Irked
students
dump
garbage
in
Mayor's
cabin
PANJIM:
Garbage
made
itself
at
home
in
the
official
chamber
of
city
mayor
Tony
Rodrigues,
as
approximately
1000
protesting
students
from
five
schools
in
Panjim,
stormed
the
mayoral
cabin
and
dumped
a
heap
of
garbage
there.
The
students
hailed
from
People's
High
School,
Mushtifund
School,
Mary
Immaculate
School,
Hedgewar
School
and
Seventh
Day
Adventist
School,
which
are
all
affected
by
the
stink
caused
by
the
unprocessed
garbage
at
Patto.
The
morcha
was
organised
by
the
Parents-Teachers'
Association
of
People's
High
School
in
order
to
protest
against
the
non-functioning
of
the
Aneorobic
Digester
at
Patto.
This
has
resulted
in
foul
smell
in
and
around
Mala,
which
is
creating
hell
for
these
students.
The
protest
morcha
was
meant
to
showcase
the
collective
objection
of
the
student
community
and
also
to
open
the
eyes
of
the
concerned
authorities,
as
till
date
no
concrete
solution
to
the
garbage
crisis
has
formalised.
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Tony
buckles,
calls
emergency
meeting
Following
the
morcha,
the
Mayor
called
an
emergency
meeting
at
3
pm
yesterday
comprising
of
all
five
principals
of
the
affected
schools
and
corporators
in
order
to
organise
a
collaborative
approach
towards
solving
the
problem.
[GT]
Agitators
storm
Colomb
mine,
73
arrested:
The
Quepem
police,
on
November
12,
arrested
73
anti-mining
activists
on
the
charge
of
trespassing
into
a
private
mining
area
and
forming
an
unlawful
assembly.
According
to
the
Quepem
police,
the
incident
took
place
at
the
controversial
mine
belonging
to
Hiralal
Khodidas
at
Colomb-Rivona.
[GT]
Chimbel
slums
raided
ahead
of
mega
events:
In
a
combing
operation
carried
out
in
view
of
the
forthcoming
International
Film
Festival
of
India
and
the
feast
of
St
Francis
Xavier,
the
Goa
police
netted
51
'suspicious'
persons
on
Tuesday
at
the
Indira
Nagar
slums
near
Chimbel.
The
51
suspects
were
later
released
yesterday
after
thorough
investigation.
A
police
team
comprising
of
personnel
from
three
police
stations
scoured
nearly
900
homes.
[GT]
Night
clubs
may
soon
bar
minors:
Barring
minors
from
night
clubs
is
likely
to
come
into
effect
from
mid-December
this
year
as
the
North
Goa
District
administration,
seized
of
the
issue,
is
deciding
on
the
parameters
to
fix
an
age-limit
for
youngsters
who
want
to
shake
a
leg.
[H]
|
Aditi
Again
in
Jazz
Fusion
Aditi
Bhagwat
continues
with
her
magical
dance
fusion
for
Goa's
perennial
Konkani
party
song
"Undra
Mhojea
Mama"
|
Aires
dumps
victim's
mom:
Advocate
Aries
Rodrigues
did
a
volte
face
on
Wednesday,
by
announcing
his
decision
to
withdraw
as
consel
in
the
minor
German
rape
case,
citing
'breakdown
of
communication'
with
his
client.
"I
am
withdrawing
my
wakalatnama
because
my
client
has
not
been
sharing
all
developments
in
the
case
with
me,"
Rodrigues
said,
adding
that
the
German
lady
had
not
taken
him
into
confidence
when
she
visited
the
investigating
officers
on
November
11
without
his
knowledge.
[GT]
Student
goes
missing
while
on
Delhi
tour:
The
mother
of
the
missing
15-year-old
student
-
Clinton
Vaz
-
of
a
RMS
Higher
Secondary
School,
Margao,
has
knocked
the
doors
of
the
South
district
police,
to
help
trace
her
son
who
went
missing
in
Delhi
on
November
8.
Clinton
(from
Utorda)
was
part
of
the
69-member
group
of
students
and
teachers
that
had
gone
to
Delhi
as
part
of
the
Bharat
Yatra
Tour.
[H]
SGF
split
wide
open:
A
fierce
battle
to
control
the
Save
Goa
front
is
on
the
cards
with
the
Election
Commission
settling
the
question
of
the
very
existence
of
the
regional
outfit,
once
headed
by
PWD
Minister
Churchill
Alemao.
Though
SGF
President
Anton
Gaucnar
has
won
round
one
of
the
ongoing
factional
feud
to
control
the
party,
the
Raul
Pereira-Suresh
Pilarnekar
group
is
now
planning
to
take
the
battle
to
New
Delhi
with
the
Election
Commission.
[H]
Youth
tie
road
supervisor
to
tree:
A
supervisor
was
tied
to
a
tree
by
some
angry
youth
in
Poinguinim
when
he
behaved
rudely
with
them
after
they
had
questioned
him
about
the
ongoing
works
of
filling
pot-holes.
It
was
only
after
the
timely
arrival
of
Quepem
Deputy
Collector
Venancio
Furtado,
who
pacified
the
angry
youth,
that
the
supervisor
was
released.
[GT]
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PICTURE
FOR
TODAY
Alister
Miranda
|
The
popular
Goan
bird
"Kogull"
(cuckoo)
sits
on
its
favourite
fruit,
the
wild
"uzurmutt",
which
grows
during
this
time
of
the
year.
|
State
all
set
to
implement
second
phase
of
smoking
ban:
The
state
government
is
all
set
to
implement
the
second
phase
of
the
smoking
ban
in
the
state,
from
January
1,
2009,
just
as
the
first
phase
having
achieved
nearly
60
to
70
per
cent
success
rate.
The
director
of
health
services,
Dr
Rajnanda
Desai,
speaking
to
"The
Navhind
Times"
said
that
the
first
phase
of
the
smoking
ban
which
began
on
October
2,
earlier
this
year
is
going
ahead
in
full
force
with
the
stress
given
on
spreading
an
awareness
about
the
same.
[NT]
Woman's
body
found
nude,
murder
suspected:
The
Collem
police
yesterday
recovered
the
nude
and
unidentified
body
of
a
woman,
aged
about
20
to
25
years,
found
lying
in
front
of
the
primary
school
at
Vakikyan-Shirgao.
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Goan
extravaganza
in
New
Delhi
A
four-day
cultural
and
cuisine
extravaganza
was
inaugurated
by
Sushil
Kumar
Shinde,
Minister
of
Power
in
the
distinguished
presence
of
members
of
Parliament
Francisco
Sardinha
and
Shantaram
Naik
on
6th
November
at
Goa
Sadan
at
New
Delhi,
to
showcase
Goan
Music,
Culture,
Handicrafts
and
Cuisine
in
the
National
Capital
Region.
Goan
Cuisine,
a
major
draw
at
the
festival,
introduced
the
authentic
Goan
cuisine
with
its
distinct
flavour.
Other
attractions
were
music,
from
Goa,
cultural
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programme
with
songs
and
folk,
dance,
lucky
draws
and
painting
exhibition
by
Goan
artists.
Smt.
Suman
Kurade,
President
of
Goenkarancho
Ekvot
said
that
as
a
NRG
organization
the
this
event
was
to
maintain,
preserve
and
pass
the
cultural
history
of
Goa
to
our
younger
generation
of
Goans
residing
in
Delhi
as
well
as
to
promote
it
in
the
National
Capital
Region.
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Majorda
hosts
bullfight
as
Colva
cops
arrive
late:
Since
the
mass
transfer
of
policemen
from
Colva
Police
Station
in
a
bid
to
tackle
the
bullfight
menance,
Salcete's
coastal
belt
witnessed
a
bullfight
at
Majorda
on
November
12
evening.
As
usual,
the
Colva
police
reached
late
at
the
bullfight
venue.
[H]
Villagers
protest
water
shortage:
Over
a
100
angry
villagers
from
Calangute,
led
by
sarpanch
Joseph
Sequeira,
on
Wednesday
afternoon
marched
to
Porvorim
and
‘gheraoed’
the
assistant
engineer
water
supply
complaining
that
they
were
reeling
under
acute
water
shortage
for
a
long
time.[TOI]
German
professor
speaks
in
favour
of
learning
Sanskrit:
Ms
Monika
Bohem
Tetalbatch,
professor
from
Heidenburg
University
in
Germany,
said
that
the
Sanskrit
language
is
amrutvani,
which
is
profound
with
knowledge.
In
this
view
we
should
devote
ourselves
to
learning
Sanskrit.
She
further
said
that
it
was
surprising
and
sad
that
Indians,
whose
cultural
heritage,
saunskruti,
is
bonded
with
this
language,
are
shying
away
from
learning
the
Sanskrit
language.
Ms
Bohem
Tetalbatch
was
speaking
after
inaugurating
the
two-month
long
Sanskrit
learning
course,
which
began
at
Shdwal
-
the
International
Sanskrit
Study
and
Research
Centre
at
Narva,
Bicholim,
recently.
[NT]
‘Five
new
diabetics
detected
everyday
in
Goa’:
There’s
lots
planned
for
World
Diabetes
Day
on
November
14.
For
starters
there’s
a
walk
for
the
cause
of
diabetes
from
Azad
Maidan
to
Kala
Academy
at
9
am
followed
by
talks
on
healthy
eating
habits
and
creating
diabetes
awareness.
“Participants
will
receive
free
blood
sugar
tests
and
will
also
get
free
sunshades
and
a
T-shirt,”
said
Satish
Barde,
project
manager,
Novo
Nordisk
Education
Foundation
(NNEF),
Bangalore.
[TOI]
Historic
landmark
lost:
A
historic
landmark
in
the
form
of
a
cross
and
an
altar,
marking
the
site
where
India’s
first
indigenous
congregation
of
Catholic
priests,
and
perhaps
Asia’s
first
too,
has
disappeared
following
a
landslide
triggered
by
quarrying.
The
pedestal
on
which
the
cross
stood
as
well
as
the
altar
existed
till
recently.
“This
spot
has
historic
and
sentimental
value
as
it
was
the
place
where
the
first
Goan
congregation
was
started
on
October
20,
1682,”
said
Fr
Cosme
Jose
Costa,
a
Pilar-based
historian.
“The
cross
facing
east
was
close
to
the
chapel,
the
first
monastery
of
the
Oratorians,”
Fr
Nascimento
Mascarenhas,
a
historian
said.
[Paul
Fernandes,
TOI]
Fidalgo
to
host
festival
of
gold:
The
2nd
edition
of
the
state's
largest
gold
and
jewellery
show
by
MMTC
Limited
-
"Festival
of
Gold
2008"
will
begin
on
November
28th
2008
at
the
Great
Hall,
Hotel
Fidalgo,
Panaji.
The
six-day
event
will
give
a
unique
opportunity
to
customers
to
purchase
a
variety
of
jewellery,
medallions
and
silverware
from
a
wide
selection
comprising
of
over
50,000
pieces,
all
under
one
roof.
The
exhibition
is
supported
by
Bureau
of
Indian
Standards
(BIS)
and
is
being
organized
in
association
with
the
World
Gold
Council
and
the
Gitanjali
Group.
[NT]
IFFI
reject
makes
cut
to
San
Francisco
film
fest:
Even
though
the
Marathi
movie
"Mare
Paryant
Fashi"
failed
to
make
it
to
the
Indian
Panorama
section
of
39th
IFFI,
its
promoters
have
all
the
reasons
to
smile
as
the
movie
has
made
the
'pre-selection'
grade
at
San
Francisco's
Golden
Gate
Fiction
&
Documentary
Film
Festival.
Jyoti
Kunkolienkar,
the
co-producer
of
the
film,
hopes
that
this
new
development
may
result
in
the
movie
being
premiered
during
the
39th
IFFI.
[GT]
Ivana,
Talasha,
Natasha:
Three
cheers
to
Dempo:
Teenage
sensations
Ivana
Furtado
(Chess)
and
Talasha
Prabhu
(Swimming),
on
November
12,
joined
tennis
hope
Natasha
Palha
as
Dempo's
Goodwill
Ambassadors.
Unveiling
Dempo's
sports
policy,
Srinivas
Dempo,
chairman
of
Dempo
Group
of
Companies,
said
that
though
the
sponsorship
was
spelled
for
four
outstanding
sportspersons
-
the
fourth
is
yet
to
be
identified
-
the
company
would
be
open
to
embrace
more
highly
talented
children
depending
on
the
kind
of
excellence
they
have
achieved
or
are
capable
of
achieving.
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