The finals of the annual Samraat Sangeet Sitara singing competition organised by the Samraat Club International, in association with the directorate of art and culture will be held at the Dinanath Mangueshkar Kala Mandir, Kala Academy, on August 1, at 10 a. m.
Film Review By Sachin Chatte
Film: Once upon a time in Mumbaai
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut
Directed by: Milan Lutharia
Duration: 134 minutes
Rating: * *
The underworld gangsters are back. But unlike most of those films that were set in the 90’s, Milan Lutharia’s ‘Once upon a time in Mumbaai’ rewinds back to the 70’s, the early days of organised crime that made the likes of Haji Mastaan famous.
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By Elayne Clift
Fifty-years-ago, on May 9, 1960, something happened in the US that changed women's lives forever: the US Food and Drug Administration approved a revolutionary contraceptive technology, known now simply as "the pill".
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The prestigious and highest literary award - The 42nd Jnanpith Award for the year 2006 was, on Saturday, conferred upon to the eminent Konkani Litterateur, Mr Ravindra Kelekar at the hands of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Ms Meira Kumar at the DMK hall of the Kala Academy, Panaji
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BY ARTI DAS | NT NETWORK
It is that time of the year again when your email and mobile phone inboxes will be flooded with Friendship Day messages portraying cute thoughts of being friends forever.
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As part of an environment awareness program, a student’s climate change sensitisation, action and outreach exposition, “The Heat is on - Together Let’s Kool It”, was held at the Seminary of Our Lady recently with the technical support of Science and Technology Council and Goa Energy Development Agency.
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Chef Zelma Xavier of Cidade de Goa recommends
All you people who love sweets…here is a dessert for you and with medicinal benefits too. A single chunk of jaggery is said to be able to cure coughs, asthma, indigestion, migraines and even fatigue. It purifies you blood, regulates liver functions and prevents rheumatic afflictions.
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The varied spiritual institutes seen in Goa are indicative of this changing trend making its presence in Goa. People are taking refuge in their quest for ultimate bliss in yoga, meditation, learning the Vedas and so on.
By Antony Kuriakose
In the textile history of India, the warrior shawls of Nagaland have a unique place and just like the way its counterpart the Scottish kilt has been preserved, there is immediate need and urgency to take care of the Nagaland shawls. We have sixteen major tribes in Nagaland and the warrior shawls of these entities vary a lot.
By Mário Cabral e Sá
No end to KR ‘woes’ ran the headlines, when the controversy on KR hinterland and coastal alignments was going on and Eduardo Faleiro, then junior minister and MP, campaigned for the so-called hinterland alignment.
By Vinayak Khedekar
he etymology of several villages and places in Goa is a connotation of the historical, geographical and cultural aspects, if they are studied in their real sense with an unprejudiced mind and by applying the science of logic.
By Prajal Sakhardande
he Indian National Congress founded in the year 1885 at Mumbai, successfully saw the culmination of the freedom struggle against the British with India gaining independence in the year 1947.
By Tomazinho Cardozo
In the past, Goans used to live as a community wherever they settled, in Goa as well as in other parts of the world. However, today, the concept of the word ‘community’ has changed. Today, more than ‘Goan community’ we prefer to call ourselves ‘Goan Hindu community’ or ‘Goan Christian Community’ or ‘Goan Muslim community’.
By Dr Kasturi Desai
The monsoon is on and most of us are suffering from some ailment or the other. The problem of getting fresh vegetables is another hassle of the season. Fortunately, nature has given us some vegetables which not only treat us but also supply us with the required nourishments.
By Khushwant Singh
Come weeks ago I wrote in this very column a piece entitled ‘Bhajpa’s swabhiman’ saying that when Mohan Bhagwat, head of the RSS, asked Nitin Gadkari who had proved his worth as a minister in the government of Maharashtra to take over as president of the BJP,
By Neharika Sachdeva
Pondicherry is a beautiful town on the Coromandel Coast, a perfect getaway for a weekend. It’s sunny year round so be prepared to get toasted. The best way to reach Pondicherry is by road.
Starting a business at a young age is no cup of tea. The same could be said in the case of Danees Kazi. At barely 22 years, he runs his own fitness centre called R D’s Fitness Mantra at St Inez. Cedric Silveira in conversation with this fitness enthusiast
By Dr Nandkumar Kamat
In this topic I can share my own experience as a father. My wife breastfed our son for three years. It was her own decision on the basis of her studies on the wonderful benefits of human milk. We have seen the positive results - a normal, happy, healthy, intelligent, energetic and creative child, full of zest, who has forgotten art of crying at the slightest pain or injury.
By Aakash Chopra
The tracks laid out for the first two Test matches in the ongoing Sri Lanka-India series have pretty much dictated the course of the matches. The Sri Lankan tracks, like most in the subcontinent, are batting havens - classic "win-the-toss-bat-first" surfaces, which in most cases push the team losing the toss into playing catch up for the duration of the match.
HYDERABAD: Riding the crest of a separate statehood campaign, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) on Friday swept the by-elections in the region winning six of the 12 assembly seats and leading in five others.
SRINAGAR: Fresh violence erupted in the Kashmir Valley on Friday, after days of relative calm.
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday asked the Supreme Court to shift the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case outside Gujarat for a fair trial and placed before it records to back up allegations of involvement of top police brass in his killing.
The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Friday said that the government has undertaken extensive exercise for identifying mining dumps located in government, private and forest lands in the state.
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Friday said that the government has undertaken extensive exercise for identifying mining dumps located in government, private and forest lands in the state.
The Environment Minister, Mr Aleixo Sequeira informed the House on Friday that he has written letters to the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat and the Revenue Minister, Mr Jose Philip D’Souza...
Local vendor selling vegetables along the highway at Priol on Friday.
BY ROQUE DIAS | NT
PONDA: The incessant rains are lashing the state for the last few days and this has put the farmers, who grow vegetables in hilly areas, in a quandary as the crop has taken a beating - the flowering of vegetable crop has been affected to a great extent.
PANAJI: Expressing shock that though 40 IT Knowledge Centres have been established in various cities around Goa, only 5 of them are operational, the first report of the demands-related ad hoc House committee on education, sports and information technology tabled in the state Legislative Assembly on Friday stated, "Now that the infrastructure is ready, it is difficult to comprehend the reason, as to why the government is taking so much time to get the other centres functional."
PANAJI: The Public Works Department Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao has said that the water supply to Porvorim and surrounding areas would be normalised by the end of December 2010, even as he went on to add that the government would study the proposal for setting up a 50 MLD water treatment plant to meet the needs of Bardez taluka under public-private partnership.
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Friday assured the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party of initiating an inquiry into the alleged wrong information provided to the House by the managing director of Goa Industrial Development Corporation as regards the fees collected by the corporation from various mobile companies, towards erection of their mobile towers in different industrial estates.
PANAJI: Assuring the House of directing the registrar for co-operative societies to ensure that under no circumstances, the annual audit of the co-operative credit societies in Goa are delayed, the Chief Minister,
BICHOLIM: High alert has been sounded in Keri and other nearby areas of Sanquelim town as water level in the Anjunem dam reached close to the danger mark on Friday evening.
PANAJI: Stating that the state governments all through have supported art and cultural activities all through the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, said that government would take an decision on the demand for construction of Konkani and Marathi Natya Academy to promote welfare and creative skills of Goan artists.
PONDA: The Ponda police on Friday informed that they have registered a case against a pharmaceutical company based at Verna for illegally dumping medical waste along the bypass road at Mardol.
PANAJI: The Single Judge of the High Court of Bombay at Goa, Mr Justice N A Britto, dismissed the petition challenging the order of the Panaji Sessions Court, discharging superstar Amitabh Bachchan, from a criminal complaint under the anti-tobacco law.
MARGAO: The additional district and session judge, South Goa, Mr B P Deshpande, on Friday, granted anticipatory bail to Konrad Torrado, the brother of the deceased Nadia Torrado.
POINGUINNIM: Even though the health authorities are taking utmost care to reduce the cases of Chikungunya and malaria by holding talks, conducting allied and related activities to curb this menace, a pit 12-15 meters in length and about 5-7 metres in width, constructed by an unit at the Shristhal Industrial Estate, at Canacona, is being ignored, with no authorities claiming the right to dispose or close it and has become a breeding place for mosquitoes.
Katkar heads PTA of Hanuman Vidyalaya
VALPOI: The Parents-Teachers-Association committee of Hanuman Vidyalaya Primary School was elected in an annual meeting, held at the school hall on Thursday.
PANAJI: The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, government of India is presenting National Awards for the welfare of people with disabilities in the categories which includes, Awards for Best Employees (including self employed) with disabilities including blindness, low vision, leprosy cured,
NEW DELHI: Indian footballer Sunil Chettri, currently playing for American club Kansas City Wizards, is among the 15 sportspersons selected for the Arjuna Award.
NEW DELHI: India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal was on Friday selected for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country’s sporting honour, for her outstanding achievements on the badminton court.
PANAJI: Post Graduate Students of Goa University won the 2010-11 Inter-College Badminton Championship for men, organised by Goa University at Indoor Stadium Complex, Campal on Friday. Padre Conceissao College of Engineering, Verna (PCCE) won the women’s championship.
MARGAO: St Anthony’s Colva made an early exit going down rather tamely 3-1 to Sarzora Sports Club in the Fraxier Trophy soccer tournament, organised by Young Strikers Club Benaulim, and played at St John Baptist grounds, Dando-Benaulim, here on Friday.
NEW DELHI: In directives that may lead to sweeping changes in the IOA’s functioning, the International Olympic Committee has asked the Indian body to amend its constitution and take away the voting rights of the state Olympic committees to prevent manipulation in elections.
PANAJI: In an effort to resolve the issue of Karnataka banning transport of high grade ore to Goa and also stopping issuance of transport permits, the minsters of Goa and Karnataka would be meeting soon, said an official of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).
NEW DELHI: A whopping `.75,509 crore ($16.77 billion) was the amount of tax outstanding against companies in India as on April 1, 2009 of which `.9,748 crore ($2.16 billion) was recovered last fiscal, parliament was informed Friday.
NEW DELHI: The government has initiated a study to assess the demand for steel in rural markets, Minister of State for Steel A. Sai Prathap said Friday in the Rajya Sabha.
MAPUSA: The Calangute branch of Bank of Baroda celebrated the 102 years of the bank’s existence in the country. To mark the occasion, the bank organised an elocution competition for schools from the surrounding areas.
By Inder Malhotra
IN the three-year extension to the Pakistan Army Chief, General Ashfaq Parvaiz Kayani, the two most pertinent and pithy comments have come from the Pakistani media itself.
THE Afghan President, Mr Hamid Karzai has stated, in the wake of WikiLeaks exposure, that unless Pakistan’s "Islamist militant sanctuaries" were destroyed, it was not possible to contain insurgency. Pakistan’s double game with the international community of fighting terrorism while feeding it is an open secret, but the US has not done enough against it.
THE first report of the demands related to the ad hoc House Committee on Home had no hesitation in recommending that the drug peddler-police-politician nexus in the state needs to be cracked down on and therefore the case be handed over to the CBI for a thorough probe. For last couple of days the Assembly was witness to persistent demand to hand over the case to the CBI.
Preserve Identity of Khel Tiatrs
CONGRATULATIONS to the Kala Academy for successfully organising the just-concluded ‘Khel Tiatr Festival - 2010’. It will go a long way in promoting Khel Tiatrs of yesteryears and remembering the Gurus of original Khel Tiatrs. However, it was disappointing to see that the participating writers /directors of Tiatrs lost the sense of a Khel Tiatr and its format.
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A rare archival collection on Khell by Goa’s foremost intellectual Dr Jose Periera was read out to a discerning lot. Dr Jose Periera used to write a long time ago, musical plays that were performed in the villages.
A tree is one of nature’s most wondrous creations. From the Vedic times, the sages worshipped it. The tree is a symbol of bounty that arises from the very womb of the Earth. Big Foot, Loutolim propagates social message through different occasions.
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By Tripti Nath
Men fighting bitter divorce cases in courts often stoop to levelling false allegations of adultery (infidelity) against their wives in order to avoid paying maintenance.
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BY PURVI RADIA | NT NETWORK
Christopher or ‘Comedian64’ – a that name stuck from childhood - was blessed with the knack of turning the most serious of statements into trifling, drawing laughs in the face of the most stressful or difficult of situations.
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By Shweta Patwardhan
In the suicide of 13-year-old Rouvanjit Rawla of La Martiniere School in Kolkata, the insensitive, inhuman and tortuous face of our education system has been laid bare yet again. Although several psycho-social factors certainly have contributed to such an unfortunate act by the young bubbly child, caning by the school principal is largely seen as the precipitating antecedent.
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BY PURVI RADIA | NT NETWORK
The health conscious often worry about their bone density. Various myths surround osteoporosis. Orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Deep Bhandare is all set to bust them at the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula.
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By Odette and Joe Mascarenhas
I love birthdays…and engagements…and weddings. It is celebration time, and here we were invited for the tenth birthday celebration of ‘After Seven’. Now before you raise your eyebrows wondering what I am talking about, and why this birthday is so special, let me brief you on a few facts.
MARGAO: Don Bosco Oratory Fatorda overwhelmed Raitura Sports Club 3-0 to enter the quarter-finals of 25th Fraxier Trophy soccer tournament being organsied by Young Strikers Club Benaulim at St John Baptist grounds, Dando-Benaulim.
MAPUSA: The Annual General Body Meeting of Quitula Sports Club will be held on Sunday, 8th August at 10.30 am at the Club premises. All members are requested to kindly attend the meeting.
PANAJI: Post Graduate Students of Goa University and S S Dempo College will clash in the men’s finals of inter-college badminton championships while Rayeshwar Institute of Engineering and Information Technology and Padre Conceissao College of Engineering will play in the women’s final on July 30 at Campal at 9.30am.
PANAJI: Dempo Goodwill Brand Ambassador and Goa’s ace swimmer, Talasha Prabhu once again stamped her supremacy as the “Fastest Woman Swimmer” and clinched a gold medal in 100m freestyle event with a timing of 59.95 seconds at the senior level National Federation Cup Aquatic meet being held at Talkatora, Delhi.
SINGAPORE: Spain’s La Liga will change kick-off times and play a pre-season tournament in Asia in a bid to muscle in on the success of the English Premier League in the region.
NEW DELHI: Indian national football team beat Portuguese third division side Desportivo das Caldas 4-1 in their first practice match of the two-month training tour of the Iberian country in Vieria de Leiria.
Frank Lowy (C), chairman of the Football Federation of Australia (FFA), hands over the bid book to host the 2015 AFC Asian Cup to Mohammed bin Hammam (L), the president of Asian Football Confederation (AFC), at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. The ceremony was also witnessed by the FFA Chief Executive Ben Buckley (R).
KUALA LUMPUR: Australia, the only country offering to host the 2015 Asian Cup, presented its much delayed bid book to tournament organisers today and immediately won the backing of Asia’s soccer chief.
KOLKATA: An injury-time strike by substitute Cavin Lobo helped Goa to edge past Karnataka by a solitary goal in their opening quarter-final league encounter of the 64th Santosh Trophy Championships, at the Salt lake Stadium here on Thursday.
Stating that the police department is not at all serious in cracking the police-politician-drug peddler nexus.
PANAJI: Stating that the police department is not at all serious in cracking the police-politician-drug peddler nexus and that the police are more interested in protecting their own colleagues, with the investigating team having done no serious efforts to gather evidence in the Atala/Ashish Shirodkar case,
A high-level committee will soon implement the new Hazardous Waste Pollution 2nd Amendment Rules 2009 Regulation.
BY MICHAEL FISHER | NT
PANAJI: A high-level committee will soon implement the new Hazardous Waste Pollution 2nd Amendment Rules 2009 Regulation which will replace the 1989 Waste Oil Pollution Regulation that was not enforced.
PANAJI: The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party created ruckus for the second day in succession in the state assembly on Thursday when the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat rose to reply to the issues raised by the members of the House during discussion on demands for police, home, general administration, vigilance and other departments,
View of the Selaulim dam. (Ganadeep Sheldekar)
BY JOAO SOUSA M | NT
PANAJI: Incessant rains, which the state witnessed recently, have lead to the Selaulim dam overflowing after crossing the 41.150-metre mark. However, there is no threat of floods to the residents living in the vicinity.
PANAJI: Taking strong objection to the handing over of an area admeasuring 10,000 square metre and located at Bambolim to an Israel-based holding company, Elbit India Hospitals Ltd, on 60-year lease for construction of a 150/200-bedded super speciality hospital,
MARGAO: The Goa Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has introduced child- friendly elements in education in South Goa — primary government schools have been provided with funds to purchase play equipment like swings and slides.
VALPOI/BICHOLIM: A woman who had gone to wash clothes on the bank of the Valvanti river at Shiroli–Keri, drowned as she accidentally slipped and fell into the water.
UNITED NATIONS: In a departure from diplomatic norms, the United Nations Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-moon has issued a statement voicing concern over the security situation in Kashmir over the past one month.
NEW DELHI: Unfazed by Pakistan’s angry reaction, British Prime Minister Mr David Cameron on Thursday said the existence of terror groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) on its soil was “not acceptable” and it must eliminate them to end terrorism in India.
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‘BHANGAR’
Veteran tiatr artiste, C D’Silva, has revived his big hit of the eighties. ‘Bhangar’ in Konkani means gold, but in this tiatr, it refers to the dignity of a woman, be it a mother, a sister, a fiancée or wife. Rakesh is a womaniser, a thief and a criminal.
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By Zoya João
Saint Anne (Ann, Anna) is the traditional name of the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus’ grandmother. The name Anne in Hebrew is Hannah which means grace.
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By Maria Aurora Couto
Goa rejoices on the occasion of the official conferment of the Jnanpith Award on Ravindrabab Kelekar, an honour that was long due. The name of the most prestigious literary award of the country is taken from the Sanskrit, jnāna-pīṭha, ‘knowledge-seat’.
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Nowadays, everyone wants to get back into to shape soon after the baby is born. Mothers would like to regain their original slim figures within a few months. Though it maybe difficult to find time and exercise with a newborn, mothers who make the effort feel much better, as your energy level increases as well.
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By Priya Almeida
Music is one of those human activities that is noted for its ubiquity and antiquity and in tune with the same the St Sebastian Music School has been instituted. St Sebastian Music School is a part of Father James Torres Silva's ongoing effort to transform the parish of St Sebastian Church, Aquem.
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By Amita Quenim
Michelangelo attempted 44 statues in his life, but completed only 14. These include masterpieces like David in the Piazza of Florence, the Pieta in the Vatican Basilica, and Moses. The 30 unfinished sculptures, however, are in their own way as interesting as those that became classics.
odette and Joe Mascarenhas
There are 12 months in our calendar…and twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac, and 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. Why did this number 12 get fixed in my mind? Was it just coincidence that we feasted on 12 items from the menu which is now being showcased at the Goenchin? And what is the importance of the tiger in this system?
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Army has rejected reports of extra-judicial killings and mass arrests in operations in the tribal areas in the country’s troubled northwest, with a top commander saying that troops will stay in the region till the situation improves.
ISLAMABAD: Emergency teams braving heavy rains and slush were continuing efforts to recover bodies and “black box” and flight data recorder of the ill-fated Pakistani passenger plane to know why the aircraft went off course and crashed while coming into land.
BAGHDAD: An al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility today for a bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of a pan-Arab television station, describing the deadly attack that killed six people as a victory against a “corrupt channel.”
A woman takes part in a protest demanding passing of the women’s reservation bill as policewomen stand guard in New Delhi on Thursday. (AFP)
NEW DELHI: Hundreds of women on Thursday gathered in the capital to press for their demand for passage of the women’s reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, asking parties to overcome their “lack of political” will and give the final push to the legislation.
NEW DELHI: Skyrocketing food prices disrupted proceedings in Parliament for the third successive day on Thursday, forcing two adjournments of both houses, the second one for the day.
NEW DELHI: Aimed at promoting cultural diplomacy with India, leading British arts and cultural institutional heads are meeting with various artists, scholars and museum officials to promote contemporary art, architecture textiles and museums.
NEW DELHI: Iron ore prices in Asia rose in the week to Thursday as a major Indian producing state banned exports, although physical trading remained thin as lower steel prices in China cast doubt on demand.
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has asked British infrastructure and consulting companies to invest in infrastructure projects, Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath said Thursday.
NEW DELHI: Almost giving clean chit to the Vedanta-owned firm Sesa Goa, an environment ministry’s panel has said ambiguity over demarcation of the project site in the state has led to “unfounded” and “avoidable apprehensions” among the locals who fear displacement.
NEW DELHI: Food inflation fell to single digit at 9.67 per cent for the first time this year bringing relief to the government, which has been braving concerted opposition attack on rising food and fuel prices within and outside Parliament.
PANAJI: Pentair Water India was selected as the best US company in India by Indo American Chamber of Commerce for the Indo American Corporation Excellence Award 2010, said a press release.
MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark index, Sensex, today gained 35 points in range-bound trading, amid food inflation falling to single digit and mixed trends in Asia.
BY P Raman
MR Nitin Gadkari, who is just six months into office, has already become a target for his many failures. The rumour mills within the party churn out juicy stories as to how he had messed up issues like the Narendra Modi-Nitish Kumar spat, government crisis in Karnataka and interactions with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
THE Chief Minister’s assurance to modify the price control scheme and make available more funds to give relief to people reeling under escalating prices of essential commodities needs to seen in the perspective that inflation is a national phenomenon and only the central government can do anything about.
IN the biggest ever indictment of the country’s judiciary, the CBI submitted a report to the Supreme Court holding a former supreme court judge along with 23 other sitting and retired judges of Allahabad High Court and lower court judges guilty of fraudulently withdrawing crores of money from the provident fund accounts of class III and IV employees in the Ghaziabad district court.
Another Milestone for Sachin
ANOTHER milestone has been scaled down by Sachin Tendulkar by registering his 5th Test double century in the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka. What a great achievement by the “Run Machine”. He is the leading run scorer and century maker in Tests and one-day international cricket.
KOLKATA: Defending champions Goa begin their Santosh Trophy title defence on Thursday as they take on Karnakata in the first quarter-finals, here. In another match on the same day, Services play Punjab.
PANAJI: The BPS Club, Margao emerged winners of Angley’s Cup Table Tennis Team Championship event, organised by Panjim Gymkhana at the Gymkhana Hall premises on Tuesday.
PANAJI: Top Goan athlete and national performer Steffi Cardozo of SAG, has been selected to represent India in the Asian All-Star Athletics Championship, which begins in New Delhi from Thursday (July 29).
MARGAO: Ambelim Sports Club scored in both the halves to record a comfortable 2-0 victory over Sporting Club Davorlim to enter the quarter-finals of Fraxier trophy soccer, organised by Young Strikers Club, Benaulim and played at St John Baptist grounds, Dando-Benaulim.
MAPUSA: Football Club of Siolim managed to squeeze past strong contenders Nagao Sporting Club, with a narrow 2-1 win to enter the semi-finals of Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal Silver Jubilee Soccer, organised by Dunes Sports Club Mandrem, at Mandrem Panchayat grounds, on Wednesday.
The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said that the state law department would be thoroughly restructured in the next two months, on the lines of the Union law ministry and additional staff like two joint secretaries....
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said that the state law department would be thoroughly restructured in the next two months, on the lines of the Union law ministry and additional staff like two joint secretaries, besides legal officers and legal assistants looking after 2-3 departments would be appointed for vetting the proposals etc and expeditiously clearing the documents.
The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat informed the House on Wednesday that the National Games slated to be held in Goa in 2011, may now be postponed by another two years...
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat informed the House on Wednesday that the National Games slated to be held in Goa in 2011, may now be postponed by another two years, which would give the state government extra time to raise the infrastructure needed for the grand sporting event.
The former tourism minister and Benaulim MLA, Mr Francisco Xavier Pacheco, who attended the Assembly session on Wednesday, seen discussing with the Speaker, Mr Pratapsingh Rane. Mr Pacheco has been released on bail on Monday in the Nadia death case.
PANAJI: The former tourism minister, Mr Francisco Xavier Pacheco on Wednesday charged the government of targeting and harassing the minority community legislators and putting them behind bars for one reason or the other, even as he said that he has not committed any mistake.
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said that the government has taken a policy decision to get all its projects cleared by the finance department, and as a result many projects not receiving green signal from the department are getting stalled.
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat will discuss various key issues pertaining to the Unique Identification Project of the central government with the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, Mr Nandan Nilekani, including definition of a resident and a citizen, as per the project.
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Wednesday assured the House that the State Disaster Management Committee will soon take a decision as regards the removal of the River Princess vessel, grounded off the Candolim coast since past 10 years.
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat while admitting flaws in the price control scheme told the State Assembly on Wednesday that the scheme would be suitably modified and more funds provided so that people of the state could get benefit from rising increase in the prices of essential commodities and vegetables.
MARGAO: The case of the alleged rape of the Russian girl, in which John Fernandes is an accused, came up for hearing before the additional district and session judge, South Goa, Mr B P Deshpande, at which the Crime Branch, Panaji, investigating the case, sought time of four months, so that the victim girl could be brought before the court.
MARGAO: The Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA), and the Cansaulim villagers will hold a meeting with those concerned, about development being carried out across the state, informed a press note issued here.
PANAJI: The good news is to make the good things happen in and through our schools, said Fr Robert Menezes, the secretary of Jesuit Education Association, which is part of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia.
VASCO: The Revenue Minister, Mr Jose Philip D’Souza, on Wednesday directed all the government agencies to make all the possible efforts to maintain a strict vigil on strangers, in order to avoid any untoward incident during the forthcoming annual Shree Damodar Bhajani Saptah celebration in Vasco.
POINGUINNIM: The 3,200 hectares of cultivable land covered under paddy cultivation in Canacona taluka, is in the final stages of cultivation.
PANAJI: The installation ceremony of the Student Council of DM’s Higher Secondary School was held at the HSS Indoor Complex, Assagao on July 21 by lighting the traditional lamp at the hands of Chief Guest Prof Allan Abreo, Vice Principal of GVM College of Education, Ponda and other dignitaries.
PANAJI: The river Mandovi and Zuari on which barges operate are low draft rive. The navigated route is approximately 25 nautical miles. There are apprehensions on the part of industry that further increase in size of ore carrie`` is difficult unless there is higher draft and consequently increased water depths are considered necessary, said a press release.
NEW DELHI: The government is expected to fast track the stake sale in steel maker SAIL by using a route that exempts the company from seeking comments on its draft offer from the regulator and exchanges.
MUMBAI: Britain’s Finance Minister today rang the bell to start trading at Asia’s oldest bou``e—the Bombay Stock Exchange—with the hope of starting a new partne``hip with India.
BY PRAFUL BIDWAI
BOTH India and Pakistan damaged their image with their Foreign Ministers’ meeting last week–the first ministerial since the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks–by refusing to start a productive dialogue. This has disappointed many of their citizens who had hoped for better relations.
THE UK Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron’s ongoing visit to India with three of his four most senior cabinet colleagues along with three other ministers and more than 30 senior executives from top British firms shows the high priority and level that Britain desires to give to its engagement with India and the boosting of economic exchanges with the Asian giant.
THE Minister for Transport, Mr Ramakrishna Dhavalikar’s statement in the Assembly that the tender document of Shimnit Utsch India, the company awarded the work of supplying high security registration plates (HSRP) to vehicles in the state, was not prepared as per the CPWD manual is intriguing.
Salvaging River Princess
THIS is in reference to the letter ‘Stranded River Princess’ by Mr Adelmo Fernandes (July 28). Marine shipping is governed by the rules and regulations of the Marine Mercantile Department (MMD) and the marine surveyor’s decision is final.
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The release of the CD, Goem Gaita was the fructification of a dream of the Naad Brahma, Vasco team.
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Peter-Roshan has released a new play after many years. ‘Goem Soddun Paulem Ghanttar’ is about Goan girls who fall for the charm of migrants and many-a-times mess up their future.
By Gasper Crastot
A new Konkani feature film produced and directed by Goan singer Sharon Mazarello is set for release.
The film entitled ‘Tum Kitem Kortolo Aslo?’ (What would you have done?) has subtitles in English, and has been passed by the Indian censor board. It will be released in Goa soon.
The centenary celebrations of the founder of Institute of Instruction High School, Late Professor Vinayak Givaji Matmo were held recently. The black box of Kala Academy was packed with his ex-students, relatives, family and well-wishers.
By Rohit R Phalgaonkar
Goahas lots of interesting facets still unexplored. These range from the various types of flora and fauna found in Goa to the different socio-cultural traditions and rituals of its different villages.
High Street Cruises and Entertainment Pvt Ltd, the establishment running Casino Royale off-shore casino, in the Mandovi River will be opening the vessel for non gambling activity namely Sunday Brunch.
By Hector Choksi
Few years ago if you have asked an urban Indian restaurant diner as to what Sommelier meant, he would have suggested citizens of Somalia. But today the picture is changing and many know that dictionary defines a sommelier as (sawm-uhl-yeah):
The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Tuesday said that the state would prepare itself to migrate to goods and service tax.
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Tuesday said that the state would prepare itself to migrate to goods and service tax (GST) regime proposed by the central government, after studying it in detail after the draft bill was received from the central authorities.
Members of opposition party BJP gather in the well of the House demanding CBI probe into the police-drug peddler nexus case while the Speaker, Mr Pratapsing Rane looks on, on Tuesday. (Nandesh Kambli)
PANAJI: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs on Tuesday morning rushed to the well of the House raising slogans against the government for not accepting their demand to initiate a CBI inquiry into the alleged police-drug trade-politician nexus.
Acknowledging that the tender document of M/s Shimnit Utsch India Pvt Ltd, a company which was awarded the work of supplying high security registration plates.
PANAJI: Acknowledging that the tender document of M/s Shimnit Utsch India Pvt Ltd, a company which was awarded the work of supplying high security registration plates to the vehicle owners in the state, was not prepared as per the CPWD manual and the tender was floated suo motto, the Minister for Transport, Mr Ramakrishna Dhavalikar told the House on Tuesday that the agreement with the said company would be terminated at the earliest.
PANAJI: The sharp differences between the state and Centre could crop up at the meeting convened by the Ministry for Information and Broadcasting at New Delhi on July 28, to discuss issues pertaining to the International Film Festival of India 2010, especially on topics such as appointment of an event management agency and fine tuning of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Entertainment Society of Goa and the directorate of film festivals.
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat has said that it was high time to crack the whip and take action against the mushrooming of illegal structures, even as he said that the government would make revenue and other officials accountable for construction of illegal structures in their jurisdictions.
PANAJI: The Urban Development Minister, Mr Joaquim Alemao on Tuesday informed the State Legislative Assembly that the government had decided to have appropriate reservation in every municipal council for Scheduled Tribes as well as Other Backward Classes communities in the forthcoming municipal elections and that notification to the effect would be issued at an appropriate time.
PANAJI: The first report of the demands related to ad hoc House committee on law tabled in the state assembly by its chairman, Mr Francis D’Souza on Monday has expressed shock at
the lower availability in strength of public prosecutors as compared to total number of existing courts, stating that lack of representation hinders the due process of law, thus rendering the trial unfair.
WASHINGTON: The US may seek to gain leverage from the WikiLeaks disclosures about ISI’s links with Taliban and Al-Qaeda, to get Islamabad act tougher on militant groups on its soil, as voices grow louder against giving Pakistan a ‘blank cheque’ in the war on terror.
WASHINGTON: The leak of 90,000 secret military files has emboldened critics of the war in Afghanistan, who raised fresh questions Tuesday about the viability of the increasingly unpopular US-led campaign.
LONDON: It has no headquarters and its public face a wiry, silver-haired Australian with a physics Ph D carries his desktop computer in a backpack as he moves from place to place.
LONDON: The English language test announced by the British government for all non-European migrants applying to come to Britain to join or marry their settled partner will become compulsory from November 29 this year.
NEW DELHI: The government has launched a project to set up radar sensors along the country’s coastline for surveillance in order to prevent a Mumbai-like terror attack during which Pakistani terrorists took the sea route to enter the city.
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday raised its key interest rates by up to 0.5 per cent to check double digit inflation and predicted dearer interest regime, but banks said they would wait for now.
NEW DELHI: The government has launched a new scheme to arrest the dwindling population of Parsis, one of the five notified national minorities in the country.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government on Tuesday announced a probe into the activities of religious committees run by radical outfit, PFI, whose activists allegedly chopped off the hand of a college lecturer recently.
NEW DELHI: Holding the Centre and the Congress responsible for Maharashtra government’s attitude, the TDP chief, Mr N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday threatened to launch a mass agitation programme if the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh fails to resolve the Babli issue amicably by August 10.
BY KULDIP NAYAR
THE escalating violence in the country frightens me. Still more frightening is the shape it is taking. It has turned in some places communal, regional and ideological. Yet whatever the direction, it indicates a trend where the rule of law is lessening and sheer force is gaining recognition.
PAKISTAN’S double game of fighting alongside the US but protecting the Al-Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan was an open secret. At one stage the Bush administration had expressed concerns that the Pakistani army, particularly its Directorate and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),
Once again the Supreme Court had to intervene and direct the central government to set up a water dispute tribunal to resolve the differences between Goa and Karnataka over diversion of water from the Mhadei basin.
Stranded River Princess
IT is understood that the crack in the hull of the River Princess has widened further and there is a possibility that the ship might break into two. As two companies are involved in a tussle to win the bid to remove the stranded ship, it would be in the fitness of things to allot one half of the ship to one company and the other half to the other.
PANAJI: Goa’s teenage tennis sensation and Dempo Goodwill Brand Ambassador, Natasha Palha of Agasaim is continuing to reap a good harvest in her sporting field, courtesy of the wholesome support from the House of Dempos through their Goodwill Ambassador scheme, mooted by Chairman, Mr Shrinivas V Dempo.
Expectations are very much there as people expect more, which is a natural thing. But I always enjoy my sport and try my best to keep off the pressure and that’s the way I go about things. The unconditional and positive support and encouragement that Chairman, Mr Shrinivas V Dempo has always on offer through his kind and encouraging words has been the real motivation that keeps me going, says Natasha Palha in a tete-a-tete with Sudhakar Shanbhag
PANAJI: Post Graduate Students of Goa University, St Xavier’s College, Shree Mallikarjun College and Goa Engineering College entered the quarter-finals of inter-college badminton championship 2010-2011 for men whereas in women’s section RIEIT, G R Kare College, Chowgule College and S S Dempo College entered the quarter-finals at Indoor Stadium Complex, Sports Authority of Goa, Campal.
MARGAO: Navelim Sporting had to work hard to pip a stubborn Carmona Sports Club 1-0 to enter the quarter-finals of Fraxier trophy soccer tournament, organised by Young Strikers Club Benaulim at St John Baptist grounds, Dando-Benaulim.
PANAJI: The House on Tuesday hailed the achievement of Ms Abita Menezes in the field of martial arts, particularly her achievements in various competitions in Karate in India and abroad wherein she won 15 medals at the age of 11 and also getting second degree black belt.
MAPUSA: Milagres Sports Club, Mapusa booked their place in the finals of the Parish Youth Vagator Soccer with a thumping 3-0 win over Holiday Club Arpora, at Ozran grounds, Vagator, on Tuesday.
PANAJI: Betalbatim Sports Club entered the finals of late 16th Muriel Faleiro football tournament beating Wilfred Leisure, Curtorim 4-1 via tie-breaker after they tied 2-2 in the full time. After a barren first half, Betalbatim’s Desmond Fernandes scored the first goal of the match and soon Dickson Rogtao joined the party making it 2-0 in Betalbatim’s favour.
PANAJI: Hosts Ponda Footballer’s defeated Rebello Pandal Curtorim 5-4 via tie-breaker to reach the finals of the 21st All-Goa St Anne’s Festival Soccer being played at Curti grounds, Ponda. Siddi scored in the 7th minute to take the lead for Ponda Footballer’s however Curtorim’s Rolland levelled the score through a header in the dying minutes of the first half.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s new coach Mano Menezes said Monday he intended to build a side capable of achieving his nation’s football “dreams,” as he was officially presented in his new job.
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‘Swaroopancha Kalpataru’– a musical programme was held recently at the Kala Academy, Panaji. ‘Abhangas’ were sung and recited by Dr (Smt) Shubhada Gokhale and artists from Sangli. The artists performed and conquered many souls through their melodious voices.
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Kala Mogi Candolim in collaboration with Tiatr Academy of Goa will organise an academic discussion on C Alvares’ contribution to Tiatr, its song and music. C Alvares, born on August 1, 1924, did wonders for the tiatr stage. He was one of the most popular heroes of the Konkani stage. He specialised in composing and singing duets on various social issues. Naturally he was called the “King of Duets”.
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“As a woman I have faced many prejudices. After having passed through such circumstances, I can feel for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people) community in society. I feel society has not progressed,” Celina Jaitley shared her opinion. She was speaking at the re-launch of the magazines ‘Fantasy’ and ‘Fun’ held in Porvorim recently.
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Harry Potter one of the main characters in the seven series of the wizard story will soon be celebrating his birthday on July 31. The Pageturners club, a reading club for children at The International Centre, decided to celebrate the day by having a review of the series of Harry Potter books.
BY ARTI DAS | NT NETWORK
There are some things in life that can’t be defined, things that do not belong to any category. These are the creative illusions that take place in our intuitive mind. It is purely based on the person who conceptualises it. However, sometimes it is not possible to explore this vision and some guidance is required.
By Naguesh Rao Sardessai
Maendra Alvares needs no introduction to Goans. Hailing from a family of landlords from south Goa to earning a degree in fine arts from the Goa College of Art, Altinho, he has come a long way. Treating his land as the Lord, he considers protecting and preserving the Goan landscape, environment, art and culture his mission.
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Chef Kheem Singh of the Royal Orchid Resort – Galaxy Goa recommends
A sizzler is food served sizzling on a thick cast iron dish with a wooden base. While steak is predominantly served, fish and chicken with lots of vegetables and rice are part of this presentation. The iron plate is heated to a very high temperature and oil or butter is added to it to create the sizzle.
The former tourism minister, Francisco Pacheco seen escorted by police at GMC on Monday. (Nandesh Kambli)
MARGAO: The Additional District and Sessions Judge, South Goa, Mr Justice B P Deshpande on Monday granted conditional bail to Francisco Pacheco alias Mickky, who was arrested by the Crime Branch in connection with the Nadia death case. Mickky was consequently released from judicial custody.
The Water Resources Department Minister, Mr Filipe Neri Rodrigues on Monday informed the state legislative...
PANAJI: The Water Resources Department Minister, Mr Filipe Neri Rodrigues on Monday informed the state legislative assembly that the Supreme Court of India has given six weeks to the central government to set up a water dispute tribunal to resolve the difference between Goa and Karnataka over diversion of water from the Mhadei basin. The case came up for hearing in the Apex Court on July 26, it was informed.
The government will set up two cells under the department of forests, one for each district, within a month’s time for...
PANAJI: The government will set up two cells under the department of forests, one for each district, within a month’s time for monitoring the disputed forest lands in the state, especially those claimed by the private parties, after the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party pointed out that the government is set to lose forest land valued at Rs 1,600 crore to the private parties.
PANAJI: The Urban Development Minister, Mr Joaquim Alemao has said that the government would initiate an independent inquiry into the illegalities committed in the Corporation of the City of Panaji including illegal parking scam and illegal occupation of shops in the new city market.
PANAJI: The government will probe into the allegations of black marketing of kerosene, which is supplied to the kerosene vendors around the state for sale to the public.
PANAJI: The Public Works Department Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao has called upon the members of the House committee on National Highways to put in their suggestions on the route and other matters within two weeks so that the same could be placed before the officials of the National Highway Authority of India for settlement as regards to the apprehensions among the Goans on widening of roads.
MAPUSA: A Tivim-based husband-wife duo of Harischandra Gaad (33) and his wife Prajakta Gaad (25), were killed on the spot, when their Swift Desire car, bearing registration number GA 03 C 7541, in which they were traveling crashed into a tree at Karaswada.
NEW YORK: A week before the July 2008 bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul, Polish intelligence had tipped off of a possible Taliban strike on the Indian mission, according to leaked US military documents, which also say that American ally Pakistan’s ISI maintains direct links with the outlawed Afghan group.
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s 1971 war crimes tribunal today issued its first arrest warrants against four top leaders of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) who were accused of heinous crimes like genocide, rape and murder in the Liberation war which left an estimated 3 million dead.
PHNOM PENH: The UN-backed war crimes tribunal today sentenced the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer to 35 years in prison, the first verdict involving a leader of the genocidal regime that destroyed a generation of Cambodia’s people.
AHMEDABAD: A former police officer, N K Amin, an accused in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, on Monday turned approver and moved a court, in a shot in the arm for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that could spell more trouble for Gujarat’s jailed former minister and key accused Amit Shah.
WEST MIDNAPORE/RANCHI: In a setback to Maoists, eight extremists, including a top leader and a woman, were gunned down on Monday by security forces in two operations in West Bengal and Jharkhand.
KABUL: The Afghan President, Mr Hamid Karzai said on Monday that NATO troops had fired a rocket that killed 52 “innocent” villagers in southern Afghanistan, as leaked documents laid bare the civilian toll of the US-led war.
NEW DELHI: The government has approved a restructuring plan to strengthen border posts of Indo-Tibetan Border Police which includes acquiring modern weaponry and specialised vehicles for the force which guards the country’s icy frontiers with China.
NEW DELHI: Dismissing the apprehensions of some Muslim organisations that the right to education bill was against the community, the Minority Affairs Minister, Mr Salman Khurshid on Monday described it as “the fear of the unknown”.
Former Real Madrid captain Raul Gonzalez shakes hands with supporters before addressing a press conference to announce his departure from the team at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on Monday. Raul will join German side Schalke on a two-year contract. (AFP)
MADRID: An emotional Raul said his last farewell to the Real Madrid supporters on Monday ahead of his proposed move to German first division side Schalke.
GLASGOW: Scottish club Celtic signed Mexico defender Efrain Juarez from UNAM Pumas for an undisclosed fee on Monday. Juarez agreed a four-year contract with the Hoops after impressing manager Neil Lennon during the World Cup.
ROME: Star teenage Italian forward Mario Balotelli’s agent on Monday denied that his client has signed a deal with Manchester City.
Earlier reports in the Italian press claimed the 19-year-old Inter Milan striker had already agreed a contract with the English Premier League side and that all that was missing was an agreement between the two clubs.
PANAJI: Goa’ Santosh Harijan claimed a bronze medal at the recently–concluded 57th senior national boxing championships held in Delhi.
Santosh lost his semi-final bout to a nail-biting finish to Sanjay Singh (RSPB) 1-2 who later on went on to win the championships.
PANAJI: The Goa Football Association (GFA) will be conducting the first physical fitness test for those referees who could not attend the last test. The same will be held on August 1 at the SAG Campal track. Referees should report at 6.30 am. This would be the last chance for the referees to be included in the active list for the year 2010-11.
VASCO: Nivedam Boys of New-Vaddem entered the second round by beating 7788 Bogmalo Boys 3-1 via tie-breaker in the inaugural match of 7-a-side football tournament, organised by Active Boys of New-Vaddem at Neogi grounds, New-Vaddem on Sunday. Nivedam Boys led the match 1-0 at the breather.
COLOMBO: Captain Kumar Sangakkara and Tharanga Paranavitana struck their second successive centuries as Sri Lanka took firm control of the second cricket Test against India by laying the foundation for a massive first innings total here on Monday.
COLOMBO: Suresh Raina, who has been handed his Test debut after Yuvraj Singh was ruled out due to a bout of flu, insisted that Indian bowlers did their job well despite the thrashing they received at the hands of Lankan batsmen and blamed their opening-day flopshow in the second cricket Test on the dead track here.
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GOEM SODDUN PAULEM GANTTAR
Peter-Roshan have released a new play after many years. ‘Goem Soddun Paulem Ghanttar’ is about Goan girls who fall for the charm of migrants and many-a-times mess up their future.
This Sunday the people of Goa were treated to an enrapturing jugalbandi of two mellifluous voices – that of Arti Ankalikar Tikekar and Devki Pandit. The show titled Swar Varsha, organized by the Inner Wheel Club of Mapusa and managed by the Swastik unit, was held at the Dinananth Mangeshkar Hall, Kala Academy.
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Third Sector Partners recently held its maiden convention to celebrate the success of its programme, “Katalyst”, which helps girls from economically challenged backgrounds through structured mentoring, personality grooming and financial intermediation.
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BY ARTI DAS | NT NETWORK
Cyrus Sahukar, famous for his satirical comedy shows and spoofs, is now sharing the big screen with Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol in the yet-to-be-released movie, ‘Aisha.’ In a candid telephonic conversation with ‘The Navhind Times’ he shares his experience, fear and desires.
The Soundekar King surrendered the Fort of Cabo de Rama alias Kholgad, located in the Khol village of Canacona taluka, to the Portuguese in 1764; we should not allow the present Goa Government to surrender this fort of immense heritage value to foreign or Indian private companies to privatise it.
BY PRATIMA ACHREKAR| NT NETWORK
Celebrations bring people together, breaking barriers of caste, creed and religion. On these auspicious days, the religious fraternity comes together and celebrate the festival as one big family. As the grand festival of Hindus, Ganesh Chaturthi nears one will see many Hindu families busy gearing up for it.
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By Shekher Phadnis
You must have often wondered as to what the most famous chefs of India prepare for their own cuisine. Well a survey shows that they cook — and eat — steamed food. “Steamed food can be absolutely great after a good day at the master kitchen supervising every thing to poached truffles to kheer paneer.
By Tensing Rodrigues
Experts say that investments in equity funds should be done for long term (say more than 5 years). One should not be concerned with short-term trends. At the same time experts also suggest to review the financial plan periodically (every two years or so) to check if the gains are in line with the expectations. If the short-term equity results are only of academic interest, then what is the point in reviewing it prior to that? Joel Martins
PANAJI: Mennen Aviation and Hospitality Ltd, Guirim-Mapusa has announced the resumption of the commercial operation of the 4D Simulator effective July 21. The simulator will be in operation between 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
NEW DELHI: Pointing out the adverse impact of mining on livelihood of locals and the ecology, the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) has quashed the clearance given to the Careamol iron mine in South Goa.
MUMBAI: Public sector lender, Dena Bank expects a capital infusion of Rs 600-crore from the government in the current fiscal to fuel its business growth, a top bank official said here on Monday.
MUMBAI: Hinting at a hike in its key rates on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank on Monday said it would continue exiting from its easy money regime to check double-digit inflation, while ensuring stable economic growth.
PANAJI: In response to the Goa barge owners’ requirement of a higher capacity ore carrier, a study and design plan sponsored by the Centre for the new barge is with the state government for its finalisation.
By FIROZ BAKHT AHMED
The deadlock over a government proposal to modernise madrasas, or traditional Islamic schools, illustrates how a ‘minority mindset’ imposed by the ulema (clergy) and politicians could draw Muslims deeper into the morass of conservatism, poverty and unemployment.
TRANSFORMING a traditional high-volume court which every day deals with thousands of paper documents into a modern, efficient and cost-effective e-court with the basic aim of speedy justice delivery is a challenging, arduous, time-consuming and sometimes frustrating task.
UNLIKE other CPM leaders expelled from the party in the past, who expressed their anger in ideological terms, former Lok Sabha speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee has attacked the attitude of the party general secretary, Mr Prakash Karat: he calls him arrogant and intolerant.
A United India
WITH Independence Day fast-approaching, my fellow-countrymen need to take time to appreciate how lucky we are to be living in India despite its perennial internal problems.
MARGAO: The Loutolim gram sabha on Sunday resolved that the panchayat should verify the electoral rolls in each ward.
Former Gujarat minister for home Amit Shah (centre), surrounded by senior CBI officers and lawyers, waits at the residence of Chief Judicial Magistrate Mr Ashit Dave in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
GANDHINAGAR: After eluding the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for four days, former Gujarat minister and Mr Narendra Modi’s close aide Amit Shah was on Sunday arrested by the probe agency in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and sent to jail shortly after he made a dramatic appearance at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) briefing.
MARGAO: The former tourism minister, Francisco Pacheco alias Mickky was on Sunday late evening admitted to the Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim after he complained of chest pain.
The Union Law Minister, Mr Veerappa Moily on Sunday said that Goa has the potential to become the first state to be arrear free as regards to cases in the courts were concerned
PANAJI: The Union Law Minister, Mr Veerappa Moily on Sunday said that Goa has the potential to become the first state to be arrear free as regards to cases in the courts were concerned, even as he said that the state has been given the target of making at least one of the courts of the Goa bench of Bombay High Court and one of the sessions court paper free at the earliest.
Export and import business activities have come to a virtual standstill in Verna industrial estate due to the sudden sharp increase by Rs 30,000 in cargo transport rates and this has evoked angry reactions from small scale enterprises and majors.
PANAJI: Export and import business activities have come to a virtual standstill in Verna industrial estate due to the sudden sharp increase by Rs 30,000 in cargo transport rates and this has evoked angry reactions from small scale enterprises and majors.
BY JOAO SOUSA M | NT
PANAJI: The old age homes managed by the Institute of Public Assistance (Provedoria) account for only 25 per cent of the elderly living in such homes in the state.
MARGAO: The Loutolim gram sabha on Sunday resolved that the panchayat should verify the electoral rolls in each ward.
MARGAO: The Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) on Sunday demanded that the proposed TCP amendment Bill be scrapped and instead the recently constituted TCP Act review committee be asked to give its recommendations in a stipulated time frame.
PONDA: The members of the newly formed Task Force, headed by Mr Prakash Velip, on Sunday opposed the amendment to Section 59(6) (a) of the Goa Co-operative Act, 2001 terming it as an arbitrary.
MARGAO: The Majorda panchayat gram sabha on Sunday resolved to discuss the village development plan in detail at the next gram sabha.
KOLKATA: Delhi stormed into the pre-quarters of the 64th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy with a resounding 3-1 victory against Madhya Pradesh in their last group league match played on Sunday.
PANAJI: Anurag Mhamal and Gauri Hadkonkar emerged winners at the Sub-Junior Chess Championship in boys and girls category respectively on Sunday.
MARGAO: Varca Sports Club played a rather subdued match but still manage to blank Sai Avatar Anjuna 2-0 to enter the quarter-finals of the Fraxier Trophy soccer tournament organised by Young Strikers Benaulim and being played at St John Baptist grounds, Dando, Benaulim.
MAPUSA: Football Club of Siolim squeezed past host Dunes Sports Club Mandrem by a narrow 1-0 margin to enter the quarter-finals of the Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal Mandrem Silver Jubilee Soccer, played at Mandrem grounds here on Sunday.
VALPOI: The 16-year-old girl who was admitted at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, after she was allegedly fed prasad laced with Ratol by her aunt, died on Sunday.
MARGAO: The Goa Government Pensioners’ Associ-ation has urged the government to release the arrears of 40 per cent fitment weightage benefit to those who retired between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 2000 as granted by the Goa bench of the Bombay High
Court.
PANAJI: A meeting of members of the Goa State Committee on ‘Baby friendly hospital initiative’ was held under the chairmanship of Health Secretary, Mr Rajeev Varma at the Secretariat on Friday.
By Shyam Zambauliker
MARGAO: Hectic activities are going on in various talukas of South Goa particularly in the villages for preparing Lord Ganesh idols. Idol makers are busy to meet the enormous demand for Lord Ganesha idols for the annual event scheduled in the month of September.
MAPUSA: The chairman of Dynprasarak Mandal, Mr Shrikrishna Pokle was on Saturday felicitated on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. The chairman of the Law Commission, Mr Ramakant Khalap who was the chief guest on the occasion lauded the efforts of Mr Pokle in improving the education scenario at the DMC College since the last six years.
VALPOI: ‘Sattari Patrakar Sang’ had organised Student Counselling and Guidance programme for SSC students of rural areas of Sattari taluka at Sri Ram High School, Khadki-Sattari.
PANAJI: For Goa, mining industry is one of its core strength for its economy and is expected to generate Rs 500 crore royalty revenue for the state during the current financial year as against, around Rs 292 crore in the year 2009-10 after increase of royalty rate midway during last year.
NEW DELHI: India's mining sector is likely to see a slowdown in growth to 8% this fiscal, even as the overall economy is poised for higher growth, the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) has said.
NEW DELHI: FICCI Business Confidence Index dipped to 71.9 from its value of 74.8 in the previous survey with Indian Inc sounding a note of caution on its profitability, rising cost pressure and possibility of further increase in key rates by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Monetary Policy on July 27.
NEW DELHI: Stating that majority of air crashes occur due to human error, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) today urged the Ministry of Civil Aviation to refrain pilots roistering beyond normal duty timing, especially during sunrise and sunset, to avoid recurrence of air accidents.
BY NANDKUMAR KAMAT
IN July 31, the prestigious Dnyanpeeth Award would be conferred by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Ms Meira Kumar on veteran Konkani writer, scholar and philosopher, Ravindra Kelekar, affectionately called ‘Ravindrabab’.
The three major challenges facing the UPA government are: first, bridge the development deficit to reduce sense of alienation existing in the people; second, remove the weaknesses in farm extension services; and third, design a holistic development programme for Maoist-affected areas.
A research conducted by a team of psychologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and Yale University has come out with an interesting finding that people who sit in soft, cushioned chairs are more willing to negotiate and compromise than those seated in hard, cushion-less and uncomfortable chairs.
Rampant Pollution
THE Environment Minister, Mr Aleixo Sequeira is a good preacher but has not been able to practice so far. The public only hear show cause notices in his press releases, but no action is taken.
BY SHYAM ZAMBAULIKER | NT
MARGAO: Over the past few years, the cyber cafe culture in South Goa has grown manifold, as is evident from the number of cyber cafes that have mushroomed in Salcete.
by ALBERT FERNANDES | NT
POINGUINNIM: The Canacona Fire Station was set up on December 23, 1998, some 12 years ago, with one station sub-officer, four drivers, two vehicles, four leading firemen and seven firemen.
BY MINOO FERNANDES | NT
MARGAO: The road under the bridge, with a subway built by the Konkan Railway Corporation, at a cost of Rs 3 crore, is ready near the level crossing at the Majorda railway station, however, it is yet to be thrown open to the public as it does not have an approach road.
BY ROQUE DIAS | NT NETWORK
MARGAO: The government scheme of mid-day meal is proving to be a blessing for school students. In fact, at some places, along with the students, a few teachers also take benefit of this scheme.
BY SUDESH BHOSLE|NT NETWORK
VASCO: The Vasco fire station which falls under the Directorate of Fire and Emergency services of Goa state fire force plays a vital role during contingencies in the port town of Vasco. The fire station has proved to be an efficient department as it attends to each emergency call.
BY ASHOKKUMAR DESAI|NT NETWORK
CANACONA: The seasonal Shacks and tent owners of the Canacona Coastal areas have welcomed the decision of the minister for Tourism, Mr Nilkant Haldankar over the announcement of dates for the allotment of shacks.
By G V Joshi
What is a superstition? A superstition is a belief not based on logic or reason. Superstitions often promise to protect someone from harm or affect either his/her bad or good luck.
For example, opening an umbrella in a house leads to bad luck and wearing a special gemstone or crystal will ward off evil. To avoid a baby being born with a facial birthmark, pregnant women in India don’t go outside during an eclipse.
By A C Tuli
A ghazal, to put it succinctly, is a poetic composition, often in rhyming couplets, expressive of a lover’s feelings and emotions for his beloved. It may also be philosophic in content, dwelling on some eternal truths of human life.
The largest and the most famous of the snake temples in India, the Nagaraja Temple is at the town of Mannarsala in Kerala, where more than 30000 stone snake images are exhibited within its compounds. Local legends claim the temple to be 3000-years-old. But historically we have only records of 800 years for this historic snake temple.
One of the main reasons why sad ghazals were an important part of our films in the past was that their story line very often dealt with problems that the tradition-bound, perennially-cash-strapped, middle-class people face in life.
By Mário Cabral e Sá
Thus ran the headlines of the English papers - “Pandemonium in House over drug news.”
The target is the Home Minister who was absent from the House because of an ailment, may he recover soon. In his absence, Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat answered the question in his usual calm manner.
By Tomazinho Cardozo
As reported in the local press, recently, the Commissioner for NRI affairs and former Union Minister, Mr Eduardo Faleiro said, “The Sahitya Academy awards should be made available to eminent writers in Konkani whether they write in Romi, Devnagri or Kannada scripts.”
By Marilia Priyanka Fernandes
She washes her hands a hundred times a day to make sure they are clean enough. Even though the skin is peeling off her hands she can’t stop herself. He has to check the lock exactly fifty times before leaving the house or else the anxiety of someone breaking in is unbearable.
By Dr Kasturi Desai
The long awaited monsoon is indeed a blessing to most of us. Regardless of all the precautions we take in the rain, we sometimes cannot avoid getting drenched in this season.
By Khushwant Singh
Not so very long ago, black people in America were called negroes, niggers, blackies, and treated as third-rate citizens only good enough to mix with other blacks.
By Meher Castelino
One of the most fun and entertaining places in the USA is the city of Orlando in Florida. There is a lot to do and it’s great for grownups and kids. The first stop for anyone visiting Orlando is Disney World. Here is where kids have a ball and grownups can go back to their childhood.
By Dr Nandkumar M Kamat
The simplest rule of nutrition is to eat lower down the food chain as this reduces levels of xenobiotics and toxins entering our bodies. Under the microscope of anthropology and nutritional science, genetics and genomics, Goa’s traditional food tells us something unique - the call of Goan genes for seasonal delicacies.
By Nagraj Gollapudi
I will miss facing Murali. He is the most difficult bowler I played against. I am happy that I don’t have to face him again, but at the same time I am disappointed he will not be around anymore in Test cricket.
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Film: Salt, Cast: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Directed by: Philip Noyce, Duration: 95 minutes, Rating: * * *
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Film: Khatta Meetha, Cast: Akshay Kumar, Trisha, Filmed by: Priyadarshan, Duration: 148 minutes, Rating: * *
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The Panaji centre of the Chinmaya Mission - an international spiritual organisation - will be organising the 15th annual Geeta Gyana Yagna based on the 14th chapter of Shreemad Bhagwad Geeta, from July 26 to August 1, between 6.30 p.m and 8 p.m, at the city Mahalaxmi temple.
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BY PRATIMA ACHREKAR | NT NETWORK
Our world begins with our parents. As we grow, the teacher plays vital role in moulding and shaping our personalities. We have all been deeply influenced by a teacher at some stage of our lives. The teacher’s ideals have influenced who we are today.
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BY CLARA A RODRIGUES | NT NETWORK
They are not alone; the hill is spotted with trekkers. Mounting a difficult climb on Goa’s hills, the contours of two figures make their way to the top. It is a grandfather-grandson duo trying to wrap bonds around fleeting time by conquering as many peaks as possible.
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By His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Guru Pournima is held on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Ashadh when devotees around the world celebrate their devotion for their spiritual master, and rejoice in their relationship with Knowledge.
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By Ranjana Kakodkar
As our country continues to sprint forward at supersonic speed in an attempt to achieve supremacy in every sundry field you can imagine companies world wide are spreading their tentacles across the saath samundar, all the way to cities and towns across India, enticed by the allure of a mega success story in the making.
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Chef SK Raj of Palette Hotels recommends
Now ‘drumstick’ can refer to many things….a tool for playing drums, a brand of ice cream, a leg of chicken, a video game character found in Daddy Kong racing, a chewy candy made by Swizzle Matlow, even a film made in the year 1955.
WASHINGTON: The US has said it wants Pakistan to implement UN curbs against three key financers who raised money for the Taliban and Haqqani network, a day after slapping sanctions on the leaders of these outfits.
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has gained atomic capabilities through “international deception” and “clandestine procurement” networks, eminent US lawmakers have said, while warning that the continuation of ‘secretive’ Sino-Pak nuclear ties is setting a wrong precedence for others.
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terror court Saturday adjourned for a week the trial of LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks as the judge was away to attend an official meeting.
ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan should demilitarise the Siachen glacier as the troop deployment on the snowy heights has become a burden on the exchequers of the two countries, President Mr Asif Ali Zardari has said.
The Goa State Information Commission has issued two notices on the public information officer of the Entertainment Society of Goa, Mr Rohit Wadkar and the first appellate authority of the ESG.
PANAJI: The Goa State Information Commission has issued two notices on the public information officer of the Entertainment Society of Goa, Mr Rohit Wadkar and the first appellate authority of the ESG, asking them to appear before the Commission for a hearing on July 26, at 10.30 a.m., with regards to the second appeal filed before the Commission by the winner of the state film award and noted Goan film maker, Mr Augie D’Mello.
The British Goan Festival here on Sunday will see the launch of a book on Goan diaspora experiences.
LONDON: The British Goan Festival here on Sunday will see the launch of a book on Goan diaspora experiences. And first-time author Selma Carvalho, who has lived in Dubai, the US and now Britain, insists she is simply “a Goan”.
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PANAJI: The old age homes in the state utterly lack basic facilities for developing capabilities of the inmates and have simply been performing the task of provider of food and shelter.
The state has around 80,000-90,000 senior citizens of which nearly 15 per cent live in 63 old age homes as many Goans migrate to other countries for jobs and better prospects and have nobody to take care of their aged parents, which forces them to shift their parents to old age homes.
PANAJI: A written reply to the House by the Minister for Revenue, Mr Jose Philip D’Souza informs that a total of 22,85,927 sq mts of land in North Goa and 13,35,950 sq mts of land in South Goa is in possession of Indian Armed Forces - the Navy, the Army and the Air Force.
BICHOLIM: Residents of Sanquelim and Bicholim are apprehensive of occurrence of floods due to incessant rains that are lashing the area since a couple of days. The water of Valvanti river in Sanquelim and Bicholim river was flowing above the danger mark on Saturday and government machinery has been alerted to handle any eventuality in event of floods. However, the situation is under control.
PERNEM: The National Highway 17, which passes through Poroscadem in Pernem taluka has developed large cracks which is making motoring on it a difficulty. Moreover, there have also been mudslides on this stretch of road with the mud covering more than half the road, reducing the carriage way so much, that only one four wheeler can pass by at a time.
POINGUINNIM: Students of St Anne's Institute, Agonda-Canacona, planted nearly 150 Casuarina saplings on the Agonda beachfront, and in the school precincts this week, to mark the Vanamahotsav celebration in the school. The casuarinas were supplied by the forest department.
CHANDIGARH: A local court on Saturday issued arrest warrants against IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab co-owners actress Preity Zinta and industrialists Ness Wadia and Mohit Burman for failing to appear before it on a complaint accusing them of not filing its balance-sheets and annual returns.
NEW DELHI: In a dramatic turn of events, the Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi on Saturday announced resignation of his Minister of State for Home, Mr Amit Shah, allegedly involved in the 2005 staged killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, but the Congress termed it “too little, too late”.
NEW DELHI: CBI on Saturday told a Delhi Court that there was no sufficient evidence against former Union minister Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.
NEW DELHI: Seeking the cooperation of States in dealing with Left-wing extremism, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Saturday asked the Planning Commission to design a holistic development programme for Naxal-affected areas.
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh (centre) poses with the Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia (3rd right), the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee (second left), the Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar (left), the Home Minister, Mr P Chidambaram (second right) and the Textile Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran during the 55th NDC meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. (AFP)
NEW DELHI: Hoping for a good rainfall in the current monsoon season, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh on Saturday said it will help ease the inflation rate to 6 per cent in the second half of the year but conceded the growth target for the 11th Five-Year Plan will remain unmet.
captaion: The newly announced Goa team for Santosh Trophy display their new Kingfisher jersey at a function held in a city hotel on Saturday. Coach Mariano Dias and other officials are also seen. Nandesh Kambli | NT
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KOLKATA: Kerala and Assam maintained their winning streak to keep their pre-quarterfinal hopes alive in the 64th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy on Saturday.
In other matches of the day, the Railways brightened their last-16 chances with their second consecutive win, while Mizoram picked their first victory in cluster VIII fixtures.
MARGAO: Young Strikers Benaulim scored an impressive 4-1 victory over St Rock’s Youth Club Majorda on Saturday to enter the quarter-finals of the 25th Fraxier Trophy Soccer tournament being played at St John Baptist grounds, Dando Benaulim.
PANAJI: Salgaocar who were in drop zone in the first phase of the I-League, put their best performance in the second phase to finish sixth in the I-League, have recruited 19 players to strengthen their team for the upcoming season.
MAPUSA: Parish Youth Nuvem beat Sodiem Siolim Sports Club 4-3 via tie-breaker to make it to the finals of the Parish Youth Vagator Soccer 2010, organised by PY Vagator and played at Ozran grounds, Vagator on Saturday.
PANAJI: In the 1st semi-finals played on Saturday Navelim defeated United Club of Saligao 2-1 to book a place in the finals scheduled on August 5.
PANAJI: Anurag Mhamal beat Pranav Zantye in the 4th rounds and Akhilesh Rai in the 5th round to lead the boys category with 5 points out of 5 rounds. Niraj Saripalli who beat Suyan Belurkar in the 5th round is on 4.5 points after 5 rounds. Pranav Zantye, Rohan Ahuja, Akhilesh Rai, Omkar Damle are on 4 points after 5 rounds.
A few months after her sister Isabel was embroiled in a porn clip controversy which was being circulated in her name but actually featured her lookalike, Katrina Kaif is now the target of a similar online craze. Not surprisingly, Kat’s hopping mad about the video.
Mimoh will now be known as Mahakshay. Vikram Bhatt, who is relaunching Mithun Chakraborthy’s son in Haunted, has decided to go in for a name change.
Ashutosh Gowariker’s ambitious project Buddha has been put on hold. The filmmaker was on the hunt to find the right actor to play the lead role. However, after failing to finalise someone to play Buddha, Ashu has decided to take a break from the casting process.
Sanju ensures Maana has a happy b’day, gets friends to spend time with his wife and even leaves behind a janamdin ka tohfa
Sanjay Dutt won’t be in town today as wife Maanayata (who is expecting twins) turns 32.
PANAJI: Signalling a new turn in the Dempo Corporate Group’s involvement in Goan youth sports promotion, Chairman Mr Shrinivas V Dempo announced a number of measures designed to make the oversight of the unique Dempo Goodwill Brand Ambassador Scheme more participative. Mr Dempo was speaking at the first meeting of the Scheme’s Sports Committee at Dempo House, the Group’s headquarters in city.
DUBAI: India may have flopped in the opening Test against Sri Lanka but opener Virender Sehwag held on to the number one spot, while Sachin Tendulkar gained a place to be seventh in the latest ICC rankings for batsmen issued on Friday.
LEEDS: Pakistan need another 40 runs on Saturday to register a historic victory over Australia at Leeds.
KOLKATA: Delhi registered their second consecutive win beating Uttar Pradesh 2-0 to inch closer to pre-quarterfinals of the 64th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy at Khardah Stadium on Friday.
Team members of Espanyol—Neon D’Souza, Aldair Figueiredo, Royston Fernandes (captain), Dario Rodrigues and Russel D’souza pose with Joga indoor mini football trophy along with their manager Mr Seby D’souza.
PANAJI: Espanyol, Panjim defeated Young of Fatorda 4-3 in the finals of All-Goa Joga competition organised by Don Bosco Oratory in association with SpaceKraft Media Solutions at Don Bosco’s Oratory, here.
MAPUSA: Candolim Sports Club advanced into the semis of the Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav Mandal Silver Jubilee Soccer, organised by Dunes Sports Club Mandrem, with a comfortable 2-0 win over Baina Sports Club, played at Mandrem grounds on Friday. Both the goals came in the first session of play.
MARGAO: Betalbatim Sporting Club recorded a solitary goal victory over a fighting Curtorim Gymkhana in the inaugural match of the 25th Fraxier Trophy Soccer tournament organised by Young Strikers Benaulim and played at St John Baptist grounds Dando, Benaulim on Friday.
PANAJI: Canacona Sports Academy has called its 10th Annual General Body Meeting on Sunday, July 25, 2010 at Shradhanand Vidyalaya, Poinguinnim, Canacona, at 10 am.
The Public Works Department Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao on Friday told the Goa state legislative assembly that...
PANAJI: The Public Works Department Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao on Friday told the Goa state legislative assembly that a House committee would be formed by Monday to go into all issues related to widening of National Highways 4A and 17 passing through the state.
In this file photograph three boys are seen beating the heat in a Goan lake. (Nandesh Kambli)
PANAJI: The effects of global warming are being felt in Goa as the state is getting warmer. The average day temperatures have increased by 1.5 degrees Celsius in the last three years. The state has also received 181 cm of rainfall this month, which is 20 cm more than the normal quota of rains for July.
The beleaguered former tourism minister, Francisco Xavier Pacheco alias Mickky was arrested by the Margao town police.
MARGAO: The beleaguered former tourism minister, Francisco Xavier Pacheco alias Mickky was arrested by the Margao town police on Friday in a case of forgery and cheating, even as he was remanded to 14-day judicial custody in the Nadia death case.
PANAJI: The ad hoc House committee 2010 on public works, panchayats, transport and ports administration, in its first report of demands has expressed utter shock at gaming vessels, casinos and boat cruises releasing all kinds of waste into the Madovi river causing severe water pollution.
PANAJI: The government has set December 2010 as the deadline for releasing the Regional Plan 2021, in a phase-wise manner.
Coming out with this information, the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat said that the taluka plans for the RP 2010, pertaining to Pernem, and Canacona would be released in the notified form within next 15 days.
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Friday informed the House that the government has issued 100 show cause notices to various owners of the plots in industrial estates of the state, who have failed to commence industrial activities on their plots within the stipulated deadline.
MAPUSA: Work on the new Siolim coastal security police station is behind schedule. The work of building this station began in 2008, it is more than two years now, and the project has still not been able to see the light of the day.
MAPUSA: The Mapusa Asilo hospital has been in the news for the wrong reasons. While sometime back it was a case where a lady from Anjuna bled to death soon after delivery, on Friday, coincidentally, another woman from the same constituency was injured when a heavy wooden wall frame fell on her head, while she was sitting.
MARGAO: The Cuncolim Citizens Action Front (CCAF), demanded that a plant at the Cuncolim Industrial Estate be closed down immediately, as the management is not serious about dealing with the hazardous waste produced by it.
GANDHINAGAR: In a big blow to the BJP government in Gujarat, junior Home Minister, Mr Amit Shah, a close aide of Mr Narendra Modi, was on Friday charged with murder by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and may face arrest after he was denied anticipatory bail.
WASHINGTON: The US has said it would vote against an exemption for China to sell two civil nuclear reactors to Pakistan at the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting, in a new move to step up pressure to get the controversial deal annulled.
ISLAMABAD: Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who has acknowledged his force is “India-centric” due to unresolved issues between the two countries, will continue playing a key role in shaping foreign policy after the three-year extension granted to him as Pakistan’s Army chief.
BEIJING: A Chinese court has extended by two months the detention of 21 Indians, who were captured from the southern city of Shenzhen in January this year on charges of smuggling diamonds worth USD 7.3 million.
UNITED NATIONS: Israel is urging Lebanon and the international community to prevent two ships from sailing to Gaza from a Lebanese port to break Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory. It warned that the vessels will be stopped.
NEW DELHI: India and the US on Friday signed a Counter Terrorism Initiative that includes steps to check financing of terror activities, joint probe in cases of bomb blasts besides cooperation in cyber and border security.
CHANDIGARH: Pakistan-based Sikh militants, supported by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), might carry out bomb blasts in New Delhi before the Commonwealth Games, the Punjab police has alerted.
NEW DELHI: The Foreign Secretary, Ms Nirupama Rao has met the Union Home Secretary, Mr G K Pillai against the backdrop of apparent differences between the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs in connection with the Indo-Pak talks.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday began final hearing to examine the alleged violation of forest and environment laws by Uttar Pradesh government in the construction of statues and memorials for Dalit leaders at a park in Noida near here.
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Two renowned singers Devki Pandit and Arti Ankalikar Tikekar will fill the evening with enchantment with their mellifluous voice. The Goan audience will have a treat to listen to solo performances by these vocalists and a jugalbandhi concert, too. This will be presented at the Diananath Mangueshkar hall, Kala Academy on July 24 at 6 p.m.
The Bengali cultural association, Panaji as part of the year long celebrations to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore organised a function called Rabindra Jayanti 2010 at Dinanath Mangueshkar hall, Kala Academy recently.
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Over the last four years, a few slim, starkly told memoirs - and others of their kind - have become a body of work. They have given a voice to women used to being voiceless, a face to women who are usually invisible in today’s India
Baby Halder became a writer between domestic chores. She wrote hesitantly in the pages of an exercise book given to her by her employer, an anthropology professor.
RAMESH SAVAIKAR | NT NET WORK
BICHOLIM: Devotees of Vithal and Rakhumai celebrated Ashadhi Ekadashi with traditional fervour, enthusiasm and gaiety by performing religious rituals. The day began with devotes keeping a fast on this auspicious day and offering prayers to Lord Vithal, seeking blessings for a prosperous and happy life.
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Prasad Bidapa a fashion guru from Bangalore believes that countries like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh should work together to emerge as a fashion hub as both the countries have a rich tradition in art and craft.
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By Meher Castelino
The head seat at the board table is no longer reserved for the male of the species. There are many contenders for it from the fairer sex too. In fact, the female high-powered executive is not a rare sight as she jets around the world, perfectly dressed and ready to take the right decisions
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By Odette and Joe Mascarenhas
Suprabhatam…well that is the word for good morning, and it was really a good morning after a super meal at the Café Azul the night before. You see there is a Malabar festival on at the Café Azul, and I love festivals because there is so much variety and research put in for a particular cuisine.
MUMBAI: In choppy trade, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark today closed with a moderate gain of 18 points as investors indulged in profit-booking, tracking the weak European trend.
SAO PAULO: Brazil will soon start producing sugarcane-based bio-fuel, which will be used in commercial vehicles from 2011. The sugarcane-based fuel will be produced in collaboration with an American biotech company and German auto giant Mercedes-Benz.
GENEVA: The World Trade Organization called on Friday for countries to work together more closely in trade in natural resources—an area often seen as exempt from many international commerce rules.
PANAJI: Endosurg.10: SILS, a 3-day national hands-on course and workshop in single incision laparoscopic surgery was recently held at Apollo Victor Hospitals- Margao, said a press release.
PANAJI: SBA Infotech Pvt. Ltd., an e-governance company has launched www.taxeworld.com for e-filing of income tax returns. The website is designed to provide easy and quick web based solutions for filing of income-tax returns and facilitates generation of xml file, view ITR and upload with or without digital signature.
PANJIM: In line with Sesa Goa’s Corporate Social Responsibility philosophy and its commitment to promote health related activities in and around its business area, a Quadriceps exercise bench was donated by Sesa Goa to Keshav Seva Sadhana School for special children, Bicholim.
MUMBAI: A $430 million (Rs.2,000 crore)loan agreement to improve the suburban railway system of the city was signed here Friday.
Representatives of the central and state governments, the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation and the World Bank signed the agreement. The World Bank had last month sanctioned the loan for the second phase of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) project.
MUMBAI: Leading public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) acting through its London Branch, successfully priced at New York yesterday an offering of $1 billion of senior unsecured bonds due 2015.
CHANDIGARH: At a time when the Centre is planning to provide foodgrain to BPL families at subsidised rates through the Food Security Act, over 24,000 tonnes of wheat have got damaged in Punjab due to poor handling at the godowns.
MARGAO: A ray of hope for workers, who have acquired skills at their work place and are deprived of a formal certificate, earn lower wages and are generally exploited by their employers. But their contribution to GDP cannot be ignored.
BY INDER MALHOTRA
NO twist or turn in India-Pakistan negotiations surprises anyone. But what has happened after the foreign ministers’ talks in Islamabad last week is more than usually bizarre. In effect, what Pakistan Foreign Minister, Mr Shah Mehmoud Qureshi, has done is to excel his past performance and raise the ante so much as to queer the pitch for the present at least.
SOHRABUDDIN’S ghost haunts the Gujarat Minister of State for Home, Mr Amit Shah and Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi. In November 2005, the state anti-terror squad killed Sohrabuddin and his wife Kauser Bi allegedly in a fake encounter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
TWO years after the media first exposed it, the Goa government has woken up to its social and political commitment and accepted the fact that 10 out 11 cruise boats operating in the waters of the Mandovi were disposing various types of garbage and waste directly into the river.
Let’s have a Constructive Discussion
THIS monsoon session, we request our honourable members to please note that the Legislative Assembly is a sacred democratic institution. Do not desecrate it by un-parliamentary actions and behaviour. Please debate to the point and brief questions and enlightening answers should be the norm.
LEEDS: Australia were threatening to inflict another heartbreaking defeat on Pakistan after they fought back valiantly on the second day of the second Test at Headingley.
KOLKATA: Assam routed Himachal Pradesh 10-0 to kick off their campaign on a spectacular note in the 64th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy on Thursday. Kerala, Orissa and Railways also got off to winning starts in their respective cluster matches of the day at various venues.
PANAJI: Nerul SC booked their place in the semi-finals of 39th Custodio memorial football tournament defeating holders Parish Youth Nuvem 5-2 in the tie-breaker.
PANAJI: Kafira Rodrigues will meet Roshni Gopani in the sub-junior girls finals of 3rd All Goa major ranking table tennis tournament organised by Shree Mangirish Vidya Dayini Samstha, Mangeshi. Kafira beat Laxmi Shetye while Roshni overcame the challenge from Anarntxa Noronha in the semi-finals played on Thursday.
Muttiah Muralitharan waves to the crowd as his team-mates captain Kumar Sangakkara (2 R) and Damika Prasad (L) carry him around the pitch in a lap of honour after they won the Galle Test on Thursday.
GALLE: Muttiah Muralitharan captured his 800th wicket with the final ball of his Test career on Thursday as Sri Lanka cruised to a 10-wiclet victory over India after finally breaking the tourists’ stubborn resistance.
The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat has stated his government has delayed finalisation of the state’s mining policy because he wanted to prevent any conflict of interest with the MMDR Act.
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat has stated his government has delayed finalisation of the state’s mining policy because he wanted to prevent any conflict of interest with the MMDR Act, which would be finalised soon by the central government, even as he said that he would take all the MLAs from the mining areas into confidence before finalising the state policy.
The Environment Minister, Mr Aleixo Sequeira on Thursday informed the House that 10 out of 11 cruise boats operating in Mandovi river were...
PANAJI: The Environment Minister, Mr Aleixo Sequeira on Thursday informed the House that 10 out of 11 cruise boats operating in Mandovi river were disposing various types of garbage and waste material generated on them, directly into the river.
PANAJI: The government will target younger generation, especially students from class 10 to 12, for controlling the fast spreading HIV/AIDS menace in the state, said the Health Minister, Mr Vishwajeet Rane on Thursday.
BY MICHAEL FISHER | NT NETWORK
PANAJI: Despite the fact that prices of building materials, mainly cement and steel, have dipped considerably over the past three years, some 200 to 250 row house buyers have been forced to shell out an additional 30 to 40 per cent more to the original amount.
PANAJI: The Health Minister, Mr Vishwajeet Rane, assured the House during the Zero Hour on Thursday that the directorate of food and drugs administration, health officers and the sanitation officers of the Corporation of the City of Panaji would carry out an integrated inspection every week, to check the quality of fish sold in the city municipal market.
BICHOLIM: Heavy and incessant rains, which continued to lash the state till Thursday evening, led to the water level rising in Valvanti river in Sanquelim and Bicholim river in Bicholim.
However, with the intensity of the rains decreasing, the fears of these rivers overflowing were put to rest The intensity of rains decreased after Thursday evening.
