IDBI set to woo non-resident Keralites
From Indo-Asian News Service
Thiruvananthapuram, July 2 (IANS) After setting shop in Kerala almost two
years ago, the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) is bracing itself
to tap the large number of non-resident Keralites in the Middle East.
Today
Catholic Church's stress on 'natural family planning' finds takers in Goa
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM: Little-noticed by most, Goa's Catholic Church is contributing to
this state's declining population growth. It's doing so by imparting
teaching to all of its flock getting married about
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Dubai, July 3 (IANS) Indians seeking employment in the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) will not be required to submit medical fitness certificates to work in
the country.
A UAE health ministry official said the
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Bruce Rosen [EMAIL PROTECTED] from Canada wrote in to say that he is
trying to help a Goan friend find Anthony Miranda, formerly of the
Treetops Lodge and Nairobi. If you could help, pls contact him.
I checked the phone directory and found that there are only four Mirandas
listed under Panjim
Who is ready for cow's urine?
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Smooth away those wrinkles with nature's best
medicine, a swig of pure cow's urine.
The ancient Vedic medicine, which bagged a U.S. patent last week, is touted
as the miracle cure for ailments ranging from skin
D'Souza might be from Mangalore. There could be other angles, not
mentioned below, in the relationship between Bollywood and the dons,
particularly over the financing of films. FN
Lawrence D'Souza gets police security after shootout
By Shiv Kumar, Indo-Asian News Service
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS)
Catholics happy to have Indian-born as Vatican guard
By Lola Nayar, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Indian Catholics are delighted to have yet another
of their genus being selected to be a part of Vatican's tradition.
Dhani Bachmann, 21, who was born in India and adopted by a
NOTE: The writer probably means Warli from Marharashtra, not Goa. Also,
the blue-and-white uniforms came (and went) with Pratapsing Rane. The
policemen in Goa (except a few from the traffic cell) are back to khaki
under Parrikar. Speedy policy changes, and a whole lot of cloth
wasted...
University's Portuguese Department and in St Xavier's
College at Mapusa. Mendonca [EMAIL PROTECTED] elaborates to Frederick
Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] about the issues thrown up in his new book
called 'Conversions and Citizenry' (Concept, New Delhi, 2002).
This is a book that looks at one of the most
Domestic airfare bonanza buoys customers, tourism industry
By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The quickest way to travel is suddenly also the
cheapest way to travel, thanks to a price war between India's major domestic
airlines.
And it is the customer who is
This observer must be among the most devoted of non-devout readers
interested in issues related on religion. So Charlie Pye-Smith's Rebels
and Outcasts: A Journey Through Christian India (Viking,
1997) immediately caught one's attention.
But then, as you know, foreign books are by now often
Most write-ups on this subject take a simplistic view of why so many
Konkani-speakers take a pro-Marathi perspective in Goa. In fact,
Konkani-supporters fail to understand (or deliberately avoid
understanding) most of the intracacies involved. As a recent book on the
politics of the Hindi
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Below is a list of groups working, or who have worked, on the HIV/AIDS issue
in Goa... both official and non-official:
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Goa State AIDS Control
ERVELLE E MENEZES, to many, is the former news-editor and foreign-films
reviewer of the Indian Express. More relevant to us, he's a Goaphile and
ardent Bastodkar (his big white-walled house looms over the curving road
at Bastora village in Bardez) and sharp-tongued columnist in Goa Today and
The
Eunice de Souza, better known for her poetry and lucid criticism, has
finally written a novel. She bagan publishing her poetry relatively late
in life, and it should not surprise ardent followers of her literary work
that her first novel should have come after she ended her teaching
career, so
And now, marks for cricket
From Indo-Asian News Service
Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) Imagine getting marks for playing cricket.
This is precisely what a school in Bangalore plans to do from next week. It
will introduce cricket as part of the curriculum with 50 marks for theory
and 50 marks for
Indian melody queen Lata sings for Gen-Y composers
By Subhash K. Jha, Indo-Asian News Service(byline mandatory)
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) After singing for two generations of composers like
S.D. Burman in the 1950s and 1960s and his son Rahul Dev Burman in the 1970s
and 1980s, the Indian
DHIRUBHAI AND THE MEDIA From thehoot.org
http://www.thehoot.org/mediawatch/dhirubhai.asp
Sevanti Ninan
Cast your mind back: which Indian in recent memory has so overwhelmed the
media with his death? What was the last time that both the hospitalization,
and the subsequent death of an
Waiting for baby: infertility a growing concern for couples in Goa
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, July 12: Decades back, it was grounds for legally permitting
polygamy in colonial Goa. But today, infertility is becoming a growing
concern of Goan couples, leading to a new kind of problem
Kerala seeks voting rights for non-residents
By Sanu George, Indo-Asian News Service
Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 (IANS) In an unprecedented show of unanimity,
the Kerala assembly Friday passed a non-official resolution seeking voting
rights for non-resident Indians.
The assembly urged the
My point is that the law allows for it under certain conditions; I didn't
say I know or knew of anyone who took or plans to take advantage of the
law (as far as I know, it is still not revoked).
The law *did* permit simultaneous polygamy under the quaintly-named
'Usages and Customs of Gentile
GOA JESUIT 'OLD BOYS' PLAN TO REBUILD LINKS, REVIVE ALUMNI BODY
From Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, July 13: Jesuit-run schools in Goa, of which there are just a few,
are making attempts to fight the odds and re-build their 'old boys'
associations. This endeavour would hopefully harness for society
Report on dual nationality confuses British Indians
By Sanjay Suri, Indo-Asian News Service
London, July 13 (IANS) There was widespread confusion in the Indian
community in Britain Saturday following an erroneous report here that India
had decided to grant dual citizenship.
The Daily
That's a nice way of saying... let's avoid these inconvenient issues. FN
On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, J. Almeida wrote:
Fred Noronha writes:
begin by criticising
the wrongs in the religion we ourselves belong to
I agree. I'd include not just the great
Pimples and stress: Goa's adolescents grapple with growing up
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, July 12: Why is a girl attracted to a boy only after 15 years and
not before? Shouldn't parents be like friends and understand teenagers'
problems? I have many pimples on my face. My parents are partial
Madness? This is no madness... it looks more like a deliberate strategy
to take divert attention and concerns from bread-butter-health-employment
issues that plague people all over this planet and instead fighting over
emotive subjects like religion, ethnicity, race or whatever. Strangely, it
is
Going to Saudi Arabia? Don't carry packages for strangers
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) India Monday warned travellers to Saudi Arabia not
to accept packages from strangers following the execution of several Indians
caught with drugs in the kingdom.
The Narcotics
Aren't we assuming that people vote -- and will continue to vote -- only
on the basis of their religion? FN
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Tariq Siddiqui wrote:
Couldn't the proponents of a joint electorate system (within the
Christian community) have forseen the obvious in a country that this
97%
Could anyone help on this front please? FN
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, SUSHIL/RAHUL GUPTA wrote:
Hello Fred,
This is Rahul from New Delhi. I am a pop vocalist looking for a delhi
based guitarist for performance purposes. If he happens to be Goan, much
the better.
Please do help me in this
DANGERLOK ** By Eunice de Souza
Rina Ferreira, middle-aged and single, lecturer of English literature,
tentative poet, owner of two parrots and a flat in the Queen's Diamond
buidling, will live nowhere else in the world except in the
squalid corner of Bombay she inhabits.
Staines murder accused on hunger strike
By Jatindra Dash, Indo-Asian News Service
Bhubaneswar, July 16 (IANS) Dara Singh and others accused of murdering
Australian missionary Graham Stewart Staines are on hunger strike in an
Orissa jail demanding the transfer of their trial to a different
Virgin stops flying to India next month
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) British carrier Virgin Atlantic Airways will stop
flying to India from next month.
The airline will end is code-share agreement with India's international flag
carrier Air-India.
Virgin had given us
Indian football team to test mettle in S. Africa
By Krittivas Mukherjee, Indo-Asian News Service
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) An Indian football team will tour South Africa this
month to play two matches against a leading club side there.
The Indian Football Association (IFA), which administers the
Price war boosts India's domestic air traffic
By Sumeet Chatterjee, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) India's flagging domestic air traffic is expected
to get a major boost with hordes of middle-class travellers taking to the
sky after two major airliners slashed fares.
The
(archivesdotsomething?) that had kept historical
records of old sites. Would you know that one?
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Dan Ojwang wrote:
Dear Frederick Noronha,
I know this message might come as a bit of a surprise for you, but Peter
Nazareth (the Goan-Ugandan writer and scholar) recommended
Congrats to those who keep trying and manage to cut thru the difficulties
to promote music in Goa, one of this state's forte for many generations.
Francis Rodriguez [phone 556387 in Vasco, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
[EMAIL PROTECTED]] from Nairobi, Kenya, who comes to Goa often, wrote
in to
Indian workers get wages after four months
From Indo-Asian News Service
Dubai, July 18 (IANS) Nearly 4,000 labourers, mostly Indian, who had not
been paid their wages for four months by a United Arabs Emirates (UAE)
construction firm will finally get their dues.
The labourers are to get their
Probably it's time we needed something like this in Goa too, instead of
hi-flying ideas like flyovers that some politicians would like to push in
Goa (for obvious reasons?) FN
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A pedestrian free zone soon at Delhi's commercial hub
From Indo-Asian News
Interesting. More religious persons should be criticising those misusing
religion for political or other dubious reasons. My view is that criticism
should come from within ... even if one has to wait, it's more
credible. Or else, it just becomes a form of baiting one another. FN
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Some interesting figures on the telephone situation in Goa:
Goa has (among the highest nationwide) ratio of
thirteen telephones per 100 population. The state
also has a record number of PCOs (public call
offices) of around 5500, apart from 3700 STD
Hi Joaquim,
The Simputer is yet to reach its mass production stage. It is still in the
form of prototypes only.
If all goes well, D-Link could make them at Verna. But I doubt they'll be
selling them there. Marketing and other channels are yet to be built up
adequately.
The Simputer is a
India makes little progress in human development despite changes (LEADS)
By Sumeet Chatterjee, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) With India's ranking on the U.N. Human Development
Index remaining more or less static, a better economic performance has not
helped to bridge
MTNL offers Internet telephony in 168 countries
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) State-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
(MTNL) Wednesday launched its Internet telephony facilities in 168
countries, making it possible to make telephone calls to the U.S. for Rs.
4.80
Trawlers mull option of defying no-fishing ban
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, July 24: Goa is preparing for yet another tug-of-war in high seas,
as a section of the trawler-owners prepare to defy the nationwide ban
against monsoon fishing and go out to sea possibly this week along the
South Goa
Goa BSNL gets mobile aspirations, but subscribers still have 'plaints
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM: Towers are already up for the expected August 15, 2002
launch of the Goa-BSNL's mobile services, and the state-run telecom
authority here is promising to launch India's first integrated call
* July 15, 2002 3.30 quiz in English on French history, geography,
literature, monuments and sport.
* Aug 16, 2002 drawing competition for middle school and primary students
* From June 17, 2002: new beginner's, intermediate and advanced
level courses in French in Panjim. Beginners and
* Abdul Kalam Raxttrpoti (Abdul Kalam is President)
* Jezuitank Porbim (greetings to Jesuits on the feast of
Ignatius Loyola)
* Tanujachea khuna fattiean Moddkoichea lokache
aiz zaite proxn uzvaddant aileat (due to the murder
of Tanuja Naik, a number of issues related to the Madkai
Pension scheme for Kerala expatriates in the offing
By Sanu George, Indo-Asian News Service
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 (IANS) Kerala is set to sign a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for a
contributory pension scheme for its expatriates.
The
From the IndianMediaWatch mailing list... news from Goa's backyard...
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Thursday, August 08, 2002
Indian Express
SPECIAL REPORT
VHP cooks up Christianity story, dishes it out in tribal belt
Anti-missionary campaign launched in Maharashtra
Experts urge more foreign exposure for Indian football
By Krittivas Mukherjee, Indo-Asian News Service
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian football, celebrating a sensational triumph at
the LG Cup in Vietnam, could improve by leaps and bounds with more foreign
exposure, the country's former football
INDIA: Indians greet runaway graft with sadness but no surprise
Financial Times 08 Aug 2002
http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=020808000811query=corruptionvsc_appId=totalSearchstate=Form
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=40790
Foreign-born Mother Teresa the greatest Indian: Survey
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Yugoslavia-born Mother Teresa has been voted the
greatest Indian in a survey by a news magazine, marking 55 years of the
country's independence on August 15, 1947.
Sister Agnes or
Fundacao Oriente is finalising plans to hold its history reading
series. It is aimed at featuring four writers whose works are based on
Indo-Portuguese themes:
The tentative programme is:
* Aug 31: Dr Pius Malekhandattil
Reading from Portuguese Cochin and the Maritime Trade of
Groups linked to BJP get prime land at throwaway rates: report
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Hindu groups linked to the ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) have secured prime land at throwaway prices in the Indian
capital, a newspaper reported Thursday, but the BJP
I-DAY: PUBLIC SHOOED AWAY [Times of India, Aug 16, 2002]
Times News Network
Panaji: For parents accompanying their children to the Independence Day
function near the state secretariat here, it was a strange experience. The
police did not allow them anywhere near the venue for security reasons.
Welcome to a new member of this network... from Nashik. FN
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Dear Sir,
Kindly put me on the mailing list of your network of your goa
network across the world and furnish me some more details.
Thanks and God bless,
Fr. Augustine Silveira, S.J
Parish
Yacht buried in Kerala for 1,010 years to be excavated
By Sanu George, Indo-Asian News Service
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 18 (IANS) The Kerala government has decided to
excavate a yacht that has been buried underground for a thousand years.
The 25-metre-long and five-metre-wide yacht is located
'To Bapi - the love of my life' for Ravi Shankar
By Hindol Sengupta, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Laughing and weeping, the world's greatest sitar
maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar, accepted what he called his greatest prize --
a book written about him by his daughter.
Called
Prayers, flowers mark Mother Teresa's birthday
By Krittivas Mukherjee, Indo-Asian News Service
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) Special prayer meetings, floral tributes and charity
to the poor marked the celebrations of the 92nd birth anniversary of Nobel
Prize winning missionary Mother Teresa here
BRIEfnCOUNTERS: IVO COELHO, SALESIAN PROVINCIAL
'FOOTBALL, EMPLOYMENT... THIS COULD BE THE LANGUAGE OF OUR YOUTH TODAY'
His colleagues describe the new Salesian provincial for Goa as young and
dynamic. Fr Ivo Coelho, SDB, would obviously have his work cut out for him
as this religious order
o tourism, please! We are Indians, says VHP
By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) An influential Hindu group has declared a virtual
war on the country's tourism industry, saying the government should only
encourage tourists wanting to visit holy places.
The
Mumbai's advertising fraternity remembers Frank Simoes
By Shiv Kumar, Indo-Asian News Service
Mumbai, Aug 27 (IANS) Mumbai's advertising fraternity Tuesday fondly
remembered their guru Frank Simoes and mourned his passing as the end of an
era.
He had a knack of turning advertisement copy for
'Corruption is no longer an issue' (SPECIAL)
By Rupa Chatterjee, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) From landless farmers to wealthy industrialists no
one denies that corruption is eating into India's vitals.
And many concede that the blame does not belong entirely to the
Business, pleasure and nostalgia in global Indian family meet
By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Thousands of non-resident Indians (NRIs) from the
world over will return to their roots in the first ever gathering of the
global Indian family here January 9-11,
Could someone guide me to useful sources of info on Goan cooking on the
Net? Has anyone tried this out? Any opinions on the information contained
on the various sites? FN
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PS: There is scope for debate on whether the music is best put out in the
MP3 format, or a totally'free' format like OGG, etc.
PSS: See the note below
Could anyone offer tips on interesting places to stay at, eat out at or
visit in South Goa? What do you think are worth recommending to your
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India digs deep to revive mythical river of Hindu pride
By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi (IANS) It is the season of drought in India. Naturally, an
official project to dredge up and revive a dried up Indian river linked to
Hindu pride but suspected by some to be mythical
The release of the book 'Goa With Love' by Mario de Miranda will be
released on Friday, September 6, 2002 at 6.30 pm at the International
Centre, Goa. Chief guest will be Pritish Nandy, columnist and member of
Parliament (Rajya Sabha). To be followed by an exhibition of sketches and
drawings by
NOTE: CMD Ashank Desai is a Goan (from Britona) and ex-Goa Engineering
College alumni, first batch (1971), I think. FN
Mastek launches new software development centre in Mumbai
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Mastek, one of India's leading information
technology services
Kerala to hold classes for expatriates in Middle East
From Indo-Asian News Service
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 6 (IANS) Kerala has decided to hold classes for
school dropouts among its expatriates working in the Middle East.
Minister for Non-resident Keralites M.M. Hassan said the classes would be
Of course, both Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangueshkar are Goans by origin. FN
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Asha Bhosle's first theme restaurant to open in Dubai
By Mridula Krishna, Indo-Asian News Service
Dubai, Sep 8 (IANS) Indian singer Asha Bhosle has selected Dubai to open the
first
Here's a thought-provoking essay. Some friends, like the late Prof George
Coelho, saw the potential of Internet-basec ommunications leading to a new
Renaissance of sorts take place in Goa and among the worldwide Goan diaspora.
But is this possible?
Thanks to Bala PIllai in Australia for
From an article by Tamara D'Mello in Sunday MidDay, Sept 8,
2002. Excerpts:
A strand of light leaks in from the grubby windows onto the staircase
that snakes up to the first floor. Dust rises at each step. The creaky
wooden floorboards and intricately carved banisters remain from the days
of
Indian film reveals backstage boys of illegal migration
By Hindol Sengupta, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Burdened by poverty and desperate for
opportunities, they seek to attain a better life through the backdoor.
They are India's backstage boys. Young men who illegally
Two adverts from the local papers:
PLANTS AND SEEDLINGS: Goa Doordarshan takes you to grandeur of our
rock-gardens, pools, cascades, anthuriums on Friday 13th September 7.15 pm
(Fulrani). Ashok Dande, Nagali, Taleigao. Phone 227029 or 9822 589738
EDUCATIONAL: Attention Bonsai enthusiasts -- Dr
Remember having read something about Kruschev doing it with his boots. And
then there was Krishna Menon for his seven hour speech at the UN. Or maybe
these were the points the Western-dominated media primarily focussed on
while reporting on those they saw as being on the 'wrong' side of the Cold
Vaz scorns British minister's demand on immigrants
By Sanjay Suri, Indo-Asian News Service
London, Sep 17 (IANS) Labour MP and former minister Keith Vaz has called the
demand by Home Secretary David Blunkett that immigrants speak English at
home one of the silliest remarks made by a home
approved: Hermannoted
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Subject: NEWS -- Petrol, diesel hike in Goa
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:06:42 +0530
PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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OIL COMPANIES IN GOA DECIDE TO INCREASE THE PRICES OF PETROL AND DIESEL
Asvin
Just received this from
Virginia Saldanha [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Executive Secretary
FABC Office of Laity
South Asian Meeting on Women
'Role of Women in Church and Society'
Retreat House, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
9th to 14th September, 2002
Final Statement
Introduction:
1.1 'I have come that all may
Bishop Gomes Laid to Rest
Ahmedabad: SAR News
Bishop emeritus Charles Gomes of Ahmedabad, died September 15, at Jeevan Darshan,
Vadodara in Gujarat. He was 92. His mortal remains were laid to rest at the Mount
Carmel Cathedral premises here, September 16 in the presence of bishops, priests
This note is from Clinton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Everybody,
The Margao Meet is this Saturday, and here are are the scheduled talks:
For Newbies:Differences Between Windows and Linux.
How to Migrate From Windows to Linux.
URL :
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The economics of corruption
Business Line 17 Sep 2002
Corrupt officials distort public sector choices to generate large
rents for themselves and to produce inefficient and
BJP northeast meet to woo Christians ahead of polls
By Syed Zarir Hussain, Indo-Asian News Service
Guwahati, Sep 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) is set to court Christians in four of India's
northeastern states, where they are present in overwhelming
Muslims, Christians still not with BJP: admits Naidu
By Syed Zarir Hussain, Indo-Asian News Service
Guwahati, Sep 21 (IANS) India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday
admitted it had failed to fully enlist the support of minority Muslims and
Christians.
We have only reached halfway
with a better living standard) scouring the world as
emmigrants to earn a living that Goa and Saligao itself could not offer?
How do we change things and build a sustainable base, and a society that
has something to offer for everyone. FN
--
Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India
New governors for Maharashtra, Goa, Sikkim
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday appointed new
governors for the Indian states of Maharashtra, Goa and Sikkim.
Goa Governor Mohammed Fazal Mohammad was appointed governor of Maharashtra.
Sikkim
Hindus, Muslims condemn Gujarat terror attack
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Hindu and Muslim leaders across the country Tuesday
joined hands to condemn a bloody terrorist attack on a Hindu temple in
Gujarat that left about 25 people dead and around 70
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To join the same, simply send a blank email to
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It's a low-volume list (about 3-4 mails per week) that gives you tips on
how to get started in using/installing/knowing more about GNU/Linux.
See you there... FN
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Why just Hindu radicals? They should campaign against all those forces
who spread hate by playing up on differences in religion. -FN
Indian expatriate group to campaign against Hindu radicals
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Indo-Asian News Service
Hyderabad, Sep 25 (IANS) Various non-resident Indian
The News International (Pakistan)
Thursday September 26, 2002
Education by hatred
Praful Bidwai
When India's foreign minister Jaswant Singh went to Kandahar in
December 1999 to exchange civilian hostages from a hijacked Indian
Airlines plane for three men (including Ahmed Omar Sheikh and
India to launch major $10 million campaign to boost tourism
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) A major campaign is being mounted to correct the
image perception of India being an unsafe destination for tourists.
A $10 million marketing campaign being planned by India's
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PANJIM, Sept 30: Goa has the second-highest percentage of childless women
in the country, ranking second only to Andhra Pradesh. In Goa, some 11.8
per
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Two navy aircraft collide, 15 killed (SECONDLEAD)
(Updating toll, adding details)
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Two reconnaissance aircraft of the Indian Navy
taking part in a ceremonial
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