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Huge deposits invade Colva-Sernabatim stretch HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 30

Coming events cast their shadows before.

— Campbell

IN BRIEF Pak releases 100 Indian fishermen Pakistan on Monday released 100 Indians, the first batch from the 442 Indian fishermen languishing in a jail in Karachi, after rights activists fought a legal battle in the Supreme Court against their unlawful detention. The first batch of 442 Indian fishermen to be freed from Pakistani prisons was released from Malir Jail in the southern port city of Karachi today, rights activists said. – (PTI)

Rajdhani engine derails near Kolkata Passengers of the Howrahbound Rajdhani Express escaped unhurt on Monday when the engine derailed at a station in Hooghly district with the Railways claiming it could be sabotage and state DGP (Railways) saying it was not. The New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express was at a slow speed while it was passing through a platform of the Baruipara station, when two front wheels of the engine jumped the tracks, Eastern Railway CPRO Samir Goswami told. – (PTI)

Part of Charminar minarets falls Charminar, the iconic 400year-old monument, became a casualty in the heavy rains that lashed Hyderabad city when a small portion of one of its four minarets fell off from the historic structure.

The incident occurred on Sunday night.– (PTI)

GBEA to join nationwide stir on Sept 7 HERALD REPORTER VASCO, AUG 30

The Goa Bank Employees’ Association (GBEA) will join the nationwide strike called by different Central trade unions on September 7.

According to a press statement issued by GBEA General Secretary A M Pereira, trade unions – INTUC, HMS, AITUC, CITU, AIUTUC, UTUC, TUCC and AICCTU have jointly given a strike call over issues like alarming price rise, huge job losses, large-scale disinvestment in public sector, rampant violation of labour laws and lack of adequate protection to unorganised workers.

The trade unions, mostly from oil, coal, steel, transport, defense, telecommunication, postal service, banks, insurance, electricity, etc, have decided to join the strike, while private sector trade unions too will join the strike, besides agriculture and plantation sector workers will participate in the strike.

In the banking sector, the All India Bank Employees’ Association has given the call for strike.

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An oil spill scare hit Salcete’s coastal belt on Monday evening as huge deposits of oil substance invaded the Colva-Sernabatim stretch of the coastline, posing nuisance to visitors and tourists alike.

Tar balls were also seen in small amounts at Baina, Velsao, Arrosim and Calangute shores on Monday.

Locals informed that the oily substance was washed ashore around noon, with the beach stretch playing host to a thick black layer of the oily substance.

The Sernabatim stretch of the coastline was the worst hit, with huge deposits of the oily substance resting on the sandy beach.

Till Monday evening, there was no sign of any official from any government agency or the local panchayat body making their presence felt at the beach.

The absence of any official and the repeated presence of tar balls on the beach have irked local activists who have demanded the intervention of the government to stop the menace.

“It is high time the government takes up with the concerned agencies to ensure that ships stop discharging oil in the high seas”, remarked social activist, Judith Almeida.

She said that erring ships cannot be allowed to pollute the environment and damage the ecology, saying that it’s high time that the State government takes up the case with the concerned agencies. “The Tourism Minister should take this matter

Salgaonkar Mining gets govt nod to remove Princess HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

Oil substance which has appeared on the Sernabatim beach on Tuesday.

very seriously. Few days ago, Calangute beach bore the brunt of the tar balls. If this phenomenon goes unchecked, it will leave the ecosystem disturbed”, Almeida said.

That visitors were caught up with the tar balls was evident from the fact that the oily substance found its way right on the culverts over the creek.

A local resident Rosario said many tourists and visitors began withdrawing from the beach after the oily substance was washed ashore since 2 pm.

VASCO REPORTER ADDS: According to Drishti Special Response Service lifeguards, small amounts of oily substance like tar balls appeared on Baina, Arossim and Velsao beaches on Monday at about 4.30 pm.

The oily substance gradually

surfaced on the beach, but the amount is very less comparatively to the beaches at Colva, Betalbatim and Benaulim.

Though Bogmalo Beach has not witnessed tar balls as of now, but in April, the entire stretch of beach turned dark due to the appearance of tar balls on the beach.

Presence of tar balls might not raise an alarm in the tourism department as the beaches have been closed for swimming in the wake of monsoon. The ban would be lifted probably in the first week of October, depending on the sea condition.

CALANGUTE CORRESPONDENT ADDS: Tar balls were seen on Candolim shores in close vicinity of the stranded ‘River Princess’ on Monday afternoon.

Photo by Sidharth Mehta

According to sources, the tar balls were seen in large numbers on the Candolim shores as the area looked untidy.

Dhristi personnel confirmed that tar balls were seen in the area, but failed to provide any further details.

It may be recalled that tar balls were sighted at many beaches in the State barely three months ago.

On May 20, tar balls were found along the Nuem beach at Khola-Canacona. Four days later, small tar balls appeared over a long stretch at the Candolim beach, near the site of the grounded ‘River Princess’.

On May 27, tar balls mixed with an oily residue appeared over a 500-metre stretch of southern side of Agonda beach.

Neither M/s Titan Salvage nor M/s Madgaonkar Salvage but M/s Salgaonkar Mining Industries Pvt Ltd, (SMIPL) gets the first preference to remove the grounded M V River Princess off Candolim beach.

The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) headed by the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Monday decided to give first chance to SMIPL to remove the vessel even as earlier it had almost finalised on Singaporean company, M/s Titan Salvage which had offered to remove the vessel by breaking it into pieces within a period of six months at a tender cost of Rs 125 crore.

Last week, the Advisory Committee after considering opinions of legal advisors in-principle had decided that Titan Salvage would be the best option to remove the River Princess.

But the decision of the SDMA tilted in favour of SMIPL as it has offered to remove the vessel free of cost. The High Court will be appraised of the development on Tuesday when it takes up for hearing a PIL of River Princess Hatao Manch (RPHM).

Speaking to Herald Calangute MLA, Agnelo Fernandes immediately after the meeting, said in view of conflicting legal opinions about tendering process and Salgaonkar’s offer to remove the vessel for free, it was decided that SMIPL be given a first preference.

However, the government will also negotiate with the two bidders M/s Titan Salvage and M/s

Madgaonkar Salvage, which were finalised from the twelve bids that the Tourism Department had received in response to its tender in March this year.

M/s SMIPL bid was rejected for not being in consonance with the tender conditions.

In its application before High Court, M/s SMIPL had also made its intension clear that it is willing to remove the vessel for free.

It must be recalled that M/s SMIPL had also released advertisements in the newspapers making allegations against the government saying the government had favoured certain parties in the tendering process.

While the government has decided to consider SMIPL for removing the vessel – it will also negotiate with other two bidders and the meeting has been called on Wednesday.

The government wants to keep other options ready in the event the proposal of SMIPL does not materialise, said Fernandes.

Bad news for Portuguese passport holders HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 30

Are you a Portuguese passport holder, but your name continues to be enrolled on the electoral rolls, hold on.

You now run the risk of losing your voting right or losing membership of any elected body, if any, as the Foreigners Branch has submitted a detailed list of Goan Portuguese passport holders for action under the laws in force.

In fact, around 1000-odd Goans, who have obtained Portuguese passports during the last three years face the risk of deletion of their names from the electoral rolls.

Based on the report from the Superintendent of Police, For-

Records reveal that of the 312 Goans who obtained Portuguese Passport in 2008, 432 in 2009 and 433 so far this year, majority hail from Tiswadi taluka, comprising the villages of Agassaim, Goa Velha, Merces, Santa Cruz, Taleigao. eigners Branch, Tony Fernandes, the office of the Chief Electoral Office has forwarded copies of the list to the Assistant Electoral Officers across Goa for verification and action.

Records revealed that around 312 Goans had obtained Portuguese Passport in the year 2008. The number swelled to 432 in the following year and around 433 locals acquired the passport so far this year.

ICC puts 82 Tests, ODIs under scanner PTI LONDON, AUG 30

Suspecting widespread corruption in Pakistan matches for last two and half years, ICC will investigate 82 Tests and ODI matches for possible match-fixing after more skeletons tumbled out following the ‘spot-fixing’ scandal in the fourth Test at Lord’s, according to a report.

A report in the ‘Daily Telegraph’ said that International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit will work with London Metropolitan Police which will investigate into the past business dealings of the fixer of Asian origin, Mazhar Majeed.

In a tabloid newspaper sting, Majeed had claimed that he had been running a racket with seven players for “about two and a half years” and added that “we’ve made masses and masses of money”.

“Majeed, who presents himself as a property tycoon and football club owner, has left thousands of pounds in unpaid bills and a string of companies that have closed in his wake,” the ‘Daily Telegraph’ report said.

Faisal Hameed, a former business partner of Majeed, was quoted as saying by the newspaper report that three years ago their Croydon-based company Bluesky Developments, which sponsored some of the Pakistan players, was dissolved after it began losing money due

In a tabloid sting, Majeed claims he had been running a racket with seven players for “about two and a half years” and added that “we’ve made masses and masses of money”. to the financial crisis.

“The accounts of Bluesky, and Croydon Athletic football club, a non-league team owned by him, will be studied by detectives. We will follow the money trail and see where that leads us,” it said.

The inquiry will be led by the Specialist and Economic Crime Department – which has also investigated MPs suspected of expenses fraud.

The report also quoted unnamed sources as saying that the passports of the Pakistani cricketers under investigation could be seized and that up to seven players could be questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud.

The rest of the squad could also be interviewed as potential witnesses, the report said.

A perusal of the names revealed that most of the Portuguese passport holders hail from Tiswadi taluka, comprising the villages of Agassaim, Goa Velha, Merces, Santa Cruz, Taleigao etc.

Though the Portuguese Passport holders hail from across the State, including villages of pre-dominantly Catholic Salcete, an overwhelming majority of the holders are from Tiswadi.

“We are in receipt of the names of Goans from the Foreigners Branch who have obtained Portuguese passports.

The names will be verified before initiating action under the Electors Rules”, informed Assistant Electoral Officer, Margao Paresh Faldessai.

The AEO said that the Booth Level Officers (BLO’s) will be entrusted with the task of verifying each and every name of the passport holder before they are struck down from the electoral rolls.

In fact, the election branch of the AEO, Margao has started the process of verification of the names based on records submitted by the Foreigners branch.

Photo by Rozario Estibeiro With Ganesh festival fast approaching, Ganesh idols are on sale at a shop in Panjim.

DTC introduced in LS with marginal benefits PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 30

Diluting some of the promises, government on Monday introduced in the Lok Sabha the longawaited Direct Taxes Code Bill seeking to increase exemption threshold for income tax payers and reduce corporate taxes while removing the preferential treatment for women.

The 319-clause bill, tabled by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, seeks to replace the five-decade old Income Tax Act, 1961, and will come into effect from April 1, 2012, one year later than promised earlier, if passed by Parliament.

Under the Code, the income tax exemption threshold will go up from Rs 1.6 lakh per annum to Rs 2 lakh, while the corporate tax rate will come down from

Tax savings under proposed DTC Bill Income Taxpayer (Below 65) Sr Citizens ` 5 lakh ` 22,600 ` 14,420 Old Slab ` 15,000 ` 10,000 New Slab ` 7,660 ` 4,420 Saving ` 10 lakh ` 1,21,540 ` 1,13,300 Old Slab ` 1,00,000 ` 95,000 New Slab ` 21,540 ` 18,300 Saving ` 15 lakh ` 2,76,040 ` 2,67,800 Old Slab ` 2,35,000 ` 2,30,000 New Slab ` 41,040 ` 37,800 Saving 33.2 per cent to a flat 30 per cent.

Income from Rs 2-5 lakh is proposed to be taxed at 10 per

cent; Rs 5-10 lakh at 20 per cent and 30 per cent thereafter.

Though senior citizens, persons above 65 years, will get addi-

tional benefit, women tax payers will not be accorded special treatment available to them in the IT Act. The new tax slabs will help save up to Rs 41,040 for people earning more than Rs 10 lakh a year and Rs 7,660 for income up to Rs 5 lakh.

The tax exemption on savings and as also payment of interest up to Rs 1.5 lakh on housing loan have been retained in the proposed Bill along with the EEE (exempt-exempt-exempt) mode of taxation for insurance and pension funds.

The moderation of taxes together with concessions are estimated to result in a revenue loss of Rs 53,172 crore in 201213 if the present rates were to be applied. The gross tax revenue from direct taxes will come

down from an estimated Rs 5.80 lakh crore to Rs 5.27 lakh crore under the proposed code.

The Bill, which will also replace the Wealth Tax Act besides the IT Act, has been referred to a Parliamentary Committee for scrutiny and suggestions.

The new code will have 319 sections and 22 schedules as against 298 sections and 14 schedules of the existing IT Act. As per the DTC Bill, the exemption limit for senior citizens, is proposed to be raised marginally to Rs 2.5 lakh from Rs 2.40 lakh now.

Currently, income from Rs 1.65 lakh attracts 10 per cent tax; from Rs 5-8 lakh, 20 per cent and beyond Rs 8 lakh, 30 per cent.

The proposed tax slabs are (Continued on page 10)

Municipal polls go the EVMs way HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

Municipal elections for eleven municipalities which are due in October will be held through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

This will be the first time municipal elections will be conducted through EVMs in the State and notification amending requisite Rule of the Municipalities Act will be released shortly, a government official said.

The State Government had

though amended the Municipalities Act during Monsoon Session of the Assembly to have municipal elections through EVM instead of ballot paper, one of the Rules was not corrected when amendment was effected

last month.

Notification adding requisite clause to facilitate elections through EVM will be released shortly and before the election notification announcing date for municipal election is out, adds a government official.

To have elections through EVMs – State Election Commission (SEC) should have 25 per cent of the total requirement of EVMs. It has about 4000 EVMs and necessarily more will be borrowed from Election

Commission, said sources in the SEC. Every year, the SEC adds about 200 EVMs to its stock.

Of the fourteen municipal councils – Ponda Municipal Council (PMC), Sanquelim Municipal Council (SMC) and Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) are not going for elections this time as they are to complete their mandated tenure. The CCP will go for elections in the March next year when its term ends.

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Chief electrical engineer gets HC notice HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

Bombay High Court at Goa on Friday issued show-cause notice to Chief Electrical Engineer Nirmal Braganza in connection with the contempt petition filed by 13 individuals.

Justice A P Lavande issued the notice to show cause as to why contempt proceeding should not be initiated against him, returnable on September 22, 2010.

Kashinath Shetye and twelve others have filed a contempt petition vis-à-vis reappointments of P V Kadnekar as special secretary, law and R A Ghali as electricity inspector, who were appointed in the month of May and July, respectively.

The petitioners have pointed out that the order of extension of reappointment while this court was seized of the matter constitutes contravention of the orders of the High Court and of the Supreme Court.

They have said that extending

reappointment of Ghali constitutes a fraud played by the government when already a contempt petition of similar nature was pending.

The petitioner in 2009 had challenged the practice of the government of reappointing retired officials on contract or extension basis.

The High Court on December 1, 2009 had granted the leave to the government partially for a period of five months in which time the government was to frame recruitment rules and make appointments in terms thereof.

The court had also made it clear that no further extension was to be given.

The petitioners pointed out that till date recruitment rules for the post of electricity inspector are not been framed.

Moreover, Kadnekar and Ghali have been reappointed without following the constitutional scheme as spelt out by the Supreme Court.

Uccasaim, Paliem to elect sarpanchs HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, AUG 30

Elections to the posts of sarpanch and deputy sarpanch of Uccasaim, Paliem and Punola Panchayats will be held in the panchayat premises on September 3 at 10 am.

It may be recalled that the post of sarpanch had fallen vacant, after s a r p a n c h D e e p a l i Ku d nekar was voted out of power in a no-confidence motion, which was passed against her on July 30.

The motion was moved by five panchas Nitesh Gadekar, Manisha Mayekar, Eliza D’Souza, Cosme Martins and Prakash Bandekar.

Later, deputy sarpanch Prakash Bandekar resigned from the post.

Since both the posts had fallen vacant, Bardez Block Development Officer appointed Block Development Office Extension Officer Gurudas Bandekar as the administrator of the panchayat.

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Goa will have to wait bit longer for Kashmiri apples HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

Goans may have to wait for few more months to taste the delicious apples, which the Goa State Horticulture Corporation was to exclusively import from the scenic valley of Kashmir.

Thanks to the social unrest in the extraordinarily beautiful valley that has played a spoilsport.

GSHC Chairman Sankalp Amonkar admits that the violence in the valley has stalled their venture, but he is determined to resume the project in the coming months.

“Yes, this is one of the reasons why we have (delayed) the import…We have other markets at Himachal Pradesh but as far as quality is concerned, Kashmir beats all other state apples. We wish to import Kashmiri apples

by November or December depending on the situation there,” the chairman replied to a question on the delay.

Had not the valley faced such crisis, the Corporation would have sourced Kashmiri apples and sold them through its outlets by now.

Kashmiri apples -- known for their sweetness, nutrition and colour -- have already forayed into the Indian market. The mouth-watering apples magnetized Goa, as well and, in 2009 GSHC imported two truck loads of the ‘delicious red’ and ‘golden’ apples from the cold

region.

While, one load was successfully sold out through its 250 outlets across Goa, the second load suffered Goa’s humid climate bearing a loss of Rs 66,000 of the total 1.80-lakh the Corporation spent on the import.

The non-availability of a proper cold-storage is also hindering GSHC from importing not just apples but other fruits, as well. Nonetheless, Amonkar asserted that the cold-storage located at Panjim market would be functional in a month.

Meanwhile, the Corporation has already roped in about 12 apple growers from Kashmir, with whom the team officials deliberated during their last visit to Kashmir.

Now since the GSHC has intended a full-fledged import, after a partially successful trial,

it will initially import three to four tones of Kashmiri apples per day. Depending on the demand among locals, the Chairman said, they will mount the import to about hundred tones, which will be sold at subsidized rates at all their outlets.

At the same time, GSHC has also planned importing fruits such as bananas, oranges, sweet lime and other seasonal fruits from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

“We are waiting for the cold storage to become fully functional and equipped so that we can store the imported fruits for days together even as maintaining its freshness,” he said.

Interestingly, the Corporation has decided to introduce separate outlets to exclusively sell these fruits.

Anjuna police outline security Peacock meat seized measures at temples, churches HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, AUG 30

Anjuna Police led by Police Inspector Manjunath Dessai outlined preventive measures to be taken at the temples and churches in its jurisdiction covering areas like Nagoa-Arpora, Anjuna-Caisua and Siolim at the interactive meet at Anjuna.

The meeting of the committee members of the temples and churches, which was convened

by PI Dessai, guided and suggested the committee members to go for illumination of the structures to curb thefts at nights.

PI Dessai also suggested installation of CCTVs, if viable, at the temples to avoid thefts.

Other measures suggested by PI Dessai included security guards at the religious premises, emptying donation boxes on regular intervals and good and strong safes. He also suggested having a temple plan in place, particularly the entry and exit points, etc.

Addressing committee members, PI Dessai informed that the person arrested in connection with thefts and burglary of temples had the entire map of religious structures in the State and have been visiting the places on regular intervals, perhaps to finalise their plans.

“The Police department is not averse to paying any volunteer, who comes forward for doing the security guard duty on daily basis,” PI Dessai told the gathering and asked the villagers to maintain alertness during early hours of morning between 2.30 am and 3.30 am, as most of the thefts and robberies have taken place during this period.

“Though we try our best to patrol religious places during that period, it becomes extremely difficult to be at every place,” said PI Dessai.

Welcoming the initiative of Anjuna Police, one of the committee members suggested to the Police Inspector to have pho-

tos of the wanted persons in connection with thefts at temples, etc, displayed on the board outside the temple premises.

Another committee member suggested that the government should take initiative for installation of CCTVs at the temple premises rather than paying a security guard on daily basis.

Another suggestion put forward by the members included the begging menace at the temple premises.

PI Dessai asked the committee members not to allow beggars at the temple premises. He also asked the committee members to have a note book in place outside the premises so that they can keep a check on patrolling at nights.

Earlier, Anjuna Police personnel Keshav Naik welcomed the gathering, while PI Dessai thanked the villagers and committee members for their cooperation and assembling at the place despite a short notice.

Peacock meat seized from a resident of Nuvem has been sealed by the forest department.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 30

In a raid, officials of the Forest department on Monday seized two kilograms of Peacock meat and arrested a resident of Nuvem this evening.

Deputy Conser vator of Forests, Shambu told newsmen that the department arrested 68-year-old Rudolf Fernandes, a resident of Murda-Grande, Nuvem based on a complaint for allegedly killing the Peacock, the National Bird of India.

“The forest department has

gathered enough evidence and accordingly meat weighing two kilograms was seized. The accused was arrested and brought to the Forest department office, Aquem for further investigations”, he said.

Replying to a question, Shambu said that killing of a Peacock is violation of Schedule One of the Wildlife Protectoni Act, adding that necessary punishment will be imposed on the accused after completing the necessary inquiry.

Further investigations are on.

Oil companies urge MMC not close down pumps HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 30

Cesar Menezes, Chairman and Managing Director of Wallace Pharmaceuticals, welcomes the CME programme gathering, while Dr Wiseman Pinto (sitting first from left) and the three speakers, Dr Anita Borges, Dr Sanjay Oak and Dr Luzito De Souza, look on.

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

The Cosme Matias Menezes Group that completed 100 years recently brought three of India’s top doctors working in the field of cancer on a common platform at a continuing medical education programme at a city hotel to explain the latest trends in the diagnosis and management of the feared disease.

Consultant oncopathologist Asian Institute of Oncology, SRL Group and former head of surgical pathology Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Dr Anita Borges, spoke on ‘Predictive Oncology and the Augury of Surgical Pathology’.

Dr Anita, who is the daughter of well-known cancer surgeon late Dr Ernest Borges, observed tissue pathology was directly involved in clinical decision making. The information in a pathology report gives the diagnosis, stage, prognosis, prediction and effectiveness of the treatment response, she said.

Dr Borges, who is originally from Goa, also spoke about targeted therapy, molecular targets, prediction of toxicity and personalised medicine. She highlighted the role of targeted therapy in breast cancer, chronic myeloid leukemia, gastro-intestinal stromal tumors, lung cancer, colon cancer and brain tumours.

Another well-known figure of Goan origin in the treatment of cancer, Dr Luzito De Souza, spoke on ‘Lessons learnt in the practice of surgical oncology’.

He advised doctors to examine patients diligently while at the same time be sensitive to pain.

“Examine a patient from top to bottom, diagnose with skill, investigate judiciously, take a second opinion when required, communicate effectively, treat effectively and follow-up,” he mentioned.

Dr De Souza, who is consultant oncosurgeon and former head of surgery department, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, also spoke about palliation

in cancer patients, palliation with compassion and competence to take care of the body, mind and soul.

Dr Sanjay Oak, Director and Dean Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, spoke about the history and evolution of medicine. Though he didn’t elaborate on cancer he went on to speak on the ancient code of laws at length giving an insight into medical practice of different places in the world.

The scientific session was chaired by Dr R G Wiseman Pinto, professor and head of pathology department Goa Medical College. Cesar Menezes, Chairman and Managing Director of Wallace Pharmaceuticals, welcomed the gathering and Rashmi Menezes, Director Sales and Marketing of Wallace Pharma, gave a brief report of the company.

Dr Divya Menezes proposed a vote of thanks. The speakers paid glowing tributes to the CMM Group.

Oil companies which allegedly owe huge arrears running into lakhs of rupees to the Margao Municipality by way of rent has asked the civic body not to use coercive action, including closure of the petrol pumps, warning that the Municipality will be solely responsible for any law and order problem arising out of any action.

The Territory Manager of Bharat Petroleum also called for the intervention of the South Goa district Collector, be-

sides the Director of Food and Civil supplies on the issue.

Incidentally, for the first time, Bharat Petroleum asked the civic body to grant a month’s time to deposit the rent, including arrears, saying the company is in the process of obtaining approval of higher authorities for deposit of rent.

Requesting MMC Chief Officer Y B Tawde to grant one month’s time to deposit the rent, the BP Territory Manager further requested the civic body not to proceed with any coercive action, including closure of petrol pumps as threatened

Environmentalists in Goa have appealed to the people to opt for eco-friendly methods to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi this year.

Charting out various ways that can help you have pollution-free Chovoth (Ganesh Chaturthi), the environmentalists feel that changing social ethos are increasingly casting its shadow over the celebration making it inimical to environment.

Renowned environmentalist and wildlife expert Rajendra Kerkar feels that intense modernization has dragged us away from the conventional practices for Chovoth.

Clay Idols being rapidly replaced with plaster of Paris idols is an example of how conventional methods for celebrating the festival are shrinking, Kerkar said.

“Same is with the natural colours which were earlier used to make Ganesh Idol, now the artificial non environment friendly colours are donning the scene,” he added.

“No one is concerned about environment. Everyone is busy making merry,” he rued.

Chovoth, Goa’s most favourite festival celebrating birth of elephant-headed God will be celebrated on September 11. The five day long festival will have entire Goa

rapped in festivities.

Kerkar, himself living in Keri village, said that the villagers too have not lost real sense of Chovoth, which was always eco friendly.

In Keri, there are hardly two to three families which celebrate Chovoth in a traditional and eco-friendly way. “They use idol made up of clay coloured with natural dyes,” he said.

Kerkar suggested that people should go for Idols made of unbaked natural

body is only demanding payment of rent amounting to Rs 34.83 lakh.

He said the civic body has sent a demand notice on Bharat Petroleum to pay rent to the tune of Rs 21,93,809 and on Hindustan petroleum for payment of rent amounting to Rs 12,89,665. “This is the total arrears of rent upto October 31, 2009. The Council has also written to the District Collector to take necessary steps for shifting of the petrol pumps since the Council has not issued NOC to the oil companies to set up the pumps,” Coutinho asserted.

Panjim police pledge Panchwadi villagers complain adequate security against building mining road HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

Panjim town police have assured that all necessary measures will be taken to provide security and have urged concerned members to cooperate with the police for the forthcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival.

The police team organized a meeting with temple committee members and those who will be holding ‘sarvajanik’ Ganapati utsav to maintain strict vigilance and follow security rules.

“The members are asked to

install CCTV cameras at the festival venue, mandatory illumination in and around the festival venue and appoint volunteers who would patrol the venue,” said an officer.

TO avoid any traffic congestion, the police have suggested parking vehicles away from the venue, which will also help in terms of security. “We have also asked to keep a vigil over suspicious people and things around the place. We have asked them to keep only one entry point …” the officer further said.

Greens call for celebrating eco-friendly Ganesh SHWETA KAMAT PANJIM, AUG 30

in the municipal notice dated July 26.

“In spite of our request, if you unilaterally close down the outlets, there would be disruption of supply of petroleum products in Margao. Being under essential commodities, the public would be inconvenienced, which might lead to law and order problem in Margao. The onus of this will then solely lie with the Margao Municipal Council,” warned the territory manager.

MMC Chairperson Savio Coutinho, however, said that there cannot be any law and order problem when the civic

clay, natural fibre, or even recycled paper.

“Ensure that the dyes used to colour the idols are organic or vegetable in origin,” he said.

“The stress on the use of earthen or clay idols embellished by vegetable dyes is a symbolic way of displaying environment-friendliness in religion,” he said.

The use of thermacol or plastic as decorations or accessories for Ganpati idol or pandal should be avoided.

“Instead, use cloth, wood, paper, and other natural materials that are safer when immersed in water, avoiding water pollution,” the environmentalist suggested.

He said even use of fire crackers should be barred to save from noise and air pollution.

Goa has already banned Plaster of Paris idols and provided subsidy to the artisans making clay Idols.

Earthworm, state’s one of the most creative green-initiative, has announced that they will be selling Ganesh Idols made from mud and natural colours brought from Maharashtra at their Porvorim premises.

“This is for the first time in Goa that we are stocking such idols. We have collaborated with Ecoexist, a Pune-based group to bring these eco-friendly Ganesh idols to the people of Goa. They are made of clay and painted with turmeric,

‘geroo’, and ‘multani mitti’,” says Nirmal Kulkarni from the Earthworm store.

Ecoexist is one such NGO that has made eco-sensitive Ganesha idols for the third successive year. The best part about these idols is that they can be immersed in a bucket of water, which can be further used to water the plants.

Nirmalya (flowers and green leavers) offered to Ganesh and left over after Puja, has also been a concern for the environment.

Panjim-based like-minded environmentalists have decided to initiate a campaign to educate people from deterring to throw nirmalya into water bodies.

Tallulha D’Silva, a environmental concern, said that they have initiated a concept of `Green Chaturthi 2010’ in which they along with the Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) will be placing bins at various places for collection of nirmalya.

“Last year the concept had received a satisfactory response. We accept to make more people aware about the environment this time,” D’Silva said.

The Nirmalya pots will be placed at Miramar, Ferry point, old Patto Bridge, Mansher and at Sarvajanik mandals like Boca de Vaca, Church Square and KTC bus stand, just before a week of Ganesh Festival, which will be celebrated on September 11.

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 30

Panchwadi villagers along with Fr Rodrigues called on the Minister for Environment Alexio Sequeira at his Raia residence on Monday morning regarding construction of mining road through their village.

The villagers enlightened the Minister of the ill effects and other problems of dust pollution, heavy traffic in their small village etc. The minister gave them a patient hearing and offered to help the villagers by stopping the construction of the mining road meant for a mining

company, but however did not give a concrete promise that the road will be scrapped.

The villagers were happy with the meeting as the minister understood their problem and offered whatever help he can.

Villagers maintained that acquisition of 40 hectares of mangrove forest will destroy the eco sensitive area, adding that the land acquisition will destroy mangroves etc..

The mining company had purchased 30 hectares of mangrove forest for mining road and dumping of ore, but since this area was tenented they could not con-

struct the road. Villages alleged that the company now want the Goa government to buy their 30 hectares and another 10 hectares from other owners to construct mining road and loading and unloading of iron ore an the banks of river Zuari.

The sawant and karapurkar commitee and TERI report conforms the existance of mangrove forest in this area. If road is constructed the moisal dam which supplies water to the whole village and surrounding areas will get polluted and the whole village will be affected, the villagers added.

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Panchayat by-election results declared HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 30

Nuvem Zilla Panchayat member Wilfred D’Sa’s wife Frida has made it to the village Panchayat of Nuvem by defeating her rival Vinod Verlekar by a margin of 244 votes.

In the elections held for Ward No IV left vacant after the election of Wilfred as the ZP member, Frida polled 340 votes, Vinod had to be content with only 96 votes.

After her victory, Frida profusely thanked the voters and the supporters and promised to work hard as per the expectations of the people.

In Curtorim, Luiza Pais was elected Panch member of Ward No II in a triangular contest.

While Luiza Pais polled 401 votes, her rivals Winee Dias and Sarita Dias polled 170 and 58 votes respectively. Elections for Ward No II were necessitated after Veena Lourenco was elected the Curtorim ZP member.

Luiza has promised to take up all round development of the village.

As far as ward No II of Chinchinim Panchayat is concerned, Constancio Fernandes emerged winner in a five-cornered contest. Constancio polled 290 votes, while Valentino Barretto (153), Philip Menzes (54), Alina Dias (46) and Rajesh Coutinho (22) votes.

The seat was left vacant following the election of then panch member, Sabrina Dias to the Zilla Panchayat.

After his victory, Constancio said he would take personal interest to ensure that a number of development proposals pending in the Panchayat are implemented at the earliest.

Victorious Frida D’Sa along with her husband Wilfred (a ZP member) and supporters after her election to ward No IV of Nuvem panchayat.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

“People were looking for a change in the Panchayat. My aim was to poll more than 50 per cent of the vote, which I achieved without much difficulty”, he said, promising to implement host of proposals for the benefit of the village.

Porvorim correspondent adds: Amita Vasudev Kor gaonkar, Rajesh Ganpat Temkar and Raju R Banaulikar were declared elected from Ward 3 (Verla-Canca Panchayat), Ward 7 (Revora Panchayat) and Ward 4 (Oxel Panchayat), respectively.

Polling in three wards took place on August 29 and the counting was taken up on Monday morning.

After declaring the results at about 10.30 am, Bardez Mamlatdar Gaurish Shankhwalker handed over the letters of certification to the elected panch members.

Amita Vasudev Korgaonkar

secured 310 votes of the 453 votes polled in Ward 3 of VerlaCanca Panchayat, while Atmaram Bhagat secured 43, Ratikant Korgaonkar (50) and Umakant Korgaonkar (43). Seven votes were rejected.

In Ward 7 of Revora Panchayat, Rajesh Ganpat Temkar secured 177 votes of the 318 votes polled. Two other candidates in the fray Dinesh Ganpat Temkar and Rajaram Mandrekar got 7 and 126 votes respectively.

Eight votes were rejected.

Raju Banaulikar won the election in Ward 4 of Oxel Panchyat defeating his nearest rival Gokudas Bhikaji Dhargalker by a slim margin of 4 votes.

Raju Banaulikar polled 135 votes, while Gokuldas Dhargalkar secured 131 votes. The other two candidates in the fray Madhukar Bhikaji Dhargalkar and Srikant M Dhargalkar got 82 and 39 votes respectively.

Two votes were rejected.

Marcel correspondent adds: It was a draw of lots that ensured the success of Suresh Naik in the by-polls of Ward 2 of Tiverem-Orgao panchayat, while Chedo Gaude got elected in the by-polls of Ward 3 in VelingPriol-Cuncolim panchayat.

Bye-elections to the two seats were conducted on Sunday after panch Gokuldas Naik from Tiverem Orgao Panchayat resigned after he was elected to North Goa Zilla Panchayat (ZP) from Tiverem seat, while Shivdas Gaude of Ward 3 from VelingPriol-Cuncolim Panchayat got elected from Veling ZP seat.

The counting of votes was taken up on Monday. Suresh Naik was lucky as he was declared elected after Returning Officer Gourish Kurtikar decided to hold a draw of lots, after Suresh Naik and Yuvraj Naik secured the same votes (170).

Third candidate Jayesh Naik polled 31 votes, six votes were rejected.

In Veling-Priol-Cuncolim, Chedo Gaude secured 173 votes and his nearest opponent Dasu Gaude polled 136 votes. Other two candidates Mangaldas Gaude secured 89 votes, while Mukundas Khedekar secured 59 votes.

Suresh Naik’s supporters heaved a huge sigh of relief after the draw of lots went in favour of Suresh. Naik was greeted by his supporters outside the district administration building with colours and flowers.

Naik dedicated his win to his supporters and Priol MLA Deepak Dhavlikar. “I am thankful to voters for having faith in me. I am also thankful to Priol MLA Deepak Dhavlikar for supporting me.”

“This is the third election I have contested and won for the first time only because of my supporters. Since I was the favourite candidate, my opponents used money power and had almost succeeded. But with divine blessings, I made it,” claimed Suresh Naik.

Interestingly, all the three candidates are learnt to be the supporters of Priol MLA Deepak Dhavlikar.

Chedo Gaude too dedicated his win to Priol MLA Deepak Dhavlikar, besides North Goa ZP member and voters from Ward N o 3 o f Ve l i n g - P r i o l Cuncolim.

The Tiverem- Orgao Panchayat’s Ward No 2 had recorded 81.60 per cent voting, while Ward No 3 Veling-Priol-Cuncolim recorded 59 per cent voting.

In Tiverem-Orgao Panchayat, a total of 372 out of 462 votes were polled, while in VelingPriol-Cuncolim, 463 votes were

3 Margao civic Joaquim not to go against wish of people on fish plant engineers under scanner for graft HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 30

With opposition to the proposed fish meal plant at Cutbona jetty mounting with each passing day, Fisheries Minister Joaquim Alemao has said he has no problem if the people are opposed to the project.

Commenting on the opposition building up in the twin villages of Velim and Ambelim to the fish meal project, the fisheries minister pushed the ball in the court of the Velim MLA and Minister for Water Resources, Filipe Neri Rodrigues, saying “Let the local MLA tell me not to go ahead with the project and I will go by his decision.”

“I will not bulldoze my way with the project. If the local MLA also doesn’t want the project, I will not go ahead with the same,” he added.

Alemao said the fish meal plant was proposed by the de-

partment at the Cutbona fishing jetty not only to help check water spillage from fish transporting trucks, but to ensure that all excess fish went into the fish meal plant instead of being dumped in the river.

“The department’s intentions were quite clear on the issue.

But, if the people are opposed to the project, than I have no option than to do a re-think”, he added.

Incidentally, while the Fisheries Minister have more than one occasion publicly declared that the department is acquiring land admeasuring 30,000 square meters for the proposed fish meal plant, the land acquisition process is silent on the purpose behind acquisition of the huge land.

In fact, the Fisheries department has not mentioned the public purpose for which the land is being acquired, evoking strong protests from the vil-

lagers and Velim and Ambelim.

Says Ambelim sarpanch, Cruz Silva: “It’s surprising that the Fisheries department has not made clear till date the purpose behind the acquiring the land, nor has explained details on the fish meal till date”.

In fact, what has agitated the villagers is the silence on the part of the Fisheries department on the purpose behind land acquisition and the failure by the Fisheries Director S C Verencar to attend a scheduled meeting with the villagers to explain the project.

Says a villager, Melson Luis: The fisheries department appears hell bent in pushing the fish meal plant down the throats of the villagers. There’s no environmental impact assessment report as the fish meal plant will cause environmental and ecological disaster in the area.

Hospicio staff refuses water to dying patient HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 30

Hospicio was once again in the news on Monday, again for bad reasons.

A relative of a dying patient alleged that a hospital servant refused to provide a glass of water to the patient before he breathed his last on Monday afternoon.

That’s not all. The son of the deceased alleged that the servant even told his sister to get water from the toilet block.

The incident occurred at around 1 pm, when the patient Babuso Pandurang Gaonkar undergoing treatment in the ICU asked his daughter for water.

“Just before he breathed his last, my father asked for water. My sister, who was at the bed side, immediately requested a servant for water, which she refused,” Babuso’s son Gokuldas told newsmen.

He said his sister even pleaded with the servant to give

Mickky allowed travel to Delhi

MARGAO: Former tourism minister Mickky Pacheco on Monday was granted permission by the South Goa Sessions Court to travel to Delhi.

Pacheco’s lawyer Adv Anacleto Viegas said the former tourism minister approached the court seeking permission to travel to Delhi for eight days for personal reasons.

“My client had to approach the court as one of the conditions of bail was that Pacheco moves the court for permission while traveling outside the state”, Adv Viegas said.

water since their father was in a serious condition. “Instead, the servant told my sister to get water from the toilet and went away after closing the door,” Gokuldas claimed.

The serious episode was taken up with the Acting Hospicio Medical Superintendent, Dr Nasnodkar, who has promised to take action after a probe.

“I have ordered an inquiry into

the episode. We have to hear from both sides before commenting on the matter ”, Nasnodkar said, adding that an inquiry into the episode will unearth the true facts.

“The inquiry will find out why the servant has refused to provide water to the dying patient.

I will find out exactly what has happened this afternoon”, he added.

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 29

As many as three Margao Municipal engineers have come under the scanner of the government following complaints of corruption from citizens.

Apart from the citizens, even Chief Minister Digambar Kamat is believed to have brought to the notice of Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao vis-a-vis corrupt activities of the engineers.

A n agitated Alemao has agreed to shunt out the engineers in questions out of Margao, but after a meeting with the Chief Minister. “I have received many complaints atleast 2-3 engineers demanding bribes from the citizens to get works approved. Even the Chief Minister has told me to look into the matter”, he said.

While declining to further go into the issue, Alemao said action, if any, would be initiated after a meeting with the Chief Minister.

Sources in the know said that the Margao Municipal council has been watching the situation as a mere spectator given that the engineers come under a common cadre under the Director of Municipal Administrator.

In fact, there were loud cries in the civic body during the first half of the current term of the

Civic body for the transfer of an engineer, but the same fell on deaf ears of the powers that be.

It not out of place to mention here that there were complaints galore against the MMC’s technical section about the harassment meted out to citizens over the issue of issuance of construction licenses.

In fact, even the elected representatives led by Chairperson Savio Coutinho had called for a list of construction licenses issued by the Municipal technical section following complaints that conditions relating to garbage disposal and parking space are being dispensed with by the builders in collusion with the technical section.

However, though Coutinho and the ruling MMC group initially made it a matter of prestige on the issue, even threatening to get the information under the Right to Information Act, the technical section is yet to give the details to the MMC Chairperson till date.

Notification on municipal polls kicks up row HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 30

The Notification issued by the Director of Municipal Administration (DMA) notifying Municipal wards elections to the Civic bodies has kicked up a row of sorts.

A group of Margao Municipal Councilors on Monday pointed out that the notification issued by the DMA is based on the Municipal election wards of 2005, adding that the new houses as shown n the electoral roll of January 2010 are not included in the roll.

In this respect, the City Fathers petitioned to the Salcete Mamlatdar to take steps to remedy the situation and advise the government to ensure that correct data is followed and remove the confusions in the minds of the electorate.

Councilors Ramdas Hazare, Luis Gonzaco Rebello, Livrament Barreto and Rajendra Azgaonkar stated that house numbershave changed in most instances following the new house tax assessment done by the Margao Municipal Council. “All these changes have not been incorporated and the Municipal polls are sought to be conducted on obsolete data of 2005 when new electoral rolls and relevant revised data is available”, they contended, adding “This is tantamount to a retrograde action which will confuse the voters and could result in the fall of voting percentage in the elections to the Civic bodies tentatively slated for October 31.

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Sancorda locals depend on lamps to light up the night HERALD CORRESPONDENT SANGUEM, AUG 30

Even after several decades of Goa’s liberation, some villages located in the hinterland areas are yet to be provided with electricity connection.

And this despite being the fact that Digambar Kamat led aam aadmi government has made it specific that no family should be denied water and electricity connection and for which purpose necessary provisions are made in the Health Act. However, even after making necessary changes in the Act, some 10 families residing in the remote Barabhumi ward in Sancorda village continues to depend on kerosene-run lamps as a source of power.

The villagers, who otherwise reside on forest land, however had some smiles on their faces recently, after due efforts of Dharbandora ZP member Rashmi Lambor, the villagers were provided with solar lamps.

The solar lamps numbering about 15 are sponsored by Mineral Foundation of Goa and it will come as a great help for the villagers, particularly the school-going children, who till date were solely depending on

The villagers hold solar lamps sponsored by Mineral Foundation.

Photo by Alfred Fernandes

kerosene-run lamps for their studies.

Given the lack of electricity connection, the villagers also does not have access to radio, television, computers and other electronic gadgets, thereby keeping the villagers in complete dark over the news and events taking place in their neighbourhood.

“The village also lacks proper road facility and the vil-

lagers who mostly hail from the ‘shepard’ community are made to use kattcha road to proceed to their houses,” ZP member Rashmi Lambor told Herald.

Lambor while tanking the Mineral Foundation of Goa for providing the much-needed source of power to the villagers has urged the government to provide electricity and road facilities to the village.

NCP president Jose Philip D’Souza at the launch of NCP’s national level labour federation, in New Delhi.

Also present are NCP president Sharad Pawar and other office bearers.

William de Curtorim makes public appearance since mishap

Director Milagres de Chandor speaks on the occasion of Silver Jubilee celebrations of his Tiatr ‘Valentine’s Day’ in the presence of William de Curtorim and other dignitaries.

HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, AUG 30

Veteran Tiatrist William de Curtorim who met with a serious road accident and was bedridden for nearly four months was the chief

guest on the occasion of silver jubilee function of Milagres de Chandor’s ‘Valentine’s Day’.

William de Curtorim profusely thanked Herald for helping him and said that whatever

Jose Vaz film premiere in Sri Lanka SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PANJIM, AUG 30

A film depicting the life of the Blessed Joseph Vaz, who is credited with reviving the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, had its official premiere amid year-long celebrations marking the 300th anniversary of his death. “If it wasn’t for Blessed Joseph Vaz there would not have been a Catholic Church here,” said Father Alex Dassanayake, vice-postulator of the National Joseph Vaz Secretariat, which made the film.

He was speaking to 100 guests at the premiere of ‘Joseph Vaz’, held at the Caritas auditorium in Colombo on 25 August. Some 14 bishops, priests, nuns, lay Catholics, politicians and the movie’s actors attended the event. The film will raise public awareness about the life of Fr Vaz, ahead

of his 300th death anniversary on 16 January 2011.

It cost SLRs27 lakh ($23,600, INR 12 lakh) to make and is in Sinhala, with Tamil and English subtitles. Many Catholic’s are praying for his canonisation, and “we made the film about his life and struggle to introduce him to the people of our country,” Fr Alex said.

“Blessed Vaz was an amazing and inspirational figure,” said film director Sanjaya Nirmal. “I tried to depict this man’s journey towards sainthood,” he said. Blessed Vaz, known as the ‘Apostle of Sri Lanka’, was born on 21 April 1651 in Goa. He arrived in Sri Lanka in April 1687, when Catholics were facing persecution from Dutch colonists, and died there in 1711. He was beatified in Colombo by Pope John Paul II in 1995.

he is today is because of the Herald. “It is the only newspaper in Goa which helps Tiatrists and has been instrumental in promoting Tiatr from the beginning,” he concluded.

Result of music exam HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, AUG 30

Thames Valley University, London College of Music examination is an international body that supports the professional development of music students over 250 centres across the world. The following students of ‘The New Academy of Music Arts and Hindi’ in Goa have successfully passed their music theory exam for the year 2010.

Antonio Jose Gomes Coutinho – grade 5 distinction, Bruno Fernandes – grade 6 distinction, Ari Pereira – grade 1 distinction, Sanjana Deepak Bandekar – grade 1 distinction, Flossy Maria Fernandes – grade 5 distinction, Nigel Adold Ferrao – grade 2 distinction, Nadia Karina de Souza – grade 2 distinction, Raisa Annora Jorge – grade 5 merit, Chloe De Souza – grade 2 merit and Janville Velanie Fernandes – grade 3 merit.

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Spot fixing is blot risking

outh is the time when one is supposed to be guided by principles, rather than practicality. That is when ideals are the bedrock of one’s being. Who has not heard the old joke that says: “If you are 20 and you are not a Communist, then you have no heart. If you are 30 and you are still a Communist, then you have no head.”

Then what prompts young men to betray their country?

Mohammad Asif is a seasoned campaigner, who has got into trouble before, most notably when he was arrested by Dubai Police for minuscule traces of drugs in his baggage. But Mohammad Aamir is an 18-year-old sensation; one of the most exciting new finds among pace bowlers.

Yet, both bowled very obvious no-balls almost exactly as predicted by bookie Mazhar Majeed, who allegedly bribed Pakistani pacers Asif and Aamir during the Lord’s Test against England, which the visitors lost by an innings and 225 runs.

The scandal, however, does not stop at these two. Pakistan Test Captain Salman Butt and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal are also under the scanner. Besides, British police have recovered large amounts of cash from the rooms of Pakistani cricketers whom they have declined to name.

Without doubt, this is Pakistan cricket’s biggest match fixing scandal. It also reveals a new trend that cannot be good for the game. It’s called ‘spot fixing’, and involves a player agreeing to do mid-match performance blips for money. A bowler might deliberately bowl consecutive wides in his second over, or a batsman could make sure he does not reach double figures.

Some players justify this kind of in-match fixing, because they say it does not impact the final result of the game. But this kind of ‘lesser evil’ justification can lead to a complete breakdown of all the values and traditions that cricket holds so dear.

Betting on cricket matches is a hugely lucrative business.

Fortunes can be made or lost. And, if a gambler knows in advance what a particular bowler or batsman is going to do, it can make him a fortune. And now, since bets can be placed on every delivery, we have ‘spot-fixing’.

We thought that following three international captains – Hansie Cronje (South Africa), Salim Malik (Pakistan) and Mohammed Azharuddin (India) – being banned for life in 2000 for match-fixing, that the malady was mostly cured. The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) apparently monitors all international matches.

But obviously, the stakes are much too high. When one can earn £10,000 (Rs7.5 lakh) to bowl just one or two no-balls, the pride of playing for the country begins to lose its sheen.

The Pakistani cricketer may be an underdog, prevented from earning as well as his Indian counterpart by being excluded from the moneyspinning Indian Premier League (IPL). However, if relative loss of affluence was to be made a justifiable excuse for crime, one cannot say whether the rot would at all stop.

As Pakistani cricket legend Imran Khan has demanded, exemplary punishment needs to be meted out to any player found guilty of spot fixing. He said: “I think there is a need to send out a message to youngsters... that crime does not pay.”

Those consumed by the lust for money must be made to pay.

Otherwise, cricket will forever be consumed by the shadow of suspicion. No longer would we say: “Bad luck,” if someone dropped a difficult catch. Every missed stumping would be met by millions of raised eyebrows. A poor shot by a good batman would cause ripples of whispers to roll across the ground like a Mexican wave. A gentleman’s game would be overrun by distrust and deceit. It would not be the BCCI or the ICC that runs the game; instead it would be the bookies.

It simply wouldn’t be cricket anymore.

The Good Samaritan Cajetan Parras, via email I feel deeply moved by Cicero Lourenco’s concern for his Muslim brethren on the ‘Kabrastan’ issue in the letter ‘Ingratitude’ (Herald, 30 August). A lot of Goans, including myself, have worked in various parts of the Middle East. But those who have worked in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia know its inhuman laws.

I worked in an oil company and had a few non-Muslim colleagues. We were taunted as non-believers. Their attitude was: “I am a Muslim. You are a non-believer, and I can put you in trouble.”

In such a country, saying the wrong things or making a wrong move could mean deportation or even death, depending on which false allegation is levelled against you. Anybody who is a ‘non-believer’ constantly lives under the shadow of taunts and threats.

Don’t you think that in certain parts of

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n April 1984, the Government of India (GoI) gave the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) clearance for a grandiose scheme to produce 10,000 MW of power by the year 2000, at a cost of Rs14,000 crore. Twenty-six years later, in 2010, after spending Rs84,000 crore, India’s atomic power plants are producing only 4,200 MW. So the DAE has taken 60 per cent more time to achieve just 42 per cent of its target, at six times the cost!

In the last dozen years, 6,000 MW of wind power capacity has been installed in India, as compared to 4,200 MW of nuclear power in half a century, even though the DAE has grabbed the lion’s share of government finances. In 2002-03, for example, the DAE was given Rs3,300 crore, while the Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources was allocated a meagre Rs475 crore.

Nuclear power plants account for barely 2 per cent of the installed electrical generating capacity in the country, even as they consume huge amounts of finance, as shown in the beginning of this article. Apologists for this massive fraud point to the fact that our nuclear power plants have been ‘de-rated’ to operate at about 45 per cent of their capacity. The excuse trotted out is that fuel is not available. This begs the question; why were these plants built in the first place?

After all, India expectedly attracted sanctions after Pokhran I and II. In any event, our intransigence about signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was always going to leave us vulnerable when it came to fuel supplies.

Nuclear fuel supplies are tightly controlled by a strong, well-cartelised group of 45 nations. Any one of these nations can veto a decision to supply nuclear fuel to India. Yet, in the face of all these potential sanctions and vetoes, we are about to go out on a limb and install 40,000 to 60,000 MW of nuclear power generation capacity over the next dozen years…! Does it make any sense at all? Why is India’s leadership so hell-bent on nuclear power generation?

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s behaviour vis-à-vis nuclear power gives me a feeling of Deja Vu. In 1960, when I was in college, the head of our Physics Department also did research at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai.

He taught me nuclear physics and was enthusiastic

31 August 1910 Pledges approved

The Pledges of the Confrarias of the Blessed Sacrament and that of Lady Santana from the Church of Ponda were approved.

Staff lauded

The Director of Public Works and its technical staff, entrusted with the construction of the bridges at Arpora and Bicholim, were lauded.

In search of conspirators

Following the arrest and subsequent confession of one Ramirez, who had escaped to Brazil, the Portuguese Police is in the know of all 1,948 conspirators denounced for the regicide of King Carlos of Portugal and his Crown Prince in 1908.

about nuclear power, like his boss Dr Homi Bhabha.

I remember Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr Homi Bhabha telling the nation that nuclear power would be so cheap and plentiful that there would be no need to meter it. Everyone would pay a small flat rate and the nation would save the cost of metering equipment and reading/billing costs.

Many years later, I realised both these ‘gentlemen’ were parroting the favourite lines of the then Chairman of the US Atomic Energy Commission Dr Lewis Strauss. By then, I had already witnessed the funeral of Nehru and the sad, premature end of Dr Homi Bhabha in an air-crash on the snow-bound slopes of Mount Blanc in Europe.

The great disillusionment vis-à-vis nuclear power came when Bechtel / General Electric / Honeywell / Blue Star (Italy) commissioned India’s first Atomic Power Plant at Tarapur in the late 60s. I had seen things at very close quarters, and learnt my first major lesson of life: ‘The devil is in the details.’

In his ‘Letter from America’, Vijay Prashad, writing in ‘World Affairs’ of 29 August 2008, talks about the post-Three Mile Island nuclear accident scenario in the USA. During the last two decades, there has been growing talk of a ‘nuclear renais-

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Hindi feature film with my name on it as writer, hits the halls this week. The question I get asked very often is: “As a woman, how difficult was it to get work in the industry?”

The problem was never the gender. The problem was always the name. In every single interaction, two seconds after I was introduced, I would be asked: “Coelho? Can you speak Hindi?”

Brought up between Lucknow, Bareilly and Kolkata and with a mother who was a Hindi teacher, of course I could. But each time I was asked the question, I would fume about the stereotyping of Goans. Until I came and lived in Goa, and discovered that this stereotype was, unfortunately, largely true. It still amazes me that most Goans are unable to put three sentences of Hindi together correctly.

Does it have to do with strongly trying to hold on to a separate identity? Does it have to do with bad teachers? Does it have to do with a Portuguese hangover? I have run through all kinds of scenarios, but am yet to come up with a satisfactory answer to explain the attitude that pidgin Hindi is more than enough to get through life on.

Goans are ever ready to argue to the death, the script that Konkani should officially be in. They see Konkani as crucial to their

the Middle East, as in Saudi Arabia, they should have crematoriums and cemeteries for minorities or non-believers? But do they?

I rest my case.

Weed out Christianity?

Jose Maria Miranda, Margao It is very distressing to learn that Khanapur BJP MLA Pralhad Remani said that Christianity must be weeded out, and refused to apologise for these remarks. The Governor of Karnataka has written to the CM to take stern action against the MLA, but nothing has been done, though the CM has expressed regret at the remarks.

Shouldn’t the Government of Karnataka take action against the MLA for remarks that spread communal hatred? Or are the laws for MLAs different from those applicable to the common man?

Can the BJP ever succeed in wooing the minorities when it has in its fold such fanatic elements? It needs to weed out such extremists first, and talk to the minorities later.

Writer & fighter In Ravindra Kelekar’s death Goa has lost a true, tall and outstanding Goan. The void created by his passing will never be filled.

He always led a very simple, modest and humble life. A prolific writer, a very passionate speaker and a relentless fighter, he had the patience to listen to others, but always spoke, wrote and did what he felt was right. He fearlessly practiced what he preached.

He was the first Goan civilian to be cremated with a guard of honour. That the rifles misfired is not surprising; it only symbolises how rusted the system has become.

Ravindrabab rightly deserved the guard of honor. But many others, who abdicate their duty to protect and save Goa, will be bestowed the ‘aam admi’s’ curses when they bite the dust.

More visa worries Jill Killick, Siolim As if the visa rules are not harrowing enough already, the Home Ministry has now added

sance’ in the US. He says most of this is buzz is from the nuclear industry itself, notably firms that build reactors (such as Westinghouse) and those that run power plants (such as Entergy and Duke Electric).

One reason for this jubilation is a new reactor designed by Westinghouse, the AP1000, and comparable technology from General Electric. New technology, it is argued, avoids the dangers associated with Three Mile Island-type plants. On the strength of its designs, Westinghouse has sold reactors to Japan and China, and hopes to enter the Indian market as well.

Head of GE India Tejpreet Chopra told ‘BusinessWeek’: “At this point, we’re just waiting to see how much capacity the government is willing to add and where.” The US-India Business Council’s Ron Somers invoked the phrase ‘nuclear renaissance’ in light of the vast profits to be gained from India’s potential nuclear expansion (the cost is estimated at $150 billion).

This is post-Lehman Brothers and the economic meltdown in the US. The nuclear industry worldwide needs the Indian market badly. Tejpreet Chopra is the Indian face of GE. He has learnt his lessons well from his predecessor Scott Bayman, who massaged a few Indian egos on the golf courses of New Delhi, and got GE / Bechtel into

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the Enron scam. Now Tejpreet Chopra has been handed the baton in this rip-off relay.

Ron Somers was hounded out of India about a decade ago by Maneka Gandhi, when she got rid of Cogentrix, which was going to build a 1000MW coal-fuelled power-plant in Mangalore, using coal imported from Australia, Africa and Indonesia.

Ron Somers was CEO of Cogentrix.

The estimated cost of $150 billion adds up to a gargantuan Rs7.5 lakh crores. Just the interest on it is enough to buy every politician, bureaucrat and technocrat in our establishment.

When the Enron fraud was perpetrated, PM Manmohan Singh was Finance Minister. Home Minister P Chidambaram was standing counsel for Enron. Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar was Maharashtra CM (he brought Enron to Guhagar, near Dabhol), and Planning Commission Vice Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia was Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs in the Finance Ministry. All of them ‘facilitated’ the fraudulent Enron. Now, like the Phoenix, they are all rising from Enron’s ashes.

Today, all these ‘gentlemen’ have climbed much higher in the Government of India’s pecking order.

And now, they are busy ‘facilitating’ an even more massive fraud, of imported nuclear power plants.

Enron was estimated to cost Rs9,056 crore in 1992. In 1998, it was ‘commissioned’ after spending Rs19,500 crore. It has never worked since.

Now try to imagine Rs7.5 lakh crore as the estimated cost…!

They will be aided and abetted by the captains of Indian industry. Reliance, Tatas, L&T, Essar, BHEL, Siemens, et al, are licking their chops thinking of the lucrative contracts for fabrication, machining, erection, commissioning, engineering, procurement and construction.

Fairy tales generally have a happy ending (‘and they lived happily ever after’). But this fairy tale can only lead us to a Hell on Earth. We don’t even need to contemplate a ‘China Syndrome’ type of catastrophic failure. Nuclear power, with its ever-present threat of radiation leaks, leaves no room for trivialisation or facetiousness.

As far as I can tell, we have only two options.

We can all stand-up for our rights and become PRO-ACTIVE. Or we can sit back and watch our grandchildren become RADIO-ACTIVE.

identity as Goans. There is obviously a political slant to their attitude towards Hindi as well, but I am yet to fathom it. All I can see is the disastrous fallout.

I sometimes lecture at media institutes in Goa. Each time I look at the rows of shining, hopeful faces, all dreaming of glamorous careers in film, television and advertising. They all ask about what kind of jobs they can get once they finish their courses. Each time, I ask them the same question: “How good is your Hindi?”

Without adequate Hindi-speaking skills, your chance of a career in media is non-existent. At the most, you will hover on the fringes of mainstream media, working in the tiny slice that designs communication entirely in English.

The emphasis used to be on speaking great English. But over the years, I have seen a dramatic shift. Speaking good English is helpful, but to really get ahead, you need to speak Hindi. And here is where Goans fall between two stools. Because the sad truth is, the majority of Goans speak awful English. But don’t you dare point it out to them; you will be at the receiving end of a barrage of indignation – all expressed in really bad English. One angry gentleman told me: ‘Why do you say we Goans say ‘men’ all the time? What do you mean by it, men?’

Bluffing the farmers?

Charles D’Souza, President, Progressive Farmers Club, Merces

I am a young farmer, cultivating around 15,000 sq metres of land. I produce 40 to 50 quintals of paddy every year and 50kg vegetables per day in summer. I was happy on reading reports in the press about the Kissan Credit Card and other facilities for farmers.

But when I visited the Syndicate Bank in Merces, the manager told me that they do not have any scheme for farmers in Goa, but only in Karnataka. Then I visited the State Cooperative Bank in Merces, whose manager told me that I will have to get two government sureties to avail the Kissan Credit Card!

I feel the government is bluffing the farmers of Goa by giving big advertisements about agricultural schemes. The ground reality is that farmers are not given any facilities to improve agricultural production. I request the government to genuinely implement these schemes by calling a joint meeting of Agriculture Department officials, bank officials and representatives of the farmers.

Also, over Rs2 crore is generated every year by the auction of the sluice gates of the Tenants Association in Tiswadi taluka. This money can be utilised to improve and mechanise farming in Tiswadi. But alas, this money is being frittered away by the committee of the Tenants Association.

Recognising love Bonita Maria Menezes, Vasco The article ‘God’s love is wonderful’ by Arlette Azavedo (Herald, 30 August) is truly amazing and touching. It is such a beautiful story of a man’s selfless act of love for the one he adores.

Many times, someone comes into our lives with selfless love to offer, but we are so preoccupied with our own judgements that we look on such selfless love with a negative attitude, because of the past bit-

When the call centre boom began, wouldn’t you have expected it to flourish here in Goa? Everyone speaks English after all. But I spoke to one of the pioneers who set up call centres in Bangalore and he laughed: “We would have had to spend too much money training Goans to speak correct English.”

That’s how we lose jobs that require good English skills. And we lose jobs that require good Hindi skills too. This basically means that a Goan is stuck in Goa, with no chance of competing at a national or international level.

Of course it is important to defend your mother tongue and hold on to your identity. But it is equally important to be pragmatic.

We are teaching our children to disdain learning Hindi, and to think that no one can teach them English, since they already know it. So they step into the job market severely handicapped.

Before you huff and puff at me in indignation, pause to think.

In a world that is getting more and more competitive, don’t you want to give your child a chance to open many more doors than those available locally? If language is linked to identity, shouldn’t we be confident enough of who we are to embrace other languages?

Be proud to be a Goan – but prepare your children to take on the world.

Letters to the Editor

Letter of the Day

another little nasty into their list of Frequently Asked Questions about visas. On a tourist visa of one year or more, one is restricted to a maximum single stay of 180 days.

One used to be able to go to a neighbouring country for a short break and then return to India, and this reset the 180 days.

Short breaks to neighbouring countries are still allowed (though one needs a re-entry permit) but do not reset the 180 days; they keep running. The only way of resetting this is to stay away for two months. How many foreigners are unaware of this rule and are, in fact, overstaying?

By Venita Coelho

terness or failures.

As Don Williams, the versatile country singer tells us in ‘That’s the thing about love’: “You hope and pray the right one comes along, some fools don’t know what they’ve got till it’s gone…”

Justice and peace Felix P da Cruz, Aldona Luis Fernandes gets it wrong in ‘What is Peace and Justice?’ (Herald, 26 August). The programme organised by the Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP) was on ‘Village Self Rule: Our Right’. Therefore, to dwell on village panchayats, land, cultivation, etc, was very relevant.

Soter D’Souza is a member of the CSJP team and an expert on Panchayati Raj. Fr Maverick Fernandes did explain the topic at length in the beginning. Leaving any situation purely in the hands of God will not effect any change, as God works only through humans.

Implement Language Act Samir Kelekar, Margao The fighter who became a writer, Ravindrabab Kelekar, has left us. He took Konkani,

which people were ashamed to call their language, into the Eighth Schedule of the constitution. But one thing remains.

Konkani, our official language, is not implemented by the Goa government. Its real tribute to Ravindrabab would be to conduct Goa government business in Konkani. Government affairs in Karnataka are in Kannada, in Maharashtra in Marathi, in UP in Hindi…

Why does Goa run its government in English?

It is time this government implements the Official Language Act; that would be a real tribute to Ravindrabab. Or do we need to start a movement to force it to do so?

Paths of Wisdom

Justice, peace & Soter Luis Fernandes, Aldona I thank and appreciate Soter D’Souza (‘Mischievous’, Herald, 28 August), but my complaint was that we had come to listen to Fr Maverick Fernandes and not to him. Did I mention anything of caste?

Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar recently produced data to show that Christians are being deprived of government jobs. Does the Church sincerely mean to stand up and protect ‘unne Kristanv’(lesser Christians)?

I enjoyed Soter’s talk. But does he mean to say that ‘all people’ like to work in the fields? I pray that many more may follow him. Our fields are barren, but job opportunities too are meagre. So, Soter, let us start a ‘green revolution’ in Goa. “Behold, I am with you always!” (Mt 28:20).

Double Standards?

Nigel Figueiredo, Aldona Recent comments by Sudeep Tamankar, General Secretary of the Bus Owners’ Association, smack of double standards. On one hand, private bus owners claim to be suffering losses. On the other, they want to take over Kadamba?

Allegations of harassment of private buses

by KTC must be taken with a ‘fist full of salt’. It is a well known that a major reason for KTC’s losses, especially on village routes, is private buses that engage in ‘time-wasting’ until they see a KTC bus and then obstruct it while they grab the passengers, as overtaking is almost impossible on narrow village

Nature’s Beauty A priest was in charge of the garden within a famous Zen temple. He had been given the job, as he loved flowers, shrubs, and trees. Next to the temple, there was a smaller temple, which housed a very old Zen master.

One day, when the priest was expecting some special guests, he took extra care in tending to the garden.

He pulled the weeds, trimmed the shrubs, combed the moss, and spent a long time meticulously raking up and carefully arranging all the dry autumn leaves. As he worked, the old master watched him with interest from across the wall that separated the temples.

When he had finished, the priest stood back to admire his work. “Isn’t it beautiful,” he called out to the old master. “Yes,” replied the old man, “but there is something missing. Help me over this wall and I’ll put it right for you.”

The priest lifted the old fellow over and set him down. Slowly, the master walked to the tree near the center of the garden, grabbed it by the trunk, and shook it. Leaves showered down all over the garden.

“There,” said the old man, “you can put me back now.”

(Source: Spiritual Short Stories)

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Dr Oscar against development Nadkarni named educational affecting ethos, culture of State consultant of NABET HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

What is the kind of development Goans want in Goa? Will it be at the cost of Goa’s identity, culture and its ethos -- by converting Goa into Singapore or Dubai? Dr Oscar Rebello posed these questions while addressing a public meeting of National Highway Diversion Action Committee (NHDAC) held in city today to oppose 4lanning of NH-17 and NH-4.

Speaking against the expansion of national highways in its present shape Dr Rebello said, even if it means better life, development can-

n Even if it means better life, development cannot come at the cost of ethos, culture and identity of the State.

--- Dr Oscar Rebello not come at the cost of ethos, culture and identity of the State.

He alleged that the proposed 4-lanning of two NH has been approved on merely grounds of “calculative economics” with least consideration to interest of the local

population.

If the government wants to go ahead with demolition of illegal houses and other structures coming in the way of expansion of national highways, he said, then the government must be asked to first bring back the missing Atala, put full stop to illegal mining activities and take back huge tracts of land which is currently in the possession of SEZ promoters and then come back to us to demolish our houses,” he said reminding people about a famous dialogue of Amitabh Bachan from Deewar film.

Lack of awareness responsible for spread of HIV: Dr Nayak HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, AUG 30

Stating that AIDS is a major threat to the modern civilization, Director of Higher Education Bhaskar Nayak said that the major cause of spreading HIV infection was lack of awareness. He also explained briefly about the multiplicity of

HIV infection in the country and gave examples pertaining to the issue.

Nayak was speaking at a one-day advocacy workshop on HIV/AIDS organised by Goa State Aids Control Society at Seminar Hall, Porvorim.

Speaking further, Nayak said that any doubts and queries

among youths should be answered by parents, teachers and community leaders. He commended the society's initiative in generating awareness on HIV/AIDS. Dr Pradeep Padwal, Project Director of Goa SACS urged all the participants to take part in the activities of the workshop.

He stated the background of organising the workshop and the kind of roles he wished to play in prevention and in controlling HIV/AIDS in Goa. He also explained about the past activities of the Goa State Aids Control Society.

Deputy Director-Surveillance Elmira Pereira, deputy Director Umakant Sawant and Dr Lalitha Umraskar graced the function.

Jeunessa Fernandes, Consultant Youth Affairs, GSACS proposed the vote of thanks.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT BICHOLIM, AUG 30

Pandurang R Nadkarni, noted activist in school education in the State, has been qualified as educational consultant at National Accreditation Board for Education & Training (NABET) under Quality Council of India (QCI).

Nadkarni was also the exchairman of Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education and the ex-director of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Goa. The QCI is an autonomous body and the joint venture of Government of India and Indian Industries for quality initiative in the country. At the initiative of the then President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam the QCI constituted NABET for accrediation fo the schools and training institutions all over the country on the lines of National Assessment and Accrediation Council (NAAC) constituted by the UGC for universitites, col-

Education grants disbursed HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, AUG 30

Rotary Club of Panaji Mid-Town disbursed education grants to 102 students studying from VI to XII Standard of Union High School, Chimbel and Ideal High School, Taleigao worth Rs 1.89 lakh at a function held at EDC House. The chief guest was Nagaraj Honnekeri, Director of State Council of Education & Training Centre, Porvorim who appreciated the work done by the club and urged students to work hard in their studies to be successful in their life.

upCOMInG eVentS Expo of festival items

Bruno Gomindes, Managing Director of Travco Holidays receiving the prestigious award for the highest productive franchise of Thomas Cook (I) Ltd for 2009-10, in Engelberg, Switzerland.

Sanisha, Arya excel HERALD CORRESPONDENT COLLEM, AUG 30

Sanisha Vasudeo Ganjekar and Arya Chandrakant Mardolkar of Government Primary School Collem excelled in the Scholarship Talent Search examination.

The talent search examination was conducted by the education department for the primary students from schools in Sanguem taluka and the State, which was held in

Sanguem in April, 2010.

Sanisha and Arya, who succeeded in the talent search examination, excelled throughout their academic career and have won many prizes in elocution, story telling, drawing and many contests organized by schools and NGOs. School Headmistress Asha Kothambikar and school PTA members have congratulated the students for their achievements.

Tiatr workshop organised

PANJIM (HND): An exhibition of festival items of Goan women entrepreneurs and organised by ‘Group of Sailee’ will be held at Club National, Panjim from August 31 to September 3. The exhibition will display articles for kids, ladies and specially for ‘Ganesh’.

The products available at the exhibition will include special one gram gold Ganesh articles like Durva and Modak Har, Crown, Moti Har, Toda.

Hand painted, Kanta work, Tant Resham silk sarees, embroidery Chudidhar sets, blouse piece, designer sarees, Rajasthani kurta, tops, batwa, bags, various types of books on subjects like drawing, cookery, art, embroidery, mehandi, computers, Malwan eatables, kokam, Kakan juice, different types of atta for modak, vade and garam masala for all types of food and also ‘Melam’ will be on display. The exhibition will be inaugurated by former Chief Minister Shashikala Kakodkar at 11am.

Our Lady of Hope feast

PANJIM (HND): The annual feast of Our Lady of Hope, Chinchinim Church will be held on September 12. Fama/Madi will be on September 2, followed by a mass at 5 pm. The Novena masses will be held at 6 am, 7.30 am, 8.45 am and in the evening, service will start at 5 pm followed by mass.

On the Feast day i.e. on September 12, masses will start at 5 am, 6.30 am, 8 am and main mass will be at 10 am followed by the last mass at 12 noon.

Contacto Goa episode

PANJIM (HNB): The Konkani Department of Carmel College recently organized a Tiatr workshop in collaboration with Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG).

The workshop focused in training the students in acting in Tiatr. In all, 27 students registered for the day-long workshop.

The workshop commenced with a prayer dance by Theresa Rebello and her team after which the workshop was formally inaugurated by TAG President Tomazinho Cardozo, Principal Dr Sr Aradhana A C, senior lecturer of Konkani Department Akalpita Dessai and Queenie Viegas, HOD of the Konkani department.

The principal welcomed the

guests and audience, after which Queenie Viegas highlighted the programme scheduled for the day.

Three sessions were conducted, first session on ‘New Trends on Tiatr Stage’ was by Tomazinho Cardozo, while second and third sessions were conducted by Wilmix Mazarello and Joe Rose on ‘Acting and Direction’ during which scripts were given to the students and students performed on stage after two rehearsals.

Josanta Fernandes, a student of Konkani (Vth Semester) compered the function, while lecturer Gorak Sirsat proposed the vote of thanks. The workshop ended with the valedictory function.

pOwer ShutDOwn AUGUST 31 MOBOR: From 9 am to 3 pm. Areas affected are Odlem Bhat, Sinqueitim, Varca, Orlim, Fatrade, Carmona, Cavelossim and Mobor Xira.

PORVORIM: From 9 am to 2 pm. Areas affected are Defence colony, B B Borker road, AIR qarters, Torda, Vijaynagar, Alto-Torda, Ganesh temple and surrounding areas.

SEPTEMBER 1 BENAULIM: From 9 am to 3 pm. Areas affected are Benaulim Panchayat area, Bhindi, Manddo, Maria Hall, Benaulim Beach, Ambexior area.

TALEIGAO: From 9 am to 5 pm. Areas affected are NIO substation, Caranzalem, Alto Nagali, NIO Institute, Miramar, Raj Bhavan, Taleigao, Marvel, Odxel, Dona Paula and surrounding areas.

leges and other institutions of higher education.

According to the information provided by P R Nadkarni the Pandurang R Ministry of Nadkarni Human Resource Developement (MHRD) is all set to do away with the public examinations of SSC and HSSC conducted by the school education Boards in a phased manner in the years to come. It is here that the affiliation and recognition of the schools by these boards shall become redundant over a period of time, it is expected that all the institutions of school education and training other than those affiliated to the universitites shall have to switch over for the accrediation by the

PANJIM (HND): The 59th episode Contacto Goa will be broadcast on August 31 at 1.10 pm and 7.10 pm and on September 1 at 6.30 am.

Contacto Goa team continues its journey through the talukas of Goa. This time it is Bardez taluka.

This episode was directed by Prasheela Achrekar, photographed by Jude Fernandes, directed and edited by Prasheela Achrekar and produced by Rohit Phalgaonkar. Further episodes of the third series of Contacto Goa will continue to be broadcast every 15 days, on Tuesdays at the same time, as given above. The Contacto team can be contacted by e-mail at contactogoa@yahoo.co.in or nalini_portugal@yahoo.com

Lok Adalat

PANJIM (HND): Lok Adalat of office of the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, South Goa will be held on August 31 at Old Market, Margao at 3 pm.

Jagdish Prabhudesai. President, District Forum-South Goa; Kala P Dalal, member, District Forum-South Goa; P N Parab, manager (law), GIDC, Panjim and Rajeshree Nagarsekar, journalist, will present for the said Lok Adalat. The next Lok Adalat of this forum will be held on October 29 at 3 pm.

GMA to meet

PANJIM (HND): Goa Management Association (GMA) will hold its 35th AGM on September 3 at Surendrababu Timblo Hall, 3rd floor, GCCI, Panjim at 4.30 pm. The AGM will be followed by annual day function starting at 5.45 pm with fellowship over a cup of tea. The chief guest Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director, Titan Industries Ltd will deliver keynote address on ‘Customer Centricity’. GMA Annual Awards 2010 – best management student and student commendation award - will be presented to the awardees at the annual day function.

Drawing competition

PANJIM (HND): During the 54th anniversary of Insurance Week, LIC Goa divisional office has decided to hold an all Goa drawing competition on September 4 at Jeevan Vishwas, EDC Complex, plot no. 2, Patto, Panjim at 3.30 pm. The details are as follows: category I - children Upto 8 years and category II children above 8 years and below 15 years.

The first 35 entries in each category will be accepted, only drawing paper will be supplied, other painting material is to be brought by the participants and three prizes in each category will be awarded to the winners. Interested participants may give their names to CRM department, phone: 2438418, on or before September 3 by 4 pm.

Earlier, president of the club Gaurish Shirodkar welcomed the gathering. Tanmay Kholkar gave a list of education grants programme since its inception.

The function was attended by 80 students along with headmaster Arun Nagvekar of Union High School, Suresh Azgaoker of Ideal High School, Gaurish Dhond and members of the club. The vote of thanks was proposed by Milind Sankhwalker and the programme was compered by Manu Anand.

Revenue Minister unavailable

PANJIM (HND): Due to cabinet meeting, NCP President and Revenue and Civil Supply Minister Jose Philip D’Souza will not be available on August 31 at party office, Panjim to hear the public grievances.

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NABET. “At present the central schools and few other prominent schools in India have already started the process of accrediation by NABET which is based on the strict pre-determined parameters for quality dimensions for quality school education in the country as required to compete at the international level" Nadkarni told.

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BJP supports nuke liability bill in RS PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 30

Extending support to the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill, BJP today asked the government not to be carried away by “phoney campaign” that no global supplier would be coming to India with the proposed law fixing the suppliers’ liability in the event of the nuclear mishap.

Initiating a debate on the Bill which was passed by the Lok Sabha, Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley said in the Rajya Sabha that the government should not be “apologetic” about inserting a clause making supplier along with operator liable for any nuclear incident.

Referring to recent reports that reactor supplier from several countries would not be interested to come to India, he described it as “phoney campaign”.

Jaitley said when India would go to buy 40 reactors, the character of the global market would change. “It would no longer be sellers market which would become a buyers market. I would urge the government not to be overtaken by this campaign.”

He said the inclusion of suppliers liability would be a feature unique to India and could become a global model. This was what happened in the case of

WTO and the global patent regime where India had asserted its position and taken a deviation from what was being sought to be imposed by the Western European countries and the US. Moving the Bill, Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan said the government tried to reach out to the opposition by making 18 amendments to the bill.

Praising the BJP for its support to the Bill, essential for opening India’s nuclear commerce with the world, Chavan said, “We took upon ourselves to carry forward the good work which was started by the NDA government.” He said India would be the first country where liability has been fixed for suppliers as no other country has suffered Bhopal gas tragedy.

Observing that passage of the Bill would complete the journey which the Prime Minister had undertaken to US five years ago, he said adding that the opening up of the nuclear commerce would increase India nuclear power capacity from 4500 MW to 40,000-50,000 mw.

The BJP came on board to support the Bill after the government agreed to address its concerns which particularly related to suppliers liability.

FROM PAGE 1 GBEA to join stir on Sept 7 Employees in public sector banks, private sector banks, foreign banks, co-operative banks and regional rural banks will take part in the strike.

The unions have criticised government policies that are increasingly becoming anti-people and anti-poor, while the rich and corporate are enabled to corner and accumulate huge wealth at the cost of the general masses.

DTC introduced in LS

much lower than originally suggested in the draft DTC bill – 10 per cent for Rs 1.6 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, 20 per cent from Rs 10-25 lakh and 30 per cent for income above Rs 25 lakh.

According to estimates, an individual tax payer earning more than Rs 10 lakh would save up to Rs 41,040 annually under the DTC vis-a-vis the current tax rates.

The legislation also proposes to increase Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) from 18 per cent to 20 per cent of book profit of a company, an issue which evoked sharp reaction from industry.

It seeks to levy dividend distribution tax at 15 per cent. When enacted, DTC will replace archaic Income Tax Act. Asked about doing away with preferential treatment for women taxpayers in terms of a higher exemption limit, Revenue Secretary Sunil Mitra said, “We have only promoted greater gender equality.

I don’t think we can be faulted for this.”

“It is a Bill in the Parliament. It will be discussed and then we will see,” he said.

The Bill tabled in Parliament has no separate tax bracket for women. Tax exemption for both men and women taxpayers is Rs 2 lakh as per the Bill.

The Bill also proposes to do away with the tax exemption on the principal amount paid on housing loans.

“Tax exemption would not be available on the principal component of housing loans,” he said.

To plug in loopholes that landed the Income Tax Department in court over sending a notice to Vodafone for payment of tax, the Bill says any entity acquiring a foreign company will have to pay capital gains tax if the underlying shares constitute over 50 per cent of Indian assets.

“It is strictly in the provisions of the Bill that where a transaction takes place where company owns underlying assets which are in excess of 50 per cent Indian assets, then in that case, on proportional basis, capital gains tax would be chargeable,” a Finance Ministry official explained.

The Bill proposes to retain zero capital gains tax on listed securities if they are sold after one year of purchase.

So far as short-term capital gains tax is concerned, it will be levied at half the rate of income tax payable by the security holder as per the bracket he falls in.

The Security Transaction Tax (STT) of 0.25 per cent has also been retained in the Bill.

The Bill proposes to do away with profit-linked income tax exemptions given to Special Economic Zones (SEZs), but gave some relief to developers and units within the zones.

Instead of the sunset clause of March 31, 2011, the Bill proposes to extend these benefits to developers if their SEZ has been notified by March 31, 2012.

The same benefits will be given to unit holders if their plants start operations by March 31, 2014.

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Taleigao’s fields are filled with sorrow

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By The gaunkars of TaleIgao

he autonomous village of Taleigao is in existence since times immemorial, belonging to the Gaunkars, who first established the village of Taleigao, and are governed by unique usages and customs since generations. The Gaunkars of Taleigao also stand solemnly declared as privileged ones by the Portuguese rulers over others, at the time of execution of the historical treaty in 1510, approved by the then King of Portugal, guaranteeing 'administrative tutelage' (guardianship) to the age-old village communities of Goa (comunidades of Goa, by Portuguese appellation).

After the Liberation of Goa from Portuguese rule in 1961, the existence of comunidades is not seen under the Constitution of India. There are about 223 autonomous villages belonging to Gaunkar communities spread across Goa. These comunidades ought to have been recognised as being unique establishments and the living heritage of India by making suitable amendments in Article 244 of the Constitution of India, guaranteeing them protection against exploitation by vested interests.

By virtue of the treaty of 1510, the Gaunkars of Taleigao are privileged to begin the harvesting of the first corn of rice in Goa, followed by the rest of the villages. This year, 2010, the Taleigao Comunidade completes 500 glorious years of keeping alive the tradition of harvesting the paddy crop and the first corn of rice.

Equally honoured are the nine Gaunkar families – Mendonca, Viegas, Martins, Luis, Gomes, Faria, Almeida, Falcao and Abreu – that constitute the age-old village community of Taleigao.

These families have, over the years, commemorated the tradition in the form of a feast that is celebrated on a rotational basis on 21 August every year. This year, the Gomes family is the main celebrant of this traditional feast.

The Gaunkars and other agricultural communities of Taleigao, who are mostly poor, face several apprehensions and concerns.

These communities depend solely on agriculture. There has been a systematic deterioration of the paddy fields, caused by various agencies of the state government in the name of development, in collusion with politicians. These politicians have neither taken the consent of the Gaunkars nor of the poor farmers, before carrying out development that we call 'destructive'.

Taleigao was once known as the rice granary of Goa. Besides being the backbone of rice cultivation in the state, it had the distinct honour of growing several kinds of local vegetables and fruits that were sold in the open market. It had a dense cover of coconut trees and other fruit-bearing trees such as mangoes, tamarind, etc, which are now a rarity. But the paddygrowing fields, which are low lying, are in distress; some have been filled and some inundated with sewage. These were maintained by Gaunkars, who provided the best irrigation system to the agriculturists and amelioration to the farmers.

The Gaunkars and the agricultural community in Taleigao are now victims of constant acquisition of low-lying paddy fields and other land for construction of roads that don't fall within the purview of development. In some places, land is filled to facilitate various kinds of constructions in the name of public interest. There is nothing that has happened, nor will anthing happen in the interest of Gaunkars, or of the agricultural community. All that is happening is for vested interests of politicians, who have a nexus with builders.

The so-called acquisition of comunidade land by the state is illegal. The state has infringed on the age-old tradition of a ‘private village’, and made a mockery of the institution. Sadly, the illegalities perpetrated by the state have cost the Gaunkars and the agricultural community dearly, because these were forced to give up cultivation on account of high maintenance costs. As a result, some of the comunidade land lies fallow in the absence of suitable irrigation, all because of illegal constructions like roads and buildings.

The state and the village panchayat have failed to provide either a sewage or a drainage system in the village of Taleigao.

Raw sewage overflowing from septic tanks attached to unplanned residential buildings and discharge of untreated waste water into the low-lying fields is a common sight. This is precisely the reason farmers have been forced to give up cultivation of paddy for good.

The revenue authorities – the Collector, the Town & Country Planning Department authorities and the Village Panchayat – are illegally exercising powers to permit illegalities. The Governor should exercise the power vesting in his office by the Law of Comunidades to direct these authorities to undo the damage caused so far, and not to interfere in the functioning of autonomous villages.

The Revenue Ministers of governments since May 1987 have encroached upon the powers of the Governor of the state. These powers were conferred by consent of the Gaunkars concerned, at the relevant point in time, in pursuance of the age-old treaty. The Comunidade law has been misinterpreted while it was translated into English, to suit nefarious interests.

A number of suo moto illegal amendments have been carried out to selected provisions of the law that are grossly prejudicial to Gaunkars.

Gaunkars all over Goa are apprehensive that the 'administrative tutelage' (guardianship) guaranteed to them by the state to protect their land, usage and customs, their private laws as well as privileges, will not be protected. They have been left to the mercy of plunderers, whose acts are supplemented by politicians with vested interests. The Administrator of Comunidades, appointed by politicians, functions against the interest of Gaunkars and turns a blind eye to the omissions and commissions of his subordinates.

The Gaunkars, therefore humbly request the Governor of Goa to assume the powers and authority conferred by the provisions of the private law on the Governor of the state, to arrest further deterioration of the once much-avowed Taleigao Comunidade at the hands of several state organs. The state government is not the landlord of the Comunidades and, as such, it becomes important to restrain the revenue authorities and local bodies from intrusion into non-revenue villages.

(The article is based on a representation made by the Gaunkars of Taleigao to Governor of Goa S S Sidhu when they went to present to him the traditional sheaf of rice on 21 August, which they celebrated as the 500th anniversary of the village’s unique ‘Konnsachem Fest’)

Modern Indian masters go under the hammer PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 30

It's auction time again for the online auction house Saffronart, which has included some new artists in its upcoming autumn sale.

Works of the all favourites modern masters S H Raza, Jehangir Sabavala and Jogen Chowdury will be on offer alongwith select contemporary artists such as Subodh Gupta, N S Harsha, Jitish Kallat and G Ravinder Reddy for online bidding for two days beginning

September 8.

The collection comprises 90 works by 43 modern and contemporary Indian artists with a total low estimate of Rs 29.5 crores (USD 6.5 million) and high estimate of Rs 39 crores (USD 8.7 million).

"The sale is priced in such a way that it has something to offer for everybody, for established art collectors as well as for somebody who is just beginning to start their collection, says Dinesh Vazirani, CEO and Co-founder of Saffronart.

DENGUE THREAT STARES AT DELHI Cases rising, DBCs threaten to go on strike PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 30

Even as dengue cases in the month of August reach a fiveyear high in the national capital, MCD contract workers undertaking door-to-door checks to prevent mosquito breeding have threatened to go on a strike from next week demanding regularisation of their jobs.

The threat by 3,200 domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) to indefinitely cease work from September 6 in support of their demand will compound problems for the MCD which is already grappling with rapid increase in dengue cases.

With the total cases of the vector-borne disease crossing 800, MCD statistics shows that the month of August itself has seen 689 dengue cases (till August 28), a whopping increase compared to the same month in the previous years -- 2009 (two Workers readying a footpath ahead of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on Monday. cases), 2008 (71), 2007 (15) and 2006 (59). Moreover, the city reported breeding. The situation is causing con- dengue cases last year while there were cern as the Games will be held in the 33 cases in September, 337 in October 12 malaria cases this month.

MCD officials said stagnation of water month of October which generally wit- and 713 in November. If the same trend continues, cases could be well past the at various sites due to Commonwealth nesses high prevalence of dengue.

According to records, in 2009, the 2006 total figure of 3,366 this season.

Games construction work, heavy rains MCD insists that it was trying its best and humid weather have aided mosquito month of August recorded only two

Probe Johri charges against CBI: BJP PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 30

BJP today said the charges levelled by senior IPS officer Geetha Johri against the CBI in the Sohrabuddin encounter case should be investigated and demanded a debate on the issue in the Rajya Sabha.

"The Supreme Court had directed the CBI to investigate the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case as the police of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan were involved....

"IPS officer Geetha Johri had said during investigations that the role of then Hyderabad Police Commissioner Balvinder Singh should be investigated.

Now Singh has been made the monitoring authority," BJP Chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

He alleged that since Congress was in power in Andhra Pradesh, the investigations there in the role of the police in the Sohrabuddin encounter case

were going slow.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley had raised the issue of "blatant misuse of CBI" in the Upper House. BJP forced adjournment of the Upper House on the issue and demanded a debate on it.

"Johri has said that CBI was pressurising her. This is a gross, blatant misuse of CBI. We want a debate in Rajya Sabha on the issue," Prasad said.

He further alleged that government had made three categories under which it misuses CBI.

SAD-BJP pact is durable, says Sinha PTI CHANDIGARH, AUG 30

After accusing ally SAD of ignoring it on key issues, BJP today sought to downplay the differences and said the alliance was "durable" and there was "deep understanding" between them.

"The alliance of BJP with SAD is durable, old and there is deep understanding between the two parties...We value this alliance without contradiction and I can say that SAD also values it," BJP's state organisational incharge Yashwant Sinha, after holding maiden confabulations with senior party leaders of state and chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, told reporters here.

"It's not only a political alliance, but also an emotional alliance as it represents two different streams of two parties," he said.

Fissures have appeared between the SAD-BJP alliance at several occasions on different issues, including allocation of funds for development.

A vendor sells garlands of marigold flowers at a wholesale flower market ahead of "Janamashtmi", in Kolkata on Monday. The garlands will be in great demand as people seek to decorate temples and homes for "Janamashtmi", the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna that will be celebrated on September 2.

India to verify reports of Chinese presence in Gilgit PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 30

India is making "independent verification" of the reports of presence of Chinese troops in Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, saying it would be a matter of "serious concern" if it turns out to be true.

"We have seen media reports...and are seeking an independent verification of these reports. If true, it would be a matter of serious concern and we would do all that is necessary to ensure safety and security of the nation," official spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs Vishnu Prakash told reporters today.

He was asked about the rep o r t s i n N e w Yo r k T i m e s about the influx of an estimated 7,000 to 11,000 soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region in the

‘Visa row won't affect ties’ PTI BEIJING, AUG 30

Seeking to downplay the visa row with India, Chinese experts today said military ties between the two countries are strong and powerful and will not be "compromised" by incidents like Beijing's refusal to permit a top Indian Army officer to visit the country.

Days after a row erupted between the two countries over China's refusal to grant visa to Northern Commander Lt Gen B S Jaswal as he is in-charge of "sensitive" Jammu and Kashmir, Chinese official media carried reports about the denial of visa today.

PoK, which is closed to the world.

According to the US newspaper, "China wants a grip on the strategic area to assure unfettered road and rail access to the Gulf through Pakistan," and for this purpose is building high-speed rail and road link.

The link up would enable Beijing to transport cargo and oil tankers from eastern China to the new Chinese-built Pakistani Naval base at Gawadar, Pasni and Ormara in Balochistan, just east of the Gulf in 48 hours.

Many of the PLA soldiers entering Gilgit-Baltistan are expected to work on the railroad, the paper said It also said some are extending the Karakoram Highway, built to link China's Xinjiang province with Pakistan.

O t h e r s a re w o r k i n g o n dams, expressways and other projects in the area, the paper said.

to tackle the situation. Officials said the civic body has issued 53,357 legal notices for mosquito breeding and launched prosecution against 8,805 people, 1,321 of them in this week itself.

Breeding has been found at a number of hospitals, government offices and educational institutions.

However, the DBCs, who are the eyes and ears of the corporation in preventing mosquito breeding, are now on the path of agitation.

After a token strike today, they are gearing up for an indefinite ceasework till demands are met.

"The Delhi High Court had in 2007 given a ruling in favour of our regularisation. We staged a 47-day strike in 2008 but called it off as MCD promised regularisation after assembly polls. The CAT also recently favoured our demand. MCD Standing Committee passed a proposal. What more do they need," asked AntiMalaria Karamchari Sangh general secretary Ashok Choudhary.

MCD officials maintained that the civic body is facing a funds crunch and is not in a position to regularise 3,000 people.

Choudhary, however, pointed out that 7,000 sanitation workers were being regularised by the civic body.

HC adjourns plea to summon Modi PTI AHMEDABAD, AUG 30

Gujarat High Court today adjourned the hearing on a petition by an NGO seeking to summon Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with 2002 riots, till September 27.

A division bench of Chief Justice S J Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi, adjourned the hearing after advocate general Kamal Trivedi submitted that Nanavati Commission was examining the material with regard to post-Godhra riots supplied to them by the Supreme Court appointed special investigation team (SIT).

Jan Sangarsh Manch (JSM), the NGO which demanded summoning Modi, counsel Mukul Sinha submitted that the they had approached the Commission afresh as directed by the HC's order of July this year and the hearing on that application was scheduled on September 7.

The court said that since the Commission is examining new material before them they should be given time.

Also, since the Commission

had earlier said that their decision not to call Modi and others was 'not final', the Commission must be allowed to go through the new material from SIT and make up its mind, it said, adding that the matter could now be heard on September 27.

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GSL net surges 59 per cent

...to set up pilot training facility HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

RAdm Vineet Bakhshi, CMD, GSL (center) addressing the media. Also seen are R Choudhary, director (operations) and S A Jegaraj, chief GM, both of GSL. HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

Goa Shipyard Limited, at its 44th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held recently has posted its best results thus far, said RAdm Vineet Bakhshi, CMD while addressing he media today.

During the financial year 2009-10, the company achieved its highest value of production (VoP) ever since its inception of Rs 866.48 crore as compared to Rs 508.01 crore last year, up by 70 percent over the previous year.

The company earned a profit before tax of Rs 197.23 crore as compared to Rs 125.92 crore last year (an increase of 56.6%), while the net profit after tax stood at Rs 130.72 crore as against Rs 81.96 crore in the previous year (an increase of 59.5%).

The company has declared a dividend of Rs 26.20 crore equal to 90 per cent of the paid-up share capital for the fiscal year 2009-10 as compared to 57 per cent in the previous year.

In another accomplishment, the company delivered a 90 m Offshore Patrol Vessel 'ICGS Vishwast', the only vessel of this class in the world to the Indian Coast Guard, indigenously designed and built by the shipyard.

Further in its quest for selfreliance in sophisticated shipbuilding, GSL launched the second in the series of four 105 m Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel for Indian Navy and two 90 m Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard. These vessels are on the production floor.

On the export front too, GSL

TALK BUSINESS

Regional conference of CAs held in Goa

Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar inagurating the Conference. Also seen Ashish V Prabhu Verlekar, chairman, Goa Branch, Sanjeev Lalan, S B Zaware, Mangesh Kinare, Virendra Prabhudesai, Kiran Kharangate, P R Hegde.

PANJIM (HBD) -- Goa Branch of WIRC of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) organized and hosted the first of its kind joint regional conference comprising of western, southern, central and northern regions of the institute. The conclave was hosted at of 5 Star hotel recently.

The chief guest and Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar, in his address stressed on the emerging role of chartered accountants in the current economic scenario.

The former chief minister highlighted the need to involve CA’s in financial policy making and accounting reforms in government.

Parrikar also complimented the Goa branch for their efforts in hosting a conference of such magnitude.

Chairman of the Goa branch Prabhu Verlekar earlier welcomed the gathering. Present were chairman of WIRC, Sanjeev Lalan, chairman of CIRC, Kemisha Soni, vice chairman of NIRC P Maheshwari, Central Council Member, S B Zaware, WIRC Secretary Mangesh Kinare among host of other dignitaries.

The technical sessions at this Conference covered a wide spectrum of subjects which relate to emerging trends in the areas of business rational of LLP, taxation of shares and securities, accounting for financial instruments, enterprise risk management, valuation rules under Service Tax and Withholding Tax on international transactions.

These sessions were addressed by the best of faculties from across the country which included Ved Jain, past president of ICAI, R Bupathy, past president of ICAI, Venkatramanan Vishwanath, Jyotin Mehta, Arvind Singh Chawla and Adv K K Chaythanya. The deliberations at the conference enabled the participants to enhance their knowledge and professional skills.

BSE advances 34 points PTI MUMBAI, AUG 30

The BSE benchmark Sensex advanced by 34 points today amid firm global cues and hopes of strong June quarter GDP data, though profit-booking in IT and FMCG stocks shaved off most of the early gains.

Markets opened on a cheerful note in view of the strong performance of the US market and good gains recorded by the Asian markets. However, profit-booking gradually trimmed gains and the Sensex ended at 18,032.11, up 33.7 points, or 0.19 per cent.

The 30-share barometer of the Bombay Stock Exchange had gained 218 points to hit a high of 18,216.50 in early trade, helped by a smart rise in metal, consumer durables and auto stocks.

successfully delivered 3 Nos, 12T Bollard Pull Tugs to the Middle East.

As part of the diversification initiative, GSL delivered 61 Nos GRP Interceptor Boats during the year to various coastal State Marine Police out of 116 Nos, Boats ordered by Ministry of Home Affairs during the year. So far the company has delivered 77 boats.

The shipyard has also started implementation of the 2nd Damage Control Simulator project for Indian Navy at Kochi.

In order to meet the future challenges and remain competitive in domestic as well as Global market, the company has embarked upon a planned modernization project to augment its infrastructure and facilities at a cost of 800 crore. To assist it in this modernisation, it is also looking for additional land for its facilities.

The ongoing modernisation programme will enable the company to produce high quality vessels at a most competitive price in competitive time frames.

Further in its endeavor to remain competitive, the company continued its efforts in enhancing the service provider base in various disciplines of shipbuilding activities.

Core Projects eyes school Mgmt Biz AGENCY MUMBAI, AUG 30

Core Projects & Technologies Ltd said on Monday it plans to foray into school management business in India with an equity investment of 1.5 billion rupees over the next three years.

"We plan to initially set up a chain of 10 schools attached with sports academies across India," CMD Sanjeev Mansotra said. Core Projects offers student information systems, assessment & intervention, special education, grants management etc in North America, UK, Africa and the middle east.

The firm has already set-up a team of educators from kingdergarten to class 12 (K-12) domain, who are now on the executive team of the firm's school management division, it added.

Aban Offshor, 795, 800.3, 777.25, 784.75 Abb Ltd., 763, 782, 761.15, 779.1 Abg Shipyard, 238, 238.85, 232.55, 235.25 Acc Limited, 876, 884.2, 871.1, 875.55 Adani Enterp, 625, 635.6, 625, 627.15 Aditya Birla, 812.1, 820, 800.15, 805.05 Allahabad Ba, 209, 210.4, 205.5, 207.4 Alstom Proje, 729.05, 740, 716.1, 719.45 Ambuja Cemen, 121.25, 123.4, 120.55, 122.35 Andhra Bank, 155.7, 155.75, 149.5, 151.35 Ashok Leylan, 72.85, 73.85, 71.35, 72.2 Asian Paints, 2759.5, 2759.5, 2685, 2712.9 Axis Bank Li, 1332, 1349, 1312, 1323.95 Bajaj Hindus, 118, 118.4, 112.6, 113.5 Bank Of Baro, 814, 823, 795.2, 801.25 Bank Of Indi, 448, 455.95, 436.05, 442.8 Beml Limited, 1009, 1014.75, 994, 1009.3 Bharat Elect, 1680.05, 1694.4, 1660, 1671.8 Bharat Forge, 355.7, 360, 348, 348.85 Bharat Petro, 792, 840, 765.35, 770.8 Bharti Airte, 319.9, 326.35, 319.15, 322.8 Bhel, 2495, 2510, 2433.3, 2442.9 Bhushan Stee, 1850, 1888, 1826, 1836.8

Goa Shipyard Ltd is in the process of setting up the first Shore Based Training Facility project in Asia at INS Hansa, Goa, for Aeronautical Development Agency, Bangalore.

The test facility is being set up with technology and specialised equipment from Russia. This facility will enable future pilots to be trained ashore before they fly the war planes from Aircraft Carrier Vikramaditya. This will also enable the prestigious Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Navy to reach its logical operational capabilities, revealed RAdm Vineet Bakhshi, CMD, GSL. The facility would be able to allow pilots of the Mig 29 as well as LCAs to undergo takeoff and landing simulation at a very low cost.

GSL is also examining the possibility of a long term relationship with the Indian Coast Guard for the maintenance and repairs of its vessels. In addition it is also looking at the possibility of establishing a presence in the Middle East for the repairs and construction of ships. The Company is also looking at export markets for its entire range of products such as the Damage Control Simulator, Fast Interceptor Craft, Patrol Vessels and Offshore Patrol Vessels. It is also seeking to establish viable MOUs for executing offsets for the Indian Defence industries as well as to absorb and enhance its product range.

R-Com sets up 3G lab in Mumbai AGENCY MUMBAI, AUG 30

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group firm Reliance Communications (R-Com) has set up an integrated third generation (3G) innovation laboratory to develop applications for mobile services consumers.

'The objective of the innovation lab is to facilitate the development of mobile service innovations through collaboration with third party developers,' the company said in a statement Monday.

The laboratory is set up at RADAG's headquarters in Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, near Mumbai. The lab would involve a community of content developers, product innovators, technology platforms enablers and device manufactures. The collaborative unit will be formed through tie ups with top local as well as global partners who would further aid in improvising the innovation quotient, it said.

Nokia server in India

by Nov 5 AGENCY NEW DELHI, AUG 30

Mobile phone major Nokia Monday said it would activate its Indian server for routing data for messenger services from Nov 5, adding its services have been cleared by security agencies.

'Our server for the messenger services will be active in the country by November 5,' said D Shiva Kumar, vice president, Nokia India, on the sidelines of a mobile phone launch event here.

India, Switzerland sign revised taxation treaty PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 30

India and Switzerland on Monday signed a treaty that will enable exchange of information on tax evaders, considered a must for getting details on unaccounted funds stashed away

by Indians in Swiss banks.

The treaty is a revised version of the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between India and Switzerland and was signed by visiting Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Though the two leaders did not take queries from media persons, the Switzerland government and banks have been insisting that the exchange of information as per OECD norms could only take place after signing a revised treaty.

Black money has become a major political issue in India, with the government promising to take every possible step

KF to decide on GDR issue PTI MUMBAI, AUG 30

Vijay Mallya-owned private aircarrier, Kingfisher Airlines, is likely to decide on its fund-raising programme through the Global Depository Receipts (GDR) route at its Board meeting tomorrow.

"The Board of Kingfisher (Airlines) is to consider equity raising at a meeting tommorrow," UB Group (the promoter of the airline) CFO, Ravi Nedungadi, said here today.

Nedungadi, earlier last

Blackberry gives in

PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 30

Faced with tomorrow's government deadline, BlackBerry mobile phone maker Research In Motion (RIM) today gave in promising access to Indian security agencies to monitor all its services with immediate effect.

Nearly two months after insisting that it does not have the provision to grant access for such monitoring, RIM made certain proposals for lawful access of BlackBerry Enterprise Services (BES) and BlackBerry Messenger Services (BBM) by the law enforcement agencies.

RIM's response came after the Home Ministry made it clear that Blackberry has to shut down its operations in the country from September one if it failed to provide access to monitoring of its messenger services.

"RIM has made certain proposals for lawful access by law enforcement agencies and this

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would be operationalised immediately. The feasibility of the solutions offered would be assessed thereafter," a Home Ministry statement said.

The Ministry has made it clear that any communication through the telecom networks should be accessible to the law enforcement agencies and all telecom service providers including third-parties have to comply with this, it said.

The Ministry will review the situation within 60 days by which time the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) is expected to submit its report.

The statement said the government has been having discussions with Canada-based RIM over the last few weeks of the issue of lawful access by the law enforcement agencies to the communication passing through RIM systems.

It was also decided that the DoT would study the feasibility of all such services being provided through a server located

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to bring back this unaccounted or criminal money. Mukherjee is expected to make a statement on the agreement in Parliament tomorrow.

Later, the Finance Ministry said in a statement, “A protocol amending the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement was signed here today between Republic of India and Swiss Federal Council.”

Besides the two dignitaries, Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla, Revenue Secretary Sunil Mitra, Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu and Swiss Ambassador Philippe Welti were also present on the occasion.

The Swiss Federal Department of Finance (FDF) said in a separate statement, “The revised Double Taxation Agreement contains provisions on the exchange of information in accordance with the OECD standard, which were negotiated in line with the parame-

only in India.

RIM, which has a subscriber base of nearly one million in India, made the offer to the government to end the logjam.

Initially, BlackBerry had agreed to provide manual details to law enforcement agencies, saying it would be made available by the year-end.

On BES, the smart-phone makers had conveyed to the government that certain technical discussions were required to be undertaken before finding a solution to this issue.

Canadian smartphone maker had proposed certain ways to address India's security concerns over BES and BBM for which it is seeking access in the country.

BlackBerry had earlier offered "metadata" and relevant information to security agencies which would enable them to lawfully intercept communication on such phones but it failed to enthuse the authorities.

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month, said that the airline had plans to hit the market by the end of the current quarter.

The airline plans to raise USD 100-million via GDR to reduce its debt, which stands at Rs 6,000-crore as on March 31 this year.

The company has appointed Citi, JP Morgan and CLSA as its merchant bankers.

The proposed fund-raising of USD 100-million would be in addition to the USD 400-million which the company has been mulling to raise through the private equity route for sometime now.

The Delhi-Doha sector would also get an additional daily flight from October 31, taking the total number of services to up to 14 per week, the airlines said.

ters decided by the (Swiss) Federal Council.”

The issue of Indians having secret Swiss bank accounts is a political hot potato and was a poll plank during last year’s general elections. Indians are alleged to have assets worth billions of dollars in banks in Switzerland.

Swiss banks had said that exchange of information would be based on OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) norms. The Paris-based OECD sets international tax standards.

Switzerland is entering into revised tax pacts with many countries in accordance with OECD’s Model Tax Convention to facilitate the bilateral exchange of information related to the bank accounts of tax evaders.

Earlier in the day, when asked about the terms of reference in the revised tax treaty with Switzerland, Banashri Bose Harrison, who is the Joint Secretary (Central Europe) at the Ministry of External Affairs, said they were at par with other countries.

BOARD MEETINGS Aditya Ispat Premier Inds Birla Precision Ceekay Daikin Elder Projects GKB Ophthalmics Phil Corp Zuari Forex Source: Indiainfoline.com

MF FUNDA IDFC MUTUAL FUND has filed offer document with SEBI to launch IDFC Fixed Maturity Plan Thirty-Six Months Series 3-4, a close ended income scheme. The new fund offer price will Rs 10 per unit.

Options: Growth and dividend option. Minimum application amount: Rs 10,000 and multiples of Re 10 Target amount to be raised: Rs 10 million. Benchmark index: Crisil Composite Bond Fund Index. Fund manager: Anupam Joshi SAHARA MUTUAL FUND has approved September 3, 2010 as the record date for declaration of dividend under dividend option of Sahara Banking & Financial Services Fund. The quantum of dividend will be Rs 4 per unit on a face value of Rs 10 per unit.

DSP BLACKROCK MUTUAL FUND has approved September 3, 2010 as the record date for declaration of dividend under dividend option - regular plan for its DSP BlackRock Top 100 Equity Fund.

The quantum of dividend will be Rs 1.25 per unit on a face value of Rs 10 per unit.

TATA MUTUAL FUND has approved September 3, 2010 as the record date for declaration of dividend under the Dividend Trigger Option A (5%) of Tata Equity P/E Fund. The face value of per unit is Rs 10. The quantum of dividend will be Rs 1 per unit as on the record date.

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Indonesian volcano erupts again, many evacuated REUTERS SUKA NALU, (Indonesia), AUG 30

An Indonesian volcano, inactive for four centuries, erupted again today, pitching ash two km (1.5 miles) into the air and sending nearby residents scurrying from their homes.

Villages were emptying fast near Mount Sinabung on the north of Sumatra island, leaving behind only officials from thebureau of meteorology and the police. Short-haul flights skirting the volcano were delayed.

Surono, head of Indonesia's vulcanology centre, told Reuters today's eruption was more powerful than the first a day earlier.

“Earlier today was another eruption at 6.30 am, sending out smoke as high as two km, more or less,” he told Reuters.

Saudi women to sue dad for turning down suitors PTI DUBAI, AUG 30

In an unusual legal fight, six Saudi sisters have decided to file a lawsuit against their father for repeatedly having turned down their suitors and not allowing them to get married.

The women, all in their 30s, have written a letter to Sultan Bin Zahem, chairman of Saudi Arabia's Advocacy Committee, demanding that they be given the authority to get married.

They allege that their father always turned down their suitors claiming that there was no woman in his family to negotiate the marriage terms.

In the letter, the women alleged that their father has rejected many suitors even though they were pious men and of good conduct, Saudi Okaz newspaper reported.

Bin Zahem said the women can file a lawsuit against their guardian and the judge will summon him to ask him why he has not allowed his daughters to get married.

If his reasons were not convincing, the judge would use his authority to approve their marriages to appropriate men.

A Reuters photographer said he saw plumes of smoke rising from the 2,460-metre volcano after the second eruption.

Inactive since 1600, it had been rumbling for several days.

“I saw some hot pieces of volcanic rock come out and burn trees in the area,” he said. A smell of sulphur pervaded the air as residents moved out of their homes to temporary shelters.

Indonesia is on the so-called Pacific Rim of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and geological fault lines triggering frequent earthquakes around the Pacific Basin. The eruption triggered the highest red volcano alert.

About 21,000 people had been evacuated from largely farming areas. Many fled to

Medan, 50 km (30 miles), Indonesia’s third-largest city, northeast of the volcano. Officials said much of the movement was unnecessary.

“People have been evacuated from areas within a six km (fourmile) radius of the volcano,” vulcanologist Surono said. “Beyond six km it is safe, but there has still been a lot of panic among people here who don't understand that.”

He said it was impossible to know when the eruptions would stop, but it was unlikely volcanic dust would drift to neighbouring countries.

“Here, it is three millimetres (1/8 of an inch) thick on the leaves of plants,” he said.

“It has the potential to damage people’s respiratory tracts, but in my lifetime of studying

volcanoes I have never heard of anyone dying from inhaling volcanic ash.”

Andang Santoso, a spokesman for the government air agency PT Angkasa Pura II, said major flight itineraries were unaffected.

“However, there have been delays on the route between Medan and Sibolga,” a town south of the volcano, he told Reuters in a telephone text message.

Metro TV broadcast a tearful interview with one resident, Maranatha, who had fled her village.

“Why did this happen to our village? Why is this, my fate?” she said. “We feel very sick and worried. This is very sad for us and it has affected everything.”

Iraq drawdown may raise pressure on US budget

REUTERS WASHINGTON, AUG 30

The end of the US combat mission in Iraq may increase pressure on the Pentagon to trim spending, giving ammunition to lawmakers who have long wanted to take aim at the massive defense budget.

The United States will formally end its combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday, ahead of a scheduled withdrawal of all US forces next year. President Barack Obama also aims to start withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan in July 2011.

Given mounting concern over the giant US budget deficit, those drawdowns could be potent political arguments for advocates of making defense cuts part of the overall effort to trim federal spending.

Tackling defense spending has been a politically taboo topic since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, but that may be changing, analysts say.

“We're about to enter into a glacial shift in thinking about the size of the defense budget.

And the wars (are) no longer the iron-clad protection that the budget increasers had,” said Winslow Wheeler, director of

the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information.

The Pentagon fiercely opposes cuts and is pushing for at least 1 percent real growth in coming years in its “top line” budget, the total amount spent on non-war operations. While spending on the Iraq war is declining, costs for the Afghan war are reaching record highs.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who has voiced concern that Congress may attempt to trim defense spending, has preemptively unveiled job cuts and the closure of an entire military command. But savings from such “efficiencies” would be reinvested elsewhere within the defense budget.

Proponents of reducing overall defense spending include many Obama Democrats, who are increasingly wary about the cost of the unpopular, nineyear-old Afghan war and who are applauding Obama's attempts to bring the Iraq war to an end.

But even some conservative Republicans, mindful of the deficit, are taking a close look at military spending, which has roughly doubled in real terms since the Sept. 11 attacks. Con-

gress has appropriated more than $1 trillion on the two wars alone since 2001 while spending has also skyrocketed in the core defense budget.

Republican Senator Tom Coburn told Reuters that the Pentagon was wrong to think it would be immune to broader efforts to reduce federal spending and tackle the deficit steps he said were needed regardless of the Iraq drawdown.

“There's no question of waste at the Pentagon,” Coburn said.

Asked about Pentagon hopes to dodging the budget ax indefinitely, Coburn said: “Well, that isn't going to happen... you better be prepared because it isn't going to happen.”

Obama's budget for 2011 called for $548.9 billion for the Defense Department's base budget, a real increase of 1.8 percent in purchasing power over the sum appropriated in fiscal 2010 for activities excluding Iraq, Afghanistan and other hot spots.

The issue has broad implications for the Pentagon's largest suppliers -- Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing Co, Northrop Grumman Corp <NOC.N>, BAE Systems Plc, General Dynamics Corp and Raytheon Co.

Resident carry a coffin during a funeral ceremony as Mount Sinabung spews hot clouds of ashes in the district of Tanah Karo outside the city of Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Tuesday. Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted for a second time, forcing more than 20,000 people to remain in evacuation centres, officials said.

Pak court dismisses Lakhvi’s bail PTI ISLAMABAD, AUG 30

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks today dismissed a bail petition filed by Lashker-e-Taiba operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.

Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan of the Rawalpindibased anti-terrorism dismissed Lakhvi's bail application on the ground that it could not be maintained, sources said.

Lakhvi's lawyer Khwaja Sultan, who has been accused by the prosecution of filing numerous petitions to delay the trial, told PTI that his client would now (rpt) now approach the Lahore High Court for bail.

"We will decide on the date for filing the application in the High Court after getting the antiterrorism court's detailed order," Sultan said.

Sultan claimed that bail should be granted to Lakhvi as the prosecution had been unable to produce any solid evidence linking him to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Senator warns of instability if Pakistan is unaided REUTERS ISLAMABAD, AUG 30

Flood-stricken Pakistan urgently needs more international aid to combat potential instability and extremism, a US official said, as hunger and disease threaten millions of victims.

In an commentary published in today's International Herald Tribune, US Senator John Kerry wrote that the international community is not meeting its responsibilities towards the south Asian nation, where floods have killed more than 1,600 people and left at least six million homeless.

“The danger of the floods extends beyond a very real humanitarian crisis,” Kerry wrote.

“A stable and secure Pakistan, based on democracy and the rule of law, is in all of our interests. Pakistan has made enormous strides in combating extremism and terrorism - at great sacrifice. But its ability to keep up the fight requires an effective response to this crisis.”

Pakistan has struggled with its response to the massive flooding, which has left onefifth of the country underwater, an area the size of Italy. Pakistanis have grown increasingly angry with the sluggish govern-

Modern Family, Mad Men sweep 62nd Emmy Awards trophy for 'The Closer' while Bryan Cranston was named best lead actor for his performance in 'Breaking Bad'.

Series winners for comedy were Jim Parsons for lead actor in 'The Big Bang Theory' and Edie Falco for lead actress in 'Nurse Jackie'.

In the drama category, Archie Panjabi was honored as best supporting actress for her role in 'The Good Wife' and Steve Shill took the directing Emmy for 'Dexter'.

PTI LOS ANGELES, AUG 30

Mad Men, a dark period drama set in 60's New York and comedy series Modern Family, a mockumentary about three families, won the top honours at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.

Mad Men won the Emmy for best TV drama for the third year in a row while Modern Family took home the trophy for outstanding comedy at the awards presented here.

The comic series took home four more awards including the best supporting actor trophy which went to Eric Stonestreet and an award for writers Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd.

"All I wanted to be was a clown in the circus when I was a kid growing up," Stonestreet said. 'Glee', the musical series, which led with 19 nominations, won Emmys for supporting actress Jane Lynch and director Ryan Murphy.

Murphy dedicated his Emmy

Cast and Producers of Top Chef, winners of Outstanding Reality-Competition Program Award pose for photographers in the press room during the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA.

award "to all my teachers who taught me to sing and finger paint."

Lynch praised fellow cast members saying, "You're so fresh-faced, and when I'm not seething with jealousy, I'm so proud of you."

'Mad Men' won a second Emmy for writing, which went to series creator Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy.

'Top Chef', hosted by Indian model Padma Lakshmi, won the Emmy for outstand-

ing reality series, beating off competition from 'The Amazing Race', which had won in the categor y for the past seven years.

In the drama category, Kyra Sedgwick won the best actress

UN panel on climate change likely to be reformed REUTERS NEW YORK, AUG 30

Experts will recommend reforms to the UN panel of climate scientists today to avoid errors such as an exaggeration of the rate of melt of the Himalayas in a 2007 report.

The InterAcademy Council, comprising experts from National Science Academies, will hand a review to UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon in New York outlining ways to bolster the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The United Nations hopes the recommendations (1930 IST) will restore confidence in climate science. Achim Steiner, head of the UN Environment Programme, said he would be surprised if the council urges a major overhaul of how the IPCC works.

Following is an overview of errors and overall findings in a 2007 IPCC report: MISTAKES: In July, the Netherlands Environmental As-

sessment Agency said it ''found no errors that would undermine the main conclusions in the 2007 report'' after a review. It urged more transparency about how conclusions were reached.

It said the IPCC exaggerated the rate of melt of Himalayan glaciers by saying they could all vanish by 2035. The IPCC wrongly said that 55 per cent of the Netherlands is below sea level -- the real figure is 26 percent. The IPCC projected that between 75 million and 250 million people in Africa are at risk of experiencing stress on water supplies by 2020 due to climate change -- the real range is between 90 and 220 million.

Overall findings in 2007 IPCC report Observed changes: Warming of the climate system is unequivocal.

Causes of change: Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in

... greenhouse gas concentrations'' from human activities. (''Very likely'' means at least 90 per cent) Annual greenhouse gas emissions from human activities have risen by 70 per cent since 1970.

Concentrations of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, far exceed the natural range over the last 650,000 years, it said.

Projected climate changes: Temperatures are likely to rise by between 1.1 and 6.4 degrees Celsius and sea levels by between 18 cm and 59 cm this century, without accounting for risks of an accelerated thaw of Greenland and Antarctica.

Africa, the Arctic, small islands and Asian mega-deltas are likely to be especially affected by climate change. Sea level rise ''would continue for centuries'' because of the momentum of warming even if greenhouse gas levels are stabilised. ''Warming could lead to some impacts that are abrupt or irre-

versible''.

About 20-30 percent of species will be at increasing risk of extinction if future temperature rises exceed 1.5 to 2.5 degrees Celsius.

Solutions/costs: Governments have a wide range of tools -higher taxes on emissions, regulations, tradable permits and research. An effective carbon price could help cuts.

Emissions of greenhouse gases would have to peak by 2015 to limit global temperature rises to 2.0 to 2.4 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial times, the strictest goal assessed.

The costs of fighting warming will range from less than 0.12 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP) per year for the most stringent scenarios until 2030 to less than 0.06 per cent for a less tough goal.

In the most costly case, that means a cumulative loss of GDP by 2030 of less than 3 per cent.

'Temple Grandin', the story of a woman who overcame autism to pioneer humane treatment for cattle, received five Emmys, including best made-fortelevision movie.

'You Don't Know Jack', a mini series about Dr Jack Kevorkian, a controversial proponent of assisted suicide for terminal patients, earned Emmys for lead actor Al Pacino and writer Adam Mazer.

ment response, and are turning to Islamist charities sometimes tied to militant groups.

Pakistan is battling Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban, and the speed and efficiency with which Islamist charities have helped flood victims worries government officials and the United States, which wants a stable Pakistan because of its role as a frontline state in the war on militancy.

“We don't want politicians.

We want the Islamic groups in power. The government just steals,'' said Haidar Ali, a college student in the devastated Swat Valley whose life has been reduced to laying bricks all day in stifling heat.

Kerry is a co-sponsor of the Kerry-Lugar-Berman aid package, which would funnel 7.5 billion dollar over five years in civilian development money to Pakistan. Last week, the head of the United States Agency for International Development said 50 million dollar from the package would be diverted to immediate flood relief.

The United States is the single largest donor to the flood relief,

contributing more than 200 million dollar or over 20 per cent of the total aid pledged so far.

The floods began in late July after torrential monsoon downpours over the upper Indus basin in the northwest. Officials said water levels were receding on most rivers now and they expected no rain in the coming few days.

“We believe that it will take another 10 to 12 days for rivers in Sindh to come to normal flow.

Therefore, we still need to be watchful,” said senior weather official Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry. The southern province has been especially hard hit.

The death toll was expected to rise significantly as the bodies of the many missing people are found. There is no official estimate of the number of missing because mass displacements have made accounting for them almost impossible.

The United Nations said aid workers were increasingly worried about disease and hunger, especially among children, in areas where even before the disaster acute malnutrition was high.

9 Vietnamese charged with murder of Indian UNI DUBAI, AUG 30

Nine Vietnamese men have been charged with the premeditated murder of an Indian and with attempting to kill his compatriot, after they went to a city brothel for sex.

Prosecutors accused the nine defendants, aged between 20 and 24 years, with arming themselves with knives which they

allegedly used to kill the Indian identified only as JS. The suspects were also charged with attempting to kill a 27-year-old Indian driver, named as only DS. The defendants could not be questioned in court for want of an interpreter, the Gulf News said today.

The nine suspects were also charged with running the brothel.

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BY CHRISTINA VIEGAS HERALD FEATURES sassy call from a garment vendor, “Aap yeh tights pehen lijiyeh Madam, Photos by Christina Viegas Aap pe mast lagegah.” Or, at six in the morning, you go for your early (Lead pic) A street in Kotachiwadi and morning fitness amble towards the (left) the Cross that has been keeping Gateway of India and your throat is yearning the residents safe from the vices for a hot drink and just then the chaiwalla looms behind you, “Madam, chai?” You might shirk; after all, it is unhygienic right? But in She continues, “Every morning, a whole spite of yourself, you are impressed when he lot of us get together and say the rosary at proffers you disposable glasses too. Yes, this is the Cross. Normally, we pray for peace in the vibrant city of Mumbai; the city that never the world and for cure from sickness. Our sleeps. kids grew up here safe from all the vices.

Dust, heat, humidity, hoards of people throngWe believe that this holy place kept them ing the streets of this pulsating city with its skysafe.” scrapers and Victorian buildings is how we Excitedly, Ms Fernandes enlightens, “We, describe Mumbai. So, on my last visit to the from the ‘Wadi’ belong to the St Teresa’s commercial capital, to be told that there is a parish.”

That reminds me of the beautiful unique locale shrouded by the Goan touch in the church I spotted before entering the narvery heart of this vibrant city got me all perky. row by lanes of this quaint settling. It So, I went rushing off in search of Khotachi

BY ELVIS SEQUEIRA stood tall and tranquil, though in the hub Wadi in the narrow by lanes of Girgaum. As I disHERALD FEATURES of blaring horns and speeding traffic. With embark from an old cab and walk into the lane ailing from the village of Velim in Salits architecture, colour, fine detailing of that leads to this settling, I am acutely taken aback. cete taluka, Matheus Correia the carved timber eaves, the intricately How can the streets around be buzzing while this known to all as Comedian detailed windows etc, the entire façade charming settling sits silently tucked away, virtually Selvy was introduced to of this awesome church exuded a maguntouched over the decades? It is like walking the Konkani stage by his friend nificence that will surely tug at every away from Mumbai and stepping straight into a and neighbour Jose de Velim who, heart that beats for Goa. sleepy coastal Goan village. at that time, was actAccording to a few other residents, a lot has This little pocket of low rise, tiled roofed houses ing for a director called changed over the years. They inform, “Our parents and grandparents used of the 18th to 19th century, with narrow pedestrian Tony Park. After a few to pound and make ‘masalas’ at home; they used to fill up 20 to 30 bottles. lanes radiates an old world charm. Interfacing with this pedestrian street Nowadays, who has the time? Those days, even onions used to be brought short stints with some upfront, are characteristic timber porches and verandas. Chat with the friendly from the farms from Gorai and sold in huge lots.” c o m i n g d i re c t o r s , residents of this quaint place who are Goans and East Indians and you are Selvy got his big break As for food, yes the folk here indulge in their fish curry and rice or ‘xit enlightened that these porches and verandas, with their cast iron and timber in professional tiatrs codi’, akin to the ‘Goemkars’ back home.

And what about Goa’s exotic local balconies, were venues for a noontime siesta on a planter’s chair, or a place as he was roped in by brew, the fabulous ‘Feni’?

Mrs Fernandes quips, “We love it but get to drink for neighbours to catch up on the daily gossip. Apparently, there were never John D’Silva to act in any hard feelings among the residents. It was the great sporting spirit and a few pegs only when friends and relatives smuggle it out of Goa. But, to his tiatr ‘Vatt’ in the taste good ‘Feni’, we have to go to Goa.” Her reply sure is a fantastic the affectionate bond that kept all their parties really happening. year 1998. statement which reaffirms the fact that ‘Feni’ is a prized, exclusive Geographical It is a pleasure to be invited into the home of Mrs Lynette Fernandes who Indication Product of Goa. Today, Comedian Selvy’s hard work, dedleads me into her warm kitchen as she starts her chinwag with hardly any ication, determination and his natural flair Apparently, there was a great sportsman, Owen Ferreira who took great breaks. Pottering around, she enlightens, “Oh! I am a Goan, but I was born for comedy has made him one of the most trouble in organising sporting activities on feast days for all the children. and brought up here, fell in love here and got married here.” I am amazed sought after comedian of the Konkani stage. when she says she is all of sixty. The lovely lady is bounding with energy and During the Christmas season, daily, they used to have a full week of sports After a decade of dedicated service to the is full of the joy of living. Appending laughter into our conversation, she and parties. Unfortunately, once he died, all these activities too gradually man who gave him his first big break in profaded away. jokes, “You know, actually, I am one of the very few young ones left. The fessional tiatrs, Selvy moved on to join another It is a pleasure to acquaint with these friendly folks. As I leave, goodbyes average age of the folk here is between 75 to 80 years.” well known Comedian of the Konkani stage, are said almost as if I am family.

Just like home; just like our Goa. I feel a sense of unease; the deficiency of the fun and frolic of youngsters.

Comedian Agostinho; this turned out to be Why is this heavenly place bereft of the younger generation? The lady the turning point of his career. informs, “All the children have grown up, married and migrated abroad. Only we old parents are left here.” She quickly quizzes, “Have you seen the Cross in our street?” I reply that I couldn’t miss that; an important feature in the landscape of Goa and in the life of the Christian Goans. So, she continues, “In 1899, there was this plague. The authorities then housed the people in groups of 10s in the nearby ‘maidans’. So, Learning the art of cooking can these people who were saved returned and erected this Cross as a thanksgiving. There is a Portuguese engraving under it, HERALD FEATURES get testy if you are venturing into which translates into, ‘Delivered from The Plague’.” t’s an undeniable fact that Italian cuisine tastes heavenly and learning it on your own, but when you the art of cooking it can be a divine process. Facilitating just that is learn from someone who knows Maestro Svatantra Sarjano, who is opening the doors of the Internathe works, it can be one of the tional Academy of Italian Cooking Arts at his ristorante, My Place, at Vagator. The course is open to everyone who wishes to learn the subtle most satisfying of arts, quite art of Italian cooking. The month-long course is for beginners as well literally as professional cooks and chefs.

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Comedian Agosthino’s tiatrs such as ‘Police’ (Part I and II) and ‘Advogad’ made Selvy a star, not only in Goa but also in the UK and the Gulf where tiatrs are staged. Besides acting in Comedian Agostinho’s tiatr ‘Advogad’, where he is the permanent member of the troupe, he also acts in tiatrs of four other well known directors, namely Comedian Sally’s ‘Maink Lagon’, Rosefern’s ‘Bhurgim Tim Bavlim Nhoi’, Mario Menezes’ ‘Tem Tuka Naka’ and Milagres de Chandor’s ‘Valentine’s Day’.

As a comedian, Selvy is loved by people of all age groups; he is especially a favourite among the kids and this can be gauged by the fact that many of them rush to the green rooms where he performs along with their parents, either to click pictures or just shake hands with their favourite Konkani comedy character. Comedian Selvy released his new comedy VCD film last month titled ‘Second Hand’, which has, till date, sold more than 2,000 copies.

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ndian origin British actress Archie Panjabi has won her first Emmy award, a Best Supporting Actress trophy for her portrayal of Kalinda Sharma, a bisexual private investigator in the ‘The Good Wife’.

Dressed in a black off-shoulder gown by Tadashi Shoji, the 38-year-old actress described the win as a “dream come true”, at the 62nd Emmy Awards.

“When I started in the business in England, just getting a job was a dream. And to receive an Emmy now is just beyond my wildest dreams.

Working on ‘The Good Wife’ for me is like a dream come true,” she said. Panjabi beat off competition from ‘Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks and Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne of ‘Damages’ and Sharon Gless from the ‘Burn Notice’ to win the top award in the category.

The actress who was born to Sikh parents in West London, began her career with the Om-Puri starrer ‘East is East’ and went on to star in films like ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ and Academy award nominated ‘The Constant Gardener’. Panjabi is one of the few performers of Asian descent to have won an Emmy, and is the first visible minority to win the category since Mary Alice won for ‘I’ll Fly Away’ in 1993.

The actress who is married to fellow British actor Raj Nihlipandi, had appeared alongside Angelina Jolie in ‘A Mighty Heart’ where she played the role of former Wall Street Journal reporter Asra Nomani.

Her performance earned her The Chopard Trophy for a Breakout Performance at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.

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BY DOLCY D’CRUZ HERALD FEATURES pectators braved the rains to enjoy the colours of Bonderam on Saturday, August 28. The ferry transporting loads of people to the island of Divar to experience the harvest festival in all its glory. With the streets filled with people, getting a glimpse of the floats was a big feat, as children ran to the front row to make the most of the festivity. The celebrations started with the Flag March and then the floats representing different wards followed.

Five floats were paraded in the evening by the groups, Romantic, Divar Centre, Madant, Premiero and Vitogem. Romantic group which represented Golti, prepared a float on the potters of the village. Small children as well as elderly women were seen dancing with earthen pots and utensils. Vitogem group prepared a float on the occupations of our ancestors, like farming and pottery. Pretty girls danced around wearing the theme colours, blue and white. Navelim was represented by the group Madant Star which showcased the theme ‘Gavana’ which means ‘gavia, vazoia ani nachia’, (sing, play and dance.)

Premiero group went with the rhythm of African culture while the Divar Centre decorated its float with Sheru, the Mascot of the Commonwealth games, and even the FIFA World Cup.

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Onam celebrated with Great Fervour in Bicholim

BY SAMIR UMARYE bout 400 Malayalee families residing in Goa recently celebrated the festival of Onam over a period of two days at Bordem-Bicholim. The festival was organised by the Kalpak Cultural Association - Bicholim for two days on August 28 and 29, 2010 at Mahamaya Temple Hall, Bordem-Bicholim. Keralites residing in Pernem, Bardez, Bicholim and Sattari taluka took part in the festival.

Vishnu took the form of dwarf-sized Vamana and approached Mahabali, asking for three steps of land for which the king agreed readily.

Vamana then grew into the skies and with one step covered the earth and with another step the heavens. With no place to keep the third step, Mahabali offered his head, which was pushed by Vamana into the netherworld. But before sending Mahabali to the netherworld, Lord Vishnu gave Bali the boon that he can visit his subjects once in a year. The day Mahabali visits his subjects is celebrated as Onam.

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Several cultural programmes were held on the first day while the special attraction for the second day was the 'Panchavadyam' presented by the famous group of artists headed

by Purushothaman from Kerala.

The 'Onasadya', which is the traditional vegetarian lunch, also served as a special attraction of the day. The organisers had invited a special cook from Kerala to prepare 'Onasadya' which had in all 21 items.

Also present on the occasion were Speaker of the Goa Assembly, Pratapsingh Rane and MLA Rajesh Patnekar who enjoyed the special feast.

Onam, the most popular festival in Kerala, is the day when the legendary Asura King Mahabali visits his subjects.

Mahabali had turned his kingdom into a virtual paradise on earth and the ‘devas’, not able to tolerate this, sought the help of Lord Vishnu to eliminate Mahabali. Lord

Samriddhi: Connecting the World through Social Media HERALD FEATURES very year Samriddhi, an annual national conference organised by the students of Goa Institute of Management, addresses issues related to various spheres of development in a bid to find practical and viable solutions. This year, Samriddhi 2010, held on August 28 and 29, 2010, focused on the concept of Social Media and Business.

Chief Guest Ivan Arthur, former Creative Director of the fourth largest advertising agency in the world James Walter Thompson (JWT), inaugurated the event in the presence of Peter D’Lima, Director.

The conference focused on the fact that millions of people and businesses interact, share and collaborate through social networking sites, media communities, blogs, and more. Social networks bring together

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9am to 5pm at Airway Public School, Vidhyanagar Residents Welfare Association, Zuari. Call 9921346559 or 9881104640.

A Junior Oratory Contest for the late Avertano Furtado Rolling Trophy, organised by the Lions Club of Loutolim will be held on Septemeber 4 at the Margao Municipal Hall, Margao. Call 9552002878, 9860606994 or 9923029197.

The 39th Shri Krishna Janmastami Mahotsav, organised by Ram Mandir Seva Samiti, Vasco will be held on September 1 from 8pm.

All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament, organised by the JCI St Inez and the Panjim Table Tennis Club, will be held from September 16 to 19 at the SAG Indoor Stadium, Campal, Panjim. Call 93264129171.

A state-level seminar and workshop, organised by the V M Salgaoncar College of Law and the Asian School of Cyber Laws, Pune will be held on September 4 from 10am in Panjim. Registration closes on Septemebr 2. Call 2462225.

An acting and script writing workshop, organised by International Centre Goa will be held on August 31 from 3.30pm to 9pm at International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. E-mail prog@incentgoa.com. Call 9765404391.

An inter-school drawing and photography competition will be organised by Big Foot , Loutolim. The competition is in two categories; for Std V-VII the theme is Ganesh for prosperity and for VIII-X the theme is Ganesh festival celebrates unity and love. The last date to submit the entries is September 22. The winners will be announced at the Bal Mela at Big Foot in the month of November. Call 2777034.

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Matoli and Dekhava Comeptitions, organised by the Department of Art and Culture are being held at the district level. The Matoli competition is open to individual participations, while the Dekhava competitions are open only to Sarvojanik Ganeshotsav Mandals.

Call 2438103.

The All Goa Toroloco Tequila Cocktail Competition is open for registration. Call 2262922, 2253377 or 2407030-71.

A workshop on organic gardening basics, conducted by Green Essentials, Taleigao with Miguel Braganza is open for registration. E-mail karan@greenessentials.in. Call 9960643250, 2451360 or 9822982676.

‘Everyone Says I Love You’, the film, will be screened at the 7th session of Temenos: The Film Study Circle on September 2 at 5:30pm at Gallery Gitanjali, Fontainhes, Panjim. The following day, the film appreciation circle, ‘Imago: The Language of Film’ will look at the element of design in cinema at 5:30pm at the same venue. Call 9423316395, 9823572035 or 9823253361.

The Lambert Mascarenhas Award, the Felicio Cardoso and the Cyril D’Cunha Photojournalist Award will be handed over to working journalists whose articles have been published from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2010.

It is organised by the Goa Union of Journalists. Registration closes on August 31. Call 9822179125 or 9822175940.

‘Wednesday Night Live’ will take place on Spetemeber 1 from 7.30pm onwards at The Mix, Arpora.

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people with similar interests and provide users with an opportunity to interact and express opinions. They provide platform to discuss products, services, problems and solutions. Samriddhi ’10 aimed at seeking a deeper insight into the growing impact of social networking and how social media has changed the business outlook.

The conference also witnessed ‘Buzz it’ – a competition on business strategies. Students from across the country were asked to submit a complete business plan for the setting up of a new hotel. From a total of 145 entries, only five short listed colleges made it to the finals.

Mudra Institute of Communication, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, SIES College of Management Studies and IIM Khoziekode presented their business plans on the second day of the conference.

HERALD CROSSWORD - 643 Across 1- Sci-fi princess; 5- Worm fiber; 9- Chatter; 12- "From ___ according to his abilities…"; 13- Concert venue; 15- Meadow mouse; 16- To ___ (perfectly); 17- Expert; 18- Support beam; 19- Low protective wall; 21- Material for wicks; 23- Embankment; 24- Miss Piggy's query; 25Not rough; 28- Longing; 33Chewy candy; 34- Young male horse; 35- Growl; 36- Balderdash; 37- Meat stew braised in red wine; 38- Jackie's second; 39- Ancient Athens's Temple of ___; 41- Actress Heche; 42- Swindler, slangily; 44- Capital of Manitoba; 46Abstract; 47- Essen exclamation; 48- Common; 49- Pertaining to goats; 53- See; 57Busy as ___; 58- Religion of the Muslims; 60- Fall; 61Compassionate; 62- Acid type; 63- Go back, in a way; 64Airport abbr.; 65- Dash; 66- Crux; Down 1- Bound; 2- I could ___ horse!; 3- Bakery worker; 4- Leading; 515th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; 6- Angry; 7- Monetary unit of Bulgaria; 8- Understood; 9- Mongolian desert; 10- King of comedy; 11- Floe; 14- Give life to; 15Scandinavian; 20- Be sorry for; 22- ___ anglais (English horn); 25- Dry stalks; 26- New Zealand aboriginal; 27- A lot; 28- Juvenes-

cent; 29- Dresden's river; 30- Mindlessly stupid; 31Nostrils; 32- Fraud; 34Bamboo stem; 37- Waterflea; 40- Caught; 42Essence; 43- Item on a list; 45- Here, to Henri; 46- Ancient Greek divinity; 48African sir; 49- Birthday treat; 50- Slightly; 51- Remain undecided; 52Salinger girl; 54- Sea eagle; 55- Fizzy drink; 56Small blemish; 59- Like Abner;

SOLUTION - 642

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Calangute face Taleigao pykka soccer HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, AUG 30

Calangute Panchayat will meet Taleigao Panchayat in PYKKA State level football finals organised by Sports Authority of Goa at Taleigao ground on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

In the semi-finals, Calangute

Panchayat defeated Mandrem Panchayat 1-0. Alister Fernandes scored.

Taleigao Panchayat defeated Velim Panchayat 6-1. Deepak Rajput scored 4 goals including a splendid hat-trick while Yogesh Murgaokar scored a brace.

In the girls tournament, Taleigao Panchayat defeated Cortalim Panchayat 5-0. Anushka Viegas scored a hat-trick while Sonali Bhomkar and Leena Gaunso were the other scorers.

Earlier, Siolim Panchayat defeated Quepem Panchayat 1-0.

Luica Simoes scored the all-important goal.

In the semi-finals, Taleigao Panchayat will meet Siolim Panchayat while Calangute Panchayat will meet Navelim Panchayat.

Pg16 Salgaocar too good for Goa Velha Salgaocar...3

as the players get more lSubhash Singh scores brace that practice, everything will be in

Goa Velha...0

HERALD REPORTER VASCO, AUG 30

With a beautiful brace from S Subhash Singh, Salgaocar SC kicked off their campaign securing full three points in GFA’s Kingfisher Professional League, defeating Goa Velaha 3-0 at Tilak Maidan here on Monday.

Salgaocar were ahead with two quick goals by the 20th minute from Francis Fernandes and Subhash Singh, while Singh completed his brace in the second half.

Salgaocar opened the scoring

in the 14th minute through Francis Fernandes following a pass from Dawson Fernandes. Six minutes later striker Subhash doubled the lead following a solo run.

The scorecard could have been different if Beevan D’Mello, Francis Fernandes and Subhash Singh had shown some clinical finishing in the second half, when three sure chances went abegging.

Singh, however, swelled the lead in the 83rd minutes, after

receiving a pass Beevan D’ Mello.

Singh tacked defender Stanley D’ Silva and goalkeeper Agnelo Noronha with ease.

Though, Salgaocar got full points, coach Karim Bencharifa was concerned about poor finishing and the level of stamina of his players. However, he was confident that as the league progresses everything will fall in place.

Karim felt that lack of coordination among the team members was evident, but he said

perfect order.

He was very happy that the team had gained three points from the very first outing.

Goa Velha coach Lino Pereira opined that conceding two quick goals in the first half had demoralised the players who found it difficult to bounce back.

Lino was happy that his team had put up a better show after the break when they gave in just once.

“Our team will improve with every outing,” Lino added.

GFA inter-village transfers cleared lLegal

opinion favours new players cards

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

The Goa Football Association (GFA) today decided to release all inter-village transfer cards of 31 players, from Bardez, which were withheld following a decision arrived at the Annual General Body meting on July 18.

The decision to release the cards was taken at the Emergency Meeting which was presided over by president, Joaquim Alemao, Urban Development Minister.

The decision was arrived at after vice-president, Peter Vaz sought legal opinion. It was

felt that the new rule was not interpreted as per the spirit and as such, the earlier decision to withhold transfer cards which did not complete a month (June 18 – July 18) was revoked. Consequently, all those who sought transfers upto June 30, have been cleared.

Lavinio Rebello, Bardez Zone Secretary, who had taken up the matter with the GFA Executive Committee managed to pursue the matter to its logical conclusion. “I am happy for the players as well as the clubs as the suspense is over.

The players would have been

the worst sufferers,” Lavino pointed out.

“With legal opinion being sought and placed by Peter, the matter of transfers has been set to rest. Most importantly, the players will now get new cards,” Lavinio remarked.

Acoording to the legal opinion, the new rule could not be made applicable from retrospective effect, much more so when the players had submitted the inter-village transfer request during the window period ending June 30.

That apart, the 31 players had already surrendered their cards to GFA and so there was

no reason why the players had to go without cards. Those who had sought transfers, as such, could not be penalised for no fault of theirs, the lawyer opined.

It was also pointed out that since there were applications pending for inter-village transfer, the matter ought to have been placed at the AGM, which was not done.

The meeting was attended

by Peter Vaz, secretary Savio Messias, treasurer John Dias, members Lavinio Rebello, Jayprakash Poulekar, Lovino Goes, Anju Albuquerque, Francis Fernandes.

S S Angle triumph HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, AUG 30

S S Angle Higher Secondary, Mashem, Canacona won the boys and girls doubles respectively in Zone IV inter-higher secondary table tennis tournament at SAG Complex, Curchorem.

In the boys section, SS Angle defeated St Alex Higher Secondary, Curtorim 3- 1.

Viraj beat Princly 11-7, 11-9, 11-4. Arnab outplayed Richard 11-7, 11-5, 11-5.

Riston of St Alex beat Bhulendra 11-2, 8-11, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 8-11.

In the girls category, SS Angle, made short work of Government Higher Secondary, Sanguem 3-0.

Ranjeeta defeated Lisa 11-9, 11-2, 5-11, 11-8. Chandrasheela outclassed Chaitali 11-0, 11-1 and 11-6. Disha beat Nyeta 113, 11-2, 11-4.

Gold medallist Talasha Prabhu, international swimmer, selected for the XIXth Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi from October 3-14, who was felicitated by V.M. Prabhudesai, Executive Director, SAG in the presence of Navin Acharya, Assistant Secretary (Programmes) and Talasha’s father Satish.

Guardian Angel, Adarsh triumph HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, AUG 30

Guardian Angel Higher Secondary, Curchorem and Adarsh Higher Secondary, Vazangal- Shiroda romped into the semi-finals of Zone IV inter-higher secondary football tournament at Tila m o l Pa n c h a y a t g r o u n d , Quepem on Monday.

A fine brace by Ashwin Godinho helped Guardian Angel to rout Pope John XXIII Higher Sec-

ondary, Quepem 5-0. The winners led 2-0 at half time.

Len Fernandes drew first blood in the 10th minute off a pass from Rolland Fernandes. Fifteen minutes later Josney Baretto doubled the lead with a stiff shot.

Crossing over, Guardian Angel’s Ashwin Godinho added his name on the scorers list. Vishal made it 40 while Ashwin Godinho drove the last nail into Pope John’s coffin.

Adarash thrashed Govern-

m e n t H i g h e r S e c o n d a r y, Sanguem 5-1. Adarsh tormented the rivals with Guruprasad Naik striking thrice (not hat-trick).

Raison Pereira and Nicky Alemao were the other scorers for the winners while Vinaj Sutarkar reduced the margin for the losers.

In the pre-quarters, Government Higher Secondary, Canacona blanked Shiroda Higher Secondary 2-0. Caitano Fernandes and Lanicio Fernandes scored.

Salgaocar striker S Subhash Singh, who scored a brace, in action against Goa Velha’s Nelson Fernandes at Tilak stadium, Vasco on Monday.

Photo: M Prabhav

Arpora draw with PY Vagator gfa 3rd div

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, AUG 30

Shankar Pailankar equalised two minutes before the end to ensure Arpora Sporting Club rescued a point as they drew 2-2 with Parish Youth, Vagator in GFA’s Third Division at Chapora ground, on Monday. Vagator were leading 1-0 at the breather.

Arpora started the brightest.

Throughout the match they created many chances, but unfortunately most of their efforts were well wide of the goal. Striker Manuel Lopes was the main threat, especially when he dropped deep to help out his midfield.

Vagator kept hold of the ball well in the midfield. The team picked up the pace in the second half after Tyson Fernandes came off the bench and caused the opponents a lot of problems with his crosses from the right.

In the 12th minute, the Arpora goalkeeper scrambled out of his box to clear the ball, unfortunately for him, the ball was closed down and eventually fell to Vagator’s Caitan Fernandes who neatly placed into the corner of the net.

After the change of ends, Arpora showed urgency to get back in the match. Vagator were lucky as they cleared off the goalline twice to deny Arpora.

Shortly after, Vagator goalkeeperVincent Fernandes hit Arpora’s Manuel Lopes on the back after a poor clearance.

In the 54th minute, Manuel Lopes finally scored af ter bundling in a cross driven in from the right side to bring Arpora on level terms.

In the 81st, a Vagator corner was swung in from the left side to the near post. Tyson Fernandes

Diljeet, Alisha, Kefira, Tejas, Devika, Arjun top lWesley

records 4th successive double title, Tanisi scores double

Winners of Vistar Group TT organised by Rudreshwar Yuwak Sangh (l to r) Deeljeet Velingkar (men singles), Tanisi Kirtani (mini-cadet and cadet girls), Wesley do Rosario (mini-cadet and cadet boys), Alisha Alfonso (women singles) alongwith Surendra Dessai, P Sahai, Ms Sahai, Sanjeev P Kamat Tarcar at Campal on Sunday.

open vistar tt HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

M a rg a o - b a s e d We s l e y d o Rosario recorded his fourth successive double crown, clinching as is usual with him now, the mini-cadets and cadets boys titles at 18th Open Vistar Group Table Tennis Championship organised by Rudreshwar Yuwak Sangh and sponsored by Sanjeev P Kamat Tarcar at indoor stadium, Campal on Sunday.

Tanisi Kirtani also bagged the double crown, lifting the minicadets and cadet girls crowns.

Kirtani and Wesley were the only two to bag double crowns. It is admirable that both have shown

excellent consistency.

VTTA’s Alisha Alfonso (PCCE, Verna) bagged her second successive women’s title.

She won a thrilling final which went the full distance and was by far the match of the day.

Alisha lost the first set as her opponent Nyssa played a tactical game using deep ‘phantom’ pushes into Alisha’s extreme forehand corner, moving and unsettling her.

Having lost the first game in a jiffy, Alisha switched tactics, serving long into the backhand corner and then attacking the centre with slow looping topspin drives, which unsettled her opponent and continued the pressure in the fifth game to

confirm her standing as the top woman’s player in the State.

Campal proved unlucky for Panjim’s seeded Roshni Gopani, who went down rather tamely to Kefira Rodrigues and Devika Sood respectively in the sub-junior and junior girls’ events.

Tejas Shevde lost the junior finals to Arjun Sood 3-0, but came back strongly to subdue Krishal P. D’Silva.

Diljeet Velingkar once again proved too hot to handle for Agnelo Naik who went down 41, in the men’s singles final.

Results of finals: Mini-cadet girls – Tanisi Kirtani bt. Abhigale Cunha 11-3, 11-3, 11-9. Mini-cadet boys – Wesley do Rosario bt. Aasityas

Kalro 11-2, 11-1, 11-1.

Cadet girls – Tanisi Kirtani bt.

Arantxa Noronha 3-11, 11-4, 118, 11-6.Cadet boys – Wesley do Rosario bt. Manguesh Sakordekar 17-19, 11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8.

Sub-junior girls – Kefira Rodrigues bt. Roshni Gopani 119, 11-4, 3-11, 11-8. Sub-junior boys – Tejas Shevde bt. Krishal P D’Silva 11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 11-9.

Junior girls – Devika Sood bt.

Roshni Gopani 11-4, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6. Junior boys – Arjun Sood bt. Tejas Shevde 11-7, 11-6, 11-9.

Ladies – Alisha Alfonso bt Nyssa Alvares 4-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-7, 11-5.

Men – Diljeet Velingkar bt.

Agnelo Naik 11-9, 12-10, 11-9, 11-13, 11-4.

was lurking in the box and the ball hit him on the back of the leg, before rolling into the goal.

Two minutes before close, Arpora had a corner at the other end. Shankar Palinkar stretched out a leg and kung-fu kicked the ball into to the top corner to salvage a valuable point.

In another match at Anjuna ground, St Sebastian SC, Mapusa registered a 5-2 victory over Sai Avtar SC. Swapnil Kondalkar opened the scoring for Sai Avtar after only five minutes.

Steven Fernandes equalised in the 13th. Six minutes before the lemon beak Mohmedin Khan put Mapusa ahead. Steven added his second in the 63rd and four minutes later Anthony Veigas put Mapusa 4-1 ahead.

Joalen Fenandes was on the scoresheet for Mapusa in the 74th. Four minutes before the end Abhijeet Salgaonkar pulled one back for Sai Avtar but it proved too little too late.

Pro-League match postponed HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, AUG 30

The Kingfisher Pro-League match between Dempo and Sesa FA to be played at Duler stadium on August 31 has been postponed.

It will now be played on September 1 at Tilak stadium, Vasco.

Damodar, MES, Dempo, Quepem up HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, AUG 30

Damodar College, Government College, Quepem, MES and Dempo entered the second round of inter-college (men) football championship organised by Goa University at University ground, Taleigao on Monday.

Damodar beat Mallikarjun 21. Ricky Miranda (19th ) and Stanislau Fernandes (37th) were the scorers for Damodar while Cavil Dias scored for Mallikarjun in the 62nd.

Government College, Quepem trounced Government College, Margao 5-0. Milton Pishe (21st), Joston Cardozo (28th), Jude Colaco (37th), Charles Mascarenhas (47th) and Micky Vaz (46th) scored for Government College, Quepem.

In another match, MES defeated PCCE 2-0. Rahul Naik (28th) and Edwin Carvalho (33rd) were the scorers for MES. Dempo beat Goa Engineering College 1-0. Dempo scored through Elton Fernandes in 17th minute.

3 rd Division football: St Christopher SC v. BAFF, Tivim ground; ABC Sports Club, Arambol v. Nagoa Sporting, Chapora ground; Carmona SC v. Varca SC, Dando, Benaulim ground; Adarsh YS v. Holiday Sporting (only second half), Anjuna ground. Kick off 4 p.m.

Goa University inter-college football: Architecture v. Government College, Khandola, 9 a.m; St. Xavier’s v. Caculo, 10.30 a.m; Rosary v. CES, 2 p.m; Don Bosco v. Salgaocar 3.30 p.m, University ground, Taleigao.

1 st All-Goa 9-a-side Reis Magos Soccer semis: Cana-Ben a u l i m S C v. C u r t o r i m G y m k h a n a , Re i s M a g o s ground, Verem, 4.45 p.m.

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Rosary edge out Loyola, win Salcete title under-14 subroto

HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, AUG 30

Our Lady of Rosary High School, Margao defeated Loyola High School, Margao 2-1 to win the Salcete Taluka Under-14 Subroto Mukherjee inter-school football tournament at Government ground, Manora, Raia on Monday. Rosar y led 2-0 at the breather.

Rosary showed good understand and played well as a unit, there being good understanding between the midfielders and

forwards Liston Fernandes and Jesmon Soares.

Rosary rocked the rival citadel when Liston punished the rival goalkeeper with a snap shot after he received a through pass from Jesmon Soares.

Spurred by the early success, Rosary mounted pressure and they were rewarded thanks to a defender’s lapse. Jesmon capitalised on the opportunity to tap the ball in.

Rosary relaxed after change of ends. That allowed Loyola the freedom to launch raids at the rival goal and Rolland Mascarenhas took the opportunity

Dharbandora enter YKKA finals HERALD CORRESPONDENT COLLEM, AUG 30

Dharbandora Panchayat boys entered the Panchayat Yuva Krida Khel Abhiyan district level volleyball tournament defeating Kirlapal Babal Panchayat at Mollem village panchayat court today.

The third and fourth prizes were awarded to Mollem VP and Sancorda VP respectively.

Abhinay Sanvordekar declared the tournament open in the presence of Sharadchandra Khandeparkar, HM of Abhinav HS, Mollem.

Aishwarya, Shaunak awarded FIDE ratings

HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, AUG 30

Aishwarya Thorat and Shaunak Vatan Kunkolienkar have been awarded FIDE ratings, according to Goa Chess Association.

Ten-year-old Aishwarya, completed her rating on the basis of her performance at the 24th U-13 National chess championship in Chennai. She is a Std V student of St. Theresa High School Mangor Hill, Vasco and has participated in many State, National and FIDE rating tournaments and has won many prizes. Her present ELO rating is 1231.

She is the daughter of Ajay Thorat and Adv. Anita Thorat.

Twelve-year-old Shaunak Kuncolienkar, completed his rating from the rating tournament held in Hubli.

He learnt his basics from Wilson Cruz and Sanjay Kavalekar and later took on advance coaching from Amogh Namshikar. Presently he is under the guidance of Amogh.

Shaunak has participated in several Taluka and State level chess tournaments and has won prizes. His present rating is 1355. He is the son of Vatan Kuncolienkar.

Niraj leading u-17 chess selection HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, AUG 30

Niraj Saripalli emerged as the sole leader with 4.5 points followed by Akhilesh Rai, Vivek Shetye, Omkar Damle, Saeesh Bandodkar, Vagesh Tendulkar, Abhisekh Shivothaya, Tatvesh Savant with 4 points each at All-Goa U-17 State selection chess tournament at Shri Datta Mandir Hall, Nagorcem, Canacona conducted by Canacona Sports Academy in association with Sports Authority of Goa alongwith Goa Chess Association.

Fifth round results (top 5

boards): Niraj Saripalli (4.5) drew with Akhilesh Rai (4 points), Omkar Damle (4) drew with Kapil Pavse (3.5), Kedar Acahrya (3) lost to Vivek Shetye (4), Abhilash Raikar (3) lost to Saeesh Bandodkar (4), Vageesh Tendulkar (4) won against Deepak Gopalan (3).

In the girls category, Aishwarya Thorat is in the lead along with Gauri Hadkonkar.

Third round results (top 5 boards): Gauri Hadkonkar beat Deepali Nagorcemkar, Urvi Bandekar lost to Aishwarya Thorat, Trupti Naik lost to Sukanya Chari, Apoor va Naik beat Yeshma Naik, Falshruti Dalvi lost to Shruti Shanbag.

GOA DIARY Cricket pre-National coaching

PANJIM (HSD) - The pre-National coaching camp for selecting the senior cricket men and women’s teams will start from September 2 at Kunkolim tennis ball cricket ground, Kunkolim, Mardol, Priol at 2 p.m. Players selected for the coaching camp have been asked to report to Haresh Parsekar or Nilesh Naik with kit.

5-a-side football at Panchwadi

PANJIM (HSD) – The United Friends of Mapa, Panchwadi will organise their 1st all-Goa 5-a-side football tournament on September 5 and 12 at Digas ground, Mapa, Panchwadi from 10 a.m. The winners will pocket Rs. 8,000 while the runners-up will take home Rs.6, 000. Besides, individual prizes will also be awarded. Spot entries will be accepted. Details may be obtained from Franky on 985044492.

Power Grid chess at Mapusa

PANJIM (HSD) – The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (a Govt of India Enterprise, under Ministry of Power) will organise the National chess competition for the employees at Mapusa sub-station (Power Grid). Before the National level competition, regional level chess competitions have been completed and top four participants have been selected. Forty participants will take part at the National level competition to be held from September 4 at 400/220 KV sub-station, Colvale. The opening ceremony will be held on September 2 at 10 a.m. The closing and prize distribution ceremony will be held on September 4 at 5 p.m.

The first three contestants will participate in the Central Power sector level chess competition.

Tourism Minister, Nilkanth Halarnkar will be the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony. Power Minister Aleixo Sequeira will be the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony.

Bardez football clubs meeting

PANJIM (HSD) -- A meeting of all Bardez football club representatives will be held at Mapusa Residency on September 1 at 6 p.m, according to Jude Fernandes.

when the Rosary goalkeeper advanced and unleashed a stiff shot which hit the Rosary defender and entered in.

The reducer boosted the morale of Loyola players who went all out in search of the equaliser but they failed to get past the rival rearguard.

Elizabeth Mascarenhas, Headmistress of Our Lady of Snows, Raia was the chief guest and distributed the certificates in the presence of Gromiko Fernandes, Headmaster of Our Lady of Rosary, Nuvem and Fr Boulais Da Costa. Earlier, Bevlyn Colaco e Rodrigues, Salcete Taluka sports organiser welcomed.

Later, he proposed the vote of thanks.

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l ODI PTI LONDON/MELBOURNE, AUG 30

The match-fixing scandal that has rocked Pakistan cricket got murkier today with reports of more games being rigged as a rattled ICC promised "appropriate" action against players found guilty after investigations.

The sting operation carried out by British tabloid 'The News of the World', which implicated seven Pakistani players including captain Salman Butt, has opened a Pandora's box with fresh reports suggesting that the opening Test between England and Pakistan and the January Sydney Test between Pakistan and Australia could have been fixed.

The ICC top brass had a teleconference to discuss the issue after which it was made clear that Pakistan's T20 and ODI series against England will continue as scheduled.

"It is the desire of the ICC, England and Pakistan that the game is continued," ICC President Sharad Pawar said after talking over phone with top ICC officials, PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt and ECB chairman Giles Clarke.

Pakistan and England square off in two Twenty20 Internationals (September 5 and 7) before playing five ODIs from September 10-22.

Pawar said besides the London police, Anti-Corruption Unit of the ICC is also preparing a report. The world body will take

series will go on, says ICC l Bookie claims Sydney Test was fixed action after studying both the investigations and a report from the PCB. "I had a detailed discussion with Giles Clarke, Ejaz Butt, ICC vice-president Alan Issac, CEO Haroon Lorgat, anti-corruption wing in-charge Ravi Sawani and a few officials of ICC. We discussed in depth the Pakistani players' issue. One thing is that the British Police have not completed their investigation. Neither any player has been interrogated," he said.

"Until and unless the British authorities complete investigation, which we hope will be done in two-three days, and establish there is prima facie case it is difficult for the PCB to take appropriate action," he said.

"ICC is waiting for the British police to complete investigation.

ACSU is also looking into the details. It is also preparing a report in 2-3 days. The report by British Police and ACSU will give us a proper picture. This information we hope will lead us to take appropriate action if required," he added.

The furore follows allegations that a bookie, Mazhar Majeed, arrested and later released on bail, bribed Pakistani pacers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir for 'spot-fixing' to bowl no balls during the Lord's Test against England, which the visitors lost by an innings and 225 runs.

Pakistani cricket fans pose with a donkey as they shout slogans against national cricket team players involved in a match fixing scandal during a protest in Lahore on Monday.

While match-fixing involves rigging the outcome of a game, 'spot-fixing' means manipulating events within a match.

Another report claimed that the Pakistani players were found with cash exceeding their daily allowances during a Scotland Yard raid on Saturday night.

In video of the sting operation, Majeed is seen claiming that the result of the Sydney Test was rigged and is also boasting about the money he earned from it.

Cash recovered from Pak players’ rooms PTI LONDON, AUG 30

Cash exceeding their daily allowance was recovered from the hotel rooms of the Pakistani cricketers implicated in the "spot fixing" scandal during a raid conducted by the Scotland Yard here.

"Mr (Yawar) Saeed received a phone call at the team's hotel in Swiss Cottage, north London, at about 7.30pm telling him that two police officers were waiting to see him. Police spent two hours searching rooms, including that of Mr Butt and several players, before confiscating the phones of the captain and Aamer and Asif," a report in the 'The Independent' said.

"Officers also found large numbers of bank

Paes-Dlouhy seeded third us open

AGENCIES WASHINGTON, AUG 30

Defending champions Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy have been seeded third at the men's doubles event of the US Open and the Indo-Czech pair will open its campaign against Czech-Slovakia combo of Martin Damm and Filip Polasek.

Mahesh Bhupathi and his Belarusian partner Max Mirnyi are seeded fourth and will take on French pair of Arnaud Clement and Nicolas Mahut in their first round match.

In-form Indo -Pak pair of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ulHaq Qureshi are seeded 16th and have Americans Brian Battistone and Ryler De Heart as their opening round opponents.

India's ace women's player Sania Mirza, who entered the singles event as a qualifier, has paired up with Russian Vera Dushevina.

The duo have been drawn against 11th seeded Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova of Russia.

notes in the rooms of unnamed players which exceeded the daily maintenance payment made to the cricketers by their employers. It is not known if these bank notes relate to the allegations," it said.

The Scotland Yard detectives yesterday visited the Pakistan dressing room immediately after the third day's play in the fourth Test against England to question the players after the sting operation exposed 'spot-fixing' and the alleged nexus between the players and bookies.

Police also questioned Mazhar Majeed, a 35-year-old agent, about allegations that he accepted £150,000 in cash from undercover 'News of the World' reporters posing as a gambling syndicate. He was bailed out without any charge last night.

Bin Hammam wants to stay as Asia chief, backs Blatter REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR, AUG 30

Mohamad Bin Hammam has confirmed he wants to stay on as president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) after next year and will not challenge Sepp Blatter for the leadership of FIFA.

The 61-year-old Qatari had suggested earlier this year that the time had come for world governing body FIFA to appoint an Asian president. ''Let me be very clear, I will not run for the next FIFA election. I will be backing Sepp Blatter to remain in office for a new

mandate,'' Bin Hammam told AFC website. ''My aim is to run for the next election of AFC president due at the start of 2011. Hopefully I will get the full confidence of all the national associations.''

Bin Hammam has overseen soccer in Asia since 2002 and had been seen as one of the few figures in world football who could take on Swiss Blatter, who will seek a fourth term as FIFA president next year.

Widely regarded as a successful reformer who has revived Asian soccer, Bin Hammam's critics -mainly from East Asia and neighbouring Gulf Arab states -- accuse him of being dictatorial.

Last year, he survived a challenge to the place on the FIFA executive board he has held since 1996.

Will hang up boots only by 2013-14: Muralitharan PTI CHENNAI, AUG 30

Legendary spinner Muthaiah Muralitharan today made it clear he would hang up his boots only by 2013-14 as he felt fit enough to continue and has offers from English counties and would also like to play IPL. "I think my body is good enough to play cricket for another three years. I would like to play IPL (Indian Premier League) and some county cricket in England.I have received some offers but can’t disclose them at this moment," he said during a felicitation function got up by his IPL team, Chennai Super Super Kings, here today on his taking a record 800 wickets.

In an interactive session with the media later, Muralitharan said

he would play for another three seasons and that he had also agreed to Anil Kumble’s offer to join the Indian leggie in a venture.

However, he did not disclose the details of his venture with Kumble and was also not speSpin legend Muthiah Muralitharan cific on his representing Sri today urged the media to exercise Lanka in the 2011 World Cup. "It is still too early. I want to restraint and avoid putting pressure see how I play in the Champion Yuvraj Singh as the Indian batsman was going through a bad phase. ons League and then decide 'Yuvraj is a great batsman. All on the World Cup,” the 38year-old Muralitharan said. cricketers go through bad phases. I Sanjay Manjrekar, who anthink the media has to be careful in chored the function, requested criticizing him. This has put a lot of scribes before opening the pressure on him and he is reacting floor for a question answer ses(affecting his batting). But he will sion not to pose questions on certainly make an impact at the 2011 the alleged match fixing in PakWorld Cup," he said. istan's ongoing England tour.

Urges media to avoid putting pressure on Yuvi

"Let me tell you the last Test we did. It was the second Test against Australia in Sydney. Australia had two more wickets left.

They had a lead of 10 runs, yeah.

And Pakistan had all their wickets remaining," newspapers quoted Majeed as saying in the video.

"That one we made 1.3 million pounds. But that's what I mean, you can get up to a million. Tests is where the biggest money is because those situations arise."

Australia clinched an unlikely 36-run win in the match after

4 players may be suspended PTI LONDON/MUMBAI, AUG 30

Top officials of ICC and PCB are understood to be considering suspending four Pakistan players including Captain Salman Butt from the rest of the England tour in the wake of the match fixing scandal, a media report said tonight.

The officials of the ICC and the PCB are understood to be considering short-term measures against the accused Pakistan players and this includes suspending trio Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Kamran Akmal and captain Salman Butt from the rest of their tour of England, Daily Mail reported on its "Mail Online" service.

Mixed start for Milan, Juve

Pakistan lost nine wickets for a mere 89 runs. Pakistani Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal dropped four catches in the match which helped Australia recover from a potentially losing situation.

Compounding the Pakistan cricket team's woes was a report in a British paper which claimed that the side's players rigged the opening Test against England, which the hosts won by a massive 354 runs last month in Nottingham.

Scotland Yard's Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick was re-

portedly told about Pakistani players being involved in match fixing a month ago. "... police were told a month ago about match-fixing in the England v Pakistan Test series.

Scotland Yard's Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick was tipped off over alleged corruption in the first match (July 29 to August 1)," the tabloid claimed.

Quoting a source, the newspaper said that an informer had given "credible" information about match-fixing by Pakistani players to the police here.

The cricketers implicated in the scandal have had their mobile phones and reportedly their passports confiscated by the police.

But the storm has failed to force a resignation from Butt, who has reacted by saying that, "I haven't heard any allegations, except just taking my name.

There's nothing I've seen or been shown on TV that involves me."

Rattled by the bookie's claim about the Sydney Test, Cricket Australia said the allegations are "most disturbing" and called for a thorough investigation into the scandal.

"The reports from the UK are most disturbing and we look forward to the outcome of rigorous investigation by the UK authorities as well as by the ICC," CA chief James Sutherland said.

Equally disturbed by the turn of events was Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who said if the

match-fixing slur is proved right, all individual milestones by his players in the Sydney game would be "tainted".

"The thing that I'm most worried about if any of this is proven to be true is some of the individual performances that took place in that game," he said.

"All of those individual milestones will be tainted as well," he added.

The BCCI, arguably the most financially powerful member of the ICC, said the matter is for the ICC and the PCB to deal with.

"The PCB and ICC should look into this matter and they are capable of handling it," BCCI spokesman Rajiv Shukla said.

Former captains reacted with shock and anger at the scandal.

Former players such as Ian Chappell, Ramiz Raja, Michael Vaughan, Imran Khan and Ian Botham condemned the scandal and said they were worried about the future of cricket.

Meanwhile, Rattled by a bookie's claim that the Sydney Test between Australia and Pakistan was fixed, Cricket Australia today said the allegations are "most disturbing" and called for a thorough investigation into the scandal.

"The reports from the UK are most disturbing and we look forward to the outcome of rigorous investigation by the UK authorities as well as by the ICC," CA chief James Sutherland said.

very talented. If the allegations are true it was not a wise move on his part," he added.

Faisal Ahmed, 31, an NHS practice manager, from Hampstead, said: "I have been following the cricket team all over the UK. It is an absolute disgrace. I came here to support this team and they have been cheating."

"Anyone who took money should be taken off the team immediately and never allowed to play again. It needs to be looked at from the management down. Amir's foot was so far over the line it is embarrassing and shameful," he said.

Zardari, Gilani express disappointment: Pakistan's top lead-

ership on Sunday expressed disappointment and concern over a fresh match-fixing scandal involving some of the country's cricketers and sought a report on the issue from the cricket board.

President Asif Ali Zardari expressed disappointment at the scandal and directed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt to immediately submit a preliminary report about the incident.

Zardari, who is patron of the PCB, had taken note of the reports of match-fixing and directed officials to keep him updated about developments and the status of any inquiry that may have been ordered or held in London, said presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar.

Fans greet Pak players with boos, rotten tomatoes AGENCIES KARACHI, AUG 30

Reacting angrily to the matchfixing allegations, fans greeted the Pakistan cricket team with boos, jeers and pelted the team bus with rotten tomatoes as they used the stadium's back gate after crashing to a humiliating defeat by England at Lord's on Sunday.

Pakistan supporters also branded players at the centre of the allegations a "disgrace", the Daily Express reported.

Khushi Muhammad from Kent said there is a feeling of "shame" and "disappointment" "It is a disgrace for the country and for the game. Amir is

Bookies earned £ 20m AGENCIES LONDON, AUG 30

The shocking match-fixing scandal, involving the Pakistan team, turned out to be a money spinner for the bookies with reports suggesting that the fixers may have raked in at least 20 million pounds from Pakistan's matches in England this summer.

According to a report in the Daily Mirror tabloid, matchfixing crooks have so far earned at least 20 million pounds from Pakistan's tour to England, which also involved a Test series against Australia.

"And the cut to players involved in the alleged scam could be around 6 million pounds," a police source told the tabloid.

"There are huge amounts of money involved. A well-organised gang could easily have bagged tens of millions in a world-wide gambling operation," the tabloid quoted an expert as saying.

Meanwhile, Scotland Yard was examining the mobile phones of several Pakistan cricketers confiscated during a raid from their hotel rooms after allegations of 'spot-fixing' in the Lord's Test had surfaced on Sunday.

Pakistan team's bus was pelted with tomatoes and booed by their own supporters as they left Lord's on Sunday, hours after four players were questioned by Scotland Yard sleuths in connection with the 'spot-fixing' allegations.

Scandal is for ICC and PCB to deal: BCCI PTI NEW DELHI, AUG 30

The BCCI today chose to remain mum on the 'spot-fixing' scandal involving Pakistani players, saying the matter is for the ICC and the PCB to deal with.

"The PCB and ICC should look into this matter and they are capable of handling it," the BCCI's media and finance committee chairman Rajiv Shukla, who is also a Congress MP, told reporters here.

"The BCCI has got nothing to do with it. Even if some Indian bookies are involved, the Indian police will look into the matter," he said.

Mourinho’s Real fail to fire

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AGENCIES ROME, AUG 30

It was a mixed bag on the opening weekend of the Serie A season for two of Italy's giants as Juventus were shocked by Bari while AC Milan crushed Lecce 4-0.

Coming into this season on the back of their worst ever campaign, Juventus have spent big in their bid to get back to the top of Serie A. Last season's seventh-placed finish and missing out on the Champions League sent fear through Juve's bosses, who responded by opening the cheque-book.

Nine new players, amongst them five Italy internationals, were testament to new coach Luigi Delneri's intent and yet the team that was defeated 1-0 at Bari appeared to have made no progress since last season.

Juve began with seven Italy internationals in their starting line-up but their modest opponents dominated from the off.

Abdelkader Ghezzal had a one-on-one with Juve goalkeeper Marco Stoari as Juve's static, flat defence failed to cope with the run from deep.

Stoari saved but he could do nothing about Massimo Donati's spectacular curler two minutes from the break.

Bari came the closer to scoring after the restart with Donati again hitting an effort from distance that this time went just the wrong side of the upright.

It was quite another story for Milan who enjoyed a stroll against their promoted visitors.

Pato opened the scoring on 16 minutes with a finely-taken cross shot and Thiago Silva prodded home a scramble in the box at a corner soon afterwards.

Ronaldinho teed up Pato for the third before the half-hour mark, the Brazilian youngster beating the offside trap, rounding Antonio Rosati and slotting into the empty net. Veteran Filippo Inzaghi's last minute fourth was merely the icing on the cake.

Barca crush Racing

Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid duels with goalkeeper Dudu Aouate of Mallorca shortly before injuring himself in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on Monday.

la liga REUTERS MADRID, AUG 30

Jose Mourinho's La Liga adventure got off to a limp start on Sunday when Real Madrid were held to a 0-0 draw at Real Mallorca while champions Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 win at Racing Santander.

Snapped up after last season's treble-winning exploits with Inter Milan, Mourinho's arrival as coach at the Bernabeu has raised expectations he can end Barcelona's two-year reign as champions.

While his new team were struggling to click in Mallorca, Pep Guardiola's well-drilled outfit banged in three goals thanks to Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and David Villa.

Real Madrid's Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain was denied three times by home g o a l ke e p e r D u d u A o u a t e and Cristiano Ronaldo spurned a great chance as the visitors upped the pressure.

Mourinho's new signings

Mesut Ozil, Sami Khedira, Messi, who grabbed a hat- and new signing Villa headed A n g e l D i M a r i a , S e r g i o trick in the Spanish Super Cup his first league goal in a Barca Canales and Ricardo Carvalho last weekend, only needed four shirt, after Victor Valdes had all featured but despite a minutes to rip open the de- saved a penalty before the frantic finish Michael Lau- fence and score with a delight- break. drup's Mallorca were worth ful lob. ''We still lack a little contitheir point.

Iniesta followed up with a nuity in our play but this will ''We are a team in construc- volley from outside the area improve as the season protion. I would like us to have gresses,'' Guardiola told rehad three points ... but it's not porters. a dramatic situation,'' MourSecond division champiinho told reporters. ''On a posons Real Sociedad celeitive note we conceded very brated their return to La few chances and had no probLiga after a three-year ablems at the back. sence with a 1-0 win at ''The negative point is home to Villarreal.

AGENCIES MADRID, AUG 30 the result. I'm disapXavier Prieto raced on p o i n t e d t h a t w i t h t h e Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo to Joseba Llorente's backn u m b e r o f c h a n c e s w e will be out three weeks after injuring heel to score after 57 mincreated we didn't score. his ankle in his team’s Spanish league utes, making them the only ''When you aren't at your opener. promoted club to win in best you have to do two Madrid said Monday on its website t h e o p e n i n g r o u n d o f things, defend so your oppo- that the Portugal international was matches. nents don't score, and take hurt in the 0-0 draw with Mallorca a Levante and Hercules were your chances. We deserved to day earlier. beaten on Saturday. win,'' added Mourinho.

The 25-year-old Ronaldo will miss A double strike from Pablo Barca had earlier thrown Portugal’s 2012 European Champi- Osvaldo helped Espanyol overdown the gauntlet, appearing onship qualifiers against Cyprus and come Getafe 3-1 while the unruffled by the contentious Nor way. He will also be out for games between Deportivo exit of Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Madrid’s next league match against Coruna and Real Zaragoza and Osasuna and its opening Champions Osasuna and Almeria ended AC Milan.

League game against Ajax.

DELIGHTFUL LOB 0-0.

Ronaldo injures ankle, out for 3 weeks