[Goanet] 30 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 30 May 2002 BRISK POLLING IN GOA: Instead of celebrating the Statehood Day today, Goans have been busy electing a new set of legislators for our State Legislative Assembly. Right from 8 am when the polling began, long queues started forming from the doorsteps of the 1135 polling stations, set up to allow Goa's 9,25,883 electorate to exercise its franchise. There is a vast choice for the people with ten parties fielding 164 candidates (including seven former Chief Ministers) plus 48 independents, all vying for the coveted position of MLAs. The polling process will end at 5 pm today and the poll results will be declared on June 1. It was heartening to see how even the old and infirm came out, with the help of others, to cast their vote. (GoaNOW) PARRIKAR, FAZAL GREET GOANS: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Governor Mohd Fazal have extended hearty greetings to the people of Goa on the occasion of Goa Statehood Day on May 30, according to a DI press release. (H) BJP WITHDRAWS SHEIKH JINA: Giving a clarion call to people from Navelim constituency to defeat Luizinho Faleiro, the BJP has withdrawn the candidature of Sheikh Jina in support of independent candidate John Raikar. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar stated that the withdrawal of Jina would ensure that there is a direct fight between Luizinho and Raikar, who had already sought the support of the NCP. (GT) HYPER-SENSITIVE CONSTITUENCIES: The election Commission has identified Poriem, Aldona, Calangute, Taleigao, St Cruz, Fatorda, Benaulim, Curtorim, Cortalim, Mormugao, Canacona and Poinguinim as the 12 hyper-sensitive assembly constituencies and deployed additional police force there for conducting free and fair polls. (NT) UNEASY CALM IN BARDEZ: On the eve of elections an uneasy clam prevailed in the six constituencies in Bardez on Wednesday. Minus the noisy campaign and late night meetings, most of the candidates and their key-men were huddled together working on last minute plans and strategies. (H) CHANDRABHAGA HSS EXCELS: The Smt Chandrabhaga Tukoba Naik Higher Secondary School, has claimed 12 of the 14 distinctions in the HSSC exams to the Science stream in the Curchorem Centre. (H) TRIBUTE TO A SCRIBE: A meeting has been called to pay tribute to late veteran journalist, Hugo de Souza, who passed away on May 21, at Manali in Himachal Pradesh. The meeting has been called by MARG convenor and freedom fighter, Gurunath Kelekar, on May 31, at 5 pm, in the office of the Freedom Fighters at Lohia Maidan to remember and pay tributes to the veteran journalist. (H) CLOSE SHAVE FOR 30 PEOPLE: After the train passed the Margao railway crossing yesterday morning, the gate-keeper opened the gate little knowing that a Margao-bound Mumbai train was coming in the opposite direction. As the motorists and pedestrians began gingerly crossing over, they literally froze in their tracks when they saw the train hurtling towards them at top speed. The gate-keeper rushed to the tracks and erected the red flag. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when the train screeched to a halt barely 15 metres from the crossing. (GT) SANGUEM MAN EXTERNED: In a first case of its kind in South Goa, the District Magistrate, DC Sahoo, has externed Agostinho Fernandes, a resident of Sanguem, from the jurisdiction of South Goa for a period of two years under the Goa Maintenance of Public Order and Safety Act, 1988. The magistrate passed the order ex-parte as Agostinho, who is involved in criminal activities, did not turn up for the hearing, which was fixed on May 23. (H) TOBACCO CESSATION CLINIC: The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication will inaugurate its first Tobacco Cessation Clinic at Vaidya Hospital, Panjim on 31 May. (GT) GOVT JEEP STOLEN: A jeep belonging to the office of the Assistant Registrar or Co-operative Societies was stolen, when it was parked below the North District Collectorate, around 100 mts from the Panjim town police station. (H) RELEASE OF "HERITAGE OF GOVAPURI": Former advisor to Governor, Albano Couto, will release a book "The Heritage of Govapuri" written by Fr Cosme Costa, sfx, at the Pilar Seminary at 5.30 pm on June 1. Fr Costa is the professor of history at the Pilar Theological College and the curator of the Pilar museum, which boats of a rich collection of artifacts, coins and other antiques. (GT) SIOLIM PRIESTS, NUNS CLARIFY: The Siolim Priests and Religious reacted strongly to an invitation announcing the inaugural ceremony of an ambulance on May 25 by World Revival Ministers, headed by one Domnic D'Souza of Sodiem-Siolim. Their names were printed in the sect's invitation, mentioning them as Guests of Honour, without their knowledge. (GT) LIQUOR, SAREES SEIZED AT PONDA: The police seized 5 liquor bottles and 60 sarees and blouse pieces along with 2 caps having the Congress I symbol from Sudesh Kurtikar and Shivaji Patil in Ponda. (GT) RUDOLF GETS BAIL: Rudol
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goanet-digest Friday, May 31 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4037 - In this issue: [Goanet] 31 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] 31 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] From Sandesh Prabhudesai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RE: [Goanet] ONE GOA See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 16:06:45 +0530 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] 31 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 31 May 2002 GOA ASSEMBLY POLLS POST 67% TURN-OUT: Heavy turn-out of voters recording 67.48 per cent cast their votes for the 40-member State legislative assembly elections, which by and large went off peacefully yesterday. Barring stray incidents of group clashes, the elections passed of peacefully. Voters turned out in large numbers despite sweltering heat and high humidity. (NT) DELETION OF NAMES DISAPPOINTS VOTERS: Some voters seeking to exercise their franchise in the polls were shocked to find their names missing from the electoral rolls, in spite of them casting their votes in the previous elections, and possessing the mandatory election photo identity cards. (NT) TENSE MOMENTS IN MAPUSA: A scuffle between Congress and BJP workers soon after the election process ended, led to some tense moment in Mapusa, as BJP activists in large numbers gathered in front of the Mapusa police station demanding the arrest of the recently appointed Goa Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary, Subhash Narvekar. Around 200 BJP activists held the Mapusa Police Station at ransom. (H) WOMEN CAST VOTES: Rural folks in North Goa district in spite of having pre-monsoon work awaiting them in their fields took patience to stand in queues outside polling booths for casting their votes. The women folk, whom this reporter spoke at various place in rural areas, had a common grievance over getting descent jobs for their children. (NT) VOTING MACHINES CONFUSE VOTERS: Though EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) are considered convenient and the Chief Electoral Office had assured of a smooth process, its failure to hold pre-poll demonstrations for the voters on the use of the machines resulted in some amount of difficulty, particularly for those using the machine for the first time and the elders. (GT) VOTER ID CARD FAILS: The South Goa Public Interest Action Group, a Margao-based NGO, were inundated by complaints made on their Helpline 715269 from voters in the Mormugao Parliamentary Constituencies condemning the election authorities for unauthorized deletion of names on the voters list thus rendering them unable to case their votes, says a press release. (GT) CONGRESS, BJP CLAIM FOR MAJORITY: The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress Party claimed that they would wrest majority seats in the 40-member assembly immediately after the elections ended at 5 pm. The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar, referring to heavy voter turn-out said the voters' mood indicated that they had voted in favour of the BJP and claimed to post a comfortable majority. Mr Shantaram Naik (Congress Party), claimed that his party would win 30 seats and accused the BJP of using the police force against the Congress workers. (NT) ELECTION SIDELIGHTS: Polling officials at many booths complained of not being provided with food by the authorities though they were promised. Many of them said that they had to discharge their duties on empty stomach. Even water was not provided to them In some polling stations absence of fans made life miserable for the polling officials. (NT) D-DAY GLIMPSES: It was unfortunate, that one still has to glide across the waters of the Chapora river to meet sitting Mandrem MLA Ramakant Khalap and not riding over the yet-to-be-delivered Siolim-Chopdem bridge. After perennial delays by the successive State governments over the last decade, even the BJP's latest promise to open the bridge to the public on May 30 has not materialized. (H) CHILDREN'S PARK CANTEEN: Bertha Fernandes of Campal has approached the Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court challenging the alleged handing over of the management of the canteen at Bhagwan Mahaveer Bal Vihar Children's Park at Campal to another party. (H) FIVE-YEAR LAW COURSE AT KARE COLLEGE: The Govind Ramnath Kare College of Law, Margao, is introducing the five-year Law degree course from the coming academic year. (H) ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL: "The Election Commission in its wisdom provided for a gap of a day before taking up the counting of the votes. Whether to prolong the suspense or to let inflamed tempers to cool, we do not know BJP was the only technology savvy party with or without the connivance of Goa telecom. They got a list of email addresses and bombarded them with propaganda. On the eve of the polling day, the BJP
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Hi Aloysius, I think that you are right. I do not think that Goans do not need any more discussion group. Perhaps, this type of discussion group starts for egoistic reasons. Also, cross postings creates another type of problems. I would appreciate if someone start some innovative ideas to share correct information on Goa and Goan important matters which can help Goans. Regards, Cip London -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aloysius D'Souza Sent: 30 May 2002 13:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: The Goan Forum; Goanet Subject: [Goanet] ONE GOA Hi Peter, We already have so many Goan discussion groups on the internet -- do we really need one more? Aloysius D'Souza =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !!
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> Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 12:32:19 > From: Sandesh Prabhudesai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: On-line poll results > > goanews.com > D-13-A, Govt. Quarters, Altinho, Panaji, Goa 403 001 > E-Mail : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ph : (0832) 222648 > Kindly visit us at http://www.goanews.com > --- > > People having access to the Internet in any part of the world will be able > to view on-line results of Goa Assembly elections, tomorrow, from 9 am > onwards. > > goanews.com, a news website run by Goan journalist Sandesh Prabhudesai, > will provide up-to-date figures of the election results continuously as > well as the trends visible in the counting halls. Interested people are > requested to log on to http://www.goanews.com. > > The results are sponsored by CD Homes (http://www.cdhomes.com), owned by > Goa's businessman and philanthropist Mr Datta Damodar Naik. > > It may be recalled that goanews.com had also made on-line results of Lok > Sabha elections held in 1999 available to all the surfers all over the world. > > Sandesh Prabhudesai > 31 May, 2002 > > --- > SANDESH PRABHUDESAI, D-13-A, Govt. Quarters, > Altinho, Panaji, GOA 403 001 > Ph : + 91 - 832 - 222648 Mobile : + 91 9822133864 > E Mail : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Website : http://www.goanews.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 !!
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Could somebody provide information regarding the group of people whose names were deleted from the Electoral role? We have not seen anything yet. And did the news item say, Mario and Wendell endorsed the saffron brigade. Well, if they are not the first, certainly they will be the last of the "Mohicans." Rohit. On Fri, 31 May 2002 Joel D'Souza wrote : >GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS >31 May 2002 > > >DELETION OF NAMES DISAPPOINTS VOTERS: Some voters seeking to >exercise their franchise in the polls were shocked to find their >names missing from the electoral rolls, in spite of them casting >their votes in the previous elections, and possessing the >mandatory election photo identity cards. (NT) > > >VOTER ID CARD FAILS: The South Goa Public Interest Action Group, >a Margao-based NGO, were inundated by complaints made on their >Helpline 715269 from voters in the Mormugao Parliamentary >Constituencies condemning the election authorities for >unauthorized deletion of names on the voters list thus rendering >them unable to case their votes, says a press release. (GT) > >CONGRESS, BJP CLAIM FOR MAJORITY: The Bharatiya Janata Party and >the Congress Party claimed that they would wrest majority seats >in the 40-member assembly immediately after the elections ended >at 5 pm. The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar, referring to >heavy voter turn-out said the voters' mood indicated that they >had voted in favour of the BJP and claimed to post a comfortable >majority. Mr Shantaram Naik (Congress Party), claimed that his >party would win 30 seats and accused the BJP of using the police >force against the Congress workers. (NT) > > _ Click below to visit monsterindia.com and review jobs in India or Abroad http://monsterindia.rediff.com/jobs =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] 31 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 31 May 2002 GOA ASSEMBLY POLLS POST 67% TURN-OUT: Heavy turn-out of voters recording 67.48 per cent cast their votes for the 40-member State legislative assembly elections, which by and large went off peacefully yesterday. Barring stray incidents of group clashes, the elections passed of peacefully. Voters turned out in large numbers despite sweltering heat and high humidity. (NT) DELETION OF NAMES DISAPPOINTS VOTERS: Some voters seeking to exercise their franchise in the polls were shocked to find their names missing from the electoral rolls, in spite of them casting their votes in the previous elections, and possessing the mandatory election photo identity cards. (NT) TENSE MOMENTS IN MAPUSA: A scuffle between Congress and BJP workers soon after the election process ended, led to some tense moment in Mapusa, as BJP activists in large numbers gathered in front of the Mapusa police station demanding the arrest of the recently appointed Goa Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary, Subhash Narvekar. Around 200 BJP activists held the Mapusa Police Station at ransom. (H) WOMEN CAST VOTES: Rural folks in North Goa district in spite of having pre-monsoon work awaiting them in their fields took patience to stand in queues outside polling booths for casting their votes. The women folk, whom this reporter spoke at various place in rural areas, had a common grievance over getting descent jobs for their children. (NT) VOTING MACHINES CONFUSE VOTERS: Though EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) are considered convenient and the Chief Electoral Office had assured of a smooth process, its failure to hold pre-poll demonstrations for the voters on the use of the machines resulted in some amount of difficulty, particularly for those using the machine for the first time and the elders. (GT) VOTER ID CARD FAILS: The South Goa Public Interest Action Group, a Margao-based NGO, were inundated by complaints made on their Helpline 715269 from voters in the Mormugao Parliamentary Constituencies condemning the election authorities for unauthorized deletion of names on the voters list thus rendering them unable to case their votes, says a press release. (GT) CONGRESS, BJP CLAIM FOR MAJORITY: The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress Party claimed that they would wrest majority seats in the 40-member assembly immediately after the elections ended at 5 pm. The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar, referring to heavy voter turn-out said the voters' mood indicated that they had voted in favour of the BJP and claimed to post a comfortable majority. Mr Shantaram Naik (Congress Party), claimed that his party would win 30 seats and accused the BJP of using the police force against the Congress workers. (NT) ELECTION SIDELIGHTS: Polling officials at many booths complained of not being provided with food by the authorities though they were promised. Many of them said that they had to discharge their duties on empty stomach. Even water was not provided to them In some polling stations absence of fans made life miserable for the polling officials. (NT) D-DAY GLIMPSES: It was unfortunate, that one still has to glide across the waters of the Chapora river to meet sitting Mandrem MLA Ramakant Khalap and not riding over the yet-to-be-delivered Siolim-Chopdem bridge. After perennial delays by the successive State governments over the last decade, even the BJP's latest promise to open the bridge to the public on May 30 has not materialized. (H) CHILDREN'S PARK CANTEEN: Bertha Fernandes of Campal has approached the Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court challenging the alleged handing over of the management of the canteen at Bhagwan Mahaveer Bal Vihar Children's Park at Campal to another party. (H) FIVE-YEAR LAW COURSE AT KARE COLLEGE: The Govind Ramnath Kare College of Law, Margao, is introducing the five-year Law degree course from the coming academic year. (H) ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL: "The Election Commission in its wisdom provided for a gap of a day before taking up the counting of the votes. Whether to prolong the suspense or to let inflamed tempers to cool, we do not know BJP was the only technology savvy party with or without the connivance of Goa telecom. They got a list of email addresses and bombarded them with propaganda. On the eve of the polling day, the BJP managed another coup. They managed to manipulate some public figures like Mario Miranda and Wendell Rodricks to endorse the saffron agenda." (Edit in Herald) GOAN ELECTORATE: "Goans have again proved that they are totally democratic and that is how it was a peaceful but enthusiastic polling for the tenth legislative assembly in the State on Thursday. Credit goes to the electorate for displaying tremendous awareness towards their fundamental right to vote despite the harsh summer." (Edit in GT) KONKANI SEMINAR AT QUEPEM: The Konkani Bhasha Mandal in collaboration with Goa Kala Academy organised a
