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Sports: Rooney takes Man U through Pg 15 Nitish swearing-in today Nitish Kumar, who steered the NDA to an unprecedented victory in the Bihar elections, was on Thursday invited to form the government by Governor Devanand Konwar and will be sworn-in as the State’s 34th chief minister on Friday.

Kumar got the invitation from

Konwar in the evening when he called on him at the Raj Bhavan to stake claim.

“The governor has invited me to form the government tomorrow at 2.30 pm at the Gandhi Maidan,” Kumar told reporters after his 50-minute meeting with Konwar. – PTI

Hurriyat leaders Mirwaiz, Lone manhandled PTI CHANDIGARH, NOV 25

Hurriyat Conference leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Bilal Lone were on Thursday heckled allegedly by activists of right-wing Hindu organisations and Kashmiri Pandits during a seminar here after which 21 people were arrested for rioting.

There was commotion when the activists from among the audience charged at Farooq, who was seated on the dais along with Lone. At that time, a person, believed to be a journalist, had got up to put a question to the Mirwaiz who was speaking.

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NCP wants more seats in upcoming State polls HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 25

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday said that they will ask for a bigger pie in the prepoll alliance with Congress during the next State Legislative Assembly elections.

Minutes after taking over the reigns of the party, NCP Goa chief Surendra Sirsat said that the party is growing in Goa and if we enter into a pre-poll alliance, we will ask for more seats as against six constituencies during last elections.

“During last elections we had got six seats, which we will continue to maintain. However, this time, our claim will be for more number of seats as our party is growing,” Sirsat said refusing to elaborate on number of constituencies that they will be claiming.

Briefing media persons, Sirsat stated that the party will identify

During last elections we had got six seats, which we will continue to maintain.

However, if we enter into a pre-poll alliance with Congress, this time, our claim will be for more number of seats as our party is growing.

- NCP Chief Surendra Sirsat various constituencies and try to contest for the seats making our presence strong here.

“A proper plan needs to be chalked out. We will have to take party programmes and policies to the grass root level inorder to strengthen party’s base in Goa,” the chief said adding the party will be percolating into all the 40 constituencies.

Sirsat also expressed the willingness to get even into the Congress dominated constituen-

cies.

When asked, Sirsat said that it’s for the high command to decide on whether to form a new executive committee of NCP or to go with the same.

Sirsat was elected as a State NCP president after former president Jose Philip D’Souza resigned from the post after he had a public spat with his party colleague, Mickky Pacheco in the run up for the municipal (Continued on page 10)

CBI indicts Shah, Gujarat police in Sohrabuddin case PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 25

Gujarat police continued to help Chief Minister Narender Modi’s close aide Amit Shah even after his arrest for his alleged role in the killing of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh in the fake encounter, CBI said in a report submitted to the Supreme Court on Thursday.

CBI in its 37-page report has also sought shifting of the ongoing trial in the case to Mumbai expressing fears that a fair trial would not be possible as the accused persons are very influential, sources said.

They said the agency in its final report has claimed that Shah had got Sheikh eliminated with the twin motive of securing “political prominence” and “monetary gains”.

Sources said the agency in its report filed in a sealed cover has stated that Sheikh was elimi-

nated as he had started extorting money from politically-connected marble traders, who initially approached politicians in Rajasthan.

On inputs from Rajasthan Police, Gujarat Police registered a case against the gangster, while Shah, who was the Minister of State for Home, put encounter specialist D G Vanzara of antiterrorist squad and his team on Sheikh’s trail.

CBI had arrested Shah on July 25 and he was granted bail by the Gujarat HC on October 29.

The apex court has ordered him to stay out of the State.

It’s witch-hunt, did nothing wrong: Lalit Modi PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 25

Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi Thursday night said his ouster as the IPL boss was part of a witch-hunt by people who are “jealous of his success” and that he will return to India only when he is convinced of his security.

In his first major interview since his unceremonious exit, Modi defended himself of any wrong doing and said his family and friends had invested in IPL teams only because nobody else was convinced with the concept.

In the lengthy interview, Modi spoke of how people with vested interest in the BCCI tried to pull him down and how he had spent money from his own pocket to make the IPL a huge success.

“I can very clearly tell you that I have not pocketed any money from the IPL. I created something out of nothing. The BCCI had benefited, will benefit in the next ten years in excess of USD 2 billion. This is something of an initiative that I took on my own, as an honorary member and I did not do it for

myself, and the benefit 100 per cent accrued to the BCCI,” Modi said.

“What I did is absolutely by the book. Currently whatever is on is like a witch hunt and you know I’d rather not comment on it.”

“There’s a lot of jealousy all around, and it was more than meets the eye, it’s not only about the IPL, it’s about the running of the BCCI, there are vested groups out there trying to take control, and there is more to it, but I’d rather not get into that right now,” he added.

The combative Modi, who has been out of the country ever since his removal as IPL chairman, said that his security advisors have instructed him not to return to India because of death threat.

“I will return to India as and when I feel secure. My security agencies have advised me that it’s not appropriate time currently to go back till the security situation smoothens out. And the Indian police have continuously told me yes, that the threat perception continues to be there,” he said.

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Temple thefts: police team leaves for Honavar HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 25

A police team was dispatched to Honavar in neighbouring Karnataka on Thursday, even as the police are gearing up to start combining operation in and around the Chandreshwar and Bhutnath temples at Paroda as part of investigations into the daring temple theft cases.

Superintendent of Police, South Allan De Sa told newsmen that a police team headed

by PI Raju Raut Desai has been sent to Honavar-Karnataka as a similar theft of silver items from a temple had taken place some time back. “The police are investigating into all angles, including the involvement of an inter-state gang involved in such thefts”, the SP said.

Replying to a question, he said the police from the Quepem and Margao police sub-divisions, besides platoons of the IRB, would be drafted for the combing operations in the temple hillock to obtain clues in the theft cases. “The hillock will be combed from both sides, Paroda as well as from Veroda in a bid to lay hands on vital clues”, he added.

Sources in the know said the police will also try to investigating whether the same gang of miscreants were involved in the temple theft and desecration at Veroda last year.

City police ‘hushing up’ hit-and-run case

n A police team headed by PI Raju Raut Desai has been sent to Honavar-Karnataka as a similar theft of silver items from a temple had taken place some time back. The police are investigating into all angles, including the involvement of an inter-state gang involved in such thefts.

-- SP, South Allan De Sa

Caurem villagers turn to CM to stop operation at Devapan Mine

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 25

Panjim police are allegedly trying to hush up a hit-and-run case involving a car, which belongs to a senior police officer.

Sources said that a white Maruti Swift dashed against Sainath who was on his Hero Honda motorbike near Goa Science Centre on Wednesday.

“He was immediately rushed to the Goa Medical College, Bambolim in an unconscious state. A complaint was later filed but the police are pressurising Sainath to withdraw the complaint,” said a source. When contacted the Deputy Superintendent of Police Deu Benaulikar said that a case of ‘accident’ is registered pending investigation.

“We are investigating the case and as soon as we find out the actual offence, we will register a cognizable offence,” he said.

The officer was however not able to name the driver of the car. “We are yet to record the statement of the victim who can tell us the number of the car and other details,” he said.

The temple theft had sent shockwaves not only Quepem taluka, but across the State with the miscreants decamping with silver items worth over Rs 17-18 lakh.

Meanwhile, a delegation of the temple committee called on the South Goa Superintendent of Police and inquired into the investigations into the temple theft.

The committee members are believed to have urged the police to solve the daring case at the earliest.

A meeting of the Devasthan is scheduled on Sunday where the members are expected to chalk out the future course of action if the police fail to achieve a breakthrough in the case.

Freedom fighters ‘purify’ sea at Khariwado

Caurem villagers outside the office of the Indian Bureau of Mines demanding closure of a mine at Devapan.

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 25

Caurem villagers under the banner of Caurem Adivasi Bachao Samiti on Thursday sought the intervention of the Chief Minister and the Indian Bureau of Mines to stop the mining operation at the Devapan Mine immediately.

The villagers called on the Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat at his Malbhat residence here this morning and impressed upon him the need to stop the operation with immediate effect. They reminded the Chief Minister about his promise to inspect the village along with

the residents and to stop the mining activity if the operations were found illegal.

After giving a patient hearing, the Chief Minister promised to seek immediate details from the Director of Mines and initiate action as per law.

The villagers later headed to the Indian Bureau of Mines, Fatorda and submitted a memorandum, reminding the authorities to the destruction of the ground water aquifer and springs.

“Devapan literally means God’s sacred grove, signifying the exceptional significance of the life giving ecological wealth

of this hill”, the residents said.

The residents pointed out that the mining activity have caused havoc to the water and agriculture in the village, as confirmed to the show cause notice used by the Goa State Pollution Control Board on October 22, 2010.

Saying that the residents of Caurem village are Scheduled Tribe members and other forest dwellers, they said their traditional rights over the forest land, including the land under this mining lease and lands contiguous with them, are now finally recognised by the

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Union government under the Forest Rights Act. “The Environmental clearance is also based on the false data including in the rapid EIA & Management plant report, which states that there exist no tribals in the 22 villages”, the residents said.

The memorandum requested the Indian Bureau of Mines to carry out a thorough investigation into the illegalities and pass an order against any mining or dewatering operations at the Devapan Dongor mine to prevent further irreversible damage to the village and environment.

MMC sans full-fledged CO! HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 25

Freedom fighters pour holy water in Goan sea to ‘purify’ it following the visit of Portuguese ship ‘Sagres’.

HERALD REPORTER VASCO, NOV 25

Freedom fighters along with other volunteers on Thursday sprinkled holy water on the statue of freedom fighter Dr T B Cunha and collected some water and poured it in Goan sea to ‘purify’ it following the visit of Portuguese ship ‘Sagres’.

The freedom fighters were accompanied by volunteers of Bharat Swabhiman, Goa People Forum and Mayem Bhumivachan Nagaric Samiti.

Freedom fighters claimed that by purifying the Goan sea they have paid true homage to the martyrs, who struggled during the Portuguese regime in Goa and condemned the recent visit of Portuguese ship in Goa. Nagesh Karmali, Nadakumar Kamat, Dr Pradeep Maske, Adv Satish Sonak, Dr Sanjay Kanekar, Prabhakar Sinhari, Flaviano Dias, Kashinath Mayekar, Sharda Savoikar, Dr Uday Nagarsekar among others were present at Vidhayadhiraj Bhavan, Vasco,

from where they marched to the statue of Dr T B Cunha and later poured holy water in the sea from the Khariwado Jetty to purify the Goan sea.

Incidentally, November 25 marks the 500 years of Portuguese conquering Goa and Thursday’s function was conducted to condemn the arrival of Portuguese on November 25, 1510.

The freedom fighters condemned the glorification and send-off function organized by some fishermen from Khari-

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wado on November 16, when Sagres sailed for Egypt.

“The way anti-national elements within the country are cropping up, there is need for re-nationalisation,” said Nandakumar Kamat.

In his speech, freedom fighter Nagesh Karmali recalled that when ‘Sagres’ ship arrived in the State, he had written a three page letter to Chief Minister Digambar Kamat asking him to resign as chief minister and then attend the lunch programme hosted on Sagres ship.

DNS to launch agitation to shun Portuguese Consulate HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 25

Protesting against activities promoting Portuguese in Goa, ‘Deshpremi Nagrik Samiti’ (DNS) today resolved to launch agitation to shun the Portuguese Consulate from Goa. The group comprising Goa Yuva Manch, BJP Students Cell, ABVP and other members observed Thursday as ‘black day’ and held a protest march to condemn the “barbaric rule of the Portuguese” and against glorifying Portuguese rule in Goa. “On this day, we demand that the Portuguese Consulate in Goa which is involved in several activities to glorify the Portuguese rule should be taken out of Goa

Environment expo at Raia HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 25

The Gauncar Higher secondary school of Arts, Commerce and Vocational stream, Raia will hold an exhibition on “Save our Environment” at the school premises on November 27.

The exhibition will be inaugurated at the hands of local MLA Reginaldo Lourenco on November 27 at 9 am.

The Parish Priest of Raia Church, Fr Cipriano D’Silva, Raia Sarpanch Savio Gomes and exmanager of Gauncar HSS, Raia Sandhya D’Souza will be present.

with immediate effect,” DNS representative Giriraj Vernekar said.

The members also determined to pressurise the Government to launch a probe into the activities and funding pattern of ‘Fundacao Oriente’. Besides, they asked the Government to change Portuguese names assigned to various roads in Goa to its original name.

The morcha which lasted for one-andhalf-hour started from Mahalaxmi temple to Azad Maidan while it also paid respect to freedom fighters.

Vernekar further stated that the State should release the ‘unliberated’ Goan land at Mayem to its dwellers or rightful owners.

“Despite 49 years of Goa Liberation,

the Mayem land is still unliberated in the form on ‘evacuee property’ in the hands of the evil ‘custodians’…” he alleged.

The resolutions, the members said, will be submitted to the government after its meeting in the coming days.

DNS, early this week had furnished a letter to the Archbishop of Goa and Daman grieving about the same issue.

“This is to draw your attention to several activities in the recent times, which are aimed at glorifying the cruel Portuguese rule in Goa. You may recall that recently, a Portuguese naval ship ‘Sagres’ was docked in Goa to commemorate completion of 500 years of Portuguese setting foot on our beautiful motherland,” the letter read.

MMC’s special meet today HERALD REPORTER VASCO, NOV 25

The newly elected chairperson of Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) has convened a special council meeting on Friday to discuss the financial position of the council.

Implementation of house tax on houses reassessed and imposition of house tax for houses in all the municipal wards, finalisation of City Development Plan for port town of Vasco, etc, are also on the agenda for Friday’s special meeting.

Earlier, the council had finalized reassessment of three wards, but decision of imposition of house tax is not yet taken.

Discussion regarding development of MMC area in coordination with Mormugao Planning and Development Authority (MPDA) for planning, development and resources mobilization is also on the agenda. The council will also decide on its fuel allowance and purchase of laptops and computers classes for the councillors.

Navelim forum meet HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 25

The Navelim Civic and Consumer Forum (NCCF) will have its monthly general meeting of consumers on November 28 at 4 pm at Casa Virgonite, Dongorim.

Consumer related issues of post office, PWD water supply, Goa Dairy milk, health, road safety & traffic management, ration & kerosene supply, home delivery of LPG cylinders, banking, BSNL telephones & cable TV, etc will be discussed. Senior citizen cards will also be prepared at the meeting.

Just imagine a situation when an A class 20-member Municipal body is presided over the civic administration by a part-time Chief Officer.

Indeed, the Margao Municipal body appears destined to be ruled by a part-time Chief Officer. If the outgoing Margao municipal body had to contend with a civic administration headed by only part-time chief officers over the last two years, the new set of city fathers have realised the bitter truth that they have to approach a parttime Chief Officer, Prasanna Acharya, who is more often found in the District Collectorate than in the civic body.

And, in the absence of the District Collector, South G P Naik in the last few days, Acharya is looking after the affairs of the Collector’s office, leaving the civic body high and dry.

In fact, incumbent Chief Officer Prasanna Acharya, who was deputed to hold additional charge as MMC Chief Officer on the eve of the municipal polls, is not available for the city fathers and members of the public at all times.

Newly-elected Councillors in

The Margao Municipal Council building.

private have called for deputation of a full-fledged chief officer to the civic body to meet the urgent administrative requirements. “Either the Chief Minister should direct Acharya to take full charge of the civic administration or draft a new officer to the civic body”, remarked a city fathers.

Incidentally, GPCC general

secretary Vijay Sardessai, while offering the unconditional support to form the new council had suggested to the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to post a full-fledged chief officer to meet the requirements.

Incidentally, statistics revealed that the civic body was presided over by two chief officers in the last two years – Prasanna

Acharya and his predecessor Y B Tawde – both Additional Collectors in the South Goa District Collectorate.

Ironically, both the officers have succeeded each other in the civic body, but the dream of many a city father to have an independent and full-fledged chief officer remains unfulfilled till date.

No agency to tackle strays at Colva beach HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 25

There seems no agency involved in tackling the menace of stray dogs and cattle at the Colva beach.

While the local Colva village Panchayat had employed local youth to drive away Laamanis loitering on the beach, stray cattle and dogs appears having a field day for want of any agency to tackle the menace.

If the Colva Panchayat secretary is to be believed, the Panchayat body has employed a 7-member group of youngsters on monthly payments to maintain a vigil on laamanis. “This arrangement has been made by Panchayat body to ensure the Laamanis does not create nuisance to the visitors”, informed t h e Pa n c h a y a t s e c re t a r y.

But, when asked about the stray cattle and dogs on the beach stretch, especially at the entrance to the beach, the Panchayat secretary informed that the responsibility of impounding the cattle and dogs rests with the Tourism Department.

“What is happening on the beach is the look out of the Tourism Department, includ-

Stray cattle and dogs welcome visitors to Colva beach at the entrance.

ing beach cleanliness”, he added.

Meanwhile, there seems no respite to the thousands of visitors to the Colva beach as they are literally forced to cross the creek waters via a wooden plank

for want of any arrangement made by the Tourism Department.

Locals say it’s nearly a fortnight since the creek waters entering the sea changed its course, putting visitors to the

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beach to great hardships.

Sources said attempts made by some people to get heavy machinery to level the beach was abandoned as the move did not receive support from the authorities.

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Implement RP sans diluting 5 shops in essence, says Dr Rebello gutted Panjim HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 25

Goa’s renowned social activist Dr Oscar Rebello has said that State Government should implement the new Regional Plan (RP) without diluting the essence of it.

“The draft RP was fantastic effort by the committee. Now it’s for the State government to ensure that the people don’t violate the restrictions put in the plan,” Rebello told Herald today.

The government has already made public RP for Pernem and Canacona talukas while plans for the rest of the talukas are in the offing.

“The new RP is a result of brilliant efforts and I hope that the State government speedily implements it in other talukas too without much delay,” the leader said.

He said that the RP has focus on eco-sensitive zones and has suggested the right development for the State.” RP should be implemented as soon as possible in all the talukas so that it will eliminate uncertainty surrounding land use pattern,” Rebello added.

He also said that the State Government should go by the national highway alignment as suggested in RP by scrapping the current alignment, which is against the plan.

Govt failed to concede to our demands: GBA HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 25

A day after the Government notified Regional Plan 2021 for Pernem and Canacona, Goa Bachao Abhiyan’s (GBA) early reaction is that the Government failed to concede to their demands.

Convener Sabina Martins told Herald that GBA had asked the Government to display the guidelines for public viewing before finalising the plan, which was not met.

Senior Town Planner T Putturaj on Wednesday had said that these notifications will come into force for implementation immediately and that the Gazette notification is sent to the Government Printing Press.

Complaints against IFFI delegates for smoking HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 25

Panjim police have received complaints that few delegates at the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) premise were found smoking.

Inspector Sandesh Chodankar told Herald that they received complaints by two NGOs that few delegates including a lady jury member was found smoking but they are yet to be identified.

“We have received three complaints including a photograph of a lady (jury member) who were found smoking at International Film festival of India (IFFI) venue. But we are yet to locate them,” he said.

National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) General Secretary Shekhar Salkar said that they have asked the police to take immediate action against the offenders.

“The complaints were filed by two NGOs. We have told the police to patrol the venues in plain clothes and catch hold of the offenders,” he said.

“I have also asked the senior police officers to challan the ESG CEO Manoj Srivastava for not taking serious cognizance despite earlier cases,” Salkar added.

Chodankar said that they are maintaining a close watch at all visitors and have identified and challaned few of them found smoking at the IFFI venue. “As regards to the three complaints, we are trying to locate them,” he said.

It may be recalled that Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi and few other celebrities who were found smoking in the ESG premise earlier have already been fine Rs 100 for smoking.

Dharbandora man dies in truck mishap HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, NOV 25

A 26-year-old man from Dharbandora died, after he came under the rear wheels of a truck at Dharbandora on Thursday morning.

According to Ponda Police, the accident occurred at about 5.30 am when the driver of the truck (GA-09-U1041) as usual was on his way to join duty. However, when the truck driver was in the process of taking reverse, Sameer Gaonkar, who was sleeping behind the truck, was crushed under the rear wheels. Gaonkar died on the spot.

Ponda Police has arrested truck driver Surendra Jogeshwari (26) of Jharkhand, but residing at Dharbandora.

“GBA had made a representation that the notification will be given 30 days space for the knowledge of the people before finalising it. But this demand was also taken into consideration,” Martins said.

The list of grievances also speaks about the district plan which is yet to be notified besides absence of VP 3 status in both notifications. Martins however said that GBA is yet to study both notifications thoroughly.

“From newspaper reports, the government says only VP 1 and VP 2 will be taken. This is despite the fact that villagers in large numbers had asked for VP 3,” she added.

The convener alleged that

the entire process is because few politicians demanded for land conversion using the bottom up process.

“This is nothing but an undemocratic practice to deny people planning rights,” she said.

In the same breath, she acknowledged that the notifications have protected eco-sensitive zones. “But we need to see how much of ecosensitive zones are identified and protected,” she further said.

State-level committee members meanwhile said that plans for Ponda and Sattari were almost ready and the same would be taken up for notification soon.

market HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 25

Five shops were gutted when fire broke out in the Old Panjim market Thursday early morning, fire officials said.

The fire broke out at about 7:41 am in the market, which is closely situated to the new CCP market.

Loss of property and goods in the fire has been assessed to Rs 4.15 lakh.

“The shops located adjacent to each other were yet to start their business for the day when the incident occurred, and hence no casualities or injuries were reported,” Station Fire Officer H D Naik said.

The shops were selling furniture and cooking materials, while the others were liquor shop, bar and hair cutting saloon, which were also gutted.

Two fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot and the fire was brought under control within 25 minutes.

“We were able to save property worth Rs 5.80 lakh,” he added.

Though it is suspected that the fire broke out due to short circuit, the investigators are yet to ascertain the cause of fire.

UP scrap dealer found murdered in rickshaw

HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, NOV 25

A 25-year-old scrap dealer from Uttar Pradesh was found murdered in a three-wheeler in PDA Colony, Porvorim, on Thursday morning.

According to Porvorim Police, the body was found in a decomposed state in the cabin of the rickshaw (GA-01-Z-0417).

According to Porvorim Police, after they received a call at about 10.40 am stating that some foul smell was emanating from the rickshaw that was stationed in an isolated place in PDA Colony, police rushed to the spot.

Police informed that they found a male body tied with white wire and covered with cardboards inside the rickshaw cabin.

When police enquired with the Road Transport authorities, they discovered that the vehicle belonged to scrap dealer Ravishanker Nishad of UP, but residing at Khorlim-Mapusa.

In the meantime, when Harishanker Nishad, younger brother of Ravishanker, who is residing at Betim, came to know from his maternal uncle Lallu Nishad that Porvorim Police found a male body in a rickshaw in PDA Colony, he rushed to the police station and identified the body as that of his brother Ravishanker.

Harishanker told Porvorim Police that Ravishanker had called him on his phone on Monday stating that he needed money to purchase scrap.

“Accordingly, I paid Ravishanker a sum of Rs 7,000. When I again met Ravishanker on Tuesday at about 10.30 am at Panjim near Azad Maidan, he told me that he had borrowed Rs 10,000 from one person,” Harishanker

n According to Porvorim Police, after they received a call at about 10.40 am stating that some foul smell was emanating from the rickshaw that was stationed in an isolated place in PDA Colony, police rushed to the spot.

told police.

However, when Harishanker tried contacting his brother Ravishanker on Wednesday and Thursday on the phone, he did not get any response.

However on Thursday, when Harishanker enquired with his uncle about the whereabouts of his brother, he came to know that police have found his body in the rickshaw at Porvorim.

Police after taking the finger prints and conducting panchanama sent the body to GMC Hospital at Bambolim for post mortem, which will be conducted on Friday.

As Ravishanker’s body has been

found in a decomposed state, the police feel that murder must have take place two days ago.

Porvorim Police have registered the case as murder under Section 302 of IPC. Meanwhile, police have taken several scrap dealers into custody for investigation.

Superintendent of Police Arvind Gawas and DySP Pandarinath Mapari also visited the site to take stock of the situation.

Porvorim Police Inspector Devendra Gaad and PSI Sagun Sawant is investigating the case under the guidance of DySP Pandarinath Mapari.

State asked to stop mine near Netravali sanctuary HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 25

National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) standing committee has asked Goa chief wildlife warden to stop a mine of M/s A X Poi Palondicar which is operating near Netravali Wildlife sanctuary.

Deputy Inspector General Prakriti Srivastava in a letter to Goa Government on November 23 has asked the State to submit the status report on this mine, which according to them, is operational in full swing since last two weeks.

The chief wildlife warden has been ordered to submit the report urgently to the Union Environment and Forest ministry.

The 18th meeting of standing committee of NBWL had rejected the proposal by M/s A X Poi Palondicar for production of Iron Ore with the production capacity of 0.20 MTPA and expansion in the capacity of manganese ore.

The board which is under Union Ministry of Environment and Forest had rejected the proposal as the mine was 5.3 kms in South– East and 6.5 kms East of the Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary.

The committee was of the view that mining activities, even though outside protected areas

would have negative impacts on the wildlife in the sanctuary as well on bio-diversity and envi-

ronment.

“In view of this, the committee, after discussions, unani-

mously decided to reject the proposal,” the minutes of the meeting read.

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Short takeS Sanskar shibir organised

MARCEL (HC): Shree Shantadurga Sanskrutik Mandal, Tiverem-Orgao, in association with Hindu Janajagruti Sammitti recently organized Bal Sanskar Prashikshan shibir.

About 40 students took part in the six-day shibir. During the six days, the Hindu Janajagruti Sammitti members imparted knowledge to students on Hindu culture.

Students were also guided on preserving the rich cultural heritage of the country.

During the closing ceremony, chief guest and social worker Sandip Nigale said people need to take initiative to preserve our culture and rich heritage.

In the Slok recital competition, Atmanand Zalmi bagged the first prize, Vrukshabh Tari (second), Shruthvik Shetkar (third) and Ashvika Naik (fourth).

Prajakti elected sarpanch

PERNEM (HC): Prajakti Prakash Kannaik was elected sarpanch of the seven-member Tuyem Panchayat.

Kanaik defeated former sarpanch Vijalaxmi Naik by 4-3 votes. All seven panch members were present for at the special meeting. Vikas Prabhu Desai of Pernem BDO conducted the election.

Cake mixing ceremony

Canacona housewives feel the pinch as LPG cylinders run out of stock HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, NOV 25

Housewives in taluka are having a tough time at the onset of tourism season, as Canacona residents began to face nonavailability of domestic gas cylinders (LPG) amid allegations of diverting domestic LPG for commercial usage.

However, the lone gas agency in the taluka claims inadequate rationing of the taluka’s quota as the prime reason for crunch.

Beginning last Friday, residents were taken aback as door-to-door supplies to respective areas failed to arrive.

However, the restive residents were seen eagerly unsuccessfully waiting even as no door-to-door supplies were resumed until Wednesday.

Enquiries at the only HP dealers in the taluka revealed the position may continue at least another week.

Some residents who reached the agency outlet at Chaudi were turned away due to non-availability of stocks, informed sources.

“Since no fresh supply arrived and existing stock exhausted, consumers demand has begun to mount and hence we have now started to maintain waiting list so

that as and when we get the supply, we gives phone calls to the wait-listed customers for collection,” informed a source from the only HP dealer in Canacona.

“According to the rationalizing of supply by plant at Kundaim, we get only half of our daily requirement (100-150) LPGs and that too randomly and after gap of few days,” said sources.

“Similar position is experienced by every dealer in the State,” informed Pradip Prabhudessai, owner of the HP dealership servicing entire Canacona taluka.

“We are told that arrival of shipments in a southern port at Mangalore, the gar filling plant is unable to maintain/offer sufficient stock for supply. This is the main reason, why shortage in supply is encountered at the dealers end,” said the source.

Local residents are reluctant to buy the theory, with many suspecting that the automatic shortage is created because of illegal diversion of domestic LPG cylinders to many commercial establishments in the taluka, many of which have started or are in the process of commencing its annual tourism trade on taluka’s coast.

“As often noticed in the past and even during last couple of weeks, we don’t

know why dealers supply vehicles are seen making halts at isolated places and often seen unloading LPG cylinders into some waiting rickshaws or two-wheelers, when they are supposed to making halts only inside residential localities,” informed a local resident from Agonda.

Similar sentiments are raised by residents in Poinguinim and Loliem villages.

Sources told Herald such operations make residents to believe that some underhand dealings like diversion of domestic of gas cylinders for commercial establishments have caused the present shortage in the taluka.

When contacted, Prabhudessai said: “We are not entirely denying unscrupulous deeds by delivery vehicles, but we do carry out random checks on them.”

“But the present shortage is definitely not because of such practices,” he added.

Fears are also expressed that few gas cylinders are finding its way to neighbouring districts of Karnataka state, making use of rail and road.

There are 13,000 domestic and about 600 commercial LPG consumers in the taluka, while domestic cylinder is priced at Rs 352 and commercial has a cost tag of Rs 1,055.

Banks should reach out to rural populace: MP HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, NOV 25

General Manager Sumir Yadav along with the team members and guests at the cake mixing ceremony.

PANJIM (HND): With the festive Christmas season just round the corner, Kenilworth Resort & Spa, Utorda organised the annual cake mixing ceremony with tradition and fanfare at Portofino.

The ceremony was attended by the in-house guests and the Kenilworth team members led by General Manager Sumir Yadav.

An array of fruits including raisins, glazed red cherries, orange peel, tutti-frutti, black currants, dates, dried apricots, figs and prunes and nuts like walnuts, cashew, almond flakes and pistachio, besides spices like ground cardamom, cinnamon and cloves was poured into a huge cauldron along with endless bottles of spirits and syrups like golden syrup, molasses, honey and vanilla essence.

Guests and members of Kenilworth team put on gloves and kneaded the mix tirelessly.

The Kenilworth Resort & Spa considers this a ritual to usher in the festive season, the good tidings, happiness and lots of Christmas cakes!

‘Rath’ celebrated

South Goa MP Franscisco Sardinha said banks are not meant to earn only profits, but they have the primary obligation to help and improve the sustainable capacity of rural populace in the country.

Sardinha was speaking at Khola recently in an Outreach Programme for Financial Inclusion (Gramin Sampark Abhiyan), a function organized by nationalized banks as part of Reserve Bank of India’s platinum jubilee celebrations in the country.

The function, attended by some top RBI officers (Mumbai Region) and General Managers/Managers of four other nationalized banks like State Bank of India, Bank of India, Corporation Bank and Canara Bank, was held at the Subagraha of Shri Laximinarayan Temple, Khola.

Speaking further, Sardinha urged the banks to expand its operations and move away from cities to more and more of the villages. “The need of

South Goa MP Franscisco Sardinha speaks at Khola.

Photo by Kathy Pereira

banks is more in villages than in cities,” he said.

Sardhina also advocated that bank officers should be judged for their further promotions based on their achievements for rural populace rather than their normal appraisals in enhancing banks credentials.

“The present Congress aam admi government in the coun-

Significance of Constitution Day

By NAguESH S SARDESSAi

People attend the ‘Rath’ at Sanguem.

Photo by Alfred Fernandes

SANGUEM (HC): The Hindu brethren from Sanguem devoted to Lord Vithoba Temple celebrated ‘Rath’ by conducting a procession in honour of Lord Vithoba from Lord Vithoba Temple to Bazaar Wadda, Sanguem and back.

The procession was attended by a large number of Hindu devotees from Sanguem and neighbouring region.

The ‘Rath’ is traditionally held to symbolize the end of Kartik Utsav following which annual fairs of various temples in the region will commence beginning with Lord Vithoba Temple at Sanguem.

On the previous day of the ‘Rath’, ‘Sangodd’ was celebrated at Vithoba Temple, Sanguem.

Harish elected president

SANGUEM (HC): Harish B Misal was unanimously elected as president of Jai Kissan Sports and Cultural Club, Devgotimoll, Dudhal Kalay, for 2010-11.

At the annual general body meeting held recently in the club premises, other members elected on the committee are Ram D Misal (vice president), Jayesh B Misal (secretary), Shivram K Misal (assistant secretary), Santosh Kakre (treasurer), Ganesh Misal (assistant treasurer), Vagh G Harish B Misal Misal (advisor) and Madhukar Misal, B lambor and Abhijit Misal (members).

Filariasis drug administered

The constitution of India has been a model code for developing countries since inception. It’s been six decades now that the spirit of constitution still holds good, reflecting the foresight, statesmanship and patriotism of the founding fathers for a strong, secular Indian Republic with equal respect for all. It is noteworthy that it was the constituent assembly that accomplished the most difficult task of framing the constitution for independent India.

It set up 12 committees. Dr B R Ambedkar, elected from Bengal to the constituent assembly, was appointed as Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee on 29 August 1947. The assembly sat for two years, 11 months and 19 days in all to complete the momentous work of the constitution forming.

Rev Jerome D’Souza, a Goan by origin, was a member of the constituent assembly. The draft of the constitution was considered in 114 days. The constitution adopted by the constituent assembly took over the additional work as the Leg-

islative Assembly of independent India in the late evening of 14 August 1947.

The constitution adopted by the constituent assembly contained 395 articles and 8 schedules. The total numbers of amendments to the draft constitution tabled were 7,365 but only 2,473 amendments were actually moved and carried.

The constitution of India was adopted on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950. The constitution pays tribute to the thousands of martyrs who laid down their lives in the freedom struggle of India.

After more than six decades of the functioning of the constitution, time has come for retrospection and to ascertain whether the Indian Constitution has failed the people or the people of India have failed the Constitution.

Though India has made advances in many fields, it is most important to find an answer to the question whether India has succeeded in securing a better life for the people and also taking the fruits of freedom to the common man.

try and Goa in particular needs the assistance of banks to fulfill its obligations to the common man,” said Sardinha.

Canacona MLA Vijay Poi khot also spoke on the occasion.

RBI Executive Director H R Khan said people should opt for loans and make investments in banks and not from

Training camp opened

Mauvin Godinho inaugurates the training camp.

HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, NOV 25

A training camp of decorative wax candle making, organised

by Anita Kenkre in association with GHRSSIDC was inaugurated at Curpavaddo, Cortalim by local MLA and deputy Speaker Mauvin Godinho in the presence of Cortalim ZP member Cynthia Silva, Sarpanch Anthony Miranda, panchas Jeronino Lucas, Manuel Silva, Soccorina and ex-Sarpanch of Sancoale Ajoy D’Souza.

Kenkre recalled how she had trained the women by organising such camps throughout the constituency, not only as trainee, but also as trainers/teachers of other courses besides decorative wax candle making, such as jute

CANACONA (HC): Canacona Community Health Centre with the help of health workers completed Mass Drug Administration (MDA) for eradication of Filariasis (Elephantisis) in Canacona taluka.

CHC’s multipurpose health workers, which include members of Nehru Yuva Kendra, Canacona, students of Nirankar High School, Maxem, some members of Hindu Janjagruti and other volunteers covered total population of 38,563.

bag making, jewellery, agarbatti, etc.

Godinho appreciated Kenkre for taking the pains to help in the upliftment of women by organising such training camps in the constituency, and assured all the help needed, from the government, as well as from himself personally to the trainees to help them produce and market their products which they are trained for and thus enable them to earn their livelihood.

Sarpanch Anthony Miranda welcomed the gathering. Cynthia Silva urged the people to make use of this facility that has been made available to them at their doorstep and also proposed the vote of thanks.

‘Jivitan Ghoddom Ieta’ released

By ELviS SEquEiRA

Two health workers distribute tablets under the Mass Drugs Administration for eradication of elephantiasis in Canacona.

Photo by Kathy Pereira

private operators as banks are secured by RBI guidelines.

In a presentation, an RBI officer spoke on how to maintain currency notes and also informed that banks disputes will be handled by Lok-Pal operating as a special legal cell to resolve disputes.

Another bank officer Shymal Acharya explained banks rural schemes and also informed that there are 555 branches and 50 ATMs in Goa. Earlier, quiz contests to the students of four schools (St Anne’s, Agonda, Government High School Gowal, GHS, Agonda and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya) were organized.

RBI Officer J B Boriya said RBI will keep watchful eyes on cooperative banks and by 2012, every village will have a minimum of one bank.

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, who was originally scheduled, could not attend the function, while director of Agriculture Tendulkar besides Khola Sarpanch Archana Velip, and bank officers were also present on the occasion.

Upcoming tiatrist Agnelo Lobo has released his second Konkani audio album ‘Jivitant Ghoddom Ieta’ at the hands of well-known tiatr director Milagres de Chandor. Agnelo hails from the picturesque village of Carambolim in Ilhas.

He was a footballer who played in Goa’s third division football league for clubs such as Carambolim Sports Club, Sto Estevam Sports Club and Don Bosco Oratory, before being lured by the glamour of the tiatr world. He has acted for well-known directors such as Menino de Bandar, William de Curtorim, and is currently a member of Milagres de Chandor’s dramatic troupe. He is also a member of the upcoming group, AVA Trio with Andrew from Majorda and Victor from Quepem.

‘Jivitant Ghoddom Ieta’ has 12 songs sung by well known singers such as Xavier

Gomes, Melody King Lawry Travasso, Marcus Vaz, Bushka, Tony de Ribandar, Bab An-

drew, Rons Andrèa and others. The title song, ‘Jivitant Ghoddom Ieta’ with lyrics by Robert de Calvim is sung by Agnelo Lobo followed by ‘Xevott’ a melodious solo by Bushka.

‘Ters Rozar’ sung by Melody King Lawry Travasso highlights the importance of prayer in our lives. Romaldo and Andrèa sing ‘Tunch Moji Gireskai’, a beautiful duet. Xavier Gomes brings to the fore the plight of our policemen in his well-rendered solo ‘Police’, while Marcus Vaz sings ‘No 6’.

Other songs in the Audio CD that deserve special mention are ‘Kaido’ a melodious combination of the voices of Albert Cabral and Bab Andrew, ‘Noxib ani Ginean’

by Tony de Ribandar and ‘Cricket’ by AVA Trio.

The music for the songs in the album has been played and arranged by Lenoy Gomendes.

uPCoMInG eVentS ‘Law Day’

PANJIM (HND): District Legal Services Authority, South Goa, Margao, will observe ‘Law Day’ on November 26 at Kare College of Law, Margao, at 11 am.

Principal District and Sessions Judge, South Goa, U V Bakre, will preside over the programme. Adv Uday Bhembre, Adv Lida Joao, Adv Pritam Moraes, Jagdish Prabhu Dessai, Auda Viegas and Principal A S Nadkarni, will be the resource persons for the programme. They will speak on topics such as Enactment of Laws, Administration of Justice, Implementation of Law, Consumer and Labour Laws, etc.

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Dandiya Garbha contest

PANJIM (HND): The 3rd All Goa Dandiya Garbha competition organised by Serula Shardostav Mandal Charmanas, Badem, will be held on November 27 at Shree Dadeshwar Sabha Mandap, Brittona from 7 pm onwards. Cash prizes will be given to the winners. The best among the winner will be crowned as Dandiya King and Dandiya Queen. For details call Suren Tari on 8805875544 or Sachin Dhavde on 8888937699.

Legal literacy camp

PANJIM (HND): A micro legal literacy camp will be organised on November 28 by Bardez Taluka Legal Services Committee, in association with V M Salgaocar College of Law, Panjim, at Dhadeshwar Dewasthan Hall, Britona, at 4 pm. The session will be presided over by Adv Dhilesh Ashvenkar who will speak on ' Women’s Property Rights’ and Adv P Banaulikar will speak on ‘Free Legal Aid’. All citizens of Bardez are invited to this camp.

Scholarship distribution

BICHOLIM (HC): The Anusaya Nauso Karbhatkar Charitable Trust, Mayem-Bicholim, will organise a scholarship/freeship distribution ceremony at Mahamaya Devasthan, GaonkarwadaMayem, on November 28 at 4.30 pm.

Home Minister Ravi Naik will be the chief guest for the function. Shivajirao Palav, disciple of Sadguru Vamanrao Pai of Jeevan Vidya Mission Mumbai, Goa Congress President Subhash Shirodkar and businessman Hasmukh Gala will be present for the function. In all, 80 students from Mayem from school and higher secondary will be awarded scholarships. There will also be award for the best school based on the Std X result.

Bakibab’s birth anniversary

PANJIM (HND): The birth anniversary of poet Bakibab Borkar will be celebrated on November 30 at the Goa State Museum Auditorium, Patto, Panjim, at 4.30 pm. CM Digambar Kamat will release books on Bakibab Borkar followed by a musical programme ‘Shabda Yatri Bakibab’, based on the poems of Bakibab, by Pt Prabhakar Karekar, Rajesh Madgaonkar and Shilpa Duble Parab.

Directorate of Art and Culture in association with Bakibab Borkar Birth Centenary Celebration Committee has been celebrating year long centenary by organising programmes throughout the year. To mark the birth anniversary of Bakibab Borkar, India Post will release a ‘Special Envelope and Special Cancellation’.

Meanwhile, as part of concluding ceremony of the ongoing birth centenary of Bakibab Borkar, Goa Konkani Akademi (GKA) has organised a programme to install the great poet’s portrait on November 29 on the main wall of the auditorium of GKA at Patto, Panjim, at 5 pm. Principal of Government Art College, Prof M V Vengurlekar, will install the portrait while eminent Konkani poets Nagesh Karmali, Madhav Borkar, Ramesh Veluskar and others will remember B B Borkar.

TAG’s ‘Kolakarak Bhett’

PANJIM (HND): Tiatr Academy of Goa’s monthly programme ‘Kolakarak Bhett’ (Meet the Artiste) will be held on November 30 at its conference hall, Campal Trade Center, Panjim at 4.30 pm. The artiste of this month is thespian John Claro Fernandes.

John Claro Fernandes, who will complete 80 years on December 5, has contributed a lot for the development as well as preservation of Goan Tiatr since last 60 years. He made serious efforts to highlight the hidden aspects of the history of tiatr. It was he who discovered that the first tiatr ‘Italian Bhurgo’ was staged on April 17, 1892 at the New Alfred Theatre Bombay.

He started his career on the commercial tiatr stage on December 25, 1953 in the tiatr entitled ‘Camil Bottler’. Till date, Fernandes has written 15 tiatrs namely Rinnkari Zanvoi, Nirmiloli Sun, Gupit Karann, Gorabeachi Durdoxea, Utrachi Mudi, Purtugez Kolvont, Trevis Vorsam, Konkanni Advogad, Inglez Madam, Tambddi Mati, Rostadak Ostad, Vinglli Nachpinn, Civil Kazar ani Amerikan Dollar. He was also a novelist and published his 1st novel ‘Nursicho Mog’ in 1966. Besides, his tiatr ‘23 Vorsam’ is included in ‘Tiatrancho Jhelo’, a publication of Goa Konkani Academy. His most popular tiatr ‘Purtugez Kolvont’ is also published in book form.

Salsa classes

PANJIM (HND): Dance Illusions will start basic to intermediate Salsa classes in Margao and Vasco. In Margao, the classes will be held from November 29 onwards on Mondays and Thursdays from 8 pm to 9.30 pm at B M hall. In Vasco, the classes will begin from November 30 onwards on Tuesdays and Fridays from 7.15 pm to 8.45 pm. The basic course will consist of a total of 12 hours spread over four weeks and will be conducted by national award winning Dr Martin and his team. For details, call 9823014397.

Painting/drawing contest

PANJIM (HND): The children painting/drawing competition of Kala Academy will be held on December 7, from 3.30 pm to 5 pm at Bicholim, Pernem, Panjim, Ponda, Curchorem, Margao, Vasco and Canacona. The last date for submission of entries is December 2.

This year the competition will be organized at eight different regional centers, which include Shantadaurga High School, Bicholim; Bhagwati High School, Pernem; Dr K B Hedgewar High School, Mala, Panjim; Dada Vaidya High School, Curti, Ponda; The New Educational Institute, Curchorem; Mahila Nutan English High School, Margao; St Andrew’s Institute, Vasco and St Theresa of Jesus High School, Chaudi, Canacona.

Entry forms along with the rules/regulations of the competition will be available at these centers and at the Kala Academy during office hours on working days from November 26.

The competition will be held in three categories i.e. category ‘A’ – children upto 7 years, category ‘B’ – children above 7 years and below 12 years and category ‘C’ – children above 12 years and below 16 years of age respectively. The theme of the competition will be declared on the spot at the respective venue at 3 pm. All the participants should report at the respective centre latest by 2.30 pm.

Power ShutDown NOvEmBER 26 MAPUSA: From 9 am to 3 pm. Areas affected are Sport complex Peddem, Prudential Paradise, Sattadar complex, Kamat Galaxy and surrounding areas.

MANKAME: From 8.30 am to 2 pm. Areas affected are Goa Bagyaldar, Upper Bazaar, Fish Market, Mankame Bhat, Sangam Bakery, Sukhtankar Royal Apts and surrounding areas.

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Newly elected councillors smell fodder scam in Canacona council HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, NOV 25

The newly elected councilors claims to have unearthed a fodder scam in Canacona Municipal Council, where the civic body reportedly spent lakhs of rupees towards purchase of fodder for maintenance of impounded cattle, when in reality not a single cattle is impounded.

Few councilors claimed that lakhs of rupees have been annually withdrawn from the municipal coffers for maintenance of non-impounded cattle, while the cattle pound is used as a dump yard and services of its keeper are utilized for office works.

If municipal sources are to be believed, cattle pound worth about Rs 4.5 lakh was constructed five years ago and an official was appointed to maintain and take care of the impounded cattle.

Incidentally, municipal sources claimed that no records of any sort of the activities of cattle pound are maintained in the council, as not a single cattle has been impounded in the past.

However, the past council reportedly withdrew amounts ranging into lakhs of rupees in

The cattle pound behind Canacona Municipal Council.

Photo by Kathy Pereira

the last few years towards the bills for purchase of fodder and other maintenance needs like cattle tying ropes, etc.

When contacted, CMC Chairperson Ratnakar Dhuri feigned ignorance of such a scam, but said he learnt it today itself through some of his councilors.

“We are nowhere responsible for the past deeds, but I had asked Chief Officer Shiv Kumar to check out what exactly is the noise about.”

In an informal meeting with the chief officer on Thursday evening, the council members raised the fodder and cattle pound issue and asked him to verify the facts

reported in some section of the media.

It is learnt through municipal sources that the unused cattle pound has been constructed at an approximate cost of Rs 4.5 lakh some 6 years ago, reportedly after the High Court directions.

Fund to the tune of Rs 40-45 lakh reportedly obtained through GIA was used for the land acquisition, construction and other related costs of cattle pound.

Over the years, a cattle pound keeper was also appointed reportedly again in keeping with the High Court orders, but the appointed official is instead engaged for

Without roots, this papaya tree not only survives but thrives

council’s office works.

If same sources are to be believed, no cattle impound register is maintained by the council, whereas substantial expenses on this count has been accounted by the civic body.

The register has to maintain date of impounding, the feeds provided, the date of release, the amounts recovered from the concerned as ‘fine’, etc.

When enquired, an unconfirmed source revealed that on an average Rs 2 lakh is being annually spent towards maintenance of impounded cattle, besides purchase of cattle feeds including dried paddy stems, etc.

Interestingly, on Thursday, most of the councilors including chairperson and deputy in an informal meeting with the chief officer raised the issue of non-utilization of cattle pound nor putting the services of the cattle pound keeper for proper use.

According to Chairperson Ratnakar Dhuri, Chief Officer Shiv Kumar has assured to depute four labourers for impounding cattle and engage two more laboorers for night duty to watch the impounded cattle.

HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, NOV 25

Residents of Nagoa-Arpora were surprised to see a papaya tree hanging out from a well with no roots seen anywhere around.

The papaya tree has grown to such an extent that it hangs over and covers the mouth of the well with papayas.

Usually, the papaya tree growing from the ground gives way due to its weight, but what surprises the residents of Nagoa is that the papaya holds itself well despite heavy load due to the papayas.

The unique papaya tree has grown up in the backyard of Nagoa-Arpora Sarpanch Agnelo D’Souza, who himself is surprised to see such a unique papaya tree from the water well without any roots.

Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs will organise the State Youth Festival 2010 on December 8 and 9 at Gomant Vidya Niketan, Margao, from 9.30 am to 6 pm.

All the participants of ‘individual’ items and ‘one act play’ are asked to report on December 8 at 9.30 am and participants of ‘folk dance’, ‘folk song’ and ‘Bharatnatyam’ have to report on December 9 at 9.30 am to senior APEO Uday Navelkar.

The winners of district level festival who have qualified to participate in the State Youth Festival are: North Goa: Folk Dance: Ghadvansh Lokmand, Sattari; Anant Sai Manila Mandal, Verem and Kamakshi HSS, Ponda.

Folk Song: Goenchim Kirna, Pernem; Our Lady of Rosary HSS, Dona Paula and Vijayanand HSS, Mayem, Bicholim.

Classical Vocal: Mugdha Gaonkar, GVM's, Govind Poi Raiturkar College of Commerce, Ponda; Amruta D Joshi, Vijay Nagar Colony, Corlim and Diksha Punaji, Pernem.

Tabla: Gautami P Amonkar,

Sattari locals object renewal of mining lease in Sonal HERALD CORRESPONDENT VALPOI, NOV 25

Residents of Sonal-Sattari have objected to the renewal and grant of a mining lease in Sonal in Savorde Panchayat.

In a memorandum to the union minister for environment and forest, Anti-Mining Committee President Shridhar Kale stated that no mining lease shall be granted in Sonal village or within the jurisdiction of Savorde Panchayat and Savorde Panchayat shall be declared as ‘mining free zone area’.

During a meeting which was held recently at SateriKelbai Mandap-Sonal, residents claimed that the notified land for mining as regards renewal of mining lease is coming within the purview of Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, which has got a high ecological environmental value.

The villagers also discussed that the agriculture activities in the area will be destroyed, besides polluting wells and river water once mining activities commence at Sonal.

Shridhar Kale and others who addressed the villagers include Ranjeet Rane, Ulhas Gaonkar, Raghu Gaonkar, Shripad Sawant, Akshata Kale, Yeshwant Narvekar, Govind Falke and Vishwesh Parob.

A documentary film on adverse effect of mining activities was shown to the residents by the members of anti-mining committee.

The villagers have sent a memorandum to the union minister for environment and forest, New Delhi, for his intervention.

Photo by Thomas Fernandes

Utsav Murthi theft: Locals inquire in progress made HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, NOV 25

Saligao MLA Dilip Parulekar and ZP member Michael Lobo along with Sri Bhumika Santeri Devasthan, Guirim, committee members called on DySP Sammy Tavares and enquired about the progress made by the police in arresting the persons involved in the theft of Utsav Murthi of goddess Santeri Devi.

It may be recalled that on the intervening night of October 25 and 26, burglars broke open the rods of the door of the ‘Gharbhakud’ of Sree Bhumika Santeri Devasthan at Guirim and decamped with ‘Uttsav Murti’ of Santeri Devi made up of silver.

The Uttsav Murthi was installed in the temple in 2001 and the price of the silver Murthi then was Rs 1.25 lakh.

In a memorandum to DySP Tavares, MLA Parulekar stated that there has been rise in the number of theft cases in temples in Bardez taluka and hence police should try to nab the culprits as early as possible.

“As it is not possible for small devasthans to depute security

guards in view of financial constraints, the police should intensify night patrolling,” stated Parulekar.

Speaking to media, Parulekar said DySP Tavares informed him that Mapusa Police are seized with the thefts that have occurred recently in temples in Mapusa and surrounding areas and they that have formed a separate team to deal with the theft cases.

“This team, after investigation, has arrived at the conclusion that one person from Jharkand is the master mind behind these theft cases,” informed Parulekar.

“Mapusa Police dispatched its team to Jharkand to trace that person, but locals informed that the person has not returned to his native place for quite a long time. The person is constantly changing his residence and was last traced at Kumta-Karnataka but before police could nab him, he fled from Kumta,” added Parulekar.

“Tavares expressed confidence they will be able to nab the culprits shortly,” said Parulekar.

Samraat Club of Bicholim lauded HERALD CORRESPONDENT MAYEM, NOV 25

Kala Academy Member Secretary Dr Pandurang Faldesai has appreciated the work undertaken by Samraat Club of Bicholim.

He was addressing the gathering on the occasion of Rangabhumidin organized by Samraat Club of Bicholim at Shri Siddhivinayak Temple, Bicholim, on Sunday evening.

Gurunath Tengse, Club President Praveen Sawant, Jaidev Parab Gaonkar, Satyawan Harmalkar, Vijay Telang and Yadunath Shirodkar were present on the occasion.

“Such an encouraging step will boost the confidence of an

artiste,” said Dr Faldesai.

On the occasion, dramatists Suresh Kanolkar, Gopi Pal, Vishnu Sawant and Neeta Salelkar were felicitated by Dr Faldesai for rendering invaluable service in the field of drama.

Earlier, the programme was inaugurated with the worship of Lord Natraj. Raghuvir Prabhugaonkar compered the function, while Satyawan Harmalkar proposed the vote of thanks.

Natyageet programme by Geetganga Gad, Rama Barve and Urvi Fadke, which was compered by Yadunath Shirodkar, was also organized on the occasion.

Mayem farmers demand repair of sluice gate

HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, NOV 25

Protesting the reduction of FAR in urbanized villages, Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) has said that the decision will further increase the pressure on cities, thereby making apartments in cities unaffordable for the common man.

It may be recalled that the Chief Minister Digamber Kamat who also holds the TCP portfolio had announced the reduction of FAR from 80 to 60 for plots more that 4000 sq mts in VP1 villages.

In a press release issued here, CREDAI has suggested to maintain FAR of urbanised villages to 80 with the intention that pressure on city land be reduced and cities could spread in adjoining villages and FAR of all non urbanised villages be reduced from 80 to 60.

CREDAI has stated that it is sensitive to the feelings of the villagers demanding reduction in density in village areas and preserving the village character. Therefore they have accepted reduction of FAR to 60 in all non urbanised villages.

CREDAI has requested the government to rethink the reduction of FAR in VP1 villages.

Sluice gate at Mayem in urgent need of repairs.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT BICHOLIM, NOV 25

Farmers from Mayem-Bicholim have demanded to repair the sluice gate situated between Bhavkai and Haldanwadi-Mayem, which would benefit about 200 farmers from the village.

The sluice gate was built some 40 years ago, but later, due to heavy flow of water the doors were washed away and since the last 30 years, despite demands from the farmers, the authorities failed to repair the gates.

“This sluice gate will bene-

State Youth Festival winners finalised

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 24

Papaya tree at Arpora.

FAR should not be reduced in urbanised villages: CREDAI

Vidya Prabhodhini HSS, Porvorim; Saish P Naik Dalai, Purushottam Valavalkar HSS, Mapusa and Prasad Madiwalar, PVS SM Kushe HSS, Assagao, Mapusa.

Harmonium: Charudatt M Gawas, Dr K B Hedgewar HS, Panjim; Supravi R Singbal, St Xaviers HSS, Mapusa and Manesh Dabhale, Vidya Prabhodini HSS, Porvorim.

Guitar: John Pao, DCT's Vasantrao Dempo HSS of Arts and Science, Panjim; Louis Mascarenhas, PVS SM, Kushe HSS, Assagao and Ciena Vaz, St Xaviers HSS, Mapusa.

Elocution: Tulsidas R Pai, Dhempe College, Miramar; Angel Kalra, DCT's Vasantrao Dempo HSS of Arts and Science, Panjim and Kanchan Ramanujam, Altinho, Panjim.

Bharatnatyam: Akhila Chandrababu, Kamakshi HSS, Ponda; Chitra Mekoth, Our Lady of Rosary HSS, Dona Paula and Saroj Usgaonkar, Saraswati HSS, Kavlem One Act Play: Our Lady of Rosary HSS, Dona Paula and Govt HSS, Valpoi.

Kathak: Tapsya Vernekar, VMS Law College.

South: Folk Dance: MES HSS,

Zuarinagar, Vasco; Fr Basilic Andrade Memorial HSS, Majorda and Deepvihar HSS, Headland Sada, Vasco.

Folk Song: Deepvihar HSS, Vasco; RMS, HSS, Margao and Smt CTN HSS, Curchorem.

Classical Vocal: Pajyot Desai, PWD Qtrs, Headland Sada, Vasco and Priyash Purkayastha, Deepvihar HSS. Tabla: Aneesh A Kondurkar, Headland Sada, Ramchandra Bhakta, RMS, HSS, Margao and Vishal Gaonkar, Dabal, Sanguem.

Harmonium: Shrayas Gaude, Aquem, Margao; Yeshwant Amroskar, MES College, Zuarinagar and Abhishek Naik, CTN HSS, Curchorem.

Guitar: Agnelo Antao, Smt CTN HSS. Elocution: Sanskruti Ayir, Damodar HSS, Paroda; Sailee Tendulkar, Deepvihar HSS Sada, Vasco and Dhanveera Raut Desai, Smt CTN HSS. Bharatnatyam: Aishwarya Naik, Aditi Bandekar, Kalangan, Gogal, Margao and Chandani Asolkar, Gogal, Margao.

One Act Play: Cuncolim United HSS and Damodar HSS, Paroda.

Kathak: Priyasha Purkaystha, Deepvihar HSS.

‘Chak De Disability’ at O Coqueiro HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, NOV 25

To facilitate the interaction of those who suffer from any disability, particularly from the crippling rheumatoid arthritis for which there is no cure, the Disha Charitable Trust headed

by Anil Counto is holding an event called Chak De Disability at the O Coqueiro restaurant on November 27, at 4.30 pm.

The autobiography of Jacqueline Colaco, founder managing trustee of the Arthritis Foundation (India)

and General Secretary of People with Disability, will be released at the event by eminent Rotarian and orthopaedic surgeon Dr Deep Bhandari. The author, Jacqueline Colaco, will be introduced to those present by noted author Dr Kavery Nambisan. On the occasion, the 2008 Man Asian Literature Prize shortlisted novel of Kavery Nambisan, “The Story That Should Not Be Told” will also have its Goa launch. Kavery Nimbisan’s book will have its Goa launch at the hands of

Union to take up issue of temporary workers in power dept HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, NOV 25

The Electricity Employees' Union has convened a meeting of all the employees of Electricity Department who are employed on contract, daily-wage and casual basis, on November 28 at Casa Menino, Trade Centre, Ponda, at 9.30 am to discuss the issues of continuous employment and wages in accordance with the 6th Pay Commission.

The contract, daily wage and casual workers who have been working in the Electricity Department for several years in the technical and clerical departments were given break-in-service by the department. The Union has demanded continuous em-

ployment for all contract workmen. It has also demanded that pending the regularization of these workmen, they should be paid enhanced wages as Class-IV employees as per recommendations of 6th Pay Commission. The wages paid should also include the periodic revision of Dearness Allowance (DA) which is revised every six months, says a press release issued here.

All the workmen of various divisions/sub-divisions of Electricity Department, have been asked to attend the meeting to discuss the issues concerning them. The meeting will be addressed and guided by all the leaders of the Electricity Employees' Union (AITUC).

noted Goan Sahitya Academy winning writer Damodar Mauzo.

There will be an interactive session with Jacqueline Colaco, who has been battling rheumatoid arthritis for the last three decades ever since she was diagnosed in New York, when she was working for the Bank of Baroda in the financial capital of the world.

Jacqueline Colaco is one of the original Chak De girls having represented the then Mysore state team which won the women’s hockey nationals for seven years in a row, from 1961 to 1968. Jacqueline Colaco also represented Maharashtra and has represented India in a match played against Uganda in Goa in 1971.

Victims of rheumatoid arthritis who would like to interact with Jacqueline Colaco should register themselves with Mrs Braganza of the CMM polyclinic on 2225918 or email Goan Observer at goanobserver@hotmail.com

fit about 200 farmers, whose farms get destroyed every year when water enters it during the high tide,” Mayem Bhu Vimochan Nagrik Kriuti Samiti President Kashinath Mayekar told Herald.

“At present, it is with the custodian of evacuee property department and they should initiate action for its repair,” said Mayekar.

At present, it is used by the villagers as a bridge which links Bhvkai and Haldanwadi.

“It lessens the distance between the two villages by

Photo by Samir Umarye

about 4 kms,” he said.

Earlier, the Mineral Foundation of Goa had proposed to repair the sluice gate, but its plans did not succeed as the farmers opposed it on some technical ground.

“The farmers will benefit only if it is made properly taking into consideration all the aspects of the area,” said a farmer, Damodar Gosavi.

Says Ramnath Surlikar: “We have demanded repairs of this sluice gate since a long time but the government authorities have failed to repair it.”

Commander Dilip to sail from Goa to Cape Town

INS Mhadei.

HERALD REPORTER VASCO, NOV 25

Barely six months after he completed solo voyage around the world on Indian Navy sail boat ‘Mhadei’, Commander Dilip Donde has set sail for Cape Town in South Africa on Thursday on a non-stop sailing expedition from Goa to Cape Town.

In a press note, Navy PRO Commander Harneet Singh stated that the voyage will take about 50 days across the Indian Ocean.

“This time, Commander Donde will have the company of Lt Commander Abhilash Tomy, Lt Commander Khajuria and Chief Petty Officer Pankaj Singh as his crew members,” states the press note.

Voyage by Mhadei will culminate with the participation in the Trans Atlantic race of sailing boats commencing in midJanuary from Cape Town to Rio De Janiero in Brazil, South America.

However, this would be a historic event for Indian Navy,

as for the first time an Indian team will participate in a transAtlantic race.

The Mhadei has been completely refurbished at Goa after its solo circumnavigation trip was successfully completed by Commander Donde this year.

“Donde returned after 276 days to Mumbai on May 22, this year, after his solo circumnavigation of the globe in the Mhadei,” states the press note.

The crew and yacht will sail on a long passage from Goa on Thursday and ‘Mhadei’ was seen off by Flag Officer of Goa Naval Area Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai during a short stay for boat preparation.

The crew will cross the start line on January 15, 2011, and head out on a trans Altantic voyage racing to Rio de Janeiro competing with 20 other yachts.

At Rio, two of the crew will fly back and the boat will be sailed to Cape Town. After another short stay at Cape Town, Mhadei will undertake a solo non-stop passage to Goa.

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Vol No CX No: 296 Goa, Friday 26 November, 2010

That’s our money you’re wasting…

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ver since the winter session of Parliament began on 9 November, it has failed to function even for a single day beyond question hour. As soon as the houses convene, members from the opposition parties come down to the well of the house and shout slogans demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) inquiry into the 2G scam.

Question Hour is usually held amid this chaos, when almost nothing can be heard. As soon as it is over, the din increases exponentially till the presiding officers adjourn the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for the next day.

The government, it appears, is willing to settle for any kind of inquiry – even one directly supervised by the Supreme Court – but not for a JPC. The opposition insists that any probe short of a JPC cannot be trusted.

Why not a JPC? Says the government, the opposition is insisting on a JPC only to summon the Prime Minister and ministers, and unnecessarily embarrass them. It has, instead, offered an inquiry by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), assisted by the investigative agencies. The present PAC is headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi.

In fact, the issue of the 2G scam is already before the PAC since July. Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai has appeared before the panel as a witness. The final CAG report on 2G mobile bandwidth allocation has been circulated among members, and the PAC has sought details of the correspondence between the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Telecom Ministry on the subject.

Notwithstanding this, the Opposition says it wants a JPC. It has argued that the PAC does not have powers to summon senior ministers, which the JPC does. Several rounds of formal and informal negotiations have failed, including an all-party meeting convened by master-negotiator Pranab Mukherjee. What we have is a classic impasse.

The Opposition is determined not to allow Parliament to function. But the government refuses to curtail the winter session, as some of its advisors have recommended. It insists that Parliament will continue for the scheduled length of the winter session, till 13 December. Are we going have this daily chaos for another three weeks? First, the opposition wanted Telecom Minister A Raja to resign. Even though he was not a Congress MP and the UPA is a coalition government, the Congress brought heavy pressure on the DMK, and he finally put in his papers. The CAG, the CBI and the PAC are all probing the scam. The matter has been placed before the Supreme Court in a petition filed by the tenacious Subramaniam Swamy.

Still, the opposition is refusing to budge on anything less than a JPC. But faced with a similar slew of scams involving the Chief Minister of its first state government in South India, B S Yeddyurappa, the BJP has announced that he will continue in office despite numerous charges of illicit land deals by his children and other relatives…

This is double standards, and no landslide in Bihar – however massive – can cover up this fact.

Each minute that each MP wastes in the Houses of Parliament has been estimated to cost the public exchequer Rs26,000. The expenditure for each day of a session wasted is estimated at Rs7.8 crore. So, the 10 successive days of adjournment of Parliament translate into a staggering loss of Rs78 crore! That’s our money.

From the poorest pavement dweller to the filthy rich, the public pays for Parliament. Most of the money, in fact, comes from not from the rich but from the poor ‘aam admi’, in taxes on everything (s)he buys. Do these MPs have a right to waste it just like that?

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Hypocritical duplicity and stiff resistance haunts the picture warning issue, says DR GLADSTONE D’COSTA

n spite of 114 tobacco related deaths occurring every hour, India remains the second largest consumer of tobacco products and the third largest producer at 7 lakh tonnes every year. In fact, the GATS India Report 2010 should have set off alarm bells in the corridors of health care.

While every country including the developing nations of South Asia have shown a downtrend in tobacco usage, India and China are predicted to account for 80% of all tobacco related deaths in the coming decade. Quit rates in China are now 10% as compared to India’s’ 2% with 5,500 new smokers added every day. Admittedly, we have made some headway since Bloomberg first introduced the smoking ban in New York in 2002.

India passed the “Control of Tobacco and Other Products Act” (COTPA) in 2003, which came into force in 2004; one full year before it signed the WHO’s “Framework on Convention on Tobacco Control” (FCTC) treaty. In other words, we had a head start with the rest of the world in tobacco control. So how is it that we lag behind so badly today?

The key areas of COTPA are:1. Prohibition of Advertisement, Promotion and Sponsorship of Tobacco Products.

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Prohibition on Sale of Tobacco Products to and by minors.

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Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places 4. Specified Health Warnings on all Tobacco Products.

Some progress has been made in the first three areas by various NGOs involved in the anti-tobacco campaign. Tobacco advertising has been severely curtailed with specified restrictions at point of sale. The campaign against the sale of tobacco by and to minors has been pursued aggressively by organisations like VHAI, VHAG (Voluntary Health Association of Goa) GOACAN and NOTE; with follow up surveys to assess the efficacy of implementation. VHAG has had a series of workshops to make educational institutions aware of their responsibilities in curtailing the sale of tobacco products within 100 yards of the institution.

Smoking in public places is now an offence, with no-smoking signs of specified size and text. “There are miles to go”, but the first steps have been taken to increase public awareness of these issues.

However, the progress in implementing the “Specified Health Warnings” remains a mute testimony to the devious nature of our politicians,

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Jerry Fernandes, Saligao

Winston Dias, Chinchinim

I am an open-minded liberal Goan and am proud of my ancestral joint family. We cherish Hindu values but I am also grateful to the erstwhile Portuguese regime for bringing Christianity into our lives.

It is said during colonial times, there was not much development, but we felt a lot safe. If Goans still glorify the Portuguese, it was because they were absolute rulers and treated Goa as their own. They taught us good habits and made us into responsible humans. We now possess a unique ‘IndoLatin’ culture which is a fusion of sorts, being moulded by the Portuguese.

Had it not been for the erstwhile colonialists, Goa would have been taken out piece by piece, by the neighbouring states and this beautiful state would have never existed.

We stand indebted to the Portuguese for moulding a unique culture. This is the culture of Goa and it rocks! Viva Goenkar!

With reference to the news reports ‘Chinchinim residents demand relocation of market complex (Herald, 9 Nov) and ‘Chinchinim market complex issue: CCC GS resigns’ (Herald, 10 Nov), I would like to say that the people are pleased with the statement of President Frank Martins of the Chinchinim Citizens Committee about relocation of the market-cum-panchayat ghar complex, as the garbage will affect the church, cemetery, and health of the school children.

The present government is incapable of solving the problem of stinking garbage all over Goa; a health hazard and destroyer of the tourism industry. We would like the Chinchinim market to be located near the CRC football ground. The livestock market should be under one roof at the existing market site, as it has all amenities, only some renovation remains to be done.

The President should not be blamed for not holding meetings. General Secretary Costancio Fernandes was unable to carry out his duties in this regard, and the President was forced to step in.

26 November 1910 Petition on ouster

The provisionary Republican Government received a petition from the inhabitants of Mozambique who are demanding the ouster of its Governor Massano de Amorim.

Cotton plantation

The Minister for Navy after deciding to boost the rubber plantation in the colonies is, as of now, contemplating to introduce cotton plantation.

Freedom of sects

Is going to be published a Decree related to freedom of sects.

New regime adherence

Jacinto Candido left totally his political career while advising his Party to adhere to the new Regime with utmost dedication and without any forlorn thoughts.

Lost dad skills Joaquim Pacheco, Divar The current generation in their twenties/thirties lack practical abilities of their fathers and grandfathers to carry out everyday maintenance tasks, like putting up shelves and wiring plugs. In days of yore, these routine necessities were taught by our fathers as we could not afford to employ others.

Most of today’s kids, whose dads are bankers, civil servants and businessmen, are not taught the basics of carpentry, plumbing, minor plaster jobs or repairing household appliances. I call it ‘lost dad skills’.

Nuisance box dangers Allwyn George, Carmona Invention of television ushered a drastic change in our lives. It was a great source of entertainment, as well as knowledge.

Television, however, has slowly become a nuisance. A plethora of channels choke us with ‘saas bahu’ serials, which is very

they would not even send their children to buy tobacco products. Across the world , pictorial warnings confirmed the motivation to quit use of tobacco.

The percentage rates are – Canada 58%, Brazil 67%, Thailand 44% and New Zealand 67%; to name a few.

Actual quit rates went up by 40% in Canada and UK, 15% in Thailand and 10% in China.

Tobacco industry filed multiple petitions in various high courts in the country challenging of the packaging validity and labelling rules of 2006; an obvious delaying tactic, to grind the legal system and neutralise the rules. The Government of India then approached the Supreme Court to transfer the matter before itself and decide once and for all, the applicability of the law. The Court accepted and pronounced the Government of India’s undertaking to implement the pictorial health warning. Penalties were prescribed for both the manufacturer as well as the retailer.

Nothing happened.

The Health for Millions Trust (HFM) filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding immediate implementation. The Court passed an order directing the government to implement the “Packaging and Labeling Rules 2008” with effect from May 2009, and “enforcement thereof shall not be further extended under any circumstances.”

Carry-on Carrier

hat weighs 48,000 tonnes, is 350 metres long and is looking for a final resting place? It is the US Navy’s old aircraft carrier, the USS John F Kennedy. It is the last of the nonnuclear-powered aircraft carriers. If no viable solution is found, it will have to be scrapped. That will be a shame. It saw service in Beirut and during Operation Desert Storm, which dislodged Saddam Hussein from Kuwait in 1991. It can stay afloat for at least another 30 years. That’s more than we can expect from any Goa government construction.

There is a tradition of the US Navy locating its iconic ships in US harbours; for example, the ‘Intrepid’ in New York and the ‘Midway’ in San Diego. But an aircraft carrier is too big for a harbour. For example, the city council for Portland ruled: “It’s not a good fit. It would block a good portion of the view and become a potential liability for the city.”

Caroline Kennedy, President John F Kennedy’s daughter, was nine years old in 1967 when she christened America’s last non-nuclearpowered aircraft carrier. Only four years earlier, she had attended the funeral of her father, who was assassinated in Texas. In 2008, Caroline decided to mark her 50th year by holidaying in India. She spent a few days in Goa and, while walking on Calangute beach, saw the River Princess rusting in peace with the Arabian Sea in the background.

Sitting in a shack opposite the ship, she ordered a drink and a

Chinchinim market

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and their totally immoral subservience to the money power of the tobacco industry.

This section of COTPA mandates “Pictorial warnings on the packaging of all tobacco products”. The warning must cover 40% (a climb down from the 50% recommended by the FCTC) of the cover with specified text “Smoking Kills’ or “Tobacco Kills” and “Tobacco causes cancer”. The language (maximum two) and text (legible and prominent) are specified. Subsequent to the act being passed in 2003, and coming into force in 2004, the authorities went into a stupor on the subject. No rules were framed, rendering the act impotent. It took a PIL in the Himachal High Court in December 2004, to direct the government to frame rules immediately. The government obliged, but conveniently forgot to notify the rules so that the end result remained the same; a totally useless law. A further PIL in the Shimla High Court was needed, followed by repeated directives to notify the rules. This was eventually done in July 2006.

VHAI conducted field tests of the pictorial warnings in 8 states in India. 11 pictures were shown and the people asked to evaluate them on the basis of deterrent value. 98% confirmed that the pictures would be a deterrent, and that

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Indebted to Portuguese

100 Years Ago

KICK THE BUTT

The government orders came only in Feb 2010, which was notified in March 2010. Yet another deadline passed.

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s’ public posturing on tobacco concerns was reduced to hypocritical farce when he issued instructions on 13 May 2010 to “set aside” the 5 March notification, regarding the pictorial warnings, countermanding his own orders of 25 Feb 2010.

An RTI petition revealed that Health Secretary Sujata Rao, pointed out in a communication to the HM dated 14 May 2010 that the GOM under Pranab Mukherjee had, indeed, recommended that harsher warnings be implemented, and “it would be advisable not to give the impression that the Ministry is backtracking.” The communication further “recommended that the orders of 25 Feb. remain but the time limit … be extended to 1st Dec.2010.”

The RTI petition further revealed that on 31 March 2010, Veerappa Moily forwarded to the HM on the official AICC letterhead “for appropriate action”, a representation to “stop implementation of the changed version of pictorial warnings.”

This representation had come to him from the Pan Shops Owners Association of India, Hyderabad. The government succumbed and issued a notification dated 17 May 2010 and postponed it to 1 Dec 2010.

Yet another petition was filed in the Supreme Court and heard on the 22 October 2010, by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Hon’ble Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Hon’ble Justice Swatanter Kumar of the Supreme Court of India asking for a stay on the postponement. The matter has now been posted for hearing in March 2011; to ascertain why the implementation of pictorial warnings are postponed.

It is obvious that the implementation of harsher pictorial warnings is being vehemently resisted by the tobacco lobby, aided and abetted by hypocritical duplicity of our Union Health Minister and other politicians. A stark choice lies before the Health Minister and his coterie of national “leaders”. What is it that matters most, the tobacco related deaths of 114 Indians every hour, or the financial health of the tobacco industry?

One can only hope the well being of our people takes precedence.

(The author is a member, National Executive Committee, Voluntary Health Association of India)

snack. She invited the shack-owner to her table, and heard the entire saga starting from 6 June 2000. The amazing hospitality of Goans moved her to tears. Here was a state of just 1.5 million people lovingly looking after this lost Princess, abandoned by her ugly toad of a prince, Anil.

He took away her flag, her insurance, and her propulsion system.

He would not let anyone tow her away. Ironically, the toad had bought the Princess from Onassis Shipping Company. Aristotle Onassis was Caroline’s stepfather…

One ugly toad could withstand four CMs: Francisco Sardinha, Manohar Parrikar, Pratapsingh Rane and Digambar Kamat, as well as Tourism Ministers Victoria, Willy, Matanhy, Mickky and Nilkanth. The lovely people of Goa sacrificed their beaches, their palm trees, their sand-dunes; even their way of life…!

As the sun was setting behind the Princess, Caroline Kennedy had tears in her eyes. Mirage-like, the image of the John F Kennedy floated broadside a few kilometres away. She knew she had found the final resting place for her father’s namesake. Through the US Embassy, she arranged a meeting to discuss the future of her aircraft carrier.

All ministers were present. Digu-bab waxed eloquent about how the John F Kennedy would carry flags of both countries, how visitors

By Anthony J Simoes by sea would recognise Goa when they were miles away, and how people flying to Goa would see the carrier from a height of 3 km. It would frighten ship operators who send tar balls to our beaches, added Aleixo Sequeira.

Mickky was ready to use it for 10 offshore casinos, 20 floating restaurants and a tailoring school. The Navy Chief wanted the flight-deck kept clear. Sometimes, he said, stray dogs wander onto the runway at Dabolim. By the time dog lovers get their PAWS on them, the pilots have to ditch their planes in the sea. Now, instead, they can land on the John F Kennedy.

Churchill wanted to put a desalination plant on the John F Kennedy and pump the potable water to Calangute via a hi-tech, hi-cost submarine pipeline. The Home Minister wanted storage-space on board for all the drugs confiscated by the Crime Branch. These could be sold to the casino and hotel guests, since the John F Kennedy would fall outside Crime Branch jurisdiction. Sudin Dhavalikar said the River Navigation Department would order another 20 ferry boats to service the John F Kennedy’s needs.

Most important, of course, would be the spin-off. Nobody would notice the puny Princess when they gazed on the gigantic John F Kennedy out at sea.

Letters to the Editor

Letter of the Day

St Francis Xavier’s miracle

Rs7,000 and more. Common man cannot afford this. Perhaps, it would better to send casino ships to Mumbai and back. But please do not allow ships that crack in the middle of a voyage, as in ‘Ocean Life’

Filomeno Diogo Jacinto da Silva

Son-rise in Goa

Endowed with the natural talent for playing the violin, I was recruited in the Portuguese military in 1958. I went to Portugal in 1959 for my Sergent Militian course, and returned to Goa in 1960. From 17 October 1961, I started working for Emmisora do Goa, which later became All India Radio (AIR), where I served till my retirement in 1993.

As the 50th anniversary year of Liberation and the Feat of St Francis Xavier are both coming soon, I wish to cite my personal experience of a miracle that occurred before the Liberation of Goa on 19 December 1961, because of which, I feel, Goa was saved from total destruction.

After the Indian army crossed the Goa border on 18 December 1961, I was called up as a reservist to defend Goa. The Portuguese administration realised that the Indian Army would be victorious, so 100 soldiers were deputed to the Shrine of St Francis Xavier, to lift the casket containing the holy relics and put it aboard the last airplane to leave Goa, specially flown from in Portugal, piloted by Solome de Almeida.

In the presence of the Bishop, the Governor and the Secretary inside the closed Basilica, the force of 100 soldiers was not sufficient to lift the casket containing the immortal body of St Francis Xavier. Witnessing this miracle, the Governor – who had been ordered by Salazar to destroy Goa – was forced to change his mind, as carrying out of the orders would also destroy the immortal relics of the Patron Saint of Goa and Defender of the East. It was the powerful intervention of St Francis Xavier that saved tiny Goa from turning into ashes.

Freddy Agnelo Fernandes, Dubai

popular among the elite. Family values are distorted and extra-marital affairs take shape, thanks to the nuisance box.

Regular evening ‘balcao’ chats have become a thing of the past and everyone wants to know what happens next in the TV serials. Can we allow family values to be degraded as a result of TV’s illusionary affairs and romances?

Blatant violation Sara Whitwhite, Calangute/UK I thought I would apprise readers of the blatant violation of the smoking ban aboard one of Goa’s most successful floating casinos. The whole casino is designated as a ‘smoking’ area, except four tables at the entrance! There is nary a sign board, and smoke swirls all over as hundreds of smokers puff away.

I asked the reception why. They looked blank and, when I persisted, directed me to a person who claimed to be the ‘VP’. He cheekily told me that smoking and gambling go together. I begged to differ, and told

him that other casinos did not permit smoking except in a designated enclosed smoking room.

I think the concerned government department needs to pay a surprise visit and fine every smoker and the management. If you are so strict with smokers in the open Inox courtyard, why not do something about the law being broken 1,000 times a day on a casino?

Expensive cruise packages P L Fernandes, Old Goa The steamer service from Bombay to Goa of yesteryear catered to the common man wanting to go to Mumbai and back, in an affordable way. There was no concept of cruise ships or liners, gambling, wine and dine on board, but simply upper and lower decks, where one could spread one’s sheet, and perhaps have a sip or two of feni.

Steamers like St Anthony, Konkan Sewak, Konkan Shakti came to Panjim, while Sabarmati and Saraswati docked at Mormugao.

The cruise ship tour packages now costs

As soon as I switch on my computer, I like to browse through Herald. But what I saw on 16 November made me laugh. Who could miss the two full pages used to wish two sons of certain self-proclaimed Gods of Goa on their birthday?

What amused me most was that they were proclaimed as ‘dynamic leaders’. Who or what have they led? It surely wasn’t the First of April. Since when have political babes in diapers become ‘dynamic leaders’?

Within half a century of Salazar being driven out of Goa, will we be ruled by some new self-proclaimed Salazars and their progeny? Wise up, Goans. Please do not fall for this trickery and treachery.

NH17 changes Inacio F D’Costa, Nuvem In the recent CLP meet, it was decided that NH17 width of 60m was not for densely populated areas, where it will be reduced to 35 or 45m. What happens after 20 or 30 years?

Highways are for free flow of uninterrupted traffic. To my knowledge, they rarely pass through densely populated areas. Now that the CM has agreed to display the exact route from Patradevi to Polem, the public can check for themselves their apprehensions about demolitions along the highway.

Migrant or money power?

Arwin Mesquita, Abu Dhabi Recently, some individuals publicised that specific newly elected members (swearing allegiance to the current Vasco MLA) at Vasco Municipality got elected, despite the Vasco MLAs opponent’s use of money power. Can these individuals honestly state that they got elected without using money power or other incentives (from the Vasco MLA)? How many ‘carefully grown/nurtured’ migrant votes were used to facilitate their win? Only good citizens of Vasco can judge.

Paths of Wisdom Evil Substitute!

By Samir Khan “And recall when We said to the angels: ‘Prostrate yourselves before Adam’; all of them fell prostrate, except Iblîs (Satan). He was of the jinn and so disobeyed the command of his Lord. Will you, then, take him and his progeny as your guardians rather than Me although they are your open enemies? What an evil substitute are these wrong-doers taking!”

(Qur’an –18:50) This is an allusion to the story of Adam and Satan. The purpose of alluding to it in the present context is to draw man’s attention to a folly that he is wont to commit. That Satan is man’s sworn enemy is well-known.

The expression that Iblîs was of the jinn means that Satan did not belong to the species of angels. Instead he was a jinn. Accordingly, it was possible for him to disobey God’s command.

The Qur’an categorically states that the nature of angels is so constituted that they can only obey God: ‘… they do not disobey Allah and do what they are bidden’ (66:6). Likewise, the angels are elsewhere described in the Quran: ‘… All the creations in the heavens and the earth and all the angels prostrate themselves in adoration before Allah (16:49-50). In contrast to the angels, the jinn – are like human beings which co- exist with us but, are not visible to us – are invested with free will. They are not inherently obedient; instead, they have the freedom to choose between belief and unbelief, between obedience and disobedience. As to the creation of Jinns which are not visible to mankind the Holy Qur’an says He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery, And the Jinns he created from a smokeless flame of fire (55:15) .This is the point which is spelled out clearly here: that since Iblîs (Satan) was a jinn, it was possible for him to choose disobedience and transgression.

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JPC imPasse ConTinues Parliament paralysed for 10th day PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 25

With the tangle over demand for setting up a JPC to go into 2G spectrum allocation remaining unresolved, Parliament failed to function for the tenth working day today with the Opposition sticking to its stand and the government refusing to relent.

Like previous days, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned first till noon and then for the day in the wake of pandemonium.

In the Lok Sabha, Samajwadi Party members trooped into the well demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the 2G spectrum allocation.

They were joined by members from BJP, AIADMK, Shiv Sena and TDP in vociferously demanding the Parliamentary probe.

The SP members earlier staged a sit-in before the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Parliament House precincts, raised slogans like 'kendra sarkar hosh mein aao, JPC banao' and marched to the House led by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Congress members were seen raising placards, standing in the aisles, seeking ouster of

Krishna makes case for early resettlement of Tamils PTI COLOMBO, NOV 25

Keen to see development in the war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka, India will provide a whopping USD 1.7 billion to the country in the next three years for various developmental activities and would like to see the early resettlement of Tamil civilians displaced by the war.

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, who arrived here on a four-day official visit, said India would be particularly interested in seeing the early resettlement of the civilians in their towns and villages.

During a brief interaction with reporters accompanying him on board a special aircraft, Krishna, the first highest- ranking Indian leader to visit Sri Lanka after the end of the civil war, said India would "certainly propose to Indian investors to take a look at Sri Lanka as one of the favourable investment destination."

Trying for solution: Pranab PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 25

As the tenth consecutive working day of Parliament was lost amid its stand-off with the Opposition on 2G issue, Government today said it did not know how to end the impasse but was trying to find a solution.

"I have not been able to find a solution. I do not know how to resolve this impasse.

We are trying. Let us see," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said her appeal to all parties would be to end the stalemate.

"It is my earnest appeal to end the impasse and allow the Houses to function and discuss the issues in Parliament," Kumar said when asked about the possibility Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yedyurappa on charges of land scam. 'Corruption, anarchy, mining mafia wins in Karnataka' and 'Corrupt CM wins, Karnataka loses' read some placards.

141 newly elected members of Bihar Assembly have pending criminal cases against them on charges like dacoity, murder, kidnapping and theft.

A survey done by National Election Watch - Association of Democratic Reforms, an umbrella body of about 1,200 NGOs, based on the affidavits filed by the candidates said out of these 141 MLAs, 58 each have won elections on the tickets from Janta Dal (United) and Bhartiya Janata Party, 13 are from Rashtriya Janta Dal and five are independent candidates.

Three MLAs each are from Congress and Lok Janshakti Party and one from Communist Party of India, it said.

JD (U) candidates Pradip Kumar, who won from Warsaliganj constituency, has the highest number of 27 serious IPC counts against him followed by Shivji Rai and Narendra Kumar Pandey of Madhuban and Tarari constituencies respectively who have 14 and 13 serious IPC counts against them, the assessment said.

The 2005 Bihar Assembly had 117 MLAs with pending criminal cases, it said.

The report was made after

A Congress member was also seen raising a placard seeking resignation of Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the Vedanta mining project.

In view of unruly scenes,

Sonia attacks Oppn double standards on corruption PTI ALLAHABAD, NOV 25

Coming down heavily on opposition parties attempting to corner the UPA government on the issue of corruption, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said they should refrain from adopting double standards on the problem and act strongly like the Centre.

"I would like to tell all the opposition parties that they should refrain from following double standards on the issue of corruption and take effective measures as done by the Congress and the UPA government," she said.

Gandhi was addressing a rally organised as part functions to celebrate her party's 125th year of foundation.

The Congress leader said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh personally and the government as a whole has taken steps to maintain transparency in the system.

"Strong steps have been taken

Over 140 MLAs in Bihar House have criminal charges PTI PATNA, NOV 25

of breaking the deadlock as both the government and the Opposition are sticking to their stand on the issue of a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into 2G Spectrum allocation.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury met Mukherjee after Parliament adjourned for the day to explore ways to break the impasse which has now given rise to talk of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha adjourning sine-die.

analysing 241 affidavits out of the total of 243.

According to the assessment, 47 MLAs have declared their assets of more than a crore. Topping the list is RJD's Dr Faiyaj Ahmad, who won from Bisfi constituency.

He has declared assets of Rs 15.83 crore followed by BJP's Suresh Kumar Sharma (won from Muzaffarpur seat) with Rs 9.10 crore and JDU's Raju Kumar Singh, who won from Sahebganj seat and has movable and immovable assets worth Rs 6.46 crore.

There were eight 'crorepatis' among the winners in last Bihar Assembly elections.

A total of 76 MLAs have not declared their pan card details, the report said.

"Our aim is to bring transparency and restrict entry of criminals into the politics. We will be creating awareness among people to choose candidates with clear background," said Anil Bairwal, National Coordinator, ADR-NEW. 32 WOMEN ELECTED: Women have their best ever representation in the 15th state assembly this time since 1962 with 32 seats inspite of the fact that they constituted only 8.74 per cent of the total number of candidates in the fray for the elections in Bihar.

to make the system corruption free," she said.

Gandhi said whenever serious complaints of corruption were received, stern action was taken.

"Our effort is to ensure that corruption does not become a hurdle in the path of development.

We are not like others and will not tolerate corruption," she said.

Gandhi said the UPA government has always struggled for the rights of "aam adami" (common man).

"For their all round development, several programmes in the field of education, housing and employment generation has been launched and laws enacted," she said.

"It is our heartiest wish that there is a positive change in the life of every citizen and a bright future for the young generation," she said.

The Congress president said it was the responsibility of the party workers to ensure that these schemes and programmes were implemented in every village and city and real beneficiaries got the benefit.

"It is the responsibility of party workers to create awareness among people and maintain vigil on implementation. It should be ensured that middlemen do not create hurdle and there is no scope for corruption," she said.

Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the House for an hour till noon.

When it reassembled, similar scenes were repeated and the House was adjourned for the day after papers were laid.

The scene was no different in Rajya Sabha where opposition members did not allow the proceedings and shouted slogans in support of their demand for JPC. In the Upper House, some Congress members carried placards which read "BJP -Master of Hypocrisy. Why double standards on Yeddyurappa".

Rajya Sabha was initially adjourned for an hour almost immediately after they met for the day and later for the day.

With continued disruption of the House, the Question Hour has been given a go by. The Question Hour was taken up in the Lok Sabha only on November 9, the first day of the Winter Session.

Since November 10, Parliament has not transacted any significant business and both Houses have been witnessing adjournments barely minutes after meeting.

Kasab wants 26/11 retrial PTI MUMBAI, NOV 25

Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab today pleaded in the Bombay High Court for a fresh trial in the 26/11 terror attack case, claiming that key witnesses were not examined and norms not followed in appointing lawyers to defend him.

Terming the 26/11 trial as "unfair", defence lawyer Amin Solkar argued that there had been an unexplained delay in recording his confession before a Magistrate and hence it could not be believed.

"The delay is unexplained and fatal to prosecution," Solkar said on the first day of arguments in the High Court, which took up hearing on confirmation of death penalty awarded to Kasab.

Kasab (23) was arrested on November 27, 2008 and his confession was recorded on February 21, 2009. He is the lone surviving terrorist since nine other Pakistani accomplices were killed by security forces in the attacks that left 166 people dead.

Solkar submitted that because of the delay in recording confession, some portion might have been inserted therein.

Citing Best Bakery case in which Supreme court had ordered fresh trial as important witnesses were not examined, Solkar said police had failed to obtain the testimony of a key witness who claimed to have seen terrorists disembarking from a boat at fishermen's colony here on the day of the attack.

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26/11 anniversary

Country put on high alert PTI MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, NOV 25

The country was today put on high alert with additional forces being deployed at public places, especially in Maharashtra and Delhi, on the eve of the second anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack.

In Mumbai, Home Minister P Chidambaram will lead Mumbaikars at a commemoration function in memory of the 166 persons killed during the 60-hour siege.

With the security preparedness to deal with the November 26, 2008 attack raising questions, IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik said the country was "now much better prepared" to tackle Mumbai-type strikes.

"The Armed Forces were prepared then (26/11) and even now there is no change (in readiness).

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But as a country, we are now much better prepared (to tackle Mumbai-type terror strikes)," Naik told reporters in New Delhi.

The Union Home Ministry has asked states and Union Territories, particularly Maharashtra and Delhi, to deploy additional forces in markets, religious and other public places to thwart any attempts by militants to strike.

The Centre has also asked authorities to install a sizeable number of CCTV cameras, metal detectors and other electronics gadgets in crowded places to monitor movement of people and keep a watch of those moving in suspicious circumstances, an official said in New Delhi.

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Yeddy asks wards to vacate official house PTI BANGALORE, NOV 25

Aiming at deflecting accusations of nepotism after saving his chair, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has asked his son and daughter to shift from his official residence here immediately.

"The Chief Minister asked his son B Y Vijendra and daughter Umadevi to shift from his Race Course official residence yesterday and they obliged him immediately," an official attached to Chief Minister's secretariat told PTI.

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elections, last month.

Refusing to comment over the tussle between the party members, Sirsat conceded that he has an uphill task of keeping entire NCP family together.

“We need to be united to go ahead and win more constituencies.

The views of each party member will have to be taken care of,” he stated.

Before handing over the charge to Sirsat, D’Souza extended full support to the new president in the growth of the party.

“I am with the chief…I have no enmity towards anyone (Pacheco), but whatever happened in the past was really bad,” he quipped.

Tourism Minister Nilkhant Halankar along with other party members Sangeeta Parab, Carmo Pegado, Trojano D’Mello, Prafulla Hede, Rajan Ghate and others were also present for the briefings.

Hurriyat leaders manhandled inside the hall at Kisan Bhavan here which barely had a seating capacity of 50-60. And making matters worse, nearly 30 people sat in the vacant space in front from where Mirwaiz was addressing.

During the pandemonium, some of the activists manhandled the two separatist leaders and the commotion continued inside the hall for nearly 10 minutes before police stepped in and cordoned off the dais and took the Hurriyat leaders to safety.

In the melee, the activists punched Farooq, who fell from his chair. The activists smashed the window panes of the seminar hall by throwing flower pots kept and shouted slogans.

“Twenty people, including seven women, were arrested for rioting and we are examining video tapes of the event,” Chandigarh SSP Naunihal Singh said.

Among those who have been arrested include several activists of BJP and all those arrested were later released.

When the activists were taken to the police station, some local BJP leaders held a protest against their arrest.

A strong posse of policemen was put on duty at the Sector 36 police station to disperse the BJP and VHP activists. Police also resorted to baton charge and used force to disperse the BJP activists.

The seminar on ‘Kashmir Problems in Reference to Indo-Pak Relations’ was organised by Internationalist Democratic Party of Jammu and Kashmir.

Canada begins talks with Kanishka victims PTI TORONTO, NOV 25

Canada has begun talking to the families of the 329 victims of the Kanishka bombing about financial compensation as it tries to bring to closure the 25-yearold terror case, the worst in country's history.

Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Citizenship

and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney sent a letter last week to families whose loved ones died in the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 in which all 329 people were killed when the Boeing 747 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.

The 329 included 280 Canadian citizens, mostly of Indian birth or descent, and 22 Indians.

Iraqi PM asked to form govt AP BAGHDAD, NOV 25

Iraq's president today asked incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form a new government, part of a deal to end an eight-month deadlock over who would lead the country through the next four years, including the departure of the final American troops.

The long-awaited request from President Jalal Talabani sets in motion a 30-day timeline to accomplish the daunting task of finding a team that includes all of Iraq's rival factions.

"We ask Nouri Kamal al-Maliki to form the new government that we hope will be a government of national partnership,” said Talabani.

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US declares three LeT operatives as ultras Slaps sanctions against affiliated charity group and JuD PTI WASHINGTON, NOV 25

On the eve of the second anniversary of the 26/11 attacks, the United States today declared three top operatives of Pakistanbased Lashkar-e-Taiba as “global terrorists” and slapped sanctions against a charity group, closely linked to the terror outfit and Jamaat-ud-Dawa.

Sanctions were slapped against Pakistan-based Falah-iInsaniat Foundation (FIF), which is closely connected to LeT and JuD. The foundation has provided humanitarian assistance to Pakistanis displaced by recent floods.

“Today's amendment of the LeT designation to include FIF shows that the United States will not tolerate any support to this organisation. LeT has attempted to use FIF as a way to evade scrutiny. This designation will help put to an end that attempted evasion,” said State Department's Coordinator for Counter-terrorism Ambassador Daniel Benjamin.

Besides slapping sanctions on FIF, the US designated three senior LeT members as global terrorists. Two of them are Mian

Abdullah, head of LeT's Traders Department, and Mohmmad Naushad Alam Khan, a key financial facilitator for the outfit.

LeT senior leader and current head of FIF, Hafiz Abdur Rauf, is the third person in the list.

LeT has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist acts against Indian and US interests and is responsible for the horrific November 2008 Mumbai attacks which claimed 166 lives.

The group has been closely associated with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network.

“Few individuals are more integral to LeT's fundraising than Hafiz Abdur Rauf and Mian Abdullah,” said Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey.

“In their respective capacities, today's designees play key roles in advancing LeT's operations and soliciting financial support on its behalf. These actions will help stem the flow of finances to LeT through FIF and provide the Department of Justice with a critical tool to prosecute those who knowingly provide material support to LeT and its senior leaders," the State Department said.

The various actions taken today against FIF support the US effort to degrade the capabilities of LeT. We are determined to eliminate LeT's ability to carry out terror attacks and to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat its networks, it said.

Hafiz Abdur Rauf, a member of LeT's senior leadership since 1999, is the FIF chief.

As of mid-2009, LeT was using the name FIF to fundraise and evade international pressure on LeT following the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai. .

In 2009, Rauf as a fundraiser in Pakistan raised money for the organisation under the FIF alias.

Under the direct command of LeT's overall leader and chief, Muhammad Saeed, Rauf was LeT's director of humanitarian relief in 2008 and LeT's director of public service in 2003.

In August 2008, at the direction of Saeed, Rauf led an LeT/Jamaat-ud Dawa (JUD) delegation to assess LeT/JuD relief and fundraising in Bajaur, Pakistan.

Rauf has also acted as a spokesperson for LeT, speaking on behalf of the organization to the media, through LeT's website, and at public forums.

In a December 2008 interview on LeT's website, Rauf detailed LeT/JuD's welfare activities, referring to it as his organization.

In August 2003, Rauf told a Pakistani newsweekly that LeT/JuD was collecting funds and carrying out relief operations, despite a ban by the government of Pakistan on the organization's activities.

Rauf previously headed LeT's charitable wing, Idara Khidmate-Khalq (IKK), and LeT/JuD's welfare wing.

In mid-2007, Rauf traveled to Peshawar to supervise IKK relief activities. He also presided over an IKK meeting during which he presented a report on LeT activities in support of flood victims.

Mian Abdullah serves as the head of LeT's Traders' Department. In this capacity, he liaises with prominent Pakistani businessmen and solicits financial support for LeT. Prior to assuming this role, Abdullah has been a member of LeT since 1989 and was its director of finance, a position he assumed from Haji Muhammad Ashraf following Ashraf's designation as a SDGT in May 2008

and his addition to the UN 1267 Consolidated List in December 2008.

Abdullah was also the head of LeT's training camps in early 2009, having replaced Nasir Javaid, who was named a SDGT in July 2009.

Abdullah has also served as an LeT leader in Peshawar, Pakistan, and as an instructor in an LeT camp in Afghanistan.

Mohammad Naushad Alam Khan is a key financial facilitator for LeT who supports the organization through an international counterfeit currency and smuggling network. Naushad has recruited members to LeT's smuggling network, provided them with counterfeit currency and facilitated the network's operations.

In April 2008, Naushad was arrested by Bangladeshi authorities in Dhaka for laundering approximately USD 125,000 worth of counterfeit Indian rupees.

As of 2008, Naushad was also a close aide of a senior Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B) leader, with whom he fought in Afghanistan. HUJI-B was named a SDGT and designated as an FTO in February 2008.

Obama asks China to use influence on N. Korea

Barack Obama PTI WASHINGTON, NOV 25

United States President Barack Obama has asked China to use its influence over North Korea to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula after the Communist State shelled South Korea's border island killing two marines.

Obama said that North Korea poses a serious and ongoing threat and asked China to take a stand against it as the US stepped up international pressure to rally against the provocative attack by Pyongyang.

“This is a -- just one more provocative incident in a series that we've seen over the last several months, and I'm going to be talking to the president of Korea -- South Korea this evening and we'll be consulting closely with them in terms of the appropriate response,” Obama said.

“We've strongly condemned the attack. We are rallying the international community once again to put pressure on North Korea,” he said.

Obama, according to ABC News, wouldn't speculate on military actions the US may take, but reiterated that South Korea is “one of our most important allies” and “a cornerstone of US security in the Pacific region.”

“We want to make sure all

the parties in the region recognize that this is a serious and ongoing threat that has to be dealt with,” Obama said.

He specifically called on China to stand firm and “make clear to North Korean that there are a set of international rules that they need to abide by.”

However, China so far has so far declined to put pressure on North Korea after an international investigation found that a North Korean torpedo was responsible for the sinking of a South Korean warship in March -- a strike that killed 46 sailors.

In another interview, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said China is the one country with influence in Pyongyang.

The State Department spokesman, P J Crowley, told reporters that US diplomats are urging China to put pressure on the North Korean regime in the wake of the attacks, as the UN Security Council, of which China is a veto-wielding member, is expected to meet.

“China is pivotal to moving North Korea in a fundamentally different direction, which is not – just to state the obvious, that North Korea is a sovereign country and will do what it's going to do, whatever that is,” Crowley said.

“But China does have influence with North Korea and we would hope and expect that China will use that influence first to reduce tensions that have arisen as a result of North Korean provocations, and then secondly, continue to encourage North Korea to take affirmative steps to denuclearise,” he said.

Facebook makes one social: Study Agencies NEW YORK, NOV 26

Contrary to common belief social media websites such as Facebook do not weaken personal ties, they strengthen them in unique ways for different age groups, according to a new study.

The rapid spread of Facebook, which has more than 500 million users worldwide, has prompted concerns about its negative effects, but researchers at the University of Texas have reached a different conclusion.

"Our findings suggest that Facebook is not supplanting face-to-face interactions between friends, family and colleagues," said S. Craig Watkins, an associate professor of radio, TV and film who headed the research team.

"In fact, we believe there is sufficient evidence that social media afford opportunities for new expressions of friendship, intimacy and community."

The researchers questioned 900 college students and recent graduates about how and with whom they interact on Facebook.

More than 60 percent of Facebook users said posting status updates was among the most popular activities, followed by 60 percent who wrote comments on their profile and 49 percent who posted messages and comments to friends.

The researchers also found that although about the same

number of men and women use Facebook, they do so in different ways.

"There is a noteworthy difference in orientation in how to use a tool like Facebook. We found that for women the content tends to be more affectionate, and (they) are especially interested in using it for connection," said Watkins.

"For men, it's more functional," he added.

Watkins pointed out that, for example, women are more likely to post pictures of social gatherings with friends, while men are more likely to post pictures of hobbies, or post a political or pop-culture related link.

He added that increased use of Facebook brings additional challenges as young adults are forced to adapt their Facebook behavior to an increasingly large social circle.

"Facebook brings all our different networks and social scenes together. We present ourselves in different ways, whether to friends, co-workers, or family," he said. "Facebook engagement is not uniform. It's constantly evolving and in a state of flux, and that presents a challenge."

South holds emergency meet on fallout

South Korea's government held an emergency meeting today on fallout from North Korea's artillery attack as Washington

and Seoul prepared for joint drills involving a US nuclearpowered super-carrier.

South Korean President Lee

Myung-bak held a special meeting of top officials discuss security and economic impacts of the attack, a presidential official said.

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New LIC-HF head in 2-3 days: Vijayan PTI MUMBAI, NOV 25

LIC chairman T S Vijayan today said a new CEO for its troubled arm LIC Housing Finance will be in place in the next few days, following the incumbent CEO Ramachandran Nair's arrest in multi-crore loan scam yesterday.

"Our first priority is to support LIC HFC at this point of time. Towards this we have appointed the senior most general manager Chandrashehakar

as the acting CEO. He will be assisted by two other GMs. The process of appointing a new CEO is on and a CEO will be in place in the next two-three days", Vijayan told newsmen here after an urgent board meeting of the country's largest financial institution.

Vijayan, who will be flying into the Capital this evening, also said LIC has set up an internal inquiry panel to look into the alleged wrongdoings by its senior officials, who were arrested by the CBI in the scam. He, however, he did not specify when the enquiry panel will submit its report.

Asked whether he has been summoned by the Finance Min-

ister, Vijayan said, he has no appointment with the FM as of now and he is going to Delhi for an agents convention being held in Noida this evening.

While asserting that there is no systemic failure in the company as its asset quality has not been impaired by these arrests or loan exposures, he said, "this is not a scam per se as the issue pertains to a few individuals and not about the company."

On what would be the next step of LIC regard to these tainted officials, Vijayan said, that would depend on the internal inquiry report as well as what the CBI finds out.

On whether the issue will impact LIC's investments and

its assets, he replied in the negative, but said, it may have a sentimental negative impact.

On whether he is worried whether these assets in question would become stressed assets, he quipped, "no, none of them are bad loans. I can assure you that all these loans are performing assets and also profitable assets."

Yesterday, the CBI arrested LICHFC CEO Ramachandran Nair, LIC Secretary for Investment Naresh K Chopra and six other senior bankers in connection with a housing-finance racket. Chopra has been with the LIC Investment department for two years.

Other bank officials arrested by the CBI include Bank of India General Manager-Delhi RN Tayal, Central Bank of India director (chartered accountant) Maninder Singh Johar, and PNB deputy general manager-Delhi Venkoba Gujjal.

These officials were banned for allegedly taking bribes while sanctioning large scale loans to corporates, and for working in collusion with loan

arranger firm Money Matters whose top management team-chairman Rajesh Sharma and two of its employees Suresh Gattani and Sanjay Sharma-was also arrested, and for overlooking regulatory guidelines for granting such approvals.

Earlier in the day Vijayan told a business channel that "the CBI has requested for some files (relating to loans extended to some housing companies). The outstanding amount from these companies are Rs 380 crore."

When asked whether the real estate companies to which it had exposure were from Mumbai, Vijayan said, "some within Mumbai and some from outside."

CBI has named several realty developers in the first information report. They include Mantri Realty, Kumar Developers, DB Realty, Emaar MGF, Lavasa Corporation, Pashmina, Sigrun, Entertainment World, Indore City Treasures, Ashapura Minechem, BGR Energy, OPG Group, Adani, JP Hydro, JSW Power, Ralligear, Pantaloon, Adalite and Mtech.

Vijayan said LIC would put a team to ascertain whether the internal risk management system of the country's largest non-banking financial institution is in place."We will see whether the internal system needs tightening, whether risk management needs tightening and whether there was any procedural shortcoming," he said.

When asked if there is a possibility of LIC funds being used to subscribe IPOs or FPOs of real estate companies to support their stocks, Vijayan said, investments decisions are taken at the levels of MD and chairman. He added LIC has already set up a team to find out

the management level at which information about the firms that it would be investing in terms of IPOs or FPOs, could have been leaked out.

"Our exposure to companies is nominal; only 11 per cent and majority of borrowing are at individual level and NPA quality is also good," Vijayan said.

LIC exposure in scam Rs 380 cr PTI MUMBAI, NOV 25

LIC initiated an exercise to check its risk management system, while asserting that its assets were not impaired by the housing finance scam involving some of its top officials.

Asserting that there was no systemic failure in the company, LIC chairman T S Vijayan said, "We are trying to have an internal enquiry into this matter. Our asset quality has not been impaired."

The outstanding to the contentious real estate companies from LIC Housing Finance was Rs 380 crore, and LIC was providing all the relevant information to CBI for its investigation into the scam, he said.

Vijayan said he has already briefed the government about the latest developments within the company.

Yesterday, the CBI arrested eight top officials from banks and financial firms on charges of taking bribes to grant corporate loans.

"CBI has requested for some files (relating to loans extended to some housing companies).

The outstanding amount (from) these companies were Rs 380 crore," Vijayan said.

Interviews for UK hotel courses HERALD BUSINESS DESK PANJIM, NOV 25

Joanne Deverell from Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College, one of London’s largest Government Colleges with 25,000 students, will be conducting Scholarship Exam and Interviews for Admissions into the Hotel Management / Chef / Patisserie program for February, June and Sept 2011 intakes.

The scholarship exam and interviews will be held in Goa on November 29 from 10.30 am to 3.30 pm.

Successful students are eligible for tuition fee waiver between 25% to 50%. Prior registration is compulsory. For details email - goa@geebeeworld.com The venue for the exam will be Geebee Education, L36/38, 4th Floor, Alfran Plaza, Panjim, Goa – 403001.

Sensex falls to 10-week low PTI MUMBAI, NOV 25

Continuing its losses for the third straight session, the stock market today hit a 10-week low with the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex shedding 142 points, amid massive sell-off in realty and financial stocks triggered by the home financing racket.

Sensex has shed 639 points or 3.2 per cent in the last three trading sessions.

Despite starting the day with a gain of over 100 points, Sensex finally settled with a loss of 141.69 points, or 0.73 per cent at 19,318.16, in a volatile session. The barometer had last closed near this level on September 14.

Aban Offshor, 761, 764, 717, 724.4 Abb Ltd., 838, 854, 771.1, 785.45 Abg Shipyard, 450, 454.6, 425.25, 432 Acc Limited, 1000, 1032, 983.05, 1011 Adani Enterp, 728.05, 730, 698.5, 704.4 Aditya Birla, 787.05, 787.05, 731, 746.95 Allahabad Ba, 250, 256.9, 235.3, 245 Alstom Proje, 687, 695, 622.85, 640.25 Ambuja Cemen, 142, 144.7, 133.75, 138.7 Andhra Bank, 170, 171.4, 160.05, 162.6 Ashok Leylan, 75.15, 76, 72.05, 72.6 Asian Paints, 2634.45, 2634.45, 2450, 2520.4 Axis Bank Li, 1385.2, 1395.7, 1336.1, 1342.9 Bajaj Hindus, 117, 117.3, 111.6, 112.45 Bank Of Baro, 935, 948.5, 875, 896.2 Bank Of Indi, 445.1, 446.35, 415, 418.85 Beml Limited, 1066, 1084, 1020.1, 1041.5 Bharat Elect, 1720, 1722, 1698, 1709.15 Bharat Forge, 366.9, 376.4, 358.2, 367.1 Bharat Petro, 705, 706.75, 649.15, 672.7 Bharti Airte, 333.2, 339.75, 332.65, 335 Bhel, 2216, 2220.55, 2140, 2145.8 Bhushan Stee, 480, 484.45, 439, 448.65

Biocon Limit, 399, 399, 380.3, 382.85 Bombay Dyein, 528, 540, 505.1, 526.3 Bosch Limite, 6478, 6499, 6050, 6238.45 Brigade Ente, 124.1, 124.95, 113.5, 114.3 Cairn India, 319, 319, 311.25, 312.65 Canara Bank, 725, 740, 674.05, 683 Central Bank, 197, 213.7, 196.2, 209.25 Century Text, 454.7, 460.5, 434, 437.45 Cesc Ltd, 366, 367.5, 353, 356.85 Chambal Fert, 89.55, 91.15, 86.8, 87.5 Chennai Petr, 230, 235.95, 217.05, 224.65 Cipla Ltd, 339.5, 342.9, 331.05, 333.9 Colgate Palm, 840, 884.9, 840, 857.25 Container Co, 1276, 1288, 1214.95, 1229.85 Crompton Gre, 339.7, 345.5, 335, 342.15 Cummins Indi, 764, 776, 743, 755.9 Dabur India, 95.5, 95.65, 92.65, 94 Deccan Chron, 118.95, 119, 113.45, 114.95 Dish Tv Indi, 70, 70.9, 67, 67.6 Divi’s Labor, 637, 637, 606, 618.85 Dlf Limited, 308, 308, 290, 292.5 Dr. reddy’s, 1788.5, 1813.5, 1762, 1770.15 Edelweiss Ca, 54.4, 54.4, 49.8, 50.45

Educomp Solu, 590, 605, 539, 547.15 Eih Limited, 114.05, 115, 110.05, 111.45 Engineers In, 332.05, 334, 329, 330.85 Essar Oil Lt, 129, 131.6, 126.3, 127.75 Essar Shippi, 101.5, 104, 101.25, 102.65 Exide Indust, 135.9, 162.9, 135.9, 155.45 Federal Bank, 449.85, 455, 431, 433.8 Financial Te, 928, 939.3, 855, 869.35 Gail (india), 485.25, 494.8, 480.25, 488.45 Gammon India, 178, 178, 168.1, 168.9 Glaxosmithkl, 2209.5, 2239.5, 2060.3, 2098.05 Glenmark Pha, 357, 367.5, 350, 355.55 Gmr Infrastr, 49.1, 49.45, 46, 46.55 Godrej Indus, 199.5, 201.9, 175, 179.6 Grasim Indus, 2209, 2229, 2145.1, 2164.4 Great Offsho, 375, 383.9, 370.05, 379 Gtl Infra.Lt, 43.2, 45.4, 43.15, 44.85 Gujarat Mine, 138.5, 140.3, 134, 135 Gujarat N R, 57.05, 59.7, 56, 56.35 Gujarat Stat, 112.5, 113.3, 104.4, 105.95 Gvk Pow. & I, 42.6, 43.3, 41.9, 42.3 Hcl Technolo, 388, 398, 377.45, 385.75

Hdfc Bank Lt, 2325, 2358.7, 2292.25, 2323.05 Hdfc Ltd, 692, 707.8, 685.8, 695.95 Hero Honda M, 1905.3, 1970, 1902.35, 1951.05 Hindalco in, 209.3, 211.3, 201.1, 202.8 Hindustan Co, 53.7, 55, 49, 49.5 Hindustan Ma, 67.6, 67.6, 64, 64.9 Hindustan Pe, 436.05, 436.8, 405.25, 410.85 Hindustan Un, 299, 302, 294, 297.2 Hindustan Zi, 1160, 1179, 1136.15, 1141.65 Housing Dev, 202, 207.4, 178.75, 185.8 Icici Bank L, 1136, 1157.35, 1102.6, 1116.25 Idea Cellula, 69.75, 70.1, 68.4, 69.4 Ifci Ltd, 66.9, 68.2, 62.85, 63.45 India Cement, 110.2, 110.8, 104.7, 105.65 India Infoli, 106.9, 107.5, 90.1, 91.3 Indiabulls F, 185, 185, 166.3, 174.25 Indiabulls R, 160, 164, 153.1, 154.25 Indian Bank, 283.2, 289.5, 265.65, 271.8 Indian Hotel, 98.85, 98.85, 87.2, 90.55 Indian Oil C, 364, 368.7, 326.5, 337.3 Indian Overs, 151.25, 152.2, 145.75, 146.4 Indus Dev Ba, 172, 174.95, 164.2, 165.4

Indusind Ban, 282, 295.95, 282, 287.1 Infosys Tech, 3005.55, 3111, 3005.55, 3064.35 Infra. dev., 185.5, 187.75, 179, 181.5 Ispat Indust, 17.45, 17.7, 17.05, 17.25 Itc Ltd, 172.6, 173.45, 168.1, 169.7 Ivrcl Infras, 137.95, 137.95, 128.15, 131.1 Jai Corp Lim, 241.25, 242.9, 228, 229.9 Jaiprakash A, 121.5, 122, 113, 114.5 Jet Airways, 896.8, 904.7, 854, 860.4 Jindal Saw L, 197.85, 197.85, 179, 182.1 Jindal Steel, 640.7, 655, 622, 626.85 Jsw Steel Li, 1153.85, 1230.4, 1153.85, 1190.25 Kotak Mahind, 475, 476, 450.8, 458.8 Lakshmi Mach, 2630, 2640, 2581, 2590.4 Lanco Infrat, 65.3, 65.3, 62.3, 63.15 Larsen & Tou, 2020, 2022, 1894.75, 1934.15 Lic Housing, 1075, 1113.5, 945.45, 1053.8 Lupin Limite, 489.6, 510.9, 488, 493.8 Mahanagar Te, 55.1, 56, 54.15, 55.2 Mahindra & M, 789, 798.8, 767.8, 780.55 Maruti Suzuk, 1416.15, 1427.9, 1371.35,

Intercontinental plans expansion HERALD BUSINESS DESK PANJIM, NOV 25

InterContinental is planning to add a further 45 hotels to its Indian portfolio by 2015.

The additional properties will mean the group will offer more than 10,000 rooms to those taking flights to India.

Introduction of the Holiday Inn Express brand will increase the number of low-cost hotel rooms on offer to travelers and will met the demand for affordable accommodation within the country. It is expected that India-based Amrapali Group will manage a number of the

new hotels.

Anil Kumar Sharma, CMD of the Amrapali Group, said: "India's need for world-class hotels consistent with rapid economic growth make this an opportune time for us to expand our hospitality portfolio."

He added that the Holiday Inn Express was a key brand and would offer a "mix of convenience, comfort and value".

InterContinental currently have four branded hotels across India with one in Goa, one in New Delhi, and two in Mumbai.

Ennore Coke mulls acquisition PTI MUMBAI, NOV 25

Ennore Coke Ltd (ECL) is looking at acquiring a mine in the US, where it already has two mines and plans to invest Rs 125 crore in doubling the capacity of its manufacturing units in Haldia (West Bengal) and Cuttack (Orissa), a top company official said.

ECL is promoted by Haldia Coke and Chemicals and manufactures high quality low ash metallurgical coke.

"We are looking at acquiring one more mine in the US. We already have one each in Virginia and Arkansas from where we get our raw material. We hope to acquire the same in the next fiscal (FY 12). Besides, we also plan to expand production capacity in both our units. We will invest around Rs 125 crore," ECL's Managing Director, Ganesh Natarajan, said here today on the sidelines of an event by mJunction.

Natarajan, however, said that the company was not looking at any other geography for mining activities except the US. The company will be investing close to Rs 85 crore to double the capacity of Wellman Coke India in Cuttack to

1,60,000 tonnes over the next 15-months, Natarajan said, adding that it also plans a 10 MW co-generation power plant there.

He also said that in FY 12, the company would set-up a 12 MW captive power plant in its Haldia unit, whose capacity would be increased from current 1,30,000 tonnes to 2,60,000 tonnes by then.

On prices of coke and coking coal, Natarajan said while coke prices are likely to remain flat at USD 430 FOB for the next three to four months, coking coal might increase by three to four per cent from the current USD 245/tonne in the fourth quarter of this fiscal.

The hike in prices would be driven by growth in steel and automotive industry and increase in demand, he added.

Asked about exports, Natarajan said the company exports 40 per cent of the coke produced to countries such as the USA, Turkey, South Africa and Pakistan.

BOARD MEETINGS CNI Research IOL Netcom RR Fin Source: Indiainfoline.com

MF FUNDA PRINCIPAL MUTUAL FUND announced a new offering, Principal Smart Equity Fund, an open-ended equity scheme based on the P/E ratio of the S&P CNX Nifty Index. The scheme is open for subscription from November 26, 2010 and will close on December 10, 2010. The fund performance will be benchmarked against the Crisil Balanced Fund Index.

Principal SMART Equity Fund, an open-ended equity scheme, is a P/E (Price to Earning Ratio) based fund which dynamically changes its asset allocation between equities and debt / money market instruments based on the weighted average price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of the S&P CNX Nifty Index (NSE Nifty). When the markets become expensive in terms of a set `P/E Ratio`; the scheme will reduce its allocation to equities and move assets into debt and / or money market instruments and vice versa. Such a strategy is expected to optimize the risk-return proposition for the long-term investor.

TATA MUTUAL FUND has approved November 30, 2010 as the record date for declaration of dividend under quarterly dividend option in Regular Investment Plan & Institutional Plan of Tata Fixed Income Portfolio Fund - Scheme B2.

The face value of per unit is Rs 10.

The quantum of dividend will be entire returns generated between August 31, 2010 to November 30, 2010, subject to availability of distributable surplus.

1380.1 Max India Lt, 158.45, 158.85, 152.7, 155.5 Maytas Infr., 184.9, 185, 175.55, 178.45 Moser-baer (, 58.9, 59.2, 56.8, 57.2 Mrpl, 74.85, 74.85, 71.15, 71.9 Nagarjuna Co, 134.5, 136, 125.6, 128.35 Nagarjuna Fe, 33.8, 33.9, 31.15, 31.6 National Alu, 372.5, 376.5, 351.15, 357.25 Neyveli Lign, 142.9, 142.9, 131.45, 132.7 Ntpc Ltd, 179.05, 181.7, 176.05, 176.95 Oil And Natu, 1247.65, 1266, 1205.55, 1226.8 Omaxe Limite, 141.8, 142.8, 137.6, 140.4 Oriental Ban, 449.95, 454.9, 406.5, 415 Pantaloon Re, 418, 420, 385, 401.7 Parsvnath De, 59.25, 60.45, 56.65, 57.55 Petronet Lng, 117, 117.85, 113.05, 113.9 Power Fin Co, 342, 342, 311.8, 317.55 Power Grid C, 95, 97.25, 93.3, 96.55 Praj Industr, 73.8, 73.8, 71, 71.5 Punj Lloyd L, 111.9, 112.5, 105, 106.25 Punjab Natio, 1240.25, 1260, 1155.8, 1183.6 Rajesh Expor, 117.25, 120.15, 116.2, 117.45 Ranbaxy Labs, 563, 567, 544.35, 547.8

Rashtriya Ch, 113.95, 117.7, 105.15, 107.5 Reliance Cap, 681.9, 685, 656.75, 661.65 Reliance Com, 144, 144.9, 135.5, 136.9 Reliance Ene, 1126.6, 1186.86, 1084.6, 1101.5 Reliance Ind, 775, 775, 741, 744.2 Reliance Ind, 1002, 1003, 973, 979.5 Reliance Pow, 169.4, 169.85, 156.1, 157.9 Rolta India, 175, 177.8, 163.1, 166.15 Satyam Compu, 68.05, 68.4, 63.5, 64.05 Sesa Goa Ltd, 325, 327, 314.25, 317.9 Shipping Cor, 148.8, 149.45, 142.55, 146.9 Siemens Ltd, 785.5, 791.9, 743.2, 750.7 Sintex Indus, 234.85, 234.85, 199, 204.45 Sobha Develo, 305, 309.8, 295.9, 305.9 State Bank O, 2871, 2884, 2775, 2821.9 Steel Author, 179.2, 179.65, 166, 168.6 Sterlite Ind, 170, 171, 166.05, 167 Sun Pharmace, 455, 474.75, 445.2, 454 Sun Tv Netwo, 482.25, 493.7, 482, 489.15 Suzlon Energ, 50.05, 50.1, 46.15, 46.65 Tata Communi, 282.9, 282.9, 261.3, 266 Tata Consult, 1010.05, 1041.9, 1007.1, 1021.8 Tata Motors, 1230.5, 1249.9, 1200.05, 1205.8

Tata Power C, 1283.6, 1324, 1258.25, 1272.8 Tata Steel L, 620.4, 623.6, 600.1, 602.7 Tata Teleser, 19.7, 20, 19, 19.15 Tech Mahindr, 675.45, 675.45, 615, 623.65 The Ge Shpg., 372.5, 380, 370.1, 374.7 The Phoenix, 222, 222, 213.1, 214 Thermax Ltd, 892.3, 914.3, 888.5, 899.6 Titan Indust, 3750, 3793, 3654.8, 3673.95 Torrent Powe, 280.4, 287.6, 276.1, 285.35 Triveni Engg, 105.05, 106.95, 99.5, 100.35 Tv18 India L, 76.4, 77, 74.5, 74.8 Uco Bank, 143.1, 144.8, 139.15, 140.45 Ultratech Ce, 1139, 1141.8, 1123, 1135.65 Union Bank O, 363.05, 366.55, 332.1, 341.85 Unitech Ltd, 66.9, 67.6, 62.25, 62.95 United Phosp, 183.9, 188, 180, 184.15 Videocon Ind, 227.8, 229.95, 221.2, 222.8 Vijaya Bank, 101.8, 102.3, 97.75, 98.5 Voltas Ltd, 245, 247, 234.85, 244.65 Wipro Ltd, 410.5, 421, 399.1, 406.25 Yes Bank Lim, 316.6, 318, 302.5, 305.15 Zee Entertai, 143.2, 143.85, 139.2, 141.35

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Bollywood Celebrity inspired Barbie doll PANJIM (HBD) -- Mattel India, the global leader in toys, presented superstar Katrina Kaif with a one-of-a-kind Barbie doll specially crafted in her likeness.

The Barbie doll created by designers captures the popular bollywood actress’ famous signature style showcased at the ‘Barbie All Doll’d Up’ show at Lakme Fashion Week 2009 as a part of Barbie’s 50th Birthday Celebrations. Katrina Kaif is the first bollywood icon to be crafted in the form of a Barbie doll.

In 2009, Katrina Kaif had wowed the audience at Lakme Fashion Week having walked the ramp as a real life Barbie for the ‘Barbie All Doll’d Up’ show. The doll in the likeness of Katrina Kaif is a special single exclusive piece in the world, featuring the winning designer outfit by young prodigy Nishka Lulla worn on the runway

by Katrina.

Mattel Toys India decided to unveil this doll today as a special early Christmas gift for Katrina and also to be in time to announce the further extension of their association with Katrina Kaif, by announcing the launch of another Special Barbie Doll in likeness of Katrina Kaif which will be launched in 2011 as a part of Barbie’s Birthday Celebrations next year, enabling every young fan of Barbie and Katrina Kaif to take home a Barbie doll made in likeness of Katrina Kaif for keepsake.

Suzuki’s SlingShot Caravan

India Inc, bankers to advise govt on exports PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 25

The government today formed a group of top bankers and industrialists, including SBI chief OP Bhatt,Ashok Leyland MD R Seshasayee and Hero group chief Pawan Munjal, to advise it on raising India's export competitiveness and doubling overseas shipments in the next three years.

The decision was taken at a high-level Board of Trade (BoT), comprising top industrialists, bankers, export promotion councils and government officials, which met here under the chairmanship of Commerce and Industry Minister Anand

Capgemini acquires Thesys PTI MUMBAI, NOV 25

MLA Ramesh Wanjale at the launch of Suzuki SlingShot Caravan.

PANJIM (HBD) -- Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd kick started the Suzuki SlingShot Caravan. The 125 cc Suzuki SlingShot Caravan was launched by MLA Ramesh Wanjale in the presence of senior Suzuki Motorcycle India officials.

Targeted at the mass segment, the Suzuki SlingShot is positioned for the segment between the 100 cc and 150 cc without compromising on the key parameters that a customer aspires for – style of a 150 cc and the efficiency of a 100 cc bike.

Atul Gupta, vice president (Sales and Marketing), Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd said, “It has been our constant endeavour to capitalize on emerging opportunities in the Indian motorcycle market and the Suzuki SlingShot is a direct result of us listening to what the customers want and delivering a world class product that meets their requirements. The Suzuki SlingShot offers a complete package in terms of style, comfort, performance and practicality – all combined in a 125 cc bike. The customer wanted a bike that was as frugal on fuel as a 100 cc bike, yet had the looks to match a 150 cc premium bike combined with a price point that made the product affordable yet met all requirements – which the Suzuki SlingShot offers.” The Suzuki SlingShot is available in four colours – Metallic Mustard Yellow, Metallic Fox Orange, Candy Antares Red and Pearl Nebular Black.

Global consulting, technology and outsourcing services provider Capgemini, today said it has acquired Indian IT firm, Thesys Technologies.

Thesys is a Temenos-certified services partner that provides banking implementation solutions to the global financial services industry.

The acquisition would expand Capgemini's global delivery capabilities for Temenos-enabled core banking solutions and product offerings such as retail, corporate, universal, private wealth management, and microfinance to financial institutions, the company said in a release without, however, divulging any financial details.

It would not only strengthen Capgemini's position as a leading core banking and wealth management service provider, but also provide Temenos' current and prospective clients with the opportunity to significantly accelerate speed to market, mitigate risk and enhance operational efficiency, it added.

Sharma.

"This has been a comprehensive review. We have decided to set up a working group. In three months time, the group is going to submit a report on thrust areas (like) to increase India's export competitiveness and also manufacturing capacity," Sharma told reporters here.

The working group members, which have been selected from the BoT, include Bhatt, Munjal, Seshasayee ICICI CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw of Biocon.

"This has been a comprehensive review," Sharma told re-

porters after the BoT meeting.

He said that the group would give "focused inputs, recommendations which would even embrace policy and institutional changes".

The government has set a target to double the export to USD 400 billion in the next three years.

Sharma said Indian exporters have been developing new markets as a conscious effort after the economic crisis had hit the traditional destinations.

The US and the EU are among the largest traditional markets for the Indian exports.

Asked about the export performance in 2010-11, Sharma

said, "I am sure that we will be able to cross the target (of USD 200 billion this fiscal) which we have set for ourselves." Commenting on the third sectoral review, the minister also said that the Department of Foreign Trade (DGFT) is carrying out the exercise with all the industry bodies and export promotion councils and is expected to complete it by December.

"Thereafter we will decide which are the sectors that need intervention and support...demand is still weak in the US and Europe," he said.

Sectors like handicrafts, tea, tobacco and cashew are still in the red.

On the progress of the task force to reduce transaction cost for the exporters, the minister said that notifications are likely to be issued soon.

"We have reached a point where most of the notifications which involve revenue and other departments should be forthcoming and we will be able to ensure that we do away with the cumbersome documentation and bringing out the transaction cost," he said.

He added that there are two main areas of concern hitting export - the constraints of infrastructure particularly the ports and the container movement which involves railways

Gold shines, but not for goldsmiths BHARATI PAwASKAR PANJIM, NOV 25

A dark and dingy room housing 6 to 7 goldsmiths, each occupying a corner of his own, an area of a metre-and-a-half approximately in the heart of the commercial capital of Goa? Yes, it is a scene that gives you pain in the heart to think of those artisans who once-upon-a-time ruled the economy of the state, are struggling to keep the art alive and earn a living out of it, in today’s world of inflating prices.

The increasing use of machinery in the making of ornaments is to be blamed for the low rates paid to the goldsmiths.

Instead of hand work laser technique is preferred for accuracy. Less are inclined to join their traditional profession owing to the low income it offers. Even Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council subscribes to the view that transition in the business has had an impact.

But there is the other side of the story, too. Gold has crossed record prices this year and has touched the all time high benchmark of Rs 20,000. But did this price rise translate in terms of high salaries or high remuneration for the gold craftsmen? Unfortunately, we

are left with negative answers.

Pradip, a goldsmith from Margao who shares his ancestral shop with his brother expresses his distress, “The business has gone down and it is only ‘gold and silver’ for those biggies in the market who can invest in crores on the pomp and show, keep loads of ready made jewellery, hire artisans from outside or send their orders to other states to get ready products. We have to wait for days to get an order because we can’t afford to keep sizable stocks.”

But there are others who are happy to find the show going strong. Apart from the local dealers in gold and diamonds the regular exhibitions from the noted jewellery houses like TBZ, Chintamanis, Tanishk prove that they have guaranteed buyers here. “Investing in gold and diamonds is much less risky and the prices are never low even if one wishes to sell off a part of the collection in times of crises. So it gives pleasure while owing it and also gives good returns even if one parts with it,” opines Vandana, the proprietor of Borkar Nursing Home in Margao, who occasionally pays a visit to the exhibitions to check the latest trends in designer jewellery.

While small fish in the mar-

ket are not happy over the general scenario the big players are minting money. Has the soaring market price of the yellow metal deterred its lovers and the investors to pour in for enormous buying? Nope, in fact the more the price is the more is the urge to buy gold.

This year the gold prices started skyrocketing and according to sources in Mumbai the recent Diwali sales already touched 42 tonnes bench mark.

Dinesh Parekh, a gold analyst from Mumbai agrees that gold is the most wanted metal today. Predicting that the present the gold prices may even touch Rs21,000 per 10 gram Parekh says, “People are crazy to invest in gold and this trend is picking up in the last two years. Gold prices have witnessed a surge of more than Rs10,000 during this period and people have digested the price hike now.” Attributing the rise in demand for gold to the changed attitude of people Parekh opines, “The mentality has changed over the years.

People now look at gold as an investment only second to real estates.”

Speaking on the tremendous sales of gold coins and bars during the recent festive season of Diwali, Parekh says, “The

Indian masses have now digested the price hike. Earlier they bought only on occasions but now they are willing to buy at any part of the year, irrespective of the prices – high or low.” The banks and postal departments have introduced sales of gold coins and have got tremendous response.

“The sales of gold coins and bars are more compared to gold ornaments and the registered Diwali turnover was approximately 42 tonnes,” Parekh discloses.

“Even the studded jewellery has more gold now and brands like Tanishk and Geetanjali prefer more gold in the diamond studded jewellery. Rajesh Exports from South, who is a name in the export market, also goes in for more gold with diamonds for international clients,” Parekh tells.

“China and India are in the competition to buy more and more gold. China has lot of foreign exchange. Going by the numbers the populations of these countries are huge and imagine if each person buys even a gram of gold, where would the inflation go?” he questions. But Parekh is optimistic regarding the prices.

“Gold prices may come down,” he says, giving hope and shine to the ornament lovers in Goa.

and shipping. "...that (movement of goods) in fact is a major component when it comes to transaction cost. We are in discussion with both the ministries (Railways and Shipping)...it will take some time and effort to address those...," Sharma said.

A task force under Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia has been set up to recommend steps to reduce transactions cost for the exports.

"Our transaction cost add about 8 per cent to our exports. It is a very big number and thats why our concern," he added.

LME okays Nicomet’s Nico cobalt HERALD BUSINESS DESK PANJIM, NOV 25

The London Metal Exchange has approved the listing of Nicomet’s Nico cobalt brand for delivery into bonded warehouses, the exchange has confirmed.

Nicomet is headquartered in Mumbai and a refinery in Goa, to produce Nickel, Cobalt and Copper, and well as their salts. Since its inception, the unit has been expanded from time to time. It produces 2,500 tonnes of Nickel, 3,700 tonnes of Copper, 1,000 tonnes of Cobalt and 8,000 tonnes of Sodium Sulphate.

Fidalgo ties with casinos in Goa PANJIM (HBD) -- Hotel Fidalgo has tied up with Casino Royale, Goa to offer lucrative packages for families and adults on the entertainment vessel.

The hotel is also engaged in a tie up with the Caravela casino slated to be re-launched in a new avatar and will primarily cater to the budget conscious traveler.

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Aliston sends Siridao into Ilhas finals HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, NOV 25

Aliston Vaz netted a brace to

catapult Siridao Sports Club into the Ilhas Zone finals after they overcame CDJ Ribandar 4-0 in GFA’s Third Division play-off, at Taleigao ground, on Thursday.

Siridao led 1-0 at the lemon break.

The match started with neither team looking to give anything away. It was only a minute before the break that Aliston found the breakthrough for Siridao, slotting home.

Ribandar looked to come out stronger for the second half but it did not last long. Stephen Gracias netted in the 64th to double Siridao’s lead.

By this time, Siridao were in command and six minutes before the end Praveen Naik added the third. The match seemed over but still Aliston found space to score his second just before the end.

Sesa take it easy against Goa Velha HERALD REPORTER VASCO, NOV 25

Sesa Football Academy scored a solitary goal win against Goa Velha in Kingfisher Professional League, at Tilak Maidan, here, on Thursday.

Sesa’s all-important goal came through the efforts of Pratesh Shirodkar in the first half.

Pratesh netted in the 36th minute, perfectly collecting the ball from Valerio Rodrigues.

The goal remained the decider till the final whistle even though Sesa had plenty of chances to net some more.

In the 56th minute, Gabrial Fernandes and Pratesh Shirodkar missed an open goal, when Goa Velha keeper Agnelo Noronha marched ahead on a cross served by Nicolau Colaco.

On another occasion keeper Agnelo came to his team’s rescue thwarting a power-packed shot from Lezly Fernandes.

Earlier, Sesa defender Nicolau Colaco thwarted Goa Velha’s

Jesmon stars for Salcete gfa u-14

HERALD CORREPONDENT MARGAO, NOV 25

Striker Jesmon Soares scored twice as Salcete Football Club outsmarted Guardian Angel Sports Club 3-0 in the GFA U-14 League, at Curchorem ground, on Thursday. Salcete led 2-0 at the break.

Salcete dominated the game right from the start and went into the lead in the 9th minute when Jesmon Soares punt the ball in with a pile driver. Eldrich Araujo doubled the lead in the 35th minute.

The second half did not bring any respite to the sagging morale of Guardian Angel as Salcete attacked both the flanks.

Jesmon completed his brace in

the 67th to record a comprehensive win.

Bresources Betalbatim Sporting Club thumped Snow’s Football Academy 7-0 at Betalbatim ground. Betalbatim led 4-0 at half time.

Betalbatim virtually toyed with the rival defence with sharp raids.

Ronit Azavedo and Mathew Colaco scored a brace each while Jaison Lucas, Allister Fernandes and Regan Ferrrao accounted for one goal each.

In the other matches, AA de Majorda-Utorda-Calata got the better of Young strikers 3-1 while Rossman Cruz Nagoa SC beat Verna SC 2-1. Alison D’Sa and Stephen Abranches netted for Rossman and Joshua Fernandes scored for Verna.

Cricket selection trials

Goal scorer Pratesh Shirodkar in action with Goa Velha player.

Photo: M Prabhav

goal scoring chance, as he cleared the goal line shot by

Clyde Dias off a corner kick by Pankaj Fondeka.

PANJIM (HSD) -- The Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs will conduct State level U-16 cricket selection trials for 56th National School Games in Lucknow scheduled from December 19 to 24, on November 30, at Campal sports complex, Panjim at 9 a.m. Boys and girls born on or after 1/1/1997 are eligible. Those interested may report to Umesh Dicholkar with identity card, school authority letter and full kit.

Nagoa qualify for Bardez semis gfa 3rd div HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, NOV 25

A triumphant Nagoa Sporting Club qualified for the Bardez Zone semi-finals after defeating Holiday Sports Club, Arpora 3-1 in GFA’s Third Division play-off, at Duler Stadium, here, on Thursday. Nagoa led 1-0 at the interval.

Nagoa, who had opportunities galore in the first round will now face the winners of the match between St Domnic Savio Sports Club and Candolim Sports Club.

Nagoa managed to make good use of

Navelim stun Areal

the ball and shot on target with the few chances they got.

Holiday did not keep hold off the ball long enough to threaten their opponents and gave away possession too easily at the back.

Holiday’s midfield maestro, Sameer Naik tested the Nagoa keeper early with a shot from a distance which looked to be dipping in, before it was wonderfully tipped over for a corner.

In the 23rd, Nagoa’s opener involved some good build-up play in the box.

Somshekar Kumar crossed from the right side and Saish Palyekar managed to lay the ball off for Joelif Simoes to hammer

in. The ball proved too hot to handle for the Holiday custodian as he barely managed to get his finger tips on the ball.

After change of ends, Holiday had the chance to equalise, when the Nagoa defence fumbled the ball at the back, but Joseph Rodrigues could not keep his shot on target.

At the other end, the Holiday custodian saved well after Joelif shot goal bound.

With 15 minutes left, Holiday went for a goal. Kalpesh Naik moved from the right wing to the centre of midfield and right back Cyril Lucas was thrown onto

the left wing to exploit his pace going forward.

In the 78th minute, as Holiday went forward for a corner, they were caught on the break and Nagoa moved the ball down their left side at lightning speed before Lawrence Rodrigues slammed home to double Nagoa’s lead.

Holiday continued to push forward and they were rewarded when Vishnu Singh cut the ball back for Joseph Rodrigues to punt home from close range.

Later in the injury time, Nagoa sealed victory with the third goal after substitute Francis Coutinho heading in from a cross from Lawrence Rodrigues.

Crossroad Boys lift Colva Cup

HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, NOV 25

Navelim Sporting Club prevailed over Sao Jose de Areal Sports Club 7-6 via the tie-breaker to march into the quarter-finals of All-Goa Bro Eulalio Vaz memorial inter-village football tournament, organised by Don Bosco Oratory, at Don Bosco Oratory ground, Fatorda on Thursday.

After a goalless first half, Sao Jose went into the lead when Shelton Dias bulge the net.

Stung by the setback, Navelim regrouped quickly and neutralised the lead through Shirley Costa.

In the tie-breaker, Shelton Baretto, Vikas Dhale, Joaquim Silva, Shirley Costa, Jason Pereira and Xavier C were on target for Navelim while Francis Barretto, Agie Antao, Franky Valladares, Shelton Dias and Mario Barretto converted for Sao Jose de Areal.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, NOV 25

Captain Macber Fernandes receiving the 1st Colva inter-ward winner’s trophy from Mickky Pacheco in the presence of Caitu D’Silva, Adv. Byron Rodrigues and Nelly Rodrigues.

HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, NOV 25

Crossroad Boys, Colva defeated Machester United, Sernabatim 1-0 in the 1st Colva inter-ward football trophy organised by

Chandor thrash Benaulim HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, NOV 25

Chandor Club thrashed United Club of Benaulim 4-0 to storm into the semi-finals of All-Goa 2nd Eslinda Alemao memorial inter-village football tournament,

Telaulim edge past St Anthony’s

organised by Cuncolim Union, at Cuncolim ground, on Thursday. Chandor led 1-0 at half time.

The highlight of the day was a brilliant hat-trick by striker Vitorino Fernandes.

Chandor began with their customary attack mode and shot into the lead in the early moments of the game when striker Vitorino Fernandes stunned the Benaulim goal from the edge of the box, giving no chance to the rival keeper.

Crossing over, Vitorino repeatedly troubling the Benaulim keeper with snap shots finally punt the ball into the net in the 52nd minute with a stiff grounder. Just eight minutes later, Vitorino struck for the third time and completed his hat-trick after he received the ball from Melroy Moura.

Lastly, Melroy rounded off the tally late to seal victory.

Young Boys, Colva on Thursday.

The all-important goal came through the boots of Joliton Fernandes in the 5th minute. Manchester tried their level best to score but in vain.

Mickky Pacheco was the chief guest and gave away the prizes in the presence of Caitu D’Silva, social worker, Benaulim and Nelly Rodrigues, ZP member.

United Club of Telaulim registered a narrow 1-0 win over St Anthony’s Sporting Club, Colva in GFA’s Third Division play-off, at Curtorim ground, on Thursday.

There was no score at half time.

The teams attacked equally but failed to breach either of the rival keepers. After a barren first half, the all-important goal came in the 75th minute when Alfred Menezes’ snap shot crashed into the net.

Stunned, St Anthony’s tried their best but failed to materialise.

Air India, Golden Gunners triumph HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 25

A fine brace by ex-international Godfrey Pereira helped Air India, Mumbai defeat Sporting Clube de Goa 3-1 while Golden Gunners, Mumbai got the better of Raia Veterans 2-0 to move into the semi-finals of the All-India Veterans football tournament jointly, organised by PVC Association, Parra and Bardez Veterans, at Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Stadium, Candolim, on Thursday.

Air India began on a promising note and shot into the lead in the 6th minute through God-

frey Pereira’s neat placement beating the Sporting Clube keeper hands down.

Tapan Ghosh made it 2-0 for Air India off a Godfrey free kick in the closing first half.

Changing over, Godfrey yet again scored for Air India off a power-packed shot to give his team a comfortable 3-0 lead.

Sporting Clube pulled one back through Franky Mascarenhas.

In the second match, Golden Gunners got the better of Raia Veterans 2-0. Both the goals came in the first half through the boots of Douglas.

GOA DIARY

2-a-side soccer at Pomburpa

PANJIM (HSD) -- Generation Boys of Palmar, Pomburpa will organise their 10th 2-a-side soccer tie-breaker on November 27, at Babluis Jardin, opposite Dena Bank, Pomburpa, at 7 p.m. The winners and runners-up will take home Rs 4,444 and Rs 2,222 respectively. Spot entries will be accepted. Details may be obtained on 9552833945, 9921448454 or 9823461956.

5-a-side soccer at Bicholim

BICHOLIM (HC) -- The Mahamaya Housing Board Soccer Club, Bicholim will organise their All-Goa 5-a-side soccer tournament on November 28 and December 5, at Mahamaya Nagar Housing Board colony ground, opposite Gajanan cold drinks, Bicholim, from 10 a.m. A total of five players and one substitute should comprise a team. Jersey is compulsory. The winners and runners-up will pocket Rs 3,000 and Rs 1,000 respectively. Details may be obtained from Pritam Redkar on 9545393289, Saish Sawant on 9766159760 or Viraj Naik on 9545784151.

Speedball camp at Mapusa

PANJIM (HSD) – Speedball Association of Goa will organise a free speedball training camp on November 27, at Peddem Indoor Stadium, Mapusa while the 1st All-Goa speedball competition will be held on November 28, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Those selected will get an opportunity to participate at the speedball Nationals in Pallampur, HP on January 1 and 2. Details may be obtained from Paulo Fernandes on 9822151028 or Valerie Britto on 9823207470. Speedball is a game wherein the ball turning around the pole has to be targeted by a racquet.

Kingfisher Pro League football: Salgaocar SC v. Dempo SC, Tilak Maidan, Vasco, 4 p.m.

GFA Third Division football Bardez Zone quarters: St Domnic Savio SC v. Candolim SC, Duler Stadium. Ilhas Zone semis: Jawahar Club v. Paradise SC, Taleigao ground. Kick off 3.45 p.m.

GFA U-14 football: Wilred L e i s u r e S C v. C u r t o r i m Gymkhana SC, Curtorim ground, 4 p.m.

7th All-Goa Flame of Unity veteran soccer: Barcelona Veterans v. Aquem Veterans, PerSeraulim, 4 p.m.

St Francis Xavier soccer: Mount Mary, Nagoa v. Cris Boys, Curchorem, Mapa Digas ground, Panchwadi, near St Francis Xavier chapel, 4.30 p.m.

2nd Eslinda Alemao memorial soccer semis: Parish Youth, N u v e m v. S a o M i g u e l d e Taleigao, Cuncolim ground, 4.30 p.m.

Curtorim Villagers Cup soccer semis: Curtorim Gymkhana v. Young Strikers, Benaulim, Curtorim ground, 4.30 p.m.

Bro Eulalio Vaz memorial soccer: Maina SC v. Verna SC, Don Bosco Oratory ground, Fatorda, 4.30 p.m.

7th Rosary Cup soccer: Rosary YC of Zorrivaddo v. St Anthony’s SC, Assolda, Rosary ground, Zorrivaddo-Davorlim, 4.30 p.m.

All Indian Veterans Cup soccer semis: Golden Gunners, Mumbai v. Shivaji SA, Kolhapur, 3.30 p.m.; Air India, Mumbai v. Bardez Veterans, 4.30 p.m.; Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Stadium, Candolim.

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Rooney takes Kochi IPL dream shattered Man U through PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 25

Rangers ........ 0 Man United.. 1 Schalke ..........3 Lyon ............ 0 Valencia ........ 6 Bursaspor .. 1 H Tel-Aviv ......3 Benfica........ 0 Panathinaikos 0 Barcelona.... 3 Tottenham .... 3 Bremen........ 0 Rubin ............ 1 Kobenhavn 0 Internazionale 1 Twente.......... 0

Manchester United’s English forward Wayne Rooney celebrates after scoring a penalty against Glasgow Rangers during their UEFA Champions League Group C football match at Ibrox in Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday.

REUTERS LONDON, NOV 25

Holders Inter Milan earned their coach a reprieve to lead a group of seven teams through to the Champions League last 16 yesterday, a night lit up by Lionel Messi's customary finesse and Wayne Rooney's goalscoring return.

While Inter secured a nervous 1-0 win at home to Twente Enschede, a result that will come as a huge relief to Rafa Benitez, and Manchester United were grateful for Rooney's late penalty for a 1-0 victory at Rangers, Barcelona showed effortless command in beating Panathinaikos 3-0.

The last three Champions League winners were joined by Valencia, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympique

Lyon and Schalke 04 in securing their places in the next round, meaning there is just one remaining place up for grabs in groups A-D. Valencia tore Bursaspor apart 6-1 to go through along with United, Tottenham made light work of Werder Bremen in a 3-0 win at White Hart Lane in Inter's group and Schalke beat Olympique Lyon by the same scoreline, sending both sides through.

AC Milan and Olympique Marseille secured their qualification on Tuesday to join Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Real Madrid, who had already made certain of their places.

With one round of matches to go, 12 of the 16 teams for the next round are now known, with most of the tournament heavyweights already having done enough.

Messi's Barcelona were easily the most impressive of that elite group yesterday, although coach Pep Guardiola was at pains to play down the performance. ''I do not think my team is unstoppable,'' he told reporters. ''We are happy to have won the group. We will see how we are organised come February.''

Pedro put the 2009 winners ahead with a fine finish across the goalkeeper from a Dani Alves through ball before Messi’s close-range strike completed a beautifully worked passing move that would have undone far better defences.

Pedro completed the scoring with another excellent finish to give Barcelona the sort of smooth qualification they wanted ahead of Monday's league clash with arch-rivals Real Madrid.

Neither 2008 winners Manchester United nor holders Inter Milan could match them for fluency.

ANKLE PROBLEM United struggled to create clear chances before Rooney, making his

first start since suffering an ankle problem in September, converted the late spot kick, meaning they keep a threepoint lead over Valencia at the top of Group C with a match at home to the Spanish side to come.

Inter looked nervous against modest Twente in Group A before Wesley Sneijder's free kick was deflected into the path of Esteban Cambiasso, who calmly fired home from inside the box on 55 minutes to thrill a half-empty stadium.

Reports had said the Spaniard could be sacked if they lost against the Dutch champions but Benitez can now rest a little easier. ''When we are in difficulty like we have been this week, I don't read the papers or watch the TV, we've just concentrated on the job in hand,'' Benitez told a news conference before being asked if he had seen club president Massimo Moratti. ''He came into the dressing room.

Everything is fine.''

Tottenham showed no such nerves in the other Group A match as they qualified in their debut season with first-half goals from Younes Kaboul and Luka Modric and a third from Peter Crouch in an easy win over Werder.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar struck twice to steer Schalke to their equally emphatic victory over Lyon, with both sides going through from Group B after Portugal's Benfica slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Hapoel Tel Aviv.

In the other match in Barcelona's group, Rubin Kazan kept their qualification hopes alive by winning 1-0 at home to FC Copenhagen with a penalty from Christian Noboa.

It was only the second goal scored by the Russians in the competition but it was enough to keep them in third place, a point behind Copenhagen with a game to play against Barcelona at the Nou Camp.

Unable to resolve their differences, the Kochi franchise have withdrawn from the Indian Premier League barely two days before the expiry of the BCCI deadline, paving the way for the cricket Board to issue a new tender for a replacement team.

The IPL's Governing Council will meet in Nagpur on November 28 to discuss the issue and is likely float a new tender.

"The IPL Kochi team has sent a letter to BCCI President Shashank Manohar withdrawing from the league. The IPL Governing Council will now deliberate on the issue and take a decision on the matter," a top BCCI source told PTI. The BCCI had given IPL Kochi termination of 30 days to sort out its problems but the wrangling within the consortium con-

The Truth about Carolyn Keene

Growing up, the generation that spent the 80s and 90s in school used to be on an exclusive diet of Enid Blyton, Hardy Boys, and Sweet Valley High. The girls especially loved the Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene, as the titular character was a spunky redhead with a penchant for adventures. It was not so much as the wish to read about Nancy Drew and her adventures, as wanting to be just like her. Therefore Carolyn Keene became a household name – especially if that household had pre-teen girls.

The Nancy D r e w b o o k s started in 1933, and continue to release to date; and they are still credited to Carolyn Keene. Doing the math, that means Keene must be at least 90 or 100 years

old – which certainly isn’t the case at all.

The Nancy Drew books were actually conceptualized by a man named Edward Stratemeyer. He then hired a lady, Mildred Wirt, to write the books. Later on, there were more writers added to the pool, and slowly ‘Carolyn Keene’ evolved to become a pen name for an entire battery of writers, known as the Stratemeyer Syndicate.

The

Syndicate changed ownership a few times, but

till today t h e books are credited to Carolyn Keene.

Similes, Metaphors and Analogies

Similes and metaphors are used to draw comparisons between things, however the method used varies slightly.

When thinking of the word ‘simile’, remember the concept of “similar to,”. This type of comparison is almost always preceded by the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. Common examples are “as easy as pie” or “as blind as a bat”.

The dictionary defines a metaphor as a figure of speech that uses one thing to mean another and makes a comparison between the two. For example, Shakespeare's line, "All the world's a stage," is a metaphor comparing the whole world to a theater stage.

Metaphors can be very simple, and they can function as most any part of speech. "The spy shadowed the woman" is a verb metaphor. The spy doesn't literally cast his shadow on the woman, but he follows her so closely and quietly that he resembles her own shadow.

At the most basic level, an analogy shows similarity between things that might seem different - much like an extended metaphor or simile. But analogy isn't just a form of speech; it can be a logical argument. If two things are alike in some ways, they are alike in other ways as well. Analogy is often used to help provide insight by comparing an unknown subject to one that is more familiar. It can also show a relationship between pairs of things.

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BCCI President Shashank Manohar withdrawing from the league. The IPL Governing Council will now deliberate on the issue and take a decision on the matter.

-- BCCI source

tinued nonetheless.

The investors in the consortium -- Anchor Earth, Parinee Developers, Rosy Blue and Film Wave -hold 74 per cent of the equity.

The remaining 26 per cent lies with the Gaikwad family -Shailendra, his brother Ravi and their parents all part of Rendezvous Sports World -- as free equity for services rendered in bidding for the franchise.

It is this 26 per cent which has become a bone of contention among the stakeholders as the investors are in no mood to give free equity to Gaikwad family.

Siddle hat-trick fortifies Aussies

Australia’s Peter Siddle (centre) is congratulated by teammates after dismissing England batsman Stuart Broad (not pictured) to claim his hat-trick on the first day of the first Ashes Test match at the Gabba in Brisbane on Wednesday.

AP BRISBANE, NOV 25

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Peter Siddle took six wickets, including a rare Ashes hat-trick, as Australia took command of the first test against England at the Gabba on Thursday by bowling out the tourists for 260.

Siddle celebrated his 26th birthday in style by dismissing Alastair Cook, Matt Prior and Stuart Broad in successive deliveries after tea as England collapsed from a strong position at 197-4.

England first innings: A Strauss c Hussey b Hilfenhaus 0, A Cook c Watson b Siddle 67, J Trott b Watson29,K Pietersen c Ponting b Siddle 43, P Collingwood c North b Siddle 4, I Bell c Watson b Doherty 76, M Prior b Siddle 0, S Broad lbw b Siddle 0, G Swann lbw b Siddle 10, J Anderson b Doherty 11, S Finn not out 0.

Extras: 20. Total: 260 all out. Fall of wickets: 1-0 2-41, 3-117, 4-125, 5-197, 6-197, 7-197, 8-228, 9-254, 10-260. Bowling: Hilfenhaus 19-460-1 (nb-2, w-2), Siddle 16-3-54-6 (nb-2, w-2), Johnson 15-2-66-0, Watson 12-2-30-1 (nb-1, w-3), Doherty 13.5-3-41-2, North 1-0-1-0.

Dilshan puts Windies in spin AFP COLOMBO, NOV 25

Part-time spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan grabbed two wickets in one over in fading light to boost Sri Lanka's hopes of gaining the lead in the second Test against the West Indies on Thursday.

The off-spinner dismissed well-set Darren Bravo (80) and Brendan Nash (29) before the West Indies reached 165-5 in their first innings at stumps on the third day in reply to Sri Lanka's 387-9 declared.

Carlton Baugh was unbeaten on four and Dwayne Bravo on one not out when play was called off in the final session due to bad light.

Darren Bravo smashed four sixes and five fours in his attractive 129-ball knock before being superbly caught by Rangana Herath at point, just a delivery after Nash was trapped leg-before by Dilshan.

Bravo, who scored 58 in the drawn opening Test, steadied the innings with an an 83-run stand for the fourth wicket with Nash after three wickets, including that of Chris Gayle (30), fell for 77 runs.

In reply Australia were 25-0 at stumps, with Simon Katich and Shane Watson on 15 and nine respectively.

Siddle, who was surprisingly selected ahead of Doug Bollinger for his first test in ten months, earlier halted England's momentum in the second session when he took the wickets of dangerman Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood, both nicking to the slips, in the space of 11 balls.

He reaped rewards for a probing line outside off stump after tea getting Cook to edge to Shane Watson at first slip after a patient 67. Then Prior was late trying to prod the ball through the leg side and saw his off stump uprooted.

And on the hat-

trick ball, Stuart Broad was caught on the toe from a full delivery to make Siddle the 11th Australian to grab a test hattrick and the fifth of his countrymen to do so in England-Australia contests.

Broad challenged the decision, and - after the initial roar from home fans and celebrations on the pitch - there was a delay until the hat trick was confirmed by the TV umpire.

Graeme Swann also fell to the same bowler being caught on the pad playing across the line.

Four balls later, Brad Haddin could have completed a seventh wicket for him but diving to his left he dropped James Anderson.

The day began in a dramatic fashion when England captain Andrew Strauss, after winning the toss and electing to bat on a slow Gabba pitch, was dismissed without scoring from the third ball of the day, caught

by Mike Hussey at third slip off the bowling of Ben Hilfenhaus.

The Gaikwads, on their part, have refused to part with the equity.

The BCCI had made it clear that eight teams will take part in the fourth edition of the league scheduled from April 8, just six days after the World Cup. Indications of Kochi pulling out emerged through Shashi Tharoor's tweets.

"Delighted about Somdev DevVarman's second gold.

Makes up4 disappointing news re Kerala IPL team's apparent collapse after raising hopes yesterday," the former junior foreign minister wrote.

However, the BCCI did not specify whether Kochi has pulled out. BCCI vice-President Rajiv Shukla said the Board has received "certain letters" from the consortium's stakeholders and a final

decision on the troubled team would be taken on November 28.

"I can only say that BCCI President (Shashank Manohar) has received certain letters from the Kochi stakeholders. Keeping that in mind a meeting of the IPL Governing Council has been convened on November 28 in Nagpur where a final decision will be taken on Kochi," Shukla told reporters here.

"Subsequently whatever steps are to be taken will be taken," he added.

Asked whether the BCCI has made up its mind to expel the team from the IPL, Shukla said, "that right to decide lies with the Governing Council. I can't say on that."

The BCCI had given Kochi a month to sort out the internal squabbling and that deadline expires on Saturday.

The Cricket Board had earlier terminated the contract of Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab for allegedly violating contractual agreement last month. Both the franchises are now engaged in a court battle with the BCCI.

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Ashwini, Joseph set tracks ablaze

India win three gold; Defeat Korea to win bronze in men's hockey; Dinesh wins silver in boxing; Wrestler Khatri wins bronze; Luka wins bronze in 800m PTI GUANGZHOU, NOV 25

Hurdlers Joseph Abraham and Ashwini Chidananda provided a huge boost to the country's medal haul in the 16th Asian Games with their gold-winning feats while teen sensation Vikas Krishan bagged a boxing gold as India jumped to the eighth spot on an eventful 13th day of competitions here today.

Taking Indian athletics to a new high, Joseph and Ashwini took centre stage by taking the honour in the men's and women's 400m hurdles, an unprecedented feat for any country at the Asian Games.

The Indian men's hockey team and talented middle distance runner Tintu Luka bagged accounted for a bronze each as India added seven more medals to their kitty.

Mausam Khatri also had his moment of glory by winning the bronze in men's 96kg freestyle wrestling event to make amends for the otherwise disappointing show by his colleagues on the mat.

With the addition of seven more medals, India's medal haul climbed to 10 gold, 14 silver and 29 bronze to climb to the eight spot on the medal rostrum and equal the gold tally of the 2006 Games in Doha. India had finished tenth in the Doha edition.

With the men's and women's kabaddi teams keeping themselves on course for the coveted gold and star pugilist Vijender Singh and two other boxers eyes

Just a few minutes after Aswhini's triumph, the 29-year-old Joseph, hailing from Kottayam district in Kerala, made it a historic 400m hurdles golden double by edging past his other rivals in a very tight finish.

Yo u n g T i n t u Krishan Vikas of India in action against Hu Qing L u k a w o n t h e bronze medal in of China in Guangzhou on Thursday.

800 metres event gold medals, India will be lookbut team-mate Sinimole Paulose ing for a top-five finish.

China maintained their su- finished a disappointing sevpremacy atop the medals table enth. Luka, a protegee of former with a stupendous tally of 179- sprint champion PT Usha, 103-91 while South Korea (72- clocked 2:01.36 while Paulose 60-85) and Japan (39-68-86) were timed 2:06.95.

Teen sensation Vikas Krishan in the second and third position ended Indian boxing's 12-yearrespectively.

It was the performance of the old gold medal drought in the athletes which was largely re- Asian Games by winning the lightsponsible for India climbing two weight (60kg) title but Dinesh Kumar (81kg) settled for the silver rungs on the medals table.

Joseph and Ashwini raced to after losing in the finals.

The Indian men's hockey team glory on an action-packed day to give India a golden double lifted itself from the disappointin a single athletics event for ment of missing a final berth the first since 1978 Bangkok and clinched the bronze medal Asian Games when the county had won both Joseph 8 0 0 m m e n ' s a n d Abraham women's gold medals.

Striding smoothly over the low hurdles, longlegged Ashwini stepped on the gas on the final straight to clinch the gold with a personal best of 56.15secs, clipping 0.28secs off her own previous high of 56.43 which she clocked in the qualifying heats.

Ashwini's victory is significant as she had started concentrated on hurdles just recently.

after defeating four-time champions South Korea in the thirdplace playoff.

Mausam Khatri gave the Indian wrestling contingent its third medal by bagging a bronze in the men's 96kg freestyle category.

Gunning for their sixth straight gold in men's kabaddi, title favourites India trounced Japan 52-17 to storm into the final.

The Indian women, however, escaped by the skin of their teeth in the semifinal against Iran and won the thrilling match by one point (23-22) to reach tomorrow's gold medal clash.

While the men's team will take on Iran, who shocked Pakistan 17-16 after trailing 4-7 in the other semifinal, Indian eves will face Thailand, who defeated Bangladesh 34-23.

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ODI: Nehra replaces Praveen NEW DELHI (PTI) -- Seamer Praveen Kumar has been ruled out of the first one-day international against New Zealand due to fever.

Ashish Nehra has been picked as the Uttar Pradesh cricketer's replacement for the match scheduled to be held in Guwahati on November 28.

"Praveen Kumar will miss the 1st ODI against New Zealand to be played at Guwahati on 28th November 2010, due to fever.

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‘Why fight when there is So Much to Love?’

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Asks the highly distinguished film and television director, Jerzy Antczak, who is down in Goa to occupying the presidential seat of the international jury at IFFI’10. In an exclusive heart-to-heart with Herald, he talk about love, life, films and much more…

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BY CHRISTINA VIEGAS HERALD FEATURES orn on the magical and beautiful December 25, a little baby boy’s first glance of this world is not of a stable and cattle but of artillery, horses and brave fighters. Yes, he was born in the midst of a garrison in Poland. And the one he called, “Dad” was a top Polish military officer and distinguished leader of the Polish Underground Movement. That little baby boy of 80 years ago, is the worldrenowned and highly revered, film and television Jerzy Antczak, international jury president at IFFI’10.

It is difficult to put to pen the list of his achievements. In 1949, he graduated from Theatre Academy in Lodz. He says, “I was passionately involved in theatre as it was my main tool to express myself.

In 1958, he was the co-founder, artistic director and chief producer of Masterpiece Theater on Polish television and between 1963 to 1978, he was head of the Polish Theatrical Programs. He earned ‘The Prix Italia’ for his The Master in 1966.

His feature film, Nights and Days received his native Poland’s highest state honours, and in the US, an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, while he bagged many more awards for the same. The director enlightens, “I was at the peak of my career, enjoying tremendous fame, when I had to abruptly leave my native land with all my loving possessions – house, antiques, everything, because of the communists.”

He landed at the US to start from scratch again. But this superbly talented director bagged the role of professor at UCL A School of Theatre Film and

Television; a role that saw 60 professors par excellence, competing for the same. That’s when I started believing in a divine power. I don’t know if there is a god but I surely know there is some force that rules us from above.”

And suddenly this vivacious 80 year-old with the incredible energy of an 18 year-old is moved to tears as he says, “After some years, the communist movement did actually collapse and my wife and I returned to Poland only to be accepted with open arms. We were already very famous with many international awards for our feature films like The Shot, Countless Cosel, The Nuremberg Epilogue, but that was not enough for me.”

He passionately continues, “There was this burning passion and after 25 years of research on Choplin, I wanted to make a film. But now the country was a democracy which meant very stingy bureaucrats.

I had to raise funds. And the greatest miracle of my life happened.”

Again there are tears as he recounts, “The manager of the greatest bank in Polland approached me as she had heard that I was in need of funds. She didn’t even want to listen to a narration. She just asked me how much money.

With great wariness, I said ‘5 million dollars’ (which relatively in US would have been 20 million dollars) and she just said, ‘You have it.’ And I made a film Choplin-Desire for Love, which was a huge, huge success and was sold to 35 countries and won the Platinum Remi Award in 2003.”

After this emotional journey that the director has narrated, he flops in his chair, heaving a sigh as he says, “I have grown up amidst intense

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Orissa celebrates 75 Years of Cinema

BY JANICE RODRIGUES HERALD FEATURES he Oriyan cinema has completed 75 years of its existence. Right from the struggle of the initial years, cinema in Orissa has definitely carved a niche for itself and has continued to enchant its viewers with the simplicity of the tales they tell. On the occasion of its platinum jubilee, the International Film Festival of India marked this milestone by making Oriyan cinema the state focus cinema of the Festival. The screening of some of the best Oriyan films will be s c r e e n throughout the festival.

Of these the first screening was graced by Prafulla Samal the Orissa Minister of Information and PR. It was held yesterday at the Maquinez Palace, Panjim.

Samal said that he was really honoured to have the cinema of Orissa be highlighted at the IFFI. He stressed on the fact that even with all the problems the Oriyan film industry faces it has survived. “Even in this age of digitisation, Orissa is quite backward, it is really good to have the filmmakers gain recognition as they not only provide us with entertainment but also help in preserving the language and culture of the state.”

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to the government in not only supporting the filmmakers but also constructing filmhouses for the viewing of Oriyan movies.

The opening film of the Oriyan cinema section Adi Mimamsa was held in the presence of the director A K Bir. He answered a few questions in an exclusive with the Herald The Oriyan film industry has come a long way, how has this journey been?

The cinema has come a long way and has grown steadily, there have been many younger filmmakers and a lot of determination to make it bigger.

What has your experience been with Oriyan cinema?

It has been really wonderful; cinema has given me the chance to interact with the people, it is a means where one person can share his views with a whole lot of people.

How would you describe the cinema of Orissa?

There are a lot of facets in the cinema the culture of the place comes out very strongly in the films. Human sensibility and sensitivity comes out very strongly. The cinema uses very little of technology, but the technique we use to tell our ideas is quite strong so we don’t feel the need to fall back on technology. With detailed study of the script we can achieve a fine film.

Kahan se aaya tha woh…

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suffering and death where my parents were killed and I was also part of the Polish Underground Movement. But through it all, instead of getting bitter, I have learned one important lesson and that is to love. When someone slaps you and you give him your other cheek, you make him guilty of sin. And you are free.”

He asks, “Why fight when there is so much to love? Look at this beautiful world to love and enjoy. Why are there wars? Why boundaries?” Remind him that perhaps it is this burning passion to love despite all suffering that has probably made his Nights and Days so popular. He says, “The book and the film is about emotions, suffering and war, right from oppression to the first world war. And my wife has supported me throughout all my ventures. From humble beginnings, she went on to become a very famous Polish actress.”

As for the very responsible role of jury president, he says, “I know the pain, sweat and blood that goes into making of every film. So, when someone dismisses that as rubbish, I know how it pains. I have great respect for human work. Every film is special. Never give up no matter what the result.”

While leaving, he says, “In any field, you might have any amount of experience but so long as you have stage fright and butterflies in your stomach like I still have today, you are alive!”

Yes, Sir! Absolutely!

The endless romantic adventure between the creative great, Rajkumar Hirani and his films never seems to end. And the result is an outstanding hatrick of excellent films from Munnabhai MBBS and Lage Raho Munnabhai to 3 Idiots. In an exclusive heart-to-heart with this highly successful director, Herald gets behind the person

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BY CHRISTINA VIEGAS HERALD FEATURES here is a lot about creative greats that stirs the person in me; perhaps their burning, restless urge to create. Or maybe, an intriguing insanity that is a pre-requisite for their excellent creations or the fact that these free-spirits breathe through their work and have a finer perception of life than normal mortals.

And if that creative great happens to be one of India’s most successful directors, Rajkumar Hirani, it sure has to be one highly stimulating chat.

In fact, traversing back to the first time I met him at the inauguration party, the memory is an embarrassment to me that I actually interrupted this gentleman thrice during his intense discussions with the great Jabbar Patel. Yes, for his all important interview! Exhausted as Hirani was, he promised to call me later and the next two days went in me constantly reminding him about the same. Yet, the thorough gentleman that he is, he handled me with great patience and finally fulfilled his commitment though extremely busy, after his filmmaking workshop at the Film Bazaar.

Considering the workshop was one excellent and enlightening session, I chose not to touch the same topics. Instead, I ask him about his initial struggles. With his persistently smiling countenance, he enlightens, “I came from a middleclass family but I don’t feel my life was a struggle. Struggle is when you don’t have food to eat or clothes wear. I was just happy. Even when doing small time ad films and my editing etc, I was enjoying my work. In fact, I didn’t have enough marks to graduate in science, so I took up commerce.

Both were not choices of mine, but just that everyone was doing them. But when I joined a film institute, I started getting better academically. I started excelling in whatever I did. It’s simple; I was putting in my best and excelling because I was enjoying what I was doing.”

Those days, commerce graduates meant aspiring to be a good businessman.

Hirani quips, “I am a rotten businessman.” Does that mean he will never produce a film of his own? “I don’t feel the need. And the films I made and continue to make are my own.” So, he is into a successful association with Vidhu Vinod Chopra? Will that continue for sometime? He replies, “Well, I am given complete freedom to do what I want. There is no pressure of any sort to complete a film within a stipulated period of time or to adopt any commercial tactics. I am only required to tell a great story. So, I’m enjoying it.”

Hirani’s films are not preachy, yet they are brimming with values, topped with humour and entertainment. He definitely must be having a great sense of humour? The reply is a surprise, “My wife calls me a very serious person.”

But request him to pick one incident in real life where he used humour to work in a difficult situation. Mulling, he enlightens, “Whenever I see people spitting anywhere and everywhere, I find it totally repulsive. But I also realised when you reprimand them, they scream back at you. So, one day, a man spat out of his car. I took a tissue, picked up the mess and went to his car window and told him, ‘You have dropped something that belongs to you’. This gave him the message sharply.”

And what about values? That too in an industry touted for its cut throat competition and superficial associations. Do ethics still exist? This also brings

me to the p o i n t w h e re I inform him that an interview with him was carried in a local daily, a couple of days ago, as an exclusive despite the fact that there was no exclusive with him. In true gentlemanly spirit, he says, “Let us not dwell on that. Ethics have deteriorated in every field, not just journalism or films. People just want success at any cost. For me happiness is far more important. Like I said in my last film, one has to run after excellence and success will run after you.”

His advice in filmmaking is to not follow any formula, but to be original. Is that why Omi Vaidya from 3 Idiots was told not to learn Hindi or watch any Bollywood films? Hirani says, “Yes, I was very particular that no one should teach him Hindi as I wanted a non-Hindi speaking person for the role. In fact, at the audition for his famous college scene speech, he was perfect as his expressions and actions were totally out of sync with his dialogues. But, Omi didn’t listen to me and learnt quite a bit of Hindi during the making of the film. So, when he enacted the same for the film, I was not entirely happy, but the audience loved him.”

The memory of his intense discussion with his screenplay writer, A Joshi and the great Jabbar Patel makes me quiz him on his style of working on scripts. The director elucidates, “We do a lot of our work while walking.

Once in the US, we walked for 10 hours while working on the script; constantly recording and putting it in our kitty. And the next day, I quizzed Abhijat as to why I was feeling sleepy. He had to remind me that we had walked for 10 hours the previous day. We just work 24x7. I have always tried to switch off after a certain period but somehow I have not succeeded in getting disconnected from work.”

Is that what people call passion? Is in a degree of insanity? The very ingredients that make for creative geniuses! The reply is, “I really don’t know. All I know is that I always want to make a great film.”

As for ad films, the director enlightens, “Even while working in films, I want to do two to three commercials as that will keep me alert. The challenge to tell a story within 30 seconds or one to two minutes sharpens your skill.”

On a parting note, I remind him about the first night at the party and how my two journo friends and myself felt that this dazzling, distinguished director must have found us to be sheer three idiots, though in his film, the idiots were actually the passionate intellectuals. I apologise and tell him that it was the journalistic passion to get his all important interview that brought out the three idiots in us. He patiently keeps nodding with a huge smile and as I leave, subconsciously there is humming in my heart, “Kahan se aaya tha woh…!”

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‘Distribution of Short Films’ will be the topic of the interactive session with Cyrus Dastur followed by the screening of short films that will take place on November 26 from 4pm to 6pm at the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. Call 9765404391 or 2452805-10.

A flute recital by Sameer Rao accompanied by Trilochan Kampli on tabla will be held on November 26 from 7pm onwards at the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. It is being organised in association with Sur Malhar Music. Call 9765404391 or 2452805-10.

Yoga sessions conducted by Hoor S Girglani will be held from November 27 to December 18 from 6:30am to 7:30am at the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. Call 9766015762/ 2451363.

‘Festival of Gold 2010’ organised

by MMTC will be held from December 1 to 7, at the Great Hall, Hotel Fidalgo, Panjim.

Daily kayaking expeditions organised by Goa Kayaking will be held from November 27 to 30. Call 9422056037, 2541715 A 1-day workshop on Packaging of Processed Foods for cottage, micro, small and medium Entrepreneurs will be held on November 26 at Vivanta by Taj, Panjim. It is being organised by The Indian Institute of Packaging.

The 3rd All India Annual Art Competition and Exhibition 2010, organised

by Bhikuram Jain Foundation, New Delhi is open for entries. Registration closes on November 30. The exhibition and the award presentation ceremony will be held on February 12, 2011. Call the Kala Academy, Panjim on 2420452.

‘Our Cultural Diversity’, a workshop for in service school teachers up to the age of 48 years, organised by the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi will be held from December 1 to 11.

The schools intending to de-

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HOROSCOPE pute their teacher can visit the Department of Art and Culture, Patto, Panjim. Call 2438103.

Solo Dance Competition for under-16 year olds, organised by Omkar Cultural Association, Colvale will be held on December 30 at Kala Academy. Registration is open. Entry forms are available at Tooty Fruity Ice Cream P a r l o u r, Vr i n d a v a n Chambers,Ground Floor, Near Ruchi Hotel, Panjim. Call 9673997188 or 9823306652.

Festival of Carols, organised by the Kala Academy will take place on December 19 at the Kala Academy, Panjim. Call 2420452.

‘The UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the context of Goa’ will be the topic at this Friday Balcao session. It is to be held on November 26 at the Goa Desc Resource Centre, No11 Liberty Apartments Feira Alta, Mapusa. It is open to the general public. E-mail to goadesc@gmail.com.

A display of Creative Craft Projects, organised by a Crafting personality Frenzie Gonsalves will be held on November 27 and 28 from 10am to 7pm at Hotel Paulino, Margao. Call 9850295442.

The IFFI Shopping and Food Festival ’10 will have various activities through all the participating shops on November 26 at Panjim and November 27 at Margao.

Baby Olympics will be held on November 28 at Fidalgo for mothers of babies.

The egg-drop challenge will be held sometime during the week.Call 9011931607.

You can be Free! a Deliverance and Healing retreat will be conducted by Br. Michael (Goa) AWAKE Ministries, at CARITAS hall, St. Inez, Panaji on 27 Nov from 10 am to 4 pm.and Healing Service on 28 Nov at Alva hotel, Merces from 9 am to 11 am. For details Contact 9922539838, 9823688825

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Your affinity with kids is heightened today, which could mean almost anything from free babysitting to reconsidering your career choice.

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Taurus A b i g p o w e r struggle is brewing in your group of friends.

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Aquarius Recent experiments are proving fruitless.

Take a break 21 Jan - 19 Feb and let things be for now.Your most important relationship gets a little weird today, but it should end up being good for all parties. See if you can take any news or big changes graciously, as that's key to your eventual success.

Reconsider a change in your diet that may be negatively af20 Feb - 20 Mar fecting your energy and attitude. You need to put your blinders on today -- metaphorically, unless your people are incredibly tolerant. Mind your own business and hope that others do the same, as drama leads nowhere good for now.

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weather and climate. New developments 23 Nov - 20 Dec could require altered travel plans. Take a risk today -- one you can afford, of course! It's a really good time for you to ask someone out or to see if your boss is willing to give you additional responsibilities (for additional pay, of course).

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HERALD CROSSWORD - 716 Across 1- Explosive weapon; 5- Prepare food; 9- Branches; 14- Bibliography abbr.; 15- Stringed instrument; 16- Grenoble's river; 17- Karate school; 18- To ___ (perfectly); 19- Water wheel; 20Undertow direction; 22- Cork; 24- Bread spread; 25- Commands; 26- Supernatural; 29Intrinsically; 31- Muse of lyric poetry; 32- Cushions; 33Bambi's aunt; 36- Charged particle; 37- Jitters; 40- Dupe; 41CD forerunners; 42- Seine feeder; 43- Erodes; 45- British buddy; 47- Plain-woven cotton cloth; 48- Young woman, Down Under; 51- Ditto; 52- Sully; 54Something nutritious; 58- Have ___ to pick; 59- Arthur Ashe's alma mater; 61- Switch ending; 62- North Amer- 55- Ashtabula's lake; 56- Uh-uh; 57- Chuck; 60Bashful; ican buffalo; 63- A pitcher may take one; 64Bites; 65- Simmers; 66- Indian nursemaid; 67Driving aids; SOLUTION - 715 Down 1- Places to sleep; 2- Plains native; 3- Goya subject; 4- Tire rupture; 5- Dry red table wine; 6Perform better than; 7- Suffix with Capri; 8- Retain; 9- Passenger ships; 10- Wagner heroine; 11- Blackbird; 12- Prickly plant; 13- Joins; 21Permit; 23- Stallion, e.g.; 26- Trompe l'___; 27Field yield; 28- Metal containers; 29- Like old friends; 30- Actress McClurg; 32- Ballet bend; 33- Morales of "NYPD Blue"; 34- Bust maker; 35- Lhasa ___; 38- Little bits; 39- Hindu religious teacher; 44- Rudimentary component; 45Small fish; 46- Foreigners; 47- Folding top of a carriage; 48- Attempts; 49- Nun wear; 50- Uneven; 51- Chip dip; 53- Hawaiian native dance;

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HERALD FEATURES oukadubi starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jissu Sengupta and sisters sharing screen space for the first time, Riya and Raima Sen. T h e f i l m i s b a s e d o n Ra bindranath Tagore’s classic, Naukadubi and is set in Bengal.

Directed by Rituparno Ghosh and produced by Subhash Ghai, Rabindranath Tagore’s classic is interpreted on screen. “This film is a tribute to a genius, Rabindranath Tagore, on celebration of his 150th birth anniversary. This film is for those who don’t know him and his works. Once a work becomes a classic, the younger generation interprets it. Every person has the right to interpret a classic unless you give credit. Time factor makes a work into a classic. Devdas was interpreted three times in Indian cinema. William Shakespeare who was a critical writer, his works are in every school textbook in the word,” said Subhash Ghai, producer of the film.

“When I saw the final film, I was happy as I was expecting Rituparno to do that. It was a Bengali film and I told him that it should be made in Hindi so

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that the audience is not deprived from watching this film and he said it is a Bengali film with Bengali fabrics, music and dialogues. The music will be made in Hindi, Gulzar is working on it. I asked Gulzar, who is well versed In Hindi and Bengali, to keep the same lyrics, same tones and Tagore’s music,” added Subhash. Rituparno Ghosh has won ten National awards.

“As a filmmaker every film is a life that we live. I had 14 blockbusters so I lived 14 times and 4 flops which means that I died four times. I had a sigh of relief when I saw the final product. I am glad to be a part of the film,” he said with a smile.

His journey from a commercial filmmaker to a producer and back and forth surely confused the audience, so what exactly is he trying to say? “I want the nation’s children to be thinkers. I want to give the audience food for thought. I want to tell the youth to stop wearing jeans. Don’t wear western faces or masks.”

The film was premiered on November 24 as the opening film of the India Premier section. The film will be theatrically released on January 23, 2011.

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Aidondla Aidu to offer a Bonanza of Five HERALD FEATURES ulti-lingual ad and film maker V K Prakash, theatre playwright Jayaprakash Kulur and producer Vachan Shetty were present at a press conference to speak of their Kannada feature film, Aidondla Aidu. The film is part of the Indian Panorama section and will be screened on November 1 at 6pm at the INOX. Based on five short stories written by Jayaprakash Kulur, the film will be presented as one. The director informs that the film’s stories all deal with basic human emotions aesthetically displayed through relationships. The title of the film literally translates to ‘five ones are five’ in Kannada.

“After reading these five stories which possessed so much content, I wanted to make a film on them,” said the director. Working with producer Vachan Shetty, this will be his first Kannada language film.

He has made films in Telugu, Malayam, Hindi and a short film in English. “Cinema souls do not have the barrier of language in its way. It should move beyond it,” he stressed, adding, “It should also go beyond stars and be genuine and sincere.”

“Nothing is on the stage or the theatre, it is all in your mind,” said the playwright Kulur in response to the question of success of the stories. The film was shot in 16 days, with two days for each story, informs the director.

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BY COLIN SAVIO COELHO ingfisher Village at IFFI has been the venue of this good times celebration of the last few days. The celebrations began on November 22 with some great entertainment and music.

Among the first to pay a brief visit to the venue was Chief Minister Digambar Kamat who was escorted in by the brass band, in reviving the nostalgic style of celebrating good times.

Thereafter it was entertainment unleashed on the Kingfisher Village at IFFI 2010. It all began with the new sensation from New Delhi EKA beginning proceedings. They enthralled the audience with the latest hits and their own composition ‘Nimbu Pani’. The energy levels hit an all-time high while EKA let loose a dazzling performance. Dr Martin and his troupe, Dance Illusions, kept the eyes glued to the stage with a mesmerising display of modern ballroom dancing. DJ Gabby ensured that the mood upbeat at all times.

DJ Diogo has also been actively involved in keeping the spirits on a high.

The other bands that performed at the venue include Tidal Wave

BY NOMRATHA FERNANDES HERALD FEATURES In an exclusive chat with Herald, when asked whether making ad films was a transitional experience towards making feature films, V K Prakash replied, “I still make ad films and I enjoy the experience as much as I love making feature films, so no, I didn’t begin making ad films to get into the film industry. In fact both complement each other and overlap at a certain point. With so much change in the industry these days, the learning cannot stop.”

He said that in order to make a good film, “the process of making the film should be enjoyable. This translates to the process of watching being enjoyable. Stars don’t make it all. There are no stars in my films, only performers.”

Aidondla Aidu is an interesting concept and when questioned about what propelled him to make the film, the director said, “The deep content of the five stories, content is what holds me and is what good cinema is all about. These stories have all been turned to plays that have featured on some of India’s best stages to packed audiences, repeats too. My love for theatre is another reason.”

Winding up with his take on the current status of Indian cinema, Prakash said, “Indian cinema is reviving itself. Good films are being produced from all the language film industries. Now what we have to look into is building a platform to understanding the wide spectrum of Indian cinema and simultaneously each other. That will improve the status of cinema in the country.”

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and Lynx. The dance troupe Floor Fillers and a solo dance performance by Natalie also ensured that the entertainment never stopped.

Bands that will be performing here are Status 4, Pure Magic, Crimson Tide, Headlines, Ventures and Soul Express. There will also be some scintillating dance performances by some of Goa’s best dance troupes.

Extreme Street Dance Battle

Flashing my Vicco smile: Mrinal Kulkarni

STARS WALKING DOWN THE RED CARPET

HERALD FEATURES treetdancing came to Goa with the first ever Street-battle held at the Fidalgo Square as a part of the ongoing GCCI IFFI Shopping and Food Festival 2010. The competition had about 20 particpants being judged by the Xtremers and Shane Mendes, a well known B-boy dancer.

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Goa is the right place for penning my script: Rajkumar Hirani with Neena Gupta from NFDC

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Gruelling time while judging:Shane Mendes and group

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Le Rayon Vert (The Green Ray) Cast: Marie Rivière, Amira Chemakhi, Sylvie Richez Director: Eric Rohmer Language: French Country: France ore than any other of Eric Rohmer’s films, The Green Ray is built around the characters of the actors, and nonactors, involved, and the dialogue is entirely improvised. This is largely thanks to the lead actress, Marie Riviere (a Rohmer regular), described as “script collaborator” in the credits. The credits show that nearly every character (but not that played by Riviere herself) bears the same Christian name as the actor. It appears, indeed, that most of the other actors were simply friends or family of the director and his lead actress, including Riviere’s two sisters, brother-in-law, and niece, who in effect play themselves.

The story is simple. Delphine (Marie Riviere) is a Paris secretary who has been let down in her holiday plans. Desperate to find someone to go on holiday with, she is persuaded to visit first Cherbourg, then the French Alps, from both of which she returns almost immediately. We increasingly see that she is highly neurotic, cannot fit in, and seems to like nothing more than lone country walks; she is searching for her heart’s desire without knowing who or what it is, and refuses to settle for second-best. She ends up in Biarritz where she hears about the rare atmospheric phenomenon known as the “green ray” (a flash of green on the setting sun), about which Jules Verne wrote a story. Meeting a young man called Jacques at the station after her inevitable decision to return home early, they go to the beach at sunset and glimpse the green ray. This is Delphine’s epiphany, she is filled with joy, the film ends, and we are left to wonder what will become of her and Jacques.

Improvised dialogue and acting, especially by non-actors, can be embarrassing; some of Rossellini’s great neo-realist films are occasionally marred by this. But here it is wondrous to behold.

A beautifully made film with realistic performances and well-shot scenes, the final one being immensely moving, The Green Ray is a must watch.

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Make a film for yourself: Raju Hirani

BY VIBHA VERMA HERALD ajkumar (Raju) Hirani, known to experiment with story ideas, says that films should be made for ‘yourself ’ as no one can judge you better than yourself.

The renowned filmmaker is in Goa to participate in the on-going International Film Festival of India and was speaking on the concluding day of the Film Bazaar.

“Make a film for yourself because you are the audience… you should know what makes you laugh and cry. Even if the film crashes at the box office, you will be satisfied for being honest to your subject,” he said to an attendance of nearly 100 filmmakers, delegates, and other members of the festival.

Suggesting few tips on screenplay writing, he said that a film scene should be scripted in a way that evokes emotion. “I always believe that if writing does not evoke any kind of emotion, one should not go ahead… LSD – Laugh, Cry or Romantic feelings should be felt,” said the filmmaker.

He also said that any story idea should not be discarded as the same may be used for another film project. Hirani cited instances from his past movies like the beardshaving scene of Viru Sahastrabudhhe (Virus) played by Boman Irani in 3 Idiots was actually designed for Lage Rahe Munna Bhai (LRMB). So also, the climax scene of 3 Idiots wherein Virus’ older daughter delivers her baby using engineering skills was actually scripted for Munna Bhai MBBS. The national award winning director cum screenplay writer said that he pours his thoughts in a ‘thought folder’ on his computer. He suggested that one should narrate his story to trustworthy non-film people so as to gather their views that would enhance the script. He also added that if a script is good the sequels work. “There is still contention among many that sequels don’t work as earlier times but now it

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does. The formula for a good script is ‘don’t follow formula’,” he smiled. He said that it took six months to work out the LRMB story idea but he was still not satisfied. “It started with the idea that we wanted to do something on Gandhi and I realised that Gandhi bashing has become a fashion…then another concept came to mind that in 1947-48 a boy was badly smacked on his head that he went into coma for 50 years and when he came to consciousness he only hallucinated about Gandhi,” he recalled.

The story was clubbed with many other ideas after which a complete story was made and even then more story ideas were still pouring in. He thought to bring a gangster to hallucinate about non-violent practitioner – Mahatma Gandhi.

Other scences from the same movie, on marriage wherein the girl judges the boy through his behaviour in a restaurant, a pensioner’s tactics not to bog down to bribe a clerk and resorting to stripping himself to get his pension right, cleaning the ‘pann’ mess, and other story ideas have been worked out over a period of deep and long process thinking, he said.

Coming to 3 Idiots wherein an IITian hangs himself to death for not completing his project was also made after merging two real instances – student committing suicide for failing in studies/project and a chopper running on remote made by IIT students fitted with camera.

Anger drives me to write films: Fatih Akin

BY DOLCY D’CRUZ HERALD FEATURES atih is known for his films like Headon, The Edge of Heaven and the most recent comedy, Soul Kitchen which was screened on November 25 at the 41st International Film Festival of India. A person who is very much rooted in his traditions, he spoke to the audience about his immigrant experience, his anger that makes him make films and his way of dealing with current issues. “I once travelled back to Turkey with my parents and was kept with my grandmother for a day. I didn’t know the language and she didn’t know what I was talking. I asked her what the German word for potato was and she didn’t know what I was asking. She kept giving me things to eat, brought toys but I wouldn’t stop crying till my eyes became like potatoes,” he said, evoking smiles in the audience.

Akın’s love for western films has been there from the very beginning. “When we were kids, my brother and I would watch movies together. He loved horror films which I didn’t like and I would be awake the whole night with fear. Then my father bought a VHS player on which we would record western films. From that time, I have loved movies. We watched films like ET and Star Wars but I was not into those kind of movies.”

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Akın made his debut as director in 1998 with Short Sharp Shock, which won the Bronze Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland and the Pierrot, the Bavarian Film Award for Best New Director in Munich.

Confessing to be in love with his classmate for seven years, he wrote a 500 page novel on her and then made Head-on, a film on her. “There was nothing much in the novel, just ‘I love you, I love you’, but that film was based on another issue.

The same girl approached me after completing school and had said please marry me because I want to move out of the house. She came to me not because she loved me and this made me even more angry, an emotion I needed to write films.

If you win too many awards, you lose your anger and once you lose that anger you get constrained,” he explained.

Speaking on social issues he said, “Listening is the problem of the world, America is not listening to the Middle East, the Middle East is not listening to women, women are not listening to men.”

Anurag Kashyap, who hosted the interactive programme, however was not impressed with the arrangements of IFFI. “These are randomly picked films which were shown in the past five years. Films should be selected carefully. These were the ones which were shown all over the world for film festivals and now they are shown again for this festival. Even feature films that have already been viewed were added to the festival. This festival showed films which were shown last year but what about the ones that will release next year, where are those films? Where are the regional films?”

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A Kiss could trigger Allergic Reaction

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he next time you plan to kiss your beloved, give it a second thought. The kiss can trigger an allergic reaction in your partner, a study says. “If you have food allergies, then having an allergic reaction immediately after kissing someone who has eaten the food or taken oral medication that you are allergic to isn’t highly unusual,” said Sami Bahna, president of American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).

“But some patients react after their partner has brushed his or her teeth or several hours after eating. It turns out that their partners’ saliva is excreting the allergen hours after the food or medicine has been absorbed by their body,” Bahna said.

Most kissing allergies are found in people who have food or medication allergies.

Symptoms include swelling of the lips or throat, rashes, hives, itching and wheezing, according to an ACAAI statement.

Food allergies affect about two to three percent of adults and five to seven percent of children in the US, or more than seven million people, according to the statement.

In his presentation, Bahna discussed the case of a 30-year-old male doctor with a peanut allergy, who had recurrent anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction.

The patient developed lip swelling and itching in his mouth when his girlfriend kissed him. She had eaten peanuts two hours earlier, brushed her teeth, rinsed her mouth and chewed gum prior to seeing him.

When things turn more intimate, allergies can be even more harmful. Some people develop hives or wheezing from the natural chemicals released by their body by the emotional excitement or physical exertion during intercourse.

Pregnant Mums’ Oral Care Important to Baby Too

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new study has said that a pregnant woman’s oral health can have a significant impact on the baby’s health too.

Pregnant women can experience gingivitis, pregnancy tumours, and mild to severe gingival enlargement.

“Although bleeding and inflammation of the gums has been noted in all trimesters of pregnancy, it typically disappears three to six months after delivery, provided that proper oral hygiene measures are implemented,” said Crystal L McIntosh.

Pregnancy tumours, which are not cancerous, appear as a growth in the mouth and usually disappear after the child is born. They typically are painless and purple or red in colour, but they can exhibit spontaneous bleeding.

“Pregnancy gingivitis and gingival enlargement are thought to be the result of a heightened response to bacteria in the mouth,” said Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) spokesperson Robert Roesch.

“That’s why it is extremely important to educate and motivate patients to maintain good oral hygiene during pregnancy,” he added.

Pregnant women should maintain their regular, semi-annual checkups and consult a dentist if they notice any changes in their oral health.

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esearchers at Purdue and the University of Manitoba in Canada have developed a software that enables people to use large visual displays and touch screens interactively over the Internet for business and homeland security applications.

“These displays are like large iPhones, and because they are large they invite collaboration. So we created a software framework that allows more than one display to connect and share the same space over the Internet,” said Niklas Elmqvist at Purdue University.

Named Hugin, the software allows users to pan and zoom using finger-touch commands.

“Hugin was designed for touch screens but can be used with any visual display and input device, such as a mouse and keyboard,” he said.

The researchers tested the software on 12 users in three groups of four on Purdue’s main campus in West Lafayette, Ind., and at the University of Manitoba in Canada.

Software allows Interactive Tabletop Displays on Web The collaborative capability would aid professionals such as defense and stock market analysts and authorities managing emergency response to disasters.

“This system could be run in a command centre where you have people who have access to a tabletop. In future iterations it might allow integration of mobile devices connected to the tabletop so emergency responders can see on their small device whatever the people in the command center want them to see,” Elmqvist said.

Participants have their own “territorial workspaces,” where they may keep certain items hidden for privacy and practical purposes.

“Other people will be able to use it as a platform to build their own thing on top of. They will be able to download and contribute to it, customise it, add new visualizations,” he said.

(Trends Courtesy: Agencies)

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