GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 12 Oct 2003 CM CONFIDENT OF IFFI IN GOA: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is confident of holding the International Film Festival of India in Goa and said the basic minimum infrastructure required to host IFFI 2004 would be ready in time. He was reacting to a news agency report, in which apprehensions were expressed by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad that Goa may not be ready to host the festival in December next year. (WE-GT)
GRUESOME MURDER SHOCKS CANACONA: Six persons including two women, were arrested yesterday in connection with the gruesome murder of 26-year-old Shanu Komarpant, a diesel mechanic from Cullem, on Thursday (Sept 9). Shanu was assaulted in broad daylight in the presence of a large crowd and then hanged to death from a cashew tree in the forest at Matev, Collem. Police Inspector Serafin Dias gave the names of arrested as Valentino Barreto, his brother-in-laws Sanjay Gurudas Gadekar, Shailesh Gadekar, and Gadekar's mother Vatsal and Barreto's wife Sheela. (WE-GT) FIRST CHARTER FLIGHT: The first charter flight of the season, an Airbus 300 of Monarch Airlines carrying 361, British holiday makers from Gatwick, will land at the Dabolim airport at 3.15 pm today. The second flight, a Boeing 757 carrying 235 tourists, will make landing at 4.30 pm. The State tourism authorities have made arrangements to welcome the tourist, so also the flight handling agents, Aircon Pvt Ltd. The tourists will be given a traditional welcome and a brass band will be in attendance at the airport during the welcome ceremony. (NT) GOVERNOR HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO RE-CONSTRUCT TEMPLES: Governor Kidar Nath Sahani said that the re-construction of temples demolished by the Portuguese and other erstwhile regimes is of great importance in the nation building task and in brining about national awakening among the people. The Governor was speaking to the people when he visited the old site of Shree Mahalsa temple at Verna, which was demolished by the Portuguese in 1567. The re-construction of Mahalsa temple has been taken up at Verna at a cost of Rs.4 crore. (WE-GT) SUICIDE IN KUNDAIM: Unable to repay the loans, Kashinath Naik of Manaswada-Kundaim committed suicide by hanging at his residence yesterday. The Ponda police said that Naik had availed of a loan from the bank to start a hotel project. (WE-GT) ROAD MISHAP CLAIMS ONE: A 29-year-old pillion rider, Dhiraj Arondekar, from Canca-Mapusa, died while two others were seriously injured in a road mishap along the national highway at Mahakhajan-Dhargal on Friday morning. (H) ACCIDENT-PRONE ZONES: The Goa police have identified 50 accident-prone zones in South Goa to initiate effective measures for avoiding fatal accidents. (NT) AMBAULIM RESIDENT FALLS TO DEATH: Philip M Fernandes, a 24-year-old coconut plucker from Bamnabhat-Ambaulim in Quepem, died after falling from a coconut tree while plucking coconuts on Thursday. (H) SCOOTY STOLEN: Unknown culprits stole away a TVS scooty, belonging to Cynthia Fernandes of Fatorda, which was parked near the Margao Municipal garden. (H) PILAR MUSIC SCHOOL'S NEW STUDIO: On the occasion of silver jubilee of Pilar Music Academy and Pilar Music School, a new multi-track digital recording studio was inaugurated by Fr Tony Lopes, the superior general of the Society of Pilar. A new book for keyboard authored by Fr Peter Cardoso was released by Fr Walter Gomes, the central superior delegate of Pilar on the occasion. Kirk and Gary presented a classical music recital on violin, piano and guitar. (NT) PONDA COP STATION: The jurisdiction of the Ponda Police Station extends to as many as 19 panchayats and one municipal council, spread across four constituencies. The PS has to monitor the growing demographic figures, largely concentrated around the three industrial estates within its purview.Since the last one-and-a-half years, Ponda PS has only one Police Sub Inspector. (H) CASHEW & THE GOAN ECONOMY: Cashew was brought into Goa and introduced as a plant by the Portuguese with an objective of soil conservation and social forestry. This was a great gift to Goa and the coastal belt along the West Coast. Today, cashew has become an assured crop with high potential for maketing within the country and outside. (Jagdish Wagh in Herald-Mirror) UPDATING LEGAL FRATERNITY ON CYBER CRIMES: Noted cyber crime and law expert, Adv Rohas Nagpal, has called for a government initiative to sensitise the legal fraternity, including the Judiciary, with the knowledge of cyber crimes, and showered praises on the Goa police for being second to none in dealing with these new age crimes. He was in Goa to address a day-long seminar on Cyber Law and Cyber Crimes organised by the Law Graduates Guild on September 11. (H) YUSUF ADILSAH'S QUEEN BABANI RAO: The late historian Dr Joseph Barros has stated that Queen Babani Rao was a Maharashtrian girl and was Marathi-speaking and when she came to Goa to stay at the summer castle of the Adilshah at Panaji along with Yusuf Adilshah, she brought along with her a retinue of her relations and servants who also spoke Marathi.Babani Rao appears to be the chief and favourite queen of Yusuf Adil Shah. There existed an underground tunnel in the Adilshah's palace at Panaji which led to the Zenana-khana (harem or women's quarters). The Adilshahi Zenana Khana or harem is today's fazenda or the Accounts Department opposite the Adilshah 's palace (Secretariat). Queen Babani Rao and the other royal women of Yusuf Adilshah lived at the Zenana Khana during their summer stay at the Panaji castle-palace in the 1490's and 1500's. (Prajal Sakhardande in Panorama-NT) AWARDS FOR KARL, SHEFALI: Zuari Industries Scholarships for 2003 have been awarded two meritorious students, Karl SP Pereira from Margao and Shafali K Naik from Dongrim, for engineering and agriculture degree courses respectively. The Zuari scholarships were instituted more than 20 years ago and carry cash award of Rs.12,000 each per annum, for the duration of the degree course is Rs.48,000 per subject. (WE-GT) 'GOA CALLS' PAVILION AT IFFI: 'Goa Calls', an exhibition pavilion set up by the Goa government at the Film Bazaar organised in connection with the International Film Festival of India, which is on at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi, is drawing large crowds. The exhibition displays Goa as a place of vast tourism potential, a destination for investment in industries including entertainment and hospitality and a centre of cultural depth. (WE-GT) GU'S NEW FACILITY INAUGURATION: Governor Kidar Nath Sahani will inaugurate the Automated Library Circulation System on October 14, at 11 am at the University library followed by the inauguration of Million Books Digitisation programme and inauguration of dial-in-serve facility to connect Goa University library to other institutions in Goa. (H) GUJ MORCHA: The Goa Union of Journalists has decided to take out a silent morcha on October 14, to protest against the press censorship imposed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. The morcha will start from the Azad Maidan, Panjim, at 9.30 am and will pass through various roads in the city. After the morcha there will be a small meeting at the Azad Maidan, where the future course of action will be announced. (H) ROSARY FEAST AT CURCA: The feast of Our Lady of Rosary, Curca, will be celebrated on October 21. (H) MUSIC SHOW AT FIPLEES: Fiplees Restaurant at Benaulim will be hosts to a live performance by The Anibal Castro Quarter on October 12 from 8.30 pm onwards. This show is in the series of Classic Nites at Fiplees. (H) TIATR DEEP IN BOND'S HEART: The name's Bond! But in sharp contrast to the western nickname, Alfonso Braganza from Mapusa is a true-blue Goan; his heart beats a Konkani rhythm. Bond has written three Konkani plays, authored and published a collection of Konkani short stories and played lead roles in some fame Konkani tiatr productions. With his two young daughters, Veeam and Raisa, he has also released two albums of his Konkani music. (Joaquim Fernandes in NT) S P O R T S CHURCHILL BROS FEAST ON RAIA SPORTING: Churchill Bros defeated Raia Sporting Club 5-1 in the opening match of Servo Governor's Cup football tournament organised by the GFA at the Nehru stadium, Fatorda, yesterday. The victory earned the defending champions a passage into the quarter-finals. (WE-GT) D E A T H S 11 Oct: Calangute: MARIA ESPECIOSA RODRIGUES: wife of late Lawrence, mother of Alinda/Anselmo, Diogo/Eugene and Satus. 11 Oct: Vagator: SANTAN JOHN FERNANDES: husband of Apolina, father of Jasmine. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 27.2 degC (81.0 degF) at 7.00 am in Assagao-Goa. Max Temp: 31.8 deg C; Min Temp: 25.2 deg C; Humidity: 75% (Official figures for yesterday) Rainfall so far: 2699.6 mm Weather: The sun is out this morning bright and early in Goa. Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT= Gomantak Times JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India. 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