VASCO: A fine brace of goals from the boots of S Subhash Singh and a quick goal in the first half by Francis Fernandes enabled Salgaocar Sports Club to garner full points, defeating Goa Velha Sports Club by 3-0 goals in a first round encounter of the Kingfisher Pro-League Football match played at Tilak Stadium, Vasco on Monday.

PANAJI: The state government would seek directions from the Bombay High Court during hearing of a petition on Tuesday as regards to the proposal by Salgaocar Mining Industries on removal of the River Princess free of cost in larger public interest of the people of Goa.

PANAJI: A day-long sensitisation programme to ensure proper implementation of the set procedures as laid down in the Blue Book by the Union home ministry in case of any disaster would be held at Bogmallo on Tuesday coupled with mock drill on how to respond in emergencies.

PANAJI: The Transport Department is considering putting a moratorium on registration of goods carrier auto rickshaws in the state following concerns being raised by various authorities over the mushrooming of such vehicles in the state.

MARGAO: Unsightly tar balls marred the beauty of part of the pearly white, palm-fringed South Goa coastline on Monday afternoon, coating the stretch from Sernabatim to Betalbatim with a thick layer of oily, gooey layer.

MARGAO: The counting of votes for the by-poll held on Monday saw the NCP MLA, Mr Francisco Pacheco backed candidate, Ms Frida Nazareth de Sa win handsomely from ward number 4 of Nuvem VP, signalling that his recent troubles have not shaken his hold on the erstwhile Loutolim or the new Nuvem constituency.

MARGAO: The Goa ST, SC and OBCs Federation has requested the government to assign reservations for ST in the Assembly, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha election before celebrating golden jubilee of Liberation of Goa.

PANAJI: Various government departments are being computerized as a part of e-governance, and the forest department would be soon following the suit.

PANAJI: The president of the Indo-Portuguese Friendship Society-Goa, Mr Elinio Colaço said that though Portuguese is a difficult language, the students at the Portuguese course can master the same by conversing in it, listening to Portuguese television channel, viewing Portuguese films and reading Portuguese books.

VASCO/MARGAO: Verna police on Monday seized four vehicles including three tankers and a Bolero jeep, belonging to Uday Naik, the prime accused in the petroleum pilferage racket, which was busted along four-lane highway at Zuarinagar, last week.

BICHOLIM: Refuting all the charges leveled against him, the Opposition Leader, Mr Manohar Parrikar said that he is ready to face all sorts of enquiries.

PANAJI: The state police have discussed various security aspects in view of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, which will kick off on September 11, including security arrangements for various sarvojanik Ganeshotsav mandals in the state.

PANAJI: The High Commissioner of Republic of Seychelles, Mr Dick Patrick Esparon, has called for a new beginning of joint promotion of tourism by different countries by pulling together all resources and offering best product to tourists from different parts of the world and reaping best benefits from it.

PANAJI: The department of education has decided to implement uniform curriculum in all pre-primary schools in Goa from the academic year 2011-12.

MAPUSA: St Sebastian Sports Club, Mapusa notched up their second consecutive win in the GFA 3rd Division League after they swept aside Sai Avtar Sports Club, Anjuna 5-2 in their third round match played at Tembi grounds, Anjuna, on Monday.

PANAJI: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, under Ministry of Power, Government of India, will organise various indoor and outdoor games like chess, carrom, table tennis, cricket for their employees all over India. Chess competition for the employees of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd will be held at Mapusa Power Grid substation.

PANAJI: Shree Damodar College, Govt. College, Quepem, MES College and S S Dempo College entered the second round of the inter-college football championship 2010-2011 defeating Shree Mallikarjun College, Govt. College, Margao, PCCE and Goa Engineering College respectively. Shree Damodar College beat Shree Mallikarjun College by 2-1 goals.

PONDA: The villagers of Curti-Khandepar on Sunday, decided to hold a morcha, if the long pending truck parking issue is not solved by the Curti- Khandepar panchayat.

MAPUSA: Though ‘The Navhind Times’ had recently highlighted a dilapidated fuse box in the Mapusa market, which was immediately replaced by the electricity department, it appears that the department has not taken the issue seriously and waits for dilapidated fuse boxes to be highlighted in the media, before repairing them or replacing the ones that have deteriorated completely.

POINGUINNIM: The 19 Parallel teachers, appointed to teach in the government primary schools in Canacona taluka, under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and funded by the state government, have called upon the concerned authority to consider their plea, for increasing the remuneration in their daily payment, which is a meager Rs 150.

PANAJI: Mr Jose Philip D’Souza, Minister for Revenue and Civil Supplies, inaugurated ‘Saiyogam Sanskrutik Garba-Dandiya Kala Sangh’ in the presence of Mr Yusuf Sheikh, noted Konkani poet and former director of Doordarshan, Shillong, Mr Pandharinath Lotlikar, former director of Doordarshan, Panaji and Mr Kritesh Gaonkar, councillor of Mormugao municipality at Sada recently.

PANAJI: The All Goa Primary School Office Staff Association (AGPSOSA), welcomed the reported move of the government to provide a peon and clerk to the government primary schools, as well as the government aided primary schools.

PANAJI: Sitting on order books of ` 2,000 crore, the Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) is seeking land to build a new shipyard as part of its ambitious plan to grow by 50 per cent, and to take advantage of global shipbuilding market projected at $20 billion which is gradually shifting to India, according to senior GSL officials.

NEW DELHI: The Union government on Monday introduced Direct Taxes Code (DTC), offering much lower benefits than in the original proposal that seeks to increase tax exemption on income from ` 1.6 lakh to ` 2 lakh and fix the corporate tax at a flat 30 per cent.

LIC Insurance Week

BY SANCHET BARUA

THE shocking manner in which tribal demonstrators were treated in Chhattisgarh, and women stripped off their clothes doesn’t speak well about our commitment to ameliorate the sufferings of the indigenous population of the country.

THE Union Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee has observed that there was nothing objectionable in the Railway Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee’s statement suggesting that the killing of the top Maoist leader Azad was "not correct".

PAKISTAN’S cricket team has come once again under cloud. A sting by a tabloid newspaper of Britain has put at least two Pakistani players in a spot: they are alleged to have played in a particular way because they were paid for that. Now, we have a complex problem here.

Parking Woes

IT is observed that a new multi-storeyed building has come up on MG Road on the corner opposite the UCO Bank. This was constructed as residential housing and hence as per the existing laws was exempted from providing basement parking.

Casting a vote may be just a few minutes job for us but to conduct it is a Herculean task that involves planning, execution and most importantly cooperation from the people.
All this and more is being told through a photo exhibition organised by the Election Commission of India to celebrate its diamond jubilee year at the Art Gallery, Entertainment Society of Goa, Panaji.

Olive oil is one of the most effective beauty aids for hair. Yes… the very olive oil that you may have been using in your cooking for years. Many people are aware of its curative power in terms of skin problems.

By Ranjana Kakodkar

These days, if you board a flight to India, chances are the passengers on either side of you, are not headed to see our temples or palaces, but, are travelling to undergo a complex medical procedure.

Chef Manjit of Mardi Gras recommends

With this zany sweet and sour sauce chef Manjit of Holiday Inn has created a chicken delicacy that will have many ‘foodies’ pining for more. To keep the fruity balance, besides pineapple, he has added our very own local favourite…sweet potatoes.

PANAJI: Goa is estimated to hold scrap jewellery worth Rs 2,000 crore lying idle in households, temples and churches since Portuguese era. This is only a trickle of Rs 50,000 crore worth of the scrap jewellery lying untapped with the rest of Indian households, said gold jewellery and bullion experts at the India International Gold Convention.

PANAJI: The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Dr S  Y Quereshi and Election Commissioner of India, Mr V  S Sampath arrived in Goa on a three-day official visit to the state.
During his visit, Mr Quereshi will inaugurate the diamond jubilee photo exhibition on the journey of Indian democracy.

MARGAO: The Velim gram sabha, held on Sunday took a unanimous resolution to oppose the land acquisition process, meant for the purpose of setting up a ‘fish mill’ at Kutbona, thus putting the department of fisheries in a tight spot.

MARGAO: The gram sabha of the village of Ambelim, which met on Sunday, in a show of support for their counterparts in Velim village, adopted a resolution supporting the resolution adopted by the gram sabha of Velim panchayat, in opposing the land acquisition proceedings for the purpose of setting up a fish mill in the jurisdiction of the Velim village panchayat.

PANAJI: MP Mr Shantaram Naik, in a special mention made in the Rajya Sabha, last week, has drawn the attention of the government on the poor condition of certain stretches of Mumbai-Goa national highway and said that it has become a potholed highway due to the damage caused to it on several stretches.

MAPUSA: In view of increasing incidents of theft reported in many places and as part of its ongoing awareness campaign by the Goa police in this regard, the Anjuna police held a meeting of representatives of all religious places in its jurisdiction.

VASCO: Verna police have cracked a case of house burglary which was reported at Utorda in November, 2009.

MARGAO: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Navelim block has alleged that their constituency does not have even basic necessities like water, the power supply is not good and the roads that were tarred and hot mixed during the tenure of the present MLA are sub-standard with potholes seen on roads and parts washed away.

TORONTO: India must speak up against France for the en masse expulsion of Indian-origin Roma people, said Mr Ujjal Dosanjh, former Canadian health minister and top Indo-Canadian leader.

SUKKUR, PAKISTAN: US aid pouring into Pakistan’s flood-hit regions is helping reverse widespread anti-American sentiment but will not be enough to win hearts and minds in the long term, experts say.

LONDON:  World-famous Gurkha regiment, part of the British army for almost 200 years, may be among those axed unless the Ministry of Defence’s demands for more money to fund the replacement of Trident nuclear missile submarines are answered.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Seven US troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan’s embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign workers for a female candidate in the western province of Herat.

TEHRAN: Iran said that it has yet to take a final decision on the stoning of a woman convicted of adultery and complicity in her husband’s murder in a case that has sparked an international outcry.

RAIPUR: Five security personnel were killed by Maoists on Sunday as the rebels ambushed a patrolling team, leading to a gunfight in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region, the police said.

NEW DELHI: The number of Indians or people of Indian origin on Interpol’s ‘wanted’ list is on the rise with 656 of them getting red-alert notices in little over five years.

NEW DELHI: British students are utilising India and China as learning grounds to gain insights into the impact of globalisation and the increasing role of emerging economies in a competitive global labour market.

NEW DELHI: Visitors to Delhi during the upcoming Commonwealth Games can feast their eyes on rare visuals, which present an insight into the life and times of yesteryear-India, captured by one of the country’s first woman photojournalist - Homai Vyarawalla.

By Sudhakar Shanbhag
PANAJI: Medals are definitely a driving force for achievers and it’s no different for Goa’s wonder girl Talasha Prabhu, who by virtue of her Dempo Goodwill Ambassadorship has been able to carve a special niche for herself in swimming both at national and international level.

MAPUSA: PVC Parra registered a whopping 8-0 win over 9-men Guirim Youth and Cultural Association in the GFA’s Third Division League match played at Anjuna grounds, on Sunday.

MADRID: Abdoulay Konko scored twice as Sevilla bounced back from recent Super Cup and Champions League losses to open its Spanish league campaign with a 4-1 win against promoted Levante Saturday.

HARRISON: Despite a shutout against San Jose, New York Red Bulls coach Hans Backe thinks his team can be better. Thierry Henry scored his first MLS goal and Dane Richards had a goal and an assist to lead New York to a 2-0 victory over the Earthquakes on Saturday night.

BERLIN: Dutch winger Arjen Robben could be out for the rest of the year as he struggles to recover from a thigh injury he picked up at the World Cup, his club Bayern Munich said on Sunday.

LONDON: England crushed Pakistan by an innings and 225 runs to win the fourth and final Test at Lord’s here on Sunday with more than a day to spare.

LONDON: England captain  Andrew Strauss on Sunday said allegations of ‘spot-fixing’ against Pakistani players have taken the “gloss off” his team’s comprehensive Test series triumph over the visitors here.

LONDON: A defiant Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt on Sunday refused to step down from his post despite his name cropping up in a ‘spot-fixing’ scandal that has plunged the game into a crisis.

by SHYAM ZAMBAULIKER
MARGAO: Municipal councils play an important role in city administration as it is responsible for maintenance of roads, removal of garbage, sanitary and healthcare facilities, and registration of births and deaths in the area, maintenance of footpaths, foot bridges, heritage buildings and many more.

By MINOO FERNANDES
MARGAO: An up-to-date network of all roads, national highways, state highways as well as internal roads, is desirable by one and all. For the state of Goa, an excellent network is absolutely necessary as agriculture, industry and tourism depend on the quality of roads.

BY ALBERT FERNANDES
POINGUINNIM: Mr Kamlakar Mhalshi, who is the present coordinator of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Canacona block, is the author of several literary works.

BY SUDESH BHOSLE | NT NETWORK
VASCO: The maritime sector is an important sector the world over. The protection of seas has assumed a lot of attention in India post 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai. Shipbuilding has become a closely watched area where central authorities are looking at with a lot of interest.

BY TONI RODRIGUES
Margao: For Caitano Clemento, the game of Kho-Kho has been the dawn and the dusk of his life, in a football crazy region disciplines like Kho-Kho has often been given poor attention but the dedication and the perseverance of few individuals like Caitano has succeeded in keeping this modest sport in the limelight.

BY ROQUE DIAS  | NT NETWORK
MARGAO: He sits at the walking space, surrounding the Margao Municipal Council building and arranges the shoes in order to mend them. He knows how fix a tattered sole or a gaping hole; he will charm his way into your heart with his smile.

PANAJI: The Laureate World Phaco system is a new high performance machine designed to deliver advanced ultrasound options and minimise surgical complications.

MUMBAI: Leading NBFC Muthoot Finance Ltd (MFIN) announced that it has raised Rs 43 crore in the second round of institutional funding from Kotak India Private Equity Fund (KIPEF) for a minority stake in the company.

PANAJI: Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri & Sons’ exhibition was inaugurated at the hands of Ms Asha Kamat in the presence of its managing director, Mr Pratap Zaveri, the director, Mr Chaitanya Zaveri and Mumbai manager, Mr Rohit Kapadia at Hotel Nanutel, Margao on Saturday.

PANAJI: To celebrate the 100 years of the Cosme Matias Menezes (CMM) Group, a continuing medical education CME programme was organised in a city hotel on August 28.

MUMBAI: Banks across the country have shown the increased trend in frauds in 2009-10 with the fraud amount crossing the ` 2000 mark and the number of rackets reported by the banks touching 24,797.

MUMBAI: Indian electrical equipment industry has retained its sparkle and maintained growth momentum in the first quarter of the year 2010-2011 said Mr P V Krishna, director general, IEEMA.

MUMBAI: Gold prices are all set to touch ` 19,500-20,000 per 10 grams by Diwali due to rising investor interest, a top industry official said.

NEW DELHI: Foreign investment in multi-brand retail may snowball into another tussle between the Union government and the opposition in the next few weeks, leaving for Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh a nifty balancing act to reconcile the vast differences between the supporters and opponents of the move.

BY NANDKUMAR KAMAT
GOA’S and Konkani’s first Gyanpeeth recipient Ravindra Kelekar died in the quinquenial centenary year of Portuguese conquest of Goa and foundation of colonialism in Afro-Asian countries. He also died in a year when the vibrant republican era (1910-26) in Goa, Daman and Diu under the Portuguese would have completed a century.

DIALOGUE is the only way to resolve the Kashmir issue. This is the common prevailing notion. Various factors have impeded a real dialogue in the greater interests of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Perhaps the moot question is: with whom to have a dialogue?

SHORTLY after assuming power the British Prime Minister and his Immigration Minister, Mr Damian Green had made their intentions clear that they would reduce immigration from non-European Union countries, but recent official figures do not endorse their claims.

A Flawed System
FIVE judges and two advocates were caught cheating during the LLM exams recently (NT, August 27). While one was caught copying from a law book, the others were caught copying from notes and each other.

BY SUDHAKAR SHANBHAG | NT

PANAJI: Dempo Goodwill Brand Ambassador and ace international swimmer, Talasha Satish Prabhu made history on Saturday as she became the first Goan to make it to the official aquatics team list of the Commonwealth Games 2010 to be held at New Delhi in October.

PANAJI: The Consul General of Portugal in Goa, Dr Paulo Neves Pocinho said that in the globalised world, Goa is very special for Portugal as it is a melting pot of diverse cultures, traditions and religions.

PANAJI: It is proposed to declare Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary and Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary and the adjoining mangrove areas at Chorao as critical wildlife habitats for the purpose of Scheduled Tribe and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forests Rights) Act, 2006, says a press communiqué issued here.

VALPOI: Even as the health authorities in the state claim to be busy with the drives against vector-borne diseases, stagnant water, which is a perfect ground for mosquito breeding, opposite the Community Health Centre at Valpoi lays bare the hollow claims of the authorities.

PANAJI: Mr Shantaram Naik, MP, in a private member’s bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, has sought amendment to the Preamble and Article 1 of the Constitution of India, to name India as Bharat.

PANAJI: Residents of Calvim had a tough time on Friday evening after their only ferry broke down due to a mechanical fault. The ferry ‘V M Vagator’ had a hole in the hull allowing the water to collect in the ferry.

VASCO: Burglars seem to be having a field day at Vasco with a string of burglaries being reported in the port town. In yet another incident, two shops in the heart of the town were burgled on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, wherein cash and three mobile handsets, all valued at around ` 1.51 lakh were stolen.

MAPUSA: Gurudas Govekar from Anjuna, who is one of the directors of Cosmic Collective Resorts limited, operating at Siolim, has been arrested by the Anjuna police, following a cheating case filed by another Russian director of the company.

VASCO: Vasco Sports Club came from behind to hold formidable Churchill Brothers Sports Club to a 2-2 draw in the inaugural tie of Kingfisher Pro-League 2010 at Tilak stadium, Vasco on Saturday.Churchill Brothers led 1-0 at the break. Churchill Bros went into the lead in the very 6th minute following a defensive lapse through Israil Gurung.

MAPUSA: Sirsaim Sports and Welfare Club registered a resounding 5-1 win over Eagles Sports Club, Sanquelim to glean full points in GFA’s 3rd Division League played at Tivim grounds, on Saturday.

Mormugao badminton tourney from Sept 1-5

PANAJI: The Mormugao Badminton Club will organise an all-Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament from 1st to 5th September, at Deepvihar High School Indoor Badminton Courts, Headland Sada, Mormugao.

By Meher Castelino

When the rains come there is a problem about how your clothes look. They tend to get limp and don’t dry fast since the air is very moist and humid. Here are some tips on how to keep clothes looking fresh even if you are wilting in the rain.

By Ajitha Menon

Ten-year-old Aditya doesn't draw too well so when his parents were told at the teacher-parents meeting that a certain drawing by their son needed to be discussed, they were nonplussed.

By Aroona Reejhsinghani

 First impression is the last impression, is a famous saying when you go for your interview you should dress up properly. Portray the right body language so that you give your boss positive vibes about yourself.

The sweet potato is only distantly related to the potato but is also botanically very different from a yam which is native to Africa and Asia. The softer, orange variety is commonly marketed as a "yam" in parts of North America.

By Tripti Nath

Indian sport has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Even as the scams associated with the Commonwealth Games began figuring in the media, there was a spate of allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct made by leading Indian sports women.

By Dr KS Parthasarathy

On August 6, 2010, Hiroshima observed the 65 anniversary of the atom bombing. The anniversary of Nagasaki bombing was on August 9. For the first time, United States sent an envoy to Hiroshima.

By Dhananjaya Bhat

One of the greatest puzzles of Hindu mythology, especially in the two epics, ‘Ramayana’ (saga of Lord Rama) and ‘Bhagavatham’ (chronicle of Lord Krishna), has been the number of spouses /Bharyas attributed to the two avataras of God Vishnu. In Ramavatara which was in the Tritya yuga era he was Eka patni Vrata - or had only one wife - Goddess Sita.

By Antony Kuriakose

India is home to seven major religions. And spread over the vast sub continent are nearly quarter million shrines of these faiths. Innate piety and complete belief in God is the hall marks of these holy edifices.

By Suraj Saraf

Transparency and accountability are the driving forces of good governance. The latest to emphasise this is Lok Sabha speaker, Ms Meira Kumar. Inaugurating a national seminar on ‘Legislature-Audit Interface’ in New Delhi recently, she drew attention to the serious gaps in the accountability framework for government flagship programmes implemented through private agencies.

By Vinayak Khedekar

an is bound by nature, which has a thriving impact on his socio – economic life. The conventional customs of a religio-spiritual nature stress for the use of diverse items gifted by the bio-diversified range of that particular region.

By Sadhguru

When awareness arises within you, love and compassion will be the natural follow-up; then each breath becomes a step towards growth.

By Khushwant Singh

If you have not read Sudhir Kakar’s analysis of Indian character, you have missed out something very precious. I have read every book he has published and eagerly await for the next one. He is India’s best-known psychoanalyst and a very handsome man to whose charm many beautiful women have succumbed.

By Dr Kasturi Desai

we have reached the third Sunday of Shravan. Locally, the leaves used for Aitar pujan are very interestingly named such that they are very easy for the kids to identify and collect.

Author: Stephen Knapp

Reviewed by: Romaika Karandikar

 This is a book that provides one of the best reviews of ancient Eastern philosophy and gives access to some of the most important spiritual knowledge found anywhere.

By Dr Nandkumar Kamat

Drake’s equation, Car Sagan’s dreams may come true - going by the rate of discovery of planets which lie far, far beyond our own solar system. It shows that there is nothing special about our solar system. As on August 24 there were 488 extrasolar planets.

By Hector Choksi

If you want to see the most famous monkeys in the world, you have to go to the British town of Gibraltar in Europe, which is actually a tiny peninsula, just at the confluence of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

What made you start compering?

Right from my school days at Monte Guirim, I used to take part in debates and elocutions. When I went to college, I was selected as the Dramatic Secretary of my college.

By Aakash Chopra

The replay comes up in slo-mo for us to get a closer look: Brett Lee runs in and bowls a short-pitched delivery at 150kph. Sachin Tendulkar seems to have all the time in the world to get into the right position - he goes back and across and plays it right under his eyes.