GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 23 APRIL 2002 ORDINANCE ON CONTINGENCY FUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Senior counsel, SK Kakodkar, yesterday argued before the Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court, that the 'Contingency Fund' ordinance promulgated by the Governor, Mohammed Fazal, is "unconstitutional" in as much as it provides to divert the State's revenues from its constitutional route into the 'Consolidated Fund'. (H)
CONG, NCP MAY JOIN HANDS: The Nationalist Congress, which is eager to crack a seat-sharing deal with the Congress Party will step in the election arena of Goa for the first time. The preliminary talk in this direction has been already held between Dr Wilfred de Souza and Goa Pradesh Congress Committee chief Nirmala Sawant recently. (GT) PIGGY-BACK RIDE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar ridiculed the Congress for their piggy-back ride on the NCP stating that even before the poll campaign of the BJP commenced, the Congress had developed cold feet. (GT) CENTRE TO DECIDE KHALAP ISSUE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said that Law Minister Ramakant Khalap's issue vis-à-vis BJP, had been referred to the party's central leadership. (H) DR MESQUITA STAKES CLAIM: Dr Wilfred Mesquita, former Revenue minister, who won the 1994 elections from Vasco constituency, has caused a flutter by staking his claim to contest from Cortalim constituency on the Congress ticket. (GT) JUST FIVE ZP MEMBERS: Just five out of the total 20 members of the South Goa Zilla panchayat deliberating and finalizing the budget proposals for the 2002-03 financial year would seem strange for many. This is even more surprising given that the zilla members had been vocal in demanding more powers from the government. (H) NEED TO STREAMLINE 'OUT OF COURT' MECHANISM: The Chief Justice of India designate, Justice BN Kirpal, has suggested to the Goa State Legal Services Authority to experiment with 'mediation' as an alternative disputes redressal forum has been introduced by Andhra Pradesh and emphasised on the need to streamline the 'out of court' mechanism. (H) CLASH IN BENAULIM: Supporters of ex-MLA of Benaulim Churchill Alemao and Mickky Pacheco had a minor clash but prompt action by the Colva police averted an ugly situation. (GT) TWO INJURED IN DIVAR: Tow persons (Antonio Menezes and Chowdury) were injured when two scooters collided with each other near the Fr Soares ground at Divar on Sunday. (H) MGP TO CONTEST 27 SEATS: MGP president Shashikala Kakodkar expressed the view that the party should contest 27 seats out of 40 and leave the rest to other parties. (GT) LINESMAN ELECTROCUTED: A linesman (Alleluia Araujo) attached to the electricity department, Sancoale, died of electrocution yesterday when he had climbed an electric pole to rectify a fault. (GT) KONKANI POETRY PRESENTATION: Three leading Konkani poets-Nutan Sakhardande, Nayana Adarkar and Maya Kharangate-will present their poems at a programme organised by the Kala Academy on April 25 at 5 pm under the banner of Sahityaprakash at the Black Box. (GT) CIVIL SUIT ON GARBAGE: Husband and wife duo-Levin and Sheroline da Costa-filed a civil suit against Margao Municipal Council, Comunidade of Margao and Manovikas Public Charitable Trust praying to restrain dumping of garbage at the dump at Sonsoddo. (GT) CAR VANISHES: A Marutii car belonging to Simon Fernandes literally vanished into thin air at Miramar, just fifteen minutes after it was parked. (GT) BJP WEBSITE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday opened the party's official website www.goabjp.com at the BJP's Panjim office. (GT) HEAVY SHOWERS AT CANACONA: Heavy pre-monsoon rains lashed many parts of Canacona on the night of April 22. The showers lasted for about two hours and was accompanied by lightning and thunder. CHANGE IN RAJ BHAVAN NUMBER: The new telephone numbers of Raj Bhavan, Goa, will be the following from 1 May, 2002: 453501/2/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/99. KONKANI WRITER BAGS AWARD: Konkani short story writer Prakash S Pariekar from Sattari, has won a prestigious national-level Katha ward for creative fiction in Konkani, for the year 2001, for his short story "Chandrakor" recently. (GT) S P O R T S DEMPO CLOSER TO NFL BERTH: Dempo Sports Club collected full points by defeating State Bank Travancore, by a solitary Goa, in the Second Division National Football League in Pondicherry. Dempo now head the league table with 12 points from 4 matches. (GT) D E A T H S 20 Apr: Cuncolim: OLIVER LR COUTINHO, husband of Olfrinda, father of Olwin, Rovina/Navil. 22 Apr: Chicalim: MELBA DE AZAREDO, sister/sister-in-law of late Manuel/late Lucilla Sequeira, late Angela/late Rozendo, late Verodiana/late Jose Miranda, late Ramiro, late Olivia/late Octaviano, late Alzira/late Mick, Francisco. 22 Apr: Santa Cruz: ALELUIA ANTON JOAO DE ARAUJO, husband of Felicidade, father of Manuel and Ruzai. Brother of Minguel/Brigita Buzin (Kuwait)/Luiza. 22 Apr: Goa Velha: MARIA JULIA HELENA NOVAIS E NUNES, mother of Pedrinho/Conceicao, Inacinho/Rita. G O A W E A T H E R Min Temp : 28.4 deg C (83.1 deg F) Max Temp: 33.1 deg C; Relative Humidity: 79% (yesterday-Panjim) Weather: A rather bright morning, after nearly a week of hazy weather. Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times Daily Goacom News Clippings also at: http://www.goacom.com/news ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To unsubscribe from Goanews Send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: 'unsubscribe goanews'
