------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007
http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph: +91-832-2452805 to 10) Online Media Partner: http://www.GOANET.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Calangute panch survives bid on life at no-trust meet PORVORIM, OCT 1 - The no-confidence motion against Calangute Sarpanch Albert Fernandes and his Deputy Roopa Chodankar took a violent turn on Monday, when Calangute panch Joseph Sequeira was attacked with a knife in the panchayat office. Despite the drama, the no-confidence motion went ahead and both Fernandes and Chodankar were voted out of office. The incident took place at about 10 am, when Sequeira entered the panchayat office to attend a meeting convened by the Bardez Block Development Officer, to discuss the no-confidence motion moved against Fernandes and Chodankar. Speaking to reporters, Sequeira said eight unknown persons, came out of the panchayat secretary's office and attacked him with a knife, besides kicking him in his abdomen and groin. "I managed to overpower the assailant holding the knife. However, my palms were slit in the process," Sequeira said. Calangute panch Sneha Salgaonker was also not spared by the assailants. She claimed that assailants manhandled her and twisted her left hand. Sequeira has accused the Government of failing to pay heed to his requests for police presence. "I had written to Home Minister Ravi Naik, Chief Secretary J P Singh, DIG Ujjwal Misra, Director of Panchayats and the Bardez BDO, requesting them to provide police protection during the meeting. But the police arrived only after the incident took place," Sequeira said. Sequeira alleged that his archrival and Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes, Panchayat Secretary M S Mardolker and Sarpanch Albert Fernandes were hand in glove with the assailants. http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=2049&cid=10
