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FromlApri 10th

2011

TeaM Herald

Margao, April 29: With the

Forum for Rights of Children’s

Education flexing its muscle

over including English as the

medium of instruction and a

section of Congress heavy-

weights also supporting it,

Chief Minister Digambar

Kamat has knocked the doors

of the party High Command

to help work out a solution to

the medium imbroglio.

In fact, Kamat told Herald on

Friday that he has requested

the Congress High Com-

mand to depute an emissary

to the State in view of the

raging controversy.

At the same time, the Chief

Minister admitted that some

officials are trying to work out

a formula, but hastened to

add that he has no role to

play in the exercise.

“Frankly speaking, I have

nothing to do with any exer-

cise to work out a compro-

mise formula to break the

deadlock. May be some offi-

cials are working at their level

on the issue”, he said.

The Chief Minister made the

comment when asked to

react to reports whether the

Government is working out a

>Continued on pg 12

MedIuM of InsTrucTIon

Hapless Digambarturns to madam

TECHNICAL BID SCORE Company Tech Marks Final Tech ScoreEgis 89.00Amman & Whitney/LBG 90.80RITES 72.18SNC Lavalin 72.45

FINANCIAL BID SCORE Company Financial Final Financial ScoreEgis 19.30 Cr 61.93Amman & Whitney/LBG 19.03 Cr 63.04RITES 12.00 Cr 100.00SNC Lavalin 16.80 Cr 71.06

FINAL BID SCORE Company Final Score Egis 83.59 Amman & Whitney/LBG 85.25 RITES 77.74 SNC Lavalin 72.17

loyal saluTe: Britian unites in front of Buckingham Palace, to watch a kiss between Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge,

druring the Royal Wedding in London on Friday.

royal lIP servIce: Britain's Prince William kisses his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge,

on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, after the wedding service, in London on Friday.

PTI

London, April 29: Prince

William and his long-time

girlfriend Kate Middleton

were married in a historic

fairytale ceremony at the

majestic Westminster Abbey

marked by pomp and

pageantry as huge crowds

and a global TV audience

watched Britain’s biggest

royal wedding in 30 years.

William, the second in line

to throne, and Middleton,

who have been romancing

for the past 10 years, were

pronounced man and wife as

they exchanged wedding

vows with two simple words

“I will “ before Archbishop of

Canterbury Rowan

Williams.

Wearing a stunning ivory

gown with lace appliqué flo-

ral detail with a long train

and lace sleeves, 29-year-old

Middleton and William, 28,

attired in the red tunic of an

Irish Guards Colonel - his

most senior honorary ap-

pointment — also recited a

prayer written by them.

Middleton is the first

>Continued on pg 7

Royally MaRRIED

suJay GuPTa

Panjim, April 29: The Govern-

ment of Goa, in a completely

non-transparent and almost

suspicious process has de-

cided to formally select

Amman n Whitney and its

partner LBG (Louis Berger

Group) as the consultant for

the MOPA Airport.

The final bid scores of the

final 4 short-listed interna-

tional consultants/consor-

tiums were Amman &

Whitney/LBG 85.25, EGIS

83.59, RITES 77.74 and SNC

Lavalin 72.17 (see box).

Amman & Whitney/LBG’s fi-

nancial proposal of Rs 19.37

crore was also substantially

higher than SNC Lavlin’s

16.8 crore and RITES’ 12.0

Selection of MOPA consultant highly suspiciousHerald exclusIve: THe InsIde sTory of How THe consulTanT for THe MoPa aIrPorT was selecTed

l Non-technical officers supervised technical presentation l Amman & Whitney/LouisBerger edge out EGIS l LBG, blacklisted from NHAI for project failures

crore.

Perhaps unknown to the

Government, the Louis

Berger Group has been de-

barred from participating in

any tendering process of the

National Highways Authority

for violating consultancy ob-

ligations for widening of Na-

tional highways in Assam

and West Bengal. The

NHAI’s letter, which tanta-

mounts to blacklisting Louis

Berger (in possession of the

Herald) was issued as re-

cently as March 22, 2011.

There are two concerns.

The Louis Berger Group, un-

doubtedly a big player in var-

ious international projects,

has been repeatedly finding

>Continued on pg 12

PTI

New Delhi, April 29: Striking

Air India pilots today said

they are willing to go to jail

and refused to call off their

agitation which further paral-

ysed the services of the State-

owned airline leaving

>Continued on pg 12

AI pilots ready for jail

AFP

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Goa I Saturday 30, April 2011

“ “I cannot say whether accommodatinglabour within the factory premises at nightis legal or illegal. The Contract workers andmigrant workers Acts are silent on this as-pect.--Fatima Rodrigues (Labour Commissioner )

it is mandatory under Article 214 of the Constitu-tion of India for every state to have its own highcourt, barring exceptional circumstances.

-- Adv Anacleto Viegas

Mickky plays ball at Nehru stadium

Hazard a guess who was spotted at the VIP enclo-

sure for the

Dempo-Salgao-

car I-League

match at the

Nehru stadium

this weekend.

Well, former

Tourism Minister,

Mickky Pacheco

returned to the

Nehru stadium

years after he

disbanded his

football team

Fransa SC. Cyno-

sure of all eyes as he occupied the sofa meant for

the VIP guests. Mickky said he had stayed away

from the stadium after he made a promise to his

football fans that he will return only if people like

Priyaranjan Das Munshi and Albert Colaco were not

in control of the All India Football Federation.

That’s not all, the flamboyant former Tourism Min-

ister maintained that he would now re-dedicate

himself towards the promotion of football and would

be a regular visitor at the Nehru stadium. Mickky’s

ball game created an unintentional foul by pushing

PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao, who is often seen

seated on the VIP sofa, to a chair in the VIP gallery,

after he found Mickky firmly planted on the sofa.

Power dept runs out of fuel!The electricity department had a taste of its own

medicine for non-payment of dues. It so happened

earlier this week that the fuel tanks of many a elec-

tricity department vehicle ran empty and officials

realized to their utter shock that the petrol pump

owner declined to provide them fuel since the de-

partment had defaulted on clearing its whopping

fuel bill.

The situation put the electricity officials in a tizzy

with even the mobile power vans stranded at the

Power House Aquem, and unable to attend to cus-

tomers’ calls, for want of fuel.

It was only later in the day that the vehicle tanks

were topped with fuel after the department drew a

cheque in the name of the company, bringing relief

to the officials and staff of the department.

Poll vault

This isn’t exactly a war of banners in a real sense,

one may say. But, Fatorda constituency – which has

become a fertile grounds for the politicos – saw

banners at almost every nook and corner this week.

Reason: The main political players Congress ticket

contender Vijay Sardessai and BJP MLA Damu Naik

put up banners greeting the people of the con-

stituency on the occasion of Easter.

This is not the first time that Sardesai has tried to

publicly convey his wishes to the people on religious

festivities. What, however, has come a surprise to

many is the decision by Damu to pole vault and fol-

low in the footsteps of his Congress rival. The ban-

ner war appears to be just a trailer before the

players launch a no holds barred battle in the run

up to the polls?

Of spoon feeding and intercomsUrban Development Minister, Joaquim Alemao may

boast of ushering in

all round develop-

ment of Cuncolim

Town during his

nearly decade long

political stint.

But, the Cuncolim

MLA appears to be

unaware of the fact

that the Cuncolim

Municipal Council

lacks the basic inter-

com facility to allow

people to communi-

cate with the Chief

Officer.

In fact, the Cuncolim Chief Officer is never available

on phone on any given day on the pretext that the

intercom facility is down and out. That’s not all.

Even Municipal staff hesitate to provide the Chief

Officer’s mobile phone to the public for reasons

best known to them. The situation has been persist-

ing for months now and citizens wonder why an in-

tercom, which would not cost the CMC a bomb, is

not put in place.

When Alemao’s attention was drawn to the situa-

tion by both citizens and the media, he said that he

cannot always spoon feed the Civic body and that

the Civic officials and elected representatives

should take their own decisions.

What was feared all

along has finally

been exposed.

Sunday night’s ammonia

leakage in a food processing

factory in the Cuncolim In-

dustrial Estate and resultant

injuries to workers, should

come as an eye opener to

concerned authorities over

the unauthorized accommo-

dation of industrial workers

within the factory premises.

That the workers were left

injured in the Amonia leak-

age raises serious questions

over the presence of workers

within the factory premises

at nights. The incident has

only confirmed to fears that

the workers are susceptible

to hazardous accidents be-

cause of their accommoda-

tion inside the factory

premises.

In fact, residents of Cun-

colim had been bitterly

protesting over the years over

the unauthorized presence of

workers inside the Industrial

estate, but in vain.

Says Oscar Martins, who

has been waging a battle

against pollution and other ir-

regularities in the Cuncolim

Industrial estate: “Rough es-

timates put the total number

of workers staying within the

Cuncolim industrial estate to

2000-plus. This is totally ille-

gal. How can workers be pro-

vided accommodation at the

factory premises at night

when they are supposed to be

housed outside the estate

limits”.

If Martins is to be believed

the recent incident should

open the eyes of the Goa In-

dustrial Development Corpo-

ration and other authorities

to the illegalities at Cuncolim.

Labour Commissioner Fa-

tima Rodrigues, however,

said both the Contract labour

and migrant labour Acts are

silent on the issue of accom-

modating workers within the

factory premises. “I cannot

say whether accommodating

labour within the factory

premises at night is legal or il-

legal. The Contract workers

and migrant workers Legis-

lations are silent on this as-

pect”, she added.

Ms Rodrigues elabo-

rated that though the

Acts are silent on accom-

modation of workers in-

side the factory premises,

there’s a provision for

rest rooms or residential

accommodation for the

workers.

Managing Director of Goa

IDC, Ajit Naik, however, is

categorical in saying that

workers cannot be accom-

modated within the factory

premises. “We can under-

stand if accommodation is

provided to employees work-

ing in shifts. But, I don’t think

the Industrial estate can

house large number of work-

ers when their work sched-

uled does not require their

presence at nights”, he

added.

Naik promised to seek a

status report on the situa-

tion at the Cuncolim Indus-

trial estate from the local

officer. “The IDC is open

for an inquiry. I will imme-

diately for a detailed report

from the IDC officer posted

at Cuncolim”, he added.

Martins, however, was

skeptical of the inquiry. “Agi-

tating activists have been lit-

erally after the IDC to crack a

whip against unauthorized

accommodation in Cuncolim.

The officials only turned a

blind eye to the irregulari-

ties”, he added.

Industrial units risking workers’lives while authorities look awayHousing Industrial workers at factory premises has exposed the fact that employers are putting thelives of workers at risk and authorities are failing in their duty to monitor safety requirements says Guilherme Almeida.

Salcete villages suffocate as local bodiesstruggle with waste disposal

One would come

across swaying co-

conut trees, barren

paddy fields, traces of man-

groves et al as one drives

down the Chinchinim-As-

solna-Ambelim-Velim road –

a distance of 6-7 kilometers.

Sadly, this road meander-

ing through these villages is

littered with all kinds of

waste, all along the stretch –

indicating the growing

garbage and waste disposal

problem staring in the face of

the local bodies.

Herald inquiries have re-

vealed that measures to put

an end to waste and plastic

menace has not helped much

to address the problem. Take

the case of Chinchinim village.

The Panchayat with the coop-

eration of the local NGOs and

residents took off on a positive

note its drive to put an end to

plastic menace. Chinchinim

was perhaps the first village to

ban the use of plastic bags and

made efforts to collect plastic

waste from door-to-door. The

situation, however, has come

full circle now,

with problems relating to

use of paper or jute bags

coming to the fore and the

absence of collection and

Goa should have its own high court: Adv ViegasOver the years, the South Goa Advocates Association has been in the forefront to demand an inde-pendent high court for Goa. The demand has been renewed and reiterated post-Judge Desmond D’-Costa suspension episode. Guilherme Almeida finds out from Association President Adv AnacletoViegas on the long-standing demands of the advocates panel from South.

Herald: Why has the

South Goa Advocates Associ-

ation been rooting for an In-

dependent High Court for

Goa?

Adv Viegas: An independ-

ent high court for Goa is the

need of the time. We have a

bench of the high court liter-

ally for the last 30 year. The

Jurisdiction of the high court

today has extended so much

that the Judiciary has taken

up various issues to make the

government enforce the law,

be it CRZ etc. Therefore, it is

just and proper that Goa

should get its own high court.

Moreover, it is mandatory

under Article 214 of the Con-

stitution of India for every

state to have its own high

court, barring exceptional

circumstances.

Herald: In what way

would the litigants benefit

from an Independent high

court for the state.

Adv Viegas: Litigation

would certainly become

cheaper as far as the litigants

are concerned. Moreover, we

would be having our own

people decided our own fate

if there is an independent

high court. In Goa, we have

the Uniform Civil Code and

other laws such as the Mund-

cars and Tenancy, which can-

not be easily understood by

Judges from other parts of

the country.

Similar is the case with

matters pertaining with

Communidades, since the

code is unknown to people

from outside the state.

Herald: The Association

has been approaching vari-

ous authorities and fora, in-

cluding the President of India

and the Supreme Court in

support of its demand. Is

there any response to your

petitions.

Adv Viegas: Well, there has

been no response to our peti-

tions so far. But, everyone

agrees that the Association

needs to intensify our demand

for an independent high court.

We are right now planning a

mega conference on lawyers,

which would also deliberated,

amongst other things, the case

for a high court for Goa.

Herald: You launched a

tirade against Chief Minister,

Digambar Kamat on the

issue, even calling him a hyp-

ocrite. Why.

Adv Viegas: The Chief

Minister appears to have

turned blind and deaf to the

demand made by the South

Goa Advocates Association.

Otherwise, how does one ex-

plain his stand that he is un-

aware of the demand for an

independent high court

when the agitation was going

on right under his nose. We

will continue our movement

in support of the demand for

a high court for the state.

Herald: Surprisingly, the

demand for an independent

high court for Goa has not

evoked support in North Goa

or from amongst the state’s

legal fraternity.

Adv Viegas: Yes, to some

extent there was no response

from North Goa based

lawyers for an independent

high court. But, things are

changed now. Today, we have

senior counsel demanding

high court for the state. They

have realized the importance

of an independent high court

for Goa.

An overflowing plastic collection bin at Ambelim.

Anthony D’Silva.

waste disposal mechanism.

Says Chinchinim

Sarpanch Olwyn Antao:

“The Panchayat did make ef-

forts to get rid of the plastic

menace. I can say our plan

took off successfully, with co-

operation from the public

and establishments, before it

got grounded”.

The Sucaldem-Assolna

bridge stretch of the road and

the Deussua-Orlim bridge

road – both coming under the

jurisdiction of Chinchinim

village Panchayat – show the

extent of plastic menace fac-

ing the village.

The situation in neigh-

bouring Assolna village or

Ambelim is no different ei-

ther. Says social activist, An-

thony D’Silva: “More than

half the street and roads are

littered with garbage due to

the absence of garbage bins

even for miles end. And, even

where there is a provision for

bins, it has been proved to be

worse because of the failure

to clear the same and to

empty the bins periodically”.

D’Silva says the bins in-

stalled by the Ambelim Pan-

chayat have been found

overflowing or the waste set

afire for want of its periodic dis-

posal. “We had congratulated

the Panchayat for installing the

bins, but now the people regret

having encouraged the Pan-

chayat for having the bins

since they are not cleared for

days together”, he added.

Sarpanch Cruz Silva says

that though the bins were

meant for plastic collection,

even wet garbage is now find-

ing its way in the bins, posing

menace for the contractor at

the time of disposal. “The

Panchayat is trying to

streamline the system so that

the disposal is done periodi-

cally and the waste is not dis-

posed off by fire”, he added.

The situation is no better

in Assolna village either, with

plastic and other waste find-

ing its way by the roadside,

right in the market area.

Sadly, all these three villages

have so far failed to identity

suitable areas for waste dis-

posal, with land identified by

the Panchayats either finding

no favour with the Goa Pollu-

tion Board or bogged down

with local protests.

Waste along the roadside on the Chinchinim-Velim road.

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goaToday, unless the workers come onto thestreets their grievances are not addressed. Wehave seen it in the case of the KTC workers,PWD workers and more recently the malariaworkers and the BSNL employees.--- AITUC General Secretary Christopher

The IPS officer quoted a national surveythat an estimate of 30 lakh women andchildren are trafficked for various formsof exploitation, of which children com-prise nearly 25 percent.

Goa I Saturday 30, April 2011

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Suitably compensate victims of trafficking: IPS officerHERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 29: A senior

police officer has mooted

that substantial amount of

compensation should be

paid to victims of trafficking,

so that they do not go back to

the same ‘profession’.

Speaking at the inaugural

function of a two-day semi-

nar on anti-human traffick-

ing, Inspector General of

Police (Crime Branch-

Andhra Pradesh) S Umap-

ati, said that atleast Rs 8,000

to Rs 10,000 be paid per vic-

tim of human trafficking to

ensure a proper rehabilita-

tion process.

Umapati said that the

Andhra Pradesh govern-

ment pays Rs 10,000 to the

rescued children and

women victims of trafficking.

The IPS officer quoted a

national survey that an esti-

mate of 30 lakh women and

children are trafficked for

various forms of exploitation,

of which children comprise

nearly 25 percent.

He expressed dissatisfac-

tion over the decline in con-

viction rate.

“Many times police have

to go beyond the call of duty

to catch these people (traf-

fickers) and convict them. In

Andhra Pradesh, we could

secure conviction of the traf-

fickers to 7-10 years impris-

onment because the judges

were sensitised,” he said.

He said that about 22

crores income is generated

from trafficking everyday.

Goa State Commission for

Women (GSCW) in associa-

tion with the International

Organisation for Migration –

Hyderabad has hosted a two

day seminar on ‘Public Pri-

vate Partnership to combat

human trafficking and pre-

vention through skill build-

ing and employment

opportunities.’

Speaking on the occasion,

GSCW chairperson Ezilda

Sapeco said that poverty is

the main cause of trafficking.

She remarked that de-

spite various measures

taken by governments the

benefits of economic devel-

opment have not trickled

down to the marginalised

sections of the society.

“The poverty and the liv-

ing conditions make chil-

dren and women belonging

to the poor sections of the so-

ciety highly vulnerable to

human trafficking,” Sapeco

added.

Goa has witnessed quite a

number of human traffick-

ing cases, which has been

evident with series of raids

by Goa police on massage

parlours and other tourist lo-

cations. Most of these victims

are brought from other

states, especially neighbour-

ing Karnataka and north-

eastern states, to Goa for this

purpose.

Year cases

2006 26

2007 10

2008 15

2009 24

2010 16

2011 (till date) 02

Cases of Immoral

TraffICkIng In goa

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 29: The All

India Trade Union Congress

(AITUC) has hit out at the

government for what it terms

as complete mismanage-

ment and non-proactive ap-

proach leading to a complete

deterioration in the condition

of workers, not only in Goa

but across the country.

The AITUC will hold a

protest march from the KTC

bus-stand Panjim to Azad

Maidan May Day celebrated

as Workers Day on the first

day of May all across the

world, to highlight these is-

sues.

“Today, unless the workers

come onto the streets their

grievances are not ad-

dressed. We have seen it in

the case of the KTC workers,

the PWD workers and more

recently the malaria workers

and the BSNL employees, all

of whom are contract labour-

ers. The malaria workers

had to go on strike three

times before they got their

grievances addressed,” Gen-

eral Secretary of the AITUC

Christopher Fonseca said.

“The government wakes

up only when the workers

come onto the streets,” he

added.

The main reasons for their

continued battles, he said,

was the abolition of contract

labour and in some cases

that basic benefits like Prov-

ident Fund, Employee State

Insurance (ESI) Scheme

and others be granted to the

workers.

This year is a special year

for the Goa State Committee

of the AITUC, which is cele-

brating its Golden Jubilee

year.

“This is our Golden Ju-

bilee year and is a special oc-

casion for all of us. We wish

all AITUC workers on this

occasion,” Fonseca said.

‘State Labour Ministry

has come to a grinding halt’

General Secretary of the

AITUC, Christopher Fon-

seca has hit out at the

Labour Minister Joaquim

AITUC blames govtfor poor conditionof working class

Alemao, who, he says, has al-

lowed the Labour Ministry

to come to a grinding halt.

“The Goa Labour Welfare

Board, besides other boards

have not met for the last 6-7

years. What kind of gover-

nance is this,” he asked.

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goaWith the mushrooming construction, thewater gets accumulated in the fields and ittakes months together to absorb it. By thattime the existing cultivation spoils and thereis no way we can cultivate fresh vegetables

— Taleigao farmer Caedo Dias

The crux of the agreement on River Princessremoval is that the company will not begranted any extension in terms of time, if itfails to complete the work in 180 days.

SNAPSHOT

Goa I Saturday 30, April 2011

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Warrant against ex-corporator

PANJIM: Former corporator Uday Madkaikar was

today issued a non-bailable warrant for failing to

appear before the North District Consumer Dis-

putes Redressal Forum despite repeated sum-

mons.

Panjim police inspector Ramesh Gaonkar said

that Madkaikar was escorted by a police team to

ensure that he appears before the Consumer

Forum Bench in connection with two cases.

He was released shortly thereafter and directed

by the Forum to re-appear on May 2 for further

hearing. Details of the consumer cases booked

against him were however not made available to

reporters.

Double murder judgement on May 7

PANJIM: North Goa District and Sessions Court will

on May 7 pronounce judgement on the 2008 double

murder case of a Pilerne couple. Karnataka native

Rajesab Mujawar (29) has been accused of murder-

ing Shekappa Bandari (28) and his wife Shekawa

(25) on April 21, 2008 over financial dispute.

Their decomposed bodies were found in Porvorim

jungles.

According to the police, the accused on the pre-

text of having some work, called Shekapa to

Savlem jungle and assaulted him with a stick

(danda), resulting in his instant death. The ac-

cused thereafter allegedly took Shekawa to the

same spot and strangulated her with her own

saree. He then fled with her gold jewellery and

mobile phone estimated to be more than one lakh

rupees.

Mickky attends hearing in casinoassault case

MARGAO: Former Tourism Minister, Mickky

Pacheco made his presence felt in the court of Ju-

dicial Magistrate First Class, Margao on Friday,

this time in connection with the hearing of the

casino assault case.

After the court adjourned hearing of the case to

June 15, Mickky was huddled with his lawyer, Adv

Srikant Nayak in the court corridor.

The former Tourism Minister had made appear-

ance in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class

at the last date of hearing.

The crime branch had filed a chargesheet against

the former Tourism Minister accusing him of an

assault in the casino in a starred hotel.

Konkan fruit festival beginsPANJIM: The annual Konkan Fruit Festival 2011

commenced on Friday with more than 150 vari-

eties of fruits displayed on the promenade along

the Mandovi River.

Various organs of Goa government in association

with the agro-NGOs have hosted the annual affair.

Around 200 farmers from Goa and Konkan region

are participating in the three-day festival.

Miguel Braganza, Secretary, Botanical Society of

Goa (BSG) told Herald that almost 60,000 footfalls

are expected for the festival, wherein fruits like

mango, jackfruit, kokum, chickoo and others are

displayed.

‘Hurrak, the brewery produced from Cashew fruit

and is produced by traditional ‘lawani’ method in

Sattari taluka, is also displayed on a specialized

stall. Farmers from Goa and Maharashtra’s De-

ogad, Kudal and Mutt areas of Konkan belt are

participating in the festival.

The event, which will have various competitions,

aims to enhance farmers’ participation and edu-

cate people about the rich horticultural bio diver-

sity in the Western Ghat region.

Varca house burgledMARGAO: Unknown miscreants burgled a close

house at Varca, decamping with gold ornaments

and a Kinetic scooter.

Colva police informed that the theft took place

when the house remained close for the last one

year. The miscreants are believed to have affected

entry into the house and decamped with the

scooter, two gold chains and four pairs of ear-

rings.

A complaint to this effect was lodged by one Suc-

corina Barretto. The police are investigating.

Amona sarpanch’s election termed‘illegal’

BICHOLIM: Terming the election to the post of Amona

sarpanch as “illegal”, Amona Panch Damodar Parab

has called upon the Director of Panchayat to declare

the election as null and void.

Amona Panch Damodar Parab informed that the

election to the posts of sarpanch and deputy

sarpanch was held in the panchayat hall on Friday.

Damodar Parab and Anushka Gawas filed nomina-

tions for the post of sarpanch, while Ujwala Ghadi

filed nomination for the post of deputy sarpanch.

“After the proceedings, Presiding Officer Kudnekar,

instead of taking election to the post of sarpanch, an-

nounced that Anushka Gawas was elected as

sarpanch, while Ujwala Ghadi was elected as deputy

sarpanch,” stated Parab.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, ARPIL 29: It will not

be surprising if the Corpora-

tion of the City of Panaji

(CCP) does not get any funds

under Jawaharlal Nehru

National Urban Develop-

ment Mission (JNNURM),

even as three of its proposals

are pending with the Min-

istry of Urban Development

(MUD).

The projects – E-gover-

nance amounting to Rs 15.5

crore, urban renewal, parks,

gardens and open spaces

amounting to Rs 18.77 crores

and Heritage conservation

amounting to Rs 10.53 crores

were sent to the MUD, in

Delhi, after they were

cleared by the State Level

Steering Committee (SLSC).

These three proposals

submitted to the Ministry on

March 17, 2010, however

have not been placed before

Central Sanctioning and

Monitoring Committee

(CSMC) in Delhi. On the

other hand the State govern-

ment has not bothered to fol-

low up the matter with MUD

even as time is running out.

The JNNURM scheme

came into effect in 2005 and

will end in December 2012.

Surprisingly, the State

Level Steering Committee

(SLSC) has not met even

though projects worth Rs

400 crore are awaiting its ap-

proval. These include Solid

Wasted Management - Rs 33

crores, Water Supply -- Rs

173.96 crores, and sewerage

Rs 156.15 crores and City

Mobility Plan (CMP).

The sub-committee

headed by Opposition

Leader Manohar Parrikar

had approved three projects

in November last year. All

the projects have to be ap-

proved by the SLSC before

they can be sent to MUD in

Delhi.

When contacted CCP offi-

cial, who did not want to be

named, said Goa State

Urban Development Agency

(GSUD) is a nodal agency

and should follow up the

matter. It should have had

ensured that SLCC meeting

is convened without any fur-

ther delay.

A project report of St Inez

creek amounting to Rs 18.64

crore is also pending with

GSUDA as JNNURM re-

ports are routed through it.

Daulat Hawaldar, Member

Secretary of GSUDA how-

ever was not available for

comment.

When asked about this

dilemma, CCP officer was

confident that they would

get funds under JNNURM

nevertheless. “Three proj-

ects which have been sent

have been appraised and

await final approval and we

will get funds,” he said.

However, important projects

are yet to be sanctioned by

the SLSC and nobody

seems to know when it will

meet to take stock of the sit-

uation.

Speaking to Herald CCP

Mayor Yatin Parekh said his

priorities will be water sup-

ply and sanitation projects

which are more important

for the city and he would get

these projects approved. The

new Mayor is yet to draw a

plan of action to push for

pending projects.

Govt lethargy may deprive CCP of JNNURM funds

BINDIYA CHARI

PANJIM, APRIL 29: Is the

agreement signed by the

State government with a

Mumbai based ship break-

ing company M/s Arihant

Ship Breakers water-tight?

At least, on paper, it appears

to be so.

The clauses included in

the agreement are meant to

ensure that the ship break-

ing company is monitored to

see that the government is

not taken for another royal

ride. The crux of the agree-

ment is that the company

will not be granted any ex-

tension in terms of time, if it

fails to complete the work in

180 days. If it violates this

condition the agreement

would stand terminated.

Also, the government

would be entitled to appro-

priate the company’s bank

guarantee of Rs 10 crore sub-

mitted. As per the agreement

signed between the govern-

ment and M/s Arihant Ship

Breakers this week, the work

has to be completed within

180 clean weather days. The

assigned work includes re-

moving the wreckage via sea

passage and even extricating

wreckage or parts of the ship

which have been buried in

the sea bed.

The company is required

to remove the debris and to

pump the sand deposited in-

side the vessel on to the

shore, without causing any

environmental damage.

Moreover, it has to ensure

that the vessel is completely

demolished. The agreement

says the services are ren-

dered on a “No cure No Pay

Basis” and the contractor is

entitled to payment only

upon certification by the

monitoring committee ap-

pointed by the government.

The contract mandates

that every Monday, a Moni-

toring Committee would ex-

amine the ongoing work. The

tender amount to Rs 99 crore

as quoted by the company for

the entire work. The scrap

sold by the company will

however be deducted from

this amount. The agreement

also says the contractor is al-

lowed to retain the scrap

value of the vessel but upto or

equivalent to an amount Rs

10 crore (equivalent to bank

guarantee submitted by the

company) whereas balance

scrap value have to be de-

posited with the government.

The company is also re-

quired to submit a daily

progress report to the govern-

ment in a specified format. It

is exigent that the company

has to inform the government

in case it is not able to carry

out the work on any particu-

lar day. As per the agreement,

the government enjoys power

to terminate this contract,

when it opines that there has

been a breach of any of the

clauses of the agreement by

the contractor. These

breaches include failure to

take any steps to prevent pol-

lution, environmental dam-

age, or any breaches by any

acts of the contractor or by his

sub-contractors.

Arihant given a deadline on River Princess removalFailure will lead to termination of deal

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 29: The Department of Food

and Drugs Administration (FDA) is keeping

a strict check on the artificial ripening of

mangoes using banned chemical at the vari-

ous markets yards in Goa, the Directorate of

FDA has revealed.

With the mango season nearing its peak,

mango buyers

are increas-

ingly worried

about the

quality of the

fruit available

in the market.

Director of

FDA Salim

Veljee yester-

day sought to

allay these

fears.

“For the past one and a half month, we

have been keeping the tabs on them. We

check the market yards everyday and till day

our inspectors have checked a total of 35

market yards located in the major cities of

Panjim, Margao, Vasco-da-Gama, Mapusa

and Ponda including private ones,” Salim

Veljee said.

Unscrupulous traders have been using a

dangerous but highly potent chemical cal-

cium carbide as well as the less dangerous

and less used erythrene.

According to experts in the field, erythrene

is allowed to be used but only in limited con-

centrations and that it is unlikely that the of-

ficials of the FDA are even checking for it.

“Our local varieties usually ripen on their

own, but mangoes that come in from other

states are very difficult to ripen and hence

need to be aided,” an agriculture expert who

did not wish to be quote said.

Agreeing with him was the Veljee who said

they face a big

problem with

non-seasonal

mangoes.

“During the

season, most

of the man-

goes that come

into the mar-

ket are local

v a r i e t i e s .

Those ripen

by themselves

with a little straw. So we accordingly focus

our efforts on the ‘suspicious’ mangoes,” Vel-

jee said adding that the ‘Neelam’ variety of

mango was a big culprit.

Calcium carbide, the cheapest ripening

agent, which is usually placed in the mango

godowns, releases acetylene gas, which is

known to have a similar effect as ethylene

(natural and legal ripening agent).

However, calcium carbide is known to

have presence of heavy metals like arsenic

and phosphorous. Besides Acetylene is also

known to affect the central nervous system.

FDA has eye on artificial ripening of mangoes

VIBHA VERMA

PANJIM, APRIL 29: Farmers

in Taleigao are not im-

pressed with scientists’ move

to register ‘Taleigao variety

Brinjal’ as they feel that just

‘protecting it on paper’ won’t

work.

Taleigao Farmers Club

(TFC) President Xavier

Almeida said that only 4-5

acres of land are left for brin-

jal production, which earlier

was more than 100 acres.

The construction activity in

Taleigao has literally ripped

apart the traditional farming

in this village.

Almeida said that the

‘biggest challenge is to save

these lands where brinjals

are grown from the prowling

eyes of the builders.’

Indian Council for Agricul-

tural Research (ICAR) has

initiated move to register two

varieties of Brinjals – Agas-

saim and Taleigao, under

Protection of Plants Variety

and Farmers’ Right Act, 2001.

Taleigao, formerly a pre-

dominantly agrarian econ-

omy, has been cultivating

brinjal along with other vari-

ety of vegetables that were

sold through Panjim market.

The farmers allege that

their farms are gobbled by

the huge demand of housing

in this village, which has

turned into Panjim’s sub

urban locality.

Huge bypasses crisscross-

ing this village and subse-

quent housing projects

springing along these roads

has changed the face of

Taleigao. But alongside

these bypasses one can also

see several fields that are

being abandoned for want of

proper management.

Taleigao’s plateau is also

known for the vegetable cul-

tivation.

The farmers say that the

problems for their farms

started almost a decade ago

when pressure on develop-

ment of Panjim started

spilling over their village.

Caedo Dias, a local farmer

said that they would put the

seeds in the month of August

and cultivate in November

month, and by January the

plants would bear fruits. But

the scene is quite different

now.

Dias, who also cultivates

vegetables like red cabbage,

tomatoes, capsicum and oth-

ers in his field, says that not

only weather changes, but

human activities have also

vastly affected farming.

“With the mushrooming

construction around the

area, the water gets accumu-

lated in the fields and it takes

months together to absorb it.

By that time the existing cul-

tivation spoils and there is no

way we can cultivate fresh

vegetables unless the

ground is normal,” he rued.

The farmers under the

TFC are lucky enough to get

government’s help under

ICAR and NABARD

schemes. They have recently

procured a tractor under a

subside scheme.

But those farmers, who in-

dependently cultivate their

fields without lobbying, have

to fend for themselves.

Vishanti Kundaikar, a lady

farmer, whose brinjal planta-

tion is under threat every

year due to pests and dis-

eases, said that the scientists

had collected soil samples for

testing. “I am yet to hear

back from them,” he stated.

“The Old Goa scientists

(ICAR) had collected mud

samples to find out why the

plants were suffering from

diseases despite care being

taken. But they have still not

got back to us with a solu-

tion,” she said.

Vishanti, who is also into

other vegetables produce

said that the brinjals are al-

ways affected by diseases

and various grievances

placed before the govern-

ment authorities have not

helped.

“We had to pay for the fer-

tilizers from the agriculture

department. But it didn’t

work out.

When we asked the de-

partment, they said that

there was problem with our

soil. See the way they are

looting the poor,” she

quipped.

Save our land to save Taleigao brinjals, cry farmersSay ICAR move to register ‘Taleigao variety brinjal’ will be a meaningless exercise

Brinjal plantation at Taleigao.

Rozario Estibeiro

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SNAPSHOT

Vehicle goes off road, 1 injured

CANACONA: A driver was injured when a Mahindra

Scorpio vehicle went off the road at Tamnem-

Poinguinim .

According to sources, the incident occurred after

one tyre burst. The driver was the lone occupant

of the vehicle (GA-08 F31) and suffered minor in-

juries as the SUV plummeted on its side some 4

mtrs down the NH-17 at Tamnem. The vehicle was

proceeding towards Canacona.

The Mahindra Scorpio that went off the road at Tam-

nem-Poinguinim.

Neura resident killed in mishap

VASCO: A 43-year-old man from Neura died, while

an elderly woman was injured after their car

rammed into a compound wall near Gomantak

Bakery, Sancoale, recently.

According to Verna PI Jivba Dalvi, Anthony Fer-

nandes and Eugieno Fernandes were proceeding

towards the airport in their Maruti Omni van.

PI Dalvi said Anthony, lost control of the car and

the vehicle rammed into a compound wall. He was

declared dead on the way to the hospital. Eugieno

who sustained leg fracture is undergoing treat-

ment at GMC Hospital in Bambolim.

Verna Police have registered an accidental case

and have sent the body for postmortem. PSI

Sushant Gawas is investigating the case.

Case of unnatural death registered

MARGAO: Cuncolim police have registered a case

of unnatural death in connection with the death of

former Assolna Sarpanch Optacio Almeida (64) at

Cuncolim on Thursday morning.

Police said that Optacio was found lying dead in

road side bushes at Cuncolim with his Eterno

scooter on his body. Post mortem examination re-

vealed injuries on his chest and abdomen, besides

minor injuries on his forehead. The body was later

handed over to his relatives after the autopsy.

Saying that the death occurred due to an acci-

dent, the police has registered a case of unnatural

death.

Healing retreat at PanjimPANJIM (HND): ‘You can be free!’ A deliverance

and healing retreat will be conducted on April 30

by Bro Michael (Goa) of Awake Ministries at Cari-

tas Hall, St Inez, Panjim, from 10 am to 5 pm and

healing service on May 1 at Alua Hotel, Merces

from 9 am to 11am. For details call 9922220334

/ 9922539838.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 29: An im-

pressive meeting of the

Goemchea Rakhondaran-

cho Avaz at the historic

Lohia Maida has conveyed a

message loud and clear to

the government and opposi-

tion that the conglomerate of

NGOs should bring about a

movement for a political

change if they fail or show

signs of shirking away from

their duties in addressing is-

sues affecting the local peo-

ple.

The public meeting gave

the go-ahead signal to the

GRA to start mounting pres-

sure on the government as

well as the opposition to

force the government and

the Legislature to imple-

ment all issues raised by the

NGOs.

A significant resolution

adopted at a meeting de-

manded immediate steps by

the government to start a di-

alogue with civil society for

the installation of Lokayukta

in Goa for pinning down

politicians and bureaucrats

on their conduct and corrupt

practices. The resolution de-

manded that the Bill should

be passed in the Assembly

and made a Law before De-

cember 19, 2011 to coincide

with the Golden Jubilee of

Goa’s Liberation.

The meeting also de-

manded that the govern-

ment enter into a dialogue

GRA warns to bring a political change if demands not met

Wrest in Peace! Activists carry a coffin of the ‘40 chors’ at the GRA meeting at Lohia

Maidan. A section of the crowd at the meeting.

Santosh Mirajkar

with civil society for a draft

proposal for acquiring spe-

cial status for Goa to main-

tain its unique natural,

cultural and social charac-

teristics and to preserve land

for Goans.

The resolutions read by

activist Laurel Abranches

and adopted unanimously

by the people further de-

manded scrutiny of electoral

rolls in all the 40 constituen-

cies to ensure that only

bonafide voters decide the

Legislature. They further de-

manded that the Election

Commission take stringent

action on erring bureaucrats

who are aiding politicians re-

sorting to vote bank politics.

“The government should

create a special cell with ad-

equate staff in the mines de-

partment to stop all illegal

and semi-legal mines”, an-

other resolution said, while

demanding capping the out-

put keeping in view the lo-

gistical problems and

mineral needs of the poster-

ity.

The GRA further de-

manded that the govern-

ment enter into a dialogue

with the civil society for the

distribution of windfall gains

from mining amongst vari-

ous sections of its popula-

tion.

On Regional Plan 2011,

the meeting asked the gov-

ernment to make RP people

centre, while demanding a

stop to illegal and semi-legal

constructions and alleviate

infrastructure problems like

garbage, parking etc.

Interestingly, the meeting

demanded that the Opposi-

tion in the Goa Legislative

Assembly stop fixing the

matches with ruling group

and mount pressures to fa-

cilitate above issue instead of

shadow-boxing in the As-

sembly.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 29: Police

made their presence felt at

the Jama Masjid, Margao on

Friday anticipating trouble

after Friday prayers between

rival factions over the man-

agement of the Masjid Com-

mittee.

During discussions

amongst the members, the

incumbent committee made

it categorically clear that the

general body meeting sched-

uled on May 29 would not

discuss the election of a new

committee or on the forma-

tion of Trust.

Mohammed Iqbal later

told newsmen that the

Masjid committee has been

elected for a tenure of five

years, adding that the an-

nual general body meeting

cannot discuss the issue

midway.

“After the commotion in

the Masjid last time around,

some members said the gen-

eral body meeting will de-

cide on the Trust and a new

committee. We want to make

it very clear that the pro-

posed meeting will discuss

the election issue. The in-

cumbent committee has

been duly elected for a pe-

riod of five years. There’s no

question of holding elections

or forming a trust”, Iqbal as-

serted that the Committee

will draft a Constitution for

the Masjid to guide the

members in the administra-

tion.

Incidentally, Riyaz said all

members of the Masjid com-

mittee should be treated as

equal without any discrimi-

nation between Goans and

outsiders. He told newsmen

that there ought not to be

any violence in the Masjid,

and make an appeal to the

members not to engage in

politics.

Margao PI Santosh Desai

said the police presence was

to maintain law and order,

adding that the police was in

no way concerned over the

discussions between the

members inside the Masjid.

Police make presencefelt at Jama Masjid to avoid trouble

Muslims in a discussion over attempts made by certain

section to take over the management of the Jama Masjid,

Margao. Police maintain vigil outside the Masjid.

Santosh Mirajkar

Malaria workers resume duties HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 29: Malaria

workers, who, earlier this

month were on an indefinite

hunger strike have now re-

sumed duties at various pri-

mary health centres courtesy

the temporary contracts the

government has given them

pending their regularization.

It may be recalled that after

almost a 10-day long hunger

strike, the workers relented

after the Chief Minister gave

them another verbal assur-

ance that he will regularize

them as full time workers be-

sides also promising them to

temporary contracts until

they are regularized.

One such worker is Prem-

anath Naik at the Condolim

Health Centre, who has re-

sumed duty much to the de-

light of his boss Health

Officer Dr Sachin Govekar.

A total of 59 of the more

than 80 contract malaria

health workers had sat on

their second hunger strike

demanding regularization

outside the office of the Di-

rectorate of Health Services.

Their contracts ended in

April 2009 and were not re-

newed and services termi-

nated.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 29: Newly-

formed Goan Seamen Asso-

ciation of India has urged the

Goa government to work out

a pension and retirement

plan, besides medical

scheme for seamen after

their retirement.

President of the Associa-

tion, Dixon Vaz said the As-

sociation would soon call on

the government and put

forth their demand, adding

that the seamen would not

mind contributing to the re-

tirement benefits.

Outlining the aims and ob-

jectives behind the forma-

tion of the Goan Seamen

Association of India, Vaz said

the primary objective is to

bring all seamen, retired or

serving from all shipping

companies regardless of any

ranks under one banner.

“This Association would

work for the well being of the

seamen. The seamen today

are living in pitiable condi-

tions after retirement. The

Association intends to take

up the case of each and

every seamen”, he said

adding that the GSAI will

offer full support to the re-

tired seamen association in

their battle for the enhance-

ment of the ex-gratia

monthly assistance.

He said the office of the

new association would be

opened at Madel, Margao on

May 1 at 10.30 am at the

hands of Fr Maverick Fernan-

des in the presence of Fr Nel-

son Colaco and Fr Eremito

Rebello. Association’s website

www. goanseamen.com will

be opened on that day, he

added.

Engineer Gabriel Pinto

said the seamen once organ-

ized can avail of the host of

benefits available for them

and their families. He said

the Association has plans to

appoint a marine lawyer to

take up the cases of seamen

with the shipping companies

with their grievances.

Replying to a question,

Pinto said the Association

would get involved into poli-

tics.

Govt urged to formulate retirement plan for seamen

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 29: The Cor-

poration of the City of Pan-

jim (CCP) has got working --

de-silting of city drains is in

full swing and work has been

completed in two-three

wards.

Though de-silting of

drains has been taken up

rather late Mayor Yatin

Parekh, said the de-silting of

drains in all thirty wards will

be completed by May 15. De-

silting is being carried out in

two shifts -- morning shift

begins at 7 am and ends at 2

pm and second shift com-

mence at 7.30 pm and goes

on till 2to 3 pm. De-silting of

drains in interiors parts of

the city is taken up during

morning shift whereas work

in the main city area which

is exposed to disturbance is

done in the evening shift,

told Parekh.

Currently, thirty-five forty

workers work in each shift

and the number will be dou-

bled in the next. About sixty

workers will work in each

shift from the next week,

stated Mayor.

The expenditure involved

is Rs 25 lakhs that include

de-silting, cementing ac-

cesses and putting con-

cretes.

De-silting of drains by May 15: CCP

The government should create aspecial cell with adequate staff inthe mines department to stop all il-legal and semi-legal mines.

-- GRA

It may be Goa’s most frequented tourist beltand a location of swanky hotels, but theCalangute-Candolim is living in the 70s, when itcomes to government provided health care.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 29: Come

May 1 and commuters can

look forward for traveling in

a 35-seater luxury non-stop

KTC bus on the Margao-

Belgaum route.

And, if KTCL Managing

Director Venancio Furtado is

to be believed, the Corpora-

tion has plans to deploy a

total of six buses on the Goa-

Belgaum route to meet the

growing requirements be-

tween the two points. “On the

inaugural day, the bus will

leave Margao at 8.30 pm. Oth-

erwise, the bus will depart

from Kargao at 7 am and will

reach Belgaum by 10.30 am.

Similarly, the bus from Bel-

gaum will leave everyday at 4

pm”, Furtado said.

Since this is the first time

the KTCL is starting a non-

stop luxury bus to Belgaum,

Furtado said passengers can

avail of the introductory fare

of Rs 150. This fare can be

availed only for a week, after

which the fare will be fixed to

Rs 165 per seat”, he added.

What’s more, passengers

have the option of booking

the tickets on-line, he said.

Taking note of the huge

demand for buses on the

Goa-Belgaum route during

Ganesh Chaturthi, the

KTCL plans to add 3-4 lux-

ury non-stop buses on the

route to cater to the heavy

rush of passengers.

KTC’s non-stop luxury bus to Belgaum

Candolim PHC fails to keepup with changing timesGERARD D’SOUZA

PANJIM, APRIL 29: It may be

Goa’s most frequented

tourist belt and a location of

swanky hotels, but the

Calangute-Candolim is liv-

ing in the 70s, when it comes

to government provided

health care.

A lone 12-bedded primary

health centre built in 1972

caters to the much devel-

oped ‘belt’ and has had it

share of notoriety as well as

fame.

In 2007, this health centre

broke all records by record-

ing as many as 5,200 cases of

malaria and then bringing it

down to 383 by the year 2009

through tough measures.

“This health centre was

not built keeping in mind the

growth in population that

these areas have witnessed.

It was built for that popula-

tion. Today we have a large

floating population as well as

seasonal migrant labour

population. We are trying

our best, but our facilities are

limited,” health officer Dr

Sachin Govekar said.

An emergency room set

up at the hospital in collabo-

ration with the GVK Emer-

gency Management

Research Institute (EMRI)

along with specialist para-

medical staff and a ventilator

to deal with emergencies is a

saving grace for an area that

actually would require a full-

fledged government hospital.

“We have the best equip-

ment in the emergency

room, which mainly deals

with emergencies,” Dr Gov-

ekar explains.

However, the fact that two

cases of persons injured in

drunken brawls -- one on the

day India won the Cricket

World Cup and another of a

Russian -- and admitted to the

Candolim PHC, earlier this

year could not survive is testa-

ment to the fact that a health

centre is just not enough.

Long queues of patients

awaiting an appointment with

a doctor and insufficient wait-

ing space often drives patients

away, leaving only the migrant

labourers, who have no other

option, to seek the facilities

available at the hospital.

“This facility was not built

for this population,” Dr Gov-

ekar reiterates explaining

the reason for the queues.

The Candolim PHC caters

to the villages, of Candolim,

Calangute, Saligao, Pilerne,

Sangolda, Nerul and Reis

Magos, each of which has a

sub-health centre, staffed by

two multi-purpose health

workers and one ayah.

Where the officials of the

PHC deserve praise is the

reigning in of the cases of vec-

tor borne diseases through

effective policing of construc-

tion sites, migrant labour, as

well as fining defaulters.

RURAL HEALTH REPORT

In the second part of our series of Rural Health Cen-tres Gerard D’Souza visits Candolim and finds thefacilities lacking for a village that attracts hordes oftourists

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world “Kate Middleton wished for her dress to combinetradition and modernity with the artistic visionthat characterises Alexander McQueen’s workand she worked closely with Sarah Burton informulating the design of her dress.

- Officials at Buckingham Palace

“Perhaps more than any other singleevent, the royal wedding is exposing themembers of the British royal family forwhat they really are: the original globalcelebrities.

- Washington Post

Goa i Saturday, 30 April 2011

A fAirytAle At the Abbey

PTI

LONDON, APRIL 29:

Ahead of Prince William and

Kate Middleton's wedding,

Buckingham Palace Friday

announced that the two will

be known as the Duke and

Dutchess of Cambridge after

the ceremonies are over.

Queen Elizabeth conferred

the Dukedom on Prince

William of Wales.

His titles will be Duke of

Cambridge, Earl of Strat-

hearn and Baron Carrickfer-

gus.

Prince William, 28, thus be-

comes His Royal Highness

The Duke of Cambridge and

Catherine Middleton, 29, on

marriage will become Her

Royal Highness The Duchess

of Cambridge, the palace an-

nounced.

The palace recounted the

history of the dukedom of

Cambridge, earldom of Strat-

hearn and barony of Carrick-

fergus.

In 1706, George Augustus

(subsequently George II) the

only son of George Ludwig,

Elector of Hanover (subse-

quently George I of Great

Britain) was created with

other titles Duke of Cam-

bridge.

On the accession of his fa-

ther to the throne in 1714 he

also became Duke of Corn-

wall and was created Prince

of Wales. On his own acces-

sion to the throne in 1727

the Dukedom of Cambridge

merged with The Crown

and ceased.

Cambridge was previ-

ously a Royal Dukedom and

four sons of James, Duke of

York (afterwards James II)

who died in infancy were all

created Duke of Cam-

bridge.

As an Earldom Cambridge

was a medieval Royal title.

Edward IV was Duke of

York and Earl of Cambridge

till proclaimed King of Eng-

land in 1461 when his titles

merged with The Crown.

His father and grandfather

both Richard Plantagenet

were both Earls of Cam-

bridge and the latter was also

Duke of York.

Edmund of Langley, 5th

son of Edward III and great-

grandfather of Edward IV,

was created Earl of Cam-

bridge in 1362 and Duke of

York in 1385.

A TRAIL OF hOPe: Prince William and his wife Kate, The Duchess of Cambridge, leave Westminster Abbey after their royal

wedding in central London on Friday.

Will-Kate to be Duke,Duchess of Cambridge

AFP

LONDON, APRIL 29: Kate

Middleton’s ivory and lace

wedding dress was de-

signed by Sarah Burton,

creative director at the fash-

ion house Alexander Mc-

Queen, the palace

announced Friday.

As a smiling Kate entered

Westminster Abbey to meet

Prince William, officials con-

firmed long speculation that

Burton had made her dress.

They had previously refused

to give even the slightest de-

tail about it.

“Miss Middleton wished

for her dress to combine tra-

dition and modernity with

the artistic vision that charac-

terises Alexander McQueen’s

work,” officials said in a state-

ment.

Sarah Burtondesigned Kate’s dress

a P P o I N T M E N T S

a P P o I N T M E N T S

“commoner” to marry a

prince in close proximity to

the throne in more than 350

years.

After the couple said their

vows, in which Kate did not

promise to ‘obey’ William, the

Archbishop, declared: “I pro-

nounce that they be man and

wife together, in the name of

the Father, and of the Son,

and of the Holy Ghost.

Amen”.

After their marriage, the

royal couple appeared on the

balcony of the Buckingham

Palace and kissed in front of

an enormous and adoring

crowd, ending the suspense

whether the groom will fol-

low the footsteps of his father

Prince Charles, who started a

tradition kissing his new

bride Diana on July 29, 1981.

The couple delighted the

crowd by kissing a second

time, just before the RAF fly-

past over the palace.

A Who’s Who of Royalty,

power and fame, David and

Victoria Bekham, Elton

John, Prime Minister David

Cameron, the King of Nor-

way and the cream of British

Nobility were among the

1,900 strong congregation in-

side the Abbey watching the

couple sail through their

marriage ceremony with a

polished, and regal perform-

ance.

Kate walked up the red

carpeted aisle a commoner

but with her new husband at

her side and a ring on her fin-

ger, the former Miss Middle-

ton became HRH the

Duchess of Cambridge.

William was made the Duke

of Cambridge by his grand-

mother Queen Elizabeth this

morning — a wedding gift.

The future king and his

beautiful bride, who will now

one day be queen, pledged

their love for one another in

the ancient surroundings.

An estimated 2 billion peo-

ple across the globe watched

the royal wedding, the first in

the British royal family in the

21st century.

The most recent royal

wedding was that of Prince

Charles and Camilla Parker-

Bowles, on 9 April 2005.

But unlike his marriage to

Lady Diana, it was a low key

event at the Windsor castle in

keeping the public mood.

From Page 1Royally MaRRIED

Planned and choreo-

graphed over the last few

months to the last detail, the

event was replete with royal

pomp, pageantry and regalia

that Britain’s royal family is

known for. Millions across

Britain watched the event on

giant screens while reports of

street parties poured in from

various towns in the country,

momentarily setting aside

the effects of crippling public

spending cuts and recession.

William and Kate had writ-

ten their own prayer: “God

our Father, we thank you for

our families; for the love that

we share and for the joy of

our marriage. In the busy-

ness of each day keep our

eyes fixed on what is real and

important in life and help us

to be generous with our time

and love and energy.

Strengthened by our union

help us to serve and comfort

those who suffer. We ask this

in the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

Amen”.

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biznews “Adani Realty Business plans a Rs 5000 crtownship project in Ahmedabad spreadover 600 acres. Around 1,000 apartmentshave already been sold. The mid and high-end segments are priced from Rs 32 lakhto Rs 2.50 crore a unit.

Govt is going to issue a regula-tion for paint industry that re-stricts lead content below 90parts per million (PPM) level asdesired by the WHO.

-- Jotiraditya Scindia

Goa I Saturday 30, April 2011

“

SNAPSHOT

goa i-T dept collections upPANJIM (HBD) -- The office of the Chief Commis-

sioner of Income Tax, Panjim region, comprising of

Commissionerates at Panjim, Mangalore and Bel-

gaum have far exceeded the national average of

increase in tax collections for the financial year

2010-11. As against the target Rs 3845.60 crore,

the actual net collection of the Region is about

4988 crore which is up by 29.70%.

In 54 surveys conducted during financial year

2010-11, the detection of additional income to the

tune of Rs 41.29 crore with a tax effect of about

Rs 12.41 crore was made. During the correspon-

ding period of last year, a total number of 55 sur-

veys were conducted with an additional income of

Rs 27.64 crore and tax effect is Rs 8.29 crore.

EdC pays dividend for FY 2009-10PANJIM (HBD) -- EDC Ltd a premier institution of

the State Government has approved the payment

of Dividend of one percent for the financial year 31

March 2010. The Cheque of 86.20 lakh was

handed over by Agnelo Fernandes, chairman, EDC

to Digamber Kamat, CM of Goa. This is the 3rd

consecutive year EDC has announced and paid

the Dividend to its shareholders. The total Divi-

dend paid is `100.92 lakhs comprising of `86.20

lakhs to the Government of Goa, `11.53 lakhs to

IDBI and `3.19 lakhs to Daman Administration. As

per the Annual Accounts of EDC for the year end-

ing 31st March, the Income was `4409.85 lakhs

and Profit after Tax of `2571.87 lakhs. The entire

Income and Profit generated during the year is

mainly from its financial activities. EDC has also

paid Income tax of `845 lakhs during the year

under review.

The payment of Dividend was earlier recom-

mended by the Board of Directors subject to ap-

proval in its AGM. The Annual Account of EDC for

the year ending March 31, 2010 was recently ap-

proved and adopted by the Shareholders in its

AGM held on March 25, 2011, subsequent to the

receipt of comments of the Comptroller and Audi-

tor General of India.

Vaswani ind iPo closes May 3PANJIM (HBD) -- Vaswani Industries Limited (VIL) is

entering the capital market with a Public Issue of

1,00,00,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash

in the price band of Rs 45 to Rs 49 per equity

share. The 100% book built issue will constitute

42.57% of the post issue paid-up equity capital of

the company. The public issue opened April 29,

2011 and closes on May 3, 2011.

Vaswani Industries Ltd has been promoted by Ravi

Vaswani, Pramod Vaswani and Yashwant Vaswani.

The company belongs to Vaswani group which has

interests in iron and steel since the past two

decades.

The company is presently engaged in the inte-

grated business of manufacturing sponge iron,

steel billets and ingots and power generation.

The manufacturing facilities are located at Sondra

Village, around 14 kms from Raipur Railway Sta-

tion.

The company has installed capacity of 3x100 TPD

of sponge iron and 36000 MT of steel billets and

ingots. The company also generates 11.5 MW of

power. The surplus power is being sold to private

power companies and the State Electricity Board.

n The Goa Barge Owners

Association is pressing for

the need to formulate a Goa

Maritime Board. What are

the benefits of such a

move?

A maritime board would

develop new facilities like

jetties and terminals for han-

dling of cargo. As an au-

tonomous deciding

authority, it can help solve

problem in Goa. For exam-

ple, facilities for discharge of

general cargo, like cement

and even foodgrain could be

set up at Cortalim and also at

Chapora, which would be in

the Mopa vicinity of Mopa

Airport. This would be a

boon to Goa.

n What has been the

progress so far, with re-

gards to the maritime

board?

National Maritime State

Development Council ad-

vised the Goa Government

to set up the Goa Maritime

Board. The Goa government

has constituted a High

Power Committee to look

into the technical, adminis-

trative, financial, legal, envi-

ronmental, political,

employment, commercial

and futuristic geographical

aspects of setting up the

Maritime Board. The gov-

ernment, in the 2010 budget,

had promised us that the

board would be formed so it

now for us to wait and watch.

n Your association has

been demanding a Mar-

itime Industrial Estate in

Goa. Explain the need for

this and any ideal locations.

Maritime Industrial Estate

would help to contain ma-

rine repair and shipbuilding

activity in the industrial

areas. The existing facilities

would obviously continue,

but all new establishments

should come up within the

Maritime Industrial Estate.

The suggested sites are at

Panchwadi – Shiroda,

Narvem, Bhoma, Amona

and Savoi Verem, of which

Bhoma would be the most

suitable one, as the area

would confirm to norms of

Regional Plan.

n Explain your idea of the

ideal industrial precinct.

The government can ac-

quire approximate five hun-

dred thousand square

metres of land alongside the

Cumbharjua Canal at

Bhoma, close to Kundaim

Industrial Estate.

They will have to reserv-

ing one lakh square metres

for infrastructural planning,

like syncro lift systems and

roads.

The balance four lakh

square metres could be di-

vided into 100 plots of 4000

square metres each (100 me-

tres by 40 metres) that could

be leased out to entrepre-

neurs on the same basis as

GIDC does in industrial es-

Towards systematic maritimemanagementAtul V Jadhav, the managing director of New Era Shipping and 15th president of the Goa Barge Owners Association, speaks at length to Bharati Pawaskar, on the issues pertaining tothe port, barges and maritime activities in Goa, thepresent problems, future plans and the directionthat the Goa government needs to take

Looking Forward: Atul Jadhav takes a break from work in Vasco

BOARDROOM

tates. A PPP model would be

best.

n How can the state gov-

ernment help to promote

your interests?

A barge operating in Goa

pays barge tax worth Rs 140

per deadweight tonnage

(DWT) per year, goods tax of

40 paise per DWT of ore car-

ried and a basic amount for

annual licence fees and port

dues. The total taxes col-

lected are approximately Rs

15 crore per year on barges

alone. We hope the govern-

ment spends on dredging

certain areas, like the

Aguada sand bar, San Pedro

on the river Mandovi and at

Xelvona on the river Zuari.

Marking of the navigational

channel with buoys is also a

necessity.

n What about the cry for

shortage of crew on barges?

With 350 barges in Goa, a

total of 700 masters or driv-

ers are required but there is

a shortage of certified crew.

The Maritime School at

Britona has an outdated cur-

riculum that has to be

brought up to date. This

school also has to be up-

graded to attract more stu-

dents.

n Goa has enough barges,

but the exporters complain

that they do not get them in

time. What is the reason for

this?

There are 72 repair work-

shops that cater to hull re-

pairs above waterline, and 16

dry-docks and slip ways to

cater to bottom (below wa-

terline) repairs. But these

are not enough, there is a

paucity of facilities for re-

pairs and so barges do not

get ready in time for the

commencement of the ex-

port season.

Sachin Ambadoskar

Lynda Malavanya holds her new white iPhone 4

after buying it at the Apple store in Palo Alto, Califor-

nia. The long awaited white iPhone, first announced

in June of 2010, went on sale worldwide for the first

time today.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

PANJIM, APRIL 29: Gu-

jarat’s royalty revenue from

minerals has gone up from

Rs 250 crore in 2009-10 to Rs

420 crore in 2010-11. Accord-

ing to the Indian Bureau of

Mines (IBM), the increase in

receipts is mainly due to the

shift in the method of collec-

tion from a tonnage basis to

an ad valorem basis – on the

market value of the mineral.

All states that collect royal-

ties on ad valorem basis have

seen a broad uptrend in roy-

alty receipts, thanks to in-

creasing prices.

Maharashtra, Andhra

Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa

and Rajasthan exceeded or

matched the royalty they col-

lected in the previous year.

But other key iron ore pro-

ducers like Karnataka,

Orissa and Jharkhand did

not, going by the numbers

they reported to the IBM.

Karnataka suffered from

the ban it imposed on iron

ore exports out of the state

for a major part of the year,

to curb illegal mining. This

badly impacted royalty ac-

cruals. The state’s Mid-Term

Fiscal Plan for 2011-2015 ad-

mits that revenue mobilisa-

tion was impacted by the

ban on iron ore exports.

Monthly collections were

nearly Rs 100 crore a month

before the ban in July 2010,

which reduced to Rs 75 crore

after the ban. Similar tough

measures taken by Orissa to

curb illegal mining could

have also impacted its roy-

alty receipts.

But states are not satisfied.

Despite the increasing trend

in royalty collections, they

have demanded that the roy-

alty rate needs to be made ad

valorem for all minerals and

raised to at least 20 per cent

of the value.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor

plans temporary production

adjustment

PANJIM (HBD) -- Toyota

Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd

(TKM) announced its plans

of making temporary pro-

duction adjustments. This

decision has been taken in

light of the supply difficul-

ties, following the March 11,

earthquake and tsunami in

Japan.

Production will be sus-

pended on Mondays and Fri-

days between April 25 and

June 4. TKM will operate at

approx 30% of its normal ca-

pacity during this period.

There will be no impact on

TKM’s service and spare

parts supply operations.

Customer services at the

dealership will be conducted

as usual.

TKM will continue to up-

date all its customers

through dealers as well as

the website - www.toyotab-

harat.com.

The production schedule

post June 4th will be decided

upon in due course.

Value-based royalty boosts mineral revenue

PTI

NEW DELHI, APRIL 29:

Thousands of passengers re-

mained stranded with Air

India operating only 50 of its

regular 320 flights as the

strike by the pilots entered

its third day today amid no

sign of reconciliation.

"Under the contingency

plan, we are operating 50

flights across the network

today," an AI official said.

From Delhi, the national

carrier will be operating just

10 flights and almost an

equal number from Mumbai

to metro cities.

In Mumbai, the airline has

decided to use three wide-

body Boeing 777 aircraft on

the Mumbai-Delhi-Ahmed-

abad-Mumbai and Mumbai-

Ahmedabad-Mumbai sector

to accommodate more pas-

sengers.

AI has decided to operate

four special services using

Air India Express from

Mumbai flying Boeing 737

on Mumbai-Abu Dhabi-

Mumbai, Chennai-Singa-

p o r e - C h e n n a i ,

Cochin-Calicut-Cochin and

Calicut-Dubai-Calicut routes.

Additionally, a Boeing 747

jumbo service will operate

between Mumbai-Dubai-

Delhi-Mumbai.

With both pilots and man-

agement refusing to budge

from their stated positions,

thousands of passengers

continued to bear the brunt

of the agitation. Most of the

flyers have cancelled their

tickets on AI while some oth-

ers were being accommo-

dated on other airlines.

According to the Air India

spokesperson, the cash-

strapped national carrier is

losing Rs four crore per day

due to the strike. However,

sources said, this figure

might be more as the airline

has liabilities towards pay-

ment of instalments of new

and leased aircraft and the

salary of its employees.

Executive pilots also

joined the agitation yester-

day and started reporting

sick. The management has

terminated the services of

seven pilots and suspended

six others.

Thousands of passengers stuck,AI operates only 50 flights

AI serves ‘ultimatum’ tostriking pilotsPTI

NEW DELHI, APRIL 29:

With the Air India pilots' stir

entering its third day today

issued an "ultimatum" to its

pilots asking them to re-

sume work by this evening

even as the Delhi HC re-

fused to stay a management

order derecognising their

union.

While Indian Commercial

Pilots Association (ICPA)

leaders said an "ultimatum"

was issued by the HR de-

partment, company officials

said, "We are following the

court directions.”

...Total losspegged at Rs 26.5 cr PTI

NEW DELHI, APRIL 29:

Air India has incurred an

approximate loss of Rs

26.5 crore in the past three

days due to the pilots'

strike.

The airline, which nor-

mally operates 320 flights

on a daily basis, cancelled

57 flights on April 27, 96 yes-

terday and at least 126

today.

The estimated losses on

these three days were Rs 4.5

crore, Rs ten crore and Rs

12 crore respectively, he

added.

Sensex falls 156 pointsMUMBAI: The BSE Sensex fell for the fifth day in a

row today, slipping another 156 points to 19,135 amid

investor concerns that high inflation will lead to an-

other round of hike in interest rates, hitting corporate

margins. The Sensex has fallen nearly 450 points or 2.3

per cent in the last five sessions.

Marketmen said interest rate sensitive banking and

realty stocks took a beating as investors feared immi-

nent rate hike by the RBI to rein in inflation.

Aban Offshor, 654.7, 657.95, 626, 632.05Abb Ltd., 876, 884.8, 844, 854.9Abg Shipyard, 384.9, 386, 372.25, 375.05Acc Limited, 1104.75, 1135, 1090.9, 1112.8Adani Enterp, 644, 654.9, 620, 624.95Aditya Birla, 874.7, 874.7, 856.4, 867.3Allahabad Ba, 215.35, 216.4, 202.1, 205.1Alstom Proje, 627, 634.9, 610, 615.6Ambuja Cemen, 150.7, 160.8, 150.7, 158.2Andhra Bank, 140.55, 143.55, 138.15, 138.95Ashok Leylan, 54, 54.5, 52.1, 53Asian Paints, 2690.85, 2780, 2690.4, 2774.6Axis Bank Li, 1338, 1342.8, 1270.3, 1286.6Bajaj Hindus, 76.9, 77, 74.55, 75Bank Of Baro, 945, 947, 905.1, 911.9Bank Of Indi, 480.1, 482.6, 452, 457.1Beml Limited, 721.3, 721.3, 687.2, 694.85Bharat Elect, 1880, 1886.7, 1792.05, 1831.15Bharat Forge, 354.75, 354.75, 345.35, 347.5Bharat Petro, 637, 637.9, 625.4, 629.55Bharti Airte, 386.8, 389, 376.2, 380.05Bhel, 2008, 2022.6, 1983.25, 2000.6Bhushan Stee, 505.25, 512, 495, 498.65Biocon Limit, 372, 372.95, 365, 368.55Bombay Dyein, 402.8, 404.6, 390, 393.4

Bosch Limite, 6820, 6820, 6620, 6646.55Brigade Ente, 93.15, 95.4, 91.55, 92.7Cairn India, 346.1, 351.8, 345.8, 349.05Canara Bank, 644, 647.8, 624.55, 631.85Central Bank, 139, 139.7, 132.8, 134.65Century Text, 373.25, 375.7, 354.15, 359.45Cesc Ltd, 303.5, 313.25, 302.7, 308.2Chambal Fert, 86.3, 86.85, 83.7, 85.35Chennai Petr, 227, 227.6, 222.1, 223.85Cipla Ltd, 311, 312.6, 305.55, 309.5Colgate Palm, 884.45, 909, 880.25, 904.35Container Co, 1170.05, 1175.8, 1130, 1145.15Crompton Gre, 270, 270, 246, 252.2Cummins Indi, 709, 722, 704, 707.35Dabur India, 99.75, 102.75, 97.7, 101.15Deccan Chron, 83.2, 83.4, 78.25, 79.95Dish Tv Indi, 70.25, 70.5, 67.75, 68Divi’s Labor, 715, 719.9, 704.3, 706.8Dlf Limited, 228.9, 232, 221.1, 222.8Dr. reddy’s, 1694, 1694, 1654, 1663.9Edelweiss Ca, 36.5, 37.5, 35.75, 37Educomp Solu, 469, 482, 465, 477.1Eih Limited, 86.95, 86.95, 85.25, 86.25Engineers In, 292, 293.5, 288.25, 289.45Essar Oil Lt, 132.95, 134.35, 130.3, 132.05

Essar Shippi, 103.25, 104, 98.3, 99Exide Indust, 150, 154, 150, 152.8Federal Bank, 432.35, 435.7, 414.75, 419.95Financial Te, 862.1, 869, 855, 862.15Gail (india), 475, 481.8, 473.2, 475.45Gammon India, 115.6, 118, 111.1, 114.85Glaxosmithkl, 2229.05, 2263, 2210, 2257.65Glenmark Pha, 300, 303.9, 297.4, 299.3Gmr Infrastr, 38.9, 39, 37.65, 37.75Godrej Indus, 188.4, 191.25, 185.75, 189.95Grasim Indus, 2446, 2480, 2390, 2452.45Great Offsho, 275.7, 279.1, 271.5, 273.3Gtl Infra.Lt, 36.5, 36.5, 35.25, 36.2Gujarat Mine, 143.05, 143.4, 139, 139.75Gujarat N R, 53.2, 53.5, 49.3, 50.3Gujarat Stat, 98.9, 101.5, 97.05, 98.45Gvk Pow. & I, 24.3, 24.9, 23.4, 24.2Hcl Technolo, 512.5, 524.4, 512, 521.2Hdfc Bank Lt, 2325, 2339.7, 2281, 2295.55Hdfc Ltd, 715, 720.4, 695.8, 706.8Hero Honda M, 1688.9, 1728.85, 1651.15, 1710Hindalco in, 219.9, 219.9, 213.1, 216.05Hindustan Co, 35.5, 36.4, 35.1, 35.3Hindustan Ma, 62.8, 63.8, 61.75, 61.9Hindustan Pe, 379.65, 379.65, 369.1, 372.7

Hindustan Un, 280.75, 287, 279.65, 285.2Hindustan Zi, 144.45, 146.9, 141.55, 142.4Housing Dev, 174.2, 176, 157.8, 160.85Icici Bank L, 1116, 1128, 1103.1, 1114.45Idea Cellula, 67.9, 69.75, 67.9, 68.9Ifci Ltd, 53, 53, 51.65, 51.95India Cement, 100.05, 101.15, 98.1, 99.3India Infoli, 73.5, 73.5, 71.2, 72Indiabulls F, 175.9, 181.25, 174.5, 178Indiabulls R, 127.4, 130.25, 122.8, 124.95Indian Bank, 247, 248.35, 240.5, 241.1Indian Hotel, 82.6, 84.5, 81.3, 82.5Indian Oil C, 338.35, 344, 338.35, 339.85Indian Overs, 157.25, 157.25, 151.55, 152.55Indus Dev Ba, 146, 147.95, 142.2, 143.45Indusind Ban, 267.8, 269.05, 258.95, 259.8Infosys Tech, 2910, 2929, 2887.95, 2906.25Infra. dev., 150, 151.25, 143.45, 145.3Ispat Indust, 22.95, 23.3, 22.5, 22.7Itc Ltd, 190.35, 194.8, 190.35, 192.35Ivrcl Infras, 80, 85.4, 78.2, 79.15Jai Corp Lim, 179.2, 179.95, 172.25, 173.95Jaiprakash A, 95.7, 96.9, 91.55, 92.6Jet Airways, 482.05, 488.95, 473.7, 477.85Jindal Saw L, 205, 205, 198.8, 200.4

Jindal Steel, 672, 681.05, 646.7, 654.75Jsw Steel Li, 959.85, 963.95, 940.2, 948.15Kotak Mahind, 443, 447.2, 421.1, 430.1Lakshmi Mach, 2501, 2501, 2440, 2447.55Lanco Infrat, 40.05, 40.9, 39.2, 39.8Larsen & Tou, 1664.7, 1671.7, 1590, 1595.55Lic Housing, 225.5, 226.95, 217.4, 219.25Lupin Limite, 436.1, 446.4, 435, 440.85Mahanagar Te, 48, 49.3, 47.75, 48.35Mahindra & M, 766.1, 771, 744.25, 756.4Maruti Suzuk, 1295.25, 1328.65, 1288.65, 1317.65Max India Lt, 165.4, 168.9, 161.5, 167.6Moser-baer (, 45, 45.35, 42.7, 44.35Mrpl, 75.7, 76.4, 73.25, 73.65Nagarjuna Fe, 32.5, 32.9, 31.35, 31.7National Alu, 92.55, 93.2, 92, 92.75Neyveli Lign, 113.75, 114.5, 111.6, 112.45Ntpc Ltd, 183.95, 184.8, 181.3, 182.3Oil And Natu, 317.4, 325.65, 304.6, 307.8Omaxe Limite, 133.7, 133.95, 130.7, 131.6Oriental Ban, 378, 378, 337.8, 345.55Pantaloon Re, 271, 281, 267, 274.4Parsvnath De, 44.25, 44.25, 43.15, 43.55Petronet Lng, 131.5, 133.85, 130.05, 132.05Power Fin Co, 226.1, 234.4, 225.95, 231.6

Power Grid C, 104.05, 105.5, 103.65, 104.55Praj Industr, 83.85, 83.85, 79.6, 80.8Punj Lloyd L, 69, 69, 66.1, 66.65Punjab Natio, 1199.7, 1199.7, 1173, 1185.1Rajesh Expor, 91.5, 91.5, 85.5, 85.85Ranbaxy Labs, 457, 462.5, 452, 457.6Rashtriya Ch, 87.8, 88.25, 85.2, 86.6Reliance Cap, 569.9, 571.35, 557.5, 562.8Reliance Com, 100, 101.95, 98.25, 100Reliance Ene, 1139, 1139, 1095.3, 1097.85Reliance Ind, 647, 651.8, 627, 633.7Reliance Ind, 975, 988, 971.3, 983.75Reliance Pow, 128.85, 131.45, 128.85, 130.7Rolta India, 141.35, 142.4, 137.05, 137.9Satyam Compu, 75, 76.8, 73.5, 75.45Sesa Goa Ltd, 319.05, 322.7, 311.5, 313.9Shipping Cor, 111.6, 112.9, 110.1, 111.3Siemens Ltd, 855, 877.35, 855, 866.65Sintex Indus, 176, 176.3, 172.2, 173.45Sobha Develo, 295.05, 295.05, 280, 285.55State Bank O, 2855.95, 2868.95, 2785, 2804.6Steel Author, 160, 164.25, 158.4, 159.3Sterlite Ind, 183.5, 184.45, 179.85, 181.75Sun Pharmace, 449.55, 469.5, 449.55, 465.75Sun Tv Netwo, 432.5, 434, 421.7, 426.6

Suzlon Energ, 55.65, 55.65, 52.75, 53.15Tata Communi, 241.45, 246.5, 236.05, 237.25Tata Consult, 1172, 1172, 1150.25, 1165.65Tata Motors, 1229, 1296.65, 1214, 1236.85Tata Power C, 1309, 1323.4, 1292.1, 1304.4Tata Steel L, 614.1, 619.4, 610.5, 616.5Tata Teleser, 18.6, 19.2, 18.35, 18.5Tech Mahindr, 693.95, 698.9, 677.5, 686.4The Ge Shpg., 281.6, 287.9, 280.1, 284.95The Phoenix, 202.8, 226.3, 198, 204.95Thermax Ltd, 665, 668.1, 638.4, 647.15Titan Indust, 4148, 4158.75, 3986.7, 4029.6Torrent Powe, 244.05, 248.5, 243.65, 247.2Triveni Engg, 107, 107.9, 103.05, 103.9Tv18 India L, 83.5, 84, 80.75, 81.2Uco Bank, 111, 115, 103.55, 104.45Ultratech Ce, 1070, 1094.5, 1070, 1089.15Union Bank O, 338.5, 339.5, 317.1, 319.3Unitech Ltd, 38.5, 38.5, 36.55, 36.95United Phosp, 160.8, 160.8, 148.8, 151.3Videocon Ind, 190.9, 200.65, 188.75, 197.85Vijaya Bank, 85.35, 85.45, 82.35, 83.05Voltas Ltd, 165.5, 167.75, 163, 165.3Wipro Ltd, 446, 451.65, 444.15, 450.3Yes Bank Lim, 320, 320, 302.4, 305.15

T here are parties with snacks and then there are par-

ties with Sulaksha Hede’s snacks. She is now the undisputed champion of Margao when it comes to the little delicacies that explode with flavor and richness when you bite into any of her sweet or savoury offerings. Chakali, shev, chivda, churma, fenori, laddoos, nevri, tikhashe fov, lawa-ng latika... these are just some of the little tidbits of delicious fun that she and team conjure up. She makes laddoos of cashew nuts, besan, shev, khaje, rava, til, rice flour, wheat flour and more. “I make some 15 varieties at home, with the help of four helpers, who over the years have become a part of my family. I pay them even if there are no orders at times,” says Sulaksha, a commerce graduate. Khajya ladoo, distributed at weddings and thread ceremonies are one of Sulaksha’s specialties, along with pedhas.

Sulaksha Hede started experimenting in the kitchen to kill time and came up with a few in-novative snacks. Friends and relatives not only relished them but made the obvious query about recipes, or a few to be

packed and taken home. When that happened, Sulaksha realised that she could start a business and make snacks to order. Almost 10 years later, she is the leading producer of homemade snacks.

These items are sold by the kilo, and prices vary according to the price of raw material in the market. The approximate cost per kilo of cashew nut chivda is Rs 230, fenori Rs 210, chakli is Rs 140, churma Rs 140 and shev Rs 150.

Of course, there’s also the matter of the dif-ferent kinds of cooking materials and mediums, which play a part in the final costing. Snacks made from pure ghee snacks are a little more expensive than the others

that can be made using vanspati ghee,” explains Sulaksha.

“While experiment-ing, I wasted lot of raw material initially, but the whole process of trial and error bore fruit eventu-ally,” says Sulaksha. Her business is now a roaring one, she’s inundated with work.

She’s always willing to learn about new snacks and other food items that can add value to her business, but Sulaksha doesn’t like to compro-mise on quality and taste. Another thing that is re-fuses to budge on are her secret recipes. “I don’t want to share my secret formulas. I can provide the readymade snack, but not part with the details of the process.”

I t’s finally worth its weight in gold. With the bullion glittering like never before and

gold hitting an all time high of Rs 22,234 for 10 grams, everyone is queu-ing up to get their hands on the yellow metal. NSE data reveals that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of gold prices has been 22 per cent since April 2007. The price for 10 gm of gold has gone from Rs 9,357 in April 2007 to Rs 22,172 in April 2011.

“India has tradition-ally been a voracious gold consumer. We, as Indians, are more com-fortable with the concept

of gold as an investment option as opposed to stocks for example,” said Arjun Rebelo, partner at Milestone Financial Consultants. The popu-lar misconception is that gold never falls and it is a safe investment. The stock market crash in 2008, fueled the miscon-ception further, making gold even more popular. Ever since then there has been an increased inves-tor interest in gold. (See Graph 1)

The World Gold Coun-cil states that India’s demand of 963 tonnes is nearly 25 per cent of in-ternational demand. “In-creasingly though, as the investor evolves, there

is a slow but sure shift towards investments in gold against jewellery purchases,” says Sachin Mahadik of Integrated Securities.

But even gold in physi-cal form has its problems. Storage issues, doubts over purity, depreciation in re-sale can dimin-ish returns from gold. Even gold coins issued by banks are not repur-chased by them. One is then forced to go to a local jeweler, who will only buy it at a price that is below market value. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in gold are the answer there. ETFs eliminate these problems because here, gold is in

demat form. Also, in the case of ETFs, the local jeweler does not come into the picture.

“ETFs are getting very popular as a hassle free method of getting exposure to gold. The only drawback is that you need demat account to invest in ETFs,” said Mahadik. NSE data shows that assets under management (AUM) for gold ETFs was worth Rs 4,400 crores at the end of March 2011, a rise of 176 per cent over March 2010.

ETFs also provide tax advantages, since anyone who has assets, including gold, worth more than Rs 30 lakh, has to pay a one

per cent wealth tax. On the other hand, if an in-vestor buys units of gold ETFs, there is no wealth tax. Additionally, on physical gold, an investor

has to pay one per cent VAT, but there is no VAT on gold ETFs.

“Now, AMCs are launching systematic in-vestment plans (SIPs) in

gold. This development will eliminate the demat requirement hurdle and expand the market. It also allows an investor to invest a fixed amount

rather than buying fixed quantity of units for vari-able price. The biggest advantage to the retail investor is that he does not physically have to transact every month to increase his exposure to gold,” said Rebelo.

ETF“How an ETF works is that one unit is equiva-lent to one gram of 24 carat gold. Every unit sold by an Asset Manage-ment Company (AMC) has to be backed by one gram of actual gold. The price of one unit is the same across all AMCs as all gold ETFs are passive funds. The only differ-ence between ETFs of different AMCs is in the charges.

bizlifeNow, AMCs are launching systematic investment plans (SIPs) in gold. It also allows an investor to invest a fi xed amount rather than buying fi xed quantity of units for variable price. — Arjun Rebelo

Except for personal satisfaction, making earthenware pots or sculptures hardly fetches enough to make a living in Goa.

— Digambar Kuncolienkar

Goa I Saturday April 30, 20119 www.oheraldo.in

SHE MEANS BUSINESSCLOSURE REPORT

Sachin Ambadoskar

With Akshaya Tritiya just round the corner, it’s an appropriate time to buy gold. But, with the bullion glittering like never before believers and non believers don’t need an occasion to buy gold. Or with exchange traded funds, don’t even need the neighbourhood jeweler either. Kirth George tracks the glitterALL THAT GLITTERS…

….IS GOLD Distribution of available gold across different investment sectorsJewellery 52 per cent

Private Investors 19 per cent

Central Banks 16 per cent

Other Fabrications 11 per cent

Lost and Unaccounted 2 per cent

* Global Above Ground Stocks, end 2010

T he master crafts-man stands at the altar of his craft

looking for ways to give it that one push. A push that will make the wheel spin. His potter’s wheel. The swirl of the wheel, his hands caressing the forms and gently nudging them into shape, till the clay turned into beautiful forms. That was the life of Kumbhars- connois-seurs of clay.

Traditional potters of Goa have seen that wheel stop. The wheel of clay. And the wheel of fortune. And if this metaphor needs a reality, go to the Pottery Train-ing Center at Bicholim.

This is where you would expect potters right? You won’t find any though. For the last eight years, not a single trainee has registered at the center meant to train potters. Hardly surprising since the monthly stipend fixed for trainees by the government is Rs 250. A sweeper at the municipal council gets at least a thousand rupees.

Out of the 20 odd pot-ter families at Kumbhar-wada in Bicholim, except for a serious handful like Kudaskar, Patkar, Har-malkar, Shirgaokar and Kuncolienkar, most play with clay for part time as a past time.

“Except for personal satisfaction, making earthenware pots or sculptures hardly fetches enough to make a liv-ing in Goa,” laments Digambar Kuncolienkar. A traditional potter and a State Award winner artist in 2010, Digambar, is Master Craftsman at Pottery Training Centre in Bicholim.

But the art is not obvi-ously dying because the craftsmen have all gone or there is no market. A private player, Goa Pot-teries, owned by Kamal-dev Pandit from Bihar sends his work to UK and Australia.

Pandit who came to

Goa thirty years ago says “We started this factory in November 1986 and have participated in over 2000 exhibitions in India. Our major stress is on ex-ports to UK and Austra-lia. Our terracotta pieces have a high demand in London.”

With a variety of over 5000 different works Goa Potteries does a business of over one lakh per month and their 12 employees earn a minimum of Rs 4500 a month. Major five-star hotels, luxury resorts and multinational companies place regular orders for decorative earthenware pieces. Goa Potteries’ fig-

urative sculptures have permanent locations at Panjim and the Cipla garden at Verna.

These modern potters now get bookings online from international cli-ents and display their fin-ished products on their website to attract more clientele. The nextgen potters, Umesh Pandit of Goa Potteries and Zilu Harmalkar of Kumbhar Potters, are excellent examples of the modern potter.

But cut to the sons of the soil, who work on soil. Their lives aren’t re-ally on line.

A lot of hard work is required to ready the soil for production. April and May are the only months when soil is extracted from farms in Goa. Transporting soil from Karnataka is costly, so now the kumbhars of Goa bring readymade prod-ucts from Khanapur to sell here, as it eliminates the problem of labour.

They are still at work though especially dur-ing the Ganesh festival, which is their best chance to make their craft worthwhile. But huge labour costs offset even this joy. But they still use their hands and hold on to their crafts. From Bicholim to Poin-gunim and other places, Goa’s potters could do with subsidies to buy their tools and a greater marketing effort to sell their wares. Maybe then, there will finally be a pot of gold waiting.

The pain of the clay manThey have been around for centuries in villages, making pots and vessels for every home. But, like so many traditional businesses, Goa’s potters haven’t managed that extra spin that ensures success- marketing and sales, a craft mastered by newer settlers. Bharati Pawaskar goes to the potterland of Bicholim to see why

SPINNING THE WHEEL: Digambar Kuncolienkar (R) watches as one of the potters moulds clay into a work of art

Sachin Ambadoskar

Sulaksha Hede’s job is to tantalise everyone’s taste buds in South Goa , except makers and distributors of branded chips and snacks. Her home made delicacies generate more yums than the packaged stuff. Bharati Pawaskar gives a tasty salute to this self made businesswoman, in the last of the series

The queen of quick bites!

SPICE GIRL: Sulaksha Hede (L) chats with one of her team members, while dicing red chillies

Our enemies are hard at work and

events in Rasht valley confirm this.

Democracy is a process that cannot

be forced. And things can get out of

hand very quickly.

--Emomalah Rakhmon.

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Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli urged theOrganization of American States on Friday to read-mit Honduras, which was suspended in 2009 follow-ing a coup .The president visited Honduras twoweeks ago and also committed to current PresidentPorfirio Lobo his intent to push for readmission.

AFP

GENEVA, APRIL 29:Western

nations pressed the UN

Human Rights Council Fri-

day to condemn a crackdown

on protests in Syria and

sought an international probe

into the bloodshed but ran

into strong opposition.

Russia, China and African

and Arab nations in the 47-

member body all resisted the

US-led pressure, while Syria

insisted that it had set up a

committee to investigate civil-

ian deaths and blamed vio-

lence on “saboteurs”.

:To the Syrian government,

we are sending a clear and

unequivocal message that we

will not turn a blind as you ar-

bitrarily imprison, torture

and kill your own citizens,”

US Ambassador Eileen

Chamberlain Donohoe told

the council.

A revised draft resolution

tabled by the United States for

endorsement by the Council

on Friday sought to condemn

“the use of lethal violence

against peaceful protestors by

the Syrian authorities.”

It also urged an end to all

human rights violations, wa-

tering down an earlier ver-

sion.

The new resolution also

sought to "urgently dispatch a

Fact Finding Mission" ap-

pointed by the council “to in-

vestigate all alleged violations

of international human rights

law... and of the crimes perpe-

trated.”

Human rights groups say

the government crackdown

has led to at least 453 civilian

deaths.However, Russia and

China maintained their op-

position to condemnation

after they clashed with Wash-

ington in the UN Security

Council this week, rejecting

interference in Syria's inter-

nal affairs.

China warned that the spe-

cial session on Syria called by

Washington and 15 mainly

western nations “might fur-

ther complicate the ten-

sions,” and “split the

council.”

African and Arab nations

urged dialogue in Syria while

welcoming steps taken by

Damascus to lift a state of

emergency and heralding re-

forms.

“It is regrettable that by con-

vening this session we are

sending the wrong message,”

the group of Arab nations in

the UN said in a statement.

Syria acknowledged that it

had experienced "peaceful

demonstrations calling for re-

form" and insisted that security

forces were acting against

"groups of saboteurs".

“Sixty officers and con-

scripts have been killed and

300 people have been injured

very seriously,” the country's

ambassador said.

“A committee has been set

up to investigate all these cases

of civilians who have lost their

lives in the violence,” he added.

UN Deputy High Commis-

sioner for Human Rights

Kyung-wha Kang said the UN

rights office was still discussing

a Syrian offer to allow a mis-

sion into the country.

UN rights body splitover probe on Syria

An unmanned Russian cargo

vessel on Friday docked with-

out a hitch at the Interna-

tional Space Station,

bringing a fresh supply of

oxygen and equipment to the

crew The M-10M Progress

completed the automatic

docking at 1429 GMT.

Russian Federal Space

Agency said in a statement.

The vessel was carrying 2.6

tonnes of supplies and scien-

tific equipment for the inter-

national crew.

Russia sendsspace supplies

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nEW DElHi, aPril 29: BJPtoday accused Prime Minis-ter Manmohan Singh andthen Finance Minister PChidambaram of "directcomplicity" in the 2G spec-trum issue and maintainedthat the draft report of PACon the scam should be sub-mitted to the Lok SabhaSpeaker to expose the UPA

BJP: PM, PC had direct complicity in 2G scam "coalition of the corrupt".

"I am charging the Prime

Minister with direct com-

plicity in this matter. I am

charging the Finance Min-

ister with direct complicity.

They have not only not

done their constitutional

duty but willy-nilly they

have become a party to

this scam," PAC member

and senior BJP leader

Yashwant Sinha told re-

porters.

Sinha launched a strong

attack on the Congress,

DMK and "their new-found

allies" SP and BSP members

of the PAC for their behav-

iour in the parliamentary

panel's meeting yesterday to

discuss the draft report on

2G issue.

"We are all hurt by the con-

duct of the members. This is

perhaps the first time that a

Parliamentary committee

has behaved in this manner,"

he said.

In a scathing attack on

Singh, the BJP leader al-

leged, "There was complete

abdication of responsibility

by the Prime Minister. In

India's history there is no

precedent of this kind.

The order passed by the Judges Inquiry Committeeallowing a biased member to continue to serve as amember of the committee is hit by the principles ofnatural justice.

-- P D Dinakaran

PTi

NEW DELHI, APRIL 29:

The Supreme Court today

refused to go into a batch of

PILs challenging constitu-

tional validity of the notifica-

tion on composition of a

committee to draft the Jan

Lokpal bill, saying the peti-

tions were "premature".

A bench headed by Chief

Justice S H Kapadia posted

the matter for hearing in

July.

The bench said, "The peti-

tions are premature and

can't be taken as the Lokpal

Bill was yet to be passed."

"It is still not the law," the

bench, also comprising jus-

tices K S Radhakrishnan

and Swatanter Kumar

said.

The bench dealt with

the three petitions sepa-

rately and passed identical

orders for hearing them in

July.

While dealing with one of

the petitions, the bench said,

"Some of the averments in

the petition are untenable in

law."

The petitioners including

some public-spirited individ-

uals and advocates had chal-

lenged the notification

issued by the government

relating to the constitution of

the committee for drafting of

the Lokpal Bill.

"We will go strictly by the

law," the bench said while

adjourning the matter.

SC rejectsPILs on Lokpal Billpanel

PTi

nEW DElHi, aPril 29: TheCPI(M) on Friday demandeda judicial probe into Puruliaarms drop case alleging"gross negligence" of thethen Central Government inhandling the same whichwas meant to destabilise thethe Jyoti Basu government.

Purulia arms drop: Judicial probe demanded

favour with the Govern-

ment. The consultancy for

the Panjim-Vasco sea-link

project which has been put

on hold till there is a consen-

sus, will go to Louis Berger.

In addition, LBG is part of a

consortium along with two

Japanese firms and one In-

dian company Shah Techni-

cal, awarded the consultancy

for the augmentation of

water supply by 100 MLD at

Selaulim. This award is of Rs

70 crore though the amount

budgeted for consultancy in

the project was Rs 54 crore.

This is part of the overall

grant of 1034 crore given by

Japan International Cooper-

ation Agency (JICA) for Pub-

lic Works.

While, the credentials of

Louis Berger in the light of

the National Highways Au-

thority “debarring them”,

raises ethical concerns, Her-

ald’s own investigations has

indicated that the process of

selecting a consultant was

conducted in a ‘shoddy man-

ner devoid of any serious-

ness’.

Behind the scenes con-

versations with key players

in the entire process, both

from the Government side

as well as the bidders have

revealed that a key compo-

nent of the technical bid was

a formal presentation of the

technical aspects to the

high-level committee for the

selection of the consultant.

While 70 per cent weightage

would be given for technical

aspects which would be

fixed, a crucial 30 per cent

would be given according to

the subjective assessment of

the committee based on the

presentation. The pre-bid

meeting was on September

14, the submission of tender

documents, on October 18

and the presentations of 12

bidders were scheduled on

October 21 and 22.

On the first day, the bid-

ders — all of them interna-

tional players who had their

senior-most personnel fly

down from all over the

world — were made to wait

the entire day. At 4 pm Anu-

pam Kishore the PPP Direc-

tor and Joint Secretary

Budget Anand Sherkhane

arrived for the presentation.

Each bidder got less than 30

minutes for a presentation

which would decide a cru-

cial 30 per cent of the techni-

cal bid. The Director MOPA

Mihir Vardhan, the Chief

Secretary, a representative

from the AAI and the Joint

Secretary Civil aviation

whose presence was vital for

a technical presentation

were all absent.

The same scenario was re-

peated on day 2 when only

Kishore and Sherkhane

turned up and rushed

through presentations. This

begs the question. Why was

such a critical component of

the bidding process handled

in such a casual manner?

Said a senior Government

source: “This can be viewed,

especially by the unsuccess-

ful bidders as a manipulation

component”.

This becomes even more

significant if you notice that

the point difference in the

technical bid between

Amman n Whitney/LBG

and EGIS is a mere 1.8

(Amman Whitney/LBG

90.80, EGIS 89.00).

This in addition to the fact

that global bidders were

given just a month to pre-

pare their technical bids for

the date from the pre-bid

meeting and merely two

days thereafter for their

presentation, has a cast a

shadow on the trans-

parency of the bid process

for one of India’s most am-

bitious green-field airport

projects.

FROM PAGE 1

formula to the satisfaction of

both the pro and anti-Eng-

lish groups. There were re-

ports doing the rounds that

the Government might give

some subject-specific relief

to those demanding English

as the medium of instruc-

tion. However, subject-spe-

cific relief has not found

favour with the parents,

who have been demanding

nothing short including

English as the medium of

instruction at the primary

level.

To another question, he

said the Government just

cannot decide to do away

with a 20-year old policy de-

cision, adding that the issue

needs to be examined care-

fully.

Sources in the know said

PWD Minister, Churchill

Alemao and other pro-Eng-

lish groups within the Con-

gress are expected to meet

the Chief Minister on May 2

to press their demand in

favour of English.

Congress heavyweights

are increasingly coming

under pressure from parents

for not doing anything in

support of their demands

and have been accused of

paying lip service to the

burning issue.

We will inquire if there is any apprehension: Director PPPPanjim, aPril 29: Director Public Private PartnershipAnupam Kishore has said, “the high-powered committeeappointed by the Government has zeroed in on Ammann Whitney but the final decision has to be taken by theGovernment.

Kishore also said that they have sought some more

documents from the company and they are yet to get

back.

On the company’s partnership with Louis Berger,

which has a dubious background and blacklisted by

NHAI, he replied, “Louis Berger is a minor partner in

A&W”.

Also, he continued, “we have no record of their back-

ground as Louis Berger has recently bagged the Rs 12,000

crore project at Hyderabad and the four-lanning con-

tracts by NHAI”.

“Besides they are also getting contracts from the US

Government”, he said.

However, he was quick to add, “if there is any appre-

hension we will inquire into the matter”.

Hapless Digambar turns to madam

Selection of MOPA consultant highly suspicious

hundreds of passengers

stranded.

With the strike entering

the third day today, the Delhi

High Court initiated con-

tempt of court proceedings

against the pilots for their

“utter defiance” of its order

on Wednesday to call off the

agitation calling it as “brazen

and smacking of sheer arro-

gance”.

A lockout of the airline

and invoking of Essential

Services Maintenance Act

(ESMA) were also being

mulled to crack down on the

pilots.

The AI management or-

dered the pilots to report for

duty failing which it said the

airline “is at liberty to take

any action as deemed fit in-

cluding termination of serv-

ices”.

“This is without prejudice

to any further action man-

agement may take under

any other law of the land”, a

notice by the management

to the agitators said. The

deadline for pilots to resume

duty expired at 5 pm today.

The management sacked

two more pilots today tak-

ing to nine the number of

pilots terminated. Six pilots

have been already sus-

pended.

Tougher options of clamp-

ing ESMA and a lockout

were also being mulled, offi-

cial sources said, adding they

were waiting for the High

Court’s decision on the con-

tempt petition.

In Mumbai, the represen-

tatives of the 850-plus agitat-

ing pilots said they will go

ahead with the stir and are

willing to go to jail.

“We are more than will-

ing to go to jail. Nearly

31,000 Air India employees

will also be ready to court

arrest because we are seri-

ous about saving the na-

tional carrier from ruin”,

Rishabh Kapur, General

Secretary of the de-recog-

nised Indian Commercial

Pilot Associations (ICPA)

spearheading the stir told

reporters.

He demanded a CBI

probe into the “massive cor-

ruption” in the airline under

the leadership of CMD

Arvind Jadhav.

AI pilots ready for jail

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sportsGoa I Saturday, 30 April 2011

Man United star Wayne Rooney revealed that detectives probing

Britain's phone hacking scandal had informed him he may have

been targeted by journalists under investigation. Rooney wrote on

Twitter that police officers had told him he could have been among

the dozens of celebrities and public figures who are believed to

have had their phones hacked into by the News of the World.

HERALD SPORTS DESK

Panjim, April 29: IM Hi-

manshu Sharma (2393) of

Haryana with eight points is

the sole leader in the 9th

round of Goa Vid-

hyaprasarak Mandal All-

India FIDE rating

tournament at GVM Higher

Secondary School hall, Far-

magudi, Ponda.

Himanshu drew with IM

Arghyadip Das (478) of West

Bengal.

Himanshu leadingHERALD SPORTS REPORTER

Mapusa, April 29: Defender

Saddam Hussein headed in

from a corner in the 34th

minute to rescue a point as

Brasil Futebol Academia drew

1-1 with Dempo Sports Club

(Juniors) at Taleigao on Friday.

Harsh Tiwary headed

Dempo into the lead after

just five minutes.

In GFA’s U-18 Second Di-

vision, CDJ Ribandar and

Paradise Sports Club played

out a 4-4 draw.

Vijay Dottori, Atish

Madgaker and Atish Men-

doca netted for Vasco Sports

Club as they edged out Goa

Velha Sports Club 3-2 at

Tilak Maidan.

At Rosary ground, Alison

D’Sousa scored a magnificent

seven goals, as Ave Maria

AWC trounced Salcete FC 12-

1. Domnic Rodrigues, Vijay

Moraskar, Kevin Borkar,

Ummer and Milton Alphonso

also scored for Ave Maria.

Brasil FA hold Dempo

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

Calangute, April 29: Nerul

Sports Club scored a com-

fortable 2-1 victory over St

Sebastian SC, Fatorda to

move into the quarter-finals

of Salgaocar Trophy inter-

village football tournament

at Saligao ground on Friday.

Nerul shot into the lead in

the 3rd minute through

Deepraj Sangelkar. Deepraj

doubled the lead in the 20th

minute. Anton Fernandes

reduced the margin.

Nerul ahead

JOVITO LOPES

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat

ordered the Goa Board of Sec-

ondary and Higher Secondary

Education (GBSHE), Porvorim on Fri-

day to immediately withdraw its Circu-

lar No 6, dated April 11 which deprived

sportspersons from getting the desig-

nated sports merit marks under the

Goa Sports Policy.

That the new circular issued by the

Goa Board was only making a mockery

of the merit marks policy and sidetrack-

ing the very authority of SAG was pin-

pointed by Herald on its edition dated

April 27 in a special story entitled,

“Sports Policy merit marks a farse?”

Digambar was very forceful and cat-

egorical when he told both Board

Chairman Merwyn De Sousa and its

secretary D R Bhagat, who were sum-

moned for a special meeting in Margao

today morning, that the new circular

was running totally contrary to the

spirit of the Sports Policy.

The CM was visibly annoyed that the

Board had totally disregarded the deci-

sion of the Government, since it was a

Cabinet decision, as well as the assur-

ances given in the House, both by him

as well as Sports Minister Babu Az-

gaonkar. He is learnt to have made it

amply clear that whatever the Govern-

ment decides, had to be implemented.

It was the contention of both SAG as

well as Goa Olympic Association (GOA)

that the Board had invented their own

explanations as reflected in the circular

and had given an impression that the

Board was supreme and final authority

in deciding what marks to be given

even if only the SAG had countersigned

the students certificates.

The Board authorities were told that

it was not above the Government and

that by issuing such a circular it had

done lot of damage to the parents as

well students participating in recog-

nised sports activities. Those who at-

tended the meeting felt that the circular

had created a turmoil, creating anxiety

and fear in the minds of stakeholders

and especially students.

The timing of the circular was also

criticised. Issuing a circular towards the

end of the academic year only raised

doubts and suspicions as to its objective.

It was seen more as an ego problem,

with someone wanting to settle scores

with some students and sending the

message that the heads of schools were

supreme.

The Chief Minister is learnt to have

made it clear that there were no extraor-

dinary circumstances for the Board

which warranted a change in its circular

No 06 which was issued on April 22,

2010. Consequently, the Board was told

that the same rules as applied in the very

first year (2010) should continue to be

implemented, which implies that the

SAG certificates are to be accepted as

final and not left at the discretion of any-

one else to say that in case that proper

procedure is not followed by recognised

State Associations, the marks would be

allotted to the first level of participation.

This step was just to undermine the au-

thority of SAG and at the same time con-

vey that the Board was supreme, since

it is an autonomous body. From the body

language of the Chief Minister, it was

clear who enjoyed absolute powers.

It was refreshing and somewhat sur-

prising to see Digubab acting as an ef-

fective, competent and dynamic head.

He minced no words as he spoke his

mind. He was lucid in his thoughts

which were simple but packed with

common sense and rationale.

He was articulate in the subject mat-

ter. That could be attributed to the fact

that he was closeted with the Secretary

of Sports, T M Balakrishna, Secretary

of Education, V P Rao, Director of Ed-

ucation, Dr Celsa Pinto, SAG’s Execu-

tive Director, V M Prabhudesai, DSYA’s

Juliana Colaco, GOA president Subash

Shirodkar, secretary Gurudatt Bhakta,

treasurer Anil Madganvkar, Raju

Mangueshkar, Ramesh Desai. And, the

best part was that both the Board top

functionaries were also present and lis-

tened with rapt attention.

Digambar displayed acumen when

he expressed that there could be some

lacunae in the Sports Policy, but that

these could only be removed by the

competent authority, the Government.

For that, one needs to have detailed dis-

cussions and it cannot be done unilat-

erally, the CM opined.

Consequently, the Chief Minister con-

stituted an 8-member committee to re-

visit the policy. It will have the Secretary

of Sports, Secretary of Education, Direc-

tor of Education, Executive Director of

SAG, Chairman of Goa Board, Registrar

of Goa University, GOA secretary and

GOA treasurer. They have been given a

month’s time to seek the views of all

stakeholders, including the Principals

Forum, Goa Headmasters Association,

Goa Physical Education Teachers Asso-

ciation, Teachers Association, Sports As-

sociations, Sports Clubs. Changes, if any,

thereafter would be made known right

at the beginning of the new academic

year (2011-12), the members of the com-

mittee which will be known as “Sports

Policy Review Committee” were told.

The fallout of the new Board circular

left the sports associations and clubs

shattered as they opined that the Board

had shown scant respect or no respect

towards them as they stressed that they

were responsible in formulating the

Sports Policy after prolonged debates,

discussions, interactions at various lev-

els including , parents-teacher associa-

tions. It was sad and unfair that the

Board, with just one stroke, was nulli-

fying all the work done, they remarked.

It was agreed that the Association

tournaments would be considered as

State level championships and as such

students entitled for 15 marks and not

5 as the Board had decreed.

The Board has convened a meeting

of its Executive Committee on Monday

to consider the issue of withdrawal of

the circular and issuance of a fresh one

in view of the deliberations held with

the Chief Minister.

Farrel Furtado, vice-chairperson of

the Board, who is also an important of-

ficial of a hockey association, denied that

she was instrumental in formulating the

new Board policy on merit marks or

that she had influenced some members

to adopt such a collision course.

Several parents, officials of associa-

tions and clubs hailed SAG’s top honcho

V M Prabhudesai, GOA officials Subash

Shirodkar, Gurudatt Bhakta for taking

up the genuine cause of sportspersons

and for pursuing the matter to its logical

conclusion. It was Prabhudesai who had

taken up the matter suo moto, both with

Sports Minister Babu Azgaonkar and

the Chief Minister when he led a strong

delegation of over 25 associations on

Thursday.

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sports “Salgaocar’s loss to Mumbai FC hasopened the door for rivals East Bengaland Dempo and even Churchill Bros toovertake them in the I-League title race.Mumbai has dealt a huge blow to Salgao-car’s title hopes.

The Sports Policy Review Com-mittee has been set up to findlacunae, if any, in merit marksfor students. It will be effective

from 2011-12.-Chief Minister Digambar Kamat

Goa I Saturday, 30 April 2011

“

SNAPSHOT

CM to Board: Withdraw diluted marks circular

Government final arbiter

2010 circular to continue

Review panel set up

SAG’s authority asserted

15 marks for State events

HERALD IMPACTThe CM was visiblyannoyed that theBoard had totally disregarded the decision of the Government, since it was a Cabinet decision, as well asthe assurances givenin the House, both by him as well asSports Minister Babu Azgaonkar.

HERALD SPORTS REPOTER

Panjim, April 29: Can a

football player registered

with one club with the Goa

Football Association (GFA),

having a legal contract as

professional player, play for

another club in Shillong in

a rated official tournament

under the All India Football

Federation (AIFF)? The an-

swer ought to have been a

straight no, but since it is a

direct yes, it makes funny

but sad news.

L Rinfela is contracted with

I-League team, Churchill

Bros, for a two-year term

which expires in 2012. He is

registered with the GFA as a

professional player, Churchill

Bros stated. However, it has

been alleged that he was listed

with United Sikkim of

Baichung Bhutia among the

18 as recorded in the players

registration sheet in the 2nd

Division I-League match

against Sporting Clube de

Goa in Shillong recently and

as such Churchill Bros feel

that it is illegal.

Churchill Bros have

dashed a complaint to the

AIFF in New Delhi, submit-

ting proofs that Rinfela,

having a valid contract with

them upto next year (2012)

was listed in the players list

of United Sikkim.

Churchill Bros have

charged the player with

breach of contract, besides

stating that it is illegal for

one player to play for an-

other club unless the player

seeks inter-state transfer

within the window period

or is given on loan, which

they say is not the case.

There are apprehensions

that the AIFF may not con-

sider the complaint at all as

the tournament rules stipu-

late that once the list of

players is made available to

the teams before the start of

the event it is considered as

agreed to by all the partici-

pating teams if there are no

objections raised on the eli-

gibility. There are two Goan

teams, Vasco and Sporting,

in Shillong, and both did

not raise any objection as

none of them knew that the

player in question was al-

ready registered in Goa.

The problem, in this case,

is different as under the

FIFA regulations, which su-

persede all other rules, no

professional player or

player can have two regis-

trations in the same year

unless following proper

transfer or availing of loan

facility.

Several football adminis-

trators, when contacted, ex-

pressed that the matter is

very serious indeed, since it

involves a legal issue. The

violation of a registered pro-

fessional contract is dealt

with seriously, and it cannot

be brushed aside, they

added, since, if the allega-

tion is true, it could mean

that fraudulent means have

been used for registration.

Anyway, the matter will

have to be investigated by

the AIFF urgently, they

opined.

Churchill player registeredillegally by United Sikkim?

AIFF U-19 I-League:

Churchill Brothers SC v.

Sporting Clube de Goa,

Tilak Maidan, Vasco;

Dempo SC v. Salgaocar

SC, Nehru Stadium, Fa-

torda. Kick off 4 p.m.

Crown Boys soccer: Chi-

calim XI v. Michael’s,

Azosim, Government

School ground, Santa

Cruz, 4.30 p.m.

Romeo inter-ward soccer:

Segun Bairro v. Ubo

Dando, Government

School ground, Santa

Cruz, 5.30 p.m.

2nd All-Goa Youth Sports

Club of Mankem soccer

semi-finals: Majorda Boys

v. Roniksha 8, Mankem

ground, Shiroda, 4.30 p.m.

Novino Gold Cup soccer fi-

nals: Sangolda Lightning v.

Nagoa SC, Dr Gustavo

Monteiro Stadium, Can-

dolim, 4.30 p.m.

15th Holy Cross inter-vil-

lage soccer: Ambelim SC v.

Nuvem SC, Vodlemoll

Kakoda ground, 4.30 p.m.

10th All-Goa Guirdolim

Panchayat Cup soccer: St

Sebastian SC, Fatorda v.

Guirdolim Club, Chandor

church ground, 4.30 p.m.

St Anthony Festival soccer:

Cocktail Palolem v. St An-

thony, Assolda, Banto ground,

Mapa Panchwadi, 4.30 p.m.

Conceicao Colaco soccer:

Goa Velha SC v. Parish

Youth, Nuvem, Assolna

ground, 4.45 p.m.

2nd All-Goa Floodlit volley-

ball: Saligao, 5 p.m.

R E S U L T SSalgaocar 2 Mumbai 3

ONGC 2 Chirag 2

Salgaocar 46 (22)

Churchill 44 (23)

E Bengal 44 (21)

Dempo 44 (21)

Mumbai 32 (22)

Pune 29 (22)

Bagan 27 (22)

Chirag 27 (23)

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

Margao, April 29: Mumbai

Football Club extracted

sweet revenge as they

downed leaders Salgaocar

Sports Club 3-2 in 4th I-

League at Nehru Stadium,

Fatorda on Friday. Mumbai

led 2-0 at half time.

It was payback time for Mum-

bai as they had been upstaged in

the first-leg in Kolhapur.

After missing an open

chance in the 10th minute,

Mumbai went into top gear.

Hardworking midfielder

Malsawm Kima sped from

his own half, and squared it to

wing back Keegan Pereira,

who with an unexpected turn

unleashed a left footer from

about 22 yards. Not expecting

the sudden move, Salgao-

car’s goalkeeper Karanjit

Singh tried, but in vain as the

ball slowly rolled in.

Mumbai doubled their lead

through man-of-the-match

midfielder Noel Wilson. Fol-

lowing a swift pass from mid-

fielder Ebi Sukore

Mumbai’s huge blow to Salgaocar’s title hopes

MuMbai and SalgaoCar players fight

for ball possesion at Nehru Stadium, Fa-

torda, Friday.

Theophlius, Noel fired the

ball from 20 yards only to beat

advancing Salgoacar keeper

Karanjit, bringing in a pin-

drop silence at the stadium.

Salgaocar could have re-

duced the margin in the 39th

minute when striker Ryuji

Sueoka’s shot went goal-

bound, but Mumbai keeper

Nidhin Lal stood up to the

task to parry it away.

Salgaocar put up a better

display after

c h a n g i n g

ends and

their efforts

bore fruit in

the 64th

minute as a

cross from

the right by

substitute

M i l a g r e s

Gonsalves

across the

rival goal,

was beauti-

fully headed

in by Ghana-

ian Yakubu

Yusif.

Mumbai intensified their

attack and Nicholas Ro-

drigues unleashed a stinging

left footer which crashed into

the net keeping Salgaocar’s

keeper Karanjit dazed in the

69th minute.

Salgaocar pulled one

more back in the 89th

minute when Milagres beat

the rival defence and pun-

ished Mumbai’s keeper off

Ryuji’s pass.

Earlier, Mumbai had a

charmed life when their de-

fender Faizal Rehman af-

fected a goal line save to

deny striker Yakubu Yusif

what could have been a sure

goal.

Mumbai’s manager

Henry Picardo was glad that

his team finally won a match

in the second-leg. “We beat

leaders Salgaocar and that

too on their home ground.

We played well to deserve

the win,” Picardo stated.

Salgaocar coach Karim

Bencherifa was not too dis-

appointed with the result. “It

was a good match. We tried

our best especially conceding

two goals. The first two goals

early on surprised us and al-

tered our plans. We were bet-

ter in the second half and

had several chances but we

couldn’t convert them into

goals. Now it will be very dif-

ficult for us to make progress,

provided the other teams in

the contention choke,”

Bencherifa concluded.

Soccer tie-breaker at Santa CruzPANJIM – Young Boys of Cujira, Santa Cruz will or-

ganise their All-Goa floodlit soccer tie-breaker on

April 30 near Cujira chapel, Santa Cruz at 7.30 p.m.

The winners will walk away with Rs 6,000 while the

runners-up will have to be content with Rs 4,000.

Spot entries will be accepted.

Federation Cup throwball teamPANJIM– Sadic Beig, A Khan, Jalalodin Shaikh, Yo-

gesh Gawas, Faizan Khan, Jamalodin Khan, Saif

Beig, Ismail Beig, Mozam Khan, Aiyaz Aga, Harun

Shaikh and Nuwa Shaikh have been selected by

the Amateur Throwball Association of Goa to partic-

ipate in Federation Cup to be held on June 1 and 2

at Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Prajwal Shetty, Shoib

Khan, Saish Gaonkar and Azim Shaikh have been

placed as reserves.

2-a-side soccer at SiolimCALANGUTE -- St Anthony Boys of Siolim will organ-

ise their All-Goa 2-a-side soccer tie-breaker at Mod-

lem Bhat ground, Siolim on April 30 at 8 p.m.

Details may be obtained on 9764683730 or

9923666930.

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER

Mapusa, April 29 : Vasco

Sports Club went top of the I–

League Second Division after

defeating Sporting Clube de

Goa 3-0 at J N sports com-

plex, Shillong on Friday.

Vasco led 2-0 at the breather.

Man-of-the-match Joel

Sequeira opened the scoring

with a shot from outside the

box on the half hour mark.

Eleven minutes later, Basilio

Rego hit a splendid volley

from a distance to double

Vasco’s lead.

In the 79th minute, Koko

sealed victory, after he drib-

bled from the left flank, tak-

ing on two defenders before

finishing with the ball in the

back of the net.

Vasco now have six points

from two matches and are

top of the table, having

scored one more goal then

Shillong Lajong who also

have six points. Sporting

stay on one point after play-

ing two matches.

“I cannot explain how I

feel right now, it was an

amazing game to witness,

our opponents pushed us

hard,” remarked Vasco

coach, Gavin Araujo.

Vasco’s Remus Gomes and

Sporting’s Avelino Fernan-

des received yellow cards.

Vasco trounce Sporting Clube de Goa

HERALD SPORTS DESK

Panjim, April 29: A fine

hat-trick by Paulwin

D’Silva helped Cana Be-

naulim Sporting Associa-

tion defeat Rossman Cruz

Sports Club, Nagoa 4-0 in

St Anthony Super Soccer

at Colva on Friday. Be-

naulim led 2-0 at half

time.

Benaulim shot into the

lead through Nelson in the

5th minute off Stephen’s

pass.

Paulwin netted his first

goal in the 20th minute.

Crossing over, Paulwin

scored another two

goals to complete his

hat-trick. He was later

adjudged the man-of-

the-match.

Cana Benaulim winHERALD SPORTS DESK

Panjim, April 29: Goa Velha

Sports Club squeezed past St

Savio Sports Club, Calangute

2-1 to enter the quarter-finals

of 15th Holy Cross inter-vil-

lage soccer tournament in

memory of Albert J Fernan-

des organised by Holy Cross

Sports Club, Vodlemoll,

Kakoda at Vodlemoll,

Kakoda ground on Friday. St

Savio led 1-0 at the break.

St Savio shot into the lead

in the 4th minute through

Vijay Parsekar off a volley.

Changing ends, Goa Velha

opened their scoring in the

55th minute when Pravin

Naik beat St Savio’s keeper

hands down with a snapshot.

Newton Gonsalves

rounded off the tally.

Goa Velha upInfant Jesusbow out

Panjim: Government

Sports School, Bangalore

stormed into the finals of

Mahindra Youth Football

Challenge, winning their

crucial final league en-

counter match against In-

fant Jesus High School,

Colva 2-0 in Bangalore on

Friday.

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sports “FIFA President Sepp Blatter is promising wide-rangingreforms if he is re-elected, including changes to how fu-ture World Cup hosts are picked. Blatter told a Germannewspaper he will set up a watchdog committee to su-pervise how FIFA works and “restore the credibility” ofthe governing body of world soccer.

A picture is worth a thou-sands words and as there are

so many pictures, I am notgoing to speak any more

about what happened.-- Real coach Jose Mourinho

Goa I Saturday 30, April 2011

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Royal Challengers: Gayle lbw b R Sharma 49, Dilshan b R Sharma 15,Kohli c Harpreet Bhati b Thomas 67, De Villiers c R Sharma b Thomas26, S Tiwary C harpreet Bhatia b taylor 14, Kaif not out 8, Mithun notout 0. Extras: 2. Total: 181 for 5. Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-74, 3-140, 4-169, 5-179. Bowling: Alfonso Thomas 4-0-23-2, Jerome Taylor 4-0-44-1, Kamran Khan 3-0-47-0, Rahul Sharma 4-0-27-2, Mithun Manhas1-0-9-0, Yuvraj Singh 2-0-10-0, Jesse Ryder 2-0-20-0. Pune Warriors: Ryder c Kaif b Syed Mohammad 51, Paine c Vettori bAravind 8, Pandey c Tiwary b vettori 19, Yuvraj c Syed Mohammad bZaher 41, Uthappa not out 23, Manhas c Kaif b Gayle 3, Harpreet Singhnot out 1. Extras: 9. Total: 155 for 5. Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-79, 3-101,4-131, 5-137. Bowling: Zaheer 4-0-33-1, Aravind 4-0-35-1, Mithun 4-0-26-0, Vettori 4-0-23-1, Gayle 2-0-8-1, Syed Mohammad 2-0-26-1. Man-of-the-match: V Kohli.

FIXTURES

Kochi Tuskers Kerala v.Delhi Daredevils

4 p.m.Kolkata Knight Riders v.

Kings XI Punjab8 p.m.

TodAy’s FIxTures

SATURDAY

Blackburn v. Bolton,

Blackpool v. Stoke,

Chelsea v. Tottenham,

Sunderland

v. Fulham, West Brom

v. Aston Villa, Wigan

v. Everton.

SUNDAY

Arsenal v. Man Utd,

Birmingham v. Wolves,

Liverpool v. Newcastle,

Man City v. West Ham.

Sourabh, Datt

lose; Indian challenge ends PTI

New Delhi, April 29: It was

curtains for India in the In-

dian Open Super Series after

young shuttlers Sourabh

Verma and RMV Gurusai

Datt suffered straight-game

defeats in the quarterfinals of

the men's singles at the Siri

Fort Complex here today.

Giant killer Sourabh, who

had beaten Athen Olympics

bronze medallist Sony Kun-

coro of Indonesia and seventh

seed Kenichi Tago of Japan on

his way to the quarter-finals,

suffered a 7-21 8-21 defeat

against World number one

Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia.

While, Datt went down

fighting to world number 20

Hu Yun of Hong Kong 10-21

16-21 in a 35-minute match.

Datt had beaten fourth seed

Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand

and Yuhan Tan of Belgium in

the first two rounds here.

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Ridgetown, April 29 : Mis-

bah-ul-Haq dug deep and

dragged Pakistan to a series-

clinching, three-wicket vic-

tory over West Indies in the

third One-day International

of the best of five match se-

ries here on Thursday.

Misbah led the way with

four fours and one six in an

unbeaten 62 from 109 balls,

Hammad Azam supported

with 36, and Umar Akmal

made 30, as the Pakistanis,

chasing 172 for victory,

reached their target with 29

balls remaining at Kensing-

ton Oval.

The Pakistanis were left

reeling on 12 for three, fol-

lowing an opening burst

from Ravi Rampaul, who

also had Akmal caught be-

hind to leave the visitors on

49 for four in the 12th over,

finishing with four wickets

for 32 runs from nine overs.

Azam joined Misbah and

put on 78 for the fifth wicket

to put Pakistan back on

track before Devendra

Bishoo took three for 42

from nine overs to trigger a

slide that left the visitors

wobbling on 148 for seven in

the 36th over.

But Wahab Riaz joined

Misbah to edge the Pakista-

nis over the finish line five

overs later, when he swung a

short ball from Dwayne

Bravo over deep backward

square leg for six.

Earlier, Saeed Ajmal had

captured three for 29 from

8.4 overs and Wahab took

three for 38 from eight overs

to enhance Pakistan's

chance of victory, as they dis-

missed their opponents for

171 in 43.4 overs after choos-

ing to field.

Misbah guides Pak to

series-clinching win

PTI

Bangalore, April 29: Royal

Challengers Bangalore rode

on Virat Kohli's whirlwind

half century and Chris

Gayle's blitzkrieg to notch up

a comfortable 26-run win

over Pune Warriors in the

IPL here today.

Put into bat, Kohli smashed

67 off 42 balls after Gayle laid

the foundation with 49 off a

mere 26 deliveries, to lead the

home team's challenge at the

Chinnaswamy stadium.

In reply, Pune could not

manage more than 155 for

five in their stipulated 20

overs, despite a fighting 50

from Jesse Ryder and a

quick-fire 23-ball 41 from

skipper Yuvraj Singh.

Ryder hit four fours and

two sixes while Yuvraj's

knock included two fours

and three sixes. Earlier, Kohli

smashed four boundaries

and as many sixes during his

Kohli, Gayle lift RC spiritstay at the crease while Gayle

found the ropes three times

and cleared it the same num-

ber of times.

After a quiet first over,

Tillakaratne Dilshan scored

the first boundary of the Ban-

galore innings, when he drove

Jerome Taylor's short of

length delivery through the

covers. Thereafter, till the last

ball of the ninth over, the show

completely belonged to Gayle,

who unleashed an array of

hefty blows, leaving the oppo-

sition bowlers hapless, and the

home crowd delighted.

On the receiving end of

Gayle's furious onslaught

was Kamran Khan who con-

ceded 47 runs in his three

overs. The big-hitting West

Indies opener picked the left-

arm seamer for 20 runs, in-

cluding two massive sixes

and two boundaries, in the

innings' third over.

After being welcomed with

a four over extra cover, Kam-

ran was sent over long-off for

the maximum. He then

bowled a short one, which

was smashed over long-on by

the marauding left-hander.

More misery was in store

for Kamran as he conceded

two more sixes and a bound-

ary in the sixth over and his

second. The over-pitched

one was sent soaring over the

backward point, the short of

length delivery was thumped

over long-on while length

balls were whacked through

the midwicket region.

PTI

Colombo, April 29: The

ghost of match-fixing has re-

turned to haunt interna-

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“We can still back ourselves fromhere on, and if we win two, three

games, then it's possible for us to be in contention.

-- Virender Sehwag

Goa I Saturday, 30 April 2011

Brad Haddin's Indian Premier League campaign

was cut short after a fracture was detected in the

Kolkata Knight Riders' finger. An MRI in Delhi on

Thursday revealed that the injury he sustained dur­

ing Australia's series in Bangladesh had not healed.

He will return home and undergo surgery.

scoreboard

Mumbai Indians: Davy Jacobs b AmitSingh 15, Sachin Tendulkar st Yagnik bMenaria 7, Ambati Rayudu c & bMenaria 11, Rohit Sharma c Botha bWarne 13, Andrew Symonds b Botha17, Kieron Pollard lbw b Botha 4, RSathish st Yagnik b Botha 7, HarbhajanSingh not out 10, Lasith Malinga b AmitSingh 1, Ali Murtaza not out 2. Extras: 7.Total: 94 for 8. Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-28, 3-46, 4-50, 5-68, 6-81, 7-82, 8-83.Bowling: Ashok Menaria 4-0-20-2, AmitSingh 4-0-14-2, Shane Watson 4-0-25-0, Shane Warne 4-0-13-1, SiddharthTrivedi 2-0-13-0, Johan Botha 2-0-6-3. Rajasthan Royals:Shane Watson c Ja-cobs b Malinga 26, Rahul Dravid cTendulkar b Patel 5, Johan Botha bPatel 45, Ross Taylor not out 13, AshokMenaria not out 4. Extras:2. Total: 95for 3. Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-56, 3-90.Bowling: Lasith Malinga 4-0-20-1,Munaf Patel 4-1-18-2, Ali Murtaza 4-0-15-0, Harbhajan Singh 3-0-20-0, RSathish 1.1-0-5-0, Kieron Pollard 2-0-16-0. Man-of-the-match: J Botha.

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MuMbai indians wicketkeeper Davy Jacobs watches as Rajasthan Royals batsman

Johan Botha plays a reverse-sweep shot.

Botha bothers MI

PTI

Jaipur, April 29 : Johan

Botha produced an all-round

show to enable Rajasthan

Royals inflict a seven wicket

defeat on table toppers

Mumbai Indians here today.

After spinning a web

around the MI batsmen with

impressive figures of three for

six, Botha sparkled with the

bat as well, scoring vital 44

runs off 39 balls, during

which he struck two fours

and a six, to set the platform

for Rajasthan’s victory.

Chasing a paltry 95-run

target, Rajasthan batsmen

played sensibly to over-

whelm MI’s score with 11

balls to spare at the Sawai

Man Singh Stadium here.

Apart from Botha, Shane

Watson (26 off 32) and Ross

Taylor (13 not out) made dou-

ble digit scores while Munaf

Patel (2/18) emerged as the

best bowler for the visitors.

Earlier, Rajasthan came

up with an inspiring bowling

display to restrict a formida-

ble MI to a paltry 94 for eight.

Lankan players fixing matches since ’92: Tillakaratnetional cricket with former Sri

Lankan skipper Hashan

Tillakaratne claiming that

his country has been rigging

matches since 1992 and

questioned the selections

made in the World Cup final

loss to India.

"I can tell this in agree-

ment with my conscience.

Match fixing is not some-

thing that started happening

yesterday or today. Accord-

ing to my knowledge, it hap-

pened since 1992. I say this

with great responsibility,"

Tillakaratne, who played 83

Tests and 200 ODIs for Sri

Lanka, claimed.

Tillakaratne, who led the

side in 10 Tests during his

tenure as captain between

2003 and 2004, stopped short

of calling the World Cup final

on April 2 a fixed match but

had some reservations about

selection.

"I am not saying that this

match (The World Cup final)

was fixed. But anyway

match-fixing is something

which has been in this coun-

try over a period of time.

This has spread like a cancer

today," he was quoted as say-

ing by 'The Daily Mirror'.