GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS August 15, 2002 INDEPENDENCE DAY GREETINGS to all Goanetters
A WELFARE STATE: Delivering his message to the people of Goa on the eve of the Independence Day on DD and AIR, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday reiterated his commitment to transform Goa into an intelligent and welfare State with the sustained efforts to provide a dignified living to the people. (H) IRON-ORE INDUSTRY FACES TOUGH CHALLENGE: Goa's Rs.1,000-crore iron ore export industry, hitherto the backbone of the State economy, would soon face the toughest challenge for its very existence because of the failure of the Parrikar government to safeguard the interest of this capital-cum-labour intensive activity, unlike Andhra Pradesh where his counterpart Chandrababu Naidu is busy mopping up advantages. (Pramod Khandeparker in GT) PANCHAYATS MAY BE PENALISED: All panchayats failing to recover pending house tax dues from domestic units, hotels and 'rent backs' are in for trouble as the government is contemplating on taking stringent steps of dismissing the concerned sarpanchas if required. Minister for Panchayat, Manohar Azgaonkar, said that Calangute panchayat was already penalized for the same. (H) CURRICULUM IN TUNE WITH APTITUDE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar advocated the need for introducing flexibility in the curriculum to create scope for students to pursue the subjects they have an aptitude for, even at the high school level. (H) SIMPLIFIED AID PATTERN FOR SCHOOLS: The State government plans to simplify the grant-in-aid pattern to the aided high schools, besides also to change the curriculum of higher classes from Standard VII onwards by linking them with technical subjects as a part of upgradation and improving the quality education in the State. (NT) NO QUESTION OF QUITTING: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said there was no question of him resigning in connection with the court order to frame charges against Town and Country Planning Minister Atanasio Monserrate in a case of alleged extortion, cheating and threatening to kill a Mapusa-based builder. (GT) PROGRAMME TO PROTECT REPTILES: "We want to sensitize the people as to why snakes are important in the environment, and have focused on Goa for two days beginning with the Nagpanchami festival. We have a target of sensitizing 2000 students and public in the State through the snake talks," said Nirmal Kulkarni, chairman of Mapusa-based volunteer organisation Green Cross. Green Cross organised the programme in co-ordination with the Indian Herpetological Society, Pune, and Pune Snake Park, at the LD Samant Memorial High School in Porvorim, for the school students in the morning and the general public in the evening. Nilimkumar Khaire, the Director of the Pune Snake Park and President of the Indian Herpelogical Society, participated in the two-day programme, along with Shriram Shinde, the Curator of the Park." (GoaNOW) MARDOL WOMAN RESCUED: The Goa State Commission for Women rescued Sujal Matkar, a 30-year-old woman, alleged to have been brutally treated by her family in Mardol, and has rehabilitated her at Asha Mahal, Taleigao. (H) POLICE CAUTIONS PUBLIC: The Goa police is in frantic search for Akash alias Shamalrao, the alleged murder of a hotel owner in Simla. Police suspect that he has taken refuge in the State. (NT) MTECH SEATS FOR GOANS: Chief Minister Parrikar yesterday said that negotiations were on to secure eight seats for Goan students passing out from the Goa Engineering College to pursue MTech qualifications in IITs. (H) "NAKLI" PARRIKAR: After the much-publicised forged signature episode, a prankster tried to imitate the voice of Chief Minister Parrikar by calling up the Aquem-Baixo village panchayat on Friday evening. (H) SPACE FOR MARGAO'S DEAD: Close on the heels of the Muslim community's long-pending plea to the government for a new burial ground, the Catholic community from the heart of Margao city has renewed their plea for a cemetery. Writing on behalf of the Fabrica, Fr Joao Pedro Fernandes, the Parish Priest of Grace church, has drawn the municipality's attention to the urgent need to construct a cemetery for the parishioners. (H) APPREHENSIVE FARMERS: Apprehensive farmers in Sattari taluka are hoping that the BJP government in Goa will prevail over the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and remove the perils on their lives brought on by the proposed diversion of river Mhadei water by Karnataka. (Joaquim Fernandes in NT) VASCO SAPTAH: Thousands of people visited the temple of Lord Damodar and offered their prayers on the occasion of the "Saptah", which began after the religious shreephal was placed before the deity by Vasant Joshi at 12 Noon. Yesterday. (GT) JPEG VIRUS: Called Perrun, the virus appends itself to JPG files and requires an extractor to extract and execute the virus code. It arrives in the form of an 11,780 byte portable executable or EXE file. When executed, the 5,636 byte extractor component (EXTRK.EXE) is dropped to the current directory and a system Registry key is modified. Perrun is relatively harmless. (Digit, Aug 2002) GOA'S IDENTITY? "The issue of Goa's identity recently raised by some Goans in Mumbai and abroad, its so called dilution or degradation also been decried by a few Goans in Goa, fortunately is a non-issue to the Goan population at large which is more interested in good governance and economic temper of the territory." (Lambert Mascarenhas in Goa Skyline-GT) OCCASION FOR REDIDICATION: "As we relaunch ourselves on the auspicious occasion of Independence anniversary today, we rededicate ourselves to Goa, Goans, country and countrymen. Your Gomantak Times has become lean and slim from today." (Edit in GT) GOAN SMALL INDUSTRIES FOR KAMPALA TRADE FAIR: M/s Colfax Laboratories, Nirankal Ponda, M/S Blue Cross Remedies, Verna, M/s Eleconic Condensors, Kundaim and M/s Power Engineering, Tuem are the four small scale units from Goa that will participate in the Kampala International Trade Fair, scheduled to be held between October 3 to 12, 2002 in Uganda. The Uganda International Trade Fair is an annual event being organised by the Uganda Manufacturers Association at its permanent fair grounds at Kampala. It is one of the most prestigious and popular public programmes being held in Uganda. (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) PRESIDENT'S MEDAL FOR TOP OFFICIALS: Three top State government officials have bagged President's medal for their meritorious service. They are DIG from Goa Police, Mr Karnal Singh, the SDPO of Ponda, Mr DK Sawant and the assistant director, IB, Mr TY Khare. (NT) S P O R T S GCA BANNED: The Goa Cricket Association, which has found itself dragged to court following the April 6, 2001, ticketgate scam is now facing the wrath of the Sports Authority of Goa, which has enforced a blanket ban on the GCA from using SAG grounds throughout the State. (H) CABRAL EDGE OUR RAIA: Cabral Sports Club downed a fighting Raia Sporting Club 5-3 via the tie-breaker to enter the quarter-finals of Servo Governor's Cup at Duler grounds. D E A T H S 13 Aug: Curtorim-Maina: ROSADA (SANTANA) FERNANDES. 14 Aug: Navelim-Nagmodem: XAVERINA MARTINS, wife of Moises, mother of Kasia. 14 Aug: Shiroda: CONSTANCIO RODRIGUES, husband of Salvocao, father of Abby, Carmina, Edvizes/Hillary, Sr Kevina, Lima. 14 Aug: Chinchinim-Sucaldem: ESCOCIANA MENEZES, wife of Dr Thomas, mother of Frida/Vinoo and Felroy. 14 Aug: Navelim-dialgona: MARIA JOSEFA JOAQUINA PIRES, wife of late Piedade, mother of Vitorina/late Jose Santana, Manuel/Vijayalaxmi, Sr Mafaldina, Caridade/Zemira. 14 Aug: Assolna: ASSIS RODRIGUES, husband of Romula, father of Julius, Johan and Jessiah. 12 Aug: Siolim-Marna: MARSHAL BRAGANZA, husband of late Herminia, father of Yvette, Yvonne, Yasmin, Yves, father-in-law of Tom, Lily. 14 Aug: Loutulim: MARIA JOAQUINA D'MELLO E FERNANDES, wife of late Manuel Joaquim, mother of Albert/Philomena, Ana Maria/Michael, John (Abu Dhabi)/Mary, Caetano/Angela, Fr Nazareth (Pilar). G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 26.2 deg C (79.2 deg F) at Assagao at 7.30 am today. Max temp: 28.9 deg C, Humidity: 89%, Rainfall 1830.9 mm (Yesterday) Weather: The morning is sufficiently dry today. Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times Daily Goacom News Clippings also at: http://www.goacom.com/news Website: http://www.goacom.com Webzine: http://www.goacom.com/goanow =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!