[Goanet-News] COMMENT: Why Modi could trip just before the finishing line (Saeed Naqvi)

2014-05-12 Thread Goanet News
Why Modi could trip just before the finishing line If Modi were interested in an enlarged NDA, he would not have burnt his bridges with Mamata, Jayalalithaa, Mayawati or Naveen Patnaik Saeed Naqvi If this election campaign is to be remembered like a suspense drama, it must have a surprise end.

[Goanet] AG ATMARAM NADKARNI’S DAY TRIP TO DELHI COST THE EXCHEQUER RS 68558

2014-05-12 Thread Aires Rodrigues
The airfare of a day trip to Delhi and back by Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni’s cost the tax payer a whopping Rs 68558. This has been revealed in the information obtained under the Right to Information Act. Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni on 5th August last year traveled to Delhi by the

[Goanet] http://time.com/80693/fiber-isnt-just-good-for-the-colon-anymore/

2014-05-12 Thread Con Menezes
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[Goanet] My piece in today's OHeraldo

2014-05-12 Thread Eugene Correia
Herald, May 12, 2014 -- Opinion Eugene Correia In these highly-charged elections, people are wary of what politicians, intellectuals, educationists and public figures say or give their opinions favouring none or a particular party. Political parties and those aligned to them wait to pounce on

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....

2014-05-12 Thread Gabe Menezes
Don Williams - Some broken hearts never mend 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi0vmnxM3ao g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Goan in Qatar raise funds for Bahrain cathedral

2014-05-12 Thread armstrong augusto vaz
Congratulations to Ambrosio Dias, Doha Qatar and his team members and all those who made the Konkani Community Speaking Get together a grand success which was for a worthy cause. Over one lakh twenty thousand Qatari riyals was raised from Qatar by the community for building of a cathedral in

[Goanet] Lok Sabha polls 2014: Bookies cap BJP's maximum tally at close to 244

2014-05-12 Thread Gabe Menezes
Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/34895735.cms?utm_source=contentofinterestutm_medium=textutm_campaign=cppst -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Monitor River Sal, reduce man-made pollution: Experts

2014-05-12 Thread Gabe Menezes
*http://tinyurl.com/kepqbfj http://tinyurl.com/kepqbfj* -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] COMMENT: Why Modi could trip just before the finishing line (Saeed Naqvi)

2014-05-12 Thread Goanet News
Why Modi could trip just before the finishing line If Modi were interested in an enlarged NDA, he would not have burnt his bridges with Mamata, Jayalalithaa, Mayawati or Naveen Patnaik Saeed Naqvi If this election campaign is to be remembered like a suspense drama, it must have a surprise end.

[Goanet] Welcome to Campal Children’s Park with pedal boats etc

2014-05-12 Thread JoeGoaUk
  Campal Children’s Park Bhagvan Mahaveer Park Our visit 11.5.14   Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAAdH6qdvfU   Pics   https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/13980489778/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/14164405842/in/photostream/

[Goanet] Was the Goa media looking other way or sleeping?

2014-05-12 Thread Eugene Correia
Nandkumar's opinion piece in today's Navhind Times makes interesting reading. He says, Goa has already tasted success with Manohar Parrikar variant of Moditva. His nationalist, benevolent, non-dogmatic Hinduism had accommodated the dogmatic Catholic MLAs and Ministers - a modest experiment which

[Goanet] Stryker Corporation’s Kevin Lobo: Indian-origin CEO of $9 bn US company bets on Indian market

2014-05-12 Thread Marshall Mendonza
The $9-billion Stryker Corporation CEO Kevin Lobo is a Mumbai boy, but not quite the quintessential type. He grew up in Montreal and also met his wife Shazie Zaman there in college. Born of Goan parents who migrated to Canada, Lobo speaks a smattering of Konkani and Hindi. My wife speaks Urdu.

[Goanet] Today's Goa's Herald Review

2014-05-12 Thread Melvyn Fernandes
Dear readers I have noted comments made by learned friends on the net Mr Mervyn Maciel and Mr Gabe Menezes.   I take this opportunity to emphasise that the Goan is not a species of cockroach that can be stamped under foot.   We are actually very alive and kicking in 2014 around the world even

Re: [Goanet] Today's Goa's Herald Review

2014-05-12 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Dear Melvyn, You are right when you suggest exercising caution before criticising and well-meaning to suggest that Selma Carvalho may have been given the wrong story about German whisky and passed it on. Certainly any book written is prone to error and such errors must be contested and can

[Goanet] Creepy Times Fungoid Frog

2014-05-12 Thread Rahul Alvares
Fungoid Frog It is a known fact that most wild animals avoid human beings. The reason why, is pretty obvious: most humans are very noisy creatures, fairly large (compared to most animals) and usually extremely dangerous.Luckily (for a wildlife enthusiast!) not all wild animals share this opinion

Re: [Goanet] Today's Goa's Herald Review

2014-05-12 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 12 May 2014 13:59, Melvyn Fernandes mel...@orange.net wrote: Dear readers I have noted comments made by learned friends on the net Mr Mervyn Maciel and Mr Gabe Menezes. I take this opportunity to emphasise that the Goan is not a species of cockroach that can be stamped under foot. We