[Goanet-News] Goa news for December 3, 2008

2008-12-02 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa: International Film Festival Concludes - \'Tulpan\' Wins Award - Daijiworld.com [6 hours ago] Panaji, Dec 2: A Kazakhstan film produced along with Germany, Switzerland, Russia and

[Goanet] MUMBAI TERROR/ GOVT OF INDIA/ CITIZENS ROLE

2008-12-02 Thread Bonefacio Lopes
 My sincere sympathise for the sad demise of all the innocent people in this ghastly, inhuman, horrifying terror. But i need answers to certain questions:= 1. I felt that the Malegaon case was about to expose many skeletons and then suddenly you have the terror story. 2. What has happened

[Goanet] Opposition

2008-12-02 Thread JoeGoaUk
Opposition No, I am not talking about Goa’s Opposition Party but the ‘opposition to anything and everywhere’ which has become a general trend in Goa now a days. It seems all our Gram Sabhas awakening now from the deep sleep with or without political motive or interferences etc You purchase

[Goanet] Why we should not know how many of them landed on Indian soil?

2008-12-02 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
Why we should not know how many of them landed on Indian soil? On the first day I remember seeing breaking news as 5 terrorist dead 9 captured... On thirdday on NDTV highlight was 5 terrorist killed 1 captured at TAJ CM Maharastra said there could be 20 to 25 in a press conferance on second

[Goanet] Tribute to Hemant Karkare - Julio Ribeiro

2008-12-02 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Bosco:As far as being a credible source of news I have little doubt that the latter is more credible than the former (an online forum). However it is not clear if JFR authored the column or was interviewed for the column. Chronology: TOI article above is dated Nov 28, 2008 - No time of posting

[Goanet] To: The Editor - Mumbai (The Times of India) to the Prime Minister (A Must Read for Every Indian)

2008-12-02 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
http://www.goa-world.com   All About Goa Goans Worldwide     GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (Since 1994)   -   Presented by Ulysses Menezes Moderated by Gaspar Almeida.    To:  The Editor, Times of India (Mumbai)   LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA Dear Mr.

[Goanet] A tell all website on all politicians http://www.empoweringindia.org

2008-12-02 Thread Robin Viegas
In 2004 Karnataka's former CM H D Kumara Swamy was worth Rs. 3 crores. Four years of hectic politicking he is now worth Rs.39 crores. No privilege information this, nor even a reply to any RTI application. This is available on the click of a mouse on a site that aims with empowering the

Re: [Goanet] Occultation (about moon and other celestial objects)

2008-12-02 Thread Olga Maciel
Here are some more pctures of the Smiling sky http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7759643.stm Olga Maciel _ Are you a PC?  Upload your PC story and show the world http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/122465942/direct/01/

[Goanet] Daily Grook #293

2008-12-02 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #292 DREAM SCHEME by Francis Rodrigues your sweetie's son is a bum? dude - please, just keep mum! _ puns word-play of all kinds, if you read between the lines! _

[Goanet] Terrorism in Mumbai - Advance warnings

2008-12-02 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
U.S. Warned India in October of Potential Terror Attack.    http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6368013page=1 U.S. intelligence agencies warned their Indian counterparts in mid-October of a potential attack from the sea against hotels and business centers in Mumbai, a U.S. intelligence

Re: [Goanet] Goanet spicing the original articles?

2008-12-02 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Mon, 12/1/08, Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The greater sin on Goanet, and I have pointed this out on a few occasions, is the tendency to misconstrue, intentionally or unintentionally, what is written in plain English. And then respond to some weired interpretation of what

[Goanet] Who speaks for us Hindus ?

2008-12-02 Thread Samir Kelekar
Mario asks: As one who represents the spirit of reason, truth and peace on Goanet, I have noticed that Samir seems to have embarked on yet another contentious attempt on Goanet to censor some members and/or ostracize them when one disapproves of their opinions and is unable to deal with them

Re: [Goanet] Portuguese and language

2008-12-02 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Frederick FN Noronha wrote: Your post assumes that language and culture are the basis of nationality. Sometimes yes, at other times no. India has a very complex identity, based not on shared language (though many component regional states have been recrafted on linguistic lines in 1957 and

[Goanet] GRAF's Konkani Literary Contest 2008

2008-12-02 Thread Fausto Da Costa
GRAF's Konkani Literary Contest-2008 Goan Review Art Foundation [GRAF] the cultural body of the popular Konkani-English bi-monthly The Goan Review is organizing its annual Konkani Literary Contest. This Konkani writing contest is in the roman script only and in three categories as follows

[Goanet] Opposition

2008-12-02 Thread Samir Kelekar
JoeGoaUK: Those who are at the helm of affair of Goa are doing nothing but building football grounds, and mega housing projects. Why ? For cuts, no? How many jobs has the current govt. created ? What are the graduates going to do after they finish their education ? Their only hope is to run to

[Goanet] Goa AS I SEE IT by Tomazinho Cardoz

2008-12-02 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, A compilation of articles written by Tomazinho Cardoz and published in the Gomantak Times in the recent past is set for release as a book on 05 December, 2008 just hours before the GBA meeting to discuss the implications of the Draft Regional Plan 2021 in an environment where the TCP

[Goanet] Turning a Nelson's eye?

2008-12-02 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, The Digital News service has just flashed the news that Pernem Police Station's Inspector Nelson Albuquerque has been suspended for ...hold your breath ... failure to curb corruption by his subordinates at Patradevi check post! Obvioulsly, the senior Police Officers do not believe

[Goanet] Colomb delegation submits petition at CCF's office, Panaji.

2008-12-02 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, A delegation of villagers from Colomb village in Sanguem [ Quepem Police station jurisdiction] submitted a petition to the office of the Chief Conservator of Forests. The CCF [Shashi Kumar IFS], the CF [C.A. Reddy, IFS] and the powerful DCFs were out of station, so it fell to the lot

Re: [Goanet] An Illustrated Life

2008-12-02 Thread George Pinto
Congratulations to Venantius. Outstanding. Good to see a Goan doing well. Venantius is very accomplished. Keep it up. Regards, George --- On Mon, 12/1/08, Venantius Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Some of my work has been published in, An Illustrated Life: Drawing inspiration

[Goanet] Goa news for December 3, 2008

2008-12-02 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa: International Film Festival Concludes - \'Tulpan\' Wins Award - Daijiworld.com [6 hours ago] Panaji, Dec 2: A Kazakhstan film produced along with Germany, Switzerland, Russia and

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (03Dec08)

2008-12-02 Thread alexyz fernandes
IFFI OVER What was all that Bang Bang in Bombay? I was so busy with Filmstarsand so sad it's over... Diggu you'll dig your OWN Grave. To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Ref: WHERE IS GOA GOING? OR IS IT ALREADY GONE?

2008-12-02 Thread Freddy Fernandes
In response to: Message: 10 Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:58:41 +0530 From: Marshall Mendonza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] WHERE IS GOA GOING? OR IS IT ALREADY GONE? Hi Marshall, An obvious reaction from you, yours was the last I expected, I was hoping a lot of that would come from local

Re: [Goanet] Portuguese and language

2008-12-02 Thread Frederick FN Noronha
2008/12/2 Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forget about India having a complex identity. Look at Goa itself. Some people only speak Konkani, some only Marathi. Others speak both with some English and Hindi too. Re-drawing state lines on language or cultural affinity is surely the domain of

[Goanet] CANADA: Candle Light Vigil - Dec 6/08

2008-12-02 Thread Goanet News Service
Indian National Overseas Congress Canada Candle Light Vigil Solidarity with the People and Nation of India Time: 6pm to 7.30pm Date: Saturday 6th December 2008 Location: 1510 Drew Road unit #14 Missisauga, ON, L5S 1W7 (Art of Living Centre) For more details visit :

[Goanet] Letter to PM by Prakash Bajaj

2008-12-02 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
Mr.Prakash Bajaj said it in simple common mans language. But tragedy is, do we people will give courage to any IRON MAN to act strogly agaist curropt politician? It requires real courage to stand. May it be candle vigil for atleast one year from now to open eyes.. Most of us know who are

Re: [Goanet] songs with mog

2008-12-02 Thread James d'souza
Keep it up jane. this is the only way i can listen to some good music James JANE ALPHONSO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys Hope you will like this. mog from jjandson http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0IP_kwlxtEIfeature=relatedvery touching sad story avoik fotoile

[Goanet] Opposition

2008-12-02 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
Surely there is ONE thing the majority in Goa do not OPPOSE! And that is electing the same bunch of Stupid Jokers at the elections. History tells us so! Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. _ Search for videos of

[Goanet] 1090 - Terrorist Helpline is a Hoax Mail

2008-12-02 Thread Cecil Pinto
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct32008/state2008100293322.asp Alert mail proves a big headache for helpline From Sibanthi Padmanabha,DHNS,Mangalore: In the name of terror, pranksters seem to be taking people for a ride. The ones facing the music are those manning round-the clock toll free

[Goanet] As the Fire Die: The Terror of the Aftermath by

2008-12-02 Thread Venantius Pinto
Hi all, Do check out. As the Fire Die: The Terror of the Aftermath by Biju Mathew at Samar Online. It is a reasonable article, which may hlp one seeing how conjecture are made, and often prated around amidst bluster. http://www.samarmagazine.org/archive/article.php?id=275 PS: In the past, I was

[Goanet] Tribute to Hemant Karkare - Julio Ribeiro

2008-12-02 Thread Marshall Mendonza
.Mario :Does Mr. Ribeiro even know that said paragaph was inserted? How do you know for sure whether he has issued a disclaimer or not, which the TOI may not have published?Would you please contact him and let us know whether he disclaims the paragraph or not? Response: Mario, I am amazed at your

[Goanet] Indians -- expert losers

2008-12-02 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 21:07:49 -0800 (PST) From: Samir Kelekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mario, please excuse me if I dont respond to your posts any more. I have much better things that to waste my time on someone who has no intentions of doing anything for Goa, yet questions others about their

Re: [Goanet] More on Karkare by Ribeiro

2008-12-02 Thread Mario Goveia
2008/12/1 Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] While Hemant Karkare was a hero of the counter-attack against the sneak terrorist attack in Mumbai, isn't it unseemly to obsess only on his demise since there are some 200 others who died during this assault? Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:11:54 +0530 From:

[Goanet] VOA News - Indian Maritime Forces Rebuff Criticism in Wake of Mumbai Attack

2008-12-02 Thread Ruby Goes
Excuses. What a joke! http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-02-voa16.cfm rubygoes

[Goanet] VOA News - India Re-Submits Fugitives List to Pakistan in Wake of Mumbai Terror Attack

2008-12-02 Thread Ruby Goes
Goanetters, http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-02-voa10.cfm Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours. rubygoes

[Goanet] Festachim Porbim - Happy Feast

2008-12-02 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
http://www.goa-world.com   All About Goa Goans Worldwide     GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (Since 1994)   -   Presented by Ulysses Menezes Moderated by Gaspar Almeida.   Goychea Saibachea festachim porbim tumkam soggleank.   Today, December 3, 2007 is the feast of

[Goanet] Tribute to Karkare

2008-12-02 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Bosco:Marshall you dont owe Santosh or anybody an explanation. You owe it to yourself. If you are going to distribute information, it should be unadulterated. A simple regret for including the wrong link would have been appropriate. Even the TOI link you provided is incorrect. Response: Yep,

[Goanet] Daily Grook #294

2008-12-02 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #294 TERROR BEARER by Francis Rodrigues pakistani denials are candied lies, hypocritic smiles of sugar and spies! _ puns word-play of all kinds, if you read between the lines! _

[Goanet] Art by Venantiius Pinto

2008-12-02 Thread Bernado Colaco
I found a gallery full of script drawings by artist V. Pinto. Very interesting indeed, and unlike the scribbles he publishes on Goanet.   http://www.omniglot.com/gallery/venantius/index.php?start=10   BC

[Goanet] .... antam FUGDDI gal ani nach'

2008-12-02 Thread JoeGoaUk
antam FUGDDI gal ani nach' Amchem sanglolem aikonk nam, aplench khorem kelem ani teach teach munxank porot nivddun haddle. Antam kha patoyo or patollio ou Antam FUGDDI gal ani nach Fugddi http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=c2aHPTeOCoU

[Goanet] Tribute to Karkare- Julio Ribeiro

2008-12-02 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Santosh:The conclusion that TOI has published a version that politicizes a national tragedy is plainly obvious from the title, let alone upon reading it. In my opinion, the TOI editors' image deserves to be tarnished by the mere fact that they have published such an article. If they have tampered

[Goanet] GOA to Delhi now upto 4 trains per day

2008-12-02 Thread JoeGoaUk
GOA to Delhi now upto 4 trains per day Momday 2, Tuesday 3, Wednesday 4, Thursday 2, Friday 3, Saturday 3 Sunday 2 RAJDHANI Express Now runs on Wed/Fri/Sat Dep Margao 1020 and Arrive Delhi next day 1235hrs Goa Sampark Kranti Express Now runs on Wed Tue dep Margao 1120hrs and arrive Delhi