GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 02 July 2003 DUMPING OF REJECTS AT BONDLA: Though a 10-km zone around wild life sanctuaries is considered an eco-fragile area, various agencies have allegedly over-looked the clearing of 2.84 lakh sq m of government forest, adjacent to the Bondla wild life sanctuary, for dumping mining rejects. (GT)
CM PROMISES ACTION: 'Character of police is very important and a policeman has to be within his powers while performing duties,' saying so Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar reiterated that justice would be done with respect to the reported parading of accused at Taleigao. (GT) PLANNING COMMISSION'S SUPPORT TO GOA: The Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, yesterday said that the Planning Commission has assured the State government full support for its projects on the developmental front. (NT) KRC DEATH TOLL RISES TO 52: The death toll in the Konkan Railway tragedy that took place near Kankavli, has risen to 52 with the recovery of two more bodies from the debris at the accident site by the authorities of the Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd, on June 30 evening. (NT) TRAFFIC POLICE SLAPS ARMY MAN: An ugly fracas between the army personnel and the police was averted, after a traffic policeman slapped a uniformed army personnel near the Mary Immaculate Conception Church yesterday morning. The traffic constable was knocked down by army man riding a two-wheeler. (H) MUSHTIFUND'S JOURNALISM COURSE: The Mushtifund Saunstha, Panjim, in association with the Lok Chetna, Goa, launched post-graduate and certificate courses in journalism, mass communications and tourism, on July 1. Among the faculty are Maria Cardozo (feature writing), Cyril D'Cunha, Rohini Iyer, and for the first time cartoon journalism will be introduced by Alexyz. (GoaNOW) TEENAGERS HELD: The police have arrested two teenage boys for their involvement in a theft at a bar and restaurant. Jacqueline Pereira in her complaint said that her restaurant Casa Blanca was burgled and goods worth Rs.17,500 were stolen. (GT) BODY RECOVERED FROM WELL IN SANGOLDA: The body of Francis Govea, a man from Divar, but residing at Arpora, was recovered from a well in Sangolda. CORPORATISATION OF POWER: The State Electricity department would be corporatised by July 10, 2004. The government has already initiated talks with the employees of the department in this respect, said the Power Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat. (NT) ANTECEDENTS OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS: Veteran Freedom Fighter Manohar Prabhu Desai yesterday demanded an appointment of a three-member commission headed by a retired judge, to enquire into the bonafide of Freedom Fighters registered with the State government. (GT) BOOKED FOR SMOKING IN OPEN PLACES: The district authorities on Tuesday conducted a drive against smoking and spitting and booked six persons for the offences in Margao city. (H) BELGAUM BUTCHERS BEEF-UP STRATEGY: Beef may run out of stock from the cold storages from Wednesday as butchers in Belgaum have decided against supplying meat to Goa unless the local cold storage owners give written undertakings assuring safe transportation of consignment to the State. (H) UNAIDED ENGINEERING COLLEGE FEES HIKED: A major change has been effected in the fee structure of two non-aided engineering colleges in the State, consequent to a judgment delivered by the Supreme Court of India recently. Accordingly, all students seeking admission to Padre Conceicao College of Engineering Verna and Rayeshwar Engineering College, Shiroda, will have to pay Rs.12,500 per semester as uniform tuition fees. (GT) "STATEMENT ON JUDGES REPORTED OUT OF CONTEXT": The Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, has said that his statement on the judges was reported out of context. Reacting to the media reports on an Open Session on "Crimes against Women" on Sunday, Mr Parrikar aid at no stage did he make any comment on the judiciary suo moto. (H) COMUNIDADE CLEARS EX-MINISTER'S ENCROACHMENTS: The Comunidade of Serula yesterday cleared encroachments in three plots situated at Torda in Salvador do Mundo panchayat. It is learnt that these Comunidade plots were illegally grabbed and encroached upon by a former minister during his tenure. (GT) HERALD REPORT CONVERTED INTO PIL: The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of a report published last week by the Herald highlighting the plight of Carambolim lake which is overgrown with the noxious weed Salvinia. (H) "ILLEGAL" SCHOOL BUILDING? The Margao Seva Association in a statement issued yesterday expressed shock that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and the Urban Development Minister Digambar Kamat will inaugurate on 3 July an Urdu school in a building illegally constructed by the government in the open space of the Gogol Housing Board Colony, in violation of municipal, Town and Country Planning and conversion laws. (GT) POWER PROBLEMS IN SHIRODA: With the onset of the monsoons, power supply has been badly affected in Shiroda and residents are irked with frequent power shutdowns for maintenance and repair work. (GT) REWARD FOR INFO IN TANUJA MURDER: The investigations into the Tanuja Naik murder case was handed over to the CID/Crime Branch, Panaji, while the Goa police also announced a reward of Rs.10,000 to the informant yesterday. (GT) GOA'S FIRST USENET NEWSGROUP, soc.culture.indian.goa, has recently been launched and is archived on over two dozen news-servers worldwide. To read the newsgroup, visit http://news.cis.dfn.de (the news server of the Free University at Berlin) and check the setup procedures. This server gives free accounts for news reading and posting, though an email request has to be made for the same. News postings, particularly related to news and feature articles, are welcome, and can be posted via email too to [EMAIL PROTECTED], according to journalist Frederick Noronha <fred at bytesforall.org> who was the proponent for this newsgroup. CHORAO VILLAGERS DEMAND A BRIDGE: For the first time, the village panchayat of Chodan-Madel has unanimously resolved to have a bridge linking Salvador do Mundo to Madel. After the resolution was passed unanimously at the panchayat meeting on Sunday the panchayat has decided to forward the resolution to the government for further action. (GT) PRINCIPLE DIRECTOR: The State government created a new post of Principle Director of Information, Film and Publicity yesterday. The charge of the new post has been handed over to Information Secretary Jayashree Raghuraman. (GT) PARLIAMENTARY PANEL IN ENVIRONMENT: A Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Environment, headed by Union Minister for Environment and Forests, TR Balu, will be on a two-day visit to Goa, from July 2. (H) BRITAIN FAVOURS INDIAN I T PROFESSIONALS: Favouring Indian information and technology professionals getting work permits in Britain, the British Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mr Mike O'Brien, said yesterday they would like to see Indian response to offers for greater access to its professionals. (PTI report in NT) JOE PINTO JOINS GOMANTAK TIMES: Well-known journalist from Maharashtra Herald, Pune, and a former Bombay Xavierite, Joe Pinto, has taken over as the executive editor of English daily Gomantak Times from July 1. (GoaNOW) S P O R T S GOA VELHA IN SEMIS: Goa Velha Sports Club scored a well-deserved 3-0 win over St Savio Sports Club, Calangute, to enter the semi-finals of the McDowell's Bandodkar memorial soccer tournament at MPT grounds, Vasco. (H) D E A T H S 01 July: Batim: FELECINO FERNANDES, husband of Agada Lopes, father of Antonio, Fatima and Piedade. 01 July: Curtorim-Maina: ALEX SEBATIAO PAES, husband of Maria Queteria, father of Rohan, brother of Aninha/Joaquim, Jose Pedro/Vijaya, late Michael/Judith, late Piedade/Filomena, late Rosario/Lourdina, Mariazita, Abel/Julie. 01 July: Cuncolim-Baitem: JOANITA JACINTA VAZ E COLACO, wife of Jacob, mother of Sajan. 30 June: Saligao: THOMAS CORDEIRO, husband of Deborah, father of Joy, Zephy, Leo, Heman and Stephen. 28 June: Agassaim: ROSARIA LOPES, wife of Mariano Ribeiro, mother of Filomena/Xavier (USA), Mathew/Pia (USA), Santiago/Perpetua (USA), Maria Soccorina/Lawrence (USA), grandmother of Mary, Veronica, Lucy, Soccorro, Wilfred, Rellic, Rochelle, Mario, Steffie, Stacy, Sienna, Selma, Stanzy. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 27.0 deg C (80.6 deg F) at 08.30 am in Assagao. Max Temp: 28.4 deg C, Min Temp: 23.4 deg C; Humidity: 97% (Official figures for yesterday) Rainfall so far: 907.4 mm Weather: A cloudy morning in Goa today. Intermittent showers. Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT= Gomantak Times JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India. Website: www.goacom.com Goacom News Clippings at: http://www.goacom.com/news Webzine "GoaNOW": http://www.goacom.com/goanow ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
