan said in its order.

The apex court passed the order while upholding an appeal filed by the Improvement Trust, Ludhiana, challenging the concurrent orders passed by the District Judge and the Punjab and Har yana High Court.

The two lower courts had ear-

lier dismissed the Trust’s appeal challenging a civil court’s decision to auction the Trust property towards realisation of money for paying compensation to certain owners whose land were acquired by it in 1992.

The Trust’s appeal was dismissed by the two courts on the ground that it was filed two months beyond the period of limitation.

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Obama, Singh to meet PTI WASHINGTON, JUNE 24

US President Barack Obama would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Toronto, during which the two leaders would discuss a range of issues, a senior Obama administration official said on Thursday.

"I think this will be an important opportunity for the (US) President to continue to foster the close relationship that he has with Prime Minister Singh," a senior administration official told reporters.

Obama will be meeting Singh soon after his meeting with the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

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SAARC members exchange lists of banned groups PTI ISLAMABAD, JUNE 24

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation member nations have exchanged lists of banned groups during preparatory meetings ahead of a conference of Interior Ministers of the regional grouping here on June 26.

The lists of banned groups were exchanged during a meeting of the SAARC Terrorist Offences Monitoring Desk here yesterday, officials said.

The SAARC countries also expressed their determination to root out terrorism through a

joint mechanism. The list prepared by Pakistan comprised 21 proscribed groups.

The SAARC countries also shared information on the working of banned organisations in their respective territories.

Pakistan briefed the other member countries on its ongoing anti-militancy operations, including the drive against the Taliban in the country's northwest.

The participants expressed concern over the spread of militancy in the region and called for a joint strategy to counter the problem, officials said.

A meeting of the SAARC Drug Offences Monitoring Desk was also held yesterday, and participants discussed the need for a border control management system in member countries to counter the smuggling of narcotics and weapons.

Two separate meetings on immigration-related matters and cooperation in police matters are scheduled for Thursday while the Interior Secretaries of the eight SAARC countries, including India and Pakistan, will meet tomorrow.

These meetings will prepare the grounds for the conference

Canadian PM apologises to families of Kanishka victims PTI TORONTO, JUNE 24

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday offered a formal apology to families of the victims of the Air-India Kanishka bombings on the 25th anniversary of the worst terror attack in the country's history.

"Some wounds are too deep to be healed even by the remedy of time," Harper said yesterday at Air India memorial in Humber Bay Park here. "We are sorry."

The destruction of Air India Flight 182 "was, and remains, the single worst act of terrorism in Canadian history," he said, adding terrorism is "an enemy with a thousand faces, and a hatred that festers in the darkest spots of the human mind."

"This was evil. Perpetrated by cowards. Despicable...Senseless... And vicious," Harper said.

The statement follows 'damning indictment' of last week by former Supreme Court Justice John C Major report blaming a "cascading series of errors" by the Canadian government.

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case on professional lines,” he said on the sidelines of the swearing in ceremony of Vishwajit Rane at Raj Bhavan.

Asked why the police had still not made any efforts to question Atala’s girlfriend who blew the whistle on the police-drug mafia nexus by uploading video on youtube, Bassi stated the police has done everything possible to contact her.

“We will definitely meet her and if necessary we will send a team to Sweden to question Lucky,” Bassi remarked.

So far all the seven persons arrested in the case six police officials, including Police Inspector Ashish Shirodkar, and a drug dealer (Atala) have already been released on bail for lack of evidence.

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the Supreme Court for reconsideration of its judgement of September 9, 1996, by which the “graver sections” of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) were quashed against the accused and the trial was confined to offence under Section 304 (A), Soni said.

The dilution of charges had ensured that the accused could get only two years of maximum imprisonment.

There has been a national outrage over quantum of punishment after the Bhopal trial court gave the maximum punishment to some of the accused on June 7.

The Cabinet decided that an appeal will be filed in the Sessions Court against the judgment of the trial court to correct the error in the sentences imposed on the accused under different sections, Soni said.

The errors pertain to the term of imprisonment (Section 338), the amount of fine (Section 304A), and the direction that the sentences shall run concurrently.

The attorney general will examine whether a curative petition could be filed in the Supreme Court for reconsideration of the compensation amount earlier settled at US $470 million, the minister said.

Appropriate applications will be filed before the courts concerned and request the courts, especially the High Court, to expeditiously decide the question of liability of the Dow Chemicals Company and/ or any other successor to UCC/UCIL, she said.

To repeated questions on who was liable for the tragedy, Soni said the attorney general will examine the issue. “We have to wait for the AG’s advice,” she said.

Dalton McGuinty, Toronto Mayor David Miller, Indian High Commissioner to Canada S M Gavai and senior officials of RCMP and Canadian Security Intelligence Services were also present on the occasion.

The ill-fated Montreal-New Delhi Air India Kanishka flight via Toronto and London exploded mid-air 45 minutes before it was to land at London's Heathrow Airport, killing all 329 people on board, most of whom were Canadians of Indian descent.

Memorials marking the 25th anniversary of the Air India bombings were also held in Ottawa and Vancouver.

Canadian Transport Minister John Baird attended the Ottawa ceremony while Asia-Pacific Gateway Minister Stockwell Day joined the victims' families at the Vancouver memorial. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's message on the occasion was also readout at the gathering.

Mourners and dignitaries on Wednesday observed a minute's silence to honour the victims during an annual service at a

memorial garden in the remote Sheeps Head peninsula on Ireland's West Cork coast.

The gathering fell silent at 8:13 am (local time), the moment Flight 182 disappeared from radar screens.

Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Michael Martin said the "tragic events had forged unbreakable bonds between the people of three continents."

of SAARC Interior Ministers on June 26.

Home Minister P Chidambaram, who is set to arrive in Islamabad tomorrow, will also hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik on the sidelines of the SAARC meet.

Officials said the agenda for

the Interior Ministers' meeting will include a counter-terrorism strategy, human trafficking, visa issues, enforcement of drug laws, smuggling of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, cooperation in police matters and an informationsharing mechanism.

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Malaysia announces 2010 Mega Sale Carnival

Hike in petrol, diesel rates looks imminent PTI NEW DELHI, JUNE 24

PANJIM (HBD) – Malaysia will be organising the 2010 Mega Sale Carnival from July 24 to September 16, 2010.

‘Shop And Save’ is the theme of the carnival and on offer will be major brands and the latest introductions – from electronics to apparel, home décor to holiday packages, as well as entertainment activities, all at fabulous prices.

The Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival offers a spread of bargains, discounts, promotions and activities to shoppers in association with leading shopping malls, department stores, retailers and even vendors from street markets and industry partners.

Many of the shopping centers organize special entertainment events, food promotions, attractive incentive programs and fantastic contests to add more excitement to the overall shopping experience.

At present, Tourism Malaysia’s shopping secretariat is organising events and incentives for shoppers, such as the ‘1 Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival Shopping Card’ which offers discounts at participating retail outlets, special rates for rail travel, excess baggage allowance on local / international flights, a MasterCard contest and redemption card, among others.

An increase in the rates of petrol and, possibly, diesel looks imminent with a panel of ministers set to meet tomorrow for deciding on the fuel pricing policy.

An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) may go with Oil Minister Murli Deora's proposal to free petrol prices from government control, which would trigger a hike of Rs 3.73 a litre, official sources said

Workshop on e-filing of TDS returns

Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) said the Reserve Bank has classified the company as an infrastructure finance company, which will help the term lender access cheaper resources. IDFC has been classified by the Reserve Bank of India as infrastructure finance company within overall classification of NBFC, the term lender informed the BSE. The status given to the company would allow it mobilise funds at lower cost and get flexibility in the infrastructure lending, sources said. In Feb, RBI had created a separate entity for NBFC -- Infrastructure Finance Companies (IFCs)-- as infrastructure plays a critical role in the growth of economy.

IFCs are not subject to the borrower limits, which restrict NBFCs from lending to any single borrower by 10% of its owned fund, and any single group of borrowers by 15% of its owned fund.

Simar Singh Negi, Commissioner, Income Tax seen addressing the workshop

PANJIM (HBD) -- The Income Tax Department, Goa organised a workshop at the Surendrababu Timblo Hall in Panjim on e-filing of TDS Returns for the TDS deductors in Goa, recently. The workshop was organized in association with Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Sandip Bhandare, chairman, Taxation Committee of GCCI welcomed all the participants and introduced the Income tax Officials. In his introductory remarks he also placed before the Officials of the Income Department, some of the difficulties faced by the Tax Deductors.

Simar Singh Negi, Commissioner, Income Tax explained the importance of TDS deduction and its proper reporting to the department. She explained that there were many discrepancies in the returns being filed by the TDS deductors and showed readiness of the department to educate the TDS deductors and also address all the difficulties encountered by them.

Jayanti Angayarkannig D, Asst Commissioner made a presentation on common mistakes made by the TDS Deductors while filing returns, due dates for tax payment and return filings etc.

The TDS deductors were also given a detailed presentation on various aspects of e-filing of TDS returns and revisions of the same. The workshop was also addressed by Manoj Joshi, Addl Commissioner, S Sunderrajan - Asst Commissioner and Hanumantappa Dasar, ITO. The workshop was well attended by TDS deductors from all parts of Goa and ended with a question answer session.

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Sunstech now in Goa PANJIM (HBD) – K R K Electronics Pvt Ltd has launched Sunstech brand of audio, video and digital products in Goa recently. K R K Electronics Pvt Ltd, are the Sole distributors for Sunstech for India, has more than 3 decades’ experience in manufacturing and trading of automotive spare parts and electronics throughout India.

The Japan based Sunstech is a leading image and sound player and is already present in 15 countries worldwide. Their consumer electronics and digital products include LCD TVs / DVD Combo, DVD Players, MP3/MP4 Players, home theaters, Hi-Fi music systems, radios and clock radios, car audio / video systems, digital photo frames, portable audio, iPod dock speakers and audio/video accessories like headphones, chargers etc.

The consumer electronic products will be available in Goa through Vibes, Margao.

Sensex ends flat; IT, auto stocks gain PTI

MUMBAI, JUNE 23

A buying rush at IT and auto counters in the last hours of trading helped the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex recover early losses and end the day flat.

Mirroring a weak trend in Asia, the 30-share index shed 120 points in early trade. However, buying picked up in the closing hours on expectations that the US Federal Reserve will leave the benchmark rate unchanged at near-zero level today.

The Sensex finally ended the day up 6.25 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 17,755.94. The wide-based 50-share Nifty Index of the National Stock Exchange, too, ended flat at 5,323.15 points, up 0.12 per cent.

RBI classifies IDFC as infra finance Co PTI MUMBAI, JUNE 24

here.

There was near-unanimity in the eight-member EGoM on bringing about market-linked prices for petrol, a fuel generally used by the well-off, but it remains to be seen if the Rs 3.73 per litre hike would come into effect immediately or in two equal installments.

However, sources said that freeing diesel prices was out of the question because the fuel was used by the transport and agriculture sector and, there-

fore, had close links with the inflation rate.

Railway Minister (TMC leader) Mamata Banerjee and Agriculture Minister (NCP supremo) Sharad Pawar are said to be against decontrolling diesel rates, and the EGoM may settle for a nominal hike instead.

Diesel prices may be raised

by Rs 2 per litre instead of the Rs 3.80 hike needed to make it market-linked, they said.

Also on the cards is a Rs 25

RIL acquires shale gas property in US for $1.3 b PTI NEW DELHI, JUNE 24

Reliance Industries today said it will pay USD 1.3 billion to acquire 45 per cent stake in Pioneer Natural Resources'' shale gas assets south of Texas -- its second purchase in the US in three months.

RIL will pay USD 1.315 billion to Pioneer and its partner Newpek LLC to get 45 per cent of about 263,000 net acres of Eagle Ford Shale, the company said in a statement.

The acreage in south of Texas has 10 trillion cubic feet of resource potential, according to Pioneer, which will continue to be operator at the property. Shale gas is natural gas stored in organic-rich sedimentary rocks.

It is considered an unconventional source as the gas may be attached to or "absorbed" onto organic matter.

The Eagle Ford Shale currently produces 28 million cubic feet per day of gas from five wells

and Pioneer believes the acreage can support drilling of over 1,750 wells.

RIL said it will pay USD 263 million up front and fund USD 1.1 billion of Pioneer and Newpek LLC''s future drilling costs.

The deferred payment will be made over four years.

Billionaire Mukesh Ambanirun RIL had bought 40 per cent interest in Atlas Energy Inc''s Marcellus shale-gas assets in Pennsylvania in April for USD 1.7 billion. Pioneer had 84 per cent interest in the Eagle Ford Shale formations while Newpek LLC had the balance 16 per cent.

Post RIL entry, Pioneer would hold 46 per cent and Newpek LLC 9 per cent. "This transaction represents another significant milestone in RIL''s efforts to grow its North American shale gas operations," company Executive Director P M S Prasad said.

Additionally, RIL and Pioneer have executed definitive agree-

Hyundai may relaunch Elantra; Santa Fe in Oct PTI CHANDIGARH, JUNE 24

The country's second largest carmaker, Hyundai Motor India, today said it may relaunch premium sedan Elantra, which was phased out in 2007 due to dwindling sales, in the country.

Apart from this, the company will roll out its SUV Santa Fe in October this year which will carry a price tag between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 22 lakh a unit.

"We are reviewing the relaunch of our Elantra in the country which will be subject to the growth in the market size of the premium segment," company's senior directo Y K Koo told reporters here today.

However, Koo did not reveal about the likely timeframe of its relaunch.

"The market for premium segment in which Elantra fits in is just 3 per cent of total market size of cars in the country.

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per cylinder hike in domestic LPG rates and a marginal increase in kerosene prices, but these would have to pass the muster of Banerjee and Pawar.

The two party leaders, who provide crucial support to the UPA government, had skipped the first meeting of the EGoM on June 7. This led to the panel head, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, postponing the decision.

Sources said that DMK leader and Fertiliser Minister M

But this market is growing," he said.

Hyundai phased out luxury sedan Elantra in 2007 in view of its low sales in the country.

It was placed in the most competitive segment with other models including Toyota

Corolla, Honda Civic, Skoda Octavia etc.

Asked about new launches, Koo said that the company is expecting to roll out its SUV Santa Fe in the second half of this year. "Santa Fe may be launched in the month of October and its price can be in the range of Rs 20 lakh to Rs 22 lakh which will be very competitive," he said.

Koo further said that the

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company attained 31 per cent growth in sales during the period between January and May this year. "The whole auto industry grew by 27 per cent in January-May but we post growth of 31 per cent," he said.

Stating that the company infused a sum of Rs 70 crore in developing new 'Verna Transform', Koo said that the new launch would fuel the sales of Verna from 1,500 units per month to 2,000 units a month.

The company has so far sold 82,000 units of Verna since its launch in September 2006.

On expanding its network, he said company would take the total strength of its dealers to 320 by this year end from 290 at present.

Currently, company's i10 model constitutes highest share of 40-50 per cent in its total sales. Hyundai achieved sales of 5.6 lakh units in 2009, out of which 2.7 lakh units were exported.

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ments to form a midstream joint venture that will service the gathering needs of the upstream joint venture. RIL''s subsidiary, Reliance Eagleford Midstream LLC, will pay USD 46 million to acquire a 49.9 per cent interest in the joint venture.

"Pioneer and Reliance will have equal governing rights in the joint venture and Pioneer will serve as operator." Shale gas, also called unconventional gas, is the industry term to describe the fuel trapped in shale formations, coal beds and impermeable sandstone rock.

Shale gas deposits weren''t considered economically viable before Houston billionaire George P Mitchell pioneered new extraction techniques in the 1990s.

Barclays Capital Inc and UBS Securities LLC acted as financial advisors to RIL for the Pioneer deal.

Baker Botts LLP acted as legal counsel to RIL.

Raymond exits home retail biz MUMBAI: Textiles and apparels maker Raymond Ltd has closed its home retail business after two years of operations as part of a consolidation move, it said on Thursday.

Raymond ran the home retail business under the Be:Home brand which sold home textiles and related accessories. The segment was not doing well at all, nor in a way the company had anticipated it to work.

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K Alagiri have agreed to an increase in auto fuel prices.

With global crude oil trading at below USD 80 a barrel, Deora is seeing this as the last opportunity to usher in reforms in the sector which, otherwise, would need Rs 74,300 crore in doles to bridge the gap between retail prices and import costs.

Freeing of petrol prices would reduce the Rs 74,300crore deficit by about Rs 5,000 crore. A one rupee per litre hike in diesel prices would cut losses by Rs 3,800-4,000 crore.

Deora had, on more than one occasion, briefed the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mukherjee on the crisis that

would befall oil PSUs if no decision was taken in this regard.

But the UPA government seems wary of freeing fuel prices as such a move can add to the already-high inflation.

In May, WPI-based inflation provisionally entered double digits at 10.16 per cent.

State oil firms currently lose about Rs 215 crore per day on selling fuel below the imported cost.

At present, petrol is being sold at Rs 3.73 a litre below its cost, diesel at a loss of Rs 3.80 per litre, kerosene at Rs 18.82 a litre and domestic LPG at a discount of Rs 261.90 on every 14.2-kg cylinder.

MF FUNDA UTI MUTUAL FUND has approved June 24, 2010 as the record date for declaration of tax-free dividend under dividend option of 10% for UTI Banking Sector Fund. The face value of per unit is Rs 10.

All unitholders registered under the dividend option of UTI Banking Sector Fund as on June 24, 2010 will be eligible for this dividend. Also investors who join the dividend option of the fund on or before the record date will be eligible for the dividend.

FIDELITY MUTUAL FUND has approved June 28, 2010 as the record date for declaration of dividend under dividend option of Fidelity Flexi Gilt Fund. The face value of per unit is Rs 10.

The quantum of dividend will be Rs. 0.10 per unit as on the record date.

BHARTI AXA MUTUAL FUND has approved June 28, 2010 as the record date for declaration of dividend under quarterly dividend option in regular plan of Bharti AXA Short Term Income Fund.

The face value of per unit is Rs 10.

The quantum of dividend will be Rs 0.155 per unit as on the record date.

HDFC MUTUAL FUND has filed an offer document with SEBI to launch HDFC Cancer Cure Fund, a 3 year close ended capital protection oriented income scheme.

The scheme is a joint initiative with Indian Cancer Society to fight against cancer. Donations made by the unit holders out of the dividend declared by the scheme to Indian Cancer Society are exempted from income tax under Section 80G of Income-tax Act, 1961. The NFO price for the scheme will be Rs 10 per unit.

The scheme shall offer only dividend option with payout facility.

Entry and exit load charge will not be applicable for the scheme.

Minimum application amount will be Rs 50,000 and in multiples of Rs 1,000 thereafter. The minimum subscription (target) amount of Rs 10 million is expected to be raised during the NFO period.

The scheme`s performance will be benchmarked against Crisil Short Term Bond Fund Index. The fund manager of the scheme will be Anil Bamboli.

TATA MUTUAL FUND has approved June 29, 2010 as the record date for declaration of dividend under dividend option of Tata SIP Fund Scheme II. The quantum of dividend will be entire distributable surplus available on the record date.

Tata SIP Fund Scheme II is a 36 months close ended hybrid scheme with the primary objective to achieve a long term growth.

The scheme seeks to achieve investment objective by investing systematically in the equity/equity related instruments.

The AMC also approved June 29, 2010 as the record date for declaration of dividend under quarterly dividend option in Regular Investment and Institutional Plan of Tata Fixed Income Portfolio Fund - Scheme B3. The face value of per unit is Rs 10.

The quantum of dividend will be entire returns generated between March 22, 2010 to June 29, 2010 subject to availability of distributable surplus.

L&T MUTUAL FUND has launched a new fund named as L&T FMP - I (June91D A), a close ended income scheme.

The NFO price for the scheme is Rs 10 per unit. The new issue opens and closes for subscription on June 24, 2010. The duration of the scheme is 91 days. The scheme offers two options namely growth and dividend (payout) option.

The minimum application amount is Rs 5,000 and in multiples of Re 1 thereafter. The fund seeks to collect a minimum subscription (minimum target) amount of Rs 10 million under the scheme during the NFO period. Entry and exit load charge will be nil for the scheme. Benchmark Index for the scheme is CRISIL Liquid Fund Index. The scheme will be managed by Bekxy Kuriakose.

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India crush Lanka, lift Asia Cup PTI DAMBULLA, JUNE 24

A 15-year-old title drought came to an end as India won the Asia Cup cricket tournament after crushing defending champions Sri Lanka by 81 runs in a lopsided final here today.

Electing to bat first, India posted a competitive 268 for six and then defended the total without much hiccup with the seamers producing a scintillating performance, skittling out the hosts for 187 in 44.4 overs.

This was India's first Asia Cup triumph since Mohammad Azharuddin had led them to the title in Sharjah in 1995. On that occasion also, India had beaten Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final The Indian seam attack rose

to the challenge when it mattered the most, accounting for the scalps of Tillakaratne Dilshan (0), Upul Tharanga (16), Mahela Jayawardene (11), Angelo Mathews (0) and captain Kumar Sangakkara (17) in just 16 overs.

Sri Lanka never recovered from those telling blows. But for Kapugedera's unbeaten 55 of 88 balls, which was laced with four boundaries and a six, the match would have ended sooner.

Nehra was the most successful Indian bowler with four for 40 while Zaheer Khan and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets apiece by conceding 36 and 29 runs respectively. Praveen Kumar chipped in with one wicket.

Praveen Kumar struck first blood when he had Dilshan

INDIA: G Gambhir run out (Tharanga) 15, D Karthik c Jayawardene b Kandamby 66, V Kohli c Sangakkara b Malinga 28,.

MS Dhoni c Kulasekara b Kandamby 38, R Sharma c Maharoof b Kulasekara 41, S Raina lbw b Malinga 29, R Jadeja not out 25, Harbhajan not out 7. Extras: 19. Total: 268 for 6.Fall of wickets: 38-1, 100-2, 146-3, 167-4, 217-5, 249-6.

Bowling: N Kulasekara 9-0-44-1, L Malinga 10-0-57-2, F Maharoof 60-41-0, A Mathews 3-1-16-0, M Muralitharan 10-0-34-0, T Kandamby 7-0-37-2, T Dilshan 5-0-30-0.

SRI LANKA: U Tharanga b Khan 16, T Dilshan c Harbhajan b Kumar 0, K Sangakkara c Khan b Nehra 17, M Jayawardene c Dhoni b Nehra 11, A Mathews c Dhoni b Nehra 0, T Kandamby run out (Kohli) 31, C Kapugedera not out 55, F Maharoof c Dhoni b Khan 10, N Kulasekara st Dhoni b Jadeja 20, L Malinga c Jadeja b Nehra 7, M Muralitharan c Dhoni b Jadeja 2. Extras: 18. Total: 187 all out. Fall of wickets: 5-1, 31-2, 50-3, 50-4, 51-5, 104-6, 132-7, 168-8, 177-9, 187-10. Bowling: P Kumar 9-1-29-1, Z Khan 8-2-36-2, A Nehra 9-0-40-4, Harbhajan 9-030-0, V Kohli 3-0-16-0, R Jadeja 6.4-0-29-2.

Man-of-the-match: D Karthik.

Man-of-the-series: S Afridi.

State kho kho teams HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, JUNE 24

Dipesh Velip will lead the State boys team for 21st Sub-Junior National Kho Kho championship to be held in Dehradun from June 25 to 29.

The other members of the squad: Divinho Miranda, Ravi Velip, Prakash Hoorinahalli, Akash Naik, Jayant Gaonkar, M a h e s h G a o n ka r, L o ke s h Lamani, Mohammed Sadiq Shaikh, Aditya Loliyenkar, Suraj Velip, Suresh Das. Arjun Gaonkar, BV Kargal will accompany as coach and manager respectively.

Savita Naik has been named captain of the girls team. The other members Sonia Gaonkar, Samitsha Velip, Pratiksha Velip, Supriya Velip, Aishwarya Naik, Ashwini Velip, Sonal Velip, Priyanka Velip, Christal Fernandes, Akhita Shirodkar, Bhavana Velip. Anjali Gaonkar (coach) and Khushali Velip (manager).

GCA bye-laws amended HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, JUNE 24

The Goa Cricket Association has amended the bye-laws to expand the managing committee to 15 members from the present 12.

Seven nominations were received for the posts and the following members withdrew their nominations: Anil Pokle, Desh Kinlekar, Subhash Phadte and Daya Pagi.

Following members who got elected unopposed are Vivek Pednekar, Prakash Phadte and Zamir Carol.

The meeting to be held on June 27 stands cancelled, the GCA stated.

Blindfold chess

PANJIM (HSD) – The first blindfold chess team championship will be organized by Chess Activity Centre in July/August. The championship is a team event of 3 players, move announcer, move writer and move player on demo board.

The first demonstration of blindfold chess team event will be held on June 26 between 4 and 6 p.m. at the International Centre, Dona Paula.

The event will be held every Saturday for next five weeks at the same venue.

caught at mid-on, an attempted pull from outside off stump ballooning to Harbhajan Singh inside the 30-yard circle.

Even as Sri Lanka had recovered from Dilshan's fall in the first over, Zaheer Khan, bowling with great verve and zing, castled Tharanga. The ball broke back to hit off stump as the left hander shouldered arms.

Taking over from Zaheer (50-17-1) from the pavilion end, Ashish Nehra struck thrice in seven balls to break the Sri Lankan spine.

Shackled and deprived runs by the Indian quicks, Jayawardene jabbed at a short of a length Nehra delivery for skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to complete a regulation catch.

Angelo Mathews walked into the cauldron, hoping to steer his side out of troubled waters.

But the batting all-rounder lasted all but two deliveries, wafting his bat a distant Nehra delivery for Dhoni to do the rest.

The pressure seemed to have got to Sangakkara. Sedate until the fall of Jayawerdene's wicket at 50, the Sri Lankan captain threw his willow at a short Nehra delivery only to see Zaheer Khan come under the ball at the midon.

Staggering on the ropes at 51 for 5, Sri Lanka were virtually out of the contest. However, Thilina Kandamby and Chamara Kapugedera (55 not out) waged

a grim battle, posting 53 runs for the sixth wicket.

Once Kandamby (31) succumbed to a run out in the 30th over, the rest of the Sri Lankan batting withered under pressure and India made amends of their seven-wicket loss to the same opponents in their last league

match two days back.

Earlier, Dinesh Karthik (66) struck a fighting half-century as India scored a competitive 268 for six.

Except for opener Gautam Gambhir, each of the top order batsmen made their contributions after India opted to bat

Sania, Paes win opening doubles matches PTI LONDON, JUNE 24

Out of contention in singles, Sania Mirza was off to a winning start in women's doubles event as the Indian and her Dane partner Caroline Wozniacki notched up a straight-sets victory to enter the second round of Wimbledon here.

Sania, who lost in the very first round of the singles event, and Wozniacki beat local favourites Anne Keothavong and Melanie South 6-4 6-1.

The Indo-Dane pair will now be up against the winners of the match between the RussianCzech team of Maria Kondratieva and Vladimira Uhlirova and the 11th seeded Zimbabwean-Slovak combination of Cara Black and Daniela Hantuchova.

There was more good news for India in the men's doubles event with old warhorse Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy winning their opening round match.

Third seeds Paes and Dlouhy shrugged off a one-set deficit to beat South African Rik De Voest and German Mischa Zverev 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3 in a hardfought contest.

Paes and Dlouhy will next face winners of the match between Colombians Alejandro Falla and Santiago Giraldo and the Slovak-Ukrainian pairing of Lukas Lacko and Sergiy Stakhovsky.

Indian ace Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi sailed into the

second round scoring a straightset victory over the Argentine duo of Maximo Gonzalez and Sebastian Prieto. The fourthseeded Indo-Belarus pair won 7-5, 6-1, 7-5.

They now meet the British duo of Jamie Delgado and Joshua Goodall in the second round.

The Jamie-Joshua duo beat the Spanish pair of Nicolas Almagro and Santiago Ventura 57, 7-6, 6-1 6-3 in another opening round match.

AIFF fines Dempo, Sporting HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, JUNE 24

The AIFF’s Appeal Committee levied a fine of Rs 2 lakh on Dempo Sports Club for not releasing two of their players for the National camp held in Goa. Similarly, the earlier decision taken by its Disciplinary Committee of imposing a fine of Rs 2 lakh on Sporting Clube de Goa following the manhandling of the referee by one of their supporters at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda has also been upheld by the Appeals Committee.

Dempo’s case was that their players, Mahesh Gawli and Sameer Naik, were declared unfit by the team’s doctor and as such could not be released for the camp, whereas the AIFF had maintained that it would

be the federation’s doctor who would do the medical evaluation of the players in question and rule over their fitness.

However, the players were declared fit by the team’s doctor later on and they were allowed to join the National camp by the India coach a few days before the camp could come to a close.

The matter was referred to the AIFF’s Disciplinary Committee which levied a fine on the club. Aggrieved, the club filed an appeal, wherein it was decided that the fine of Rs 2 lakh had to be paid by the club. That apart, the Appeals Committee imposed the cost of Rs 50,000 over and above the fine on the club. Both the fine and the cost should be

Goa gear up for Santosh Trophy HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, JUNE 24

The Goa Santosh Trophy probables will start their training from July 12, at Chowgule college ground, Margao.

The 35 players will be under the watchful eyes of coach Mariano Dias and manager Lawrence Gomes. The pair has been brought back into the fold after their successful winning campaign last June.

The players will be reduced to 20 before flying off to Kolkata for their first match on July 30. The tournament will start on July 15, but Goa alongwith last years semi-fi-

nalists will join the championship at the quarter-final group stage.

Goa are placed in Group A which also includes Services.

Bengal and Tamil Nadu have been allotted Group B. Speaking to Herald, Lawrence Gomes said, “We have a good group of hard working players and I believe we will take each game in stride and put our best foot forward.”

Goa will be without key players such as Mahesh Gawli, Climax Lawrence and Anthony Pereira who will be doing duty with the Indian National team.

paid by the club in 15 days from receipt of the letter, stated AIFF. In Sporting Clube de Goa’s case, the Appeals Committee upheld the decisions taken earlier by the Disciplinary Committee after perusing the documents. The 12-month suspension imposed on Sporting fan who manhandled the referee was upheld and the club fined Rs 2 lakh. It also imposed the cost of Rs 20,000 over and above the fine.

Both the fine and the cost should be paid by the Club in 15 days from receipt of the letter, the AIFF said.

The suspension for a period of 12 months on Haryana coach Keshav Dutt and manager Hans Raj would remain for a period

of 12 months, the AIFF stated adding that the suspension will be confined to activities of Haryana Football Association and not on all- India basis as decided earlier.

The suspension of players – Yogesh, Navdeep, Jaipal, Bachhan, Dheeraj and Deepak Narval from all football activities has been reduced to six months by the Appeals Committee.

The fine of Rs 20,000 imposed on Haryana Football Association was upheld by the Appeals Committee and the association has been given strong warning that if any such incident is repeated by anyone of its teams or by Haryana Football Association in future, the concerned team will be debarred from playing for a period of one year.

Goa to host 2nd India-Aussies ODI on October 22 galore. Oct 19: 1st ODI in Kochi. Oct 22: 2nd ODI in Goa. Goa will host the second ODI Oct 24: 3rd ODI in Vishakapatagainst Australia on October 22 nam. while big time cricket is returnNew Zealand visit: Nov 4-8: ing to Kerala with first ODI tie 1st Test in Ahmedabad. Nov 12in the 16: 2nd India v Australia IndiaTest in Australia • October 2-6 First Test - Mohali Kanpur. s e v e n - • October 10-14 Second Test - Bangalore Nov 20m a t c h • October 19 First ODI - Kochi 24: 3rd O D I s e - • October 22 Second ODI - Goa Test in ries be- • October 24 Third ODI - Vishakapatnam M u m ginning bai. in October.

ODI venues (schedule of Australia visit: Sep 27-29, matches to be decided later, three-day practice match at based on logistics): Bangalore, Mohali. Oct 2-6: 1st Test at Mo- Mohali, Chennai, Guwahati and hali. Oct 10-14: 2nd Test in Ban- Hyderabad.

PTI KOCHI, JUNE 24

on a true wicket.

Man-of-the-match Karthik looked like he has sealed himself a place in the squad for the triseries against Sri Lanka and New Zealand with a pugnacious 84ball 66, while being involved in three crucial partnerships -- 38 for first with Gambhir (15), 52

Isner wins longest match John Isner won the longest match in tennis history Thursday, taking the fifth set against Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in an epic struggle that stretched over three days and 11 hours.

The American closed out the victory with a backhand winner, then collapsed to his back as he tossed his racket in jubilation and relief.

The final score of the firstround match read: 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68.

The match totalled 183 games and lasted 11 hours, 5 minutes over three days. The fifth set alone lasted 8 hours, 11 minutes.

The match lasted so long it was suspended because of darkness two nights in-a-row. Play resumed Thursday at 59-all and continued for more than an hour before Isner won.

The American finished with 112 aces, and Mahut, of France, had 103. There were only three service breaks in the match, the last coming on the final point.

The finish attracted an overflow crowd on cozy Court 18.

Absent was Queen Elizabeth II, who had already departed the All England Club following her first visit to Wimbledon since 1977.

Isner won a match that was by far the longest in the sport’s history in terms of games or time. The previous longest match took 6 hours, 33 minutes at the 2004 French Open.Murray defeated Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Maria Sharapova advanced to the third round by beating Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-1, 6-4.

No. 3-seeded Caroline Wozniacki defeated Chang Kai-Chen 6-4, 6-3. No. 7 Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Alberta Brianti 6-2, 6-0, No. 10 Flavia Pennetta swept Monica Niculescu 6-1, 61, and No. 14 Victoria Azarenka beat Bojana Jovanovski 6-1, 64.

No. 23 Zheng Jie lost to Petra Kvitova 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

Defending champion Roger Federer endured another surprisingly arduous afternoon before taking his place in the third round. He defeated Serbian qualifier Ilija Bozoljac 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).

Taking the field alongside the likes of former Socceroo and Portsmouth striker John Aloisi, former Socceroo and Manchester City player Simon Colosimo and former Dutch Junior International and Ajax and PSV player Gerald Sibon would be India’s very own star defender Gouramangi as Melbourne Heart FC will be going head on against Brisbane Roar in a pre-season friendly match tomorrow in Toowomba.

The match will be the first friendly the club will be playing

since Gouramangi joined training with the club and it could well be the perfect chance for the Indian to prove to John van’t Schip that he is A-League material.

“I am all set and geared up for the challenge. It will be a great opportunity for me to rub shoulders with some of the best players who have done well internationally. I am looking forward to putting up a good performance so that I can prove to the coaches that I have what it takes to play in the A-League” said Gouramangi ahead of the clash.

Gouramangi went on to add, “It is very important not only for me, but for Indian football that I make the team here in Melbourne Heart. It’s great to see Indian football getting some much needed recognition, and it is my responsibility to prove to doubters that Indian footballers have what it takes to compete at a higher level.”

Gouramangi’s manager Lyndon Miranda seemed optimistic about the player’s chance to make an impression. “He is a gifted player; there is no doubt about that. I am quite certain that he will make the cut and

feature in the A-League this season. Tomorrow is a crucial day for him, and I am sure he will be able to meet the expectations and please his fans, who have been awesome in their support for him for which he is very thankful. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank his club Churchill Brothers, who have been very helpful in providing us with all necessary documents promptly which have helped make this trial possible.

Gouramangi is extremely grateful to the club which has played a crucial role in shaping his career,” Lyndon stated.

helped India regain the momentum, raising 46 runs for the fourth wicket.

Barely moments after Karthik had mishit a Thilina Kandamby full toss to Mahela Jayawardene at midwicket, Dhoni sliced the burly leg-spinner to Kulasekara at backward point to leave his side at 167 for four.

India recovered from the Kandamby strikes through the gutsy performance of Rohit Sharma (41) and Raina (29), who raised 50 runs for the fifth wicket in 52 balls.

With 217 runs on the board in 41 overs and six wickets in hand, a big score looked possi-

n Man-of-the-match Karthik looked like he has sealed himself a place in the squad for the tri-series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand with a pugnacious 84ball 66 ble for India.

But Raina's demise to a Malinga yorker, denied them crucial runs in the death overs, though Rohit and Ravindra Jadeja (25 not out) strove to break loose from the Lankan shackles.

Saina Nehwal now world No.3

AP WIMBLEDON, JUNE 24

Gouramangi set to roar against Brisbane HERALD CORRESPONDENT MELBOURNE, JUNE 24

34th Cana Benaulim soccer: Agasaim Youth Club v.

Our Lady of Gloria Sports Club, St John Baptist ground, Dando – Benaulim, 4.45 p.m.

Gumboots soccer: Rebello Pandal, Maina v. Mad Max, Taleigao church ground, Orlim, 4.30 p.m.

Captain Dhoni proudly holds the Asia Cup after India shattered the jinx.

for the second with Virat Kohli (28), and 46 for third with his skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (38).

In contrast to their performance in the last league game, Sri Lanka were offcolour today. Their bowling lacked discipline with hat-trick man of the last game, Farveez Maharoof bleeding boundaries at the start of the innings.

India lost Gambhir early, in the seventh over. Playing in his 100 ODI, the lefthander enjoyed two reprieves of successive balls off Nuwan Kulasekara, but failed to cash in on Sri Lanka's largess.

While attempting an unnecessary third run after turning Kulasekara off his pads to square leg, Gambhir found himself short of his crease when Kulasekara, collecting the return from Upul Chandana, broke the stumps at nonstriker's end.

India were though in fine fettle when Karthik and Virat Kohli were at the crease, and at 100 for one in 18 overs, a total of around 290 looked possible.

But a distant jab at a Lasith Malinga slinger by an impetuous Kohli momentarily stopped India in their tracks.

However, Karthik and Dhoni

AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR, JUNE 24

India's Saina Nehwal scaled a new high when she shot up three places to world. No 3 in the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation on Thursday.

Saina won back-to-back titles -- India Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open Super Series in the last two weeks -- and marched ahead of three Chinese players in the women's singles charts for her career-best ranking.

The fiercely competitive 20year-old, who has taken on China's domination in the sport, quite like Prakash Padukone in his heydays, now finds herself amidst a riot of red Chinese flags. Saina is the lone non-Chinese player in the top six list.

China's Yihan Wang tops the list followed by Xin Wang. Saina pushed behind Shixian Wang, Wang Lin and Jiang Yanjiao, who

all went down by one place.

Saina's previous best was the fifth position she attained in March after becoming the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of All England Super Series Championships.

Saina is a strong favourite for a third title in three weeks as she advanced to the quarter-finals of Indonesian Open Super Series in Jakarta on Thursday, going past Bulgaria's Petya Nedelcheva 21-9, 21-15.

In quarters JAKARTA -- Defending champion Saina Nehwal remained on course for her second successive Super Series title by advancing to the quarter-finals of Indonesia Open here today. The 20-yearold top-seed defeated Bulgaria's Petya Nedelcheva 21-12, 21-17 in 29 minutes.

Aditi Mutatkar is the next Indian in the women's singles rankings, climbing one spot to 32nd place.

In the men's chart, Chetan Anand is the top-ranked Idian at 16. Parupalli Kashyap, who made it to the semi-final of Singapore Open Super Series, improved his ranking to 27, jumping five places.

Ar vind Bhat went up two places to 28 while Gurusaidutt moved to 44, jumping eight places.

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The feast of San Joao and the enthusiasm of the FIFA World Cup 2010 were co-celebrated on June 24 at various San Joao Bashes in Goa. Herald gets talking to organisers about choosing their jerseys and its relation with San Joao

BY DOLCY D’CRUZ HERALD FEATURES he World Cup fever has really caught on, while some people are creating virtual jerseys online others are going a step further and custom-making them with their names on their favourite team jerseys.

As football unites nations, the feast of San Joao unites Goans who gleefully celebrate it wearing football jerseys and shorts. It was certainly a sight to see youngsters jumping in wells shouting ‘Viva San Joao’ out loud, and what was even more interesting was to see them in a uniformed look in their colourful jerseys either with Viva San Joao 2010 written on the back or the name and logo of a football team participating in FIFA this year, the favourites being Portugal, Brazil and Argentina.

Moses Gonsalves from Ribandar is the man behind the custom-made jerseys in Goa. In the business for the past ten years, Moses calls this football season the best he has experienced. “I am completely busy with orders as customers are ordering jerseys and shorts in bulk to celebrate football and San Joao.

Presidents of sports clubs across Goa are coming in to give orders for their village boys especially for San Joao. Football fans had placed orders of specific teams well in advance and they come directly to me with their patterns,” said Moses who also undertook orders from corporates for various football competitions in Goa. “The corporate orders are based on the company name while jerseys and shorts of the Portugal and Brazilian teams are quick sellers; teams like Argentina and Germany are also doing well,” added Moses.

Roque Fernandes from Pedda-Benaulim thought of celebrating San Joao by creating awareness about our environment. Almost a month ago, he nabbed few people who were disposing garbage near St John the Baptist Church in Benaulim. A concerned villager, Roque Fernandes chose to celebrate the feast with a social message. “This year, the San Joao Boys of Pedda Benaulim wore jerseys with San Joao 2010 written on it with each one sporting a tagline like ‘Save Mother Earth’ or ‘Say No to Plastic’. Besides celebrating by jumping in the well, the committee also distributed Neem plants because of their health and ecological benefits and almost a hundred cloth shopping bags which will in turn reduce the use of plastic. We also organised an awareness programme wherein a doctor from the Cansaulim Primary Health Centre and Dr

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A significant happening in Sarwarpur village, Punjab has unfortunately not been highlighted by most of the media: the rebuilding and handing over of a mosque (a shared sacred space) to the Muslims of the village by the Sikh community. Herald chats with eminent Goans on this magnanimous move towards promoting religious harmony

Hubert Gomes gave talks. Besides this, we also kept the tradition of San Joao alive by celebrating it in an eco friendly manner,” said Roque who ordered jerseys for almost 70 youngsters.

The ward has been celebrating the feast for the past 30 years.

Marcelin Fernandes and his crew from Morjim, who were seen cruising down Chapora River, sported the Portugal football team look. “We wore Portugal’s jersey as it is our favourite team. On San Joao day, we took a boat down Chapora River and back to Morjim.

This year the world cup added to the celebration and we are waiting to watch the grand match between Portugal and Brazil.

Even children dressed up in wear jerseys,” said Marcelin.

Maxy Pereira, a well known tiatrist from Bhuttea Bhatt celebrated San Joao wearing the Brazilian jersey. “We have been celebrating San Joao for the past ten years. The entire village has a total of 11 wells but we celebrate it on one particular well in our ward every year. This year we were even set to provide artificial rain in case it didn’t rain for the feast, but it did. There were games and dances and even kids wore jerseys and shorts. Last World cup we were rooting for Netherlands, this year Brazil seems in better form, so we are backing them up,” said Maxy who ordered nearly 80 jerseys.

It was indeed magical to see the colours of football blend with the festive shades of Sao Joao to create a colourful masterpiece, unique to Goa.

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The man who guards the mosque, Baba Balwant Singh, is an impressive figure in the lofty dark blue turban and blue robes of his order

BY CHRISTINA VIEGAS HERALD FEATURES nfortunately, the media mainly highlights gloom and doom.

Vandalised religious structures make headlines but what about magnanimous gestures like the Sikh community in Sarwarpur rebuilding a mosque, demolished during partition, and handing over the keys to the Muslim community? The deed needs to be saluted at the highest level in today’s times of strife and unrest. As the eminent columnist Khushwant Singh says, “My heart swells with pride at what members of my community has done. They have done what Guru Nanak, whose first disciple Bhai Mardana (remained Muslim to the end of his life) would have liked them to do; they have done what the fifth Guru Arjun, compiler of the Adi-Granth and builder of the Harimandir (today’s Golden Temple), whose foundation stone had been laid by the Sufi saint Hasrat Mian Mir of Lahore, would have applauded. And so would have Maharaja Ranjit Singh, one of whose maharanis built the white marble ‘dargah’ of Data Gani Baksh, the most popular Sufi shrine in Lahore today.”

To rewind a little, in the communal civil strife which occurred during the Partition in August 1947 when most of the Muslim population fled to Pakistan, the ‘Guru-ki-maseet’ mosque was demolished by rioting mobs of Hindus and Sikhs. As the mosque had been in a state of disrepair for a long time, last year, Sikh labourers and masons, and an all-woman team of restorers led by Gurmeet Rai lent their expertise to the mosque’s restoration.

Khushwant Singh details, “On May 22, Jathedar Kirpal Singh of the SGPC, MLA of the village Jagiivan Singh and all villagers welcomed Maulana Habibur Rahman Sani Ludhianvi and presented the keys of the mosque to the oldest Muslim villager Dada Mohammad Tufail. There were triumphant cries of ‘Allah-o-Akbar’ amongst the Muslims.”

Highly applauding the event, Mr Mac Vaz, director of Madame Rosa Distillery reasons, “It is human nature that has made most of mankind excessively sensitive towards religious structures but is least focused about applying its teachings. This deed is a showcase example of promoting brotherhood which is the essence of all religious teaching which all of us, Indians, need to emulate in our own micro ways.” Always one to have strived and continues to strive in promoting communal harmony to the extent that his equestrian association, the Equestrian and Polo Association of Goa, comprises of himself as president (Christian), Mandeep Singh (Sikh), Praveen Zantye (Hindu) and Kaif Khazi (Muslim), he goes on to expound the significance of a ‘sarva samandar’ in all the Army regiments all over the country. He informs, “It is a place where deities from all religions are positioned and the army persons from various religions gather to pray. We

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Chat with businessman Lucky Singh and it is easy to see how his name and disposition embodies the true cheerful and adaptable Sikh spirit.

Happily he says, “It is sad that the media has not highlighted this significant event. I am touched and feel very proud at this happening.” Elucidating on the Sikh nature, he says, “Sikhs are like water which takes the shape of anything that it flows into. We are the same, very adaptable and flexible.”

And what do the Muslims in Goa have to say? Mr Urfan Mulla from Margao who is the general secretary of the Association of All Goa Muslim Jamat and president of the All Goa Urdu Teachers Association opines, “If you look back, except for stray cases like Aurangzeb and Jehangir, all Muslim rulers who ruled India, did so without inflicting violence on the Hindus. In fact, Emperor Akbar even embraced the teachings of Hinduism and followed it. Presently, look at our Goan Hindus, they are extremely peace-loving and it is a blessing when we see Hindus, Christians, Muslims and Sikhs co-exist so peacefully in the state.” As for the restoration of the mosque, he says, “I salute the Sikhs who have brought about this highly commendable deed.”

President of the Association of the All Goa Muslims Jamat, Mr Sheikh Bashir from Betim says, “Unfortunately as the media have not highlighted the incident, I was not aware. But yes, it is a deed worth saluting. I always believe that each of us should follow our own religious routes to God personally and just live peacefully with all human beings and do good to one another. In this way, all of us will live be practising and living our religions in the right manner.” He continues, “If so much of good can come out of such a bad incident of the past, I think we are progressing on the right track towards peace and civilization. We need to use this as an example and teach our younger generation how the bad can be converted to good.”

Lucky Singh pipes in, “Today’s kids are very clever. They watch from us and learn. And I think I can safely say that amongst us middle-aged parents, there is no animosity or boundaries anymore. So, kids are following suit.

Whatever bitterness is there is of the older generation.”

The common view from everyone spoken to is that we people should not be naïve and succumb to the vicious designs and provoking of the politicians who believe in divide and rule. As a people, everyone only wants peace and happiness. And with important incidents such as this heart-warming story of inter-communal camaraderie of the restoration of the mosque, we should move forward and break the barriers and boundaries created by the politicians or any negative elements.

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The ‘Hero’ singer, who is married to rapper-and-presenter Nick Cannon, reportedly owes just under USD 30,000 in unpaid bills for Dr Cindy Bressler’s services for her pets.

The veterinarian filed claims in a New York court, alleging the ‘Hero’ singer has paid just USD 8,200 towards the USD 37,800 worth of charges for “extraordinary services” given to her three dogs, JJ, Cha Cha and Dolomite in one month.

The claim stated: “She rendered veterinary services including extraordinary services to the defendant’s canines. Dr Bressler performed work, labour and services on the defendant’s canines at the agreed price and reasonable value of USD 37,790.32, which sum Mariah agreed to pay.”

If Cindy’s claim is successful, Mariah will also have to pay her legal costs making the final total sum higher. Cindy’s attorney said that the vet was in charge of feeding and grooming the pooches while Mariah was away in Los Angeles.

A spokesperson for 41-year-old Mariah said her legal team were not aware of the lawsuit.

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arishma, who celebrates her birthday day, will unfortunately have to do it without sister Kareena as Bebo is buried deep in shoot commitments. It has been reported that Kareena is so tied up that she did not have the time to even go home and pack and instead, asked mom Babita to do the needful for her. Kareena was ealier in Hyderabad shooting for Rohit Shetty’s ‘Golmaal 3’ and is presently busy shooting for beau Saif Ali Khan’s film ‘Agent Vinod’ in Morocco. Following this, she will head to London for Shah Rukh Khan’s superhero flick ‘Ra.One’.

The girl actually had to ask Lolo to come to the airport for half an hour so we that she could spend some time with her sister and niece and even requested Karishma to pick up a gift for herself, promising to pick up the tab later.

But the young actress has expressed interest in teaming up with her sister, that too onscreen! In fact, this has been one long dream of Bebo who even tried convincing Saif to rope in Karishma in some of his films But, nothing worked. She has gone on record to say this about working with Lolo. “I think the only actress I really would love to get paired with is my sister Karishma Kapoor. Though it has not happened so far, but I hope one day we share the same screen space.”

In fact, the recent buzz is that Kareena and Karishma were earlier spotted together making a visit to Karan Johar’s office. So there could be a possibility that both Karishma and Kareena will work together in one of KJo’s upcoming films.

Though the sisters aren’t getting enough personal time together, it would be great to watch both of them work some ‘K’ magic.

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conducted by the Government Polytechnic, Panjim, under its Community Develeopment through Polytechnic Scheme is open for registration till June 30. Visit the Government Polytechnic, Altinho, Panjim. Call 2432667, , 2250842 or 9850226366.

Consumer rights awareness week, organised by GOACAN will be held till June 25. Write to GOACAN, Post Box 187, Margao, Goa, 403 601.

E-mail goacan@gmail.com.

The qualifying round of the State Level Dance Competition, organised by the Samrat Club, Kapileshwar will take place on June 27 at 3pm at the Vishwahindu Parishad Hall, Khadpabandh, Ponda.

A course in Pilates exercise will be held in Anjuna. A preventative exercise that improves corestrength, poster, balance and coordination –see and feel the results after the first session. Contact: 9623524492 Monsoon Splash craft classes of Paper Quilling, Punchcraft, Parchment, Drawing and Watercolors.

Contact Evita on 9881696445 or visit Hobby Centre.

Coaching Classes for AIEEE, G2CET, GCET, IELTS, TOEFL, GMAT starting shortly in Panaji Goa, Special batches on Saturdays, Sundays. For more information call 9822131835.

All Goa Inter-School Elocution Competition for environmental awareness organised by Radio Mirchi 98.3FM will be held from July 1 to 7.

The competition will comprise of OnAir and On Ground multi-city activities across Panjim, Margao, Vasco, and Mapusa. For more information and competition details: log on to www.radiomirchi.com or Call: 6656666 Workshop on how to maintain & protect computer/laptop from viruses will be held for 2 days from July 1 to 2, 2010 till. For more information contact Detroit Institute: 9822131835.

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The Flavours of Sao Joao at Big Foot HERALD FEATURES he monsoons which have the habit of playing hide-and-seek on the of June 24 yearly, decided to lash out in wet fury this year, thus blessing the humidity burdened Goans with reduced temperatures and a fantastic ambience in keeping with the theme of Sao Joao.

And so, the rain drenched revellers at Ancestral Goa, Big Foot, Lotoulim skipped and jumped to music, wearing colourful floral crowns – ‘copel’ and savouring lip smacking traditional delicacies like ‘Godshe’, ‘Biknache Pinaque’, ‘Pattoleo’, ‘Folle’, ‘Shevio’, ‘Ponsachi Bakri’, ‘Fotkhote’ and a little shot of Feni – which was traditionally consumed to retain the body heat.

‘Pez’ was served in ‘kotio’ and had with roasted ‘Ponsachi Bikna’ in keeping with this eco-friendly festival, was celebrated to give thanks to Mother Nature. The difference this year was that the traditional foods, sweets and crowns were being prepared on-site for the benefit of the visitors – national and international.

Having begun at 10:00am at Big Foot, the festivities reached a peak of merriment at around 1:00pm with the coming of lunch time. Displaying tradition and actually part-taking of it are two different things, it was therefore very charming to view the visitors relish the freshly prepared food, as they absorbed a soon dying tradition of special repast prepared for certain feasts.

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HERALD FEATURES amuel Carvalho’s drama ‘Tin Horancho Raza’ focuses solely on the tiatr fraternity. He dwells upon the making of a tiatrist and the outcome of his fame and glory.

Celebrated tiatrist Joe (Neville) has mastered the art of penning and staging dramas. His popularity has doubled by organising shows which run to packed audiences. But he fails to realise that it was his parents, who were very supportive in order to achieve his goal in life.

Joe’s parents (Succor de Santa Cruz/Chitra) not only sloughed to help him win fame and reputation among the tiatr lovers, but also decided to get him married instantly. But due to his engrossment with staging tiatrs at various theatres, he forgets to give a thought to his ailing parents and create some time for them during their illness. To make matters worse, his dominating wife Flavia (Synetra) empowers him at every step of life and consequently he fails miserably in his responsibilities towards his parents and family.

Due to due recognition and appreciation from different corners, Neville thinks no end of himself. He reshuffles his cast as per his whims and fancies, like a pack of playing cards. Without any prior notice, Joe discards one of the female actors Sonia (Sonia), whom he had volunteered to assist financially.

He takes that drastic step to pave way for his only daughter Zarina (Cybil).

But as Sonia’s mom (Meena) is well aware of the happenings behind the curtains, no doubt she is disheartened at Joe’s unwanted choice, but she cautions him about his daughter being misused by others as an actor.

Finally, Joe’s wife turns insane. Out of frustration, his daughter, who

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HERALD FEATURES he Gonsalves Mansion in Campal had a very unique experience, with the art workshop organised for the underprivileged children of St Inez, with two noted artists, Unnati Singh and Salvador Fernandes. The workshop culminated with an exhibition of the works created by the children and the artists, which will be on till June 30, 2010.

The workshop not only taught the children to handle paint and brushes, but they were also encouraged to pour their hearts out onto the canvas and also think outside the box. This providing them with the freedom to choose their styles of paintings, and giving them opportunity to explore their creativity, and build their confidence, self-esteem, and critical thinking skills.

Watching the children treat every piece as a work of art, thus giving it their best shot in unleashing their creativity was a treat to watch.

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Statistics Day will be celebrated on June 29 at 10am at the Kala Academy, Panjim, organised by the Department of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation to commemorate the great statistician PC Monalanobis. There will be a quiz competition on the ‘socio-economic perspective of Goa’ and a blood donation camp on June 25, respectively at the Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation, Panjim.

Call 9850685080 or 9822166669.

‘The Value of Art – Understanding the Art Market’, a lecture as part of a lecture series by Kanchi Mehta (art curator, consultant and historian) on June 25 at 6.45pm at the Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts, Altinho, Panjim. Call 2421311.

The Sketch Club hosted by Harshada Kerkar will be recommencing on June 26 at Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts. The club will be held every Saturday, for four 2 hour sessions from 10 am to 6 pm.

‘A new world…VISION 2050’, a creativity contest on graphic designing on the subject, will be held on July 10 and 11. Registrations close on June 28. Call 9423885224 or 2225153.

Visit www.mgmgoa.com.

‘Awakening’ – a Tai Chi workshop by artist and black belt martial arts practitioner, Satyakam Gupta will be held on June 29 at SunaparantaGoa Centre for the Arts. The program includes the 24 forms of Tai Chi (Yang style), as well as Qi Gong exercises in over 18 sessions over the monsoon period. For details contact Sunaparanta: 2421311 A basic pranic healing workshop, conducted by grand master Choa Kok Sui will be held on June 27 from 9:30am to 5:30pm at the G O R C H a l l , Va s c o . C a l l 9923752569 or 2515703 Free course on fashion designing, refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) and beautification,

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attempts suicide, is saved by a good Samaritan and brought home safely.

And the collapse of Joe’s career as a renowned tiatrist is exposed with several disappointments and misadventures along the way.

As a matured writer, director and actor, Samuel seems to be well aware of the various hardships encountered by those aspiring to become tiatrists of the Konkani stage. He rightly presents in the play the fact that it is not merely an individualistic effort that yields fruits in the life of a professional actor, but the team effort that goes in the making of a dramatist.

Samuel too takes to the stage, enacting the role of as an insane tiatrist, with the message that taking one’s career too seriously and forgetting one’s morals and virtues can lead to isolation and even insanity.

Involvement of a politician, MLA or a social worker either to stage a tiatr, release a CD or a VCD and then the manner in which the same benefactors are criticised mercilessly through songs has been presented well in the drama.

Comic interludes by Michael and Marcus, besides songs in between the acts by Sonia, Chitra, Meena, Synetra, Osy Viegas, Aniceto, Xavier Almeida and others received a thunderous applause.

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England are favourites, insists Germany coach AFP ERASMIA, JUNE 24

English. In 31 games between the two European powers, Germany have 10 wins, England 15 while six have been drawn.

The last time the two sides met, Capello's England snatched a win at Berlin's Olympic Stadium in November 2008 when

England will start as favourites in Sunday's World Cup last 16 clash against old enemies Germany with a quarter-final place at stake, insists German coach Hansi Flick.

Fabio Capello's side have yet to produce a convincing TODAY’S MATCHES performPortugal v. Brazil, 7.30 p.m. ance, but Germany's N Korea v. Ivory Coast, 7.30 p.m. assistant Chile v. Spain, 00.00 hours coach Flick s a y s t h e y Switzerland v. Honduras, 00.00 hours have too much talent to be taken lightly.

"They are star-studded with defender John Terry's late goal loads of experience under their sealed a 2-1 victory.

"In the friendly in Berlin, they belts, and I see them as showed us how strong they can favourites," said Flick.

"They have not really shown be," admitted Flick.

"England have learnt a lot what they are capable of. I am convinced England remain one from Fabio Capello tactically and looking at them, they can beat of the favourites for the title."

History is on the side of the anyone on their day. For our players, this will be one of the highlight of their careers."

Defender Arne Friedrich says he expects England to shine.

"The first few games haven't shown what England are capable of," said the Hertha Berlin centre-back.

"They have made a stuttering start, but I think they are experienced enough to put the foot to the metal and will have a different face as the tournament goes on."

Neither side has been in impressive form as England misf i re d i n t h e i r g ro u p w i t h uninspiring draws against the USA and Algeria before making sure of reaching the knock-out stages with the win over Slovenia.

Colonial, colony masters set for showdown

Portugal's defenders Ricardo Costa (left) and Pedro Mendes (second left) stretch with teammates during a training session at Bekker High School in Magaliesburg, on Thursday, on the eve of their match against Brazil in Durban.

AFP DURBAN, JUNE 24

World Cup favourites Brazil clash with their former colonial masters Portugal in their final Group G match on Friday, with the five-time champions already qualified for the round of 16.

Brazil have racked up a 2-1 win over North Korea and a 3-1 victory over Ivory Coast to sit pretty on six points.

Portugal, on a run of 17 matches without defeat, drew 0-0 with the Ivorians before routing North Korea 7-0 to put them in second spot in the group and needing only a draw to advance to the next round.

Even if they were to lose against Brazil, Portugal's goal difference is such that Ivory Coast, with one point, would have to win handsomely, and then some, to be close to threatening them for second spot.

"Brazil are going all out to win another important match - it is important to ensure top spot," said Brazilian playmaker Kaka, who will miss Friday's game after his red card against Ivory Coast.

"Okay, I know a draw will leave us top but a victory is good for confidence."

Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz said he hoped his side would avenge a 6-2 friendly de-

focus more on the game on the pitch and not on the Jabulani (ball) and the vuvuzelas.

"We have spoken too much about both subjects. It is time for the supporters to focus on the football. Both teams are going to think seriously about the second round."

Brazil coach Dunga, who has led his side to victory in the Copa America and the Confederations Cup here last year, will likely field some reserves against Portugal.

"We are not sure who will replace Kaka for the next game, we will think about it over the next few days," he said.

Dunga looks to have three options regarding his Kaka conundrum. He can field Nilmar in attack and switch the onform Robinho into a central role, send in Julio Baptista or push Daniel Alves forward into the engine room.

The winners of Group G will play the runners-up in Group H, currently topped by Chile, with Spain and Switzerland in second on three points and Honduras winless.

To date, the Brazilians have won 12 and the Portuguese four of 18 matches with two drawn.

feat to the Brazilians in 2008 the last time they shipped six goals was in 1955.

"We don't want the Brazilians to score against us this time - it is a question of honour," said the Mozambique-born Queiroz, formerly Sir Alex Ferguson's assistant at Manchester United.

"We must not do Ivory Coast any favours in terms of letting it go down to goal difference."

He added: "Against Brazil, it is always a really tough match, a difficult one. I think that Portugal and Brazil are in the right shape to put on a good spectacle of football for the whole world.

"Brazil and ourselves will

Cristiano Ronaldo v Robinho Portugal captain Ronaldo is the driver of his team and was everywhere in the 7-0 drubbing of North Korea. His battle in midfield and drive forward will be key for a team seeking a victory over Brazil, for whom Robinho has hit great form. In the absence of the suspended Kaka, all eyes will be on the Manchester City player to act as the five-time world champions' catalyst.

The Swiss loss derailed Span- Brazil and almost-certain Portuish supremacy talk and not even gal. a 2-0 victory over Honduras, Either figures to be a tough new Barcelona signing Villa net- match, with a large Portuguese ting two goals, but a loss to population in South Africa set Chile at Loftus Versfeld could to support their favorites and send Spain home early.

Brazil's playmakers with Spain "Now we have to prepare for as a choice of many to reach the a big pressure match against World Cup final.

Chile," Spain coach Vicente Del But Chile coach Marcelo Bosque said. "But Bielsa is taking these players are nothing for Spain's attack against used to dealing granted despite Chile's defence with pressure. six points from For them it's an- The Spanish need a victory two matches, the other match in a or unlikely help from Hon- first two Chilean very busy sea- duras to secure a spot in the v i c t o r i e s a t a last 16. Chile can advance World Cup since son."

"We know atop the group on a draw. 1962.

That could set up Villa Chile are a good "I don't want side. They are ac- against a Chilean side yet to to think about tive and quite ag- surrender a goal. The first what could hapgressive, they get round might have saved the pen on Friday to the goal quickly best for last with this poten- and what we can tial sizzler. and don't waste achieve against much energy."

Spain," Bielsa Even a victory would not as- said. "I just hope these six points sure finishing atop the group, can act as the basis for our qualwith the two Group H qualifiers ification - that's our immediate set to face knockout matches objective. against the Group G survivors, "Football is a game that can

produce unexpected results. We have to fight for our place in the last 16 with the same enthusiasm that we've shown since arriving in South Africa. We will try to showcase our talents again on Friday."

Del Bosque's side could have made things a bit easier had they been able to run up the score more on winless Honduras, but they were able only to ensure that a victory over Chile would advance them ahead of the South American team.

"I think we paved the way to play against Chile but it wasn't a great match," del Bosque said. "We had many opportunities to score and should have won by more, so I am not entirely satisfied.

"We lacked the finishing touch just as we did against the Swiss.

This was a more open team and a vulnerable side, we should have done better.

"We will suffer if we continue to play like that."

If they fail to advance, the suffering will last for four long years.

duras, appearing in only their with coach Ottmar Hitzfeld laysecond World Cup finals, are yet ing the blame for midfielder to get off the mark.

Valon Behrami's red card firmly Chile have a goal difference at the door of Chilean midfielder of plus two, with Spain on plus Arturo Vidal. one and the Swiss on zero.

"It wasn't a red card, it wasn't The Swiss began the tourna- even a yellow card. It was unfair ment in South of Vidal to roll Africa in style, around on the shocking the Eu- Alexander Frei v Honduras ground asking for defence ropean champithe red card," he Switzerland will look to said. ons 1-0 in their opener before captain Alexander Frei, their "With 11 playslipping to defeat all time-top goalscorer, to in- ers against 11 we spire them as they go in would have had to Chile.

In that game search of the goals they need our chances." t h e y w e re re - to reach the World Cup But despite the knockout phase. duced to 10 men loss of the West

Ham midfielder for the Honduras clash due to suspension, Hitzfeld remained upbeat about their chances after the Chile defeat.

Honduras themselves are not out of the reckoning mathematically speaking, although qualification for the central American minnows would be a tall order, with a goal difference of minus three.

If Chile beat Spain in Pretoria and Honduras beat Switzerland, Chile will take top spot and goal difference will decide which of the other three teams takes second place.

The Elephants are conceding warm-up match and is wearing a massive nine goal difference a controversial protective cast. to second-placed Portugal headIvory Coast defender Arthur ing into Friday's decisive group Boka says his team needs a mirmatches, and the odds and logic acle if it is to reverse Africa's are firmly stacked against them. lack of success at South Africa Their only recourse is to deluge 2010, with the hosts, Cameroon the North Koreans with goals with and Nigeria already eliminated Drogba, the Chelsea superstar, from the tournament. leading the way.

"If we win this match maybe a "It's going to be miracle can haphard for us to pen," Boka said. qualify now be- Didier Drogba will be aiming "We will try to win cause our fate's to redeem Ivory Coast in our last match no longer in our what could be their final ap- and we must beh a n d s , " s a i d pearance at this year's World lieve we can still Drogba, who is Cup. He will shoulder most of do it (reach the playing his way the responsibility of scoring last 16)." back to full fitness the hatful of goals the EleWhile Ivory after breaking his phants need to bring off their Coast have only a right arm in a improbable qualification for slim chance of the last 16.

reaching the knockout phase, for the North Koreans their second World Cup is over and the final group game is one to salvage some pride after their shambles against Portugal.

Coach Kim Jong-Hun took full responsibility for their very public humiliation, admitting he got his strategy wrong.

After holding Portugal for almost 30 minutes, and even creating chances of their own, the Chollima collapsed, unable to stop the carnage as they were bounced from the tournament.

"Our players played to their full potential but tactically speaking it fell apart and we could not block their attacks and that's why they scored so many goals," Kim said.

KEY TO MATCH

Spain’s dream in Chilean danger zone AFP PRETORIA, JUNE 24

Reigning European champions Spain will need a victory over Chile on Friday to keep a muchfancied World Cup run on course with mighty Brazil or arch-rival Portugal likely waiting if they do advance.

The Spaniards must defeat Chile and hope Switzerland, which delivered a 1-0 shocker over Spain in their Group H opener, cannot overcome a Spanish edge in goal difference from their simultaneous match against goal-less Honduras.

"We still need to beat Chile," Spanish star David Villa said.

"There's a long way to go before we can even think about being world champions, both in terms of time and matches."

A rg e n t i n a c o a c h D i e g o Maradona summed up the consensus about Spain before the World Cup began, saying, "The way they started off, Spain was coming to pick up the World Cup and we were all playing for second place."

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Confident Swiss face Honduras hurdle AFP BLOEMFONTEIN, JUNE 24

Giant killers Switzerland go into their final group clash needing a win against Honduras but knowing that would not guarantee them a place in the last 16 of the World Cup. The Swiss, sunk 1-0 by Chile on Monday, need to beat the bottom-placed central American side in Friday's Group H match in Bloemfontein and await the result of the Chile-Spain game to learn their fate.

Chile have a maximum six points, with Spain and Switzerland both on three points. Hon-

KEY TO MATCH

Elephants need goals and some more AFP NELSPRUIT, JUNE 24

Ivory Coast are hoping for another North Korean defensive meltdown in their final Group G match here on Friday if they are to avoid another early African exit at the World Cup. Didier Drogba's Elephants must register a comprehensive win over the North Koreans at the Mbombela Stadium and hope group leaders Brazil punish Portugal in Durban for them to have even a remote prospect of reaching the last 16.

Ivory Coast's fate is out of their hands after their 3-1 loss to the Brazilians at Soccer City, exacerbated by Portugal's 7-0 blitz of the hapless Asians in Cape Town.

KEY TO MATCH

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Italy sent crashing out by Slovakia Slovakia..............3 Paraguay.............0 Denmark.............1 Cameroon...........1

AFP JOHANNESBURG, JUNE 24

Reigning champions Italy were knocked out of the World Cup on Thursday as they slumped

Italy.......................2 New Zealand........0 Japan...................3 Netherlands.........2

to a sensational 3-2 defeat to unheralded Slovakia in an Ellis Park thriller.

Robert Vittek scored a brace to put the Slovaks in control

Beer behind England's success at World Cup AGENCIES PRETORIA, JUNE 24

Coach Fabio Capello, who is often accused of being too strict,

has eased his rules to allow players to relax with beer. This is said to have been behind England's success against Slovenia in the World Cup. Capello invited Rooney, Gerrard and other players to join him for a beer the evening before they played against Slovenia.

The beer tactic paid off as England displayed a much-improved performance to reach the last 16 of the World Cup. Capello laughed when asked why England were so much better than in their previous two games, The Sun reported.

"I did something different.

Yesterday evening, they drank beer. You can ask them," he said.

Midfielder Frank Lampard said that most players were wary of Capello's treat. And he said: "You don't have ten beers - you just have one."

Capello made three key changes to England's starting XI. Defoe came in for Emile Heskey, James Milner replaced Aaron Lennon on the right flank and Matthew Upson took suspended Jamie Carragher's place at the back.

Holland beat Cameroon for Slovakia showdown way past two defenders and unleashing a powerful drive that Souleymanou did well to collect.

With the Oranje passing the ball neatly, Cameroon were struggling to create chances until captain Eto'o ghosted past three defenders in a mazy run only to see his shot deflected out for a corner.

His piece of magic sparked a mini-resurgence by the Africans, with Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg forced into a diving save before they won a freekick on the edge of the area.

Geremi's resulting shot hit van der Vaart's arm and a penalty was awarded, which Eto'o calmly stepped forward to convert.

Star winger Arjen Robben got his first taste of South African World Cup action when he came on for van der Vaart with 17 minutes left, having missed their opening two games with a hamstring injury.

He was in the thick of the action straight away, cutting in from the right and blasting a shot against the post in the 83rd minute, with GROUP E Huntelaar burying the Netherlands rebound to Japan make it 2-1 and send the Denmark Dutch fans Cameroon wild.

PRE-QUARTER FINALS Paraguay v.Japan, June 29, 7.30 p.m.

Netherlands v. Slovakia, June 28, 7.30 p.m.

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The Netherlands reaffirmed their status as one of the World Cup favourites on Thursday by beating Cameroon 2-1 to set up a knockout round clash with Slovakia.

Bert van Marwijk's team only needed a point to secure top spot in Group E but took all three with goals from Robin van Persie and substitute Klaas-Jan Huntelaar cancelling out a Samuel Eto'o penalty.

They now play Group F runners-up Slovakia, who beat Italy 3-2 earlier in the day.

The Dutch once again proved they are one of the form sides in South Africa with a third win in a row, joining Argentina as the only teams with a 100 percent record so far.

The pressure though was building and the breakthrough came after a lovely one-two between van Persie and van der Vaart on 36 minutes, with the Arsenal striker sliding the ball through Souleymanou's legs.

The dangerous van Persie almost made it 2-0 soon after the second half started, muscling his

and Kamil Kopunek added a late third either side of Antonio Di Natale and Fabio Quagliarella strikes in a frantic finish.

Slovakia join Paraguay in the last 16 from Group F after a thoroughly deserved victory in a game which summed up Italy's lacklustre campaign.

The defeat also meant Italy suffered the extra humiliation of finishing bottom of the group, which was won by Paraguay, with even little New Zealand ahead of them in third spot.

Italy started brightly with a couple of half chances as Di Natale, making his first start in the competition, tried a speculative long range volley, which sailed over, while Vincenzo Iaquinta screwed a shot wastefully wide with his left foot.

However, the Italians went behind for the third game in a row as Juraj Kucka cut out a poor Daniele De Rossi pass deep in Italian territory and fed Vittek who rifled home low and hard

Happy Clinton extends stay AP SANDHURST, JUNE 24

Former President Bill Clinton liked what he saw from the U.S. team so much, he’s staying for the next game.

Clinton said Thursday he changed his itinerary in South Africa so he can attend the Americans’ round of 16 game Saturday against Ghana in Rustenburg.

MORE SPORTS ON PG 13, 16 Clinton, the honorary chairman of the U.S. bid to host the World Cup in either 2018 or 2022, watched the Americans’ thrilling victory over Algeria on Wednesday with FIFA President, Sepp Blatter and U.S. Soccer President, Sunil Gulati. He then visited the team in the locker room.

Clinton said he managed to contain himself until Landon Donovan’s game-winner in stoppage time. Then he cheered and celebrated so vigorously he had to drink hot tea with lemon for an hour just to get his voice back.

from the edge of the box.

Zdenek Srba then forced Italy goalkeeper Federico Marchetti into a sprawling save with a surprise shot from distance.

However, Liverpool centreback Martin Skrtel almost headed into his own goal from De Rossi's deep ball into the box.

The half finished with Kucka lashing a stunning volley an inch wide of the post as Italy failed to get any foothold in the game.

The Azzurri finally opened up the Slovak defence on 55 minutes as substitute Christian Maggio slipped in Di Natale but on the turn he shanked his shot wide.

A minute later Lippi rolled his last throw of the dice as he brought Andrea Pirlo on for Riccardo Montolivo for the AC Milan star's first appearance in South Africa.

Di Natale tried a curler from the edge of the box that goalkeeper Jan Mucha dealt with competently while Maggio had

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to get back to stop Miroslav Stoch getting a clear run on goal.

Italy were then a whisker away from equalising as Skrtel blocked Quagliarella's shot on the line with his knee.

Denis Caniza and Julio Cesar Caceres and striker Oscar Cardozo coming in.

New Zealand stood by the team that started drawn matches against Slovakia and defending champions Italy with Mark Paston retained as goalkeeper although first-choice

Paraguay topped Group F at the World Cup on Thursday after a drab 0-0 draw with surprise packets New Zealand.

The polished South Americans who harbour dreams of at least a quarter-finals place ended with five p o i n t s a n d GROUP F were joined in the round Paraguay (Qualify) of 16 by Slo- Slovakia (Qualify) vakia, who stunned de- New Zealand fending c h a m p i o n s Italy Italy 3-2 in Johannesburg.

It was a gallant exit by New Zealand, who finished unbeaten after three draws in a group where they were expected to be cannon fodder for the other three contenders but ended up finishing above the woeful Italians.

Paraguay made three changes from the team that outclassed Slovakia 2-0 in Bloemfontein four days ago with defenders

AFP DURBAN, JUNE 24

Superb free-kicks by Keisuke Honda and Yasuhito Endo inspired Japan to an exhilarating 3-1 win over Denmark that sent them into the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time on foreign soil.

The two first-half strikes set Takeshi Okada's squad on track for a meeting with Paraguay in Pretoria on Tuesday.

Denmark pulled a goal back when skipper Jon Dahl Tomasson netted the rebound from his own penalty after Daniel Agger had been shoved off the ball by Japan's captain, Makoto Hasebe, nine minutes from time.

But substitute Shinji Okazaki wrapped up a famous victory and condemned the Danes to their first group-stage exit from a World Cup. Needing to win against opponents requiring only a point, Denmark's best period came in an opening quarter of an hour in which they might easily have taken the lead.

Robert Vittek of Slovakia who scored a brace against Italy

Stoch then had a chance to finish things on the counter but he blazed wide as if anything, Slovakia were looking the more likely to score.

And so it proved on 73 minutes as Vittek grabbed his second as he stole into the near post to convert Hamsik's cross.

But that sparked a crazy finish to the game.

Nine minutes from time Italy scored with a brilliantly worked goal as Quagliarella played a one-two with Iaquinta and although Mucha saved his shot, Di Natale swept home the loose ball.

That prompted an ugly melee in the net with Quagliarella and Mucha booked.

Quagliarella then had a goal rightly ruled out for offside before substitute Kopunek bagged the third with his first touch.

In a tense conclusion, Quagliarella sco red with a delightful chip but it was too late to save the ageing champions.

Paraguay top group after goalless draw

Japan sink Deco to miss Danes, make today’s match history AFP RUSTENBURG, JUNE 24

MAN OF THE MATCH

Influential Chelsea midfielder Deco will miss Portugal's final Group G match against Brazil on Friday, according to coach Carlos Queiroz.

The Brazil-born player already missed the 7-0 rout of North Korea because of a left hip injury sustained in training.

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