goanet-digest V1 #3966
goanet-digest Tuesday, May 14 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3966 - In this issue: Re: [Goanet] NEWS: 33 die in gruesome Kashmir massacre [Goanet] 15 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 08:51:51 +0400 From: Sunila Muzawar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] NEWS: 33 die in gruesome Kashmir massacre Fred, I appreciate your posting this news. This is one of the rare instances when news such as this which although common in India has made it to this forum. Let's hope this turns into an effort to provide Indian news and Goan news in totality rather than the communally lopsided reporting and discussions we have seen in the past on this forum. 3 Cheers for goanet!!! On the actual news itself, this is just another instance of the barbarious and inhuman activities of Pakistan and their Islamic terrorists. And for the people of Jammu and Kashmir it is a story much repeated. But I don't see it any different from Staines, Godhra, Gujarat, and all the other communal and politically motivated riots and killings we see everyday in India. I truly cannot understand the psyche of a person who is so obsessed with his religion that he has no qualms about killing innocent men, women and CHILDREN ! The Islamic terrorists have virtually destroyed any honour which the world had given to Islam. The Hindu militants have shown shades of similar colours in Gujarat recently, albeit in a reaction to Godhra. My question is when will it ever end ? Or will it ? Sunila From: Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: 33 die in gruesome Kashmir massacre Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 01:54:13 +0530 (IST) 33 die in gruesome Kashmir massacre (THIRDLEAD) By H. Joshi, Indo-Asian News Service Jammu, May 14 (IANS) Terrorists dressed in military fatigues Tuesday shot dead children and wives of Indian soldiers even as the victims begged for mercy in a gruesome massacre that left 33 people, including the three attackers, dead in Jammu and Kashmir. A sombre Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah blamed Pakistan-backed guerrillas for the brutal killings and said the death toll - in what is undoubtedly one of the worst acts of terrorism in the Himalayan state - could be much more. About 40 people were injured, and many were reported to be in critical condition. We normally don't stop on the highway, said Satish Sharma, the conductor of the bus and who survived the massacre. But when we saw men in uniforms flagging us down, we stopped. Little did we realise what was in store for us. The nationality of the killers was not immediately known, but the pro-Pakistan Jamiat-ul Mujahideen and the unknown Al-Manzooria claimed responsibility for the suicide operation. In a statement to a news agency in Srinagar, the groups identified the three terrorists who died in the attack as Abu Marsad, Abu Jaffer and Abu Sheal. Indian officials said all three were in their early 20s. The orgy of violence began early in the day when three gunmen, dressed in military fatigues, boarded a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims from the hill state of Himachal Pradesh at a small township near the Pakistan border. But by the time the terrorists were gunned down, police sources told IANS,they had displayed unprecedented cruelty. Many of the victims were children who were asleep in their beds. In some instances, their mothers begged for mercy from the killers but were mowed down. A few women survived by hiding under the cots. It is one of the worst setbacks for the army in Kashmir, a police officer said. _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 11:11:04 +0530 From: Joel D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] 15 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 15 May 2002 COLVALE PANCHAYAT MOOTS SAFEGUARDS: Conducting an Environment Impart Assessment prior to issuing approval for any industry, revocation of NOC to erring scrap dealers and a 'cattle only' pond were some of the safeguards mooted at a gramsabha of Colvale Panchayat. It was also resolved to make the approval of the gramsabha for any new project and environmental assessment mandatory in what could be a landmark suggestion. (GT) MAUVIN CLAIMS CHARGESHEET IS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED: former Power minister and main accused in the multi-crore power scam, Mauvin Godinho, quoted scriptures while issuing a blunt and naked threat to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for falsely implicating him in the power scam and the disproportionate assets case. As you sow, so shall you reap, he warned Mr Parrikar during a press conference
[Goanet] Secularism and appeasement
Interesting article ! www.rediff.com Secularism and appeasement by Amberish K Diwanji A complaint often made is that secularism in India is flawed at best and minority appeasement at worst. Granted Indian secularism is not perfect. But just as we cannot have true secularism through minority appeasement, we cannot have it through minority bashing or majority appeasement either. The need of the hour is for better secularism. So what is it that makes for better secularism and appeases no particular religious section of society? The tragic fact is that in India today, its laws do appease different sections in different ways. So if Muslims are 'appeased' through personal laws that allow them four wives in complete disregard of women's emancipation and liberty, Hindus too have contrived to ensure that various laws in the country appease Hindu sentiments, and perhaps the best, and most controversial, example is the law that bans the slaughter of cows, but not of other bovine creatures. One of the single biggest grouse is the existence of different personal civil laws for Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Parsis in India. It has been pointed out how in the United States or other Western country, the law is common for all, regardless of race, creed, or faith. And has been rightly pointed out, in no major country in the world do such personal laws exist which means that before law, all men and women are not equal. The founders of our Constitution agreed to personal laws to give various communities time to evolve so that the particular community's social practice comes close to the law of the land. For instance, there were some Hindu tribes where a man had conjugal rights over his sister-in-law since she was considered married to the family! The idea was to give such communities time to change rather than force change on them. But it is also a fact that communities rarely change unless there is some external pressure. The best reforms in Hindu society came during the turbulent years from 1850s to 1950s, till about when some Hindu laws were codified in 1956. Since then, Hindu society and laws have stopped reforming, and the reason is the lack of external pressure. Similarly, expecting other religious communities in India to reform could imply an eternal wait. Tragically, the existence of the personal laws is seen as a source of identity today, and any move to abolish or amend them is bound to raise a hue and cry, mostly by the terribly bigoted so-called leaders of the Muslims, the Syed Shahabuddins and the Imam Bukharis. Yet, there is no doubt that India, like other liberal, secular societies, must have a uniform civil code that is secular, liberal, equal (especially between the sexes), promotes fraternity, and ensures justice for all. That is the foundation of a modern nation. It is not just a case of Muslim man being allowed four wives but the fact that a Muslim woman lacks the right, like her Hindu counterpart, to not share her husband with another woman. The law is more anti-Muslim woman that pro-Muslim man and the fact that many Islamic republics too do not practice it clearly shows that this particular law is outdated. Then, there is always a hue and cry about the fact that the Government of India subsidies the Haj pilgrims, a practice no one has thought fit to abolish. The money spent on subsidizing the Haj is needed far more desperately to educate poor boys and girls, including many Muslims who, in the absence of schools, turn to madrasas. Similarly, why should a Hindu undivided family get tax benefit but not a non-Hindu undivided family? It is not the duty of the State to subsidise religious programs or exempt united families from taxes. Yet, a secular society does not end with abolishing the different personal laws but by bringing about civil laws that benefit the individuals, not a section of society. And much as certain Muslim laws and practices need reform, let Hindus not absolve themselves of all blame. For instance, during some religious festivals, often areas or cities in India simply shut down. Roads are taken over for processions, loudspeakers blare late into the evening and civic and working life is badly affected. The fact that India is a poor country that cannot afford to lose working days is no one's consideration, least of all the government that simply does not have the will to fight communal forces of varying denominations. For instance, in Mumbai, during Ganesh Chaturthi and a month later, during Navratri, citizens are subject to blaring loudspeakers set up in every nook and corner. There is very little religion here, and a lot of commercial considerations. Though there are laws governing the use of loudspeakers, they are rarely applied for fear of 'offending religious sentiments.' India needs laws that ensure that religious festivals or practices do not disturb or restrict the common man in any way. Religious processions
[Goanet] Photo exhibition in Goa... and they killed him again
FORUM FOR COMMUNAL HARMONY 15.05.2002 On 13th April, 2002, the Forum for Communal Harmony had organised a Silent Protest March and Public Rally in Panjim to protest the communal violence in Gujarat and ask for stern action against the Gujarat Government, which had not only failed to take action to stop the violence, but had actively aided and abetted the rioters and looters. Similar protests have taken place all over the country. The situation has not improved to date, and the Central Government has not acted to bring the situation under control. Worse, the Prime Minister and other senior members of the Government have actually defended the acts of the Chief Minister of Gujarat, and tried to justify the violence. In these times, it is necessary for all citizens of this country to reflect upon the growing communalisation of our society at the behest of the Sangh Parivar, and where this trend is leading us. It is essential that ordinary citizens come together to raise their voice against communalisation of public life, and drive home to those in power that they will not stand silently by, while the secular fabric of our nation is torn apart. The media has done a good job of exposing the real truth behind what is going on in Gujarata state which the Sangh Parivar has itself described as being the 'laboratory' of its brand of politics. Despite the efforts of the media, many citizens remain ignorant of the true situation. Keeping this in mind, the Forum for Communal Harmony is organising an exhibition of photographs on Gujarat, along with the screening of some films, in Panjim and other parts of Goa. A photo exhibition will be held at T.B. Cunha Hall in Panjim on 16th-17th April. The programme for the exhibition, which has been prepared by a 15-year old boy (see attached note) is given below. The Forum is open to suggestions from citizens to hold exhibitions and screenings on this theme in other parts of Goa. 16th May 2002 4.30 p.m. Inauguration of the exhibition at a public function to be addressed by Adv. Amrut Kansar, Sahir Raza and others. 5.30 - 7.30 p.m. Exhibition and screening of film: Hey Ram by Gopal Menon 17th May 2002 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. Exhibition Sd/- (Ramesh Gaus) PHOTO EXHIBITION ...And they killed him again'' Boy captures agony on camera Trapped in the camera of a 15-year-old school boy, each imprint has a tale to tell of gore, agony, plunder and medieval barbarism. Clicked by Sahir Raza, who visited the riot-ravaged areas of Ahmedabad, Gomtipur and Mahendrapur in Gujarat last week, each of his 76 pictures bear testimony to the uncontrolled violence that swept through the state. If you see my pictures, they look like leaves plucked out of our history book detailing a foreign invasion on the Indian soil in the medieval ages. But, the sad part is both the invader and the invaded, the killer and the killed, the plunderer and the plundered belong to this soil. They are all my countrymen,'' Sahir told UNI after the inauguration of his three-day photo exhibition in New Delhi recently. Aptly named ...And they killed him again'' with a picture of the Father of the Nation turning his back to his countrymen, the exhibition displayed charred ruins of houses and religious places, selective demolition of shops and business centres, petrified victims with a stony silence and speaking eyes, an empty grave waiting to be filled up - all shot in the areas hit by over-a month-long communal carnage in Ahmedabad, Gomtipur and Mahendrapur. The photo exhibition will be open to the public at T.B. Cunha Hall, Panjim, on 17th May 2002. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !!
goanet-digest V1 #3967
goanet-digest Wednesday, May 15 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3967 - In this issue: [Goanet] Decision to save dog proves costly for this driver. [Goanet] Secularism and appeasement [Goanet] Regarding GOA NEWS [Goanet] Photo exhibition in Goa... and they killed him again See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 13:50:33 +0530 From: Goa Desc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Decision to save dog proves costly for this driver. * Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * - -- Decision to save dog proves costly for this driver. - -- A jeep driver's decision to save the life of an animal proved costly, as he collided with a stationary car near Teen Building, here this afternoon. Porvorim police said the Trax, driven by Paul Vashul, a native of Manipur but residing at Calangute, was proceeding from Panjim to Mapusa when the driver noticed a dog crossing the road. In a bid to save the animal, the driver slammed the brakes but lost control of the vehicle, which rammed into a stationary Santro car (GA-01-R-1276). The car was severely damaged in the mishap. Police has registered a complaint against Vashul and Hawaldar K V Sawant is investigating the case. - --- HERALD 13/5/02 page 3 - --- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy === -- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 12:57:17 +0400 From: Sunila Muzawar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Secularism and appeasement Interesting article ! www.rediff.com Secularism and appeasement by Amberish K Diwanji A complaint often made is that secularism in India is flawed at best and minority appeasement at worst. Granted Indian secularism is not perfect. But just as we cannot have true secularism through minority appeasement, we cannot have it through minority bashing or majority appeasement either. The need of the hour is for better secularism. So what is it that makes for better secularism and appeases no particular religious section of society? The tragic fact is that in India today, its laws do appease different sections in different ways. So if Muslims are 'appeased' through personal laws that allow them four wives in complete disregard of women's emancipation and liberty, Hindus too have contrived to ensure that various laws in the country appease Hindu sentiments, and perhaps the best, and most controversial, example is the law that bans the slaughter of cows, but not of other bovine creatures. One of the single biggest grouse is the existence of different personal civil laws for Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Parsis in India. It has been pointed out how in the United States or other Western country, the law is common for all, regardless of race, creed, or faith. And has been rightly pointed out, in no major country in the world do such personal laws exist which means that before law, all men and women are not equal. The founders of our Constitution agreed to personal laws to give various communities time to evolve so that the particular community's social practice comes close to the law of the land. For instance, there were some Hindu tribes where a man had conjugal rights over his sister-in-law since she was considered married to the family! The idea was to give such communities time to change rather than force change on them. But it is also a fact that communities rarely change unless there is some external pressure. The best reforms in Hindu society came during the turbulent years from 1850s to 1950s, till about when some Hindu laws were codified in 1956. Since then, Hindu society and laws have stopped reforming, and the reason is the lack of external pressure. Similarly, expecting other religious communities in India to reform could imply an eternal wait. Tragically, the existence of the personal laws is seen as a source of identity today, and any move to abolish or amend them is bound to raise a hue and cry, mostly by the terribly bigoted so-called leaders of the Muslims, the Syed Shahabuddins and the Imam Bukharis. Yet, there is no
[Goanet] Kashmir killings
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sunila Muzawar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I don't see it any different from Staines, Godhra, Gujarat, and all the other communal and politically motivated riots and killings we see everyday in India. My question is when will it ever end ? Or will it ? Sunila Dear Sunila, We all, like you, want it to end. However, these latest Kashmir killings, the Staines killings, and most other communal and politically motivated riots differ hugely from the Gujarat reaction to Godhra. The difference is this: The government and police are supposed to safeguard the lives of citizens, not to abet murder, rape and violence. That is why the Gujarat reaction to Godhra is so unique and so terrible: the police themselves are accused of abetting murder. When the guardians of the law allegedly abet murder, it is time to think clearly and speak out loudly: regardless of communal background or sympathy. Regards, Joel Almeida __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !!
[Goanet] Candidates list... for each constituency in Goa
*** CANDIDATES LIST, GOA 2002 ASSEMBLY MAY 30 ELECTIONS: *** 1. MANDREM CONSTITUENCY / PERNEM TALUKA Khalap Ramakant DattaramINC Gawandi Hanumant Ganesh MAG Parsekar Laxmikant Yeshwant BJP Bagkar Anil Shiva SHS Mhamal Ashok Dhaku IND Parab Sangeeta GopalIND Louis Lawrence Fernades IND Satelikar Dhondu Arjun IND 2. PERNEM CONSTITUENCY / PERNEM TALUKA Dayanand Raghunath Sopate BJP Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghraj INC Vasudo Rajendra Deshprabhu MAG Petkar Bharat RamchandraSHS Ajgaonkar Bablo Atmaram IND 3. DHARGALIM (SCHEDULED CASTE RESERVED) CONSTITUENCY / PERNEM TALUKA Amonkar Janardan Arjun MAG Ajgaonkar Manohar Trimbak BJP Dhargalkar Balkrishna Atmaram INC 4. TIVIM CONSTITUENCY / BARDEZ TALUKA Nilkanth Halarnkar NCP Maulinkar Premnath INC Shet Sadanand Mhalu BJP Korgaonkar IndrakantSHS 5. MAPUSA CONSTITUENCY / BARDEZ TALUKA Divkar Prasad Kalidas NCP Francis Pedro D'Souza BJP Braganza Armindo Jose INC Raikar Paresh Atmaram MAG Shirodkar Kiran (Mahadev) Hanumant IND Harmalkar Sanjay Pundalik SHS 6. SIOLIM CONSTITUENCY / BARDEZ TALUKA Chodankar Chandrakant NCP Polle Pandharinath VamanMAG Fernandes Francis Gregorio INC Christopher Fonseca CPI Mandrekar Dayanand Rayu BJP Naik Gokuldas Surya GVP Fernandes AlbainGoa Suraj Party Javaharlal HenriquesIND Narvekar Sanjay Ganesh IND 7. CALANGUTE CONSTITUENCY / BARDEZ TALUKA D'Souza Urban JosephNCP Naik Gajanan Rama CPI Fernandes Agnelo AmancioINC Suresh V. Parulekar BJP Nagvekar Pundalik Manmohan SHS Noronha Edvin Francis JosephGoa Suraj Party 8. SALIGAO CONSTITUENCY / BARDEZ TALUKA D'Mello Trejano Agricio INC D'Souza Wilfred NCP Sayyad Salim Pir Saheb MAG Harmalkar S. Pandurang BJP Kalangutkar Deelip Sonu SHS Prabhu Padgaonkar D Vithal SHS Roland A. D'Souza IND Vishwanath Ramalu Haldankar IND 9. ALDONA CONSTITUENCY / BARDEZ TALUKA Asnodkar Ulhas GopalBJP Chodankar Harihar VithalMAG Narvekar Dayanand GaneshINC Fernandes Joao Rosario Joaquim NCP Fernandes Geraldo John Goa Suraj Party 10. PANAJI CONSTITUENCY / TISWADI Prabhu Parrikar Manohar GopalkrishnaBJP Silimkhan RameshINC Naik Pramod GopinathSHS Dhuma Rajaram Bhonsle IND 11, TALEIGAO CONSTITUENCY / TISWADI Zuwarkar Somnath Datta INC Fernandes Lawrence Jack NCP Monserrate Atanasio UGDP Rodrigues Tony BJP Talwar Shankar Laxman IND Peter Diogo Vaz IND Vijay Anant Palekar IND Silveira Agnelo Mariano IND 12. SANTA CRUZ CONSTITUENCY / TISWADI Gonsalves Victor Benjamin UGDP Fernandes Victoria RomeoINC Makandar Ramzan Imamsaheb MAG Maura Gregorio SebastiaoCPI Laurenco Vincento Domingos NCP Hoble Anil Raghuvir BJP Vaz Matias Caitono GSRP Shirodkar Avdut Raamchandra SHS Amonkar Pundalik AtmaramIND DeSouza Martha Filomena IND Lopes Jose EdgarIND 13. ST. ANDRE CONSTITUENCY / TISWADI Kamat Dhakankar Avinash Govind BJP Pegado Carmo Rafael Andre Jose NCP Pereira Teotonio Paulo UGDP Silveira Francis Manuel INC Sawant Prakash Mahadev SHS Gracias Xavier Joquim IND 14. CUMBHARJUA CONSTITUENCY / TISWADI Parvatkar Govind BhakajiBJP Madkaikar Pandurang MAG Lawrence Minguel Thomas NCP Sawant Nirmala PrabhakarINC Anand Moso Gad SHS 15. BICHOLIM CONSTITUENCY / BICHOLIM TALUKA Gad Vivekanand SukdoNCP Parab Arjun ShrirangINC Patnekar Rajesh Tulshidas BJP Raut Pandurang Dattaram MAG 16. MAEM/MAYEM CONSTITUENCY / BICHOLIM TALUKA Kamalakant Krishna Gadekar CPIM Prakash J. Phadte BJP Prabhu Zantye Harish NarayanINC Kakodkar Shashikala Gurudatta MAG RAne Sardessai aparnadevi Jitendra SHS 17. PALE CONSTITUENCY / BICHOLIM TALUKA Amonkar Ghadi Pradeep Pundalik MAG Amonkar Suresh Kuso BJP Gawas Gurudas PrabhakarINC Ghadi Damodar Krishna SHS Amonkar Subodh Gopi IND Gauns Raghunath Narayan IND 18. PORIEM CONSTITUENCY /
[Goanet] X'tian higher education top India's best-colleges lists; but no
room for complacency... Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk X'TIAN HIGHER EDUCATION TOPS INDIA'S BEST-COLLEGES LIST... Christian colleges feature in the list of top Indian educational institutions within the country. But their presence is mainly concentrated in fields like Arts and Science and Medicine, while showing a low presence in fields like engineering and law. Jesuit-run Loyola College in Chennai tops the list of Science colleges in India, while Christian Medical College of Vellore stands a clear first among a list of 'Top 10 Colleges' emerging from a survey of academic excellence put out by newsmagazine 'India Today' in its issue dated May 13, 2002. Knowledge today is an international commodity. As the world becomes frenetically competitive, nations realise the value of good quality higher education. India can only stand on a par with the rest of the world if its education system is strong, says the national newsmagazine. India has a total of 10,000 colleges, 250 universities and five million students. This, says India Today, offers bewildering choices to parents and children. India Today began its surveys in 1997, and says this year it gave weightage to facilities available in a college, student-teacher ratios, accessibility of job placements from a college and other factors, while deciding on the list of 'top colleges' in the country. The combination of these new criteria has brought us new winners while some old ones have dropped off, said 'India Today'. It said in the past, it used interviews with some 450 leading experts in order to arrive at the ranking, based on peer review and perception. Commented India Today: In arts, Presidency College, Chennai, which was rated fourth last year, took the top spot, shoving aside St Xavier's College, Kolkata. But in science, the new weightage saw Presidency College, Chennai, tumbled from its pedestal giving way to its neighbour down the road -- (Jesuit-run) Loyola College. It also added, later in its analysis: But it was medicine that produced the biggest upset. Christian Medical College, Vellore, which was rated seventh last year, moved rapidly upwards and ousted the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, from the top slot. But, without getting carried away by the positive achievements, the fact remains that Christian institutions have a poor presence in fields like engineering, and law. Management, a field where Christian educators particularly the Jesuits are known to run only a few, but top ranking institutions, was not rated. Besides, the number of students getting education in top Christian colleges seems to be smaller than in other prestigious institutions. This could imply that only few students could benefit from such quality institutions, leading to charges of elitism. On the Arts front, St Xavier's College in Kolkata is ranked second, Madras Christian College of Chennai is third, St Xavier's of Mumbai if fourth, while Loyola College of Chennai is seventh, and St Stephen's of Delhi is eighth. Commented India Today: St Xavier's College, Kolkata, retained its No.2 position in Arts this year thanks to its increasingly competitive academic content. The days when it was dismissed as a brick-and-mortar recreation of a Bollywood institution are over. A fully-equipped computer lab, an audio-visual room and a professional studio with an editing room have helped cast the college in a new mould. It adds: The most creditable surge this year has been that of Madras Christian College. From last year's 9th place, it has moved up to 3rd. Academics apart, the 365-acre campus with a cricket ground with Australian turf, athletics track and football field continue to be a major draw. Loyola College in Madras tops the Science stream. In the year 2000 it was ranked fourth nationwide, and in 2001, second. This ranking attributes much of Loyola's success to the college administration's futuristic approach. It says: While drawing from its 76-year-old tradition, Loyola has made a conscious effort to blend academic excellence and history. Its restructured syllabus, in effect from 2000-01, is something many educational institutions are trying to emulate. Besides streamlining the academic schedule, the syllabus includes topics such as world religion, heritage, personality development, social analysis, computer literacy, arts for science, science for arts and skill-based training in the last semester. Nobody disagrees with Loyola's hallmark assets like excellent faculty, enviable infrastructure and focussed learning. And Loyola is proud to be a trend-setter in developing the student beyond the knowledge of text books, it quotes Principal Father V. Joseph Xavier as saying. Recently, science education was taken to an all-new dimension with the formation of the Loyola Institute of Frontier Energy (LIFE), an inter-disciplinary group working on projects involving the basic sciences department. With more than 80 published works since its
Re: [Goanet] Candidates list... for each constituency in Goa
On Wed, 15 May 2002, Frederick Noronha wrote: 18. PORIEM CONSTITUENCY / SATTARI TALUKA Gaonkar Kanta Shamba MAG Rane Pratapsing Raoji INC Santoba Krishnarao Dessai BJP Rane Vishwajit PratapSinghIND Let me get this correct - Vishwajit is running against his father? When did this family feud come about? -- Tariq Siddiqui [ This Space for Rent ] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !!
[Goanet] Query about Tanzania... from a writer in Goa
Dear GoaNetters: Please help Dr Albuquerque if you can. She's a writer, historian and author of books on Santa Cruz (co-incidentally, two separate books on the village in Goa and the suburb in Bombay, both of which share the name). She has also written on the contribution of Catholics to Bombay, a city now called Mumbai officially. One of her recent books was on Goans in Kenya. She also wrote another on Anjuna, the beachside-village turned hippy-haunt in coastal North Goa. (Though the book looks at it's traditional face.) Dr Teresa also happens to be the sister of the famous editor of past decades, Frank Moraes, and the aunt of the poet-writer Dom Moraes. She lives part of the year at their family home in Anjuna. FN On Wed, 15 May 2002, teresa wrote: Hi Rico I want you please to ask your Goan Tanzanites to help me in by way of any data they have that relates to my current biography of Dr.Manoel Francisco de Albuquerque of Anjuna, Goa and Zanzibar.(1869-1956) I'd be most grateful.Thanks Teresa Albuquerque [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: Mumbai (91-22) 6499005 Tel Goa (91-832) 273676 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !!
[Goanet] Refer HIV/AIDS cases to Govt hospitals: GSACS.
* Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * -- Refer HIV/AIDS cases to Govt hospitals: GSACS -- The Goa State Aids Control Society (GSACS) has requested all private practitioners to refer all suspected cases of HIV/AIDS to GMC/Hospicio/Asilo for diagnosis/treatment. In a press release, GSACS has observed that, some of the private practitioners still continue to refer suspected HIV cases to ADHAR Clinic, at Old GMC Complex. It is hereby brought to the notice of all the doctors that, the ADHAR clinic has been closed since 1999 and hence, no diagnosis/treatment is being provided at GSACS located in the OPD Block, old GMC complex. GSACS has further informed that, there are two voluntary counselling and testing centres in Goa, one at Central Laboratory/OPD 13 of Goa Medical College, Bambolim and the other at the STD Clinic/Blood Bank at Hospicio Hospital in Margao. The voluntary testing facility for HIV infection with pretest/post test counseling is available at these centres on payment of Rs 10. Under voluntary testing, the blood sample is tested for HIV antibodies with three tests conducted with ELISA/Rapid/Simple with different antigen preparations or different principles. This ensures a better reliability of the test and therefore further confirmation bases on western blot test is not generally necessary as was done in the past. For management of HIV/AIDS patients, CD4/CD8 blood count facility is available in the Microbiology Department of the Goa Medical College. As per the guidelines of National AIDS Control Organisation, Rs 500 is charged per test and for poor patients this facility is provided free of cost. GSACS provides drugs for treatment of opportunistic infections such as TB, Herpes, Candidiasis, etc in HIV/AIDS patients treated at GMC, Hospicio and Asilo hospitals. Similarly drugs for treatment of STIs/RTIs in all the Government, STD clinics viz at GMC, Hospicio, Asilo and STD clinic, Baina are provided by GSACS. GSACS also provides drugs for post exposure prophylaxis for health care workers in government hospitals. Detailed guidelines have been issued by GSACS regarding use of these drugs. PEP has to be started immediately in case of any needle stick injury or contact of non-intact skin or mucous membrane with blood or other potentially infectious body fluids/tissue. - HERALD 12/5/02 page 5 - === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy === =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !!
[Goanet] 16 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 16 May 2002 'IF BJP WINS PARRIKAR WILL BE CM': The mantle of chief ministership will fall on the shoulders of Manohar Parrikar in the event the BJP winning the forthcoming mid-term assembly elections, Union Home Minister LK Advani announced in Ponda yesterday. Advani said that BJP was going to the polls with Parrikar as the leader based on the excellent performance of his government over the last one-and-a-half years. (GT) 'BJP WANTS TO TEST COMMUNAL CARD': Nationalist Congress Party national president Sharad Pawar, while speaking to reporters in Panjim yesterday, cautioned Goans about the possible testing of the communal card in this state against the backdrop of the Gujarat carnage. He ridiculed Parrikar's promises of clean and stable government and charged Parrikar and the BJP high command of pushing Goans into an expensive and premature election for no valid reason, two-and-a-half years ahead of schedule. (GT) 'REBELS WILL NOT MAKE DIFFERENCE': Briefing reporters, the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Nirmala Sawant said, I don't think people will trust the rebels and even if they remain in the fray, voters will vote for the candidates contesting on the Congress tickets. (H) IF YOU HAVE THE VOTERSÂ…: What matters is not how you safeguard values but how many seats you win. So, the Congress allotted tickets to 12 defectors and the BJP to four. Because they may be defectors in the eyes of conscientious citizens but they are sure winners in the eyes of the high commands of the Congress and the BJP. (Umesh Mahambre in NT) FREEDOM FIGHTERS TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEFECTORS: The Goan freedom fighters have decided to go to the villages and campaign against habitual defectors and corrupt candidates, and urge the people not to vote them at the forthcoming elections. (NT) CBI RAIDS HPCL: Central Bureau of Investigation officers yesterday raided various Hindustan Petroleum Chemical Limited godowns and office of senior sales executive and dealer Uday Krishna, and later raided the house. At his residence they recovered, fixed deposits worth Rs.2.2 lakh, documents of flats and cars, and a stack of share certificates. (GT) SIOLIM-CHOPDEM BRIDGE COMPLETION: The Siolim-Chopdem bridge is nearing its completion and is expected to be opened for public use by the end of this month, after a period nearly one decade. (NT) SANCOALE PANCHAS ON HUNGER STRIKE: Two panchas of Sancoale Village Panchayat, Simao Carvalho and Deputy Sarpanch Archana Naik, have gone on hunger strike at the Panchayat premises protesting against the move to issue NOC to the setting up of oil tanks at Sancoale. (H) DEMAND FOR REPAIR OF DYKE: The locals of Siolim village have demanded the repair of a dyke in the region, constructed along the river flowing through the village. (NT) 'POWER SUPPLY MUST IMPROVE': Chief Secretary Baleshwar Rai reviewed the power scenario in the State and suggested measures to improve power distribution to the consumers. (GT) NGO AGAINST HEPATITIS B VACCINE: An NGO, Citizens for Health, has suggested for an immediate ban on the administration of Hepatitis B vaccine until the same is certified to be free from al potential hazards. (H) KRC COMPLETES FIRST FOREIGN PROJECT: The Konkan Railway Corporation recently completed the work on its first foreign project, a contract by the Ministry of Railways, Malaysia, to undertake monitoring of track parameters and to certify the fitness of 70-km long Kuantan-Kerteh Railway line to carry passengers and freight. (GT) APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR HANDLOOM COURSE: The State Directorate of Industries and Mines, Panjim, invites applications for undergoing three years diploma course at the Institute of Handloom Technology, Salem Tamil Nadu, which will commence from July 1. The last date for receiving applications is June 5. For details: TCP Section, Directorate of Industries and Mines, Udyog Bhavan, Panjim. (H) FOUNDER'S DAY OBSERVED: the Founder's Day of VM Salgaocar Group of Companies and the 86th anniversary of late VM Salgaocar were observed on May 13, at a special function organised by the staff of the institution, at Shree Vidhyadhiraj Bhavan, Vasco. (NT) RELEASE OF 'GEETA' IN KONKANI: The prose and verse translation of the Bhagwad Geeta, written by Suresh Gundu Amonkar, former chairman of Goa Education Board, will be released by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar at the Kala Academy on May 24 at 5.30 pm. (H) GOAN DRAMATIST FELICITATED: Mr Vijaykumar Naik, a dramatist from Ponda was recently felicitated at Pune, by senior stage artist, Mr Chandrakant Gokhale. (NT) S P O R T S CANDOLIM STRIKERS EMERGE WINNERS: Candolim Strikers clinched the inaugural Goan Inter-Village football tournament title, organised by Gulf International Promotions over the week-end. (15 May. Gulf News.http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=51108) MANGUESH SWIMS 10 KM BLINDFOLDED AND HANDS TIED: Manguesh
