GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
September 20, 2002
HC SETS ASIDE APPOINTMENT: The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court on
Thursday quashed and set aside the appointment of Zoivonto Porobo to the
post of the President of the Administrative Tribunal, directing that rules
governing the appointment to this post should mandatorily include
consultation with the High Court first. (H)
TOURISM DEPT, RELIANCE TIE-UP: Goa's Tourism Department has tied-up with
Reliance Info.com to market Goa as a preferred tourism destination in
general and some 100 hotels in particular, to 10 million people, all for
free. Official sources told Herald that discount coupons of 100 select
hotels including up-market GTDC ones, are being offered in the "Upahar"
booklet being sent to all their one crore share-holders and mobile
subscribers and others all over the country. (H)
RTO OUTPOSTS RAIDED: A Union Minister intervened, money flew down windows,
truck drivers continued to pile on bribes on the counter and Goa Police
personnel were found without any incriminating evidence when Crime Branch
sleuths swooped down on RTO outposts at Dhargal and Mollem, including an
Excise and Goa Police point at Mollem in a surprise raids. (H)
UK NATIONAL DROWNS: A British tourist aged about 35 and locally known as
Kevin, drowned off Baga beach at around 12 pm on September 19. The
Calangute police sent the body for post-mortem to the Goa Medical College,
Bambolim. (NT)
NOT AVERSE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar stated yesterday that he is not
averse to the demand made by Parampai-Madkai residents to hand over the
investigations of Tanuja Naik murder to Central Bureau of Investigation.
However, he cautioned that once the case is submitted to the CBI, the State
government would not interfere further. (GT)
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE: Foot-and-mouth disease has truck the State once
again. The outbreak of the virus has been reported from Neturlim-Sanguem
and some areas in Canacona. Several cross-breed animals have been affected
with the viral disease, the incidence of which was not reported in Goa for
over two years now. (GT)
VASCO CEMETERY VANDALISED: In a shocking incident, miscreants are believed
to have vandalized the St Andrew's church cemetery at Vasco, by desecrating
some crosses at the graves. While Vasco police claim to have no knowledge
of the incident, the parish priest of St Andrew's Church maintains that "it
is not an issue". (H)
REBATE TO COST: The Goa Police has accused the former Power Minister,
Mauvin Godinho, the then Chief Engineer of the Electricity Department and
three others with criminal conspiracy in the power rebate Balaji Rolling
Pvt Ltd case causing a loss of Rs.32 lakh to the State exchequer. (H)
MAUVIN DENIES: The former Power Minister, Mr Mauvin Godinho, has denied
that charges have been frames against him in the Power rebate case or any
other of the criminal cases filed against him by the police. (NT)
ROW OVER DOLES TO SENIOR CITIZENS: Distributing monthly doles to the
beneficiaries of Provedoria sponsored old age scheme from the office of
Cuncolim MLA Joaquim Alemao has kicked up a row with the Cuncolim Municipal
Chief Officer and a clerk facing disciplinary action from the higher-ups. (H)
NO TAKERS: A Central government scheme to provide five kilogrammes of rice
as part of wages to labourers has come a cropper as there are hardly any
takers for it. (GT)
ABOUT PROPOSED GAS PIPELINE: The officials of Gas Transportation and
Infrastructure Company Ltd, a subsidiary of the Reliance Group of
Industries, allayed fears that the gas was non-poisonous and inflammable.
"Proper precautions would be taken to prevent any kind of untoward
incidents and as the gas is light in nature, it will disperse in case of a
leak," the officials assured. (NT)
COURT ACQUITS ACCUSED: The Additional Sessions Judge acquitted Chandrakant
Shirodkar of Aivao, Caranzalem, of having killed one Lata Shirodkar at
Caranzalem while pointing out several defects in the investigation carried
out by the police. (H)
LPG HOME DELIVERY OR REBATE: Goa LPG consumers of the petroleum
companiesHindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum and Indian Oil
Corporationcan now expect home delivery of the gas cylinders and a rebate
of Rs.8 on the cylinder price for non-home delivery as a consumer right,
states a press release issued by Roland Martins, Co-ordinator of the Goa
Civic and Consumer Action Network. (H)
NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL: Goa has experienced a seasonal rainfall deficit of
only about 24 centimeters till date. This year Goa has seen a very unusual
pattern of rainfall, with July experiencing only 30 cms of rainfall while
the normal is 99 cms, and on the other hand June saw 144 cms of rainfall
against the normal of 79 cms, while August received 15 cms above average.
This monsoon season, which culminates on September 30, has seen Goa
receiving 211 cms of rainfall, while the normal as on date is 235 cms. (H)
KOLIS RESPECT CANOES: The koli (fishermen) community equate the "hodem", as
the canoe is commonly known in Konkani, with their mother. That is the
reason why they do not enter a canoe with sandals on. "Inside a canoe, it's
like a temple for us," said Mr Ramakant Zuvatkar. (Rupesh G Samant in NT)
PRIYA TENDULKAR PASSES AWAY: Noted actress and social activists Priya
Tendulkar, who shot to fame for her portrayal of "Rajni" in a popular
tele-serial of the same name, passed away in Mumbai on September 19
following a prolonged illness. She was just one month short of her 43rd
birthday. (UNI report in Herald)
TEEN OF THE YEAR: Rochelle Coutinho of Rosary Commerce and Arts, Navelim,
was selected the "Teen of the Year 2002", at the zonal finals held at Don
Bosco Oratory, Panjim, recently, by "Teenager", the national youth
magazine, in association with Don Bosco Oratory and Lions Club of Aldona. (GT)
AWARD FOR MASHELKAR: Dr Raghunath A Mashelkar, FRS, Director General,
Council of Scientific Research, was presented yesterday the prestigious
Priyadarshni Academy Global Award 2002 by Dy Prime Minister LK Advani, for
his leadership role in Indian science and technology…Mashelkar has been
honoured with the honorary degree of Doctorate of Science by the University
of London, UK, and the Banaras Hindu University, India, for his scientific
research contributions. (GT)
S P O R T S
FOOTBALL RESULTS: Arlem-sponsored Vasco SC played a goalless draw with
Cabral Sports Club in the Kingfisher GFA Professional League at Fatorda.
Curtorim Gymkhana defeated Churchill Bros 7-6 (in a tie breaker) in the
All-Goa Euro-Anjuna U-19 invitational soccer tournament at the Anjuna
Gymkhana grounds.
STATE U-19 GIRLS TEAM: Concy Vaz, Teena Volvoikar, Maymol Rocky, Shiny
Rodrigues, Dhakshata Shirodkar, Sabina Fernandes, Vandana D'Cruz, Lata
Naik, Pratima Chari, Gracy D'Costa, Yogan Agarpurkar, Fainna Fernandes,
Elvina Miranda, Blanca Barreto, Regina Monteiro, Genevieve Colaco, Reshma
Murgaonkar, Domiana Gomendes, Fransqina D'Costa, Soccorina D'Costa, Maria
Godinho and Darshika Saxena have been selected to represent Goa in the U-19
Girls National Football Championship which begin in Assam on September 20.
Carol Fernandes is the coach. (H)
AN EYESORE: A look at the under-construction gallery at GFA's own stadium
at Duler (Mapusa) makes it evident that not only are those occupying the
new gallery going to be straining their necks with the haphazard planning
of the gallery, but also the spectators on the other two stands have not
been spared. (GT)
D E A T H S
19 Sept: Aquem: EUSTAQUIO RODRIGUES, husband of Astrida, father of
Agnelo and Avinash.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 23.5 deg C (74.3 deg F) at Assagao at 7.30 am today.
Max temp: 31.4 deg C, Humidity: 79%, Rainfall 2109.5 mm (Yesterday)
Weather: The early part of the morning was quite cool and refreshing in
Goa...Clear, blue skies like those seen these days generally mean good
fish…like "visonn" (kingfish)…for Goans. Fine seafood these days!
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, WE-GT=Weekender-Gomantak Times
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