Who will be the next
MP?
BY HERALD REPORTER
35.92% cast vote in lowest-ever turnout
MARGAO, OCT 31 A low voter turnout marked Wednesdays bye-poll for the
Mormugao Parliamentary seat, while no untoward incident was reported anywhere
in the district.
Perhaps for the first time, the Mormug
ManU launches talent hunt
in Goa
Frankey
Fernandes
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 (Goa)
Goa is putting its best foot
forward in search for its own David Beckham.
About 5,500 school students put on their spikes at the Nehru Stadium on Monday
to get selected as a part of Manchester United
Hello Cornel, Be careful to watch the road, mirror checks, shoulder checks,
pedestrians, trafffic, and all, while looking for "these supposedly holed up
Bamons" in Margao. You might land in the hole yourself. Just a caution, no
offence meant. Some people never give up, no matter what!! Regard
Thank you for the beautiful photos.
Back in 1956 when there was no Goa centre for SSC, we went by Sawantwadi to
Bombay for SSC exams. At that time we spent one night in Sawantwadi on the
way to Bombay. I recall that people spoke Konkhani. Am I right.
Tom de Sousa, Sydney
GWS PICNIC
Date : Sunday 4th Nov 2007
Venue : Fisherman's Camp, Naivasha.
Departure time from goan Gymkhana: 7.30 am sharp
Charges: Adult lunch and entrance: 500/- per person
Transport:Adult 500/- per person ( previously we had quoted 1000/-)
Child under 12yrs: Entrance and Lunch: 300/-
Child und
Dear Vivian,
Hello. The last time I ran into you at Mapusa, you were hunting for a
matching toilet commode for replacement. Hope your efforts have been
successful.
The reason I chose to reply to your post is because you have found it fit
to say "We Goans were either too susegad or too inebriate
At a rally CM Kamat is told - "Down with SEZ...Anti-Goan ODPs. Regional
Plans, I.T. Parks"
"Or Goans will Down your Govt..! Like Kundaim did the LS Polls"
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Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
'BLACK' Back with English subtitles
"BLACK Nhesop Atanchem Fashion", a Konkani language movie by International
Award Winning director T-Bush will be screened on Friday, November 30, 2007
at Hawally Auditorium at 3.00 pm sharp.
"BLACK" premiered earlier on August 10, 2007 at Al Masrah, Hawally
Talking Photos: What you think these guys are doing?
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1816862554&size=l
For quick answer..
Pl. Visit Rajan Parrikar's Photo Exhibition "GOA - An Intimate Portrait," open
from Ist Nov to 6th Nov 2007 9am to 7pm at Panjim (Central Library building,
near Police
I am not clear on this, in which way has Mr Parrikar been, I assume you mean he
has influenced others, to surpass (did you mean suppress?), Goan newspapers in
printing "anything against him".
This sounds very serious and I am sure we would like to know what it is that
the Goan newspapers h
35%
voter turnout for LS by-poll in S Goa
NT News Service
Margao, Oct 31 For the first time in the history of parliamentary
elections in Goa, the South Goa by-election
registered a low turnout of 35 per cent.
Save for the zero per cent voting recorded in three polling
stations at Kundaim,
Dear Vivian,
A Goan cannot buy land in Kashmir while a Kashmiri can...and many have
...buy land in Goa. Seems unfair, doesn't it? Pray, tell me which sane
and sober Goan want to buy real estate in Srinagar or Uddampur or
Baramulla or Sopore or Kargil today.
We cannot go to hell while alive but th
THIRTY FIVE PERCENT TURNOUT at South Goa's elections. My goodness what is
happening here? Seems either one of four things, the first two are nonsense of
course but worthy of mention just the same
i) The electorate were unable to attend due to opening & closing times of the
Polling Statio
Dear goanet readers
i have been trying to get the article by the particular author asking
why Parrikar is silent on answering queries on goanet and whether he bothers
to read goanet at all.
firstly, goanet is not a reputed Newspaper but more of a blogging site
expressing individual opinions which
Portuguese group goes on pilgrimage to Old Goa
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
OLD GOA, OCT 31 - A group of 47 Portuguese nationals from Portela-Lisbon,
who are on a tour to India,
arrived in the State two days ago.
On Wednesday, the tourists along with their parish priest Fr Antonio Javela,
went on a
Dear goanet Readers
I have been following the debate on parrikar with very keen interst. It has
provoked a very passionate debate. But what i found is that the key articles
which provoked the debate- like domnic fernandes article about the positive
things he did and which are factual have not been
Hi Peter,
Good to hear from you. What was this debate about?
What resolution were they debating? It wasn't clear to
me. It appeared as if both these political pundits
were promoting their books by rehashing their
indefensible positions.
Very few members of Pre-Christian religions and
civilizatio
Blah, blah bharat struggled to win against tiny Macau at the 2nd Indoor Games
being held at the Taipa Stadium, Macau. Final result bharat won 5-1.
Indoor hockey is played by 6 and each half is 20 minutes. Macau led from the
beginning and held the blah, blah's for 19 minutes. Totally disjointed
Music classes at
Shree Damodar Sangeet Vidyalaya
BY HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, OCT 30 Shree Damodar Vidya Prasarak Mandal has recently
established a Sangeet Vidyalaya under the name of Shree Damodar Sangeet
Vidyalaya in their own premises at Shree Damodar Vidya Bhuvan, Comba-Margao.
The tabla
Selma, you are one totally independent minded Goeankarn.
And a tough cookie too -- better yet the toughest bolinha.
Go for it. : )
venantius
> V'tius, I'm buying the book anyway.
>
> selma
>
>
At last some sense that we can see justice being done, but I hope that if this
is proved to be the case, the poor wife is not forced to live with her husband
& / or his relatives in the same house, because a handicapped person can easily
tip a hot oil pot onto herself and catch fire
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Lebanon draw with India in Goa, win 6-3 on aggregate -
Times of India
[Oct 30, 2007] The tie was originally scheduled to be played
in Chennai onSunday but was moved to Goa after a downpour
I have not aware of anyone from the HC in London having condemmned the
attack/murder. I hope that someone by now has done just that. If not here
are a few thoughts. Well we Indians talk a lot, but are always caught
wanting even when it comes to making a timely "symbolic" gesture, and as a
way of le
Goa made all round progress in short tenure under dynamic leadership of Manohar
Parrikar. In terms of Governance by BJP from Oct 2000 to Feb 2005 Goa attained
a top slot in all fields and was adjudged the best and model state of India in
Year 2003.
Liberalisation changed the Center State equa
To Mr Vinay Natekar,
Firstly, i debated long if i should stoop to your level in replying to
non-entities like you. To me you dont count, i challenge you to have an indept
knowledge of Goa's estwhile politics and political acumen to analyse the ground
realities of politics, in Goa and the world
Santosh and Gilbert,
I was wondering whether my own bias was the only thing that told me that
Dinesh D'Souza had won the debate, so I hopped over to Richard Dawkins'
website and read through about 150 of the most recent comments (as of a
couple of nights ago). Many, many of the writers (lovely, pa
Dear friends,
Communicare would like to invite you to the inauguration of its new
premises.
Please see invitation in attach file.
Hope to see you on 16th November.
Nalini Elvino de Sousa
(President - Communicare Trust)
COMMUNICARE Cultural Centre
Dear Friends,
you are invited for the inau
Dear All,
I am pleased to inform you that the 11th annual convention of
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FORUM OF INDIA will be hosted by IIT KANPUR
during May 8-10, 08. Conference details can be seen from the
following link :
http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/announce/convention/
Kindly submit papers i
Thank you Kevin, I am most appreciative of the way you have shown your true
colours.
My posts are always paragraphed, whether or not they are then modified to
suit the forum or by the moderator or not I do not know.
If you are taking the cheap way out, then fine, its your choice. You
In December 1961, Goa was liberated from the Portuguese through the Conquest of
Goa by India. We were conquered. Liberated from the Portuguese but Conguered
by India. We Goans were eiither too susegard or too inebriated to fight for
our freedom. Promises by Nehru to maintain the unique identi
Such type of happenings makes me most disillusioned with politics. I wonder
what other members on the list have to say.
Based on the petition to disqualify the two MGP MLAs, the Speaker had not
allowed them to vote on the motion of no confidence. Asking for the withdrawal
of the petition is
Air of uncertainty, suspense grips Congress, BJP
camps
BY HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, OCT 31 - An air of uncertainty and suspense gripped the Congress and
BJP camps as South Goa Lok Sabha constituency recorded an unexpectedly low turn
out of voters in Wednesdays bye-polls.
The Congress camp, h
Kundaim
villagers boycott by-poll
NT News Service
Ponda, Oct 31 The villagers of Kundaim created history today by
boycotting the Lok Sabha by-election. Earlier the same villagers had forced all
panchayat members to resign once they came to know they were involved in a
plots distribution scam
HC
orders panchayats to indicate steps taken to set up garbage disposal
NT Staff Reporter
Panaji, Oct 30 Twenty six coastal village panchayats in Goa have been asked to
file affidavits by the High Court
indicating steps taken by them for identifying land and obtaining necessary
approvals fo
Jason,
Refer my last posting on the subject. Please refer to the latest issue of
Tehelka where this report was reproduced. More is available on its website.
Regards,
Marshall
THE GUJARAT FORENSIC Laboratory report was filed on May 17, 2002. It concluded
several things:
• THERE WERE ENOUGH
Posting in Goaworld:
Christians in N-E states may lose minority status.
Comment:
This is yet another attempt by the government aided and propelled by extremist
elements from the majority community to marginalise the minorities and pare
down their rights which are enshrined in the Constitution.
Dear John,
Rock on at 57 yrs and 166 days. Now about the Mauryan empire in 300 BC --
that must have been quite a visually sensual time. Or I would like to
imagine it so! Sculpturesque women expressing their form and ardor in the
Tribhangi position (S-curve) containing their body weight on one eleg
After 61, Goa has been given to the ghantis (R. Parrikar). The histo who
vilifies the portuguese is himself a portug and earns those euros.
V. J Pinto falls very short on his research he fails to mention the UN
Resolutions.
BC
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Proliferation
of males in Asia to cause social imbalance
Malaysia
Sun
Monday 29th October, 2007
Prenatal son selection in several Asian countries could
result in severe social consequences.
The proliferation of males in the coming years could result in a surge in
sexual violence and tra
Vinho Aloosh
A Spicy Pork Curry, Portuguese style, named after the ingredients used, vin
(vinho) for wine (actually wine vinegar) and Aloosh (named after the Portuguese
word for Garlic).
Nowadays of course nstead of using Pork only, any meat can be used in a
Vindaloo (or not as the case may
Hi Jorge
For a moment I thought it was you who had travelled to Karachi from Mombasa.
I think there are some possible errors in the article. There never was an MV
Asia plying between East Africa and the Indian sub-continent The ships that did
were very familiar to us who lived in Mombasa and
B wrote: Pravin: You win. Unless you answer the
specific questions I ask you i feel any more
discussions with you or gadgil are a waste of time.
If you want, i will avoid all rhetoric and honestly
answer your questions provided you do the same
B darling,
stop being confused,
You feel that discu
Hi Sonia,
I guess you are a strong supporter of mr. parrikar, I have not issues except
the fact that he has given a bad impression bcos he tried to play a
dominating
character in surpassing the goa newspapers to print anything against him.
Dismissed
lady PSIs HC writ petition hearing today
NT staff Reporter
Panaji, Oct 31 The dismissed lady police sub inspector, Ms Sandhya
Gupta has filed a writ petition in the High Court and the hearing is slated for
tomorrow.
It may be recalled that the Director General of Police, Mr
Brij
30-Oct-2007
Dear Friend,
There are some things that we want so badly that we are ready to take risks and
pay the price to have them. It might be something insignificant like seeing a
movie or a play, or concert, or having a newly-released book or computer
programme, but we feel we have to hav
Sawantwadi is a small town that you cross late in the evening, if
you're taking the bus to Mumbai. We hardly stop off there, or
encounter the place at closer counter.
Recently, one got the chance to have a nice look around the small and
scenic town (that is centered around a large lake and has hil
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