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Region: Akshay-Twinkle host Diwali card party Pg 4 IN BRIEF Jal disrupts normal life in TN Copious rains, brought by cyclonic storm ‘Jal’, on Sunday disrupted normal life here and in other parts of Tamil Nadu inundating low-lying areas, while two persons were killed in rain-related incidents.

Over 10,000 families living in low lying areas in the city have been accommodated in community halls and schools.

Chennai corporation authorities have set up four massive kitchens to prepare food for these families, officials said.

A weather bulletin said that the cyclone moved westwards and lay centred at 14.30 hours over southwest Bay of Bengal.

— (PTI)

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Pak slow in terror fight: Obama Says US will not impose self on Indo-Pak ties

PTI NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, NOV 7

Ahead of his strategic dialogue with the Indian leadership, President Barack Obama on Sunday made it clear that the US would not “impose” itself on Indo-Pak relations even as he said that Pakistan’s progress in fighting terrorism was not quick enough.

After a hectic 26-hour stay in Mumbai, where the focus was on business and economic issues, the US leader flew in this afternoon to New Delhi where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set aside protocol to greet him personally.

During the packed morning schedule in Mumbai, a relaxed Obama and Michelle joined school children in a dance performance before he addressed a town hall interaction with students at which he fielded questions ranging from Mahatma Gandhi to why US was fighting shy of declaring Pakistan a terrorist state.

He said his administration’s foreign policy has been to engage aggressively with Pakistan to communicate that they wanted nothing more than a stable, prosperous and peaceful Pakistan.

“And we will work with Pak-

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US President, Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama visiting the Humayun Tomb, in New Delhi on Sunday.

istani Government in order to eradicate this extremism that we consider a cancer within the country that can potentially engulf the country,” he said.

The US President said the Pakistan Government understood now that the potential threat that exists within its own bor-

Influential people scuttling Nadia probe: CB to SC HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 07

Crime Branch investigating Nadia Torrado death has refused to give details of the probe to the Supreme Court, claiming that “highly influential people in the State” were hampering the investigations.

The 14-page affidavit, a copy of which is available with Herald, reads, “Disclosure of crucial facts available with the investigating agency to the interested person or the petitioner herein at this preliminary stage would hamper and destroy the evidence.”

Crime Branch is investigating into the death of the 28-yearold Nadia who died after consuming ‘ratol’ paste in May 2010. Ex-tourism minister Francisco (Mickky) Pacheco and his close aide Lyndon Monteiro are accused of killing Nadia.

Pacheco had resigned from the cabinet after the case against him was booked by Crime Branch. He remained absconding for over a month before surrendering to South Goa court.

Subsequently, he was arrested and later released on bail.

Monteiro was given interim bail by the Apex Court after his bail pleas were rejected by the Sessions Court and Bombay High Court at Goa. Police Inspector Sunita Sawant claimed that highly influential people in the State were interested in hampering

Disclosure of crucial facts available with the investigating agency to the interested person or the petitioner herein at this preliminary stage would hamper and destroy the evidence.

— Crime Branch investigations and hence refused to furnish case details. “…It may graciously be pleased to protect the interest of the investigating agency, which is continuing with the investigation by not asking for the details of the probe,” read an extract from the affidavit. The affidavit will be heard at the Supreme Court on Monday along with Monteiro’s anticipatory bail application.

Furthermore, the agency has asked Monteiro’s custodial interrogation to recover Nadia’s two mobile phones, her passport, laptop and the poison paste tube.

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“There are more Pakistanis who have been killed by terrorists inside Pakistan than probably anywhere else. Progress is not as quick as we liked,” he told a student who asked why Pakistan is an important ally for the US and why it was not declaring that country as a terrorist

Civic bodies to elect chiefs, Dys this week HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 7

Election to the post of chairperson and vice-chairperson of eleven Municipal Councils (MCs) will be held this week but newly elected members of most councils have already finalised who will head the council and, the elections will be a mere formality.

But it will be interesting to see how long or how early they go for a change either by resorting to no-confidence motion or arriving at an understanding wherein members agree to share the post of chairman by rotation.

During last few years, most of the MCs saw new chairman at regular intervals by members working out a power sharing formula. “This formula works well for them because other ambitious members also get a chance to at the helm of affairs and there is less possibility of they bringing in no-confidence motion against the chairman,” said an MMC official.

The trend has become quite popular among municipal members who pre f e r t o e n j o y power by sharing. During 2005-2010 Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) had six different persons chairing the council whereas the post of vice-chairman was shared among eight members on rotation basis.

Mapusa Municipal Council, Cuncolim Municipal Council and Margao Municipal Council followed this practice during its last term. But it appears that most councils will follow this route now.

state.

Maintaining that it is in India’s interest to have a stable and peaceful Pakistan, Obama expressed the hope that in time trust develops between India and Pakistan and dialogue begins perhaps on “less controversial issues building up to more controversial issues”.

MUMBAI: President Barack Obama, who heads the world’s richest economy, on Sunday checked out the world’s cheapest car – Nano.

No sooner the powerful US couple was introduced to Ratan Tata, who heads the USD 72 billion conglomerate, President Obama told the first lady Michelle that this is the person who created the USD 2,500 wonder car.

Eyewitnesses said that Michelle immediately expressed the desire to see the car that revolutionised the auto industry and put India prominently on the global map. — (PTI)

Jose Philip quits NCP leadership HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 7

Endings days of suspense, Nationalist Congress Party State unit president Jose Philip D’Souza tendered his resignation from the post after the ugly public brawl with another party MLA Mickky Pacheco.

Pacheco had claimed he was assaulted by D’Souza’s supporters while the latter charged that Pacheco was trying to poach on his supporters by distributing money prior to municipal polls.

Incidentally, D’Souza’s resignation came hours before the NCP fact-finding team was to submit the report to the party high command.

After the spat with Pacheco, D’Souza had said he will submit his resignation to NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in New Delhi after the municipal councils are formed.

“Today, Jose Philip faxed his resignation letter to NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and also NCP leader Praful Patel,” sources in the party told Herald.

This week, Party high command had commissioned its general secretary Prakash Bhinsale on a fact finding mission.

D’Souza had also expressed his desire to quit during his meeting with Bhinsale, who will submit the report to high com-

Yes, I have resigned but I have not given any reasons.

— D’Souza mand on Monday.

When contacted, D’Souza confirmed the development but refused to give much details.

“Yes I have resigned but I have not given any reasons,” D’Souza.

Indirectly referring to Pacheco’s comments that he would not work under him, D’Souza said, “If Pacheco feels that he can take the party ahead, I am happy for him,” he said adding that he would recommend Pacheco as next Goa unit chief.

Party sources claimed that D’Souza was called by NCP national leader Praful Patel and he held discussions with him over Goa incident.

Now, only PIs can fine tourists VIBHA VERMA PANJIM, NOV 7

After being criticised for fleecing the tourist vehicles, the State traffic police have now decided to allow only officer to the level of police inspector to fine the vehicles with non-Goa registration plates.

Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Arvind Gawas said that the lower level traffic police on the street will fine the vehicles with registration plates of other States only if they are caught in blatant violation or suspicious.

He said that the move to allow only senior level officer challan tourists came after traffic police have been accused of harassing tourists.

In the run up to the festive season including Diwali, Christmas and New Year, the State has hoards of vehicles with Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and even Delhi number plates loaded with

Tourists who are allowed to have tinted glasses for their vehicles back in their States were fined in Goa. This time around, these vehicles will be issued a warning and will let go without a fine. But, if the same vehicle is seen going around despite a warning then they will not be spared.

- SP (Traffic) Arvind Gawas tourists visiting Goa. Traffic Police are accused of picking and choosing only tourist vehicles to extort money in the guise of traffic rule violations.

Gawas said that constant complaints forced the department to get their acts right.

In a major issue, tourists who are allowed to have tinted glasses for their vehicles back in their States were fined in Goa as the State has intolerance towards vehicles fitted with tinted glasses. Gawas said that, this

time around, the police will issue warning to these vehicles carrying tourists and let them go without fine. “They cannot be blamed as the rule is not thoroughly implemented in their State. We just issue them a warning and let go,” he added.

But, if police find that same vehicle is going around with tinted glasses despite warning then they are not spared. The officer said that field staff is sharp enough to spot the vehicle even after a long gap.

Drive against tinted glasses

which was taken on a war footing in Goa on local vehicles in 2009 had 6,187 cases booked in 2009. While, in 2010, 11,680 cases are booked till now and the campaign is continuing.

As per rules, a vehicle’s windshield and back glass should have more than 75 per cent transparency and side can be 50 per cent transparent.

Meanwhile, the traffic department has till date challaned 11,240 traffic violators through ‘notices served at their homes,’ since its beginning three years ago.

The right to challan is given from police inspectors’ upto the DGP level.

While, the notice is served at respective traffic violators home in two days, they are given one month’s time to pay the fine.

However, if they fail, the notice branch sends the matter to the Court. As on date, 1009 cases are being tried at Court.

No repeat of 1962: Army chief PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 7

Army Chief General V K Singh has said India was “not sure” of China’s intentions for developing infrastructure along the borders, but a repeat of the 1962 aggression was “never” possible.

Describing the regional security situation as “fragile”, Singh said Pakistan Army’s India-centric posturing and diversion of US counter-terrorism military aid against India were matters of concern.

“China is doing a great

amount of infrastructure development, which it says is for locals of the area. No bones about it, no crib about it. But our problem is we are not very sure about the intentions. And when intentions change, with this capability, things can go wrong.

And that is what is a matter of concern,” he said.

“But, there is going to be no 1962. Never,” he said, referring to the Chinese aggression of Indian territory that year.

Singh reasoned that he did not see the kind of signages of 1962 at present, as there were

no military build up or territorial claims that were witnessed just before the only time the two countries went to war.

“Absolutely, with full conviction,” he said, when asked if he was confident there would be no repeat of history.

“Things are better than what it was in 1962,” he said, noting that situation along the borders was peaceful “to an extent” and the stand-offs were within the known parameters governed by Confidence Building Measures, with “nothing going astray”.

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Mira Mar beach may soon be smoke free!

HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 7

Picturesque Mira Mar beach in the city may soon turn into a “No Smoking Zone” if Directorate of Health Services succeeds in its efforts.

Officials said here that the department has moved a proposal to the government to declare the beach a no smoking zone.

Speaking to Herald Dr Ravindra Nadkarni, Nodal officer for implementing Control of Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), said the proposal has been moved to the government as Directorate of Health Services is keen to make Mira Mar beach a smoke free area.

The official said that if the proposal is accepted, smoking would be banned within the jurisdiction of Mira Mar beach except at the designated “Smoking

MIRA MAR: Turning over a new leaf!

Zone.”

The department also intends to make Calangute beach “Smoke Free Area” however

much depends on the success of making Mirmar beach a smoke free area, adds Dr Nadkarni.

However, he continued, it

would not be an easy task for the Health Department to move in this direction for there are many hurdles before the proposal is accepted by the authorities.

Working in this direction, the department has sought for an “action plan” for making Mira Mar beach as ‘smoke free’ from Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG).

However, he said, the most difficult task before the department is to have flying squads in place for its proposal will not be a reality in its absence.

The Central notification mandates that a flying squad should consists of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) inspector, health officer, police officer (not below the rank of PSI) and NGO representative.

The police department has expressed its inability to release

its officers even as it offered to assign constables for this job.

“We have discussed this issue at steering committee meetings and we are hopeful of getting our demand met,” says Dr Nadkarni who is keen to push this proposal which will give Goa its first “smoke free area.”

First and foremost such areas need to have signages and boards installed at prominent places indicating that smoking is banned in the area.

“Display of signages is must in no smoking area to make people aware that it is ‘no smoking area’,” pointed out Dr Nadkarni.

But it is also mandatory to provide for ‘space’ for smokers in the “no smoking zone” indicating that smoking is permitted only within that designated space and at no other area that has been earmarked as “no smoking area”.

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CIVIC FORUM Dangerous electric pole ALLWyN GEORGE, CARMONA

Fire Dept to put up green building in Curchorem SHWETA KAMAT PANJIM, NOV 7

The above photograph shows an electric pole standing in the middle of the road at Varca on Margao-Cavelossim road posing a serious threat to motorists. Will the concerned authorities kindly look into this?

Mapusa polluting Assagao RODNEy DE SOuzA, ASSAGAO

The city of Mapusa produces about 50 tonnes of garbage everyday, the bulk of which comes from its market, hotels and hospitals. All this garbage, dry and wet, is dumped in Assagao near the Housing Board. The malodorous garbage which includes fish and meat waste, rotten fruits and vegetables, dead rodents, is contaminating the ground water and consequently the spring water wells on which Assagao lives and depends. It is 2 years now since the Bombay High Court gave a judgement on the matter and directed the Mapusa Municipality to stop dumping its garbage in Assagao but our village has not received any relief so far. Mapusa must find a solution for the disposal of garbage within its jurisdiction on priority and stop using Assagao as its backyard and junk yard.

SPDA must check JAMES MORAES, CuNCOLiM

The mining hubs of CurchoremSavordem will get a green touch

by Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES).

The first ever green building by the department will come up at Curchorem, which will set an example for others to emulate.

Director of Fire Services Ashok Menon told Herald that the building, which will be constructed by Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC), will be self sustainable.

The target set by GSIDC for the completion of the project is of 18 months with the work beginning this December.

The department which is largely dependent on fresh water to fill its tenders will be harvesting rain water at Curchorem premises.

“In times of fire emergency, the department requires large quantity of water. With water harvesting, the department will be able to accumulate enough quantity of natural water, which will be later filled in tanks,” Menon stated.

DFES is also toying with the idea of using solar power for its various functions in this building, which will house offices, conference room, library, training rooms and other amenities.

As an add-on, the department also intends to make exhibition space in the building so that the students and people in general can be educated about the department.

“It will be like a museum, where students can visit and know about the department and its activities, which is available for emergency services round

the clock,” director said.

The new building with modern amenities will be a welcome change for the department, which has its fire station in a shed next to Curchorem police station.

At present there are 12 fire stations in the State except for Sanguem taluka and 1 Headquarter with an approved technical strength of 487 personnel.

As per the State government’s decision to get various departments under e-services, the fire department has also activated its website which gives information at the click of a button.

Menon said with the commissioning of the e-service, the people need not have to visit the department with their queries.

“They can mail us for any sort of fire permission or report,” he said.

Bicholim MLA Patnekar warns Cong HERALD CORRESPONDENT BICHOLIM NOV 7

Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar has warned the newly formed Congress supported Bicholim Municipal Council (BMC) not to usurp the credit for the development of the town from the previous council.

Patnekar said that defeat at the municipal level should not be construed as rejection of BJP. The defeat was due to the cunning reservation engineered by the government.

Despite the manipulation, the vote share of BJP has not decreased in the city.

When his attention was drawn to the fact of some BJP councillors supporting the ruling group, he said that it was only external and that it was necessary at the local level to ensure stability and development.

DHS mulls tobacco cessation units HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 7

While Directorate of Health Service (DHS) has already put in place “Tobacco Control Cells (TCC)” at two of its district hospitals in each district - it now plans to have tobacco cessation units at Primary Health Centres (PHC) across the State.

Dr Ravindra Nadkarni, Nodal Officer for implementation of Control of Tobacco Products Act (COPTA) said , tobacco cessions units at PHC will focus on providing counselling to tobacco patients to help them break free from the habit.

Meanwhile, its TCC functioning at Asilo Hospital in Mapusa and Hospital are regularly screen patients to detect tobacco users and counsel them.

Between November 2009 and April 2010, TCC at Hospicio Hospital screened 205 patients

Traffic rules in Calangute to have localised touch HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 7

Traffic regulation in the coastal belt of Calangute will now have a localized touch. Goa Police have decided to start a Traffic Police station in Calangute considering the heavy inflow of vehicles in this belt.

Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Arvind Gawas said that three months ago, the station has been sanctioned and process to put it in place has already began.

He said that initially a separate traffic cell will operate from Calangute police station and later, it will be shifted to a new building forming a separate police station.

A police inspector, three sub-inspectors, four assistant sub-inspectors, 15 head constables and 30 police constables are sanctioned for this unit, which will take care of the traffic along the narrow lanes of the coastal belt.

“This staff will take care of the entire north Goa coastal stretch and hence it will lessen burden on the present traffic

and police strength,” the SP said. The fresh staff will be appointed from the 157 traffic staff, which the state government has sanctioned for traffic police.

According to DySP (traffic) Jayprakash Nagvekar, there is almost 15 to 20 percent increase in the vehicles coming in from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Gujarat during the tourist season.

Also as IFFI, Christmas and New Year celebrations fast approaching, the department is making special arrangements to regulate traffic along the Goan roads,

especially at the coastal belt. “Extra force will be deployed and sign boards will be placed at every important locations including where traffic is more.

The buzz is more during this season,” said the DySP. The department is meanwhile in the process of preparing a scheme of traffic control for the coming important days.

Besides, extra barricades will be placed and coastal stretch will be under strict vigilance in terms of security and traffic, as well.

BJP-backed councillors set to rule Mapusa HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, NOV 7

The plan of the market developer approved by SPDA and Margao Municipal council clearly indicates car parking, but corruption has reached great heights. Occupancy is issued by the council without proper checks. Even after complaints, no action takes place. The developer was allowed to use all the parking space for commercial activity. The Municipal council must carry out its duties of checks before occupancy is issued and see that the approved plans are complied with. They must check that the designated parking space is properly marked and then only, issue Occupancy Certificate. This will also reduce traffic congestion.

Need for speed-breaker PRAviN u SARDESSAi, ADPAi

The main road adjacent to KTC bus stand in Margao has become a perfect death-trap for pedestrians who wish to cross at this most sensitive and critical location. Two-wheeler as also four-wheeler vehicles, proceed with maximum speed, with no mercy for the pedestrians who need to cross the road. They remain helpless spectators with no protection from any source. There are neither any speed-breakers nor the presence of any traffic cops to exercise control over erring vehicular movement. I noticed this situation during my recent visit to this place on 1 November. I was rather disturbed to watch the difficulties of pedestrians who could be knocked down by the reckless vehicular traffic anytime. Compared to men, women are the worst sufferers. No doubt, the concerned competent authorities need to initiate an early positive action in public interest.

Trench needs slabs

This deep trench opposite Elvira Apartments in Vasco city without the mandatory covering of concrete slabs can prove dangerous for pedestrians, especially in the darkness of the night. The trench is very close to St. Andrew’s Church in the city and the surrounding area gets crowded on Sundays. The concerned authorities should cover this trench with concrete slabs before someone gets seriously hurt.

Do you have a complaint against some authority or service? Are there any violations of the law that you would like to bring to the notice of the public? Do you have any suggestions for improvement and/or redressal of services?

If you do, then write to us at editor@herald-goa.com. With the aim of improving the quality of our civic life, every Monday Herald will publish the best letters on these subjects received during the week. This is in addition to our regular ‘Letters to the Editor’ column.

The seven BJP-backed councillors-elect are all set to form the ruling panel of Mapusa Municipal Council on November 11.

The seven councillors are Marlin Oscar D’Souza, Wilma Braganza, Sandeep Falari, Antonio Alvares, Gurudas Vaiganker, Manisha Kavlekar and Sudhir Kandolker.

It may be recalled that Mapusa electorate had delivered a fractured mandate, as no panel could get absolute majority in the 15-member Mapusa Municipal Council.

Of the 14 candidates supported by BJP, seven got elected, while of the 13 candidates supported by Mapusa Nagrik Samiti, five candidates, Roohi Patre, Subhash Narveker, Michael John Carasco, Subhash Kalangutker and Deepak Mahadeshri won the election.

Hence, it was certain that three independent candidates, Ashish Shirodkder, Vijeta Naik and Roopa Bhakta, will play an important role in the formation of the ruling group of the council.

There was no possibility of

Mauvin’s grip over Cortalim waning?

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CORTALIM, NOV 7

The post municipal election appears to have effect on the Cortalim constituency although the constituency does not have any representation in municipal.

On Sunday, Deputy Sarpanch Ramakant Borkar, who until the municipal elections was a close associate of Mauvin Godinho, criticised Sarpanch Rathod and expressed the need for replacing her with a local women panch.

“Today I was told that she would not been presiding over the gram sabha,” he told some residents informally before the gram sabha and blamed her for not taking active part in day-to-day affairs of the panchayat matters.

Interestingly, the ruling panel of the Sancoale panchayat which is affiliated with Godinho appears to be disintegrating further, days after the deputy speaker showed inclination for Dabolim constituency.

In fact, two local women panchas Antonette Carvalho and Jamina Pareira are from the opposition camp and if one of them takes over the reigns of the panchayat, it would signal an end to Mauvin’s reign over the panchayat.

In fact in the last few days, some local leaders from the village and supporters of Godinho have been holding meetings with Benaulim MLA Mickky Pacheco apparently to find replacement for Mauvin Godinho in Cortalim.

When contacted for his comments, Pacheco shot back: “Why only Cortalim, I am finding candidates for all the constituencies in Goa,” he said.

Ashish Shirodker joining the BJP panel, as he had already resigned from BJP long ago. Only possibility was Roopa Bhakta or Vijeta Naik supporting the BJP panel.

It is learnt from reliable sources that BJP succeeded to rope in the independent candidate, Vijeta Naik, to form the panel. Sudhir Kandolker has been tipped to be the chairman

of MMC, while Vijeta Naik has been offered vice chairperson’s post.

Sources further informed that an MLA from North Goa made frantic efforts to prevent BJP

from forming the ruling panel.

He had a secret meeting at Mapusa on Friday night with the some of the councilors elect to discuss about the formation of the ruling panel.

. Out of which 114 were detected to be tobacco patients.

This included 94 males and 20 females and 18 were found to be highly tobacco depended cases, informed Dr Nadkarni.

During counselling period 19 patients were reported to have kicked out the habit, he adds.

Whereas TCC at Asilo Hospital screened 724 general patients between January and June 2010 and detected 368 tobacco patients.

Screening of patients at district hospitals also showed that the rate of tobacco chewers was higher than that of smokers.

Of the 368 tobacco patients detected at Asilo Hospital, 240 turned out to be tobacco chewers whereas the number of smokers was 128, he informed Dr Nadkarni.

Novenas for Arpora feast underway HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 7

The Novenas in celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Merces are currently underway at Holy Trinity Church, Nagoa-Arpora.

The Novenas begin with daily Rosary at 5.15 pm followed by the Eucharistic Celebration. A small cultural programme is also held after the Novena Mass as a community fellowship.

The Vespers will be held on November 13 at 6 pm. The Feast of Our Lady of Merces will be celebrated on November 14 with Masses at 7 am and 9 am.

L ater, a Konkani Drama ‘Bhurgim Tim... Bavlim Nhoi’ by Roseferns will be staged in the Church compound at 6.30 pm.

Star-gazing Sometimes in the The dark sky above the Arctic Circle, there are beautiful flashes of coloured light.

The flashes are of different shapes and sizes, and appear to move, causing a mystical visual display of light. So, what are these lights?

They are known as the Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights. A French scientist, Pierre Gassendi, saw the lights in 1621 and named them for the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek god of the north wind, Boreas.

Northern Lights

the atmosphere collide with the particles in the winds. The collision causes a release of energy in the form of light particles or photons. These photons are the reason for the beautiful lights.

The reason that the aurorae are only visible near the poles is The lights take place because the Earth’s magnetic field carries the solar winds there. Therefore the flashes appear to magically dance and move.

Aurorae are also visible near the Antarctic Circle; and they are known as in the ionosphere level Aurora Australis. of the Earth’s atContact Us: mosphere.

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Looking into the heavens, one sees millions of tiny stars dotting the horizon. Each of those stars is millions of miles away, rendering them tiny specks in our vision, although they are really much bigger.

Stars are clouds of gases that are held together by gravity. The gases have charged particles and therefore stars emit light. Like most things in the world, stars also have a lifecycle.

1. Birth: Birth Stars are born from giant molecular cloud. The cloud starts dividing into smaller and smaller pieces as it loses gravity. Each piece then loses energy, and in the process becomes more compact and hotter, as the cycle continues. This is known as a protostar.

2. Maturity: The Maturity star continues to lose energy in the form of light and heat. As this happens, the star grows larger, while its core of helium becomes tighter and more compact. This stage takes thousands of years and is known as the star.

3. M i d d l e age: age The surface of star is cooler, and the star itself is much bigger than when it was born. This state is known as the red giant.

4. Old-age: Old-age Depending on the circumstances, the last stage of a star can vary greatly between: red dwarf, white dwarf, or supernova a. Red dwarf – A red dwarf is a smaller version of the red giant, in that it is quite cool and emits very little energy. b. White dwarf – White dwarves are miniature versions of stars that burn very brightly. It takes a long time for the en-

Lifecycle of a Star

ergy to dissipate from white dwarves. c. Supernova – A supernova occurs when a star explodes, causing it to die.

Again 5. Death: Death there can be one of two outcomes at this stage of a star’s lifecycle: either the star can become a neutron star or a black hole. Both have very high gravitational fields, but where the neutron star has very dense particles, in a black hole the density is so high that the black hole is created.

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Rotation is the buzz word among councillors-elect HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 7

Rotation and not confrontation appears to be the new mantra guiding the newly-elected representatives of the Municipal bodies as they rush to cobble up to form new Councils before the D-Day – November 11.

In fact, rotating the civic chief ’s post amongst the aspirants is the catch word in most of the civic bodies that went to the polls, recently. The rotation system is not uncommon at the grass-root panchayat and municipal bodies, with elected representatives taking over the reigns of office in turns.

But, what has given an added dimension to this system of sharing powers at the grassroot level is the involvement of political bigwigs given that this happens the election year for the ministers and MLAs. Take note, the Councillors-elect are not only lured towards a group with promises of power sharing, but goodies as well. Take for instance, the Canacona civic body. Urban Development Min-

ister, Joaquim Alemao promised the eight member group with Rs 3-4 crore project if they remain united till the end of the term.

That’s not all. Resignations of the Councilors-elect would be sought by the leaders to ensure they step down from office as per the agreement.

Even a Municipal body like Cuncolim has opted for the rotation system even though majority of the newly-elected members owe allegiance to the local MLA and Urban Development Minister, Joaquim Alemao.

It is not out of place to mention here that Cuncolim Municipality would have as many as four Chairpersons in the next five years, courtesy Alemao.

The same will be the case with Sanguem and Canacona civic bodies. After negotiations brokered by the Alemao brothers, the Councillors-elect have decided to rotate the chair amongst them.

If the Alemao duo, comprising Churchill and Joaquim, has gone all out to woo the Councillors-

elect to bring together newlyelected groups to share power, even Chief Minister Digambar Kamat says he is not averse to the rotation system for the 20member Margao civic body if that helps retain the group and help towards the city’s development. “The Congress has an overwhelming majority in the Margao civic body.

Constitutional expert and political commentator, Adv Cleofato Coutinho, however, is not convinced about the rotation system being put in place by the Councillors-elect. In fact, he categorically said that the proposal to rotate the chair amongst the aspirants is certainly not in the interest the civic bodies.

“If at all, the elected representatives are coming together, they have done so not to lend stability to the civic body, but to share power. Rotating the post does not necessarily guarantee stability to the body. The chairperson heading the civic body is expected to provide leadership and usher in development,” Coutinho added.

Vaxim Association ups ante against mega project HERALD CORRESPONDENT OLD GOA, NOV 7

Upping the ante against the proposed project at Vanxim, Ilhas De Vaxim Association has stated that at no cost the islanders would allow the same to come up on the island.

The meeting was convened at Vanxim Island on Sunday evening by Ilhas De Vaxim Association, which was attended

by NGOs, which included Goa Bachao Abhiyan, Pilerne Citizens

Forum, Village Groups of Goa and others and the local residents.

Speaking at the meeting, Association President Margaret Silveira said: “We are all together here to fight against this mega project and we will see that the project is stopped, as no one can take Vanxim Island from the islanders.”

In his speech, Fr Bismark Fernandes stated: “The cry of the earth is the cry of the poor and

Velim villagers on Sunday once again strongly demanded scraping of the land acquisition process for the expansion of the Cutbona fishing jetty.

At the gram sabha held on Sunday, the villagers demanded that the land acquisition process should be scrapped and the land in question maintained as it, since it is falling in the eco-sen-

sitive zone.

Referring to the letter written by the Director of Fisheries that the land in question is being acquired for the expansion of the fishing jetty and not for the fish meal plant, agitated gram sabha members demanded to know how the government can amalgamate the two purposes in one land acquisition. They pointed out that the land acquisition process should be

scrapped in toto and vowed that the villagers will not allow further expansion of the fishing jetty.

The villagers have also demanded that the health authorities check the labour imported to work on the fishing vessels for various vector borne diseases including malaria, chikungunia and dengue. They demanded that no labour should be allowed to board the vessels

sons that he was the owner of a part of the island.

“I have tied up with a company dealing in development of leisure and water sports activities for the purpose of encouraging tourism and employment,” stated Gaunekar.

“I have done such thing to make the locals of Vanxim Island stakeholders in any proposed economic activity, given the fact that agriculture had become to-

Cleanliness drive held at Chandor, Guirdolim HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 6

The Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott in collaboration with the Panchayats of Cavorim-Chandor and Guirdolim along with Basic Christian Community of Our Lady of Bethlehem Church conducted a cleanliness drive in the village recently.

The GBE has been undertaking the village cleanliness drive since the last two years.

Last year the panchayats of Cavorim-Chandor and Guirdolim joined them and in addition, this year the Church helped them to carry out this eco-friendly activity to keep the village clean and green.

Kaydence Media Ventures that owns goachronicle.com supported the exercise by sponsoring the black trash bags in which

the plastic waste from the twin villages of Cavorim-Chandor and Guirdolim, that formed Chandrapur in olden time, was collected.

Savio Rodrigues, Editor in Chief of goachronicle.com said his company was committed to keeping Goa clean and green and promised to take up such activities in other villages too.

Members of the Basic Christian Community collected the plastic waste from households and surroundings and kept the bags at vantage points in each ward from where they were collected on Sunday by volunteers of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott.

Anthony Dias, leader of the Parish Pastoral Council’s PATS and CATS advocated reducing the use of plastic if it cannot be stopped at

Scrap land acquisition: Velim gram sabha HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 7

the church has done injustice to humanity by selling the land, which was against human conscious. Whatever is happening in Vanxim is a disaster, as our earth is our mother and some of our own people are trying to destroy it.”

Meanwhile, addressing a press conference at the Old Goa Tourism Residency, Mahendra P Gaunekar, who claimed that he bought three-fourth of the Vanxim Island, told media per-

without undergoing the medical check since most of the workers comes from high risk areas of the country.

Incidentally, health officials have told the Panchayat that they have no control over the labour employed on the fishing vessels.

Meanwhile, the gram sabha expressed serious concern over the surge in the number of suic i d e c a s e s a mo n g s t me n ,

women and the youth.

They demanded that the government through the Director of Health Services, department of women and child development and the NGOs should help prevent the rising suicides. They have called for the setting up of a Task Force to prepare an action plan to prevent suicides by appointing counsellors in schools and educational institutions.

Mae Dos Pobres feast celebrated at Nuvem HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 7

The feast of Mae Dos Pobres was celebrated on Sunday with great pomp and religious fervour at Nuvem.

Parish Priest Fr Alvaro Martins was the main celebrated at the concelebrated high Mass, while the sermon was preached by Fr Victor Ferrao.

IN his homily, Fr Ferrao called upon the Christians to be witnesses of Jesus Christ by following the footsteps of Blessed Joseph Vaz and to recognize the language through which God talks and to be loving Catholics.

The village wore a festive look as thousands of people thronged the village to celebrate the popular feast in Salcete.

The Maina Curtorim police personnel and the traffic police were in strength on the roads to ensure smooth flow of traffic on the NH-17.

all. He also advised not to burn plastic as plastic when burnt, releases carcinogenic gases.

Santan Antao the joint leader of PATS and CATS said that Basic Christian Community is responsible for keeping the environment clan and healthy and that was the reason why these grass root level organizations of the Church participated in the cleanliness drive Some villagers also cleaned the roadsides, collecting the plastic waste littering there and also in the gutters.

Cavorim Chandor Sarpanch Derick Braganza Pereira and his Guirdolim counterpart Jose Antao appreciated the initiative of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott and vowed to keep the villages clean.

tally unviable as saline water had made its way landwards,” said Gaunekar.

“Therefore, the island which is in desperate need of some basic infrastructure including some measures to protect it from continuous erosion, water sports activities or any other tourism-related recreational facilities are planned after taking into confidence the local residents,” added Gaunekar.

Russian killed in mishap HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 7

A 48-year old Russian national Igor Sukhonav died in an accident at Cavelossim on Sunday.

Colva police said the deceased was traveling on an Activa Scooter when the two-wheeler went out of the road and fell in the bushes.

The deceased died while being rushed to the Hospicio hospital.

The Colva police has registered a case of unnatural death.

Saligao gram sabha opposes commercial projects in village HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 7

The Saligao Gram Sabha on Sunday deliberated on various issues concerning the village.

Initiating the discussion, Domnic Fernandes raised the issue of commercial project at Baira Alto, Saligao. When the matter was being raised by Fernandes, a gram sabha member, Ramesh, questioned whether the matter was of public interest or personal.

Fernandes reiterated that the matter is of public interest, as a commercial project is coming up in the guise of residential dwelling, which will have an impact on basic needs of common people like water, power supply, garbage, etc.

The members joined Fernandes and claimed that the hill is being cut illegally to make way for the commercial project.

Gram sabha members including Ritu Prasad, Britto, Gama among others joined Fernandes and asked the panchayat to write a letter to the builder seeking his clarification in writing whether the project is commer-

cial or residential.

Former Saligao sarpanch Jack Coelho assured to look into the matter and requested Secretary Ramesh Palni to take note of the matter.

In absence of the sarpanch, Coelho assured the Gram Sabha members to issue a letter to the developer seeking clarification whether the development is being done for residential purpose and would not be converted to commercial, either hotel or resort purpose, as stipulated in the TCP NOC and VP licence.

Fernandes also pointed out that many projects are in the pipeline for Saligao and called upon the villagers to be alert.

“Since other villages are overcrowded with multi-storey buildings, the builders have now set their eyes on Saligao. The builders have no proper plans in place like the garbage disposal, which will burden the Villagers in the years to come,” added Fernandes.

Dean D’Cruz raised the issue of broken glass at the accident-prone zone and regretted

the matter has been pending for almost five years and called for immediate action in the matter. Local Panch Eknath Oraskar assured to look into the matter before the next Gram Sabha.

The gram sabha members also raised the issue of panchayat processing licences for large multi-dwelling projects, which would have an adverse impact on the village infrastructure.

The members demanded that infrastructure like roads, water, electricity, etc, be put in place before issuing any licenses for major projects. The panchayat assured the members to develop the infrastructure before approving any new projects.

Earlier, the secretary adjourned the gram sabha for lack of quorum and was re-convened at 10.30 am.

Former sarpanch Jack Coelho welcomed the gram sabha members, while Panch Eknath Oraskar read the minutes of the previous meeting, which were later confirmed by the members.

CM discusses formation of MMC with councillors HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 7

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Sunday had an interaction with 10 Councillors-elect to discuss the formation of the Margao civic body and will hold a joint meeting with all the Congressbacked Councillors-elect from both Margao and Fatorda on Tuesday to decide the question of the Margao civic chief.

Barring Pratima, youth Congress vice president and wife of Margao Municipal Chairperson Savio Coutinho, all the remaining 10 Councillors-elect from Margao called on the chief minister and gave him full authority to decide the leadership question.

“I had an interaction with the 10 Councillors-elect and we discussed the leadership question.

They have all authorized me to take the final decision”, Kamat told Herald on Sunday. Incidentally, the GPCC general secretary Vijay Sardessai and his five member group of Councilors-elect have authorized the Chief Minister to decide over the new Civic Chief.

Kamat said that he has told the new Councilors that they should devote attention on streamlining the administration and the tackle the burning issue of garbage collection and disposal. “What the common man needs in the Civic body is quick

Sancoale gram sabha ends abruptly, yet again HERALD CORRESPONDENT CORTALIM, NOV 7

Abrupt ends to gram sabhas of Sancoale Panchayat are turning out to be a rule rather than an exception.

On Sunday, the gram sabha again witnessed a sudden end to the proceedings after gram sabha members had heated exchanges with Deputy Sarpanch Ramakant Borkar who was presiding over the meeting after the sarpanch did not turn up.

Soon after Secretary Pedro Carmo Jacques read the proceedings of the last gram sabha, the deputy sarpanch began answering the queries raised by a gram sabha member.

One of the queries was the status of disqualification petition filed by Panch Rocky Vales against Sarpanch Sharda Rathod and Panch Premanand Naik who are from Mauvin’s group.

At this stage, former panch and veteran activist Simon Car-

valho and Peter Dias demanded to know the basis on which the petition was filed against Naik.

Borkar, who was taken by surprise, said the petition was filed due to substandard works undertaken by Naik. This lead to further commotions, as the members wanted to know whether a panch could take up panchayat works. As the arguments started getting heated and personal, Borkar adjourned the meeting.

Criticising the panchayat for holding the meeting in November instead of October which is mandatory, Carvalho claimed that the gram sabha was illegal.

“It is mandator y for the sarpanch to call for ordinary gram sabha meetings in the month of January, April, July and October,” Carvalho revealed.

Recently, the Tiswadi BDO had pulled up six panchayats for failing to hold gram sabhas in October.

It is mandatory under Section 5(1) of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act 1994 for the panchayats to hold ordinary gram sabhas on Sundays.

Earlier, some residents of Upas Nagar alleged that despite raising the issue of garbage bins being left unattended by the contractor, the panchayat had done nothing about it. On illegal scrap yard on Sancaole Communidade land, Borkar said the panchayat would take steps to remove it.

Anjuna gram sabha adjourned amid uproarious scenes HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 7

Uproarious scenes forced adjournment of the Anjuna-Caisua Gram Sabha on Sunday with the members disapproving the minutes of the previous meeting, accusing the panchayat of not acting over the same.

The adjournment was necessitated following the adamant attitude of the Gram Sabha members, who did not wish to approve the minutes of the previous Gram Sabha, as the resolutions were not acted upon by the panchayat time and again.

However, Anjuna- Caisua

Sarpanch Lavino Rebello said he has taken up all the resolutions adopted during the previous Gram Sabha and has forwarded to the concerned departments for its implementations.

The Gram Sabha members led

by Pradeep Harmalkar and others however said all the resolutions adopted at the Gram Sabhas since June 24, 2008, have not been implemented and therefore they will not approve the minutes of the previous gram sabha.

Citing an example, Harmalkar placed a Circular of Town and Country Planning Department to all the officers of the TCP De-

partment and requested Secretary Laxman Parsekar to read it to the gram sabha members.

The Secretary acceded to the request of Harmalkar and read it for the knowledge of members.

As per the TCP Circular, the Chief Town Planner has directed all the officers not to issue any NOCs for development/constructions, etc, unless and until a physical verification of the site is done and no proposed roads be considered for the same.

Harmalkar stated that despite objections from the members, the panchayat issued licenses for construction purposes for

commercial projects without existing access roads, putting the villagers to hardships on account of garbage, water and power supply related matters.

“Since the panchayat has taken gram sabha members for granted, we too shall not approve the minutes of the gram sabha,” claimed Harmalkar.

As the stalemate continued, Lavino Rebello adjourned the gram sabha without transacting any business.

Earlier, the sarpanch welcomed the gram sabha members, while Secretary Laxman Parsekar read the minutes of the previous gram sabha, which the

members refused to approve.

The gram sabha was attended

by Siolim MLA Dayanand Mandrekar, besides members of the local body and villagers.

When contacted, Lavino Rebello said: “Few gram sabha members wanted to create history by adjourning the gram sabha on alleged non-implementation of resolutions adopted at the earlier gram sabhas.”

“I have however taken immediate steps in the direction for implementations of the gram sabha resolutions since I have taken over as sarpanch. We have written to the departments and their replies are awaited.”

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat with the 10-councillors elect from Margao area. Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

and easy disposal of their files.

The Civic administration should be responsive to the requirements of the citizens. This is an area where the new body would have to lay stress on”, he added.

Replying to a question, Kamat said he would hold another round of meeting on Tuesday, this time a jointly with the Congress-backed Councilors from the Fatorda area as well. “Whatever decision is taken will be after taking into account the views of all the Councilors”, he added.

With the Sardessai-group giving up claims for the top post, sources said the Chief Minister

will have to choose between three former Councilors, Sushila Naik, Dayanand Deulkar and former Chairperson Doris Texeira if goes by the seniority of the Councilors-elect. However, sources say the Chief Minister may opt for a candidate from the majority community to head the Civic body, not only this being the election year, but to further

silence his critics in the rival BJP camp.

Kamat’s cousin brother, Laxmikant Kamat may one of the aspirants to the top post, but may not find favour with the Chief Minister for the moment, with sources not ruling out a rotation system for the Margao Civic body to keep the group intact throughout the term.

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K’taka to place terms, conditions for CWT: Bommai

Body of suspect who plunged from sealink, found at Dadar shore PTI MUMBAI, NOV 7

Basavraj Bommai inaugurates the electronic flow meter technology in the presence of Umesh Katti, Prabhakar Kore, Dr Caur and others.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, NOV 7

Karnataka Minister for Water Resources Basavraj Bommai has stated that Karnataka would be placing certain terms and conditions over the setting of a Central Water Tribunal (CWT) regarding the Kalsa-Bhandura water diversion project.

He was speaking at a press conference here at Belgaum on Tuesday.

“Setting up of a water diversion project was out of question, as the project is being implemented to satisfy the drinking water needs of people of north Karnataka,” he said reproving

the directions of setting up of the CWT. “However, we have not received any notification so far in this regard,” he said asserting that Karnataka Government is prepared well and has taken a decision to put forth its terms and conditions provided such a tribunal is set up.

“Goa, which has approached the Supreme Court in the Mhadei water diversion project should drop the Kalsa-Bhandura project from the case considering the fact Karnataka proposed to use the water for drinking and agriculture purpose,” Bommai reiterated an-

swering to a query. Expressing how Karnataka is serious about every drop of water, he Bommai said: “Water has become a very precious commodity. Karnataka Government is taking up several measures including the de-silting of its water reservoirs, which would help in conserving water.”

“Global tenders have been called for in this regard. To control soil salinity in agriculture land in the catchments area of Krishna, Malaprabha, Ghataprabha and Tungabhadra rivers, the government is preparing a project of Rs 240 crore,” he said.

‘BHS Lakeview Hospital will provide quality healthcare’ HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, NOV 7

Sri Sidram Swamiji of Nagnurmath, Belgaum, inaugurating BHS Lakeview Hospital, appreciated the directors of the hospital for the unique way of inaugurating the hospital by felicitating their teacher Dr HB Rajshekhar.

“This is a great beginning for this hospital, which should provide quality health care to the people of Belgaum. Dr Rajshekhar has a large number of students in Belgaum, Goa and all over India, who have excelled in the field of medicine and surgery,” he said.

Former principal of JN Medical College Dr H B Rajshekhar, who was felicitated on the occasion, blessed his students who have taken this bold step and wished them all the best. He was proud to have such students who have recognized their teacher’s contribution.

Chairman of KLE Society Dr Prabhakar Kore said with the addition of Lakeview Hospital, Belgaum, it has the enhanced health and medical services and is slated to become the No 1 health hub of India.

The 110-bedded ultramodern hi-tech hospital located opposite the Fort Lake is the second largest hospital in Belgaum region. District In-charge Minister Umesh Katti, MP Suresh Angadi, MLAs Feroze Sait, Sanjay Patil and Deputy Commissioner Dr Ekroop Caur were also present.

Speaking on the occasion, MP Suresh Angadi stated that for a patient, doctors are like the representatives of God and said that he was happy on the occasion of the hi-tech hospital like Lakeview Hospital in Belgaum that would render appropriate medical services for the people of Belgaum district.

CEO of Lakeview Hospital and Consultant Endoscopic, Laparo-

scopic Surgeon and Gastroenterologist Dr Ravi B Patil in his welcome address briefed about the hi tech facilities that would be made available in the hospital.

“A 20-bedded multi-specialty critical care unit is the pride of this hospital while the hospital offers health services in General medicine, General Surgery, Gastroenterology, Laparoscopic surger y, Orthopedic surger y, Gynecology, Neurosurgery, Urology, Nephrology Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Dermatology, Laboratory medicine, Emergency and trauma care, X-ray and ECG, Ultrasound scanning, TMT and Echo, CT scanning, Physiotherapy, Dialysis,” Dr Ravi Patil added.

Speaking on the occasion, BHS chairman and renowned Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeon Dr Shashikant Kulgod stated that with the rising population and health awareness, one hospital is not sufficient to cater to the vast population in Belgaum and Goa.

“Our team of highly qualified doctors are dedicated and humble. We also believe in afforda b i l i t y, a v a i l a b i l i t y a n d accountability to our patients,” stated Dr Kulgod.

Renowned Consulting Orthopedic and Arthroscopic surgeon Dr Anil Patil introduced the team of super specialists who will be rendering their full fledged services to the patients.

Casualty, CT Scan/USG, Endoscopy Suite, ICU, OT Complex were also inaugurated on the occasion.

Directors of the hospital Dr Pradeep G Vagrali, Dr Basavraj F Patil, Dr Sanjeevkumar B Durdi, Dr Vinod Hosalli, Dr Sanjay Hosall, Dr Girish K Sonwalkar, Dr Lohitaswa S B, Dr Jayashri B Patil, Dr Vijaya Sanjay Hosalli, Dr Vij a y a l a k s h m i S Ku g o d , D r Prashant N, Dr Rahul Desai were present on the occasion.

A large number of professionals and eminent personalities were also present on the occasion. Dr Pradeep Vagarali proposed the vote of thanks.

The body of an unidentified man, who jumped into sea from Bandra Worli Sea Link after throwing a suspicious object into the water, was found off Dadar shore in central Mumbai, police said today.

The man aged between 30 to 35 years was captured in the CCTV footage walking on the bridge and carrying a suspicious object yesterday morning, they said.

Suspecting his behaviour, a police constable deployed there asked him to come to police chowky. However, the panicked man threw the object in the water and plunged from the bridge, they said.

An alert was sent to all the police stations in the region and search operation was started in the sea but in vain.

Past midnight, the body was found at the shores of Dadar, police said adding they could not find anything that could help

Sky-gazers in Delhi miss nearly 97 per cent of stars which are visible to the naked eyes as compared to their counterparts living in remote areas close to the national capital.

With stars hardly visible in cities due to light pollution, a campaign has been launched by Space Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE), an NGO, from October 29 to November 12.

The project named the Great Indian Star Count (GSIC) aims to make people aware of the value of pristine dark skies.

School children, amateur astronomers and public are being involved in this campaign.

As a part of the plan, a team of school students, amateur astronomers visited Sakras, about 120 kms from Delhi, and found that sky there was much darker as compared to Delhi.

The team was able to see stars up to 5.5 magnitude from Sakras, while in Delhi one could see only stars of 2 magnitude, SPACE

n With stars hardly visible in cities due to light pollution, a campaign has been launched by Space Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE), an NGO, from October 29 to November 12.

President C B Devgun told PTI, adding that more magnitude means one can see fainter stars.

"Sakras has one of the best night skies in close to Delhi this will enable us to observe celestial events in a better way," Devgun said.

"Artificial light is essential for our modern society.

However, its increased use can cause problems like light pollution," he said.

them establish his identity.

"The deceased was clean shaven and appears to be from a good family. It indicates that it is a case of suicide, no suspicious object was found from him," A D Unde, Senior Inspector at Dadar Police Station said.

The body was taken to civicrun Sion hospital for post mortem report, police said adding further probe was on.

PTI ISLAMABAD, NOV 7

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked India to appreciate Pakistan's efforts in curbing terrorism and said the two countries should de-link their peace process from incidents of terror to make dialogue a "sustainable proposition".

Gilani, who was speaking at a national conference of the Pakistan chapter of the South Asia Free Media Association here last evening, said Pakistan and India should resolve all outstanding disputes through peaceful means.

"I call upon India to appreciate our efforts in curbing terrorism that poses the biggest internal threat to our national interests, ethos and values.

"Pakistan and India should resolve their disputes, especially on Kashmir, through peaceful means and productive dialogue," he said.

"We should de-link the peace process from incidents of terrorism to make composite dia-

n I call upon India to appreciate our efforts in curbing terrorism that poses the biggest internal threat to our national interests, ethos and values. logue a sustainable proposition," Gilani said.

Pakistan, he said, wants "peaceful coexistence and friendly relations" with the countries of South Asia and the world.

"My government is for normalising relations with India.

We believe that terrorism and extremism constitute the major challenge for not only Pakistan and India but also all peoples of South Asia," he pointed out.

Gilani also said Pakistan wants the resumption of the stalled composite dialogue with India,

"who must reciprocate our good intentions".

The premier's remarks on better relations and the call for New Delhi to appreciate Islamabad's efforts to curb terrorism coincided with a visit to India by US President Barack Obama.

Gilani also said Pakistan wished to benefit from its geostrategic location to revive traditional trade routes for the benefit of the people of adjoining regions. " We w i l l c o n t i n u e t o strengthen SAARC and are ready to take measures on mutually beneficial basis," he said.

"The entire South Asian region is blessed with rare gifts of nature. Let us resolve to use our natural resources to overcome the sufferings of our teeming millions. Let us not allow despair to defeat hope," he said.

Gilani welcomed SAFMA's proposal to hold the third IndoPak Parliamentary Conference in Islamabad in the near future and assured the organisation of his government's cooperation.

TN govt urged to restore Christian Marriage Act PTI MADURAI, NOV 7

Deputy Chairman of the Diocese of Madurai and Ramnanathapuram Rev Abraham Reynold has urged Tamil Nadu government to drop law on compulsory registration of

all marriages and restore Christian Marriage Act which was in vogue till two years back.

Talking to reporters here last night, he said the Rectors of Churches had been given authority to register Christian marriages in Churces earlier and the docu-

ments were sent to the respective Registrar's office every three months and the marriage was registered.

However, Tamil Nadu government had two years back ordered all the registrars to send a notification to churches stating that

all the marriages of Christian relgion should be registered in the Registrar office only.

"A lot inconvenience was caused to couple when they go to the registrar office after wedding in the churches", he said.

Kamal Hassan turns 56 PTI CHENNAI, NOV 7

National Award winning actor and Tamil film icon Kamal Hassan, who celebrated his 50th year in cinema last year, turned 56 today.

The actor, who secured his first National Film Award in 1982 for his role in 'Moondram Pirai', will spend big day doing his bit for charity.

According to sources close to the actor's family, as part of the birth day celebration the Padmashree awardee would present various articles to people, including a laptop to students, uniforms to autorickshaw drivers and tailoring machines to the poor.

The actor will also give an award to the best district wing of his fan club on the occasion, they said.

The four time National award winner, who has acted in about 150 films in various languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi has played a myriad of roles in his five decade long career, including 'Dasavataram', in which he played 10 characters.

Whether it be the role of Palakkad-based Brahmin in "Michael Madana Kamarajan" or the sickle-wielding 'Virumaandi', the rustic villager, he is known to give life to the character right from body language to pronunciation Kamal and controversies, more often than not, go together.

Kamal's 'Dasavatharam' also had to pass legal tangle before hitting the screen as some religious groups raised objections against the title as well as some scenes.

In addition to acting and directing, Kamal is also a screenwriter, songwriter, playback singer, and choreographer.

His film production company, Rajkamal International, has produced several of his films.

According to reports, Kamal is currently engaged in a film titled Manmadhan Ambu, which was directed by K S Ravikumar.

Delhiites miss 97 % of stars PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 7

n Suspecting his behaviour, a police constable deployed there asked him to come to police chowky.

However, the panicked man threw the object in the water and plunged from the bridge.

Appreciate Pak's anti-terror efforts, Gilani tells India

"Light pollution is a concern on many fronts like safety, energy conservation, health besides our ability to view the stars," he said.

"GISC is a scientific survey to quantify light pollution by counting number of stars that can be seen in the skies. It is a dedicated campaign for better use of lighting and illumination used in our day-to-day lives, efficient use of electricity and saving of electrical energy," he said.

SPACE is conducting the programme in India on behalf of Great Worldwide Star Count this year. GISC has been conducted for several years as part of Project Dark Skies to increase awareness of how light pollution affects visibility, he said.

Great Worldwide Star Count recommends a method of counting stars where an observer looks at known constellation like Cygnus, the swan, and tries to spot how many stars from this constellation can actually be seen in their sky.

Other methods such as counting how a star is visible through a defined pipe area can also be used.

A couple sits outside the ancient Humayun's Tomb as policemen patrol in New Delhi on Sunday. US President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the tomb during his trip to India..

Haven't recommended anyone's name for Adarsh Society: Gadkari PTI NAGPUR, NOV 7

BJP national president Nitin Gadkari today refuted media reports stating that he had allegedly recommended allotment of a flat in the controversial Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society to benefit party's national executive member Ajay Sancheti.

"Neither I nor any of my relatives have flats in Adarsh Society and I have not recommended anyone's name for allotment of flat in the said society in Mumbai," Gadkari told PTI here.

"My name has been unnecessarily dragged in the scam which is completely untrue and misleading," he said reacting to media reports suggesting allotment of a flat to Sancheti's driver on the BJP chief's recommendation.

Gadkari's denial came in the wake of media

Karnataka girl crowned Miss South India

Sanchetis are associated with an infrastructure company in Nagpur.

One member of the Sancheti family, Paramveer who is the son of Abhay Sancheti (cousin of Ajay's father) had applied for a flat in the Adarsh Society in 2007 but his name was rejected by the then district collector I Kundan, since the family's source of income was higher than the stipulated limit of Rs 12,500, reports claimed.

However, he later managed to get membership in the society, the reports claimed.

n My name has been unnecessarily dragged in the scam which is completely untrue and misleading. reports claiming that the name of Sancheti's driver Sudhakar Madke figured in the ownership of a flat in the Adarsh Housing Society.

According to the reports, Madke, whose monthly wages are a meagre Rs 8,500, was a proxy for Sancheti for the flat, whose market value is currently Rs five crore.

Akshay-Twinkle host Diwali card party AGENCIES NEW DELHI, NOV 7

PTI KOCHI, NOV 7

Karnataka Beauty Subha was crowned Miss South India at a glittering function here.

16 contestants has participated in the event last night.

Geethu Christy from Kerala and Nikitha Narayanan from Andhra Pradesh were first and second runners up respectively.

Five of the contestants were from Kerala, Five from Tamil Nadu, Four from Karnataka and two from Andhra Pradesh.

Akshay Kumar and his wife Twinkle hosted a lavish Diwali card party at their Juhu bungalow last night for really close friends.

Initially, the Kumars wanted to restrict the card party to close friends such as Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder, Sajid and Wardha Nadiadwala, Riteish Deshmukh, Action Replayy director Vipul Shah and his wife Shefali, Sajid Khan, Anu and Sunny Dewan.

But when the news of the patta party got around, the guestlist had to be expanded. “Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor-Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi-Priyanka, Deepika Padukone, Arbaaz Khan-Malaika Arora and Abhishek (Gattu) Kapoor were added later,” said a source.

Twinkle planned the menu and the party’s setting on her own. Says a guest, “Tables with flowers were laid out in the garden. Candles were lit all around

to enhance the setting. Soothing music playing softly added to the ambience, as did the sounds of the waves from the sea outside.

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Agreement terms on jurisdiction will decide forum: State panel PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 7

A specific agreement finalizing the place for resolving probable disputes between the seller and purchaser cannot be altered at the wish of one party, the Delhi Consumer Commission has ruled.

"Justice, fair play and judicial ethics demand that the parties should be made to adhere to their mutual agreement," the Commission said.

The ruling came as a real estate company raised the preliminary objection that the consumer who had entered into a mutual agreement to invoke the jurisdiction of Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh cannot approach the consumer forum in the national capital.

Commission President Justice Barkat Ali Zaidi agreed with the

Pranab Mukherjee's son to enter politics?

PTI SURI (WB), NOV 7

A meeting attended by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's son, Abhijit, has set off speculation in political circles on whether he would plunge into politics by being a Congress candidate in the assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled next year.

What fuelled the speculation was Mukherjee attending a meeting on November three at Nalhati in Birbhum district, about 70 km from here, at which Congress leaders and workers were present.

Birbhum DCC president Asit Mal said though it was a goodwill meeting after Eid and Bijoya Dasami organised by a non-political organisation, party workers and leaders present declared in one voice that Mukherjee should be the candidate from Nalhati constituency in the assembly elections.

"The party workers and leaders were happy that Abhijitbabu was among them and wanted him to be a candidate in the coming assembly elections," Mal told PTI. WBPCC chief Manas Bhunia, when asked, said he would be happy if Abhijit decided to contest the assembly elections.

Bhunia, however, said that there was no discussion in the party on this.

company's contention that the plea saying both parties were Delhi-based will not have an overriding effect over the specific agreement.

The Commission was hearing a complaint from Umesh Gupta, a resident of Greater Kailash here, seeking refund of nearly Rs 60 lakh from M/s Unitech Limited alleging that it failed to hand over a flat to him.

Justice Zaidi said the Commission was "empowered" to hear the grievances if the complainant, in his agreement with the company, had not agreed to the jurisdiction clause stating that legal cases between them would be filed only at Gautam Budh Nagar.

"Had there been no agreement between the parties about the jurisdiction, the Delhi Forum would certainly have the jurisdiction to try the case ... but since the parties have already agreed that the courts at Gautam Budh Nagar only shall have the jurisdiction, the complaint can only lie there," the Commission said.

The complainant had in 2006 booked a flat at Greater Noida with the company for a consideration of Rs 60.75 lakh.

An agreement was executed and subsequently, an allotment letter was issued to the complainant.

The complainant, who says he paid Rs 55.06 lakh towards the consideration by March 1, 2009, lodged the case seeking the refund claiming that he had

not been handed over the flat.

The Commission, however, refused to entertain the plea saying the agreement provided

that since the apartment fell under the jurisdiction of Gautam Budh Nagar, the courts there only shall have the jurisdiction.

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Anti-strike activists protest, hoist white flag in Srinagar PTI SRINAGAR, NOV 7

Around 100 activists belonging to Jammu and Kashmir NGO Forum today staged a protest rally in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar against the continuous strikes called by separatist groups over the past few months, but their leader was attacked by some youths.

Nearly 25 vehicles carrying the protestors, who had come from various parts of the Valley, assembled at Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) ground here, official sources said.

Holding placards denouncing the frequent strikes, the car rally then proceeded towards the Clock Tower in Lal Chowk area, the sources said.

One of the protestors hoisted a white flag, symbolising peace, atop the Clock Tower, they said.

As the organiser of the rally Bashir Ahmad – formerly associated with a national political party -- was talking to reporters, a group of youths beat him up and forced the anti-strike protestors to flee.

Ahmad was bleeding from the mouth before being rescued by police personnel providing se-

curity cover to the rally.

An agitated youth also removed the white flag and set it ablaze. Police detained the youth who brought down the flag while chasing away his other accomplices.

Several groups of people appeared from nearby Kokerbazar, Maisuma and Court road localities and raised slogans and started throwing stones at the police personnel. Police burst teargas shells and used batons to bring the situation under control.

This is second protest against the strikes called by hardline Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelanisince the ongoing unrest began in the valley in June. On September One, a political activist organised a students' protest rally at Residence Road but had to beat a hasty retreat following opposition from some youths in the area.

Earlier in the day, hundreds of roadside vendors defied Geelani's call for a 'civil curfew' as they displayed their merchandise in the popular flea market in Srinagar.

Geelani had announced a three-day 'civil curfew' to be ob-

served, beginning with arrival of US President Barack Obama to India yesterday, but the vendors decided to defy it.

"We have seen enough of strikes and curfews for the past four months and now we want to feed our families. We cannot go on forever like this," a vendor, who identified himself only as Khalid, told PTI. The sentiments were echoed by many of Khalid's fellow traders at the Sunday market, but they did not speak on record for the fear of reprisal from separatist elements.

The defiance of the strike call by vendors comes a week after an unknown group, Jammu and Kashmir Ittehadi Islami, circulated posters in the city asking the Hurriyat Conference to review its strike calendar as it was only harming the economy of the Valley.

Kashmir Valley has been in the grip of protests, strikes and curfew since June when a 17year-old boy was killed by a tear smoke shell allegedly fired by police at Rajouri Kadal area of the city.

Army can step in even after AFSPA withdrawal: Omar PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 7

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah feels the Armed Forces Special Powers Act can be withdrawn from some areas in the state with a rider that the army could step in again if the situation so warranted.

He will soon chair a high-level meeting to review the possible withdrawal of Disturbed Areas Act, which may subsequently lead to removal of AFSPA. "I think the time has come where we can start to objectively look at areas from where the AFSPA can be removed with the understanding that if there is a situation requiring the Army to intervene, we can make a temporary sort of return to that," Omar told PTI. Seeking to reduce the footprint of security personnel in the Valley, Omar said the state government has started moving back the forces and the recent dismantling of 16 bunkers in Srinagar was a first step. "We hope to continue until we reach a level where the visible presence is greatly reduced," he said.

Commenting on opposition to the withdrawal of AFSPA, the Chief Minister said, "No right-

Campaigning ends in 35 assembly seats in Bihar PTI PATNA, NOV 7

Campaigning ended today in 35 Assembly constituencies in Bihar going to polls in the fifth and penultimate phase of elections on November 9 under the shadow of a poll boycott call by the Maoists.

Nearly half of the 35 constituencies spread over the districts of Bhojpur, Patna, Nawada, Gaya, Jehanabad and Nalanda have strong Maoist presence but no major incident was reported during the campaign period.

Around 81.26 lakh voters, including 37.35 lakh female, will be eligible to exercise their franchise at 9,143 polling stations to decide the fate of 490 candidates, including 44 women.

Among prominent candidates are state JD-U ministers Hari Narain Singh (Harnaut), Jitan Ram Manjhi (Makhdumpur), Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha (Jagdishpur) and BJP minister Prem Kumar (Gaya town).

Others include JD-U Chief whip in the state Assembly Shravan Kumar (Nalanda), party MLAs Asha Devi (Barhara), Sunil Kumar (Biharsharif), besides others Shyam Rajak (Phulwari), Narendra Kumar Pandey (Tarari), senior BJP leaders Sayadeo Narain Arya (Rajgir), and Amrendra Pratap Singh (Ara).

LJP's Dularchand Yadav is contesting from Arwal.Former RJD ministers Surendra Prasad Yadav (Belaganj), Raghvendra Pratap Singh (Barhara), Suresh Paswan (Agiwan) and Rajballabh Prasad (Nawada) are also in fray.

While the ruling JD-U is contesting 22 seats, its ally-BJP has put up candidates in the remaining 13. RJD is contesting in 20 seats, while ally LJP candidates are in fray in the remaining 15 seats.

is not possible." He, however, said there are areas where the Army has "virtually no presence and virtually no role to play".

"It is in those areas that we are contemplating withdrawing the Disturbed Areas Act which will then automatically mean that the AFSPA does not apply there," the Chief Minister said.

thinking person can turn around and tell you that AFSPA should be revoked in one shot. It is not possible at a point where you still have militant encounters and things like that going on.

"The overnight revocation of the AFSPA from the entire state

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Goan cricketers show their mettle

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is Indian Premier League (IPL) team, Rajasthan Royals, may have got dumped, thanks to the prevailing politics in the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI). But Goa batsman Swapnil Asnodkar showed his class in a relatively low-profile Ranji Trophy match last week, in which Goa almost managed to upset a fancied Madhya Pradesh (MP) team in Indore.

Goa is football country. Cricket generally fails to make the news. But in that game too, Goa is making strides.

Two Goans have made a name in the IPL. Swapnil Asnodkar, dimunitive in size but big with the bat, was opener for the Rajasthan Royals. He played a sterling role in the team’s victory in the first IPL. Shadab Jakati, a spinner, made a major impact in the second IPL, playing for the Chennai Super Kings. And both played big roles for their state in the longer version of the game last week.

Goa started badly in its Group ‘A’ Plate division match in Indore on Monday, when skipper Sagun Kamat’s decision to bat first on a lush green wicket after winning the toss backfired. MP’s bowlers moved the ball well, and had Goa reeling at 6 runs for 3 wickets. Ajay Ratra and Rahul Keni added 55 runs for the fourth wicket, but it was bowler Shadab Jakati that steadied the innings, with 49 runs, to take Goa to 170. MP replied with 67 for one at stumps on the first day. The media reported that it had taken ‘firm control’ of the match.

At the end of the second day’s play, Madhya Pradesh was bowled out for 328, the highlight of which was a second-wicket partnership of 132 runs between Naman Ojha and Mohnish Mishra. Goa went in to bat on Day 3 facing a first innings deficit of 158. But this time, the Goan batsmen sparkled. Swapnil Asnodkar (84) and Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan (58) enabled Goa to reach 268 for three that day. On the fourth and final day, Vaibhav Naik (65 not out), Robin D’Souza (36 not out), Ajay Ratra (47) and Rahul Keni (35) helped Goa declare the second innings at 423 for seven, setting the hosts a target of 265 runs in 35 overs.

Madhya Pradesh went for an outright win. Openers Naman Ojha (62) and Zafar Ali (68) put on 134 runs for the first wicket in just 17.4 overs. But after Jakati bowled Ojha, MP lost its way. Seven wickets fell for just 27 runs in the remaining 18 overs. MP survived by the skin of its teeth at 161-8, as Goa bowlers Vidyut (4-13), Jakati (2-64) and Amit Yadav (2-18) shone. Had they managed to get two more wickets, Goa would have earned a famous victory.

Sadly, that was not to be. But more important than winning is the ability to fight back against the worst odds. It shows character. We can be sure that we will hear more about our cricketing boys, too, in the days to come.

Defining racism

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hat would you call a 20-year-old thug who beats an Indian student in Melbourne, Australia, till he is unconscious, all the time calling him an “Indian dog” and telling him: “Shut up you Indian motherf——-; shut up…”?

But Judge Meryl Sexton felt there was “insufficient evidence” to categorise 20-year-old Shayne Casey Comensoli’s savage attack on Lucky Singh as a “race hate crime”.

The judge said that at the point in time when Comensoli was attacking Singh, he hated him, but there was no evidence that the “offence was wholly or partially motivated by hatred for Indian people in general”. What’s Australian for racism?

Good intentions notwithstanding, the GsT roll-out is unlikely before April 2012, says V B PRABhU VeRleKAR

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he introduction of a uniform nation-wide Goods and Services Tax (GST) all over the country is expected to provide relief to industry, trade and consumers. It will eliminate multiple taxes on the same goods and services.

It will subsume most indirect taxes, avoiding a cascading effect.

GST is a tax on all goods and services, levied at each point of sale or provision of service. But the seller or service provider can claim a refund called input credit of tax (ITC) on the GST paid while purchasing goods or providing services.

With no distinction all taxable goods and services are taxed at each stage till the goods or services reach the ultimate consumer.

Assuming that GST rate is 10 percent, the net tax liability along the entire value chain from manufacturer to retailer, after set-off of GST paid in the earlier stages, will be as per the table.

The taxes paid by manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer will be Rs3, Rs2 and Rs1 respectively, on their value addition. But the final consumer will bear the entire tax burden of Rs16 involved in the supply chain, which is included in the final price of Rs176.

The major Central and State taxes to be subsumed in GST are: Central: Central excise duty; additional excise duties; excise duty on medicines and toiletries; service tax; additional customs duty(countervailing duty or CVD); special additional customs duty of 4 per cent (SAD); surcharges and cesses.

State: VAT; central sales tax; entertainment tax; luxury tax; taxes on lottery, betting and gambling; state cesses and surcharges on supply of goods and services; entry tax not in lieu of octroi.

Alcohol and certain petroleum products will be out of the purview of GST, and will continue to be governed by the existing tax laws applicable to them.

Rate structure: Goods will be classified for tax rates as under: (i) A lower rate for essential goods

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James Moraes, Cuncolim The American president’s visit to India is in self interest. The country who supported Pakistan and ditched India during war times, now wants to save its dying industry by selling orders to our defense and civil services by doubling their exports to India. A huge Indian work force is employed in USA, all for the betterment of USA. Will that country survive without our workforce?

Will they find better IT professionals than Indians? Today, Indians are preferred in most of the countries due to our education and mastery over the English language. In Goa the government provides grants to our local language along with Kannada and other regional languages ignoring English.

It is high time we change our medium of instruction to English to develop our children’s future.

Controlling bus stops John Eric Gomes, Porvorim The State Transport Director states (Herald Nov 5) that rules have been flouted by constructing bus stops without ascertaining public demand, transport department scrutiny and District Magistrate (DM) order).

According to the minutes of the meeting held in the chamber of the DM on Traffic Hazards and General Traffic Flow on March 23 2006, the SP (Tr) was directed to submit a detailed report with proposals regarding bus stops from Mandovi bridge till the state border. The Chief Secretary was supposed to personally monitor the decisions taken at this meeting. This was not done, despite my written reminders and personal visits to SP (Tr) office. Why is there no show-cause notice issued for non-compliance? Who is accountable to get the job done? Why are there no consequences /punishment in public interest? It is now 2010 and the mess is worse, bus stops are lying vacant or misused. Is this governance and good administration?

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GST will have three components – Central GST (CGST), Integrated GST (IGST) and State GST (SGST). The first two taxes will be collected by the centre and the third by the state through separate legislations. Both will have concurrent jurisdiction for these taxes on the same supply chain of goods and sevices.

Every transaction, whether for goods or services (except for exempt categories or for those outside its purview), is liable for CGST and SGST. All interstate transactions including branch, consignment and stock transfers, will be liable for IGST, which will be equivalent to CGST and SGST. Currently, central sales tax (CST) is levied on inter-state sale of goods. It is collected by the exporting state.

No input credit is permitted on this tax. Under GST, the centre would levy IGST on inter-state supply of goods and services, in order to enable

Pride comes before a fall

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e are reminded many a time that one of the things God hates most is pride. Pride is a serious sin; it seems to be woven into our very beings from birth, and the longer we live the longer we struggle with pride. It is often because of pride that relationships and marriages suffer and are destroyed. It is because of pride that many people sink deeply into debt to keep up appearances. And pride keeps us from giving proper worship to the Lord, as we try to show off our great personal accomplishments, forgetting that all we have comes from God’s sustaining grace.

We have to realize that some people go to lengths to make sure their lives appear successful, happy and secure. However most of the time, it is an illusion. No man is perfect; hence that is why I believe we should never compare ourselves to others, because sometimes what we compare ourselves to isn’t even real. Moreover, people know when a person belittles another one is purely out of jealousy. What makes it worse is it becomes apparent that they aren’t belittling the other person, they are actually belittling themselves. God promised that the proud will be humbled but the humble will be honoured.

Here I would like to share a short story that clearly shows that we should not be envious of other people. A cosmic god had a horse. The horse was beautiful and also it had many good qualities.

But it wanted to be more perfect in every way. It specially wanted to become beauty unparalleled. One day the horse said to the cosmic god, “God, you have given me beauty. You have given me

Communal harmony top priority Jerry Fernandes, Saligao This is with reference to the letter by Roy D’Silva titled ‘Secular, what about jobs?’

Smokers and Diabetes P L Fernandes, Old-Goa If smoking is so bad, then it is the bounden duty of those in the know to educate the public about the ill-effects of tobacco. The growth and manufacture of tobacco in all its forms should be banned altogether. The Ministry of Information and Publicity should go to every nook and corner educating the people about diseases resulting from use of gutka and tobacco along with sustained advertising. Can I ask how much they have done for the cause of Diabetes? People are miserable and dying from it. If diabetics could find time to diet and exercise for a tiny period of time daily, how much it would matter! World Diabetes Day approved by the WHO and UN is on 14 November every year.

Karwar another Kashmir?

Linette Rebello, by email This is reference to the report ‘Houses of Konkani activists vandalised in Karwar’ (Herald, 6 Nov). Few of our Ministers and MLAs are already finding it difficult to handle the problems of Goa which is a small

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(ii) Standard rate for goods in general (iii) Special rate for precious metals (iv) Around 100 exempted items (v) Exports will be zero rated.

GST rates on goods of basic importance will likely be taxed at 8 to10 percent. The standard rate will range from 16 to 18 percent. The rate for precious metals will be around 2 percent.

After introduction of GST, industrial incentives like tax exemptions, remissions, etc, will be converted into cash refund schemes after collection of tax, so that the GST scheme on the basis of a continuous chain of set-offs is not disturbed. Existing exemptions and incentives will continue till their legitimate expiry.

The Goa government will be required to modify its existing Goa Tax Deferment Scheme to ensure that industrial units continue to enjoy benefits till the expiry of the scheme.

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(Herald, 2 Nov). I personally know Dr Francisco Colaco to be an upright Goan, secular and a man of principles. We, Goan minorities are not born mentally unsound fools who do not understand the difference between secularism and communalism. We do know that the Congress is not 100 per cent secular, but unlike the communal Sangh Parivar outfits like RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal they do not create trouble in our Bishop’s Palace, vandalize name plaques in Fontainhas, carry attacks on places of worship for flimsy reasons. The Congress will never release a distorted anti-minority VCD in schools/colleges and attempt to cancel our religious holidays like St. Francis Xavier and Good Friday. Of course, we all know that the Congress will never give us government jobs, but at least they will allow us to live in peace and communal harmony. That is what really matters for all our peace-loving secular Goans, especially the minorities. The Congress therefore will always win on this count in Goa, whether BJP sympathizers like Roy D’Silva like it or not.

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other good qualities. I am so grateful to you. But how I wish you could make me more beautiful. I would be extremely, extremely grateful if you could make me more beautiful.”

The cosmic god said, “I am more than ready to make you more beautiful. Tell me in what way you want to be changed.” The horse said, “It seems to me that I am not well proportioned. My neck is too short. If you can make my neck a little longer, my upper body will be infinitely more beautiful. And if you can make my legs much longer and thinner, then I will look infinitely more beautiful in my lower body.” The cosmic god said, “Amen” Then immediately he made a camel appear in place of the horse.

The horse was so disheartened that it started to cry, “0 God, I wanted to become more beautiful. In what way is this kind of outer form more beautiful?” The cosmic god said, “This is exactly what you asked for. You have become a camel.” The horse cried, “Oh no, I do not want to become a camel, I wish to remain a horse.

As a horse, everybody appreciated my good qualities. Nobody will appreciate me as a camel.”

The cosmic god said, “Never try to achieve or receive more than I have given you.” This story clearly shows us that if we want to lead a desired life, then at every moment we tend to want more and more. But we have no idea what the outcome will be. If we cry for a longer neck and legs, this is what will happen. Each thing in God’s creation has its own good qualities. The camel may not be as beautiful as the horse, but it carries heavy loads and has a tremendous sense of responsibility.

Letter of the Day America’s self interest

GST on output

the SGST element of input tax credit to be passed on seamlessly across state boundaries to buyers.

The tax payer in the receiving state would claim credit on the tax paid by his supplier. Accounts will be settled between the centre and the state on a monthly basis through a clearing house mechanism.

Input tax credit of CGST will be allowed to be utilised only for payment of CGST. Ditto for SGST. No cross-flow of credit is permitted, except in case of inter-state supplies. CGST and SGST paid on export of goods and services outside India would be neutralised by refunds.

CST in Goa may continue with a reduced rate of 1 percent for two years after GST comes in, to allay fears of revenue loss by states.

There would be a threshold exemption for GST to keep tiny dealers out of the tax net – Rs10 lakh for SGST and Rs1.50 crore for CGST; or Rs10 lakh for both SGST and CGST. The latter appears more logical and easy to manage. There will also be a compounding or composition scheme for dealers, with a turnover limit expected to be Rs50 lakh, with tax at half a per cent.

Successful implementation of the GST regime will require handling a mammoth tax base of at least 50 lakh dealers. It will entail concurrent tax administration by the centre and the states.

IT infrastructure to process data for easy accessibility throughout India must be in place.

Government staff will have to be trained and taxpayers educated, through seminars, media etc.

Business and professional associations will have to be involved. Facilitation centres will have to be set up all over the country to guide tax payers.

GST is not really a tax change, but it will change the way business is done in India. The proposed date of the all-India roll-out of GST is April 2011.

But it seems unlikely to happen before April 2012, considering mammoth tasks pending on various fronts.

(The writer is a renowned Chartered Accountant practicing in Goa)

Voted out oldies - by default?

Rajendra Kakodkar, Curchorem

“Dista toshe nasta, mhunn jog fosta” goes a popular Konkani saying. It would be premature to conclude that in the recent municipal elections, the electorate has voted out corrupt and inefficient oldies. Though 99 new faces were elected in 134 wards, on analysis the ‘new faces’ emerged by default. More than half (67 percent) seats get reserved (women: 33.3 percent, OBC: 19.5 percent, ST: 12 percent and SC 2 percent). Take Mapusa, where out of 15 wards, 5 are for women, 3 for OBC and one each for SC and ST leaving only 5 wards for real politicians. Though the reservations were aimed to empower the downtrodden, so far it has only sprouted dummies (wives, cronies). Reservation in the latest election ensured that half of the sitting council (real politicians) changed. Reservation in the previous election ensured that the other half (dummies and wives exiting in favour of their masters afterwards became unreserved) also changed. In the list of ‘new faces’ one can notice many corrupt oldies (or their sons) from pre-pre-councils.

The new faces therefore have emerged by default and are not a vote against corruption.

Though the people were definitely unhappy with the performance of the sitting councilors, it is irony that in today’s once-in-5-years electoral politics, unhappiness can be won over by one-week soro-chicken-cash bonanza. The need of the hour is to educate gullible voters to evaluate 5-year-loss and compare it with a one week gain. But who will bell the cat? state. What would be our fate if Karwar merges with Goa? So what if they speak Konkani? Mangaloreans also speak Konkani.

Goans are already losing their identity due to the migrants moving here, so it won’t be something new if these so-called Goan people from Karwar migrate here, rather than merging our state with theirs. Do they want it to be another Indo-Kashmir-Pak issue with violence already in Karnataka?

We are Indians! Be happy in whichever state you live in. What’s with the identity when it is already lost?

Titulo de Concessao Joanita Almeida, Assolna During Portuguese time, many people bought government properties in certain areas, which were sold by the Portuguese Government. They have the right documents with proper plan which was called Titulo de Concessao. After Goa’s Liberation, the new survey was wrongly surveyed and the surveyor demarcated the land without any proper knowledge. Today, many people are facing serious problems, due to the mistakes made during the survey. Many cases are in court and therefore due to this, many people are facing hardship. I request the concerned authorities to see the grievances of the people and make a special cell to solve these problems. The Govern-

ment should take this matter seriously.

Judges appointing judges Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar The current selection process of Supreme Court and High Court judges is shrouded in total secrecy. This judge-appointingjudge system must come to an end. It leaves room for friends and former colleagues of current and retired judges to manipulate their way through the system. This does not augur well for the judiciary which is the common man’s last recourse to seek justice. There needs to be total transparency in judicial appointments. The selection process has to be very rigorous and with stringent procedures in place to block the undeserving. This will ensure that only the very best and brightest are elevated as judges. Only persons with impeccable character and high integrity should be selected.

For the rest, there are many other options.

Politics being one of the much sought after avenues.

Reasoning v/s faith Nicholas D’Cruz, Siolim With reference to the letter ‘Misusing the Bible’ by John A Fernandes (Herald, 4 Nov), it must be noted that reasoning is based on arguments, whilst faith is based on

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Too much pride makes people ignorant of the truth. They feel that they are too good for everyone else’s opinion. If they have too much pride, they are not willing to listen to people to better themselves. This leads to downfall.

When we are free of pride, things become clearer. When we are filled with pride there is an uncertain of fear and arrogance that resides within us. The hard part is being humble when everyone around you is operating out of ego. Normally those who have immoderate pride in themselves should be ignored by all.

As for me, I find them humorous, silly and naïve and consider them crazy. Such people are usually found to be repulsive and sickening and many avoid them. However, I would rather pray for them so that they may be able to gain some humility and temperance in their lives.

Those having pride in them let no opportunity slip by to take prideful swipes at another’s lifestyle. When one has pride in themselves they do not seek God as there is no room for God, and this is their downfall and failure. Pride fears diversity and anything it doesn’t understand as the right or wrong way to live and be a human being. Anything different than the pride we hold in our minds is a threat, so we fight as a way to protect our self righteousness, in fact pride is a dangerous attitude to have.

Ending with a quote by William Shakespeare “He that is proud eats up himself. Pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle; and whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise.”

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belief on the authority of a person. The worldly people find many reasons to justify themselves because they feel their personal opinion is the truth.

Law makers and breakers Alic Alexander, Borda Guilty Government, Defence, Police, Ministerial and Judicial authorities should be punished with a much heavier chastisement, than that given to normal criminals.

They are supposed to set an example to the public. Punishment aside, these corrupt officials, should have their entire pension and other remuneration revoked, and also their names published in all newspapers as criminal offenders. For those with Gallantry medals, they should either be compelled to wear a medal of swindle and corruption along with other awards that they possess or be stripped of all the earlier awards and medals. What stuns me, is that it is the media who has to expose these crimes by either a sting operation or by painful data collection, from government offices. What, may I ask, were the Vigilance, Auditor general and Anti-Corruption Bureau and other such agencies doing?

Karmali’s debt to Portugal Marcos Alemao, by email Naguesh Karmali, so-called freedom fighter seems to have gone insane demanding the government remove the names of persons of Portuguese origin from the roads etc.

We Goans do not require any dictation from persons like Karmali on what to do and what not to do. Freedom fighters like Karmali and Co should feel grateful to the Portuguese. Only because the Portuguese ruled Goa, these so-called freedom fighters are receiving a monthly dole of pension and other best facilities which government employees do not get even after putting more than 35 years service in the government departments. There are so many other issues like corruption, CRZ, Mopa, widening roads by destroying our houses, temples, chapels, ghumtis etc.

I would congratulate Naguesh if he were to fight these issues affecting us, instead of demanding for the removal of names of Portuguese origin from roads etc. Let Naguesh Karmili and others get lost! The government should keep them out of

golden jubilee celebrations, if they going to create problems for its smooth functioning.

English signage needed Adelmo Fernandes, Vasco From December 19, Goa’s Liberation day, road signage will be in Konkani and Marathi, Goa’s official languages. But then, what about the boards that now exist in English?

Will they be done away with altogether?

English is an international language and its usage in road-signs need to be retained along with the two official languages of the state. Goa is an international tourist destination and the tourists who descend into the state from other countries rely on the sign-boards and names of the roads written in English. English sign-boards are essential for the state.

Freedom fighters warning Nelson Lopes Chinchinim History cannot be wished away by deleting names that connect with the distant past.

History is a continuum, whether one likes it or not. The culture of centuries in respect of names, dress, food, festivals, etiquette, laws etc. have become a part of our life and culture. The distinct identity of Goa as compared with the rest of India is the fusion of cultures of east and the west, which makes Goa attractive on the world stage. Do we throw away the baby with the bath water?

The freedom fighters are now imitating the oppressive procedures of the colonial powers they revolted against. The great freedom fighters of India never sought or accepted pensions or perks. Once pensions were announced even those who were jailed for smuggling goods across the state were registered as ‘freedom fighters’. We would appreciate the body of freedom fighters acting as the formidable watch dog, now, fighting against corruption and nepotism instead of making common cause with selfish legislators.

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OPinionateD Corruption issue to dominate Cattle menace on Goan roads BrIg Ian da CosTa

Rudyard Kipling wrote of the little brook or clear perennial stream in these famous words. “Men may come and men may go, but I go on forever.” It appears to be a true reflection of the British streams in the hills and vales. However of the Indian scenario we can say this, “Leaders may come and leaders may go, but corruption worsens forever.”

The Government passes laws on nearly every facet of administration, which affects every aspect of our lives. But they are totally lacking the will to enforce them. The enforcement agencies, basically the Police and the Lower Courts are too lazy and slow to administer punishments to the offenders or violators of the Law. The Police seem to fill in their presence by being seen around and pass time essentially by doing a poor nine to five job. Besides they are poorly paid and as they are not provided with proper accommodation therefore while on duty they are forced to make a little cash on the side to make ends meet by expecting and accepting bribes from a most willing public.

Remember that corruption has two sides to the crime which involves both the receiver and the giver. The police are on the look-out for foreigners who are willing to part with a few pounds or dollars in order to buy peace and avoid further harassment by the men in uniform. The police are aware that their actions will bring a bad name to Goa. The cattle menace is only there as the hapless cattle are unable to pay bribes or provide milk in lieu of money. The owners leave their cattle free to roam unfettered and to make a nuisance of themselves only if they have run dry. So they are allowed to occupy the driest and cleanest parts of the road especially those areas which provide shade from the scorching heat of the sun.

The Municipal Corporations and Gram Panchayats are supposed to keep the roads free of the cattle menace, but do not act in this matter for the very same reasons. Those elected to these august bodies are looking for ways and means to make money. Service to the people is the last thing they are thinking off. The Law provides for cattle pounds to be put up in every village and town. Most panchayats have not carried out this order and where cattle pounds are in existence, then, they are usually found to be empty and unused. The blame game starts here.

The police blame the panchayat and the panchayat blames the police for not ensuring free and unhindered flow of traffic on the roads. The police blame the panchayats for not removing the cattle to the pounds. When more than one agency is responsible for a job then it automatically becomes no one’s job. When cattle are actually locked up in the pound, then the owners do not come forward willingly to claim them. This is because the fines imposed are heavy. One sarpanch found this situation fun as he was able to collect money for cattle sent to the slaughter through alleged auction, but disposed of them to a relative who had a license for selling beef.

Goans have many ingenious ways to meet the situation and make a fast buck. Besides this method denies the Government of its legitimate source of income from pounds and slaughter houses. The traffic Police will not disturb Gau Maata from having a legitimate rest where she so wishes, to chew the cud or lay down her head.

These cattle can be seen and partially avoided during daylight in fair weather. At night they pose a serious threat especially to two wheelers and we have been steadily losing some bright and bold boys who have landed up banging into black cattle resting on the roads.

Goa’s accident rate has been spiralling and we need to take heed. Let the Government lay down clearly in black and white as to whose responsibility it is to prevent cattle from congregating on our public roads. Local self-governing bodies and the police need to take action in the spheres indicated. Laxity and violations should be punished by issuing warnings and dismissing the errant officials. Then we will find that the law will begin to work.

Indians in general and Goans in particular are known to work when the whip is unleashed. If we cannot do our job, let someone else try. Let’s Do It. The Commonwealth Games went off well when the Government of India flexed its muscles and started punishing errant officials. So be it if that is the only language we understand.

Cattle on the streets will become a thing of the past if we adopt these tough measures. In the past the present Government has just been a spectator and has failed to act. If within a reasonable time the Government fails to apply the stick, then the people must take steps to remove this Government.

So far they have neglected their duties and it’s for the aam admi to act resolutely and firmly. All of us want the same thing but the politicians have managed to divide us and put false ideas into our heads. Only that Government is good which acts in the interest of the people. Viva Goa! Jai Hind!

Doctors misleading patients liable for prosecution: NCDRC

PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 7

Doctors misleading patients through false claims about their professional qualifications are liable to be prosecuted for rendering deficient service, the country's apex consumer body has held.

"It also amounts to unfair trade practice by doctors," the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) said. The NCDRC ruling came on a complaint by Meerut native Surendra Kumar Tyagi against local doctor S K Sharma, who claimed to be a Master in Surgery and operated upon him, allegedly damaging permanently one of his kidneys.

"Though the doctor proclaimed himself to be an MS (Master in Surgery), he was in fact not so qualified (and) that would clearly amount to misrepresentation to the complainant and others about his real qualification and experience," said an NCDRC bench of members R C

Jain and S Chandra.

"This is another deficiency in service or what we can term as adoption of unfair trade practice – unethical practice on the part of a medical professional," it said.

Agreeing with Tyagi's contentions and findings of the Uttar Pradesh State Consumer Commission, the NCDRC enhancedthe compensation to him to Rs 2.5 lakh from Rs one lakh awarded by the state forum.

Tyagi had approached the apex consumer forum to enhance the compensation awarded to him by the state in the case against Dr Sharma and Meerut-based Jagat Nursing Home and Hospital.

Allowing Tyagi's appeal, the Commission said the compensation in cases of misrepresentation and negligence by doctors should be proportionate to the loss and injury suffered by the patient and cannot be arbitrary.

"For the kind of negligence, deficiency in service and the misrepresentation made by the doctor, award of compensation of Rs one lakh only cannot be considered as reasonable or commensurate with the loss, injury and mental and physical pain and agony suffered by the complainant," it said.

PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 7

Parliament session

The issue of corruption is expected to take centrestage in the winter session of Parliament beginning Tuesday with a united Opposition raring to corner the government by raising the matter of "various scams" including the Adarsh housing scandal.

In fact, the Adarsh scam has become an ideal issue for the Opposition to target the Congress-led coalition at the Centre with Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's alleged links proving to be an embarrassment for the ruling party.

While the floor strategy of the Opposition is unclear, the BJP-led NDA as also the Left parties have given enough hints that the scams would be their handle to beat the government with.

The Opposition is hellbent on demanding action on the allegations of scams surrounding 2G spectrum allocation and the Commonwealth Games during the month-long session. It will also seek a detailed discussion on the situation in Kashmir.

The NDA has threatened to stall the proceedings if "strong action" was not taken against

all guilty in the Adarsh housing scam. The BJP also wants acceptance of Chavan's resignation.

A Union Minister, who declined to be identified, felt that the first week of the session could turn out to be a washout due to opposition uproar and adjournments despite denials by the government that it was "under siege" from the opposition.

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has said the BJP would scuttle any plans of the Congress to "hide" the CWG scam behind the housing society scam. Striking a similar note, CPI leader D Raja said corruption would be a major issue for the Left. He said the government would have to tell Parliament what was happening in Kashmir after the appointment of interlocutors to find a political solution to the issue.

Congress is expected to hit back by directing its firepower against RSS accusing it of being involved in terror acts and the BJP on the Babri Masjid demolition issue.

A statement at the just-concluded AICC meeting had

obliquely referred to the Ajmer blast saying recent revelations through detailed investigations have exposed the "true character" of RSS and its sister organisations.

This is also the first session after the September 30 Allahabad High Court verdict on Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit. The Congress is insisting that the ruling in "no way condones" the demolition of the disputed structure on December 6, 1992.

Speaker Meira Kumar has convened a meeting of leaders of all political parties on the opening day to ensure a smooth session. Government managers are burning the midnight oil to ensure that the official agenda does not get derailed.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has expressed the government's readiness for discussion on any issue including the Adarsh housing scam and the 2G spectrum allocation controversy.

"We are prepared for discussion on any matter... permitted under rules and as decided by the Presiding Officers," is the refrain of those in the government.

Dream big, says Michelle PTI MUMBAI, NOV 7

Recalling her days of growing up in humble circumstances, US First Lady Michelle Obama today asked students to "dream big" not just for themselves but for their communities.

"I want to encourage you to keep dreaming big, gigantic dreams, not just for yourself but for your communities," Michelle said in her opening address at an interaction President Barack Obama had with students at the prestigious St Xavier's college.

"When I was your age, I never dreamt of travelling to countries like this and meeting young people like you. I never dreamt of serving as First Lady," she said.

"I grew up in a working class neighbourhood of Chicago.

My parents worked hard. Even though they could not give us material things, they gave us something more precious; they gave me and my brother strong values. They taught us to push for excellence in every

single thing we did," she said.

Michelle, 46, said her parents taught her to be humble, to put every last effort in education. "They taught us that our circumstances cannot define us. That if we believe in ourselves, we could make our own destiny. I have tried every single day to take these lessons to heart," she said. "I have really been looking forward to this trip for a very long time.

You are here today that you work here every day to fulfil your dreams," she said.

"Pretty soon, responsibilities for building our future will fall on you. We will be looking to you to protect our planet, to

Kerala’s art school sends mural portrait for Obama PTI THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV 7

A state-run school of ethnic arts in Kerala has sent a mural portrait of him to the US president Barack Obama, hoping the work would give him an idea of the cultural diversity and artistic variety of India.

The portrait, done purely using natural dyes by mural painter Suresh Muthukulam of Vasthu Vidya Gurukulam at Aranmula in Pathanamthitta district ,depicts Obama against the backdrop of the Red Fort in New Delhi with the Indian tricolour flying atop it.

According to the Gurukulam CEO P N Suresh, the work had been despatched to the US embassy in New Delhi so as to be forwarded to the White House.

The arrangement for gifting the work to Obama was done

by Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, T K A Nair, who is also honorary chairman of the Gurukulam, located in Aranumula on the banks of river Pampa.

"The 55x45 cm portrait was

completed in 45 days and was entirely done using natural dyes, made of juices of particular plants and finely pounded stones, as prescribed by the ancient tradition of mural art", Suresh told PTI. A colourful brochure featuring the unique culture, customs and raditions of Aranmula, still sustained by the people there, had also been sent along with the protrait, he said.

A few years back, a mural painting on the Last Supper of Jesus Christ was sent by the Gurukulam to the previous Pope John Paul, as a gift for Vatican from Kerala, a early home of Chritstianity in the world.

In Kerala, mural paintings had been traditionally done to decorate temple walls, mostly depicting scenes from H i n d u epics.

Since its inception 15 years ago as affiliate of the state Culture Department, the Gurukulam has taken a lot of initiatives to revive and sustain traditional and ethnic art and architectural traditions of India and Kerala.

lift up our vulnerable citizens.

I believe you and your peers around the world are more than up to the challenege because I have seen it first hand in India," Michelle said.

"As First Lady, I try my best to engage young people not just in the US but around the world. We need them to solve the great challenges of our times," she said. That is why, President Obama doesn't just meet Heads of State, but also always meets young people like you," she added.

Right now, more Indian students come to study to the US than any other country in the world, Michelle said.

Inviting students awaiting her husband's turn to speak, Michelle said, "I urge you to ask (him) some tough questions. This brightens his day."

She ended with: "I introduce you to my husband, the President of the United States Barack Obama," and Obama joined his wife on stage, amid thunderous applause from the students.

MCD official sentenced for taking bribe PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 7

A Delhi court has awarded two years jail term to an assistant sanitary inspector of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe.

"Corruption is a scourge that not only severally affects progress and development in the society but also poses a grave challenge to governance itself," observed Special Judge V K Maheshwari, while sending Lalit Gupta to jail for two years.

The court also fined him Rs 15,000.

Gupta was arrested by the CBI in May 2001 on a complaint

by Delhi resident Jai Pal, alleging that Gupta was demanding Rs 5,000 for regularisation of his wife's service as a sanitary worker (safai karamchari) with the municipal body.

The accused was caught by a CBI team at his Trilokpuri office here and was found in possession of chemically-treated currency notes of Rs 3,000 given

by Jai Pal which were provided to him by the investigation agency.

New law in offing for Delhi beggars PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 7

After facing allegations of rounding up beggars during the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi government is now drafting a new legislation to facilitate various welfare measures including rehabilitation, shelter and even vocational training to them.

The government is also in the process of creating a detailed database of beggars to finalise allocation of funds for various welfare schemes for them.

"We are drafting a new legislation to deal with the problem

of beggary in a humane manner," a top official of the Delhi government said.

He said the government was also considering setting up schools across the city for child beggars.

According to an estimate by the social welfare department, there are around 60,000 beggars in Delhi. Of them, 30 per cent are minors, 69.94 per cent are males and 30.06 per cent are females.

Human rights activists and NGOs have been blaming the Delhi government for forcing hundreds of beggars to leave

the city or remain invisible during the course of the Commonw e a l t h G a m e s . H o w e v e r, government had denied these charges.

"Under the proposed legislation, government will provide the beggars with a rehabilitation package. The legislation is being drafted to ensure their welfare and discourage them from beggary," the official said.

Aiming to rid the city of beggars ahead of the Games, the government had set up several mobile courts and a control room assisted by police to prosecute the beggars.

24-hr helpline for Hajj pilgrims PTI DUBAI, NOV 7

They would like that Parliament should be allowed to function and there should be no disturbance.

There were as many as 23 bills being brought for consideration and passing in the session which will have 24 sittings spread over 35 days.

The bills to be brought included the Women's Reservation Bill as also two other constitution amendment bills giving 50 per cent reservation to women in Panchayat Raj Institutions and urban local bodies.

The Educational Tribunals Bill, which ran into rough weather in the Rajya Sabha with even Congress members raising objections to the measure in the Monsoon Session, is again being brought for consideration in the Rajya Sabha in this session. The bill has already been passed by the Lok Sabha.

The Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, on which Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee has strong reservations, is being brought along with the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill and the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill for introduction, consideration and passing.

PM condoles Ray’s death PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 7

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today condoled the death of former West Bengal Chief Minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray, describing him as a leader who contributed immensely to the processes of nation-building.

In his message to the late leader's wife Maya Ray, Singh said, "I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing away of your husband Siddhartha Shankar Ray. He had a very long public career in which he contributed immensely to the processes of nation-building in a variety of ways."

India has introduced for the first time a 24-hour helpline service in Saudi city of Mecca to assist tens of thousands of its pilgrims visiting there for annual Hajj this month.

"Indian Consulate has started a new 24-hour helpline service on the numbers 02-5496000 and 02-5458000 at the Indian Hajj Mission in Mecca to assist pilgrims," Indian Hajj Consul B S Mubarak told local media.

"This is the first time that such services have been provided for Indian pilgrims," he said.

He said all preparations have been made for the Indian pilgrims who have started coming to Mecca for this year's Hajj which will start on November 14.

Mubarak said Indian pilgrims will be served three meals a day in Mina and Arafat, consisting of bread, juice and fruit.

So far, the officials said, Indians topped the list of pilgrims who arrived from abroad to Medina with a figure of 26,373,

followed by 22,726 from Iran, and 19,605 from Pakistan, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Around 1.5 lakh Indians visits Mecca for Hajj every year.More than 1.5 million Muslims from all over the world have already converged on the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in western Saudi Arabia for the Hajj, the world's largest annual gathering.

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British Royal Family joins ‘Facebook’

LONDON, NOV 7 (PTI) -- You can now catch up with the British Monarchy on social networking website ‘Facebook’. The Royal Family members, who are already regular users of micro-blogging site ‘Twitter’ and video-sharing site ‘YouTube’, have now set up their own Facebook page.

US deploys drones to hunt for Qaeda men in Yemen AGENCIES WASHINGTON, NOV 7

The US has deployed drones to hunt down Al Qaeda militants in Yemen for the first time in years, said US officials. The use of unmanned spy plane is part of a campaign against an Al Qaeda branch that has claimed responsibility for several terror attempts on US targets, including the two parcel bombs addressed to Chicagobased synagogues detected on cargo planes in Britain and Dubai Oct 29, The Washington Post reported.

People sing and dance while celebrating the Newari New Year in Kathmandu on Sunday. The Newar community in Nepal observes the start of the new year of 1131, following dates in the national lunar calendar, by worshipping their spiritual selves in a ritual known as "mahapuja".

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US President Barack Obama’s visit to India dominated the front pages of Pakistani newspapers today, with the media focusing on his efforts to drum up business and create new jobs for the American economy. Pakistani TV news channels followed every move made by Obama and his wife Michelle, providing live coverage of his public speaking engagements, interactions with different segments of society and even his arrivals in Mumbai and New Delhi.

The headline on the front page of the influential Dawn newspaper highlighted USD 10 billion trade deal between the two countries which will generate 50,000 jobs in the US. The dailies provided extensive coverage of various events that Obama or his wife participated though there were no editorials or articles analysing his comments.

Obama and his wife’s interactions with children in Mumbai, and footage of Michelle dancing with children from orphanages to the beat of a Bollywood tune, figured prominently in the news bulletins of most TV channels.

The channels also extensively covered Obama’s function at Mumbai’s St Xavier’s College, where he urged India and Pakistan to work together to resolve their differences while pushing Islamabad to do more to tackle extremism.

The channels noted that Obama had said India would benefit more than any other country from better ties with Pakistan.

“I am absolutely convinced that the country that has the biggest stake in Pakistan is India. If Pakistan is stable and prosperous, that’s best for India,” Obama said.

Senior PML-Q leader Mushahid Hussain Sayed, a noted commentator on foreign policy issues, said that the basic objectives of Obama’s visit to India were improving the US economy, addressing New Delhi’s concerns that bilateral relations were not as warm as they were under former President George W Bush, and preparing India to act as a counter-balance to China.

“This visit has had no adverse effect on Pakistan. In fact, Obama has backed Pakistan’s position by calling on India to resume the dialogue between the two countries. He also made it clear that it was in India’s interest to have a strong, successful and stable Pakistan,” Sayed said.

He noted that Obama had also sent out a good message by describing Islam as a religion of peace.

“The benefits of this visit will be for the US and Obama, who is seeking to shore up the American economy. There are superficial benefits for India as there are no firm outcomes,” Sayed said, noting that Obama had given no indications about India’s role in Afghanistan or its desire to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

Judge orders arrest of Qaeda-linked cleric AGENCIES BEIRUT, NOV 7

A Yemeni judge on Saturday ordered the “forcible arrest” of Anwar al-Awlaki, the Americanborn cleric who is believed to play an important role in the regional branch of Al Qaeda.

Mr Awlaki, who is thought to be hiding among fellow tribesmen in Yemen’s remote Shabwa Province, failed to appear Tuesday at a trial where he was accused of killing a foreigner. It is rare for a Yemeni judge to order the arrest of a defendant so soon after his failure to appear.

Yemen has been under increased American pressure to act decisively against Al Qaeda since powerful explosives were discovered Oct. 29 in two separate packages being sent by air cargo to the United States. On Friday, Al Qaeda’s regional branch, known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, claimed responsibility for the plot in an Internet posting, confirming what American officials had suspected since the plot was discovered.

The US took the unusual step this year of authorizing the killing of Mr. Awlaki, an American citizen.

Mr. Awlaki, whose eloquent sermons on Islam have long been available on tapes and on the Internet, has been the subject of intense American scrutiny since he was linked to Maj. Nidal Malik Hassan, the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Tex., last year, and to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner last Dec. 25.

AFP TOKYO, NOV 7

Japan’s ambassador to Russia, who was recalled in a row over a visit by President Dmitry Medvedev to a disputed island, headed back to Moscow on Sunday.

Masaharu Kono left Narita airport for the Russian capital on Sunday afternoon.

“My temporary return to our country was aimed at reporting current developments,” Kono told reporters at the airport. “I’m going back to (Moscow) since I was ordered to return after I finished reporting them.”

The ambassador returned to Japan on Wednesday as Tokyo protested the Russian leader’s November 1 visit to one of the Kuril islands, which lie north of Japan’s Hokkaido island and are known as the Northern Territories in Japan.

The four disputed islands were seized by the Soviet Union at the close of World War II and are administered by Russia, though claimed by Tokyo.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s government had planned to have Kono stay until the end of a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to be held in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, next weekend.

But Tokyo reconsidered, hoping to mend ties by sending the ambassador back to Moscow to help prepare for a meeting between Kan and Medvedev on the sidelines of the APEC summit, news reports said.

Kan ordered the ambassador to gather more information on the issue as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last week that Medvedev planned to visit other disputed islands, they said.

“There are many APEC events related to Russia,” Kono said.

“My return to (Moscow) is also aimed at carrying out our final preparation for them.”

The Kurils are a long chain of islands that stretches south of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula. Tokyo claims the southernmost four.

Medvedev on Thursday voiced optimism about the APEC summit, saying: “I expect we will succeed in adopting a number of joint measures to overcome the consequences of the global economic crisis.”

His Kurils visit came at a sensitive time for Japan, which has also faced a tense territorial dispute with China, while trying to mend strained ties with Washington after a disagreement over a plan to relocate a US airbase.

B’desh wants to expedite water process with India PTI DHAKA, NOV 7

Peeved by the inordinate delay in reaching agreements on water sharing with India, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has said that at this rate the two neighbours would need “a millennium” to sign deals on 54 common rivers.

“In 40 years we have done (agreement) for one (Ganges), (and) are on the verge of doing another one (Teesta’s water). At this rate we will need another millennium to conclude agreements on all 54 (rivers),” an official statement here quoted Moni as saying.

“We have to think how to accelerate the process of striking deals on rivers other than the Ganges,” she said, pointing out that the present government has attached highest priority towards concluding water sharing treaty of Teesta.

“We finally believe that we shall be able to sign an interim agreement for sharing of the Teesta waters in near future,” she said.

The two countries in the past several months witnessed several ministerial and official meetings on the Teesta water issue. After talks with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee three months ago, Moni said an interim deal on the water sharing in the major common river would be signed next year.

Bangladeshi media report, however, earlier reported that despite the absence of the treaty India released substantial quantum of waters opening up regulating systems in the upstream region in the lean period earlier this year infusing some sense of relief among farmers in the northwestern districts.

Under a 1983 understanding Bangladeshis supposed to get 36 per cent share of the flow and India 39 per cent allowing the rests to be flowed naturally.

Bangladesh and India had inked a landmark treaty on sharing of the Ganges water during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s previous 1996-201 tenure removing a major irk in bilateral ties.

FROM PAGE 1 People scuttling Nadia probe locate crucial evidences, and are depending on Monteiro’s interrogation to know the truth.

“The petitioner is an influential person. He may use pressure tactics to create fear in the minds of the witnesses. The petitioner may tamper with the evidences since two mobiles, one passport and laptop of the deceased and the empty ratol paste tube are missing,” reads the affidavit.

Police believe that the petitioner is in possession of the information relating to the crucial missing evidences. The police also said that the two alleged accused were absconding earlier and avoided cooperation with the investigation.

Also, that the ex-minister spent some Rs 40-lakh towards the treatment of the deceased victim in Goa, Mumbai and Chennai hospitals.

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Myanmar holds rare polls amid heavy criticism AP YANGON, NOV 7

Voters in Myanmar’s first elections in 20 years today cast their ballots amid a barrage of criticism that the balloting was rigged in favour of the ruling military, as well as hope that some change toward democratic reform might nonetheless follow.

The junta did not announce when the results would be announced, saying only that they could come “in time”.

It was almost certain, however, that through pre-election engineering the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party would emerge victorious despite widespread popular opposition to 48 years of military rule.

The streets of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, were unusually quiet and early voter turnout appeared light at many polling stations. Some residents said they were staying home as rumours circulated that bombs would explode.

Riot police were deployed at some road junctions, but no soldiers were seen near the balloting sites.

The USDP is fielding 1,112 candidates for a total of 1,159 seats in the two-house national parliament and 14 regional parliaments. Its closest rival, the National Unity Party backed by supporters of Myanmar’s previous military ruler, has 995 candidates.

The largest opposition party, the National Democratic Force, is contesting just 164 spots.

Election rules were written to benefit the USDP, and hundreds of potential opposition candidates, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won a landslide victory in the last elections in 1990 but was barred from taking office, are under house arrest or in prison.

Several parties have complained that voters have been strong-armed into voting for the projunta party.

Whatever the results, the constitution sets aside 25 per cent of parliamentary seats for military appointees.

Voters expressed both fear and defiance. “I cannot stay home and do nothing,” said Yi Yi, a 45-year-old computer technician. “I have to go out and vote against the USDP. That’s how I will defy them.”

“I voted for the (democracy party) in 1990.

This is my second time to vote,” said a 60-yearold man, Tin Aung, when asked which party he had voted for. He then looked around and added, “I am really scared.”

Others said they had abstained from voting because that would legitimise the elections.

President Barack Obama called the elections “anything but free and fair” and urged people to speak out for human rights in countries like Myanmar, also called Burma.

Cameron hires NRI Internet expert to head media section PTI LONDON, NOV 7

Young Indian-origin internet wizard Rishi Saha has been hired by British Prime Minister David Cameron to head the new media section of 10, Downing Street on a salary of 50,000 pounds.

A former Conservative candidate, Saha, 30, devised the “Pimp My Party” online game for Cameron. Along with Andrew Parsons, Cameron’s personal photographer, Saha is among a growing number of members of the Cameron’s inner circle to be given plum jobs by the new dispensation in 10, Downing Street, the Daily Mail reported.Saha, is “head of new media” with control over its website, the premier’s ‘Webcameron’ and other internet projects.

The report said that the ever-expanding “Cameron clique” at Downing Street and the Cabinet Office, paid for by taxpayers, has led to mounting criticism from Labour and, privately, from some Tory MPs who say the Camerons are falling into the same trap as the image-fixated Blairs.

Saha is a reported to be a protege of Cameron’s image guru Steve Hilton. The two were the driving force behind the campaign to ditch the Tories’ old-fashioned style.

A Tory spokesman defended the appointments: “All governments do this. These people have worked for the party and do invaluable work for the government. Rishi Saha is an invaluable member of the team.”

Saha was the Conservative candidate in Brent South in the 2005 general election, coming third in a seat won easily by Labour.

He was director of the modernising ‘Wave’ network of young Tories, entering politics after working for youth charities.

Indian pleads guilty to stealing US trade secrets PTI BOSTON, NOV 7

An Indian-origin former employee of pharma company BristolMyers-Squibb has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from the drug manufacturer so that he could set up his own business in India.

Shalin Jhaveri, 30, entered a guilty plea to a one-count charge of theft of trade secrets. A Syracuse, New York resident, Jhaveri faces up to 10 years in prison, a USD 250,000 fine and up to three years of supervised release and deportation, US Attorney for the Northern District of New York Richard Hartunian said in a statement.

Kim’s confidant dies AP SEOUL, NOV 7

Jo Myong Rok, a longtime confidant of North Korean leader Kim Jong II, who travelled to Washington in 2000 on a then unprecedented goodwill mission, has died. He was 82.

Jo, who had served as first vice chairman of the North’s powerful National Defense Commission since 1998, died yesterday of inveterate heart disease, the official Korean Central News Agency reported in a dispatch from Pyongyang.

“His death is a great loss to the party, the army and people of (North Korea) waging a dynamic struggle to win the victory of the cause of building a thriving socialist nation,” it said.

Jo, a Korean War veteran, visited Washington in October 2000 as Kim’s special envoy and met with then President Bill Clinton.

He also later pledged to then US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, that North Korea would take steps to fundamentally improve relations in the interests of peace and security.

Jo was the highest-level North Korean official ever to visit Washington, and his trip, followed by Albright’s landmark visit to Pyongyang, was part of Pyongyang’s efforts to keep up the momentum generated by the breakthrough summit between the leaders of the two Koreas held in earlier 2000.

The reconciliatory mood, however, has since changed following tension between Pyongyang and Washington over the regime’s nuclear weapons program and other issues.

Haiti cholera death toll tops 500 AGENCIES PORT-AU-PRINCE, NOV 7

The death toll from an outbreak of cholera in Haiti has now risen to more than 500.

The health ministry says its latest figures show the death toll has risen to 501 from 442 three days ago.

The number of people admitted to hospital with the waterborne disease is also up from 6,742 to 7,359.

Aid workers fear the twoweek-old cholera epidemic could escalate because of floodwaters caused by Hurricane Tomas.

The storm has largely spared the crowded camps housing more than 1 million people from January’s earthquake.

But relief agencies are rushing clean drinking water and food to areas affected by the floods.

Buenaventura Sanchez, a Cuban doctor working in the area where cholera first broke out, says the storm has already made the epidemic worse.

Pope dedicates Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia AGENCIES BARCELONA, NOV 7

Pope Benedict XVI dedicated the Sagrada Familia church, a stillunfinished emblem of the Spanish city of Barcelona, on Sunday.

He praised its architect, Antoni Gaudi, for “overcoming the division between human consciousness and Christian consciousness, between living in this temporal world and being open to eternal life” in designing the church.

“Gaudi did this not with words but with stones, lines, planes and points. Indeed, beauty is one of mankind’s greatest needs,” Benedict said, speaking in Spanish.

“Beauty also reveals God because, like him, a work of beauty is pure gratuity; it calls us to freedom and draws us away from selfishness,” he said.

The pope is on his second visit to Spain, a historically Catholic country where he considers the traditional religion to be under threat. His first stop on the two-day trip was Santiago de Compostela, in Spain’s northwestern tip, an important pilgrimage site for centuries.

The cathedral there was built 900 years ago atop what is said to be the tomb of St. James, an apostle of Jesus. After praying there, the pope presided over Eucharist in the square outside, to celebrate the city’s jubilee year.

“I come as a pilgrim on this Compostelean Saint Year ... I want to join to that long line of men and women that all over the centuries had come to (Santiago de) Compostela from different places on the peninsula and Europe,” the pontiff said at the airport earlier in the day.

Volcano travel chaos as ash grounds Indonesia flights AFP YOGYAKARTA, NOV 7

International airlines were forced to re-schedule dozens of flights to Indonesia on Sunday as Mount Merapi spewed ash high into the sky, ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama.

Airlines cancelled eight flights on Sunday and 36 flights on Saturday, echoing disruption in Europe in April and May when ash from an Icelandic volcano caused transport chaos.

The toll from a series of eruptions since October 26 is expected to climb as bodies are pulled from the volcanic sludge that thundered down on central Java on Friday, Merapi’s biggest eruption since the 1870s.

Mount Merapi first started erupting on October 26 and Friday’s blow-out killed nearly 80 people, incinerating villages up to 18 kilometres (12 miles) away.

Jakarta airport official Frans Yosef said that in addition to the eight cancelled flights, 42 flights — including by Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Malaysia Airlines — had been re-scheduled.

The volcano also disrupted flights to provincial capital Yogyakarta, Solo and Bandung, cities close to Merapi in the centre of the main island of Java.

Thousands of passengers were stranded.

Malaysia Airlines resumed morning and afternoon flights to Jakarta but said “evening flights are expected to be cancelled”.

Air travellers grew increasingly frustrated.

“We called three airlines but all the seats were booked,” said Singaporean Raymond Yong, 34, whose Lufthansa flight home from Jakarta was cancelled.

“I don’t understand why the airlines have to cancel flights when there are others which are operating just fine. I have to work tomorrow and this is such a major inconvenience.”

Three Malaysian Air Force Hercules C-130 transport aircraft flew to Yogyakarta to collect 664 Malaysians stranded there, in a series of flights to take place Saturday and Sunday.

Obama is scheduled to arrive in Jakarta on Tuesday for a highly anticipated — and twice delayed — visit. White House officials said Saturday there was no sign yet that the schedule would be disrupted.

In Friday’s eruption, fast-flowing torrents of boiling hot gas and rock — known as pyroclastic flows — killed people in their sleep, leaving smouldering ruins full of bodies.

The country’s disaster management agency said the overall death toll from the disaster had been revised down to 117, but this would climb again as rescuers reach stricken villages.

“Rescuers are still looking for bodies in the villages,” the agency’s spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told AFP. More than 166,000 people are living in cramped temporary shelters after being ordered to

evacuate from a 20-kilometre “danger zone”, though many were reluctant to abandon their properties and livestock.

The volcano, considered a sacred landmark in Java, continued to spew gas and ash on Sunday.

It lies 430 kilometres (270 miles) east of Jakarta but only 26 kilometres north of Yogyakarta.

“The eruptions continue to pose a big threat to residents,” volcanologist Budi Santoso said.

Hundreds of residents living on the banks of the Code river were urged to move at least 300 metres from the riverside as a “precautionary measure” after volcanic debris known as lahar flowed into the river on Saturday, Yogyakarta city spokesman Herman Edi Sulistio said.

Dozens of people from one of the worst-hit villages were to be buried in a mass grave in Yogyakarta, the disaster management spokesman, Sutopo said.

“We will bury them in a place where it’s safe. There’s no way we will have the burial in their village as the village is within the 20-kilometre danger zone,” he said.

The Indonesian archipelago has dozens of active volcanoes and straddles major tectonic fault lines known as the “ring of fire” that stretch from the Indian to the Pacific Oceans.

The authorities are also dealing with the aftermath of an October 25 tsunami that killed more than 400 people.

Kenyan officer kills10 in shooting rampage: cops AGENCIES NAIROBI, NOV 7

A Kenyan police officer killed 10 people during a shooting rampage in a small town northeast of the capital, local authorities said Sunday.

The officer assigned to guarding the district commissioner left his post at 3 am to look for his girlfriend, according to a local journalist at the scene.

The officer, Peter Karanja, walked into several bars and allegedly shot customers and employees, including two off-duty

An Afghan health worker gives a polio vaccination to a child in Herat, Afghanistan, on Sunday during a polio eradication campaign. Afghanistan has taken major steps towards polio eradication in recent years and progress has been made.

Qantas passengers return home AGENCIES SYDNEY, NOV 7

The last of the passengers who were involved in two Qantas mishaps in the past week have arrived at Sydney International Airport expressing mixed feelings about their ordeal.

About 300 passengers from the Boeing 747-400 jet touched down safely on Sunday night, relieved to be back in Sydney.

One of the passengers, New Zealander Hamzah Munif, said he

thought he was going to die and was disappointed with how Qantas handled the situation on the ground.

Advertisement: Story continues below “I just looked at my wife and held hands and I really thought I was going to die - and I don’t think Qantas management realised how frightening it was,” Mr Munif told reporters.

“I would seriously think twice about flying Qantas again - two in two days out of Singapore

can’t be coincidence.

“Someone needs to look into what’s going on down there scary.” Mr Munif said he would write to Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce about the treatment of passengers after the plane landed. “Qantas ground crew were abysmal,” he said.

“The crew at the hotel - they had one person to look after 150 people. “At one point we thought that we were getting back on the same plane after

they were going to repair the engine - can you believe that?”

However, other passengers thought the Qantas crew had been professional and had dealt with the situation well.

Peter Geisler, from Sweden, said the crew did a good job and he wasn’t scared.

“They have another three engines to go, so it’s no big deal ... I didn’t hear any riots or people crying or anything,” he told reporters.

officers.

Witnesses said after his rifle ran out of bullets, he walked to the nearest police station and turned himself in.

Several hundred people gathered outside the police station where Karanja was held and threatened to burn it down.

The shooting occurred in Siakago, about 90 miles northeast of Nairobi.

The suspect has been transferred to the provincial police headquarters for his safety.

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Tata to centralise aerospace, defence biz PTI HYDERABAD, NOV 7

Chairman Tata Sons Ratan Tata today said the group has decided to centralise its aerospace and defence business in Hyderabad.

"The Tata Group has decided that all its aerospace and defence which is really the new area of Tata Group will in fact be centered in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. This is going to enthuse the private sector in defence and strategic areasone of the larger new areas of Endeavour of Tata Group," Tata said in a function held to unveil the first Sikorsky S-92 helicopter cabin made in a facility here set by Tata Advance Systems and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp of USA. Tata-Sikorsky was allotted 50 acre land in the country's first aerospace SEZ to be set up at APIIC Aerospace and Precision Engineering SEZ and an

Mutual Fund

estimated investment of Rs 1,000 crore is expected to be pumped in to the JV. Similarly, a joint venture between Tata Group and AgustaWestland of Italy is said to be considering setting up a helicopter manufacturing unit at GMR Group's aviation SEZ at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.

According to sources the proposal to invest in the SEZ is awaiting the nod by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board.

Tata said the investment in Hyderabad SEZ is part of the word given to late Chief Minister Rajasekhara Reddy that the Group would invest in Andhra Pradesh.

Then CM (YSR) had very kindly offered the state as location for setting up Nano plant when we decided to shift it from West Bengal. Regrettably for Andhra Pradesh we chose

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

Scheme Name NAVs (Rs) A AIG India Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 13.25 India Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 13.25 Infrastructure and Economic Reform ­ Regular (D) 10.25 Infrastructure and Economic Reform ­ Regular (G) 10.25 Axis Equity Fund (D) 12.37 Equity Fund (G) 12.37 Tax Saver Fund (D) 12.32 Tax Saver Fund (G) 13.45

B

Baroda Pioneer ELSS 96 29.51 Growth Fund (D) 33.32 Growth Fund (G) 59.15 Infrastructure Fund (D) 10.91 Infrastructure Fund (G) 10.91 PSU Equity Fund (D) 10.06 PSU Equity Fund (G) 10.06 Bharti AXA Equity Fund ­ Eco Plan (Bonus) 20.04 Equity Fund ­ Eco Plan (D) 14.10 Equity Fund ­ Eco Plan (G) 20.04 Equity Fund ­ Eco Plan (QD) 13.31 Equity Fund ­ Retail Plan (Bonus) 19.93 Equity Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) 14.04 Equity Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) 19.93 Equity Fund ­ Retail Plan (QD) 13.24 Focused Infrastructure Fund (D) 11.80 Focused Infrastructure Fund (G) 11.80 Focused Infrastructure Fund (QD) 11.80 Tax Advantage Fund ­ Eco Plan (D) 14.46 Tax Advantage Fund ­ Eco Plan (G) 26.57 Tax Advantage Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) 14.43 Tax Advantage Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) 26.47 Birla Sun Life Advantage Fund (D) 98.34 Advantage Fund (G) 181.51 Basic Industries Fund (D) 32.27 Basic Industries Fund (G) 117.00 Buy India Fund (D) 27.66 Buy India Fund (G) 48.56 Commodity Equities ­ Global Agri ­ Retail Plan (D) 16.70 Commodity Equities ­ Global Agri ­ Retail Plan (G) 16.70 Commodity Equities ­ Global Commodity ­ RP (D) 13.30 Commodity Equities ­ Global Commodity ­ RP (G) 13.30 Commodity Equities ­ Global Metals Plan ­RP (D) 13.95 Commodity Equities ­ Global Metals Plan ­RP (G) 13.95 Dividend Yield Plus (D) 16.43 Dividend Yield Plus (G) 96.22 Equity Fund (D) 80.19 Equity Fund (G) 303.54 Frontline Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) 24.87 Frontline Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) 97.47 Frontline Equity Fund ­ Plan B (D) 14.73 Frontline Equity Fund ­ Plan B (G) 14.73 India GenNext Fund (D) 16.16 India GenNext Fund (G) 26.65 India Opportunities Fund ­ Plan A (D) 20.15 India Opportunities Fund ­ Plan B (G) 59.16 India Reforms Fund (D) 12.04 India Reforms Fund (G) 12.04 Infrastructure Fund ­ Plan A (D) 14.40 Infrastructure Fund ­ Plan A (G) 19.61 Infrastructure Fund ­ Plan B (D) 14.07 Infrastructure Fund ­ Plan B (G) 14.66 International Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) 9.07 International Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) 9.07 International Equity Fund ­ Plan B (D) 10.25 International Equity Fund ­ Plan B (G) 10.25 Long Term Advantage Fund (D) 14.79 Long Term Advantage Fund (G) 16.02 Midcap Fund ­ Plan A (D) 28.21 Midcap Fund ­ Plan A (G) 127.60 Midcap Fund ­ Plan B (D) 16.11 Midcap Fund ­ Plan B (G) 16.11 MNC Fund (D) 89.33 MNC Fund (G) 221.07 Tax Plan (D) 50.84 Tax Plan (G) 15.08 Tax Relief 96 (D) 97.55 Tax Relief 96 (G) 13.16 Top 100 Fund (D) 16.26 Top 100 Fund (G) 24.92

C

Canara Robeco EmergEquities (Bonus) EmergEquities (D) EmergEquities (G) Equity Diversified (Bonus) Equity Diversified (D) Equity Diversified (G) Equity Tax Saver (D) Equity Tax Saver (G) F.O.R.C.E Fund ­ Retail Plan (D)

Gujarat. At that time we told them that we will look to invest in AP. What you see is the part of that," Tata said.

Chairman, United Technologies, Louis Cheneverta said there are about 120 S-92 choppers currently operating across the world and with of 75 of those helicopters are flown by the world largest oil and natural gas companies for offshore activities.

"It (JV with Tatas) helps Sikorsky to increase our international competitiveness. During the last five years when we started pursuing our global strategy we are expanding our US and international workforce to double digit growth year after year," Cheneverta said.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah, who formally announced the launch of chopper cabin, invited the Tata Group to make more investments in the state.

20.56 16.96 24.57 26.96 26.91 59.18 23.21 28.19 14.05

F.O.R.C.E Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) Infrastructure (D) Infrastructure (G) Large Cap+ Fund (D) Large Cap+ Fund (G) Multicap (D) Multicap (G)

15.08 19.55 24.55 10.73 10.73 15.86 17.10

D

DWS Alpha Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 19.58 Alpha Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 89.99 Alpha Equity Fund ­ Wealth Plan (D) 15.67 Alpha Equity Fund ­ Wealth Plan (G) 18.74 Investment Opportunity Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 30.65 Investment Opportunity Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 44.25 Investment Opportunity Fund ­ Wealth Plan (D) 15.32 Investment Opportunity Fund ­ Wealth Plan (G) 20.03 Tax SavFund (D) 15.10 Tax SavFund (G) 16.15 DSP BlackRock Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 58.47 Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 18.50 Focus 25 Fund (D) 11.75 Focus 25 Fund (G) 11.75 India T.I.G.E.R. Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 20.87 India T.I.G.E.R. Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 54.37 Micro Cap Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 11.16 Micro Cap Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 18.38 Tax Saver Fund (D) 14.48 Tax Saver Fund (G) 19.45 Technology.Com ­ Regular Plan (D) 25.46 Technology.Com ­ Regular Plan (G) 34.87 Top 100 Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (D) 23.11 Top 100 Equity Fund ­ Regular Plan (G) 108.90

E

Edelweiss Absolute Return Equity Fund (D) Absolute Return Equity Fund (G) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund ­A (D) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund ­A (G) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund ­B (D) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund ­B (G) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund ­C (D) Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund ­C (G) ELSS Fund (D) ELSS Fund (G) Nifty Enhancer Fund ­ Plan A (D) Nifty Enhancer Fund ­ Plan A (G) Nifty Enhancer Fund ­ plan B (D) Nifty Enhancer Fund ­ Plan B (G) Nifty Enhancer Fund ­ Plan C (D)

11.72 11.71 15.93 15.94 16.21 16.00 16.05 16.05 21.97 21.98 13.02 14.29 14.36 14.18 12.63

F

Fidelity Equity Fund (D) 24.84 Equity Fund (G) 39.25 India Growth Fund (D) 13.60 India Growth Fund (G) 13.60 India Special Situations Fund (D) 18.80 India Special Situations Fund (G) 20.73 India Value Fund (D) 12.79 India Value Fund (G) 12.79 International Opportunities Fund (D) 14.69 International Opportunities Fund (G) 14.69 Tax Advantage Fund (D) 21.86 Tax Advantage Fund (G) 24.35 BNP Paribas China­India Fund (D) China­India Fund (G) Dividend Yield Fund (D) Dividend Yield Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Future Leaders Fund (D) Future Leaders Fund (G) Opportunities Fund (D) Opportunities Fund (G) Sustainable Development Fund (D) Sustainable Development Fund (G) Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS) (D) Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS) (G) Franklin Asian Equity Fund (D) Asian Equity Fund (G) Build India Fund (D) Build India Fund (G) FMCG Fund (D) FMCG Fund (G) India Bluechip Fund (D) India Bluechip Fund (G) India Flexi Cap Fund (D) India Flexi Cap Fund (G) India High Growth Companies Fund (D) India High Growth Companies Fund (G) India Opportunities Fund (D) India Opportunities Fund (G)

9.94 9.94 12.24 19.86 12.70 37.56 11.01 11.06 11.28 21.67 13.05 14.33 12.53 15.72 11.24 11.24 13.02 13.63 43.99 70.09 46.32 231.41 18.45 36.44 14.13 14.75 16.18 35.82

‘India can become USA's largest trading partner’

Power Grid FPO price at Rs 85-90 PTI

PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 7

NEW DELHI, NOV 7

The govt fixed price band at Rs 85-90 per share for about Rs 7,600 crore follow-on public offer of state-run transmission company Power Grid Corporation of India. "The price band for PowerGrid has been fixed between Rs 85-90," Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde.

The FPO comprises over 84 crore (84,17,68,246) equity shares of Rs 10 each constituting 20 per cent of existing paidup capital. At the upper end of the price band, the issue will fetch up to Rs 7,600 crore.

The follow-on public offer of the company hits the market on November 9. The bid closes on November 11 for institutional investors and on November 12 for retail and non-institutional bidders.

The company plans to raise 10 per cent fresh equity, while the government is likely to offload 10 per cent of its 86.36 per cent stake in PowerGrid.

India Prima Fund (D) India Prima Fund (G) India Prima Plus Fund (D) India Prima Plus Fund (G) India Smaller Companies Fund (D) India Smaller Companies Fund (G) Templeton India Equity Income Fund (D) Templeton India Equity Income Fund (G) Templeton India Growth Fund (D) Templeton India Growth Fund (G)

49.23 315.97 32.19 239.78 15.22 16.44 16.77 22.54 64.27 136.60

H

HDFC Capital Builder Fund (D) Capital Builder Fund (G) Core & Satellite Fund (D) Core & Satellite Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) Long Term Advantage Fund (D) Long Term Advantage Fund (G) Long Term Equity Fund (D) Long Term Equity Fund (G) Mid­Cap Opportunities Fund (D) Mid­Cap Opportunities Fund (G) Premier Multi­Cap Fund (D) Premier Multi­Cap Fund (G) Tax Saver (D) Tax Saver (G) Top 200 Fund (D) Top 200 Fund (G) HSBC Dynamic Fund (D) Dynamic Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) India Opportunities Fund (D) India Opportunities Fund (G) Midcap Equity Fund (D) Midcap Equity Fund (G) Progressive Themes Fund (D) Progressive Themes Fund (G) Tax Saver Equity Fund (D) Tax Saver Equity Fund (G) Unique Opportunities Fund (D) Unique Opportunities Fund (G)

29.75 122.81 25.93 45.61 57.69 313.90 38.03 97.11 14.09 14.09 45.19 154.39 14.91 18.03 17.10 17.10 18.45 32.55 73.19 260.52 55.75 235.85 11.58 11.58 31.34 116.11 19.46 39.04 16.92 27.57 13.35 15.70 15.55 16.86 13.00 13.00

I

ICICI Pru Bank& Financial Services Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) Bank& Financial Services Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) Discovery Fund (D) Discovery Fund (G) Dynamic Plan (D) Dynamic Plan (G) EmergS.T.A.R. Fund (D) EmergS.T.A.R. Fund (G) Equity Opportunities Fund (D) Equity Opportunities Fund (G) FMCG Fund (D) FMCG Fund (G) Focused Bluechip Equity Fund (D) Focused Bluechip Equity Fund (G) Fusion Fund (D) Fusion Fund (G) Fusion Fund Series ­ III Retail Plan (D) Fusion Fund Series ­ III Retail Plan (G) Growth Plan (D) Growth Plan (G) Indo Asia Equity Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) Indo Asia Equity Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) Infrastructure Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) Infrastructure Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) Power (D) Power (G) Services Industries Fund (D) Services Industries Fund (G) Target Returns Fund ­ Retail Plan (D) Target Returns Fund ­ Retail Plan (G) Tax Plan (D) Tax Plan (G) Technology Fund (D) Technology Fund (G) R.I.G.H.T. Fund (D) R.I.G.H.T. Fund (G) IDFC Classic Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) Classic Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) Equity Fund ­ Plan B (D) Equity Fund ­ Plan B (G) Imperial Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) Imperial Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) India GDP Growth Fund (D) India GDP Growth Fund (G) Premier Equity Fund ­ Plan A (D) Premier Equity Fund ­ Plan A (G) Small & Midcap Equity Fund (D) Small & Midcap Equity Fund (G)

21.14 21.68 23.04 53.17 20.08 112.35 18.86 37.88 13.20 14.71 38.59 67.48 17.87 17.87 15.56 16.50 14.15 14.15 19.79 146.14 11.44 11.44 13.23 32.85 18.85 126.98 14.41 19.16 15.57 15.57 23.04 154.56 18.41 18.41 13.10 13.10 17.22 23.80 14.65 17.86 12.32 14.68 18.07 21.85 16.16 18.72 29.39 36.26 17.06 20.68

Business leaders accompanying US President Barack Obama on his visit here feel India has the potential to become America's largest trading partner.

"India is the United States' 12th largest trading partner. It could be number one or two if the conditions for trade between these two giant economies continue to improve," said The McGraw-Hill Companies Chairman and CEO Harold Terry McGraw III, who is also the Chairman of the US-India Business Council (USIBC).

The USIBC is the premier bilateral business advocacy organisation between India and the US, whose members include top-tier US and Indian companies.

Yesterday, Obama had sought a level-playing field and

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an atmosphere of genuine competition for American companies doing business in India, saying current foreign investment rules are "opaque" and customs tariffs complex.

Business leaders from both countries have expressed the need for partnership and fos-

tering deeper ties to ensure prosperity for business and society, he said in a statement.

"We welcome President Obama shining the spotlight on business opportunities for American companies in India," McGraw said.

Business seems to have been

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at the top of Obama's agenda for his India trip, with more than a dozen export deals worth about USD 10 billion inked so far, which will create approximately 50,000 new jobs in the US. India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and President Obama's visit highlights the export opportunities available for US businesses, he said.

Obama met hundreds of American and Indian business leaders yesterday at the USIBC event.

Along with the USIBC Chairman, the meeting was attended by GE CEO Jeff Immelt, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, Honeywell chairman David Cote, Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani and Bharti Enterprises vice chairman Rajan Bharti Mittal.

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BOARD MEETINGS Aban Offshore Oberoi Realty Agarwal Hold Prism Info IDFC Arss Infra Proj India Cem Cap SBI Asahi Infra Shree Om Trades Bajaj Global Jain Irrigation Jindal Saw Tai Inds Cosboard Inds Lakshmi Auto Loom Cranes Soft Lloyds Metal Umang Dairies Dalal Street Inv Lloyds Steel Eicher Motors Elder Health Majestic Auto Micro Tech Venkys India Modi Rubber Zyden Gentec NCC Finance Source: Indiainfoline.com

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GUARDING THE C y b e r s p a c e By: Caetano de aBreu

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t was sometime ago that our Defence installations were hacked by some unknown agencies. This occurrence sent our Defence personnel into a tizzy, as they tried to encode the cause of this malaise and simultaneously pinpoint the actual cul-

prits who gained access to the most guarded defence installations. It was not only the defence installations that were hacked, but also, our industrial and civil installations are in danger and at the mercy of the cyber thieves who are gaining access to the latest amongst the technology for which there is a mad rush for

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individuals to secure gainful employments and thus hinder any untoward future incidents.

It is an acknowledged fact that Computers and the internet networks are today the basis of everyday life, with most educated people entirely dependent on the latest gizmos of information and tech-

nology highways. All organizations, be they educational, scientific, industrial, or defence are becoming more and more vulnerable to nonethical hackers who are capitalizing on their compliancy and creating havoc in their network. The reason therefore the network organizations are now required to out-think the

hackers to secure their system and protect from any further damage to their stored data.

It is estimated that the need for cyber security specialists for the next three years in India alone will be around 75,000 and rising.

Right from security assessors and risk mitigation specialists there will also be a need for

compliance specialists. The ambit offers many avenues for the aspirant who wishes to make the security specialization as his/her career although the subject is taller than the Himalayas and equally daunting.

To join this field of employment the candidate should be a graduate in Physics or math-

IACM Forms Technical Collaboration with Annamalai University

o offer B.Sc. & M.Sc. degree programmes in Enterprise Networking and Security Management through their Learning Centers in Goa Panaji, 29 Oct, 2010:- IACM SmartLearn Limited today announced its Technical Collaboration with Annamalai University whereby IACM will offer the Degree Programs in Enterprise Network and Security Management for the first time in India.

The B.Sc. and M.Sc. courses in Enterprise Network and Security Management will be first of its kind in India which aimed at creating a pool of skilled professionals.

IACM is the only institute in India to offer a post graduate program in Enterprise Network and security management through its network of 51 learning centers across India.

IACM has aggressive plans to open their learning centers in Goa by March 2011 and these courses will be offered through these centers.

A study conducted by Springboard Research shows that the market for enterprise networking equipment in India is estimated to grow from $1 billion in 2008 to $1.7 billion by 2012, recording a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15 percent during this period.

India is fast emerging country as a world leader in the field of IT and there is a huge demand for skilled professionals, not only in the IT sector but also in industries like insurance, BPO, banking, and manufacturing among others.

The University Vice Chancellor Dr. M Ramanathan said that “these two job oriented programmes will help students to understand the critical issues in enterprise network management, security management and related areas. Further he told that due to globalization, lot of multinational organizations are expanding their operations across the country and the job opportunities in these areas are a plenty to the qualified in

the field.”

Commenting on the launch of the degree programs Ravinder Goyal, Director, IACM SmartLearn Ltd.,said “We are happy to launch the much awaited B.Sc. and M.Sc. programs through our network of learning centers . With these degree programs our aim is to reach remote locations where there is greater need for skillbased education. While demand for skilled professionals is growing by the day, there is a dearth of quality education in the field at various places.

As a result, there has been a sad mushrooming of below average institutes that promise everything but never adhere to their commitments. They churn out professionals who lack the skills to compete in the competitive market.

With IACM having its presence all across India, it would be convenient for the students to avail the quality education facilities in Hardware, Enterprise Network and Security Management Systems in their own town, who otherwise would have had to travel to distant locations.”

IACM has also announced admission for the first batch of B.Sc and M.Sc and has guaranteed unlimited placement support to all the students who get enrolled with IACM, even after they get their job thus assisting in their career path.

IACM has already trained over 25,000 students who are very well placed with reputed companies and now with such novel schemes, the company is hopeful to add more students who want to shape up their career in IT and related fields. The last date to get admission is 31st December 2010.

IACM SmartLearn Ltd.:

Founded in 1997 with a vision of excellence, IACM SmartLearn Ltd led the way through innovative and most industry oriented programmers leading to various International Certifications in Hardware and Networking. The

training major provides industry oriented programmers of leading international certification of Microsoft, Cisco, Red Hat and Comptia.

An ISO 9001: 2000 Company, IACM was awarded with the prestigious National Golden Pe a c o c k Innovative Product/Services Award 2002 for its unique SMART Learning teaching methodology. On an all India basis, IACM was also ranked number one in Microsoft's resource Directory.

The training major has also won the Golden Peacock National Training Award in 2004.

In the same year, i.e. 2004, India Today magazine recognized IACM as the number one Network Training Institute. And again in 2005 the same magazine recognized IACM as the Most Preferred Hardware and Network Training Institute.

The Institution enriched with dedicated, talented and experienced teachers and State- of-the-art Lab-cumClassroom. By choosing to study with IACM, students are sure of getting the professional and intellectual enrichment in a stimulating and nurturing env i r o n m e n t . w w w. i a c m india.com

Annamalai University:-

Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, is a leading university of south India. The University provides high class distance educational programmes. All the courses offered by the University have been approved by Distance Education Council (DCE), New Delhi. It conducts courses in numerous faculties, at different degree levels.

Annamalai University is one of the largest universities in India today. The University was established in 1929.

Annamalai University already has a huge corpus of over a thousand acres and understanding of art, science, Indian languages, engineering and technology, education, fine arts, agriculture, medicine and dentistry and the integration of all sections of the study .

ematics or have an engineering degree in computer science, electrical and electronics or electronics and communications. To be a specialist in data security and network management one has to undergo the nuances of communications and data transfer.

One also must have the aptitude to test and evaluate hardware and software system for efficiency, reliability, and compatibility with systems at hand.

Several Universities and reputed hardware/software organizations from India run appropriate courses in the essential areas. Cyber Forensics, has become has become a hot subject as many frauds and tricksters are resorting to the cyberspace the reason therefore the requirement of experts in that field to counter cyber chicanery.

It is said that there are some vital skills that should be learnt and cultured apart from technical know-how which can be said that the special skill that separates experts from ordinary workers is the ability to think rationally and spot the root cause of the problem.

Unfortunately there are not many institutions here in Goa that can tutor and guide the aspirants nevertheless here are the few institutions that I venture towards option: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological School of, Information Technology, Hyderabad – Website www.jntu.ac.in Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad Website Asian School of Cyber Laws, Pune - Website www. Asianlaws.org Cisco - Website www.

Cisco.com International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium - Wefasite www.isc2.org

The Power and Prestige of Press Journalism -III N

ewspaper work is broadly divided into two streams: the field and the desk.

FIELD WORK

In large newspaper offices each field worker has a special assignment

Nature of Work & Personnel

Reporters& Correspondents: Reporters: are the eyes and ears of the newspaper. Chasing news stories, covering national and local events, telling the world what is happening where, why and how is the work of a journalist or correspondent.

They report events as and when it occurs and present them in an unbiased manner. They prepare stories that inform us about local, state, national and international events, present different view points on current issues and monitor the actions of public officials and others who exercise power.

The local reporter, the national affairs correspondent, the foreign correspondent, sports, travel and other specialist writers all go outside the office to cover their particular beat and file news reports or ‘stories’. To cover a ‘story’ or news item they may have to do background research, review public records and interview all people related to a theme. They may take notes, tape record statements and write their stories upon returning to the office. Their job involves a lot of travelling.

A Chief reporter is in charge of the team of reporters, and assigns work to the reporters.

National and international newspapers employ reporters in all major cities. Reporters on small newspapers cover all aspects of local news and photographs, write headlines, lay out pages, etc.

Change in Scenario

Simple reporting of events is no longer sufficient. More specialization and professionalism in reporting is required. Often newspapers assign specific ‘beats’ to journalists in big cities, to cover all happenings in that

area-political issues, law and order, sports, finance and economics, investigation, culture education, local affairs, courts, religious sites, on a regular basis, primarily to write about events taking place in these areas.

So, while journalism may seem exciting, it really takes lots of legwork. The main thrill is in witnessing events and reporting in a lucid style so as to influence people to react to the changing scene.

Correspondent/Special Reporters: are reporters for special

themselves. * Creative and intellectual curiosity, a broad range of knowledge and keen interest in current affairs, self- motivation and perseverance, physical fitness an open-minded and unbiased approach, the ability to judge neutrally; curiosity ; wideranging interests ; sensibility to the atmosphere; an instinct for

purposes and their task involves reporting on a particular topic like politics, foreign affairs, sports, finance etc. They often report on news covering their area of expertise from a place where the particular event is happening. Their aim is to interpret or explain news, and comment on the events, trends and causes behind it. Special correspondent must choose the concerned field in which he has special interest to make a success out of it. Usually one must have sufficient experience as a reporter to become a special correspondent. Newspapers frequently station reporters known as correspondents in large cities and in other countries to prepare stories on major news events occurring in these locations. Reporters with general assignments write up local news as assigned.

the story’s appeal to people ; ability to sum up situations and people quickly ; ability to draw people out; resourcefulness ; resilience willingness to work at unearthly hours, knowledge of regional and foreign languages and empathy are valuable assets. * Journalists need to have a broad based education, good general knowledge and a style of writing that is accurate, readable and informed * Reporters must possess an inquisitive mind, will power, an analytic approach, an ability to sense news, the faculty of keen observation, a sharp mind and memory, and the ability to perceive what lies beyond the obvious, perseverance, cool temperament, and self-confidence; *An aptitude for presenting information in an accurate, thorough, clear and concise, lucid and effective manner, organize their thoughts and to express themselves clearly both orally

Professional Skills:

* Writers and editors can clearly and logically express

and in writing, in easily understood English is also essential. *Reporters should have good contacts with various news resources. * When he/she is reporting, he/she has to define the parameters, which would ensure that he /she is not indulging in any type copyright violations and that his/her reporting is not amounting to any kind of defamation. * He/she has to gather quality news through

By Maria de Lima Pereira various sources, do research that would act as

a backup to his report and present it in such a manner that is easily understood by anyone.

At the same time a journalist has to be tactful, confident and organized while interviewing people from all walks of life. *They must have the ability to sift relevant facts from the irrelevant. They have to distinguish the newsworthy stories from those which are not. * They must have the ability to accept criticism and willingness to do considerable rewriting are also necessary.

Special Beats

Court Reporters make detailed records of what is said during court proceedings using specialized equipment designed to record or quickly input spoken words. Court Reporters learn the necessar y skills through educational programs or on-the-job training. Licensing for Court Reporters is required in some states. (to be continued)

The XAT and XLRI Jamshedpur Ready Reckoner –I

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he notification for the Xavier’s Aptitude Test (XAT) conducted by the Xavier’s Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur is out on their website. The XAT will be conducted on the January 2, 2011. Here is a ready reckoner with answers to Frequently Asked Questions Do I need to register for XAT and XLRI separately?

Yes, XAT is only an exam which many insti-

tutes use for their admission processes.

You have to apply separately to these institutes. You can apply to XLRI Jamshedpur’s School of Business and Human Resources after you have registered for XAT using the same ID and password. The procedure for applying to other b-schools that use the XAT score such as XIM Bhubhaneswar, GIM Goa or LIBA Chennai will be given on their websites.

What are the eligibility criteria for appearing for the XAT and applying to XLRI Jamshedpur?

The XAT system treats the exam separately from the institutes. So while you can sit for the XAT as long as you have a bachelors degree (even if you have less than 50% aggregate marks), the institutes that use the XAT have their own individual eligibility criteria.

According to the FAQ section on the XLRI website, all you need is a bachelors degree from a recognized or a deemed university. There is no lower cap

on the graduation score which means that even if you have less than 50% in graduation, you are still eligible to apply to XLRI. If you are in your final year of your graduation, you need to complete your final year examination by June 10, 2011.

Other XAT institutes such a s

Are there any seat reservations in XLRI? No, there aren’t any reservations at XLRI. What is the format of the test and what were the sectional cutoffs previously?

XAT

paper-pencil format if you are serious about the XAT. XAT 2009 The test was of two-hours duration followed by an essay for 20 minutes. The topic for the essay — given on the spot — was “The Inherent vice of Capitalism is unequal sharing of blessings and the inherent virtue of Socialism is equal sharing of misery.”

Section Number of questions Verbal

and Logic a l Ability 35 Data Interp re t a t i o n a n d Quantitative Ability

XIM Bhubhaneswar, GIM Goa, etc may have other eligibility criteria, which they would make public on their websites.

The XAT registration process is clearly defined on the XAT website.

What are the various programmes offered by XLRI? a) The Business Management (120 seats) – close to a general MBA offered by most b-schools b) The Human Resources Management (120 seats) – formerly known as PM & IR, and is an MBA with HR focus. c) General Management Programme – XLRI’s one-year executive MBA offering for candidates with higher work experience. d) Fellow Programme in Management – doctoral programme in management.

is one o f t h e mo s t unpredictable entrance tests around. One can never really predict the pattern of the paper or the scheme of negative marking. However, we can look at the XATs of the last two years to broadly understand what it is about.

Also, XAT is still a paper-pencil based test. So while your mocks for the CAT are on the computer, you also need to form a strategy and practice for the

38 Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making 31 Total 104 The negative marking scheme was progressive and very different from any other exam. In each section, 0.25 marks were deducted for the first five wrong answers and for every subsequent wrong answer 0.5 marks were deducted.

The overall cut-off for XLRI’s Business Management Programme was 98.03 percentile and for Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (Now known as Human Resources

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The sectional cut-offs: PM & IR: 92.69 percentile in Verbal and Logical Ability, 84.58 percentile in Data Interpretation and Quantitative Ability, 80.13 percentile in Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making.

BM: 90.03 percentile in Verbal and Logical Ability, 94.9 percentile in Data Interpretation and Quantitative Ability, 90.21 percentile in Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making.

XAT 2010 The test was of 2 hours duration followed by an essay for 20 minutes. The topic for the essay was “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not ever y man’s greed.”

Section Number of questions Verbal and Logical Ability 31 Data Interpretation and Quantitative Ability 40 Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making 30 Total 101 The negative marking scheme changed compared to XAT 2009.

In each section, 0.2 marks deducted for the first six incorrect answers and for every wrong answer after that, 0.25 marks were deducted.

For Personnel Management and Industrial Relations Programme, XLRI had shortlisted around 650 applicants having more than 92.60 percentile in VA, 80.36 percentile in QA, 84.36 percentile in RA, and overall 95.03 percentile for the Group Discussion and Personal Interview stage.

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Pg 14 Salgaocar squeeze past Vasco HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, NOV 7

U-20 winger Gilbert Oliveira struck the decisive goal as Salgaocar registered a hard fought 1-0 victory over Vasco in Kingfisher Pro League at Duler Stadium, Mapusa on Sunday. There was no score at half time.

Salgaocar by far had the best opportunities in the first half as lanky striker Milagres Gonsalves

often found space between rival defenders Queterio Pango and Shubanker Dey, who had a torrid time defending set-pieces. But to Salgaocar’s bad luck, Milagres spurned at least three glorious close range headers.

On the other hand, Vasco’s influential striker Koko Sakibo was subdued with the presence of Salgaocar skipper Luciano Sabrosa.

Four minutes after change of ends, Salgaocar grabbed the lead as talented winger Gilbert Oliveira drove the ball into the rival nets after some shoddy defending by the Vasco last four.

The goal brought out the best from the Vasco lads with Koko

instigating attack every time he touched the ball, but lack of support from teammates left the Nigerian import helpless.

At the other end, substitute Subahsh Singh almost scored on his first touch of the ball but his try went inches wide after a

neat lay-off by Marcus Mascarenhas.

Vasco applied tremendous pressure towards the closing stages but the Salgaocar rearguard somehow held fort to thwart last ditch efforts from the Port town men.

ZP Boys, Dramapur Boys win HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, NOV 7

ZP Boys, Zoribhatt and Dramapur Boys romped into the quarter-finals of VJT Cup football tournament organised by VJT Events Management at Church ground, Chinchinim on Sunday.

In the first pre-quarters, ZP Boys Zoribhat thrashed Durga 3-0. ZP Boys were leading 1-0 at the breather.

ZP Boys were the first to open the tally when their aggressive raids fetched them dividends as Rossman fired home from close range.

Crossing over, striker Francis Munna Rebello who was a thorn in the rival defence, struck a brace to troop out worthy winners.

In the second quarters, Dramapur Boys humbled Sucaldem Youth Club ‘A’ 3-0 after leading 1-0 at half time.

Dramapur held the upper hand in both sessions as Sucaldem were handicapped with the absence of key players as the former tormented the rival defence with well orchestrated raids.

C h a n g i n g e n d s , Fr a n k y

Oliveira put Dramapur into the lead with a snap shot.

Stung by the setback, Sucaldem tried their best but failed to get past the rival defence.

The second half did bring cheers to the Sucaldem camp as Francis D’Costa doubled the lead midway while Franky Oliveira rounded off the tally and also completed his brace.

Naikavaddo thrash Agarvaddo HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 7

Naikavaddo defeated Agarvaddo 2-0 to move into the semi-finals of Calangute Panchayat Cup inter-ward football tournament organised by Calangute Association at Poriat ground, Calangute on Sunday.

Naikavaddo shot into the lead in the 10th minute through Cliff Fernandes. Down by a goal, Agarvaddo tried to level the score but their forwards failed to find the net.

Changing over, Naikavaddo doubled the lead through Rolex Rebello. Agarvaddo tried their best to find the net but the rival defense kept them at bay.

Nagoa pip Chapora YS HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 7

Nagoa Sporting Club got the better of Chapora Yuvak Sangh SC 3-2 via the tie-breaker after a 1-1 draw to move into the quarter-finals of Anjuna-Caisua Panchayat Cup inter-village football tournament at Chapora ground on Sunday. Both goals came in the first half.

Chapora began on a promising note and took the lead in the 15th minute through Dattaraj Malwankar.

Down by a goal, Nagoa fought back and levelled terms in the 17th through Pramod Mardolkar after the Chapora keeper failed to collect a neat shot taken by Sanjay Kudalkar.

In the penalties, Saish Palyekar and Sanjay Kudalkar converted for Nagoa while Stanley Sequeira was on target for Chapora.

UC Nerul outshine Sangolda HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 7

United Club of Nerul scored a solitary goal victory over Sangolda Lightning to move into the quarter-finals of 4th Bardez Cup inter-village football tournament at Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Stadium, Candolim on Sunday.

Nerul shot into the lead in the 5th minute through John Vaz. Lagging behind, Sangolda mounted pressure on the Nerul defence but their forwards failed to score. Nerul too tried their best to double the tally but their forwards were off target.

Third division football: Chicalim YC v. Baina YRC, Tilak Maidan, Vasco, 4 p.m.

9th Fr Basilio Andrade memorial cup soccer: Betalbatim SC v. Carmona SC, Musson ground, Majorda, 4.45 p.m.

Anjuna-Caisua Panchayat Cup soccer: Adarsh Yuvak Sangh, Saligao v. Clube Sao Minguel de Taleigao, Chapora ground, 4.30 p.m.

Bardez Cup soccer: Candolim SC v. Milagres SC, Mapusa, Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Stadium, Candolim, 4.30 p.m.

Calangute Panchayat Cup soccer semis: Cobravaddo v.

Umtavaddo, Poriat ground, Calangute, 4.30 p.m.

VJT Cup soccer: St Anthony’s Deussua v. Holy Cross, Sarzora, Church ground, Chinchinim, 4.30 p.m.

Curtorim Villagers Cup soccer: Nerul SC v. Dicarpale SC, Curtorim ground, 4.30 p.m.

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SPORTS GOA, Monday, 8 November, 2010

AFC’s mantra for Goa Pro Clubs l Move from traditional to modern structure lI-League clubs need to work as full business entities

BY JOVITO LOPES PANJIM, NOV 7

Professional Clubs need to be commercial entities and independent legal entities to run the Pro League with the registered name of the club company not to carry sponsor company’s name, stated the AFC delegation that inspected the clubs in India recently.

“Clubs must have competent management staff who are in charge of the tasks such as c o m p e t i t i o n , m a r ke t i n g , media, security, finance, technical and legal with staff responsible for the legal and financial affairs of the club,” pointed out the AFC delegation in its report.

Of the 14 clubs, except ONGC, Air India, HAL and AIFF XI, have been registered as limited liability companies.

“Some clubs like Air India, ONGC, Salgaocar, HAL, Viva Kerala did not have separate audited financial statement for 2009 due to their legal status,”

(Salgaocar is reported to have submitted already the report), but they have been given time upto December 31 to fulfil the requirement.

The major revenue of eight clubs – Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Chirag United, Churchill Bros, Dempo, JCT, Mumbai FC and Pune came from sponsorship which amounted to 88.68 per cent. The revenue from league was 1.17%, gate receipts 1.03%, merchandising 0.15% and other income 8.97%, with some clubs’ sponsorship revenue derived from a single source or company.

Four of the clubs made losses for 2009 with Dempo topping it, followed by Pune, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. Churchill Bros and JCT broke almost even while Mumbai FC made a marginal profit.

As per the AFC criteria, each club should be able to organize their own I-League matches and not depend on the Local Organising Committee (LOC), as is

being done now. That calls for competent and adequate manpower, which should independently handle all organizational matters and not depend on staff borrowed from the mother company.

“Professional League demands professional management and as such clubs will have to develop experts in several fields - a dedicated security officer in charge of security management with specific security guidelines for clubs and stadiums, a qualified media officer who can supervise all the media related activities and pro grammes, an autonomous marketing department with marketing strategy to promote the club or to increase its value and carry on merchandising and look into additional sponsors for the club instead of relying on singular sponsor, a fullfledged department to handle youth development with full team of qualified coaches with the head having at least AFC A

Rachol priests triumph

coaching certificate, dedicated legal personnel.”

“The League needs to have fan service programmes at League matches with utilities which generate revenues like kiosks for food and beverage services, kiosks for the sale of team merchandising goods, sky boxes to accommodate special customers, pre-match fan activities. The stadium must be such to produce hospitality and comfortableness for the spectators,” the report stressed.

The Nehru Stadium at Fatorda will have to undergo intense remodelation as it lacks facilities that do not meet the standard requirement such as giant electronic screen and scoreboard, appropriate and well equipped medical room, doping control rooms, security control rooms, CCTV and monitors, equipped media working room with tables, power sockets, internet, press conference room and media tribune and team and referee dressing rooms with ade-

quate number of toilets and showers. The security control room has to be such that it enables the official to have a full view of the playfield and spectators seats from any angle. That apart it will have to make the floodlights operational, much more so when Dempo have an AFC match coming early next year, or else Dempo will be forced to shift the match to Pune, according to Armando Colaco, secretary-cum-head coach.

The stadium has also been found to have lack of facilities and equipment for broadcasting such as commentary box, studio, camera platform, TV working room. Separate entrance for spectators, teams, media, VIPs, VVIPs and appropriate space for VVIPs has been recommended.

Most importantly, the mixed zone area where the media and players can have easy access after the match is over has also been suggested.

Branding activity at the sta-

Odafe unperturbed by poor form AGENCIES NEW DELHI, NOV 7

The victorious Rachol Seminary Priests.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, NOV 7

Rachol Seminary Priests beat Youth of Sao Jose de Areal 4-3 via the tie-breaker to win the exhibition football match organised by Parish of Sao Jose de Areal at Padribhat ground, Sao Jose de Areal on Sunday.

There was no score at regulation time.

Youth of Sao Jose de Areal held slight edge over their rivals and created many forays into

the rival territory and nearly broke the deadlock when striker Volfie Andrade’s rasping drive hit the crossbar and later Raymond Fernandes’ try kissed the crossbar much to the dismay of the Sao Jose supporters.

In the tie-breaker, Mario Noronha, Richard Rodrigues, Gabriel Rodrigues and Elias Rebello were on target for the winners while Volfie Antao, Igantius Oliveira and Raymond Fernandes

scored for Youth of Sao Jose de Areal.

Fo l l o w i n g p r i z e s w e r e awarded: Best goalkeeper: Agio Antao of Youth of Sao Jose de Areal. Best forward: Mario Noronha of Rachol Seminary Priests. Best player: Richard Rodrigues.

Fr Michael Fernandes, assistant parish priest, St Joseph Church, Sao Jose de Areal was the chief guest and gave away the prizes.

Shadab to lead Varsity team

The Goa University football for West Zone.

HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, NOV 7

Shadab Shaikh will lead Goa University football team at West Zone Inter-University Football Championship at Jabalpur. The strong 20-member team will leave on Monday at 9.30 a.m. from Margao railway station and

play their first match on November 12 against the winners of Pool D. The team: Shadab Shaikh (captain), Soma korgaonkar (vice-captain), Micky Vaz, David D’Souza, Jonathan Faleior, Jeovito Fernandes, Tyson Fernandes, Garry D’Mello, Joyner

Lourenco, Charlton D’Souza, Mandarrao Dessai, Pedre Antonio Gonsalves, Arnold Cardoz, Anjelo Fernandes,Shelton D’Souza, Flody D’Souza, Standly Fernandes and Ramino Estricio.

Fausto Lobo (coach), Shailendra Gaonkar (manager).

PJF soccer camp kicks off HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, NOV 7

The 14th annual PJF football coaching camp was inaugurated

by Fr Oscar Quadros, director, Clergy Home, at Boa Vista ground, Bastora on Sunday. Also present on the occasion were

Glenn Sousa Ticlo and Seby D’Costa.

The camp is being conducted under the guidance of Celvin Fernandes, SAG and Giullu Fernandes. Altogether, 45 boys and girls are attending the 15-day camp.

Fr Quadros appreciated the

dedicated efforts put in by Pascoal Joao Fernandes in imparting soccer education to youngsters.

He also urged the trainees to succeed in life and live a disciplined life through football.

Pascoal Joao Fernandes proposed the vote of thanks.

Fr Oscar Quadros alongwith other officials and participants at the inauguration of PJF football coaching camp at Bastora on Sunday.

dium will also have to be undertaken by each club so as to promote the club.

Clubs will have to have all age-group programmes – U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16, U-18 thus paving the way for a youth development department with the head coach being involved in administrative and technical matters. Most importantly, clubs will have to organise more competitive tournaments for all age groups and develop synergy with the Sports Department which handles school football so as to develop a wholesome youth development system.

The AFC has set out a timetested agenda so that one can move from the traditional structure to the modern one, which can help improve our football standard. If implemented completely, it can help India’s football development and one will see big changes in our football activities. Of course, it calls for big, very big finances.

The only constant is change, goes the saying. The I-League is no exception to the adage.

One day East Bengal are stuck in a relegation dog-fight, a few months later they are on an 18match winning streak. Karim Bencherifa is the Mohun Bagan coach one day, a month later he is at the helm at Salgaocar. The title has moved from Dempo to Churchill and back to Dempo in the last three seasons. Change undoubtedly is commonplace in the Indian top-flight.

But Odafe Onyeka Okolie seems impervious to change.

He defies the adage. Because at the end of every season, the Nigerian always emerges as the topscorer.

The Churchill Brothers skipper has notched up 64 league goals in the last three seasons and leads the all-time goalscoring charts by some distance. Dempo striker Ranty Martins is second on the list with 42 goals while Sunil Chhetri, with 24, is the leader among Indian players.

But despite the records,

Odafe insists that winning, and not scoring, has always been top priority. “What matters most is to keep winning. For that, we need goals. It does not matter who scores the goals. All that matters is that they are scored,” he says.

More often than not, it is him who is doing the scoring but the 25-year-old is as modest as ever. “We play as a team. If the team plays well, I score. My teammates support me and I score from the passes I get,” he says.

His flattering stats betray the nonchalant start to his Indian career. He struggled at Mohammedan Sporting where he was deployed at various positions. This was followed by a forgettable stint in Bangladesh.

It was only after his switch to Churchill that he transformed into a prolific striker.

In his first season with the Goan outfit, he scored 8 times in 10 appearances to help his side gain promotion to the first division. He was especially phenomenal in the 2008-09 season, netting 26 goals as Churchill raced to the I-league title. His devastating form continued as they won the IFA Shield and the Durand Cup the following season.

He finished as topscorer with 22 goals in the following campaign as well, but could not lead his team to the title this time around. He netted 5 times in the 2010 Durand Cup as his side made the semi-finals. An uncharacteristically lacklustre showing in the last-four tie versus JCT, however, saw him miss several sitters with his side eventually getting knocked out.

Kuwait ‘two’ good for India asian games football AGENCIES GUANGZHOU, NOV 7

India put up a valiant fight before going down 0-2 against Kuwait to get off their Asian Games football campaign on a disappointing note on Sunday.

Sukhwinder Singh's boys were on equal terms against their stronger rivals for most part of the match. They paid the price of conceding an early goal and letting in another via a defensive lapse in the injury time.

Striker Khaled Al Azemi scored both the goals - in the sixth and 91st minutes - for Kuwait at the Huadu Stadium.

India will now have to beat either defending champions Qatar on Tuesday or Singapore on Thursday to have any chance of remaining in contention for a berth in the knock-out round.

The top two teams from each of four groups and the four best third-placed teams will qualify

for the Round of 16.

India were in the backfoot as early as the sixth minute with Al Azemi finding the target even as the Indians were trying to settle down. Al Azemi found the target from an opportunistic shot after a Kuwaiti free-kick from outside the box deflected from an Indian defender.

In the whole match, India had five shots at the goal as against six by the Kuwaitis. The Indians had more corner kicks -- five against one by Kuwait.

India dominated the second half but wasted at least three chances to equalise. They conceded the second goal in the first of the three-minute injury time with the back pass from an Indian defender to goalkeeper Laxmikant Kattimany, who started instead of Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, landing on Kuwaiti striker Al Azemi.

Al Azemi slotted the ball and D Ravanan's desperate attempt to clear it was unsuccessful.

"It was an evenly contested

Chirag win Durand PTI NEW DELHI, NOV 7

Mohammad Rafique struck the all important goal as Chirag United today edged past JCT 10 to clinch the Durand Cup football tournament title, the first triumph for the Kolkata side in any major tournament.

Chirag also became the fourth team from Kolkata to win the world's

third oldest football tournament.

After both the teams failed to produce a goal in the first half, replete with innumerable opportunities, especially for Chirag, Rafique broke the deadlock when he shot Joshimar Da Silva Martins' cross from the right into the JCT net in the 76th minute, leaving JCT goalkeeper Pawan Kumar cluless.

Tendulkar better than Bradman: Abbas PTI KARACHI, NOV 7

Most commentators and former players would rank Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest batsman after Don Bradman but former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has rated the Indian icon as the best of all time, even above the legendary Australian.

"People keep calling him (Bradman) the greatest. I never saw him bat but I know, somehow, that he couldn't have been better than Tendulkar," Abbas, considered one of the finest batsmen Pakistan has produced, said.

"This boy (Tendulkar) has certainly gone a step ahead of the

Don. Just look at the guy. I mean he has been playing for 21 years, has scored thousands of runs, dozens of centuries but is still hungry for more as a debutant.

It's such an inspiring sight to see him go out there and still bat like he batted as a teenager. Our batsmen should learn from him," Abbas told 'News on Sunday' today.

Abbas lamented he was not playing in the current era and said he envied Tendulkar because of his never ending appetite for runs.

"Tendulkar is so good and so lucky to be born at just the right time. It's a great combination," said Abbas.

match. Kuwait converted two from the three chances they got.

We had at least three chances to equalise in the second half.

So overall, I am happy with the performance of the boys," coach Sukhwinder said.

Except for Kattimani manning the goal, Sukhwinder began with the team that lost 1-3 to Vietnam in Cuttack last month.

Denzil Franco, Rowilson Rodrigues, D Ravanan and Robert Lalthlamuana, who received a yellow card, formed the back four. Captain Joaquim Abranches, Manish Maithani, Jewel Raja and Jibon Singh played at the midfield while Balwant Singh and Jeje Lalpekhlua were at the upfront. Jeje was replaced by Malswamfela in the 91st minute.

Manchester City win l

Newcastle down Arsenal AGENCIES LONDON, NOV 7

Mario Balotelli's two goals inspired Manchester City to a much-needed win but the fiery Italian was sent off as both sides finished with 10 men.

Brilliant David Silva passes created the Italian's first-half brace, the first slid in from a Carlos Tevez cross and the second a muscular low shot.

But Balotelli got a straight red in the second half for kicking at Youssuf Mulumbu minutes after being booked.

Mulumbu was then sent off for sliding through the back of Tevez.

Under-pressure City arrested a run of three straight defeats with an ultimately convincing victory which showed the very best and worst of controversial Balotelli, whom manager Roberto Mancini signed from former club Inter Milan this summer for a reported £24m fee.

Amid reports of disharmony, many of City's players had stressed ahead of the match that t h e y w e re u n i t e d b e h i n d Mancini.

In another match, Andy Carroll headed Newcastle to its first

victory over Arsenal in five years on Sunday, withstanding fresh off-field turmoil to clinch a 1-0 victory in the Premier League.

Carroll rose above Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski to head Joey Barton’s deep free kick into the net on the stroke of half time. “ There are many who would get results here and it typifies a wonderful team performance,” Newcastle manager Chris Hughton said.

Carroll secured a third successive league win for the promoted side hours after a tabloid newspaper published allegations about his private life.

The 21-year-old striker was fined last month for attacking a man in a nightclub and has been charged with assaulting a former girlfriend.

But on the pitch, Carroll has hit six goals in 11 matches to keep Newcastle near the top of the standings.

At the time of going to the press, Liverpool were leading 20 (80th minnute) against Chelsea.

Both goals were scored by Fernando Torres in the 11th and 44th minutes.

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Martin rocks, India stare at defeat

Daniel Vettori runs out Virender Sehwag at Ahmedabad on Sunday.

PTI AHMEDABAD, NOV 7

In a dramatic twist, India found themselves in real danger of losing after a stunning top-order collapse left them tottering at 82 for six in their second innings of the first cricket Test against New Zealand, here today.

After dismissing New Zealand for 459 in the first innings for a slender lead of 28, the hosts were left in total disarray in the second innings with lanky paceman Chris Martin doing most of the damage with figures of five for 25.

India were 110 runs ahead of the visitors at close of play on the penultimate day. The Indians were precariously placed at 15 for five at one stage but Mahendra Singh Dhoni (22) and VVS Laxman (34 batting) steadied the innings mo-

mentarily with a 50-run sixth wicket partnership before the Indian captain also perished at the fag end of the day.

Laxman and Harbhajan Singh (12 batting) were at the crease at stumps on a highly eventful day which saw as many as 11

Patience was the key to my batting: Kane PTI AHMEDABAD, NOV 7

After becoming the youngest New Zealand cricketer to score a century on debut, Kane Williamson today said the hard grind while preparing to face India's spinners had paid off in the first cricket Test here.

"We knew before coming here we have to face top class spin bowling. Patience was the key.

We had prepared very hard for it and it has paid off," said the 20-year-old Williamson after the fourth day's play at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera here.

The youngster said that by nature New Zealand cricketers played aggressively and thanks to the superb bowling by Chris

Martin, who claimed 5 for 25 to break the back of the Indian batting, the visitors were in with a chance to win the match against the world number one Test team.

"We are aggressive by nature. It was a superb effort by our bowling (Martin). When the third (Indian) wicket fell we were charged up and decided to have a go at their batsmen," he said.

India lost their first three wickets with only three runs on the board before tea with Martin taking two wickets without conceding a run. Virender Sehwag, who scored 173 in the first innings, was run out by a superb piece of fielding by substitute Martin Guptill.

wickets fall on the Sardar Patel track which still had no demons for the batsmen.

With just one day left in the match, all three results could be possible. India's first task would be to bat to safety and if they have enough runs on the board, they could push for a victory also.

New Zealand did a remarkable job to almost match India's first innings total with debutant Kane Williamson (131) anchoring the innings brilliantly while captain Daniel Vettori (41) chipping in with a useful contribution.

The Indian second innings began on a disastrous note as they lost their formidable batsmen -- Gautam Gambhir (0), Virender Sehwag (1) and Rahul Dravid (1) -- to leave the holiday crowd in a complete daze as the Kiwis

Australia snapped a run of seven straight losses in all forms of cricket when it beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the third and final limited-overs international today.

Sri Lanka claimed the series 2-1 after winning the first match in Melbourne by one wicket and the second in Sydney by 29 runs.

Young fast bowlers Clint McKay and Mitchell Starc shared nine wickets as Australia dismissed Sri Lanka for 115 in 32 overs after Kumar Sangakkara won the toss elected to bat.

McKay took 5-33 and Starc 427.

Michael Clarke made an unbeaten 50 and Brad Haddin had 31 to steer Australia to 119-2 in 21.3 overs.

Australia's first win of the domestic summer went a long way to repairing its damaged confidence on the ground on which it will open its Ashes test series against England in 18 days.

McKay and Starc added a note of aggression which has been absent from Australia's bowling

Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha feels that New Zealand batsmen will find a target of 170 difficult to chase on the last day tomorrow.

"If we can score 170, we can make a match of it. We have to bat session after session," said Ojha confidently after taking a career-best four for 107 that bettered his previous best of 4 for 115 at Colombo earlier this year.

At the end of the penultimate day’s play, India, having taken a slender first innings lead of 28 runs after dismissing New Zealand for 459 in reply to their first innings score of 487, were tottering at 82 for 6, an overall lead of 110 with only VVS Laxman (batting 34) left among the front line batsmen.

Ojha said the wicket did not afford as much turn to bowlers like him and New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori unless they bowled wide of the

in recent matches and Clarke and Haddin were both confident and clinical in their pursuit of a modest target.

McKay was named man of the match for his career-best bowling figures and Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga was man of the series.

Oz cricketers set to face salary cuts

Battling for form on field, there is bad news for Australian cricketers off it as well with the prospect of salary cuts looming large after their Board fell short of the projected revenue by $16 million.

According to a report in the Herald Sun, Cricket Australia's general manager of finance and business services Kate Banozic has sent a letter to its 180 players informing them of the CA's decision.

"Whilst this isn't great news to have to deliver to players, it is important to note we are currently in difficult financial times and cricket is not immune from these," she wrote.

Australian players are entitled to 26 per cent of the revenue according to their agreement with CA but with revenue being well short of projection, CA public affairs manager Peter Young said it would be a difficult summer.

"The gate hasn't been what we expected," he said.

"You might recall last year we had West Indies and Pakistan, and the public didn't engage with those series as they have the

India 1st innings: 487 New Zealand 1st innings: (Overnight: 331-5): Kane Williamson c Laxman b Ojha 131, Daniel Vettori c Dhoni b Raina 41, Gareth Hopkins lbw b Ojha 14, Jeetan Patel b Sreesanth 14, Hamish Bennett b Zaheer 4, Chris Martin not out 3. Extras: 22. Total: 459 all out. Fall of wickets: 1-8, 227, 3-131, 4-137, 5-331, 6-417, 7-417, 8-445, 9-445. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 28.4-6-70-2, S Sreesanth 26-2-88-2, Pragyan Ojha 53-14-107-4, Harbhajan Singh 43-7-112-1, Virender Sehwag 1-07-0, Suresh Raina 12-1-42-1, Sachin Tendulkar 2-0-16-0.

India 2nd innings: G Gambhir c Hopkins b Martin 0, V Sehwag run out 1, R Dravid c Hopkins b Martin 1, S Tendulkar b Martin 12, VVS Laxman batting 34, S Raina c Taylor b Martin 0, M S Dhoni b Martin 22, Harbhajan Singh batting 12. Total: 82 for 6. Fall of wickets: 1-0 2-1 3-2 4-15 5-15 6-65. Bowling: Martin 13-7-25-5, Vettori 15-2-31-0, Patel 10-1-18-0, Williamson 2-0-8-0.

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Sri Lanka: U Tharanga lbw b Watson 28, T Dilshan c Hussey b McKay 1, K Sangakkara c Haddin b McKay 0, M Jayawardene c White b McKay 0, C Silva b Starc 33, A Mathews b Starc 9, J Mendis c Haddin b Starc 5, S Randiv b McKay 7, T Perera c Smith b McKay 3, L Malinga c Ferguson b Starc 2, D Fernando not out 2. Extras: 25. Total: 115 all out. Fall of wickets: 8-1, 8-2, 14-3, 50-4, 81-5, 92-6, 95-7, 103-8, 112-9, 115-10. Bowling: C McKay 9-1-33-5, M Johnson 50-17-0, S Watson 5-0-11-1, M Starc 9-0-27-4, X Doherty 4-0-17-0.

Australia: S Watson c Mathews b Fernando 15, B Haddin c and b Fernando 31, M Clarke not out 50, M Hussey not out 6. Extras: 17. Total: 119 for 2. Fall of wickets: 35-1, 84-2. Bowling: L Malinga 6-0-31-0, D Fernando 8-0-47-2, T Perera 4.4-1-19-0, J Mendis 1-0-10-0, S Randiv 20-11-0.

Man-of-the-match: C Mckay Man-of-the-Series: L Malinga

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Martin brought one back into the batsman and he played to a wrong line that saw the delivery take the inside edge of his bat and the leg stump went for a walk.

Martin got his fourth scalp when Suresh Raina's lack of footwork saw him try to drive an away going delivery which was smartly taken at first slip by Ross Taylor.

The day witnessed a dramatic turn-around of fortunes as New Zealand – till yesterday the hunted became the hunter and came close to the Indian score by riding on Kane Williamson's well-compiled century on debut and then piled on the pressure through Martin's splendid bowling.

Martin's sensational first spell had figures of 9-6-15-4.

With the team tottering at 15 for five, skipper Dhoni and Laxman carried on the repair job without taking much risks.

The duo added 50 runs in nearly 25 overs as they took the lead close to 100 runs.

Just when it looked that the pair would survive the final half an hour, man-of-the-hour Martin struck again as he got one to lift and the Indian captain who tried to play it down only managing to hit the bottom of his bat onto the off-stump.

170 will be difficult to chase on this track: Ojha

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turned the match on its head.

Gambhir's woeful run with the willow continued as he got an inside edge to a Martin delivery as wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins gobbled it behind the stumps.

It was Dravid's whose poor judgement saw the in-form Virender Sehwag fail to return to his crease. Dravid hit a lovely drive through mid-off but Martin Guptill dived full length to effect a brilliant stop before throwing it at the non-striker's end.

A single was always on but Dravid whose forte has never been running between the wickets froze in his crease as Sehwag was midway into the run. It was impossible to get back and the disaster struck.

Martin, who probably bowled the spell of his life got a ball to pitch on off and hold its line as the former India captain nicked it to Hopkins behind stumps.

It was an unbelievable turn of events as the scoreboard read 2/3 with Sachin Tendulkar at crease. As the whole nation expected that the 50th Test century would be the one in which the maestro would dig the team out of the dumps.

Tendulkar hit a couple boundaries as he raced to 12 before

imminent series.

"Currency exchange rates have had an effect, and the ICC World Cup dividend was lower than we projected. I believe the reason for that was the World Cup operating costs ended up greater than (the projections)," he added.

Australian Cricketers Association president Paul Marsh hoped the situation would improve.

"We do a deal with Cricket Australia for however long," he said.

"At the time we do the deal, it's based on revenue estimate, and the nature of that means it's impossible to estimate it spot on.

Historically, Cricket Australia has estimated revenue to be less than what they've actually ended up with."

"This time it's $16 million the other way," he added.

Young said CA was banking on the upcoming Ashes series followed by tours by India and South Africa to improve the finances.

"Long-term, 10-20 years, we're forecasting the (domestic) Big Bash League could bring as much revenue...as international cricket," he said.

off stump.

"When Daniel bowled wide of the off stump, the ball turned sharply but it did not do as much when the ball was pitched within the stumps," said the Hyderabad-based player.

The young spinner was full of praise for experienced New Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin's display that fetched him five for 25 in 13 overs, including a sensational 4 wickets in 29 balls in the initial nine-over

stint.

"It was a great spell by Martin but we have still some batting to come. Bhajji is there (at the crease giving Laxman company). Zak (Zaheer Khan) is there and I'm there," he said.

Ojha said that though he did not play the previous Test here against Sri Lanka that ended in a draw, he has heard from teammates that wicket was slightly different from the present one.

"This wicket now is giving some assistance to the bowlers," he said.

Bradman’s bat goes under hammer AGENCIES MELBOURNE, NOV 7

An old bat used by Australian cricket legend Don Bradman during the Ashes tour of England in 1930 would go under the hammer in Sydney on Sunday and it is expected to fetch up to USD 20,000.

The cricket bat has Sir Bradman's signatures on the reverse side and is covered in signatures of the Australian and English players on the front side, the ABC Online reported.

Also termed as "The Ultimate Backyard Bat" by a sport memorabilia expert, it would surely be a thing to treasure by the cricket fans.

The Australiana Auction, held in Erskinville by Allder's Auction House, will also have the airhelmet and goggles used by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, the first man to fly from the United States to Australia.

Bhupathi & Co move into final valencia open AGENCIES VALENCIA, NOV 7

Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi stunned top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach in straight sets to storm into the doubles final of the Valencia Open.

The third seeded Indo-Belarusian partner recorded a 7-6 (3), 6-4 win in the semi-finals over the Polish-Austrian combination, continuing the quest for their first title of the season, having lost three finals before.

They were finalists at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in Miami , Monte-Carlo and Cincinnati.

They will now fight it out with the British wild card pair of Andy and Jamie Murray, who beat Spaniards Mark Lopez and David Marrero 7-5, 6-2 in the other semi-final.

Ferrer in final: David Ferrer reached his fifth final of the year with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Robin Soderling, while Marcel Granollers ensured an all-Spanish matchup by beating Gilles Simon on Saturday.

Ferrer faces Granollers in Sunday’s final after the 52nd-ranked player’s aggressive net play led him to a 6-4, 6-4 win. Granollers reaches his second career final after winning in Houston over two years ago.

Lazio lose derby; Milan, Juve win serie a REUTERS MILAN, NOV 7

Lazio goalkeeper Fernando Muslera watched in horror as Marco Borriello’s weak penalty crept under his body and dribbled into the net to help city rivals AS Roma to a 2-0 win over the Serie A leaders on Sunday.

Mirko Vucinic added another second-half spotkick late on to seal a traditionally explosive derby which started off surprisingly subdued but burst into life after the break.

Lazio’s first league defeat since the opening day meant second-placed AC Milan cut the gap at the top to two points and leapfrogged Inter Milan with a 3-2 win at bottom side Bari.

Juventus and Napoli are just a point behind third-placed Inter after 10 games following home victories over Cesena and Parma.

Earlier, injury-riddled Inter Milan had to rely yet again on Samuel Eto’o in a 1-1 draw against Brescia on Saturday.

Brescia scored through Andrea Caracciolo.

In another match, Bologna’s Marco Di Vaio and Henr y Gimenez scored within a minute of each other late on to seal a 2-0 home win over Lecce.

Sauber F1 engineers robbed at gunpoint Button escapes unhurt from armed attackers AGENCIES SAO PAULO, NOV 7

A group of Sauber engineers were robbed at gunpoint shortly after Formula One world champion Jenson Button escaped unhurt from a similar attack at the Brazilian Grand Prix, the team said on Sunday.

"They left the track, three engineers together in a van, at around 8 p.m. (on Saturday)," a spokesman said.

"They had to stop at the red light and then all of a sudden five people were around the car, one with a machine gun, and they opened the door and took two rucksacks and disappeared. So nobody was injured."

McLaren's Button was the victim of an attempted armed robbery about an hour earlier but his police driver smashed his way through traffic to escape when the gunmen were

seen approaching.

The Briton, who won his title in Brazil a year ago, was in traffic outside the Interlagos circuit when a group of men with guns targeted his car.

"We were going back from the track and were outside a shanty town and moving slowly on a busy road," Button told the Mail on Sunday newspaper.

"I saw a dog come out, which was very cute. The next thing I saw was a man with a gun. I said 'isn't that a gun?' and as soon as I said that, the driver angled the car and floored it.

McLaren said in an earlier statement that Button was quickly driven away from danger by an armed policeman trained in avoidance techniques who was at the wheel of the bullet-proof Mercedes provided by the team.

Ivanovic wins Bali title REUTERS BALI, NOV 7

Ana Ivanovic secured a return to the top 20 as a 6-2 7-6 win over Alisa Kleybanova in the final of the Tournament of Champions on Sunday earned the former world number one a second tournament victory in three events.

The 2008 French Open champion, who slumped to 65th in the rankings in July, will rise back up to 17th after closing out her season with a remarkable reversal in fortunes.

That ranking remains a far cry from

the top spot the Serb held for 12 weeks following her Roland Garros victory but after ending her season on a sustained high note she has reason for optimism heading into 2011.

“There will be some ups and downs until I get to that level where I feel comfortable playing against top players all the time, but I feel very confident about my game and my fitness,” Ivanovic, who turned 23 during the tournament, told reporters.

Ivanovic in traditional Balinese outfit holds her trophy in Bali on Sunday.

Federer wins Basel title AGENCIES BASEL, NOV 7

Roger Federer beat Novak Djokovic to win the Swiss Indoors, gaining revenge for his defeat to the Serb in last year's final.

Home favourite Federer, the number one seed, beat the world number three 6-4 3-6 61 in Basel.

In his eighth final of 2010,

Federer rallied after losing the second set, running away with the third to take victory in one hour, 55 minutes.

Djokovic ended Federer's run of three straight Basel titles in 2009.

Federer has now won four titles this season, the last two back to back in Stockholm and in his hometown of Basel.