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GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
February 01, 2003
CM PROMISES AID FOR MARATHI ND KONKANI: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on
January 31 stated that it would require at least five years in a suitable
political atmosphere to resolve the language imbroglio in the state and
appealed to the people to preserve the rich culture instead of engaging in
controversy. He also assured the gathering, at the inaugural function of
the 3-day Eight Konkan Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Panaji, that the
government would grant all possible financial assistance to promote both
Konkani and Marathi literature in the State. (GT)
FONTAINHAS FESTIVAL: As the week-long Fontainhas Festival draws to a close,
it is becoming increasingly interesting for the visiting public as well as
the participants. Today, the penultimate day, will witness one of the most
important performances involving Remo and his famed "The Microwave
Papadums" band at 8.30 pm. Pratap Amonkar with Rajani Thakur and Vishnu's
Orchestra (Konkani Pop) and Teja Amonkar (Hindi Pomp) will kick off the
programme at 7.00 pm, while the band Forefront will take over the
proceedings at 9.30 pm.
FESTIVAL PICTURES: http://www.goacom.com/news/clippings/a3/Fontainhas3.htm
PARRIKAR TO VISIT SALCETE: For the second time, Chief Minister Manohar
Parrikar will be visiting Salcete, the Congress' traditional bastion and
home of many a Congress heavyweights, with his "ganv chalo abhiyan"
programme. If it was Velim first, where the CM launched the party programme
a month ago, Saturday will see Parrikar touring Navelim constituency, the
stronghold of senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister, Luizinho
Faleiro. (H)
STUDENTS FALL SICK AFTER CONSUMING FOOD PACKETS: A large number of students
from different primary schools in Sattari taluka fell ill after consuming
the food packets supplied to them under the State government mid-day meal
scheme. Nearly 10 students had to undergo treatment at a private hospital
and were discharged later. The food packers are being supplied to 105
primary schools in the taluka, having a strength of little over 3000
students. (NT)
TENANT CAN'T CHANGE: The Supreme Court has ruled that a tenant of a
residential or business premises can be evicted if he changes the nature of
tenancy without the written consent of the landlord. Setting aside an
Allahabad High Court order, a division bench comprising Chief Justice of
India Justice VN Khare and Justice Ashok Bhan said: where the premises were
put to a use for a purpose other than for which it was let out, then
written consent of the landlord was a must. (PTI report in GT)
CRUDE BOMB IN VASCO: A crude bomb, presumably of Portuguese era, about 1000
pounds (250 kg) in weight and 1.3 metre long, was recovered by the police
at Shantinagar, Vasco, on January 31. The bomb was found at the site of the
four-lane highway under construction by the Border Road Organisation. (GT)
PROTECT NATURE: "Save Mother Earth for a peaceful and healthy life." These
are the words of renowned environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna in his
clarion call to the people of Goa while addressing a gathering on January
31 at the Institute Menezes Braganza Hall. Mr Bahuguna was sharing his
experiences on his pilgrimage of protecting the environment and
particularly the Himalayas and the headwaters of the river Ganges which has
been threatened by the construction of the massive Tehri Dam. (H)
COPS FLEECE LOVE BIRDS: DIG Karnal Singh has ordered an inquiry into
allegations that policemen are extorting money from couples, who frequent
Anjuna and the Green Valley area in Porvorim. (GT)
SOCORRO TUNNEL CROSSING, A NIGHTMARE: For the villagers of Socorro, Bardez,
bobd", an open tunnel, has been the main artery and the shortest access
road. Since the time it was taken up for "repairs" nearly a year ago, the
"bobd" has become one of the main issues affecting the villagers. It has
become highly risky and volatile to use the tunnel as the last monsoon saw
several landslides following which the road had to be closed for vehicular
traffic as well as for pedestrians. (H)
PMC, KHANDEPAR HEADING FOR SHOWDOWN: A confrontation between two elected
bodies is on the cards, following the decision by the Ponda Municipal
Council to prohibit the Khandepar panchayat from dumping garbage at a plot
owned by the PMC in Keriya-Khandepar. (H)
PAI KANE GROUP of Goa has now joined hands with Pune-based KOEL Group in
giving the world state of the art super silent generator sets, which are
compatible to international standards and meet the stringent specifications
of Environment (Protection) Second Amendment Rules, 2002. (GT)
HELD FOR BAG SNATCHING: The Cuncolim police on Thursday arrested Bulliver
Rodrigues and Miguel Dias for snatching bag containing cash of Rs.70,000
from Domnic Diniz, a resident of Chinchinim. (NT)
FIVE-FOOT GANESH IDOL AT MAPUSA: A five-foot tall spectacular new Ganesh
idol will be installed in a temple at Ganesh Puri in Mapusa on February 5. (H)
SACORDEM, A HAVEN FOR POACHERS: The Mahavir wildlife sanctuary of Sacordem
village in Sanguem taluka has become a haven for poachers. Their favourite
target is wild board. And the weaponcrude bombswhich very often hit the
wrong target and the sufferers are villagers. Recently a cow died after
chewing a crude bomb laid to trap the wild boar. (Rupesh Samant in NT)
SECTION 144: The District Magistrate, North Goa, Panaji, has prohibited the
assembly or collection of five or more persons carrying fire-arms or
weapons of offence such as lathis, swords, daggers or spears, the use of
loudspeakers and the shouting of slogans in any public place, street, road,
square, thoroughfare, by-lane or any other open space within 1 km around
the new assembly complex at Porvorim. (NT)
TO CLONE OR NOT TO CLONE: The procedure of cloning a mammal is basically
simple. Theoretically it could be done even in Goa Medical College or in
the laboratory of zoology department of Goa University. You need a healthy
donor, a healthy recipient, a source of healthy cell which could be a skin
cell, a female egg, a cocktail of expensive chemicals and hormones, some
glassware, research microscopes with video monitors and
micromanipulatorsall in a clean laboratory. And a consenting mother.
(Nandkumar Kamat in Zest-NT)
ISRAELI SENTENCED: An Israeli national Yaniv Cohen, who was arrested by the
Anti-Narcotics Cell in March 2001 at an Anjuna guesthouse, was sentenced to
10 years rigorous imprisonment. Ectasy tablets worth more than Rs.5.5 lakh
were seized from him. (GT)
S P O R T S
TWO GOANS IN INDIAN TEAM: Close on the heels of Premanand Gaonkar and
Praveen Shirodkar becoming Goa's first international boxesand also winning
medalsGoan boxing added another feather to its illustrious cap when two
more boxersPandarinath Shirodkar (senior) and Vishwanath Naik
(sub-junior)were selected to represent India at the fast approaching YMCA
International boxing Championship, at New Delhi on February 1. (H)
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 28.1 deg C (82.6 deg F) at 11.45 am in Assagao.
Max Temp: 29.5 deg C, Humidity: 59% (Official figures for yesterday)
Weather: Yeah...it is a fine morning in Goa this morning.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times
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