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PTI

NEW DELHI, JAN 13

Promising to crack down onblack marketeers and hoarders,the Government today unveiledmeasures to check spirallingprices by deciding to continueban on exports of edible oils,pulses and non-basmati rice andasked States to waive local taxeson essential commodities.

After two days of discussionsat the highest level, chaired byPrime Minister Manmohan Singh

— on a day weekly food infla-tion showed some moderation— the Government constitutedan inter-ministerial group under

Chief Economic Advisor KaushikBasu to review the overall infla-tion with particular referenceto primary food articles.

Admitting that food priceshave frequently risen at “unac-ceptable rates”, a statement is-sued by Prime Minister’s mediaadvisor said that the “currentbout of inflation is driven byrise in prices of vegetables andfruits which is more difficult tomanage because they are notheld in public stocks.”

Attributing the rise in prices,the Government said that fastgrowth of the economy, putgreater income in the hands ofthe relatively poor whose foodconsumption increased. This ledto rise in prices of milk, eggs,meat and fish.

On measures that it proposesto take, the Government said itwould take stringent actionagainst hoarders and black mar-keteers manipulating marketprices.

CHECKS & BALANCES

Ban on exports of edibleoils, pulses to continueStates told to waive taxeson essential commoditiesAction against hoarders,black marketeers

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

In what could put Goa police inthe dock over the custodialdeath of Cipriano Fernandes, theautopsy report has claimed sixinjuries on the deceased’ body.

Local rights group alongwithrelatives of Cipriano havecharged the Panjim police withtorture in the case.

Sources in the Goa MedicalCollege, however, told Heraldthat the cause of death is re-served as the report on thechemical analysis is still awaited.

“Six injuries including thoseon the head and body werefound during the post-mortem”,doctors, who did not want tobe named, said.

Declining to reveal the causeof death, doctors said it has beenreserved as the deceased was

admitted to the GMC on thenight of January 8 as an alcoholicand was treated for the same.

Hence, “it is prudent to waitfor the chemical analysis reportbefore concluding what led toCipriano’s death”, they said.

According to doctors, Cipri-ano was brought to the GMCon January 8 at night and diedthe next morning at 6.45.

While the magisterial enquiryinto the death of Cipriano is yetto be completed, authorities

have dispatched the autopsy re-port to National Human RightsCommission (NHRC).

Sources told Herald thatwhenever there are allegationsof custodial deaths the standardprocedure is to send the autopsyreport to the NHRC along withthe video recording. Doctors atthe GMC confirmed sending thereport along with the CD ofvideo recording to the NHRC.

Meanwhile, Utt Goenkara hasdemanded that the police offi-cials involved in the tortureshould be immediately sus-pended following the disclo-sures in the post-mortem report.

Adv Jatin Naik, vice presidentof the rights group, said, “ourfirst demand is that the police-men involved should be sus-pended and a judicial inquirybe initiated in the matter”.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

State Police Complaints Authorityhas taken suo moto cognizanceof the news report on the deathof an NRI chef in police custody.

Chairman Justice Eurico San-tana da Silva has directed its of-fice to register the news reportdated January 12 on Herald as‘Suo Moto Inquiry Proceedings’against Panjim police officers ofgross misconduct.

In his order on Thursday, thechairman has also directed issuingnotices to the North Goa Super-intendent of Police Arvind Gawasand the Herald reporter to pres-ent facts of the case known tothem regarding the incident.

“We have gone through thenews item under the caption“Rights group demands judicial

inquiry into NRI chef ’s death”published in the newspaper“oHeraldo” dated January 12,2010, which prima facie sug-gests commission of acts ofgross misconduct eventuallycommitted by some police offi-cers of North Goa District,namely, from Panjim police sta-tion”, the order reads.

“In this connection, we pro-pose to hold suo moto inquiryproceedings to actually establishthe factual position in the re-ported incident of Cipriano’sdeath in police custody”, theorder further reads reservingthe matter for January 17.

Utt Goenkara activists and kinof the 39-year-old NRI had de-

manded a judicial enquiry intothe alleged custodial death, whothey claim died in police custody.

Cosme Fernandes, cousin ofthe deceased Cipriano and thelatter’s lady friend accused sev-eral police officers of beating theNRI chef to death, first in a policejeep on January 7 and in policecustody on the subsequent day.

Cipriano was a chef working onboard an ocean-liner. Cosme hadalso accused the police of stealingcredit cards and cash which wason Cipriano’s person, when he waspicked by the police.

According to the police, Cipri-ano was picked up on January7 evening after he allegedlythreatened a lady friend, whohad complained to the police.He was not even taken for med-ical examination.

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Gazetted officer to investigateHERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat today said that a gazettedofficer would probe into the custodial death of Cipriano.

“DGP Bassi has told me that he has asked Superintendent ofPolice to hold an inquiry into the incident through a gazettedofficer”, the chief minister said.

Kamat on Wednesday had sought a detailed report from theHome Ministry after Cipriano’s family submitted a memorandumfor a judicial probe against the police officers.

“We received the report today (Thursday) evening…mean-while the Sub Divisional Magistrate Sabaji Shetye is also con-ducting a parallel inquiry into the case”, Kamat told reporters.

Probe ordered against city cops HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

Trouble does not seem to endfor the disgraced Anti-Nar-cotics Cell (ANC) as a Nigeriannational has accused the de-partment of threatening toimplicate him in a narcoticscase in 2010.

Nwabuwanne Nwachukwuin his complaint with theCalangute police station al-leged that on October 10,2010, four ANC membersbarged into his house at Sali-gao and demanded bribe fail-i ng wh i ch he wou ld beimplicated in a case of pos-sessing narcotics.

“On October 10, 2010 atabout 3 pm, when I was atmy residence, four police of-

ficials from the ANC policestation barged into my resi-dence and began talking tome in a threatening mannerand demanded a sum of Rs20,000. They threatened toplant drugs if I did not payup…” the complaint letterdated November 2, 1010read.

Nwachukwu on May 3,2010 was arrested in a De-cember 2009 case whereinone Abhijit Mandrekar, 20,from Calangute was caughtwith 20 grams of cocaineworth Rs one lakh.

ANC cops claimed to havede tec ted N ige r i anNwachukwu alias Sam’s in-volvement but he gave copsthe slip. After he was bailed

out by Mapusa Judicial Mag-istrate First Class in an over-s tay ing case , ANC copsarrested him in the year-oldcase.

The Nigerian who stays ata rented premise claims tohave been abiding by all bailterms. He, however, fears ofbeing apprehended in a falsecase by filing a case againstthe ANC team.

Interestingly, through thesequence of events it is clearthat PSI Sunil Gudlar was theANC’s unofficial head at thattime under the former Super-intendent of Police VeenuBansal.

Calangute police have iron-ically not acted upon the com-plaint till date.

Nigerian accuses ANC of threat to frame him

Autopsy report claims 6 injuries on Cipriano

PTI

NEW DELHI, JAN 13

China today made it clear that itwill not issue visas to any officialfrom Arunachal Pradesh, overwhich it lays claims, and will con-tinue to issue stapled visas tonon-officials from that State.

Speaking against the back-drop of reports that twoArunachal men have got stapledvisas which was departure frompast practice, an official in Chi-nese embassy, on the conditionof anonymity, said there was nochange in their visa policy forresidents of Arunachal Pradesh.

“There is no change in ourvisa policy for residents ofArunachal Pradesh. China doesnot issue visas to officials fromthat State and will still not do

it. For non-officials, we onlyissue stapled visas”, the officialtold PTI.

The incident of issuance ofstapled visas to residents ofArunachal Pradesh came to lightwhen two sportsmen from thatState were prevented by immi-gration officials from boardinga flight yesterday from NewDelhi to Beijing since they hadstapled visas given by ChineseEmbassy on their passports.

Indian Weightlifting Federa-tion’s Joint Secretary AbrahamK Techi along with a weightlifterof the State were taken abackwhen immigration officials atNew Delhi’s IGI Airport stoppedthem and turned them away be-cause of the stapled visas issuedby the Chinese Embassy.

China: No visas for

Arunachal officialsStapled for non-officials

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

In a late night development,Goa Police EstablishmentBoard suspended police sub-inspector Sunil Gudlar for hisalleged involvement in ped-dling drugs.

The decision has beentaken two days after the CrimeBranch Deputy Superinten-dent of Police Shamba Sawantsubmitted the inquiry reportto the Director General of Po-lice Bhim Sain Bassi.

“PSI Gudlar has been sus-pended today (Thursday)pending departmental in-quiry”, Superintendent of( h e a d q u a r t e r s ) Po l i c eVishram Borkar confirmed

to Herald. The decision comes after

initial delay with the depart-ment facing wrath from ac-tivists and other groups acrossthe State for delaying actionagainst Gudlar.

DGP along with other sen-ior officers had a meeting inthe police headquarters onThursday, which was precededby a meeting with the chiefminister on Wednesday.

The former Anti-NarcoticsCell PSI was caught on spy-cam negotiating with two for-eigner women over the saleof charas.

The tapes were released inparts via local news channelfollowing which Gudlar faced

inquiry without action. Theinquiry report records hiselaborate interrogation by thesenior officer.

ANC constables were alsogrilled during the course ofinquiry. Crime Branch sleuthswere particularly focusing onone constable who was re-portedly a close aide of Gudlarwho acted as a liaison officerbetween Gudlar and the drugdealers.

However, whether a caseagainst the policeman is reg-istered or not is yet to beconfirmed. Police spokesper-son Superintendent of (Spe-cial Branch) Police AtmaramDeshpande was not availablefor comments till late night.

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Malegaon blastPTI

MUMBAI, JAN 13

In a fresh development in the2006 Malegaon blast probe,a special court today grantedpermission to CBI for re-in-vestigating the case in wakeof “confession” statementsmade by Swami Aseemanandlinking Hindu groups to terroracts.

CBI has moved the applica-tion before a MCOCA court hereafter the statement made bySwami Aseemanand under Sec-tion 164 Criminal ProcedureCode before a magistrate inwhich he claimed that Hindugroups had carried out theMalegaon blast in 2006 that left37 people dead and over 100injured.

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HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

Breaking his silence over the volley ofcontroversies surrounding him, GoaState Law Commission Chairman Ra-makant Khalap today rubbished the al-legations against him terming them aspolitically motivated.

“I am as calm as Buddha. I did notrespond to these allegations all thiswhile as they are baseless. But I thoughtof telling the public through medianow that these are politically moti-vated,” Khalap said while addressing apress conference at his Porvorim of-fice.

He said that ‘some elements’ wereworried that he might contest statelegislative assembly or Parliament elec-tions and hence they are spreadingfalse propaganda against him.

Without naming Aires Rodrigues dur-ing the entire press conference, Khalap

said that those who are coming in pub-lic against him are being used by othersfor their personal gains. “I have all myrecords straight. He (Aires) is perhapsworking as a mouth piece of someone,”the chairman said.

Khalap, however said that he is in-terested in contesting Lokh Sabha elec-tion. “Nobody can stop me…I have full

support of public,” he added.He ruled out his role in disappearance

of the file related to the Constitutionof Law Commission. “When the com-mission was appointed in 2009, we hadreceived an order from the government.The original file was with the state,”Khalap said adding that he has no rolein the disappearance of the file.

The chairman said that the file is theproperty of Government of Goa. It orig-inates in the chief minister’s office andlater moves to Law Ministry and Fi-nance Ministry.

“It’s finally proved that the file waswith Finance Department. And nowwhen the file is found the person whohad levelled allegations against me hasno etiquettes to apologies for hiswords,” Khalap said.

Responding to the allegations ofhuge expenses by the commission, Kha-lap said that commission’s staff workedwithout a salary for over one year whenit was conceived.

“As far as car belonging to the com-mission is concerned, one vehicle ranfor 40,000 kilometres in 600 days whichmeans on an average it ran 70 kilome-tres every day,” he clarified.

Khalap said that it is the prerogativeof the State government whom to ap-

point as the chairman. There is no com-pulsion that only former judges shouldhead the commission.

“There are no retired judges availablein Goa. Also, Maharashtra Law com-mission has a lawyer heading it,” hesaid adding that what is required isthat the chairman should have knowl-edge of prevailing laws in the State.

In yet another clarification, Khalapsaid that the cases filed against himbefore he was appointed as chairmanstands withdrawn. “The allegationswere that the board of directors (ofMapusa Urban Co-operative Bank)headed by me had not recovered theloans,” he said adding that all the casesstand withdrawn in the High Court.

Currently, the commission is workingon new excise Act for Goa. It is alsolikely to come up with titan guarantyAct along with electoral reforms withpanchayats and municipalities of Goa.

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-- Khalap

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

The Congress High Commandhas asked the Goa Pradesh Con-gress Committee (GPCC) toadopt a wait and watch policyfollowing the threat by alliancepartner the Nationalist CongressParty (NCP) to withdraw supportto the government.

The NCP executive committeemeeting held recently resolvedto withdraw support if theDigambar Kamat-led govern-ment failed to respect its (NCP’s)directives to drop two of partyministers – Jose Philip and Nilka-nth Halarnkar.

The Congress had turneddown the orders after theChurchill-led group of 10, whichconsisted of five ministers,protested against plans to inductMickky into the Cabinet.

Following the NCP’s executivemeeting, the GPCC PresidentSubash Shirodkar rushed to

Delhi wherein he met the polit-ical secretary to AICC PresidentSonia Gandhi and Congress Gen-eral Secretary B K Hariprasadon Wednesday.

“Yes, I did meet the seniorCongress leaders in Delhi to dis-cuss the issue,” confirmed Shi-rodkar while speaking toHerald.

However, Shirodkar said theCongress High Command hasconveyed that it would not in-terfere in the matter as yet.

“The High Command is seizedof the issue but they do notwant to interfere at this momentand have asked me to wait andwatch,” he said.

Asked what would be hisstand if the NCP withdraws sup-port, he said, “Let the situationarise then we will see.”

However to a quer y, hereplied, “our stand still remainsthat Mickky cannot be inductedinto the cabinet.”

Wait-n-watch movesof NCP, govt told

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

Former Mayor Ashok Naik, onThursday termed the decisionby controversial coporatorNagesh Karishetty to withdrawfrom the forthcoming corpora-tion elections, as a clear accept-ance of all charges leveledagainst him.

“It was a pleasant surprise toread “vote of thanks” by Kar-ishetty. His current action shouldhave come immediately afterhis arrest in the pay parkingscam by Goa Police in July 2008,”Naik, who plans to contest theCCP elections with BJP support,said.

Karishetty, who was involvedin the pay parking scam, wasgiven a place in the panel namedby Taleigao legislator BabushMonseratte.

“We congratulate the peopleof ward 8 and the Panjim in par-ticular for voting out the “cor-rupt rotten apple”,” he said.

“The decision of Karishettyto opt out of CCP elections is aclear acceptance by him of allthe corrupt practices that hehas been indulging in the cor-poration. This means that he isaware of the scams and his in-volvement in them,” Naik said.

“But…the people of Panjimare wise enough to know thathis opting out of the CCP elec-tions does not excuse his crimesand will not accept such corruptpeople again.” Naik stated.

Naik further said that the peo-ple are well aware of the scamsin the CCP.

“The entire panel floated by

Babush has some or the otherallegations against them likecasino office licence scam,garbage mismanagement, ghostworkers scam, security guardtender scam, house tax scametc,” he said adding “we areaware people of Panjim andTaleigao together will reject restof 29 rotten apples along withthe tree in coming elections”.

Ex-mayor Naiktaunts Karishetty

The decision ofKarishetty to optout of CCPelections is aclear acceptanceby him of all thecorrupt practicesthat he has beenindulging in thecorporation. Thismeans that he isaware of thescams and hisinvolvement inthem.

-- Ashok Naik

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

BELGAUM, JAN 13

The days of shedding tears overthe steep price of onions inGoa could be numbered, asonions from Maharashtra havereached the wholesale marketin Belgaum, from where nearlyhalf of the stock will be sentto Goa.

"Believe me, onion prices willsurely crash, latest by the endof this month," stated SambhajiHongekar, former chairman ofthe wholesale onion traders as-sociation in the Belgaum, whilespeaking to Herald.

"This is because onion har-vesting has just commenced inMaharashtra," he said.

Onions arrive at the Agricul-ture Produce Marketing Com-mittee (APMC) Market Yard ofBelgaum every Monday, Thurs-day and Saturday.

"On an average, about 40truckloads of onions arrive here,of which 50 percent of theonions are sent to Goa. Hencethe prices of onion in Goashould also come down accord-ingly," Hongekar opined.

The wholesale onion pricesin Belgaum on Thursday werebetween Rs 2000 and Rs 4000a quintal, depending on the sizeand quality.

Adding a profit margin andspoilages at a maximum of 10percent, the retail price of

onions should have ranged fromRs 22 to Rs 45 a kilo.

On the contrary, consumersin Belgaum were shocked as

until Thursday, the retail pricesof onions were still hovering ataround Rs 50 a kilo.

According to traders at APMC-

Belgaum, the prices of onionsshould come down to Rs 10-15a kilo, the assumption which isbased on the past experiencesand the yield of onion in Maha-rashtra and some parts of Kar-nataka.

Meanwhile, a couple of truckscarrying onions imported fromPakistan also arrived in the Bel-gaum market.

"These onions were priced atRs 3,500 a quintal. However,there has been no demand forthe onions from Pakistan. De-spite their large size, theseonions are inferior in taste andcolour as compared to theonions from Maharashtra andKarnataka," Hongekar said.

Onion prices to drop in Goa by Jan-end: traders


PORVORIM, JAN 13

Mapusa Police interrogated GoaCricket Association Presidentand Aldona MLA DayanandNarvekar and his family fornearly two hours on Thursday,in connection with a complaintagainst them on charges of forg-ing the birth certificate of theirson.

"Dayanand Narvekar, his wife,Sushma , and the i r son ,Ganeshraj, were summoned tothe police station, where bothMr and Mrs Narvekar were in-terrogated for nearly two hours,"Mapusa Police Inspector RajeshKumar told Herald.

However, PI Kumar declinedto disclose details of the inter-rogation and said: "The matteris still under investigation."

"We have already interrogatedseven persons in this case, in-cluding Director of ChodankarNursing Home Dr RavindraChodanker, GCA SecretaryPrasad Fatrarpekar and former

GCA secretary Chetan Dessai,"he said.

It may be recalled that Ma-pusa police have registered acase against GCA PresidentDayanand Narvekar, his wifeSushma, son Ganeshraj, DrRavindra Chodankar and Mag-istrate P M Borkar on chargesof forging the birth certificateof Ganeshraj to make him eligi-ble to play cricket at the Under-15 level.

The case was registered basedon the complaint of former GCAexecutive member Dr ShekharSalkar.

In the complaint, it was statedthat Ganeshraj, who featured inthe cricket matches at the U-15level for two years under hisoriginal name, was allegedly al-lowed to play for the third yearby changing his name and fakinga birth certificate.

This was in violation of BCCIrules that allow a player a max-imum of two years to play atthe U-15 level.

Narvekar grilled for 2 hours over son’s forged certificate


LONDON, JAN 13

A British drug dealer, who wascaught in the city of Bristol with2kg of ketamine smuggled fromGoa, escaped jail because ajudge decided it would ruin hisdream of a sex change.

Ian Morris, 41, who changedhis name to Jean, admitted topossession of nearly 2kg of thepowerful horse tranquiliser ke-tamine, with intent to supply.But his lawyer told the courtthat he was about to start hor-mone treatment, and would findconditions ‘particularly difficult’if he was sent to a male prison.

Judge Mark Horton let him walkfree with a suspended 11-monthjail term.

The judge told Morris – whowas referred to as ‘Miss Morris’during the trial, that if (s)he wassent to prison, it would be sen-tencing her to a continuationof her sexual nightmare, possi-bly forever. Morris said (s)hewould just like to say thank youto the judge.

Police in Bristol interceptedtwo packages of ketamine – con-taining a total of 1.96kg of thehallucinogenic drug of around80 per cent purity – sent fromtwo addresses in Goa to Morris’

flat in Bristol. (S)he signed forthem and then hid them. Theparcels Morris got actually justcontained fructose powder, be-cause police had earlier inter-cepted the original packagescontaining ketamine and sub-stituted them. Hashish andweighing scales were also foundin the flat. Morris told police(s)he had agreed to receive theparcels and pass them on to a‘friend’.

Defence lawyer Anna Vigarstold the court that if Morriswas jailed, if would disrupt hisongoing gender reassignment.He had officially changed his

name to Jean in September2009, and had lived as awoman for three years. But hehad to stand trial as a man onthe drugs charge. (S)he wouldhave to go to a man's prison,where (s)he would find condi-tions particularly difficult, shepleaded.

The judge told Morris (s)hewould “certainly” go to prisonif (s)he committed a further of-fence. He suspended the jailterm for two years and orderedMorris to observe a six-monthcurfew, in which (s)he has tostay at home from 9 pm to 5am.

Sex change helps Brit drug dealer avoid jail


VALPOI, JAN 13

Valpoi Police arrested two per-sons on charges of transportingGutka worth Rs 30,000 from Goato Maharashtra.

According to Police, the ac-cused, Prashant HanumantGawas and Vishnu Prakash Red-kar, both from Dodamarg-Ma-harashtra, were arrested by

Valpoi Police while they werefound transporting four sacksof Gutka worth Rs 30,000 at thePoriem-Sattari check post atabout 11.15 am on Thursday.

Police arrested both accusedand also seized the Gutka andthe Tata Ace (MH-07-P-0106).

Further investigations are onunder the supervision of PIVaigankar.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

Constructions of two miningcorridors in Sanguem Taluka arelikely to ease the traffic conges-tion created due to ore ladentrucks.

Officials stated that miningcorridors are bypass roads,which will divert the truck trafficfrom public roads to these cor-ridors.

Goa State Infrastructure De-velopment Corporation (GSIDC)has almost finished the detailedstudy for two mining corridors– Ugem to Gudimol and Gudi-mol to Kapsem. The tenders arealready floated by GSIDC.

The mine owners have agreedfor the corridors which will workon Public Private Partnership(PPP) basis.

“There is a thinking that themining companies will pay forusing the road on tonnage basisor there could be toll booths in-stalled on the roads,” GlennKalavampara, secretary, Goa

Mineral Ore Exporters Associa-tion (GMOEA) told Herald.

In all there are 13,000 miningtrucks plying on regular basisacross state’s mining belt.

Kalavampara said that themining companies might de-mand that no other transportexcept ore-laden trucks wouldbe allowed to use these corri-dors. Also there should not beany hindrances like roadsideeateries on these corridors.

Chief Minister DigamberKamat during the monsoon as-sembly session, last year hadsaid that Goa will build two orthree concrete transport corri-dors exclusively to transport oreusing funds from the state’s min-ing industry.

Replying to a debate on min-ing during the assembly, Kamatalso said that the mining indus-try have agreed to shell out Rs500 crore towards a corpus forcreation of mining related in-frastructure.

Meanwhile, the mining firms

also feel that replacing the con-ventional six-tyre trucks withthe 10-wheeler trucks with themore capacity to carry the orecan also solve the vexed issueof mining transport congestion.

“These trucks are of the samesize but their capacity to carryore is more. They can carry al-most double the capacity,” hesaid adding that the phasing outof old trucks and replacing themwith the heavy capacity will doaway with 40 per cent of thetraffic.

“But this needs to be doneafter consulting the locals whoare involved in the business,”he added.

Kalavampara also said thatthe conveyor belts to carry theore can also be a solution forthe issue.

The association also feels thatstate government should mon-itor registration of new miningtrucks in the wake of Centralgovernment’s moratorium onmining in Goa.

Mining corridors planned to ease traffic in Sanguem

Dayanand Narvekar,his wife, Sushma,and their son,Ganeshraj, weresummoned to thepolice station,where theywereinterrogated fornearly two hours.

-- PI Rajesh Kumar

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

A disability rights associationhas charged the State Social Wel-fare Minster Sudin Dhavlikar ofbeing prejudiced in awarding‘Best Disabled Employee 2010’to a non-disabled person.

While a police complaint hasbeen filed regarding the issue,Panjim police say that the caseis not a cognizable offense.

In his complaint letter, Presi-dent of the Disabled Rights As-sociation of Goa (DRAG) Avelinode Sa alleged that ‘screeningcommittee under the chairman-ship of the minister has com-mitted a fraud against the Stateand the disabled by giving theaward to Harsha Joshi – a non-disabled person.’

The association said thatJoshi’s disability is 36 percentand the Disability Act defines adisabled person as one who has40 percent or more disability.

“The screening committee forthe purpose of selecting theawardee for the year 2010 ….has given the award for BestDisabled Employee in the Or-thopedic Disabled Category foryear 2010 to Harsha Joshi whois not a disabled person as de-fined under the Persons withDisability Act as her disabilityis only 36 percent. She also hasno credible achievements to hercredit,” the complaint applica-tion reads.

DRAG is a seven year old reg-istered charitable society rec-ognized by the Government ofGoa with an aim to bring thedisabled in Goa into the main-stream society.

The complaint letter, whichhas also been forwarded to theNorth Goa Superintendent ofPolice office requests to file acase of fraud against Dhavlikar,who is chairman of the screen-ing committee.

‘Dhavlikar prejudiced against disabled’

4 Kenyansheld for

overstayingHERALD CORRESPONDENT

PORVORIM, JAN 13

Porvorim Police on Thursdayarrested four Kenyan nationalsresiding in Porvorim on chargesof overstaying in the country.

During an enquiry, policefound out that the visas ofMoses Omula (29), SulemanObiva (29), Beranard Maele (30)and Victor Omula (26) had ex-pired 3 months ago.

They were booked underSection 14 of foreigners Act,Section 79 of Foreigners Order1948 and Passport Entry intoIndian Rule 1950.

They were later producedbefore the Judicial MagistrateFirst class, Mapusa.

Since all of them pleadedguilty and produced air ticketsto prove that they would leavethe country soon, they werereleased by JMFC on a fine ofRs 5000 each.

HERALD REPORTER

VASCO, JAN 13

A 14-year-old boy from Uppas-nagar-Sancoale has been re-ported missing since the lastfour days.

According to Verna Police, Vi-gnesh Balsubramni Achari waslast seen after school hours atZuarinagar-Sancoale on Jan 10.

In his complaint, the boy's fa-ther stated that Vignesh, a stu-dent of Keshav Smruti HS,Dabolim, was last seen in hisschool uniform, a blue half pant,white shirt and school bag.

The boy is 4 feet in height,dark in complexion, strong builtand has a black mark below the

Sancoale boy missing

Vignesh Balsubramni Achari mouth.

People who have any knowl-edge of the whereabouts of theboy are requested to contactthe nearest police station or thefather on Ph: 9923261451 or9322626090.

2 held for smugglingGutka in Valpoi

Valpoi PI Shivram Vaigankar and his team with the seized Gutka atthe Police station.

Medical campat Davorlim

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JAN 13

The three-day polycentric kneebrace medical camp will be heldat the Gujarati Samaj hall, nearDavorlim Maruti Temple fromJanuary 15. The camp will beheld every day between 10 amto 1 pm and 4 pm to 6 pm.

Organised by the PNR Societyfor Relief & Rehabilitation of thedisabled, Bhavnagar-Gujarat, thepatients will be attended by em-inent Prosthetist and OrthotistDr Vijay Naik.

The organizers said the kneebrace relieves pain immediately,wherein patients can walk freelywith the brace without any sup-port.

Water restricted

to Sanguem,

Quepem, Salcete,

MormugaoHERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JAN 13

Water consumers in the fourtalukas of Sanguem, Quepem,Salcete and Mormugao willhave to contend with restrictedwater supply from the Selaulimwater pipeline.

PWD Executive Engineer onThursday informed that the de-partment has proposed a shutdown on the 1422 mm dia MSSelaulim convening main onJanuary 17-18. The shut downhas been taken in order to con-nect the 1422 mm dia MSpipeline at Davorlim-Margaoand install flow meter on thepipeline at Xelpem startingpoint.

The PWD has appealed tothe consumers to bear with theinconvenience that will becaused on account of the shutdown.

atop an open bus has been alsoplanned during the festival.

"A grand welcome awaits thetourists as 108 traditionallydressed women accompaniedby three conventional bandswould extend a hearty welcometo the foreign and Goan tourists,who are expected to visit thefestival in large numbers," saidMLA Abhay Patil, who is over-seeing arrangements for the fes-tival.

"Stalls with popular productsfrom the region, such as hand-loom sarees, sweets, food-stuff,processed food products anddifferent types of kites will bea bonanza to the Goans whovisit this festival," he added.

Around 30 international kite-flying experts have already con-firmed their participation.Some kite flyers from Franceand UK shall display their dex-terity by flying a number ofkites simultaneously with bothhands.

"We propose to take the vis-iting tourists and dignitariesto the nearby tourism spots sothat this shall automatically cul-minate in a regular annual fea-ture of Belgaum City in theyears to follow," the MLA said.

Other events at the festivalinclude a photo exhibition onkites and a coaching camp forchildren in kite-flying tech-niques.

Goans and tourists interestedin witnessing the event as wellas kite lovers who wish to takepart in the festival are requestedto con tac t V K Rao a t09844044199 and/or ChaitanyaKulkarni on Ph: 09480188877.

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BELGAUM, JAN 13

A slew of attractions are on offerto draw in large numbers ofGoans and foreign tourists toBelgaum to witness the two-dayBelgaum International Kite Fes-tival beginning on January 16.

The two-day festival will beinaugurated on January 16, asnational and international kitefliers would display their exem-plary skills during the festival.

A special reception awaitsGoan and foreign tourists onthis occasion.

Apart from a complimentarytrip to Belgaum to take part inthe festival, the organizers havealso arranged a special shoppingbonanza for the visitors, rangingfrom traditional delicacies tothe famous Shahpuri Sarees.

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Margao Municipal Council’s ambitious e-grantalaya project of computerizing the li-brary has hit a roadblock and is stuck bymanpower shortage and official indiffer-ence.

Even as the Margao Municipality has re-ceived a grant of Rs five lakh from the gov-ernment as promised by the Chief Ministerfor library upgradation, the e-grantalaya isprogressing at a snail’s pace since its com-missioning with much fanfare nearly a yearand half ago.

Herald inquiries have revealed that ofthe 22,000-odd books housed in the library– popular amongst students and adults overthe decades – library officials have managedto complete data feeding of only 10,000books, raising questions over the inaugu-ration of the computerization project muchbefore it completion in all aspects.

Sadly, the e-grantalaya project did notevoke the much-needed support from theCivic officials for best reasons know tothem, throwing the project haywire. In fact,if officials are to be believed, senior officialseven withdrew the staff drafted to the libraryto undertake data feeding.

That’s not all. The data feeding work ispresently being undertaken by the existinglibrary staff without help and assistance from

computer trained staff and employees.The issue was brought to the notice of

successive Chief Officers since the last oneyear and half, but in vain.

Meanwhile, sources in the Civic body in-formed that a grant of Rs five lakh has beenreceived from the government towards theupgradation of the library.

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat had prom-ised to sanction Rs five lakhs for upgradationof the library while commissioning the e-grantalaya project.

Sources in the know said part of thefunds will be utilized to procure books, in-cluding novels and reference books, whilefunds will also be spent to buy computersfor the benefit of the readers.

The MMC library spends Rs 6000 onnewspapers, periodicals and magazinesevery month and cater to the growing re-quirement of students who avail the libraryfacilities for assignments.

Manpower shortage hits Margao library computerisation project

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JAN 13

Margao’s New Market tradershave said they are willing to re-build the ageing market if theMargao Municipal Council handsover the market to the tradersAssociation.

Association President VinodShirodkar said the traders arenot opposed to the constructionof the market by the govern-ment, but raised apprehensionsthat the traders will be left inthe lurch if there is a change in

the government.Shirodkar also demanded to

know why the authorities haveturned a blind eye to the viola-tion of parking provision bybuilders across the city.

“We can build the market ifthe Margao Civic body hands thecomplex to the traders. We haveno trust in the government. Wedon’t want a repeat of the Panjimsituation in Margao”, he said.

Shirodkar said that even ChiefMinister Digambar Kamat is ap-prehensive that that he would

be blamed for any delay in com-pleting the project in the eventthe builder plays truant with itsexecution.

Replying to a question, hesaid the Chief Minister has di-rected the Margao MunicipalCouncil to comply with all pro-cedures to repair the ageingmarket and to clear the long-pending proposal of the tradersfor trade licence.

“An estimate of Rs 37 lakh hasbeen prepared by the Civic bodyfor the repairs and paintings.

We would like the Civic body tocomplete the procedure and ex-ecute work on the building re-pairs at the earliest”, he said.

Shirodkar lashed out at theauthorities for the silence incracking a whip against big timebuilders in the city for violatingparking norms. “Accusing fingersare always pointed at the smalltime traders in the New Marketfor narrow passages. But, hardlyanyone raises questions overrampant parking violations bythe builders”, Shirodkar said and

demanded action by the Civicbody against erring builders vi-olating parking norms.

The Margao New MarketTraders Association Presidentsaid the government should im-mediately put to use the openspaces at the Pick up stand, oldbus stand and the old fish mar-ket for vehicular parking. “TheCommercial capital badly re-quires a parking lot to meet thegrowing requirements. Thisshould be taken up on a prioritybasis”, he added.

New Market traders willing to rebuild it

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JAN 13

The Goa police have offered helpand assistant to their Belgaumcounterparts in the investigationof the drug peddling case in-volving a police head constable,besides other drugs cases.

Superintendent of Police,South Allan De Sa said the Goapolice would extend all possiblehelp to the Belgaum police ifthey think there are deeper linksto the arrest of a Goa policeconstable in drug peddling.

“I am not only taking aboutthe instance case. But, if the Bel-gaum police have any specificinformation regarding any drugcase having connections withSouth Goa, we will offer all outsupport to take the investiga-tions to the logical conclusion”,De Sa added.

The Belgaum SP, Sandeep Patilhad stated in Belgaum onWednesday that the arrest ofthe head constable attached tothe Margao police station couldreveal deeper links in Goa.

De Sa said the police wouldcoordinate with their Belgaumcounterparts to crack a whip ondrug peddling between the twopoints.

Meanwhile, DySP MaheshGaonkar, the inquiry officer ap-pointed by the district policechief to inquire into the arrestof the head constable Arun Desaiby the Belgaum police, will leavefor Belgaum either on Friday orSaturday.

SP De Sa informed that DySPGaonkar would inquire into allaspects of the case pertainingto the involvement of head con-stable Arun Desai in drug ped-dling.

The SP, South had on Wednes-day placed under suspensionthe tainted cop after his arrestby the Belgaum police on Tues-day.

Goa offers to help Belgaum police in probing drug case

If the Belgaum policehave any specificinformationregarding any drugcase havingconnections withSouth Goa, we willoffer all outsupport to take theinvestigations tothe logicalconclusion.

-- SP De Sa

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JAN 13

The police on Thursday onceagain conducted a search withthe help of a dog squad in a bidto collect clues in the brutal mur-der of the unknown person atNessai in Sao Jose de Areal.

The police have also informedtheir counterparts in police sta-tions across the borders to helpand assist in the identificationof the headless body.

Maina Curtorim PI Sidhant Shi-rodkar said the entire area nearthe scene of offense was combedby the police personnel with thehelp of a dog squad. The comb-ing operation was carried out soas to collect clues vital towardsthe identification of the body.

“We conducted a detailedsearch of the entire area. Nothinghas come to light that wouldhelp the police in the investiga-tions,” PI Shirodkar added.

Meanwhile, he said that wire-less messages have been sent toall the neighbouring police sta-tions to help collect clues in thecase and help in the identificationof the body.

“We are making all out effortsto get the headless body identi-fied. So far, no one has come for-ward with the report of anymissing person. Our investiga-tions are on”, he said.

Interrogations of migrant con-struction workers continued forthe third day by the police in abid to collect the clues.

Nessai murder: copssearch for clues

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JAN 13

Alleging corruption in the tender floated by the Mar-gao civic body towards the purchase of four garbagecompactors, the Shiv Sena has petitioned to the Vig-ilance department to conduct a detailed probe intothe tender.

Ad hoc Committee member Sandeep Vengurlekaralleged that the technical conditions of the tenderswere drafted in such a manner that it suited onlyone party, adding that the technical conditions werenot framed by technical persons and no justificationwas given for the same.

He pointed out that the tender notice was adver-tised only in the local newspapers when in realitytenders need to be published in national dailies fora tender of the value of Rs one crore.

“We understand that only party will qualify for thetender and that the order is being issued based on asinger tender”, Vengurlekar told the Vigilance, addingthat this smacks of corruption as the Civic body oughtto have gone for re-tender as prescribed by the CPWDmanual. The Shiv Sena has prayed to the Vigilance toorder a thorough probe and expose the corrupt.

Attempts to contact Margao Municipal Chief OfficerPrasanna Acharya to throw light on the tender provedfutile as he was not responding to the call on his cellphone.

Shiv Sena wantsprobe into MMC

compactor tender

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JAN 13

The mortal remains of TiatristRosary Ferns were laid to restat Colva on Thursday eveningafter an Eucharistic Celebrationat Our Lady of Merces Church.

Members of the Tiatrist fra-ternity, well wishers, friends andfans paid their rich tribute toRosary Ferns who died on 12January due to cardiac arrest.

In his homily, Fr. Domnic Al-vares praised Rosary Ferns forhaving kept the flag of Goans,Konkani Language and KonkaniTiatr high in Kuwait and the Gulfregion through his God giventalents. He said Rosary’s songswere centered on moral themeand conveyed a firm messageto the listeners..

Kuwait Kala Mogi and otherGoan Association in Kuwait haveexpressed shock over the un-timely death of Rosary Ferns.

Tiatrist Rosary Ferns laid to rest

The body of tiatrist RosaryFerns being carried for lastrites. Photo by Savio Dias

Errant ASI is attached to bomb squad

Clarification

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

Technical glitches have delayedthe process of signing of agree-ment between the governmentand the Arihant Ship Breakersfor the removal of the ill-fatedvessel River princess, which hasbeen grounded off Candolimbeach for over a decade.

Arihant Ship Breakers, baggedthe contract in November, buta contract is still to be signed.

Officials said that it may taketen days more before the StateGovernment actually signs anagreement with the contrac-tors.

Director of Tourism SwapnilNaik said that getting a stretchon the Candolim as the Customspoint has been the major reasonin signing the agreement.

“Getting the Candolim beachstretch identified as Customspoint becomes mandatory asthe grounded ship is a foreignvessel,” he said.

The Director of Tourism how-ever said, they expect to sort

out technicalities shortly tomake a way for removing thevessel from Candolim.

Meanwhile, Arihant ShipBreakers have started mobilisingequipments for cutting the ves-sels into pieces, which will bethen moved seawards to betaken to the scrapyard.

Naik, meanwhile said, the de-partment has also received asecond valuation report of thevessel, which has been for-warded to the government.

Another company had re-cently submitted its report tothe department but since thedepartment wanted to comparevaluations of two companies itasked another company to dothe job.

Both the reports are beingconsidered and final decision asto which report has to be ac-cepted will be made in the nexttwo-three days, he said.

Naik, however, refused to re-veal scrap value of the vesselmentioned in any of the two re-ports.

Technical glitchesdelay inking of

pact over Princess

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JAN 13

Majority of the Benaulim Panchayat memberswere found conspicuous by their absence at aplastic collection drive organized by the Pan-chayat body in association with the NSS unitof Damodar College of Commerce and Eco-nomics.

While around 300 college students turnedup in large numbers coinciding with the Na-tional Youth Day, the absence of the panchmembers left the Sarpanch Carmelina Fernan-des fuming.

Taken aback by the absence of majority ofthe Panch members, the sarpanch said she hadcommunicated to each and every panch mem-ber about the plastic collection drive. “I hadtwice told the Panch members and later con-tacted them on phone over the plastic collec-tion drive. While Panch Mary and Piedade haveresponded to her request, the remaining pan-chas were absent”, she added.

The students later went round the villageand collected tons of plastic waste as part ofthe drive.

A representative of the NSS unit informedthat the drive has been organized to coincidewith the National Youth Day celebrated everyyear on January 12

Benaulim P’yat members ‘boycott’anti-plastic drive

The assistant sub inspector whowas booked for dashing againsta vehicle in the city on Wednes-day is attached to Bomb DisposalSquad and not to traffic cell asreported today, officials said.Pan-jim police have booked a caseagainst ASI Menino Andrew D’Safor dashing against a youth ridinga scooter in the city. At the timeof the incident he was founddrunk.D’Sahas been bookedunder section of 184 and 185 ofIPC.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

Bhagwan Mahavir wildlife sanc-tuary on Goa-Karnataka borderwill finally have a larger thanlife statue of the saint, threeyears after it was desecratedby miscreants.

Chief Minister DigambarKamat will unveil the 8-feet tallstatue of Bhagwan Mahavir onJanuary 16 which is made ofblack marble.

The s tatue was recon-structed after it was attackedand defaced by miscreants inMarch 2008. Goa governmenthad constituted a committeewhich had finalized the newstatue costing Rs 5.5 lakh.

Mahavir statueto be installed in sanctuary

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UPCOMING EVENTS

If you have a large num-ber to multiply and one ofthe numbers is even, youcan easily subdivide to getto the answer:

32 x 125, is the same as:16 x 250 is the same as:8 x 500 is the same as:4 x 1000 = 4,000

Dividing a large numberby five is actually verysimple. All you do is mul-tiply by 2 and move thedecimal point:

195 / 5

Step 1: 195 * 2 = 390Step 2: Move the decimal:39.0 or just 39

2978 / 5

Step 1: 2978 * 2 = 5956Step 2: 595.6

To subtract a large num-ber from 1,000 you canuse this basic rule: sub-tract all but the last num-ber from 9, then subtractthe last number from 10:

1000-648

Step 1: subtract 6 from 9= 3Step 2: subtract 4 from 9= 5Step 3: subtract 8 from 10= 2

Answer: 352

The techniques in trigonometry are used forfinding relevance in navigation particularlysatellite systems and astronomy, naval andaviation industries, oceanography, land sur-veying, and in cartography .

Trigonometry finds a perfect partner inmodern architecture. The beautifully curvedsurfaces in steel, stone and glass would beimpossible if not for the immense potentialof this science.

Learning math sure makes us smart andadept at solving tricky situations. Fromtacking brain-teasers and jigsaws to themore complex crises, the application ofbasic laws of math and geometry are many.Not only does math provide a strong basisfor resolving everyday issues, it undoubt-edly helps handle situations with a positiveapproach.

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Subtracting from 1,000

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‘Goan Idol’ at MayemBICHOLIM (HC): The Fun Club of Mayem and Cultural Asso-

ciation Mayem will organise ‘Goan Idol’ on January 15 at 8pm.

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat will be the chief guest.Speaker Pratapsingh Rane, Pale MLA Pratap Gawas, MP DrNilesh N Rane, Pravin Zantye, Rajesh Dempo, Nitin Bandekar,Nilkanth Nagvekar and Reshma Sawant will be present on theoccasion.

Coconut craft workshopPANJIM (HND): GHRSSIDC will organise a design development

workshop in coconut craft for Goan artisans in collaborationwith South Asia Foundation.

Applications are invited from coconut craft artisans from allover Goa for participation in design development workshopwhich will be held from January 31 to February 14. The artisanshould be in the trade of producing and selling coconut crafthandicrafts, with advanced skills in the craft.

The design development workshop will be conducted bySajith Gopinath, a designer from National Institute of Design(NID), Ahmedabad, one of India’s internationally acclaimed de-sign institutes.

Artisans will have to submit written applications along withbio-data and contact details by 1 pm on or before January 28at GHRSSIDC head office, crafts complex, Neuginagar, Panjim.A maximum of 20 artisans will be selected from the applicationsreceived for participation in the design development workshopwhich shall be fully sponsored by GHRSSIDC. Participants willbe paid Rs 200 per day as stipend.

For details, contact John Sebestian/Krishna Karapurkar on0832-2228157, 0832-2225328/09822140583.

‘Bizz-Buzz’PANJIM (HND): Shree Damodar College of Commerce and

Economics will organise an annual inter collegiate state levelcompetition ‘Bizz – Buzz’ on January 14 and 15. The eventcomprises of a series of business oriented competitions, de-signed to hone students’ skills, creativity and capabilities.

‘Lex Novitas 2011’PANJIM (HND): V M Salgaocar College of Law will conduct a

unique all India law students competition ‘Lex Novitas 2011’from January 20 to 23, starting with inauguration on January20 at 5.30 pm.

The competition will have three main competitive events –AD-LIB Moot (moot court competition), Getting Yes (negotiationcompetition) and Lend a Lawyer (client counselling competi-tion).

14 law college teams have registered for the event. Theywill be judged by senior lawyers as well sitting judges of HighCourt and District Courts.

Cookery, bakery classes PANJIM (HND): A comprehensive course on low fat bakery

and cookery classes will be conducted from January 17 byFatima Moniz in Margao. The course will include cakes withdecoration, desserts (hot & cold), pies, tarts (sweet and savoury),breads, cookies, soufflés, mousses and veg/non-veg dishes.The cuisine will be Portuguese, Goan, Continental, Italian,Indian and others. Eggless cooking will also be taught.

Contact Fatima on 2776035 or 9370275702.

Solo dance competitionPANJIM (HND): Sachin Tendulkar’s Fan club will organise the

all Goa solo dancing competition ‘Naach Re Goa Naach 2011’in Hindi, Marathi and English on January 16 at multipurposeground, Borda, Margao. The competition will be open for twoage groups – under 12 years and above 12 years. Cash prizeswill be given to the winners.

Audition for the competition will be held on January 15 inMargao from 10 am to 10 pm. For more details, call08975880788.

‘Trendsetters’ PANJIM (HND): The students of IIAS School of Management

will host an inter-collegiate fashion show and dance competitionpopularly known as ‘Trendsetters’ for the 10th successive yearat the Kala Academy open-air auditorium on January 14 from6.30 pm onwards. The participating colleges this year are SSDempo College, Institute of Hotel Management, Don Bosco’s,Dhempe College of Arts and Science and Goa Dental College.Programme will showcase a new section of a ‘Latin AmericanDance Contest (couple)’ in addition to the group dance com-petition. The evening will also witness to a ‘Model Hunt Contest’.

Legal awareness program PANJIM (HND): The students of V M Salgaocar College of

Law will conduct a legal awareness program through MarcelaFree Legal Aid Cell on January 15 on government welfareschemes, land laws and Consumer Protection Act in ShreeGanapati Devasthan Hall, Khandola, Marcela, at 3.30 pm.

The programme will be addressed by advocates and it isopen to the public. For further details and registration, contactstudent cell in-charge Purva Chodankar, or deputy cell in-charge Sanjana Gaonkar.

Program on domestic violencePANJIM (HND): Siolim Free Legal Aid Cell of VM Salgaocar

College of Law, Miramar will conduct a major program on ‘Do-mestic Violence’ on January 15 at Community Hall, DarbarWaddo, Camurlim, Bardez, at 3.30 pm.

The session will be presided over by Mapusa BDO TusharHalarnkar and the chief guest will be Siolim MLA DayanandMandrekar, and guest of honour will be Camurlim SarpanchSharad Gad. The program will be coordinated by Prof Patil andis open to all. For queries call Maya S Nagvenkar on 9764491174.

JANUARY 14 PORVORIM: From 9 am to 5.30 pm. Areas affected are Porvorim

Bazaar, Green hill, Sangolda, Shantadurga teple, Sangolda, 20-pointprogramme, Alua, Sangolda, Bhutki Wado, Mae-de-deus T/C, Morod,Waddem, Kharrem, Ticlo Petrol Pump and surrounding areas.

CORLIM: From 9 am to 2 pm. Areas affected are Bela Vista,Mollar, Vikasnagar, Primus Park, Vijayanagar and Milrock vicinityof Corlim village.

JANUARY 15 GUIRIM: From 9 am to 2 pm. Areas affected are Jackniwaddo,

Brittowado, Lingabhat, Saliswado, Bokache Aradi, Fondawaddo,Abbaswaddo Canca, Sonarwado Verla, Freitaswaddo Verla, ParpoliGuirim, Sonvem, Kumayamarod Guirim, Vanciowaddo Guirim, StAnthony Waddo, Prerxetwaddo, Agniwaddo and surrounding areas.

CARAMBOLIM: From 9 am to 2 pm. Areas affected are Jyoti estate,Churchwado, Calwaddo, Volvaddo of Corlim village, entire Caram-bolim village, Katyebhat, Ela, Dineshnagar of Old Goa village.

VALPOI: From 8.30 am to 5 pm. Areas affected are Sesa Goa Sonshi,Sesa Goa Kudnem, Alcon, Ambey Metal, Ellanabad Steel, GAAL, ACGL(SMD), ACGL (BBD) (Honda IDC), Rudra Metal, P&G, Village panchayatarea of Dignem and Sonshi and the entire Sattari taluka.

Konkani directory releasedPANJIM (HND): Goa Konkani Akademi (GKA) has released its

‘Whose who in Konkani’ a Konkani directory at the concludingceremony of 19th Konkani Drama Festival organised jointly byGoa Konkani Akademi and Antruz Lalitak at Nagueshi, Bandora.The directory includes the addresses, phone numbers, emailIDs, etc, of Konkani writers, artists, teachers, institutions, etc.

The directory was released by senior and local Konkaniwriter and National awardee Manikrao Gaunekar. GKA PresidentN Shivdas, and Antruz Lallitak president Vijaykant Namshikarwere present.

The directory priced at Rs 150 is available at Goa KonkaniAkademi’s counter at 243, Patto colony, Panjim.

Restricted water supply PANJIM (HND): Due to inter connection of 1400 mm dia MS

pipeline at Davorlim, there will be restricted water supply toentire Salcette and Mormugao talukas on January 17 and 18.

Retired teachers felicitated

Valpoi Municipal Council Chairperson Umesh Gulelkar felici-tates the retired teachers at Valpoi. Photo by Ashraf Khan

VALPOI (HC): The Sattari Taluka Primary Teacher’s Society(STPTS) recently felicitated some retired primary teachersduring its annual general body meeting at Valpoi.

Valpoi Municipal Council Chairperson Umesh Gulelkar fe-licitated the tecahers in the presence of ADEI Suresh Gawas,Harischandra Gawde, STPTS President Prakash Gaonker, Dat-taram Joshi and Manohar Gawas.

Speaking on the occasion, Gulelkar said primary teachersplay an important role in moulding the students.

“Teachers must know their responsibility while deliveringtheir services,” added Gulelkar and praised primary teachersefforts in the system of education.

Lauding the hard work of members of the society, he said:“To start an organization is very simple, but to continue andkeep up the work is difficult.”

He urged all the members of STPTS to be united while run-ning the organisation.

ADEI Suresh Gawas said such societies are supportive tothe teacher’s community when they are in need and addedthat young members of the society must take lead and activelyoperate the society affairs.

Earlier, retired teachers Pandurang Gaonker, PrabhakarShetkar, K Patil, Banudas Naik and others were felicitated.

Besides, the Society also felicitated some of students whotopped in the exams. Prakash Gaonker welcomed the guests,while Kalpana Parab the proposed vote of thanks.

Goan writers Nayana Adarkar and Deepa Kholkar were felicitated at 11th All India Poetess Conventionheld recently at Vadodara in Gujarat. Nayana received Shri Maan Arvindashram Award for her contribu-tion to Konkani literature while Deepa got late Sudappa Mule Award for her book ‘Mogatanar’. Theeleven poetesses who participated in the event ‘Kokani-Marathi Kavyadhara’ were Nutan Sakhardande,Maya Kharangate, Deepa Kholkar, Aparna Garudi, Susheela Halarnkar, Veena Surlakar, Srinisha Naik, Su-jata Ghadi Betakikar, Seema Baliram Nanoskar and Siddhi Sanjeev Kerkar.

CM to launch development works in Pale


BICHOLIM JAN 13

Chief Minister Digambar Kamatwill kick-start developmentalwork to the tune of Rs 25 crorein Pale constituency on January14.

Addressing a press confer-ence, Pale MLA Pratap Gawassaid the chief minister will beaccompanied by Health MinisterVishwajeet Rane, PWD MinisterChurchil Alemao and other gov-ernment officials.

“Kamat will first inspect thearea of the Ravindra Bhavan atSanquelim, followed by layingof the foundation stone of theroad from Pratap Nagar to Hous-ing Board, Sanquelim,” saidGawas.

“This will be followed by lay-ing of foundation stone at UpperHarvalem for the hot-mixing ofa road and culvert as well ashot-mixing of the main roadfrom Velgaum to Gaonkarwada.”

The MLA added that a culvertat Velgaum, constructed at acost of Rs 18 lakh and pendingsince the last several years,would also be inaugurated onthe day.

On the occasion the MLA’s of-fice would also be inaugurated.

Pipeline breakdown leaves Pomburpa, nearby areas thirsty


PORVORIM, JAN 13

Residents of Ecoxim, Pomburpa,Aldona and surrounding areashave been hit by acute watershortage due to a breakdownin the underground pipeline inthe river at Quitula-Aldona.

Speaking to Herald, some res-idents of Calvim complainedthat there was not enough watereven for cooking, bathing andother basic activities.

In as press note, the PWD hadstated that there would be re-stricted water supply only onJanuary 7.

However, when residentsmade telephonic enquiries atthe Mapusa PWD office, theywere informed that water supplywould be restored by 10 am onJanuary 10.

“Thousands of people arebeing put to inconvenience be-cause of the delay in repairingthe pipeline and this is accen-tuated because of the move-ment of the barges. PWDauthorities should have prohib-

ited the movement of bargesbetween 10 am and 5 pm, sothat repair work could havebeen expedited,” said AldonaCivic and Consumer Forum Sec-retary Marie D’Souza.

When contacted, PWD Exec-utive Engineer H Kamaldini men-tioned that the underground400 mm HDPE pipeline at theQuitula River crossing devel-oped a leakage on January 6.

“The water department un-dertook repair work immedi-

ately and informed the publicthrough newspapers that therewould be restricted water supplyon January 7 to Aldona, Quitula,Pompurba, Ecoxim, Salvador doMundo, Nachinola and Penhade Franca,” said Kamaldini.

“Since the pipeline is around1 metre below the riverbed, re-pair work took some time. Be-sides, Sirsaim is the filling pointfor iron ore and there is constantbarge movement throughEcoxim and Quitula route, whichis why the repair work was ham-pered.”

Kamaldini informed that thedepartment had made arrange-ments to supply water throughtankers to the affected areas.

“The repairs were completedat 1 pm on Thurdsay and thedepartment has resumed watersupply. As such, residents of Al-dona, Pomburpa, Ecoxim, Sal-vador do Mundo, Nachinola andPenha da Franca will get suffi-cient water from Friday on-wards,” assured Kamaladini.

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JAN 13

Chief Minister Digambar Kamatwill inaugurate the two-day 16thGoa Yuva Mahotsav on January15 at GVM’s Matoshri IndirabaiBaburao Khandeparkar highschool ground at Khandepar,Ponda, at 9.30 am.

About 10000 people are ex-pected to attend various pro-grammes of the Mahaotsav inwhich 3000 youth from 60 col-leges and 30 cultural groups areexpected to participate. Manycompetitions such as Lokmand(folk dance), street play, dancecompetition, monologue, mime,rangoli, mobile short film, mus-taiki and elocution competitionon the theme ‘Goa Vision 2050’will be held during the cultural

extravaganza. The aims of Mahotsav are to

involve the youth in keepingalive the cultural traditions, de-velop their personalities, fosterunity and brotherhood, promoteorganisational skills and providethem a platform to exhibit theirtalent.

Curti-Khandepar SarpanchSuraj Nayak will be the guest ofhonour for the inauguration.Minister for Sports and YouthAffairs Manohar Azgaonkar willbe the chief guest for the vale-dictory function on January 16at 5.30 pm.

The Mahotsav is being organ-ised by Konkani Bhasha MandalGoa in association with RotaractClub, Ponda and Directorate ofArt and Culture.

Khandepar Yuva Mahotsava to attract 3000 youth


CALANGUTE, JAN 13

Three persons were saved fromdrowning by l ifeguards atCalangute and Agonda beaches.

A c c o rd i n g t o r e p o r t s ,Sudeep Goud (21) from Hyder-abad was rescued by the life-guards while he felt dizzy andwas on the verge of collapseat Calangute waters. LifeguardsRohan Salgaonkar, SashikantJadhav and Nikheel Mahalebrought him safely to theshores in an unconscious stateand rushed him to PrimaryHealth Centre Candolim formedical attention.

In another incident at Agondabeach, Vinod Poude (19) fromNepal and Chandrakant Pagi(51), local fisherman, were savedby lifeguards Srikant Velip andMithun Pagi.

3 saved fromdrowning

n Thousands ofpeople are being putto inconveniencebecause of thedelay in repairingthe pipeline and thisis accentuatedbecause of themovement of thebarges.

--- Marie D’Souza

HERALD REPORTER

VASCO, JAN 13

Lack of government supportand lethargic approach of thebureaucracy to Mormugao Mu-nicipal Council’s (MMC) fivemajor projects worth nearlyRs 15 crore under the PublicPrivate Partnership (PPP) hasforced the MMC to scrap theearlier proposals and preparethem afresh.

It had taken the MMC threeyears to prepare the ground-work for the five major projectsproposed under the PPP, thefish market, municipal market,municipal garage, power houseand chief officer’s bungalow.

In the absence of supportfrom the government, thecouncil has decided to cancelits earlier proposals and pursethem afresh on a priority basis.

During its ordinary meetingon Thursday, Councilor CarlosAlmeida said the MMC councilshould execute three projects,the chief officer’s bungalow,municipal garage and fish mar-ket on a Build Own Operateand Transfer (BOOT) basis andtwo projects, the municipalmarket and power house on aPPP mode.

He felt that these projectsshould be taken on a prioritybasis since the council had lost

three crucial years due to bu-reaucratic failure.

“Earlier, resolutions wereadopted and a committee wasappointed to execute theseprojects. After that, we did notget any help from the govern-ment nor the PPP cell. Eventhe consultant appointed bythe council has withdrawnfrom the projects consultancyand the entire process has col-lapsed,” said Almeida.

“We have discussed and dis-cussed, but at the end nothinghas happened. But now withsome modification by bifurcat-ing the projects on a BOOTand PPP modes, we can com-mence the process on a prior-ity basis,” said Almieda.

A new committee has beenformed to prepare a fresh pro-posal. While Chief OfficerGopal Parsekar will be themember secretary of the com-mittee, other members includethe MMC municipal engineer,Councillor Fiola Rego, formerchairperson Saifullah Khan,Shekhar Khadapkar, ManeshArolkar and the PDA Membersecretary are member of thecommittee.

One junior engineer will beassigned the special duty tocomplete the documentationwork on the projects.

Govt apathy forces Mormugao council to

re-think strategy on projects

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PORVORIM, JAN 13

A peculiar situation has arisenover sale of prime land meas-uring 14,838 sq mtrs in PilerneIndustrial Estate ordered by theDebts Recovery Tribunal-II (DRT-II) at Mumbai.

The office of the Deputy Com-missioner of Central Excise atPanjim claims that outstandingarrears worth crores of rupeesare due from the company.

The GIDC had leased landcomprising two plots to M/s Rav-ish Infusions Ltd, which had setup a factory and installed therequired plant and machinery.

The land was mortgaged toIFCI Ltd, which had sanctionedthe requisite loan while the ma-chinery was hypothecated.

As the company defaulted inmaking payments, IFCI Ltd ap-proached the DRT-II, which ini-

tiated recovery proceedings.A notice of Proclamation of

Sale was issued and recoverycertificate in original applicationwas drawn up for Rs 7,68,20,150with interest and costs from cer-tificate debtor and a further sumof Rs 21,48,69,310 is recover-able together with further in-terest, costs and charges.

The public auction was con-ducted on September 7, 2010,and the sale confirmed on Oc-tober 7, 2010.

The Customs Department inits letter dated March 9, 2010,to the Recovery Officer, DRT-II,Mumbai, informed their out-standing dues.

The letter was signed by A VS N Dias, Deputy Commissioner,Central Excise, Div I at Goa, acopy which is in possession ofHerald, states “The undersignedhave been regularly requesting

M/s IFG Ltd formerly known asRavish Infusions Ltd and M/s IFCILtd Mumbai to pay the govern-ment dues, but they have failedto do so.”

The undersigned has been in-formed that M/s IL&FS FinancialCentre broke open the lock ofthe bonded warehouse withoutpermission from the depart-ment/competent authority andcarried out inspection on March4, 2010, and are going aheadwith auction at its office onMarch 10, 2010.

“All the parties having interestin the machinery and plant arerequested to take note of thegovernment dues and pay it.”

The outstanding governmentdues are Customs Duty (Rs2,03,29,802) , Penal ty (Rs17,50,000), Redemption fine (Rs1,75,00,000), Personal penaltieson Directors (Rs 1,00,000), In-

terest as per rule in force.It is further informed that the

department will not permit anyindividual/company/institutionremoval/use of the plant andmachinery installed in thebonded warehouse under li-cense No 2/76.

The letter from Excise Depart-ment seems to have been ig-nored by officials of the DRT-IIBombay, who have gone aheadand concluded the auction.

It is now left to be seen if theexcise department will succeedin recovering its dues from theproceeds of the auction or fromthe prospective buyer or whetherthey will initiate action underSection 142 of Customs Act 1962to recover the outstanding ar-rears by ordering attachment ofmovable and immovable assetsof the individual directors of thedefunct company.

Factory land auctioned to recover loan amount; Customs dept’s dues go unpaid


CANACONA, JAN 13

It was a rare moment on Thurs-day morning when many gov-e r n m e n t e m p l o y e e s i nCanacona taluka were flusteredand anxious.

Several government staff ofdifferent departments in thetaluka, including some officersat the Canacona Deputy Col-lector’s office complex buildingat Chaudi, were caught arrivinglate in office.

A team of officers, appointedby the government to under-take sudden inspection in gov-ernment offices, took chargeof the attendance registers by9.45 am, after the reportingtime on Thursday morning.

It was an unexpected moveby the team, led by Director ofGovernment Printing Press ND Agarwal, reportedly under-

taken in extreme secrecy andeven many controlling officersas well as top administrativeofficers in the taluka, werecaught unaware of the suddeninspection.

“The inspection team ofaround four officials came in aSwift car and stopped at theCanacona government officecomplex exactly by 9.30 am.After the permitted grace time,the team then reportedly tookin their possession all atten-dance registers pertaining todifferent departments, markedthe absentees as observed andleft the complex by 10.15 am,”a source told Herald.

Later, there were utter chaosamong the staff members anda few officers, who as a usualpractice turn up late at office,when they were informed ofthe sudden attendance verifi-

cation by a special team.In fact, many of the staff

turned up so late that they hadeven not seen the personneldepartment officials arrivingor leaving the governmentcomplex.

It is, however, not knownwhether the inspecting teamtook photocopies of the atten-dance register or simply tookrecords of absentee details.

However, staff at the Cana-c o n a g o v e r n m e n t o f f i c eclaimed they could sign up theattendance register while leav-ing the office on Thursdayevening.

I t i s n o t k n o w n w h a tprompted the sudden check ofthe office attendance of gov-ernment staff at Canacona.

A source told Herald eversince government has formedtwo inspection teams (North

& South districts) to tackle low,delayed, erratic attendancesin its various offices, a repre-sentative from the taluka hadreportedly complained that thegovernment staff were habitualin reaching late and bunkingwork in their respective of-fices.

Later in the day, top officersincluding the deputy collectorand mamlatdar were reportedlycloseted in a meeting appar-ently to take stock of the situ-ation, but details of what hadtranspired in the meeting isnot known.

An official who spoke to Her-ald said: “A few of the staff, es-pecially officers, normally visitfield sites before reaching of-fice. Some others had orallytaken permission from theirsuperiors to come late to officeon Thursday morning.”

Govt staff in Canacona left red faced as team tracks attendance

HERALD REPORTER

VASCO, JAN 13

The Mormugao Deputy Collec-tor recently stopped construc-tion work of port connectivityof Mormugao Port Trust (MPT)National Highway 17-B of onekm hilly stretch from DesteroCulvert to Bogda Crematorium.

According to reports, the ex-ecuting authority, National HighAuthority of Indian (NHAI), hasbeen asked to stop the work onone-km hilly stretch from Des-tero Culvert to Bogda, as NHAIfailed to obtain hill-cutting per-mission from the Town andCountry Planning Authority.

However, Deputy CollectorLevinson Martins’ action to stopthe work comes after NGO GOA-MAR (Guild of Active Membersfor Action and Review) com-plained alleging that NHAI hasfailed to obtain permission forhill cutting and filling of low-lying area from the TCP.

Martins in his stop order hasstated that since NHAI failed toobtain permission from TCP and

Mormugao Planning and Devel-opment Authority as per theconditions laid down by the au-thority, NHAI has been asked toproduce relevant permission forhill cutting and stop the work.

Speaking to Herald, SouthGoa Collector G P Naik said thereis a standing order and the flyingsquad has been constituted tolook into such complaints.

“Any hill cutting or filling oflow-lying area is not permittedwithout permission from TCPand other competent authority,”said Naik.

“All the authorities are boundto take the permission for hillcutting or filling of low-lyingareas,” added Naik.

However, the 1-km odd hillystretch from Destero Culvert toBogda Crematorium has beendeclared as ‘landslide pronezone’, as most of the inhabitantsin the area have been evacuatedand rehabilitated after massivelandside in 1991, while there isan existing road on this stretch.

NHAI officer, who wished not

to be quoted, said work hasbeen stopped as they have ap-plied for hill-cutting permissionfrom TCP and MPDA.

This stretch of land has beenhanded over to NHAI by theState government on July 2008as part of port connectivity roadproject of NH-17B.

The officer claimed that theyhad obtained environment aswell as Goa Coastal Zone Man-agement Authority (GCZMA)permission for construction,while getting these permis-sions condition was laid to ob-tain clearance from TCP andMPDA.

“As the obtained permissioncopy of GCZMA was marked toTCP, we were under the impres-sion that permission is obtainedfrom the TCP and due to thisconfusion, we failed to obtainthe permission,” said the offi-cer.

“We have applied for permis-sion and once permission is ob-tained, work will resume,”added the officer.

Hill cutting halted at Vasco

The proposed stretch of NH-17B along the Destero culvert to Bogda Crematorium has been stopped forundertaking hill cutting without obtaining TCP permission. Photo by M Prabhav

Bishop Ferrao elected CCBI

vice-presidentHERALD NEWS BUREAU

PANJIM, JAN 13

Archbishop-Partriarch Felipe NeriFerrao was on Tuesday electedvice-president of the Conferenceof Catholic Bishops in India(CCBI) at a meeting of the Latin-rite bishops in the country, whichended with a call for a catechet-ical renewal to counter corrup-tion in the country.

According to a report in theUcanews.com, outgoing CCBIPresident Cardinal Oswald Gra-cias felt that catechetical renewalis imperative in the context ofthe Church in India today.

Widespread corruption andimpropriety in all areas of lifein India "not only indicates thelacuna in the education, buthighlights the urgency of char-acter formation," Cardinal Gra-cias was quoted in the report.

Over 120 bishops attendedthe meeting in Chennai fromJanuary 6-12 to deliberate on"Catechetical renewal, essentialfor a vibrant Church."

The bishops urged priests, re-ligious and the laity to grow inawareness of "our vocation to becatechists by our word and life."

A statement at the concludingday of the plenary stated thatthe bishops would "make everyeffort to read the signs of thetimes in the Indian socio-culturaland multi-religious scenario."

The bishops urged Catholicsto participate in the catecheticalinitiatives of the Church and tobecome authentic and crediblewitnesses of faith in their lives,stated the Ucan report.

The prelates also urged par-ents to play a vital role in thefaith-formation of their childrenthrough family prayer and cat-echesis.

Nutan’s caste before marriage

helps her win PMC by-pollHERALD CORRESPONDENT

PERNEM, JAN 13

It was her caste before marriagethat enabled Nutan Aroskar getelected unopposed on Thursdayas councillor of Ward 9 in theby-elections of the Pernem Mu-nicipal Council (PMC).

Ward 9 had been vacant asnot a single candidate of theScheduled Tribes communityhad filed a nomination.

Two candidates had filed theirnominations for the by-elec-tions, slated on January 30.

One candidate had filed anomination without enclosing acaste certificate and this nomi-nation was promptly rejected bythe election officer and DeputyCollector Rajendra Mirajkar, dur-ing scrutiny on Thursday.

Nutan Aroskar filed her nom-ination and enclosed a certifi-cate to prove that she belongedto the Scheduled Tribe beforemarriage.

This nomination was acceptedby the election officer and shewas elected unopposed as coun-cillor. Hence, there will be noby-elections on January 30.

Symposium to focus on liver

transplantationHERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

A symposium on Liver Trans-plantation (LT) has been organ-ised at Goa Medical College &Hospital on January 14 by GMCStaff Society.

This is the first time such asymposium on LT has been or-ganised at GMC auditoriumwherein Padmashree Dr A SSion, FRCS (transplant surgery)and Dr Rahul Kakodkar from theMedanta Institute of Liver Trans-plantation, Gurgaon will addressvarious aspects of this proce-dure.

This symposium is likely tobe help GMC doctors in a bigway as they have to cater to alarge number of patients suffer-ing from liver cirrhosis with levelof alcoholism high in Goa.

Dr Sion will speak on thetopic ‘LT in India: Journey so far’whereas Dr Kakodkar will speakon ‘Living donors -- LT, how,when and whom’. The sympo-sium is open to all medical fra-ternity.


SANGUEM, JAN 13

Keeping up his promise in theelection manifesto, Ward 9Councillor of Sanguem Munic-

ipal Council (SMC) commencedconstruction work of waterdrain in his ward.

The construction work com-menced from the residence of

Filomeno D’Costa to RamkrishnaVerlekar’s house.

The work which, undertakenat a cost of Rs 4 lakh, is the firstof the many projects to be un-dertaken in the ward under theproposals forwarded by DeepakMarathe.

Speaking at the inaugurationfunction, Marathe thanked thevoters for getting him electedto the council and for givinghim an opportunity to serve theward.

Marathe assured the locals tofulfil all his election promisesduring the election campaignand urged the people for theirsupport and co-operation dur-ing the term.

Councillors Imtiaz Shaikh andDr Revansiddh Naik were alsopresent for the function.

The project work is under-taken by SMC under the fundsallocated by DMA for the proj-ect.

SMC councillor keeps word, begins work on water drain

SMC Councillor Deepak Marathe inaugurates the construction workof the storm water drain in Ward 9 of SMC. Photo by Alfred Fernandes


SANGUEM, JAN 13

Opposition Leader ManoharParrikar inaugurated the newworkshop of ‘Mal l ikar junBody Builders’ owned by Sub-hash Chari and sons fromDando-Sanguem at Cacoda re-cently.

Quepem MLA Babu Kavlekar,Sanguem MLA Vassudev MengGaonkar, former SanvordemMLA Vinay Tendulkar and ex-MLA Sanguem Pandu VassuNaik were among the promi-nent ones who attended theinauguration function.

The inaugura l funct ionstarted with Parrikar and otherguests lighting the traditionallamp in the presence of a largegathering.

Speaking at the inauguralfunction, Parrikar spoke highlyof Chari community living inGoa for their dedicated andsincere work in body buildingand other like activities. “TheChari’s are special and SubhashChari is one of them,” claimedParrikar.

Parrikar while complement-ing Subhash Chari and his sons

for the good work urged theyouth not to run after govern-ment jobs but to gain self-em-ployment.

Quepem MLA Kavlekar alsospoke highly of the Chari Com-munity in Goa and assured allpossible help and support fromthe government to the youthseeking self employment.

Sanguem MLA Gaonkar andTendulkar also spoke on theoccasion and lauded the ex-ceptional hard work done bySubash Chari and his sons inthe field of truck building inSanguem.

Subhash Chari was runninghis workshop at his residentialhouse at Dando since date.However as business startedincreasing, Chari could notmanage running the businessfrom the mini workshop at hisresidential house and as suchstarted to open the new spa-cious workshop within theprecincts of Cacora IndustrialEstate.

Chari was also compelled toshift the workshop given theincreasing number of com-plaints from the neighbours of

Parrikar all praise for Chari community

noise and dust pol lut ioncaused in the locality due tothe operation of the workshopat odd hours.

Chari since his venturinginto truck body building busi-ness has build over 350 trucksand he is considered to be spe-cial one in the body buildingof Eicher Trucks. Subhash Chariis ably supported by his twosons in carrying on the familyrun business.

Speaker openssolo art expo

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JAN 13

Speaker Pratapsingh Rane inau-gurated a solo art exhibition ti-tled ‘Our Concerns Over Timeand Space ’ by Somj i (K ASoman), a senior artist from Ker-ala at Art Gallery, Kala Academy,Panjim, on Thursday. The exhi-bition will remain open for pub-lic till January 16.


CANACONA, JAN 13

Chief Minister Digamber Kamatwill inaugurate the two-day 7thSangeet Sammelan organizedby Canacona Kalakar Sangh atShri Mallikarjun Devasthan’shall at Shristhal-Canacona onSaturday.

The Sangeet Samelan hasbeen organized in associationwith Department of Arts & Cul-ture in memory of late Pt.Govindrao Agni and Pt. Anjani-bai Lolayekar in recognition oftheir contributions to music.

Addressing a press confer-ence, Canacona Kalakar SanghPresident Daya Pagui said: “Weintend to keep the traditionalive and provide a perfect am-bience to the taluka’s upcom-ing artists to showcase theirtalents.”

“The inaugural function willalso be graced by Sawantwadi’sers twhi le queen Ra jmataSatyashiladevi Bhonsle, an ar-dent lover of music,” informed

the organising committeeChairman Dr Dhillon Dessai.

The two-day Sangeet Same-lan will witness performancesby a number of artistes fromthe State as well as from Mum-bai, Pune and Dharwad.

Some of the performers areSanjiv Ubyenkar (Mumbai), RajaKale (Mumbai), Kum SubedaDessai (Goa), Ashmita Chin-chalkar (Pune), Dr Giri NayakBhat and Chandrakant Vernekar(both from Goa), Pt B S Matand Akka Mahadev Mat (bothfrom Dharwad), RavikiranNakod (Dharwad), DayeshKosambe (Goa), Rohit Muzum-dar (Mumbai), Raya Korgaonkar(Goa) and Tanmay Devchakke(Mumbai).

Meanwhile, the CanaconaKalakar Sangh has also ex-pressed its desire to renovatethe dilapidated ancestral houseof late Pt Anjanibai Lolayekarand preserve it as a remem-brance of the great musicianfrom the taluka.

CM to open Sangeet Sammelan at Canacona


CALANGUTE, JAN 13

The Candolim Primary HealthCentre in association with DonBosco High School Calanguterecently organised an AIDSawareness rally at Calangute.

Don Bosco High School Head-master Savio Fernandes Salesand Health Officer Dr SachinGovekar flagged off the rally.The main aim of the rally wasto spread the message ‘Preven-tion is the only cure for AIDS’.

The programme was organ-ised to create awareness amongthe society that AIDS is prevalentin the society, but there is aneed to control and prevent it

even better. Banners, placards,slogans and leaflets highlightedhow each one can bring out thechange to curb the spread ofAIDS in the society.

Dr Govekar later addressedthe parents and students withan aim to educate the gatheringthat the need of the hour is toremain careful, guarded and beaway from the use and abuse ofdrugs. The parents were alsoadvised to practice safe and pro-tected sex.

Bhausaheb Rane ProgrammeManager Priya Mandrekar, inte-grated counselor, and GautamGawas, health worker from Ex-tension counter Calangute at-

tended the programme.A community mobilization

programme was later conductedby Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan forthe parents.

The programme was well or-ganized by Enfrasia D’Souza,while I M Desai was the resourceperson. He spoke about SarvaShiksha taking education to themasses and 100% literacy.

A drawing competition titled‘Express Yourselves’ was organ-ized for the parents.

Savio Fernandes Sales, Prin-cipal cum Headmaster, thankedthe parents for their valuabletime and attending the pro-gramme.

AIDS awareness held at Calangute

Dr Sachin Govekar and Savio Fernandes Sales flags off the rally at Calangute.Photo by Thomas Fernandes


BICHOLIM, JAN 13

The tourists who visit Mayem Lake in Bicholimwill now be welcomed by yet another host, thecygnet of a swan.

According to Mayem Lake Manager VinayakNaik, this is the first time that they have beensuccessful in having their own cygnet on MayemLake.

“For all these years, the little ones of theswan either died or the people took away theireggs, but this time with the help of workers,we were able to save the eggs and now we havetwo little cygnets at Mayem Lake,” Naik toldmedia.

It may be recalled that there are about 20swans and ducks at Mayem Lake, which attractsthe tourists.

Swan gives birth to cygnets at Mayem Lake

Child beggarsWillie Severes, Majorda

It is seen that child begging still continuesin Margao. The menace has now spread tothe coastal belt. It has become a nuisancefor local as well as foreign tourists, as theyhave become a target.

The state government and child welfareorganisations should prepare an actionplan to curb begging in any form, not onlyin the city limits, but in the entire state.

Treating diabetes in GoaDr C Fernandes, Margao

Lately, due to various reasons, one of thembeing the erratic way of living, diabeteshas increased in Goa, by leaps and bounds,sapping the vitals of the human organism.

Being some kind of an epidemic, it has se-verely affected health of those afflicted, inthe state.

This being so, the need of competentDM Endocrinologists/Diabetologists is felt.The Wockhardt hospital at NUSI, Cuncolim,has the required infrastructure, and it isonly fitting that it establishes a Departmentof Endocrinology/Diabetology. If done, itwill render yeoman service to Goa andGoans.

Mining misdemeanoursPachu Menon, Margao

The recommended cancellation of miningleases to firms owned by the Reddy broth-ers, by the Supreme Court-appointed Cen-tral Empowered Committee should ringwarning-bells for their ‘political kin’ in Goa.The mining company caused a loss to thestate to the tune of several thousand croresof rupees.

Mining has become an integral part ofthe state and as an industry by itself, it hasassumed gigantic proportions. They operateout of utter disregard for environmentalconservation, and have fly-by-night oper-ators who cause devastation. But what isgalling, is the impudence with which suchirregularities are carried out. If we have tomaintain the sanctity and serenity of ourterrain, we have to be ever-vigilant againstsuch misdemeanours.

Ban weapon manufactureCarlos Fernandes, by email

Many people seem to have fallen in lovewith animals and are against slaughter ofanimals, particularly cattle for human con-sumption, citing it as cruelty. How manyof these so-called animal lovers, not eatenbutter and cheese? How many of us havenot used leather shoes and leather bags,and other leather products?

If Maneka Gandhi loves animals so much,she should collect and take care of straydogs all over the country. This will reducedeath of humans, as a result of bites fromrabid dogs. She should embark on a cam-paign to ban manufacture of all weaponsthat are used in wars, and aimed at killinghumans. Love and care for human beingsis more important than that of animals.

Bar tainted MLAsP L Fernandes, Old Goa

This recent report that the Election Com-mission favours the government and par-liament to revisit the issue of criminalisationof politics, is because they are empoweredto do so, and change laws. The EC can onlyrecommend and the rest is left to parties,to come to a consensus.

All those who are facing serious chargesshould be disqualified from incumbent po-sitions and further, not allowed to contestelections, until they are cleared.

The win-ability of candidates involvesstrong-arm tactics, money and muscle-power, which everyone is aware of. Theconcerned political parties should be maderesponsible for choosing right, clean, im-peccable candidates, in order to root outthe malaise of corruption. The elected rep-resentatives should be made responsibleto the electorate, in order to truly representthem.

Turn Atala into approverJulius Carvalho, Dubai

It is surprising that the Interpol in Peru,succeeded in arresting Israeli drug lordAtala. The exposition of the drug nexus in

Goa and his re-arrest also seems very sus-picious. The Goa police crime branch havea strong nexus with drug lords and theshabby investigation that followed, is toprotect plenty of black sheep of the policedepartment.

For this, Atala must be turned into astate approver/witness. A lot of evidencehas gone down the drain. Perhaps, theshabby investigation and unprofessionalconduct can also be investigated.

Our CM should select a team of untaintedpolice officers from Goa police to investi-gate the nexus that exists.

120 more lifeguards!Augustus Alphonso, Vasco/Kuwait

Drishti Special Response Services (DSRS),which handles Goa’s beach safety manage-ment programme, has submitted a proposalto the Tourism Department for recruiting120 more lifeguards. Would this curb cases,arising due to drowning? It is the questionof what leads to drowning, which is de-batable. We have seen that consumptionof alcohol, lack of information on tides,and areas of beach that have strong un-dercurrents, which are presumably lifethreatening, and it is these aspects thatneed to be adhered to, before anyone takes

to the water. Lifeguards must be providedwith loudspeakers that can cover a kilo-metre of distance, to holler out a warningof any impending danger in the sea. Thewhole concept of saving lives requires awell-orchestrated strategy, and not numbersin lifeguards, as safety of life is a matter ofa ‘timely rescue operation’.

Loyalties to selfTulsidas Malkarnekar, Margao

A landlord politician exported to anotherparty is now blaming his ex-party’s soldiersand especially CM. Perhaps, it is an attemptto get coverage for having been sidelinedin the new outfit. It is, in a way, to showhis loyalties by making sensational state-ments. This is done ostensibly to get a po-sition in the present party. Such exportswill never work as the credentials are doubt-ful and no one knows when one will getback to square one. Thefts in churches andtemples, are occurring on a regular basis.As a citizen and political leader of thisstate, he should have come out with thefacts immediately and help the governmentto nab the culprits, instead of making suchhalf-hearted statements to get politicalmileage.

Road safety week shamBlossom Cabral, Nagoa

Despite the recently concluded 22nd roadsafety week, accidents seem to be on therise. Driving at breakneck speed and over-taking has become the order of the day.Wearing a helmet may be uncomfortable,but it saves lives. However, an ISI specifiedone, is recommended.

Honking unnecessarily creates noise pol-lution and should be curtailed. Pedestrianshave to be cautious while crossing theroad. Drunken driving also contributes toserious accidents.

All said and done, traffic rules must beobeyed, thereby creating discipline andorder on the roads.

Is Mickky Pacheco the most powerful politicianin Goa? It appears so. See the bandwagon ofpoliticians opposing his re-entry into the cab-

inet: Churchill Alemao, Joaquim Alemao, BabushMonserrate, Babu Azgaonkar and seven more;five ministers and five MLAs…!

Are they so scared of just one among threeMLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)?Was Mickky so powerful when he was in the cabinet?

One can understand if Churchill is scared of Mickky.This ‘casino-fame’ Benaulim MLA made the Saxttikarstrongman bite the dust in the 2002 Assembly election.In 2007, Churchill simply moved to another con-stituency. And now he wants to field his daugh-ter-cum-‘social’ worker Valanka from Benaulim.Little wonder he opposes Mickky becoming aminister again.

Even brother Joaquim opposing Mickky is un-derstandable. But why the other eight? Are theytoo concerned about Valanka? Are they ‘slaves’of the Alemaos?

Their argument is that Mickky is facing achargesheet in Nadia Torrado’s death. A ministerfacing a chargesheet, they say, should not be inthe cabinet, just like Dayanand Narvekar wasdropped after he was chargesheeted. Then whywas Pandurang Madkaikar dropped? Whatchargesheet did he face?

And who cries about the chargesheeted BabushMonserrate? He publicly attacked the Panjimtown police station with his supporters (let’s noteven talk about the ‘rape’ case on his son Rohit).

Churchill says Mickky is facing a murder charge;Babush is not. Well then, did Narvekar face amurder charge? Or is a cricket-ticket scam a muchmore serious crime than attacking a police station?Has the Congress prepared a list of crimes categorisedas ‘to-be-pardoned’ and ‘not-to-be-pardoned’, as far asministerial berths are concerned?

Does this ‘Gang of 10’ think that Goans arefools? Or that they can fool all the people all the time?

Definitely not.Politics is never so straight. Politicians always

have hidden agendas. In Mickky’s case, Churchillclaims that Chief Minister Digambar Kamat andeven the Congress High Command opposes his re-entry.

He appears to be right, judging from the wayDigambar-bab and High Command observer B K

Hariprasad have behaved. It’s definitely not be-cause of one Mickky. There is much more thanwhat is openly spoken about.

The rumour in political circles is that RevenueMinister Jose Philip D’Souza and Tourism MinisterNilkanth Halarnkar – both NCP legislators – areplanning to join the Congress after the presentLegislative Assembly is dissolved and fresh pollsare announced.

D’Souza and Halarnkar’s behaviour make thisrumour seem true. Perhaps it is for the first timethat a central high command has ‘ordered’ itsmembers to quit and they have simply refuse toobey. What gave them the guts to defy partysupremo Sharad Pawar?

Of course, even if they don’t quit, neither Pawarnor his party can legally touch them. They cansimply defy the party directive and continue intheir ministerial berths. They constitute a two-thirds majority in the three-member NCP Legis-lature Party. Though the NCP high command has‘replaced’ him, D’Souza continues as the legislatureparty leader. Even if Pawar throws them out ofparty, they will continue as MLAs of NCP (Jose orNilkanth) in the assembly, just as Babush Monserratecontinued as a UGDP member even after he was ex-pelled from the party. He was not even ‘unat-

tached’; no such category exists in law. But fresh elections are not that far away. If

both of them have to contest again, they cannotdo it unless the NCP gives them tickets. Whyshould Pawar give tickets to D’Souza and Halarnkar,who have publicly defied party directives and put himto public shame?

They can do this only if they are ‘well protected’.And both of them are under the protection ofthe Congress. After their public defiance of theNCP high command, D’Souza and Halarnkar arede-facto behaving like Congressmen, and not‘loyal soldiers’ of their own party.

Obviously the NCP – from Goa to Delhi – isfully aware of this ‘political conspiracy’ by itssenior alliance partner. The Congress plan is sim-ple. Keep its ‘own’ men as NCP ministers, admitthem into the Congress as and when the electionapproaches, and wipe out the NCP from Goa’spolitical map.

In such a situation, the only hope for the NCPis Mickky Pacheco, whether they like him or not.The way Mickky’s re-induction into the cabinetis being opposed, it is crystal clear that the Con-gress will never admit him. Besides, he is the onlyone who could organise a massive party conventionin his Benaulim constituency, and mobilise an

equally large crowd for his birthday bash recently. For the NCP, it just does not matter whether

Mickky is facing a murder charge, a bigamy case,a police case for cheating while gambling at acasino, or even more serious offences. ‘Character’is a non-issue, simply because the NCP itself hasno character.

The NCP was born out of opposition to makingSonia Gandhi the prime minister of India, becauseof her Italian roots. Today, Sonia is more powerfulthan the prime minister. She is the chairpersonof the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), of whichthe NCP is a constituent party. Pawar surrenderedbefore Sonia long ago, and accepted the Italy-born lady as his supremo.

Except this single issue, on which Pawar hasalready compromised, the NCP never had anydistinct ideology of its own. It exists in Maha-rashtra because of Pawar, survives in Meghalayabecause of P A Sangma and was born in Goa be-cause Dr Wilfred de Souza merged his Goa Rajiv Con-gress into the party.

Why then should such a party then botherabout the ‘character’ of any person when it des-perately needs to keep its identity alive? Today,Mickky is the saviour of the NCP. Tomorrow,disgruntled characters from the Congress couldjoin this ‘characterless’ party. I t could beDayanand Narvekar, Pandurang Madkaikar,etc… All dissatisfied ‘Congressmen/womenat heart’ have three basic options – the NCP,the UGDP or the MGP.

Even the ‘party with a difference’, the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP), is not indifferent to them. Infact, Manohar Parrikar embraced and welcomedopportunists of all hues during his stint as ChiefMinister. Mickky Pacheco, Jose Philip D’Souza,Dayanand Narvekar, Babu Azgaonkar – even GPCCChief Subhash Shirodkar – were all ‘loyal soliders’of Hindutva at one time.

It is not just the Alemaos who are opposing Mickky.Rather, it’s a well-planned election strategy of theCongress to keep Mickky out and Jose-Nilkanthin. And it is the struggling NCP that is trying topush Mickky in, for its own survival. It is a simpleopportunistic power game; it has nothing to dowith keeping criminals out, maintaining the cred-ibility of the party or our welfare.

(This article first appeared in Goanews.com)

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Goa, Friday, 14 January, 2011

Letters to the Editor

Letter of the Day

In bad tasteRocky Dias, Raia

Francis Fernandes letter’s ‘Am I wrong in asking?’ (Herald, 7 Jan) reminds me of myown case of pain and suffering and immobility for having operated for hip replacementwhen the X-ray showed no signs of fracture, but dislocation. The operation was afailure but was advised that I would recover quickly.

During this period, my doctor friend from Mumbai visited me after six months andsaw my condition. He referred me for a second opinion. My doctor was reluctant. Atthe second opinion, I was advised a second operation. Not having overcome thefinancial burden of the first operation and six months doctor’s visiting fees; I preferredto go to the GMC.

I was thoroughly examined, but was told that the operation could be done inMumbai or at KLES, Belgaum. The operation in Belgaum took six hours as the bonewas already deformed. Today, two years later, I can still go about on a walker.

This is in bad taste for the state, where hospitality and correct advice in helpingothers is a prime motto. Secondly, it reminds me of the case of Francis’s letter of July2010 (correct date) to the CM and the governor. This is an ignominy.

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Are Congressmen so scared of Mickky Pacheco? SANDeSH PrABHuDeSAI tells us why

OHERALDO

OHERALDO

100 Years Ago

14 January 1911Property purchase in LondonIt is reported that D Manuel de Bragancais purchasing from the Village of Rich-mond, in the suburbs of London, a prop-erty which belonged to the reputedMcLean who for some time was theCommanding Officer of the BritishForces in Morocco.

School for femalesThe State Governor decreed that in theedifice which earlier was functioningthe College known as ‘Institute NossaSenhora de Piedade’ to install a provi-sional school exclusively for the NationalSchool for the feminine gender.

Provincial council committeeIn Terms of Law were appointed mem-bers for the new Managing Committeesof the Provincial Councils.

Imperial decree on PortugueseIt was made Compulsory by an ImperialDecree the study of Portuguese Lan-guage in the principal schools of Japan.

PRIMEIRO DIARIO NAS COLONIAS PORTUGEZAS

The ‘might’ of Mickky

CleAr Cut

Behind the headlinesBreakfast of Champions

It is Thursday 6 January 2011 and, as usual, I am woken-up atthe dot of 6am by the call of the ‘koel’ in the huge tree nextdoor. After going through the usual early morning routine of

washing, shaving and exercising, I am off to the Taleigao market.A little early morning walking never hurts anyone, and I am sureI will come home with the freshest home-grown vegetables inTiswadi, if not all of Goa.

So by 8am, I am home with the day’s veggies, sitting down tobreakfast. It is the usual mix of brown bread, parathas and tea,which always goes down well. Breakfast is like the self-starter ona car. It kicks life into me and I am ready to go. It beats pushstarting, not to mention cranking the engine with a ‘handle’ as wedid 60 years ago. “Maar reh, eestart maar reh,” the bus driversyelled at the cleaners in the ‘praça’. A grunt, a jerk and a cloud ofblack smoke from the exhaust; an appreciative nod from the driverand the ‘caminhao’ was ready to roll.

Back to Thursday. I pick up the day’s ‘Herald’, scan the headlinesand am ready to throw up. The year is only five days old andalready 18 people have died in road accidents. And they call this‘safety week’! With two more days for the ‘week’ and 51 moreweeks to go, things do not look so bright for 2011.

On the front page is a picture of a truck lying on its side. On its

tailgate it says, ‘OK!’ The rear axle with four wheels is toone side. On the other, tons of laterite stones are strewn.Half-a-dozen other vehicles look as if they have been hit bya truck.

The lesson is clear. Safety week is strictly for the birds. Ourculture does not care for safety and maintenance. Our road trafficauthority believes that it is money, not oil and grease, which keepswheels turning. Human life is cheap because of its abundance,and corruption is an accepted way of life.

And, for all our Disaster Management Plans, it took four fullhours to return traffic to normal. In the meantime, 2,000 security,safety, administrative and other government personnel were de-ployed for four days exclusively to take care of the President ofIndia, who was here for an ‘unofficial’ visit. This is Digu-bab’s ‘aamadmi’ government in action.

Just below this ‘news’, the ‘Herald’ headline reads: ‘My senioralso accepts bribes, reveals Gudlar’. What a sad commentary. Ourpolice force not only believes that two wrongs make a right, buta thousand wrongs make a thousand rights. Can one blame them?Their ultimate boss insists that there is no drug problem in Goa,even as his family members wallow in it. Last I heard, he andAgnelo were suffering from severe ‘Sunburn’.

Gudlar’s description of his boss: “He is a very smart guy… Youshow him the money and his mouth will be shut.”

Next caption: ‘IT sleuths raid Vishwajeet’. The raids were con-ducted by the Karnataka circle of the Income Tax Department atMiramar and the factory at Karapur, Bicholim. There was no infor-mation on the raids. The official in the IT Department in Panjimclaimed they had no knowledge about the raids. Obviously, gov-ernment serpents in Goa cannot be trusted. Like their politicalbosses, they’re liars, thieves and cheats.

Further down the page: ‘Full probe report of paper leakage in10 days: GU’. These are allegedly the cream of our medical fraternityleaking papers and pressurising police not to register an FIR basedon a complaint by some activists.

Digu-baba and his 40 thieves (Governor included?), along withour freedom fighters, are going to celebrate 50 years of lib-eration on 19 December 2011. Recently, as I walked-past thebust of T B Cunha, I noticed drops of liquid on his cheeks. At firstI thought someone may have hosed it down. But it was dry allaround.

But after seeing today’s front page, I am sure those wereteardrops. Like freedom fighter Lambert Mascarenhas, he thinks,‘Sorrowing lies my land’.

The Hour is ComingBy Samir Khan

“I am Allah. There is no god other thanMe. So serve Me and establish Prayer toremember Me. The Hour of Resurrectionis coming. I have willed to keep the timeof its coming hidden so that everyonemay be recompensed in accordance withhis effort. Let him who does not believein it and follows his lusts not turn yourthought away from it, lest you are ru-ined.”

(Qur’an – 20:14-16)

The verse 20:14 indicates the mainpurpose of the Prayer: that man may notbecome oblivious of God, that the glit-tering allurements of this world may notmake him impervious to the basic factthat he is God’s servant, that man maynot remain under the illusion that he isfree to do as he pleases. Prayer is thepotent means of keeping this conscious-ness fresh in man’s mind; it enables himto maintain a strong, vibrant relationshipwith God. Prayer weans man away, manytimes a day, from the ordinary hum-drumexistence of daily life; it orients him to-wards God.

The doctrine of the Hereafter (life afterdeath) is the second most important doc-trine in Islam, the doctrine next in im-portance to monotheism. This is a basictruth, revealed to all the Prophets (rightfrom the first prophet Adam, to the lastProphet Muhammad peace be upon themall), in different periods of history, a truthwhich they were all required to expoundto its people. The verse 20:15 statesboth the nature and purpose of this doc-trine. The Last Day (Day of judgement)will come to pass so that man may berecompensed for what he has done. Thetime of its coming, however, has beenkept hidden so as to test people. Thosewho are, to any extent, concerned withthe Hereafter will remain ever fearfullest the Last Day suddenly takes place;this, in itself, is likely to deter them fromcommitting evil.

Paths of Wisdom

By Anthony Simoes

‘Nexus’ is notquite the word

When a police head constable who is supposed tobe on duty at at the ‘zatra’ of Shree ShantadurgaKunkolekarin at Fatorpa is caught over 150km

away, near Belgaum, driving his own Maruti Van, in whichare two Nepali women, three North Indian men and overRs25 lakh worth of ‘charas’; is ‘nexus’ quite the appropriateword to describe the connection between certain policemenin Goa and drug dealers? When a Police Sub Inspector whowas earlier attached to the elite Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC)visits the house of the girlfriend of a known drug dealerwho is under arrest and tries to sell her some ‘charas’, couldit be said to be a mere ‘nexus’?

What when 24kg of ‘charas’ go missing from the PoliceANC ‘muddemal’ warehouse for seized drugs – allegedlysold back to drug dealers – and the police and Home De-partment say shamelessly that it was “eaten by white ants”?‘Nexus’ does not even begin to illustrate the intimate con-nection some members of Goa’s police force have withillegal narcotics.

When news weekly, ‘India Today’, in its 8 November 2010issue, described Goa as “a state firmly in the grip of drugsand organised crime”, there was outrage at what was seento be a cheap attempt to overly sensationalise a problemthat is common to cities all over India and the world. Butevents before and after are making us wonder whetherthere might have been a kernel of truth in the portrayal ofthis state as the ‘cocaine coast’.

PSI Sunil Gudlar, the former ANC police officer who wascaught on camera in a sting operation by arrested Israelidrug dealer ‘Dudu’ Driham’s sister Ayala, pointed a fingersquarely at former Superintendent of Police (SP) in chargeof the cell, Veenu Bansal, and accused him of taking a largecut in every rupee of bribe money that he extorted illegally.Gudlar profanely called it ‘Mahatma Gandhi’, referring tothe image of the Father of the Nation on Rs500 notes. Ifnothing, this testifies to the large sums involved. And ifGudlar’s statements, made on candid camera, are true, itwould mean that the connections between drug dealersand policemen extend all the way to the very highest ech-elons of the police hierarchy – the elite Indian Police Service(IPS) officers. Can this be explained adequately by themodest term ‘nexus’?

Both Home Minister Ravi Naik and Director General ofPolice (DGP) Bhimsain Bassi need to revise their rather op-timistic earlier assessment that there is no organised drugtrade in Goa. In fact, if recent events are any indication,there seems to be an organised group inside the policeforce itself that is actively engaged in the drug trade. Thata number of these elements appear to be from the Anti-Narcotics Cell is a further cause for concern.

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has done well to demanda detailed report in this matter within 24 hours from DGPBhim Sain Bassi. But will such a report actually portray thefactual situation?

It’s no ‘nexus’. Popular as it is, that term utterly fails todescribe the gravity of the situation. Some sinister criminalelements within the police force are involved not only inaiding and abetting drug dealers, but in peddling the stuffthemselves. Can they be allowed to go on? Someone inthe government and/or in the higher echelons of the policeforce has to realise now, at least, that something is deeplywrong, and that there is a need for urgent surgery to excisethe rotten elements within the force. Otherwise, the rotwill spread and overcome even those good and honest of-ficers who take pride in their work and believe in the forceand its ideals.

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number. The editor reserves the right to edit letters for

size and readability, and to delete any personal attacks

or libellous /objectionable matter.

INDIAGOA, FRIDAY 14 JANUARY, 2011

Pg 7APPOINTMENTS

GOA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

EDC House, Block ‘C’, 1st Floor, Dada Vaidya Road, Panaji-Goa 403001.

Web: http://goapsc.gov.in ADVERTISEMENT NO. 1 YEAR 2011

Applications are invited by the Commission for the below mentioned posts. The last date for receipt of applications in the office of the Commission is 03.02.2011. Casa J.D. Fernandes Stationery Supplier, Printers & Book Binders, Opposite Municipal Garden, Panaji, are authorized to sell the prescribed application form @ Rs. 20/- per set. The Commission does not take the responsibility of supplying application forms by post. For detailed information, please see the instructions supplied with the application form. Candidate can also download and use the application form available at GPSC website. 2. Incomplete applications in any manner are liable to be rejected summarily by the Commission. 3. “The upper age limit shown against each post is relaxable upto 5 years for the candidates belonging to SC/ST, upto 3 years for candidates belonging to OBC, upto 5 years (total 10 years for SC/ST & 8 years for OBC in respect of posts reserved for them) to blind, deaf-mute and orthopedically handicapped person and upto 5 years for CFF. Age is also relaxable for Government Servants upto 5 years as per the instructions issued by the Government from time to time”. 4. In case of non-availability of suitable candidates with the knowledge of Konkani, this requirement may be relaxed in case of below mentioned posts. 5. The Commission will draw a panel of candidates, which will remain valid for a period of one year. 6. Prescribed EQs are minimum & mere possession of same does not entitle the candidates to be called for interview. Where number of applications received is large, the Commission will short list the candidates to be called for interview. I. GOA MEDICAL COLLEGE 1. Lecturer in Ophthalmology …….. 1 post Scale of Pay: Rs. 15,600-39,100+6,600/-. Age: Not exceeding 45 years. Educational & Other Qualifications:- Essential: (i) A recognised Medical qualification included in the First or the Second Schedule or Part II of the Third Schedule (other than licentiate qualifications) to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. Holders of qualifications included in Part II of the Third Schedule should also fulfill the conditions stipulated in Section 13 (3) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. (ii) Post Graduate degree qualification in the speciality concerned or equivalent. (iii) At least 3 years teaching experience in the concerned speciality as Senior Resident/Registrar/ Tutor/Demonstrator in a Medical College/Teaching Institution. (iv) Knowledge of Konkani. Desirable: Knowledge of Marathi.

II. INSTITUTE OF PSYCHAITRY AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR 2. Psychiatric Social Worker …… 1 Post Scale of pay: Rs.9300-34800+ 4200/- Age: Not exceeding 40 years. Educational & Other Qualifications: Essential:- (i) Master’s Degree in Social Work.

OR Sociology or equivalent degree of a recognised University. (ii) Post Graduate Diploma in Psychiatric Social work.

OR (ii) M. Phil. (iii) 3 years experience in social Work. (iv) Knowledge of Konkani. Desirable: i) Knowledge of Marathi.

III. DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH SERVICES 3. Junior Radiologist …… 1 Post (resvd. for OBC) (4th time) Scale of Pay: Rs. 15,600-39,100+5,400/- Age: Not exceeding 40 years. Educational & Other Qualifications:- Essential: (i) A recognised Medical qualification included in the First or Second Schedule or Part II of the Third Schedule (other than Licentiate qualification) to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. (102 of 1956) Holders of educational qualifications included in Part II of the Third Schedule should also fulfill the conditions stipulated in sub-section (3) of section 13 of the said Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. (ii) Post-graduate degree, failing which post-graduate diploma, in the speciality concerned. (iii) In case of Diploma holders, work in responsible position connected with the speciality concerned for 2 years after post-graduation Diploma. (iv) Knowledge of Konkani. Desirable: Knowledge of Marathi.

IV. DIRECTORATE OF FOOD & DRUGS ADMINISTRATION 4. Senior Scientific Officer (Food) …… 1 post Scale of pay: Rs 15,600-39,100+.5400/- Age : Not exceeding 40 years. Educational & Other Qualification :- Essential: (i) Holds a degree in science with Chemistry as a principle subject or Microbiology or Bio-Chemistry or Food Technology or Food and Drugs from University established in India by law or has an equivalent qualification recognized and notified

by the Central Government for such purposes and has not less than five years of experience after graduation in the analysis of food, in a laboratory recognized by the Government or in the combined Food and Drugs Laboratory of the Directorate of Food and Drugs administration.

OR (i) Holds a Master’s Degree in Chemistry or Bio-chemistry or Food Technology or Microbiology or Food and Drugs from a University established in India by Law or is an Associate of the institution of Chemist (India) by examination in the section of Food Analysis conducted by the institution of Chemist (India) or has an equivalent qualification recognized and notified by the Central Government for such purposes and has not less than 3 years of experience in the analysis of food, in a laboratory recognised by the Government or in the combined Food and Drugs Laboratory of the Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration. (ii) Has been declared qualified for appointment as a Public analyst by a Board appointed and notified by the Central Government for such purpose and has 3 years of experience as Public Analyst under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (Central Act 37 of 1954). (iii) Knowledge of Konkani. Desirable:- (i) Knowledge of Marathi. (ii) Knowledge of Food Standards and Food Composition. (iii) Research experience in Food Analysis and Food composition or allied subjects.

V. GOA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

5. Professor in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering …… 1 Post (6th time) Scale of Pay: 16,400-22,400/- (Pre-revised) Age: Not exceeding 50 years. Educational & other qualifications: Essential: (i) Ph.D. Degree with first Class Degree at Master’s or Bachelor’s level in the appropriate branch of Engineering/Technology. (ii) 10 years experience in Teaching/Industry/Research in the appropriate branch of Engineering out of which 5 years must be at the level of Assistant Professor and/or equivalent. (iii) Knowledge of Konkani. Note: (i) Candidates from Industry/Profession with Master’s Degree in Engineering/Technology and Professional work, which is significant and can be recognised as equivalent to Ph. D. Degree and with 10 years Industrial/Professional experience of which at least 5 years should be at a Senior level comparable to that of an Assistant Professor as certified by the concerned University would also be eligible. Desirable: Knowledge of Marathi. Note: For the above posts appropriate branch means the branch in which the post is to be filled up or such other branch where there is demonstrative evidence of likeness of subject matter covered.

VI. GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC, CURCHOREM 6. Lecturer in Electronics Engineering ….1 post (resvd. for ST) (4th time) Scale of Pay: Rs. 8,000-13,500/- (Pre-revised) Age: Not exceeding 40 years Educational & Other Qualifications: Essential: (i) 1st Class Master’s Degree in appropriate branch of Engineering/Technology or 1st Class Bachelor’s Degree in the appropriate branch of Engineering/Technology. (ii) Knowledge of Konkani. Desirable: (i) Knowledge of Marathi. Note: For the above purpose, “appropriate branch” means the branch in which the post is to be filled up or such other branch where there is demonstrative evidence of likeness of subject matter covered.

VII. HOME DEPARTMENT 7. Instructor (Civil Defence) ..… 2 posts Scale of Pay: Rs. 9300-34800+4,200/- Age: Not exceeding 40 years. Educational & Other qualifications: Essential: (i) Bachelor’s degree of a recognised University or equivalent (ii) Successful completion of Civil Defence Instructors Course at the National Civil Defence College, Nagpur or equivalent. (iii) Knowledge of Konkani. Desirable:- (i) Training in fire fighting rescue and first-aid. (ii) Experience of imparting training in Civil Defence or Home Guards. (iii) Knowledge of Marathi.

VIII. DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION

8. Dy. Director of Education ….. 1 Post Scale of Pay: Rs. 15,600-39,100/- + 6,600/- Age: Not exceeding 50 years. Educational & Other Qualifications:- Essential: (i) At least 2nd class Masters Degree of a recognised University or equivalent. (ii) Degree in Teaching/Education of a recognised University or equivalent. (iii) 12 years teaching experience in a High School/Higher Secondary School or a teachers training Institution including at least 5 years experience in a responsible administrative capacity. (iv). Knowledge of Konkani. Desirable: (i) Experience in an administrative charge of a recognised High School/Higher Secondary School/Intermediate College. (ii) Doctorate Degree in any subject. (iii) Experience in public Schools. (iv) Experience as Inspecting Officer of an Educational Institution. (v) Knowledge of Marathi. NOTE: The applicants already applied in response to Advertisement No. 12/2010 need not apply again.

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Bollywood actress Gul Panag dances with performers as she attends the pro-motional event for the movie "Turning 30 !!!" in Mumbai.

PTI

KOCHI, JAN 13

The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) today filedchargesheet in the December2007 Wagamon SIMI armstraining camp case naming30 accused, who are involvedin various terrorists cases inthe country, including theAhmedabad serial blast caseof 2008.

The camp was conductedwith an intention to train theparticipants to advocate, inciteand abet unlawful terrorist ac-tivities, disrupt communal har-mony and causing threat to thesovereignty and integrity of thecountry, thereby waging waragainst lawfully established Gov-ernment of India, NIA stated inthe chargesheet filed before theCBI Special court judge S VijayKumar.

All the 30 are accused in the2008 Gujarat serial blast case.Twenty-nine were arrested andare lodged in Sabarmati CentralJail, Ahmedabad, while one ac-cused is absconding.

Though there is no adequateprosecutable evidence againstseven other accused, who areabsconding, the NIA decidedconduct further investigationagainst them.

Investigation has revealedthat in and around November2007, office bearers and func-tionaries of SIMI entered intoa criminal conspiracy in Choral,Indore in Madhya Pradesh andother places to conduct train-ing camps for their activecadres. Accordingly, they have

conducted camps at Kar-nataka, Madhya Pradesh andGujarat. From Dec 10-12, 2007,they organised a secret train-ing camp at Thangalpara inWagamon within the limits ofMunakayam Police Station inKottayam.

Oral evidence gathered fromwitnesses and documentary ev-idences collected during the in-vestigation established that inthe camp the accused were en-gaged in physical training, armstraining, firing practice, manu-facture of petrol bombs, motorbike racing and rope climbing.

Forensic evidence collectedfrom the scene of the crime con-firmed that explosives wereused in the camp. Similarly,training on preparing of petrolbombs and its use could be es-tablished from the crime sceneand subsequent forensic exam-ination.

In the camp, classes on ‘Jihadin India’ were also held.

Of the 30 accused, who areall active cadres of SIMI, fourare from Kerala, 9 from Kar-nataka, 10 from Gujarat, 8 fromMadhya Pradesh, 2 from Jhark-hand, 3 from Uttar Pradesh and

NIA files chargesheet against 30 accused

One from Maharashtra. Among the accused are P A

Saduli (Kerala), Hafeez Husain(Karnataka), Safdar Nagori (Mad-hya Pradesh), Shilby P Abdul Karim(Kerala), Mohammed Ansar (Ker-ala), Abdul Sattar (Kerala), AamilParwaz (Madhya Pradesh), Mo-hammed Usman (Gujarat), Mo-hammed A l i (MP ) , KamranSiddique (MP), Mohammed SamiBagevadi (Karnataka), MohammedYasin (Karnataka), Mohammed Asif(Karnataka) and Nadeem (Kar-nataka).

The accused’s previous andsubsequent conduct such asAhmedabad serial blast estab-lished that they also conspiredto incite communal feelings andthereby create communaldisharmony and feelings of en-mity between different religiouscommunities, causing threat tothe integrity of the country.

NIA teams conducted inves-tigation at various places at Ban-ga lo re , Hub l i , I ndore ,Ahmedabad, Jharkhand, Keralaetc examined several witnesses.Evidence clearly established theinvolvement of the 30 hardcoreSIMI activists in the case.

nThe camp was conducted with an intentionto train the participants to advocate, inciteand abet unlawful terrorist activities,disrupt communal harmony and causingthreat to the sovereignty and integrity ofthe country, thereby waging war againstlawfully established Government of India.

-- NIA

PTI

NEW DELHI, JAN 13

After a three-decade-long legalbattle, an octogenarian mantoday finally got divorce ongrounds of desertion with theDelhi High Court rejecting hiswife’s appeal challenging a lowercourt order.

Upholding the decision of thetrial court, which granted thedecree of divorce to 85-year-oldJM Kohli in 1994, Justice KailashGambhir voiced his anguish overthe grueling legal battle and saidit should be the endeavour ofthe courts to expeditiously de-cide these matters so that thepeople involved can start theirlives on a clean slate.

“This is an unfortunate casewhere the parties have spentmore than half of their lives inthe alleys of the courts,” he said.

Kohli got married to Vimla in1953 but forced to leave thehouse in 1979. He filed a divorcepetition in 1982 and the courtgranted the divorce in 1994.

Challenging the same in thehigh court, Vimla alleged thatshe had not been heard by thetrial court before granting thedivorce.

“The years which should havebeen spent by the parties tostart on a clean slate have been

spent with the lawyers and inthe court rooms.

“When parties approach theportals of law for dissolving theirmatrimony, it should be the en-deavour of the courts to expe-ditiously decide these mattersso that parties can get on withcarving out their future plans,”the judge said.

Justice Gambhir said, “Mar-riage is a union where the hus-band and wife spend their entirelife building a bond of trust, loveand friendship which would betheir support during the lastyears of their lives.

“Having the other spouse bythe side at the fag end, to cherishthe moments of their times spenttogether, is an asset which clearlythe parties were devoid of in thepresent case,” the court added.

The court accepted Kohli’scounsel Geeta Luthra’s argumentthat wife’s greed for property ledto the couple splitting ways. Kohliwas befooled by Vimla’s brotherand other people.

“The respondent (Kohli) hassuccessfully proved the groundof desertion.

“The court does not find anyillegality or perversity in thefindings arrived at by the learnedcourt below and the same areaccordingly upheld,” it said.

Octogenarian mangets divorce after

30-year legal battle

Ship passengers

stranded PTI

KOCHI, JAN 13

With shipping services from Lak-shadweep to Kochi, Kozhikodeand Mangalore ports coming toa standstill following strike byship crew unions, thousands ofpassengers have been strandedin the Union territory and themainland.

The Lakshadweep Develop-ment Corporation operates 24ships and barges, includingsome passengers vessels, — MV Bharat Seema, M V Kavaratti,M V Minicoy, M V Lakshadweep,M V Amindivi and M V ArabianSea. The inter island connectiv-ity has also been affected.

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MELBOURNE, JAN 13

Australia’s third largest metrop-olis, Brisbane, turned into a cityunder siege as swelling muddywaters submerged major partsof the town, swallowed roadsand the entire river front in theworst ever flooding which hit30,000 properties. Only roof topswere visible in large parts of thecity as the flood waters from theBrisbane River breaching theirembankments crested, sinkingall two storeyed houses andkeeping an estimated two millionpopulation locked indoors.

As the roaring river waterspeaked one metre below pre-dictions, the devastation waslikened by a top official to an

“aftermath of war”.Latest reports said the first

death in the reeling city hadbeen caused when a 24-year-old man was drowned when hewent to check his home in thedisaster zone.

With his death, the toll in thecurrent flooding rose to 14 andcumulatively the figure of thedead, officials said, was 34 inweeks of heavy rains and flashfloods which have hit the Queens-land state since November.

Mercifully for the authorities,the flood waters which hadreached peak levels of 4.46 me-tres, below levels that devas-tated the city in 1974, havestarted receding.

Residents heaved a sigh of re-

lief as they woke up to the newsthat they had dodged the worstcase scenario. However, 15,000houses were completely sub-merged, some upto their roof,and more than 14,000 werepartly under water.

Meanwhile, the Indian HighCommission in Canberra saidon Thursday Indians were notamong the casualties in Queens-land province.

The rising waters also sunkmore than 8,000 commercial es-tablishments and wiped off thecity map, Brisbane’s famouswater front.

The death of the young manprompted authorities to issuefresh warnings to others not toenter flood zones.

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PESHAWAR, JAN 13

Militants targeted a police vanwith a roadside bomb in north-west Pakistan’s restive Bannuregion on Thursday, killing atleast two security personnel andinjuring five others, a day aftera suicide attack on a police sta-tion in the same area claimed20 lives.

The police van was attacked

2 policemen killed in Pak blast

with the remote-controlledbomb at Sardi Khel town inBannu distr ict of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, officialssaid.

The area borders NorthWaziristan tribal region, consid-ered a hub of Taliban and al-Qaeda operatives.

The attack left two policemendead and five more injured, theofficials said. The injured weretaken to a hospital in Bannu city.

Security forces launched amassive crackdown against mil-itants following the attack.

Officials said police hadseized two bags containing ex-plosives at Miryan Road inBannu district and defusedthem.

AGENCIES

BAGHDAD, JAN 13

Vice President Joe Biden arrivedin Baghdad on an unannouncedvisit early Thursday for talks ex-pected to focus on America’sfuture relationship with Iraq be-yond the scheduled December2011 deadline for the departureof US troops.

Biden will meet with Iraqi

leaders for the first time sincethe formation of a new Iraqigovernment last month openedthe door to discussions on thepolitically sensitive subject.

He is also expected to offerhis congratulations on the es-tablishment of what the WhiteHouse hailed as “an inclusivenational partnership govern-ment” grouping all the country’s

Biden visits Iraq for talks on future relationship

US defensechief warns on North Korea

Reuters

TOKYO, JAN 13

The United States and Japanvowed on Thursday to deepenmilitary cooperation in the faceof North Korean “belligerence”.

US Defense Secretary RobertGates, on an Asia trip thatstarted in China and will endin South Korea on Friday, saidall major regional powershoped to ease tensions on theKorean peninsula.

“If there is a common themein my visits, it is the commoninterest of the United States,Japan, the Republic of Koreaand China for there to be sta-bility and peace on the Koreanpeninsula,” Gates said.

Gates earl ier this weekwarned that Pyongyang wasbecoming a direct threat to theUnited States and could de-velop inter-continental ballisticmissiles within five years.

He also suggested that thesinking of a South Korean war-ship and the shelling of a SouthKorean island last year wasraising pressure on SouthKorea to shift from a policy ofrestraint toward one of mili-tary response, were Pyongyangto strike again.

“The key on the Koreanpeninsula, as I discussed inChina and discussed in Japan,is to prevent another provoca-tion from happening,” he said.

The North has appealed al-most daily for talks since thestart of the year, but Gatescalled on Pyongyang to makeconcrete gestures that it wasserious about negotiations.

Gates and his Japanese coun-terpart, Toshimi Kitazawa alsoagreed to strengthen defensecooperation, and discussed thepotential export to allies ofmissile defense capabilitiesboth countries are jointly de-veloping. Pentagon officialshope Japan will buy US fighterjets, when upgrading its fleetof ageing F-4 Phantom fight-ers.

US relations with Tokyofrayed after the DemocraticParty of Japan swept to powerlast year vowing to forge moreequal ties with the UnitedStates and review an agree-ment on relocating a US Marineairbase on Japan’s Okinawa is-land.

major factions, after 10 monthsof tortuous negotiations that attimes had threatened to tearthe country apart.

“I’m here to help the Iraqiscelebrate the progress theymade. They formed a govern-ment. And that’s a good thing,”Biden said ahead of a briefingwith Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, thecommander of US forces in Iraq,and US Ambassador James Jef-frey. “They have a long way togo,” Biden added.

There are 47,000 US troopsin Iraq, and they are scheduledto leave by the end of the yearunder terms of a security agree-ment negotiated between then-President George W Bush andPrime Minister Nouri al-Malikiin 2008.

Maliki, embarking on his sec-ond term of office, publicly in-sists that he wants all the troopsto leave on time, and the Obamaadministration also says it isplanning to pull them out onschedule.

But Iraqi military command-ers have said they would preferat least some form of continuedUS military presence to help

deter external threats from Iraq’sneighbours until Iraq has its ownconventional defense capabili-ties. Although Iraq’s securityforces have proved themselvesable to sustain security gainssince the formal end of Ameri-can combat operations last Au-gust, they will also need helpwith training and logistics forseveral more years, US and Iraqiofficials say.

The return to Iraq last weekof the anti-American Shiiteleader Moqtada al-Sadr has di-minished the likelihood of anextended troop presence. Sadr’sdecision to support Maliki for asecond term broke the politicaldeadlock that had paralysed thecountry since elections lastMarch, but he has threatenedto withdraw from the govern-ment if any attempt is made toretain US troops beyond thedeadline.

There are ways, however, ofproviding military help withouta formal troop presence, andUS and Iraqi officials are lookingat ways in which the State De-partment could oversee a smallnumber of military trainers.


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The investment-hassle-free product offers investors the oppor-tunity of long-term capital appreciation through exposure to themarkets and investment expertise of SBI Life.

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To avail the benefit of Automatic Asset Allocation facility, thecustomer can choose either Plan A or Plan B, depending on hisrisk appetite. Under Plan A, the equity exposure is higher as com-pared to Plan B. The product also provides the flexibility to allowthe customer to actively manage his investment through a choiceof four funds namely, Index, Equity, Balance and Bond Fund. Thisoption is possible under Plan C.

Flexibility to increase or decrease Sum Assured from 6th yearonwards, switch and premium redirection facility and a low pre-mium allocation charge of 2% in first policy year are other attrac-tive features of Smart Horizon. Additionally, the wide range ofriders including Criti Care 13, Accidental Death Benefit, PremiumPayor Waiver Benefit and Income Sustainers enable policy holderto customize the product based on protection needs.

LAUNCH PAD

Pakistani technicians work on high voltage power lines in Lahore on Thursday. Pakistan faces a crippling energy crisis, as it is only able to produce about 80 percent of the electricity it needs, causing debilitating blackouts and suffocating industry.

PTINEW DELHI, JAN 13

Fuel supplies to Mauritius,which sources its entire re-quirement of petrol, diesel andjet fuel from India, may be dis-rupted following RBI clampdown on the main conduit theIndian companies use to payfor Iranian oil.

The Reserve Bank of India's(RBI) rather sudden and unilat-eral decision to discontinue theAsian Clearing Union (ACU), amove that effectively stops set-tlements in US dollars and theeuro, will most impact Manga-lore Refinery (MRPL) whichsources 60 per cent of its crudeneeds from Iran.

MRPL supplies Mauritius' en-tire requirement of 1,00,000tons of petrol, 3,50,000 tons ofdiesel and 2,70,000 tons of jetfuel annually by processingIranian crude oil.

The company has written toRBI warning of disruption inthese supplies due to its moveon Iran, sources privy to the de-velopment said.

Its three-year contract to ex-port 1.1 million tons of productannually to Mauritius has been

finalised based on crude supplyarrangements from Iran.

"Non availability of Iraniancrude oil would result in supplydisruption to Mauritius and theentire Mauritius may come tostand still as they operate witha very low level of inventory," asource quoted MRPL's letter toRBI.

MRPL is India's largest im-porter of Iranian crude oil at7.5 million tons per annum.Iran is India's second largestcrude oil supplier after SaudiArabia. It sold 21.3 million tonsof crude oil to India in 2009-10.

So far supplies from Iranhave not been disrupted as theIslamic republic has agreed tosell crude oil on credit pendingresolution of the gridlock,sources said adding RBI hadtaken the decision to scrap theACU without putting in placean alternate payment mecha-nism and without consultingimporters.

Neither United Nations norUS sanctions prohibit crude oilpurchase from Iran. EuropeanUnion, through which pay-ments till last month werebeing routed, had only asked

for certification of commodityimported from Iran usingeuros.

MRPL, source said, asked RBIto issue certification of crudeoil imports as per the StateBank of India (SBI) approvedformat to meet the require-ment of Deutsche BundesBank, the central bank of Eu-rope, for the purpose.

Besides guaranteeing suchlarge volumes annually, Iranalso gives 90 days credit periodfor payments for crude importsas opposed to global practiceof 30 days credit.

If such large volumes arestopped, India will be forced totap the expensive spot marketto meet the deficit, they said.

MRPL and other Iraniancrude importers - Indian OilCorp, Hindustan Petroleumand private sector Essar Oil--want an alternative mechanismfor settlement of paymentsagainst imports of crude oilfrom Iran to be put in place im-mediately.

Besides MRPL, IOC and HPCLimport 3 million tons each andEssar imports about 5 milliontons of crude oil.

RBI move may hit fuelsupplies to Mauritius

PTI BANGALORE, JAN 13

In a performance below marketexpectation, IT major Infosystoday posted 14.2 per centgrowth in profit at Rs 1,780crore for the third quarter, butthe company said it has "donewell on all parameters".

The NASDAQ-listed companyraised outlook for the January -March period and whole of cur-rent financial year based onexpected demand on new serv-ices and its revenue growth.

The company registered rev-enues of Rs 7,106 crore for theOctober-December quarter, a23.8 per cent growth year-on-year.

"The company saw an allround good performance," In-fosys CEO and MD S Gopalakr-ishnan told reporters here.

The company's performancehad exceeded its guidance, vol-umes had gone up, attritionhad come down. There hadbeen a strong employee addi-tion and client addition. "Wehave done well on all parame-ters," he said.

The country's second largestsoftware exporter added 40

clients during the quarter. Itsaw a gross addition of 11,067employees and a net additionof 5,311.

On project size, he said, theywere getting smaller and ofshorter duration, given the factthat most of the IT budgets hadbeen spent in the first twoquarters.

In the next year, it expectedbudgets to be slightly up. "Weexpect discretionary spend topick up," he said.

"Next year could be a normalyear for the IT service," he saidbut was quick to express someconcern on the macro eco-nomic situation.

"The weaker economic re-covery in developed marketscoupled with high unemploy-ment and risk of sovereign de-fault could impact the industrygrowth," he said.

"Recovery is happening, in-dustry is benefiting, but it isstill possible something badcould happen. We need to becautious ... In case somethingbad happens, it could have adomino effect. The conse-quences are unpredictable," hesaid.

Infosys cautious ofmacro environment

Infosys shares were batteredon the BSE after the earningfigures were released and lostnearly 5% at Rs 3,212.30. I

Market players viewed theresult as not-so-good and thecompany's Q4 revenue outlookfailed to enthuse investors.

"Infosys Q3 results came inbehind expectations withmuted volume growth of 3 percent Q-o-Q being the keydampener. The conservativemanagement commentary andflattish Q4 growth guidancewas also not encouraging," IIFLAVP Research Rajiv Mehta said.

For the quarter endingMarch 31, 2011, Infosys ex-pected revenues to be in therange of Rs 7,157-7,230 crore,a growth of 20.4 per cent to21.6 per cent year-on-year.

For the 2010-11 fiscal, thecompany expected revenues tobe in the range of Rs 27,408-27,481 crore, a growth of 20.5per cent to 20.8 per cent year-on-year.

Facebook,Aircel tie forvoice updates PanjIm (hbd) – Aircel haslaunched an innovative way toconnect to family and friends onFacebook through the new Face-book Voice Updates on Aircel.

Facebook Voice Updates onAircel lets people connect intheir own voice, even withoutInternet access on their mobilephones, which makes it an easyaccess for a large audience any-time anywhere.

The product is easy-to-use –for example, to broadcast whatyou’re up to today, simply diala short code to record yourvoice message, and post it asyour status update on Face-book. Your friends will then re-ceive an SMS alert about yournew status update, to whichthey can reply with their ownvoice updates on Aircel.

This indeed opens a world ofpossibilities for all to connect,share, and socialize in a quickand more personal mannerwhich spells efficiency as youmulti-task your way throughvarious activities during theday. Also, Facebook Voice Up-dates on Aircel does not re-quire access to mobile Internet,which makes it more user-friendly and provides larger ac-cess.

PTIGANDHINAGAR, JAN 13

Gujarat Chief Minister Naren-dra Modi today said the statehas been able to attract invest-ments to the tune of Rs 20.83lakh crore during the two-daylong Vibrant Gujarat Summit.

Speaking at the final sessionof the summit, Modi said asmany as 7,936 MoUs weresigned by the state governmentwith several industrial housesto invest in the state.

On the first day of the sum-mit, the state government hadsaid it got investment commit-ments totalling nearly Rs 15lakh crore with 2,766 MoUssigned with business housesand companies.

Leading among those whichannounced mega investmentsin the state were Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group and

Ahmedabad-based AdaniGroup.

While Adani Group said itwould invest Rs 80,000 crore inport, power generation and in-frastructure, Anil Ambani-ledReliance Group said it wouldpump in Rs 50,000 crore in thestate in the state in the next 5-7 years on various projects inpower and cement.

Similarly, conglomerateEssar Group said it will investRs 30,000 crore in Gujarat forprojects in various sectors, in-cluding power and refinery.

Engineering and construc-tion giant Larsen & Toubro alsocommitted an investment of Rs15,000 crore in Gujarat on in-frastructure projects, while in-frastructure major HindustanConstruction Company (HCC)also said it will invest Rs12,000 crore to develop a re-

newable energy park in thestate.

Farm equipment-to-software group Mahindra &Mahindra also signed six MoUswith the state government toinvest Rs 3,000 crore to stepup presence in the hospitalityand real estate sectors in thestate.

Auto maker General Motorsalso said it is investing USD 100million (Rs 450 crore) to en-hance production capacity atits Halol plant to 1,05,000 unitsannually from 85,000 units peryear at present.

According to Gujarat Princi-pal Secretary for Industries andMines M Sahu, major sectorswhich attracted investmentsare power, special investmentregions, mineral-based indus-tries, banks and financial insti-tutions and oil and gas.

Investment: Gujarat draws Rs 20.83 lakh cr in 2 days

ICICI Bank,Vodafone forFin inclusion

PanjIm (hbd) -- ICICI Bank Ltdand Vodafone Essar Ltd an-nounced a joint initiative todrive financial inclusion in thecountry.

Under this tie-up, both enti-ties will offer a bouquet of fi-nancial products such assavings accounts, pre-paid in-struments and credit productsthrough a mobile phone basedplatform.

This partnership is expectedto bring the un-banked andunder-banked population intothe organised financial servicesframework and assist in fur-thering the electronic pay-ments market in India. ICICIBank will leverage the distribu-tion strength of Vodafone,which manages over 1.5 millionretail points for acquiring cus-tomers and servicing them.

The RBI has over the pastfew years come out with vari-ous measures to facilitatebanks to achieve the financialinclusion agenda.

PTIMUMBAI, JAN 13

Film distribution and produc-tion house PVR Pictures, a 60per cent subsidiary of the listedPVR, will invest around Rs 100-125-crore in FY 12 to up its dis-tribution activities andproduction of 3-4 Bollywoodmovies, a top company officialsaid.

JP Morgan Mauritius HoldingLtd and ICICI Venture each hold20 per cent stake in PVR Pic-tures, that came into existencein 2005 with its first produc-tion Aamir Khan-starrer 'TaareZameen Par', that released in2007.

The company is close to ink-ing four distribution deals forHindi movies and 15 Holly-wood movies.

"We will invest around Rs100-125 crore in the coming

fiscal. We have three moviesunder our production house.Besides we will be signing dis-tribution deals for 15 Holly-wood and four Hindi movies.All are set to release in FY 12, "PVR Pictures' President, KamalGianchandani said here today.

He, however, refused to di-vulge details on the upcomingdeals.

The company has producedaround nine movies so far, in-cluding blockbuster 'Jaane TuYa Jane Na', AshutoshGowariker's 'Khelenge Jee JaanSe' and 'Aisha'.

On revenues the companyexpects from its upcomingmovies, Gianchandani said, PVRpictures expects a 10% increasein its earnings in FY 12.

The company posted rev-enues of Rs 100 crore in FY 10and is expecting flat sales in

this fiscal. "The coming fiscal we plan

to consolidate our business.We will do lesser films but bigticket and quality projects," headded.

On new movies, he said, thecompany has started produc-tion of its movies for the com-ing fiscal. The next movie isRakesh Omprakash Mehra-di-rected 'Teen thhey Bhai' slatedfor release in April 15.

It has also signed EmraanHashmi and Abhay Deol for afilm called 'Shanghai' to be di-rected by Dibakar Baneerjee.The movie will be released inOctober.

The third movie is an unti-tled one to be made by AnilKapoor. All the movies arebeing made on a budget ofunder Rs 30 crore, Gianchan-dani added.

PVR to invest around Rs 100-125 cr in FY 12

Mirae Assetlaunches

iPhone AppsPTI

MUMBAI, JAN 13

Mirae Asset Financial Grouptoday launched an 'EmergingMarket Experts' iPhone applica-tion that will provide contentand information focused onemerging markets.

The application will allow itsusers to benefit from highly de-veloped capabilities of theiPhone and iPod touch user in-terface to access information.

The iPhone application syncsvia Wi-Fi or the user's cellularnetwork and downloads thelatest contents directly to thedevice, giving readers access toup to the minute content bothoffline and in air plane mode.

"This application will serveas a window for Indian in-vestors to gain insights intoemerging markets through ac-cess to credible information ona real time basis," Mirae AssetGlobal Investments (India) CEOArindam Ghosh said.

BoB on Fininclusion

drive in BiharPTI

PATNA, JAN 13

The Bank of Baroda (BOB) willprovide banking facilities to451 villages in Bihar by March2012 under a financial inclu-sion scheme.

"Our bank will take bankingfacilities to the doorsteps of451 villagers by March 2012,the bank's Executive Director(ED) N S Srinath said heretoday.

Srinath told reporters thatthe public sector bank hashired the services of a serviceprovider, Hindustan ComputersLtd, to provide banking facili-ties to targeted villagers underthe financial inclusion scheme.

The BOB has been entrustedwith providing banking facili-ties to 2800 villagers across thecountry under the scheme, hesaid.

Referring to financial activi-ties of the BOB in Bihar, he saidthat it has 103 branches in thestate till date and another 10will come up by March 2011.

The bank stood fourthamong all banks to have 100 ormore branches in the state.

Srinath said that BOB willseek to attract new customersnot only for deposits, but alsofor availing credit facilities forindividuals, students and busi-ness activities.

The BOB also has 22 ATMunits functioning in the stateand 10-15 more would be setup by March 2011.

Srinath said that the bankhas been positively contribut-ing to the economic activties inthe agriculture-dominant stateand implementation the annualcredit plan of state govern-ments.

Referring to the economicprospects of Bihar in terms ofexpansion of banking activities,the BOB official said that thebanks' deposit and creditgrowth would witness a quan-tum leap once industrial activi-ties took off in the state.

L&T exportsfirst nukeequipment

PTI MUMBAI, JAN 13

Engineering major Larsen andToubro today said it has deliv-ered its first four Dry ShieldedCanisters for Transnuclear, aUS-based nuclear power oper-ator.

"These Canisters form a partof orders for 50 such units forthree leading American nuclearpower plant operators, to bemanufactured in accordancewith the US Code of FederalRegulations and Nuclear SafetyClass 1 standards," the com-pany said in a statement.

"This marks an internationalrecognition of our capabilitiesand also the first steps in par-ticipating in the potentiallylarge global nuclear equipmentmarket," L and T Board Memberand President (Heavy Engineer-ing) M V Kotwal said.

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MUMBAI, JAN 12

Shrugging off low industrial production numbers, stock marketstoday made a smart comeback after falling for 6 straight sessions,as the BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 338 points on value buying,amid strong cues from global peers.

However, the Bombay Stock Exchange bellwether index, Sen-sex, showed a highly volatile movement and swung in the rangeof over 526 points, before settling at 19,534.10, up 337.76 pointsor 1.76 per cent from the previous close.

The NSE's wide-based Nifty also went up by 109.15 points or1.90 per cent to settle at 5,863.25. Experts said that bargainhunting at lower levels helped the key indices recover.

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MF FUNDA

IDFC MUTUAL FUND has announced the revision of exit loadstructure for IDFC Nifty Fund with effect from January 14, 2011.

Accordingly, the exit load for all investment including SIP/MicroSIP/STP shall be 1% of the applicable NAV if redeemed / switchedout within seven days from the date of allotment.

IDFC to issue 2nd tranche oftax-saving infra bonds

PANJIM (HBD) -- Infrastructure Development Finance CompanyLimited has announced a public issue of its second tranche of se-cured, redeemable, long term infrastructure bonds having tax ben-efits under Section 80 CCF of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for anamount not exceeding Rs 2,928.96 crore.

The Tranche 2 Bonds will be issued on the terms set out in theprospectus filed by IDFC with the Registrar of Companies (RoC),Tamil Nadu. The issue proceeds are proposed to be used for thecompany’s infrastructure lending activities.

IDFC has the authority to raise up to Rs 3,400 crore in one ormore tranches during fiscal 2011. It has already raised Rs 471crore in the first tranche of bonds issued on the terms set out inProspectus – Tranche 1 in November, 2010.

The issue will open for subscription from Monday, January 17,2011 and will close on Friday February 4, 2011, or on such earlierdate or extended date, as may be decided by the board subjectto necessary approvals.

The Tranche 2 Bonds, with a maturity of ten years, will be is-sued in two series: Series-1 - Carry a 8% coupon, payable annuallyand Series-2 - Cumulative option, 8% coupon, compounded annu-ally

The bonds will be issued in both dematerialised and physical(paper) forms as SEBI has allowed the Company to issue the bondsin physical form and therefore it is not necessary for potential in-vestors to have demat accounts.

USGICL’s health insurancefor Allahabad Bank clients

PANJIM (HBD) -- Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Ltd(USGICL) has introduced a new health insurance scheme named‘Sampoorna Swasthya Kavach’ designed for the customers of theirjoint venture partner Allahabad Bank.

The scheme was launched by J P Dua, CMD, Allahabad Bank andO N Singh, executive chairman, USGICL jointly in a function heldat Mumbai, in presence of D Sarkar and M R Nayak, executive di-rectors, Allahabad Bank amongst others.

Allahabad Bank entered into a corporate agency arrangementwith Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Ltd (USGICL)on November 8, 2008 and is presently distributing Non-Life (Gen-eral) Insurance products to the customers of the bank to act asthe ‘One Stop Shop’ to meet the financial requirements of its Cus-tomers. Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Ltd is ajoint venture company, partly owned by Allahabad Bank.

Sampoorna Swasthya Kavach will be available to the savingsbank, current account, recurring deposit account and term de-posit account holders of Allahabad Bank including NRIs for treat-ment in hospitals in India by paying annual premium.

The policy has been specially designed to take care of spirallingmedical cost and is available for treatment right from the consul-tation to hospitalisation stage including post hospitalisation ex-penses.

The facility will be available on cashless basis in over 5000 hos-pitals of the country through hassle-free transaction in the eventof medical contingency in the family of the customers. The mini-mum and maximum policy amount is 1 lakh and 5 lakh. The pre-mium paid is exempted under Section 80D of Income Tax Act. EMeditek Health Care Services Pvt Ltd will act as the third partyadministrator (TPA) for the health insurance scheme. This uniqueHealth Insurance facility will be available to the customersthrough over 2400 branches of Allahabad Bank pan India.

TALK BUSINESS

PTI NEW DELHI, JAN 13

The Reserve Bank of India should hike short-term rates in its policy review later this monthin order to contain inflation, a former RBI officialsaid today.

"RBI should hike policy rates if they have tocurtail inflation," K L Khetarpaul, former execu-tive director of the RBI, said while releasing hisbook ''Indian Financial System- Evolution andOutlook'' here.

The former RBI official stressed on the needfor the central bank and the government towork together to contain price rise, especiallyfood inflation.

He also said that the government needs to

curtail the fiscal deficit and bridge the demand-supply gap to rein in price rise.

The RBI is widely expected to raise short-term lending and borrowing rates -- repo andreverse repo -- in its policy review on January25 to ease inflation, particularly food infla-tion.

Food inflation moderated but was still at ele-vated level of over 16 per cent for the weekended January 1.

"Indian Financial System-Evolution andOutlook has been written with the intentto demystify the complexities prevalent inthe financial system of India," Khetarpaul,who has served for more than 37 years atRBI, said.

RBI should hike policyrates, says ex-official


Onion prices will come downto Rs 25 a kg in the nationalcapital in the next 10-15 daysfollowing a supply boost from

Nafed confident onionprices will fall to Rs 25/kg

Pakistan and increased arrivalsfrom Maharashtra, Nafed Chair-man Bijendra Singh said today.

"Prices of onion would comedown to a comfortable level ofRs 25 a kg in the next 10 to 15days," Singh said after flaggingoff 15 mobile vans which willsell onions at a subsidised rateof Rs 35 a kg in different partsof the state.

"If it does not happen youcan question me," the Nafedchief told mediapersons.

He said Delhi is all set to re-ceive additional quantity ofonion from Pakistan soon, be-sides arrival from Maharashtra,the feeder state, would beboosted after harvest of kharifcrop.

"Over 300 tonnes of onionfrom Pakistan is expected toland at Mundra port in Gujarattomorrow from where it willcome to Delhi soon," Singhsaid, adding more quantitywould arrive from across theborder subsequently.

He said wholesale prices ofthe kitchen staple has shown adecline by up to 20 per cent inthe main producing regions ofLasalgaon and Pimpalgaon(both in Nashik district of Ma-harashtra) in last 3-4 days.

Agri cooperative Nafed haspressed into services mobilevans, the number of which willsoon be increased to 100 from15 now. Also, each van willcarry 2,000 kg of onion, upfrom 500 kgs. Singh said thisservice would continue tillrates come down to a comfort-able level.

The mobile vans are in addi-tion to the five Nafed outlets inDelhi which also sell onion atRs 35/kg.

One person can buy notmore than two kg of onionfrom the vans (as also in theNafed outlets) in a day, headded.

Retail prices of onion are rul-ing over Rs 60/kg in the capital.

On the first day, each mobileoutlets will sell 500 kg ofonions in colonies like Rohini-Ranibagh, Raja Garden-KirtiNagar, Janakpuri-Dwarka, ITO-Vidhana Sabha, Mayur Vihar-Samachar Apartments, MotiBagh-R K Puram, INA-KidwaiNagar and CGO Complex inDelhi. It would go to differentregions particularly those in-habited by poor each day.

The Centre has agreed tocompensate 30 per cent oflosses that NAFED would sufferin selling onion at cheaperrates.

Anandan tolead Google

IndiaPANJIM (HBD) -- Rajan Anandanhas been appointed as VP ofIndia sales and operations atGoogle India.

Rajan brings to Google Indiaan impressive pedigree of hi-tech and leadership expertise,as well as degrees from Stan-ford and MIT. His 18-year ca-reer includes key roles atMicrosoft, Dell and McKinsey &Company.

Most recently Rajan was MDof Microsoft India, responsiblefor all aspects of Microsoft’ssoftware, OEM and servicesbusiness in India.

A woman sits near onion bags at a wholesale market in Hyderabad, on Thursday. Onion price in India reached Rs 80-85in December 2010, and are currently around Rs 70 a kilo, way above the normal retail price of Rs 20-25.

PTIMUMBAI, JAN 13

Indian Hotels Company thatowns the Taj brand of luxuryhotels, today said it will open43 new properties in the nextfour years.

"We have a project pipelineof 43 properties across ourbrands. Timeline for the sameis 36-48 months," MD and chiefexecutive of the company Ray-mond Bickson told reporterson the sidelines of an interna-tional summit organised by theHotel Investment Forum Indiahere today.

These proposed 43 proper-ties will have 10,000 to 12,000rooms, he added.

On the location of the pro-

posed properties, he said, "themajority of these additions willbe within the country. We haveplanned growth for the Ginger,Gateway, Vivanta and Tajbrands. But outside the coun-try, it will be just with the Tajbrand."

The Tata Group companyowns and runs six brands ofhotels in the luxury, premium,mid-market and value seg-ments.

The Taj brand with its iconicproperty being the Taj Hoteland Palace in south Mumbai isthe flagship of the group; theresort and spa brand Taj Exot-ica; Taj Safaris are wildlifelodges; Vivanta by Taj come inthe premium hotels & resorts

Taj to open 43 new hotels in 4 yrssegment; The Gateway Hoteloperates the upscale/mid-mar-ket full service hotels and re-sorts and last is the economybrand Ginger.

Taj group has 66 hotels in 42locations across the countrywith an additional 16 interna-tional hotels in the Maldives,Malaysia, Australia, Britain, theUS, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Africaand the Middle East, accordingthe information posted on thecompany website.

Bickson further informed

that the company is chalkingout plans to add 1200 to 2,000rooms this year across theworld.

On the occupancy, he said,the hotels have seen 15-20 percent rise in occupancy in thequarter ended December,adding average rentals havereached the pre-crisis levels.

On the plans to hive-off itsoverseas properties and bringthem under one single entity,Bickson said, the plan wouldtake a few years.


BlackBerry today said it hasprovided a solution for legallyintercepting messenger and In-ternet and email services, butdenied such access on Black-Berry Enterprise Server, sayingthe company has "no ability toprovide its customers' encryp-tion key."

"The company has now de-livered a solution that enablesIndia's wireless carriers to ad-dress their lawful access re-quirements for our consumermessaging services, which in-cludes BlackBerry Messenger(BBM) and BlackBerry InternetServices (BIS) e-mail," Black-Berry maker Research-in-Mo-tion said in a statement.

However, the enablement oflawful access does not extendto BlackBerry Enterprise Server(BES), which is essentially anVirtual Private Network (VPN)solution.

"As we have stated on sev-eral occasions and as we haveset our company's Principlesfor Addressing Lawful AccessMatters, no change can bemade to the security architec-ture for BES customers since,

contrary to any rumors, the se-curity architecture is the samearound the world and RIM trulyhas no ability to provide itscustomers' encryption keys," itsaid.

RIM cannot access informa-tion encrypted through BESgiven that neither RIM nor thewireless operators are ever inpossession of the encryptionkeys, the company said.

Earlier, RIM had assured theGovernment that they will pro-vide final solution for the law-ful interception of BlackBerryMessenger services by January31, 2011. The company hadsaid that this was the under-standing that they were to putin place the system by Jan 31.

"We are pleased to have de-livered a solution well before amutually agreed milestonedate of January 31, 2011. Welook forward to continue serv-ing our Indian customers withindustry products and servicesthat deliver and unmatchedmobile communications expe-rience," the company added.

The lawful access capability,now available to RIM's carrierpartners (the service providerswho offer Blackberry services)

RIM denies access toenterprise mail

meets the standards requiredby the govt for all consumermessaging services offered inthe Indian market place.

Simply Grillsopens at

Goa Marriott PANJIM (HBD) -- Goa MarriottResort has opened a restaurantknown as Simply Grills. Accord-ing to the company release, thenew outdoor dining destina-tion in the hotel will serve siz-zling grills and barbequesbesides a range of freshseafood like snapper and lob-ster, meats like pork, tender-loin and German sausages oreven seasonal vegetables.

The a la carte menu will con-sist of Slow Baked Salmon,Grilled Lamb Rack along withan assortment of signature in-novations like Saltimbocca andChicken Scaloppini.

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Floodlit volleyballPANJIM (HSD) – Crown Club will organise their All-Goa Crown vol-leyball floodlit tournament on January 17 at St Cruz church groundat 7.45 p.m. The winners and runners-up will take home Rs 10,000and Rs 8,000 respectively. Details may be obtained from FortunatoBraganza on 9422453284, NIS coach Ladislau Gonsalves on9420141551, Jose Dias on 9822136447 or Felix Fernandes on9823353553.

Referees training at Duler PANJIM (HSD) – The North Goa referees and match commissionershave been asked to attend the morning physical training sessionon January 16 at GFA Stadium, Duler at 7 a.m. The chairman anddeputy chairman of GFA Referees’ and Assistant Referees’ Committeetogether with zonal secretaries of Bardez and Ilhas will also be at-tending the training. The third annual fitness test for referees willbe on February 20 at PJN Stadium, Fatorda at 7 a.m.

Tennis ball cricket trialsPANJIM (HSD) – The Goa Tennis Ball Cricket Association will conductselection trials on January 15 at 2.30 p.m. at SAG tennis ball cricketground, Campal to select Goa State senior men and women teamsfor the Senior Inter-Zonal Tennis Ball Cricket Championships inChennai from January 27 to 29.

Players may report to Haresh Parsekar or Hemant Khot with kit(white T-shirt, black track pant, sports shoes and tennis bat).

Varsity handball trials PANJIM (HSD) – The Goa University will conduct handball selection

trials on January 14 at 3 p.m. at Fatorda to select the Universityhandball team to participate at Inter-University Handball Champi-onship organised by Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada Uni-versity, Nanded. Students from colleges affiliated to Goa Universitymay report to Sudhakar Naik at the venue alongwith collegeidentity card and kit.

Don Bosco High School, Panjim winners of DSYA U-17 boys Tiswadi Taluka football tournament alongwith Victoria Fernandes, (MLA St Cruz), Fr Domnic Fernandes (Don Boscoprincipal), Fr Andrew Fernandes (Fr Agnel principal), Sanjay Shirodkar (Taluka sports organiser) and Clifford Chukuwuma (Sesa FA coach).

HERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM, JAN 13

Cuncolim United HSS and Bhu-mika HSS, Parye Sattari won theState level HSS kabaddi tourna-ment in the boys and girls cat-egory respectively organised byDSYA at Campal.

In the boys finals, Cuncolimdefeated Bhumika HSS by 13points (35-22) while in the girlsfinals, Bhumika HSS beat CarmelHSS, Nuvem by 7 points (52-45).

Laxmi Majik of Bhumika HSSstole the limelight with her

super riding and catching skill.Divakar Kotkar, DSYA APEO

was the chief guest and gaveaway the prizes in the presenceof Yogesh A Parab, State sportsorganiser, Caitan Clement, sen-ior kho-kho and kabaddi coach,Sanket Naik, PE teacher of Cun-

colim HSS and Sidheshwar Naik,PE teacher of Bhumika HSS. Theofficials for the finals wereSuryakant Wadkar, SAI kabaddicoach, Narcinv Prabhu, ManualFernandes and Ajit Ssamant,senior kabaddi officials fromGKA.

Cuncolim United, Bhumika top

Cuncolim United HSS

Bhumika HSS

Holy Rosary Convent HS, Nuvem, winners of U-17 boys handball Salcete Taluka level. They defeated Rosary HS, Navelim 17-15. Alvito D'Costa(8 goals) and Standly Barretto (4 goals) were the main scorers for Holy Rosary. Standing (l - r): Suraj Pawar, Selvin Barretto, Joel Colaco, ReganFernandes, Rajesh Vimal, Alvito D'Costa, Royston Goes, Standly Barreto and Shubham Salunke. Sitting (l to r): Sr Chrissie (manager), Sr Divyaand Selvin (PE sir). Squatting (l to r): Milton Barretto, Sylvester Colaco, Savio Velho, Nivio Colaco, Clevinton Rebello and Nikhil Sathe.

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER

MAPUSA, JAN 13

A splendid performance by Presadi Goa gave them victory, asthey defeated St Xavier’s Col-lege, Mapusa Team B 3-1 in thefinals of First All-Goa V M Sal-gaocar College soccer tourna-ment at Duler Stadium, here,on Sunday.

Francis, Gauresh and Agnelofound the target for Presa whileAshley punted in a consolationgoal for St Xaiver’s Team B.

Earlier in the afternoon, StXavier’s Team B defeated StXavier’s Team A via the tie-breaker in the first semi-finalsafter the match ended goal-less.

In the second semi-finals,Presa di Goa overcame CJ Broth-ers, Valpoi 2-1.

The 7-a-side 3-day tourna-ment had a unique twist to it,as college teams played on thefirst day while clubs battled onthe second day. The winners col-leges and clubs met in the fi-nals.

A girl’s exhibition match be-tween St Xavier’s girls and GFAgirls was also held.

Advocate Valanka Alemao wasthe chief guest. “I truly believe

Presa di Goa triumph

football is a part of Goa’s identityand it is a shame that cricket ispopular in the rest of the coun-try. It is pleasing to see so manyyoungsters taking part especiallyin the girl’s team,” remarked

Valanka.Guest of honour, GFA vice-

president Lavinio Rebellothanked the organisers for work-ing hard to promote football atthe college level.

The other dignitaries presentwere Duler stadium manager,Jerome Fernandes and sportsdirector of VM Salgaocar Col-lege, Mira Mar, Prof S A Man-drekar.

Presa di Goa with GFA vice-president Lavinio Rebello (Anjuna Sarpanch) and other officials.

CES Cuncolimwin varsity

kho-khoHERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM, JAN 13

CES College, Cuncolim won theInter-College Kho Kho (men)Championship organised by GoaUniversity at University ground,Ta le igao defeat ing ShreeMallikarjun, Canacona by sixpoints. CES led 15-5 at the endof the first innings.

Savio Leitao, PE director ofShree Mallikarjun College wasthe chief guest and gave awaythe prizes to the winners.

CES College, Cuncolim winners of Inter-College Kho Kho (men) Championship organised by Goa Universityat University ground, Taleigao.

St Clara High School boys winners of DSYA U-17 handball alongwith Sr Margaret D’Sousa, principal andRaj Gawas, PE teacher.

Anurag emergesSt Cruz Open

champion

HERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM, JAN 13

Anurag Mhamal won the All-Goaopen chess tournament organ-ised by Alto Santa Cruz Resi-den t s As soc i a t ion i ncollaboration with the GoaChess Association at ShantaDurga Temple, Santa Cruz onJanuary 8 and 9.

In all 130 participated includ-ing 30 rated players. VictoriaFernandes, MLA Santa Cruz wasthe chief guest while Rosy Fer-nandes, sarpanch Santa Cruzwas the guest of honour. Alsopresent were Sarvanad Shirod-kar, president, ASCRA, Tom Fer-nandes, secretary ASCRA, SwatiNaik, Lavina Abreu and ArvindMhamal, secretary GCA.

Shirodkar pointed out thatGoa’s rising stars of chess needsupport from the Governmentas well as private companies.Victoria Fernandes promised tobring this to the notice of theGovernment.

Cash prizes and trophies weregiven to the winners.

Results: Anurag Mhamal (8points), Ritviz Parab (7.5),Rishubh Naik, Cruz Wilson, Vas-ant Naik, Sawaikar Shubham,Pawse Kapil, Belurkar Suyan (7points each), Ahuja Rohan, Sari-palli Niraj, Prasanna Swamy, BhatAnirudh. (6.5 points each).

U-7: Viraj Porob, SravanSuresh and Thorat Sanjay.

U-9: Zantye Riddhi, SahilShetty and M Barath.

U-11: Prabhudesai Anant andThorat Aishwarya.

U-13: Savant Riya and Bra-ganza Shane.

Consolation prizes: YeshiteshShirodkar and M Harikrishnan.

Shikha to leadPANJIM (HSD) -- Shikha Pandeywill captain the women’s teamfor the Senior South Zonewomen T-20 tournament in Hy-derabad.

The team: Shikha Pandey (cap-tain), Salma Divkar, Dipti Parab,Suananda Yatrekar, Crista Sousa,Santoshi Rane, Marlene Colaco,Nikita Malik, Rupali Chavan,Resha Rawal, Teena Volvoikar,Freeda Pereira, Bharati Gaonkarand Shilpa Gawas.

Colin Rodrigues (coach),Denny Pereira (physio) andKishori Haldankar (manager) willaccompany the team.


MARGAO, JAN 13

The home match against Salgao-car Sports Club will continue torankle coach Vincent Subraman-ian for sometime now as theywere unbeaten and had a decentperformance that evaporatedthat night. Churchill Brotherssuddenly found themselves inthe third place behind East Ben-gal and Salgaocar a day beforethey take on Bangalore’s HAL intheir ninth round match of AIFF’s4th I-League at Nehru Stadium,Fatorda on Friday at 3.45 p.m.

It is certain that ChurchillBrothers will be without theservices of scoring Nigerian ma-chine Odafe Okolie, who is yetto recover from the thigh injurysuffered against Salgaocar intheir previous match.

Churchill coach Vincent iskeen to exploit the home con-ditions and play for a win. “Weknow the ground much betterthan the opposition. Keepingthat in mind we have to try andoutsmart them and play for awin,” he said.

“The three points are verycrucial as it will take our tallyto 16 points and help us staycloser to table-topper East Ben-gal,” Subramanian stated.

At the end of practice sessionat Cuncolim ground, on Thurs-day evening, Subramanian wasquite satisfied. “We are confi-dent of notching a win and mov-ing up but HAL is not a teamthat can be taken lightly sincethey fight well,” mentioned Sub-ramanian.

The absence of striker Odafe

SPORTSPg12GOA, Friday, 14 January, 2011

TODAY’S FIXTURESChurchill v. HAL Chirag v. E Bengal ONGC v.Viva Kerala

I-League: Churchill bros v.HAL, Bangalore, Nehru Stadium,Fatorda-Margao, 3.45 p.m.

GFA Second Division: MainaSC v. St Cruz Society of Poita-mado, Cuncolim ground; WilredLe i su re SC v. Cu r to r imGymkhana, Curtorim ground.Kick off 4 p.m.

GFA First Division: Salcete FCv. Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim,Raia ground, 4 p.m.

All-Goa Romeo memorial soc-cer: St Savio SC, Calangute v.Pilerne SC, St Cruz ground, 4.30p.m.

5th Reira Cup soccer: San-golda Lightning v. Sirsaim TivimSC, Saligao Sporting ground,4.45 p.m.

Assolna Seamen cup quarter-finals: St Anthony, Colva v. Sali-gao Uni ted , GPS ground,Assolna, 4.30 p.m.

Chandor Seamen soccer: Chi-ca l im Youth C lub v. SSC ,Loutolim, Chandor ground, 4.30p.m.

Churchill play HAL sans Odafe

will somewhat prove to be animpediment to Churchill Brothers.But on the brighter side, youngDurga Boro or Binesh Balan haverisen to the call of coach Subra-manian. Either will partner NewZealand’s Kayne Vincent upfront.Lenny Rodrigues, Israil Gurung,Zakeer M and Charan Rai willcomplete the midfield. The backfour will see Rowilson Rodrigues,Denzil Franco, Y Raju and RobertL holding the fort.

HAL coach Z Thyagraj wasconfident that his boys wouldgo all out for a win to add the

maximum possible points to theeight they currently hold. “Theboys have played most of theirmatches well but poor referee-ing in the last two matches haverobbed us valuable points,” saidThyagraj. Now the team is keento turn a new leaf and get itsfinishing together.

“It’s sure Churchill’s coachwill motivate his team and en-sure they come out hard at us.Churchill Brothers is always adangerous side when playing athome,” Thyagraz concluded.

Midfielder James Singh con-tinues to be sidelined due to in-jury. HAL strike force will consistof veteran striker, R C Prakash,Nigerian A Fenni, Xavier Kumarand Asian origin Rohit Sen willsurely fancy their chancesagainst them.

HERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM, JAN 13

Goa’s 1st National Poomsaeteam claimed six gold, two sil-ver and four bronze medals on

the opening day of the 1st Na-tional Inter-Zone TaekwondoChampionship in Bangaloretoday.

Gold medal winners: Angela

Naik, Carlos Lourenco, Eliza-beth Luis, Tanvi Nadkarni, LyshaFernandes and Sanida Fernan-des.

Silver medals - Sneha Naik

and P. Srawana Kumar. Bronze medals were bagged

by Vijeta Kalkal, Marolif Fernan-des, Sandeep Reswal, DishaKerkar.

Goa kicks off with 6 gold in poomsae

Aishwaryawins double

crownunder-19 tennis

HERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM, JAN 13

Aishwarya Nunes of Panjim beatSimran Khan from Margao in theladies and girls (under 19) tennisevents at Panjim Gymkhana or-ganised by Goa State Tennis As-sociation.

Results (ladies): In the semis,Simran Khan beat Shreya Shetty9-0 while Aishwarya Nunes beatRaisa Menezes 8-2.

Under 19 girls: In the semi-finals, Aishwarya beat ShreyaShetty 9-0 and Simran Khan beatMegha Kalokhe 9-3.

In the men's singles, SteveGomes beat Christian Cummings9-5. Stan Pereira defeatedSameer Kakodkar 9-6. RajuKundaikar beat Mauvin Baptista9-0. Sachin Dukle beat BijuMethews 9-4. Sanil Shirwaikarbeat Ameet Suktankar 9-6 andGlen D'Silva beat Siddarth Nunes9-6.

In the men's doubles, BijuMethew and partner beat SanilShirwaikar and Partner 9-5.

Kevin Rebelo and partner beatBiju Methew and partner 9-2while Sameer Kakodkar andpartner beat Milind Kamat andpartner 9-3.

DBO edgepast

Ambelimromeo soccer

HERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM, JAN 13

Don Bosco Oratory, Fatordascraped out a narrow 1-0 winover Ambelim SC to move intothe second round of All-GoaRomeo memorial football tour-nament at Santa Cruz groundon Thursday.

The first half saw DBO dom-inating and going into the leadin the 4th minute off a free kickby Rozer Azavedo, which hit theinside of the bar and enteredthe net.

DBO should have swelled thelead in the second half, but onone occasion the Ambelimkeeper fisted away a goalboundshot and then another try by aDBO forward missed the markby a whisker.

Pg 13SPORTSGOA, Friday, 14 January, 2011

St Joseph HS, Nagoa, Verna, winners of 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in SQAY at 56th National School Games. Sitting (l to r): KashinathNaik (general secretary, SQAY Association of Goa), Sr Clarina Gonsalves (principal) and Sadashiv Joshi (team manager). Squatting (l to r):Dolly Alphonso, Supriya Kamble, Sunanda Velip and Famila Fernandes.

HERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM, JAN 13

ITI Margao got the better of ITICanacona 6-0 on the fourth dayof XIth All-Goa inter-ITI (SouthZone) sports competition onThursday.

In football, ITI, Margao routedITI, Canacona 6-0. ITI, Margaowill now meet ITI, Vasco to de-cide the South Zonal champs.

In the first semi-finals, ITI,Vasco beat ITI, Cacora 4-2 via

the tie-breaker after no scoreat the end of regulation time.

In the second semi-finals, ITI,Margao thumped ITI, Canacona6-0. For ITI, Margao, MayurKhandepar and Ajay Staerkarnetted a brace each while Thom-son Quadros and Selvy D’Silvascored one each.

In cricket, ITI, Vasco enteredthe zonal finals thrashing ITI,Farmagudi in the cricket finalsby 6 wickets. Batting first, ITI

Farmagudi scored 58/10 in 10overs. ITI, Vasco completed thetask in just 9.1 overs losing only4 wickets (63/4). Navin Naik wasthe star for ITI, Vasco battinglineup, with his brilliance knockof 27.

In tennikoit, ITI, Canaconareached the single’s Zonal fi-nals.

ITI, Canacona defeated ITI,Cacora. Pratisha Velip of ITI,Canacona beat Aswini Shirodkar

in straight sets in a close en-counter 21-12, 21-18 in the ten-nikoit singles (girls) held at SAGsports complex, Fatorda onTuesday.

ITI, Canacona also enteredthe zonal finals (doubles).

Aswini Shirodkar alongwithSeema Naik of ITI, Cacora laterovercame the challenge ofPratisha Velip and Viniksha Veliprepresenting ITI Canacona towin the doubles title.

ITI Margao, Vasco move into finalsHERALD SPORTS REPORTER

PANJIM, JAN 13

The 6th round of Amaron ProRacing for students in Goa willbe held on Saturday and Sundayat Go-A-Karting, Nuvem. In all,nearly 5000 students have beenregistered and only about 300could be the lucky ones.

The winner will get a schol-arship of Rs 10 lakh while thetop six will get a chance to par-ticipate in the finals to be heldin Hyderabad.

Addressing a press confer-ence, Mackinlay Barreto, Head,Motor Sports, Amaron Pro Rac-ing said the Amaron KartingChallenge is the only talent huntin India that scouts and

discovers talent at the grass-root level and the season threewill span across seven Statesand nine cities namely Kolhapur,Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Chen-nai, Goa, Mumbai, Delhi, Chandi-garh and Hyderabad making itIndia's biggest racing extrava-ganza.

"The Amaron Karting Chal-lenge’s winner will get an op-portunity to move to the RotaxMax Karting Championship andthe National formula racing se-ries in India and further be fos-tered by Amaron Pro Racing tograduate to international level,"Barreto said.

The challenged is targeted atstudents between 12 and 16years from Sharada Mandir, Peo-ple’s, Panjim, Don Bosco and 27other schools, there being noentry fee.

The top six finishers of theGoa royund will be selectred forethe finals of Amaron KartinChellenge Season 3. The organ-izers will also provide s[pecialsupport for those above 16 withan opportunity to race in VWPolo Cup 2011.

Christopher Moraes of Go-A-Karting Nuvem was ecstaticthat the event was being heldin the State and that the 400-m track had all the safetymeasures in place for hostingIndia’s biggest karting chal-lenge.

The organisers claimed theparticipation of female driverswas on the rise in India. Barretosaid the target for the challengeis to reach to 1.5 lakh schoolchildren worldwide and addedthat there was a spurt in the

Amaron karting challenge at Nuvem today

Armaan Ebrahim, Smaron Pro Racing Brand Ambassdor F2 Driver and GP 2 Racer, Mackenly Barreto,head, Amaron Pro Racing and Christopher Moraes of Go_A-Karting Nuvem at the media briefing at HotelFidalgo, Panjim, Thursday. Photo: Rozario Estibeironumber of girls participating inracing events.

“It is certainly a good sign, itshows that racing as a sport isslowly gaining acceptability in

India,” said Barreto.“We had 20 girls participating

in the rounds which were heldin Bengalaru recently. In Coim-batore, the second position was

won by a girl named Subhiksha.As time goes they will do evenbetter. We are looking for moreparticipation from women ingo-karting,” he said.

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MAPUSA, JAN 13

ITC Bicholim stormed into thefinal, after defeating ITC Sesaby 9 wickets in the 11th Northzone Inter-ITI cricket tourna-ment at Peddem complex onThursday.

ITI Sesa scored 68 runs inthe allotted 10 overs. In reply,Bicholim scored the requiredruns.

In the second semi-finals, ITIMapusa overcame ITI Panjim bya narrow 3 runs win. ITI Panjimhit 64 runs while ITI Mapusa put67 onto the score board.

In the quarter-finals, ITI Ma-pusa scored 104 runs to defeatITC Monfort by 43 runs.

ITC Bicholim will take on ITIMapusa in the finals on Fridayat 9.30 a.m. at Peddem com-plex.

Bicholim down Sesa,qualify for ITI finals

HERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM, JAN 13

Riya Sawant secured her FIDErating after winning an individ-ual silver medal at Asian YouthChess Championship in Beijingin July 2010.

Riya is the brand ambassadorof Geno Pharmaceuticals (Ma-pusa). She is a Std V student ofSt Mary HS, Mapusa.

She is being coached byPrasanna Swamy, Shivaswamyand Raghunanadan Gokhale.

Riya will now participate in

the open chess championshipfrom January 15 to 20 in Kandy,Sri Lanka.

Riya secures FIDE rating

AGENCIES

NEW DELHI, JAN 13

The Indian National team coachBob Houghton had strong wordsfor the All India Football Feder-ation (AIFF) as he used the ex-ample of Renedy Singh topresent the case of the State of

affairs in the country."I've got a group of players

here. Look at Renedy; he hasplayed for many years in India,is a very good footballer and hehas got to where he is despiteplaying in a country with no in-frastructure, no developmentprogrammes and very poorcoaches. He has got here usingwhat was at his disposal.”

"When he was playing for theunder-19s and he played againstJapan, the teams couldn’t be dif-ferentiated. But five years laterwhen he played them, the differ-ence was huge. Of course, that’sgot to do with the quality of theJ-League and the facilities inJapan. And in India, players likeRenedy have been let down bytheir federation (AIFF),” saidHoughton.

On being asked as to what’sbeyond the Asian Cup 2011 forTeam India, Houghton hopedthat the change of seat at theAIFF could pay dividends for thelong term future of the game inthe country.

“We hope that the Asian Cupwill be a watershed for Indianfootball. We have a new presi-dent, a new general secretaryand new sponsors on board.”

“We want to get ourselvesback in the mental frame andachieve so that people sit upand watch back home.”

“It’s great to be on the con-tinental level. While a lot of peo-ple are watching it here showsthat if we can make footballgood in India, we can get peo-ple’s interest,” said the experi-enced coach.

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DOHA, JAN 13

After the spirited show againstformidable Australia, India wouldhope to make an impact in theAsian Cup football tournamentwhen they take on Bahrain intheir second group match heretomorrow at 9.45 p.m.

Following a troubled build-upto the tournament which sawthe team suffer heavy defeats ininternational friendlies, the 0-4result against the world number26 was comparatively betterthen what many had expected.

Bahrain are the least fanciedamong India's opponents inGroup C, though they are rankedseventh in Asia and 93rd in FIFAcharts, and missed out on the2010 World Cup in play-off.

The match against Bahrain at

the Al Saad Stadium tomorrowwould be a great opportunityfor India to make their presencefelt in the continental showpieceevent despite talismanic skipperBhaichung Bhutia's absence,who is recovering from a calfmuscle injury.

Bhutia, who consultedthe Australian team doctoron his injury a few daysback, is expected to playa part in India's third groupmatch against SouthKorea on January 18.

Coach Bob Houghtonwill make some changesfrom the team that played againstAustralia in their opening match,to provide them rest for the matchagainst South Korea.

"We can't play three matcheswith the same set of boys, they

will get tired as you are runninga lot. So there will be somechanges. It will be a toughmatch. Bahrain are a strongteam, having missed the WorldCup in play-off, though theywere dominated by South Koreain the i r open ing match , "

Houghton said.Left-back Deepak

Mondal, who struggledto stop the crosses fromthe right by Brett Emer-ton in the first match,is likely to be replacedby Syed Rahim Nabiwho operated on the

wings against Australia.Senior player Renedy Singh,

who came in the second halfagainst Australia and who de-livered a couple of good crosses,is expected to take Nabi's left-

wing position tomorrow.Houghton is likely to continue

with Sunil Chhetri and Mo-hammed Rafi as strikers in thestarting line-up, with the lankyAbhishek Yadav coming in later.

Gouramangi Singh, Anwarand Surrkumar Singh are ex-pected to start at the back, whileCl imax Lawrence and N PPradeep will continue to manthe midfield. Steven Dias, whodid not have a very good gameagainst Australia, is also ex-pected to start at the right.

Bahrain, who left out fiveplayers who featured in the 2010World Cup play-off, would lookto score their first win havinglost to South Korea in theiropening match, and set up acrunch match against Australiafor a quarter-final berth.

India hope for better show

Players have been let down by AIFF: Bob

PTI

DURBAN, JAN 13

Chasing 290 on the bouncy Kingsmead track was alwaysgoing to be a tough task, said Indian skipper MahendraSingh Dhoni after the humiliating 135-run loss to SouthAfrica in the first ODI but insisted that the target wasgettable had the visitors not lost early wickets.

"We could have done better. When you are playingwith four bowlers, you are under a bit of pressure, thatif one of the bowler don't bowl well then you have tomake those overs with the part timers. Fortunately inthis game our part timers bowled really well and theybrought us back into the game," Dhoni told reportershere last night.

"But still chasing 290 runs was a stiff target especiallyon the Kingsmead track. If we would have got a goodstart then we could have fancied our chances," headded.

India lost four wickets for a mere 43 runs and Dhonisaid the poor start put a lot of pressure on the lowerhalf of the batting order.

"Playing well against quality fast bowlers on newwhite ball is going to be a huge challenge. This wickethad a bit of bounce but it was not that quick a wicket.We could have negotiated the first 8-10 overs and then

could have gone for runs."But we lost couple of wickets earlier on and then

again we lost few in the middle overs. That put pressureon our lower middle order," he said.

Asked whether going in with six batsmen was a gam-ble that didn't pay off, Dhoni said, "we picked Rohitkeeping in mind the Kingsmead wicket. He played rea-sonably well...got bad decision but it is just part andparcel of the game.”

"He bowled and fielded well too. So you can alwaysdebate about whether to go in with 6 specialised battersor 5 specialised bowlers," he added. Dhoni also defendedthe inclusion of Ashish Nehra in the squad despite thepacer being short of match practice.

"Honestly speaking these are the four-five fast bowlerswe have got. We do not have many options to playwith. So we have to back them to do well. Whetherthey are in match practice or not what is important isthat we take care of these bowlers and they should goin the World Cup without any injuries," he explained.

Despite the heavy loss, Dhoni said the Indians willbounce back in the five-match series, the second gameof which is on Saturday.

Bad startwrecked chances:

Dhoni

PTI

DOHA, JAN 13

Asian Football Confederation President Mo-hammed bin Hammam today said India'sparticipation in the Asian Cup after a gapof 27 years could see the country takingthe first step towards the glory days of thepast when they were continental leaders.

India are taking part in the Asian Cup forthe first time after 1984 and Bin Hammamforsees the country becoming a strong sidein future tournaments.

"I am happy for India to play in Asian Cupafter so many years, after long disappear-ance. I welcome them. The national asso-ciation, the players and fans in India mustbe feeling excited that their team is playingin the Asian Cup. I do believe it is the startof the wake up call for India by all meansand from here on they should move ahead,"Bin Hammam told PTI in an interview.

"India started football in Asia with the

first official match being played there in1854. In the recent past there has beenstrong development of football in Asia ex-cept for India.

Football in India has changed from 27years ago but many countries of the regionhad gone ahead of India and they have thechance to move forward now.

"In 1988, Japan played in the Asian Cupfor the first time when it was held here inQatar and they could not win a match andfailed to get past the group stage. But inthe next tournament in 1992, they werethe champions. I have a feeling that thesame can happen in the case of India. Thefederation and people of India want changein their football fortunes," said the Qatari,who was recently elected to his third four-year term as AFC chief.

"It is a myth," said Hammam, whenqueried about India lagging behind mainlydue to acute lack of infrastructure in thecountry.

Asked about his views on FIFA chief SeppBlatter's reported comments that India couldbe a potential candidate to host the WorldCup in 2026 or after, Bin Hammam said,"Every country has a right and ambition tohost big events like the World Cup. It isnot in our hands. It is entirely in India'shands and not an external wish."

"If India wants to host the World Cupthey will have to show in their bid that theyare capable and ready. It depends on thedetermination of India to take up the chal-lenge," he said.

The AFC chief, however, said India willhave to address the issues of lack of footballinfrastructure if it has to host big interna-tional events.

Asked if India should bid for 2019 AsianCup, Bin Hammam said, "India will have tobe ready and naturally infrastructure will

have to be developed in a way that it meetstoday's international football standards."

"Lot of things need to be done. Footballis not played in isolation. Countries playagainst each other and clubs in Asia havebecome very professional and we know thesethings are not in India. These are no secrets.

"People know what Qatar have, the sta-diums and the facilities which India do nothave. It is a myth (why this is happening inIndia). They will have to address these issues.It is entirely the Indians who will have todo this and fix it. The Indian Clubs will haveto be commercial entities if you want toprogress further," he said.

Asked if FIFA would continue to supportIndian football with projects like 'Win inIndia with India' started in 2008, Bin Ham-mam said, "Win Project moves from countryto country but the USD eight million FIFAgives is nothing. What will you do with it.This is just a small amount.”

"What is important is that there will haveto be mass participation in football and partof Indian football must be commercialisedand businessmen will see opportunity toenter to football. Commercialisation of In-dian football is a must and I am sure it willbe a success," he said.

Bin Hammam said those clubs which donot fulfill AFC licensing criteria -- with deadlinealready over on December 2010 -- would notbe allowed to take part in the next I-League.

"The AFC criteria apply to all clubs in allof Asia. It is not on Indian clubs only. Therules will apply. We want to transform partof India football into elite football, as in-ternational level football.

"But hardly 12 or 14 top clubs are therein a subcontinent like India. This I feel isjust a small drop in a vast ocean. Indianclubs need to take the lead in this develop-ment," Hamman said.

India must move ahead: Hammam

Tsotsobe cherishes

Sachin’s wicketPTI

DURBAN, JAN 13

South Africa's wrecker-in-chiefin the 135-run win over India,medium pacer Lonwabo Tsot-sobe, is on a high as one amonghis four victims was Sachin Ten-dulkar but he prefers not to talkabout it as he does not want to"anger" the batting icon.

"I got a big wicket (Sachin)and I am happy for that. I amnot going to predict anythingrelated to that as I don't wantto get that man angry," Tsotsobe,who was adjudged man of thematch yesterday, told reporters.

Meanwhile, Proteas skipperGraeme Smith lavished praiseon his batsmen for putting achallenging 289 on the board.

"I don't think it was a 300-plus wicket. Keeping in mindthe slow nature of the outfieldgetting to 289 was great effort.

Batting power playworked very well forus," he said.

PTI

NEW DELHI, JAN 13

The IPL of 2009 has come undersharp scrutiny of a ParliamentaryCommittee which has ques-tioned BCCI's decision to extendbank guarantees worth USD 13million to foreign players al-legedly without RBI nod, whichamounts to violation of the for-eign investment norms.

The BCCI top brass, includingPresident Shashank ManoharSecretary N Srinivasan and IPLCommissioner Chirayu Amin,were grilled by the Parliaman-tery Standing Committee on Fi-nance.

IPL III underscrutinyAhmed gets Qatar

party started Two first-half goals fromstriker Yusef Ahmed sentQatar on their way to a 2-0win over China as the hostnation finally joined theirown Asian Cup party onWednesday and begandreaming of a place in thequarter-finals. Qatar tookthe lead after 27 minutesof their second Group Agame when Ahmed scoredthe goal of the tourna-ment so far at the KhalifaStadium. Ahmed made it2-0 on the stroke of half-time.Blackpool beat Liverpool New manager KennyDalglish was again unableto deliver the Midas touchas Blackpool beat Liverpool2-1 at Bloomfield Road onWednesday to complete aremarkable Premier Leaguedouble over the 18-timeschampions. Fernando Tor-res scored the opener.Blackpool hit back nineminutes with Gary Taylor-Fletcher efforts. Bothsides missed chances butit was Blackpool who fi-nally found the targetafter 69 minutes from DJCampbell.Ipswich stun Arsenal Ipswich Town, thrashed 7-0in the FA Cup by Chelseathree days ago, produced amemorable display toshock Arsenal 1-0 in thefirst leg of their LeagueCup semi-final at PortmanRoad. Their performancemight not have matchedtheir FA Cup upset winover the Gunners in the1978 final but the Cham-pionship (second divi-sion) side, who sackedmanager Roy Keane lastweek, can dream of aWembley return thanksto a 78th-minute goal byHungary striker TamasPriskin.India drop to 144 in FIFA rankingsIndia dropped two places,to 144, in the latest FIFArankings, two days after adrubbing from Australia intheir opening Asian Cupmatch in Doha on Monday.The dip in the world rank-ings has also seen Indiadrop to 25th place in theAsian charts. The topthree places remain un-changed, with Worldchampions Spain leadingthe table, while Nether-lands and Germany aresecond and third respec-tively.Clijsters in Sydney final Kim Clijsters came througha major test of her earlyseason form to reach theSydney International finalwith a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 victoryover Alisa Kleybanova onThursday. In Friday's final,Clijsters will meet China'sLi Na, who continues tosuggest she might matchor even better last year'sbreakthrough at MelbournePark.

Presa di Goa triumphPg 11

AGENCIES

LUSANNE, JAN 13

The International OlympicCommit tee on Thursdaywarned India of a possible banfrom the Olympics unless it re-solves the spat over the coun-try's sports chiefs.

After a two-day meeting inLusanne, the IOC executiveboard said India will have totake care of a number of issues.

"Consequently if the situationdoes not evolve positively, theIOC executive board will con-sider taking appropriate meas-ures and actions which mightseriously affect the representa-tion and participation of India

at the Olympic Games and in-ternational sports events com-ing up," the IOC said in astatement.

The International Olympicbody insisted that the Indiangovernment had agreed at ameeting in Lausanne last yearto adopt a jointly drafted con-stitution while it will respect theautonomy of the Indian OlympicAssociation and the national fed-erations affiliated under it.

IOC warns India of ban

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