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IN BRIEF ISI agent held for spying A Pakistani ISI agent with maps of vital defence installations was arrested by Punjab police from near the Indian Air Force station in Mullanpur in this district near Chandigarh.

With the arrest of Irfan Ulla, the Punjab police claimed to have foiled another bid of ISI and militant organizations to revive militancy in Punjab. – (PTI)

HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, MAY 29

Terrorist nabbed in Amritsar A hardcore terrorist, who allegedly masterminded a bomb attack on the convoy of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief in Karnal two years ago, has been nabbed by the Punjab police. Bakshish Singh Baba was nabbed from Amritsar recently by the Special Operation Cell and was being interrogated, top police sources said. – (PTI)

Proof against SIMI submitted A special tribunal constituted under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act to decide the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India recorded the evidence of three police officers who investigated the 2006 Malegaon blasts, 7/11 serial train blasts and the Indian Mujahideen outfit case. – (PTI)

Pak terror toll touches 95 The death toll in the attacks on two Ahmedi mosques in Punjab’s provincial capital rose to 95 even as leaders of the Pakistani minority sect said the Government’s “going soft” on religious hardliners had resulted in the carnage. – (PTI)

Eminent nuclear scientist and former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Anil Kakodkar being conferred the first Gomant Vibushan Award-2010 at the hands of Governor of West Bengal and former National Security Advisor M K Narayanan at Kala Academy on Saturday.

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Pratapsingh Rane, Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar, MPs Francisco Sardinha & Shantaram Naik and Chief Secretary Sanjay Srivastava are also present.

Lucky back in Sweden after cops drag feet

Statehood has given us power to legislate: CM

PTI PANJIM, MAY 29

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Swedish model Lucky Amori Farmhouse, a crucial witness in the police-drug peddler nexus case is now back home in her country after spending almost a month in Mumbai, after Goa police failed to give her any date for deposition in the matter.

“I am back in Sweden now.

They (police) have not given me any date to be in Goa,” Lucky told PTI via email on Friday.

She said the Goa crime branch contacted her only once when she was in Mumbai asking for her metropolis address.

“They have only contacted me once and asked for my Mumbai address. I told them about my travel plans,” Lucky, who was in Mumbai for a music video and commercial shoot, said.

Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat today said that a full-fledged Statehood bestowed on Goa 23 years ago has given the people a distinct identity and freedom to make laws for the betterment of the State and the people.

Greeting the people on the 23rd anniversary of Goa Statehood, Kamat said though Union Territory had it own merits and demerits, a fullfledged Statehood has given us power to legislate for the good of the

people at all levels.

It has also marked a logical completion of the process of freedom -- political, social and economic ushered in by the Liberation of Goa on December 19, 1961.

The chief minister said there are now two districts which help to alleviate the administrative difficulties faced by people. Also, there are 40 Assembly seats instead of 30 at the time of Union Territory. This has resulted in easy solution of the problems faced by the people at various levels. The Statehood also gave us a seat in Upper House — Rajya Sabha, he said Apart from this, Kamat said, Statehood conferred us the power to formulate our own Budget, while at the same the State was also responsible for judicious expenditure.

Don’t field candidate: Sonia to Chiranjeevi PTI NEW DELHI, MAY 29

Rattled by the open defiance of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asked PRP chief Chiranjeevi not to field his nominee so that there is no threat to party candidates.

Chiranjeevi, who met Gandhi on her invitation, assured her that he would get back within two days after holding talks with party leaders.

Meeting in the backdrop of Kadapa MP Jaganmohan embarrassing the Congress leadership by going ahead with his ‘Odarpu’ yatra despite being asked not to do so, Chiranjeevi also ruled out merger of his Praja Rajyam Party with the Sonia Gandhi-led party.

“Congress President Sonia Gandhi requested me to withdraw our candidate from the Rajya Sabha polls. I told her that

I will discuss the issue among party leaders and get back in two days,” he told reporters after his 30-minute meeting at 10, Janpath.

In a significant remark, the actor-turned politician said since Gandhi had personally requested him to reconsider the party decision, “I will have to consider (her request).”

Congress High Command asked Chiranjeevi to come for talks after he announced that his party would field a candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls.

If PRP, which has 16 members in the 294-member Assembly, fields a candidate, a contest will be thrust upon the Congress, which it does not want in view of eruption of factionalism in the State unit after the death of late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.

The party also does not want to take any chance in the wake of the open defiance of Reddy’s

He said for the last 23 years the State has done extremely well on raising revenue as is seen through prudent fiscal management.

With Goa on the threshold of Golden Jubilee Celebrations, a Development Council under the Chairmanship of eminent scientist Raghunath Mashelkar has been created which will give directions to go ahead by 2050 taking together all stakeholders in the development, Kamat added.

Governor Dr S S Sidhu, meanwhile, extended greetings to people of Goa on the occasion of Statehood Day. The Governor in his message said, “mogall Goenkarano, aichea hea aitihasik Goenchea Ghotak Rajya Disa, hao tumkam soglleank monapasun hunhunit porbim ditam ani boro fuddar chittam”.

Decision on Govt after Trust vote: Marandi PTI RANCHI, MAY 29

RS ELECTIONS son Jaganmohan, who is said to have the support of several MLAs, MPs and Ministers.

With 156 MLAs, Congress can get four members elected to the Upper House on its own, but it wants to avoid a contest.

Chiranjeevi said he would come to the capital in the first week of June to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss about the Polavaram project.

Asked whether his party would merge with the Congress, he said there was question of merger.

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) today said its pre-poll alliance with Congress was “rock-solid” and any decision on Government formation would be taken only after the May 31 Trust vote by Chief Minister Shibu Soren.

“We are pre-poll allies and consultations are on. Only after May 31 can we think it over,” JVM(P) chief Babulal Marandi said when asked whether he was exploring any possibility of Government formation.

Congress has 14 MLAs in the 82-member Assembly, while JVM(P) has 11.

Marandi, a former chief minister, claimed t h a t S o r e n would not be able to prove his majority on the floor of the Assembly as directed by the Governor after BJP withdrew support from the coalition on May 24.

India, UAE to overhaul migration rules PTI DUBAI, MAY 29

India and the UAE have begun consultations to frame a new agreement on migration of workers that will ensure that the terms of contracts offered by the employers are not altered after their arrival.

The broad agreement was reached during the visit to the UAE of Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi, who met UAE Labour Minister Saqr Gobash Saeed Gobash earlier this week.

Officials familiar with the process said the agreement is expected to be finalised in two months.

“The bilateral discussion has started and the technical teams of both sides will meet in JuneJuly before the ministry of overseas affairs presents the draft to the cabinet,” K Ellangovan, Counsellor (Community Affairs)

As per the new regulation, the UAE Labour Ministry will issue labour permits in accordance with details furnished by the prospective employee in India through his recruiting agent. This is aimed at ensuring that the terms of agreement between an employer and employee are not altered following his or her arrival in the UAE. at the Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi told PTI. Once this process is complete, the Indian minister will either visit the UAE to sign the agreement or the UAE minister will tour India.

As per the new regulation,

the UAE Labour Ministry will issue labour permits in accordance with details furnished by the prospective employee in India through his recruiting agent.

This is aimed at ensuring that the terms of agreement between

an employer and employee are not altered following his or her arrival in the UAE. Such cases that have been reported in the past have caused undue hardships to immigrants.

UAE is home to a large number of Indian immigrants.

As a result, suspect recruiting agents in India are being subjected to new regulations.

“This is part of the joint project undertaken by the UAE’s Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs for the recruitment of skilled workers in India.

“This is going to be the first such agreement between a labour supplying and a labour hiring country,” K Ellangovan said.

The UAE is presenting a paper at the International Labor Organisation in Geneva based on this round of agreement, he added.

Eminent nuclear scientist and former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Anil Kakodkar was today conferred the first Gomant Vibushan Award-2010 at the hands of Governor of West Bengal and former National Security Advisor M K Narayanan.

Narrating the process which involves signing of ‘123’ International Civil Nuclear Cooperation at a glittering function at Kala Academy, West Bengal Governor Narayan commended instituting the Gomant Vibushan Award and said by giving this award to Dr Kakodkar, the State has made not only Goa but the whole country proud.

Lauding the contribution of Dr Kakodkar, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said, India will be self- reliant in power sector in the years to come due to his efforts. He requested Dr Kakodkar to take up the position of honorary advisor of Energy Security of Goa and also requested him to start a small centre of Bhaba Atomic Research Centre in cooperation with Goa University and National Institute of Oceanography for the benefit of young minds in the State.

Dr Kakodkar on his part said though he received several awards, this award was very special and dear to him because of the love and affection it carried.

Dr Kakodkar conceded to the request made earlier by the chief minister to advise on Energy Security of Goa. He said the signing of International Nuclear cooperation for national Energy security is the route to become self-reliant in energy security in next four to five decades. Energy scarcity will hit countries in the world in the coming years and by that time India will become reliant in energy and will be in a position to (Continued on page 2)

Mamata for CBI probe

Train toll rises to 141 PTI JHARGRAM/KOLKATA, MAY 29

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged there was a “political conspiracy” behind the Jnaneswari Express derailment without blaming Maoists for the disaster and demanded a CBI probe, as the toll climbed to 141 with recovery of 43 more bodies.

As Banerjee and arch rival CPIM indulged in a blame game, the train’s driver B K Das filed a FIR with the Government Railway Police (GRP) unit in Jhargram in which he referred to an explosion on the track when the Howrah-Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Jnaneshwari Super Deluxe Express derailed in West Midnapore district, about 150 kms from Kolkata at around 1:30 am.

The FIR was filed against “unidentified miscreants” under Sections 150 (maliciously wrecking or attempting to wreck a train) and 151 (damage to or destruction of certain railway properties) of the Railway Act but made no mention of Maoists.

Additional Director General Government Railway Police (GRP) Dilip Mitra said the FIR

appeared to be not adequate.

GRP comes under the jurisdiction of States.

“It is the duty of the West Bengal administration to find out who is responsible,” Banerjee told reporters in Kolkata in re m a r k s s u g g e s t i n g t h a t Maoists, who have been blamed for the disaster in their heartland, cannot be held responsible until investigations are completed.

“From the Railway we have requested Union Home Ministry for a CBI investigation into the incident since it was in jangalmahal where joint operation is on.

We have already sent a letter and the Centre has agreed to order it,” she said.

Banerjee said she did not know who were behind it, but “whoever did it, it was a political conspiracy. The accident has happened two days before the (civic) election. One may be politically against us, but I feel bad the way the incident was engineered to fulfill one’s political interest.

“Those who have done this sabotage and played with so many lives should not be pardoned,” she said.

School children in Amritsar light candles to pay tribute to the victims of the train accident at Jhargram in West Bengal.

US mulls unilateral strike on Pak …if a terror attack on US is traced to Islamabad PTI WASHINGTON, MAY 29

US military is looking at options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan if a successful terrorist strike on US soil is traced back to the country, senior Pentagon officials were quoted as saying today.

Plans for a unilateral strike were developed after ties between Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad and elements of the Pakistani Taliban were established, Washington Post reported.

“Planning has been reinvigorated in the wake of the Times Square,” the paper said quoting officials.

But US retaliation, officials said, will be contemplated only under extreme circumstances such as catastrophic attack that leaves President Barack Obama convinced that the ongoing campaign of CIA drone strikes is insufficient.

The military bombing would focus on air and missile strikes but also could use small teams of US Special Forces currently

deployed along the border with Pakistan.

“One of the senior military officials said plans for military strikes in Pakistan have been revised significantly over the past several years, moving away from a “large, punitive response” to more measured plans meant to deliver retaliatory blows against specific militant groups,” the daily said.

US special operations team in Afghanistan has pushed for years to have a wider latitude to carry out raids across the border, arguing that CIA drone attacks do not yield prisoners or

other opportunities to gather intelligence.

But a helicopter borne US special forces raid against targets in Pakistan in 2008 prompted protests from Islambad.

The Post said a senior official had told Pakistan that it has only weeks to show a real progress to crackdown against the Taliban.

Washington is insisting on Islamabad to launch a major strike on the Haqqani network of the Taliban which is suspected to have safe havens in North Waziristan, where Pakistan Army has shown reluctance to go in.

The paper said Islamabad has been “put on a clock” to launch a new intelligence and counterterrorist operation against the group.

The paper said US officials have told Pakistan that Washington reserves the right to strike in the tribal areas in pursuit of world’s most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden and other high value targets like his deputy Ayman al Zawahiri and Mullah Omar.

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Low-lying areas reclaimed indiscriminately: green HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 29

Even as the NGOs in the State are crying foul over State Government’s lethargy in preserving greenery, an environment consultant has said that the State-run agencies were indiscriminately reclaiming low-lying areas in the State.

Dr Joe de Souza, a sub-committee member for Jawaharlal Nehru National Renewal Mission (JNNURM), in a letter to the CCP Commissioner Elvis Gomes and Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA), has expressed his disgust over the way low lying water bodies were exploited.

“It is disturbing to note that reclamation of low lying areas, water bodies, mangroves and coastal beaches of Goa are indiscriminately carried out by vested interest groups, real estate lobby and by commercial builders much to the detriment of quality life of common man,” Dr D’Souza stated in his letter.

Dr D’Souza has also submitted several photographs of illegal developments and garbage dumps at St Inez Creek and adjoining areas as well of the mangroves at

Nigerian held HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, MAY 29

Porvorim police arrested a 39year-old Nigerian at Sainagar Po r v o r i m o n S a t u rd a y o n charges of overstaying in the country.

A police team found Okafer Jackson moving around in Porvorim and on interrogation, found that his passport had expired on April 6.

He was booked under Section 14 of Foreigner Act, Section 79 of Foreigners Order 1948 and passport entry into Indian Rule 1950 and produced before the JMFC.

n “It is disturbing to note that reclamation of low lying areas, water bodies, mangroves and coastal beaches of Goa are indiscriminately carried out by vested interests groups, real estate lobby and by commercial builders much to the detriment of quality life of common man,” Dr D’Souza stated in his letter.

Patto.

“The St Inez Creek has been reclaimed and encroached by two builders of Panjim,” the letter alleged.

“The mangroves at Patto are been destroyed by dumping debris of repairs and constructions by the builders,” the letter added.

Dr D’Souza has also pointed out that a resident is consistently dumping waste in the mangroves, which he claims as his personal property.

“Blatant encroachment and destruction of environment is observed at both the places,” the letter said.

Dr D’Souza said that the reclamation of low lying areas will lead to flooding of Panjim city during monsoons in near future.

“Apart from this, the fish biodiversity will be affected with the destruction of mangroves as they are nurseries for coral reef fish,” he said.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recently said that more than one in six mangrove species worldwide are in danger of extinction due to coastal development and other factors, including climate change, logging and agriculture.

The IUCN has also said that in last ten years India has lost nearly 80 percent of all kind of Mangroves.

“The loss of mangroves will have devastating economic and environmental consequences,” IUCN said.

Navelim farmers to knock CM’s doors once again HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 29

Agitated farmers under the banner of Navelchea Xetkariancho Ekvott has decided to once again knock the doors of the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to remind of his promises that no construction work would commence in the fields at Navelim opposite the Margao Railway Station.

At a meeting, farmers recalled that the Chief Minister in July 2009 had ordered a total stop

to the rehabilitation work and had promised to direct the District Collector, South to convene a meeting to discuss the issue of reverting back their fields.

The Chief Minister has also agreed that fields which are being cultivated will not be acquired by the Government and had told the farmers that he is sympathetic to them and will do everything possible to protect their livelihood.

T h e f a r m e r s , h o w e v e r, lamented that during the last 11 months, the District Collector

never convened the meeting and situation has come back to full circle now with construction work resuming at the site.

“The farmers have decided to seek an appointment with the Chief Minister within the next few days and request him to honour his promise and revert back the fields to them”, said NXE Secretary Cladias Dias.

NXE members will also be seeking an appointment with the Archbishop of Goa Filipe Neri Ferrao.

CM assures Ravindra Bhavan in Canacona if land made available

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat is felicitated by Putu Velip, the Velip Community Mukdom of Shri Rajani Paeik Temple at Burm-Agonda.

Photo by Kathy Pereira HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, MAY 29

Chief minister Digambar Kamat has assured to construct a Ravindra Bhavan in Canacona taluka, provided land is made available to the government.

Asserting his government’s assurance to build at least one Ravindra Bhavan in each of the 11 talukas of the State, Kamat reiterated his government’s

commitment to the people of Canacona in the presence of Zilla Panchayat Member Krishna Velip and former minister Sanjay Bandekar.

Kamat was speaking late Friday night at a function organized by Shri Rajani Paiek Temple in Burm-Agonda to felicitate him for his strong belief and support in religious people and worship places. He was accompanied by

Man acquitted of rape charge HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 29

The City Fast Track court on Saturday acquitted a man who was held on the charge of raping a 34-year-old deaf and dump woman from Pernem.

The Additional Sessions Judge - I, Vijaya D Pol set the accused Kalidas Kaskar free on the grounds that the victim was a consenting party to sexual intercourse with the accused not once but several times after the first alleged incidents of rape.

The complaint of rape was filed at Pernem Police Station by the victim saying prior to October 10, 2006, the accused raped her and threatened to slit her neck with coita if she disclosed about the happenings to anyone.

The victim was staying alone in her house and made a living by selling coconuts. The alleged incident of rape came to light as she became pregnant and consequently a complaint came to be filed against the accused charging him for rape and threatening with dire consequences.

The accused is a married with three children and reportedly offered to pay for termination of the pregnancy. But the victim could not go in for abortion as

2 farmers hurt HERALD CORRESPONDENT BELGAUM, MAY 29

Two farmers were injured in an attack by three wild bears at Chunchawad village in Khanapur taluka on Friday afternoon.

The injured have been identified as Vilas Amrut Patil (40) and Gokul Tukaram Patil (42) of Chunchwad. According to sources, the farmers had taken their oxen to a nearby canal after the work in the fields. The bears sprang out from a nearby jungle suddenly and attacked them.

Taken by surprise, they shouted for help. Farmers working in the neighboring fields rushed with sticks and stones. The bears disappeared on seeing the people.

‘Communidade share holders denied dividends’ HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 29

Curtorim MLA Reginaldo Lourenco has expressed his shock over the manner in which the Jonoeiros and share holders of various Communidades of Goa are denied their rightful annual Jonos and dividends.

He said the components of the various communidades have been approaching him time and again with a request to take up the matter with the Chief Minister given the general perception that the government is proposing to take over the Communidades along with all its assets and properties.

“Being a Jonoeiro of Curtorim Communidade and shareholder of several other Communidades, I am equally irked with the attitude of the government to deny the Jonoeiros and shareholders their dues”, he said.

she was seven months pregnant when her status came to light.

While deciding the case the court observed that the fact accused offering money for abortion to the victim was immaterial once the evidence suggests her consent. The court laid stress on the fact that prior to this incident she had lodged a complaint against her brother at Arambol police out post and as such, there was no reason as to why she could not lodge a police complaint against the accused even after so many months of the incidents.

T h i s c a s e p ro v e d p re t t y tough to the prosecution in getting deposition of the victim and proves the charges as she is dumb and deaf even though it tried to prove that due to her physical disabilities she was not able to grasp what was happening to her and that she stayed alone in the house.

The prosecution though hired services of the interpreter that did not help much to support their case since victim had no formal education in sign language.

“The victim was a consenting party to sexual intercourse with the accused not once but more than once resulting in her pregnancy and therefore, she never lodged any complaint against the accused,” the court observed.

The victim girl on delivery gave the child for adoption and it is learnt she vehemently declined to keep the baby.

his wife Asha.

The Velip Community rebuilt the Shri Rajani Paiek temple and held a religious ceremony of ‘Nutan Kalash Prathistapan’ on Friday morning.

Reacting to demands, including that of former minister Sanjay Bandekar, Kamat said: “It is my government’s commitment to improve the culture by providing Kala Kendras or Ravindra

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help other countries in energy requirements.

Kamla Kakodkar, mother of Dr Kakodkar was also honoured on the occasion. Apart from his wife his sister, Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Pratapsingh Rane, Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar, MPs Francisco Sardinha and Shantaram Naik were also present.

Bhavans in each taluka.”

“Goans have a lot of talent and it is my government’s endeavour to provide a level playing field to everyone,” Kamat said.

The chief minister was full of praise for the Government High School at Gowal–Khola for achieving 100% success in the recent SSC exams.

“To have such success in urban schools may not be difficult, but to achieve such results by a rural school is incredible. I congratulate all students who passed out from that school, the headmistress Sabina Dias, teachers and parents, without whom this achievement would have been not possible,” said the chief minister.

The community Mukdom Putu Velip later felicitated the chief minister on the occasion.

Earlier, former minister Sanjay Bandekar requested the chief minister to construct a Ravindra Bhavan, sports complex (including a swimming pool) and a Children’s Park.

“Other than the KTC bus stand, more people need a Ravindra Bhavan in the taluka, which will help to develop our cultural instincts like nataks and tiatrs,” Bandekar told Kamat.

Interestingly, if sources are to be believed, there is a local conflict as to where the Ravindra Bhavan should be built. While the Canacona Municipality has suggested Mastimoll, other local politicians want it to be centrally located somewhere in the fields opposite to KTC bus stand at Chaudi.

The community also felicitated former minister Sanjay Bandekar, Praveen Dhuri who donated the ‘Kalash’, and musician Pagi.

Earlier Nitin Naik Gaunkar introduced Chief Minister and Bandekar, to a well attended crowd, who waited patiently for the arrival of the chief minister, who reached the venue only after 10 pm, a delay of over 3 hours.

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MPT reacts sharply to government’s objections to its development plans l Terms study as false l LE rules out conducting study HERALD REPORTER VASCO, MAY 29

The Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) has reacted sharply to the state government’s reported objections to its development plans and its adverse impact on the environment and tourism, based on a “study” by a consultant.

The MPT has questioned the credibility of Lotus Environment (LE), the firm that reportedly carried out the “study”, and termed their study as false and baseless that has been presented as a distorted picture so as to prejudice the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) against MPT projects.

It may be recalled that the LE had reportedly undertaken a study that suggested that the port expansion would be a doom for the State’s tourism which would cause irreparable damage to the ecology.

In an interesting development, LE claims it has not carried out any study, but had just given a presentation before the Prime Ministers Office on behalf of the State government and clarified that it not been ap-

pointed as consultant for the project.

In letter dated January 25, LE CEO T Ravishankar wrote to MPT chairman Praveen Agarwal stating that they had not been appointed as consultant for the project ‘Adverse Impact on Ecology of Goa due to proposed plans of MPT’ by the State government.

The letter further says that State department of port and administration had requested the LE to prepare a power point presentation based on the data and survey conducted by the department.

“Our office has only helped prepare a draft presentation as per their requirements,” stated the letter.

A senior LE official at Pune told Herald on condition of anonymity: “We were merely asked to give a presentation before the Prime Minister Office (PMO) about the MPT’s expansion plans. The preliminary work on data collection and analysis was done by the State government.”

In its 14-page reply to MoEF Secretary Rahul Bojja, the MPT justified each and every claim and termed the LE report as false, baseless and an irrational allegation

that had been presented as a distorted picture to prejudice the MoEF against MPT projects.

MPT Chairman MPT chairman Praveen Agarwal lambasted the LE by stating that it had no understating of trade and commerce, shipping and port operation or even environment and ecology issues.

MPT has justified its stand on every aspect in the report and assured there would be no damage to the ecology in the State; neither would there be any destruction of ecologically fragile areas due to current port operations or any displacement of population.

The MPT has exposed the government’s duplicity and alleged that unorganized, unregulated or weakly regulated tourism activities in the State had caused damage to ecology and biodiversity.

To expose the government’s inefficiency to safeguard tourism, the MPT cited the instance of the ‘River Princess’, which has been grounded for a number of years, while also accusing the State government of beach erosion, damage to ecology and inefficiency to treat sewage and garbage problem.

Dolphin carcass, tar balls haunt Benaulim beach

The tar balls at the Benaulim beach.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 29

Carcass of a dolphin and tar balls have come to haunt Benaulim beach, with the authorities not showing up till date to rid the beach of the nuisance.

In fact, local residents of Benaulim are sore over the delay and the failure of the authorities to deal with the tar ball menace affecting the beach.

A visit to the beach on Saturday revealed the extent of the menace affecting the sea shore.

Washed ashore by the huge waves, the tar balls are resting on the beach – a fact that has not spurred action from the concerned authorities till date.

Locals in the know say the tar balls had made their presence felt along the Benaulim Beach a week ago.

Meters away, a carcass of a dolphin has been

‘Govt has let Goans down’ HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 29

Saying there is very little to celebrate on Statehood Day given the prevailing conditions in the State, the Village Groups of Goa has said that rulers have let the people of Goa down by their non-performance and have started selling to the highest bidder the land – the cradle, wealth and pride of the people.

“Starting from SEZs that are yet to be scrapped, to megaprojects that will be a burden on our infrastructure and will change the demography and the character of our villages and towns, the present Congress Government has betrayed the confidence of the people and indulged in activities like deforestation, cutting of hills, filling of low lying areas, acquisition of fields, throwing the poor farmers on the roads, illegal mining, etc which will have a lasting damaging effect on the environment, the ecological balance and ultimately on the life and health of the people of this State”, asserted Jose Maria Miranda adding that the government, far from fulfilling the promises made in the past to the village groups, has not only been turning a blind eye to illegalities but in fact appears to be hand in glove with the destroyers of Goa. While saluting the many individuals and the NGOs which have been in the forefront of the movement to save the State from the clutches of the elected representatives, he said the Village Groups of Goa pledges to continue its struggle till such time as the Government sees reason in their demands, which are solely aimed at preserving the beauty, the environment of this State and ensure that the Goans live a peaceful, healthy and comfortable life.

lying unattended by the authorities ever since it was washed ashore. A local resident Francisco Fernandes claimed that the unusual stranger has been resting on the beach since the last three years, but none of the authorities showed up to tackle the nuisance.

Saying that tourists avoid visiting the beach of the tar ball, Fernandes appealed to the government to intervene to take action against the vessels responsible for discharging oil in the high seas. “It’s seven days today that the beach was invaded by the tar balls. It will destroy the marine life. The government should take action”, he added.

Pointing out to the dolphin carcass lying on the beach for the last three days, he wondered how would tourism survive if the beaches are not maintained clean. “If these things keep away the tourists, it will affect our tourism”, he said.

Chapoli Dam running out of water?

HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, MAY 29

Is the Chapoli Dam, the lifeline for residents in Canacona taluka, running out of water?

While residents have expressed concern that water levels at the Chapoli Dam have plunged dangerously low, authorities feel this is no reason to panic as the Chapoli Dam’s reservoir has sufficient potable water for about 250 days.

Observing the low levels at the reservoir, residents have feared that any delay of the monsoons by about 20 days could pose serious problems regarding the availability of potable water from the dam.

Almost three-fourth of the Chapoli Dam’s catchment area has gone dry and water can only be seen in one-third of the catchment area.

The present level of water in Chapoli reservoir is 28.87 RL (Reduced Level) available in the catchment area measuring just 329.29 hectares/metre, as against the dam’s full capacity of 38.75 RL covering the total catchments area running up to 1122 hectares/metre. This gives the figure of just 29.34 % of availability of water in the dam’s reservoir.

However, a source in the local office of the Water Resources Department has downplayed the fear.

“Canacona has sufficient water for consumption even if there are no rains for another 250 days,” said the source.

“However, the delayed monsoons can prove disastrous for cultivation, including paddy fields, as without fresh rains, the Chapoli Dam has no water to meet the demands of Canacona farmers,” the source added.

n While residents have expressed concern that water levels at the Chapoli Dam have plunged dangerously low, authorities feel this is no reason to panic as the Chapoli Dam’s reservoir has sufficient potable water for about 250 days.

Commenting on the reduced water levels at Canacona Dam, the source added: “The water capacity of 28.87RL is just .02RL less than the last year’s figure of 28.89RL.” “Considering the 50RL as the last capacity of water which remains in the dam’s reservoir, there is another 279 RL which is still available for pumping for domestic and consumable usage.”

“Considering the availability of 279 RL at our disposal, it can suffice for more than 250 days easily and without much problems, even if the newly installed 10 MLD water treatment plant at Sheller operates to full capacity,” the source added.

The source informed that if the 10 MLD water treatment plant operates fully, it requires 1 hectare/metre of water on an average daily, which is easily available at the Chapoli Dam. “Since mid May, releasing of dam’s water for agriculture purpose has been stopped and the available dam water is easily sufficient for more than 250 days, also considering the natural disappearance of water in the dam’s reservoir itself in hot climatic conditions,” the source said.

Colva, Seraulim, Quepem landfill sites inspected HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 29

The flying squad headed by Deputy Collector Dipak Desai and TCP officials conducted inspection of three land filling sites at Colva, Seraulim and Quepem.

Following persistent complaints by the village groups in respect of illegal land filling and hill cutting activity, Deputy Collector, Dipak Desai led the flying squad to Colva and the other two villages to probe into the complaints lodged by the NGOs. Sources said the squad has issued stop work order to stop the ongoing work and has asked the Town and Country Planning officials to lodge the FIR against the concerned owners under section 17-A of the Town and Country Planning Act. This is perhaps of the first time that the flying squad carried a detailed inspection of alleged land filling sites after the village groups of Goa made a hue and cry over the inefficient squad.

District Collector, G P Naik said the flying squad will do its utmost best to attend to complaints received from the NGOs against land filing and hill cutting. He, however, hastened to add the TCP officials should be equally proactive and serious in taking the cases of illegal land filling and hill cutting to the logical conclusions by lodging FIRs with the police.

He said the flying squads to be headed by deputy collectors on rotation will seriously attend to all complaints of illegal hill cutting and land filling. “There were initial hiccups and teething problems and the administration is sorting out the problems to streamline the functioning of the squads”, he added.

Russian held for overstaying

CALANGUTE, MAY 29 (HR) -- A Russian national was arrested by Calangute Police on Friday on charges of overstaying in the country without a valid visa. Alekxandr Solomein (40) was arrested at Naikka Vaddo, Calangute by the police team led by Police Inspector Nolasco Raposo. According to Calangute Police, the Russian had arrived in India on March 31 and his visa had expired on April 24.

Solomein has been booked under Section 713 of Foreign Order and Foreigner’s Act and has been remanded to seven days police custody.

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sHorT TAkes Admissions at Kare college

PANJIM (HND): Admissions for IInd, IIIrd, IVth and Vth year at G R Kare College of Law, Margao will begin from June 1 to 5. Further details are put up on the college notice board.

DEd courses at Colvale

PANJIM (HND): Shri Vetal Institute of Education and Training, an ancillary of Halarnkar Education Society, Colvale has started DEd courses in English and Marathi. Prospectus giving full details of the courses will be available from June 2 at the office in Housing Board, Colvale.

Candidates seeking more info candidates can contact on 2913210.

Animation courses

PANJIM (HND): Arena Animations will conducting Arena Animations Academy Specialist Programme (AAASP) all India level animation course which covers digital graphics...2D animation...3D animation and specialization in 3D advanced animation and also Professional Certificate in Web Designing course.

This course comprises of 2 semesters, i.e. Web Graphics Suite and Web Designing Suite and starts on June 7.

Also other animation related short term courses are also conducted at the academy.

For registrations contact Arena Animations Academy, Panjim or Midas Touch building, 3rd floor, Panjim Market Square, above HDFC Bank. Contact 9423885224 / 9823013484 / 9823611824 / 2225153 or mgmanimations@gmail.com for further details.

Mount Carmel excels

PANJIM (HND): Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Harmal, Pernem secured 88 percent results at the SCC examination.

Out of 25 students, 22 were successful.

Saideep Dayanand Sainand Monaram Saideep Sopte topped the school by securing 87 percent marks followed by Sainand Dayanand Sopte who secured 84 percent marks and Monaram Manohar Naik with 76 marks.

Headmistress Licia Martins and other staff has congratulated the students on their achievement.

Brother-sister duo excel

PANJIM (HND): The brother and sister duo of Sean and Michelle Fernandes from Cuncolim performed very well at the recently concluded Goa board exams. At the HSSC exams, Sean Fernandes scored 89.3% the highest in his college Parvatibhai Chowgule College of Arts & Science-Margao with a highest of Sean Michelle 96% in PCM. He also scored an aggregate of 160 in PCM subjects in GCET, the 15th highest based on PM marks in Goa and would pursue a career in engineering.

Sean’s sister Michelle too did outstandingly well at the SSC exams and aggregated 87% to grab the first rank in her school Maria Bambina Convent at Cuncolim. She wants to pursue her further studies in the Arts stream.

Partho interacts with blind

PANJIM (HND): Partho Bhowmick, the man behind the snapshots during his first visit to Goa accompanied by visually impaired Kanchan Pamnani and Pranav Dal had an interaction with the blind from Goa and members of the National Association of the Blind today. They are conducting a workshop for the blind at the NAB at Santa Cruz in collaboration with Heritage Jazz.

Partho explained to the members of the NAB how his interesting project came about. He has researched the topic of blind photography so well that he yarned to impart his knowledge to the visually impaired.

It takes Partho 2-5 months to train a visually impaired individual to take pictures. His workshops are free of cost and held only on weekends.

President of NAB-Goa Rozendo Mendonca welcomed the guests and explained to them the working of NAB-Goa and the project that they have undertaken for the welfare of the blind.

Senior vice president of the Association Usha Kamat, treasurer Vijay Shetty, joint secretary, John Aguiar, vice president Vincent Monteiro and others were present.

Camões Institute scholarships

PANJIM (HND): The Camões Institute offers a range of scholarship programmes for Portuguese and non-Portuguese students, which are designed to support and promote: studies and research in the Portuguese language and culture field; scientific or vocational training in the field of Portuguese as a non-mother tongue; training or further studies in the field of translation and conference interpretation.

Applications for the scholarships of Instituto Camões are open until June 4. Information and application forms are available on the website of IC, http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/entrada/bolsas-de-estudo/cidadaos-estrangeiros.html and have to be filled online.

85.85% for Mormugao

VASCO (HR): Mormugao taluka excelled with an overall pass percentage of 85.85 per cent at the recent SSC examinations.

Thirty-five schools had enrolled about 1,421 students for SCC exam, of which 1,215 students passed out with 168 distinctions, 318 first class, 536 second class, 26 pass class and 132 ATKT. Boys outsmarted the girls.

St Theresa High School secured 100 per cent result with 29 distinctions, 43 first class, 30 second class and six pass class, while Keshav Smruti High School, Dabolim, secured 98.48 per cent. St Thomas High School, Cansaulim, secured 97.96 per cent, Vidhyamandhir High School (96.75%) and Mother of Mercy High School (95.78%).

Over 91% for Quepem school

QUEPEM (HC): Pope John XXIII High School, Quepem, secured 91.39 per cent results in the recently concluded SSC exams. Out of the 93 students who had appeared for exam, 85 students passed, out of which six got distinction, 15 students got first class, 44 students in the second class and 20 got pass class.

Myron Velton Rodrigues stood first in the school with 86.33 per cent marks, Melvin Simoes stood second securing 80.16 per cent marks, while Joylon Fernandes stood third with 76.33per cent.

In HSSC exams, Pope John XXIII Higher Secondary School has performed well. In Arts stream, the school secured 84.21% passing percentage, Commerce (97.15%) and Science (92.60%).

The PTA of the school has congratulated the management and staff of the school for performing well in HSSC and SSC examinations.

‘Any country neglecting its maritime security pays a price’ HERALD REPORTER VASCO, MAY 29

Emphasizing the importance of maritime security, Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar has stated that any country that has overlooked its maritime security has always paid a heavy price.

He was addressing a gathering after commissioning the Indian Coast Guard Ship C-147 in the presence of Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, AVSM, Director General Indian Coast Guard, at the naval dock in Chicalim on Friday morning.

“The ministry of defence has not compromised to safeguard the maritime security of the country and great responsibility lays on security agencies that are involved to protect the maritime zones,” said Kumar.

This is the fifth in the series of 11 boats that would be given to Indian Coast Guard to enhance the surveillance along the coast.

He congratulated the ABG shipyard from Surat-Gujrat for building the interceptor boat as per the specified configuration of the ministry and said the ministry of was satisfied with work of the shipyard.

ABG Shipyard Chairman V C Agarwal expressed gratitude to the defence ministry for entrusting them with the responsibility to build vessels for the ICG. He assured that the remaining six boats in the series would delivered within the next six months, as two boats would be delivered every two months.

Apart from the officials of the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy, the ceremony was also attended by various Central and State Govt officers.

This Interceptor Boat will be based in the State and will be deployed for enhancing the close coast surveillance capability of Indian Coast Guard, besides fulfilling the longpending requirement of additional Coast Guard forces for the state.

The 28 metre boat, which is commanded by Comdt (JG) S R Nagendran, displaces 90 tonnes and has an endurance of 500 NM with an economical speed of 25 knots. It can achieve a maximum speed of 45 knots for responding to urgent calls at sea.

The Coast Guard is pursuing

an urgent enhancement of its surveillance capabilities post 26/11, so as to meet its enhanced tasks and responsibilities effectively.

The present force level and manpower are planned to be doubled by graduated procurement, with proportionate infrastructure development and augmentation of trained manpower.

Fourteen new Coast Guard stations are planned to be established by 1012, where each station will have two interceptor boats to undertake search and rescue, close coast patrol and responds to fast developing situations at sea.

More assets will be based in these stations depending upon infrastructure and availability of working facilities.

Meet deliberates on measures to prevent floods in Bicholim, Sanquelim HERALD CORRESPONDENT MAYEM, MAY 29

The Flood and Emergency Cell Bicholim on Friday deliberated on preventive measures to be taken in case of possible floods in Bicholim and Sanquelim during the monsoons.

The urgent meeting, which was convened at the deputy collector’s office, was attended

by Bicholim Mamlatdar Pramod Bhat, Joint Mamlatdar Gurudas Desai and concerned officials and officers from the mining companies.

The discussion highlighted on precautionary measures like desiltation of Bicholim and Sanquelim rivers, construction of protective walls to stop mining silt entering into Ward No 10 at Lamgao, cleaning the mud from Bicholim river dumped at the foot of one of the pillars of under construction parallel bridge, de-silting the river tributary near Shantadurga High School, instructing mining companies to be

Bicholim Deputy Collector Narayan Gad addresses government officers regarding flood protection measures in Bicholim.

Photo by Vishant Vaze

alert to avoid the danger of mining silt entering into agricultural farms and fields from Mulgao, Vhalshi, Advalpal and Lamgao areas.

The officials also discussed measures like instructing forest officials from Kerim forest office to submit report of trees

posing danger during monsoon, laying of steel nets to the wells from Bicholim and Sanquelim to avoid mud entering, vacate the huts from Gaonkarwada and Bandarwada two months prior to the monsoon which comes under flood affective zone, putting time table of

VAC wants re-survey of mining sites in Valpoi HERALD CORRESPONDENT VALPOI, MAY 29

Valpoi Action Committee (VAC) has urged Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane to request the Central government to re-survey all the mining sites in Valpoi constituency to safeguard the health of the people and to promote the beautification of Valpoi town.

In a press note, VAC General Secretary Vincy Gonsalves has stated that it is regretful to note that the Central Government has already given green signal to open mining at Massordem and other areas in Valpoi.

“If mining activities are started, it will create a great havoc in Valpoi and other parts of Sattari taluka, thereby causing pollution to the natural environment and water pollution to Mhadai river,” stated Gonsalves.

“Besides, beautification of Valpoi area will come to doom as a result of mining operation,” added Gonsalves in the press note.

The VAC has also praised the local MLA for his hard work in beautifying Valpoi town.

Meanwhile, residents of Honda-Sattari have launched an agitation against dust pollu-

Residents of Honda-Sattari agitate against dust pollution.

Photo by Ashraf Khan

tion in the area due to mining activities, including transportation of ore.

On Tuesday, Honda residents under the banner ‘Save Goa and Goans’ marched to Honda panchayat and submitted a memorandum to Sarpanch Ankush Gaonkar demanding immediate action on mining companies to minimise dust pollution.

When contacted, Honda Sarpanch Gaonkar said he has already written to the mining companies conveying the demands of Honda residents and urged the companies to meet the demands of the affected

residents.

“I have already intimated the companies operational in Honda regarding the problems faced by Honda residents and requested them to take immediate measures to curb dust pollution in the area,” Gaonkar told Herald.

The residents have threatened that they have taken the issue seriously and will not stop the agitation till their demands are met.

The residents also claimed that they have full support of ‘Utt Goenkara’ activists and other NGOs.

Cidade de Goa wins ‘Marque of Excellence Award’ HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, MAY 29

Cidade de Goa won the ‘Marque of Excellence Award 2008–2009’ from Thomas Cook UK & Ireland.

The award was presented to Cidade de Goa by Mandi Watson, Gateway Manager, Thomas Cook Holidays Division–Goa Signed by Steve Barran and Richard Calvert, joint managing directors of Thomas Cook, the award has been presented to Cidade de Goa for ‘through customer recognition of exceedingly high standards of service and quality of accommodation’.

Cidade de Goa is the only resort in 5 star and 4 star category, in central and north Goa, to have received the award this year. The resort resembles a self contained hill hamlet. Containing tastefully done 205 rooms besides the many fine dining restaurants, Cidade de Goa rivals to treat each and every guest luxuriously while they are in Goa. Besides receiving the plaque, mention of the award in the Thomas Cook brochures, will enhance Cidade de Goa’s reputation as a much sought after holiday destination.

Thomas Cook is the largest outbound tour operator in the UK. The ‘Marque of Excellence Award’ is given out to hotels that get consistently high customer satisfaction questionnaire (CSQ) scores from their guests. The rating parameters being accommodation, reception service, cleanliness, furnishing and décor standard in public areas, bar service, quality and choice of food, swimming pools, daytime entertainment, evening entertainment, maintenance repair and faults, etc. For more information please visit www.cidadedegoa.com.

high tide and low tide in the market area and alerting the citizens in advance incase of likely floods.

“Repair of sirens installed in Bicholim and Sanquelim areas to alert people during emergencies, appoint extra labourers to work during emergencies, Bordem GPS and Our Lady of Grace High School were the places selected to evacuate the people from flood-affected areas, keeping medical, police, fire brigade service alert round the clock, keep watch over rising water level from Anjumen dam and the amount of rainfall in Ghats,” said the officials.

It was also decided to instruct mining companies to give their whole-hearted cooperation, arrangement of boats to take the affected people to safer destinations during emergencies and adopting other necessary measures.

Forms invited for award HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, MAY 29

The Curtorim Village Group Management, has invited applications from top ranking/meritorious students, hailing from Curtorim, who have secured the highest aggregate marks in the recently concluded SSC and HSSC examinations.

Eligible students are requested to send their applications, along with certified copies of marks sheets and proof of being a native of Curtorim, to Rabindra Pimenta, c/o Cyberia Internet Café, Felicinta complex, near Bolshe circle, Gogol, Margao or email the scanned copies to: rabindrakt@hotmail.com on or before June 15.

Selected students will be conferred the Eliza Pimenta Memorial Award, donated by Pimenta Brothers-Curtorim.

The awards presentation and the awardees names will be announced/published in the news and electronic media, after the due date set for receipt of applications.

Fun festival underway at Vasco HERALD REPORTER VASCO, MAY 29

A three-day fun festival ‘Asli Bindaas Children’s Dhamaka’ (ABCD) kicked-off at the Vasco Children’ Park on Friday.

Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Shekhar Khadapkar, Councilors Krishna Salkar, Kishori Haldankar and Anita Chopdekar, former MMC chairperson Carlos Almedia and Bandekar family members were present at the inaugural function.

The fun festival ABCD has been organized by ward Councilor Krishna Salkar along with Carlos Almedia in association with Narayan Rajaram Bandekar (NRB) Group.

The fun festival will feature magic show, mimicry, karaoke, African acrobats, face painting, balloon modeling, story sessions, peace crane project, group painting and collage, etc.

The fun festival would be open for all children and for two days the event will commence at 4 pm and conclude at 7 pm.

upCoMING eVeNTs Bro Anil’s retreat today

PANJIM (HND): Bro Anil of Salvation Ministry will conduct a one-day retreat on May 30 at Swami Vivekanand Hall, 6th floor, Junta House, from 2.30 pm to 6 pm. Come and experience God’s power, healing and deliverance and be blessed, says a press release. For details contact 9226387098 or 9763553575.

St Anthony novenas

PANJIM (HND): Novenas of St Anthony at St Andrew’s Church, Goa Velha will begin from June 1. Daily masses will be held at 6.30 am, 7.30 am and 4.30 pm. The feast will be celebrated on June 13. Feast day masses will be at 6 am, 7.15 am, 8.30 am and 5 pm.

Book release ceremony

PANJIM (HND): Government of Goa, Directorate of Official language will hold the ‘book release ceremony’, wherein three books will be released under the ‘Scheme of Publication 2008’.

The books include ‘Secrets of Dental Care’ by Dr Sandeep Lawande, ‘Vikas Khara Khota’ by Raju Nayak and ‘A Concise History of Goa’ by Prof Dr Olivinho Gomes. The books will be released at the hands of CM Digambar Kamat.

An audio CD of selective songs of Bakibab Borkar will also be released on the occasion to commemorate the birth centenary of Bakibab. It has been produced by Naad Brahma-Vasco, in assistance of Directorate of Official Language, and will be released at the hands of renowned music director Ashok Patki in the presence of Official Language Secretary Rajiv Verma, on May 31 at Maquinez Palace, Old GMC complex, Panjim at 5 pm.

power sHuTDowN MAY 30 MAPUSA: From 9 am to 3 pm. Areas affected are Sapna village, indoor stadium-Pedem, Sattadhar Arcade-Pedem, Vrundavan Hospital, Duler, Gauns Hospital, Alto-Duler and surrounding areas, Appetite restaurant, Housing Board, PWD water tank, Mapusa Industrial Estate, Shardha hotel, St Britto high school, New Goa high school, Mapusa Clinic, telephone exchange, Mapusa court area, football ground-Duler, Peddem, ITI, SFX high school and surrounding areas.

MAY 31 CARANZALEM: From 9 am to 2.30 pm. Areas affected are Kevnem, part of Mitra Bazar and surrounding areas.

Telephones out of order, complain Kundaim locals HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARCEL, MAY 29

Expressing unhappiness with BSNL telephone services, residents of Kundaim have claimed that telephones in the village have been out of order since the last 10 days.

Villagers further claimed that such disturbances are witnessed on regular basis and several complaints with the authorities yielded no results.

With authorities allegedly neglecting their vows, villagers have sought media intervention to highlight the issue and hoped that higher ups will take a note of it.

“Disruption of telephones services is regular in the village and it takes several days to get it repaired,” claimed the villagers.

Gopinath Kamat of Kundaim said: “It’s usual. We face such problems many times. This is not new to us, as our landlines are dead often. We have complained to the concerned authorities, but no use.”

Said another resident, Shalini Kundaimkar: “I stay alone in my house and am not in good health. In case of any emergency, what will I do?

Whom will I call for help? The only landline which is a hope to reach my relatives is not working for the last 10 days.”

When contacted, Kundaim zonal office claimed that a stolen piece of telephone cable was the reason of disturbance and majority lines have been temporarily repaired, but

n When contacted, Kundaim zonal office claimed that a stolen piece of telephone cable was the reason of disturbance and majority lines have been temporarily repaired, but only Kundaim village is remaining. only Kundaim village is remaining.

“PWD had recently undertaken road widening at Kundaim and as a result, telephone cable was exposed which miscreants stole. Replacing cable will take another few days,” informed sources at Kundaim telephone exchange.

Reacting to the reasons pointed out by sources in Kundaim telephone exchange, residents said: “It may be a valid reason, but the authorities need to take some drastic steps so that such cases of stealing telephone cables is stopped.”

Some villagers claimed that whenever there is telephone line disruption, they are told that it is due to stolen cable.

“I don’t understand how cables are stolen every time. Authorities need to take stringent action so that such incidents do not occur in future,” said Viraj Sapre.

Discussion on performance of Goa Tiatr Academy on HCN HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, MAY 29

A one hour panel discussion on the performance of Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG), hosted by Juino De Souza in Straight-Talk will be telecast on Sunday at 11 am and again the same night at 9 pm on HCN, Goa’s leading 24 hour news and entertainment channel.

The panellist comprise of TAG President Tomazinho Cardozo, senior artist Joe Rose, Tiatr writer Vincy Quadros, Tiatr producer Agnelo de Borim and Tiatrist Mike Mehta.

The issues amongst others are: Whether the Tiatr academy totally funded by the government has succeeded in facilitating the development of the Tiatr? How many Goan youngsters have benefited from the Tiatr Academy? How

many workshops, seminars, training camps and school visits have been organised so far by this academy? Has the Tiatr academy become a mere award distributing institution?

What is the reason for government to invest a huge sum of Rs 1.5crores in buying ownership premises for the new academy in prime Campal area?

What are the aims and objectives of the academy and whether this information has been put in the public domain?

Is there a laid down criterion for selecting the executive governing body? Will this academy continue to thrive on government funding or will it eventually aim at becoming self-sufficient.

The repeat telecast will be on June 3 at 9 pm.

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CBI will focus on areas directly relevant to people: Ashwini UNI CHENNAI, MAY 29

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), premier investigating agency in the country, would focus on areas which were directly relevant to the public and society at large and organised crimes, which affected the poor, CBI Director Aswini Kumar said today.

Addressing a training module session for the city based media persons here, he said the CBI, which was focusing more on cracking corruption cases, would focus more on organised crimes which affected the poor and common people.

He said the agency would crack its whip against those involved in the making of spurious and sub-standard drugs and involved in adulteration of food items of daily use of poor and common people.

Regretting that only poor and common people fell victims to these fake drugs and adulterated food items as the rich and influential sections of the society could opt for the bests, Mr Kumar said ''who else, than the CBI can save these poor people from these organised crimes.''

Another key area of our work would be to launch a campaign against human trafficking of women and children. ''These crimes have been our responsibility since long but we gave

Headley not a sticking point between India and US: Blake PTI WASHINGTON, MAY 29

A top Obama Administration official has denied that Mumbai terror attacks suspect David Coleman Headley of late has emerged as a sticking point in the relationship between India and the US. "I don't think it's a sticking point. I think that we've got a good dialogue and I think we'll work out a way forward," Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told reporters at a news conference yesterday.

"We are very pleased that the United States and India have been able to cooperate very closely on this critical and very complex issue.

We continue to work very hard with our Indian counterparts to move forward on that.

But I don't have anything more to say," Blake said.

"I am not in a position to," Blake said when asked if he can say that whether the US is going to give India access to Headley, the US national of Pakistani origin who has been arrested by the FBI on charges of being involved in the planning of the Mumbai terrorist attack.

Indian investigating authorities have been seeking access to Headley so that they could interrogate him on his role in the Mumbai terrorist attack, that killed more than 160 people in November 2008.

SC ruling on narco analysis a setback, says CBI Chief PTI CHENNAI, MAY 29

CBI Director Ashwini Kumar today termed the recent Supreme Court ruling against compulsory narco analysis, brain mapping and polygraph test as a "setback" to scientific investigation and maintained that the agency never resorted to compulsory tests on the accused.

"According to us, it is a setback for forensic science and scientific investigation. We will respond to it after studying it," Kumar told reporters here after inaugurating a CBI media workshop.

The investigating agency respected the Supreme Court judgement, he said, adding it would "follow it in letter and spirit."

As for the CBI, it always took the consent of the accused before conducting narco analysis test and "never has the CBI compulsorily done any test without consent of the accused so far," he said.

"Even if the person gives the consent, we have approached courts for permission and the tests were always conducted by experts," Kumar explained.

In a blow to investigating agencies, the Supreme Court had on May 5 ruled as illegal compulsory use of narco analysis, brain mapping and polygraph tests, saying such techniques amount to cruel and degrading treatment and unwarranted intrusion into personal liberty. more attention to corruption only,'' he said.

Mr Kumar said ''this year we are going to make a concerted effort to focus our attention to redefine our role in areas of inter-state and international economic crimes.''

Mr Kumar said the CBI continued to enjoy a high degree

UN asks India, Pak, Israel to join NPT, CTBT PTI UNITED NATIONS, MAY 29

In a departure from tradition of not singling out countries by name, the United Nations has asked India, Pakistan and Israel to join NPT and CTBT without further delay and pre-conditions.

The UN's call to the three countries to join Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) came at the end of the month-long 2010 NPT review conference here yesterday.

While it was expected that the names would be dropped in favour of a general statement calling for the universality of the NPT, the final document produced at the conference specifically called on India, Pakistan and Israel to accede to the treaty without further delay and preconditions.

"The conference remains convinced that universal adherence to the treaty can achieve this goal (of non-proliferation) and it calls upon all States not parties to the Treaty, India, Israel and Pakistan to accede to it without further delay and without conditions," the final document said.

The 189 delegates to the conference also called on the "three states, operating unsafeguarded nuclear facilities to reverse clearly and urgently any policies to pursue any nuclear weapon development or deployment

Sex is not 'must' to have kids: Expert UNI BANGALORE, MAY 28

In the near future, sex will not be a ‘must’ for having children as a series of breakthroughs and innovations has led to a situation where technology is a notch above nature in reproductive science.

According to Dr Stephen Junk, an expert in In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) from Australia, the success rate of IVF in obtaining pregnancy is now much more than the natural form of sex. ''This does not mean that the world would be without the pleasure of natural sex. Technology will greatly benefit those women who are not able to conceive and couples who opt for children in later part of their lives, age being an impediment in conceiving through natural means,'' he said.

Speaking to reporters here, Dr Junk said those who cross 30 could routinely opt for IVF to conceive babies in the next couple of years because it would have become better than sex when it comes to chances of conceiving.

Advances in IVF technology would make it possible to produce embryos with a cent per cent success rate and cultivate them in computer-controlled storage facilities. ''Couples who take the IVF road have a much better chance of conceiving through IVF than young adults in peak condition.

Such young adults have only a one-in-five chance a month of con-

of confidence of the people, across the country and said the time has come for the agency to innovate. ''This is the time we have to innovate, to reinvent ourselves by redefining our role and relevance to the society. Therefore, the CBI is re-inventing itself to make it more people centric and

accountable,'' he said.

He said the CBI has introduced multi-disciplinary investigation teams in solving complicated cases and stressed the need to assimilate new technology to stay a step ahead of the criminals.

Giving details of two most important recent events in the life of CBI, he said one related to re-structuring of CBI and the other, creation of 71 exclusive courts for CBI. The creation of 71 new courts was an epoch making events in CBI's 69 years history. These courts, including three in Chennai, would start functioning by the end of this year, he said, adding this would help to reduce the pendency of cases.

Despite constraints, the CBI was forging ahead and in the first quarter of this year, it had achieved 73 per cent of conviction rate.

After the establishment of 71 courts, innovations, staff support and better facilities and training, the CBI would be in a position to complete all investigations within one year, the Director said.

Stating that ''it is our effort to bring CBI closer to the people,'' Mr Kumar said the training module is being organised to bring CBI closer to the people through the good offices of media.

n This does not mean that the world would be without the pleasure of natural sex.

Technology will greatly benefit those women who are not able to conceive and couples who opt for children in later part of their lives, age being an impediment in conceiving through natural means. ceiving naturally, but for IVF the chances are more,'' he said, adding ' research has found that for women who are above 35, the chance of natural conception is less than one in ten. Such women can greatly benefit through advances in IVF.'' ''Microarray is a relatively new technology and is being used experimentally across Australia.'' ''Male infertility was increasing and accounting for more than 50 per cent of the infertility problems and smoking and stress were only adding to the problem,'' he added.

and to refrain from any action which would undermine regional peace and security," it said.

The NPT Review Conference is held every five years to assess the progress in reaching the goals set out in the 1970 treaty to disarm and stop the spread of nuclear weapons.

India, Pakistan and Israel did not attend the meet. The last conference in 2005 had ended in failure.

In a section on South Asia in the text, the UN urged India and Pakistan to place all nuclear facilities under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

"The conference urges both states to strengthen their nonproliferation export control measures over technologies, material and equipment that can be used for the production of nuclear weapons and their delivery systems," it said.

The final document, however, was criticised by several NAM countries for being weak since many of the Western nations did not make any concrete pledge to reduce their nuclear arsenal nor was the timeline of 2025 to get rid of the nuclear weapons accepted in the draft. " We a re a w a re t h a t t h e adopted final document did not benefit to a great extent from the elements of a plan of action presented by the Non-Aligned

Indo-US Physician Exchange Programme initiated PTI MUMBAI, MAY 29

Indo-US physician exchange programme has been initiated and this voluntary mutual exchanges between US and Indian physicians will help improve medical education and healthcare in India, Navin C Shah, CEO, American Professional Exchange Association (APXA) said.

"At the Embassy of India, we initiated an Indo-US physician exchange programme and this will help improve medical education and healthcare in India," Shah told PTI today. "This exchange programme will also create joint projects benefiting both countries," he said.

The APXA provides a free service that matches US physicians with physicians in India for a voluntary and mutually agreed reciprocal visit. "Under this programme, hosts provide free lodging, boarding, and professional interactions to their visiting guests. These exchanges will prove beneficial both professionally and culturally" Shah said.

This programme is supported

by US State Department (Office of Professional and Cultural Exchanges), American Medical Association (AMA), World Health Organisation (WHO), Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA), Government of India, and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI).

Movement on the total elimination of nuclear weapons," said Maged Abdelaziz, Egypt's ambassador to the UN, speaking on behalf of the NAM countries.

''You are the catalyst who can create wonders while reporting the events and activities of CBI for the common people and cau-

tioned all modes of media to extend their cooperation to ensure fair investigation by the CBI.

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Maoists behind train mishap, some identified: DGP PTI KOLKATA, MAY 29

The West Bengal police tonight said Maoists were behind the Jnaneswari Express derailment and claimed to have identified the culprits behind the incident that has claimed 136 lives so far.

"Those who did it are all members of Maoist squads.

We have identified them and search is on to nab them," Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh told reporters here.

He said two members of a Maoist squad, who were recently released on bail, had led the operation.

"We have information that the two, along with others of the squad, had gone to the site on the night of the incident and had opened the

Miscreants set afire 3 train bogies UNI KAKINADA, MAY 29

Three bogies of the Bhimavaram-Rajahmundry shuttle passenger train was set afire by some miscreants in the wee hours today.

Police sources said the bogies were gutted to the extent of 75 per cent.

The train was scheduled to leave at 0400 hours on the return trip to Bhimavaram when the incident took place.

The Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel immediately cordoned off the area. Fire was extinguished with the assistance of fire tenders.

n Those who did it are all members of Maoist squads. We have identified them and search is on to nab them -- DGP Bhupinder Singh pendral clips and fishplates before the derailment occurred," he said, adding the Maoists also took help of the PCPA. In reply to a question, he said that investigators probing the incident have collected a number of samples from the site and have not come across evidence of any explosion as claimed by the driver of the express train.

Besides the CID and the

state police teams, a team of forensic experts were also at the site, he said.

Twelve railway linesmen posted in the KhemasuliSaridha area were being questioned by investigators, the official said.

Asked to comment on the silence by Maoists following the incident, he said, "They speak only when they kill the police. They remain silent while killing civilians. They are waging a war against the state."

Thirteen coaches of the passenger train derailed in the wee hours on Friday as portions of the track was missing. A goods train coming from the opposite direction rammed into five of them, causing the maximum casualties.

PTI HYDERABAD, MAY 29

Pro-Telangana activists today set up roadblocks and took out rallies in the region as part of the bandh called by the Telangana-Joint Action Committee to protest violence in Mahbubabad town during the tour of Congress MP Y S Jaganmohan that left 24 people injured.

Shops and business establishments downed shutters in Warangal, Medak, Mahbubnagar, Karimnagar, Nalgonda and Nizamabad districts even as police took several protesters, including T-JAC leaders, into preventive custody at Kazipet, Narayankhed and Siddipet towns after they held demon-

strations.

Holding Congress MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy responsible for the violence in Mahbubabad yesterday, the T-JAC called for the shutdown.

Nine people were injured when police fired to quell protesters while seven others were injured in clashes, police said.

Eight policemen were also hurt in the violence that broke out in protest against his yatra.

The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), Osmania University JAC, Kakatiya University JAC and BJP have supported the bandh.

In Ranga Reddy district, lawyers blocked roads near L B Nagar, while Telangana activists

PTI BEIJING, MAY 29

President Pratibha Patil goes around after dedicating an Indian style Buddhist temple in the the campus of White Horse temple in Luoyang Provence in China on Saturday.

There were some awkward moments before the departure of President Pratibha Patil from Beijing to the central Chinese city of Luoyang today when a member of her entourage, RJD MP Raghuvansh Prasad, did not turn up at the airport on time, making her wait for nearly 20 minutes.

Though the scheduled departure was slated for 9 am local time, the President arrived at the airport at 8.50 am for the last farewell formalities. However, even after she boarded the plane, it could not take off as Prasad, former Union Minister for Rural Development, had not arrived from his hotel.

"Though one of the delegation members got delayed, there was no impact on the programme schedule and it did not cause any embarrassment to us," Arachana Dutta, a spokesperson for the Rashtrapati Bhavan, said.

Patil had to wait for nearly 20 minutes before her plane, a chartered from China Eastern Airlines, could depart for Luoyang even as there were nearly eight other flights waiting for the VVIP plane to take off.

Govt freebees schemes making people lazy, says Pachamuthu Noted educationist and founder of the nascent India Jananayaka Katchi (IJK) T R Pachamuthu today came down heavily on Government freebees schems and said they were making people lazy.

Addressing a press conference after hoisting party flag to mark the inauguration of the party's national conference here, Dr Pachamuthu pointed out that the government which was earmarking a very meagre budget for education, spent lavishly on its freebees scheme, which would only help the ruling party in its propaganda role.

Criticising year long unofficial power cut in the state, in spite of the development of science and technology, he found fault with the government for not showing interest in additional generation of power.

He said the government could utilise the infrastructure

PTI JHARGRAM (WB), MAY 29

Six-year-old Rupsa Sheikh is in a state of shock and has stopped speaking after her mother Salma died in the train derailment in West Midnapore district.

The future is bleak for Rupsa, a resident of Kalna in Hooghly district, as her father is also critically injured in the mishap yesterday.

"Her father is at the Kharagpur hospital. He is critically injured. His leg has been amputated. We are told there is little hope for his survival," a nurse tending to her told a PTI correspondent. "She is refusing to respond after her mother died," she said.

Aftab Ali Absari, a student of Class X, has a vacant look.

His father, Illyas Absari, mother, Israt Bano and five-yearold brother, Alisher, who were travelling to Kolkata from Nagpur, were killed in the accident.

J’khand police, railways to keep watch on tracks PTI RANCHI, MAY 29

Jharkhand police and railways today decided to jointly look after rail safety even as several trains in Jharkhand have either been cancelled or diverted in the wake of train accident.

"Detailed discussions on safeguarding railway tracks and safety of passengers have been held. The railways and the state police will jointly assist each other in this regard," senior railway official, who attended a meeting convened by the state police chief, Neyaz Ahmed, said.

The railways have cancelled or diverted several trains under Dhanbad, Ranchi and Chakradharpur rail divisions.

"Passenger trains from Jhark-

hand passing through Kharagpur-Tata and Kharagpur-Adra during nights have been cancelled while routes of some express trains have been diverted for the time being," the railway official said.

Dhanbad Railway Division suspended seven trains June 2 in Central Industrial Chord (CIC) under Dhanbad rail division in Jharkhand, a senior official said here today.

The cancelled trains are; Palamau Express, BarkakanaPatna Express, Gomo-Barwadih passenger, Barwadhi-Gomo passenger, Gomo-Dehri-on-Sone passenger, Barkakana-Gomo passenger and Gomo-Barkakana passenger train, division's Puplic Relations Officer Amrendra Das said.

Bandh in Telangana to protest ‘Killing of civilians by Maoists inhuman’ violence during Jagan yatra

RJD MP keeps Prez waiting

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Grief after disaster

lying with the private sector and generate additional power to solve the power crisis in the state.

To a question, he said IJK was not in favour of organizing stir/agitations or road roko on public issues. Instead, the party would utilise the media to focus on such issues and to draw the attention of authorities concerned.

He criticised the political parties' agitations even on small and petty issues and said such agitations would help them prove their presence in the political scenario, besides causing severe hardship to the innocent people.

He said the party would launch its operations across the country very soon and necessary instruction would be given to the party's representatives who came from across the country including Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala and Jharkhand.

Claiming that there was no

real democracy in any political parties in the country or in any form of elections, he said the IJK would work to bring real democracy among its cadres as well as in the whole party affairs.

He said introduction of a new civilisation in the country's politics and taking care of uplift of women and youths were the main objectives of the party.

Dr Pachamuthu said the party was formally launched on May 8 and subsequently registered with the Election Commission of India.

There were about three lakh members in the 'Pari Narpani Mandram', a social service organisation of the Tamil Nadu 'Parkava Kula Udayar Sangam', which had now converted into a full-fledged political party in the name of IJK, he added.

He said the new cadres for the party would be admitted only after those who became the member of the Pari Narpani Mandram.

took out motor-bike rallies in Warangal, Karimnagar and other Telangana districts shouting anti-Jagan slogans.

Passengers were stranded at bus-stands across Telangana districts after Andhra Pradesh State Transport Corporation (APSRTC) suspended services at several places in view of the protests.

The bandh has been by and large peaceful till now.

The bandh, however, evoked lukewarm response in Hyderabad city, where transport services were normal.

Police have made elaborate security arrangements in Telangana and additional forces were deployed near Osmania University, considered the nerve centre of the statehood movement.

PTI CHENNAI, MAY 29

Slamming the killing of civilians by Maoists in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said their goals and policies "might be good" but the methods adopted by them are "against human nature."

Expressing concern over the Naxal attack on a Mumbaibound train in West Bengal yesterday that claimed 98 lives, he said he was shocked to see the picture of a child's body

being carried by passengers.

"Their goals and policies might be good but the methods they adopt are against human nature", the DMK patriarch said.

"The children and Maoists had no differences. The Maoists approach of killing people to achieve their goals without any concern for human life is not good. The Maoist leaders should ponder over whether their approach is right," he said.

He said the party's high level action committee would meet here tomorrow to decide the party's nominees for Rajya Sabha Polls.

Asked if the Pattali Makkal Katchi would join the DMK-led alliance, he said, "I do not know what would be the committee's decision on the issue".

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Brazil lottery winner escapes father's murder plot Reuters BRASILIA, MAY 29

The winner of a 16 million dollar lottery jackpot in Brazil escaped his own father's plot to kill him after police caught two contract killers supposedly hired to carry out his murder, local media reported.

Police informed on Friday Fabio de Barros of the plan by his father, Francisco, to have him killed in order to keep the winnings the two had fought over since Fabio won the prize in 2006, O Globo TV and the Agencia Estado reported.

A legal battle began after Francisco, 60, refused to hand over the winnings Fabio had deposited in his account. They had not spoken for about three years, Fabio's lawyer said.

Francisco was arrested in Cuiaba in western Brazil on Wednesday. Agencia Estado said police learned of the murder plot during monitoring of phone conversations between the two men accused of working as guns-for-hire.

DEATH

BAPTISTA, JOHN ANTHONY, husband of late Wilma, beloved son of late Edwin & late Emma Baptista, and brother/ brother-in-law of Shirley/Tony DeLord, Celia/Trevor Lobo, Iona/Kit Heredia and Peter/ Marise Baptista, passed away peacefully on 28th May 2010.

Funeral service was held in Mumbai on 29th May. Much loved and sadly missed.

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TTP-Punjab responsible for mosque attacks, says captured terrorist PTI LAHORE, MAY 29

One of the two terrorists arrested during audacious terror strikes on two mosques of the minority Ahmadi sect here has told investigators that the attackers had received training in the lawless Waziristan tribal belt and were working at the behest of the Pakistani Taliban's Punjabi wing.

Abdullah Mohammad and Amir Muavia were captured after they stormed the Ahmadi mosque in the upscale Model Town area of Lahore on Friday.

Muavia was seriously injured when his suicide vest failed to detonate properly. Mohammad, 18, was captured by worshippers when he tried to set off explosives strapped to his body.

"We received training in Waziristan (tribal region). Our commander is Badar Mansoor, who is based in south Punjab," Mohammad was quoted as saying by SSP (investigation) Zuliqar Hamid.

Hamid said Mohammad had disclosed that the attackers were launched by the Punjabi faction of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

"Muavia is seriously injured and has been operated upon.

We will interrogate him after his condition improves," Hamid

said.

Mohammad hails from Rahim Yar Khan district in the southern part of Punjab province and police teams have been sent there to take his family and acquaintances into custody, Hamid said.

Superintendent of Police (Model Town) Rana Ayaz Salim said over a dozen suspects had been taken into custody in Lahore in connection with the attack on two Ahmadi mosques.

"We launched a crackdown late on Friday night and arrested over a dozen suspects," he told PTI. Police said they gleaned positive clues about the network of the attackers from the information provided by Mohammad.

At least 80 people were killed in the coordinated attacks on the Ahmadi mosques at Model Town and the heavily-congested area of Garhi Shahu areas of Lahore. Over 100 others were injured.

Among the dead were former judge Munir Sheikh, Lt Gen (retired) Naseer Ahmed and a senior government official.

Police said Muavia and Mohammad came to the Model Town mosque on a motorcycle.

The motorcycle was rigged with an explosive device, which they set off before storming the mosque.

Taliban fighters seize district in Afghanistan Reuters KUNAR, Afghanistan, MAY 29

Taliban insurgents overran a remote district in eastern Afghanistan after days of heavy fighting in the area, a provincial police official said today.

The battle erupted earlier this week in Barg-i-Matal district of mountainous Nuristan province, a remote area bordering Pakistan, when hundreds of Taliban fighters stormed the district centre, said Qasim Payman, police chief of the province. ''The police force in the area has tactically retreated from the district after days of fighting,'' he told Reuters, adding there were no signs of reinforcements despite repeated requests.

Hundreds of armed villagers, known as Lashkar-i-Qaomi (the army of tribes) have joined with police to try to push back the insurgents, Payman said.

US rift with Brazil, Turkey on Iran deepens Reuters WASHINGTON/RIO DE JANEIRO, MAY 29

The United States clashed with Brazil and Turkey over the next steps on Iran, with US officials saying a proposed atomic fuel deal for Tehran must not derail the UN drive to impose new sanctions over Iran's nuclear program.

In signs of the deep rift between the United States and two influential nonpermanent members of the U.N. Security Council, Turkey and Brazil stepped up to defend their proposal as the right thing to do to reduce tensions over the Iranian nuclear impasse.

"We know we did the right thing," Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim told a news conference yesterday, flanked by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

"We are seeking to follow a path of dialogue, a path of

conversation and understanding, and that has produced results."

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to Tehran earlier this month to broker the deal under which Iran agreed to send 1,200 kg of its low-enriched uranium abroad in exchange for specially processed fuel for its medical isotope reactor.

Senior US officials dismissed the fuel deal proposal, saying Turkey and Brazil appeared to have been hoodwinked by Tehran in its efforts to escape new UN sanctions.

"We very much recognise the sincere efforts that were made

by Brazil and Turkey ... but unfortunately I think the motives of the parties were quite different," said one senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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STATEHOOD DAY IS THE GOLDEN DAY OF GOA

By SHANTARAM NAIK, MP

Constitution classifies territories of India into States and Union Territories.

States are, of course, like federal units within the Indian Union while Union Territories are directly administered by the Central Government, to be more precise, by the Union Home Ministry.

States are, no doubt, free to take decisions as regards the items mentioned in the state list of the Constitution of India and, to an extent, as regards the items mentioned in the concurrent list too.

Advice tendered by the Council of Ministers, in a state are binding on the Governor, while in the Union Territory, it is the Administrator, who calls the shots.

In the Union Territories having Legislative Assemblies, the advice tendered by the Council of Ministers has a better recognition than the advice tendered

by Advisory councils in the Union Territories like Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu, Dadra Haveli etc.

Administrators in such UTs hardly give consideration to the advice tendered by the Advisory Councils.

I have in one of my speech, recently in the Rajya Sabha, pleaded, the case of Union Territories and have said that in the Union Territories, where the Central Government cannot consider granting of Statehood, there, the government can, at least, make amendments in the relevant laws to make the advise tendered by the Advisory Councils bind-

ings on the Administrators.

As regards Pudicherry (formerly known as Pondicherry), I expressed in favour of granting the territory the status of Statehood. If a former Portuguese “Colony” like Goa could be granted the status, why not Pudicherry, which was a French “Colony”.

In fact, on account of my well known role in the Statehood of Goa, Chief Minister of Pudicherry Shri V Vaithilangan and President of Pradesh Congress Committee of Pondicherry Shri V Subramaniam, have been approaching me to seek my guidance from time to time.

As per my assessment, Pudicherry case was under active consideration of the Central Government until the recent imbroglio caused by Telangana demand.

Status of Statehood of Goa is a story of generous gift which late Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi gave to Goa. Sometimes in the month of April, 1987, we were having a small dinner party, at Panjim, at the residence of our host Dr Vijay Thali, renowned stage artist and, the then General Secretary of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee. Myself, Mr Eduardo Faleiro, who were both Lok Sabha members and Mrs Sulochana Katker and a few office-bears of the Congress Party were the invitees.

During the course of a discussion at the party, I said to Mrs Katkar and Mr Faleiro that during the budget session (which was on at that time), I propose to raise the issue of statehood, and

that, as a preparatory step, a delegation of Congress leaders in Goa have to meet Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. It is only if he gives green signal that I intend to go ahead with the matter and raise the same during zero hour, I told Mr Faleiro and Mrs Katker.

In fact, since my election to the Lok Sabha in December 1984, I had two major objectives in my mind one, that of achieving statehood for Goa, and the other, of inclusion of Konkanni in the eight schedule of the constitution.

I was successful as regards Konkanni only after my term as a MP was over i.e. after I became the President of Goa PCC. During the entire period of 1984 and 1985, I left no opportunity of raising the issue with Rajiv Gandhi be it during private meetings, dinner meetings or tea gatherings or at Parliamentary Party fora. Each time, I got an encouraging response from the ever smiling Prime Minister. However, I always refrained myself from raising the issue specifically in the Lok Sabha as, I knew that until and unless a decision is taken, I can only expect a negative reply.

Therefore, by the time we left Dr Thali’s dinner party it was decided that Pratapsing Rane, the then Chief Minister, should be requested to lead a delegation to Rajiv Gandhi in this connection.

Before that on 27th March, 1987, Mr Chintamani Panigrahi, the then Union Minister of State for Home Affairs while intervening in a debate, held on

a Private Member’s Constitutional Amendment Bill moved by me to provide for Public Service Commission for the Union Territory of Goa, Daman & Diu . Referring to the speech of Mrs. Phulrenu Guha, a senior MP from West Bengal, who had asked Mr Panigrahi to give me a firm assurance that the minister would bring in a bill to constitute Public Service Commission in Goa, Mr Panigrahi, before asking me, routinely, to withdraw the bill, said that he would he would give me something more as a result of which, I will automatically withdraw the bill. And therefore, while finally replying to the postponed debate on 10th April, Mr Panigragrahi startling revelation that the Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi is seriously considering granting of statehood to Goa. The news was carried by all national and local dailies.

As I had decided to do something concrete in the House in the year 1987, in the matter of statehood, after doing private lobbying for first two years, I had given a notice of a Private Member’s Bill demanding statehood for Goa in the beginning of the budget session.

The bill was scheduled for introduction on 24th April, 87, and, I did it with great enthusiasm on that day as, the bill although was slated merely for introduction, prevailing circumstances made it more relevant. Again, the next day, national and local dailies gave prominence to the introduction of bill.

On 26th April, in his Stray Thought

Rajan Narain wrote, “In fact if there is one Goan politician whom I admire, it is Mr Shantaram Naik. Though Mr Shantaram Naik is from North Goa, parts of which are a Marathi stronghold, he has time and again, demonstrated that he is a politician with principle.”Incidentally, the proposed meeting of Congress delegation with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, idea of which was mooted by me at Dr Thali’s residence, materialised on 28th April, 1987.

The delegation comprised of Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane, his cabinet colleagues Shaikh Hassan Haroon, Dr Proto Barbosa, Harish Zantye, Francisco Sardinha and Vaikhunt Dessai, Assembly Speaker Mr Dayanand Narvekar, Mr Eduardo Faleiro, the then Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr. Purshottam Kakodkar Rajya Sabha M.P. myself, Mr. Monte Cruz Vice-President of Goa PCC (PCC President Mrs Sulochana Katkar could not remain present being unwell)and Youth Congress President Mr. Mouvin Godinho.

Mr Faleiro, who spoke, primarily on behalf of the delegation briefed Mr. Gandhi about the long pending demand of the Goans, and that, if he (Mr. Rajiv Gandhi) grants permission, Mr. Naik proposes to raise it in the House.

Mr. Gandhi looked at me and told me to meet him during question hour on the next day. Next day, a few minutes before 11 a.m., which is the time for the Lok Sabha to begin, I went to the chamber of the Speaker Shri Balram Jhaker and, briefed him about previous

day’s development and said that I was likely to raise issue of Goa’s statehood in case I get green signal from the Prime Minister. Speaker assured me about his co-operation.

Accordingly, as soon as Lok Sabha assembled, I went near Rajiv Gandhi’s seat and reminded him about yesterday’s discussions. Rajiv Gandhi told me to wait for a while, as he said, he wanted to talk to Home Minister Shri Buta Singh in that connection. I went and occupied my seat. Since Mr. Buta Singh did not turn up for quite sometimes, I went to his office in the Parliament House itself and told Mr. Singh that Mr. Gandhi was waiting for him.

The Home Minister said that he was expecting someone in his office, and that, he would come to the House soon.

I occupied my seat again. It was almost 11.50 and there was no sign of Mr Buta Singh. I thought I was loosing a great opportunity.

But, to my surprise, at 11.55, Mrs. Sheila Dixit, the then Minister of State attached to the Prime Minister’s office, came to my seat carrying the message of Rajiv Gandhi to me. She said Rajiv had asked you to raise the issue. My joy knew no bounds. I went and occupied one of the front benches and, as soon as Speaker uttered the words, “Question Hour is over,” I was on my seat to mention the issue. As soon as I finished mentioning the demand of Goans for statehood, Speaker looked at the Prime Minister and asked whether he wanted to respond, to that,

the Rajiv got up and conceded my demand for statehood on the spot and I remained spell bound. It was 29th April, 1987, a day I am, and will always be, proud of. It was quite unusual for a Prime Minister to announce a decision of this magnitude during zero hour. I was sometimes sarcastically branded as “hero of zero hour” in Goa. Protagonists of merger left no opportunity to undermine my work but I kept myself cool all the times.

Subsequently, the bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 8th May, 1987. It was passed by Lok Sabha on 11th May and by Rajya Sabha on 12th May. In the Lok Sabha, when the bill came up for discussion, I pointed out to Mr. Sharad Dighe that the name of the Bombay High Court whose jurisdiction was proposed to be extended to Goa, was being changed to “High Court of Maharashtra and Goa”. Mr. Dighe rushed to Buta Singh and demanded an amendment restoring the original name of the Bombay High Court. However, the bill was passed in the Lok Sabha without amendment but in the Rajya Sabha government moved an amendment to restore the original name of Bombay High Court, which amendment, had to be approved by the Lok Sabha subsequently.

Goa thus came into being on 30th May, 1987, a date which will be written in golden letters in the annals of history.

Courtesy Nave Parva

Impact on Administration after Statehood

By Dr J C Almeida IAS (Rtd) Since the time the original settlers of Goa introduced and established an unique system of administration in the nature of community association (comunidades) till the time the Indian system of administration came in to force ,at the end of the year 1961, the ,now, State of Goa had to pass through different systems of administration.

During this period, the set up of public administration that was left by succeeding governments that ruled Goa, namely, kingdoms like Kadambas, Mohamedans and Portuguese (from fifteenth century till 19.12.1961), had to execute the policies of their respective governments and implement the laws and regulations enacted by them for governing the place under their control and to provide the basic minimum public services to their citizens.

From 1962 onwards, when Goa

came under the control of Indian Government, the succeeding public administration had to execute and enforce a new set of policies, laws and regulations and to introduce the Indian system of administration.

India being a federation of States and Union Territories, it is governed by a Central Government and by Governments of each State and Union Territory that work within the framework of the Constitution of India.

From the time Goa came under the control of Government of India, initially, it had the status of a Union Territory and thereafter of a State. In both these status, it had its own elected governments and its own public administration.

I had the privilege to work in the public administration of Goa in both the status of an Union Territory and of a State.

I have fond memories of my tenure and association in the

working in the Union Territory administration of Goa, when the elected governments were relying and trusting the administration, for the implementation of their policies. In the beginning of their mandate they used to review the election promises made to the people and lay down policies to be executed by the administration within the approved Business Rules of the Government, without the interference of elected representatives .In addition, in the course of time, the Cabinet used to consider and approve any additional issue brought up by any Minister.

If any issue fell outside the normal rules and regulations the same was referred to the Central government for approval. The Lt Governor and the Union Home Ministry used to act as final arbitrators over the issues submitted to them.

The Legislative Assembly had only 30 MLAs and the Government was run by 3/4 Ministers including

chief Minister. Any increase in the number of Minister and fixation of their salaries, perks etc could be done only after the approval from the Central Government. The public administration was run by six secretaries to the government, including the Chief Secretary and the Law Secretary who was also Secretary of Legislature. The Union Territory of Goa Daman and Diu had inherited from the Portuguese government about 5000 government servants, of which 2000 were police and military force. They were later absorbed within the administration of Goa Daman and Diu. Later, additional government servants were recruited to help the development activities taken up by the administration, on the basis of policies laid down by the elected governments. Being a compact administration the disposal of business of the government was smooth.

As on 31.3.1986 there were 26337 government servants on whom the administration had spend Rs 39.64 crores in the year1986-87.

Except for the departments where their heads were declared as Additional Secretaries, most of the administration was run in double file system, due to which any missing file could be easily reconstituted. Any new development scheme/ deviation in the existing scheme could be implemented and the introduction of a legislation in the Legislative Assembly could be done only after obtaining the approval from the Central Government. Delays in the obtaining such approvals used to affect the implementation of such schemes.

Yet, massive development took place in those days in the various sectors of Goa’s economy and several important laws were enacted by the Legislative Assembly. The Panchayat Raj administration, assisted by Block development Officers and the Collector, was mainly involved in the development work of their respective areas. Rarely, people used to com-

plain about corruption at the level of Government or Panchayats. In those days the construction activity, tourism and electronic growth had not shown their edge over other activities. In the year 1986-87 the total Revenue Receipts of the UT government were Rs 161 crores of which Rs 96 crores were tax and non –tax revenues. The deficit on the Revenue account of UT government was made up by the Central Government. Market borrowing was not allowed and the Central government used to provide the required loans for development as approved by the Central Planning Commission. In the year 1986-87 the total capital expenditure was Rs 83 crores. When Goa was given the status of a State its debt of the UT government to the Central Government was Rs 433.85 crores.

This liability was not taken over by the Govt of State of Goa. The grant of Statehood to Goa have brought several changes in the working of the Government and in its administration. First of all, for granting Statehood to Goa, the small place like District of Goa, was divided into 2 Districts, namely, North and South Districts.

This created additional liability for the administration. The strength of Legislative Assembly was increased to 40MLAs and their ambitions increased without limits, due to the enhanced powers enjoyed by the State government.. The State Government could now decide, frame and approve its own development schemes, propose and get passed any legislation including the one related to the fixation of salaries, perks, pensions of the Ministers/MLAs, without having to refer to Central government for approval. The Governor of Goa is left with a very limited role in the State administration.

Being aware about the power that an MLA can enjoy if he/she gets a seat in the Government, as a Minister, the eligible MLAs have

been trying to be part of the Government of 14 Ministers. Most of them have been claiming that they can serve the people only if they are part of the ruling government.

Such a claim gives the impression that their selfish interest is behind such ambitions. Such ambitions have even affected the stability of the Governments in power and the pace of disposal of government business. Due to the era of coalition governments, the political discipline gets affected. While deposing the business of the government a misplaced assumption has to be avoided that a Cabinet decision can overrule rules and regulation in force. The styles of working of the Ministers of a State Government have created tremendous pulls and pressures on the government servants, especially when the approved rules and regulations cannot be bypassed. Similar styles of working have now affected the Panchayats and the Zilla Panchayats. Due to the adoption of single file system in the administration, it is not possible to reconstruct the claimed missing files. This has created a feeling that there is corruption at all levels of the State Government. The State administration has been led to adjust to the new styles of administration. If there was sober publicity and control over the laxity in the administration, the construction activity, promoted by tourism sector that has grown beyond limits after the Statehood,

could have maintain the original flavor of the State. The other related service sectors have also grown substantially.

Without assessing the real needs of a small State like Goa, the size of administration has been expanded by increasing the number of Secretaries, creating new departments and corporations and increasing the number of government servants, only to satisfy the whims and fancies of the Ministers. Yet, the delivery of services to the public is yet to be improved. Apart financial burden, a dispersed administration delays the decision making and affects the smooth delivery of services to the public. If there was absence of political patronage, the idleness, indiscipline and lack of accountability in most of the government departments could have been avoided. It appears that the past disciplined, rule bound committed government administration have given way to selfish, disinterested, partial and politically affiliated administration.

In the year 1997, the Legislative Assembly was informed that there were 37000 government servants and that their monthly salary bill was about Rs 16.56 crores. The 2007 census of government employees indicated that the number of government servants in the State have reached to 47718. In spite of economy measures approved under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management

Act 2006, additional appointments continue to be made. With the efforts made by the government to computerize the public services, the increase in the number of government servants could be avoided. The yearly salary bill including pension benefits have reached to Rs 1033 crores in the year 2008-09, representing about 30 % of the State’s Revenue Expenditure. In the status of a State, its Government has to raise its own taxes to cover any deficit in the Revenue Account. In addition to raising its own revenues by levying additional taxes and claiming for a share in the central financial resources, it can also take recourse to market borrowing to meet its financial needs. Such powers of the Government are to exercised judiciously so as to ensure proper balance between the needs of development of the State and repaying capacity of its liabilities. As a result of natural growth in the continuing/additional taxes the Revenue receipts of the State have reached to Rs 3528 crores, in the year 2008-09 i.e they have increase by Rs. 3367 crores ,during the period 19872009.The public debt of the State is increasing year after year and it has reached to a figure of Rs 5103 crores, in the year 200809, on which the State has paid Interest amounting to Rs 510 crores ,which represents about 15% of the total revenue expenCourtesy Nave Parva diture.

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LEGISLATIONS AFTER STATEHOOD

BYRamakant Khalap Chairman – Law Commission

Primary function of a legislature is to legislate - to enact laws for the welfare of the people whom the legislators represent. How many of our legislators truly commit themselves to this primary task is a debatable question. However, it is to the credit of our legislative Assemblies both of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman & Diu and of the State of Goa that they have passed laws touching almost every aspect of our life. Some of them are of a revolutionary nature. For example the passage of Land Reform Laws like The Agricultural Tenancy Act, The Mundkar Protection Act and The L and Revenue Code revolutionized the way we manage our agricultural lands and properties. These acts replaced the age old feudal systems which subjugated and exploited the toiling tenants and mundkar by a more humane and revolutionary system which facilitated the transition of a toiling serf to the status of owner of the land which he cultivates. Through the implementation of these acts is

far from satisfactory, one cannot lose sight of the revolution it brought about in the lives of the ordinary peasants and mundkars who for ages lived under the constant fear of losing their source of livelihood or shelter at the mere whims of the land owners.

The pre statehood era also saw the passage of landmark legislation like The Panchayat and Municipalities Acts, Town & Country Planning Act, Rent Control Act, School Education & University Acts, Sales and Excise Acts, Industrial Development Act and of course the most important legislation pertaining to the use of local languages Konkani & Marathi for official purposes in the State of Goa. The passage of this Act was preceded by a tense period involving agitations, strikes and hartals many of which were not always peaceful. The Official Language Act put an end to the bitter controversy between warring factions of the language protagonists through sections of Goans continue to squabble over the exact status of two languages and demands for providing equal status for Marathi on

par with Konkani and recognition of Roman script for Konkani continue to echo time and again.

Statehood provided us the most needed impetus for overall growth of the State. Our dependency upon the Central Government for prior approval for budgetary allocations legislative proposals disappeared with the advent of statehood and the State legislature began a spate of new legislations some of which need a special mention.

Shri Rajiv Gandhi who granted statehood to Goa has left behind him an indelible mark on Indian histor y although he had a short tenure. He unleashed the IT Revolution which created the likes of Infosys Chairman, Shri Narayan Murthy and catapulted India into the forefront of Techno – savvy Countries.

Goa Legislative Assembly enacted the Information Technology Act, 2007 perhaps as a fitting tribute to this visionary leader. This Act created Goa Information Technology Development Corporation - now known as Info-Tech Corporation – for the purpose of setting up “integrated Inf o r m a t i o n Te c h n o l o g y Townships / Information Technology parks. It has the statutory mandate to undertake software development projects, e-governance projects etc.

The government started egovernance and software Pa r k p ro j e c t s i n q u i t e earnest but abandoned the works under political pressure. I am of the firm conviction that Goa lost an unique opportunity to catapult the State as one of the foremost IT centers of the world. Shri Rajiv Gandhi brought in the 73rd and 74th Amendments to The Constitution of India and thus provided Constitutional guarantees for local self Governments. Goa State legislature enacted the Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 in pursuance to these amendments and paved the way for establishment of Gram Panchayats, Gram Sabhas, Taluka Panchayats and Zilla Parishads.

Goa has opted for a two tier system of Panchayats a n d Z i l l a Pa r i s h a d s .

Women, schedules castes and schedule tribes and the other backward classes now have reservations of seats in these local self Government bodies. Timely election to these bodies has further strengthened our democracy. A new crop of local leadership, both men and women, is growing

throughout the length and breadth of Goa on account of these institutions. Let us hope that in course of time they will provide steady and non corrupt governance to the State of Goa at the level o f Pa n c h a y a t s , Z i l l a Parishads as well as the State.

In 1988 the Goa Legislature passed the Public Men’s Corruption (Investigations and Enquiries) Act. It was touted as a measure of cleaning the political space of corrupt peoples’ representatives. The Act which, however is yet to be implemented provides for constitution of a Commission of Enquiry headed by a Supreme Court or high Court Judge. This Act may now be replaced by The Lok Ayukta Act. I wish the Assembly had also passed a Bill creating an autonomous Standards and Quality Assessment Authority to audit the standard and quality of public asset created through public money.

The Goa Assembly took a conscious step to eradicate malpractice in Varsity and Board examinations through the Goa Prevention of Malpractices at University, Board and other Specified Examination Act 1991.

This Act prohibits malpractices by paper setters, printers and custodians of examination papers and those who indulge in copying during examinations.

All offences under this Act are cognizable and non-bailable. It also took another bold step to prevent the growing menace of ragging in educational institutions.

The Goa Prevention of Ragging Act was passed in 2008.

It prohibits ragging not only in educational institutions but outside the institutions as well. Individual and collective punishment is permissible under this act. The legislature also enacted Goa Compulsory Elementary Education Act, 1995, a forerunner of The Right to Education Bill recently enacted by the Parliament.

T h e l e g i s l a t u re a l s o sought to regulate the mushrooming Coaching Class Business which appeared to be substituting the mainstream educational institutions. The Coaching Classes Regulation Act was passed in 2001. This Act makes it mandatory to register a Coaching Class. It prohibits teachers from Government and Government aided institutions from being employees of coaching classes.

T h e l e g i s l a t u re a l s o passed Education Develop-

ment Corporation Act, 2003. The Act enables the Government to “promote and assist in the rapid and orderly establishment, growth and development of educational institutions, services and facilities in the State of Goa”. It provides for establishment of educational estates and preparation of schemes for graduates for the creation of a knowledge based economy and society. The Government did indeed establish an education Development Corporation under this Act. This Corporation was last heard declaring a scheme to provide soft loans to teachers to buy laptops. The Goa University Amendment Act, 2002 enacted by the Legislature eroded the autonomy of the University to a great extent.

I hope the legislature will undo the harm to the University by restoring to it its autonomy at the earliest possible.

Agriculture remained the focal point of the Goa legislature. The Tilari Irrigation Project was lingering for years resulting in time and cost overruns of immense magnitude. The project’s dependency on megre budgetary allocation was done away with by establishing The Tillari Irrigation Development Corporations through the passage of Tillari Irrigation Development Corporation Act, 1999.

The Goa legislature passed The Marine Fishing Regulation in 1993, Nurseries Act, 1995 and Oil Palms Act in 1998, the Tillari Irrigation project appears to have received a fillip due to the establishment of a Corporation. Oil Palm farming is a new addition to the agro oil industry of Goa. Children, Women and Other Backward Classes received the much needed attention of the Goa legislature. It passed the Goa State Commission for Backward Classes Act in 1993, the Goa State Women’s Commission Act in 1996 and The Children’s Act in 2003.

The Children’s Act seeks to protect children from child abuse, sexual offences against children, child trafficking and child prostitution. A Children’s Court and State Commission for Children are established under this Act. The Act declares that it proposes “to protect, promote and preserve the best interests of the children in Goa and to create a society that is proud to be child friendly”.

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GOVERNOR GREETS

Dear Citizens, On the historic occasion of Goa’s Statehood Day – 30th May 2010, I extend my heartiest greetings and best wishes to the people of Goa. Attainment of Statehood was one of the important achievements for the people of Goa. While liberation from foreign rule opened up tremendous opportunities in a democratic set –up, Statehood brought higher responsibilities to the people to fulfill their needs and aspirations and for the all – round progress of the State.

Liberation and Statehood have ushered in a paradigm shift in the attitudes of people of the State and they have adjusted themselves remarkably well to the changing national and global developments, while always striving for accomplishing greater and inclusive prosp e r i t y f o r a l l t h ro u g h t h e framework of Democracy. I am confident that Goans would work hand-in hand to make Goa a Model State in the country. Goans are in-

novative and hardworking people, indeed.

Statehood Anniversary is not only a day of rejoicing, but also an occasion for the people of Goa to dispassionately assess their success and failures, if any. It is also time to re-dedicate themselves to steadfastly move ahead on the road of accelerated progress and to further improve the quality of life of the people. Goa has vast potential, both human and material, which needs to be judiciously utilized to bring about all – round development on a sustainable basis. This can be realized through political stability, social peace and collective wisdom. In a democratic set- up like ours, there are bound to be differences of opinions, but we should be able to settle them amicably and in the best interests of the State and its people. We can ill – afford to make our differences cause disruption to viable progressive projects for the future. As responsible citizens, we have to appreciate the ever – increasing needs of the society and the larger interests of the State and the Nation.

On this happy occasion, I would like to appeal to the people of Goa to continue to maintain peace and harmony, cosmopolitan way of life and extend their cooperation and support to the developmental process, so that Goa can achieve greater progress, prosperity and glory.

there under is an important piece of legislation. Reconverted Hindus who carried Christian surnames and names have been hugely benefitted by this act. This act permits them to reestablish their ancestral identities.

Goa is a place of touristic importance. Health tourism is slowly taking roots in Goa. The State is also ecologically fragile. The legislature was right in passing appropriate legislations to maintain Goa’s eminent position in these areas. The Legislature accordingly passed Tourist Places (Protection and Maintenance) Act, Non-biodegradable Garbage Control Act 1996, Prevention of Defacement of public properties Act 1988, Prevention of Smoking and Spitting in Public places Act 1997, Sewerage Act 2008. It also passed Health Services Development Act 2008.

Goa Legislature created a sort of history by enacting Right to Information Act 1997 which has now been replaced by the Right to Information Act 2005 which is a central Act. This Act is a major development as it empowers the people and thereby ensures people’s control on democratic institutions and their functionaries.

The legislature fell in line with the national consensus on value added taxation through the value added tax act of 2005. The Goa Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act 2006 (FRBM) now regulates the powers of Ministers who are tempted to run amuck with their ideas of development and consequent burden on the Public Exchequer.

In short Goa Legislature has created a substantial legal framework in the interest of the State. If implemented in letter and spirit these laws have the potential to change the face of Goa for the better.

Perhaps a public accountability act is needed to ensure timely enforcement of the Acts of the legislature.

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BY NOMRATHA FERNANDES HERALD FEATURES he results are out. You didn’t expect to, you prayed so hard not to, but the mark sheet says you did. You have failed the tenth standard board exams! What can be worse? Feelings of shame, hopelessness and despair set in. How do you answer your family, your friends, more seriously yourself?

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tragic breaking of bad news to your family and the blanket of gloom in the household, there are relatives, friends, neighbours, tuition mates to face. It seems like there will be no respite from it all.

Inspite of what you or everyone else is saying and thinking at this seemingly horrendous, neverending stretch of time, it is about your perception alone say the counsellors. According to the experts, yes, you have failed. Accept it. That is step number one, the most important. Next ask yourself the reason for your failure. In the process of answering that question, make sure you do it honestly. While pondering over those questions here is a little warp to your perception of failure, a little hope that will see you through.

We would be repeating ourselves if we make mentions of great women and men who have failed at securing a position anywhere in the top fifty highest, but it is a fact nonetheless. Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein – all ‘failures’ at an academic level, their very lives have changed the face of human civilisation. A common factor among them all was their ability to transcend the educational benchmarks set by society and have immense faith in themselves. Something, at this very

The tenth standard board exams are considered the first major test of a student’s life. To most, it is viewed as a benchmark to fur the r ac hie ve me nts , academic or not, in her/his loo mi ng ad ult life . Th e results are out. The sta tist ics say 83 .50 pe r cent passed. What about the remaining 16.50 per ce nt? Ho w sh ou ld the y cope with failure? Herald suggests

moment you should have, m o re t h a n anything. A good read on their lives is highly recommended right now, for motivation, hope and inspiration.

Why just the great men? At the time of the year, when students everywhere are holding their breaths, awaiting their results, comes many a success story of the ‘aam aadmi’ and his success story through the SSC. ‘Finally passed SSC, tenth attempt, ‘Scores the highest at SSC in second attempt’, ‘Answers SSC at age 68, scores highest’, ‘Failed SSC, presently earning in six digits’ are only a few true stories of determination, faith in oneself and will power.

Goa has come along way in terms of job opportunities. Unlike most students of yesteryear, to whom failure implied a tragic end of future career prospects which in turn meant a very slim chance of procuring a white collar job or any ‘office’ job for that matter. Goa has not only seen an increase in job opportunity, but has also seen an increase in job variety. Part time and short term jobs have their advertisements splashed all over the classified sections of newspapers and magazines. If you are looking to earn and have on the job work experience you can always opt for the aforementioned while studying to reappear for their supplementary examinations. Educationists inform that short term courses are another option; art related courses as well as academic. Anything that fits your interests can be taken up. Baking, tailoring, pottery, cooking, art, craft, handicraft are just some. Or you could do both. Who knows? You might just discover what you really love and want to do your whole life.

A positive add-on to this is the change in perception to failure. The number of people who view failure, in the boards and with life in general, as a dead end is decreasing. Failure is not being focused on rather, the corrective action following it is what is looked upon, the rise after the fall. This is the broader picture a student should keep in mind and know that it is their decision following failure that determines their future, not failure itself.

Atop the copious amount of pressure, expectations and importance placed on these public exams, however ridiculous it may sound you got to tell yourself that it is just another exam. One that is part of a system that largely tests everything you have ‘by hearted’ and fails to recognise that a student’s future cannot be judged based on just that. In more cases than one it can be rightly said that the system fails, not the ‘failure’.

All said and done, this failure leaves you with two choices, try harder the next time or find your talent elsewhere. Failing in the Secondary School Certificate Examination is not failing in the larger examination called life!

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Goan Lad... ...to Command the Skies Every child grows up with a dream, to be an astronaut, pilot, doctor, and engineer. The only line of difference is making the dream come true. For young Gilbert Soyus, it is getting one huge step closer as he qualifies to fly the air with Commander Utpal Datta

BY DOLCY D’CRUZ HERALD FEATURES ummer vacations are the time of the year to do something different apart from the books, a time to explore the unexplored. Tuscana Technologies, an institute in Kochi gave an opportunity to selected students to join ‘Fly Child,’ their summer classes and learn about aviation, the working behind equipments and they received a huge response finally narrowing it down to top 25 students who get an chance to fly with Commander Utpal Datta across Kochi and Chennai. Goa’s Gilbert Soyus, a student of Holy Family high school, Porvorim is one of the students who qualified for this once in a lifetime chance. The class VII now going to class VIII Gilbert was well prepared and is now awaiting his turn to sit in the aircraft along with the experienced pilot.

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“It was a wonderful experience at the summer camp.

I learnt about aviation and the working of aircrafts. I was living with my father in Kochi for the 21-day course.

I learnt the principles of how the aircraft flies,” says Gilbert. Girish Soyus, Gilbert’s father who works in Kochi heard about the summer classes, “The summer camp was being conducted in Kochi itself and it sounded interesting so I enrolled Gilbert. It was a great learning experience.”

Tuscana Technologies, a US-registered company came up with this innovative plan to provide students with courses in aero modelling and scuba diving. ‘Fly Child,’ the 21 days course is divided into three levels for each year, Basic, Intermediate and Advanced.

Gilbert has passed his Basic level. “The institute received 100 plus entries from which 25 students were selected based on their psychomotor test. Admissions were open for students studying from classes IV to IX. It was our effort to understand the capacity, calibre and aptitude of children in aviation as a career,” says Rajni Gosh, course co-ordinator and owner of Tuscana Technologies.

Tuscana is a team of highly experienced professionals from aviation, defence, avionics, scuba diving, submarine technologies, human resources development, IT and electronics. They are planning to train the new generation in practical and applied physics.

During the ‘Fly Child’ course, students had lectures related to personality development, various activities pertaining to aptitude, face-to-face interactions with industry professionals and field tours, avionics, aero modelling, construction and designing, instrumentation, aerial photography, weather science and flight communication, as a result of which children will be fully occupied during the summer vacation with creative activities. Students were also taught to make an aircraft and ship model based on a sample. The students had to make a one to one-and-half feet long model which was exhibited on the last day of the course.

“This is the first time the course was held in India. It has been successful in the US and here in India too. The students were excited to present documentations on different topics and to make their very own aircraft which could fly and ship that could sail on water. When the qualifying students like Gilbert, sit in the aircraft along with Commander Utpal Datta, they will work as co-pilots on the flight. They will learn about synchronising and communication with the pilot. This December, the course will be held in the north of India and will deal with snow while next April will plan to conduct a course on Lakshadweep Islands,” says Rajni.

“I returned to Goa on May 3 and I am waiting to sit besides Commander Utpal Datta and fly an aircraft. It was an interesting summer camp but I have still not decided whether to make aviation a career,” says Gilbert.

(Left) One of Gilbert’s batchmates gets an equine feel and (above) Gilbert involved in the lessons of scuba diving and other activities of the programme

Emma Roberts to star in ‘Scream 4’ E

mma Roberts will be amongst the new blood for ‘Scream 4.’ The Weinstein Company announced that the ‘Hotel For Dogs’ star will join returning franchise stars Courtney Cox- Arquette, David Arquette and Neve Campbell for the new film, which begins production in June.

“I’m so excited to be part of this ground-breaking franchise,” Emma said. “As a huge fan of the previous films, I jumped at the opportunity to work with the original ‘Scream’ team of Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson. It’s the perfect opportunity for me to do something completely different than I’ve ever done before.”

She’ll play ‘Jill,’ one of the film’s heroines.

Earlier, ‘Twilight Saga’ star Ashley Greene had been offered the role. “Scream 3,” the most recent installment, was released in 2000 and grossed over $89 million. The new film is slated for release in theatres on April 15, 2011.

The Heroes’ actress was previously said to play a nerdy film geek who is a best friend of Jill played by Roberts.

Culkin, meanwhile, was reported to portray a potential love interest for Jill. Roberts' character itself has been said as one of the film's primary heroines.

Imran Khan’s New Look for I Hate Luv Storys L

ooks like Imran in following in mamu Aamir’s footsteps, in working out to attain desired body structure for a film role for his forthcoming film ‘I Hate Luv Stories.’ Currently sporting a leaner look with only about 7% body fat, Imran could look like one of the top international athletes.

Contrasting with his role in ‘Jaane tu…’ Imram plays the role of a Caasanova-type character, in ‘I Hate Luv Storys’, with a bare-chested scene in the film which needed a toned-up body, “My trainer Yasmin Karachiwala and I worked out a different diet and exercise regime for those 30 days. My diet consisted only of steamed vegetables and fish and brown rice,” says Imran.

About his new look Imran said, “There was a struggle between Manish Malhotra and director Punit. While Manish wanted this all-perfect look for me, Punit wanted a grungy one. So finally I ended up looking quite stylised with coloured shoe laces, which were untied, ripped jeans, half-buttoned shirts.”

And last but not the least, Imran also got rid of his thick arched brows, he has finally pruned them to a tamer arch.

Fashion designer and stylist Anna Singh admits that Imran does look better in the new look which suits his role of a guy who falls in love without wanting to.

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A workshop for students who performed poorly at the board exams will take place on May 30 from 9:30am to 12:30pm in Porvorim. It is organised by the Anagha Wachasudar Pratishthan, Porvorim. Call 9423883444, or 2416254.

The Kala Gaurav Puraskar will be handed over to 57 personalities, for their contribution to and excellence in the field of Art and Culture, by the Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat on May 30 at the Kala Academy, Panjim. Cal 2420452.

‘Second Chandrakant Keni Memorial Goa Quiz 2010’, organised by the Sunday Evening Quiz Club will take place on May 30 from 3:30pm to 5:$5pm at Hotel Mandovi, Panjim. Call 9890141715.

‘Secrets of Dental Care’ by Dr Sandeep Lawande, ‘Vikas Khara Khota’ by Rajiv Nayak and ‘A Concise History of Goa’ by Dr Olivinho Gomes will be released on May 31 at 5pm by the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat at the Maquinez Palace, Entertainment Society of Goa, Panjim. As part of the Goa governments celebration of the birth centenary year of Bakibab Borkar a CD of his selected songs will also be released at the event. It is organised by the Directorate of Official Languages.

Call 2428111, 2428113 or 2428115.

A photographic workshop, a part of ‘Blind with Camera’, a project of the Beyond Sight Foundation is being held till May 30 at Goa – Centre for Alternative Photography, Calangute. The Foundation will also have several programmes for the visually impaired in Goa. Call 09890063469.

A free introductory and interactive dance sessionwill be held on the launch of the AIM (Art In Movement) Dance School on May 30 at 7:30pm at Art Escape, Benaulim. There will also be a 3part sequence in waltz, jive and cha cha cha. Call 9881568756 or 9323590051.

‘Jawaharlal Nehru: Faces and Thoughts’, a 3-day photo exhibition is

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being held till May 31 between 10am to 6pm at the Kala Academy Art Gallery, Kala Academy, Panjim. It is organised

by Marg Trusts Nehru Centre. Call 2420452.

I-Genius Photography Hunt is open for registration till June 30. The Hunt is open to children between the ages of 5 to 18 years and their parents. Visit www.igenius.com The 23rd annual Anti-Tobacco Exhibition, organised by the Tuberculosis Association of Goa will take place on May 31, World No Tobacco Day at the Tuberculosis Association of Goa, Nizari Bhavan, Panjim. It will remain open till June 30. Call 2434673.

Autobuzz Goa, Goa’s first auto magazine will be launched by the Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat on May 30 at the Kala Academy, Panjim. It will be followed by an auto buzz rally and an art exhibition at Ruchika’s Art Gallery, Miramar. Call 2420452 or 246-4004.

‘Awareness Week’ will be celebrated by all the polytechnic educational institutions in Goa from May 31 to June 4 from 10am to 11am. Call the Government Polytechnic, Panjim on 2432667, the Government Polytechnic, Curchorem on 2654400 or 2967602, the Government Polytechnic, Bicholim on 222717, 361235 or 2361235, theAgnel Polytechnic, Verna on 2791206, 2791208, 2791266 or 2791268 and the Institute of Ship Building Technology, Vasco on 2524097..

All Goa U-13 State Chess Selection to select two boys and two girls to participate in the nationals held at Pondicherry from June 26 to July 5. the selections will be held from June 3 at the Desai Pratishthan Hall, Wagle High School, Mangeshi. Those interested should submit their entries before May 31. For further details contact Lion Sagar Sakordekar: 9422593131, Sanjay Kavlekar 9823258711.

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Kakodkar touts Gomant Vibhushan Puruskar as his Best Photos by Ravi Moankar

HERALD FEATURES minent scientist, Dr Anil Kakodkar was bestowed with the honour of the maiden Gomant Vibhushan Puruskar, the highest award presented to any Goan by the State. The award was handed over to Dr Kakodkar by the Chief Guest, the governor of West Bengal, M K Narayanan along with a panel of political leaders, including Digambar Kamat, Chief Minister of Goa, Pratapsingh Rane, Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly, Manohar Parrikar, leader of Opposition of Goa Legislative Assembly and Francisco Sardinha, MP Lok Sabha and Shantaram Niak, MP Rajya Sabha, also present was Sanjay Srivastava.

The award was conferred upon the nuclear scientist for his lifelong contribution to the progress in nuclear science in India. Being the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy, he spearheaded the movement of India towards becoming a nuclear power in the world.

M K Narayanan, who spoke about Dr Kakodkar said that even though he has achieved such great heights in life, he is the most humble person.

“Every Indian has to be proud of what Dr Kakodkar has contributed to the nuclear energy scene in India with the emphasis on indigenous programmes to foster the nuclear growth of the country,” said Narayanan.

Dr Kakdokar said that he is very pleased to receive the award, “I am truly overwhelmed to receive the award, I have won many awards, but the have been nothing compared to what this is, it has more value because it has come with a lot of love and affection from my roots,” said Dr Kakodkar.

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BY JANICE RODRIGUES HERALD FEATURES he first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru was a very charismatic being, and brining out his charisma to the people of India today is what the MARG Trust is aiming it. The Photo exhibition titled ‘Jawaharlal Nehru: Faces and Thoughts’ consists of portraits that captured the moments of Nehru’s life as a leader and as a human being.

The pictures ranged from his growing up years to the time he was a political personality, with the various leaders of India and the world, from Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore to Fidel Crasto and Martin Luther King. The exhibition also captures the visits of Nehru to Goa and his advice to the Goan population at the time of Independence. Some of these photographs are accompanied by the quotes of Gandhi about Nehru, one says, “I have always said that not Rajaji, nor Vallabhbhai but Jawarharlal will be my successor.” Some other pictures of his trips to Goa are accompanied by the quotes of Nehru to the people of Goa, “India’s Swaraj is complete, now that Goa has united with the nation.”

The exhibition also covers books with the works by and about Jawaharlal Nehru, showcasing the literary side of the great leader.

Nehru was a literate man who wrote on topics of varied nature, from politics to technology, he has written volumes. “We have the selected works of Nehru in our collection here, that run into as many as around 60 volumes,” says Gurunath Kelekar, from MARG.

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Photo by Chiquitita D’Souza HERALD FEATURES undalik Naik received the Gomant Sharada Puraskar, Kala Academy’s literary award in a function attended by Goan litterateurs and literature enthusiasts held last Friday at the Black Box of the Kala Academy, Panjim. They included Suresh Amonkar, Maria Aurora Couto, Vishnu Wagh, Tomazinho Cardozo, Uday Bhembre, Shashikala Kakodkar, Usha Naik, wife of Pundalik Naik and others.

The dignitaries present at the function were Pandurang Phaldessai, member secretary, Kala Academy and S S Noor, vice chairman, New Delhibased Sahitya Academi, Punjabi litterateur, poet and critic. Preceding the award ceremony, the aforementioned dignitaries elaborately acknowledged Naik’s contributions to the Konkani language through literature, radio scripts, film, theatre, etc.

This was followed by the handing of the Puraskar to Naik. To soothing Indian classical music he was garlanded, presented with a shawl, the memento and a 1 lakh rupees cheque. In his adressal he thanked the various people who have helped him. In a noteworthy statement he said humbly, “Awards don’t make a difference to the writer. The writer will continue writing.”

He is also a recipient of the Kala Academy’s Sahitya Puraskar, All India Akashwani Radioplay Award, Pater’s Australian Award for Broadcasting Arts and Science, Best Screenplay Award at the Goa State First Film Festival, besides others.

The annual Gomant Sharada Puraskar is a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Its first recipient was B D Satoskar in 1994. The recipients that followed were Ravindra Kelekar, Manoharrai Sardessai and Manohar H Sardessai, Shankar Ramani, Chandrakant Keni and Lambert Mascarenhas.

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BY JANICE RODRIGUES HERALD FEATURES iving English theatre a boost is the Mustard Seed Art Company, with their timely plays on various subjects. This time they are back with their very own production titled ‘Women in Labour’ in collaboration with the Research Institute for Women, Goa at the Maquinez Palace, Panaji, on June 1, at 6:30pm “Women are often painted as victims, the oppressed, but very rarely do we speak about women who have made a positive meaning of their lives; women are life givers and we are here to celebrate the many attires she take up to,” says Isabella Vas of the Mustard Seed company.

The entire presentation which is divided into four parts will comprise of one song titled ‘Jinx or Minx?’, one dance performance ‘Bridge of Life’ and two short plays, ‘Karuna’ and ‘Art for Art’s Sake’. The entire production is originally written, choreographed and directed by the members of the Mustard Seeds. Around 13 members will be a part of this presentation: Clinton Monteiro, Dayle Rodrigues, Della Dias, Ingrid C de Noronha, Israiel Sarvishta, Kiran Bhandari, Lorraine E C Noronha, Michelle Noronha, Nikita Fernandes, Rosary De Souza, Santosh Madihalli, Sonam Bhobe, Sydney Rebello and Veda Bhandari.

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16:00 Garama Garam 17:00 Let'z Go! 19:00 Planet Bollywood 19:30 Business of Bollywood 20:00 The Zoom Review Show 20:30 Stardum 21:00 Planet Bollywood 21:30 The Zoom Hot'list 22:00 Page 3 22:30 Retro Night 23:30 Super Hitz

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ock music has a way in speaking to the younger generation. This music has been used today to spread many a message to the youth of today.

“The lyrics are theological while the music is rock,” is how Elvis Rumion describes his new album. In theology, it would best be described as a spiritual experience within each song. Elvis, who lives in Candolim, has in his debut album brought on the character of spiritualism through the depth of his lyrics. ‘Thou Shall Not Kill’ has some very thought provoking lyrics: “Should I have spared the grass I walked upon and rather walk on stones?

Should I have spared the mosquito that used me to suck on?

Should we spare our enemies when they battle us in war?”

Should I have spared the roach (cockroach) for being in my presence?

Should I have vetoed the mass murder of ants in my kitchen?

Should there be a difference between an ant and an enemy?”

The music has the language of rock, but Elvis has got the music and the lyrics to match and spread the message. The

songs are all laden with a message and the music enhances the depths of that message.

Elvis is proud that he has put together all the ideas himself to create this work.

He has worked on every part of the album. The lyrics and music are from his creative realm, the cover design is his too. He has made use of the graphic design course he completed some time ago. He has put to best use the knowledge he gained from the sound engineering course he completed while in England. He has also produced the album himself. The entire recording of the album has been done at his own studio.

This is a complete overall all-round effort.

This album has something different for the rock fans; something that will bring some enthusiasm to hard rockers.

HERALD CROSSWORD - 566 Across 1- Japanese massage technique; 8- Sustain; 15- Exhausted; 16- Cavalry soldier; 17- Person to whom property is transferred; 18- City in central Texas; 19- NFL scores; 20Remnant; 22- Fathers; 23Line of people; 25- Slammin' Sammy; 26- Pianist Rubinstein; 29- Killed; 31- Riled (up); 34- Sullenly ill-humored; 36___-Foy, Quebec; 37- Nonsense; 38- Brazenly obvious; 40- Use too often; 42- Actress Olin; 43- Atmosphere; 45Rubber; 46- Pothook shape; 47- Acclaim; 49- View; 50Steps down to an Indian river; 52- Trio; 54- Skin openings; 56- Dynamic beginning; 57Altar words; 60- Ragtime dance; 62- Licentious; 65Teachings; 66- Large spotted cat; 67- Spirit; 68- Gives slack; Down 1- Attack a fly; 2- Grasp; 3Coloured part of the eye; 4- Hydrocarbon suffix; 5- Freight weight; 6- Jacket material; 7Womb; 8- Adult male deer; 9Metro area; 10- Toxin; 11- Ancient Greek city-state; 12- Covent Garden, for one; 13- Actor Auberjonois; 14- Very, in Versailles; 21Electric fish; 23- Allotted quantity; 24- Bear in the sky; 25- Sift; 26Easy pace; 27- Actor's parts; 28Sin; 30- From ___ Z; 32- Ruhr city; 33- Twice, a comforting comment; 35- Make into law; 37-

Clamp; 39- "... ___ the cows SOLUTION - 565 come home"; 41- Gaelic language of Ireland or Scotland; 44- Appraise, charge per unit; 47- Singer Sheena; 48Pleasurable feeling; 51- "Siddhartha" author; 53- Lover of Juliet; 54- Tent stick; 55Change for a five; 56Church recess; 57- Dies ___; 58- Mend with rows of stitches; 59- Auto pioneer; 61- SASE, e.g.; 63- Sound of a cow; 64- Goddess of fertility in Roman mythology;

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SPORTS GOA, Sunday, 30 May, 2010

UC Nerul in quarters palyekar soccer HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 29

United Club, Nerul advanced into the quarter-finals of late Pramodini Dattaram Palyekar soccer with a 1-0 win over Valpoi Sports Club organized by Foot-

ball Club of Siolim at St. Anthony’s Church ground, Siolim on Saturday.

A rasping shot by Melvin Lobo in the 20th minute turned out to be the match-winning goal for Nerul.

Valpoi, whose first appear-

ance in the inter-village tournament was great, almost restored parity through a scorching strike by Mansur Khan from inside the 18-yard box, but Nerul goalkeeper Siddesh Morge came with an excellent save.

Steffi for Asian GP HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 29

Steffi Cardozo of Sports Authority of Goa has been selected to repres e n t India in the forthcoming Asian Grand Prix Athletic Championship to be held in Pune from June 1.

Steffi has recently won 4 National medals in the w o m e n’ s e n i o r c a t e g o r y and is a probable athlete for the Commonwealth Games.

Pg16 Milagres beat Nerul sai avatar soccer HERALD SPORTE DESK PANJIM, MAY 29

Milagres Sports Club, Mapusa registered a solitary goal win over Nerul Sports Club to enter the semi-finals of Sai Avatar Super Soccer organized by Sai Avatar Sports Club Anjuna at Anjuna Gymkhana ground, Tembi on Saturday.

The all-important goal came from a fine header by Avito Fernandes in the first session.

On crossing over, Nerul tried their best to level terms, but the strikers could not penetrate the solid defense maintained by the Mapusa side.

Olencio Nat ‘A’ referee HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 28

Olencio Dias of M a rg a o h a s been promoted as National ‘A’ panel referee during the 36th Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship at Chittogarh, Rajasthan. Olencio is the first Goan to become a referee in the National ‘A’ panel.

Olencio had represented Goa in junior, west zone and senior Nationals and also accompanied the State teams as coach. Olencio is employed with Zuari Industries.

GOA DIARY Soccer at Agasaim

PANJIM (HSD) – The All-Agasaim one-day soccer tournament organised by Moita Sporting will be held on May 30, at Moita sporting ground, Agasaim, at 10 a.m. The winners and runners-up will receive Rs 7,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively, besides other prizes.

Badminton tourney at Verna

PANJIM (HSD) – The 1st AllGoa badminton tournament organised by Friends Circle of Verna will be held from June 1 to 3 at Philip Valadares badminton court, Verna. Spot entries will be accepted on June 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. Details may be obtained from Felix on 9421300421.

Eslinda Alemao memorial soccer finals: Parish Youth, Nuvem v. Dramapur SC, Mandopa sporting ground, Navelim, 4.30 p.m.

2nd All-Goa 2nd Cuncolim Union Trophy soccer finals: Ambelim Sports Club v. Sao Minguel de Taleigao, Cuncolim ground, 4.30 p.m.

Santa Cruz Youth Cup finals: Taleigao Youth v. Azzosim Youth, Santa Cruz ground, 4.30 p.m.

7-a-side beach soccer finals, organised by Volly Boys of Mobor, Mobor A v. Mobor B, Mobor beach 4.45 p.m.

Late Pramodini Dattaram Palyekar soccer: Calangute Association v. Nerul SC, St. Anthony ’s Church ground, Siolim, 4.45 p.m.

Fr. Chico Cup soccer: HC Arpora v St. Sebastian SC, St. Cruz, Dr. Gustavo Monteiro stadium, Candolim, 4.45.p.m.

St Anthony soccer semis: James 7788, Bogmallo v. Mix friends, Ciortalim, Firguembhat griund, Goa Velha, 5 p.m.

Mardol Trophy soccer inaugural: PYA Divar v. Maina SC, Mardol ground, 4.45 p.m.

Fr. Chico Cup soccer: St. Sebastian SC, St. Cruz v. Holiday Club of Arpora, Dr. Gustavo Monteiro stadium, Candolim, 4.30 p.m.

Sai Avatar Super Soccer: UC Nerul v. Saligao United, Anjuna ground, Tembi, 4.30 p.m.

Agasaim one-day soccer, organised by Moita Sporting, Moita sporting ground, Agasaim, 10 a.m.

9-a-side control cricket, organised by Young Brothers of Mala, PDA ground, Panjim, 9 a.m.

1st Gonzaga Pereira Memorial Trophy volleyball finals: Barcelona Boys v.Telaulim Youth, Enfermos volleyball court, 7.30 p.m.

All-Loutolim inter-ward volleyball: Vanxem volleyball court, Loutolim, 4 p.m.

All-Goa carrom organized

by Jago Citizens Welfare Trust: Men’s singles semi-finals, 9 a.m. Doubles qualifiers, 10.30 a.m. Doubles finals, 6 p.m.

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SPORTS Goa claim six more gold GOA, Sunday, 30 May, 2010

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Hosts Goa kept up their splendid showing at the 2nd West Zone Taekwondo Championship here with six more gold medals on the second day at SAG multipurpose hall, Fatorda on Saturday.

Goa’s Vijeta Kalal, Marolif Fernandes, Saanida Fernandes, Dextra Serneja Pereira bagged gold in girls section while Adarsh Tiwari and Aman Kumar claimed the top honours in the boys section in different categories.

Yesterday, Goa had bagged eight gold, 10 silver and 19 bronze medals.

Aninha Menezes of Goa bagged the silver medal in junior 65kg categor y while Nano Rachel of Gujarat and Komal Mahajan of Maharashtra claimed the bronze.

Purva Dixit of Maharashtra won the gold medal while.her compatriot Priyanka Phadnis secured the silver medal and Pradnya Joshi and Bharat Chauhan both from Goa clinched the silver medal in 42- 44kg category.

Hemangi Shinde of Maharash-

tra beat Kirit Mehto of MP to claim the gold in 44-46kg category. Kirit Mehto won the silver while Anusha Pai Fondekar of Goa and Rashmi Pal of MP secured bronze.

Komal Pathare of Maharashtra took the top honours while Priyanka Paul of MP bagged silver with the bronze going to Goa’s Alifa Bi Khan and Dhanashri Shirgaonkar.

Marolif Fernandes of Goa grabbed the gold in 49-52kg section. Her compatriot Tejasvi Kannkonkar secured the silver while Gujarat duo Kiran Mehta and Marishka Mehta claimed the bronze.

Sanida Fernandes of Goa did the star turn as she got the better of Sneha Naik also of Goa to clinch the gold. Sneha won the silver. Soni Kumari of MP and Deepti Kerkar of Gujarat had to settle for bronze in 5255 kg category.

Aishwarya Rawade of Maharashtra picked up the gold in 55-59 category. Her state colleague Neha Kan had to settle for silver while Elisha Furtado of Goa alongwith Yogeshhiwari Gohar of MP claimed the bronze.

Dextra Sarneja Pereira of Goa

bagged the gold as she accounted for Alrisha Fernandes also of Goa. Kalpi Soni of MP and Deeksha Kushwah of MP claimed the bronze Goa’s Alfreed Menezes surrendered the gold to Nehal Nemade of Maharashtra. Asma Kamaldinni of Goa and Saloni J Tandel of Daman and Diu shared the bronze Adarsh Tiwari of Goa picked up the gold while Durgesh B off Chattisgrah won the silver and Nimesh C Halpati of Daman and Diu and Santosh Lamani of Goa had to settle for bronze.

Shubham Bankar of Maharashtra overcame Sandeep Singh Reswal of Goa to claim the top honours Rajat Saraswat of Gujarat and Jeetesh of Madhya Pradesh secured the bronze.

Goa’s P .Saravana Kumar missed the gold and had to settle for sliver against Abrar Khan of MP. Vikrant Kalkal of Goa and Shailendu Gurung of MP shared the bronze.

Aman Kumar of Goa claimed the top honours while Saurabh Kadaam of Maharashtra had to settle for silver. Abhisheak Kallur of Goa and Subham Nanepag of MP secured the bronze.

Da Cruz spikers champs

The victorious Da Cruz, Mala team, winners of All-Goa floodlit volleyball tournament alongwith Power and Environment Minister, Aleixo Sequeira at Loutolim.

HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, MAY 29

Da Cruz, Mala won the 12th title of the season defeating Cacra Sports Club, Santa Cruz 25-19, 26-24, 22-25, 25-23 in the finals of All-Goa floodlit volleyball tournament organised by Miracle Youth Club of Vanxem, Loutolim.

Da Cruz received Rs 10,000 and a trophy while Cacra had to be content with Rs 7,000 and a trophy.

Milind Bodke, Raymond Santimano, Yeshwant Kandeparkar, Vijay Kolwalker, Sandesh Harmalkar, Mayur Dessai excelled

St Rock’s in semis

georgia cup HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, MAY 29

St Rock’s Youth Club, Majorda defeated Cuncolim Union 1-0 to storm into the semi-finals of All-Goa Atlanta Georgia Cup inter-village football tournament organized by Enfermos Sports Club at Rosary ground, Navelim on Saturday.

St Rock outplayed their opponents with neat, enterprising soccer. Cuncolim Union were on the backfoot throughout as they lacked creativity in the midfield.

The all-important goal came through Allister Mascarenhas as he slotted past the rival goalkeeper with a snap shot.

Cuncolim Union tried their best to neutralize the lead but could not break through the stout Majorda defence Majorda suffered a blow as Lyndon was sent off by the referee for abusive language and in the second half Cuncolim Union’s Mahesh Gaonkar was red carded for a serious foul.

Ambelim face Taleigao today

cuncolim trophy HERALD CORREPONDENT MARGAO, MAY 29

Ambelim Sports Club will cross swords with Sao Minguel de Taleigao Sports Club in the final of All Goa 2nd Cuncolim Union Trophy inter-village football tournament organized by Cuncolim Union at Cuncolim on Sunday at 4.30 p.m.

The winners will pocket Rs 30,000 while the runners up will receives Rs 20,000.

Urban Development Minister, Joaquim Alemao will be the chief guest.

Three footballers of Cuncolim Union, Barnabe Fernandes,Ulhas Naik and Peter Dias will be felicitated.

for Da Cruz while Ram Dhavaskar, Kailash, Siddeesh, Ravi and Anil Shirodkar played well for Cacra.

Earlier in the semi-finals, Da Cruz outclassed Goa Police Sports Club, Panjim 3-0 sets, while Cacra defeated Houshi Yuvak Sports Club, Santa Cruz 3-2 sets.

Fo l l o w i n g p r i z e s w e r e awarded: Player of the tournament - Raymond Santimano, Da Cruz. Best lifter (setter) of the tournament - Milind Bodke, Da Cruz.

Aleixo Sequeira, Power and Environment Minister, was the chief guest and gave away the prizes.

Alok Kumar Singh of MP got the gold while Rishi Manuja of MP clinched the silver. Alico Fernandes of Goa and Abhisheak M of Chattisgarh were the bronze.

Akashay Jain of MP won the gold. The sliver went to Goa’s Vinay Dayanand Naik while

Pushkar A Joshi and Naresh Sharma of Gujarat secured the bronze.

Rahul Malik of MP clinched the gold while Milap Chokshi of Gujarat claimed the sliver and Goa ‘s Ramzan Nadaf and Richard Mascarenhas were the bronze medallists.

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India seek revival against Lankans PTI BULAWAYO, MAY 29

Their pride dented by the embarrassing loss to Zimbabwe in the lung-opener, a jolted India will hope to revive their campaign against Sri Lanka in the second match of the cricket triseries here tomorrow.

It was hardly the start Suresh Raina would have hoped for in his debut as captain as India lost by six wickets to the hosts yesterday with 10 balls to spare.

Missing their regular stars, India were given a rude shock by the Zimbabweans who chased down a rather stiff target of 285 with consummate ease.

Indian bowlers let down the team but the batting was not too impressive either and had it not been for Rohit Sharma's breezy 114 and Ravindra Jadeja's 61 after a top-order collapse, getting to 285 would have also been a difficult task.

"We need to work on our bowling and fielding department to come back against Sri Lanka," Raina said after the match.

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Webber on pole for Turkish Grand Prix Australian Mark Webber put Red Bull on pole position for the seventh race in a row at the Turkish Grand Prix today.

The Formula One championship leader's third pole in succession continued his team's domination of qualifying this season.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton joined him on the front row, with Red Bull's German Sebastian Vettel in third place next to McLaren's world champion Jenson Button.

Dinesh Karthik and Murali Vijay were always going to find it difficult to replicate the flying starts that India are so used to with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir at the top.

The middle order looks alright with Raina, Rohit and Jadeja in good nick.

The bowling is, however, a worry as the team found out against Zimbabwe.

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Umesh Yadav and Ashok Dinda failed to either take wickets or stem the run flow against lowly side while R Vinay Kumar proved expensive. Raina minced no words in expressing his disappointment after the match.

Sri Lanka, meanwhile, have also fielded a young team and have rested key players, prominent among them are regular skipper Kumar Sangakkara and the in-form Mahela Jayawardene.

Tillakaratne Dilshan is leading

the side without having the services of senior players like Sanath Jayasuriya and Lasith Malinga.

All-rounder Angelo Mathews is Dilshan's deputy on his maiden assignment as captain for an ODI series.

Muttiah Muralitharan, who was ruled out during the World Twenty20 due to a groin injury, is also not there in the side.

The new-look team features greenhorns like all-rounder Jeewan Mendis and left-handed batsman Lahiru Thirimanne.

The trio of opener Upul Tharanga, middle-order batsman Chamara Silva and fast bowler Dilhara Fernando, who were ignored for the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies, are the prominent names in the squad.

It seems an evenly-matched contests where two inexperienced sides face off but given the opening loss to Zimbabwe, India can hardly afford to relax.

After all, a tour meant to test India's bench strength could well become an embarrassment if the young side fails to rise to the occasion.

Real Madrid secure Mourinho as coach Real Madrid will present Jose Mourinho as their coach on Monday after agreeing an undisclosed compensation deal with Inter Milan, the Spanish club said on Friday.

The two club presidents met in Milan to thrash out details of the package that will free Mourinho to leave Inter.

South Africa clinch series AGENCIES DOMINICA, MAY 29

Fast bowler Morne Morkel grabbed 4-21 on Friday as South Africa sealed a series win over West Indies with a 67-run victory in the third one-day international at Windsor Park.

The visitors took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series with its ninth straight one-day victory over the Caribbean team.

The 25-year-old Morkel's career-best helped disrupt the West Indies' pursuit of South Africa's modest 224 all out off 47.2 overs.

The home team was bowled out for 157 off 38 overs.

Charl Langeveldt supported well with the crucial scalp of captain Chris Gayle on his way to 3-30.

Earlier, de Villiers' topscore of 70 off 80 balls anchored South Africa's total.

The West Indies, buoyed by its disciplined bowling and fielding effort, lost Gayle at 29-1.

Dale Richards (28) and veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul (24) shared a stand of 30 for the second wicket to keep South Africa at bay.

Morkel changed the direction of the game with the wickets of Richards and Darren Bravo in his first two overs.

Kallis kept his team on top with the wicket of Chanderpaul, who edged to wicket-keeper de Villiers.

Dale Steyn claimed Dwayne Bravo.

All-rounders Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy offered brief respite before Langeveldt removed both to virtually seal the result.

Jerome Taylor added to the gloom when he casually trotted through for a single and was run out by Steyn's direct hit from mid-on.

Morkel finished off the contest with the wickets of left-handers Sulieman Benn and Ravi Rampaul.

Shrinivas V Dempo with head coach Armando Colaco.

Photo: Rozario Estibeiro

BY MANUEL VAZ MERCES, MAY 29

The Dempo Group of Companies has for long been associated with the game of football and their support and passion for the game over the years has been simply enormous.

However, the recent announcement by the Mahindra Group to disband the Mahindra United team has come as a shocker to many football fans and it poses a question as to how long the other corporates or individuals will continue to run their teams, when the re-

turns are hardly enough to meet the ever growing expenses.

When Herald posed the question to Dempo Group of Companies Chairman Shrinivas Dempo, he said that presently football is going through a crucial stage and the decision of the Mahindra Group has only confirmed the fears all the other teams are facing due to the financial crunch in the sport.

“If more teams follow suit, football in the country will be in doldrums,” he opined. Elaborating further, Shrinivas said that presently, Indian football is at a

crossroad and needs proper direction. “If football gets a proper direction, it will lead to an unprecedented rise in its popularity, otherwise it will lead to a great fall,” he said and added that it is high time that all the stakeholders in the country come together and discuss the issue at length and evolve out a solution to generate income from the sport.

Shrinivas further stated that the cost of running a team is growing at 10-15% every year, whereas there is hardly any rise in the income generated through the sport, and said that a strategy needs to be chalked out so that running a team at least becomes viable, if not profitable.

“In countries like South America, Europe, they have implemented their own models of promoting football, which has been quite effective and financially successful,” Shrinivas informed and questioned why such models can’t be replicated in India where there is a huge scope.

When questioned whether the Dempo Group of Companies is planning any strategies to generate income, Shrinivas said that an individual effort will have hardly any effect in this direction, and informed that what is needed now is a collective effort on part of all those involved in the game to see that football not only survives, but thrives.

To cite an example, Shrinivas mooted the idea of marketing merchandise of the team, cre-

Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o has threatened not to go next month's World Cup after criticism about his performances for the team from former international Roger Milla. ''Is it worth me going to the World Cup ?''

Inter Milan's Eto'o told French TV channel Canal Plus Sport late yesterday. ''I still have a few days to think about it but I will see if my participation is important because I don't need this in my career.''

Slovakia, Cameroon draw Midfielder Eyong Enoh scored in the 83rd minute Saturday to give Cameroon a 1-1 draw with Slovakia in a friendly between two World Cup teams.

Enoh slid the ball home after sloppy defending by Slovakia to score Cameroon’s first goal.

Ireland beat Algeria Ireland defeated a second WC bound team in four days when they followed up Tuesday's victory over Paraguay with an easy 3-0 win over an under-strength Algeria. Paul Green, Robbie Keane and Keane (penalty) scored for Ireland.

AGENCIES PARIS, MAY 29

Serena Williams looked ill, and not only because she had lost five games in a row at the French Open.

Battling a cold, Williams received a visit during a changeover from a trainer, who checked her temperature and gave her pills. Then came a thirdset surge, and Williams beat 18-yearold Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Saturday, 6-1, 1-6, 6-2.

There was no prescription to help Andy Roddick, who lost to Russian qualifier Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 64, 6-2. Roddick threw rackets and argued with the umpire, but the fits of temper failed to produce a turnaround against an opponent ranked 114th.

Unseeded Robby Ginepri, the only

remaining American in the men’s draw, reached the fourth round by beating 2003 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-4.

No. 18-seeded Shahar Peer won and plays Williams next. Other winners included Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and wild card Jarmila Groth of Australia, who both advanced to the fourth round at a major tournament for the first time.

No. 3 Novak Djokovic, a two-time semifinalist, beat Victor Hanescu 63, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Djokovic will play Ginepri, who came into the tournament with a 1-7 record this year.

Top-seeded American twins Bob and Mike Bryan were upset in the second round of doubles by unseeded Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares, 6-3, 7-6 (6).

Paes, Bopanna advance; Bhupathi-Mirnyi upset PTI PARIS, MAY 29

Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna scored contrasting wins with their respective partners but Mahesh Bhupathi made a shock exit along with Max Mirnyi from the men's doubles event of the French Open here today.

Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic booked

ating a fan base, bringing in more sponsors, promoting TV rights, etc so that running a team at least becomes sustainable.

When asked whether sponsors are not coming forward to promote football, Shrinivas informed that they are more than willing to do so, but said that here the media plays an important role. “The publicity in the media attracts sponsors since it becomes mutually beneficial to them as their products are promoted,” he informed and urged the media to give football a wide coverage.

“As for the popularity of the game, football is quite popular in the country and TV channels like ESPN, Star Sports and others have further helped in giving football popularity a boost,” Shrinivas said and ended on the note that what is needed now is to successfully tap the market.

Speaking generally on the sports scenario in the country, Shrinivas lamented the lack of support for sportsmen in the country, which he said is primarily responsible for India lagging behind at the international stage.

“I am a brand ambassador for three sportspersons in different fields and with this support, they have shown hunger for success and are doing exceedingly well at the international level,” Shrinivas divulged and informed that if sponsors come forward and support budding talents, there is no reason why India’s can’t produce world champions.

a pre-quarterfinal berth with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, win over unseeded pair of Swiss Yves Allegro and Andreas Beck of Germany.

However, Bhupathi and Mirnyi had disappointment in store as they lost 4-6 6-7 (4) to Spanish pair of Marc Lopez and Pere Riba in the second round.

Earlier, Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Appeals judge lifts ban on Malik PTI LAHORE, MAY 29

A Pakistan Cricket Board-appointed appeals judge today lifted the one-year ban on former captain Shoaib Malik, saying the all-rounder, accused of being a "negative influence" in the past, is a changed man now.

Former High Court judge Irfan Qadir's decision came at the National Cricket Academy where he held his hearing in which Malik was represented by his lawyer.

The judge also reduced a fine on Malik from Rs two million to Rs one million.

"The board's legal advisor has reported to me that after monitoring Malik in the last three months they feel he has improved his behavior and attitude," Qadir told reporters.

"I have decided to uphold his appeal and lift the ban as the purpose of disciplinary action against players was to make them rethink about their careers," he said.

Finn rattles Bangladesh AGENCIES ENGLAND, MAY 29

Steven Finn made the most of the 28.5 overs allowed by rain and bad light on the third day at Lord's to further enhance his reputation with three wickets as Bangladesh limped to 237 for 7 under overcast skies. With James Anderson bowling himself back into rhythm, claiming a confidence-boosting brace, it was tough for the visitors who had performed so admirably on Friday but are still 69 runs away from saving the follow on.

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I-League champs Dempo Sports Club alongwith Shrinivas V Dempo, Pallavi Dempo, Vishswasrao V Dempo, Vilas V Sardessai, Francis Silveira MLA, Uma Virginkar at the felicitation function at Dempo House on Saturday.

Photo: Rozario Estibeiro HERALD CORRESPONDENT MERCES, MAY 29

They slogged on the field, went through the grind of a gruelling season and ensured that Dempo Sports Club emerged as the champion club of India. And, today, it was their turn to bask in the glory, win accolades and reap the benefits as the management of Dempo Group of Companies felicitated the players and its support staff at the felicitation function at Dempo House on Saturday.

Packed with supporters who cheered every player being felicitated, a visibly satisfied and content Dempo Group of Com-

panies Chairman Shrinivas V Dempo garlanded, hugged and presented bonus cheques of Rs 50,000 each to the players, coaches and the support staff, even as photographers hustled to get the best shots of the champion players.

Shrinivas said that football has a tremendous scope for growth in India and called upon the government to build a proper infrastructure so that India is able to produce world class players.

Shrinivas sounded highly optimistic and stated that football has the potential to surpass even cricket in terms of popularity in the country, provided all stake-

holders join hands together and work towards the promotion of the game.

Shrinivas then unveiled plans of the Dempo Group to build a state-of-the art world class football stadium, which will not only cater to the players but also to the budding talents in the State.

“The stadium will have facilities for the fans as well so that they can interact with the players, relax, enjoy and contribute in their own little way towards the club and the game in general,” he added and urged the government to provide land for the same.

Shrinivas congratulated coach

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Sree stripped of Kerala captaincy Pacer S Sreesanth was replaced as captain of Kerala for 2010-11 season by allrounder Raiphi Vincent Gomez, though he was named in the list of probables on Saturday.

Robert Fernandez will be vice-captain of the team, Kerala Cricket Association said after announcing list of probables for the senior side.

Two more players report match-fix bids Two more players and an official have contacted to the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) to report approaches from bookmakers in the aftermath of a county cricketer confessing this week that he had been told to ''name his own price'' to fix a match. ''More players have contacted their union to report approaches from bookmakers,'' the 'Daily Telegraph' reported.

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Armando Colaco and his boys for bringing success to the club and urged them to continue in the same vein to bring more laurels in the future.

Speaking on the occasion, Armando gave the credit to the boys as well as the coaching staff for the success and said that ‘it’s amazing’ to be crowned champions of India.

Armando further credited the Dempo Group of Companies management for not putting undue pressure on the team, which he said went a long way in achieving success. “Not even once was any explanation sought from me over any loss,” Armando said and added that it helped the team in focusing towards the goal. He was all praise for Shrinivas for supporting him during his playing days and now as a coach, which, he said is quite tremendous.

Armando then appealed to the fans to continue to shower their love and support on the team so that Dempo Sports Club continues to win more laurels in the future.

Players present at the function included captain Anthony Pereira, C l i f f o rd M i r a n d a , C l i m a x Lawrence, Peter Carvalho, Marcus Peixoto, Sameer Naik, Joaquim Abranches, Valeriano Rebello, John Dias, Abhijit Mondal, Nicholas Borges, Amir Ali, Laxmikant Kattimani, Tyson Caiado, Clifton Gonsalves, Johnny Cruz, Mahesh Gawli, Sheikh Raja, Covan Lawrence, Menino Fer-

nandes, Joe Rodrigues, Dharamjit Singh and Domnic Noronha.

Also felicitated were coach Armando, assistant coach Mauricio Afonso, manager Custodio Almeida, Camilo Gonsalves, physiotherapist Venkatesh R and Rajesh Mari.

St Andre MLA and a staunch supporter of Dempo SC, Francisco Silveira, Vishwasrao V Dempo were among those present.

scored an easy 6-2 6-3 win.