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Violence triggered by rumours of a Muslim-Christian interfaith romance has claimed 12 lives and over 220 injured in the Egyptian capital, with mobs setting fire to two churches in one of the worst communal clashes rocking the country in recent times. Prime Minister Essam Sharaf cancelled his visit to Bahrain and UAE, calling for an emergency Cabinet meeting.

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The US Sunday demanded access from Pakistan to all non combatants, including Osama bin Laden’s three wives, detained by the Pakistani authorities and additional materials recovered from the Abbottabad compound, where the slain alQaeda chief was living for the last six years.

“We need to work with them (Pakistan) on assessing all the evidence out of that compound and all of the evidence associated with Osama bin Laden’s presence there for six years.

They have in their custody all the non-combatants from the compound, including three wives of Osama bin Laden.

We’ve asked for access to those folks,” the National Security Advisor, Tom Donilon told the ABC news in an interview.

“The fact is Osama bin Laden was in Abbottabad, Pakistan, for six years or so.”

We need to work with them to investigate what happened and how Osama bin Laden came to this place as his home for the last six years,” Donilon said.

Pakistan says it is still holding the wives and children of bin Laden for interrogation and that so far, no country has sought their extradition.

Pakistan gained custody of bin L aden’s three wives and (Continued on page 8)

2 blasts heard in Abbottabad

WHEN OSAMA FACED OBAMA: US officials released an image from the video showing Osama bin Laden wrapped in a blanket watching a telecast on himself and US president Barack Obama on television at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, before being shot dead.

Pak speaks in different voices PTI ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, MAY 8

Under worldwide scrutiny over failing to detect Osama bin Laden, Pakistan has spoken in different voices with its envoy to the US saying that jihadi elements in its country may have sheltered the al-Qaeda chief, but the government insisted that

the US should not have violated its sovereignty.

“We still have many jihadi hasbeens from the 1980s who are still alive and well and kicking, and some of them could have been helping them, but they are not in the state or government of Pakistan today,” Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Hussain

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Soni gets a gist of plans for Ravindra Bhavan upgrade HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 8

Union Minister Ambika Soni evinced keen interest in the upgradation plan for the Ravindra Bhavan, Margao at an estimated cost of Rs 28 crore during her visit to the Commercial Capital Sunday morning.

During her hour-long visit to the Ravindra Bhavan – which is likely to host the IFFI inaugural ceremony – she was given a PowerPoint presentation by PWD Chief Engineer J J S Rego on the upgradation plan to bring Ravindra Bhavan on par with international standards. Entertainment Society of Goa Chairman Manoj Srivastava along with other government officials accompanied the Union Minister to the Ravindra Bhavan.

The master plan presented by the PWD Chief Engineer has proposed to build two screens costing around Rs 10 crore, while the balance Rs 18 crore will be spent on total upgradation of the Ravindra Bhavan, including modification of the toilets and landscaping of the land admeasuring 20,000 sq mts. Sources in the know say

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ambika Soni visits the Ravindra Bhavan at Margao on Sunday in view of holding the inaugural ceremony of IFFI 2011.

the plan has been put in place by the PWD by roping in landscaping architects.

Vice-Chairman of Ravindra Bhavan, Sridhar Kamat said the master plan has made provision for landscaping of the one-kilometer route between Colva circle junction at Old market to Swimming pool junction in tune with local heritage and city’s architecture coinciding with the IFFI festivities. “The entire stretch will be illuminated with

ornamental lamps with landscaping and other facilities”, he said.

Besides, a “Happening Plaza” has been mooted in the open space behind the Ravindra Bhavan which will play host to events during the festivities.

“The two screens, each having 200 seating capacity, will be built within the Ravindra Bhavan complex. Estimates show that the two screens will cost the exchequer Rs 10 crore”, he said.

Haqqani said.

“Were there cracks through which things fell through? Absolutely. And we’ll investigate that; we’ll get to the bottom of it,” he told ABC News in an interview.

Haqqani said as the investigations proceeds in this regard, heads would roll in Pakistan.

AI operates 50% flights PTI MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, MAY 8

With ticket bookings slowly picking up, Air India Sunday operated about 50 per cent of its flights, two days after the pilots’ strike ended.

The airline expected normal operations within a day or two, an Air India spokeswoman said in Mumbai. The airline operated around 60 per cent of its flights from the city, while overall it is only about 50 per cent. Air India operates over 50 flights from Mumbai daily and over 320 across the country.

In Delhi, AI spokesperson Kamaljit Rattan said the “passenger load is gradually picking up after we opened bookings yesterday”.

Yesterday, AI resumed fresh bookings after a virtual shutdown due to the ten-day strike, which was called off Friday night following an understanding reached between the striking pilots and the Civil Aviation ministry after protracted negotiations.

Air India had suspended fresh bookings on the third day of the strike and was operating about 10 per cent of its flights across its domestic network.

For mothers, India not a happy place: study PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

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Egyptians gather as firefighters extinguish a fire on a church after clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo.

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India has been ranked at 75 among 79 “less developed” countries, even below some of the poor African nations, in a study on ‘best place to be a mother’ released to mark the Mothers’ Day being celebrated across the world on Sunday.

‘The 2011 Mothers’ Index’ by international child rights NGO ‘Save the Children’ has actually seen India slipping two positions down from the 73rd spot in last year’s study, bringing to fore the need for focus on critical areas like maternal and child mortality, say civil society activists.

The survey divided countries into more developed, less developed and least developed ones and drew up separate lists

IN HAPPIER TIMES: A woman gives her child a feel of Collem waters on Mother’s Day. Photo by Amit Soyru

on the basis of well-being of mothers and children including their health, education and economic status.

According to the index, India even scored less than many nations in sub-Saharan Africa, including Botswana (51),

Cameroon (73) and conflict-ridden Congo (74).

Cuba tops the Mother’s Index ranking among “less developed” nations followed by Israel, Cyprus and Argentina.

Pakistan is two places behind India while China, which is clubbed with India for “growth stories”, is ranked much higher at 18th spot. Sri Lanka is at 43rd place, while Bangladesh is ranked 18 in the list of 40 “least developed countries.”

In the Mothers’ Index for more developed countries, Norway is at the top followed by Australia and Iceland.

The report analysed a total of 164 countries, among which Afghanistan had turned out to be the world’s toughest place to be a mother.

A loud explosion has been heard in the town where Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan.

There has been speculation that authorities may demolish the house in Abbottabad to try and stop the intense media attention in the town.

An Associated Press reporting team in Abbottabad heard the blast late on Sunday and was on its way to the compound.

Witnesses say two loud explosions have rocked the Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was killed in a US raid.

The source of the blasts was not immediately clear. An Associated Press team at the compound where bin Laden was living before the April 29 raid saw no signs of unusual activity Sunday.

There had been speculation that authorities might demolish the house in Abbottabad to try to stop the intense media attention on the town.

Meanwhile, even as US President Barack Obama pressed Pakistan to probe how Osama bin Laden managed to live for years there, outraged US lawmakers have voiced suspicion that elements of Pakistan’s military intelligence services must have known his whereabouts.

Farmers’ unrest spreads to Agra PTI AGRA/GREATER NOIDA, MAY 8

Protests over land acquisition Sunday spread to Agra, Mathura and Aligarh as farmers clashed with police and torched vehicles, while the toll rose to four in violence-hit Greater Noida.

The UP Government announced rewards up to Rs 50,000 for information regarding the whereabouts of some farmers’ leaders who allegedly instigated the violence.

‘Four policemen were injured when farmers turned violent during a protest and indulged in arson’ in Chaugaan village in Aitmadpur in Agra, Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) Brij Lal said in Lucknow.

He said irate villagers set ablaze several vehicles and tents at a construction site, demanding higher compensation for the land acquired by the Mayawati government for the Yamuna Expressway.

Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh told reporters in Lucknow that rewards of Rs 50,000 has been declared on Manvir Singh Tewatia, Rs 15,000 each on Premveer and Neeraj Malik and Rs 10,000 each on Gaje Singh, Kiranpal and Manoj for inciting protestors who clashed with police in Bhatta Parsaul village in Delhi’s suburb Gautam Buddha Nagar, killing four persons.

Tewatia has been leading the farmers’ agitation at Bhatta Parsaul since January 17.

Claiming that land acquisition or compensation were not the bone of contention, Singh said the incident took place due to

Police try to stop Rashtriya Lok Dal supporters on their way to Bhatta village to meet the farmers during a protest demonstration.

‘political ambitions’ of some persons. He, however, declined to elaborate.

He said 22 persons have been arrested in connection with the clash in Gautam Buddha Nagar.

Director General of Police Karamveer Singh said some people also tried to demonstrate in Mathura and Aligarh, but situation remained under control due to ‘timely police intervention.’

The villagers in Chaugaan allegedly opened fire, following which police used force to disperse the agitating mob, Agra D I G A s e e m A r u n told reporters.

‘There was firing from the villagers’ side, but the police worked with restrain,’ he said, adding the situation is under control.

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CiviC fOruM Myopic wisdom

PETER ANDRADE, VASCO

This above picture has proved the short sightedness and stupidity of our Electricity Department in Goa. They shifted a pole which was in my neighbour’s property and put up a new one on the common boundary. Now the alignment of the poles was not proper and the wires touched my building.

After enough noise on the danger posed, the department came up with a solution, which is to tie the wire to my neighbour’s tree. It appears that the department has been inspired by ‘Supandi’ of Tinkle comics.

DOE, wake up!

ANTHONy DiAS, MARgAO

The move by the Directorate of Education (DoE) to make it mandatory for all pre-primary schools to be registered with the DoE (Herald 27 April ) is a step in the right direction.

Many pre-primary schools have mushroomed all over the state, which lack proper infrastructure. Therefore, a proper audit should be conducted to ensure that the location of the school is in a proper place. The DOE should ensure that staff are qualified and well trained to handle all types of situations, with provision of adequate chairs, drinking water and clean toilets.

In this context, I would like to point out that one such school in Margao, near the Hospicio Hospital and located on the main road, invariably causes traffic jams at the junction every day and poses a grave danger to tiny tots and their guardians who come to drop them. In the absence of any parking place, parents are forced to park their vehicles on the main road, which compounds the problem. A closer look at the school has revealed that there is no compound where the children can play and the school is located on a hillock.

Children, playful as they are, can fall and injure themselves. Is the DoE and Margao Municipality paying any attention?

ThousanDs ThronG shIrGao ZaTra HERALD CORRESPONDENT MAYEM, MAY 8

The famous Zatra of Goddess Lairai at Shirgao in Bicholim commenced on Sunday with religious rituals and fervour.

The celebrations started with Devi Abhishek and chanting of Mantras, followed by Gharanhe and Maharati. Devotees started converging towards the Lairai Temple since early Sunday morning to pay their tributes.

Thousands of devotees from all over the State and neighbouring states will pay their tributes to Goddess Lairai during the five-day Zatra.

Special pious devotees, Dhonds, took holy bath and danced in temple premises along with a holy stick – ‘Bet’.

Later in the evening, a special Garanhe was performed before the Goddess and Dhonds made their way towards the Homkund, encircling it as a part of paying tributes.

Traffic jams due to rise in number of devotees from Karnataka and Maharashtra, besides Goa, kept the police on their toes. A large number of stalls of sweets, household items, games and entertainments have been put up.

2 women robbed of gold HERALD CORRESPONDENT BICHOLIM, MAY 8

Two women were robbed of their gold ornaments at the famous Shirgao Zatra on Sunday morning.

As thousands of devotees started to converge at Shirgao in Bicholim, the thieves took the opportunity to make some booty.

According to villagers, on Sunday morning two women were robbed of their gold ornaments.

In the first incident, a woman was robbed of her necklace, while another was robbed of her mangalsutra.

When contacted, Bicholim Police stated that there was no formal complaint registered with the police and that the police inspector has gone to the spot. However, efforts to contact PI failed.

Devotees take holy bath at Shirgao.

Only ramp, no bus shelter

Devotees take round of the Homkund at Shirgao.

Traffic jam at Shirgao.

Photos by Vishant Vaze

CCP yet to live up to expectations Task force member HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 8

BABLuiS PEREiRA, POMBuRPA

The above photograph shows a ferry ramp constructed on a temporary basis at Palmar, Pomburpa, opposite the Dena Bank.

This is being done till re-construction of the ferry end block of the old ramp is completed.

However, till this reconstruction is complete, the temporary ramp needs a bus shelter. The public are forced to sweat it in the burning heat of the mid day sun. The muddy approach road has kicked up a lost of dust and the surrounding houses have borne the brunt. Even proper lighting is not fitted on either side of the end block for safe motoring during embarking/disembarking. If the public money that is being spent is not aimed at lessening the burden of those who depend on ferry services to reach their destination, then it is an absolute waste. It seems that the approvals, estimates and sanctions are not done in precise public interest, but to benefit the concerned ministers. One should follow the steps of Anna Hazare way and force the government to toe the line.

Stinking Colva beach

Has the ruling panel of the Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) forgotten its grand election manifesto and its promise to Panjimites to bring in much awaited infrastructrural development?

It may be too harsh to judge the performance of the ruling panel headed by Mayor Yatin Parekh with just two months in office. However, it can be safely stated that CCP is yet to touch some of the grave issues concerning the city such as parking problem or issue of St Inez Nullah or make efforts to get funds under JNNURM even though the Mayor claimed that he has been trying his best from day one.

Mayor claimed that the prime issue of garbage is being handled, with efforts being made to set-up garbage treatment plant in jurisdiction of Taleigao Panchayat, while Opposition alleged that the Mayor has been catering to the needs of Taleigao while ignoring needs of Panjimites.

The CCP is currently using Taleigao waste site to dispose off some its garbage as it does not have plant of its own and feels obliged to help Taleigao Panchayat.

The CCP on Friday at a special

meeting passed a resolution to set up a waste treatment plant for Taleigao Panchayat. The meeting was however was not attended by the Opposition, claiming it was not held in the conference hall.

It’s been quite long the CCP has been planning to build a solid waste treatment plant at Bainguinim, without success. The Opposition charged that the Mayor is not concentrating on Bainguinim project and wants to help Taleigao Panchayat.

“We can’t proceed with Bainguinim plant immediately because of land dispute,” Mayor said.

There’s has been boundary dispute and construction of

compound wall at Bainguinim site has been temporary put off, said Mayor, though he claimed that they have not put off their plans for Bainguinim and will pursue the same later.

The CCP plans to procure funds under JNNURM to build the plant at Bainguinim. The JNNURM scheme ends in December 2012 while its project is yet to be approved by the State Level Steering Committee headed by the chief minister.

Currently, CCP is busy conducting desilting works before monsoon arrives and efforts are on to ensure that there is no flooding in the city.

“This is the first time in so many years thorough desilting

is being done. Also, internal roads of the city are being repaired,” claimed Mayor.

“Desilting work has started late. Work in my ward has been begun — there are so many wards where labourers are yet to begin work,” says Corporator Vaidehi Naik.

Parking issue has remained untouched so also market committee has not met, she charged.

On the other hand, the Mayor tried to countering this claim, stating that he can’t act until the House Committee headed

by Opposition Leader Manohar Parrikar gives its report on the market scam.

When asked to comment about performance of the ruling, Corporator Surendra Furtado adopted rather cautious approach, saying it is too early to comment and that they should be given some time.

Claiming that they are here to fulfill promises made to Panjimites, the mayor claimed that he has initiated the administrative reform process in the CCP which he said, is one of the requirements to be eligible to get funds under JNNURM. So it seems Panjimites will have to wait a little longer to determine whether the ruling panel has any inclination to fulfill its assurances.

ALLwyN gEORgE, CARMONA

Beware! A visit to Goa's world famous Colva beach these days could make you throw up. The sewage waters from the Colva creek overflows on to the sandy beach and people could be seen crossing over the dirty stinking sewage and oily waters holding up their nostrils. One can even find sanitary napkins in the waters over here. Pictures like these have been clicked by tourists and are being spread all over the world. This is the sad state of affairs in Goa. The tourism department wants to project Goa as a tourist hub with the help of bikini babes. It would be worthwhile if the department brings the babes to the shores of the Colva creek allow the females to venture into the creek. The Colva Panchayat, the Tourism Department, and the local MLA have to get their act together to restore the reputation of Colva beach.

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for agency probe into GIDC irregularities HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 8

GIDC Task Force member and industrialist Blaise Costabir has written a letter to the chairman of the Task Force T M Balakrishnan seeking that an ‘investigative agency’ look into the irregularities of the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC).

His contention: Despite the unabated fraud being reportedly reported by the press, no action is being forthcoming even to locate the offenders.

There are many issues that have in the past been raised by the government constituted task force to look into the irregularities.

Among them is the ‘illegal’ allotment of a plot of 35000 sq mts to one Mehul Developers Pvt Ltd and further fraudulently transferred to Watson Pharma besides another plot measuring 15,000 square metres, to Vrushul fraudulently transferred 15000 sq mts to Watson Pharma.

Other irregularities include allotment of open spaces as plots despite a ban by Chief Secretary and the High Court without approval from the Town and Country Planning Department, whose rules also apply within the industrial estates.

Plots have been converted to utility without the approval of the board, besides others have

n Other irregularities include allotment of open spaces as plots despite a ban by Chief Secretary and the High Court without approval from the Town and Country Planning Department, whose rules also apply within the industrial estates. been sub-divided to allow allocation by the chairman directly (without a board resolution). All plots below 10,000 sq metres do not need a board resolution to be allotted.

Besides, plots in Pilerne/Sancole have been allotted to marble traders who use as showrooms and residences, depriving industrial projects land.

Other more damaging accusations include allocation of plots to relatives of GIDC employees and their families, favouritism and out of turn allotments. Besides the lack of a master plan for the estates, which makes it easy to make arbitrary changes.

Costabir has been endlessly campaigning against the mess in the GIDC, with very little action forthcoming from the government despite repeated exposés in the media.

Car plunges into culvert at Dumane HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, MAY 8

CCP workers engaged in cleaning of drainage in Ward No 11 in the Panjim Market area.

Photo by Rozario Estibeiro

Two occupants of a car escaped with minor injuries after their car plunged into a culvert at Dumane on Sunday.

The incident occurred when Swift D’zire car (MH-02 WA6698), followed by the mini bus, was reportedly proceeding towards Agonda beach, after the Mumbai-based group’s sojourn at Palolem on Sunday morning.

The car driver lost control over the vehicle on the culvert

bridge and hit the concrete protection wall spans.

With its left tyre burst open, the car plunged and rested in that position with the Chapoli Dam water supply pipeline holding the car’s back portion in upward position.

The occupants who suffered bruises and one of them hurting his hand reportedly came out after breaking open the car’s rear window shield.

The injured were shifted at CHC Canacona for first aid.

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ITI student electrocuted HERALD CORRESPONDENT COLLEM, MAY 8

A 17-year-old ITI student from Dhaukon-Dabal was electrocuted at Dhaukon-Dabal on Sunday at about 7.15 am.

According to Collem Police Inspector Manoj Mardolkar, one Abhay alias Arjun Prabhakar Gaonkar came in contact with live electricity wire while he was proceeding towards the river to answer nature’s call.

After locals alerted Collem Police, PI Mardolkar along with his staff rushed to the site and shifted Abhay to ID Hospital in Ponda, where doctors declared him brought in dead.

The body was sent to GMC Hospital in Bambolim and was later handed over to his relatives for final rites.

Youth burns to death at Raia HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 8

Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Praful Patel in the presence of Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat and Asha Kamat, is seen along with the newly-wedded couple Yogiraj D Kamat and Neha Kamat at their reception at Taleigao on Sunday.

Agonda local GRAM SABHA ROUNDUP held for Housing project: assault

Colva resolves to issue stop work order

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 8

The gram sabha of Colva Village Panchayat on Sunday has resolved to issue stop work order on a housing project citing alleged violation of norms, including the non-existent approach road to the project site.

At the meeting held on Sunday, members pointed out that there’s only a 3.60 mts existing approach road to the construction site, and demanded that the land acquired for the expansion of the road to six metres should be built first before constructing the building.

Members further demanded that the panchayat insist that

Camurlim roots for ground plus one projects HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 8

Panjim hosts walk-a-thon on arthritis awareness HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 8

Around 150 smiling faces marched through the streets of Panjim to campaign for the cause of arthritis and its awareness.

Organised by the Goa Medical College and Hospital, the “walka-thon” under the theme ‘Walk with A Smile’ was the first of its kind event held to draw attention to the sufferings of those suffering from arthritis.

Led by senior orthopaedic surgeon Dr Shivanand Bandekar, the campaigners who consisted of

senior citizens as well as kids marched along the Dayanand Bandodkar Road from the Maquinez Palace to the Ferry Jetty and back.

The march culminated with a speech by Dr Bandekar, who elaborated that the very painful disease is very much curable.

“In all it was a very good experience. I would like to thank the people of Goa for the cooperation we have received. The enthusiasm we have received especially from the old and the young is very encouraging,” the organisers said.

Orlim against filling of low-lying areas

Sernabatim road near the lake also figured at the meeting, with members pointing out to waste dumping on the road. After much discussion, it was resolved to erect a no garbage dumping sign board and to levy a fine of Rs 1000 on miscreants caught dumping garbage.

The construction of the new fish market (Tinto) also figured at the gram sabha meeting.

Questions were also raised over the construction of composting pits for treatment of bio-degradable waste. The construction of the football ground was also raised and it was informed that officials of a government agency had conducted inspection of the grounds for the purpose of construction of drainages.

The issue over satellite market and health centre also came up for discussion.

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 8

The Orlim gram sabha on Sunday adopted a resolution not to permit any land filling and constructions in low-lying areas of the village.

At the meeting held on Sunday, the issue over filling of lowlying land for construction purpose came up for discussions, with members demanding that the panchayat stop all land filing in low-lying areas.

Sarpanch Jerson Barreto informed the members that the panchayat has no role to play in the approval of the construction projects, since the plans are approved by the Town and Country Planning Department.

He pointed out that it is the Town and Country Planning Department which accords the technical sanction for the construction project before the plan comes to the village panchayat for the licence.

Gram sabha members, however, pointed out that though the TCP gives approval for the construction projects, the villagers are forced to face the brunt of the projects and demanded that the meeting adopt a resolution for a ban on land filing in low-lying areas.

The meeting also discussed the schemes meant for beneficiaries under BPL.

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The gram sabha of Camurlim Village Panchayat on Monday demanded that the government accept in toto the Regional Plan 2021 submitted by the Village Level Committee and has strongly rooted for ground plus one construction projects in the village.

The issue was raised at the Sunday meeting when gram sabha members expressed their reservations over the plan prepared by the Town and Country Planning department with a proposal for ground plus two storey construction projects.

Taking strong exception to the proposal, the members recalled that the village level committee constituted to prepare the draft RP 2021 had settled for ground plus one store housing projects and strongly opposed the government’s plan contrary to the plan approved by the villagers.

Sarpanch Basil Fernandes told Herald that the Gram sabha has resolved to ask the Panchayat body to immediately write to the TCP expressing the villagers’ sentiments on the issue. “The Panchayat would write to the TCP drawing their attention to the demands of the villagers and to stick to the draft plan approved by the Village Level Committee”, Basil said.

the compound wall be constructed after leaving front setback of three meters from the centre line of the existing road The meeting also discussed over the nuisance caused to the tourists and visitors visiting the Colva Beach by ice-cream vendors. Members demanded immediate action against the ice-cream vendors, saying their presence also cause obstruction to the traffic as well as people visiting the beach.

Sarpanch Suzie Fernandes assured the gram sabha members that a complaint would be filed before the Colva Police Station to initiate action against the erring vendors.

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Canacona Police late Sunday night arrested a resident of Agonda on charges of assaulting a person from the same village.

Canacona Police arrested Saplesh Dessai under Section 324 IPC for allegedly hitting bottle and causing grievous injuries to the head and hand of one Rafael Fernandes.

Police informed that Fernandes, who suffered head injuries, was shifted to Hospicio in Margao. He was reported to have suffered wounds on his hand.

Sources informed that Dessai, and Fernandes were involved in a heated argument outside the bar before Dessai took soda bottle and in a fit of rage hit Fernandes on his head and other parts of his body.

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HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, MAY 8

A 30-year-old youth was burnt to death in his house at Raia in the wee hours of Sunday.

Maina Curtorim police said the deceased allegedly set himself on fire af ter pouring kerosene on his body. The police have shifted his charred body to the Hospicio mortuary. The post-mortem examination will be conducted on Monday.

The police are investigating.

Succumbs: A 70-year old woman from Sao Jose de Areal succumbed to her injuries sustained in a road accident at the Goa Medical College and hospital, Bambolim.

Body fished out from Zuari River HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, MAY 8

Ponda Police on Sunday recovered the body of a 27-year-old man from the Zuari River in Borim.

He was reported missing from Upper Bazaar in Ponda since Friday.

It may be recalled that in a complaint, Sachin Naik had stated that his brother, Vijay (27) had left the house on Friday evening and did not return since. Sachin said Vijay was last seen riding his motorcycle (GA05 E-1139), which was found abandoned at Borim Bridge on Saturday morning.

On Sunday morning, Sachin’s body was found floating in the Zuari River at Borim.

Ponda Police fished out the body and sent it for postmortem. PSI Deepak Pednekar is investigating the case.

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UPCOMING EVENTS Fusion concert at Sanvordem MARGAO: The 3rd All Goa Youth Fusion Concert will be held at the Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium, Sanvordem on May 9 at 3.45pm. This concert is meant to showcase young talent and is conducted by Fr Peter Cardozo.

Handicraft expo at Chicalim Panjim(HND): Aparant Maand, an exhibition by the Goa Handicraft Corporation to promote sales of local handicrafts and artisans is presently underway at Chicalim (opposite church) from 10 am to 10 pm till May 14. A variety of products from home-made papad to carpet is on sale in 130 stalls at the venue. So far thousands of people have visited the stall and have evinced a lot of interest in the handicraft and homemade products.

Dr Mashelkar to be feted PANJIM: The President of Global Research Alliance, Dr Raghunath Mashelkar will be felicitated with the 2nd prestigious Lokmanya Matrubhumi Award, constituting of Rs 5.51 lakhs and a trophy which will be presented by renowned Nuclear scientist Dr Anil Kakodkar in a felicitation ceremony on May 10 at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, at 5 pm.

Summer festival at Vasco church PANJIM: The St Andrew’s Parish youth will organise its annual summer festival ‘Illuminare’ from May 11 to 13 at the St Andrew’s church, Vasco, from 7 pm onwards.

On May 11, Vasco Parish priest, Fr Jose Antonio Costa will inaugurate the festival followed by a performance by the St Andrew’s music school. There will also be a show by Emiliano D’Cruz. The offstage activities will include vegetable carving and football juggling competitions, apart from a buffet. On May 12, there will be a group dance and singing competitions for children. There will also be photography competition and face painting. The band Archies will also perform on May 12.

On May 13, tiatr ‘Teg Bhav Deva Pav’ by Prince Jacob will be staged. There will be games and housie on all days.

Drama workshop in Panjim PANJIM: A 6-day workshop on acting and other aspects of drama organised by Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG) will be held from May 9 to 14 at the Conference Hall of TAG, Campal Trade Centre, Panjim. The workshop will be inaugurated by Wilmix Mazarello on May 9 at 3 pm. President of TAG, Tomazinho Cardozo, will preside over the inaugural function. 26 tiatr artistes will participate in the workshop which will be conducted by Shantaram Pawar, a diploma holder in Theatre.

Electricity workers dharna PANJIM: The Electricity Employees Union (EEU Goa) will hold a Dharna on May 9 at 9.30 am before the Office of the Principal Chief Engineer, Electricity Department, Vidhyut Bhavan, Panjim, demanding immediate regularisation of around 980 contract and daily wage class IV employees who perform perennial and permanent job operations. The Union is also demanding salaries as per the recommendations of Vl Pay Commission for daily wages contract class IV employees and put an end to the system of giving break in service to these employees.

Congress workers are united, claims Mauvin Asserting that all his Congress workers from Cortalim and Dabolim are united, Cortalim MLA and Deputy Speaker Mauvin Godinho said that any attempts to break their unity would be futile.

Referring to Benaulim MLA Mickky Pacheco’s move to field his wife Viola for the prestigious Cortalim seat, Godinho said that only time will show how strong the Congress network of workers is in the constituency.

“Mere Display of photographs on banners is not an indication of popular support,” Godinho told Herald.

Godinho was speaking in Cortalim after launching the works of hot mixing of Japan BazaarThana road.

He said the aspirations of Cortalim people to have the road hot-mixed before the

Recruitment rally HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, MAY 8

HQ I EME Centre, Secunderabad will conduct recruitment rally programme under unit HQ quota for recruitment of the wards of War-Widows /Widows/Ex-Servicemen/Serving Soldiers and own brother of Servicemen/Ex-Servicemen including wards of TA personnel its centre in the category of Soldier GD, Soldier Technical and Soldier Tradesman from May 9 to 29. Eligible candidates may report at Golden Jubilee stadium of 1 Trg Bn, 1 EME Centre, Secunderabad at 5 am on May 9.

For details, contact Secretary, Department of Sainik Welfare, Collectorate building, Panjim.

HQ Madras Engr GP and Centre, Bangalore will conduct recruitment rally under unit HQ quota for recruitment of the above mentioned categories and open CAT at its centre in the category of Soldier Tradesman (Musician) on July 4.

Hot mixing of road in progress on Japan-Thana road in Cortalim.

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onset of monsoons had been met.

Godinho informed that the remaining roads in Curpavado, Quelossim would be hot mixed at a total cost of Rs 43

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Seven new priests were ordained in the Pilar Seminary Chapel on Sunday.

“If you want to belong to Jesus, make Jesus a priority of in your life,” Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao told the seven young priests during the priestly ordination ceremony.

The newly ordained priests are Fr Savio Cabral (Navelim), Fr Minguel D’Souza (Arambol), Fr Rex Fernandes (Cortalim), Fr Lino Santiago (Margao), Fr Sagaya Selvam (Tamil Nadu), Fr Michael Prakash (Pondichery) and Fr Binod Kerketta (Jharkand).

Speaking on the occasion, Archbishop Filipe Neri stated that the Church is a community of those who have encountered Jesus in their lives. “The moment you realize Jesus, the sunset in

What is a “Tide”?

The gravitational pull of the moon tugs on the surface of the ocean until its surface mounds up and outward in the direction of the moon. When the mound of

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Others present on the occasion were Cortalim-Quelossim Sarpanch Anthony Miranda, Cortalim ZP member Cynthia D’Silva and panchas.

Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik has said would approach Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ambika Soni, for requisite infrastructure and personnel to operate a Regional News Bulleting from Doordarshan Kendra, Panjim.

Naik, who visited Doordarshan Kendra recently, said that Director of Public Information Bureau, Ermelinda Maria Dias, who has been given additional charge of operationalising Regional News Unit at Doordarshan Kendra, Panjim, has already taken charge and commenced her work.

Naik who had discussion with Director of Doordarshan C L Nandanpawar and Ms Dias said that for making Regional News Unit functional, separate space and equipment in Doordarshan Kendra are required. Though space is available in the Kendra, equipment and personnel will have to be requisitioned.

AE Station Engineer, Prasanna Prahudessai, Programme Executive Uday Kamat, and Programme Executive Cypriano Lopes, were also present.

Seven priests ordained at Pilar seminary

How does the Moon Affect Ocean Tides?

All about Gravity

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Star Gazing

The word “tide” is a generic term used to define the alternating rise and fall in sea level with respect to the land, produced by the gravitational attraction of the moon and the sun. You may have heard that the tide comes in and the tide goes out, but in fact a tide is the vertical movement of water and only goes up and down. Current is the horizontal or sideways flow of water. The current floods in which makes the tide rise and ebbs out which makes the tide fall. A tide is the rise and fall of water caused by gravitational forces of the moon and sun on the oceans of the earth.

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S H O RT TA K E S Sr Maria celebrates silver jubilee

Sr Maria Leandra D’Sa receives the sapling from Fr Melvyn.

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CALANGUTE(HC): Sr Maria Leandra D’Sa, FMCK, celebrated her silver jubilee of religious profession in the congregation of Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King recently.

Fr Paul Alvares, Headmaster of St Anthony’s High School Monte de Guirim, was the main celebrant for the Holy Eucharist concelebrated by Fr Melvyn and other priests.

Congratulating Sr Leandra, Fr Alvares wished her well throughout her life full of service and love to humanity in the footsteps of Jesus Christ.

Sr Leandra planted a coconut sapling offered during the offertory in the garden of Lourdes Convent.

Sr Leandra later thanked the priests, Sisters of the Congregation and the laity from far and near for partaking in the celebrations. Sr Leandra also thanked her mother and relatives.

Legal literacy camp held PANJIM (HND): A legal literacy camp was held recently at GRP Camp, Altinho, Panjim, as a part of National Legal week for Labour to spread legal awareness and create awareness about the legal assistance workers can seek from the Legal Services Authority.

Madhuri Rao, Family Counsellor, spoke on the subject ‘Prohibition of sexual harassment at workplace and protection of rights of women workers/labourers’. Adv Vivian Braganza spoke on the subject ‘Child Labour’. The camp was attended by about 100 people from Altinho. There was an open question answer session. The vote of thanks was proposed by Chitra Shivsagar, Secretary of Tulsimata Mahila Mandal, Taleigao. The function was held under the auspices of Tiswadi Taluka Legal Services Committee, Panjim.

Talk on ‘Cure Yourself’ organised The newly ordained priests with Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao.

your life becomes a sunrise.”

“Love of Jesus is all embracing, self sacrificing, serving, forgiving and compassionate love.

Jesus choose you as close collaborators to walk on such a path of love,” the Archbishop said.

Fr Tony Lopes, Superior General of the Society of Pilar, stated that priesthood is not a call to honour but for service.

“It is a challenge today to be priest for these young men.

Therefore, we need to congratulate them, give them boost and pray for them,” said Fr Lopes.

Fr Lopes stated that the mother diocese, which is Goa Archdiocese, nurtures of the Society of Pilar. The Archdiocese of Goa has seen the birth of the Society of Pilar, nurtured it and still guiding the society.

Fr Sagaya Selvam, the new

priest expressing gratitude in English, Konknni, Hindi and Tamil said: “We are called to witness God’s great mercy, who has chosen us, taken care of us, moulded us and gathered us around the altar. We will strive to be faithful to our call.”

The newly ordained priests were sent out as deacons for six months to different dioceses for pastoral experience.

Fr S a v i o C a b r a l w a s i n Salethur Parish (Mangalore) and Fr Michael Prakash stayed in Kala Gupa mission at Shimoga.

Fr Minguel D’Souza and Fr Binod Kerketta practiced their diaconate ministry in the Archdiocese of Mumbai. Fr Lino Santiago and Fr Sagaya Selvam were in Jalandhar diocese in Punjab. Fr Rex Fernandes was in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Invest in cooperative sector banks, Ravi urges people

A large attendance for the talk ‘ Cure Yourself’.

PANJIM (HND): Margao Seva Samiti and Catholic Association of Goa, in association with Vita Nova Homeopathic Clinics, Comba, Margao, recently organised a talk on ‘Cure Yourself ’ at Grace Church Hall. The talk focused on how to fortify body’s defence against different illnesses and how Vita Nova Homeopathic Clinics differ from others in their approach in treating difficult diseases with minimum medication. Cured cases of infertility, alcoholic liver disease and child disorders were presented. Vita Nova Homeopathic Clinic is located near Coca Cola Godown, Abade Faria Road, Margao. Ph – 2737773/ 8308037, says a press release.

Union Minister for Tourism Subodh Kant Sahai felicitates Sanjeev Kadkade of Institute of Hotel Management, Goa for winning national award for Best Teacher in hospitality education. Also present is R H Khwaja, Secretary, Union ministry of tourism.

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water has reached its highest point it is called high tide. On the opposite side of the earth from the moon, the centrifugal force caused by the earth's rotation produces another mound of water and high tide. Between these two high tides are two flat areas on the surface of the ocean which are the low tides.

Cycle of Tides

Each day there are two high tides and two low tides. The time between high and low tide is a little over 6 hours and the entire tidal cycle repeats itself four times each day. The regularity of

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the tides corresponds to the regular orbit of the moon around the earth and the rotation of the earth as it orbits around the sun.

Lunar Calendar and Tides

Depending upon the position of the moon relative to the earth and sun, a moon can have different phases. The phases of the moon are also very regular, and have been used for thousands of years to keep track of time using the lunar calendar. In addition to the daily movements of the moon, these monthly lunar cycles can also impact the tides.

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Home Minister Ravi Naik along with Goa Bagaytdar Chairman Narendra Savoikar at the showroom of the Goa Bagaytdar Sahakari Vikri Sanstha at Ponda.

Photo by Amresh Parab HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, MAY 8

Home minister and Minister for Cooperation Ravi Naik has urged people to invest in cooperative sector banks and credit societies in the State.

"The money invested in such sector will largely benefit Goan people as the invested money will remain in the State," said Naik, inaugurating the cloth showroom of the Goa Bagaytdar Sahakari Vikri Sanstha at Ponda on Friday.

The minister also highlighted the employment benefits in the cooperative sector.

"Nationalised banks have peo-

ple from all over the country, while cooperative and credit societies employ locals," he said.

"People should not hesitate to invest in such organisations.

Cooperative sector is also good employment generator and especially the financial institutions, which provide jobs to locals."

He recalled that when he was the chief minister, he had reduced the sales tax to organisations involved in the cooperative movement.

"The State government has been doing whatever possible to help the cooperative movement in the State," said Naik.

POWER SHUTDOWN MAY 10

CARAMBOLIM: From 9 am to 2 pm at Jyoti Estate, Church Waddo, Calwado, Volwaddo of Corlim village and entire Carambolim village.

MAY 11

CARAMBOLIM: From 9 am to 2 pm at Katyebhat, Dineshnagar, Ela Police station, Tourist hostel, Canara bank, Ela, Church of Bom Jesus and vicinity of Old Goa village.

Shashikant Ranu Shirodkar was unanimously elected president of Sancoale Comunidade for 2009-12.

About 72 members were present and the candidate proposed

by Anthony Vaz was declared victorious after no other candidate proposed for the post. Shirodkar was seconded by Elesbao Vaz. Verna Police under Mormugao Magistrate Brijesh Manerkar was present to maintain law and order.

Meanwhile, the election to two other two posts of Attorney and Treasurer and three substi-

tutes will be held in the Cortalim Comunidade office premises on June 2.

The election follows the Administrator, South Zone submission to the High Court to hold elections to these posts after earlier refusing to the demands of the shareholders.

As reported, some shareholders including Anthony Vaz had filed a Writ Petition in the High Court seeking directions to the Administrator to also hold polls for Attorney and Treasurer along with their substitutes along with that of the president. Advocate Joaquim Godinho had represented the petitioners.

Bandekar is Administrator of Socorro panchayat HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, MAY 8

Block Development Office Mapusa has appointed G A Bandekar as the Administrator of Socorro Panchayat to look after the administration of the panchayat, as both the sarpanch and deputy sarpanch have been voted out of office.

It may be recalled that on April 29, Sarpanch Sheetal Arolkar and Deputy Sarpanch

Sanjay Pednekar were voted out of office. This is the second time in the course of last 4 years the BDO has appointed Administrator for the Socorro Panchayat.

Socorro Panchayat is one of the most unstable panchayats in Bardez taluka, as none of the three sarpachas who were elected to govern the panchayat could survive for longer period in the office.

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Senior citizens Awareness drive to bring drop-outs to school begins from Guirim feted HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, MAY 8

Bailancho Saad has taken up a campaign to bring the drop-out children back to school, especially from remote areas of Canacona.

As part of the campaign initiated by Bailancho Saad in collaboration with CRY Children Rights, recently a door-to-door contact was started to identify children who stopped going to school and motivate them to join back their schools.

A meeting was held in Khotigao Panchayat to make the villagers aware of the ‘Right to Education’ and involve the residents in identifying drop-out children.

Khotigao Sarpanch Rajesh Gaonkar, who was present for the meeting, urged the villagers not to un-register their children from going to school after Std 7, said to be a practice in the village.

The sarpanch said that not a single student from his tribal village has passed in 12th Science stream nor any student from Khotigao has passed in

n Any facility which is not available for children will be identified and brought to the notice of authorities, besides CRY will also address issues like child abuse, violence in family which affects the welfare of children. first class.

Dr Sabina Martins explained the ‘Right to Education Act’, saying this act makes education compulsory for Std VI or up to 14 years in school.

Dr Martins also stated that Bailancho Saad will try to identify the obstacles to girl child education, but panchayat has to help and identif y the dropouts.

“There are some difficulties like children have to walk long distances to reach schools, so support services to assist children having difficulties to cope as they are first generation learners,” said Martins.

Victor Mendes explained the programme of CRY to create awareness about children rights.

“Any facility which is not available for children will be identified and brought to the notice of authorities, besides CRY will also address issues like child abuse, violence in family which affects the welfare of children,” Mendes told the villagers.

Afrose Shaikh explained in detail how alcoholism affects the education to children and the need to address it at the family level itself.

Premandi Prabhu coordinated the awareness programme and presented a cultural program by children. Pushpa Pilankar proposed the vote of thanks, panchayat members, Anganwadi supervisor were some of the people attended the meeting.

Penha-de-Franca Library celebrates anniversary Vinod Kumbharjuveker compered the programme, Penhade-Franca Panch Visranti Dessai proposed the vote of thanks.

Students of ‘Kalavishkar’ presented classical dances on the occasion.

The children who participated in the dance programme along with the chief guest.

Photo by Anil Shankhwalker HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, MAY 8

The Penha-de-Franca Library celebrated its 6th anniversary in the community hall at Alto Betim on Saturday.

Speaking on this occasion, chief guest Linad Dhuri stated that reading sharpens the thought process of an individual and makes him/her grasp ideas better.

“When a person reads books on different subjects, it makes him/her more knowledgeable.

Hence, parents should motivate their children to read books on various subjects,” said Dhuri.

Dhuri further stated that books are one of the best tools for training and upbringing of children.

“When we read the right kind of books, especially the well-researched, well-written books by established authors, we tend to gain a lot of knowledge, which is bound to enhance our mental capabilities,” added Dhuri.

Guest of honour Deepali Ulman said the main purpose of reading books is to acquire knowledge.

“It is not very important how many books the child reads, but the important thing is how the books have been read. Is the child just making a cursory rapid reading or has he/she read a book with absorbed interest and understood its contents? The parents should give full attention to these aspects,” said Ulman.

In his welcome speech, Penha-de-Franca Library President Rajesh Volvoiker stated that library apart from providing books also conducts various competitions for children and organizes cultural programmes to enable them to showcase their talents.

Earlier, chief guest Dhuri lighted the traditional lamp. The guests gave away certificates and mementos to the girls who participated in the dances.

Disaster preparation workshop organised HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, MAY 6

The Saritsa Foundation in association with India Meteorological Department, GoI, and Goa State Disaster Management cell organised a one-day workshop for monsoon awareness and preparedness for disasters as a mobile campaign with team of experts for coastal communities of Goa at the Goa International Centre at Dona Paula recently.

The workshop dealt with the disasters which commonly affect coastal people such as floods, sea-level rise, tsunamis, cyclones, earthquakes and climate change. The campaign aims to raise awareness and shape responses on disasters and climate change among fishermen, rural youth, women, disabled and village local body representatives through practical training with an innovative use of local resources.

Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, Sanjay Srivastava said that preparedness is essential for tackling probable disaster or a natural calamity which may come along with the onset of monsoon. He said we cannot help disasters from happening but awareness and little preparedness in the regard will help reduce the impact.

Collector North Goa, R Mihir Vardhan, Deputy Director Gen-

eral of Meteorology, Mumbai, Dr R V Sharma, Director General of Sarista foundation, Col N M Verma, Director NIO, Dr Satish Shetye, and Director India Meteorological Department Goa, K V Singh, were also present.

Physician and cardiologist Dr Abilio Gonsalves speak at the function in Sangolda.

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Lokacho Adhar recently felicitated 350 senior citizens from Guirim at Silver Bells, Sangolda.

Physician and cardiologist Dr Abilio Gonsalves felicitated the senior citizens. A large number of senior citizens attended the function despite their ailing age.

Addressing the gathering, Dr Gonsalves congratulated Trajano D’Mello, Lokacho Adhar president and his organization for felicitating the senior citizens who have been the core founders of the society.

D’Mello said that it was a privilege honouring the senior citizens as he always looked upon them as teachers of wisdom.

D’Mello felt that society should be more sensitive to senior citizens and not allow them feel forgotten or marginalized and assured to look into their needs in the near future.

On the occasion, housie was

organised for the senior citizens, in which Alleluia Castro and Maruti Chinchankar were the prize recipients.

Lokacho Adhar were supported by Arico Crasto, Sabin Lourenco, Amey Mandrekar, Rajesh Tupkar Anthony D’Souza and the Woman & Child Welfare Association of Guirim in their endeavour of remembering the senior citizens.

Xavier Rodrigues, William D’Souza and Hilda Pereira were the special invitees for the function.

Earlier, Peter Afonso welcomed the gathering, Milagres Carneiro compered the function, while Maj Victor Zuzart proposed the vote of thanks.

MPT chief calls for diversifying port HERALD REPORTER VASCO, MAY 8

Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) Chairman P Mara Pandian has stated that the 126-year-old Mormugao Port should diversify and the port connectivity should be improved.

Disclosing his plan of action during an interaction with media on Wednesday, Pandiyan said

that the Mormugao port needs diversification, where more commodities can be handled and better port connectivity should be provided to the port.

“Diversification of port and providing better connectivity to the port will be my thrust during my tenure,” he said.

The problem lies with port connectivity, be it trade meetings in Bel-

guam or Kolhapur, as traders have been complaining that connectivity to port is a major problem.

“Traders from Belguam have assured that they are ready to bring containers in bulk at Mormugao port, provided there is better road connectivity. The present NH-17B is incomplete, which should have been completed much earlier,” said Pandiyan.

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Pedro Feytor Pinto’s book narrates events from his vantage point during the years before the revolt, says TEOTÓNIO R DE SOUZA

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his tourist season, we are told, has been exceptionally good. Goa received its highest number of charter flights ever, with total inflow of both domestic and international tourists aggregating at an estimated 23 lakh. The May rush of domestic tourists will probably take the tourist inflow to around 27 lakh, says Director of Tourism Swapnil Naik.

But despite the optimism, the fact is that tourist arrivals from Goa’s most faithful foreign visitors, the British, are dropping. This last year has apparently shown some recovery, but t hough the British economy has stopped deteriorating, the arrival of British tourists hasn’t improved. In 2007-08, Goa received 365 charter flights from the UK carrying 100,664 tourists. In 2008-09, this figure dropped to 287 flights with 77,500 tourists. This was partly owing to the economic slowdown, but that was only part of the reason.

The main reason was the 26/11 attack on Mumbai and the drastic changes in visa rules that followed. It became very difficult to get a visa for India. Long term vacationers, Goa’s greatest foreign tourist asset, were put to indescribable hardship by a baffling rule – still in operation – that once a tourist leaves India, (s)he cannot re-enter the country for two months.

This, and the needless crackdown on British retirees owning property in Goa has damaged Goa’s image in Britain.

And if these quixotic rules are not changed, it could result in this state going off the favorite destination list in the UK. The tourist industry may not be too concerned, since Russians have been coming in ever greater numbers to this state, but the comfort levels of the people in the tourist trade is much higher with English-speaking tourists.

In 2007-2008, the number of Russian tourists was around 42,690 with 159 flights. In 2010-11, it has jumped to 70,053.

Even as it has become so much harder for the British to come to Goa, it is ridiculously easy for the Russians to do the same. Russians who live in Yekaterinburg and St Petersburg, cities that – unlike Moscow – do not have an Indian consulate can get a 14-day Temporary Landing Permit (TLP) on arrival at Dabolim Airport. That is like a visa on arrival. It is this TLP that Goa’s tourism trade now wants opened up to all tourists. It’s perfectly reasonable. If a tourist from St Petersburg can get a 14-day visa on arrival, why not one from London?

Besides, it would open out Goa for opportunities, such as when Tahrir square in Egypt was under occupation, and thousands of Britishers booked for the beach resort town of Sharm el Shaikh were stranded. Goa could have reaped a bonanza then.

But it still would not help Goa’s oldest friends; the longterm tourists. For them, our MPs must continue to lobby in New Delhi to reverse that senseless stipulation requiring a two-month ‘cooling period’ after a tourist leaves India to reenter. What sort of schizophrenic policy allows visas-onarrival to some and puts endless obstacles in the way of others?

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hy does Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane need 21 policemen to guard him? Maybe, given that mysterious people offer ‘supari’ to gangsters for his head, Home Minister Ravi Naik may need the 17 policemen he is entitled to. But if Luizinho Faleiro and Dayanand Narvekar can manage with two policemen each, most other VIPs should be able to make do with less, so that the unpatrolled streets of the state can be guarded better.

Denigrating English Dr Joe D’Souza, Panjim It is a well-known phenomena wherein Catholic names are used by certain bigots to profess hatred towards English and express pseudo concerns for Konkani. A month ago, these cowards used the name of Dr Rita Paes to denigrate English based education. However, Dr Paes read and realised that her name was misused to confuse Catholics against empowerment through English and submitted a rejoinder to this effect. Similarly, the letter of Michael de Souza ‘MoI: Konkani only’ (Herald, 4 May) is yet another attempt to project Catholics as Portuguese passport seekers, while in fact, substantial Hindus too have benefited through Portuguese passport and education from Catholic schools.

Pakistan’s double speak Nelson Lopes, Chinchinim In spite of posturing by Pakistan, USA has had another drone attack not withstanding their claim of national sovereignty. USA

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edro Feytor Pinto headed the Department of Information Services (SEIT) in the government of Marcello Caetano who replaced Antonio Oliveira Salazar in 1968 as the head of the Portuguese government. Feytor Pinto has just released a book entitled Na Sombra do Poder (In the Shadow of Power) [Lisboa, D. Quixote, 2011, pp. 402]. Not wishing to classify it as history or memoirs, yet hoping that historians may find it useful, the author chooses to narrate events as he experienced them from his vantage point in the shadow of power, during the years ending with the Carnation Revolt of 25 April 1974, which put an end to half a century of dictatorship, known as Estado Novo.

Born at Castelo Branco in 1936, the author provides interesting details about his early education at Coimbra, before moving on to Lisbon for higher studies in Law. We are told about the family network and linkages with many influential personalities of the Portuguese public life and of the Church in Portugal. It reveals his early connections with Opus Dei and also why he decided to delink from it, without losing his admiration for that institution and its contribution to the society. He admits having benefitted much from Opus Dei links in the promotion of his later career at home and overseas.

The years in Lisbon (1955-1969) were occupied as Law student and by the start of a professional career. First as secretary of the minister Prof Adriano Moreira, and soon thereafter, as a low-ranking official in the Overseas Ministry in Lisbon incharge of the Political Affairs. He had as colleague João Mesquitella, who had been secretary of the last Governor-General of Portuguese India.

Through him Feytor Pinto had come to know more details about the loss of Goa. These details he could later confirm through his contacts with Felix Naggar, the correspondent of France Press in India in 1961, and later posted in Lisbon.

In an interesting reflection the author comments upon the nature of the political leadership that characterised the Salazar administration of Portugal. He sees it as predominantly legal-minded cadre rooted in legalism and institutionalism that failed to take into account the dominant postWorld War democratic concepts and political

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HISTORIcAl ExPlORATIONS trends which checkmated many of the juridical decisions in practice.

The author presents as illustrations the case of the Right of Passage and the proceedings of the Security Council and the General Assembly of UN against the occupation of Goa by the Indian armed forces. The political stance adopted by USA and UK in those occasions revealed how the interests of big powers prevailed over the international rights of small nations. The capture of the merchant vessel Santa Maria by a Portuguese dissident Henrique Galvão and the political asylum he received from Brazil is presented as yet another instance of international politics against international law, and once again unfavourable to the Portuguese interests.

With reference to the fall of Portuguese India, Feytor Pinto describes it as the end of a cycle that had begun at Ceuta (North Africa) on August 14, 1415. The Goa case is mentioned because of the many financial difficulties that several of his Goan student colleagues at the Lisbon University faced as regard the payment of fees, because they had ceased to receive the usual monthly remittances from their families in Goa. As a member of the Students’ Association he proposed measures to find a solution to the situation, but the response

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henever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of us is lacking in wisdom, we need to ask God, who gives to us all so generously and ungrudgingly. But we need to ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, tossed by winds. If we doubt in every way, we cannot expect to receive anything from the Lord. Often trials potentially lead to faith, which leads to perseverance, maturity, wisdom, and stability.

Integrity or uprightness is something that we all yearn for but always it does not happen so as we all cut corners one time or the other and take the easy way out, hide little misbehaviors and tell white lies. So what’s the big deal? We feel “ripped off ” in so many ways that we feel justified in letting integrity slide in return.

Recently, a friend of mine shared with me how a man risked everything to tell the truth because he knew it was the right thing to do. How often are we faced with the option of speaking truth or backing down and “being a nice person of value? Integrity can mean many things, but at its root, integrity means the quality of being complete or unbroken wholeness. Sometimes we are forced to struggle between telling the truth, a truth that could save some-

has reserved its right to pursue any target, anywhere, to achieve its objective. It will not be cowed down by any threats. The question of cutting aid to Pakistan is the million dollar question. It needs Pakistan to fight terror in Afghanistan, Iraq etc. USA has long relations and co-operation with Pakistan in spite of knowing its double game all the time. The harbouring of Osama has created a deficit trust, and Pakistan is at pains to redeem itself from this embarrassment. Pakistan is now known to be a terror state, exporting, training, and sponsoring terrorism as its lucrative trade. Pakistan will continue to play deception and USA will look the other way, as it is a mutually beneficial relationship.

Ugly fanatics Joel Morais, Cuncolim The recent statement by Aravind Bhatikar, who I believe, is running an English medium school in Goa that those demanding English as a medium of education, are doing so to become ayahs, butlers, cooks, and drivers.

This is does not hurt but it reveals his class.

By Smitha Bhandare Kamat

was lukewarm as the case was seen as political.

Even so, the author mentions his efforts at presenting it as a humanitarian case and his decision to abandon the Association and seek other ways of finding assistance.

It refers to a silent march the author helped organising on 18 December 1961 to the Se Cathedral of Lisbon carrying the relics of St Francis Xavier and a national banner in procession. The group managed to contact business groups such as CUF, and some influential ladies connected with the National Women’s Movement (Movimento Nacional Feminino), such as Cecília Supico Pinto. Feytor Pinto pays his homage to Goans who excelled in Portugal as diplomats, lawyers and judges. He believes that the timely help may have permitted the achievements of those Goan colleagues. Feytor Pinto moved to Geneva in 1969 with a privileged Portuguese scholarship of the Instituto para a Alta Cultura to study at the Hautes Études Internationales (HEI), a meeting point for students from Portuguese Africa with anti-colonial tendencies. These found patronage in the Swiss protestant Church institutions. Feytor Pinto manifests his satisfaction for this opportunity to get to know personally some of the future leaders of the Angola and Mozambique. But it also mentions among his close friends in Switze-

land, a Goan, Alexandre de Faria, married to an Iranian lady Guita Emami. It describes Alexandre de Faria as UK–educated and very reserved in his social dealings.

Feytor Pinto returned from Switzerland to Lisbon in August 1970 on suggestion from Marcello Caetano and took charge as director of the Department of Information, including the section of the Foreign Press accredited in Portugal. This latter section was supervised by the Goa-born Portuguese ambassador Bonifácio de Miranda.

He has been described as a Goan of high calibre who represented Portugal in several meetings of the General Assembly of United Nations.

Feytor Pinto reveals several other issues that makes his book particularly interesting for the Goan public. Directly connected with the contents of my last column (Adrian Hastings, Scourge of the Portuguese, Herald, 25 April) Feytor Pinto corroborates the consequences that Adrian Hasting’s denunciation of the «Wiriyamu massacres» had for the official visit of Marcello Caetano to London in July 1973, almost causing its cancellation.

Feytor Pinto was involved in the preparation of the visit and had to face the international press and anti-Portugal manifestations, in which Dr Mário Soares, then in exile, is mentioned as having taken part.

Interestingly, Prof Marcello Caetano admitted ignorance of the massacres, but we are told that an inquiry entrusted to Jorge Jardim, a maverick entrepreneur-cum-diplomat who had gained the attention and appreciation of Salazar in the case of Goa, confirmed the military atrocities in Mozambique. Incidentally, it was Jorge Jardim who carried a cyanide capsule for the Governor Vassalo Silva and tried unsuccessfully on 10 May 1962 to kill the military governor Candeth, during his planned visit to Mormugão municipality. The bombs exploded two hours earlier! Following the admission, the governor and military commander of the Tete province of Mozambique were dismissed from office. The author further admits that this case affected deeply the morale of the Portuguese armed forces and also intensified the discontent of the younger generation in Portugal influenced by the post-Vatican teachings about social justice.

one. In such an apparent no-win scenario, we often decide to honour our integrity and tell the truth no matter what the consequences are. Many people go through their daily lives and are faced with honouring themselves or someone else they think rules their lives. When given this choice, ask yourself “What’s the right thing to do in this situation?” The right thing done is that when we go to sleep at night we can say to ourself “I did the right thing.”

There’s an old quotation which says: “Learn to be free of the good opinion of others.” Let’s learn to be free of the good opinion of our own ego. Are you willing to listen to your heart and intuition and be true to yourself, even when it hurts, and you know the truth? Are you willing to do the unpopular thing especially when it’s needed? Every seed we sow grows, so we need to be aware fully conscious of what we are planting in our own minds and the minds of those who you influence.

Do hypocrites have any integrity in themselves? I believe that hypocrites have no integrity whatsoever. As if we define hypocrites as those who believe in some ideal which they cannot possibly fulfill, if so, then we are all hypocrites. Yes, we all fail to live up to our highest aspirations. We all fail to achieve our full potential.

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are and what we can become. For each one of us, there is an ongoing struggle to narrow this gap. However, integrity comes in when we acknowledge our failures, accept our limitations, and honestly strive to make amends and achieve our ideals. Hypocrites without integrity are those who would go to any length to cover up their dishonesty and faults in order to protect their facade and grip on power. Therefore, we find out the complex reasons why honesty is such a rare commodity in today’s world. We tell lies when we are afraid, afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger and we lose our honour.

As you go about your daily life, listen to your heart; remember that honesty means the state of being complete, connected to your own self. Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential to our survival.

Finally, an apt quote from Proverbs 6:12-15 – “A scoundrel and villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth, who winks with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers, who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up dissension. Therefore, disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.”

Letters to the Editor Letter of the Day

English for poor children James Fernandes, President Goynche Niz Mogi Bembre Bab, your thought as expressed in your article” Look at thy neighbour please” (Herald, 2 May) are sadly bitter and dysfunctional.

The Christian community and their leaders have made the single largest contribution to the development of the nation. Their institutions of learning, have been producing men and women of excellence in various fields.

Your examples resemble that of submitting precedence in support of an argument.

The babies and children are changing the world in leaps and bounds. Spoken English has changed to ‘Hinglish’. Various countries that depended on Indian IT graduates, do not need them as their citizens are also being educated in English.

Free education in English must be made compulsory for the children of the poor, the SC, ST, and Konkani language must be supported so that it walks hand in hand with English. The rich can educate their children in the language of their choice.

We are sincere to our profession and never turned out to be chamchas of the people in power, so that they could succeed in life.

For the information of Bhatikar, we are not demanding English as a medium of Instruction, but we are fighting for our right. Goa had the best education system in our country circa 1989 and English was the medium of education. The choice between Konkani, Marathi, French etc and Hindi was mandatory.

But some fanatics, who are now trying to stage a comeback, ruined the system in the name of grants at the time of the PDF government headed by Dr Luis Proto Barbosa.

We know what is best for our children. These fanatics can get their English medium schools converted to Konkani medium and take care of all and sundry.

Navelim road broadening Selwyn Vaz, Navelim This is with regard to the broadening of NH17 from Navelim Church to the Margao flyover. Some glaring mistakes need urgent rectification. On both sides of the lane, a small drain channel has been made, but wherever there is an opening on the footpath, hotmix material is dumped on this drain to facilitate vehicle access. This will block flow of water during monsoons. A 3

inch pipe could have been laid prior to this. Secondly, the storm water drains on both sides are filled with large stones, grit and mud that need to be cleaned. The drain in front of Kudchadkers hospital already serves as a sewage conduit. The width of the two lanes is neither uniform nor is the width of the lanes on the Church side in similarity with that of the width on the flyover side. These queries have to be answered before it is made operational.

Advice to youth Orlando SA Da Silva, Carmona This is in reply to the letter by Maria Fernandes ‘Enthusiastic youth’ (Herald, 6 May).

The choice we make today will usually affect tomorrow. I have witnesses where volunteers of some politicians have approached the youth with money and promises, to get enrolled themselves in the Benaulim youth Congress. Since no one approached Maria, she may have been left out and taken for granted. I advise the youth is to be cautious rather than follow a blind ideology.

Baseless claim Savio Rodrigues, Varca This has reference to the letter ‘Constructive

Development’ by Orlando SA Da Silva (Herald, 2 May). There has been some miscommunication with regard to the claim made by the writer. I am confident that this is baseless because I was not given any money for joining the youth Congress and neither have I heard of any such payment being made to others. It was in full faith and free will that I joined. Valanka Alemao is by far the most promising candidate. Currently in our constituency, I feel that she is the only one who can redeem the future. She is very approachable and very helpful.

We are the educated youth and do not get influenced easily. We are not naïve.

The misguidance used to happen in the corrupt past, and not now.

In terms of development, we are aware that it has to be sustainable, since development marks progress.

Language of servants Fr Jaime Couto, Margao With reference to Jill Dale Rodrigues’ letter ‘Sadistic opinion’ (Herald, 6 May), kindly permit me to make the following observation. The writer tries to prove that the people demanding English for medium of instruction do speak ‘fluent’ Konkani by quoting a sentence ‘amche bhurgeanche bore zalear puro’ that she overheard at the Azad Maidan. This sentence of 5 words contains at least 3 major grammatical mistakes. This is a very good specimen of Konkani spoken by the ‘educated’ Goan to communicate with the servants and others. When you make a mistake in English, you are an ‘uneducated’ Goan, but the more mistakes you commit in Konkani, the more ‘educated’ you are! This is the sad ground reality in Goa. Let Konkani remain forever as the ‘servants’ language.’

Herald’s e-paper Nelson Victoria, Calangute It is a great privilege for all Non Resident Indian (NRI) Goans to read the e-paper of Herald. In fact, this paper can be downloaded by subscribing to the site . However, the download size is more than 20 MB which takes a lot of time for a download and subsequent printing. On the other

hand, the NRI Keralites can download the Malayalam newspaper which is easily available in PDF and the size is around 3 MB. We would be grateful if Herald’s e-paper could be reduced to around 3MB for faster downloading in PDF format.

This is our creation Gustavo Stephen Godinho, Nagoa This is with reference to letter ‘What about us?’ (Herald, 5 May) by James Moraes where in he speaks about the Goan terrorists and the fate of Goa. The fact of the matter is that Goa is moving towards self destruction. The so-called politicians-turned-terrorists are the very creation of Goans.

We get what we choose and we always choose these corrupt and greedy people as leaders. We choose them to repose our gratitude for the goodies they offered us, at election time.

But if we want anything good to happen in Goa, we will have to choose educated, honest and sincere people as our leaders.

Goa’s fate lies in the hands of Goans.

‘C’ factor stifles progress Jose Maria Miranda, Margao I read with interest the interview of Architect Brian Soares (‘Corruption has increased with criticisms, Herald Estates, 2 May). It is also true that had there not been activism, the putrid government would have had a field day in turning Goa into a concrete jungle.

I certainly disagree with Soares that ‘progress is hampered through activism’.

And if ‘corruption has increased with criticisms’ as he alleges, should we allow it to happen by remaining silent spectators?

It remains to be seen how many good and valuable suggestions of architects and engineers find acceptance.

If there are ‘good, bad and ugly among professionals”, it is also present among activists.

We need to salute the activists for their courage, tenacity, time and energy in putting brakes on various activities that would have changed demograpy/character and be detrimental to villagers.

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Court upholds ‘talaq’ given through agent

The truth of Goa’s two-way intelligence

PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

By ORLAnDO SA DA SILvA

The so-called doyens of secularism stands exposed.

The article ‘Look at thy neighbour, please’ (Herald, 2 May)

by Adv Uday Bhembre, who years ago hogged the limelight as a most secular person, appears to be one-sided.

From his article, he appears to convey a message that the individuals he has listed as most successful, excelled only because of the Devnagri script through which Konkani and Marathi is presently taught. Can the excellence of these listed individuals be directly linked or attributed to Marathi or Konkani in Devnagri script only, through a scientific study? People who took their primary education in English have also excelled and were not misfits. What did he choose to illustrate by using the tag of only one community, in his illustration?

In our state, all people who have intelligence irrespective of the community they belong to, have excelled and achieved success. Intelligence is a gift of God and the Almighty has a role to play in bestowing this gift to every person. English as a language, the world over, has produced personalities that have left permanent impressions in our minds to make life easy and enjoyable.

Why does Uday Bab have to mix the issue of mother tongue with MoI? 150 English non-aided schools that flourished in the state after the language issue, have been closed two decades ago. Why has he passively supported Marathi and other Indian languages for grants in the state when they are not our mother tongues? The sufferings of the Christian community to understand the Devnagri script, while teaching children, has to be taken into consideration. Sadly, despite all this, there has been no contribution for the development and improvement of Konkani during the past two decades when all the parents are suffering for want of proper books, teachers and teaching materials.

I am the PTA chairman of a convent school having approximately 800 students which consists of students not only from the Catholic community, but fairly good numbers from the Hindu community as well. I had attended the public rally at Azad Maidan by FORCE, and I saw with my eyes as to how many educated and well-settled Hindu brothers and sisters gathered over there, to demand English as a medium of instruction.

Uday Bab’s opinions are personal and not the opinion of the majority of my Hindu brothers and sisters and the rest of Goans. In our school, our Hindu parents are more concerned about the progress of our demand for English as a medium of instruction for the next academic year.

Let the education system uplift the poor and the downtrodden and reduce the burden of parents and children in this democratic globalised world. If Konkani is to be developed as our mother tongue, make it a compulsory subject from Std I to X. It will get due attention and support for its development from every Niz Goemkar, on a sustainable basis.

A boy cooling himself in Jaipur on Saturday.

PMO recommends CBI, ED probe in CWG contracts PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

Taking a serious view of Shunglu committee findings, the Prime Minister's Office has suggested to Sports Ministry a probe by CBI and Enforcement Directorate based on the panel's report into alleged irregularities in the contracts executed by CWG Organising Committee.

In its letter, the PMO has asked for probe by the agencies specifically in works carried out

by Event Knowledge Services (EKS), an international private consultant, and other irregularities pointed out by the Committee.

EKS was given three contracts of over Rs 70 crore by the organising committee to extend consultancy services for the venue development and management, games workforce, and games planning and project management services.

The PMO has directed "expeditious action" on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's order in the matter and sought the reply of Sports Ministry within a month on the fifth report of the high-level committee appointed by him.

The financial loss suffered by the Government due to favouritism for workforce contract aggregated to Rs 18.36 crore, the report said.

"Department of Sports may forward, to the CBI/ED, for action as appropriate, relevant extracts of the report pertaining to the matter of EKS, and the clear cases of forgery, falsification, record creation etc., mentioned in case of other highlighted irregularities," the letter written to the Sports Ministry said.

The Prime Minister had on October 25 last year appointed the high-level committee under the chairmanship of former Comptroller and Auditor Gen-

eral V K Shunglu to investigate and report all irregularities in executing various projects by several government agencies during the Games held here between October 3-14, last year.

The committee, in its report submitted to the PMO on March 28, found several discrepancies in the projects executed by the company and "collusion" among sacked OC Chief Suresh Kalmadi, Chief Executive Officer of CWG Federation Mike Hooper and other senior functionaries of the Games body. " The contract was awarded on a single source basis on the recommendation/statement of Mike Hooper, CEO of CGF that EKS was much better informed regarding Delhi venues status than any other International Consultant. This was both a biased and misleading statement," the report said.

SC to hear masjid dispute today PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

Police personnel at Yamuna Expressway site to control the voilence in Agra on Sunday.

MPs assets not to be posted on website: RS PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

Details of the assets and wealth of Rajya Sabha members shall not be placed in the public domain, the Ethics Committee of the Upper House has ruled.

The Committee, however, has said details of assets and liabilities of a member can be accessed by any person after getting written permission from Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha as per the Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Rules, 2004.

Replying to an RTI application, the Rajya Sabha said that Chairman of the House had directed to examine the feasibility of placing information contained in the Register of declaration of assets and liabilities of the members on the website of the House and sought a report from the Ethics Committee.

The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear arguments in the Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit in which a bunch of petitions have been filed by various Muslim and Hindu groups challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict.

Expressing dissatisfaction over the High Court's verdict of dividing the 2.77 acre disputed site into three parts among Muslims, Hindus and Nirmohi Akhara, different religious groups have approached the apex court.

A bench of justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha will hear the appeals filed by Nirmohi Akhara, Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, Jamait Ulama-I-Hind and Sunni Central Wakf Board. A petition has also been filed on behalf of Bhagwan Ram Virajman (seated Baby Ram).

The Wakf Board and Jamait Ulama-I-Hind have submitted that the High Court's verdict should be quashed as it was based on faith and not on evidence. It contended that the court has committed an error by holding that the building stood at the place of birth of Ram. They submitted that claims of Muslims, Hindus and Nirmohi Akhara over the controversial

Dog breed that sniffed out Osama to help Indian forces PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

Cousins of the special breed canines, which assisted the elite US Navy SEALs in sniffing out Osama bin Laden from his safe haven in Pakistan, will now help Indian security forces in 'find and fix' anti-Naxal operations in dense forests and difficult terrains.

The imported dogs, a specialised breed of the Belgian shepherds, also called 'Malinois', are reported to be the ones which assisted the special US assault team during the operation in the garrison town of Abbottabad where the Special Forces lowered themselves from helicopters to storm the alQaeda leader's lair.

"This is the first time that police and Central security forces will be using canines in operations in the Naxal hotbeds of the country - a practice in line with the Israeli and NATO forces operating in Afghanistan and other places. They find the target, which can either be a sus-

pect human or landmine, and alert their handlers thereby fixing the unwanted element," a senior security officer involved in the training of these sniffers said.

The breed that is being trained for the Indian security forces is a litter of an Israeli male Malinois crossed with an American bitch.

These guard dogs will accompany police and CRPF patrols in the Maoist-affected areas where previous patrols have been caught off guard and have suffered casualties because of hidden landmines and surprise

ambushes of the Naxal cadres.

The first batch of about seven dogs, imported last year, have been trained by the specialised trainers of the paramilitary IndoTibetan Border Police (ITBP) in the rough terrains of the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border.

The ITBP has a world-class facility near Chandigarh for training dogs for Central security forces and police.

The Malinois has the best combination of sharp smell, endurance, speed, intelligence and adaptability to the harsh Indian climate and have a remarkable ability to sniff out IEDs and deep hidden landmines, thereby saving the lives of many troops, the officer said.

The dogs, in the later stage, could also be made to wear infra-red night sight cameras on their bodies to undertake reconnaissance missions, the officer said.

General David Petraeus, Commander of US forces in Afghanistan, has in the past hailed the capabilities of the dogs, describing them as highly reliable and totally irreplaceable.

site are mutually exclusive and cannot be shared.

"It was nobody's case in the High Court that the Muslims, Hindus and Nirmohi Akhara were in joint possession of the disputed premises. The claims of the three sets of plaintiffs were mutually exclusive in the sense each set of plaintiffs claimed the entire property as its own and no one sought a decree for partition of the property," the appeals said.

The Hindu Mahasabha, on the other hand, has sought only partial annulment of the majority verdict of the high court, which ruled for handing over one third of the disputed site to Muslims.

It sought the apex court's endorsement of the September 30 minority verdict by Justice Dharam Veer Sharma who ruled for handing over of the entire land to Hindus.

"Set aside the judgement dated September 30, 2010 by Justice S U Khan and Justice Sudhir Agarwal to the extent that one third of the property in dispute has been declared in favour of Muslims and to allot share to them in the decree," said the Hindu Mahasabha in its petition.

It appealed to the apex court "to maintain the judgement passed by Justice Dharam Veer Sharma" as the effective verdict.

BJP CMs’ meet on governance DELHI BUREAU NEW DELHI, MAY8

The Bhartiya Janata Party is holding a 2-day conclave of its chief ministers here from Monday to discuss how to improve governance, fight corruption and adopt “out-of-box” solutions successful in the BJP-ruled states.

The conclave, which was earlier planned in Mysore, will, however, remain focused on corruption with the twin objective of exposing the UPA government's corruption and tackling charges of corruption flung at the BJP's own chief ministers -- B S Yeddyurappa in Karnataka and Ramesh Pokhriyal in Uttarakhand.

It will adopt a charter of commitments, based on a document prepared by the BJP President's ideologue aide Vinay Sahasrabuddhe on how to ensure a corruption-free governance and adopt a resolution on how the UPA government was destroying the federal concept of the Constitution with stepmotherly treatment to the BJPruled states.

A Delhi court has upheld the validity of divorce given by a Shia Muslim to his wife through another man appointed by him as his agent to pronounce the word 'talaq' in Arabic as he himself could not speak the language.

Additional District Judge Reetesh Singh upheld the legality of the divorce given by Sabir Hussain, saying that Shia Muslim personal law allows a man, unable to speak Arabic, to appoint an agent on his behalf to pronounce the word 'talaq'.

"Respondent Sabir Hussain has duly proved that he had obtained divorce against the appellant (Mumtaz) as prescribed under Shia Muslim Law," the judge said.

Court sets free HIV+ robber PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

A Delhi court has set free an HIV-positive youth after convicting him on charges of committing robbery but setting off his sentence against a year-long jail term that he underwent while facing trial.

"In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of the offence, antecedents and medical condition of the convict, I am inclined to take a lenient view," Additional Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandan said.

"Convict has already spent one year and three days in the custody. Therefore, he is sentenced to the period already undergone by him in custody," the judge said while ordering the authorities to set him free.

The court let off the HIV-positive man with mild punishment after the amicus curiae (appointed by the court to assist it in the trial) told it, "Convict is 25 years of age and is not a previous convict. He is HIV-positive and sole bread winner of his family consisting of mother and two younger sisters. He lost his father some years back."

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Saudis reject Mecca holy water scare AFP JEDDAH, MAY 8

Saudi authorities have rejected claims that holy Zamzam water from a spring inside the Grand Mosque complex of Mecca is polluted and stressed there were no health risks.

The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs said in a statement Saturday it had no reports suggesting there was any issue with Zamzam water which was safe for drinking.

A spokesman for the presidency, Ahmad al-Mansuri, told AFP daily samples were being taken from the 31-metre (105-foot) deep well, and measures were taken to ensure it was safe.

According to Islamic tradition, the spring has never gone dry for over 4,000 years and pilgrims treat the water as sacred and having miraculous healing powers.

The British media had reported this week that the well was polluted and that drinking from it could cause diseases such as cancer.

Meanwhile, the Saudi embassy in London issued a statement insisting Zamzam water was “not polluted” and that analysis at European laboratories in March confirmed it to be safe.

King Abdullah inaugurated in September a 700-million-riyal ($187 million) factory capable of bottling 200,000 bottles a day in Mecca.

Worshippers at the Grand Mosque are able to drink Zamzam water from hundreds of scattered taps. Saudi authorities have banned any commercial exports of the water.

Muslims believe Zamzam came into being to provide Hagar, Abraham’s wife according to Islamic teachings, and her baby Ishmael with water in the hot, dry valley of Mecca where God ordered Abraham to leave them.

In her desperate search for water for the baby, Hagar ran seven times between the hillocks of Safa and Marwa until she saw water running between the legs of her baby.

Shefali Shah gets real for reel role PTI MUMBAI, MAY 8

Actress Shefali Shah has said she spent a day with an undertrial criminal to prepare for her role in ‘Kucch Luv Jaisa’.

In the film, Shefali, a housewife meets Rahul Bose, a criminal on the run, at a coffee shop, and ends up spending the day with him. The chance encounter changes their lives forever in the movie, directed by debutant Barnali Shukla.

The actress maintained that she did an unusual thing to get into the skin of her character as she wanted to learn how a normal person behaves in presence of an undertrial.

“It was unnerving, of course. I wanted to be honest and absolutely non-judgemental towards him (the undertrial). I realised we did share a common ground as what two human beings could possibly share. We talked of everything under the sun, including small things like the food in the jail.”

Shefali will be seen in an all new glamorous avatar in `Kucch Luv Jaisaa, produced by her husband Vipul Shah.

The actress said she lost around 12 kg weight in less than four weeks. The film releases on May 27.

From Page 1 Give access to Osama’s wives eight children on Monday after a covert special US operation killed the al-Qaida chief at his hideout in the northwestern city of Abbottabad.

Appearing on five of the six Sunday talk shows, Donilon said so far US has no evidence which suggests that the Pakistani Government knew about the presence of bin Laden at a Abbottabad compound.

“As I sit here with you, I don’t have any information that would indicate foreknowledge by the political, military, or intelligence leadership in Pakistan, point one. This includes ISI. Point two, though, is the fact that Osama bin Laden was living – and we now know operating – in a town 35 miles away from Islamabad in what is essentially a military town of sorts, with an important institution and other military installations.

So these questions are being raised quite aggressively in Pakistan,” Donilon said.

The NSA said, the US needs to work with the Pakistanis to know how this happened and they need to know how this happened, if they weren’t involved.

“That needs to be investigated, and the Pakistanis are investigating. And, indeed, this has been obviously a very big set of questions in their country about what happened and how this came about. The Pakistanis need to investigate that.”

“They (Pakistanis) took additional materials. We talked to them first about the materials that we had. They had additional materials.

We need access to that.”

“But I would be remiss if I didn’t make another point. More people have died, right, more terrorists have died and been captured on Pakistan soil than any place else in the world,” he said.

They have been an essential partner of ours in the war against al-Qaeda and in our efforts against terrorism.

And that really can’t be dismissed,” Donilon said.

Donilon said America’s relationship with Pakistan is an important one.

“So we need to assess this in a cool and calm way. My job as national security adviser is to do this in a way that advances our interests,” he said.

Noting that Pakistan has been a very important partner in US intensified efforts against al-Qaeda, Donilon at the same time said that has been differences with Pakistan at this point of time.

“It would not be a complete answer and it would not be responsible for me as a national security adviser not to point out that in fact they have been a very important partner of ours in our terror efforts, and I think we need to look at this in a calm and cool way, pursuing US interests, but pressing the Pakistanis to be as good a partner as they can on these issues,” he said.

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UCO Bank to open 37 SME hubs in FY 12 PTI MUMBAI, MAY 8

To tap the high-growth potential in the small-and-mediumenterprises (SME) sector, public lender UCO Bank plans to open 37 SME hubs pan-India in FY 12 to facilitate single window clearance for loans.

"SMEs have been accepted as the engine of economic growth. We want to focus on this sector and so have planned to set up 37 hubs that will cater to the loan requirements of SMEs," UCO Bank Chairman and MD Arun Kaul said.

The bank has already set up two hubs - in Delhi and Mumbai - for disbursing loans to SMEs. By 2011-end, the bank plans to open 26 hubs in various cities including Delhi, Coimbatore, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Vellore, Surat, Ernakulam and Mumbai.

"We have formulated a plan to set up 16 hubs by June this year and 10 by September-end.

We want to ensure availability of adequate and timely credit to this sector," he said.

The bank wants to double its credit flow to SMEs in the next 1-2 years. "Of the total disbursals currently, around 10 per cent goes towards SME loans.

We now want to double the flow of credit to the sector in the next 1-2- years," he said.

The process for disbursal of loans would be completed in 21 days from the date of application, he said.

The bank provides working capital and term loans to SMEs engaged in the manufacturing process with investment in plant and machinery/equipment of above Rs 25-lakh-Rs 10 crore.

It also provides loans to enterprises engaged in the services sector with a minimum investment of above Rs 10lakh-Rs 5 crore bracket.

AI Ops to normalise by Tuesday PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

After a virtual shutdown of its operations due to ten-day pilots' strike, Air India today resumed fresh bookings but it would take two to three days for the state-owned airline to ensure complete normalcy in its flights.

Leaders of the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) that spearheaded the stir also met the airline''s CMD Arvind Jadhav and discussed the nitty-gritty of how to go about implementing the decisions of the agreement reached between the Association and Civil Aviation Ministry last night that led to the strike being called off.

Air India had suspended fresh bookings last week due to the strike which also led to the cancellation of 90% of the flights across its domestic network.

Mutual Fund

Officials said the process of getting its planes, which remained grounded for ten days, ready to fly and the pilots and cabin crew rostered in accordance with the demands for each flight has commenced.

"If we don't have bookings, it is not wise to fly an empty aircraft.

It might take another 36 hours to return to the pre-strike levels", officials said, adding that normalcy can be restored by Tuesday.

The strike resulted in an es-

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

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B

Baroda Pioneer Growth Fund (D) 28.58 Growth Fund (G) 50.74 Infrastructure Fund (D) 9.09 Infrastructure Fund (G) 9.09 PSU Equity Fund (D) 8.77 PSU Equity Fund (G) 8.77 ELSS 96 23.62 Bharti AXA Equity Fund - Eco Plan (Bonus) 17.24 Equity Fund - Eco Plan (D) 12.13 Equity Fund - Eco Plan (G) 17.24 Equity Fund - Eco Plan (QD) 11.46 Equity Fund - Regular Plan (Bonus) 17.12 Equity Fund - Regular Plan (D) 12.07 Equity Fund - Regular Plan (G) 17.12 Equity Fund - Regular Plan (QD) 11.37 Focused Infrastructure Fund (D) 9.31 Focused Infrastructure Fund (G) 9.31 Focused Infrastructure Fund (QD) 9.31 Tax Advantage Fund - Eco Plan (D) 11.91 Tax Advantage Fund - Eco Plan (G) 21.88 Tax Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (D) 11.87 Tax Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (G) 21.77 Birla Sun Life Advantage Fund (D) 78.30 Advantage Fund (G) 153.03 Commodity Equities - Global Agri Plan - Retail (D) 16.97 Commodity Equities - Global Agri Plan - Retail (G) 16.97 Commodity Equities - Global Commodity - RP (D) 14.10 Commodity Equities - Global Commodity - RP (G) 14.10 Commodity Equities - Global Metals Plan -RP (D) 13.65 Commodity Equities - Global Metals Plan -RP (G) 13.65 Dividend Yield Plus (D) 13.80 Dividend Yield Plus (G) 84.62 Equity Fund (D) 66.57 Equity Fund (G) 252.00 Frontline Equity Fund - Plan A (D) 20.86 Frontline Equity Fund - Plan A (G) 86.77 India GenNext Fund (D) 13.51 India GenNext Fund (G) 23.94 India Opportunities Fund - Plan A (D) 16.56 India Opportunities Fund - Plan B (G) 52.39 Long Term Advantage Fund (D) 12.76 Long Term Advantage Fund (G) 13.81 Midcap Fund - Plan A (D) 21.41 Midcap Fund - Plan A (G) 105.58 Pure Value Fund (D) 15.48 Pure Value Fund (G) 16.52 Small and Midcap Fund (D) 11.54 Small and Midcap Fund (G) 11.54 Top 100 Fund (D) 14.74 Top 100 Fund (G) 22.59 Tax Plan (D) 45.74 Tax Plan (G) 13.57 Tax Relief 96 (D) 76.89 Tax Relief 96 (G) 10.90 MNC Fund (D) 79.12 MNC Fund (G) 210.08 Basic Industries Fund (D) 25.35 Basic Industries Fund (G) 96.16 Buy India Fund (D) 21.39 Buy India Fund (G) 40.54 New Millennium (D) 12.59 New Millennium (G) 19.27 BNP Paribas Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS) (D) 10.92 Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS) (G) 13.70 China-India Fund (D) 8.73 China-India Fund (G) 8.73 Dividend Yield Fund (D) 10.91 Dividend Yield Fund (G) 17.71 Equity Fund (D) 11.35 Equity Fund (G) 33.55 Future Leaders Fund (D) 9.25 Future Leaders Fund (G) 9.29 Opportunities Fund (D) 9.52 Opportunities Fund (G) 18.30 Sustainable Development Fund (D) 11.16 Sustainable Development Fund (G) 12.25

C

Canara Robeco Emerging Equities (Bonus) Emerging Equities (D)

timated loss of about Rs 160 crore as over 800 pilots, belonging to the erstwhile Indian Airlines, struck work and were joined by their senior colleagues Flight operations in Kolkata returned to near normal, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International airport sources said.

Out of the scheduled 22 Air India flights from Kolkata ,two flights--to Mumbai and Chennai were cancelled, airport sources said.

Overseas flight of the airlines for London and another

19.01 15.67

Emerging Equities (G) Equity Diversified (Bonus) Equity Diversified (D) Equity Diversified (G) F.O.R.C.E Fund - Retail Plan (D) 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) Equity Tax Saver (D) Equity Tax Saver (G)

22.71 24.73 24.70 54.30 12.49 13.41 17.83 22.38 10.26 10.26 14.60 15.74 18.02 25.57

D

Daiwa Industry Leaders Fund (D) Industry Leaders Fund (G) DSP BlackRock Equity Fund – Regular Plan (D) Equity Fund - Regular Plan (G) Focus 25 Fund (D) Focus 25 Fund (G) India T.I.G.E.R. Fund - Regular Plan (D) India T.I.G.E.R. Fund - Regular Plan (G) Micro Cap Fund - Regular Plan (D) Micro Cap Fund - Regular Plan (G) Opportunities Fund - Regular Plan (D) Opportunities Fund - Regular Plan (G) Small and Mid Cap Fund (D) Small and Mid Cap Fund (G) Top 100 Equity Fund - Regular Plan (D) Top 100 Equity Fund - Regular Plan (G) Tax Saver Fund (D) Tax Saver Fund (G) Technology.Com - Regular Plan (D) Technology.Com - Regular Plan (G) DWS Alpha Equity Fund - Regular Plan (B) Alpha Equity Fund - Regular Plan (D) Alpha Equity Fund - Regular Plan (G) Alpha Equity Fund - Wealth Plan (D) Alpha Equity Fund - Wealth Plan (G) Investment Opportunity Fund - Regular Plan (B) Investment Opportunity Fund - Regular Plan (D) Investment Opportunity Fund - Regular Plan (G) Investment Opportunity Fund - Wealth Plan (D) Investment Opportunity Fund - Wealth Plan (G) Tax Saving Fund (D) Tax Saving Fund (G)

11.45 11.45 47.81 16.28 10.42 10.42 16.89 44.01 9.12 15.02 27.56 84.88 14.44 17.20 21.00 98.97 11.91 16.69 22.86 31.33 10.06 16.25 74.65 13.00 15.54 10.23 24.72 35.68 12.35 16.14 12.23 13.08

E

Edelweiss Absolute Return Fund (D) Absolute Return 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) 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) ELSS Fund (D) ELSS Fund (G) Escorts Growth Plan (D) Growth Plan (G) High Yield Equity Plan (Bonus) High Yield Equity Plan (D) High Yield Equity Plan (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) Leading Sectors Fund (D) Leading Sectors Fund (G) Power and Energy Fund (D) Power and Energy Fund (G) Tax Plan (D) Tax Plan (G)

10.92 11.26 13.81 13.81 14.05 13.87 13.91 13.91 11.65 12.78 12.85 12.61 11.30 12.92 18.84 11.73 70.85 14.47 11.53 14.43 7.12 7.11 10.57 10.57 10.27 14.34 9.70 45.13

F

Fidelity Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) India Growth Fund (D) India Growth Fund (G) India Special Situations Fund (D) India Special Situations Fund (G) India Value Fund (D) India Value Fund (G) International Opportunities Fund (D) International Opportunities Fund (G) Tax Advantage Fund (D) Tax Advantage Fund (G) Franklin Asian Equity Fund (D)

20.64 34.93 12.11 12.11 16.52 18.21 10.85 10.85 13.47 13.47 17.98 21.59 11.24

for Kathmandu left as per schedule, the sources said.

The strike was called off after the government agreed to revoke all termination and suspension orders, withdraw the derecognition of ICPA and assured the pilots that their demands for pay parity would be considered by the Justice Dharmadhikari Committee on a priority basis.

The three-member Committee, set up to go into all merger related HR issues facing Air India employees, has started its work and has already met a cross-section of employees to elicit their views.

The government also assured them of a probe into their allegations of irregularities soon and the management would take immediate steps to enhance daily utilisation of aircraft and working hours of the cockpit crew.

Asian Equity Fund (G) Build India Fund (D) Build India 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) 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) India Tax Shield (D) India Tax Shield (G) FMCG Fund (D) FMCG Fund (G) Pharma Fund (D) Pharma Fund (G) Infotech Fund (D) Infotech Fund (G)

11.24 10.97 11.49 38.07 212.25 14.73 32.20 12.01 12.54 13.75 30.43 41.68 267.50 26.15 217.73 12.99 14.03 29.95 206.41 42.09 67.07 33.15 62.65 19.77 63.83

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 Equity Fund (D) Long Term Equity Fund (G) Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund (D) Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund (G) Premier Multi-Cap Fund (D) Premier Multi-Cap Fund (G) Top 200 Fund (D) Top 200 Fund (G) Long Term Advantage Fund (D) Long Term Advantage Fund (G) Tax Saver (D) Tax Saver (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) 11.69 Small Cap Fund (D) Small Cap Fund (G) Unique Opportunities Fund (D) Unique Opportunities Fund (G) Tax Saver Equity Fund (D) Tax Saver Equity Fund (G)

23.89 109.60 20.60 39.79 47.00 278.22 30.56 86.21 11.58 11.58 12.56 16.42 15.36 15.36 14.64 28.63 45.27 209.10 35.84 136.99 58.21 229.14 10.09 10.09 25.61 101.83 16.33 34.65 10.67 19.97 9.94 10.18 10.95 10.79 10.79 13.10 14.21

I

ICICI Pru Discovery Fund (D) Discovery Fund (G) Dynamic Plan (D) Dynamic Plan (G) Emerging S.T.A.R. Fund (D) Emerging S.T.A.R. Fund (G) Equity Opportunities Fund (D) Equity Opportunities Fund (G) Focused Bluechip Equity Fund (D) Focused Bluechip Equity Fund (G) Fusion Fund (D) Fusion Fund (G) Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (D) Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (G) Services Industries Fund (D) Services Industries Fund (G) Target Returns Fund - Retail Plan (D) Target Returns Fund - Retail Plan (G) Top 100 Fund (D) Top 100 Fund (G) Top 200 Fund (D) Top 200 Fund (G) Banking & Financial Services Fund - Retail (D) Banking & Financial Services Fund - Retail (G) R.I.G.H.T. Fund (D) R.I.G.H.T. Fund (G) Tax Plan (D) Tax Plan (G) FMCG Fund (D) FMCG Fund (G) Technology Fund (D) Technology Fund (G) IDFC Classic Equity Fund - Plan A (D) Classic Equity Fund - Plan A (G) Equity Fund - Plan A (D)

19.52 48.51 18.11 107.17 15.74 31.61 10.92 12.16 15.43 16.17 13.60 14.42 11.61 28.81 12.95 17.22 13.83 13.83 14.31 134.56 16.60 111.85 17.73 18.15 11.99 11.99 18.75 139.51 35.99 66.59 18.00 18.00 12.51 20.18 11.94

Equity Fund - Plan A (G) Equity Fund - Plan B (D) Equity Fund - Plan B (G) 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) Strategic Sector (50-50) Equity Fund - Plan A (D) Strategic Sector (50-50) Equity Fund - Plan A (G) Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund (D) Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund (G) Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (D) Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (G) ING C.U.B. Fund (Bonus) C.U.B. Fund (D) C.U.B. Fund (G) Contra Fund (B) Contra Fund (D) Contra Fund (G) Core Equity Fund (D) Core Equity Fund (G) Dividend Yield Fund (D) Dividend Yield Fund (G) Domestic Opportunities Fund (D) Domestic Opportunities Fund (G) Midcap Fund (D) Midcap Fund (G) OptiMix Multi Manager Equity Fund - Plan A (D) OptiMix Multi Manager Equity Fund - Plan A (G) OptiMix Retireinvest Fund - Series I (D) OptiMix Retireinvest Fund - Series I (G) Tax Saving Fund (Bonus) Tax Saving Fund (D) Tax Saving Fund (G)

15.82 10.92 13.00 16.14 23.18 31.64 13.69 18.37 14.25 14.40 11.92 19.32 14.01 14.01 17.07 12.46 17.07 15.29 13.05 15.29 20.23 38.24 20.96 23.04 13.44 35.59 16.52 20.80 10.23 10.23 12.06 12.06 29.33 14.44 29.28

J

JM Core 11 Fund (D) Core 11 Fund (G) Emerging Leaders Fund (D) Emerging Leaders Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Multi Strategy Fund (D) Multi Strategy Fund (G) Tax Gain Fund (D) Tax Gain Fund (G) Basic Fund (D) Basic Fund (G) JP Morgan India Equity Fund (D) India Equity Fund (G) India Smaller Companies Fund (D) India Smaller Companies Fund (G) India Tax Advantage Fund (D) India Tax Advantage Fund (G)

3.86 3.86 7.17 7.16 14.19 34.87 12.42 13.35 6.62 6.62 9.03 12.93 12.13 13.06 7.63 7.63 14.67 18.12

K

Kotak 50 (D) 50 (G) Contra (D) Contra (G) Emerging Equity Scheme (D) Emerging Equity Scheme (G) Global Emerging Market Fund (D) Global Emerging Market Fund (G) Lifestyle Fund (D) Lifestyle Fund (G) Midcap Fund (D) Midcap Fund (G) Opportunities Fund (D) Opportunities Fund (G) Select Focus Fund (D) Select Focus Fund (G) Tax Saver (D) Tax Saver (G)

29.86 101.13 16.27 20.19 10.28 11.01 10.18 10.18 11.47 13.25 15.59 24.71 14.49 44.77 10.34 11.46 11.06 18.07

L

L&T Contra Fund (D) Contra Fund (G) Global Advantage Fund (D) Global Advantage Fund (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G) Hedged Equity Fund (D) Hedged Equity Fund (G) Midcap Fund (D) Midcap Fund (G) Multi-Cap Fund (D) Multi-Cap Fund (G) Opportunities Fund (D) Opportunities Fund (G) Tax Advantage Fund - Series I (D) Tax Advantage Fund - Series I (G) Tax Saver Fund (D) Tax Saver Fund (G) LIC MF Equity Fund (D) MF Equity Fund (G) MF Growth Fund (D) MF Growth Fund (G)

10.07 10.07 6.98 10.07 18.14 38.38 9.57 13.48 22.25 38.56 14.02 17.59 16.66 42.29 12.67 19.94 14.27 15.36 10.30 26.13 11.31 12.75

Savings rate deregulation may hurt account holders PTI MUMBAI, MAY 8

Even though RBI has hiked rates on savings accounts and is desirous of deregulating them, which has the potential to push them further, cheer for account holders could be short-lived as banks are likely to make them pay for a slew of services to offset the costs, bankers and analysts have said.

Earlier, the regulated interest rate of 3.5 per cent per annum - unchanged since 1993 - helped banks garner low-cost deposits and maintain good margins due to which many services came free.

But, with last week's RBI action to hike it to 4 per cent and its articulated bias towards deregulation in a discussion paper posted for comments,

there is a high likelihood of customers being asked to pay "transaction charges", bankers said.

"The transaction charges will go up for the consumers if the rates on savings bank accounts keep on going up...the banks also have to survive," HDFC Bank MD Aditya Puri said.

Among various actions which banks could take will be charges for non-maintenance of minimum balance, raising the minimum balance requirement, increase in cheque issue charges and a limit on the number of free transactions, rating agency Crisil said in a note.

Fearing that competition for low-cost savings deposits will drive up the rates and affect margins, a majority of lenders

I-T filing waiver to benefit 85 lakh PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

As many as 85 lakh tax payers will benefit from the government's decision to exempt persons earning less than Rs 5 lakh a year from filing I-T returns, a fin a n c e ministry official said.

"The decision, which will come into effect from June 1, 2011, will reduce the compliance burden about 85 lakh small taxpayers," he said.

As per the Memorandum to the Finance Bill 2011, the government will be issuing a notification exempting 'classes of persons' from the requirement of furnishing income tax returns.

Tax payers with income of less than Rs 5 lakh will not

MF Opportunities Fund (D) MF Opportunities Fund (G) MF Top 100 Fund (D) MF Top 100 Fund (G) MF Tax Plan (D) MF Tax Plan (G)

10.56 18.55 7.94 7.94 10.38 28.99

M

Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund (D) Emerging Bluechip Fund (G) Global Commodity Stock Fund - Regular Plan (D) Global Commodity Stock Fund - Regular Plan (G) India Opportunities Fund - Regular Plan (D) India Opportunities Fund - Regular Plan (G) India-China Consumption Fund (D) India-China Consumption Fund (G) Morgan Stanley A.C.E. Fund (Across Capitalisations Equity) (D) A.C.E. Fund (Across Capitalisations Equity) (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G)

10.82 10.82 13.13 13.13 13.63 16.27 10.16 10.16 13.63 14.48 18.56 60.79

P

Pramerica Dynamic Fund (D) Dynamic Fund (G) Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Principal Dividend Yield Fund (D) Dividend Yield Fund (G) Emerging Bluechip Fund (D) Emerging Bluechip Fund (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G) Large Cap Fund (D) Large Cap Fund (G) PNB Long Term Equity Fund - 3 yrs - Series 1 (D) PNB Long Term Equity Fund - 3 yrs - Series 1 (G) Services Industries Fund (D) Services Industries Fund (G) Personal Tax Saver Fund Tax Savings Fund

9.51 9.51 9.19 9.19 17.01 23.05 21.72 28.50 22.63 49.95 19.24 28.08 10.06 10.06 12.51 14.12 93.44 72.65

Q

Quantum Long-Term Equity Fund (D) Long-Term Equity Fund (G) Tax Saving Fund (D) Tax Saving Fund (G)

22.03 21.84 21.62 21.63

R

Reliance Equity Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (B) Equity Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (D) Equity Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (G) Equity Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) Equity Fund - Retail Plan (D) Equity Fund - Retail Plan (G) Equity Opportunities Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) Equity Opportunities Fund - Retail Plan (D) Equity Opportunities Fund - Retail Plan (G) Growth Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) Growth Fund - Retail Plan (D) Growth Fund - Retail Plan (G) Long Term Equity Fund (D) Long Term Equity Fund (G) Natural Resources Fund (Bonus) Natural Resources Fund (D) Natural Resources Fund (G) NRI Equity Fund (Bonus) NRI Equity Fund (D) NRI Equity Fund (G) Quant Plus Fund - Retail Plan (B) Quant Plus Fund - Retail Plan (D) Quant Plus Fund - Retail Plan (G) Regular Savings Fund - Equity Option (D) Regular Savings Fund - Equity Option (G) Vision Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) Vision Fund - Retail Plan (D) Vision Fund - Retail Plan (G) Banking Fund (Bonus) Banking Fund (D) Banking Fund (G) Equity Linked Saving Fund - Series I (D) Equity Linked Saving Fund - Series I (G) Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (D) Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (G) Diversified Power Sector Fund - Retail (Bonus) Diversified Power Sector Fund - Retail Plan (D) Diversified Power Sector Fund - Retail Plan (G) Media & Entertainment Fund (Bonus) Media & Entertainment Fund (D) Media & Entertainment Fund (G) Pharma Fund (Bonus) Pharma Fund (D) Pharma Fund (G) Religare AGILE Fund (D) AGILE Fund (G) Business Leaders Fund (D) Business Leaders Fund (G) Contra Fund (D) Contra Fund (G)

12.94 11.91 12.94 13.68 13.68 13.68 35.57 23.00 35.57 74.90 51.30 451.56 13.58 15.13 10.75 10.75 10.75 39.24 20.81 39.24 13.45 10.98 13.45 21.30 30.02 45.29 39.68 269.62 102.40 38.26 102.37 14.22 14.22 14.83 21.08 69.48 39.45 69.48 26.21 16.21 26.21 54.55 37.96 54.55 6.66 6.65 11.10 12.11 12.18 15.75

have to file tax returns for the assessment year 2011-12 and a notification in this regard is likely next month, the official said.

In case such a salary earner has income from other sources like dividend, interest etc and does not want to file returns, he will have to disclose such income to his employer for tax deduction.

However, if such an assesse wants to claim a refund, he will have to file the I-T return.

The Form 16 issued to salaried employees will be treated as Income Tax Return.

The idea behind the move is that in cases where there are no other sources of income, filing of a return is a duplication of existing information.

Equity Fund (D) Equity Fund (G) Growth Fund (D) Growth Fund (G) Infrastructure Fund (D) Infrastructure Fund (G) Mid Cap Fund (D) Mid Cap Fund (G) Mid N Small Cap Fund (D) Mid N Small Cap Fund (G) Banking Fund - Regular Plan (D) Banking Fund - Regular Plan (G) AGILE Tax Fund (D) AGILE Tax Fund (G) Tax Plan (D) Tax Plan (G) PSU Equity Fund (D) PSU Equity Fund (G)

S

12.43 12.43 11.61 12.78 7.95 7.95 11.59 13.98 14.00 14.01 15.64 20.06 7.50 7.50 11.61 17.33 9.64 10.68

Sahara Growth Fund (D) 22.93 Growth Fund (G) 79.00 Infrastructure - Fixed Pricing Option (D) 10.85 Infrastructure - Fixed Pricing Option (G) 14.84 Infrastructure -Variable Pricing Option (D) 11.32 Infrastructure -Variable Pricing Option (G) 15.40 Midcap Fund (Bonus) 30.02 Midcap Fund (D) 13.28 Midcap Fund (G) 30.02 Midcap Fund (Growth Auto Payout) 30.02 Power & Natural Resources Fund (D) 10.70 Power & Natural Resources Fund (G) 12.54 R.E.A.L. Fund (D) 7.89 R.E.A.L. Fund (G) 7.89 Star Value Fund (D) 10.42 Star Value Fund (G) 11.36 Super 20 Fund (D) 11.20 Super 20 Fund (G) 11.20 Wealth Plus - Variable Pricing Option (D) 17.88 Wealth Plus - Variable Pricing Option (G) 21.42 Wealth Plus Fund - Fixed Pricing Option (D) 17.03 Wealth Plus Fund - Fixed Pricing Option (G) 20.56 Banking and Financial Services Fund (D) 12.63 Banking and Financial Services Fund (G) 29.82 Tax Gain (D) 13.68 Tax Gain (G) 36.45 SBI Blue Chip Fund (D) 11.09 Blue Chip Fund (G) 14.20 Infrastructure Fund - Series I (D) 9.09 Infrastructure Fund - Series I (G) 9.08 Magnum Comma Fund (D) 16.27 Magnum Comma Fund (G) 24.09 Magnum Contra Fund (D) 21.74 Magnum Contra Fund (G) 54.52 Magnum Emerging Businesses Fund (D) 15.31 Magnum Emerging Businesses Fund (G) 40.44 Magnum Equity Fund (D) 28.77 Magnum Equity Fund (G) 42.82 Magnum Global Fund (D) 30.88 Magnum Global Fund (G) 55.24 Magnum Midcap Fund (D) 16.90 Magnum Midcap Fund (G) 22.04 Magnum Multicap Fund (D) 13.03 Magnum Multicap Fund (G) 17.15 Magnum Multiplier Plus (D) 49.62 Magnum Multiplier Plus (G) 78.45 Magnum NRI - Flexiasset Plan (D) 29.18 Magnum NRI - Flexiasset Plan (G) 29.07 One India Fund (D) 10.63 One India Fund (G) 10.62 PSU Fund (D) 9.76 PSU Fund (G) 9.76 Magnum Tax Gain Scheme (D) 36.05 Magnum Tax Gain Scheme (G) 59.07 TAX Advantage Fund - Series I (D) 11.41 TAX Advantage Fund - Series I (G) 11.41 Magnum FMCG Fund 29.99 Magnum Pharma Fund (D) 36.45 Magnum Pharma Fund (G) 44.10 Magnum IT Fund 22.53 Sundaram Capex Opportunities Fund (D) 11.46 Capex Opportunities Fund (G) 21.99 Equity Multiplier Fund (D) 11.47 Equity Multiplier Fund (G) 14.06 Growth Fund - Regular Plan (D) 12.15 Growth Fund - Regular Plan (G) 90.48 India Leadership Fund - Regular Plan (D) 12.79 India Leadership Fund - Regular Plan (G) 41.71 Media & Entertainment Opportunities - Retail (D) 11.28 Media & Entertainment Opportunities - Retail (G) 14.29 Rural India Fund (D) 10.87 Rural India Fund (G) 15.01 S.M.I.L.E Fund - Regular Plan (D) 11.07 S.M.I.L.E Fund - Regular Plan (G) 30.97 Select Focus - Retail Plan (D) 9.28 Select Focus - Retail Plan (G) 85.76 Select Midcap - Regular Plan (D) 16.74 Select Midcap - Regular Plan (G) 147.79 Select Small Cap Fund (D) 11.61 Select Small Cap Fund (G) 12.47 Financial Services Opportunities - Retail Plan (D) 12.60 Financial Services Opportunities - Retail Plan (G) 19.66 Tax Saver (OE) (D) 9.90

have voiced reservations about deregulation till now.

"The pressure on net interest margins is likely to further increase if the RBI deregulates savings account deposit rates," Crisil said.

Central Bank of India Chairman and Managing Director S Sridhar said that deregulating the savings bank interest rate is "premature" as lenders need higher margins to make up for "inefficiencies" in the system.

Elaborating, Sridhar said banks have spent a lot on technology in recent years and need to recover the cost.

Besides, they also have to allocate money towards mandatory requirements such as financial inclusion, opening branches in rural areas, among others, he said.

"Levying of transaction charges is a trade-off," he said, drawing attention towards the banking operations in the developed world where every service is charged.

"If you go to any foreign country, banking is so costly...banking is expensive.

Try getting a cheque book in a foreign bank."

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Appreciating Selfless Love Exchanging Notes…

A mother showers her love and lflessness on her family every day at every moment. As Mother’s Day was celebrated the world over yesterday CHRISTINA R PINTO salutes mothers

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ne cannot understand the greatness of those who have a day dedicated solely to them. There are special qualities in such a person that it obliges a day to highlight them for others to emulate. The world grows darker by the second and every little celebration of human kindness, love and selflessness illuminates the heavens. We feel less alone, less afraid and are reminded of why we can continue to believe in the positive.

Mother’s Day is one such day. What makes it doubly special is that it is not “A” person we are honouring but many women who have touched their children’s lives. All over the world, there are amazing stories of mothers fighting for the sake of their children, sometimes against unbelievable odds.

A woman in northern Quebec, Canada protected her children from a huge polar bear. Who would have seriously injured her three children by stepping into the bear’s path in the nick of time.

Rita Fedrizzi, an Italian woman discovered she had cancer and was pregnant around the same time. She refused cancer treatment because it would have harmed her baby. She died soon after giving birth to a baby boy. She was considered for sainthood.

Women have a strong maternal instinct and thus are competent in fulfilling their role as a mother – that of a nurturer, protector and provider. How many stories have we heard of a woman

battling her in-laws to protect her girl child?; fighting criminal cases against corruption so her lost child would know justice. To see the true grit of motherhood, look at a woman whose love has seen her cross hell and high water for her children.

In India there are numerous stories of women who have faced social stigma, poverty and tribulation to fight for a better life for themselves and their children.

Mothers have vast reserves of strength, limitless compassion and profound, love for their children.

The fight for a better world to live in for their children and themselves has not been easy or even safe with the threat of death hanging over many women’s head. Nevertheless, women continue to fight everyday for their right to be treated well, to be able to go into the workplace and earn money to support their families and freedom for their daughters to pursue education.

In various places in India that are still under strife and oppression, it is the mothers who know suffering and want to ease their children’s burden.

Social change has moved forward because women have been in the forefront keeping the fate of their children in mind.

They think of their daughters who will be raised in a society that values them less or about their sons who will be brought up on violence and a skewed sense of moral justice. There is no stronger bond than that between a mother and her children, and good mothers want nothing but the best for their children.

‘What does it mean to be a mother?

In Mumbai, under the flyover at the Bandra-Mahim junction towards Worli Sea Link, there is a metal sculpture of a mother emblazoned with the quote, “A child gives birth to its mother.” When you reflect on this quote, you realize that the very experience of entering motherhood can change a woman. Men

too find themselves altered when they stare into the face of their new born child. When you have another human being, wholly innocent and dependent on you , you cannot be the same person you were.

There are mothers who give up their jobs to be with their children while others go back to work. Sacrifice is apparent in the actions of both women because either way the mother is surrendering something of herself for the sake of her children. Who’s to say who is right? I know my mother could not give up her job to look after my brother and me.

Luckily, she had the support of my father to share the tasks. They both had jobs and responsibilities, no help from relatives or friends. But they still fulfilled their duty to us as parents. There are fathers who can be seen as mothers too.

Though there is a Father’s Day, it somehow does not have the same connotations as Mother’s Day. For the fathers who shower similar love and nurturing care on their children, often when the mother is away, they deserve a special mention on Mother’s Day. Mother’s day embodies the very essence of a mother and on this day, much good can be done. You can show the mother who has bequeathed you so much love and devotion, your undying gratitude. It can also be a day for mothers to unite for social activism as was the original purpose.

The reason behind advocating Mother’s Day was to commemorate woman’s public activism. In the 1870’s, the Franco-

... When You’re Facing a Job Shift

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he new workplace. Layoffs? Mergers? The new workplace, just a passing phase? Think twice. Here’s all about a new workplace that has already arrived and is here to stay.

The traditional concept of a job is based on the industrial model, of large employers. This concept is being replaced with a new definition of work: work that needs to be done, rather than set duties, hours, and permanence. The lack of a job anchor affects us psychologically.

Rather than fight the trend, learn how to thrive.

What is happening? Permanent jobs in all areas (defence, health care, white and blue collar) are being replaced with temps, contract workers, job sharing, self-employment, parttime work, piece-meal work. If you can ride the wave, you might have more leisure with even more income, without the headaches of office politics.

Skills required in this new marketplace are writing, reading, arithmetic, computer, and above all - work-search skills!

How can we make sure we end up in the winners’ column?

We need to develop the four P’s: Purpose, a Picture of the future, a Plan for action, and a Part to play. We will have to be market-driven due to the project nature of work.

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a look at your D.A.T.A. Your Desires: what you want in life, your Abilities: what you are really good at, your Temperamentwhat kind of person are you, and in what situations do you thrive, and finally your assets: What advantages do you have, or what aspects of your history or circumstances could you turn to your advantage.

The new marketplace takes a combination of savvy, skills and follow through. Technical skills are great, but they need to be combined with marketing and good interpersonal skills. Furthermore, you can resist the winds of change, or as Seneca said centuries ago, “The fates guide those who go willingly; those who don’t, they drag.”

The winners are:

arketing is a vast career field with varied lucrative options, but only for those with appropriate professional and personal skills Marketing Research: involves designing research products, data collection, data tabulation analysis, report preparation and presentation of the findings to the clients. They also identify competitors and potential markets such as businesses, retailers, wholesalers, government, and the general public. Their main aim is to maximize the firm’s market share and profits by developing effective pricing strategies, all while maintaining customer satisfaction.

Due to expansion in the scope of market research, holding opinion polls during elections, researching the sales efforts through distribution channels is now included.

Marketing Managers work with the advertising and promotion managers to promote the organization’s products and services. In collaboration with sales, product development, and other managers, they monitor trends that indicate the need for new products and services and they oversee product development.

With the help of lower level managers, including product development managers and market research managers, marketing managers estimate the demand for products and services offered by the firm and its competitors and identify potential markets for the firm’s products. They direct policy like marketing strategy including market research, sales, pricing, product development and promotion, advertisement and public relation activities to help firms maximize profits and market share while ensuring that the firms’ customers are satisfied. Over one-third of marketing managers work in manufacturing or in scientific, professional, and technical services industries.

Market Development: includes developing new business.

Workers who know how to market their services People who see change as opportunity and seize the moment People who are flexible, can easily adapt to change Proactive job seekers Those who won’t fare so well include: Those who have been on the same job for a long time and are out of touch with the new marketplace People who have difficulty selling their services Workers with outdated skills and/or without the means to upgrade or adapt their skills People who are “married” to a specific industry, particularly if that industry is dying Individuals who are motivated primarily by security and structure.

Prussian War was raging, claiming countless of lives. One woman, Julia Howe, decided to rally woman together as mothers to protest the war. She called it the Mother’s Day for Peace and to vocalize its message wrote a Mother’s Day Proclamation. As the world is troubled by news of conflict, the spirit of Mother’s Day should be especially taken to heart.

Mother’s Day was about honouring selfless people who thought of others and were willing to give up themselves for a much nobler cause.

Hallmark cards, gifts and little thoughtful presents are flashed in shopping windows as the perfect gifts to bestow on your mother, on this special day. However, can’t you think of a better Mother’s Day present? How about showing your mother the amazing person you are and reward her for the effort she has expended to instil in you morals, compassion and kindness.

If there is anything more satisfying to a mother, it is being reassured that the milk of her labour has not gone in vain.

You carry all the good from your parents, who have cherished you from birth. To truly have a Happy Mother’s Day, let their greatness shine through you!

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hey want to know about you. Job interviews are an exchange of information. You want to know about them. Is it a match?

Simple as that. Prepare and focus. Highlight your skills and accomplishments: • Who you are • Why you can do the job, why this company When asked such questions as “Tell me about yourself,” or “What are your five year, ten year plans?” stick to your career history goals.

First impressions are crucial.

• Learn about the company, the job and the department • Pay attention to eye contact, body language • Smile • Listen • Sell yourself Follow up! Follow up! Follow up! Be persistent without being a pest. Be courteous: send a thank you note. Do not discuss salary.

Salary negotiation comes when an offer is near.

When asked, “Do you have any questions?“ have several. You will be seen as a thoughtful and proactive candidate. Some good questions include: • What do you like about the company?

• My first assignment.

• Who’s successful on this job?

• Why? • Management style?

• Department objectives?

Congratulations! You’ve survived the interview! It’s just a matter of time; you will get a job!

Brand Management is a vast field and requires a broad background in marketing's core functional areas like, market research, consumer behaviour, advertising and strategy and calls for analytical skills for which specialized courses in accounts and finance can help.

Brand Management, in fact, is considered one of the best training grounds, as individuals get early responsibility, which enables them to learn quickly and demonstrate their ability by contributing at the very outset to the brand operations.

Brand Managers are always focused on the big picture. They assume responsibility for a brand or brand family. It is their job to distill the brand's essence, map out their competitors in their brand's category, identify marketing opportunities, and be able to effectively communicate the unique benefits of that product or service. They plan, develop and direct marketing efforts for a particular brand or product co-ordinating the activities of specialists in Production, Sales, Advertising, Promotion, R & D, Marketing Research, Purchasing Distribution and Finance.

They are also responsible for guiding the market

research team by setting the agenda and criteria and also selecting the stimuli, such as product-benefit statement, pictures, product samples, and video

On Life & Academics

They bid adieu to warm sunny Goa to embrace the snowy streets of Sweden for a fortnight.

But for the Chowgule Tigers it was to be the experience of a lifetime, writes AISHWARYA NAIR who spoke to the lucky students and faculty who were part of the exchange programme. s part of an annual cultural exchange proGauravi Keni, a FY BA student explained, “The gramme with Sweden, a group of students waste management system in Sweden is exand faculty members from Chowgule Col- tremely organized and well managed. We would lege visited Tullinge Gymnasium, a high school like to implement some of the changes into our in Sweden, recently. The global vocational learn- lives in Goa” ing programme, called Athena, aims at providing While in Sweden, the students stayed at Af opportunities for two developing countries to Chapman – a massive ship, now converted into get to know about each other’s culture, traditions a hostel. Amongst their exciting experiences the and lifestyle. Through this programme, Chowgule Chowgule Tigers also got an opportunity to atCollege hosted a similar delegation of students tend a contemporary dance show, visit the Vasa Museum that houses the oldest restored ship, the Alfred Nobel Museum and the City Hall, the venue of the Nobel Prize banquet. They also visited Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (the Swedish Museum of Natural History) and Skansen the first open museum and zoo in Sweden located on the Djurgarden Island in Stockholm.

Megann Dsouza, an FY BA student said on her experiand faculty members from Tullinge Gymnasium, ence in Sweden, “Living in a country like Sweden Sweden a few months ago. “This is our second was very enriching. It was an entirely new world year of association with Tullinge Gymnasium, to explore. It has broadened my perspective of Sweden,” informed Dr. Nandkumar Sawant, Vice- things and I have become more outgoing and Principal, Chowgule College, adding that “ It open to new ideas and new ways of life”. was a pleasure to have the students and faculty The students of Chowgule College too gave from Tullinge Gymnasium visit us a few months their Swedish friends a glimpse of India when ago and be a part of the Chowgule College family. they organised a small cultural event called the They extended the same warmth and affection India Day. They staged various traditional dance to our students while in Sweden. ” forms like the Goan mando, kunbi dance, classical Learning the cultures of other developing na- songs and a special Bharatnatyam performance. tions and providing knowledge and an insight The students of Tullinge Gymnasium in return into ours, is something which is very important presented some Swedish folk music and dance for students,” emphasizes Dr Sawant. performances. The event concluded with a fashion During their two-week stay in Sweden, the show called ‘Glimpses of India’, which showcased students were given various social, cultural and various traditional Indian costumes and ethnic educational experiences of the country. During wear followed by a sumptuous dinner at a restauthat time, they got a taste of life in Sweden - rant serving both, Swedish and Indian delicacies. from learning the basics of the language, attendThe purpose of the trip to Sweden was for ing regular classes with their Swedish counter- the students to interact with their Swedish counparts, to getting an insight into the health system, terparts, exchange and share experiences with religious preferences, history and political system them and learn from their experiences. “Chowgule of the country. Additionally the students visited College has tied up with two colleges in Sweden health and day care centres including a special as part of this global cultural exchange project centre for autistic people. on her experiences and we’re looking to tie up with a third school on campus in Sweden, Barkha Naik, a Std XI stu- soon. Initiatives such as these have a tremendous dent at Chowgule College, reveals, “The one impact on students and open their minds to new thing that I liked about the school in Sweden is ideas and concepts besides instilling them with that regular group discussion sessions are held a strong sense of confidence. Through such acafter the completion of each topic. This helped ademic and non academic initiatives we are students in understanding the topic better.” Now benchmarking ourselves with institutes on a along with her friends Barkha now plans plan global platform,” informed Ashok Dange, Chief Co-ordinator of the India – Sweden starting this practice in their classes too.

Besides attending classes at the high school, project, The students blogged extensively about their the students were also given a tour of the Tullinge Gymnasium’s waste management plant where trip during the two week sojourn in Sweden. they received a few sessions on waste manage- One can visit their blogs on: http://tigersvisitsweden.blogspot.com/ ment, segregation and proper disposal.

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campaign, development of new products, or drawing out a new vision for the brand. Since brand managers have to deal with host of specialist departments within their organizations, they must be creative and result oriented and possess strong inter - personal and communication skills.

Service Marketing: relates to marketing of services like insurance, healthcare, IT enabled services etc.

In recent past it has become very dominant. As a result, care e r s i n s e r v i c e marketing have picked up in banking and finance, tourism, healthcare and software development, etc. A person in this field should be comfortable in dealing with product attributes and issues that are hard to observe and classify because of the intangible nature of most service products.

Logistic Management: The activities include transport warehousing, forecasting, order processing, inventory control, with various purchasing, selling and channel management and customer services. This career opportunity is practically dominant industries like the transportation industry, courier and export hoses.

Even traditional companies today have a separate logistics management department.

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clips. Once the research is complete, Brand Managers analyze the data that's been collected then develop a marketing strategy and ensure that other functions such as promotions, market research, research and development, and manufacturing are orchestrated to implement the strategy that they have developed.

This marketing strategy may call for a new ad

To be successful in this field, one requires strong inter-personal skills to deal with individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Direct Response Marketing: is a method of marketing directly to the consumer. The fastest growing marketing channel, it includes vehicles like direct print, telephone marketing, in home presentations and door - door marketing as also electronic ordering India, this method has been used for late marketing vacuum cleaners, credit cards, membership of clubs and Amway international. You must have personal qualities like creativity and quantitative skills.

International Marketing: Due to globalization of the Indian Economy, this has become a specialized career opportunity.

Since there are very few MNCs which hire people, specifically for international marketing, the best route to get into such a career is to take up a domestic sales position with an international firm.

Fluency in foreign languages and some experience in living in another country are essential prerequisites for success in this field.

Furthermore, the ability to communicate is essential for marketing jobs. Therefore, a marketing professional should have reasonably good command over English language and strong command over the regional language.

A working knowledge of the national and state language gives an

By Maria de Lima Pereira edge to one's future career prospects. In the present age of rapidly hanging technologies and information, a background in computers always helps. (to be continued)

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INDIA ‘Over 100 militants waiting to enter J&K’ PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

At least 700 militants are being trained at various terror camps across the LoC with over 100 waiting at "launch pads" to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

Intelligence inputs suggested that about 700 to 800 militants are holed up in different camps across the Line of Control and getting terror training, Home Ministry officials said.

"Despite our repeated complaints to Pakistan, the terror infrastructure continues to exist across the border and hundreds of terrorists are getting training there. Over 100 are waiting at launch pads to enter Jammu and Kashmir at any time," an official said.

The intelligence inputs also suggested that authorities in Pakistan may try to push more terrorists, belonging to Lashkare-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen, into Kashmir in an attempt to divert attention from itself following the killing of Osama bin Laden.

40% turnout for Bastar by-poll PTI RAIPUR, MAY 8

About forty per cent voter turnout was recorded in the Bastar Lok Sabha by-election today, with reports of firing and landmine blasts by Naxals at some places.

A special police officer was killed in a Naxal attack in Dantewada, while a CRPF jawan and a polling officer were injured and have been hospitalised.

K K Behar, the deputy chief electoral officer, said 40 per cent of the 11,94,453 voters exercised their franchise.

A gunfight broke out in Kurche village when a team of security men were fired upon

by Maoists, he said. After a brief exchange of fire, the Ultras fled.

Naxals also allegedly triggered land mine blasts in two places in Dantewada area, but there were no reports of casualties.

Polling could not take place at four booths at Badegadam, Gudse and Telam, as Naxals fired upon election officials, Behar said, adding fresh polling would be held there later.

‘Pak lied on Dawood’s whereabouts’ PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

Senior BJP leader L K Advani today said Pakistan has been telling "white lie" to India on the whereabouts of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim like the way it kept feeding to the US the "lie" that Osama bin Laden was not present on its soil.

Advani also pointed out that Osama's hideout in the garrison town of Abbottabad was constructed when former President Parvez Musharraf was "in total command of the situation" Pakistan.

In his latest blog, the veteran leader said the military ruler, when came for Agra summit in 2001, told him "a white lie" about Dawood when his extradition sought.

The BJP leader wrote: "It was the same kind of lie that the Pakistanis have been feeding to Americans all these years about Osama."

Human trafficking racket busted PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 8

The Delhi Police today claimed to have busted a human trafficking racket which used to send people illegally to the Gulf after luring them by promising hefty pay package there.

Niranjan Singh (55) and Meraj Khan (23) were arrested based on a complaint filed by Ali Mohammad and two others -Nishar and Jarrar -- residents of Palwal in Haryana, alleging that they were induced to go to Saudi Arabia and assured of a good job with lucrative salary.

The police also recovered a total of 42 passports and Rs 76,500 in cash from the accused.

The duo demanded Rs 1.25 lakh from Mohammad and Rs 90,000 and Rs 80,000 from other two victims with the assurances that they would arrange visa for Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

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Osama definitely dead: US My son is certainly the next

Rules out possibility of mistaken identity PTI WASHINGTON, MAY 8

The US is certain that al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is dead following DNA analysis and other tests, a senior intelligence official has said, adding the possibility of a mistaken identity is one in 11.8 quadrillion.

In view of the conspiracy theories in circulation about alleged mistaken identity, the official elaborated in detail the steps taken by the United States to ensure that the person they killed in the Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad on May 2 was the real Osama bin Laden.

First, one of the women of the compound identified him to the assault team as bin Laden.

Second, using facial recognition methods, CIA specialists compared photos of the body

to known pictures of bin Laden and were able to determine with 95 per cent certainty that the body was his. This process relies on points of similarity of unique facial features, including the shape and size of an individual’s eyes, ears, and nose.

Third, the DNA analysis conducted separately by Department of Defence and CIA labs has positively identified bin Laden, the official told reporters at a Pentagon briefing.

DNA samples collected from his body were compared to a comprehensive DNA profile derived from bin Laden’s large extended family. Based on that analysis, the DNA is unquestionably his.

“The possibility of a mistaken identity on the basis of this analysis is approximately one in 11.8 quadrillion. I’ll let you count

the zeroes,” the official said on condition of anonymity.

Fourth, from the initial review of materials, US officials assessed that much of this information, including personal correspondence between bin Laden and others, as well as some of the video footage would only have been in his possession, the official said, after a select group of reporters were shown five clips of Osama bin Laden.

“Finally, al-Qaeda released its own statement yesterday acknowledging the death of bin Laden. We expected that alQaeda would issue a statement after his death, but it is noteworthy that the group did not announce a new leader, suggesting it is still trying to deal with bin Laden’s demise,” the official said.

target: Al Awlaki’s father PTI LONDON, MAY 8

With Osama bin Laden eliminated, the father of Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki fears the Americans are now after his civil engineer son, who is the spiritual leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Anwar al-Awlaki, 40, believed to be one of the most charismatic preachers in al Qaeda, was born in the US but is now based in Yemen and has also been linked to US military base shootout suspect Major Nidal Hassan and failed Christmas flight bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab. “ There are three drones which hover above my village 24 hours a day... it’s the Americans, I’m sure of it. They’ve killed bin Laden and now they’re after my son,” Nasser al-Awlaki, the

father, was quoted as saying by the Guardian.

On Thursday, the US-Yemeni cleric escaped a missile strike targetting him that reportedly killed two suspected al-Qaeda fighters.

According to officials, Anwar was not hit when a drone fired missile at a car in a village close to his hometown in Shabwa in restive southern Yemen.

The US-born preacher has been also been referred to as the “bin Laden of the Internet” as the bearded cleric is seen as a charismatic, Internet-savvy individual with a knack of making firebrand anti-western sermons using Facebook and YouTube.

According to some officials his Yemen-based group now represents the gravest threat to the US.

However, Anwar’s father rubbished speculations that he is the next big leader of al Qaeda as “nonsense” and said his eldest son is “not a leader, he’s just a man with strong views and a big mouth.”

The senior al Awlaki is the former agriculture minister of Yemen.

In December 2009, Yemeni forces had tried to kill Anwar in an air raid in Shabwa, but failed despite killing 34 others.

Anwar al-Awlaki’s firebrand anti-US sermons are believed to have radicalised a number of youths.

The US has also accused him of having links with US Army Major Nidal Hasan, the accused in the 2009 Fort Hood military base shootout in Texas that killed 13 people.

Taiwan deploys supersonic anti-ship missiles AFP TAIPEI, MAY 8

Taiwan has deployed a new supersonic missile on its warships in the latest response to China’s rapid naval expansion, a lawmaker said Sunday.

Military authorities are also mulling deploying the Hsiung Feng III -- the first locally developed supersonic anti-ship missile -- on mobile launchers, Lin Yu-fang, of the Kuomintang party, said in a statement quoting Vice Admiral Lee Hao. “Several types of warships have been armed with Hsiung Feng IIIs (Brave Wind),” the statement said.

It was not clear how many missiles will be produced, but according to Lin, eight Perryclass frigates and seven patrol boats will be fitted with the weapon in the Tw$11.89 billion ($413 million) project.

A South Korean Buddhist hangs lotus-shaped lanterns at a temple located in Namyangju, 20 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on Sunday, two days before Buddha’s Birthday.

Muslim, Christian violence in Egypt claims 12 lives PTI CAIRO, MAY 8

Violence triggered by rumours of a Muslim-Christian interfaith romance has claimed 12 lives and over 100 injured in the Egyptian capital, with mobs setting fire two churches in one of the worst communal clashes rocking the country in recent times.

Prime Minister Essam Sharaf cancelled his visit to Bahrain and UAE, calling for an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss the Muslim- Christian violence, state news agency said.

Meanwhile, Egypt’s military rulers said, that 190 people arrested in connection with deadly riots will face military trial.

Sharaf had called the meeting to discuss “the regrettable events in Imbaba”, Ahmed alSaman, a cabinet spokesman was quoted as saying by MENA news agency.

There are a number of versions of the story of how the clashed erupted, but all of them include Coptic woman.

The first story is that a Coptic woman married a Muslim man and was taken to the church to be preached and convinced to leave her husband. Her family

then opened fire at members of her husband’s family outside the church when they went to retrieve her.

The second version is that a Coptic woman was imprisoned in the church against her will after declaring she converted to Islam.

Last night’s clashes were sparked by rumours here that a Christian woman married to a Muslim had been abducted and was being held in one of the churches against her will.

The unconfirmed reports, prompted a mob to march towards the Saint Menas Church in the Imbaba locality, leading to communal clashes, that claimed 12 lives.

Shooting across the neighbourhood took place with people on rooftops firing into the crowd. The mob fired bombs at homes, shops and the church, setting its facade on fire.

Another nearby church was attacked by the mob in the locality, as the army and police fired tear gas shells to disperse it.

A six-story building near the Saint Menas Church was also burned down, with Muslims claiming that the Christians used it to shoot at them.

Gitmo detainees told US how ISI allowed attacks on India PTI WASHINGTON, MAY 8

The ISI facilitated militants to cross the border to carry out strikes on Indian targets chosen by the Pakistan Army, several detainees at the Guantanamo Bay facility told US interrogators, according to a fresh set of American diplomatic cables released

by WikiLeaks.

The interrogation reports quoted a detainee as saying that ISI “allowed” militants to travel to India where they conducted bombings, kidnappings and killing of Kashmiri people and the targets were picked up by the Pakistani Army.

The revelations add to Pakistan’s embarrassment after Osama bin Laden was found living at a million-dollar mansion in the garrison city of Abbottabad.

The US was long aware of the presence of anti-India terror training camps in Pakistan with several inmates telling investigators how ISI allowed militants to carry attacks in India.

The disclosures are part of 779 interrogation reports from the facility of detainees from all over the world and show how a

n The US was long aware of the presence of antiIndia terror training camps in Pakistan with several inmates telling investigators how ISI allowed militants to carry attacks in India. number of detainees were linked to anti-India Lashkar-eTaiba and had received terror training in Pakistan.

The reports quote detainees from countries like Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Pakistan as telling interrogators about their recruitment and subsequent travelling to Pakistan for terror training before their actual deployment to launch attacks against India and also Afghanistan.

An Algerian detainee Abdul Azia admitted he was a member of LeT for which he noted that “their mission (was) to kill Indians in India”, says a detailed report of his interrogation, released by the whistleblower website.

“Detainee is assessed to have recruited in Saudi Arabia and received training from the LT in Pakistan. The detainees is further assessed to have participated in combat in Kashmir, and then travelled to Afghanistan where he was injured,” says a note about Azia.

Records of a Pakistani prisoner named Mohammad Anwer showed that he travelled to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir where he attended an LeT training camp for 21 days in 1998 and later served in Afghanistan.

“Detainee has been identified through sensitive reporting as a Pakistani Inter Service Intelligence Directorate agent,” the document says.

One of the reports quotes Chaman Gul, an Afghan militant as telling investigators about Mast Gul, a former Major of the Pakistani Army, who was “a notorious terrorist who fought in Kashmir and planned terror attacks against a number of targets in Kabul.

Gul is closely alligned to Hizbe-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), an al Qaeda linked group and ISI Directorate.

Singapore’s ruling party sweeps elections PTI SINGAPORE, MAY 8

Actresses who play mermaids pose on the red carpet as they arrive for the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) today retained power with an absolute majority winning 81 of the 87 seats in a “watershed” general elections, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong acknowledged that opposition gains had marked a “distinct shift” in the city-state’s political landscape.

Though the PAP, in power for over 40 years, won 81 of the 87 parliament seats as it captured 60 per cent of the 2 million votes cast in yesterday’s election, the Workers Party won six seats, the most ever captured by the opposition.

“It marks a distinct shift in our political landscape,” Lee told an early morning news conference.

“Many (Singaporeans) wish for the government to adopt a different style and approach,” he said. “Many desire to see more opposition voices in parliament

to check the PAP government.”

“We hear all your voices, whether it’s expressed in person or over the Internet. The PAP will analyse the results of the elections, learn from what has emerged in this general election, put right what is wrong, improve on what can be made better, and also improve ourselves to serve Singaporeans better,” local media quoted Lee as saying.

He said his party would undergo some “soul-searching” and expressed willingness to work with lawmakers from the opposition.

Lee said he was disappointed over PAP’s defeat in Aljunied GRC, which cost the government two ministers and failed to win back the Hougang from WP. Although the PAP won the great majority of seats, the party’s share of the popular vote slipped to around 60 per cent from around 67 cent at the last election in 2006, the results showed.

US searches for terrorist threat in Osama hideout material PTI WASHINGTON, MAY 8

The US is trying to identify terrorist threats or plans hidden in the huge cache of material recovered from the hideout of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, a senior official has said.

“The top priority is to identify any threat information and to disseminate it widely within the US government and with our foreign partners. Of course, other top priority is to exploit the information to attract leads to other members of al-Qaeda,” the intelligence official said on condition of anonymity.

“The treasure trove of information have provided some golden nuggets of information on communications within the al-Qaeda and we hope to get a better sense as it continues,” he said.

The CIA, which has set up a task force, to go through every piece of material obtained during the raid, said that the US is still cataloguing them.

The official, however did not give the quantity of material obtained during the raid, except for saying that most of the information, would however remain classified for long.

“We want to make sure that we methodically process this material so that we get the highest quality intelligence from this collection,” he said.

In one of the audio-less video which was released by the US yesterday, bin Laden was very critical of the US and denigrating capitalism, according to the official.

“In the material that we have seen so far, he has continued to show interest in transportation and infrastructure targets,” the official said, adding that the alQaeda Laden was planning to attack the US homeland.

54-year-old bin Laden, the world’s most wanted terrorist, was shot dead early this month

by US forces in a successful operation in Pakistan’s garrison city of Abbottabad.

This week, the US Department of Homeland Security is-

‘Al-Qaeda remains dangerous terror outfit’ PTI WASHINGTON, MAY 8

Al-Qaeda, though damaged

by Osama bin Laden’s death, remains a dangerous terror outfit for the US and rest of the world, American intelligence agencies have concluded following a preliminary assessment of information gleaned from a huge cache of material recovered from the dreaded terrorist’s Abbottabad hideout.

“In the wake of this major counter-terrorism success, the intelligence community remains squarely focused on the safety of the American people. We will sustain intense pressure on al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups.

Al-Qaeda is damaged by bin Laden’s death, but the group remains dangerous,” a senior US intelligence official said. sued a general alert about security of railway and mass transit systems in large cities, which was based on the information obtained from these materials.

Because of the sensitivity of the information, US officials are very selective on sharing the information obtained from these materials, including the cell phone and numbers obtained.

“We are reviewing the information for threats to US and to our interests to include American troops. Obviously al-Qaeda has American bloods in its hand and this includes American blood in Afghanistan and we are going on round the clock basis, mine this information for anything that could suggest there are continuing threats from bin Laden and his inner circle against our troops,” the official said.

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Goa eves win

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, MAY 8

Goals from Blanka Barretto and Sujita Haldankar gave Goa victory in their first quarter-finals league match as they defeated Jharkhand 2-0 in 19th senior women National champi-

onship, at Chattisgarh, Sunday.

“It was a marvelous start to the quarter-finals group stage.

Let’s hope the girls continue with this great form,” remarked Goa manager, Macline Mendonca.

Salgaocar hold Bagan, lose lead l Churchill ground HAL; Air India take off, beat JCT AGENCIES KOLKATA, MAY 8

Mohun Bagan did a favour to both East Bengal and Dempo when they held Salgaocar to a 2-2 draw in an I-League match at Salt Lake Stadium here, Sunday. Salgaocar led 2-1 at half time.

The draw has now put Salgaocar almost out of the title race as they now stay on 47 points from 23 matches. And a win for East Bengal and Dempo in all their remaining matches will see them finish ahead of Salgaocar in the League table.

The draw helped neither side as the Mariners remain in sixth place while the Goan outfit lost the pole position to Churchill although they have played one game less than Churchill.

Bencherifa's side has now won only one of their last five ILeague matches.

Salgaocar coach Karim Bencherifa opted for the tried and tested 4-4-1-1 system with Yakubu playing as the lone striker and Ryuji Sueoka operating just behind.

The Goan outfit of course needed the win to cement their pole position in the table but the Mariners were also looking for three points in order to move into the top five.

Bagan who move to 31 from 24 matches rode on Chidi Edeh’s brace to frustrate Salgaocar.

Chidi opened the scoring in the 15th minute when he headed in Surkumar Singh’s cross.

Salgaocar pressed hard and equalised in the 30th minute when Sueoka’s powerful shot bulged the net. And, hardly had the celebrations died down, the Goan team surged ahead in the 39th minute as Gilbert Oliveira dribbled past Rakesh Masih to place it in.

Bagan looked more purposeful in the second half and Chidi equalised in the 52nd minute off another header, this time off Gouranga’s cross.

Stung by the reverse, Salgaocar did go all out but Yusif Yakubu and Meitei failed to cash in from close.

In stoppage time Chidi had an excellent chance of netting the winner and his hat-trick as his blistering run got him behind

move to 47 points from 24 matches while HAL languish at the bottom place with 20 points from 24 matches.

In Kholapur, Air India registered a much needed 1-0 against JCT Phagwara. Nigerian striker Okorogor Praise scored the allimportant goal in the 54th minute. Following this win Air India now have 24 points from 25 matches while JCT still stay in the relegation zone with 23 points from 23 matches.

AI coach Santosh Kashyap was happy that his boys rose to the occasion and he aims to upset Dempo’s applecart on May 29.

“We have to sustain the momentum at any cost. We’re not safe as yet. We will go all out for the victory.”

Vasco escape with draw AGENCIES SHILLONG, MAY 8

A lucky Vasco Sports Club survived some anxious moments and managed to hold local rivals ArHima 1-1 in the 2nd Division I-League at Polo ground in Shillong. Defender Julis Akpele had put Vasco in the lead as early as the 18th minute only for Ar-Hima midfielder Emannuel Inioyoh to equalise in the 75th minute.

The result leaves Vasco on 10 points from 5 matches while Ar-Hima move to 7 points from as many.

Vasco captain Prajot Naik was visibly happy to earn a point. “It was a tough match, especially in front of such a big crowd. I won’t say we were lucky to earn a draw but we’re happy with the result,” Naik said.

“We already have one-foot in the I-League. We have two matches left and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t qualify.”

Ar-Hima coach H Shangpliang hadn’t been able to overcome the muffed chances. “If only we could capitalise on our chances, we would have returned back with full points. Though there’s a lot of football still to be played, realistically, we don’t have much of a chance of qualifying,” he rued.

Julius Akpele beat the off-side to head in Sachin

Betalbatim move into semis HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 8

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the Salgaocar backline but he couldn't find the target from an angle as Salgaocar survived.

Salgaocar coach Karim Bencherifa tried his best to shrug off the disappointment.

“I’m proud of my boys. Winning trophies is definitely important, but producing good quality players gives me more satisfaction."

In another match, in Bangalore, Churchill Brothers showed little mercy to back-benchers HAL as they won 3-0. Odafa Okolie opened the scoring in the 7th minute only for Bineesh to double the margin five minutes later. Vincent Kayne completed the rout in the 87th minute.

The victory sees Churchill

Betalbatim Sporting Club defeated Verna Sports Club 2-0 to make it to the semi-finals of 15th Holy Cross inter-village football tournament organised by Holy Cross Sports Club in memory of Albert J Fernandes at Vodlemoll Kakoda ground on Sunday. The score was 1-0 at half time.

The teams began in the attacking mode. Betalbatim shot into the lead through Nigel Fernandes in the 10th minute.

Changing ends, Denzil netted in the 65th minute off a pass by Luis Rogtao.

Yesterday, St. Anthony Sports Club, Colva entered the semifinals defeating Goa Velha Sports Club 4-3 via the tie-breaker at Vodlemoll, Kakoda. There was no score at full time.

In the resulting tie-breaker, Clyde Pachecho, John Barretto, Dulio Andrade and Macber Fernandes scored for St. Anthony while Melroy D’silva, Pravin Naik and Newton Pereira found the nets for Goa Velha.

Gawas’ cross to put Vasco in the lead in the 18th minute. The early lead tempted them to adopt a defensive approach and that allowed Ar-Hima to play all over the ground.

Ar-Hima’s best chance came in the first half in the 45th minute but they were denied by an alert Prajot who came from nowhere to clear the ball entering into an empty net.

In the second half, it was a one-way traffic.

Some able defending and a series of missed chances frustrated the 12000-odd crowd who watched some entertaining football on a Sunday afternoon.

With the clouds invading the ground midway in the second half, Ar-Hima equalised when an unmarked Emmanuel tapped in from close. The crowd went berserk.

Ar-Hima could have settled the issue in the 75th minute but an alert Vasco goalkeeper Surjay Pariyar fisted over substitute Donald Rocha’s rasping shot from close.

In the other match, Bhaichung’s presence for entire 90 minutes inspired United Sikkim to a hard-earned 2-1 victory against Southern Samity.

The win takes United to 9 points from 5 matches while Southern stay on one point from 4 matches.

RESULTS nd

HAL 0 Churchill 3 M Bagan 2 Salgaocar 2 Air India 1 JCT 0

Churchill 47 (24) Salgaocar 47 (23) E Bengal 44 (21) Dempo 44 (21) Mumbai 32 (23) Bagan 31 (24)

Arpora ahead HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, MAY 8

Holiday Club Arpora trounced Rossman Cruz, Nagoa-Verna 31 in 4th All-Goa Saligao United Cup 9-a-side football tournament organised by Saligao United at Saligao Seminary ground, Saligao, Saturday.

Arpora began on a promising note and forged ahead in the 9th minute through Pradeep Chopdekar. Nagoa-Verna tried had to level the score but their forwards failed to find the net.

Changing over, Arpora doubled the score in the 34th minute through Stanley Coutinho off a Lawrence Rodrigues move. Raghuvir Salgaonkar made it 3-0 for Arpora in the 40th minute.

Nagoa-Verna did not give up and reduced the margin in the 53rd minute through Ashley Dias.

Brasil FA enter finals

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, MAY 8

A brace from Hari Parab sent Brasil Futebol Academia into the finals after they steam rolled United Club of Nerul 5-0 in GFA’s U-16 North semi-finals play-off at Duler Stadium here on Sunday. Brasil led 3-0 at the lemon break.

Nerul lost midfielder Johan Fernandes through a head injury six minutes before the breather, but only replaced him at half time.

In the 19th minute, Binatone Singh and Shelton Fernandes moved the ball swiftly down the field before Shelton finished off the move with a neat placement.

In the 28th, Shubam Shetgaonkar crossed from the right and Hari slammed in Brasil’s second.

Deep into injury time, Hari picked up the ball 25 yards from goal and sent the ball rocketing into the top corner.

Ten minutes after the re-start, Nerul came close when Rudesh

Tendulkar hit the post from an acute angle.

Fifteen minutes from time, Brasil substitute Soham Shinde slotted into the far corner for the fourth.

Nine minutes later, Binatone wrapped up victory blasting in after his initial attempt was saved.

Brasil will play BAFF in the finals, after Goa United withdrew from the competition at the semi-finals stage, giving BAFF a bye into the finals.

Adarsh Yuvak Sangh defeated Sodiem Sports and Cultural Association 2-0 to move into the semi-finals of 20th V M Salgaocar Trophy inter-village football tournament organised by Saligao Sporting Club at Saligao ground on Sunday. There was no score at half time.

Changing ends, Adarsh shot into the lead in the 20th minute through Siddesh Kesarkar. Down by a goal, Sodiem tried hard to level but their forwards ran out of ideas infront of the Adarsh goal.

Adarsh doubled the lead in the dying minutes through Minguel Fernandes.

The finalists at All-Goa Hotshots open tennis tournament sponsored by Astra Metals Group at Clube Tennis de Gasper Dias, Mira Mar, Saturday alongwith the officials.

Christian, Siddharth, Aiswarya, Bulcola top HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 8

Christian Cummings beat Joshua D'Silva 6-0, 6-1 in the U-14 boys category to emerge champ in All-Goa Hotshots open tennis tournament sponsored by Astra Metals Group at Clube Tennis de Gasper Dias, Mira Mar, Saturday.

Results: Boys U-19: Siddharth Nunes beat Sidney Palha 6-4, 6-0.

Loutulim prevail HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, MAY 8

Social Cultural Club of Loutolim (SCC) prevailed over Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim 7-5 via the tie-breaker to sail into the quarter-finals of 17th Sao Jose de Areal Villagers Cup inter-village football tournament organised by Sao Jose de Areal Sports Club at Padribhat ground, Sao Jose de Areal on Sunday. SCC were leading 1-0 at the breather.

SCC’s Mark Fernandes converted a spot kick after a rival defender handled the ball inside the box and the referee without hesitation awarded the penalty.

Crossing over, Cavelossim put up an improved performance and

Rogtao shines for Curtorim HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 8

Riding on a hat-trick by Allison Rogtao, Betalbatim SC beat Curtorim Gymkhana 4-1 to sail into the semi-finals of 10th All-Goa Guirdolim Panchayat Cup organised by Guirdolim Club at Chandor church ground on Sunday.

There was no score at half time.

Crossing over, Denzil put Betalbatim ahead. Betalbatim’s Allison doubled the score.

A little later, Curtorim reduced the margin through Milagres.

Allison scored Betalbatim’s third. He rounded off the tally just before the final call.

St Anthony’s in last four HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 8

Adarsh advance

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, MAY 8

GFA U-18 2 Div: Davorlim SC v. Ave Maria AWC, Rosary ground, 4 p.m.

Guirdolim Panchayat Cup: S J Areal SC v. St Anthony SC, Colva, Chandor ground, 4.30 p.m.

5th Siolim Sodiem Super Cup soccer: St Savio SC, Calangute v. Guirim SWC, St Anthony’s church ground, Siolim, 4.45 p.m.

15th Holy Cross football: Arpora SC, v. UC Nerul, Vodlemoll Kakoda ground, 4.30 p.m.

St Anthony Super Soccer: PY, Nuvem v. Navelim SC, Colva ground, 4 p.m.

Sao Jose de Areal Villagers Cup soccer: Curtorim Gym v. St Rock’s YC, Majorda, Padribhat ground, Areal, 4.45 p.m.

Sucaldem Cup soccer: Secreavaddo v. SCC Cavelossim, Sucaldem ground, Chinchinim, 4.30 p.m.

St Mathew soccer finals: St Caitan, Merces v. Alleluia Boys, Goa Velha, St Mathew ground, Azosim, 5 p.m.

Frank Pires memorial soccer: Sinqueriem SC, Maxem v.

Saligao United, Siridao church ground, 4 p.m.

Saligao United Cup soccer: Pax of Nagoa v. St Augustias, Pomburpa, Saligao Seminary ground, Saligao, 4.30 p.m.

V M Salgaocar soccer: Sai Avtaar, Anjuna v. Sangolda Lightning, Saligao Sporting ground, 4.30 p.m.

22nd Romeo inter-ward soccer finals: St Sebastian, Bandh v. Segundo Bairro, Govt School ground, St Cruz, 5 p.m.

tested the rival keeper with sporadic raids. Their umpteen forays bore fruit when Raju Cardozo unleashed a volley that beat the rival keeper hands down in the 40th minute.

Stunned by the equaliser, SCC went all out when and were successful when striker Vollney Vaz put his team into the lead in the 50th minute. However, Cavelossim restored parity through Raju Cardozo in the 55th minute.

In the tie-breaker, Vollney Vaz, Anthony Araujo, Mark Fernandes, Melvy Fernandes and Xavier Fernandes scored for SCC while Shawn D’Costa, Joseph Fernandes and Clifford Cardozo netted for Cavelossim.

Men singles: Bulcola Quadri beat Nagesh Naik 6-1, 6-1.

Ladies singles: Aiswarya Nunes beat Raisa Mergulhao 6-1, 6-2.

Men doubles: Bulcola Quadri and Nagesh Naik beat Steve Gomes and Newton D'Sousa 61, 3-6, 6-0.

Manoj Caculo, president, Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias and Dinesh Sinari, sports secretary

gave away the prizes.

The prizes were donated by Fomento Resources, Dinesh Sinari, Daud Electricals and Dilip Shirodkar, director, Real Group of Companies.

Richard Dias compered.

Stephen Pereira, director, Lifestyle Sports and Hotshots Tennis Academy proposed the vote of thanks.

Orlim hammer GOA DIARY Salcete Diogo Vaz HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, MAY 8

Orlim Sports Club hammered Salcete Football Club 4-0 in GFA’s U-18 Second Division at Rosary ground, Navelim on Sunday.

Orlim led 3-0 at the breather.

Orlim went into the lead early when Vivek Naik bulged the net after receiving a cross from Sheldon Pereira.

Spurred by success, Orlim mounted pressure with striker Vivek Naik increasing their tally with a snap shot. Vivek struck the third time a little later.

On the other hand, Salcete were subdued as they failed to combine as a unit.

memorial soccer

PANJIM (HSD) – Don Bosco Past Pupils, Panjim will organise their 14th All-Goa Diogo Vaz memorial veteran football tournament from May 18. Prizes worth Rs 25,000 will be awarded. The last date to register is May 12. Details may be obtained from Anthony Vaz on 9823681164 or 8390178364.

DBO summer fest

PANJIM (HSD) -- The Don Bosco Oratory summer club festival begun on May 8 with various events and tournaments. Events include - night cycling: Wild life

St Anthony Sports Club walked past Guirdolim Sports Club 4-3 via the tie-breaker to enter the semifinals of St Anthony’s Super Soccer at Colva ground on Sunday.

Ryan Fernandes could have put St Anthony in the lead but his fine cross off Dylan hit the post. A few minutes later, Guirdolim too seemed not to have luck on their side when Sevaraj D’Costa missed a sitter with only St Anthony keeper Dulio Andrade at his mercy.

In the tie-breaker, John Barretto, Clyde Pacheco, Franky Hilario and Dulio Andrade shot on target for St Anthony while Alexander Pereira, Suraj Zambodkar and Mario Fernandes netted for Guirdolim. Guirdolim’s Melroy Moura was adjudged man-of-the-match.

Tennis camp at Mira Mar

PANJIM (HSD) – Hotshots Tennis Academy will conduct their second batch of tennis summer camp coaching classes for beginners and advance players on May 9 at Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias, Mira Mar and BPS Club, Margao. The camp will be held under the supervision of professional ITF level coaches from North India. Details may be obtained on 2904141 or 9822182931. adventure: May 10 – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; talent competition: May 11 at 10 a.m.; beach trek: May 12 – 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.; drawing competition: May 14 – 10 a.m.

Age group tournaments – U-21 basketball: May 9 at 5 p.m.; U14 basketball: May 9 and 10 – 10 a.m.; U-14 and U-16 hockey: May 11 and 12; U-10 and U-14 futsal: May 12 – 15 at 9 a.m.; U16 and U-21 futsal: May 12 – 15 at 3.30 p.m.; roll ball (skating) May 15 at 10 a.m.; indoor cricket: May 14 at 9 a.m.; TT: May 11 – 12 at 10 a.m. and basketball open tournament: May 16 – 18 5.30 p.m. onwards. Registration forms are available at the Oratory reception office. Last minute entries will be accepted an hour prior to the tournament.

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Man United on brink of title

Manchester United's Mexican forward Javier Hernandez watches as his shot go past Chelsea's Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech to score at Old Trafford in Manchester, on Sunday.

AFP LONDON, MAY 8

Manchester United defeated Chelsea 2-1 at Old Trafford on Sunday to leave themselves on the brink of a record 19th Premier League title.

First-half goals from Javier Hernandez and captain Nemanja Vidic clinched a deserved victory which means Sir Alex Ferguson's side need just one point from their remaining games against Blackburn and Blackpool to

clinch the title.

Man-of-the-match Ryan Giggs admitted United were tantalisingly close to clinching the Premier League, a championship triumph that will see them pass Liverpool as English football's most successful club.

Chelsea -- whose lone goal came from the boot of Frank Lampard -- had clawed back a 15-point deficit to leave themselves only three points behind United heading into Sunday's

heavyweight encounter.

Earlier Sunday, Arsenal were eliminated from the title race after slumping to a 3-1 defeat at Stoke.

First-half goals from Kenwyne Jones and Arsenal old boy Jermaine Pennant followed by a late Jonathan Walters strike secured a deserved win for the Potters at the Britannia Stadium.

Arsenal were always struggling to impose themselves as Stoke warmed up for next weekend's FA Cup final against Manchester City in style.

Robin van Persie pulled a goal back to give Arsenal hope on 81 minutes but Stoke hit back almost immediately through Walters after another defensive lapse from the Gunners.

Wolves edged closer to survival with a 3-1 victory over midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion that lifted them out of the relegation zone.

S c o t t i s h s t r i ke r S t e v e n Fletcher scored either side of an Adlene Guedioura strike as Mick McCarthy's side moved up to 17th spot at the expense of Blackpool, who dropped down

to 18th, one point behind.

Peter Odemwingie scored West Brom's lone goal from the penalty spot on 55 minutes after Guedioura brought down Jerome Thomas.

The victory at Molineux means Wolves' bid to beat the drop is in their own hands, with only matches against Sunderland and out-of-form Blackburn to come.

Tottenham Hotspur failed to take advantage of a slip-up by Champions League rivals Manchester City as they were held to a 1-1 draw by strugglers Blackpool on Saturday.

Jermain Defoe equalised for Spurs a minute from time at White Hart Lane after Blackpool's Charlie Adam had missed and then scored from the penalty spot in the space of 70 seconds. Tottenham are now six points behind City, who occupy the fourth and final Champions League place.

West Ham remained rooted to the foot of the table despite a 1-1 draw at home to Blackburn Rovers and are three points shy of safety while Wigan also stayed in the bottom three following

AGENCIES MADRID, MAY 8

pions League semi-final exit at Barca's hands, Real went ahead at the Sanchez Pizjuan when Sergio Ramos headed in from a corner after 21 minutes.

Ronaldo scored after a knockdown from Pepe as Sevilla failed to clear another corner and Kaka finished off a sweeping move just before halftime with a curling shot inside the far post.

Although Alvaro Negredo pulled one back for the hosts just after the hour, Ronaldo rattled in three goals in 10 minutes and could have had more before Negredo headed a late consolation for Sevilla.

4-goal Ronaldo keeps Real clinging on

Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals as Real Madrid romped to a 6-2 La Liga win at Sevilla on Saturday to deny Barcelona the chance to wrap up the title when they host Espanyol on Sunday.

Ronaldo took his league tally for the season to 33, two ahead of Lionel Messi, and gave second-placed Real 83 points with three matches left, five points short of leaders Barca who have later Sunday's game in hand.

Showing little sign of a hangover from their midweek Cham-

Vettel wins Turkish GP

AFP ISTANBUL, MAY 8

Defending drivers world champion Sebastian Vettel consolidated his lead in this year's title race with a near-flawless drive to victory for Red Bull in Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.

The 23-year-old German led from his 19th career pole position to the chequered flag unchallenged, conceding the lead only once during his pit-stops, as he claimed his third win in four races this year.

It was the 13th win of his career and another day of celebration for the Red Bull team as Vettel's team-mate Australian Mark Webber overtook in a brilliant manoeuvre in the closing stages two -times champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari to finish second.

It was the England-based team's first one-two of the sea-

Saina falters in finals PTI KUALA LUMPUR, MAY 8

Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal faltered after a good start as she lost to world number three Xin Wang of China in the finals to finish runner-up in the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament here today.

The world number four and top seed Indian, playing with a taped-up ankle, lost 21-13 8-21 14-21 in a 48-minute contest against her second-seeded rival.

Kvitova wins Madrid title AFP MADRID, MAY 8

Petra Kvitova claimed the biggest win of her career and a third title of the season when she upset fourth seed Victoria Azarenka 7-6, 6-4 in the final of the Madrid Open on Sunday.

The left-handed Czech 16th seed, who will break into the top 10 for the first time on Monday, overpowered Belarussian Azarenka with some booming groundstrokes to add to her successes in Brisbane and Paris.

son and came at the conclusion of an action-packed contest full of overtaking moves and incidents.

Alonso, revelling in a much-improved Ferrari, finished third ahead of Briton Lewis Hamilton, the 2008 champion, who came home fourth for McLaren.

German Nico Rosberg was fifth for Mercedes ahead of Briton Jenson Button.

In a disappointing result for Force India, the team not only returned without points for the second consecutive time but also failed to manage a doublefinish at the Turkish Grand Prix.

Adrian Sutil, who started 12th on the grid, finished 13th while Paul Di Resta retired after the 44th lap.

India, Aussies draw 1-1 PTI IPOH (Mayasia), MAY 8

A resolute India rallied to hold world and Olympic champion Australia to a 1-1 draw, riding on Adrian D'Souza's brilliant goalkeeping in their Sultan Azlan Shah Cup match here today.

Jacob Whetton (14th minute) and Rupinder Pal Singh (22nd minute) were the ones who hit on target in the exciting match.

their 1-1 draw with Aston Villa.

At St James' Park, Newcastle piled on more misery for Birmingham with a 2-1 win.

Newcastle were awarded a penalty after Liam Ridgewell was sent-off for handball on the line and Shola Ameobi scored from the spot in the 36th minute.

Steven Taylor doubled Newcastle's lead in the 43rd minute but there was still time for Birmingham to pull a goal back before half-time when Lee Bowyer

scored against his former club.

At the Reebok, Bolo Zenden put Sunderland ahead shortly before half-time against Bolton.

The hosts drew level three minutes from time when striker Ivan Klasnic headed in Rodrigo Moreno's cross but Sunderland snatched a late winner when Bolton defender Zat Knight turned Sulley Muntari's shot into his own net.

Liverpool, currently sixth, travel to Fulham on Monday.

Milan claim Serie A crown AFP ROME, MAY 8

AC Milan claimed an 18th Serie A title following a 0-0 draw at Roma on Saturday that gave them an unassailable lead at the top of the table with two games to go.

Milan came into the game knowing they needed only a draw to be sure of winning the scudetto crown and they never looked in danger of failing to do so.

The draw pushed their lead over second-placed Inter Milan, who still have three to play, to nine points but with a better head-tohead record, the rosssoneri cannot now be overtaken.

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Pune end losing streak Pune bowlers scripted the win by putting up an outstanding effort as they restricted PunPune Warriors finally had reason to smile as jab to a meagre 119 for eight after the hosts they snapped their seven-match losing streak opted to bat first at PCA stadium. by defeating an equally desperate Kings XI PunThe visitors then chased the small target with jab by five wickets in a low-scoring Indian Pre- 2.5 overs to spare. Skipper Yuvarj Singh led the mier League match, here today. team to win with a fiery 35-run knock off 15 balls.

With hardly any chance to make the play-off Manish Pandey (28) and Jesse Ryder (15) prostage, the two bottom-placed teams were playing vided Warriors a decent, if not spectacular start, for pride and the Yuvraj Singh-led Warriors badly by raising a quick 32 runs but like the Punjab needed a win as the story of their humiliation batsmen, they too squandered starts. was getting worse with defeat after defeat.

Bhargav Bhatt got rid of Ryder and Robin Uthappa (22) also fell after getKings XI Punjab: A Gilchrist c Jhunjhunwala b Sharma 3, P ting a start but Yuvraj ensured Valthaty c Kumar b Sharma 23, S Marsh b Kumar 32, D Karthik c that their side do not lose way Jhunjhunwala b Marsh 30, D Hussey c Uthappa b Kumar 4, this time around.

Mandeep Singh c Singh b Parnell 6, S Chitnis c Jhunjhunwala b Yuvraj hammered Bhatt for two Parnell 9, R Harris c Singh b Marsh 4, Praveen Kumar not out 3, sixes and two fours in the 15th over, S Srivastava not out 1. Extras: 4. Total: 119 for 8. Fall of wickets: which earned them 22 runs and 25-1, 50-2, 80-3, 94-4, 100-5, 110-6, 114-7, 116-8. Bowling: Bhu- got out while trying to finish the vneshwar Kumar 3-0-14-2, S Wagh 2-0-18-0, W Parnell 4-0-12-2, game in a hurry.

Rahul Sharma 4-0-17-2,Yuvraj Singh 2-0-17-0, M Marsh 4-0-26-2, A Jhunjhunwala Pune, surprisingly, yet again 1-0-11-0. chose not to include former Pune Warriors: J Ryder c Hussey b Bhatt 15, M Pandey b Kumar 28, R Uthappa India skipper Sourav Ganguly, c Srivastava b Harris 22, Yuvraj Singh c and b Srivastava 35, C Ferguson not out 6, A Jhunjhunwala c Gilchrist b Srivastava 0, M Marsh not out 2. Extras: 12. Total: who was expected to play his 120 for 5.Fall of wickets:32-1, 69-2, 84-3, 116-4, 117-5.Bowling:Praveen Kumar first match of the season-IV 4-1-17-1, R Harris 4-0-26-1, S Srivastava 3-0-20-2, B Bhatt 4-0-35-1, P Valthaty today.

Earlier, leg-spinner Rahul 2.1-0-17-0. Man-of-the-match: Rahul Sharma PTI MOHALI, MAY 8

Sharma yet again returned exceptional figures as he gave away just 17 runs in his four overs and began the Punjab slide by dismissing openers – Adam Gilchrist (3) and Paul Valthaty (23).

Paceman Wayne Parnell (2/12) also did extremely well as he was the most economical bowler, conceding just 12 runs in his quota of four overs and also struck two blows.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/14) and Mitchell Marsh (2/12) all took two wickets apiece.

With this win, Pune have moved to eighth in the points table from 10th while Punjab, who suffered their fifth defeat in a row, are now languishing at the bottom.

Shaun Marsh (32), Dinesh Karthik (30) and Valthaty got starts but could not convert them into big knocks for the hosts.

Punjab kept losing wickets and never had a partnership going. The 30-run stand between Karthik and Marsh was the best and credit goes to some disciplined bowling by Pune bowlers.

Valthaty tried to play sensibly today as he did not go blindly for his shots and waited for the punishable balls. His first four boundaries, three coming in Shrikanth Wagh's first over, were all powerful yet elegant cover drives.

But Valthaty's opening partner and skipper Gilchrist (3) came a cropper yet again as in-form leg-spinner Rahul Sharma had him caught at deep mid-wicket.

Gayle, Dilshan destroy Kochi AFP BANGALORE, MAY 8

next over when he was bowled by seamer Vinay Kumar, but not before putting his team on course for victory.

Dilshan also went for shots early in the innings, cracking one six and three fours in an over from off-spinner Ramesh Powar. He completed the victory with an unfinished 61-run stand for the second wicket with Virat Kohli (27 not out).

New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori and paceman Sreenath Aravind earlier shared four wickets to restrict Kochi to a small total.

Kochi made a steady start when Australian Michael Klinger (24) and New Zealander Brendon McCullum (22) added 43 for the opening wicket before losing their way. Ravinder Jadeja was the other main scorer with 23.

Chris Gayle hammered 36 runs in an over in his 16-ball 44 to fire Royal Challengers Bangalore to a nine-wicket win over Kochi Tuskers Kerala in an Indian Premier League match on Sunday.

The West Indies batsman put on 67 for the opening wicket off just 3.5 overs with Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan (52 not out off 31 balls) as Bangalore achieved a modest 126run target with more than six overs to spare.

It was Bangalore's sixth victory in 10 matches and Kochi's sixth defeat in 11 games of the Twenty20 tournament.

Mumbai have already made sure of the semi-finals with 16 points. They are followed

by Kolkata (14), Bangalore KochiTuskers Kerala: Michael Klinger b Gayle 24, Brendon Mc(13), Chennai (12), Rajasthan Cullum c A Karthik b Vettori 22, Parthiv Patel run out 19, Mahela (11), Kochi (10), Delhi (eight), Jayawardene c Villiers b Vettori 3, Brad Hodge c Zaheer b Aravind Deccan (six), Punjab (six) and 5, Ravindra Jadeja c Kaif b Mithun 23, Raiphi Gomez c Kohli b Pune (four).

Aravind 7, R Vinay Kumar c Vettori b Zaheer 3, Ramesh Powar not Gayle, the only batsman out 8, RP Singh run out 0, Prasanth Parameswaran not out 1. to have made two IPL cenExtras: 10. Total: 125 for 9. Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-64, 3-72, 4turies, went on the rampage 73, 5-89, 6-106, 7-115, 8-122, 9-122. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 4-0in the third over when he hit 26-1, Sreenath Aravind 4-0-20-2, Chris Gayle 4-0-26-1, Daniel Vettori 4-0-24-2, s e a m e r P r a s a n t h Pa r a - Abhimanyu Mithun 3-0-21-0, Tillakratne Dilshan 1-0-8-0. meswaran for four sixes and Royal Challengers: Chris Gayle b Vinay Kumar 44, T Dilshan not out 52, Virat Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Chris Gayle three fours in a seven-ball Kohli not out 27. Extras: 5. Total: 128 for 1. Fall of wickets: 1-67. Bowling: R P plays a shot at The M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Ban- over, including a no-ball.

Singh 2-0-13-0, Romesh Powar 2-0-27-0, Prasanth Parameswaran 2.1-0-44-0, R galore on Sunday.

His flourish ended in the Vinay Kumar 3-0-18-1, Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-24-0. Man-of-the-match: C Gayle

Rajasthan eye revenge against CSK PTI JAIPUR, MAY 8

R a j a s t h a n Ro y a l s would bank on their formidable winning record at home and look to exact revenge of their first leg loss when they take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings in a crucial Indian Premier League match here tomorrow.

Both the sides are coming into the match Today’s fixTure Rajasthan Royals v. after losing their previous matches and any Chennai Super Kings s l i p u p t o m o r ro w 8 p.m. could prove costly for either team for a place in the play-offs.

Chennai are on 12 points from 10 matches, third in the IPL table and they have come into tomorrow's match after their four-game winning streak was snapped by Kolkata Knight Riders in their last match.

Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, are on 11 points from 10 matches and a win tomorrow will take them

closer to a play-off berth. Besides, the Shane Warne-led side have a formidable record at home, having won 12 games out of 15 in the IPL. They have won four out of five games here this year.

Chennai, on the other hand, have been poor travelers having won only one out of their five away games this season and they would look to breach the Rajasthan Royals stranglehold at Sawai Man Singh Stadium.

With just three games each left after tomorrow's match, both the sides are expected to fight a fierce battle to take their

sides closer to the play-offs.

The match will be played on a new strip after the pitch controversy generated by the remarks from Sachin Tendulkar, the skipper of Mumbai Indians who were restricted to 94 for eight here on April 29.

Though the Mumbai Indians insisted that there was no formal complaint, a new strip was ordered for the remaining two matches at Sawai Man Singh Stadium after a visit by the pitch inspector.

Chennai beat Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets in their last meeting on May 4 in Chennai.