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India: Malegaon Collector burnt to death Pg III

Sports: Padma Shri for Laman Pg 14 and 8 others

WE ARE OPEN TODAY The offices of the Herald will remain OPEN TODAY, hence there will be an edition of this paper dated 27th January.

iN BRiEf 15 killed in Pak suicide attacks Suicide bombers carried out attacks targeting Shia Muslims in the Pakistani cities of Lahore and Karachi, killing 15 people and injuring nearly 80 others in the latest series of terrorist strikes against religious minorities in the country. In the first attack in Lahore, a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up when he was challenged by policemen guarding a Shia procession while the second bomber struck a short while later. – (PTI)

R-Day: Delhi turns into fortress Delhi geared up for the Republic Day celebrations with the city turning into a virtual security fortress as thousands of armed personnel kept vigil and authorities rushed through final touches for the event. UAVs were scanning through the capital while snipers were deployed on rooftops to ensure that the function goes without any untoward incident. – (PTI)

ISRO, DRDO out of US Entity List The US has removed nine Indian space and defense related companies including those from ISRO and DRDO from its export control ‘Entity List’ in an attempt to expand high technology trade and strategic cooperation with India. – (PTI)

3 cops suspended in Cipriano death case HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 25

After the suspension of a police sub-inspector in the police-drug nexus expose, procedural lapses in the custodial death of Cipriano Fernandes has resulted in the suspension of three police officials including a police inspector.

Panjim Police Inspector Sandesh Chodankar, police subinspector Radesh Ramnathkar and head constable Sandip Shirvaikar are suspended from their services for procedural lapses in the Non-Resident Goan’s custodial death.

Police spokesperson and Superintendent of (Special Branch) Police Atmaram Deshpande said that the three police officials are suspended based on the interim report submitted by Deputy Superintendent of Police Boussette Silva.

BouSSEttE’S REPoRt

• Arrest report made out but did not have signature of the arrested person (Cipriano)

• No independent witness in the case • No family members informed about the arrest • Not referred for medical examination after arrest • Since Panjim police has no lock-up, Cipriano had to be shifted to Agassaim Cell which was not obeyed by Panjim police.

“The interim report points out certain administrative lapses. On basis of the report, the department decided to suspend the policemen,” Deshpande told reporters.

However, charges against them will be framed after a final report is submitted to senior police officers. “Administrative action has been initiated for pro-

cedural lapses. They will face Departmental Enquiry only after a final report,” he said.

Though there is no time frame to submit the final report, the spokesperson said that they expect the report within a week’s time.

Goa police, a week ago appointed a senior gazetted officer – DySP Bousette Silva to look

into the procedural lapses and whether there was misconduct on the part of the police after Cipriano’s arrest.

A bulk report was submitted to the Deputy Inspector General of Police Ravindra Yadav on Monday evening.

The inquiry report has found that Panjim police flouted certain formalities after Cipriano’s arrest under Section 151 CrPC. “There were certain rules like matters connected with the arrest of Cipriano was not followed,” he said quoting the 1996 D K Basu v/s State of West Bengal Supreme Court judgment.

Deshpande maintained that there although there are procedural lapses, they have nothing to do with the cause of death.

“The interim report has nothing to do with the circumstances of (Continued on page 8)

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• The reason for arrest should be explained to the • Arrested person should be medically examined if he/she requests and medically arrested person. examined every 48 hours till his/her • One of the family members of the arrested person detention period. should be informed about the arrest.

• Arrested person should be produced before the • The medical examination report should be signed by the IO and the arrested person.

Magistrate within 24 hours of the arrest.

Pranab rules out naming ‘black’ bank accounts PTI NEW DELHI, JAN 25

Under attack from Opposition and the Supreme Court, Government today announced a fivepronged strategy that includes creating an appropriate legislative framework for repatriating black money stashed abroad but ruled out disclosure of the names of such account holders.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee parried questions on whether the government would ban Participatory Notes, an instrument widely suspected of being used for tax evasion, and announce a general amnesty scheme for evaders.

He said he cannot disclose whether a decision would be taken on banning Participatory Notes. On the other issue a group has been constituted to look into it, he added.

Addressing a press conference on the directions of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he said there was no legal framework

available right now with the government to reveal details about black money accounts and treaties are being negotiated with 65 countries for getting information about tax evaders.

Mukherjee maintained that there were no clear estimates about black money and the government has constituted a multidisciplinary committee to get studies conducted to estimate the quantum of illicit funds generated by Indian citizens.

He said different estimates

like the one by BJP Task Force which put the amount between USD 500 billion and USD 1400 billion and an international estimate of USD 462 billion are based on “unverifiable assumptions and approximations”.

Mukherjee, however, dismissed opposition criticism that the government was not disclosing information fearing that such disclosure could result in the government’s fall and asserted the government would have work on the basis of “facts”.

“The government has nothing to hide. Let us understand the issue. No information can be made available unless there is legal framework”.

“No sovereign government is going to share information unless there is a legal framework,” he said explaining the reasons why the government was not in a position to part with information it has obtained some foreign entities on black money stashed away abroad.

Goans snubbed at Padma HERALD NEWS BUREAU PANJIM, JAN 25

Goans were snubbed at the Padma awards this year as not a single Goan, either a resident or native of the State, were honoured by the Government of India for either the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan or Padma Shri awards announced on Tuesday.

In fact, as many as 11 Goans, either residing in or hailing from the State, had been nominated for the prestigious awards.

Six Goans, including late Shreeram Kamat whose last work was an encyclopaedia, had figured among 1,302 nominations received by the government for the Padma awards, announced on the eve of the Republic Day. Former Solicitor General of India and leading lawyer Dr Manohar Usgaonkar in public affairs category, former Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar in arts, industrialist Anil Counto and social workers Gangaram Morajkar and Ramkrishna Naik were the other (Continued on page 8)

‘The Kings Speech’ tops Oscar nomination PTI LOS ANGELES, JAN 25

‘The Kings Speech’, a British drama about the stammering monarch King George VI, leads this year’s Oscar nominations with 12 nods, while another period drama ‘True Grit’ follows closely with 10 nominations.

Favourite ‘The Social Network’ only managed the third spot with eight nominations, while Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer psychological thriller ‘Inception’ got seven.

Colin Firth is nominated in the Best Actor category for ‘The King’s Speech’ and the film’s director Tom Hooper has bagged a nomination in the ‘Best Director’ category. Helena Bonham Carter is in the run for the Best Supporting Actress, while Geoffrey Rush won a nomination for the Best Supporting Actor for the same.

The film is also nominated in

the Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Editing, Original Screenplay and Original Score categories.

Besides ‘The King’s Speech’, the Best Film category also includes ‘The Social Network’,

‘The Fighter’, ‘Black Swan’, ‘Inception’, ‘The Kids Are All Right’, ‘127 Hours’, ‘Toy Story 3’, ‘True Grit’, and ‘Winter’s Bone’.

Firth is facing competition from James Franco for ‘127 Hours’, Jesse Eisenberg for ‘The

Rahman gets a double PTI LOS ANGELES, JAN 25

After his double win at the 2009 Academy awards, music maestro A R Rahman has a chance to repeat the feat this year winning two Oscar nominations for his music in Danny Boyle’s film

‘127 Hours’.

‘If I Rise’, the 45-year-old singer-composer’s collaboration with British pop star Dido, has been nominated in the Best Song category.

Rahman will also be competing for the Best Original Score trophy with John Powell (‘How to Train Your Dragon’), Hans Zimmer (‘Inception’), Alexandre Desplat (‘The King’s Speech’) and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (‘The Social Network’).

Social Network’, Javier Bardem for ‘Biutiful’ and last year’s Best Actor winner Jeff Bridges for ‘True Grit’ in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category.

The Best Actress in a Leading Role category nominations include Annette Bening for ‘The Kids Are All Right’, Natalie Portman for her role of a troubled ballerina ‘Black Swan’, Nicole Kidman for ‘Rabbit Hole’, Michelle Williams for ‘Blue Valentine’ and newcomer Jennifer Lawrence for ‘Winter’s Bone’.

The Best Director race is between David Fincher of ‘The Social Network’, Tom Hooper ‘The King’s Speech’.

‘Toy Story 3’, ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ and ‘The Illusionist’ are battling it out for the Best Animated Film Oscar.

The 83rd Academy Awards, will be held at Hollywood’s Kodak Theater on February 24.

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BJP’s flag plans foiled; Swaraj, Jaitley arrested PTI LAKHANPUR (J&K), JAN 25

BJP’s high-decibel campaign to hoist national flag in Srinagar’s historic Lal Chowk was today foiled by the Jammu and Kashmir government which arrested Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley and hundreds of party activists at the state border with Punjab amid high drama.

As they were arrested here soon after entering J and K, Swaraj and Jaitley lashed out at Omar Abdullah government as also the Centre, accusing them of making a “historic mistake” and a “psychological surrender” to separatists.

Swaraj vowed to make another attempt to hoist the flag in Srinagar tomorrow.

A day after being thrown out of the State, Swaraj, Jaitley and senior party leader Ananth Kumar tried to re-enter the state along with the Ekta Yatra being led by the party’s youth wing president Anurag Thakur but failed.

They were arrested for violating Section 144 which prohibits assembly of more than four persons at any particular place. They were taken to Kathua and would be produced before a court there tomorrow.

“What can be more unfortunate that those who burn the national flag are being provided

Jammu & Kashmir Police officials detain Sushma Swaraj at Madhopur bridge in Lakhanpur.

security while those holding the national flag are being stopped,” said Swaraj.

“What is our crime? Why are we being arrested? We have been marching peacefully,” Swaraj said while addressing thousands of party supporters carrying the national flag.

Earlier, Swaraj and Jaitley addressed a public meeting at Madhopur on Punjab border and vowed to go ahead with the plans to unfurl the national tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.

“Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said

13-hr shutdown at Dabolim airport Navy to undertake maintenance of lone runway HERALD REPORTER VASCO, JAN 25

The lone runway at the Dabolim airport will remain closed on Republic Day for over 13 hours, as naval authorities are undertaking a periodical maintenance of the runway.

Speaking to media along the sidelines of the launch of the naval training ship ‘Sudarshini’ on Tuesday, Flag Officer of Goa Naval Area Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai said it was decided to undertake periodical maintenance of the runway on January 26, after consulting the Airport Authority of India, all commercial airlines and other stakeholders at the Dabolim airport.

“The Navy will begin the repair work early morning after the arrival of Qatar Airlines at about 4 am and it is expected that the maintenance work will be completed in the evening”, informed Pillai.

“The repair work is being carried out after consultation with all the stakeholders, as no flight will be cancelled. Most of the flights have been rescheduled”, added Pillai.

Source at the airport informed that about 34 civil flights will be affected, including three chartered flights, two scheduled international operations and the remaining domestic flights.

The surface layer of the runway, which was laid in 2007, is regularly maintained and due to increase in traffic and arrival of large military and civilian aircraft, some minor repair work is required on the coating of surface layer.

“We wanted to repair the runway without causing inconvenience to passengers, as repairs are necessary and since the airport has only one runway, the closure of it is unavoidable”, added Pillai.

if you visit the state, the separatists will be provoked. This shows the psychological surrender (by the state government) before the separatists...it is a historic mistake,” Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, said.

Later, a group of activists were seen crossing the bridge on the river Ravi on the Punjab-J&K border where they were stopped by security forces.

The BJYM activists continued to shout slogans demanding that they be allowed to proceed to Srinagar to hoist the tricolour at Lal Chowk.

Speaker to settle NCP issue soon HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 25

The Speaker of Goa Assembly Pratapsing Rane is likely to decide in a day or two as to who will head NCP’s legislature wing and chief whip in Goa even as two NCP ML As sought four weeks to file their replies.

While Benaulim MLA Mickky Pacheco was prompt to file his (Continued on page 8)

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Villagers stop illegal sand extraction at Orlim

One thrashed for bid to outrage modesty HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 25

Sand dumped under the Orlim bridge.

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 25

The South Goa flying squad on Tuesday rushed to Orlim village following complaints from local villagers of sand extraction near the Orlim bridge.

The flying squad led by Francisco D’Souza found sand dumped on the banks of River Sal under the bridge.

The flying squad promised the local villagers that they would submit a report to the Deputy Collector, Margao for further action.

The flying squad made their presence felt near the Orlim

3 workers arrested for theft HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, JAN 25

Ponda Police on Tuesday arrested three workers on charges of stealing spare parts in Bethora Industrial Estate, Ponda.

Police have identified the accused as Tuna Sukhadas (Orissa), Rajesh Sharma and Throlesha Kumar, presently residing at Datta Gad, Bethora.

According to Ponda Police, Tuna Sukhadev was employed with a private company which was undertaking painting contracts of ceiling fans spare parts from a neighbouring industry.

O n Tu e s d a y a f t e r n o o n , Sukhadev was caught redhanded while stealing some material and handed over to Ponda Police. During interrogation, Sukhadev disclosed the names of two of his associates involved in the crime.

According to Ponda Police, the accused have confessed to the crime, which was going on since the last two years.

Police informed that the trio till date committed thefts amounting to Rs 42,000. Police have recovered five stolen fan blades from the accused.

Met dept confirms earthquake at Sanguem HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 25

Finally, the Goa Meteorological Observatory has confirmed that the tremors that were felt near Sanguem on January 6 were that of earthquake.

Indian Meteorological Observatory, Goa in-charge K V Singh said that micro earthquake measuring 2.2 on richter scale was recorded 44 kms away from Panjim. The time of earthquake was 06:54 hours.

On January 6, the tremors were felt at about 6.40 am and again at about 11.05 am at Uguem, Valkini and Bhati in Sanguem taluka.

According to the residents, the noise and the effect of tremor was particularly high in Uguem and its surroundings, as some people rushed out from their houses.

However, the Met department had ruled out the occurrence of earthquake stating that they have not recorded any sign of earthquake.

The Earthquake was confirmed following analysis of data sent by Goa station to its Delhi headquarters. The data was collected through Real Time Seismic Monitoring Network (RTSMN). Singh said that the data, which was collected in Panjim was transmitted to Delhi via satellite.

The experts from NIO had also ruled out the possibility of earthquake. However, they had said that mining activity surrounding Selaulim dam or the reservoir itself could be the reason for seismic activity leading to tremors.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

bridge after members of Orlim Gaum Rakhon Manch noticed sand extraction activity during the last few days. They pointed out that the sand was being clandestinely lifted away from the spot by trucks at odd hours, raising suspicions on the activity.

Initially, the flying squad maintained that they are supposed to only attend to illegal land filling and hill cutting activity. But, when questioned by the activists, the squad, which came within an hour of intimation to the district collector, promised to inform the collectorate on

the next course of action.

OGRM President Shanti Fortes informed that the activists will be maintaining a vigil at the spot till action comes from the authorities.

When contacted, deputy Collector Johnson Fernandes said he has asked the flying squad to forward the report to the Director of Mines for further action. “Illegal sand extraction comes within the domain of the Directorate of Mines. I have asked the flying squad to forward the sand extraction report to the Mines Director for further action”, Johnson added.

A laboratory attendant attached to a Canacona-based educational institute was merciless beaten up by an irate mob at Paddi after he allegedly tried to outrage the modesty of a 20year old nurse from the village.

The accused Rajendra Redkar (40) is presently convalescing at the Primary Health Centre Balli, even as the Cuncolim police registered an offense of outraging the modesty of the young girl.

Cuncolim PI Nelson Albuquerque informed that the police would arrest the accused no sooner he is discharged from the hospital.

He said the incident occurred when the girl, working as a nurse in a Margao-based hospital, was proceeding home on foot after alighting from the bus at Paddi. “Suddenly, the accused wearing a helmet came behind her an offered her a lift. Apparently thinking that the motorcycle rider is known to her, she accepted the lift, but soon noticed the accused trying to molest her by touching her private parts”, PI Albuquerque said.

He said the girl later screamed for help and tried to flee away when the motorcycle stopped, but the rider again caught hold of her and outraged her modesty.

Her pleas for help evoked attention from a motorcyclist, who along with other villagers later gave the accused a sound thrashing before handing him over to the police.

The police are investigating.

one arrested, more likely in Nessai murder case HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 25

In a major breakthrough which could lead to the detection of the sensational Nessai murder case, the police on late Tuesday night arrested one Govind Naik (30), a resident of Calconda-Margao in connection with the brutal murder of Multan Bellary, a native of Bellary-Karnataka, whose headless body was found abandoned in Nessai earlier this morning.

Apparently inching closer to the detection of the sensational Nessai murder case, the Maina Curtorim police station incharge, PI Sidhant Shirodkar informed that Govind has been placed under arrest for the murder of the native of Bellary.

He said that Govind has been placed under arrest following painstaking investigations by the police since the brutal murder. He said that more arrests of accused persons connected with the murder will be effected in days ahead.

While declining to throw more light in the sensational

case, PI Shirodkar said that the police has collected sufficient evidence which points fingers to certain persons.

“The accused arrested in the case would be thoroughly interrogated to unearth names of other accused involved in the case”, he added.

Margao sub divisional police officer, DySP Umesh Gaonkar confirmed that Maina Curtorim PI Sidhant Shirodkar has picked up for interrogations one person, but said that there’s a long way to go before the brutal murder case is finally detected.

In fact, sources in the know said police investigations into the sensational murder has revealed that deceased Multan, who was wanted in theft cases in Bicholim and Ponda police station, was lifted from Benaulim by a group of persons in a car, one of whom stands identified by the police.

It is learnt that the police has also recorded the statement of a person under the Cr P C stating the name of the person who had come to take Multan away

on that particular night.

DySP Gaonkar, however, said that the police have so far established that deceased Multan was taken away from Benaulim by a group of persons, but the police are still in the process of ascertaining the names of the actual killers who killed Multan in a brutal fashion before his head was chopped off from his body.

Replying to a question, DySP Gaonkar said the deceased used to stay in Benaulim for some days, adding deceased had the habit of changing places during his eight year stay in the state.

Sources said the case has turned sensitive in view of the fact that names of certain persons have surfaced during the investigations.

The headless body of Sultan was found abandoned at an isolated spot at Nessai along the roadside.

Post mortem examination later revealed that the killers had inflicted as many as 41 injuries on the body of the deceased.

officials aiming for 100% electoral polling HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 25

Observing the first ever National Voters’ Day, the election officers today expressed the need for registering cent percent polling during the election.

“The National Voters day is an exercise to increase voter percentage and deepen citizen’s involvement in the election process as their single vote can bring significant changes in the economy and the governance of the state,” District Election Officer Mihir Vardan said.

Vardhan, who also holds the post of North Goa Collector, pointed out that the percentage of voters’ registered in the country is much less than 42 percent.

“Compare to the rest, the situation in our state is far better.

Roughly around 65 percent polling takes place during Assembly elections while more then 70 percent during municipal elections,” he said adding that there is still a need to increase this percentage and therefore the electors should come out and vote.

He was addressing the gathering of State Level National Voters’ organized by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer at Bal Bhavan today morning.

Vardhan quoting rule 49-O of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 said that even if an elector decides not to vote any of the candidates he can still go to the polling station and do that.

“Many at times we don’t vote stating that the candidates are not eligible to represent the state. Even then, instead of seating at home

you can very well walk into polling station, who will take note of such act,” he stated.

As 25th January marks the foundation day of the Election commission of India, millions of youth are being enrolled in the voters’ list across the country during the annual ro l l re v i s i o n p ro g r a m m e every January.

In view of this, from this year (2011) 25th January is being celebrated as the National Voters’ Day throughout the country as been decided by Union Cabinet.

Addressing the gathering, Chief Guest of the function, Chief Secretary Sanjay Srivastava said that registering as a voter is one of the first steps toward becoming a full participant in a democracy and a citizen who can influence change in a community. “ The main objective of today’s day is to increase the enrolment of voters so as to make universal adult franchise a complete reality and thereby enhance the quality of Indian democracy,” he said.

Srivastava welcomed the 16,000 new voters in registered in the electoral rolls of the state

in the electors club and advised them to vote with responsibility and caution.

Secretary, Elections Ashok Acharya also said that voting right is a responsibility which has to be carried out with lot of thought and lot of insight.

The slogan for the maiden national Voters’ Day observation is “Greater Participation for a Stronger Democracy”.

State Election Commissioner, Dr M Modassir, director of higher education Bhaskar Nayak and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.

one acquitted of rape HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 25

The South Goa Sessions court on Tuesday acquitted a security man who was charged by the police for allegedly raping a woman at the Verna Industrial Estate a year ago.

Accused Pyare Donga was acquitted by the Court for want of evidence against the accused as the prosecution failed to prove the guilty of the accused.

In this case, the police had charged Pyare Donga for raping his neighbouring wife when the husband, also working as a security man, was on night duty.

However, when the husband retuned home that night, he found the accused in the house.

The Police later charged the accused for raping the woman at knife point.

CCF visits Keri, confirms presence of tiger

HERALD CORRESPONDENT BICHOLIM, JAN 25

Chief Conservator of forest (CCF) Shashi Kumar on Tuesday visited Keri Sattari and agreed to the presence of a tiger in the area.

It may be recalled that footprints of a tiger were spotted at Keri on Monday and the forest department was informed about it. Taking note of it, the CCF visited the area and personally inspected the area.

According to reports, besides the footprint, a worker who was working close to the place where the footprint was found, had seen a female tigress along with a cub.

Speaking to media, CCF Chief Shashi Kumar admitted that there could be a tiger in the area.

“The footprint seems to be that of a tiger, but we are yet to verify it. We will send the prints

for scientific examination so that we have a proof of the presence of a tiger,” said Shashi Kumar.

He further said that the area would be monitored as Tiger is among the endangered species in India.

“We will monitor the area and keep a vigil so that the animal is not harmed by anyone, as it is an endangered species,” added Kumar.

It may be recalled that KeriSattari was in the news some years ago, when the carcass of a tiger was found in the forest.

The forest department had arrested several persons from the village in this connection.

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Cop’s bail rejected HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, JAN 25

The bail plea filed by Goa Police Head Constable Arun Desai was rejected by the District Session Court, here, on Monday.

While the Belgaum police had filed objection against the bail plea on which the hearing for bail was made on Monday, the order was posted for Tuesday.

According to sources, the bail plea was rejected by looking at the seriousness of the crime in which a government servant, that too the protector of the law was found involved.

It may be recalled that on January 11, Belgaum Police had arrested five persons, including police constable Arun Desai, attached to the Margao police station while they were allegedly carrying Hashish for sale in Belgaum.

New road bypass to save houses at Dandeavaddo in Chinchinim HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 25

It’s official. Not a single house will go for demolition at Dandeavaddo-Chinchinim as PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao has accepted the pleas of the villagers for the NH-17 bypass in the village.

At an interaction with local MLA and Water Resources Minister, Filipe Neri Rodrigues and affected villages at Chinchinim on Tuesday, Alemao said the PWD has accepted the demand for realignment of the NH-17 at Dandeavaddo by building a road bypass.

“Not a single house would go for demolition at Chinchinim. I have accepted the request of the villagers whose apprehensions were genuine. The St Sebastian Chapel and the houses will be saved from destruction”, Alemao told the villagers.

The PWD Minister said Filipe Neri Rodrigues requested him to save the religious structure as well as well as the houses by changing the alignment, which has been accepted by the PWD.

alignment to be placed before House panel HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 25

PWD Minister Churchill Alemao has said the alignment of the NH17 will be placed before the House Committee on February 7 for approval.

Alemao told newsmen that the MLAs of the House Committee will be briefed of the NH-17 alignment worked out by the PWD along with other officials. “We have surveyed the NH-17 alignment and tried to solve the problems and apprehensions raised by some people at some stretches. While finalizing the highway, we have taken care of the houses and structures standing along the alignment”, Alemao said.

“We will do whatever is required to save the houses and other structures along the NH-17 alignment. If there are some houses which have to make way for the highway expansion, the government would offer the owners market rates and alternative land for construction”, he added.

Alemao emphasized the need to build the highway as early as possible to facilitate construction of the signature bridge over Zuari bridge within the next four

years. “The condition of the Zuari bridge is bad. We have to put another bridge across River Zuari before the existing bridge gives problems”, he said.

Expressing satisfaction that the villagers of Chinchinim are happy over the government decision to realign the highway at Dandeavaddo, Alemao said the highway would pass through Cuncolim and Cortalim without affecting major structures.

Velim MLA and Water Resources Minister, Filipe Neri Ro-

drigues thanked Alemao for fulfilling his promise of a bypass, saying the bypass would ensure that no structure goes for demolition. “I am happy that not a single house in my constituency would go for demolition on account of the NH-17. The PWD Minister has kept his word. We will resolve small things at a later stage”, Filipe said.

A local resident Upendra Angle thanked both Alemao and Filipe for accepting their demand for realignment of the highway at Chinchinim and said that the highway project is the need of the hour taking into account the movement of vehicles on the roads.

“We are happy that both Filipe and Alemao have worked out a bypass which would not affect anyone. They have even taken care of farming. We are happy that our request has been met. Highway is a must in this age. If it is not built on time, the movement will be restricted and we will go back to the old age”, Angle said.

NH 17 alignment: activists to move court HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 25

Protesting against state government’s move to go ahead with the public hearings on current alignment for highway expansion, the activists have now decided to file a Writ Petition in the high court seeking judicial redressal.

National Highway Diversion Action Committee (NHDAC) today said that they will plead with the High court that state government be asked to stop the highway expansion as per current alignment.

“We will file writ petition in the high court demanding to bring stay on the current alignment for the highway expansion,” NHDAC convenor Sunil Desai told reporters today evening.

Desai stressed that they are

not against the national highway expansion but they want that the alignment should be changed. “Highway should be not at the cost of villages,” he stated.

The committee informed that the government has already begun the public hearing over the alignment of NH17 expansion, in North Goa, which has been objected by people.

“Government cannot force their wishes on us. They had told the committee earlier that they will opt for fresh alignment,” Desai said.

Desai said that inspite of oppose, the section 3 (D) of National Highways act to acquire the land required for the expansion has been notified in the government gadget on November 29, 2010.

NHDAC has an objection to the alignment of NH 17 has organized a massive convention at Mapusa on January 28, which will be attended by prominent people like Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar, Francis D’Souza, Dayanand Mandrekar, Matanhy Saldanha and Christopher Fonseca.

“We may also plan certain activities during the state assembly session beginning from January 31,” he added.

The action committee pointed out that former chief minister Pratapsingh Rane had worked out a highway plan for Goa which was bypassing villages. “Government should think of a highway on those lines as it will not disturb any human settlement,” Desai said.

The committee also said that

Navals’s second training ship launched at GSL

Letha Sushil, wife of Vice Admiral K N Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command, launches the INS ‘Sudarshini’.

Photo by M Prabhav HERALD REPORTER VASCO, JAN 25

Letha Sushil, wife of Vice Admiral K N Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding-in-chief Southern Naval Command, on Tuesday launched ‘Sudarshini’, the second in the series of training sail ships of Indian Navy, at Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), Vasco.

‘Sudarshini’ is the second training ship of Navy after Tarangini, Navy’s first Sail Train-

ing Ship, which was also constructed by GSL. GSL Chief Managing Director RAdm (Retd) Vineet Bakhshi, Rear Admiral Prem Kumar Nair, Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai, Flag Officer Goa Area and Naval Avaition, DIG N V Narashima, Commander Coast Guard were present for the launching ceremony.

Speaking on the occasion, Vice Admiral K N Sushil said sail training ships are increasingly

being used as basic seamanship and character building platform

by Navies the world over.

Describing ship’s feature, Sushil said ‘Sudarshini’ is steel hauled, round bilged, three mast sailing ship with 61 person can be deployed at sea continuously for a period of 20 days and ship will be official inducted in the inventories of Navy on May, 2011.Complementing GSL, Sushil said Indian Navy is having its long association with GSL and are happy with their services and hoped that the Indian Navy will get better and quality ships in time in the near future.

Addressing the gathering, GSL Chairman and Managing Director Rear Admiral Vinit Bakshiwhile said GSL is the only defense shipyard in the nation to be equipped with sophisticated ship lift facility for launching and docking of ships.

Bakshi further said presently GSL is engaged in augmenting capacity through the implementation of its modernization plan so that defense requirements can be met indigenously.

ChakaChak Goa to be launched today HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 25

This Republic Day celebration will be “different” -- apart from flag hoisting and Republic day parade; a clean-up drive “ChakaChak Goa” kick starts tomorrow simultaneously at five locations across the State.

The campaign “Chaka Chaka Goa” basically aims to put waste management system in place in coordination with the civic bodies and participation of citizens,

said ex-counsellor Patricia Pinto who will co-ordinate this campaign throughout the year.

Unlike other cleanliness drives held in past and which ended with collection of plastic waste - this campaign will focus on waste management and to find long term solution to garbage problem in the State.

This campaign is also different because it is not limited to collection of plastic waste alone.

“We will collect all kinds of

recyclable waste. Plastic collected will be sent to the contractorappointedbythegovernment,” informed Patricia Pinto.

The campaign will be carried out in three ways -- creating awareness is one part of the campaign, secondly , we will work along with civic bodies to have waste management system in place, and thirdly, through enforcement of ban on plastic bags below 40 microns.” said Pinto.

government should consider the suggestions made in Regional Plan 2021 as regards with highway expansion.

National Highway Authority of India has planned to expand existing highway under the centrally sponsor scheme. Goa government has already initiated land acquisition proceedings for this highway.

However, since long, NHDAC has been demanding changes in the current alignment of the national highway expansion, which is crossing through the urban area.

The committee has also raised objection to the government move of imposing toll fee.

“Why we need to pay toll when we already pay road tax?” questioned Mohmmad Khan, Mapusa.

sarpanch denies charges HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 25

Colva Sarpanch Angela Borges has refuted all the allegations leveled against her by five members of the panchayat body.

Borges sought to know what sort of development was taken by the Panchayat during two and half year period before she took over the reigns of office just a year ago.

“During my short tenure, I tried to solve the burning garbage problem by installing a recyling station.

Composting pits had also been set up to tackle garbage. The fish market with the help of ZP was also taken up, besides drains”, she said, while reacting to the allegations.

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Authorities undertake ‘mock’ demolition of shack at Mobor

Workers engaged by Tourism Department seen removing items from the shack, while leaving the structure intact at Cavelossim.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 25 They came with only a pickaxe and koitas when the workers ought to have been equipped with gas cutters and heavy machinery to raze down this beach shack at Mobor-Cavelossim.

This despite the fact that the demolition of the extended portion of the beach shack was ordered by the Tourism Director Swapnil Naik based on an inspection by his officials.

Call it a sham or plain farce, a demolition squad of the Tourism Department removed only chairs and other small items from the mezzanine floor of the shack, leaving the structure untouched for want of machinery.

Assistant Tourism Director Jai Krishna Sangodkar said the il-

legal portion of the shack structure could not be razed down since it was built with steel pillars, raising questions why the demolition squad came to the site minus the required equipments. Even the steel staircase was left untouched by the squad.

Many an eyebrow is raised over the cosmetic action initiated by the Tourism officials, even though the Demolition squad, South headed by Deputy Collector Johnson Fernandes made available police protection and an Executive magistrate for magisterial duties.

Johnson said his department is not to be blamed for any farce committed by the Tourism Department. “The Tourism department only asked the demolition

squad for police protection and an Executive Magistrate. There was no request either for manpower, machinery or gas cutters from the Tourism department”, Johnson said.

When contacted, Sangodkar said the demolition squad could not requisition the gas cutters thinking the structure was built with items which can be razed down with a pickaxe and koitas.

He, however, was caught on the wrong foot that the inspection report compiled by Tourism officials speaks of heavy steel used to extend the beach shack.

Replying to a question, the Assistant Tourism Director said that the department would no approach the demolition squad, South for the equipments to raze down the structures.

Quepem, Sanguem locals to protest road widening HERALD CORRESPONDENT QUEPEM, JAN 25

Residents from Quepem and Sanguem talukas under the banner of ‘Ganv Rakhon Jagrut Manch’, Curchorem, and other organisations from Quepem will stage a major 'bandh' on January 27.

The agitation has been planned to protest against the uncontrolled and unplanned mining traffic and proposed four-laning of the road from Tilamol to Sanguem.

The villagers have claimed that the mining transport operating via Quepem-CurchoremSanguem road has been causing health hazards, traffic jams as a result school children are not able to reach school in time nor at home after school, officegoers cannot reach in time for their work.

“To find a solution to the problem faced by the villagers by way of a bypass, the government has decided to construct

Cops accused of being spectators to destruction HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 25

A 39-year-old business woman who runs a bar and restaurant in Calangute Village has levelled allegations against Calangute police saying they remained mere spectators as her restaurant was ransacked and destroyed by some locals on January 22 and she file a complaint before SP North.

Susan Vaz, who is a resident of Taleigao while addressing a press conference on Tuesday here said, on January 22, at about 2. 30 pm, she received a call from her Nigerian fiancée, saying one rickshaw has banged `I 20’ car which was parked in front of their restaurant.

Rickshawalla was stopped by one customer and asked to pay compensation for damages.

However he refused to co-operate and started calling people on his cell phone, she claimed in her complaint.

It was then she instructed her fiancée to call police. Police who were present at the scene and had started the formalities, did nothing to prevent the rickshaw driver and his from breaking the glass door of the bar and some alcohol bottles, she alleged.

They also damaged two more cars parked outside -- one belonging to the customer and one to her, she said in her complaint and claimed that whole destruction has been recorded on the CCTV installed in the restaurant. She said, as a future course of action, she would make a complaint to SP North about police excesses.

a four-lane road on the existing Tilamol-Sanguem court road by demolishing houses and compound walls, and with this regard the government had issued Section 4 of Land Acquisition Act,” said the villagers.

As a protest, the agitated villagers from Quepem have decided to observe total ‘bandh’ on January 27.

Meanwhile, the Quepem Merchant Association and Motorcycle and Richshaw Association have also decided to support the ‘bandh’ call given by the villagers of Quepem, Curchorem and Sanguem.

Its president Remedio Rebello has appealed to all the shopkeepers to keep their shops close and vehicles off the road on January 27.

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He, however, did not set any time frame to raze down the structure saying the police would be preoccupied with the intervening Assembly session and procedure required to be followed to constitute the demolition squad.

Replying to a question, Sangodkar said the shack structure owned by Cruz Cardozo was considered as illegal since steel has been used for the construction of the shack. “The owner has used heavy steel poles to extend the beach shack. The shack has to be built of bamboo and not steel. This is not permissible under the rules”, he asserted.

Referring to the allegations made by Cruz that the Tourism department has not acted on his complaint against the complainant shack owner for some irregularities, Sangodkar said the department is verifying the complaint made by Cruz.

“The department normally receives so many complaints visà-vis shacks. Action, if any, will be initiated after verification”, he added.

Pedestrian succumbs

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, JAN 25

A 24-year-old pedestrian from Taleigao succumbed to injuries at GMC Hospital on Tuesday.

Calangute Police have arrested Michael Joseph Gupta (24) of Mollembhat-Saligao in

connection with the accidental death of Rajendra Naik of Taleigao at Saligao.

According to Calangute Police, the accident occurred on Monday when Naik was knocked down by a two-wheeler, which was driven by Gupta.

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S H O RT TA K E S Preparatory series released

PANJIM (HND): Rajhauns Vitaran, a leading publishing house in the field of education has released its maiden titles in the preparatory series for standards VIII and IX, to help the students to prepare well for the exams.

The just released series consist of solved and unsolved question papers for term-II, that is, final examination, designed by experienced and reliable teachers. It is published in bound volumes consisting of compulsory subjects such as English, Maths, Science, Social Science I, Social Science II and Hindi. Both titles are available at bookstalls throughout the State.

Gabriel Cruz (W) wins

Champions Gabriel Cruz (W) ward members Jeniffer Pereira and Francisco Fernandes pose with the trophy along with organising committee members Govind Kantak and Johnny Gomes.

PANJIM (HND): Gabriel Cruz - West reigned supreme by clinching the inter-ward championship trophy which was organised by United Club of Utorda, at the Church premises recently.

All the six wards participated in the ten events at the competition and put up a dazzling performance of their talents which was widely enjoyed by the spectators.

Gabriel Cruz (W) secured 41 points to emerge winners while Francis Costa ward managed to occupy the second place with 39 points. Besides trophies, the winners were awarded cash prizes. All the remaining three wards - Gabriel Cruz East, Loyola- Marabhat-Firguem Bhatt, Monteiro Ward/Mollar were also awarded cash prizes.

‘Improvisation’ bags prize

PANJIM (HND): Students of Narayan Zantye College of Commerce, Bicholim, bagged first prize for their one act Konkani play ‘Improvisation’ at Kala Academy. The play, directed by Pravin Marathe and written by Shaba Kudtarkar won following prizes: Pravin Marathe (first prize for direction), Vilas Parsekar (first prize for set designer), Gajanan Zarmekar (first prize for light designer), Akshay Shet (second prize for acting), Diptesh Naik and Smita Dessai (appreciation certificates for acting).

Support and efforts of Pravin Marathe, Gajanan Zarmekar, Satyam Satarkar, Vilas Parsekar, Rajendra Kumbharjuvenkar, Paresh Lingadkar, Dnyaneshwar Raut, Krupa Mayenkar and the cultural coordinator Sherin Sheikh contributed greatly to the success of play.

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rom the moment plans were conceived to align regions according to the languages spoken, a grand folly was about to be carried out.

Today, the formation of states that would constitute the Indian Union on the basis of linguistic affiliations appears to have been the greatest blunder in Indian history.

Accounts of the ancient past have shown that the Indian subcontinent’s was a perennial saga of disorganized alliances; a sordid tale of treachery and mistrust. A united front was never its forte; no wonder the foreign invaders found the disjointed factions an easy conquest. Exploiting this weakness, the colonial marauders were able to establish a long rule here with their ‘divide and rule’ policies.

However, having earned our freedom on the strength of the collective efforts of the selfless sons of the soil who rose above all considerations of caste, creed

KTC on recovery drive of its dues HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 25

Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL), which is having its treasury in losses, have now embarked on the ‘mission recovery.’

KTCL Managing Director Venancio Furtado said that the corporation has written letters to its various tenants including the government offices to pay the arrears.

‘The rents of various shops allotted on the bus stands are pending since years.

Amount of various casual contracts with individuals, establishments and even government offices like tourism, PWD, Konkan Railway and others are pending. It has been decided to recover these arrears so as to ease the financial constraints faced by the

Liquor restrictions in Salcete, Sanguem

PANJIM (HND): In view of byeelections to the vacant wards, the quantity of liquor which can be transported within the jurisdiction of the ward 5 in VP CanaBenaulim and Verna in Salcete and ward 1 in VP Mollem in Sanguem or which can be possessed by any person within the said area, without permit from January 29 to 31, is limited to three quart bottles of Indian made foreign liquor other than beer and six bottles of beer for any person including his family and three quart bottles of country liquor for any person including his family.

All licensed premises for the sale of liquor within the jurisdiction of the Cana-Benaulim and Verna VPs in Salcete and Mollem in Sanguem shall be closed from January 29 to 31.

corporation,’ Furtado said.

It is estimated that total recovery of Rs 1 crore is pending with various establishments.

The recovery drive has begun from January 17 and has given time till January 29 for tenants to respond. ‘If they don’t respond by January 29 than, show cause notice will be issued against them and subsequently legal proceedings will begin,’ official stated.

Furtado confirmed that department till date has been successful in recovering around Rs 12 lakh from the shop tenants.

With the implementation of sixth pay commission last year, the corporation has to shell out additional liability of Rs 1.75 crore per month. The KTCL has been de-

Seminar throws light on IT avenues in hospitality sector Heritage Institute of Hotel and Tourism (HIHT) organised a seminar on ‘Broadening Horizons of IT in Hospitality Sector’ at the RAJHANS, Naval Auditorium, Chicalim, where prominent personalities of the industry were invited to guide the budding professionals.

D i re c t o r H R Pa r k H y a t t Jagdeep Chauhan, Chief Accountant and Acting General Manager Majorda Beach Resort A Krishnan, and Manager HR Majorda Beach Resort Ashok A Gaitonde, were the special guests.

The special guests gave an interesting speech on ‘Broadening Horizons of IT in Hospitality Sector’ and shared their experiences. They also gave an insight into the hospitality industry and tips of success to

Six deacons of the Capuchin order will be ordained priests at the Se Cathedral Old Goa on January 26.

The priestly ordination will be conferred on the six capuchin friars by ArchbishopPatriarch Filipe Neri Ferrao.

The six deacons include Marcus Fernandes (Velim), Ivor Fernandes (Velim),

The great ‘Indian divide’, the north and south that is, has thrown up some strange equations. The distaste for Hindi as exhibited raucously by the Madrasis has been as debasing as the attitude of the Kashmiris who still believe they are a separate state within the country.

Imagine the Chief Minister of the state vehemently opposing plans to have a flag-hoisting, an Indian flag mind you, at the Lal Chowk in Srinagar by the BJP on the Republic Day, fearing that it would ‘hamper’ the peace in the valley, scuttle the peace process after months of civil unrest there!

The national flag, I say! “Every free nation of the world has its own flag; it is a symbol of a free country.” Moreover, “the Indian national flag represents the hopes and aspirations of the people of India; a symbol of our

the students. All of them unanimously asked the students to develop self-drive and urged them to do their best. They also shared that secret of success lies in expressing and communicating it to others what they learn at the Institute.

A cultural programme of dance and songs was organised by the students. Finally the students were distributed laptops

Bruno Leitao (Chinchinim), Rodney Rebello (Chinchinim), Bryan Pinto (Velim) and Eldrige Jude Savio D’Souza (Parra).

The deacons who joined the Capuchin order in 2001-02 made their final profession on May 17, 2009. While Marcus, Bruno, Rodney, Brayon and Eldrige were ordained deacons on June 29, 2010, Ivor was ordained on November 6, 2010 at Shanti Sadahane Dina Seva Ashram, Ban-

national pride.” It is well said in the present context that “it will be necessary for all Indians, irrespective of caste, creed and religion, to whom India is their home, to recognize a common flag to live and die for.”

Kashmir has a legislation which discourages the sale of landed property in the state to anyone other than a Kashmiri.

Outsiders cannot settle there!

Following the Accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India in 1947, a special status was then accorded to the state through Article 370 incorporated in the Indian Constitution. The very fact that even today Article 370 is “the only legal window through which the Republic of India maintains its territorial link with J&K and extends its jurisdiction to the State,” has the issue of ‘special status’ much in debate.

However, the term ‘outsider’ has been corrupted to such an extent in present day India that the word itself has a foreign ring about it. Playing on the regional feelings of the people, jingoism has been fanned aflame in many parts of the country. Bifurcation of the existing states to appease provincial provocateurs has altered the very map of a united India. Overriding proposals for a united Andhra Pradesh, proTelangana activists out on a rampage asserting their demands, is an example to cite.

The opportunistic overtures of a few regional politicians have had Maharashtra in a state of near turmoil lately. Fermenting xenophobic emotions, they were able to built up public anger against north Indians, especially the Biharis and those from UP, for depriving the locals of jobs and other means of livelihood.

How could the concept of ‘an outsider’ be applied to an Indian from any state residing in another? Isn’t India a free country?

Since when have we ‘imposed

Members Day

PORVORIM (HC): Quitula Sports Club at Aldona will celebrate its Members Day with a Dine & Dance on January 26 from 7.30 pm for members and their guests. Members are requested to collect their coupons from Paul Alphonso, Jose Caridade Fernandes or at the Club premises.

Annual Seva

PANJIM (HND): Annual Seva by the people of Margao offered to Shree Dattamaharaj at Sanquelim will be held on January 26. As the temple work is not yet completed, the Annual Shatakalabishek will not be held. Instead, there will be a Laghu Vishnu at 8.30 am, followed by Aarti and Santarpan. There will be Palkhi at 8.30 pm and thereafter, Aarti and Prasad.

Blood donation camp

PANJIM (HND): Sri Sathya Sai Seva organization, Goa, in association with Panjim Ambulance and Welfare Trust will organise a blood donation camp at conference hall of Hotel Manoshanti, Panjim, on January 26 from 10 am to 12.30 pm.

For further details call 9823147695 or 9561158338.

PANJIM (HND): Goa Citizens Welfare Trust (GCWT) will felicitate some prominent citizens from across Goa on January 26 at Goa Woodlands Hotel, Margao. The function will be held from 11.30 am onwards. Some of the personalities who will be felicitated include Emiliano Da Cruz (music), Shakeel Ahmed (bravery), Sister Valentina (runs an orphanage), Agnelo Fernandes (dy Collector, LA for bravery). The chief guest for the function will be former tourism minster Mickky Pacheco and the guests of honour will be Adv Shrikant Naik and Dr Varun Carvalho.

by the guests.

Group President of HIHT, D K Singh’s message was read to the students. He said that until they dream they will not move towards success. He further advised the students to make a sensible and responsible use of technology available to them in the present world.

Vote of thanks given by the Principal A K Pal.

Six deacons to be ordained priests HERALD CORRESPONDENT MAPUSA, JAN 25

UPCOMING EVENTS

Felicitation function

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The Indian reality and religion, we continue to wallow in pitiable conditions.

India is a land of diverse cultures, religions and communities, a mélange of customary traditions, flavor, etiquettes and lifestyle. Nevertheless, the sole feeling of ‘being an Indian’ is a contrived emotion that is displayed with a lack of concern.

The diversity is clearly reflected in a variety of traditions being followed. The same festival is celebrated in various hues associating different suggestions according to the topography of the region; every cuisine has a distinctive flavor. Collectively the Brahmins who once asserted their authority may envy the reservations doled out to the dalits now, but a Gujarati and Bengali are as different in their customs and mores as the distance that separate their states.

pendent on government funds. The KTCL, having fleet of 450 buses, spends Rs 2.64 as a salary liability per month has 775 drivers and 650 conductors.

In yet another development KTCL had decided to install CCTV cameras in its head office at Porvorim. Furtado said that in the later stage the same would be installed in rest of its offices, spread across the state.

‘Employees have been often complaining of excessive work. Through CCTV we would be able to keep watch on their work and attendance,’ he said.

Meanwhile, the corporation has suspended five of its workers. The suspensions came after workers were found drunken while on duty as well as unpunctual.

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The six deacons have chosen ‘Make Me My Master a Herald of Your Peace’ as their ordination theme.

Affiliated to the St Anthony Capuchin Vice Province of Goa, the six new Capuchin priests will be serving in the Archdiocese of Goa with different pastoral assignments.

passports’ for Indians to travel the length and breadth of the country, and settle at any place of their choice?

Unity in diversity! Well this line has been harped upon quite a lot. Flaunting our secular credentials, we have had a harmonious relationship between Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and those subscribing to various other religious orders in the country. But of late, the communal cauldron has started boiling over with disastrous results.

Various religious orders have suddenly found the need to safeguard their dogmas and principles. Many a staunch believer in their religious faiths under the impression that the sanctity of their sacred beliefs has been encroached upon, find the need to retaliate aggressively. This then has assumed the gist of religious extremism. ‘Jihadic’ and ‘Saffron terror’ are the two phrases coined to describe every act of fanaticism that has been scourge of the country in modern times.

If unity is oneness and diversity lends strength to any group of people, then logically speaking, we shouldn’t be having sections of people preferring to be recognized and addressed as individuals from different regions of the country; rather, it should be a single entity! Could there be anything sweeter to the ears than the sound of the collective utterance that “we are Indians!”

Maybe we come from the land of Gautam Buddha, Guru Nanak Dev and scores of other great and pious souls. But our proclivities for hero-worshipping regional champions showcase our chauvinistic leanings. The penchant for ‘regionalizing’ historical figures is a blemish on the ‘broader national outlook’ that we take great pains, and pretence, to display.

God alone knows when we will rise up from being a Goan, a Maharashtraian or a Marwari to being a Hindustani!

Rajasthan handicrafts expo

PANJIM (HND): Exhibition of Rajasthan Handicrafts is underway at Clube National, 1st floor, MG Road, Panjim and will continue till January 29. Around 25 artisans are participating in the exhibition with their artifacts, besides giving live demonstration of their crafts. The crafts on display for sale are gold, work on marble items, painted furniture, all type of jewellery, sarees, lac bangles, bed sheet, mozaries, paper mashie, readymade garments, Painting and Other Handicrafts of Rajasthan. The exhibition is organised by ‘Rajasthali’ a unit of Rajasthan Small Industries Corporation Ltd.

Course in homoeopathy

PANJIM (HND): Fr M Britto Joseph (SJ) from Mumbai will conduct an advance course in homeopathy on January 26, 29 and 30 at Institute Piedade Hall, next to SBI, Mandovi branch, Panjim, from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. Newcomers may also attend the course. For registration call Soter on 9890056616 or Elvis on 9922622904.

‘Hungarian Rhapsody’

PANJIM (HND): Indian Council for Cultural Relations, India, Directorate of Art & Culture and Kala Academy, will present ‘Hungarian Rhapsody’ (folk dance and music) on January 26 by the Hungarian state folk ensemble at Dinanath Mangeshkar Auditorium, Kala Academy, Campal, Panjim, at 6.30 pm.

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Prof Carlos da Cruz, an unknown freedom fighter

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e remember our freedom fighters and their contribution to liberation.However some have remained unknown. I have come to know about one such personality who has remained unknown – professor Carlos da Cruz, a man of character, dedicated, sincere, selfless, who fought for the human rights till his death.

Carlos luís martinho nazário da Cruz was born on July 28, 1907 in Chandor (Chandrapur), salsete. His parents were João napoleão Víctor da Cruz and Amélia Ritinha Clara lobo e Cruz. He excelled in several fields:hewas a professor/teacher, journalist, freedom fighter, selfless social worker.

It is interesting to know about his life so that our youth may emulate him.

He studied in the national lyceum of panjim (nova Goa) but was not allowed to finish his studies, because he revealed his independence of spirit. He completed his "escola normal" and did the examination of law, without having finished the 5th year of lyceum. He passed his exams with flying colours. He was sent to the backward village of Arambol, where he toiled for the poor people. He started a night school for the workers.

It was the first night school in Goa. He taught them human rights and etiquette.

He was writing constructive articles for journals. He was sending articles for Anglo -l usitano, but they were not published. then he began his own paper Oriente and continued to fight against injustice perpetrated by the portuguese Government against Goan people.

He was transferred to silvassa, capital of the district of Dadra and nagar-Haveli where he continued to teach and impart the knowledge of the portuguese lan-

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guage and culture to the simple people. He worked adivasis, indigenous and primitive people.

He was dismissed from the service, nonetheless he continued to work and to fight for their rights.

He began publishing another journal ‘sandalcalo’, named after the river that flows between Great Daman and small Daman. He was imprisoned by portuguese authorities twelve times.

He was in touch with other Goan revolutionaries, like Dr tristão Bragança Cunha, and became an active member of the Committee of the Goa Congress.

He was also in contact with the nationalist leaders like Ram manohar lohia and used to write to Jawaharlal nehru on political events of Goa. On August 2, 1954, nagar-Haveli was liberated and became part and parcel of India. the Government of India named him public prosecutor of nagar-Haveli. even in this post he worked for the adivasis.

He died suddenly at the tender age of 51 years, after a brief illness, on August 25 of 1958. While he was ill, he heard the national Anthem on August 2 and rose from his death-bed to salute the Indian national Flag on Dadra's liberation Day. then he asked that a handful of earth of his native village of Chandor, which he had fetched, be put in his grave, and breathed his last.

He gave one rupee from below his pillow to his wife for his

R-Day celebrations across State PANJIM, JAN 25

Goa will celebrate the anniversary of the Republic Day tomorrow, 26 January 2011. the flag hoisting ceremony will be performed by Governor, Dr. ss sidhu at the main function to be held at parade Ground, Campal, panaji at 8.45 a.m. After hoisting the national tri colour, the Governor will review the parade, present president’s police medal and police medal and later address the gathering.

Chief minister, Digambar Kamat, speaker, pratapsingh

Will the real Indian please stand up?

Rane, Cabinet ministers, Dy. speaker, mauvin Godinho, mps , leader of Opposition, manohar parrikar, mlAs and other dignitaries will attend the ceremony. the Governor will be received by the Chief minister, Chief secretary, sanjay srivastava, DGp, Bhimsen Bassi, Flag Officer Commanding Goa Area and station Commander (Army). the celebrations at the main function will include combined parade from the platoons of navy, Army, police, Fire services, Home Guard and nCC.

n 26 January 2011, we celebrate sixty two years of Indian Republic a country that is blessed with multiple religions, castes and creed and with different customs and traditions, and many love and honour these customs and traditions.

But unfortunately today, India is surrounded by many demons that are destructing the freedom of the country and are robbing the Indians of their livelihood and freedom like corruption, terrorism, unemployment & underemployment; child labour, illiteracy, corrupt political inter-

ferences and fanaticism. these demons are devouring the country and are robbing the peace and happiness of the country.

We are also indulged in dividing our religions and caste instead of calling ourselves as Indians, we prefer calling ourselves from which state of the Country we hail. thus we ourselves create this Divide & Rule factor and this is clearly seen at the time of elections, when we vote not for the right party, but the party that has the candidate of our religion and caste. there is a need today for every Indian to arise and stand for the factors that divide the

people. there is a need for every Indian to understand the need of being united as Indians and pledge not just our loyalty to the country but also to voice out towards the factors that breaks and divides our unity and fraternity. today there is a need for every Indian to show that united we can build a happy country and we will close the gap created by disharmony and hatred in the country.

Will the Real Indian please arise and stand for the unity of the country and forget the scars left by unholy events and persons? Will the real Indian please stand up? Jai hind!

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A deficit in governance

e constantly hear about the fiscal deficit and how it can derail this country’s progress. But what about the deficit in governance? At the centre and in the state, there seems to be a kind of paralysis in the governments that rule us. Scam are unlimited. But far from catching those responsible, the governments seem to be straining every sinew to ensure that the culprits get away.

We have said this before, in these very columns. But on Monday, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat heard it from Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily: “People do not have faith in the justice system of India, thereby leading people to take up insurgency and Naxalism.” He was speaking at the inauguration of the International Arbitration Centre (IAC). “If you do not have faith in law, then our democracy is in peril.

People are thirsty for justice,” Mr Moily said.

The previous Tuesday, a letter by a range of prominent people was published by many of the national English-language dailies. Powerful business people including Deepak Parekh, Dr Ashok Ganguly, Jamshyd Godrej, Anu Aga, Keshub Mahindra and Azim Premji; former judges Justice B N Srikrishna and Justice Sam Variava; ex-Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Bimal Jalan; eminent banker N Vaghul; as well as top bureaucrats and academics like Prof M Narasimham, Yezdi Malegam, Dr A Vaidyanathan and Nachiket Mor, made an urgent call for governance in the country to improve rapidly.

The ‘open letter to our leaders’ said the country has “witnessed eruption of a number of egregious events”. It went on: “What we are deeply worried about is not to allow India’s huge growth potential and poverty alleviation challenges to be diluted or digressed from… which would be a great loss, especially to the poor and the dispossessed.”

These are not opposition politicians or Naxalites. Those who have signed the letter are very much a part of the establishment. They are Davos attendees, heads of international business committees – highly ‘connected’ citizens all. And they usually prefer to keep quiet and get their work done by persuasion and lobbying in the corridors of power, not on the streets of New Delhi or in the jungles of central India. They are a part of the ‘ruling class’, not the ‘aam admi’. And if they are upset enough to write an open letter to newspapers in India, it is time the central government sat up and took notice.

Similarly, the Goa government must pay very close attention to the complaint of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). When those who prefer to make appeals on taxes, duties and subsidies take time off and digress from their annual budget representation to the state government to write a strong expression of concern at the rapidly deteriorating infrastructure as well as the law and order situation in the state, it is something for the government to be deeply concerned about.

When a union minister can openly debunk the findings of the Comptroller and Accountant General (CAG) on megascams in the interest of petty coalition politics; when a chief minister of a state can publicly defend discretionary out-ofturn allotments of prime land to nearly a dozen members of his extended family, when former chiefs of the Indian Army can get flats in an building supposedly built for widows of war martyrs, when the family members of a former chief justice of India amass hundreds of crores of rupees in assets within a few years, exactly which institution in this country can be said to be free of the rot of corruption and nepotism?

The government needs to clean its own house, urgently.

Otherwise, more and more Indians will start looking at the Naxalites with hope.

Respect national flag Cajetan Peter D’Souza, Mumbai It is usually observed that after the days of national importance - Independence Day (15th August) and Republic Day (26th January) when celebrations are over; miniature plastic flags are seen thrown on the roads, in garbage cans, and on street corners.

There is urgent need for the authorities to completely ban plastic flags of India. School students, particularly NCC cadets, and girl guides and boy scouts and other students should be assigned the task of collecting discarded flags and disposing them off in a decent manner, after the celebrations.

Students should be taught the value and dignity of our national flag and pay due respect to it.

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Replacing primary languages with mother-tongues Speaking in english, was a sign of betrayal to one’s motherland, says KALiDAS SAWKAR

Change of mindsets, a global requirement: f, with Konkani as their mother tongue, Goans have kept their identity alive through tumultuous five centuries as a Portuguese colony and later during the period 1961-1985, when its viability as an independent state was at stake, it has been another debate. This outlines the struggle between emerging futuristic aspirations of a vibrant society and rooting for identity in a chaotic globalisation, springing up not just in case of Konkani, but among all other Indian languages, too.

This is a larger issue of opening avenues of progress with wider horizons, where English rules supreme; diverse socio-economics, two world wars and the post war meteoric progress in science and technology have resulted in this situation. Britain itself might have never planned or visualised such a turn of events. Even in Balkan countries such as Sweden, which has never been under the British crown, English or French are compulsory second languages. However, most students choose English. This is remarkable because the European Union, as such, has been formally announced only 10 years ago.

An argument often forwarded in India, in defence of education in mother tongue, has been of China, Japan and Russia amongst others who educate their children in their own Languages.

But all these countries have been following this practice since early times, especially much before the Second World War. This period of mid-twentieth century has become crucial, not purely because of the war itself, but, during this era there was another explosion with far reaching ramifications, than a nuclear bomb. It is primarily in the field of information technology, and added to it are the developments in science and technology, economic implements and global societal developments, as never before, in the history of mankind. All these avenues function through English.

Freedom and aspirations: These developments have been decisive to native world languages because soon after the WWII, old European colonies attained self rule and hundreds of millions of impoverished and illiterate people in these societies suddenly had to fend for themselves, from governing their fledgling nations, feeding their hungry poor and educating them. With prima facie social security, and food in the stomach, aspirations, in no time, started waking up in the mind of the ambitious modern man. This is exactly what freedom is all about!

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Black money stashed abroad Michael Vaz, Merces It is unfortunate that in a country where poverty, illiteracy, hunger, malnutrition and disease still persist to a considerable extent, black money to the tune of a trillion dollar (Rs5 million crores) lies stashed in foreign banks. The Supreme Court while dealing with a petition filed by eminent men on the topic, has minced no words in saying that it is not simple tax evasion but amounts to plundering the nation. This is the manifestation of greed in India.

There have been pressing calls to get the black money to no avail. It is feared that the money may be misused for all sorts of nefarious activities like illegal arms dealing and terror funding. The matter needs to be pursued in right earnest.

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Was determined by the Instruction Council to grant a paid leave of 2 months to all the teachers who are found to be in the final month of pregnancy.

Collection of tariff rights

It was commandeered to collect in gold one third of tariff rights from the Custom Houses from all the Colonies and from the Continent.

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Was issued a Decree promulgating severe penalty to all who attempt on the life of the President of the Provisional Republic or of the Republic and against the manner of governance to preserve the integrity of the Republic.

Mark D’Cruz, Mapusa With no development in Mapusa for the past several years and with the town in a terrible shape, I would request our Babush Monserrate to please come to Mapusa and contest the next elections from here. We want to experience the magic that you have done in Miramar, Caranzalem and Taleigao.

These areas have wide and smooth roads to drive on, beautiful gardens for children, and a jogger’s park to stay healthy. The list goes on and on. We are stuck in this dump called Mapusa and definitely deserve a better deal from the people, whom we have elected. Over here, even getting a street light fixed is difficult.

sign of betrayal to ones mother land and its freedom fighters.

In Goa, similar to the rest of India, this tussle has predictably evolved into a fight, between mother tongue protagonists versus parents of young children, who demand the choice of ‘sky is the limit’ prospects, for their wards. Unfortunately, for children, the parents do not have an organisation to put their cases across, whereas the language groups are well-organised and can pressurise governments. However, if the language groups and governments insist upon education through mother tongue, almost each one of their leaders and anybody else who can send their own children to English medium schools, does so. Even during the peak of the Marathi vs Konkani strife, and throughout the 70s and 80s, Maharashtrians, in Goa, sent their children to English medium schools, when excellent Marathi medium schools were being run in all towns of Goa. This exposes the hypocrisy of mother tongue lovers.

As India’s Supreme Court (SC) has said on July 21, 2009, it is the parent’s right to decide on the medium

of education and not any language protagonist. SC said if mother tongue is sought to be imposed on the students, it would only further aggravate the problems of those studying in villages. “Otherwise, students from villages can’t compete with their peers in urban areas,” the Bench observed.

The phrase ‘mother tongue’ gets flaunted, very carelessly, but without any rigorous definition.

Dictionaries all agree on one point, the language is spoken since childhood, and not necessarily from mother tongue. The matter is best resolved by science.

Brain research to help: Typically, science does not use the arguable word mother tongue, but mentions it as ‘early languages’ or better still, ‘primary’ languages’. These are languages learnt before the age of around seven, in whichever environment, in family, school or neighbourhood, but for all of them human brain forms a primary language centre.

The later languages learnt at the age of ten or upwards, have a separate secondary language centre formed in our brains. Science does not make an issue of the number of languages, but says there could be even four or five primary languages (read mother tongues). These researches were done with a state-of-the art tool very popular with modern brain scientists and called functional MRI or f-MRI. Nature (vol. 388, p 171). The results cast doubts on the very concept of mother tongue as a single holy language. Besides the work in science and technology and its well accepted perception of primary and secondary languages, a simple observation around will guarantee that people who knew number of languages since childhood owing to transfer of their parents, or else, have done excellently in a very different language, in higher education. In the end, what is the number and diversity of vocabulary offered by each of the varied mother tongues in India? The crux of the matter is not to limit your child to only one language, even in school. Reading books in the language, is many times more important than simply learning it on a mother’s lap.

A mother tongue is an emotional issue embedded in human psyche. Working in a truly multi linguistic, multi caste-religious organisation I was surprised to observe that mother tongue transcends caste and religious boundaries even within var ying rungs of professional hierarchy. To communicate is an inborn need of all life forms at their own levels of evolution but most clearly it has been of humans, who may proficiently converse in many different languages with equal fluency.

Identity, aspirations and education: Keep up the identity, but let education be according to parent’s choice and child’s talents.

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This refers to Jerry Fernandes’s letter “Give them a break” (Herald, 24 Jan), as much as I disagree with his logic, I would not label it as “silly nonsense”. However, utter disrespect for the rights and views of others, has been shown, especially “respected” fellow Goans.

It is found out and confirmed that the news made available to the media although confidential, were furnished by the employees themselves.

moral responsibilities of guiding these vulnerable democracies through their nascent days. Even though the Allies during the war, mainly the US and UK, were English speaking countries, to provide education in English to hundreds of millions, was beyond the infrastructural capabilities of UN, which itself was quite unsteady at that time. Besides, selection of mother tongue, as a medium of instruction, was a matter of common sense and a readymade workforce, for imparting education, was available in almost all these countries.

An offshoot of freedom in most colonies has been a surging sense of patriotism, almost as a delayed passive response against the just overthrown colonial suppression.

And what could be a better way than through one’s own mother tongue, which is intrinsic to human communication. The mother tongue protagonists appeared on national scenes in every region, especially in a country such as India, which was culturally more advanced than many other newly formed nations. To support or speak in colonial languages, such as English, became a

atience seems to be such a rare virtue these days. What I meant was, we rarely even hear the word in such a fastmoving world, whose pace only keeps increasing with each passing day. It’s no wonder then that we human beings, are on our best behaviour when we have to exercise patience, for example in a traffic jam. How we moan, groan, grumble and complain! It’s so very interesting, and sometimes downright funny, to observe people standing in a queue at the supermarket, or in the doctor’s waiting room. They’ll do just about anything to get to the head of the line. (all manners and etiquette conveniently forgotten!) We are bobbing around so fast on our merry-go-round lives that there’s absolutely no time for something as trivial as patience! But is it really something trivial?

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tience is what helps you get through the rough patches. It’s what pulls you through, when you feel like you just can’t go on. Very often God uses patience, and waits to teach us many valuable lessons. The Bible says “Hot tempers cause arguments, but patience brings peace.” It’s very easy to want things at the snap of your fingers. But to wait in patience, is the true test of character.

In fact, if you think back, the best things in your life probably required time and patience. That’s what made you value them even more. The joy that comes from waiting for something, and then receiving, is much more, had you got it immediately. The gift of having a baby comes only after months of waiting. The farmer reaps harvest only after waiting for a long time. We can enjoy delicious fruits only after waiting for them to fully ripen and mature.

Any dream worth having requires time, effort and patience; it

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doesn’t happen overnight!

They say that “The fruit of patience is sweet.” Sadly, very few of us taste it! Patience isn’t a quality that’s easy to possess.

Unfortunately, you can’t even buy it at the local store. You have to make a firm decision, and you have to do it the hard way: learn it and practice it. There are many ideas you can think of to help you become more patient. When you have to wait for long periods, carry an interesting book to read, or music to listen to. Meditation too, helps to an extent.

So as you start on your way today, challenge yourself to be more patient. Cultivate this one quality, and it will help you through out your life, especially when the going gets tough. It definitely takes time to learn to be patient, but believe me, it is worth it!

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Respect the nation

Jayesh Rane, Mumbai

India today completes 61 years, as a Republic. 15 August and 26 January are the days of national importance wherein we achieved independence and the proclamation of being a Republic.

Government declares a holiday to celebrate these days. But instead of participating in the flag hoisting ceremony in our respective areas, many people rise up late and treat the day like any other holiday. They are also known to go on a tour with their families and friends on such days. It must be remembered that independence was achieved after a long struggle and that it is our ‘Jawans’ (soldiers), who protect the borders of our nation. Therefore, we feel secure. But protecting the nation is not only the duty of the Army, Navy and Air Force. It is team work.

Our nation has also made rapid strides in development. This development will gather further steam only if we cast aside the barriers of caste and religion and unite for the love, protection and progress of India.

Off the cuff promises Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar At the inauguration of the so called International Arbitration Centre, the Union Law Minister assured those present that Parliament will soon enact a new law to facilitate this centre. That the entire state administration stayed away from the function which was also boycotted by the legal fraternity, bears testimony that Goans will not always be taken for a ride.

The Law department has rightly opined that the government should not have anything to do with this private commercial venture.

For the Chief Minister, it was yet another display of what he does best, by making promises off the cuff. This one was contrary to the stand taken by his officers. That the Chief Minister was not serious was evident from the fact that he was informally dressed for an international function.

Corrupt judicial system Mathew Oommen, Pune The major shortcoming in the judicial system in pre-independent India was the absence of legal equality. There was no concept of appeal or representation against the state. However, as the Indian Constitution came into effect, an inde-

pendent judiciary became the primary custodian of the Constitution. It shouldered the responsibility to uphold the rule of law, to protect the right of the people and also ensured that government and its departments functioned within the Constitutional limitations.

However, the recent happenings, involving the immediate past CJI, caused great consternation to the general public. People in the system, despite their awareness of the on-going corruption in the higher echelons of the judiciary, did not speak up out of fear of the ‘Damocles’ sword of contempt of the court. If the core problem now dogging the Indian judicial system is corruption, and with common man shying away from approaching the courts, he may resort to extra judicial methods to settle matters.

Pet Names Olencio Fernandes, Nuvem I have observed that during Assembly session, our Honourable and learned Speaker, addresses the Ministers/elected MLAs by their pet names. That’s “Babush” for Atanasio Monserrate, and “Mickky” for Francisco Xavier Pacheco. They took their oath before the Governor by their names as per their birth certificates. It is also observed that Manohar Azgaonkar,

Damodar G Naik and Victoria Fernandes are called Babu, Damu and Mummy.

Our Speaker should refrain from addressing Ministers/elected MLAs of the house by their pet names. I expect that he will take note of the above, and bring about a change in his addressing practice.

Paths of Wisdom Subhadra K Chauhan (1904 – 1948)

Desperately seeking ‘Seshans’ Pachu Menon, Margao Incidents like the Adarsh scam bring to the fore, the improprieties of a system that would have gone unnoticed, thanks to the eagle-eyed media. Subsequent investigations and follow-ups by concerned departments blew the lid off this huge fraud. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has ordered its demolition within three months, citing that it flouted CRZ rules.

Several environmental legislations have existed for years now, even before the evolution of the MoEF. The Central and State Pollution Control Boards, the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) is more in the news these days, because of the strict vigils that are maintained against any infringement of the set norms. But can anyone deny that an average Indian is more environment-conscious than he was a decade ago? He has come to believe that economic growth and environmental quality are necessarily complimentary. Likewise, the nation required a T N Seshan to actually enact the various powers bestowed on the Election Commission of India. He brought the EC back on tracks! Wish the country had a few more of these ‘enforcers’!

Punish the guilty Domingos S D’Souza, Calangute There were times when there was every reason to look upon the police force in Goa with trust as strict law protectors/enforcers, but these days they are allegedly involved in bribery/extortion (by planting of drugs), open selling of drugs, and the heinous custodial beating that led to the death of Cipriano Fernandes. This may just be the tip of the iceberg.

Goans will now look upon the police as killers. Our CM should leave no stone unturned in punishing the guilty.

Subhadra Kumari Chauhan was an Indian poetess famous for her emotionally charged Hindi songs.

Born in Nihalpur village in Allahabad District in Uttar Pradesh, she initially studied in the Crosthwaite Girls’ School in Allahabad and passed the middleschool examination in 1919. After her marriage to Thakur Lakshman Singh Chauhan of Khandwa in the same year, she moved to Jabalpur.

Shubhadra Kumari Chauhan joined the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1921 and was the first woman Satyagrahi to court arrest in Nagpur.

She has authored a number of popular works in Hindi poetry. Her most famous composition is Jhansi Ki Rani, an emotionally charged poem describing the life of Rani Lakshmi Bai. Her other poems, Veeron Ka Kaisa Ho Basant, Rakhi Ki Chunauti and Vida, openly talk about the freedom movement. They are said to have inspired great numbers of Indian youth to participate in the Indian Freedom Movement.

Subhadra Kumari Chauhan wrote in the Khariboli dialect of Hindi, in a simple, clear style.

Apart from heroic poems, she also wrote poems for children. She died in 1948 in a car accident near kalbodi (in Seoni,MP).

An Indian Coast Guard ship has been named after her.

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Chaos overshadowed security at Domodedovo: Medvedev AGENCIES MOSCOW, JAN 25

Russian President Dmitr y Medvedev blamed major security violations for the deadly blast at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport that killed at least 35 and injured up to 180.

“Information from the crime scene indicates that there was just chaos; people could enter (the airport) from anywhere.

Control was limited and was practically not directed at those who were meeting passengers,” Medvedev said.

The president said the airport had “system failures in ensuring people’s security and managing the transport hub” and called for effective methods of screen-

ing passengers and luggage to be provided to improve airport security.

In December, the Domodedovo Airport, Moscow’s busiest, was the site of a transport collapse following serious power outages in the Moscow Region caused by severe freezing rain.

The airport’s director Vyacheslav Nekrasov, who was criticized for failing to deal with passengers during mass flight delays, was dismissed and succeeded by Igor Borisov, the former head of the Domodedovo Passenger Service.

In August 2004, two planes which took off from the airport were blown up by female Chechen suicide bombers, who

bribed their way through security checks to get onboard. A total of 90 people were killed in the simultaneous mid-air explosions.

“The series of events at one site makes one think about the critical lapses in the airport’s work,” Medvedev said.

Earlier on Tuesday, Medvedev said Domodedovo Airport security officials will be held accountable for “clear security breaches,” as the terrorists entered the airport unchecked.

Medvedev instructed the government to implement thorough checks of passengers at major transportation facilities in the wake of the deadly Domodedovo bomb attack.

Anti-Hezbollah protests continue in Lebanon AGENCIES BEIRUT, JAN 25

A prime minister chosen by Hezbollah and its allies won enough support on Monday to form Lebanon’s government, unleashing angry protests that continued on Tuesday, realigning politics and culminating the generation-long ascent of the Shiite Muslim movement from shadowy militant group to the country’s pre-eminent political and military force.

Hezbollah’s success served as a stark measure of the shifting constellation of power in this part of the Middle East, where the influence of the United States and its Arab allies — Egypt and Saudi Arabia — is seen by politicians and diplomats as receding, while Iran and Syria have become more assertive.

American diplomats tried to forestall the triumph of Hezbollah’s candidate, Najib Miqati. Although the final votes will be cast Tuesday, Miqati won the decisive vote from a politician who said he had to deal “with the reality on the ground.”

The government that Miqati, a billionaire and former prime minister, forms may in the end

look much like past cabinets in this small Mediterranean country. Indeed, Miqati struck a conciliatory tone, calling himself a consensus candidate.

But the symbolism of Hezbollah’s choosing Lebanon’s prime minister was vast, potentially serving as the beginning of a new era for a combustible country whose conflicts have long entangled the United States, Iran and Syria. A practical impact may be the realignment of Lebanon away from the United States, which treated the government of Prime Minister Saad Hariri as an ally.

“The country is moving from one stage to another, from one approach to another,” declared Michel Aoun, a Christian leader and key ally of Hezbollah.

By nightfall, angry opponents of Hezbollah took to the streets in parts of Beirut, Tripoli and other cities, burning tires, shouting slogans and offering at least an image of what many feared Hezbollah’s victory might unleash: strife among communities in a country almost evenly divided over questions of foreign patrons; posture toward Israel; and the relative power of Lebanon’s Shiite Muslims, rep-

resented by Hezbollah, and its Sunni foes.

Similar demonstrations continued in some of the same cities on Tuesday and in the northern port of Tripoli, protesters attacked a truck belonging to the Arab satellite channel, Al Jazeera, accusing the broadcaster of showing bias toward Hezbollah.

In Beirut, acrid smoke billowed into a nighttime sky, as barricades temporarily blocked some roads into Beirut before security forces dispersed the demonstrators. Hezbollah’s foes called for “a day of anger in all of Lebanon” on Tuesday, and martial language and cries of treason began punctuating the public discourse.

“Down with Hezbollah! Down with Miqati!” young men shouted in Beirut.

Like so many crises in Lebanon, this one is maddeningly complex. It revolves around a United Nations-backed tribunal set up in 2007 to investigate the assassination of a former prime minister, Rafik Hariri, who was killed with 22 others in a spectacular bombing along Beirut’s seafront in February 2005.

Egypt police prepare for ‘Day of Wrath’ protest REUTERS CAIRO, JAN 25

Police prepared Egypt’s capital on Tuesday for what online activists said would be a “Day of Wrath” against the government, taking inspiration from a revolt

by Tunisians who toppled their authoritarian president this month.

Police set up barriers in areas where protests were expected, fire vehicles with water cannons were parked by the roadside and police formed a cordon outside the Interior Ministry. Security was also tightened in Alexandria and other areas of Egypt.

Online activists have become some of the most vigorous critics of President Hosni Mubarak’s three decades in office. They led calls for protests against poverty and repression to take place on an annual holiday to honour the police.

Tuesday’s demonstrations will test whether they can translate

their online message into street action.

Facebook groups and political activists have called for demonstrators to gather from around midday at several points in central Cairo, including outside the Interior Ministry, a court complex and near one of the presidential palaces.

The Interior Ministry has warned protesters they could face arrest if they go ahead with demonstrations. Egypt bans protests without prior permission and, as opposition groups say they have been denied such permits, protesters may be detained.

“I will go to the streets on the 25th of January because this country is my country and I vow an oath that I am ready and willing to die for its sake,” wrote Mohamed M on a Facebook group that called for protests and which has 87,000 supporters.

Tunisian protests that toppled President Zine al-Abidine Ben

Beware the internet’s virtual world, Pope tells young AGENCIES ROME, JAN 25

The Pope yesterday warned youngsters not to choose a virtual world on the internet over real-life experiences.

He insisted they were in danger of alienation and detachment from reality by excessive use of digital media.

Although Pope Benedict XVI did not name sites such as Facebook or Twitter, he alluded to ‘sharing’, ‘friends’ and ‘profiles’ – jargon commonly used on the social networking sites.

The 83-year-old leader of the Roman Catholic Church claimed it was a mistake to seek more virtual friends than real ones when so many internet users created public profiles that were either self-indulgent or plainly false.

He also said it was wrong to always be available online but ‘less present to those whom we encounter in our everyday life’.

“It is important to remember virtual contact must not take the place of direct human contact with people at every level

of our lives,” the Pope said.

“In the search for sharing, for “friends”, there is the challenge to be authentic and faithful and not give in to the illusion of constructing an artificial public profile for oneself.”

He accepted, however, online social networks were now an ‘integral part of human life’.

Ali sent shockwaves through the Arab world. Many Arabs face the same issues that provoked Tunisians to rise up: soaring food prices, unemployment and authoritarian rule.

But protests in Egypt, the biggest Arab state and a keystone Western ally in the Middle East, tend to be poorly attended and are often quashed swiftly by the police, who prevent marching.

“In my book, if you get a tenth of the 80,000 people or so who support the initiative online, it will be a success,” wrote Issandr El Amrani on his blog arabist.net.

Putin ‘mistress’ denies having love child AGENCIES NEW YORK, JAN 25

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s alleged mistress has denied giving birth to their lovechild, saying that the baby is actually her nephew.

“My sweet little nephew Arsenio has joined my ever-extending family in Moscow.

Everyone, of course, thinks that he is my son (laughs),” Alina Kabayeva, a former Olympics

rhythmic gymnast, was quoted by the ‘New Tork Post’ as saying.

Without referring to Putin, the 27-year-old Uzbekistan-born beauty has dropped hints about her love of powerful men.

“There are men that are afraid of strong women. Of course I know men that will always be stronger and higher in power then me,” she was quoted by the US newspaper as telling the ‘Russian Vogue’ magazine.

Kabayeva will grace the January cover of the magazine, which will be the first for its new editor, Viktoria Davydova, who took over Russian Vogue in July.

Putin is still married to flight attendant Lyudmila Shkrebneva, and they have two daughters.

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Prez concerned over money power in polls PTI NEW DELHI, JAN 25

President Pratibha Patil today voiced serious concern over criminalisation of politics and influence of money power in elections and favoured necessary legislative measures to make electoral processes more robust and free of any malpractices. “Some of the persistent concerns are the criteria for candidates to fight elections, so that criminals and other such elements are debarred from contesting elections,� she said on the National Voters’ Day which coincides with the foundation of the Election Commission.

Good electoral practices and high conduct would attract the youth as well as talented and capable people to politics, she said adding “the influence of money need to be curbed.� “Elections are not about buying votes, it is about selecting candidates committed to working for the aspirations of the people and hence eligible to be representative of the people,� Patil said.

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death because Sub-Divisional Magistrate is carrying out a separate inquiry. Our inquiry is only on procedural lapses,� he stated.

The inquiry further revealed that all the lapses occurred when PI Chodankar was present at the police station. Deshpande said that the report points out certain negligence of the inspector as a result of which he had to be suspended. “His presence at the police station and the fact that he was aware of the matter‌certain negligence on his part is indicted in the report‌â€?, he said.

PI Ramesh Gaonkar, who is currently heading Economic Offense Cell is likely to hold additional charge of Panjim police station.

The 38-year-old seafarer was on his two-month long vacation at his home town in Goa when he was picked by the Panjim police on January 7 evening.

The NRI was arrested under ‘preventive measure’ after his woman friend complained against him of threatening her with a knife at her Caranzalem house.

Cipriano succumbed on January 9 morning at Goa Medical College and Hospital with family members holding Panjim police responsible for his killing. They claimed that Cipriano was not taken for medical test after the arrest and demanded suspension of the policemen.

GMC on Monday submitted the final cause of death of Cipriano in a sealed envelope to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM).

The report is, however, not disclosed so far.

SDM Sabaji Shetye meanwhile visited the forensic department of the GMCH as a part of the inquiry into the case.

Goans snubbed

nominees.

Besides six Goa-based Goans among the nominations for this year’s Padma awards, there were five other Goans who figured in the list of 63 nominees from Maharashtra.

They were classical singer Pandit Prabhakar Karekar and Pune-based scientist Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, retired director of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Delhi.

Other Goan nominees from Maharashtra were theatre artiste Asha Lata Wabgaonkar, Mumbai-based social worker Jyoti Mapsekar and painter Prafulla Dahanukar.

Last year, Goa had the distinction of having two recipients of the Padma awards.

Noted literary personality Dr Maria Aurora Couto and renowned academician Fr Romualdo de Souza were honoured by the Government of India in a list of 81 selected for the Padma Shri awards.

SAD DEMISE

Santaninha Leonilda D’Silva e Barreto

NCP issue

Casa Barreto, Panjim-Goa

Born : 27-02-1933

Died : 25-01-2011

Beloved wife of late Milagres Jose Santana Barreto. Most caring Mother / Mother-in-law of Alvisa / James Rodrigues, Carlos / Joyce, Ivo / Erminda, Most loving grandmother of Candleen / Derrick, Sharon, Milton, Xavier, 6WHIĂ€ /DULQD &O\WRQ. Funeral cortege will leave her residence near Casa Barreto at 3.30 p.m.

TODAY 26th January, 2011 for St. Inez Church, for Eucharistic celebration.

Relatives and friends kindly accept this as the only intimation. &RQÂżGDQW

‘say’ to the questionnaire given by the Speaker on Monday, Revenue Minister Jose Philip D’Souza and Tourism Minister Nilkant Halarnkar, have both sought four weeks to file their replies.

Rane on Monday had asked all three NCP MLAs to submit their replies following the NCP’s High Command letter appointing Pacheco as the party’s new legislature wing leader and chief whip in Goa. The move was intended to divest Jose Philip and Nilkant Halarnkar respectively of the above positions.

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RBI hikes key rates by 0.25% PTI NEW DELHI, JAN 25

Home, auto and loans to corporate may become costlier as RBI today hiked short-term lending and borrowing rates by 0.25 per cent each, though bankers felt there may not be an immediate increase in interest rates.

These initiatives (hike in rates) are aimed at checking price rise while retaining the growth momentum, RBI said while raising the year-end inflation projection to 7 per cent and retaining the economic growth forecast for the fiscal at 8.5 per cent.

The short-term lending (repo) rate has been increased to 6.5 per cent while the borrowing (reverse repo) rate has gone up to 5.5 per cent. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also extended the additional liquid-

ity support facility to banks till April 8, 2011.

It has retained the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)-- a portion of deposits that banks are required to maintain in cash with the RBI-- at 6 per cent to ensure that the system had enough liquidity to meet loan requirements.

"The policy rate hikes will not result in immediate increase in lending and borrowing rates of banks as this has already been factored in by the market given high inflationary pressures," Oriental Bank of Commerce Executive Director S C Sinha said.

He, however, added that banks may have to increase the rates in case the credit off-take goes up.

The RBI will constantly monitor the credit growth and, if necessary, will take necessary

HIGHLIGHTS PTI MUMBAI, JAN 25

The following are the highlights of the Reserve Bank of India's third quarter review of the 2010-11 Monetary Policy Review held today: d Short-term lending (repo) rate raised by 0.25% to 6.5% d Short-term borrowing (reverse repo) rate up 0.25% to 5.5% d Hike in policy rates with immediate effect d FY2011 inflation target raised to 7% from 5.5% d CRR and bank rate unchanged at 6% d SLR unchanged at 24% d FY2011 GDP growth target unchanged at 8.5% d GDP growth may decline after 2010-11 d FY2011 current account deficit to be about 3.5% of GDP d Temporary liquidity easing measures extended till April 8 d Measures aimed at preventing food and fuel prices spilling over to generalised inflation d Next review on Mar 17 and FY2012 annual policy on May 3. steps, according to third quarter monetary policy review announced today.

The Reserve Bank projected an economic growth of 8.5 per cent with an upside bias.

It also warned that inflation is a matter of concern and revised its projection for FY 2011 to 7 per cent from 5.5 per cent earlier.

The central bank in 2010 raised the key policy rates six times to contain inflation which shot up to 8.43 per cent in December on high prices of food items, from 7.48 per cent in November.

While the food inflation for the week ended January 8 stood at 15.52 per cent. It had soared to 18.32 per cent in the end of December on high prices of vegetables, including onion.

The policy measures, the RBI said, will "rein in rising inflationary expectations, which may be aggravated by the structural and transitory nature of food price increases."

It, however, asserted that the monetary action was aimed at taming rising inflationary expectations, while at the same time being moderate enough not to disrupt growth.

India, Indonesia to start trade pact talks PTI NEW DELHI, JAN 25

India and Indonesia today agreed to commence negotiations on a bilateral market opening pact to enhance trade between the two nations to USD 25 billion by 2015 from about USD 11 billion last fiscal.

"Both leaders were pleased to announce the commencement of negotiation on Indonesia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement building on what has already been achieved under the India-Asean FTA," a joint statement said here.

The agreement is aimed at reducing or eliminating tariffs on goods and services between the countries. Besides, it would cover investments.

Both the leaders hoped that the pact would further contribute to building a higherlevel and mutually beneficial economic cooperation between the two countries, the statement said.

The decision to embark on negotiations will take forward the shared goal in the New Strategic Partnership 2005 of increasing the volume of bilateral trade and investment, it

said.

Under the Strategic Partnership between the two countries, PM Manmohan Singh and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono set up a new target of USD 25 billion by 2015, the statement said.

Taking its FTA with the 10nation Asean bloc a step further, India has implemented a free trade pact with Indonesia October last year that slashes import duties on thousands of products, like seafood, chemicals and apparel.

Besides, Indonesia stresses on India as a potential partner because India's investment realisation there has steadily increased for the last 20 years, the statement said.

Both the countries agreed to have a Biennial Trade Ministers Forum, including the establishment of a Trade and Investment Forum between the trade ministers to exploit the potential of trade and investment opportunities in both the countries, it said.

To address the issue of food security, the two leaders encouraged the implementation of the memorandum of understanding in the field of agriculture and allied sectors that was

HUL profit declines PTI MUMBAI, JAN 25

Following a 1.79 per cent drop in its net profit to Rs 637.51crore for the quarter ended December 2010, Hindustan Unilever (HUL), India's largest packaged consumer goods firm by sales, is considering increasing prices of some of its products to maintain its profit margins, a top company official said.

"The cost inflation is going to remain high. We are focusing on total value-chain cost.

There needs to be pricing action and it will have to be judicious," HUL's CFO, R Sridhar, said in a conference call here, while declining to specify which categories would see a price rise.

The company has increased the price of its Rin powder besides most of its soap brands, Sridhar said.

"In an inflationary environment, we will manage our business dynamically, through judicious pricing actions and an increased focus on cost effectiveness, while ensuring that we remain competitive in the market place," HUL Chairman, Harish Manwani, said in a statement.

HUL reported a 1.79 per cent decline in its net profit for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, at Rs 637.51-crore due to high input cost inflation in the soaps and detergents segment.

The company's total income during the third quarter of the current fiscal, however, increased by 12.12 per cent to Rs 5,127.71-crore from Rs 4,573.23-crore in the year-ago period.

Although the domestic consumer business of HUL recorded a volume growth of 13 per cent, its expenditures in purchase of various goods increased substantially during the three-month period, the company said.

L&T, Kobe Steel ink JV PTI MUMBAI, JAN 25

Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said it has inked a joint venture agreement with Japanbased Kobe Steel for the manufacture of internal mixers and twin screw roller-head extruders for the tyre and rubber industry for global markets, including India.

The JV will invest around Rs 60-crore for setting up of a manufacturing facility and related infrastructure. The strategic partnership enables the JV to leverage the technology leadership of Kobe in this segment as well as the market reach of L&T through its customer base in India and abroad.

Initially, internal mixers of sizes 270 to 430 and extruders of sizes 350 and 450 will be manufactured by the JV and marketed by L&T and Kobe. Additional models will be progressively introduced in the future, the company said in a statement.

Kobe Steel has been in the development and manufacture of mixing room equipment for tyre and rubber industry for several decades. With its advanced technology, Kobe today enjoys market leadership for internal mixers in the global tyre industry.

The firm's outgo in consumption of raw and packing materials jumped by 19.32 per cent to Rs 1,941.51-crore from Rs 1,627.18-crore in the same period of the previous year.

The expenses in purchase of goods stood at Rs 730.64crore as compared to Rs 602.33-crore in the year-ago period, up 21.3%, it said.

"Input cost inflation continued to rise during the quarter...buying efficiencies and cost-saving programs remain a priority and are being further scaled-up," the company said.

APPOINTMENTS

signed on December 31, 2008 along with the implementation of work plan for 2009-2013 in the area of agricultural development and joint research in agriculture science, the state-

ment said.

India and Indonesia signed 18 business MoUs worth USD 15.1 billion in areas like infrastructure, mining and manufacturing.

APPOINTMENTS

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The International Monetary Fund today raised growth forecast for global economy to 4.4 per cent while retaining the projection for India at 8.4 per cent for calendar year 2011.

The multilateral lender International Monetary Fund (IMF), however, cautioned that downside risks to global recovery remain "elevated".

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pegged the world economic expansion at 4.2 per cent in 2011.

The upward revision in growth estimate has come on the back of "stronger-thanexpected activity in the second half of 2010 as well as new policy initiatives in the US that will boost activity this year," IMF said in an update to its World Economic Outlook report.

Meanwhile, IMF has retained the October 2010 growth pro-

jection for India and China.

While Indian economy is expected to expand 8.4 per cent this year, neighbouring China is projected to grow 9.6 per cent during the same period.

In calendar 2012, India is projected to clock a growth of 8 per cent.

The lender also pointed out that world economy is seeing a 'two-speed recovery' -- implying that developed nations are expanding at a slower pace than emerging markets.

To ensure robust recovery, IMF said that countries' should take steps to overcome financial troubles in euro area as well as initiate policies to redress fiscal imbalances.

Goa to host meet on food processing PTI PANJIM, JAN 25

Goa will host a national seminar on food-processing later this month which is expected work out modalities to boost the sagging agricultural sector in the coastal state.

Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industries (GCCI) along with several government departments have organised the seminar on January 29 which will have think tanks, experts and central government officials, deliberating on the prospects of this industry.

"Development of food processing industry can help in arresting the decline of agriculture in the state and also provide good employment opportunities to local youth," Sangam Kurade, Chairman, Food Processing Committee, GCCI, said.

He said that several food processing units in Goa have to outsource the raw material from outside the state borders as it is not available within the state.

"Goa has a firm preparing tomato ketchup but there are no tomatoes growing in the state," Kurade said.

As per GCCI figures, Goa has 5,000 small units and 300 big time firms in the food processing sector spread across the state.

Kurade said everything right from chocolates, mineral water, soft drinks, sea food products, marine products is processed in the state.

Food, commodity prices to shape inflation PTI MUMBAI, JAN 25

Inflation outlook going forward would be influenced by factors like food price situation, behaviour of global commodity prices and the extent to which demand-side pressures may manifest, the Reserve Bank today said.

Domestic food price inflation has witnessed a high volatility since mid-2009 due to both structural and transitory factors and a significant part of the recent increase is due to structural constraints, the Reserve Bank said in its thirdquarter monetary policy review for FY 11.

"This is reflected in the less than expected moderation in food price inflation even in a normal monsoon year," the RBI said.

Transitory supply-shocks have resulted in a sharp increase in the prices of some food items, it said.

"What is more worrying is the substantial increase in prices of several food items even though their production has not been affected," the apex bank said, adding "as a result, the usual moderation in vegetable prices in the winter season has not materialised."

As food prices have spiked in many countries and India being a large importer of certain food items like edible oils, the domestic food price situation could be exacerbated by the increase in global food prices, it said.

"This, therefore, poses an additional risk to domestic food price inflation," it added.

On global commodity prices, the RBI said that some of their

prices have risen sharply in the recent period, even as the global recovery was fragile.

"Should these trends continue, they will impact inflation, domestically and globally," the RBI said.

Pointing to demand-side pressures, India's central bank said that this risk arises from the spill-over of rising food inflation, rising input costs and pressure on wages.

The rising input costs relate particularly to industrial raw materials and oil while pressure on wages are to both the formal and informal sectors.

As there rise in food inflation has been persistent for more than two-years now and rather sharp in recent times, "this cannot but have some spill-over effects on generalized inflation," the apex bank observed.

This would be particularly so as the growth momentum is strong and both workers and producers are likely to have pricing power, it said.

In the corporate sector, the share of wages in total costs is increasing and the indexation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act would also raise the wage rate in the agricultural sector, it said.

In addition, besides oil, prices of some primary nonfood articles have also risen sharply in the recent period.

"Since these are inputs into manufactured products, the risk to headline inflation is not only from the increase in nonfood items but also because the increase in input costs will ultimately impact output prices, the RBI said.

As the output gap closes,

India faces money laundering risk: IMF PTI WASHINGTON, JAN 25

India, which has witnessed numerous terror attacks and still remains a potential target for such strikes, faces significant money laundering and terrorist financing risk, the IMF has warned.

The International Monetary Fund in its report "India: Observance of Standards and Codes FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism" however appreciate the steps taken by New Delhi to counter money laundering and terrorist financing.

The report dated July 2010 was released Monday.

"As a leader among the emerging economies in Asia with a strongly growing economy and demography, India faces a range of money laundering and terrorist financing risks," it said.

"The main sources of money laundering in India result from

Sensex dips 182 points PTI MUMBAI, JAN 25

Although in line with the market expectations, RBI's hike in key rates coupled with concerns over rising inflation and higher current account deficit (CAD) pulled down the BSE benchmark Sensex today by about 182 points to below the 19K-mark, at 18,969.45.

RBI also revised upwards the inflation target to 7 per cent by the end of the current fiscal in March, fanning fears of further hike in interest rates to tame inflation. Interest-rate related stocks like banking, Realty and Auto stocks, besides FMCG, were among the worst hit. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share bellwether index initially touched a high of 19,340.99, but fell back sharply on selling in the interest-rate related stocks to end at 18,969.45.

Aban Offshor, 728.5, 729, 711, 714.45 Abb Ltd., 739.15, 751.8, 739.15, 743.85 Abg Shipyard, 375.2, 378.9, 362.55, 364.2 Acc Limited, 1007.75, 1030, 1003, 1018.6 Adani Enterp, 637, 642.9, 617.1, 620 Aditya Birla, 750, 750, 740, 746.1 Allahabad Ba, 216.5, 223.5, 215.95, 218.85 Alstom Proje, 608, 609.9, 589.5, 602.2 Ambuja Cemen, 127, 131.55, 127, 129.45 Andhra Bank, 140, 141.75, 136, 137.6 Ashok Leylan, 61.5, 61.95, 60.5, 60.9 Asian Paints, 2620.95, 2643.9, 2595, 2599.85 Axis Bank Li, 1328, 1344, 1293.75, 1297.2 Bajaj Hindus, 99, 99, 95.5, 95.75 Bank Of Baro, 889.9, 892, 805.5, 868.9 Bank Of Indi, 468.7, 474, 461, 468.4 Beml Limited, 950, 952, 923, 929.35 Bharat Elect, 1732.3, 1767, 1705.05, 1711.35 Bharat Forge, 359.8, 359.95, 351.5, 352.75 Bharat Petro, 605.8, 635.7, 602.5, 630.95 Bharti Airte, 336.65, 340.85, 333.1, 337.75

Bhel, 2278, 2308, 2275.2, 2290.15 Bhushan Stee, 436.25, 437.65, 425.5, 427.6 Biocon Limit, 369, 371.35, 362.55, 365.5 Bombay Dyein, 438, 442.4, 403.6, 428.35 Bosch Limite, 6300, 6300, 6203.15, 6218.05 Brigade Ente, 100.4, 103.75, 100.05, 100.6 Cairn India, 339.15, 340.65, 331.45, 335.25 Canara Bank, 605, 618, 595.5, 600.75 Central Bank, 178.25, 184.4, 176.15, 179.8 Century Text, 360, 365.45, 356, 362.9 Cesc Ltd, 324, 325, 321, 323.05 Chambal Fert, 78, 78.25, 75.7, 76.05 Chennai Petr, 225.3, 227, 223.5, 224.55 Cipla Ltd, 349.9, 351.9, 341.1, 343.15 Colgate Palm, 840.3, 847.85, 840, 842.9 Container Co, 1216, 1244.5, 1215, 1224.8 Crompton Gre, 288.8, 288.8, 278.25, 280.05 Cummins Indi, 735.6, 743.95, 728.4, 733.65 Dabur India, 98.1, 98.8, 97.75, 98.6 Deccan Chron, 99.5, 101.4, 98.75, 99.35 Dish Tv Indi, 63, 64.75, 62.3, 63.5 Divi’s Labor, 632.7, 636.9, 627.5, 630.7

Dlf Limited, 257, 260.3, 253, 253.95 Dr. reddy’s, 1647, 1668.8, 1569, 1578.85 Edelweiss Ca, 42.5, 43.35, 40.8, 41.2 Educomp Solu, 519.9, 528.85, 508.9, 513.45 Eih Limited, 106.5, 108.9, 106.5, 106.9 Engineers In, 290.5, 294.3, 290, 292 Essar Oil Lt, 129.1, 129.65, 127.35, 128.2 Essar Shippi, 100.7, 104.5, 100.7, 102.95 Exide Indust, 133, 136.25, 131, 131.2 Federal Bank, 379, 386.4, 372.15, 374.4 Financial Te, 705, 726.8, 701.6, 723.55 Gail (india), 464, 480.9, 461.4, 474.55 Gammon India, 144.9, 148.8, 143.45, 146.5 Glaxosmithkl, 2256.15, 2282, 2250, 2269.6 Glenmark Pha, 333, 335.95, 323.1, 325.2 Gmr Infrastr, 41, 41.5, 40.4, 40.5 Godrej Indus, 188.9, 189.75, 181, 181.75 Grasim Indus, 2404.05, 2419, 2355, 2367.95 Great Offsho, 345.9, 345.9, 335.1, 337.05 Gtl Infra.Lt, 40.65, 41.6, 40.15, 41.1 Gujarat Mine, 132.6, 133.3, 128.15, 129.15

Gujarat N R, 61.1, 61.9, 59.1, 60.05 Gujarat Stat, 104.55, 105.55, 104, 104.7 Gvk Pow. & I, 35, 35, 34.45, 34.55 Hcl Technolo, 508, 512, 498.75, 508.5 Hdfc Bank Lt, 2151.2, 2174.85, 2070.1, 2084.3 Hdfc Ltd, 668.5, 682.8, 664.85, 670.2 Hero Honda M, 1750, 1784.05, 1744, 1774.55 Hindalco in, 233.2, 238.7, 232.5, 235.1 Hindustan Co, 43.9, 43.9, 41.5, 41.9 Hindustan Ma, 70.5, 70.8, 67.35, 67.65 Hindustan Pe, 372.1, 385.5, 371.5, 378.65 Hindustan Un, 299.9, 303, 280.55, 281.9 Hindustan Zi, 1384, 1387.9, 1357.6, 1365.35 Housing Dev, 165.5, 166.45, 159.65, 160.55 Icici Bank L, 1088, 1091, 1033, 1037.9 Idea Cellula, 71.6, 72.7, 70.75, 71.65 Ifci Ltd, 59.1, 59.25, 57.75, 57.85 India Cement, 99, 100.7, 98.5, 99.05 India Infoli, 81.9, 82.35, 79.4, 81 Indiabulls F, 165.1, 171, 163.05, 166.2 Indiabulls R, 128.9, 130.3, 125.7, 126.45 Indian Bank, 236, 237, 227.25, 228.4

a range of illegal activities committed within and outside the country, mainly drug trafficking; fraud; counterfeiting of Indian currency; transnational organised crime; human trafficking; and corruption," the report said.

"India continues to be a significant target for terrorist groups and has been the victim of numerous attacks.

There are no published figures of terrorist cells operating in the country," it said.

Based on a threat assessment, India has identified the following major sources for terrorist financing (FT): funds/resources from organisations outside India, including foreign NPOs; counterfeiting of currency; and criminal activities including drug trafficking and extortion.

According to the report, since mid-2009, India has increased its focus on money laundering and the use of the money laundering (ML) provisions.

Indian Hotel, 99, 99.35, 96.85, 97.5 Indian Oil C, 333.1, 340.95, 331.3, 336.8 Indian Overs, 129.1, 133, 127.15, 128 Indus Dev Ba, 154.9, 155.5, 151.1, 151.85 Indusind Ban, 240.8, 242.95, 229, 231.7 Infosys Tech, 3265, 3304.85, 3236.05, 3259.65 Infra. dev., 159.4, 160, 156.5, 156.85 Ispat Indust, 25.35, 25.85, 24.75, 25.45 Itc Ltd, 169.2, 170.35, 167.5, 168 Ivrcl Infras, 100.75, 100.75, 97.4, 97.85 Jai Corp Lim, 195, 196.8, 191.3, 192.45 Jaiprakash A, 93, 93.25, 90.5, 91.1 Jet Airways, 618, 635.75, 608.5, 623.8 Jindal Saw L, 217.5, 218.9, 215.85, 218.1 Jindal Steel, 701.85, 705.2, 685.25, 688.55 Jsw Steel Li, 1040.85, 1049.9, 1006.95, 1014.3 Kotak Mahind, 415.9, 420.7, 403.5, 405.1 Lakshmi Mach, 2275, 2300, 2255.3, 2263.45 Lanco Infrat, 54.5, 54.5, 51.9, 52.15 Larsen & Tou, 1686, 1700, 1660, 1666.7 Lic Housing, 190.2, 193.3, 185.35, 186

corporates will also be able to sustain higher output prices.

"In the absence of commensurate increase in capacity, there is the risk of demand-side pressures accentuating," the RBI said.

MF FUNDA KOTAK MUTUAL FUND has approved January 27, 2011 as the record date for declaration of dividend under dividend option of Kotak Mahindra 50 Unit Scheme (Kotak 50). The face value of per unit is Rs 10.

The quantum of dividend will be Rs 2 per unit as on the record date.

DSP BLACKROCK MUTUAL FUND has unveiled a new scheme named as DSP BlackRock FMP - 12M - Series 13, a close-ended income scheme, with a maturity profile of 12 months from the date of allotment.

The NFO price for the scheme is Rs 10 per unit.

The new issue will be open for subscription from February 2 and close on February 3 2011.

The scheme offers a choice of two options, growth option and dividend payout option.

The minimum application amount is Rs 10,000 and in multiples of Rs 10 thereafter. The Mutual Fund seeks to collect a minimum subscription amount of Rs. 100 million under the scheme during the NFO period.

Entry and exit load charge will be nil for the scheme. Units of scheme are proposed to be listed on the National Stock Exchange of India.

Benchmark Index for the scheme is CRISIL Short Term Bond Fund Index.

The fund manager of the scheme will be Dhawal Dalal.

TAURUS MUTUAL FUND has launched a new fund named as Taurus Dynamic Income Fund, an open ended income scheme. Interest rates have a cyclical movement where as when yields fall, bond prices rise, while the reverse is true in the case when interest rates rise.

During the NFO period, units will be offered at Rs 10 per unit.

The new issue is open for subscription from January 25 and closes on February 8, 2011.

The scheme offers growth & dividend option. Under dividend option there are two sub-options i.e. payout and reinvestment.

The minimum application amount is Rs 5,000 and in multiples of Rs 1,000 thereafter.

The fund seeks to collect a minimum subscription amount of Rs 10 million under the scheme during the NFO period.

The scheme will charge an exit load of 1% if exited upto 90 days from the date of allotment and Nil if exited after 90 days from the date of allotment Benchmark Index for the scheme will be Crisil Composite Bond Fund Index. The fund manager for the scheme will be Rahul Pal.

IPO CORNER

Omkar Speciality Chemicals IPO closes Jan 27 PANJIM (HBD) -- Omkar Speciality Chemicals Limited, a company engaged in the manufacture and sale of speciality chemicals and intermediates, is closing on January 27, 2011 with its IPO of 81,00,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each.

The price band of the issue has been fixed at Rs 95 to Rs 98 per equity share of face value of Rs 10 each. The equity shares of the company are proposed to be listed on the BSE Limited and NSE of India Limited.

This issue is being made through a 100% Book Building Process wherein not more than 50% of the issue to public shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to QIBs. 5% of the QIB portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to mutual funds only and the remainder shall be available for allotment on a proportionate basis to QIBs and mutual funds, subject to valid bids being received from them at or above the issue price.

Further, not less than 15% of the Issue to public shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to non institutional bidders and not less than 35% of the issue to public shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to retail individual bidders, subject to valid bids being received at or above the Issue price.

Almondz Global Securities Limited is the sole book running lead manager to the issue while Bigshare Services Private Limited is the Registrar to the Issue.

The issue has been graded by CARE and has assigned “CARE IPO Grade 3” to the initial public offering of the company indicating average fundamentals.

Lupin Limite, 472.85, 473.55, 465, 467.45 Mahanagar Te, 52, 52.6, 51.05, 51.35 Mahindra & M, 791.05, 798.7, 766.5, 771.3 Maruti Suzuk, 1305, 1305, 1276.05, 1288.15 Max India Lt, 145.8, 146, 142.3, 144.6 Maytas Infr., 181.8, 184.95, 176.25, 177.35 Moser-baer (, 59.5, 59.8, 57.3, 57.65 Mrpl, 70.25, 70.75, 69.2, 69.55 Nagarjuna Co, 118.2, 118.7, 115.4, 116.6 Nagarjuna Fe, 30.1, 30.55, 29.8, 29.85 National Alu, 385, 385, 380.15, 382.2 Neyveli Lign, 122.65, 122.8, 120.5, 120.8 Ntpc Ltd, 192.65, 197.75, 192.65, 196.05 Oil And Natu, 1142.1, 1149.8, 1110, 1130.45 Omaxe Limite, 133.6, 144.3, 133.6, 139.35 Oriental Ban, 363.4, 365, 350.55, 351.95 Pantaloon Re, 323.5, 337.45, 319, 319.7 Parsvnath De, 50.85, 51.3, 50.45, 50.65 Petronet Lng, 129, 131.9, 128.05, 128.75 Power Fin Co, 287.3, 288.9, 274.3, 275.65 Power Grid C, 99, 99.45, 98.05, 98.4 Praj Industr, 83.1, 84.15, 79.15, 79.55 Punj Lloyd L, 103, 103.8, 100.9, 101.4

Punjab Natio, 1155, 1159.9, 1131, 1137.8 Rajesh Expor, 141, 144.45, 138.15, 141.05 Ranbaxy Labs, 565.3, 572.3, 561.55, 563.55 Rashtriya Ch, 87.1, 87.1, 84, 84.3 Reliance Cap, 587, 587.9, 576.75, 579.9 Reliance Com, 135, 136.85, 132.5, 132.9 Reliance Ene, 1072, 1087.99, 1060.01, 1086.99 Reliance Ind, 639.4, 639.4, 621, 623.7 Reliance Ind, 977.1, 984.95, 956.25, 958.5 Reliance Pow, 141.8, 142.5, 138.55, 138.9 Rolta India, 150.95, 150.95, 145.9, 146.75 Satyam Compu, 66.05, 66.5, 64.85, 65.1 Sesa Goa Ltd, 331.1, 334.8, 324, 325.9 Shipping Cor, 122, 123.85, 121.35, 122.3 Siemens Ltd, 727.1, 746, 727.1, 743.6 Sintex Indus, 162.5, 164.5, 160.1, 161.25 Sobha Develo, 279, 285, 277.95, 279.7 State Bank O, 2709, 2737.4, 2668, 2677.95 Steel Author, 165.8, 167.8, 159.55, 160.85 Sterlite Ind, 179.5, 183.5, 178.3, 179.05 Sun Pharmace, 487.5, 491.6, 471.15, 473.7 Sun Tv Netwo, 505, 509.45, 500.25, 504.2

Suzlon Energ, 53.1, 53.3, 51.5, 51.65 Tata Communi, 256.7, 264.1, 254.25, 255.7 Tata Consult, 1214.8, 1219.3, 1180, 1188.55 Tata Motors, 1198.8, 1198.8, 1159.9, 1166 Tata Power C, 1306.1, 1324.95, 1306.1, 1319.2 Tata Steel L, 650.4, 664.5, 650.3, 655.35 Tata Teleser, 18.75, 18.85, 18.5, 18.55 Tech Mahindr, 699, 700.45, 683, 692.35 The Ge Shpg., 332, 333.7, 324, 328.35 The Phoenix, 208.05, 210, 204.5, 206.45 Thermax Ltd, 636, 732.95, 636, 713.1 Titan Indust, 3585, 3631.35, 3571.1, 3598.1 Torrent Powe, 236.5, 236.95, 229.15, 235.15 Triveni Engg, 99.45, 99.55, 95.25, 96 Tv18 India L, 78.8, 79.6, 77.5, 78.15 Uco Bank, 111, 112.4, 109, 109.2 Ultratech Ce, 1049.9, 1049.9, 1016, 1023.1 Union Bank O, 339, 339.7, 333.55, 335.85 Unitech Ltd, 58, 58.6, 55.75, 55.95 United Phosp, 156.2, 158.3, 154.2, 155.1 Videocon Ind, 212, 215.35, 208, 212.05 Vijaya Bank, 94.7, 95.2, 92, 92.4 Voltas Ltd, 211.4, 217.4, 210.1, 215.5

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9 teams in Bardez Zone’s 2nd Div: Lavinio HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 25

The Second Division Bardez Zone will have nine teams as decided by the Executive Committee of Goa Football Association (GFA), stated L avinio Rebello, Vice-president.

“The Executive Committee at its meeting chaired by president, Shrinivas V Dempo on December 12, has decided that there would be nine teams in Bardez Zone’s Second Division and, accordingly the draw has already

GOA, Wednesday, 26 January, 2011

Andhra down Goa

been done,” Lavinio said. It implies that Saligao United will figure in the zone.

“Five clubs are in favour of having nine teams. The draw was carried out and as such the Bardez Zone will have nine teams. That apart, St Savio Sports Club has not been a signatory to the letter dated January 20 addressed to the GFA president and so also is the case with Sesa Football Academy,” Lavinio pointed out adding that the decision is

final.

Lavinio explained that it was Laxmi Prasad’s failure not to renew their registration even after the extended deadline of May 31 as the club felt that they would not be able to field the team due to lack of sponsors. Even during the entire month of June, Laxmi Prasad never thought of renewing their registration, he added.

“It was in mid-July that Saligao United approached the GFA

to find out possibilities of filling up the place of Laxmi Prasad in case the latter had not confirmed about the participation. Saligao United were given the slot as such but later on when Laxmi Prasad pleaded for regiatration the later were also accommodated and as such, the number rose to nine,” remarked Lavinio. In fact, the draw had even to be changed as Saligao United were moved from Third Division to the Second.

Andhra downed Goa by five wickets in the U-25 PS Ram Mohan Trophy today.

Goa scored 252 (all out) in 49 overs. Rahul Keni topscored with 101 runs, Keenan Vaz 61 and Vidhyadhar Kamat 25 (not out) scored for Goa. Andhra scored the required runs in 47.4 overs. For Goa, Ryan D'Sousa 10-0-50-2, Gaurish Gawas 10-0-56-1 and Vidhyadhar Kamat 8.4-0-44-1.

Dempo’s defence.

Dempo created more chances but failed to find the back of the net. Aaron Fernandes distributed the ball well in midfield, as he sat just in front of the defence.

Goa police goalkeeper Rupesh Kamat made some fine saves to keep his side in contention and rescue a valuable point.

In the 6th minute, Dempo’s Jolex Fernandes shot, but his attempt was just wide off the post.

Moment’s later Police keeper pulled off a wonderful instinctive save from Aniston Fernandes.

Four minutes before the break, Dempo’s Micky Vaz headed goal bound but the ball came back off the post and was cleared to safety.

Paresh Morje got himself into good goal scoring position, but his shot was just whiskers away from hitting the target.

After the breather, Paresh rattled the cross bar with a header after Punaji Kalangutkar swung a corner in from the right side.

Five minutes from the end, Goa Police had the chance to find the winner, when Rohidas Mhaloji shot past the Dempo

keeper, but Jayesh Chopdekar was alert and cleared the ball away for a corner.

At the other end, Terence Fernandes was put through on goal, but Rupesh Kamat pulled off yet another spectacular save to deny him.

Both teams had to be content with a point. Dempo move to seven points from four outings, while Goa Police are on four points from two matches.

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Police hold Dempo Juniors HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, JAN 25

Dempo Sports Club Juniors were held to a goalless draw against Goa Police Sports Club in GFA’s Second Division at DSYA ground, Taleigao on Tuesday.

Dempo captain Sarvanand Korgaonkar was the only player to be booked in the 60th minute for dissent, which was a shame as he was as solid as a rock in

Churchill keen to unsettle East Bengal HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 25

The outcome of Churchill Brothers clash with league leaders East Bengal on January 29 in Kolkata will definitely have a significant bearing on the title chase. But Zakeer Mundampara, the creative force for the Goan giants feels that his team has bright chances of toppling the undefeated Bengal outfit in their own den as his team also had recorded three consecutive victories.

“It's always better going into a big match against East Bengal with a win but we have won thrice on the trot and the boys want to keep it going. We have got the confidence required no matter who or where we play.

Magdal Rangers win

Zakeer

We had a very solid side, the return of our internationals Gourmangi, Steven and Rafi added to our strength. It will be a terrific encounter and we can come back with the points,” Zakeer who had started every match stated.

Zakeer, skipper of Viva Kerala last year, joined Churchill Brothers this summer and has been the inventive mind at the centre of the midfield. The 23-year-old playmaker is content with his distribution role.

“As long as my team wins, I am happy. It does not matter who scores the goals, winning is more vital than individual records. If there's an opening for anybody, it's my task to put in the pass. You can't be selfish in football and I am glad to be a part of the goals scored by my teammates,” said Zakeer, who netted twice in the current league and importantly created Kayne Vincent's match wining goal against Pune FC. Zakeer has been partnered

21 report for State football camp

HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, JAN 25

Magdal Rangers, Galgibaga won the 7-a-side Poinguinim constituency one-day football tournament organised by Maxem Boys on January 23 at Babrem ground, Maxem.

In the finals, Magdal defeated Maxem Boys 4-3 in the penalty shoot-out after the match ended in a goalless draw.

Magdal were awarded Rs 4,000 while Maxem had to be content with Rs 3,000.

Nathan (Magdal Rangers) was declared the best player while best goalkeeper award was bagged by Cruz (Maxem Boys).

Mega Boys were adjudged the best disciplined team.

Cajie D’Sousa gave away the prizes.

by the Brazilian medio, Amouri in the last match and the new recruit has adjusted well. But Zakeer is more anxious about the return of his mercurial captain Odafe Okolie.

“When he's around, it makes a lot of difference and not only me but everybody here are hopeful that he'll be with the team in Kolkata. There are a few days more and we are preparing hard for the big match. We're confident of coming back with a win,” explained Zakeer, after a strenuous work out at the Nehru Stadium gym on Monday evening.

Churchill Brothers will leave for Kolkata on Wednesday for the huge fight against leaguetoppers East Bengal.

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, JAN 25

The trials to select the State football team for 34th National Games, due to kick off in Ranchi, Jharkhand on February 12, got underway at Duler Stadium on Tuesday.

Sesa Football Academy assistant coach Anthony D'Sousa is in charge of the team. This is the first time Anthony has taken up the role of a coach of the

senior team and he is relishing every minute. "It’s indeed a great honour to be coaching this team," stated Anthony. "The players were selected on their league performance and the probables are a mixture of youth and experience."

The probables include Dempo's Cavin Lobo and C h u rc h i l l B ro t h e r ' s S a v i o Carneiro, who represented Goa

in last season’s Santosh Trophy and there are many other top performers on show.

The players are already looking like a family with good camaraderie, but what is of concern is that only 21 players reported for training out of a possible 38 probables.

"It’s just the first day, I am sure the response will be better tomorrow," remarked Anthony.

"I have told the boys that a player’s career is very short but if you get the chance to represent and earn laurels for your State then it will open up opportunities for them when they eventually hang up their boots."

The practice will go on for the next 15 days, but the team is expected to be pruned before then, with 20 being the desired final outcome.

T20 cricket at Fatorda HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, JAN 25

Union Club of Margao will organise their seventh edition of All-Goa T20-cricket tournament from February 1 to 16 at SAG sports complex, Fatorda.

The tournament will feature the State’s top 20 teams.

After successfully organising the tournament for the last six years, the club is all set to give cricket fans a treat to watch upcoming players and those experienced in action.

Briefing the media on Tuesday, Mohammed Iqbal, president, Union Club of Margao said that the main aim of the club is to provide a platform to cricketers

Mohammad Iqbal addressing a press conference organised by Union Club of Margao 7th All-Goa 20-20 seasonball cricket tournament in the presence of Sayyed Abu Talib Abdul Kadar Gazi and others.

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to hone their skills and cement their place with the big clubs.

The winners and runners-up will walk away with Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 respectively.

Two matches will be played daily while the man-of-thematch will be awarded a cash prize.

The president of the club dis-

closed that the teams are eligible to field four outstation players for good batting flair and the finals are slated for February 16.

The tournament is being backed by Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat, PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao, GPCC general secretary, Vijay Sardessai and SAG Executive Director, V M Prabbudessai.

Among those present were Abdul Kadar Kazi (vice-president), Asif Muzawar (secretary) and organising president, Sayeed Abu Talib.

Details may be obtained on 9960920293, 9623231888 or 9881280586.

10 Goa taekwondo players in India team HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, JAN 25

Ten Goan players - L Dinku Singh, Sagar G. Palconda, Aman Ku m a r, C h a n d a n L a k r a , P Anand, Carlos Lawrenco, Angela Naik, Elizabeth Luis, Tanvi Nadkarni and Lysha Fernandes have been selected in the Indian team for the 5th Commonwealth taekwondo championship in Chennai from January 28 to 31. Sunil Sharma, SAG coach has been appointed chief coach of India.

SAG’s executive director, VM Prabhudessai and Rama Prabhudessai accorded a warm farewell to the players at a function at PJN indoor stadium, Fatorda. Prabhudessai appreciated the efforts of Goa Taekwondo Association in imparting training to the team. He also appealed

to the players to give an outstanding performance and grab medals for the country. Prabhudessai congratulated both the SAG taekwondo coaches and officials of the association for tak-

ing full advantage of the SAG camp programme.

Earlier, presid ent, R.D. Mangueshkar welcomed.

The team will leave the State for Chennai on January 26.

Dempo, Zantye enter semis HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, JAN 25

S S Dempo College, Altinho and Zantye College, Bicholim entered the semi-finals of intercollege volleyball championship organised by Goa University.

Results of round 1: Dhempe’s got a walk-over against Don Bosco. Chowgules got a walkover against Goa Medical College. RIEIT got a walk-over against post graduate students.

Govt. College, Pernem beat Government College, Margao 2518, 25-16. CES beat Shree Mallikarjun 25-12, 25-16. Shree Damodar beat MES 25-15, 2225, 16-14.

Round II: Dempo’s beat Dhempe 25-16, 25-18.

Chowgule beat RIEIT 25-23, 2523. CES beat Government College, Pernem 24-26, 25-15, 15-8.

Zantye College beat Shree Damodar College 25-15, 25-23.

In the quarter-finals, Dempo beat Chowgule 25-18, 25-15.

Zantye beat CES 25-18, 25-21.

L

ike the Sumerians of the same time, the Egyptians around 3000-2500 BC devoted a lot of energy to building big Bent buildings. The Pyramids are one of the most impressive monuments of the ancient world, and you can still visit them today.

The Pyramids were built as tombs for Pharaohs, the rulers of Egypt. Interestingly, they were all erected during the age of the Old Kingdom, so the greatest remains of Ancient Egypt are also some of the earliest to have been built.

Initially, the first Pharaohs

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built simpler tombs called

one of t h e first of these new fancy tombs.

Soon the Egyptians decided to fill in the steps of the pyramid, and thus the first pointed pyramids were built at Giza. Ordinary princes and other aristocrats went on being buried in mastabas.

mastabas.

T h e s e mastabas were square buildings, with a room inside for the coffin, the mummy. A few things were placed with the coffin, which the pharaoh People often wondered was meant to take to the how the Egyptians built afterlife.

Slowly, the such huge structures so pharaohs began to build long ago. One of the mounds of earth on top more popular theories of their mastabas, in is that they an effort to make heaped up tons them grander. of dirt over T h e the tomb, S t e p leaving a PyraSteppy Pyramid tunnel to mid is

the outside.

Then they began placi n g colos-

Pyramid of Giza

sal stones over the dirt. To raise the stones to the top of the pyramid, they built long ramps of dirt and then rolled the stones up them. They kept making the ramps higher and longer, till the pinnacle was reached. When the job was done, they took the earth ramps away again.

Did You Know?

The Goa tennikoit team which won the silver in men and mixed doubles events at 11th West Zone National tennikoit tournament in Pune recently alongwith Navin Acharya, joint secretary, SAG, Sanjeev Sawant, Goa Tennikoit Association chairman, B V Kargar, secretary, Anant Raut Desai, treasurer. Goa beat Gujarat 3-0, MP 3-0, Daman and Diu 3-0, Chattisgarh 3-2 but lost to Maharashtra in the finals 1-3 sets. Men – Vishnu Parwar (capt), Salil Kanolkar, Fazil Basha, Amin Khan, Shivanand Mashole, Manjunath Talwar. Women – Sapana Kargar (capt), Surekha Harijan, Kranti Naik, Gleta Fernandes, Bachi Naik, Kesar Gaonkar.

Kingfisher Pro League: Goa Velha SC v. Salgaocar SC, Duler Stadium, Mapusa, 4 p.m.

GFA First Division: Calangute Association v. Margao SC, Poriat ground, Calangute, 4 p.m.

GFA Second Division: Young Boys of Tonca v. St Sebastian St. Cruz, Santa Cruz ground, 4 p.m.

5th Reira Cup soccer semi-finals: Nerul SC v. Siolim Sodiem SCA, Saligao Sporting ground, 4.45 p.m.

Telaulim YC Navelim inter-ward soccer semi-finals: Rosary YC Nagmodem v. Fabrica Boys, Telaulim panchayat ground, 4.45 p.m.

Lourdes soccer: Ambelim SC v. Parish Youth, Nuvem, Assolna ground, 4.45 p.m.

All-Goa swimming competition, organised by Penha de Franca SC, opposite Penha de Franca panchayat, 3 p.m.

Khufu's Great Pyramid was the tallest building on earth for almost five thousand years, until the Eiffel Tower was built in 1889.

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SPORTS Saligao Sporting in semis reira cup football HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, JAN 25

Saligao Sporting Club got the better of Sangolda Lightning 20 to move into the semi-finals of 5th Reira Cup inter-village football tournament organised

by Sporting Club of Saligao at Sporting ground, Saligao on Tuesday.

Dominating the proceedings, Saligao shot into the lead in the

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16th minute through Uday Naik off Jiten Chhetri.

Goaded by success, Saligao mounted pressure on Sangolda’s defense and doubled the score with a few minutes remaining for the breather.

Changing over, Sangolda tried to bounce back but their forwards failed to find the net. Agnelo Quadros of Sangolda failed to beat the Saligao keeper in a one-to-one situation. Jiten Chhetri also missed a sitter for Saligao.

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Chelsea destroy Bolton

Kirsten has improved my game: Gambhir AGENCIES NEW DELHI, JAN 25

Chelsea's Florent Malouda scores against Bolton.

AGENCIES BOLTON, JAN 25

Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka and Ramires were all on target as Chelsea ended their miserable run of away form with a 4-0 victory at Bolton here on Monday to keep alive their dim hopes of the Premier League title.

Carlo Ancelotti's side had fallen away from contention for the title with a record of one

win in nine matches but they have now won their past eight matches at the Reebok Stadium without conceding a goal.

Victory moved them up to fourth and to within seven points of leaders Manchester United, who travel to Blackpool on Tuesday which continued the poor run of Owen Coyle's side, who have now suffered four defeats in their last five matches in a damaging run of form and

are just eight points above the bottom three.

Drogba gave Chelsea an early lead with his 10th of the season and Frenchman Malouda equalled that tally with a second goal just before half time.

Anelka then added a third goal, his 13th of the campaign, shortly after half time before Ramires scored a fourth, his first goal for the club.

GTA students claim 6 gold, 1 silver HERALD SPORTS DESK MARGAO, JAN 25

Goa Taekwondo Academy students who bagged 6 gold and a silver.

Masters athletic championship held

Goa Taekwondo Academy students bagged 6 gold and a silver at the first inter-zone Poomsae Nationals at Kormangala stadium, Bangalore. They will now represent India at the 5th Commonwealth Taekwondo Championship in Chennai.

The gold medalists: Angela R. Naik, Carlos Lourenco, Angela R. Naik and Carlos Lourenco, Lysha Fernandes, Elizabeth Luis, Tanvi Nadkarni.

Silver: Senneil Gomes, Tanvi N. and Lysha F. The players were trained under expert guidance of Angela R. Naik who represented India recently at Taskent, Uzbekistan and Cairo, wherein overall she stood 9th.

AIFF XI now Indian Arrows The winners alongwith Juliana Colaco.

HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, JAN 25

The 17th Goa State Masters Athletic Championship organised

by Goa Masters Athletic Association was held on January 22 at Campal. The meet was inaugurated by Anita Rodrigues, international master athlete.

U-12: Jay Anngley (long jump, 100m, 50m) Shreyas Asgaonkar (long jump, 100m , 50 m), Sumit Agarwadikar (long jump, 50m), Ratik Dabolkar (100m), Geeta Bhagathi (long jump, 100m), Kankonkar (100m, 50m), Nancy Monterio (long jump, 50m).

U-10: Abhikshek Matkeka (long jump, 100m, 50m), Sheldon Abraham (long jump,100 m, 50m), Shanun Abraham (100m), Silona Corriear (long jump), Lizia Pereira, Nagne Fernandes (100m, 50m), Lianana J. Fernandes (100m, 50m), Sagar Vantamun (50m), Shivan Kadam (50m).

Masters: Agnelo Rodgirues (1500m), Joao C. Vaz (800m), Mahesh Karanjkar (long jump), Joseph Fernandes (long jump),

Satish Vernekar (long jump, 400m, 100m), Nenette Fernandes (400m, 200m), Natalina Borges (400m, long jump), A .S. Kadam (400 m, shot put), Shivanand Kadolf (400m, 200m), Mahesh karanjikar (400m), Francisco Botelho, Michael Jurrale (400m, shot put), Nelso Fernandes (100m), Emilio Fernandes, Angela de Braganza (long jump, 100m), Sandra Mascarenhas (long jump, 100m), Agnes Dias (long jump), Hema Kenirandhave (100m), Sheela D'Souza (100m, shot put), Yeshwanth Vernekar (100m), Martin Peris (100m), Thomas Sequeira (javelin, shot put), Zoao Rodrigues (javelin), Suzi Pereira (discus), Rose Rodrigues (discus, shot put), Betty D'Silva (shot put), Imeline Fernndes (shot put), Mahesh Karanjikar (400m), Mihcael Jurrale (400m), Bnorma Cardos (shot put), Robert (shot put).

Juliana Gurjao e Colaco, assistant director, sports and youth affairs was the chief guest and gave away the prizes.

HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, JAN 25

I-League debutant, AIFF XI will now be called as Indian Arrows. The decision was taken in consultation with the Executive Committee members.

The Indian Arrows signify swift, precise and bang on target. The name also signifies that the team believes in a single minded approach of winning when let on to the field with a target of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, 2018.

The change in name will be effective from February 1.

Meanwhile, the I-League Division II, the preliminary round will be held from middle of March to end of March, while the final round will be held from 1st week of April to 3rd week of April.

The final round will be held in Shillong, Meghalaya.

Preliminary round venues will be decided once the teams and formats are confirmed.

When Gautam Gambhir was struggling to cement his place in Team India, the appointment of Gar y Kirsten as India coach proved to be a godsend.

The Delhi batsman gives the former South African opener a lot of credit for understanding him both as a cricketer as well as a person.

Gambhir, 29, feels Kirsten's presence in the India dressing room has done a world of good to his game as he has given him a lot of confidence.

Kirsten, who joined the India team in March 2008, carried it to the top of Test rankings, and Gambhir says he is one of the players to prosper in the process.

"Kirsten worked on my game, he has helped me a lot. Unlike

other coaches, he has never asked me to make changes in my game. Importantly, he understood me both as a player and person," Gambhir told IANS. "Kirsten worked on my basics and tried to improve on them. It was quite encouraging coming from a person who has played 100odd Tests."

Gambhir, who returned home after the South Africa Test series following a hand injury, said Kirsten, himself being a lefthanded opener, worked on key areas to better his performance.

"For me, Test cricket is the most important form of the game. Players do not practice three-four hours just to play ten balls in a match. Test cricket is the ultimate test of a player's technique," said Gambhir.

Dicarpale in quarters HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, JAN 25

Dicarpale Sports Club defeated Sao Jose de Areal Sports Club 6-5 via the tie-breaker to enter the quarter-finals of Lourdes Soccer organised

by Ambelim Sports Club at Assolna ground on Tuesday. Both goals came in the first half. Aslon Oliveira scored the opening goal for Areal in the 5th minute while William equalised in the very next minute.

In the tie-breaker, Dicarpale converted all the five kicks while Areal could convert only four.

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Padma Shri for Laxman, Sushil, 7 others PTI NEW DELHI, JAN 25

Star cricketer VVS Laxman and world champion wrestler Sushil Kumar were among seven sportspersons who were today honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri Award for their contribution in their respective sports.

Besides Laxman and Sushil, the other five conferred with the civilian award were weightlifter Kunjarani Devi, shooter G a g a n Narang, discus thrower Krishna Poonia, para jumper Shital Mahajan and mountaineer Harbhajan Singh.

36-yearold Laxman, who has scored 7903 runs in 120 Tests at an

average of 47.32, has played many a memorable match-winning knocks for India in his nearly 15-year-old international career starting 1996.

He entered into the cricketing folklore with his magnificent 281 against Steve Waugh's Australia in 2001, which helped India script a historic win after following on at the Eden Gardens Test.

Winning Bharat Ratna will be a dream come true: Tendulkar AGENCIES MUMBAI, JAN 25

In the past one year, the stylish batsman from Hyderabad has been the saviour on many occasions. He won the third Test for India against Sri Lanka with an unbeaten 103 to level the three-match series 1-1 in August last year.

Laxman, who was conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2001, has scored 16 hundreds and 49 half centuries in Tests, besides scoring 2338 runs from 86 oneday internationals.

Sushil shot into limelight by bagging the bronze medal in 66kg freestyle competition in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games -- the first by an Indian since K D Jadhav's bronze medalwinning feat at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

He then won the 2010 World

Fedex, Wozniacki march into semis AGENCIES MELBOURNE, JAN 25

Roger Federer edged closer to a showdown with Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open with a 61, 6-3, 6-3 win over Stanislas Wawrinka on Tuesday in an all-Swiss quarterfinal.

Defending champion Federer faced just one break point, winning all 13 of his service games, and polished off his Beijing Olympics doubles gold medalist teammate in 1 hour, 47 minutes.

All facets of Federer’s game were working Tuesday as he advanced to a semifinal against Novak Djokovic, who beat him here in 2008 en route to the Australian Open title.

No. 3-ranked Djokovic overpowered Tomas Berdych 6-1, 7-6 (5), 6-1 in a night match at Rod Laver Arena.

Still in the realm of probability for the defending champion Federer is a final against top-ranked Nadal and a chance to prevent the Spanish lefthander from winning

his fourth consecutive Grand Slam. No man has held all four major titles since Rod Laver in 1969.

Nadal plays fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in one quarterfinal Wednesday, while Andy Murray takes on Alexandr Dolgopolov in the other.

Federer is not looking ahead to Nadal just yet.

Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki is nearly there, advancing to a semifinal against China’s Li Na. The 20year-old Danish player was under intense pressure early against French Open champion Francesca Schiavione before beating the Italian veteran 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Li advanced to the semifinals for the second year in a row at Melbourne Park after beating Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-2, 6-4.

The other women’s semifinalists will be decided Wednesday when second-seeded Vera Zvonareva plays Petra Kvitova and U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters takes on Agnieszka Radwanska.

Kalmadi hits back, says his removal ‘illegal’ PTI NEW DELHI, JAN 25

Embattled Suresh Kalmadi today hit back at the Sports Minister, terming his sacking from the chairmanship of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee as ‘illegal and uncalled for’.

A day after he was sacked as CWG OC chairman by the new Sports Minister Ajay Maken, Kalmadi remained defiant and said that only the Indian Olympic Association, which has appointed him to the post, has the power to remove him.

He said that he would hand over the charge of OC chairman to the Chief Executive Jarnail Singh -- as has been told to do by the Sports Minister -- under protest.

"I am shocked to receive Order dated 24th January 2011, illegally and arbitrarily removing me from the position of Chairman of the Executive Board and the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games," Kalmadi wrote in a letter

to Maken.

"Without prejudice to my rights and contention and in furtherance of my letter wherein it has been stated that the order is illegal and without any jurisdiction, I am handing the charge under protest," he said.

Kalmadi contested the Sports Ministry's reasoning that he was removed form his post to ensure ‘unhindered’ probe into alleged corruption in the conduct of the CWG, claiming that he and the OC officials have been cooperating with the various investigating agencies.

"At the outset it is important for me to point out that I have extended all possible cooperation to all investigating agencies, including the CBI. Further, I have even specifically directed the entire OC, including the CEO, to whom all FA heads report since 2009, to extend all assistance possible to the CBI and cooperate with them to the fullest extent.

ICC team inspects Eden Gardens, media barred entry PTI KOLKATA, JAN 25

Media was barred entry into the Eden Gardens as the ICC team inspected the under-construction stadium amid fears that it might not be ready for the World Cup, scheduled to start on February 19 in the sub-continent.

The Cricket Association of Bengal has already missed two deadlines, but president Jagmohan Dalmiya said it was a "routine ongoing process that happens before every match and that there was nothing to worry about".

But the manner in which the four hour-long inspection was carried out with the CAB issuing a notice denying entry to media during the exercise, says something else.

None of the three members of the ICC -- Van Furren Eugiene, Campbell Jamieson and Chris Tetley -- spoke

to the media while tournament director, Ratnakar Shetty, who was mobbed by the electronic media, somehow managed to sneak out.

Allaying fears that the Eden Gardens would not be ready in time because of the pending renovation work, Dalmiya said the delay in progress of work was a misconception.

"The ICC inspection team visited the Eden Gardens and went through each and every point. It appeared to me that they were happy. They will send a report in a few days' time," Dalmiya told reporters.

Dalmiya blamed the media for giving a wrong picture of the renovation work of the historic venue.

"ICC team did not speak about any delay. There was never a delay.

We are going ahead with the progress. The media is trying to say as if today was the match date and we have failed to host it."

Wrestling Championships in Moscow and clinched gold in the Asian Championships and Commonwealth Games, both in Delhi last year.

Sushil received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's highest award for achievement in sport, in 2009.

Rifle ace Narang had a memorable 2010, winning four gold medals in the Commonwealth Games and two silver in the Guangzhou Asian Games. He had also won four gold in the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Gagan, whose success story began with a gold medal in the Afro Asian Games in 2003, won a gold in ISSF World Cup in 2006 and a bronze in the 2008 edition. He also won gold in 2008

As the clamour to confer Sachin Tendulkar the prestigious Bharat Ratna continues to grow, the master batsman admitted that having India's highest civilian honour among his countless awards ‘will be a dream come true’.

"Every Indian citizen dreams to be honoured by his nation for his contributions. To be appreciated is the greatest feeling one can have," Sachin said in Mumbai on Tuesday.

ISSF World Cup final in Bangkok where he scored a world record 703.5 in 10 metre air rifle.

Kunjarani, one of the most decorated Indian sportspersons, has won more than 50 international medals starting with three silver medals in the World Championships in 1989. She won gold in women's 48-kg category at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

In the Asian Games, Kunjarani, now 42, won a bronze medal each in Beijing (1990) and Hiroshima (1994).

The assistant commandant at the CRPF has also won several medals in the Asian and Com-

monwealth Championships. She was conferred Arjuna Award in 1990 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna for the year 1996-1997.

Poonia became the first Indian woman from track and field events to win an individual gold in the Commonwealth Games when she achieved the feat in the Delhi edition last year.

Her feat was also the first time in 52 years when an Indian won an individual gold since 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh's effort in 1958 edition.

She had also won a bronze each in the Asian Games in 2006 and 2010. She was conferred the Arjuna Award last year.

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Japan in Asian Cup final

DOHA (AGENCIES): Japan booked a place in the Asian Cup final when they won 3-0 on penalties against arch-rivals South Korea who had snatched an equaliser in the last minute of extra time in an entertaining 2-2 draw on Tuesday.

Three-times champions Japan will play the winners of Tuesday’s second semi-final between Uzbekistan and Australia at the at the Khalifa Stadium in Saturday’s showpiece.