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PTI

NEW DELHI, JULY 24

Hockey India (HI) today took se-rious note of player RanjitaDevis complaint against coachMK Kaushik by referring the mat-ter to the Delhi Police and askingit to immediately investigate theissue as it involves the allega-tions of outraging the modestyof a woman.

Taking a strong stand, HI alsosaid that it will not avail theservices of Kaushik and video-grapher Basavraj, who courtedcontroversy by being in the com-pany of sex workers during thetour of Canada and China, in fu-ture.

Addressing a press conferencehere, HI secretary generalNarinder Batra said the nationalfederation felt that the writtenversion of the player com-manded high credibility withspecific charges being levelledagainst Kaushik.

We feel that the committeedoes not have coercive powersto go into the issue. In view ofthe Supreme Court judgementin the Visakha case regardingsexual harassment at workplace, which relates to Section354 of IPC (relating to outragingthe modesty of a woman), weare marking a copy to the DelhiPolice Commissioner for taking

suo moto notice so that this canbe taken to its logical conclu-sion. he said.

Batra said that the five-mem-ber committee which probedthe allegations should have rec-ommended action and notmerely suggested for action toMinistry of Sports.

The Sports Ministry sourcesmade it clear that the govern-ment was watching the devel-opments very closely and wouldact as necessary.

Batra, meanwhile, said HI feltthat certain things that havecome to light that should belooked into and the case bemade an example.

HI refers sexscandal to

Delhi policeNot to avail Kaushiks

services in future

M K Kaushik

People trying to scramble on to the roof of a train to participate in Guru Purnima fair in Govardhan town near Mathura on Saturday.

PTI

NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD, JULY 24

Facing arrest on charges of mur-der and kidnapping, GujaratMinister of State for Home AmitShah, a close associate of ChiefMinister Narendra Modi, re-signed from the governmenttoday but remained untraceablefor the CBI.

Forty-six-year-old Shah, whohas been slapped charges ofmurder and kidnapping in thefake encounter killing of allegedgangster Sohrabuddin Sheikhand his wife Kauser Bi in 2005,sent his resignation to Modisresidence this morning, whichwill be accepted, the Chief Min-

ister said this morning on arrivalin Delhi.

Modi, who is here to attenda meeting of the National De-velopment Council (NDC) meet-i ng announced Shah sresignation but contended thathe was completely innocentand that the charges against himwere politically motivated bythe Congress government at theCentre.

The resignation of a man, con-sidered a very close associateof Modi, did not, however, im-press the Congress which saidit was too little, too late.

The resignation coming afterresisting it for days and weeks

was not graceful and volun-tary, said Congress spokesper-son Abhishek Singh.

For the BJP top leadership andModi to fully justif y Shahsactions showed there was nocontrition, apology or ac-ceptance on their part, he saidadding this was contempt ofcourt.

However, BJP spokespersonPrakash Javdekar contended thatShah should be congratulatedfor submitting his resignationand was only availing all optionsbefore law to face charges thatare well known to be false andconcocted.

Meanwhile, CBI continued its

search for Shah, who along withtwo other accused Yashpal Chu-dasama and Ajay Patel, havegone underground.

All three are key accused inthe fake encounter case andwe are searching for them,C B I o f f i c i a l s t o l d P T I inAhmedabad.

Teams from the Centralagency, which filed a chargesheet in the case yesterday, aresearching for the accused in var-ious locations, they added.

Shah was exploring legal op-tions after his anticipatory bailplea was rejected by the SpecialCBI Court yesterday, sourcesclose to the minister said.

Shah resigns, still untraceable

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JULY 24

PWD officials have mulled afootbridge at the Comba railwaycrossing and a pedestrian wayinside the subway for the benefitof the student community whenthe railway crossed is closed forvehicular traffic.

The tragic death of a Std XIIstudent at the Margao railwaycrossing earlier this week finallybrought senior PWD officials tothe site to find solutions to thecrossing problem faced by thestudents.

Led by Principal Chief Engi-neer Rego, the PWD officials in-spected the water loggedsubway and discussed measuresto prevent it from flooding byraising the level of the road.

It was also discussed to builda raised platform inside the sub-way for the pedestrians.

The officials have further de-cided to hold a meeting withKonkan Railway officials on thequestion of building a foot-bridge at the level crossing.

Rego told Herald that theyhave discussed two possible so-lutions to the crossing problem.One, to build a footbridge which forms part of a long termsolution and the second op-tion to raise the height of theroad at the subway after discus-sions with KRC officials

Raising the road level at thesubway can offer solution to theproblem. Even at Vile Parle, theroad level is raised to meet thesituation, he said.

The suggestion to raise theroad level at the subway wasmade by Rego after he was in-formed that the subway getswater logged due to water gush-ing from the River Sal.

He said the PWD would pre-pare estimates for the construc-tion of a subway at the railwaycrossing, adding that the sug-gestion would take a concreteshape only after a meeting withthe Konkan Railway officials.

He further said the pedestrianway inside the subway will betaken up after receiving clear-ance from the KRC, adding ifthe KRC agrees with our sug-

gestions, work would startsoon.

PWD Executive Engineer,Ringe said he would invite KRCofficials early next week to finda solution to the problem at theComba crossing. He suggestedconstruction of a walkway withrailings inside the subway forthe students.

When the subway was con-structed by the KRC, we had nosay. Water gushes in the subwaywhen the water table in theRiver Sal is high, he said.

Ringe recalled that even ChiefMinister Digambar Kamat hadspoken to the KRC officials onthe need to build a footbridgeat the level crossing, adding thatthe proposal would taken upwith the Konkan Railway earlynext week.

PWD mulls footbridge at Comba rail crossing

Senior PWD officials inspecting the waterlogged subway at Combarailway crossing. Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

PTI

ISLAMABAD, JULY 24

LeT, blamed for the Mumbai at-tacks, has expanded its opera-tions to Afghanistan and theWest and has become more ac-tive throughout the region,which calls for concerted actionagainst the outlawed group,Americas top military officialsaid tonight.

Ive watched LeT (grow) sincethe end of 2008, move to theWest, become more active inother countries, more activethroughout the region, moreengaged with other terroristgroups, Mullen, who arrived inPakistan today to meet with theleadership and military officials,said during an interaction witha group of journalists here.

Besides expanding to theWest, the LeT is in Afghanistan(and) other countries, Mullensaid in response to questions.

He said there is heightened

concern about (LeTs) emer-gence and what is significant (isits) emergence not only on theregional stage but potentiallyas a terror organization withglobal aspirations.

There is an increased levelof concern where the LeT is andwhere it appears to be headed.It is something we all have toaddress, he said.

Mullen initially tried to parrya question on whether he hadraised Americas concerns aboutthe LeT with Pakistans leader-ship by saying that everyonewould have to work togetherto address the threat posed bythe group.

In response to a pointed ques-tion on the same issue, Mullenindicated he had raised the mat-ter with the Pakistani leadershipon more than one occasion.

I tried to make the case thatthe LeT is a growing threat, it isan organisation that is becoming

more lethal.(This has been) proven so and

it is not just operating where itused to be. Its expanding, it isin the West, it is in Afghanistan, itis in other nations. All of us haveto be concerned about it, he said.

India says Pakistan-based LeT,which was founded by terroristleader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed,was behind the 2008 Mumbaicarnage and wants Islamabadto take action against terror em-anating from its soil against India.

The LeT, which was bannedduring the tenure of former mil-itary ruler Pervez Musharraf, re-emerged a s theJamaat-ud-Dawah. The JuD,which is also headed by Saeed,was banned by the UN in thewake of the Mumbai attacks.

Replying to another question,Mullen said the US believed topAl Qaeda leaders, includingOsama bin Laden and Aiman al-Zawahiri, are in Pakistan.

LeT expanding to West: Mullen

PTI

NEW DELHI, JULY 24

Calling it the biggest litigant inthe entire Government, FinanceMinister Pranab Mukherjeetoday asked the Income Tax De-partment to reexamine the wayit handles tax disputes.

Speaking at the 150th an-niversary of the Income Tax inIndia, Mukherjee also exudedconfidence that direct tax col-lections, hit by the global finan-cial crisis in the last two fiscals,will regain its pre-crisis collec-tion with the economy poisedto grow by 8.5 per cent this fis-cal, nine per cent the followingyear and double digits thereafter.

One area of concern is liti-gation with taxpayers. The De-partment is filing appeals in aroutine manner without carefulthought and examination lead-

ing to the Department earningthe dubious distinction of beingthe biggest litigant in the Gov-ernment of India, Mukherjee said.

He said some of the appealsfiled by the department havebeen dismissed by the courtson account of inordinate delays.

These issues require a re-look at the system of legal andjudicial management, the fi-nance minister said.

He said that there must beinstitutional arrangements toaddress tax disputes to the sat-isfaction of both taxpayers andtax collectors so as to reducethe number of litigations.

The finance minister said thatthe proposed Direct Taxes Code,expected to replace the IncomeTax Act from the next fiscal, willprovide a taxation regime whichis simple and broad based.

I-T dept biggest litigant in Govt, says Pranab

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GOAHERALD

Pg 2Rains continue unabated for more than

a week, property damaged at few placesHERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JULY 24

The rain showers continuedpouring in the state for morethan a week with low lying areasof the capital city remaining in-undated. There was no casualtyreported even as the chaos onthe road was a common featurefor most of the time in the week.Met department officials statedthat the state has received 72inches rainfall for the currentmonsoon season. Last threedays received around 8 inch rain-fall. The tardy pre-monsoon workby the Corporation of City ofPanaji (CCP) has been exposedfrequently during the recentmonsoon, which has caught thepace right from the day one. The city roads in major parts in-cluding D B Bandodkar road,

18th June road and B B Borkarroad remain partially underwater when it starts pouringwith drainages not being ableto flush the rainwater out.A slight lull in the showersbrings back the life to normalcy.CCP workers are seen trou-bleshooting for majority of thetime as the rain continues lash-ing the city. The mud heapspiled alongside the road iscleared often by the CCP work-ers, who are seen working evenin the dead end of the night.CCP Mayor Caroline Po said thatthey have former a special nightsquads, which attend to theemergency calls and keep roundthe clock vigil.A group of eight workers formnight squad and when there isno call, they usually lift the mudfrom the roadside, she said.

Tree crashes on govt workshop at Poinguinim

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CANACONA, JULY 24

A cashew tree came crashingdown on a government carpen-t r y workshop a t I dda r -Poinguinim, while a residentialhouse collapsed at Palolem, asheavy rains lashed Canaconataluka on Saturday.

The government carpentryworkshop, presently used as asaw mill, suffered a loss of aboutRs 40,000, informed the Cana-cona fire services.

Firefighters later cleared thecashew tree which broughtdown a part of the governmentscarpentry unit.

This unit was previouslyused by ITI students as aworkshop to study carpentrytrade, while the staff alsooperated the premises forother trade related activities,earning revenue to the gov-ernment.

Lately, residents have com-plained that this unit is now awhite elephant, which has bbenpoorly maintained by authori-ties.

In another includent, a housewith mud walls collapsed atPalolem, causing a loss of Rs35,000 to the owner, Ulhas Des-sai.

House damaged in Bicholim

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

BICHOLIM, JULY 24

A house was damaged at Kara-pur-Sarvan as heavy rains af-fected normal life in many partsof Bicholim taluka on Saturday.

Cortalim residents demand fly-over

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CORTALIM, JULY 24

A meeting convened to delib-erate on problems likely to befaced by residents of Cortalimdue to the proposed six-lanehighway has demanded a flyoverto save houses from demolition.

Speakers urged the govern-ment that the ideal solutionwould be to build a flyover fromZuari Bridge to the Toyota show-room as these could save housesand other structures from dem-olition.

They also averred that the fly-over would also do away theproblems that residents wouldface at the crossing in case ofthe six-lane highway.

The speakers, however, cau-tioned that if the six-lane high-way was cons t ruc ted bydemolishing houses, the gov-ernment would have to com-

pensate owners as per the pre-vailing market price and wouldhave also to make available suitableland to the affected persons.

NHAI Project Director P S Do-damani said the central govern-ment had reduced the width ofthe road from 60 metres to 45metres to save the structures,but refused to divulge furtherdetails.

Ligorio Monteiro, privatesecretary to the local MLAMauvin Godinho, said everyattempt would be made tosave houses and assured thatthe MLA would be with thepeople on this issue.

Others speaking at the meet-ing included Cortalim sarpanchAnthony Miranda, Cortalim ZPCynthia DSilva, former sarpanchCaitano Xavier and former Cor-talim Block Congress presidentDevendra Kenkre.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JULY 24

About 77 per cent of schoolsin the State use stereotypemethods in teaching leavingvery little scope for interactiveand experimental teaching.There is no creativity in teachingmethods and experimentalteaching is almost neglected asteachers are more interested incompleting syllabus in time,says Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana(BJS), an NGO in its special reportfor 2007-2008.

The BJS has developed an in-tegrated Educational Quality Im-provement Project (EDUQIP) toimprove quality of education inthe educational institutes. Itconducted extensive study ofthe schools in Goa and madeseveral recommendations to up-grade quality of education.

The report was tabled in theHouse, this week, in responseto a question tabled, What isbeing done to improve the qual-ity of education in Goa?

It further says, about 40 percent of schools of Goa do nothave adequate toilets and alsotheir maintenance is very poor.Above 50 per cent of schoolshave common toilets for staffand students. Also, most of theschools provide unfiltered tapwater to the students for drink-ing and 42 per cent schools haveinsufficient number of taps andsupply of drinking water.

About 27 per cent of schoolshave no playgrounds and about45 per cent schools have verysmall playground with unevensurface making it almost unus-

able, says findings of BJS. As re-gards to participation of man-agement i n o r i en ta t ionprogrammes it found that 80per cent of the private manage-ment members have never orrarely attended any orientationprogramme on education. Theyshowed keen willingness to at-tend suchprogrammes, never-theless, says BJS in its report.

About 42 per cent schools donot have libraries with sufficientbooks.

It also found that small roomsare used as library to storebooks. Also, most schools didnot have enough number of ref-erence books and magazine.

The BJS in its study alsochecked safety and security inthe schools and discovered thatan alarmingly 90 per cent ofschools do not have sufficientsafety and security systems likecompound wall, fencing, fire ex-tinguishers, safety in labs, speedbreakers outside school.

Besides, in most of theschools no disaster managementdrill and training has taken place

whereas first aid facility was alsofound to be inadequate.

The State Government inreply to the House clarified thatevery schools has been nowasked to prepare road map toupgrade their present standard.

Heads of institutions andteachers are trained and theyhave been asked to focus onstrengths and weaknesses indi-cated in the school report.Heads of institutions have alsobeen directed to have effectiveteaching learning process inthe school.

Some Recommendations ofBJS are:

Conduct repeated workshopson creativity in teaching, teach-ers should be trained on con-tinuous basis on different kindsof teaching and assessmenttechniques, disaster manage-ment training and drills shouldbe made compulsory in schoolsfor both teachers and studentsalong with the staff, immediateneed to review and upgrade thesafety and security measures inthe all the schools in Goa, shouldhave a formal vision and missionstatement, make alternativearrangements for schools thatdo not have playgrounds, propersystem with constant monitor-ing of cleanliness of the toiletsis essentialm make immediatearrangements for constructionand repair of toilets, a propersystem with constant monitor-ing of cleanliness of the watertanks is essential and make pro-vision of funds to upgrade li-brary in terms of infrastructureand books.

Stereotype teaching methodsused in most Goan schools

Womanarrested for kidnapping

nieceHERALD CORRESPONDENT

VALPOI, JULY 24

Valpoi police on Friday arresteda woman on charges of kidnap-ping and severely assaulting herniece from Brahma Karmali-Sat-tari.

According to Valpoi police,the incident took place on July16, when the accused, SnehalGaonkar, a native of Bicholimbut married at Sattari, visitedPoriem on July 16 at about 11am. She picked up her niecefrom her school at Poriem andtook her to an isolated place inBicholim where she confinedher in a room.

When the school was over forthe day, the girls father wentto collect her from the Valpoibus stand, but she could not befound till evening.

Suspecting Gaonkars involve-ment in the disappearance ofhis daughter, the father con-tacted Valpoi police later in thenight.Valpoi police along withtheir counterparts in Bicholimwent to the site and managedto locate the missing girl.

The girls father told policethat Gaonkar had kidnapped hisdaughter to settle scores fol-lowing a rift among family mem-bers some months ago.

The accused was arrested onFriday evening, after the fathercomplained that his daughterhad been admitted at GMC dueto severe injuries, following theassault by Gaonkar.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CANACONA, JULY 24

A market yard for locally grownvegetables and fruits in Cana-cona will be set up before theforthcoming Ganesh Chathurtifestival, which will be used asan outlet for farmers and a col-lection centre for the depart-ment.

This was announced at a Kir-shi Melava, attended by a largenumber of farmers, at the Gaon-dongrim panchayat hall.

The agriculture departmentwill form a committee to ensurethe commencement of this mar-ket outlet-cum-collection yardat Canacona and will make pay-ments on weekly basis to farm-ers who provide products

through this collection centre(yard).

While attending to grievancesof farmers, Agriculture ministerVishwajeet Rane assured farm-ers, affected by the floods inOctober 2009, that their de-stroyed field pumps would berep l aced be fo re GaneshChathurthi.

The agriculture departmentwill finalize a dealer who willbe asked to directly provide apump set to those affected farm-ers.

It is learnt that around 190farmers, mostly from Gaondon-grim and Khotigao, have claimeddestruction of their pump setsinstalled in their respectivefields, during the October 2

floods, which had devastatedthe taluka.

The government had ear-lier asked farmers to eitherrepair or purchase a newpump set in place of the de-stroyed one and to submitbills to the department forreimbursement.

Departmental sources haveclaimed that except for one ortwo farmers, others have notsubmitted the bills for reim-bursement.

The government will also provide2,500 metres of electricity fencingfor cultivable fields, from the present500 metres, to provide protectionfrom wild animals.

Poinguinim MLA RameshTawadkar, Khola ZP Krishna Velip

and Poinguinim ZP Daya Paguiwere present and spoke on theoccasion.

Ea r l i e r, a power -po in tpresentation was shown onvarious government schemesfor farmers, which if availed,could help increase produc-tion and profit.

Others who spoke on the oc-casion included Director of Agri-cu l tu re S Tendu lka r andCanacona Zonal Agriculture Of-ficer Rajesh Dessai.

S a r p a n c h a s V i s h a n tGaonkar (Gaondongrim), Ra-jesh Gaonkar (Khotigao), Te-jaswini Daykar (Poinguinim)and Pranali Prabhugaonkar(Lol iem-Polem) were alsopresent on the occasion.

Market yard for vegetables in CanaconaHERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JULY 24

The State Bank of India, Cun-colim branch in association withKrishi Vigyan Kendra, South Goaheld a Farmers mela at Talvarda-Cuncolim.

Around 70 farmers activelyparticipated in the mela in spiteof heavy showers, which was in-augurated by a senior mostVishnu Xetkar .

At the outset, SBI businessfacilitator Oscar Martins andconvener of the program high-

lighted the importance of themela in the backward area ofTa lwarda , compr i s ing o fScheduled Tribes agriculturalfarmers. He requested thefarmers to make use of the govt.schemes and financial schemesof the SBI.

Subject Matter Specialist(Fisheries), KVK South GoaBrenda Fernandes appraisedthe farmers of the presentfarming scenario and the prob-lems facing the agriculture inthe state.

Farmers mela held at Cuncolim

Gurupournima Mahotsav at

Pajifond todayHERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JULY 24

Sanatan Sanstha, in associationwith other organization will or-ganize Gurupournima Mahotsavat Sree Veershaiva LingayatMutt, Pajifond, Margao on July25 at 4 pm.

The Mahotsav has been or-ganized in order to revive thegreat tradition of Guru-Disci-ple and practice it.

The mahotsav should con-tain programs such as SreeVyas Puja and Gurupujan,documentar y on How topractice Dharma with prac-tical demonstration, a playspreading awareness on theattacks on Dharma, guidancelectures by speakers on var-ious topics, including thetopic The necessity of spir-itual practice for protectingthe nation and the dharma.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JULY 24

Chinmaya Mission, an inter-national spiritual organizationis planning to have its school inGoa, which will blend the mod-ern education with Indias an-cestral wisdom.

School students are notmentally fit to accept the failure.Hence we are coming across in-creasing incidents of suicidesand crimes. The violence in theschool campus is alarming,Shubhalakshmi Naik, memberof Chinmaya Mission, Panaji cen-ter said.

She said that the school willhelp the younger generation togrow positively and be a goodcitizen.

Till date over 10 lakhs stu-dents have gained knowledgethrough the education institu-tions of the mission all over theworld, Naik stated.

President of the ChinmayaMission, Panaji unit, ShrinivasDempo confirmed that the Mis-sion is yet to get a suitable landfor setting up of school.

We are scouting for a land.We have approached to severalorganizations over the matter,he told reporters.

Dempo announced that thePanaji unit of the Mission is inthe process of establishing itsAshram at Taleigao, which willbe functional before the end ofthis calendar year.

At the Ashram, the center

will be conducting regular ac-tivities for all age group people,he said.

Chinmaya Mission, which hasover 250 centers in India and75 centers abroad, was foundedby Swami Chinmayanandaji.

Since its Panaji center estab-lishment in 1994, it has beenconducting regular GnanaYagnas for the benefit of thegeneral public.

This year too, the Mission isorganizing its annual geetagnana yagna from July 26 to Au-gust 1 on the topic know yourmind. The gathering will be ad-dressed by Swamini Amitanan-daji.

The gathering will also haveevening discourses from July 27.

Chinmaya Mission plans to start school in Goa

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PORVORIM, JULY 24

The Aldona Primary Health Cen-tre (PHC) along with the Penhada Franca panchayat picked upover 300 discarded tyres lyingscattered in Britona and sur-rounding areas.

Aldona Health Officer DrPradeep Dhavjekar, Sanitary In-spectors Nanda Pisurlekar, Dat-tanand Gaunkar and ExtensionEducator Sridhar Acharya tookpart in the drive. We conductedthe cleanliness drive on a regularbasis in areas where cases of Malariaare detected, Dr Dhavjekar toldHerald.

In May, we conducted acleanliness drives in Halliwada,Virlosa and Moira and at Man-shebhat and Hal l iwada inBritona in June.

Water stagnates in used tyresand provides a good breedingsite for mosquitoes. Cases ofMalaria were detected in Man-shebhat and Hal l iwada inBritona. Hence, we decided tocollect all discarded tyres fromthese areas, Dr Dhavjekaradded.

Around 100 discarded tyreswere found in an open area atthe crematorium at Britona. The

Green India Recycling companyfrom Margao has agreed to takethese tyres, he said.

Dr Dhavjekar added that therehad been a substantial drop inmalaria cases due to cleanlinessdrives, surveillance activitiesand educational programmes.

In 2009, 203 malaria cases werereported by Aldona PHC from Janu-ary to June, consisting of Plasmodium

Falciparum (38) and Vivax (165). Dur-ing the same period this year, malariacases have dropped to 96, which includesPlasmodium Falciparum (10) and Vivax(86).

Britona, Salai and Sucorro arehigh risk areas, where the populationis high, said Dr Dhavjekar.

Our surveillance teams visithouses to collect blood samplesof those people down with fever.

Besides we conduct information,education and communicationprogrammes in villages underour jurisdiction to create aware-ness about malaria.

As stagnant water provides abreeding ground for mosquitoes,the Aldona PHC has also engagedfield workers to fumigate construc-tion sites and in open spaces, wherewater stagnates, Dr Davjeker added.

Penha da France VP, Aldona PHC hold massive cleanliness drive

Employees of Aldona Primary Health Centre collect discarded tyres. Photo by Anil Shankhwalker

According to reports, the inci-dent occurred at about 7 pm,when branches fell on the housebelonging to one PurushottamKatkar from Karapur, causing aloss of about Rs 10,000. A firebrigade rushed to the site andcleared the debris.In another incident late Saturdayevening, live wires fell on the roadat the Bicholim Industrial Estate.Several internal roads in Paleconstituency have been dam-aged due to heavy rains andheavy mining traffic.Speaking to Herald, DevanandGawas of Devulwada-Paleclaimed that the main road andmost internal roads in the con-stituency have been damaged. The cause of this is not onlythe rains but continuous miningtraffic in the area, Gawas said.The road leading towards De-vulwada, which is about 2 kmfrom Pale panchayat, is in a badshape. This poses a threat tomotorists, especially two-wheeler ridershe added.

Workers repairs the broken portion of the Government saw mill atIddar-Poinguinim. Photo by Kathy Pereira

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HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JULY 24

Political parties sans Congresshave reacted strongly to the at-tack on the National StudentsUnion of India (NSUI) Sunil Kau-thankar, who had demanded fora federal inquiry into the po-lice-politician-drug mafia nexus.

However, surprisingly thoughthe Congress, which is the par-ent body of NSUI has been mumon the incident so far.

Sunil Kauthankar was at-tacked by unknown person atAssonora yesterday when hewas proceeding to Bicholim forthe signature campaign for theCBI probe in drug case.

Kauthankar had recentlymet Congress General Sec-retary Rahul Gandhi on theissue and according to himthe junior Gandhi had sup-ported him.

We hope Rahul Gandhi re-alises that one of his youngleaders have been attackedfor supporting a public good.The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) had endorsed the cam-paign started by Sunil for afederal probe in Goa's drugnexus, BJP general secretaryGovind Par vatkar told re-

porters here. In this Congress regime we

are seeing lawlessness, experi-enced never before. Young Con-gress leaders are being attackedfor raising a voice against anevil like drugs, when their owngovernment is in power, Par-vatkar said.

The Maharashtrawadi Goman-tak Party (MGP) which is a partof ruling coalition has demandedimmediate police action in thecase.

Police has to act immediatelyand arrest the culprit, said MGPpresident Dipak Dhavalikarwhen contacted.

He said he is not just con-demning it for Kauthankar butfor every citizen of Goa.

Otherwise the total beachcontrol will go to drugs mafia,he stated.

The Goa Pradesh CongressCommittee president SubashShirodkar has offered no com-ment on the issue so far.

When contacted by Heraldthree times on phone he gavejust one answer I am busy willcall you back.

The AICC general secretaryand incharge of Goa desk BKHariprasad stated that he has

no knowledge on the attack andhence cannot offer any com-ment.

Chief Minister DigambarKamat too did not answer thephone call as he was reportedlyout of station.

While the top Congress lead-ers did not offer reaction, theState youth Congress presidentSankalp Amonkar said that thepolice should arrest the Sunil'sunknown assailants within 24hours or face a statewide agita-tion.

The po l i ce shou ld bedoing a thorough job. Thisis not something we will sitquiet about. We will not tol-erate such attacks on ourpeople, Amonkar said.

The opposition has alreadydemanded a CBI probe intothe police-politician-drugmafia nexus, in which statehome minister Ravi Naik'sson Roy, has been linked bythe Israeli media.

Kauthankar, who had starteda signature campaign demand-ing a central probe in the drugscandal had also sought the ar-rest of a key Crime Branch offi-cial, who he said was linked tothe drugs mafia.

Political parties flay attack on Sunil KauthankarCongress mum on the issue

BailanchoEkvott

flays attackHERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JULY 24

Bailancho Ekvott has stronglycondemned the cowardly attackon NSUI President Sunil Kau-thankar for his brave fightagainst drug racketeers.

President of the NGO AudaViegas demanded the govern-ment should immediately actand put the culprits behind barsand also ascertain the master-mind behind the attack.

It is necessary that the hood-lums should understand froonce and all that this type ofsuppression act will not be tol-erated any more. At a time,when society expect youth tocome forward to clean the sys-tem, this is a dastardly act todiscourage the youth, she said,adding that this type of incidentintended to create fear psy-chosis should be strongly dealtwith so that the people freelycome forward to fight againstinjustice and the evils in soci-ety.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JULY 24

Malaria has raised its ugly headin Nuvem with a young boyfalling victim.

A 23-year-old youngster, res-ident of Pateapur reportedlydied due to Malaria, even asHealth officials rushed to Nuvemon Saturday to hold an aware-ness program for the Panchmembers.

If the Medical officer attachedto the Loutolim Health Centre,Dr Succoro Quadros is to be be-lieved, theres been a spurt inmalaria cases in Nuvem due tothe presence of migrant con-struction labour in the village.

Given that the deceased boywas hailing from Pateapur wardof the village, Health officialsrushed to Nuvem on Saturdayand held an awareness programwith local Panch members

Saying that Nuvem is facing aproblem because of the con-struction activity, Dr Quadrossolicited support from the Pan-

chayat body to tackle the situation.In his power-point presenta-

tion to the Panchayat members,Dr Quadros explained thatmalaria cases are found mostlyin Pateapur, Cupem, Raloi,Murda-Grande and Murda-iqueno wards where migrantlabour from Jharkhand andOrissa are working at the con-struction sites.

Around 26 locals and 20 mi-grant labourers have got malariain the last few days in the village.Four cases were reported inPateapur area, he added.

Dr Quadros appealed to theNuvem villagers to send theirtenants to the health centre toundergo malaria screening tests.

As far as the deceased boy isconcerned, Dr Quadros said thehealth centre had undertakenscreening in Pateapur recently,but could not contact the boysince he was working as a con-ductor. We had collected sam-ples of the family members ofthe deceased boy, he said.

Malaria claims one life in Nuvem

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CANACONA, JULY 24

Canacona police arrested ateenager and recovered itemsworth Rs 1.02 lakh allegedlystolen by him from the houseof an Israeli national at Bhagat-wada-Canacona.

According to Canacona po-lice, the Israeli, Sheron Salman,had complained of theft at hisplace on Friday night.

Acting swiftly, police arresteda 16-year old local boy and re-covered from him two laptops,Ray-Ban glasses and a PAN card,all worth Rs 1.02 lakh, whichhad been stolen from the Is-raelis house.

Police later shifted the boyto the Apna Ghar in Merces.Sources informed Herald thatthe boy is a school dropout andhas been a habitual offender.

Teenager held with stolen goods

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CALANGUTE, JULY 24

Claiming that 30-35% of totalterrorist attacks are on energyassets, former secretary (secu-rity) Shyam Mehra on Fridayhighlighted the need to secureenergy infrastructure and en-hance energy security.

He was addressing a gather-ing on the second day of PublicGood v/s Private Good Confer-ence organised by IndependentPower Producers Association ofIndia deliberated on various is-sues at the Fort Aguada BeachResort, Sinquerim.

The speakers were of the gen-eral view that threat, risk, analy-sis approach is needed toclassify establishments on sen-sitive/strategic scale vulnerabil-ities and a National Security Planis needed to secure and syner-gize efforts towards safety ofIndians infrastructure.

Former IOL Ltd Chairman

Sarthak Behuria delving on sub-sidies stressed that the countryspends 10-23% of its revenuesin direct subsidies, which needsto be outlined through a systemfor efficient delivery to the rightpeople.

In case of oil, the speaker out-lined the intentions of subsidis-ing it but lack of allocations fromcentral/state budget has left theoil companies to bear them. Hefurther asserted that for years,kerosene subsidy is consideredunavoidable but the mechanismto reach it to the right peoplecontinues to be flaw.

Therefore, the kerosene sub-sidy should be made direct in-stead of being price-based. LPGis now widely being acknowl-edged as the subsidised fuelconsumed by most undeservingconsumers. The best possiblesolution is to eliminate LPG sub-sidy straightaway.

In his address, Prof Bibek De-

broy, Centre for Policy Researchsaid: we will never be able toidentify BPL and target subsi-dies. The need of the hour is toaddress the multiplicity of BPLcards through UID and food se-curity legislation by identifyinggeographically the backwardareas that require subsidies.

Other prominent speakers atthe Public Good V/s PrivateGood Conference were DianeMcMohan (Energy Security - AGlobal Perspective), WilliamBryan (Deputy Assistant Secre-tary, Infrastructure Security andEnergy Restoration), Anil Razdan(Former Secretary, Ministry ofPower and former special sec-retary Ministry of Petroleum andNatural Gas), Dr Devdutt Pat-tnaik (Chief Belief Officer, FutureGroup), Prof Brahma Chellany(Professor of Strategic Studies,Centre for Policy Research), MajGen Ashok Mehta (Retd) andSuhel Seth.

Need to secure energy infrastructure: Mehra

Chicalimwoman

found deadat Siridao

HERALD REPORTER

VASCO, JULY 24

The 35-year-old woman whowas reported missing from herresidence at Chicalim was founddead at Siridao beach.

According to police reports,Nutan Sunil Salkar had left herresidence on Friday evening fol-lowing an argument with herhusband and did not returnhome.

The Drishti Special ResponseService noticed a semi-nudebody floating along the shoreat Shirdao beach on Saturdaymorning and retrieved thebody, informed Agascaim PIVishwesh Karpe.

However, family members suspectthat Nutan may have committed sui-cide as she had left her house aftera minor argument with her husbandand she had said that she would goto her mothers place, added po-lice.

Landslide at Ponda

poses threat

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

MARCEL, JULY 24

Incessant rains since last thefew days have caused a landslidealong the highway at Conem-Priol in Ponda taluka, posing athreat to motorists.

A signboard warning com-muters of the falling rocks hasbeen installed near the site.

The area has several such dan-gerous spots and a few yearsago, a similar landslide was re-ported a few metres from thespot.

It may be recalled that in2008, the PWD had constructeda retaining wall at Conem afterthe hillock gave away possiblydue to heavy rains.The landslide along the highway at onem-Priol. Photo by Amresh Parab

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JULY 24

Poor response from NGOs, non-filling up of certain posts andslow progress in preparation ofestimates for various civil worksby the Public Works Departmenthave remained the major rea-sons for under utilisation ofamount meant for schemes ofSarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)from 2005 up till now.

In a written reply to a ques-tion tabled by Mandrem MLALaxmikant Parsekar, EducationMinister Babush Monserrate in-formed Goa SSA was formed inSeptember 2005 and being theinception year filling up of allposts of Cluster Resource andBlock Resource Persons, etc.,wasnt possible.

Monserrate stated as a result,the activities approved by theProject Approval Board (PAB)could not be undertaken as pro-vided in the Annual Work Planand Budget for 2005-06.

He mentioned in 2006-07 theamount provided under the In-tervention for Out of SchoolChildren scheme could not bespent due to poor response

from the non-governmental or-ganisations (NGOs). Also, slowprogress in preparing estimatesfor various civil works by PWDwas the major reason, hereplied.

Reasons for under utilisation of SSA fund outlined Monserrate said in 2007-08

the non-filling up of posts ofCluster Resource and Block Re-source persons continued. Also,amount provided under thehead, Children with Special

Needs, could not be spent dueto delay in holding assessmentcamps for identifying such chil-dren, he continued.

Specifying the expenditureunder SSA from 2005 onwards,the Education Minister in-formed, In 2005-06 Rs 490 lakhwere spent out of the Rs1102.69 lakh approved by thePAB as per sanction order. Theexpenditure was pegged at Rs1,108.99 (sanction order for Rs2,096.36 lakh) for 2006-07. Itwas Rs 1 ,219.33 lakh, Rs1,179.32 lakh and Rs 1,440.19lakh (unaudited figure) for theyears 2007-08, 2008-09 and2009-10, respectively. UptoJune 2010 for the academic year2010-11, the expenditure figureis Rs 40 lakh, he stated.

The reply of the minister fur-ther informs, The sharing pat-tern of the amount between theCentre and the State was in thefol lowing ratios: 2005-06(75:25), 2006-07 (75:25), 2007-08 (65:35), 2009-09 (65:35),2009-10 (60:40) and 2010-11(55:45). For 2010-11 the Gov-ernment of India has not re-leased any amount till date.

DoE to provide Rs 60,000 for literacy programmeHERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JULY 24

The Directorate of Educationwill provide a total grant of Rs60,000 in three installments tothe agency implementing theRevised Scheme for Literacy andVocational Training for Adultsin a bid to boost the literacyrate of the State from 82 percent (as per 2001 census) to 100per cent. The first instalment ofRs 20,000 will be installed afterthe issue of sanction order fromthe directorate.

Government statistics revealthat most of the 18 per cent il-literate people are in the agebracket of 50 to 60 years. Thescheme is will help these peopleto learn read, write, use num-bers. It will also impart voca-

tional training and skills in aneffort to fulfil the aim of achiev-ing 100 per cent literacy by2011. The scheme aims to trainpeople from the age of 20 andonwards.

As per the scheme, the StateGovernment will endeavour toset up vocational training cen-tres and each of these will havean intake of 20 candidates. Eachcentre will operate four times aweek for duration of one-and-half hours daily.

The training has been dividedinto literacy and vocational seg-ments. In the literacy segment,learners will be taught topicson health, education, science,etc., and also writing skills. Be-sides this, they will witness mo-tivation sessions.

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upcoming events

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CALANGUTE, JULY 24

Bank of Baroda, CalanguteBranch, celebrated its 102 yearsof existence at Calangute.

The Bank enters into 103rdyear providing yeoman serviceto the customers of Calanguteand surrounding areas. Bank ofBaroda was opened to public in1908 and has been providingservice to the villagers and vil-lage of Calangute.

To mark the completion of102 years of its existence, theBank organised an elocutioncompetition for schools ofCalangute and surroundingareas. The competitions wereheld in two categories, juniorsand seniors.

The students were asked todeliberate on topics Drug, smok-ing bad to health and NationalLeaders for juniors and seniors.

Mark Fernandes MemorialHigh School, Calangute, baggedthe top honours in both the cat-egories with Rasul Budiyal andYashodeep Jadhav winning thesenior and junior category.

In the seniors categories, San-jana G Salgaonkar (Holy Family

High School, Porvorim) and Fa-tima Khatif (Don Bosco HighSchool, Calangute) bagged sec-ond and third place, while injuniors category, Arti Patil (DonBosco High School, Calangute)and Sneha Maruti Sutar (MarkFernandes Memorial HighSchool, Calangute) bagged sec-ond and third place.

Speaking on the occasion,Bank of Baroda Regional Man-ager A Bhende congratulatedthe staff of Calangute branchfor the splendid achievementand hoped its customers wouldbe satisfied with the bankingservices provided by staff atCalangute.

Our motto is to give betterservice to the customers, saidBhende and thanked its es-teemed customers for their sup-port. Bhende also had a word ofpraise for the landlord of thebank premises Dr Aleixo Proenca.

Earlier, Senior Branch Man-ager Rohidas Gadekar welcomedthe valued customers and thestudents along with their teach-ers with floral presentationswhile Anthony Fernandes com-pered the programme.

BoB completes 102years in Calangute

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

MARCEL, JULY 24

Ponda Municipal Council (PMC)Chairperson Pradip Naik hasurged citizens to plant more andmore trees and help conservethe environment.

The PMC commemoratedVanamotsav by planting around150 saplings in the municipalarea.

Many trees during road

widening were axed. Even when-ever there were complaints frompublic on grounds of threat tohuman life and property, treeswere cut, said Naik.

In a way by planting these150 saplings, we are supple-menting trees those were cutwithin the council jurisdiction.I feel each one of us should plantat least one and should continuedoing it, added Naik.

Ponda mayor urges citizens to plant trees

PMC Chairperson Pradip Naik plants a sapling at Warkhande-Ponda.Photo by AMresh Parab

Graduates feted at SanquelimHERALD CORRESPONDENT

MAYEM, JULY 24

A felicitation function in honourof graduates of BA, BSc andBCom of Goa University exami-nations of April-May 2010 washeld in Government College ofArts, Science and Commerce,Sanquelim.

College Principal Dr B AGomes congratulated the freshgraduates and urged them toput to use the knowledge, skillsand values imbibed from the in-stitution over the last three yearsand wished them success in theirfuture endeavours.

Associate Professor in Chem-istry Ashok Chodankar, speakingon behalf of the faculty, applaudedthe students for their perform-ance in their examinations andurged the students to focus ontheir careers.

The function was organizedby the Students Welfare Com-mittee under the leadership ofits Convenor Avinash Patil, As-sistant Professor in ComputerScience.

Bonita da Silva compered thefunction, while Rucha Joshi pro-posed the vote of thanks.

Awareness drive organised

Ex- MLA Victor Gonsalves addressing the gathering in the pres-ence of Dr Sunita Perni, Dr Jagdish Cacodcar, Walter Cabral andDr Nitin Dhupdale.

PANJIM(HND): Cleanliness cum awareness drive was carriedout by the Urban Health Centre in Santa Cruz in partnershipwith Primary Health Centre, Corlim, Sub Centre at Taleigaoand Santa Cruz Higher Secondary School recently as a part ofongoing anti-malaria, dengue and chikunguniya control pro-gramme. Santa Cruz MLA Victoria Fernandes was the chiefguest at the inaugural function. This was followed by the houseto house visit of NSS students.

An advocacy programme towards the conduct of this drivewas held at Santa Cruz Higher secondary school and was at-tended by ex-MLA Victor Gonsalves as the chief guest, FrCristavo Caldeira, Parish Priest of Santa Cruz, Walter Cabral,Principal of Santa Cruz Higher Secondary School, Dr JagdishKakodkar, Associate Professor at Goa Medical College, Dr NitinDhupdale, lecturer In-charge at UHC, Santa Cruz, Dr SuntaPerni, Medical Officer at Directorate of Health Services, DrRashmi, Dr Annet, Dr Soniya and Dr Ashwini, and staff of PHC,Corlim; UHC, Santa Cruz, Sub-Centre Taleigao and 200 studentsof higher secondary school.

The entire programme was coordinated by Dr Nitin Y Dhup-dale, Lecturer In-Charge of Urban Health Centre of Santa Cruzand Dr Palekar, Medical officer of PHC, Corlim under the guidanceof Dr D D Motghare, professor and HOD of Department of Pre-ventive Social Medicine at Goa Medical College.

Fellowship indiabetes for

Dr Bhatkurse

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JULY 24

Dr Rajesh Bhatkurse MD, Con-sultant Physician from Mapusa,was awarded the Post GraduateCertificate of Diploma and Fel-lowship in diabetes by DistanceEducation Cell of Christian Med-ical College (CMC), Vellore, TamilNadu.

Dr Bhatkurse is the first con-sultant from Goa to be conferredwith the fellowship at the handsof the Dean of CMC, Dr GeorgeThomas at a recently held con-vocation at Vellore.

The one year correspondencecourse consisted of details invarious aspects of Diabetes man-agement with recent advancesand treatment of complications.Dr Bhatkurse passed the finalexamination held in Mumbaiwith distinction. He was guidedthroughout the course by DrNihal Thomas of CMC, Vellore.

Various organizations have con-gratulated Dr Bhatkurse on hisachievement, says a press release. CME on critical care

PANJIM(HND): The Department of Anesthesiology, Depart-ment of Medicine in collaboration with the Medical EducationCell of Goa Medical College Bambolim will be organising aCME (Continuing Medical Education )Programme on August29 between 9 am and 5 pm in the GMC Library Auditorium ,Bambolim.

A CME programme in critical care is being organised forthe first time in GMC and the faculty and the topics are as fol-lows: Dr Jigi Divetia, Professor and Head of AnesthesiologyDepartment, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial HospitalMumbai will speak on acute lung injury - newer strategiesin mechanical ventilation. He will also speak on Sepsis - earlygoal directive therapy. Dr S Wagle Consultant Intensivist,Bombay Hospital will speak on Ventilatory acquired Pneu-monias, prevention and treatment. Dr V Billa ConsultantNephrologist Bombay Hospital will speak on acute kidneyinjury in critically ill - management. Dr Shivkumar Iyer Inten-sivist Pune will speak on the role of nutrition in critically ill.Dr Sameer Jog Consultant Intensivist Dinanath MangueshkarHospital and Research Centre Pune will speak on Hemodynamicmonitoring in critically ill. There will also be a panel discussionon criteria for ICU admission, brain death and organ transplantwhich will be moderated by Dr Chico Vas, Consultant Neurol-ogist GMC. The Goa Medical Council has given four CMEcredits for the programme. For registration contact Dr DaliaD Bhandare, Department of Anesthesiology, Goa MedoicalCollege Mobile No 9422058198. The CME is coordinated byDr Dalia D Bhandare, Dr R G Wiseman Pinto, Dr MarilynNazareth, Dr N G Dubashi and Dr V N Jindal.

Workshop at PCCE

The faculty of Padre Conceicao College of Engineering, GoaCollege of Engineering and Rayeshwar Institute of Technology.

PANJIM(HND): Mission 10X, the brainchild of techno giantsWipro Technologies under the aegis of the Azim Premji Foun-dation, unveiled its pilot programme in Goa with a five dayfaculty empowerment workshop held recently at Padre Con-ceicao College of Engineering, Verna.

The workshop that spanned five arduous days witnessed keenparticipation of 24 faculty from Padre Conceicao College of Engi-neering, Goa College of Engineering and Rayeshwar Institute ofTechnology. Toeing the lines of Mission 10x, the resource personsof Mission 10x who conducted the workshop at PCCE began witha day-and-a-half session on Dale Carnegie's High Impact TeachingSkills that centered around use of innovative teaching techniquesand learner centeredness in the realm of pedagogy.

Dr Luis C Mesquita, Principal of PCCE inaugurated the work-shop while Dr Shailaja and Dr Dattakumar from Wipro Tech-nologies were the trainers for the workshop. Vinayak Nayak,chairman from The Computer Society of India, Goa Chapter,sponsored the event and Niyan Marchon, Associate Professor,Electronics Dept and Head of the Training and Placement cellco-ordinated the workshop and propsed the vote of thanks.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CANACONA, JULY 24

Students and teachers of a gov-ernment high school, GowalKhola, conducted a cleanlinessdrive in the area under VillageHealth and Sanitation Commit-tee assisted by CommunityHealth Centre Canacona re-cently.

About 76 students and seventeachers from the GHS GowalKhola guided by health workersconducted cleaning of the resi-dential areas. They also visitedeach and every house in the lo-cality providing information onthe need of maintaining clean-liness.

The students themselvesidentified exposed empty bot-tles, cups, coconut shells, etc,and turned it upside down toavoid accumulation of water,which in turn help to stop fur-ther growth and breeding ofmosquitoes and other water-borne germs.

The students also urged theresidents to keep their housesand surroundings clean, testblood in case of fever, take com-

plete treatment, use bed nets,etc.

GHS Khola teachers who as-sisted the students are RaficaSayyad, Adelson Alfonso, AmitLotlikar, Jagdish Bhandari,Vithoba Shirodkar, Kavita Naik,Vishal Bandekar, besides SchoolHeadmistress Celina Dias wasalso present during the inaugu-ral programme.

Earlier on the day, in a pro-gramme held in the school hall,Umesh Kholkar, Eetension edu-cator and Eveera Dias, PHNspoke on National Vector BorneDiseases Control Programme(NVBDCP), Malaria, Dengue,Chikungunya, etc and its pre-vention and treatment, tellingthe students to keep theirhouses and surroundings clean.

Students, teachers organise cleanliness drive in Khola

Students clean a residential area in Canacona. Photo by Kathy Pereira

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PORVORIM, JULY 24

The Mapusa Nagrikancho Ekvotthas filed a contempt petition inthe High Court against the Ad-ministrators of Mapusa Munic-ipal Council (MMC) for notimplementing the directions ofthe High Court.

The Mapusa NagrikanchoEkvott members in their petitionhave stated that many footpathswithin MMC market have beenallowed to be blocked by shop-keepers, who place their waresor other items on the pave-ments, thus frustrating the or-ders of the High Court thatpavements should be clear ofall obstruction.

MMC has not taken meas-ures like cancelling licenses ofthose shopkeepers who consis-tently violate directions asstated in the High Court orderdated October 18, 2000, thusgiving clear message not onlyto the violators but also every-one in the market that it is per-missible to continue breakingthe law with impunity, statedthe petitioners.

The members further statedthat in front of Alankar Cinematheatre, where traffic island usedto exist, shops have been al-lowed to come up which entirelyblock the streets from 4 pm upto1 am.

Some shop owners have be-come so brazen that they haveset up tables and chairs on the

street, claimed the members.Even entrances of MMC mar-

ket have not been spared, assome vendors like lottery ven-dors, tailors, etc have been al-lowed to set-up tables andchairs within the corridors ofthe entrances and to carry outtheir activities, states the pe-tition.

Though the notification ofMMC stipulates that vehiclesmay not enter the market ontwo sides between 10 am to12.30 pm and from 4 pm to 6pm and on Fridays from 6 amto 6 pm, the vehicles enter themarket at all hours.

Within MMC market, thereare lanes between various smallbuildings. These lanes wereprovided by the original plan-

ners so that public would haveeasy access by way of pave-ments bordering the shops andto go from building to build-ing.

MMC in the course of yearshas allowed new shops, hawk-ers, stalls and fruit vendors tooccupy all these lanes in themarket, which has caused con-gestion and chaos in the mar-ket, added the members in thepetition.

Further, these lanes are alsoallowed to be occupied by cars,motorcycles and cycles, whichmove in and out of the marketwith impunity at all hours thuscausing the public enormoushardships.

Despite orders of the HighCourt that road setbacks shouldnot be occup ied , manyshop/kiosks still continue to op-erate within the road wideningareas.

The petitioners have statedthat MMC has violated the spiritbehind the orders passed bythe High Court, which were ul-timately for the benefit of peo-ple and hence actions of theMMC amount to contempt ofCourt.

MMC, by its uncaring atti-tude, seems to consider thatthey can flout the orders passedby the High Court with impunityand it is therefore submittedthat they deserve to be severelypenalized, prayed the petition-ers.

Contempt petition filedagainst Mapusa Council

n MMC in thecourse of yearshas allowed newshops, hawkers,stalls and fruitvendors tooccupy all theselanes in themarket, which hascausedcongestion andchaos in themarket.

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JULY 24

A meeting of members of the Goa State Committee on Babyfriendly hospital initiative was held under the Chairmanship ofSecretary Health Rajeev Varma at Secretariat on Friday.

The meeting reviewed the efforts by the Committee membersto promote breast feeding at District Hospitals, GMC hospital andother private hospitals in the State.

It was informed at the meeting that Asilo hospital Mapusa hasalready taken the initiative to provide cubicles to mothers inorderto facilitate breast feeding when they visit the hospital.

Secretary Varma expressed dissatisfaction for not providing cu-bicles or rooms for breast feeding to visiting mothers at GoaMedical College Hospital. It was informed at the meeting thatsuch provision was necessary to give Baby Friendly Status to thehospitals. This facility is also being provided at Hospicio HospitalMargao.

It was informed at the meeting that efforts are being madethrough education, pamphlets and other media to promote breastfeeding.

Directorate of Health Services in cooperation with voluntaryorganizations, breast feeding support groups and other concernedbodies organizes programmes at various places to encouragebeast feeding.

Secretary of Health Varma suggested the involvement of theCollectorate offices at both the Districts in the programme.

August 1 will be observed as breast feeding week and nutritionweek with various programmes. The main function will be held atGovernment College, Khandola.

Dr Rajnanda Dessai, Director of Health Services, Pramod Jain,Director of Food and Drug Administration, Raj Vaidya, Representativeof Breast Feeding Network of India, Bharati Vernekar, programmeofficer, Directorate of Women and Child Development, Nelly deSa, Goa Association of Pediatrics were amongst those present onthe occasion.

Baby-friendly hospital initiative

meet organisedCong Seva Dals medical camp

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat inaugurating the medical campat Sirvodem, Margao.

PANJIM(HND): Goa Pradesh Congress Seva Dal organizedtheir 1st general medical camp at Sirvodem, Margao on theeve of 125th anniversary of Indian National Congress Founda-tion which was inaugurated by Chief Minister Digambar Kamatand in the presence of eminent doctors of Hospicio Hospitalheaded by Dr Nachinolkar and team, nurses Dr Geeta Kakodkarand team of Urban Health Centre, Margao. The camp was wellorganized.

About 358 patients were examined, 160 blood tests done,15 ECG tests conducted and free medicines were given to allpatients. Congress Seva Dal plans more camps in the State,says a press release.

Branch Manager Rohidas Gadekar and Regional Manager A Bhendegive away the winners trophy. Photo by Thomas Fernandes

Kevin, Sparsha awarded

Kevin DMello and Sparsha Deshpande.PANJIM(HND): Kevin DMello and Sparsha Deshpande were

awarded the title Mr and Ms Talented in the Mr and Ms YouthEye Goa 2010 contest amongst 22 participants selected forthe finals, at Taleigao community hall. Kevin DMello was alsochosen King of Forests, audience favourite and received thehighest SMS voting, says a press release.

Musical show

on C Alvares

Wood craft,

carvings workshopHERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JULY 24

The Directorate of Art and Culture will be organizing three differentworkshops (ten days each) of Wood Craft and Carving for General,SC and ST category.

The registration period is extended for SC category and ST cat-egory till July 30.

This Department organizes various activities towards promotionand preservation of Goan traditions by way of workshops, festival,competitions etc. Wood crafts and carving workshop will benefitthe participants for self employment. The enrollment will be onfirst come first basis. Only first fifteen applicants will be entitledfor the workshop. Experts in the field will conduct the training.

Interested persons should collect the application forms availablein the Department of Art and Culture, Shrama Shakati Bhavan, 5thfloor, Patto, Panaji on or before July 26 during office hours andsubmit the same by July 30 duly filled.

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JULY 24

MilMelNel in collaboration with Tiatr Academy of Goa will stagea musical show C Alvares Patxea Duetancho on August 1 at10.30 am at GVN hall, Margao, to commemorate the birth an-niversary of the most popular Konkani Tiatrist who was known asKing of Duets.

The immortal songs sung or com-posed by late C Alvares will be sungby galaxy of stars namely Jessie Dias,Maria Cardozo, Livia DSilva, Buska,Ivy Pereira, Elina Fernandes, AnthonySan, Boney Alvin, Socorro de SantaCruz, Xec Amir, Mathew, AgneloBorim and MilMelNel backed bytop musicians Luis Cota, NorbertCota, Agnelo Dias, Mukesh (organ),and on Drums Pau l ( ex -Syndicate/Archies).

C AlvaresPatxea Duetancho will also be staged at Saligao, thebirth place of late C Alvares, on August 7 at 7 pm at SaligaoPanchayat hall and on August 8 at St Andrews Church hall, Vascoat 6:30 pm.

The shows are free of charge and complementary passes areavailable with Damu (GVN counter, Margao), Jerry Fernandes(Saligao) and Fr J A Costa (Vicar of Vasco Church), says a pressrelease.

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HERALD CORRESPONDENT

BELGAUM, JULY 24

Doctors from Goa and Kar-nataka will be updated on thelatest advances in diabetesmanagement at a two-day sci-entific meet on New Frontiersin Diabetes-2010 (NFD-2010)at the Dr B S Jirge Auditoriumof KLE University campus, Bel-gaum from August 7.

The meet is being organizedby the KLES Dr Prabhakar KoreHospital & Medical ResearchCentre (an affiliate of KLE Uni-versity) in association with theIndian Council of Medical Re-search, Jawaharlal Nehru Med-ical College and NationalDiabetes Foundation, Belgaum.

KLES Hospital Medical Direc-tor and CEO Dr M V Jali toldHerald that this meet will givethe opportunity for academicknowledge and experiencesharing with each other andthe rare opportunity of listen-ing to stalwarts of India in dia-

betes care and research. Moreover, Belgaum is

known as the winter resort ofKarnataka and is well knownfor its traditional hospitality.Doctors from Goa and the re-gion will avail the full benefitsof the meeting which will in-clude sightseeing tours, Dr Jalisaid.

The success of any confer-ence depends on scientific pres-entation and interaction. Ascientific committee under thecoordinators, professor emeri-tus P S Shankar and professor VA Kotilwale, will strive to ensurea good academic feast for theparticipants. The Conferencewill have sufficient time for lec-tures and interactive sessions.

Further details of the meetare available on phone at:09341101268, 09614008199,by email at:kle.nfd2010@gmail.com or atthe website:www.klehospital.org.

Ktaka, Goa docs to beupdated on diabetes

management

PTI

PHULBANI (ORISSA), JULY 24

A Fast track court here todayacquitted nine persons accusedof indulging communal vio-lence in Kandhamal district in2008.

Additional Sessions Judge(Fast Track Court No. 1), Phul-bani, Sovana Kumar Das acquit-ted the accused due to lack ofevidence.

The nine belonged to Bara-ganda village under Gochaparapolice station and were ar-rested on charges of housetorching, unlawful assemblyand other charges under RiotsAct consequent upon the riotsin 2008. Altogether 891 caseshad been registered in connec-tion with the riots in the dis-trict of which 129 casesdisposed of so far.

Nine acquitted inKhandhamal violence

PTI

KOHIMA, JULY 24

The government today in-formed the state assembly thatthe on-going probe and verifi-cation drive had detectedmany bogus teachers ap-pointed in Nagaland with

forged letters.

Replying to opposition Con-gress members queries onprobe by a special investiga-tion team (SIT) under the stateVigilance Commission, SchoolEducation minister NyeiwangKonyak told the house that the

Bogus teachers served show cause notices: Nagaland govtdepartment had served showcause notices to all bogus andabsentee teachers why theirservices should not be termi-nated.

He said only after the com-

pletion of verification commit-tees formed to examine the SITfindings, the departmentwould be able to ascertain theamount of fraudulent with-drawals.

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Pg8Move to target Modi will backfire on Cong: BJP

PTI

NEW DELHI, JULY 24

Congress today said that theresignationofGujarat juniorHomeMinisterAmit Shah, anaccused in the SohrabuddinSheikhfakeencountercase,hascometoolateintheday.Sincehewas involved, heshouldhaveresignedmuchear-l i e r and now tha t thechargesheethasbeenfiled,hehasputinhispapers.Thishascometoolateintheday,"RajivShukla,AICCcoordinatorforGu-jarat,said.

On theBJP's attackon theCongressandtheCentreforal-legemisuseofCBIinthecase,he said the investigationhasbeenorderedbynoneotherthantheSupremeCourt.

Shah's resignation comes adayafterCBIchargedhimwithkidnapping andmurderof al-legedgangster SohrabuddinSheikhandhiswifeKauserBiinNovember2005.

Echoingsimilarviews,AICC

Genera l Sec re ta r y B K

Hariprasadsaidthatpeoplesit-

ting in responsiblepositions

shouldhaverespondedimme-

diatelyinthewakeoftheinves-

tigationsinthecase.Hesaidthatbyattackingthe

CBI, theoppositionpartywasin fact attacking the SupremeCourtastheinvestigationswerecarriedoutby theagency fol-lowingitsdirections.

Theoppositionhas severalseniorlawyersastheirleaders.TheyshouldhavegonetotheSupremeCourt to appeal in-steadoftargetingtheCongressandtheCentre,hesaid.

PTI

NEW DELHI, JULY 24

TopjuristFaliSNarimantodaytermedasunfortunateGujaratjuniorHomeMinisterAmitShah's decisionnot to appearbefore theCBI and saidheshouldanswerthechargeslev-elledagainsthim.

Itisunfortunate.HeshouldappearbeforetheCBIandan-swer their charges. If chargesarenot correct thenhe canprotestlateronbutrightnow

hehas to answer the chargeslevelledby the investigatingagency,Nariman saidon thesidelinesofaconferencehere.

ShahresignedfromthestateministryafterCBIchargedhimwithmurderintheSohrabuddinSheikhfakeencountercase.

CriticisingShah'sdecisiontoboycott the investigatingagency,Narimansaid,"Idonotapprove theboycott. If some-body(investigatingagency)callsyouthenyoumustgo.

Top jurist flays Shahsmove to boycott CBI

Resignation has come too late, says AICC PTI NEW DELHI, JULY 24

StrikingacombativenoteaftertheresignationofGujaratHomeMinisterAmit Shah, theBJPtoday said it fully supportedChiefMinisterNarendraModiandanymovetotargethimwillboomerangontheCongress.

"TheCongressneeds tolearnthatthemoretheytrytoscratchModi,Itwillboomerangon them,"party spokespersonRaviShankarPrasadsaid.

HeruledoutanypossibilityofModisteppingdownasde-mandedbytheCongress.Shah,acloseaideofModi,resignedtodayafterCBIbroughtmurderandkidnappingchargesagainsthiminthefakeencounterkillingofallegedgangsterSohrabuddinSheikhandhiswifeKauserBiin2005.

PrasadallegedthattheUPAgovernmentwastryingtoframetheGujarathomeministerinacaseagainstSohrabuddinfromwhomseveralAK-47swerere-coveredandwhowaslinkedtounderwor ld donDawoodIbrahim.

ThisistheCongressdesign

todivertattentionfromthefi-ascoinPakistan,themess-upinKashmir, price rise, rottingofgrainsandthehistoricalmess-uponWarrenAnderson," hesaid.

PrasadsaidtheBJPwillex-posetheduplicityandmisuseoftheCBIbytheCongress.

Wewillexposethisdeviceofdistraction adoptedby theCongress....wehaveenougham-munition tonail this govern-

mentontheabuseCBI,hesaid.OnPChidambram's state-

mentthattheBJPshouldhaveobjectedwhenShah'snamefirstfiguredinthecase,PrasadsaidtheHomeMinisterhasbeenintheCongressforlongandwouldremember "howCBIwasusedtohelpBoforsaccusedOttavioQuattrochi escape, to give acleanchit to JagdishTytler (inanti-Sikhriots)anda'bounty'toSatishSharma(apparentrefer-

encetopetrolpumpallotmentscam).

WehaveseenhowCBIwasabusedasatooltomanageLaluPrasad,MulayamSinghYadavandMayawati,hesaid.

He further a l leged thatthough"Rs2000crorewerere-coveredfromthechamber"ofUPAMinisterARaja,theprimeministerdidnot take any ac-tion.

OnAmitShah's resignation,

theparty saidhewasbeingframedanditstoodbyhim.

BJPtookapositionthatoncethechargesheetwasfiled,whichwewillconteststronglyasitisaframe-up,he(Shah)resignedimmediately.ThisthestandardofBJP,itsaid.

Thepartysaidthemischie-vousdesignsoftheCBIwillbeexposedincourt."Wehaveal-wayshadthehighestregardforourjudicialsystemandalways

cooperatewithlaw,sotherewillbealegalfight,BJPspokesper-sonPrakashJavadekarsaid.

HemaintainedthatthoughShahhasresigned,thepartywasfullywithhimandwillberaisingitsvoiceagainstabuseofCBIforpoliticalpurposes.

Hewillfightagainstthemis-

chievousdesignsofCBIinthe

courtandthetruthwillbeup-

held,Javadekarsaid.

PTI

AHMEDABAD, JULY 24

After the Sohrabuddin Sheikhfakeencountercasewastrans-ferred toCBI by the SupremeCourt,GujaratMinisterofStateforHomeAmitShah,alongwithtwootheraccused,triedtoham-perprobe and threatenwit-nesses,theinvestigatingagencyhassaid.

ShahdirectedAjayPatelandYashpalChudasama, his closeconfidantsandaccused,tocon-vince,coerce,threatenandin-fluence thewitnessesonhisbehalftoconcealthetruthfromCBI about the fake encounterofSohrabuddin,accordingtothe chargesheet filedby theagency inacourthereyester-day.

The2005encountercasewastransferred to theCentralagencyinJanuarythisyear.

Investigations revealed thatAjayPatelconveyedamessagetotwowitnesses,RamanPatelandDashrat Patel, thatwhatthey saybeforeCBIwouldbeprovided to them in the formofwritten statementsbyDCPAbhayChudasama,whoisalsoanaccused,itsaid.

Bothwitnesseshad fourmeetingswithmiddlemensentby Shah at separateplaces.Thesemeetingswere video-graphedbythetwowitnessesinadiscreetmanner.Thisaudio-visualrecordinghasbeenseizedbytheCBI.

The transcriptionof thethesemeetings revealedob-structionandinfluencingofthewitnessesby Shah andAbhayChudasama," the chargesheetsaid.

TheCBIdocument further

said that audio-visual recordsindicatedhowthewitnessesre-tractedtheirstatementsattheinstanceofShah,whoresignedfromtheGujaratMinistrythismorning,andAbhay.

Theaudio-visualrecordsin-dicatethatAjayPatelandYash-palhadactivelyparticipatedinthemain conspiracy and thecrimecommittedinfurtheranceto the consp i r acy, thechargesheetsaid.

RamanPatelandDashratPatelareownersof realestate firmPopularBuilders.GujaratPolicehadstagemanagedashootoutinthecompany'soffice inDe-cember2004 for thepurposeoflodginganFIRagainstSheikh,itsaid.

The chargesheet said thatcomplaintwas filed againstSheikh at thebehestof Shahwhowasunderpressure fromthemarblelobbyinneighbour-ingRajasthan.MarblemerchantswerebeingharassedbySheikh,whomade frequentdemandsforheftyprotectionmoney.

EliminationofSohrabuddinwasbeingusedforextortionbytheaccusedtoestablishanel-ementof fear inthemindsofbusinessmen andothers, itsaid.

While Sheikh andhiswifeKausarbiwereinillegalcustodyofGujaratPolice,IPSofficerDGVanzarawasinconstanttouchovertelephonewithShahandwas continuously seeking in-structions,itsaid.

Instruct ions for k i l l ingKausarbiwerealsogivenbytheBJP leader toVanzara,who isamongfourIPSofficersarrestedinthecase,itsaid.

Gujarat minister triedto threaten witnesses,hamper probe: agency

Tamil Nadu Commando Police personnel demonstrating during an awarness programme on self defense techniques at Stella Marrys Women's College, in Chennaion Saturday.

PTI

NEW DELHI, JULY 24

Acourtheretodayacceptedthechargesheet filed against dis-graceddiplomatMadhuriGupta,accusedofpassingsensitivein-formation to Pakistani intelli-genceofficials.

ChiefMetropolitanMagistrateKaveriBawejatookcognisanceof thecharges framedagainstIFSGrade-Bofficeraftergoingth rough the 700 -pagechargesheetwhichwasfiledbytheDelhiPoliceonJuly20.

Thejudgepostedthematterfor furtherproceedingonAu-gust5.

Duringthebriefhearing,theinvestigatingofficer informedthecourtthatsomeforensicre-portoftheharddiscrecoveredfromGupta'sresidenceisyettocomeand it has also soughtsanction from theMinistryofExternalAffairstoprosecutethediplomatinthecase.

Thechargesheetandannex-

uresfiledbeforethechiefmet-

ropolitanmagistratehadsought

theprosecutionof theofficer

undervariousprovisionsofthe

OfficialSecretsActandtheIn-

dianPenalCode.

Theprobe agency, citing

Gupta'spurportede-mailsinthe

chargesheet, claimed that she

usedtopassoninformationto

Pakistan intelligence agencies

throughherhandler Jamshed

whomsheplannedtomarryand

MubsharRazaRana.The contentsof an email

showed that shewas in lovewith Jim (Jamshed). Bothhadplannedtogetmarried.Itisfur-therveryclearfromthecontentthatJimisaPakistani.Themo-tiveisclearandestablishedfromtheemail,thechargesheetsaid.

The po l i ce , i n thechargesheet,hadclaimedthat

shegotintouchwithRanaandJamshedafterherintroductiontothembyJavedRashid,ajour-nalistofJungnewspaper.

RanacreatedanemailIDforherandaskedher tosend in-formationtoaparticularemailID, the chargesheet said andalsoreferredtorecoveryoftwomobilephones fromherpos-sessionbesidesone SIM cardandaBlackberryhavingaPak-istani SIM card, thepolice al-leged.

Policehascited30witnessestobuttressthechargesagainstGupta.

Court accepts chargesheet against Madhuri

GoM ignoring Bhopal gastragedy victims: Chauhan

PTI

NEW DELHI, JULY 24

AccusingtheGroupofMinisters(GoM)onBhopalofcompletelyignoringthosewhodiedinthegas tragedy,Madhya PradeshChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChauhantodaydemandedaspe-cial sessionof theministerialbodytodiscusstheadditionalcompensationissue.

He said thatmore than90percentofthegasvictimswillnotgetanyadditionalcompen-sationasonlysomeamounthasbeenrecommendedfor42,166victimsby theGoMandmorethan5,20,000 victims recog-nisedbytheWelfareCommis-sionerhavebeenleftout.

Imust alsopointout thattheGOMcompletely ignored10,047gasvictimswhodiedasaresultofthegastragedy.This

grouphasnotbeengivenanyadditional compensation,Chauhansaid.

Iwouldurgethattheentirequestionofadditionalcompen-sationisrevisitedandaspecialsessionoftheGoMshouldbeconvened for this subject,"hesaid.

Lastmonth,theGoMledbyHomeMinisterPChidambaramfavouredenhancedcompensa-tion forvictimsandagovern-

ment-sponsoredclean-upoftheUnionCarbidefactorypremise.

On thedisposal of toxicwaste, the chiefminister saidtherewas resentment amonglocalsinPithampurareainDhardistrict on the issue as theyhavealotofmisgivingsabouttheafteraffectsofburningofchemicalwasteandthereisop-positiontothisact.

PTIITANAGAR,JULY24Asmany as 183 speciesof

butterfly havebeen identifiedandphotodocumentedinthebuffer areaofNamdhapaNa-tionalParkinArunachalPradeshduringthefive-day13thButter-flyIndiaMeet.

Statingthis,AriffSiddiqui,anorganiser, saidmore specieswouldbefoundinthecoreareaof theparkwhich they couldnotventureintoduetorain.

PTI

PATHANAMTHITTA, JULY 24

After life becomingmiser-ablewith theonslaughtofsnails, a panchayat inKeralawas forced to launch a 'snaileradication' campaign to freeareaoftheslow-movingcrea-ture.

AroundonelakhsnailswerekilledyesterdayaloneinKonniv i l l age panchaya t i nPathanamthittadistrict, thecivic unit secretaryHaribalansaid.

Since it is bigger than thenormaltypeofsnailfoundinKerala, the villagers call itAfricansnail,believedtohavemadeitswayintotheplainsofKeralafromtheWesternGhats.

The fast-breedingmolluskhasemergedasaseriousthreattofarming.Thevillagerswere

compelledtolaunchthesnail-huntastheslimyinsectbeganmovingintohousesleavingastickytrailinitswake.Someofthesesnailsareas

long21cmandwithaheightofupto7cmheight.Theyattackcropslikeplantains,tapiocaandothertubercrops.Theycouldscaleupthecoconutpalmsanddamagetendernuts,"theKonnipanchayatsecretaryKNHarib-alantoldPTI.

Theymostlycomeoutaftertheduskandcouldbeseenmov-ingupthewallsofthehouses.Theuglycreaturewouldsneakintoanywhereincludingkitchenorthediningroom,makinginanauseating sight, a villagersaid.

It was jointoperationlaunchedbythepanchayatwiththesupportofhealthandagri-

culturedepartmentsandlocalself-helpgroups.

Thesnailswereannihiliatedby sprikling amixtureof to-baccoandsalt.Theywerethenmass-buriedinapit.

According to a studydonebytheexpertsForestResearchInstitue, the "African snail"mighthavegotintoaparticularthrough some consignmentbroughtfromsomeotherplace.

Onlyone snailmighthavecametothevillageduringthetimebut itmultipledmanyfolds after laying eggs, thestudysaid.

Accordingtoexperts,asin-glesnailwould layonethou-sandeggsand80percentofthemwouldhatch. Theynotonlyeatfarmproductsbutalsorelishwastesthrownaround,"avillagersaid.

Faced with a serious threat,villagers kill 100,000 snails

PTI

KOCHI, JULY 24

Ananimationfilmtitled'My

DearBapuji',onthelifeofFather

ofnationisgettingready.

TheMahatamaGandhiNa-

tionalFoundationisaimingto

releasetheMalayalamversion

of the filmbyAugust15.The

filmwouldbedubbedinEnglish,

Hindi andother languages,

Foundationchairman,EbyJJose,

toldreportershere.Thefilmwouldbereleased

Animation film on Gandhiji getting readyinallIndianlanguaguesinclud-inghindi, producer, RetheeshPazhayaveettil andDirector,AKSaibarsaid.

Theworkonthe45-minutefilm startedover a year ago.Specialefforthasbeentakentomakethepresentationimpres-sivetochildren,theysaid.

The film isgettingreadyaspart of the foundation'sMa-hatmaGandhiNationalFounda-tiondecisiontolauncha'KnowGandhiji' campaign at thena-tional level to impartGandhi-

jisidealstotheyounggenera-tion.

Theprogrammeaimsatwarn-

ingthechildrenontheevilsof

racismandterrorism,Josesaid.

Thefoundationalsohasplans

toproduceanimationfilmson

thegreatfreedomfighterslike

SubashChandraBose,Bhagath

Singh,ChandrasekharAzad

amongothers.Anotherdream

projectisasimilarpresentation

ontheformerPresident,lateK

RNarayanan.

ITANAGAR, JULY 24

Asmanyas183speciesofbut-terflyhavebeenidentifiedandphotodocumentedinthebufferareaofNamdhapaNationalParkinArunachalPradeshduringthefive-day13thButterfly IndiaMeet.

Statingthis,AriffSiddiqui,anorganiser, saidmore specieswouldbefoundinthecoreareaof theparkwhich they couldnotventureintoduetorain.

The30participantsfromdif-ferentpartsofthecountryalso

identifiednumerousmothsapartfromsomeglitteringbee-tles.

DrAlfred, formerdirectoroftheZoologicalSurveyofIndiaalsosaid,"Thisisanencouragingindicatorforexistenceofmanyotherspeciesofthebutterfliesin thecorearea inNamdhapaandinnewforestsinthearea."

Students from five schoolsinandaroundMiaotownwereinvited toparticipate in anawarenessprogrammeentitled'Breakfastwithbutterflies'.(PTI)

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 24

CPI-M led LDF government inKerala today left it Centre totake a decision to ban the rad-ical Muslim outfit PopularFront of India (PFI), whose ac-tivists were responsible forchopping the hand of a collegelecturer for preparing a ques-tion paper with derogatory ref-erences about ProphetMohammed.

PFI operates not only in Ker-ala but also in some otherstates, so it was for the Centreto examine the activities of theoutfit and take a decision,State Home Minister KodiyeriBalakrishnan told reportersafter a high level meeting oftop police officials here today.

In Kerala, PFI was trying toinflame communal passion andreligious sentiments, he said.Kerala would give its opinionon the question of banning theorganisation when Centre asksfor it, he said.

Kerala wanted the Centre totake up the probe into the caseof tampering the brake of apassenger train at Nilambur onJuly 7. 'This is the first case inKerala involving trains.

A probe by Centre would re-veal whether it has any connec-tion with train relatedincidents in other states, hesaid.

Without giving details, Bal-akrishnan said one suspectedMaoist was taken into custody

at Nilambur and investigationwas progressing whether hehad any role in the incidentconnected with cutting off thebrake system of a stationaryNilambur-Shornur passengertrain.

Literature and documentsseized from the offices and res-idents of PFI activists as part ofprobe into the attack on lec-turer had revealed many thingsabout their activities, Balakr-ishnan said.

On the question of prevent-ing the parade organised bythe outfits in certain parts ofthe state on August 15, he saiddistrict authorities have theright to take a decision on thematter considering the law andorder situation. Few district au-thorities had already bannedthe proposed parade by PFI.

More people were involvedin the attack on lecturer T JJoseph and probe into the casewas progressing in right direc-tion, he said.

So far, 10 PFI activists werearrested in connection with theattack on lecturer of Newman'sCollege Muvatupuzha T JJoseph on July 4.He was at-tacked when he was returningwith his family after Sundaymass at Muvatupuzha.

The newly formed anti-ter-rorist squad has also startedfunctioning in the state, hesaid.

Balakrishnan said state hadalso requested Centre to probe

into the utilization of funds re-ceived by religious and otheroutfits which receive fundsfrom foreign countries. As perthe record 1533 organisationsin Kerala got foreign funds to atune of Rs.884 crore during2006-07.

State has limitations in prob-ing the use of such funds andCentre should conduct a probeon how they use the funds, hesaid.

As part of government re-solve to check religious funda-mentalism, Balakrishnan said abook titled 'Chinvadpalam'written by one pastor, havebeen banned as it containedderogatory remarks about an-other religion. Police havebeen instructed to seize thecopies of the book in circula-tion, he said.

Referring to reforms in po-lice in the state, he said com-munity police would bestrengthened by introducingthe system in more places. Aninternational seminar on Com-munity Policing would be heldat Kochi in October.

An amount of Rs 25 crorehas been earmarked to set upCommunity Police ResourcesCentre in 70 police stationsacross the state, he added.

State Home Secretary andadditional Chief Secretary KJayakumar, DGP Jacob Punoose,ADGP (Intelligence) SibiMathew were also present atthe press conference.

Centre should decide on banning PFI: Kerala govt

Girls preparing for audition of Vivel Miss PTC Punjabi 2010 at Jalandhar on Saturday.

PTI

PATNA, JULY 23

Sticking to its demand for sack-ing of the Nitish Kumar govern-ment in the light of the CAGreport on alleged withdrawalof money from the state treas-uries, opposition RJD todaysaid it was a 'systematic andmerciless' plunder of the stateexchequer and accused thestate government of trying to'forestall' a CBI probe.

''Why are you (Nitish Kumar)worried when you have notcommitted any offence?'' RJDspokesman Shakeel AhmedKhan and its General SecretaryRamkripal Yadav said talking toreporters here.

''The state government ismaking a sinister bid to fore-stall a probe by CBI into non-reconciliation of the advancesof Rs 11,412 crore drawn fromthe state treasuries on abstractcontingent (AC) bills which isfraudulent in nature,'' Khansaid.

Khan, a senior lawyer of thePatna High Court and formerlaw minister, said the court had

rightly observed that hugeamounts have been 'systemati-cally and mercilessly' plun-dered in the state withpurposive and complete ab-sence of government attentionand it must be investigated byCBI, which is beyond the reachof the state government.

Commenting on the recentruling of Speaker Udai NarayanChoudhary that no agencies

would be allowed to interferein the matter being examinedby the Public Accounts Com-mittee of the house, Khan saidthe cases of fraudulent natureformed a criminal offence andonly a prosecuting agency hadthe authority to bring the cul-prits to justice.

''The state governmentshould have supported the in-quiry by an independentagency instead of making at-tempts to forestall the investi-gation, which is also anoffence,'' he said.

Equating the present case tothe multi-crore rupees fodderscam, Khan recalled that two ofthe charimen of the Public Ac-counts Committee -- JagdishSharma and Dhruv Bhagat,were put behind the bars byCBI on similar charge of fore-stalling the inquiry.

He also took a pot-shot atthe ruling NDA in the state fornot sparing even the Rajbhavanin the controversy and said RJDwould continue its agitationfor the ouster of the NitishKumar government.

Nitish govt trying to forestall CBI probe: RJD

n The state govern-ment is making asinister bid to fore-stall a probe by CBIinto non-reconcilia-tion of the advancesof Rs 11,412 croredrawn from thestate treasuries onabstract contingent(AC) bills which isfraudulent in nature

--- RJD spokesman Shakeel Ahmed Khan

PTI

LONDON, JULY 24

UK will seek to sell 57 moreHawk Jet trainers to India in adeal worth a million poundsduring David Cameron's firstever visit to New Delhi aftertaking over as Prime Ministernext week.

The 57 trainers will be in ad-dition to the 66 fighters alreadycontracted for by the Britishaerospace company BAE.

Cameron is leading a clutchof cabinet ministers, who areamong a 90-strong delegation,on a trade mission to India.

According to the FinancialTimes, defence exports will beone of the most concrete andcontentious manifestations ofthe "special partnership"Cameron wants to forge with arising power, which he feelsBritain has neglected for toolong.

According to The Times,Cameron will lead the big dele-gation to showcase his "com-mercially based foreign policywith a 1 billion pounds defence

Cameron to seek 1 billion pound

Hawk deal with Indiadeal".

The prime minister is totravel with seven cabinet min-isters, including the foreignsecretary, chancellor and busi-ness secretary, in an effort torevitalise ties with New Delhiand to generate business in theinsurance, financial servicesand technology sectors.

Cameron's team will alsoseek to press British interestsin India's USD 11 billion (7.1 bnpounds) 126-aircraft fighterprocurement contest.

Six manufacturers are in therunning for the lucrative dealwith EADS, the consortium thatincludes BAE Systems, offeringthe Eurofighter Typhoon jet.

The most immediate bigdeals, the paper said, maycome in defence.

BAE hopes to sign a dealworth up to 500 millionpounds to supply 57 moreHawk trainer jets, building onan established partnership withstate-run Hindustan Aeronau-tics Ltd, Bengaluru.

India ordered 66 Hawk jetsfrom BAE in 2004 at 1 billionpounds cost.

All the aircraft in the follow-up deal, if achieved, are likelyto be built by HAL.

The model for technologytransfer and joint manufactur-ing could also be extended toUK aircraft carriers and ship-building.

PTI

BANGALORE, JULY 24

In a bid to counter the opposition Congress'Bellary Chalo' padayatra from tomorrow tohighlight BJP government's "failures", the rul-ing party today announced holding of four ral-lies across the state from August 2.

"The BJP campaign would highlight twoyears of our government's achievements andopposition's anti-people stance in contrast tothe 15-day Congress padayatra to 'protect' thestate," BJP state unit president K S Eswarappatold reporters here.

He said BJP has chosen Davanagere, thecentral part of Karnataka for its first rally, tobe followed by rallies at Gulbarga on August5, Mysore on August 12 and the final one at

Bellary, home district of the three Bellary Min-isters, on August 20.

"We have already held a conference in Ban-galore to showcase achievements of the BJP-led Government. We wanted to take this topeople of all districts. Besides highlighting theachievements, we will also focus on the anti-people attitude adopted by opposition par-ties," he said.

He alleged that the Congress padayatra wassolely f