GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 16 APRIL 2002 POWER GHOST TO HAUNT MAUVIN AGAIN? The State government has laid its hands on an important document of inquiry pertaining to power pilferage and theft of power at the behest of the Power department by power guzzling units in Goa, almost two years after the report was submitted to the government. (GT)
'CM CAN DISSOLVE HOUSE WHEN HE DEEMS IT FIT': "It is the constitutional right of a party commanding the majority in the House to seek dissolution on the grounds of political expediency," was the argument put forward by State Advocate General, Mr Atmaram Nadkarni, before the division bench of the Bombay High Court hearing the petition challenging the order of Governor Mohammed Fazal for dissolving the State Assembly. (NT) GOVT TO ABOLISH CONTRACT SYSTEM IN EDUCATIONAL FIELD: The State government, in a cabinet meeting yesterday, decided to abolish the contract system for full-time government primary school teachers and has regularized the services of 75 such teachers with effect from June 3, 2002. (H) CATHOLIC UNION CHIEF FLAYS PM'S SPEECH: The All India Catholic Union national vice president Dr John Dayal said, "In cold-blooded cynicism, Vajpayee has in one fell swoop defamed world religions, condoned state terrorism, forgiven Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and sought to convert the bigotry and hate campaigns of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad into votes for the BJP. (GT) WAKE UP, MGP WORKERS CALL UPON BOSSES: Dissatisfied 'foot-soldiers' of the beleaguered MGP, led by former president Surendra Sirsat, have urged the party's top brass to gear up for the polls at the earliest. "If this lethargy continues at this rate, the party will be nowhere in these elections," Sirsat warned. (H) ASSOLDA PHONES DEAD: The telephone lines in Assolda (Quepem) went dead on April 11 and the liens were not repaired until yesterday, according to the aggrieved consumers from the area. (NT) MGP TO COME UP WITH ELECTION AGENDA SOON: The MGP president, Ms Shashikala Kakodkar, said that she was preparing a concrete political agenda for presenting before the people of the State ahead of the elections to the State legislative assembly. (NT) CM BRANDS CONG AS COMMUNAL: Congress is the most communal party as against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is most secular of all political parties, said chief Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday, while replying questions from reporters yesterday. (GT) MEDICAL WASTE DUMPED ILLEGALLY IN MARGAO: Twenty-two private nursing homes, 15 dental clinics and 11 pathological laboratories. Excluding general clinics, they together constitute 48 medical houses generating around 200 kilograms of medical waste per day in Margao and its suburbs. This waste-barring a few exceptions-is conveniently dumped in the dustbins earmarked for the municipal garbage. (H) GOVT'S NOD FOR MADEI SURVEY: The State cabinet, which met yesterday, approved the selection of National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation Limited, a Government of India undertaking to conduct a survey and prepare project reports for tapping hydro-electricity in Sattari area of the Madei basin. (GT) THAKRANS DENIED BAIL: The Second Additional Sessions Court denied bail to Sanjay and Anjali Thakran, the accused in the double murder case of the newly wedded Nandas, following the directions of the Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court that the case against them be re-opened. (H) ASIA'S LONGEST TUNNEL: The Konkan Railway Corporation has 91 tunnels aggregating to a total of 83.6 kms and nine tunnels out of these are longer than two kms while its longest tunnel, the longest in Asia, the Karbude tunnel in Ratnagiri is 6.5 kms long. (H) CM, MINISTERS BUSY WITH INAUGURATIONS BEFORE POLLS: Eager to inaugurate completed projects and lay foundation stones for new projects before the election code of conduct is enforced, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday had a hectic day along with his deputy chief minister Ravi Naik and other ministers. (GT) TIATR FESTIVAL: Flying Film Production will be judging 13 performances for its tiatr festival slated to be held on May 11, at Kala Academy, at 3.30 pm. (NT) MILAGRES FEAST: Considered to be the most popular feast in Bardez, the feast of Our Lady of Milagres was celebrated at the church of St Jerome in Mapusa yesterday. During the mass, the main celebrant prayed for the victims of the Gujarat trouble and also for peace. Both the parallel roads leading to the church are virtually crowded by a large fair, most of the furniture is on the lower road. (GoaNOW) In the picture, the illuminated altar of Our Lady of Milagres: http://www.goacom.com/news/clippings/GN020416a.jpg The celebrants at the solemn High Mass: http://www.goacom.com/news/clippings/GN020416b.jpg Children performing aarti at Consecration: http://www.goacom.com/news/clippings/GN020416d.jpg Furniture: http://www.goacom.com/news/clippings/GN020416c.jpg Masala grinding stones: http://www.goacom.com/news/clippings/GN020416e.jpg NKK TEAM IN GOA: Atsuo Yajima, Director of NKK Corporation, Japan, accompanied by Jogi Nakagawa, GM, Raw Materials dept and Marubeni Corporations' Officials Keiji Obayashi, Yoshinari Koide and M Hirahara arrived in Goa on a brief visit. NKK Corporation is one of the largest steel producers in the world and the company is actively associated for over five decades with Chowgule & Co Ltd for import of iron ore from Goa. (GT) S P O R T S BAGAN CROWNED NFL CHAMPIONS: Mohun Bagan dashed Zee Churchill's hopes to win their maiden National Football League title defeating them 1-0 to win the country's premier soccer championship for the third time at Nehru stadium, Fatorda yesterday. (GT) SALGAOCAR HOLD E BENGAL: Defending champion East Bengal's hopes of improving their position on the points table received a setback as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Salgaocar in the National Football League match at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata. (GT) NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE POSITION: Mohun Bagan (44 points), Churchill (42), Vasco (40), Salgaocar (39), E Bengal (36), Mahindra (33), ITI (30), HAL (28), Tollygunge (23) JCT (210, FC Kochin (27) and Punjab Police (12). JCT OUTPLAY VASCO: With the threat of elimination from the premier league hanging over their heads, a defiant JCT, Phagwara, outplayed third-placed Vasco Sports Club to chalk out an impressive 2-1 victory in their last match at Ludhiana. D E A T H S 15 Apr: Merces: MARI SANTANA FERNANDES, wife of Domnic, mother of Francis/Conceisao, Bernardo/Maria. 16 Apr: Aldona: CAMILO FERNANDES. 14 Apr: Margao: ALZIRA B VAS (Ex-Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania), daughter of late Gloria/Valerian Almeida, wife of Leo, mother of Conrad/Michelle, Mia/Trevor, late Shawn. 15 Apr: Divar: ALBERTINA PINTO, wife of late Jerome, mother of Marcelino/Lourdes, Jose Francisco (Dubai)/Catherine, Evaristo/Filomena, Leta/late Maria. 15 Apr: DATTATRAYA MANATH QUENIM, mourned by Juillard, Lorenz, Herr and Berney families. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 25.7 deg C (78.3 F) today in Assagao at 7.30 am. 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