Goa carnival cancelled after school bus falls into river
Feb 18, 2012, 04.23PM IST
PANAJI: Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat cancelled carnival
celebrations in the state following the bus tragedy in which at least
four passengers including two children died on Saturday.
It's a big tragedy. And
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Religion has emerged as a major source of conflict in the
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Democracy's dance pace now hastens
Vijay de Souza, TNN Feb 17, 2012, 04.08AM IST
PANAJI: Goa is just two weeks away from deciding who will
govern the state in the next five years. With a sudden spurt
in the number of political parties contesting the polls,
multi-cornered battles are on the cards
[Initial reports put the deaths at 15. The number of bodies recovered
by late Saturday was 7. But it is not clear if more persons are still
missing...]
The uploader (selvinaabraham) of these videos, who was at the venue,
has commented:
I am afraid of political people. they got a chance to blame
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Parrikar eyes South Goa Congress bastion
TNN | Feb 18, 2012, 06.58AM IST
CUNCOLIM/MARGAO: Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar feels a massive
anti-incumbency sentiment and voters' disenchantment with Congress'
'family raj' politics will propel the BJP to power in the March 3
polls.
His feeling,
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*** Goa polls: Congress grapples with graft, scams rebels,
regional ally boosts BJP - Economic Times
eat assembly, is all set for multi-cornered battles with a
sudden spurt in the number of
Hi,
Lots of action at the Goa carnival online.
To be a part of it, tag #goacarnival or watch the tag to see the action
unfold.
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Dear all: Sandra Lobo of Portugal helped us translate this Pratham
children's book into Portuguese. This is still a draft, and we're working
on it. If anyone else would like to help in translating other stories (it's
easy, since the work is already half done... by way of stories in English,
and
[A] First, a joke (or evidence of rank stupidity) from Marshall Mendonza :
As a sangh parivar (hindutva) apologist/sympathiser, Santosh's response
was on expected lines.
jc: Paranoia was not known to be Prevalent in Poona ... when I lived there.
[B] Marlon Menezes wrote: I would agree with
Pandu Lampiao wrote:
There is the lot that organizes the Vascu marathon (aai-hai,the
lovely Gul Pang running tru Bina gets the back of my little brain
fluttering) have this slogan...'beautifying Vascu'. Do these f*cks
ever get out of their air conditioned cars or wot? This city is
In Bombay before 1960 political parties were not involved in civic
elections after 1960 when bombay was annexed by Maharashtra the political
parties were allowed to contest civic elections and there on began the rot
filth garbage slums illegalconstructions watershortage encroachments etc
etc etc
To Goanet -
1) I took an early morning drive through Calangute and Baga, which is
something I do on every visit.
What a disaster. A truly sad, sad sight. Some of us remember these villages
from our childhood, their beauty and serenity. Today, what greets you at dawn
is not birdsong, but
Anyone has more details on this? FN
School bus falls into river in Goa, 15 missing
Published: Saturday, Feb 18, 2012, 15:00 IST
Place: Panaji | Agency: PTI
A school bus today plunged into a river at Aldona village, 15km away from
here, leaving over a dozen students missing, police said.
The
Jose Colaco wrote:
The key players in this prevalent hate are the politicians and their
lackeys. They will say anything, write anything and do anything, . to
have their 'corrupt' or 'communally corrupt' political friends in power.
You guys see any other purpose for this on-going deviousness,
Near Secretariat
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They say that 5 children died.
2012/2/18 Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
fredericknoro...@gmail.com
Anyone has more details on this? FN
School bus falls into river in Goa, 15 missing
Published: Saturday, Feb 18, 2012, 15:00 IST
Place: Panaji | Agency: PTI
A
Goa carnival cancelled after school bus falls into river
Feb 18, 2012, 04.23PM IST
PANAJI: Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat cancelled carnival
celebrations in the state following the bus tragedy in which at least
four passengers including two children died on Saturday.
It's a big tragedy. And
F r e e d o m o f r e l i g i o n
CONVERSIONS, INCITING SECTARIAN HATRED, AND MARGINALISATION
Eduardo Faleiro
lokseva...@gmail.com
Religion has emerged as a major source of conflict in the
post cold war era all across the globe. A perceptive writer
points out that ideological strife has now
Democracy's dance pace now hastens
Vijay de Souza, TNN Feb 17, 2012, 04.08AM IST
PANAJI: Goa is just two weeks away from deciding who will
govern the state in the next five years. With a sudden spurt
in the number of political parties contesting the polls,
multi-cornered battles are on the cards
Bus plunged into the river, at least 7 dead including school kids
Aldona, goa
Check this video (from Archive)
A bus and the ferry ramp is shown, where ill-fated bus
straight went into the river where there was no ferry at the dock
at the time.
Some local sources say, the bus break failed while
*Aldona bus tragedy claims six lives, mostly students, one woman still
missing*
In a tragic accident, a school bus carrying students from St Thomas High
School in Aldona, fell in the Calvim river, when the driver of the bus lost
control due to brake failure. The serious mishap, which occurred at
Freddy, on a lighter note, goan political parties too have spread their
wings. Incidentally Jharkhand has two UGDP MLA’s viz. Joba Majhi from
Manoharpur and Bandu Tirkey from Mandar.
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http://www.bihareebabu.com/MLA_UGDP.htm
Reagrds,
Marshall
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*Freddy Fernandes:*
*It
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Tragedy in Aldona'
Feb 18, 2012 PANAJI, GOA: Six children were among seven persons killed today
when a school bus plunged into the Kalvi River at Aldona village, 30 kms from
here. The bus carrying over a dozen school children and a woman
The news came to me in typical Goan fashion. The wife (a former colleague)
of a chap who has connections with the InGoa News Channel smsed me giving
some details about the tragedy. When I tuned into the telly, only InGoa was
running a looped video clip snowing the scene at the Carona/ Calvim
We are shocked by the tragic bus accident and loss of innocent lives at Calvim,
Aldona. The MLA Dayanand nacrvekar was shamelessly seen at the site. he sepent
10 years attempting to rape the land at Socorro on the pretexct of setting up
an IT Park. Thereafter, he was dreaming of building a fly
As I had mentioned earlier, Marshall will now continue to abuse and slander me
till the cows come home. The reason should be clear to everybody by now. Those
of you who find this behavior of Marshall to be distressing, or who are
embarrassed for him, I apologize on his behalf. I wish I could
[1] Pandu Lampiao pan...@gmail.com had written:
One remembers quotes from the clever Dr. Jack Straw, a former UK
minister who famously REFUSED to TREAT patients with their head
covered
[2] Upon prompting, he corrected his tail (tale) but only partially by stating:
True, I stand corrected.
Of polls and unfulfilled manifestos
By Nisser Dias
nisserdias at gmail.com
SMS to 9422437029
Elections and party manifestoes seem to have become akin to
stuck-records, which are played again and again. The only difference is
poll stuck-record is played every four years, unless the governor
To Goanet -
Digu couldn#39;t be bothered to visit the site of the Aldona tragedy.
On the other hand, I remember being in the Assembly some years
back when Digu shifted his ass out of the Assembly at the speed
of light to visit an accident site involving some tourists near Malpem.
This was an
. . .for very interesting note, about cold remedy and much more. I had
known that Quebec Province grows very good export quality ginseng, and
had wondered if there is export to China. Did not know ab't the 'wild';
thought it was all cultivated.
My favorite Tamil Proverb: He who has killed a
Dear Frederick,
My knowledge of Portuguese is a bit rusty, but I think that the
word Boa on page 20 is probably a literal translation of Good! Since
I have not seen the English text, I am just guessing. What the author
probably meant to say by Good is All is well or Now that I'm home,
Is this serious!
Sounds like somebody was waiting for a reason to cancel the Casrnival.
Is this acceptable?
God bless the departed souls.
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Goanet News wrote:
Goa carnival cancelled after school bus falls into river
Feb 18, 2012, 04.23PM IST
PANAJI: Goa
Exit polls are banned by Election commission till the 3rd of March, so
where did you get the figures strange enough, personally i am hoping for
almost same figures
i want BJP 17, Congress/nationalist as 13 the rest(mostly Independent)
to win 10 be the king makers...
as of today.. have heard
Delightful, and so cool!
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *
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charming:
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Heartbreaking tragedy.. everytime a child dies, I feel for the his/her
parents, family and friends. My sincerest condolences and may the
departed find happiness where they go, and pray for the living!.
I will reserve comment on the cancellation of the Carnival because of
this tragedy; as it
I was there at the Calvim Bus tragedy and I have corvered it with
photographs.
But Cancellation the Carnaval is something that I had never even imagined.
One must remember that an accident is an unplanned thing. It can happen at
any time.
But a planned event like carnaval is something else.
Yes,
[Initial reports put the deaths at 15. The number of bodies recovered
by late Saturday was 7. But it is not clear if more persons are still
missing...]
The uploader (selvinaabraham) of these videos, who was at the venue,
has commented:
I am afraid of political people. they got a chance to blame
I have not been able to function or even eat my food the whole day. This is a
very sad day for us Goans and as a parent I mourn with every other parent
today. If there is a God above, deliver us all from this cloud of grief that
has surely made its way to you. Why could you not have spared
To Goanet -
The editor of Goa Chronicle claims he was threatened the other day by
Valanka Alemao but this story was deemed not worthy of reportage by
Admin, er, I mean, #39;Goanet Reader.#39;
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The Quebec wild ginseng was in circulation around the 1700'dreds, all
the work of Catholic priests.
The reason it was sought after in the East (HongKong is the primary
market) is its shape.the roots were thick, which the Orientals
believe it brings lucky and importantly, the 'wild' variety is
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Parrikar eyes South Goa Congress bastion
TNN | Feb 18, 2012, 06.58AM IST
CUNCOLIM/MARGAO: Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar feels a massive
anti-incumbency sentiment and voters' disenchantment with Congress'
'family raj' politics will propel the BJP to power in the March 3
polls.
His feeling,
Panjim Carnival Cancelled: Some pics clips from the Parade Street
The people gathered there were not well informed about the cancelations
There should have announced in English, Hindi and Konkani.
One cop on motor bike was saying something, even I could not understand what he
was saying. There
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die as school bus falls into river in Goa
Please publish.
Thanks.
Goa Mourns, Politicians
Pay Lip Service. By John Da Silva Collaco
This is one of the darkest days in history
of Goa. Precious and young lives lost in an accident that did not need to
happen. Who cares, it has happened to someone else. The pain and trauma will be
faced
Santosh Helekar wrote:
So what would be my solution then?
It would be to strengthen the law enforcement and judicial process in these
areas of conflict.
This would also involve banning of groups directly involved in violence, and
prosecuting of
politicians and activists that commit
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Apparently the carnival tradition started hundreds of years ago in Italy. It
was a three-day folksy merriment of song and dance in colourful costume, and a
way of letting one’s hair down, only to have it raised to face a forty-day
period of penitence and abstinence
To Goanet -
I have made no secret of my extreme contempt for Digambar Kamat.
The man should be in jail for his looting of Goa for personal profit,
for his sanction of the many illegalities, for his selling out of Goa
to outside interests. He along with Pratapsing are right up there
in my list of
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