[Goanet-News] Goa news for September 10, 2008

2008-09-09 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Vedanta to boost Sesa Goa iron ore capacity, restructure group - domain-B , India - 7 hours agoMumbai: Vedanta Resources Plc proposes to increase iron ore capacity at its Sesa Goa unit

[Goanet] Daily Grook #212

2008-09-09 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #212 __ FOOD FAD __ by Francis Rodrigues second generation yuppies in a hurry, don't want tradition just coke-not-curry! _ puns word-play of all kinds, if you read between the lines! _

[Goanet] No Portuguese Pasport ? or can't go to UK ? Why not try Australia?

2008-09-09 Thread JoeGoaUk
No Portuguese Pasport ? or can't go to UK ? Why not try Australia? a huge display board has this ad at Panjim KTC Bus Stand (Entrance) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/2841717929/sizes/l/ Sometime ago, Goa Govt. banned some recruiting agencies and one of them was AXIS (don't know if

[Goanet] 'Bharat Mata' a work of art: SC

2008-09-09 Thread marshallmendonza
'Bharat Mata' a work of art: SC 8 Sep 2008, 0012 hrs IST,TNN NEW DELHI: In a blow against the moral brigade, the apex court on Monday termed M F Husain's painting 'Bharat Mata' a work of art, paving the way for the eminent 92-year-old painter to end his self-imposed exile in Dubai and London

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1148[ CONSTRUCTION ORGIES ]

2008-09-09 Thread John Gomes
Chairman GCCI in his welcome address to the talk given by Vice-Chancellor Pune Universuty has sarcastically (he continues  belittling the  woes of the aam admi) stated that  a new sector has been added to the goan economy,namely AGITATION INDUSTRY !He appealed to all to fight THIS MENACE as

[Goanet] All aboard for a royal ride

2008-09-09 Thread Philip Thomas
Mevyn say: 1) Let the contractors (and not the people of Goa) bear the burden of making the new airport profitable. 2) Two civilian airports is the dumbest of all ideas. 3) It's time the Indian Govt took a clue from Cuba who turned eight air force fields into international airports. Confucius

[Goanet] Animation Studio in Goa!

2008-09-09 Thread Kiran Sawant
It is very welcome to know that there is an Animation Studio in Goa, (Talon Animations), which is situated in the heart of Panaji. For a long time now, we have been reading that the Animation Industry is non-existent here, all the more so since Panaji is now the venue of IFFI and more recently

[Goanet] letter with mog

2008-09-09 Thread JANE ALPHONSO
Hi guys if you go on this link you will find about Goans in the Royal Navy. Hope it is of some help to someone out there. Mog to all from jjd http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/asian/servicerecords/servicerecords.htm Mog (love) from Johnny, Jane Dylan Alphonso U.K

[Goanet] Asnodkar expected call-up

2008-09-09 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Asnodkar expected call-up Cricinfo staff September 9, 2008 Swapnil Asnodkar, the Goa batsman, has said he was expecting a call-up to the India A side after his success at the Indian Premier League. Asnodkar, who aggregated 311 runs from nine matches for the Rajasthan Royals, was named in the A

[Goanet] Goa, never a part of Karnataka - Times of India 3rd September 2008

2008-09-09 Thread Paulo Colaco Dias
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Goa_never_a_part_of_Karnataka_Histori ans_/articleshow/3438761.cms Goa, never a part of Karnataka: Historians Goan activists and historians are upset with Karnataka's claim that Goa is a part of their state, even if, as Karnataka says, this was a

[Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO: New Land Development and Building Construction Regulations: the implications for Goa

2008-09-09 Thread Goa Desc
- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO - Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 12th September from 4pm. to 6pm. at Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11, Liberty Apartments, Feira Alta, Mapusa Goa.

[Goanet] Goa records a dozen accidents a day

2008-09-09 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Goa records a dozen accidents a day 9 Sep 2008, 0303 hrs IST, Preetu Nair,TNN PANAJI: Goa's affinity with accidents continues. According to the latest data collected by the state's traffic department, 12 accidents are reported everyday. In the first six months this year, 2,185 accidents have

[Goanet] IMP - No Portuguese Pasport ? or can't go to UK ? Why not try Australia?

2008-09-09 Thread JoeGoaUk
Important: As said, earlier.. Please read this from the archive (list of fake agencies) http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-November/051104.html --- On Mon, 8/9/08, JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: No Portuguese Pasport ? or

[Goanet] International Congress on Environmental Research

2008-09-09 Thread Goanet Reformat
From: ICG-Programmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Reader, International Congress on Environmental Research will be held in Goa from 18-20 December 2008 at the BITS-Pilani (Goa Campus). The Congress is organised by BITS Pilani (Goa Campus) and JERAD (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) India. It may be interesting

[Goanet] WHAT DOES DEMOCRACY MEAN TO EVERY INDIAN

2008-09-09 Thread Bonefacio Lopes
Is the Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackery above the law of India , is he above Supreme Court or any other courts of India, his recent behaviour be it changing every thing in Marathi , targetting indian citizens be it film personalities or a normaly outsider who is not a marathi , why does the law

[Goanet] The Micon Realtors scandal in Benaulim

2008-09-09 Thread sebastian Rodrigues
Hello! Here are new uploads with text and pictures on http://bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com 1. The Micon Realtors scandal in Benaulim http://bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/2008/09/micon-realtors-scandal-in-benaulim.html 2. Booster dose from Sundarlal Bahuguna in Benaulim

Re: [Goanet] CONSTRUCTION ORGIES

2008-09-09 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, It is a small wonder that the GCCI Chief should want to criticise the CSOs and NGOs that he dubs as the Agitation Industry. What else can the employee who is made the chief be expected to do except the will of his Parde ke peechay masters? Perhaps the time has come for GCCI to shift

[Goanet] Goan sailor on hijacked Somalian ship safe: Naik

2008-09-09 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Indian sailors on hijacked Somalian ship safe: Naik Panaji, Sept 09: Three Indian sailors onboard the Somalian ship, which was hijacked last month, are safe, said MP Shantaram Naik. The Union Shipping Ministry has confirmed the safety of all the three sailors, including a Goan, onboard the

[Goanet] 1st WORLD DAMAN DAY - A report

2008-09-09 Thread NOËL GAMA
Viva Damão! Keep the culture alive: First “WORLD DAMAN DAY” Celebrated Worldwide on 20th August 2008 The first-ever, “WORLD DAMAN DAY” was celebrated by people of Daman origin living outside India in countries like the UAE, USA, Canada, Holland, Macau, Portugal and the UK along with the

[Goanet] Glimpses of Konknni

2008-09-09 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Prof. Sebastiao Mariano Borges, For a retired lecturer who prefixed his name with a Prof. for a decade while using the signature ending Sotachench Zoit Zatolem. Sebastian Borges credibility cannot be ...and is not an issue! For a person who roared that the Devangari edition of Mr.

Re: [Goanet] [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: REVIEW: Small State, big attitude (Rahul Srivastava)

2008-09-09 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Moderators, This is an article about Goa, not a review! --- On Mon, 9/8/08, Goanet Reformat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Goanet Reformat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: REVIEW: Small State, big attitude (Rahul Srivastava) To: Goa's premiere mailing list,

[Goanet] Subject: UTT GOENKARA TO CHALK OUT PLAN OF ACTION AGAINST MR. MONSERATTE

2008-09-09 Thread Freddy Fernandes
In support of: nbsp; Message: 2Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:01:01 +0530From: Aires Rodrigues lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt;Subject: [Goanet] UTT GOENKARA TO CHALK OUT PLAN OF ACTION AGAINST MR. MONSERATTETo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt;Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Aires,

Re: [Goanet] [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: REVIEW: Small State, big attitude (Rahul Srivastava)

2008-09-09 Thread Nigel Britto
This is not a book review. Not to be confused with the article at the bottom of the same page of the Hindu magazine, a review of Aparanta. Rahul Srivastava article is just an unbiased feature on Goa. Cheers, Nigel

[Goanet] Supergoa.com returns with new articles...

2008-09-09 Thread Paulo Colaco Dias
Please visit the site... There are articles in Portuguese and in English. Entorno da Velha Goa será renovado para promover turismo http://www.supergoa.com/pt/read/news_noticia.asp?c_news=1039 Museu do Oriente convida famílias a conhecer Goa

Re: [Goanet] Oh Dear Parrikar

2008-09-09 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Others will venture into this field only when they smell a lot of financial opportunity. (The Gaitonde shoes experience is well known.) For the rest of the time, they will just keep pouring scorn on people who have been doing this useful work for centuries. And trapped into a caste-class structure

Re: [Goanet] Glimpses of Konknni

2008-09-09 Thread J. Colaco jc
[A] Sebastian Borges wrote: not a single Konkani book in Roman script was printed between 1660 and 1890 any where in the world? And also that no Konkani book was printed in Goa even between 1890 and 1928? I hereby challenge Fr.Pratap Naik to prove me wrong on this count; and this is not the

Re: [Goanet] No Portuguese Pasport ? or can't go to UK ? Why not try Australia?

2008-09-09 Thread Glenn @ Aussieworld
Dear Fellow Goans, Please do a verification check before selecting an agent The agent has not advertised the Registration number which is a statutory requirement Give us a call PROFILE Glenn Pereira – Director Registered Migration Agent since 1992 - Registration

Re: [Goanet] Roadmap to make Goa 'first world' State

2008-09-09 Thread floriano
Dear Gabriel, That is a tall order, indeed. Besides, you have it all wrong. Actualy, it is the other way round. It is the people that want illegalities overlooked and as a reward, they force the bribes on the politicians, bureaucrats et al. As for me, I have never been asked for a bribe. The

Re: [Goanet] Fined for speaking Konkani

2008-09-09 Thread Cip Fernandes
Paulo,   I promise you that next time I speak to you, I will speak in 'Konkani'.  Hope no one would not fine us.   Amchea vodilanchi Konknni bhas uloyam ani vaddoyam.   Mog assundi ani vaddoni   Cip   --- On Sun, 9/7/08, Paulo Colaco Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are numerous advantages

[Goanet] Sisters of Mother Teresa assaulted by Hindu radicals and arrested by police

2008-09-09 Thread marshallmendonza
Sisters of Mother Teresa assaulted by Hindu radicals and arrested by police by Nirmala Carvalho The fundamentalists attacked the religious, accusing them of the kidnapping and forced conversion of four children between one and two years old. Although their identification documents were in

[Goanet] UK: Scandal of recycled rubbish dumped up in India

2008-09-09 Thread Eddie Fernandes
7 Sep: The Sunday Mirror (UK). A TV investigative report has revealed the rubbish sorted for recycling by British families is being shipped 4,000 miles to India and dumped on farmland…It costs up to £148 to recycle a tonne of rubbish in the UK once it is separated but as little as £40 to ship it

[Goanet] O Dear Dears

2008-09-09 Thread Mario Goveia
From: augusto pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] And BTW Roland, I happen to be married, and if you ever think I'm wimpish just make sure you never come close to my fists. Mario suggests: Augusto, Calm down, man. To begin with I want you on my side if there is a fight in Goa - I may want you to

Re: [Goanet] Manmohan lets Indians down

2008-09-09 Thread Mario Goveia
--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Sandeep Heble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Selma, I have no issues with you when you, for whatever reasons, feel inspired by the Nehru-Gandhi Family and believe that they are the best to lead India. Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:17:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Carvalho [EMAIL

[Goanet] BABUSH GIVEN ANOTHER 2 DAYS TO PROVE HIS SSC OR QUIT

2008-09-09 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:46:59 +0530 From: Aires Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Utt Goenkara has today extended to September 9th the deadline given to Mr. Atanasio Monserrate to prove his SSC or resign as Goa's Education Minister for having falsely filed an affidavit that he had passed S.S.C

Re: [Goanet] Oh Dear Parrikar

2008-09-09 Thread augusto pinto
Dear Sandeep You wrote: My shoe soles had given way and I wanted to ask my maid to get them stitched by a cobbler who lives next door to her house. My maid does not understand Hindi or English and I converse with her strictly in Konkani. I found myself at a loss of words, particularly in the

[Goanet] Now, Arab sheikhs want to create a Goa in Middle-East

2008-09-09 Thread Rishi
AHMEDABAD: The fascination for Indian ambience is getting these ready-to-plant 20-25 feet trees, which have travelled all across the Arabian Ocean to add to the grandeur of “designer backyards” of the cash-rich Arabs. Commanding a price between Rs 200 and Rs 5,000 per tree, the exports have been

[Goanet] GOA SUDHAROP: Education event in Goa

2008-09-09 Thread George Pinto
In connection with GOA SUDHAROP's 2008 theme YEAR OF EDUCATION, please see event below. Thank you to all donors, supporters and well-wishers of Goa Sudharop. Goa Sudharop www.goasudharop.org _ GOA SUDHAROP ROTARY CLUB OF CUNCOLIM,

Re: [Goanet] Porbim!

2008-09-09 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Moi manadik ani urbechea bab Lino, Mojiín kalzant than bettoilolim porbim tuka mandun gue. Ó poilo zaun assaanink zaite tajea fattlant ieunni. Ani porbeachém bebid meuta ten´nam gevchem... Tumcho mogan and bhorpur khoxalkaient, Lotlechó bhav Alfred Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:52:55

[Goanet] Consumer Welfare Cell to organise lecture on Food Safety and Consumer Awareness

2008-09-09 Thread Goa Desc
-- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED --

[Goanet] Our Lady of Rosary High School, Goa ... alumni network

2008-09-09 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Our Lady of Rosary High School, Goa ... alumni network http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20079044307ref=mf -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Blog: http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Tech links from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn

[Goanet] Fwd: Letter to the Editors. (Stop Micon's Mega Project )

2008-09-09 Thread Arwin Mesquita
Subject: I have been following with keen interest, the spirited fight against mega-projects by the Benaulim Villagers. Mega Projects like Micons have to be stopped and razed to the ground. The Benaulim Villagers need all our support in this campaign to safeguard our home. Overseas Goans in

[Goanet] Babush should be given honorary S.S.C

2008-09-09 Thread Samir Kelekar
When we have Dr. Vijay Mallya (wonder where Mallya bought his PhD from) and Dr. Jayalalitha, why not we can have at least Metric pass Babush? Come on, lots of schools will be willing to give Babush an honorary SSC. regards, Samir Btw a false affidavit should invalidate his election as an MLA

Re: [Goanet] All aboard for a royal ride

2008-09-09 Thread Mervyn Lobo
1) Let the contractors (and not the people of Goa) bear the burden of making the new airport profitable. 2) Two civilian airports is the dumbest of all ideas. 3) It's time the Indian Govt took a clue from Cuba who turned eight air force fields into international airports. Philip Thomas

[Goanet] Sharada Mandir's Ex-Students' Association

2008-09-09 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Sharada Mandir's Ex-Students' Association: http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34078123136ref=mf -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Blog: http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Tech links from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn

[Goanet] Orissa attacks: What our fellow brethren say?

2008-09-09 Thread Domnic Fernandes
Ancy D'Souza ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I can remember when I volunteered (NSS) for a school ground construction somewherenear Venur, Moodabidri we used to stay in a Convent. There was one Father called Fr.William (if my memory was right), he used to play hindu suprabhatams in church

[Goanet] Goa news for September 10, 2008

2008-09-09 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Vedanta to boost Sesa Goa iron ore capacity, restructure group - domain-B , India - 7 hours agoMumbai: Vedanta Resources Plc proposes to increase iron ore capacity at its Sesa Goa unit