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O HERALD O The Voice of Goa — Since 1900 HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, SEPT 25 World Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Saturday liter- ally took Colva by storm with thousands of his followers thronging the beach to partici- pate in Anandotsav 2010 even as he called upon the people to resolve to build a world free from corruption, violence and tension. Addressing a strong 4000-plus congregation at the Colva beach, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar underscored the need to build an University incorporating good things and values from the East and West to churn out a better and com- plete human being, saying work was already underway in that direction in Orissa. Stating that the country is plagued by the ills of caste and creed, Ravi Shankar said all human beings are one family and called upon the people to join hands in removing all caste barriers. The spiritual leader said he has no doubt that India can be- come a superpower within a HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, SEPT 25 Goa is all set to welcome its first chartered tourist flight from Netherlands on October 1, when the State embarks on its six- month tourist season. Speaking to Herald, Superin- tendent of (Immigration) Police Tony Fernandes said that the weekly chartered flight ‘Arke Fly’ will carry 100 to 150 passengers to Goa from where it will fly to Colombo and back to Nether- lands. One of the best in the hospi- tality sectors, the internationally acclaimed tourist State of Goa will be buzzing with several lakh tourists from across globe. The immigration officials today held a meeting with the tour operators, airport director and agencies who would handle their clients’ hotel accommoda- tion, transport, etc during the holidaying period. Main chartered flights will ar- rive from October 15 and heavy rush is expected on Thursdays and Sundays. “Most of the flights will arrive mid-nights from 11 pm to early morning till 7 am. For this, the airport will be open 24 hours”, the officer said. The meeting also discussed various factors for tourists in- cluding filling disembarkation forms, security checks, etc. The tour operators are asked to as- sist the authorities for complet- ing formalities at a faster pace. Interestingly, authorities this time will station interpreters for Russian citizens to fill disem- barkation forms. Similarly, other foreign tourists will also have to fill dis- embarkation forms to inform the authorities about their de- parture. “Russian citizens are not well- versed with English and our pol- icy is that every foreign tourist must fill up disembarkation form at the immigration check- point. To avoid any difficulty, we will station interpreters to help the foreign visitors”, he further said. The State is once again ex- pected to welcome large num- ber of tourists from Russia and Britain as each chartered flights from these countries will be carrying more than 300 passengers. PTI NEW DELHI, SEPT 25 Under a major 8-point initiative to address the unrest in the Kashmir valley, a group of inter- locutors is being appointed to hold a “sustained dialogue” with various shades of opinion, about 200 youth detained for stone- pelting are being released and the presence of security person- nel is being de-scaled. Significantly, the notification of areas as “disturbed” will be reviewed which could pave the way for non-application of the controversial Armed Forces Spe- cial Powers Act (AFSPA) to cer- tain parts which will cease to be treated as disturbed. Unveiling the initiative after a meeting of the Cabinet Com- mittee on Security (CCS) under the chairmanship of Prime Min- ister Manmohan Singh, the Cen- tre also announced grant of ex-gratia relief to the families of those killed in civil distur- bances since June 11. The total number of dead is over 100. Union Home Minister P Chi- dambaram, briefing reporters after an hour-long meeting, said the Centre has also advised the State Government to immedi- ately review the case of all Public Safety Act detenues and with- draw the detention orders in appropriate cases. The move was welcomed by ruling National Conference and main Opposition PDP while the separatists maintained a studied silence over these announce- ments. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who met Chidambaram after the CCS announcements, welcomed the move and expressed the hope that these steps would ul- timately lead to resolving of po- litical issues of the Kashmir. He said that he will be con- vening a Unified Headquarters meeting next week during which foot-prints of security forces in towns and withdrawal of “dis- turbed areas” act in few places would be discussed. Opposition PDP said that “it is definitely a good beginning Goa’s Heartbeat: Rishi happy for Ranbir’s trips ‘round the world’ Pg 14 Sports: CSK meet Warriors in CLT20 final today Pg 18 Interview: The Guru of the Third Millennium Pg 4 Visit us at:www.oheraldo.in panjim, sunDaY, sEpTEmBER 26, 2010 pRiCE Rs. 3.00 (air surcharge Rs 2.00) pages 18+6 S U N D A Y IN BRIEF (Continued on page 12) (Continued on page 12) (Continued on page 12) Delhi balm for Kashmir Govt unveils 8-pt plan to check unrest in Valley HEALING TOUCH l Group of interlocutors for sustained dialogue l Students arrested for stone pelting to be freed l All PSA detenues’ cases to be reviewed l Deployment of forces to be reviewed l Rs 5 lakh per person for those recently killed l Special Task Forces for Jammu, Ladakh l Steps to reopen schools, colleges, varsities l Rs 100 cr for schools, colleges’ infrastructure Netherlands charter set to kick-off tourist season ‘15 p.c. rise in tourists likely’ The travel and Tourism Asso- ciation of Goa expects 15 per cent rise in the charter tourists this year. “Last year, the State played host to 683 charter flights. We expect at least 15 per cent rise in charter tourists this year”, TTAG president Gaurish Dhond told Herald. Stating that a good tourism season beckoned the State, Dhond was confident of addi- tional 500 seats every week. On the number of confirmed charters Dhond said, “there are many slots booked but the actual confirmation is yet to come”. – (HR) Another bird-hit at Dabolim HERALD REPORTER VASCO, SEPT 25 About 163 passengers besides cabin crew had a narrow escape when a Mumbai-Goa Indian flight encountered a bird strike while landing at Dabolim airport on Friday evening. This is the fourth bird strike at Dabolim within barely 15 days, triggering panic among officials of Airport Authority of India (AAI) and commercial air- lines over the safety of passen- gers and cabin crew. The aircraft which was hit at about 4.30 pm managed to land safely without any damage. It may be recalled that on Sep- tember 12, two bird strikes were reported at the airport within period of three hours. An Air Arabia airbus 320 from Sharjah carrying over 185 pas- sengers suffered a minor bird strike while landing at about 4.30 am. Three hours later, a Kingfisher flight with over 42 passengers had a lucky escape when the aircraft suffered a se- vere bird strike that damaged its propellers. (Related reports on pg2) PTI NEW DELHI, SEPT 25 Embattled Organising Commit- tee chairman Suresh Kalmadi today took responsibility for the shoddy preparations for the Commonwealth Games but said there was no question of resign- ing from the post. Kalmadi, who faced some tough questioning from the media at two separate press conferences, also made it clear that he would remain as Presi- dent of the Indian Olympic As- sociation (IOA) even after the Games. “I am the chairman of Organ- ising Committee and I will take all the responsibility. There is no issue. But I wish the venues were handed to us a little ear- lier”, he said. Asked specifically if he should step down in view of the crisis, Kalmadi said “My job is to con- duct the Games and I will do that. I am not going to quit”. He also admitted that Organ- ising Committee Secretary Gen- eral Lalit Bhanot’s comments about hygienic standards be- tween Indians and others were avoidable. Kalmadi accepts onus 2 teens flee Apna Ghar Two teenaged boys fled from the Apna Ghar at Merces on Saturday. According to Old Goa police, the boys be- tween 17 and 18 years jumped over the wall on Sat- urday evening and escaped. A complaint to this effect was lodged at the Old Goa Police Station by the Super- intendent of Apna Ghar. Inci- dentally, one teenager is believed to be a member of the Michael gang, who was recently arrested by Calangute police. Old Goa police is investigating the case under the supervision of Old Goa PI Francis Corte. – (HC) CRPF man, maoist killed in WB A CRPF personnel and a maoist were killed in an en- counter, an elderly woman was shot dead by the ultras while the joint forces ar- rested two rebels and seized a huge quantity of gelatin sticks and detonators during raids in West Midnapore dis- trict. – (PTI) 2 killed in Pak shootout At least two persons were killed and six others injured when three unidentified gunmen opened fire at a mosque in Bahawalpur in central Pakistan. The gunmen, who were trav- elling on a motorcycle, began firing when people gathered outside the Al- Qamar mosque after the ‘Fajr’ or pre-dawn prayers in Satellite Town area of Ba- hawalpur. – (PTI) FILE PHOTO: Cops battling stone pelting Kashmiris. Sri Sri takes Colva by storm Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addressing his followers at the Colva beach on Saturday. Photo by Santosh Mirajkar HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, SEPT 25 World spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has said that India has been put to shame by the collapse of the foot over-bridge at the venue of the forthcom- ing Commonwealth Games. “Around Rs 75,000 crore has been spent to build infrastruc- ture for the CWG, but the col- lapse of the foot over-bridge has put the country to shame”, he said, while addressing his disciples at the Anandotsav 2010 at the Colva beach on Saturday. Saying there is a difference in education and qualification, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said “may be those engineers, who were responsible for building the foot over-bridge had no edu- cation, but only qualification”. ‘Bridge collapse at CWG shameful’ Page 1 sunday_Layout 1 9/26/2010 12:38 AM Page 1

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  • OHERALDOThe Voice of Goa Since 1900

    HERALD REPORTERMARGAO, SEPT 25

    World Spiritual leader Sri SriRavi Shankar on Saturday liter-ally took Colva by storm withthousands of his followersthronging the beach to partici-pate in Anandotsav 2010 evenas he called upon the people toresolve to build a world freefrom corruption, violence andtension.

    Addressing a strong 4000-pluscongregation at the Colva beach,Sri Sri Ravi Shankar underscoredthe need to build an Universityincorporating good things andvalues from the East and Westto churn out a better and com-plete human being, saying workwas already underway in thatdirection in Orissa.

    Stating that the country isplagued by the ills of caste andcreed, Ravi Shankar said allhuman beings are one familyand called upon the people tojoin hands in removing all castebarriers.

    The spiritual leader said hehas no doubt that India can be-come a superpower within a

    HERALD REPORTERPANJIM, SEPT 25

    Goa is all set to welcome its firstchartered tourist flight fromNetherlands on October 1, whenthe State embarks on its six-month tourist season.

    Speaking to Herald, Superin-tendent of (Immigration) PoliceTony Fernandes said that theweekly chartered flight Arke Flywill carry 100 to 150 passengersto Goa from where it will fly toColombo and back to Nether-lands.

    One of the best in the hospi-tality sectors, the internationallyacclaimed tourist State of Goawill be buzzing with several lakhtourists from across globe.

    The immigration officialstoday held a meeting with thetour operators, airport directorand agencies who would handletheir clients hotel accommoda-tion, transport, etc during theholidaying period.

    Main chartered flights will ar-rive from October 15 and heavyrush is expected on Thursdays

    and Sundays. Most of the flightswill arrive mid-nights from 11pm to early morning till 7 am.For this, the airport will be open24 hours, the officer said.

    The meeting also discussedvarious factors for tourists in-

    cluding filling disembarkationforms, security checks, etc. Thetour operators are asked to as-sist the authorities for complet-ing formalities at a faster pace.

    Interestingly, authorities thistime will station interpreters forRussian citizens to fill disem-barkation forms.

    Similar ly, other foreigntourists will also have to fill dis-embarkation forms to informthe authorities about their de-parture.

    Russian citizens are not well-versed with English and our pol-icy is that every foreign touristmust fill up disembarkation format the immigration check-point. To avoid any difficulty,we will station interpreters tohelp the foreign visitors, hefurther said.

    The State is once again ex-pected to welcome large num-ber of tourists from Russia andBritain as each charteredflights from these countrieswill be carrying more than 300passengers.

    PTINEW DELHI, SEPT 25

    Under a major 8-point initiativeto address the unrest in theKashmir valley, a group of inter-locutors is being appointed tohold a sustained dialogue withvarious shades of opinion, about200 youth detained for stone-pelting are being released andthe presence of security person-nel is being de-scaled.

    Significantly, the notificationof areas as disturbed will bereviewed which could pave theway for non-application of thecontroversial Armed Forces Spe-cial Powers Act (AFSPA) to cer-tain parts which will cease tobe treated as disturbed.

    Unveiling the initiative aftera meeting of the Cabinet Com-mittee on Security (CCS) underthe chairmanship of Prime Min-ister Manmohan Singh, the Cen-tre also announced grant ofex-gratia relief to the familiesof those killed in civil distur-bances since June 11. The totalnumber of dead is over 100.

    Union Home Minister P Chi-dambaram, briefing reportersafter an hour-long meeting, saidthe Centre has also advised theState Government to immedi-ately review the case of all PublicSafety Act detenues and with-draw the detention orders inappropriate cases.

    The move was welcomed byruling National Conference andmain Opposition PDP while theseparatists maintained a studiedsilence over these announce-ments.

    Chief Minister Omar Abdullah,who met Chidambaram after theCCS announcements, welcomedthe move and expressed thehope that these steps would ul-

    timately lead to resolving of po-litical issues of the Kashmir.

    He said that he will be con-vening a Unified Headquartersmeeting next week during whichfoot-prints of security forces in

    towns and withdrawal of dis-turbed areas act in few placeswould be discussed.

    Opposition PDP said that itis definitely a good beginning

    Goas Heartbeat: Rishi happy for

    Ranbirs trips round the world Pg 14

    Sports: CSK meet Warriors

    in CLT20 final today Pg 18Interview: The Guru of the

    Third Millennium Pg 4

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    Delhi balm for KashmirGovt unveils 8-pt plan to check unrest in Valley

    H E A L I N G T O U C Hl Group of interlocutors for sustained dialogue l Students arrested for stone pelting to be freedl All PSA detenues cases to be reviewedl Deployment of forces to be reviewedl Rs 5 lakh per person for those recently killedl Special Task Forces for Jammu, Ladakh l Steps to reopen schools, colleges, varsitiesl Rs 100 cr for schools, colleges infrastructure

    Netherlands charter set to kick-off tourist season

    15 p.c. rise in tourists likely

    The travel and Tourism Asso-ciation of Goa expects 15 percent rise in the charter touriststhis year.

    Last year, the State playedhost to 683 charter flights. Weexpect at least 15 per cent risein charter tourists this year,T TAG pres ident Gaur ishDhond told Herald.

    Stating that a good tourismseason beckoned the State,Dhond was confident of addi-tional 500 seats every week.

    On the number of confirmedcharters Dhond said, thereare many slots booked but theactual confirmation is yet tocome. (HR)

    Anotherbird-hit at Dabolim

    HERALD REPORTERVASCO, SEPT 25

    About 163 passengers besidescabin crew had a narrow escapewhen a Mumbai-Goa Indianflight encountered a bird strikewhile landing at Dabolim airporton Friday evening.

    This is the fourth bird strikeat Dabolim within barely 15days, triggering panic amongofficials of Airport Authority ofIndia (AAI) and commercial air-lines over the safety of passen-gers and cabin crew.

    The aircraft which was hit atabout 4.30 pm managed to landsafely without any damage.

    It may be recalled that on Sep-tember 12, two bird strikes werereported at the airport withinperiod of three hours.

    An Air Arabia airbus 320 fromSharjah carrying over 185 pas-sengers suffered a minor birdstrike while landing at about4.30 am. Three hours later, aKingfisher flight with over 42passengers had a lucky escapewhen the aircraft suffered a se-vere bird strike that damagedits propellers. (Related reportson pg2)

    PTINEW DELHI, SEPT 25

    Embattled Organising Commit-tee chairman Suresh Kalmaditoday took responsibility for theshoddy preparations for theCommonwealth Games but saidthere was no question of resign-ing from the post.

    Kalmadi, who faced sometough questioning from the

    media at two separate pressconferences, also made it clearthat he would remain as Presi-dent of the Indian Olympic As-sociation (IOA) even after the Games.

    I am the chairman of Organ-ising Committee and I will takeall the responsibility. There isno issue. But I wish the venueswere handed to us a little ear-lier, he said.

    Asked specifically if he shouldstep down in view of the crisis,Kalmadi said My job is to con-duct the Games and I will dothat. I am not going to quit.

    He also admitted that Organ-ising Committee Secretary Gen-eral Lalit Bhanots commentsabout hygienic standards be-tween Indians and others wereavoidable.

    Kalmadi accepts onus

    2 teens fleeApna GharTwo teenaged boys fled fromthe Apna Ghar at Merces onSaturday. According to OldGoa police, the boys be-tween 17 and 18 yearsjumped over the wall on Sat-urday evening and escaped.A complaint to this effectwas lodged at the Old GoaPolice Station by the Super-intendent of Apna Ghar. Inci-dentally, one teenager isbelieved to be a member ofthe Michael gang, who wasrecently arrested byCalangute police. Old Goapolice is investigating thecase under the supervisionof Old Goa PI Francis Corte. (HC)

    CRPF man, maoist killed in WBA CRPF personnel and amaoist were killed in an en-counter, an elderly womanwas shot dead by the ultraswhile the joint forces ar-rested two rebels and seizeda huge quantity of gelatinsticks and detonators duringraids in West Midnapore dis-trict. (PTI)

    2 killed in PakshootoutAt least two persons werekilled and six others injuredwhen three unidentifiedgunmen opened fire at amosque in Bahawalpur incentral Pakistan.The gunmen, who were trav-elling on a motorcycle,began firing when peoplegathered outside the Al-Qamar mosque after theFajr or pre-dawn prayers inSatellite Town area of Ba-hawalpur. (PTI)

    FILE PHOTO: Cops battling stone pelting Kashmiris.

    Sri Sri takes Colva by storm

    Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addressing his followers atthe Colva beach on Saturday. Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

    HERALD REPORTERMARGAO, SEPT 25

    World spiritual leader Sri SriRavi Shankar has said that Indiahas been put to shame by thecollapse of the foot over-bridgeat the venue of the forthcom-ing Commonwealth Games.

    Around Rs 75,000 crore hasbeen spent to build infrastruc-ture for the CWG, but the col-lapse of the foot over-bridge

    has put the country to shame,he said, while addressing hisdisciples at the Anandotsav2010 at the Colva beach onSaturday.

    Saying there is a differencein education and qualification,Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said maybe those engineers, who wereresponsible for building thefoot over-bridge had no edu-cation, but only qualification.

    Bridge collapse at CWG shameful

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    HERALD REPORTER

    VASCO, SEPT 25

    Voicing concern over the recent bird strikesat Dabolim airport, the Navy has appealedto the people to refrain from dumpinggarbage in the vicinity of Dabolim airport.

    There are nearly five places surroundingthe airport where garbage is disposed inthe open and these sites have attracted alarge number of birds, Navy PRO M C Joshitold Herald.

    We have been working hard with localbodies and the administration to ensurethat bird strikes are minimised. We alsoseek the support of people in this regardand we urge them not to dispose garbagein the open area surrounding Dabolim air-port, said Joshi.

    While Airport Director D Paul Manickam

    claims the Navy should be responsible fortaking measures to curb such bird strikesas the airport is a defence airfield, Joshiclaimed that the responsibility lies with allstakeholders.

    Most bird strikes have occurred to civilaircraft outside the airfield boundary duringthe approach to the airfield, where the sur-veillance is not that of the Navy, said Joshi.

    A coordinated effort of all stakeholdersis necessary to curb such bird hit incidentsthat could lead to a major air mishap, headded.

    Joshi said the INS Hansa takes severalprecautions to minimise bird hits at Dabolimairport.

    All pilots are adequately warned by ATCbased on reports by birds watchers fromthe Bird Hazard Control Team (BHCT) posi-

    tioned within the airfield at suitable loca-tions.

    The air station also takes various meas-ures and constantly keeps experimentingwith different methods to chase away thebird from the airfield with methods.

    This includes the utilisation of LPG op-erated devices around the airfield to scarethe birds on the way and employment ofBird Hazard Combat Team (BHCT) personnel,in two watches comprising five personnelalong with 12 bore pump action gun.

    The air station also uses traditional birdscaring means like scarecrows, reflectorsand stripes. A bird survey was carried outby Ornithological Cell from DFS Air Force.Implementation of recommendations in aphased manner is in progress to furthercurb bird menace, said Joshi.

    HERALD REPORTER

    VASCO, SEPT 25

    Furious with the State govern-ment for failing to take remedialmeasures to curb bird strikes atDabo l im a i rpor t , DeputySpeaker and local MLA MauvinGodinho has said the govern-ment seems to be awaiting amajor air disaster to take place.

    He has accused the govern-ment of unwarranted delay inhanding over land at Verna In-dustrial Estate to treat garbage.

    In the absence of a garbagetreatment plant in the area,garbage is being dumped in thearea of the Dabolim airport andthis has attracted birds to the site.

    The Navy had claimed thatopen disposal of garbage in thevicinity of Dabolim had attractedbirds to the airport field andthis was a major factor leadingto bird strikes.

    I think that State govern-ment is waiting for major airdisaster to occur, before it de-

    cides to act, said an annoyedDeputy Speaker Mauvin God-inho, while speaking to re-

    Dont dump garbage in Dabolimairport vicinity, urges Navy

    A pig feeds on garbage outside the Dabolim airport, while a plane prepares to land in the background.Photo by M Prabhav

    Mauvin demands land for garbage treatment at Verna

    Says govt awaiting a major air disaster at Dabolim

    porters along the sidelines ofthe launch of GO-1 News andEntertainment channel at La-PazGardens Hotel on Saturday.

    Growing bird strikes aremainly due to the open disposalof garbage surrounding Dabolimairport. Such incidents not onlytarnish the image of Goa, beinga tourist destination, but itwould also take away the livesof innocent passengers, saidGodinho.

    Godinho is upset with thegovernment for delaying hisone-and-half year-old proposalfor a garbage treatment plantat Verna Industrial Estate.

    He had planned that thegarbage treatment plant atVerna Industrial Estate wouldcater to all six village panchayatsin Cortalim constituency andthe newly delimited DabolimConstituency.

    This site is ideal as the AAIdoes not want any garbage treat-ment plant to be set up withina 10-km radius of the airport.This 10-km radius covers almostthe whole of my Cortalim con-stituency, said Godinho.

    The Verna Industrial Estate,which is spread across two

    talukas (Mormugao and Salcete),has vast tracts of land acquiredfrom Cortalim and Quelossim,which forms part of Cortalim con-stituency in Mormugao taluka.

    I have been forced to goagainst my own government andthreaten an agitation to ensurethat land is allotted at Verna forthe treatment plant, said God-inho.

    He pointed out that a fewyears ago, the Cortalim Com-munidade had handed overnearly 18 lakh square metres ofland to the State governmentto set up industries at the VernaIndustrial Estate.

    We have demanded only50,000 square metres of landfor the treatment plant, but de-spite our repeated requests,things have not materialised,complained the deputy speaker.

    He claimed that he wouldlead a delegation of membersfrom all six panchayats to meetChief Minister Digambar Kamaton Monday to put forth theirdemand.

    If the land is not given in theshortest possible time, we willbe forced to agitate against ourown government, he warned.

    HERALD REPORTER

    MARGAO, SEPT 25

    Sorry, Margao Municipal Coun-cil. The High-Powered Commit-tee headed by Chief MinisterDigambar Kamat will take a finalcall on the appointment of aconsultant to monitor work onthe installation of the waste pro-cessing and disposal facility atSonsodo.

    At a meeting of the high-pow-ered committee headed by theChief Minister, it was decidedthat the Margao Municipalityshould continue the process ofholding pre-bid meeting withthe consultants, but made itclear that the final decision toappoint the consultant wouldrest with the Committee.

    Urban Development Minister,Joaquim Alemao, MLA Damu

    Naik, MMC Chairperson SavioCoutinho, MMC CO PrasannaAcharya, outgoing CO Y BTawde, Chief Secretary SanjaySrivastava, Chief Engineer Regowere present for the meeting.

    Sources in the know said thehigh-powered committee delib-erated on the MMCs processinviting Expression of Interestto appoint the consultant tomonitor the installation of thewaste processing facility. Com-mittee members were of theopinion that it would set a badprecedent if the Expression ofInterests is scrapped midwaythrough the process.

    Hence, it was decided to askthe Civic body to continue withthe process of holding pre-bidmeet with the consultants andopen the RFP before submitting

    the documents to the High-Pow-ered Committee for a final de-cision.

    The Civic body had called thepre-bid meet with the four con-sultants on August 3, but wasabruptly cancel led at theeleventh hour allegedly at thebehest of the High-PoweredCommittee.

    A total of four outstation pro-fessional consultants had re-sponded to the Request forProposal (RFP) invited by theMargao Municipality to monitorthe construction of the landfillcarried out at the garbage dumpsite in accordance with the MSW(Management & Handling) Rules2000 and to certify successfullythe work at the site.

    Besides, Ahmedabad-based PU Asnani, Hyderabad-based

    Ramky Enviro Engineering Ltd,Senes and Aecom had re-sponded to the RFP, sources ininformed.

    Of the two consultants, RamkyEnviro Engineering Ltd had lostthe bid to Fomento to set upthe waste treatment facility atSonsodo, while the Ahmedabad-based consultant P U Asnani haddecided in favour of Fomento atthe time of evaluation of financialand technical bids.

    Incidentally, a prominentmember of the high-poweredcommittee spoke openly infavour of P U Asnani for appoint-ment as the consultant to mon-itor the plant installation work,without realisation that thesame Asnani had ruled in favourof Fomento while evaluating thebids.

    Sonsodo: high-powered panel to take final call on consultant

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    HERALD REPORTER

    MARGAO, SEPT 25

    Saying that the party is dis-turbed over the Z-security pro-vided to the sons of the HomeMinister, the United Goans Dem-ocratic Party (UGDP) has calledupon the government to with-draw the security provided forprivate persons or to demandpayment for the same.

    Party Secretary General Ana-cleto Viegas said that the ru-mours that some politicians areout to get the sons of the HomeMinister is an attempt to cam-ouflage their nefarious activitiesand carry on with their designsunder the cover of Z-security.

    The party is much disturbedabout the Z-security provided tothe sons of the Home Ministerof the State when ordinary citi-zens are unprotected and live intotal insecurity. Goa today has

    become the playground for drugpeddlers, mafias, criminals, rapistand dacoits, Anacleto said,adding that the daylight rob-beries taking place right underthe nose of the Chief Ministershould have been enough reasonfor the Chief Minister to divestRavi Naik of his Home portfolio.

    He said the sins of omissionand commission while dealingwith drug mafias and protec-tion given to the jail breakersby preventing investigationsare too well known to clothethe Home Minister and hissons with innocence. Perhapsthe sins of the father-sons arevisiting them for it is said thatas you sow, so shall youreap, he said, adding that theHome Minister should wellknow that security needs tobe provided to public men anddefinitely not to the siblings

    of the ministers.If individuals are provided se-

    curity the trend will be endless.For today it may be the sons, to-morrow the daughters and wifeand then perhaps their lackeys,he said, while demanding with-drawal of the security by theState at the public expense orin the alternative, the ministeror his sons should be made tobear the cost of such security.

    Saying the tax payer shouldnot be made to pay for individ-uals with tainted characters, Vie-gas said the State is traumatisedby the insecure situation causedby the Home Minister who hasbeen openly protecting the crim-inals and jail breakers, addingit is high time he is removedfrom the cabinet so that thereis no security problems for himor to his sons and others of hisfamily.

    UGDP calls for withdrawalof Z-security to Ravis sons

    HERALD CORRESPONDENT

    BICHOLIM, SEPT 25

    In a shocking incident, a girlfrom Chodan on Friday aborteda three-month-old dead foetusafter seeking the services of aprivate doctor from Old Goato abort the foetus.

    According to highly placedsources at the Bicholim policestation, an unmarried girl fromChodan had an affair with aboy from the same village.

    The girl then discoveredthat she was pregnant and wasafraid to disclose this to herparents.

    The girl, who was alreadythree months pregnant, thendecided to get an abortiondone through a private doctorfrom Old Goa to ensure se-crecy in her pregnancy.

    "The girl did not even dis-close her plan for the abortionto her boyfriend and went allalone to the doctor," sourcestold Herald.

    "The doctor simply gave hersome tablets and sent her

    home."After taking the tablets, the

    girl began getting severelabour pain on Friday night.

    Family members then de-cided to shift her to the Bi-cholim Primary Health Centre.However, the girl deliveredthe three-month-old dead foe-tus in the car they were trav-elling, before they reached thehospital.

    "The girl delivered the deadfoetus at Kavleraan-Mayemand later, she was taken to Bi-cholim PHC for further treat-ment," sources told Herald.

    "After admitting the patient,the PHC alerted the police ofthe incident."

    Sources added that the OldGoa police is believed to haveregistered an offence againstthe doctor who prescribedtablets to the girl which ledto the death of the foetus.

    When Herald tried to con-tact the Old Goa police, theydenied having registered anysuch case in the police station.

    HERALD REPORTER

    MARGAO, SEPT 25

    Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naikhas said that Indian Navys atti-tude of grabbing land in Goaneeds to be opposed tooth andnail and promised to take up thematter with the Union DefenseMinister, A K Antony very soon.

    He said the Indian Navy is tak-ing a cover of security needs forthe purpose of acquiring landin Goa, which examined fromall angles is nothing less thangrabbing of land, for which thereis no provision in the Land Ac-quisition Act. The issue of Navydemanding two St George Is-lands and Bimbvel beach needsto be rejected by the Goa Gov-ernment, and that he has alreadyspoken to the Chief Secretary,Government of Goa Sanjay K Sri-vastava to take a tough line inthe matter, he said.

    The MP said that the ChiefSecretary has assured him thathe would protect the interestof the State and said that he(Srivastava) has already ques-tioned the Naval authorities for

    their past attitude. The islandsare a part and the parcel of theState and that, tourism activity,fishing activities and religiousceremonies will be trampledupon by the Indian Navy in thename of security, if these islandsare allowed to be acquired orgrabbed, Naik asserted, addingthat he will be strongly with thevillagers in and around the islandopposing the move of the IndianNavy. I feel deeply pained toremark that if Indian Navy givesany assurances of protectingrights and fishermen communityor of not disturbing any tourismor religious activity, it is difficultto trust them, he said, whenAnjediv Island was handed overto Navy by the Goa Government,Goans, specially Christian Com-munity was assured that theywill be allowed to visit the islandduring the annual feast of thechapel standing there. However,after allowing the same for someyears, the Indian Navy, someyears back, has abruptly forbid-den the community from carry-ing out their religious activities,

    Navys land grab needs to be opposed: Shantaramdespite the suggestion given tothem that the worshippers canbe taken by the Navy under se-curity and be brought back afterreligious ceremony, again, underNavys security.

    He said the Indian Navy, it iswell known, have illegallyrecorded Goa Governments landin their name in survey recordsand when time came for the ex-pansion of Dabolim Airport, In-dian Navy have refused to partwith required land except a fewacres which they have acceded

    to grant after the interventionof higher ups in New Delhi. TheIndian Navy has made Goa gov-ernment look like a beggar inthe matter of Dabolim land. TheNavy have, although, put forthsecurity reasons to part awaywith the Dabolim land for theexpansion of Dabolim Airport,it has made, clandestinely, com-mercial use of the land to es-tablish Naval personnel workingoutside Goa in the buildingsconstructed specially for them,he said.

    HERALD REPORTER

    VASCO, SEPT 25

    Local leaders have jumped onthe bandwagon of mountingcriticism of the Navys plans totake over the main islands offthe Baina coast.

    We will not allow it, wasthe terse warning of DeputySpeaker and Cortalim MLA Mau-vin Godinho, who has assuredhis support to the fishermenand people from the locality.

    There has been already a lotof land in possession of Centralgovernment organisations andit not possible to further allowacquisition of both islands, saidGodinho.

    While we have the highestregards for the Indian Navy,being a defence organisation,the State government shouldnot hand over these islands tothe Navy, he added.

    If the Navy claims that theacquisition of islands is for se-curity purposes, then they canbeef up patrolling around theislands or post security person-nel on the islands without theneed to acquire them, he said.

    Mormugao MLA Milind Naiksaid he was not aware of anysuch plans of the Navy, but wasquick to oppose any such move.

    If the acquisition plans aregoing on, we will definitely notallow any such acquisition andwe will be with the people intheir opposition, said Naik.

    Mormugao Municipal Coun-c i l lor (MMC) ChairpersonShekhar Khadapkar has alsourged the people of the Stateto vehemently oppose the ac-quisition of islands.

    These islands are a heritageof Goa and we should preservethem, said Khadapkar.

    Chodan girl aborts3-month-old foetus

    Opposition gaining momentumagainst Navys land acquisition

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    HERALD REPORTER

    PANJIM, SEPT 25

    C h a i r p e r s o n o f H o t e lCidade de Goa Anju Timbloon Saturday clarified thatit was the State govern-ment which approachedthe hotel for al lott ingrooms to the International

    Film Festivalo f I n d i a( I F F I ) , a n dshe did not

    have any intention of ben-efiting from the event.

    Timblo said that the thenChief Minister PratapsingRane had approached her togive whatever rooms wereavailable in the hotel, as noother hotels were ready toprovide accommodation.

    I t was pure l y f rom

    Absenteeism, not caste,behind Waghs ouster

    HERALD REPORTER

    PANJIM, SEPT 25

    Vishnu Wagh, who was unceremoni-ously ousted from the organising com-mittee (OC) of the forthcomingInternational Film Festival of India,seems to have been overloaded withwork. He failed to attend a single OCmeeting in 2009, which appears to bethe real reason for his ouster from thecommittee.

    Wagh, a noted writer and poet, andVishal Pai Kakode were not named inthe new organising committee ap-pointed by the Chief Minister DigambarKamat, who is the chairman of the En-tertainment Society of Goa (ESG), forthe forthcoming IFFI, inviting criticismfrom various quarters, especially theBhandari Samaj, which has alleged thatthe CMs move has caste overtones.

    However, inquiries have revealed thatWagh seems to be overloaded with re-sponsibilities. He is the media advisorto the Department of Information andPublicity, besides being the chairmanof the OBC Commission. He is also the

    Vice-Chairman of the Rajiv Gandhi KalaMandir, Ponda.

    With all these responsibilities, Waghseems to not have time for IFFI. He didnot attend any of the 13 or 14 meetingsthe OC had in 2009 for IFFI, sourcestold Herald.

    About Vishal Pai Kakode there areallegations that he created a lot of con-fusion in the IFFI organisation last year,interfering in every matter, includingthe free-for-all he had with filmmakerRajendra Talak on the Red Carpet. It islearnt that former chief minister Prat-apsing Rane was also miffed withKakodes interference in every singleissue.

    This years organising committee isheaded by Ranjana Salgaocar, with AnjuTimblo, Raju Nayak, Prasad Lolyekar,Pandurang Phaldesai, Sridhar Kamat,Francisco Martins and Manguirish PaiRaikar being the other members.

    When contacted, OC member RajuNayak, who is also editor of Lokmat,said: Appointing a member or removalis the prerogative of the chief minister.

    In the end, he is responsible for theentire event as the chairman of ESGand CM of the state.

    The CM may have had some badexperience and taken this decision. Noone can question his authority, Nayakadded.

    Another former member of the OCRajendra Talak, who withdrew from allcommittees this year as he is an ESGbeneficiary, echoed Nayaks comments:There should not beany issue made out ofthe Wagh and Kakode,ouster as they werepol i t ica l appoint -ments, which are bound to change,he said, adding, Wagh is a good writerand poet and he has representation onmany committees. Hence he may notbe getting time for IFFI, which is provedthrough his absence in crucial meet-ings.

    Anju Timblo, chairperson of Cidadede Goa and an OC member, also saidthat it is up to the CM whom to appointor not.

    Govt approached us for rooms,says Timblo

    IFFI

    thinking that IFFI should notgo out of Goa for a silly rea-son of not having enoughfive star accommodation thatwe decided to allot roomsfor the event, and not withany ulterior motive, shestated, adding, hosting anIFFI is a prestigious thing andwe all should be proud of it.

    Taking a dig at her critics,Timblo said, We have free-dom of expression and anyonecan say or write anything. Wecannot do anything about it.During last IFFI, she contin-ued, organisational expenseswere down from Rs 9 crore toRs 6 crore, which was not high-lighted by anyone. On the con-t r a r y, she sa id , peop lecr i t i c i sed unknowing ly,thereby undoing such efforts.

    HERALD REPORTER

    PANJIM, SEPT 25

    The Indian Meteorological De-partments (IMD) Automatic RainGauge project across the Statehas been delayed since the For-est Department is yet to grantthe No Objection Certificates(NOCs) for the same.

    The project which is completelyenvironment friendly and requireshardly any space in the forest hasbeen delayed extensively afterfiles in the State Forest Depart-ment are moving at a snails pace.

    IMD Goa in-charge K V Singhtold Herald that they are yet to

    get NOCs from the Forest De-partment at five sites while theyhave managed to get the cer-tificates from Water ResourcesDepartment and Agriculture De-partment for two other sites.

    The rain gauge stations atHattipaul (Cotigaon wildlifesanctuary), Mollem, Balli, Shi-roda and Tisk-Usgaon are hang-ing fire sans NOCs.

    Singh said that small area isrequired to set up tiny station,which will collect the rain dataand transmit to the satellite.

    Its been more then fivemonths since the files are pend-

    Automatic Rain Gauge projectawaits NOCs from Forest Dept

    ing with the Forest Depart-ment, he said.

    Singh said that the instru-ments will be installed in differ-ent phases.

    Along with ARG, the depart-ment will be also installing Au-tomatic Weather Stations (AWS)one in each district, he stated.

    IMD will be installing eightARG stations across the Stateto ensure there is real time map-ping of the rainfall.

    Singh said that the idea be-hind installing these automaticgauges is to avoid any real timedelay in gathering data.

    It will help to gather rainfalldata every hour from remoteand inaccessible areas that oth-erwise takes a couple of daysor hours owing to the difficultiesin having proper communicationchannels between these placesand us, Singh said.

    The entire project is Rs 15 lakhas sanctioned by Union Ministry.

    Complaintagainst HClawyer for

    abuseHERALD REPORTER

    PANJIM, SEPT 25

    A junior advocate has com-plained to the Bar Council ofMaharashtra and Goa against aHigh Court lawyer for abusingher in the corridors of the HighCourt of Bombay at Goa.

    In her letter to the Bar Coun-cil, the victim has complainedthat on September 20, one AdvNigel Costa Frias hurled abusesand filthy words at her whileshe was waiting for her senior.

    In her complaint, the victimsays she was sitting in the corri-dor of the High Court where hersenior was dictating some matterpertaining to court proceedings.Seeing that the senior had movedaway into the Court room, AdvNigel came to the place whereshe was sitting and taking ad-vantage of the fact that nobodywas around, hurled abuses andfilthy words at her. The traineehas just passed her LLB (Hons)course from Pune University.

    The letter also alleges thatthis was an attempt to harass,abuse, insult and malign her dig-nity as a woman, as Adv Nigel isnot on good terms with herbrother-in-law and sister, whoare his neighbours at Dona Paula.

    The victim has also asked thesitting Justices of the High Court,Advocate General Subodh Kantak,Assistant Solicitor General of IndiaCarlos Ferreira, the President ofthe High Court Bar Association,Goa, and the Registrar of HighCourt of Bombay at Goa to takeaction in the matter.

    HERALD REPORTER

    MARGAO, SEPT 25

    The Save Goa Front will decideon Sunday whether to contestthe ensuing by-poll for theValpoi Assembly seat.

    Claiming that he continues tobe the president of the SGF, formerMLA Antonio D Gauncar said hehas convened an urgent meetingof the party office bearers at Arlem-Raia on September 26 at 11 am,to discuss about the SGFs partic-ipation for the Valpoi by-polls.

    Many have approached theparty office and showed theirwillingness to contest on theSGF ticket. We will soon decideand announce on the candi-dates, he said.

    Valpoi by-poll: SGF to take decision today

    When questioned whether hehas the power to preside overthe party affairs when the DelhiHigh Court has stayed the Elec-tion Commission decision recog-nising him as the SGF president,Gauncar said that he has beenreceiving correspondence onelection and other matters fromthe Election Commission.

    I dont know the outcomeof the proceedings in the HighCourt. But, the fact remains thatI have been receiving commu-nications from the Election Com-mission on all matters, includingthe correspondence on theValpoi by-polls, he claimed.

    The High Court had last yearstayed the EC ruling recognisingAntonio Gauncar as the SGF pres-ident. Since then, the matter hasbeen pending in the Delhi HighCourt, with even the office of theSpeaker of the Legislative Assemblyawaiting the outcome to decideon the disqualification petitionspending against PWD Minister,Churchill Alemao and CurtorimMLA Reginaldo Lourenco.

  • His Holiness Sri Sri raviShankar, the founder ofthe Art Of Living move-ment, is described asthe Guru of the Millen-nium in my next book.

    this is because, after the death of Osho,my spiritual Master, i was lookingaround for the next guru to come; theone which would keep alive the flameof my deceased Master.

    You have to know a simple thing; ex-istence never leaves a vacuum. it fillsany absence in no time, with anotherdispensation of divine grace. i was look-ing for who it will be

    Simple! By many signs; like his face,his eyes, his manners, his words Mostof all his childlike smile, i was start tosuspect that the new world Master willbe none other than Guruji, as Sri Sri

    ravi Shankar is fondly called by his mil-lions of disciples all around the world.

    So one day, while i was in Bangalore,seven years ago, i decided to meet him.i was a reporter for the first ever con-certs of The Rolling Stones in india.After the concert, i decided to stay onin town for another couple of days.

    During dinner that night, a womanthat had come from Mumbai startedto talk about Sri Sri, and that his ashramwas only 18 kilometers away. She saidshe would do anything, if she couldjust see him, at least once in her life.

    Be my guest, i told her. tomorrowmorning i will call the ashram, ask foran interview with the famous italianjournalist Carlo Silvestro. He will prob-ably give me an interview on the sameday, and you can simply come with meas my indian secretary. But, no matterwhat, at exactly seven o clock you haveto grab my arm and take my away fromthere.

    But why but what? asked myflustered friend. never mind, i toldher, You dont have to understand; justdo it! the next morning i called theashram and i was granted an interviewat 1pm. we went there and were

    promptly introduced to him. i was playing the role of Carlo Silve-

    stro to perfection, but the Master wasbusy with something or the other, be-cause everybody was requesting hisholy attention, and he always respond-ing to whoever it was in front of him.By evening, i had walked with him forfive hours, but only managed to sharesome superficial observations; no in-terview.

    At a quarter to seven, someone cameto tell him that in 15 minutes, he wasexpected at the satsang, and he shouldget ready. Guruji looked at me withthose soothing eyes and said: whydont you stay for the satsang? Afterthat we can be alone and do the inter-view in peace.

    Oh my God, i thought to myself,here we are Meanwhile, i was look-

    ing around desper-a te l y fo r mywannabe assistant.She came instantlyand, as instructed,grabbed my armand took me away,say ing tha t ineeded to headback to Bangaloreimmediately, be-cause i had prom-ised to cook for ab ig bunch o ffriends!

    if you wonderwhat my great fearwas, it was that if ihad recognised anew master in him,(which i did!) mostlikely he wouldhave recognisedthe sanyasi in me.And what i f helooked at me withthose disarmingeyes and said: Butwhy do you wantto go, Sarjano, whydont you stay herewith me?

    Believe it or not,this was my fear.im the last personin the world tosearch for anotherGuru. But if a re-alised soul like thisasks me to staywith him, there issimply no way inthe world that icould say no. that

    was my tremendous fear! And now im meeting him again, after

    seven years. His eyes are possibly evenmore profound, and his smile morecaptivating. i simply cannot preventmyself from giving him a big hug, toeverybodys surprise. then i ask himmy first question:

    Can you please tell us profane peoplewhat is this Art Of Living is all about?it is like a celebration; something tomake people work and live together,and stop fighting in the name of reli-gion, nationality, culture to bringthem all together into one humanity,and connect them to the universal spiritof energy.

    Yes, but on what is this phenomenonbased essentially? the Art of Living is a combination ofsome ancient and modern techniques,to make life better. in it, there is a lotof yoga, with a special emphasis onbreathing. it is based on wisdom fromancient days. All this is in order to helppeople to manage their life better instressful times, to improve their energy,to stay alive, to smile more, to have

    more compassion, and to learn how tolisten to others All these things hap-pen to improve because of it.

    It seems difficult to listen to the other.In fact, Indians and Pakistanis are stillkilling each other. There is so muchviolence happening in Kashmir too.Do you really think that the Art of Liv-ing can improve it all That it canstop all this horror? ive personally met many of these fight-ers. Most of them have quit their violent

    activity, once they have come in contactwith the Art of Living. they have leftthe path of violence and even startedwalking along a spiritual path.

    in Kashmir alone, over 1,500 muja-heddin have abandoned the guerrilla

    war to embrace a peace-ful life, thanks to the Art of Liv-ing. You can cheek all this onour website. You will find themost incredible stories about it.

    Our work is very difficult, becausewe are just like a single drop of sanityin an ocean of madness. But we aremanaging, and more and more peopleare touched by it.

    What do you think is the prime reason,the principal link that is missing, tohave a steady peace in this world?we have forgotten to educate peopleon human values, on love, on caring,on respect, and that is true for thewhole world. it is not just a questionabout Kashmir, or about our countrysborders.

    we hear a lot about Kashmir becauseit is always in the news. Otherwise,there is an incredible amount of vio-lence even in Bengal, where entire vil-lages are burned with their people,alive the same happens in nagalandtoo. To tell you the truth, I am quite pes-simistic about the future of humanity.

    Im even writing a bookcalled From Separation toLove, about how this societyis on the verge of a total self-destruc-tion, if it doesnt drop the path of sep-aration and of the thousands ofdivisions that we are imposing on our-selves, and choose instead the path oflove and reconciliation. I see no waythat this world can simply survive asit is now, so I want to ask you first ifyou see any immediate danger for thisplanet. And second, if you really thinkthat just by breathing better we cansave the world.

    Breathing can save human life. nobodywill be alive, if they dont breathe! But,on top of this, your breath is linked toyour thought processes, to the way you

    feel, the way you think theyare all connected with the wayyou breathe, and to the stresswhich you have built up in yourmind.

    Our breathing technique elimi-nates the entire negative tendencyin the mind. it makes your heart big-ger, your vision clearer, until peoplecan start to think in a calm and peacefulway again.

    Breathing directly helps people tostart being more harmonious, lessgreedy and more compassionate. itreduces your anger, your lust, andit makes you much more sen-sitive to yourself and to theothers around you. essen-tially, it is all that isneeded on this planet,to make it a betterplace.

    Tell us the truth; even if you wouldnot like to reveal it to us. Are you op-timistic, or do you share my pessimismabout the future of humanity as it isnow? The truth, please! wherever i go nowadays, there is a lotmore desire for change, for a morepeaceful life, for love, because todaypeople have become much more aware.For example, the numbers of vegetarianpeople in the world have increasedtremendously in the past 10 years.

    there is an incredible interest in yogatoo.

    earlier, yoga was considered some-thing for the elite only. But today, every-body wants to do some yoga, in oneform or other; even in your country, initaly.

    i will go there in november, because

    i like italy, and i like the italians. Forthey are so very similar to the indi-ans (laughs that wonderful, infec-tious laughter).

    italians are alive. they still have abeautiful and uncontaminated heart.they can still sing and dance like chil-dren

    I would like to end this conversationwith a question that is almost personal.In my humble perception, once oneperson become enlightened, just likeyou, his very first expression of whatis happened to him his first realisa-tion will be a tremendous laughter.Am I getting close to the truth, or hasyour experience been different? Laughter is certainly the best way toexpress enlightenment, but you donthave to wait to be enlightened in orderto start laughing (all the others in theroom start laughing!) You, for exam-ple, can start right now!

    Last, but not least, do you have anyplans for Goa? Yes. we want to start very soon a de-addiction centre, where all the peoplehelplessly enslaved by alcohol or drugscan come to free themselves. we aregoing to supply them with another form

    of intoxication, which doesnt costanything. it simply uplifts their

    spirit. So tell all your readersthat we are coming!

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    The Guru of the Third MillenniumHis Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of The Art Of Living movement,

    is going to be the Guru of the Millennium, says SVATANTRA SARJANO

    SAINT & SAVANT: HH Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with the writer, SvatantraSarjano. Widely travelled Italian journalist, photographer and masterchef, Sarjano runs the International Academy of Italian Cooking Artsat his gourmet restaurant My Place in Vagator. Among other things,he was in charge of the kitchen at the Osho Ashram in Pune for around20 years. He has written a book on Italian cooking called Food isHome, which has been published by Penguin, and now writes a regularSunday column in Herald Mirror. Osho is supposed to have oncesaid of him: Those who have been to his place have tasted enlight-enment in his spaghetti.

    STOP STRESSING, START LIVING: The Art of Living Foundation believes that rhythmic breathing exercisescombined with yoga and meditation can bring inner peace. Breath (prana or life-force in Sanskrit) is thelink between body and mind, and can be a powerful tool to both relax and focus the mind.

    Photographs: Svantantra Sarjano

    Our breathing technique eliminatesthe entire negative tendency in the mind. It makes yourheart bigger, your visionclearer

    Our work is very difficult,because we are just like asingle drop of sanity in anocean of madness.

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    Less than a century ago,heart disease was an ex-tremely rare disease. Today,

    it is the cause of death of morepeople in the world than severalother deadly diseases combinedtogether.

    In many developed countries,fatality rate from heart conditionshave decreased a bit basically dueto breakthroughs in medical ed-ucation and new medicines, by-pass surgeries and angioplasties.Now, the beneficiaries of theseadvancements are living, but with

    consequences. The less healthyhearts still beat, but are notstrong enough for living and en-joying a good quality of life.

    The heart is not merely a pump,but the headspring of every feel-ing and emotion, whether it isdelight and excitement or gloomi-ness and frustration. Mental andemotional tenseness disrupts theemotional heart, whereas, a junkdiet, insalubrious lifestyle and ab-sence of physical excises weakensthe physical heart. Several ill-nesses such as high blood pres-

    sure, diabetes, high blood cho-lesterol and obesity are alsoknown to be contributing factorsfor heart ailments. Smoking isalso a major contributor to coro-nary diseases, wherein it may ac-tuate coronary spasms where theblood vessels of the heart arepinched or narrowed, causingchest pain or heart attack.

    Now-a-days, we observe thatwe have completely westernisedour lifestyle. Fast food has be-come the staple diet for majorityof youngsters. We see them

    gulping down soft drinks insteadof water and spending hourssitting in front of computers.

    Prevention, as known, is al-ways better than cure. However,in case of health of the heart,there is less possibility of a com-plete cure. However, the possi-bility remains but only possiblewith a holistic approach. Salu-brious diet plans and an activelifestyle coupled with emotionalfreedom will lay a strong foun-dation and ensure that the heartbeats with life till the very end.

    To make your heart and the restof your cardiovascular systemshealthier, one needs to adopt a

    balanced diet with less saturatedfat from red meats, more freshfruits and vegetables, more fish,less sugar, more fiber and for manypeople, fewer total calories.

    Indians are also more proneto have abdominal obesity, dia-betes, sedentary lifestyles anddiets high in fat and starcheswhich can increase the risk of de-veloping heart disease. The tra-ditional Indian diet includesdeep-fried foods (re-use of veg-etable oil when cooking), coconutmilk, roti, naan and other white

    breads, white rice, paneer(cheese), whole milk and high fatyogurt. Even though Indianshave a strong genetic risk forheart disease, they can lowertheir risk by making healthylifestyle changes. A few tipsgiven herebelow could help re-duce the risk of heart disease :

    * Avoid deep frying. Instead,try to broil, bake, steam.

    * Use low fat milk and dairyproducts.

    * Increase fruit, vegetableand fiber intake.

    * Do not re-use cooking oil* Avoid ghee (clarified butter)* Increase intake of fish, nuts.* Decrease intake of starches

    like white rice, roti, white po-tatoes and naan

    * Avoid eating all or majorityof carbohydrates at one meal,do not skip meals.

    * Increase activity level (walking30 minutes a day counts as exercise)

    * Weight loss (lose abdominalfat, waist circumference goalmen

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    Tributes to Dr T B CunhaPANJIM (HND): Chief Minister Digambar Kamat will lead the

    people in paying homage to the veteran freedom fighter Dr TB Cunha on September 26 at Azad Maidan, Panjim at 10 am.

    On the occasion, police band will play a last post tune topay tributes to Dr T B Cunha.

    Retreats at Parra, VernaPANJIM (HND): Br Johnson Sequeira will conduct retreats at

    Emerald Lawns, Parra on September 27 and 28 and at BlueBerry, Verna on September 29 and 30, from 10 am to 5 pm.For details contact 9763819515.

    Sheik Amirs album releasePANJIM (HND): Most sought mimicry artiste of Konkani Tiatr

    stage Sheik Amir will release his first audio album Mimicry KingSheik Amir on September 26 at the DMK Hall Kala Academy,Panjim at 10.30 am. The album will be released at the hands ofPrince Jacob during the staging of Tiatr Kednam Uttttolo?

    Sheik Amir has produced this album on the occasion of com-pletion of 25 years of his singing and acting career on Tiatrstage. He is the only artiste from Muslim community who hascontributed immensely to the development of Tiatr throughmimicry. The album consists of songs written and sung by SheikAmir. The uniqueness of this album is that in all the songs hemimics different singers of Konkani stage. The artistes whomSheik Amir imitates in his album include M. Boyer, Young Chico,Jacinto Vaz, Francis de Tuem, William de Curtorim, Trio Kings Anthony, Jr Nelson and Souza Boy, and Lorna.

    Navelim forums meetMARGAO (HR): The Navelim Civic and Consumer Forum

    (NCCF) will hold its monthly meeting on September 26 at CasaVirgonite, Dongorim at 4 pm.

    Various issues like post office, PWD water supply, Goa Dairymilk, road safety and traffic management, crime situation inNavelim, ration and kerosene supply, home delivery of LPGcylinders, violations of packaged commodities, banking, BSNLtelephones and cable TV and gram sabhas of Navelim, Telaulimand Aquem-Baixo Panchayats will be discussed.

    Senior Citizen cards will also be prepared at the meeting.Mega projects and the spread of malaria and other vectorborne diseases will also be taken up. Consumers of HP gas arerequested to carry their booklets for stamping.

    Gandhi Jayanti celebrationsPANJIM (HND): On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti Day in

    memory of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, the SocialWelfare Association of Santa-Cruz will hold its annual mass inSt Cruz Church on October 2 at 7.30 am following by garland-ing of Mahatma Gandhi at 8.30 am.

    Drawing competition for the students of St Cruz con-stituency will also be held at St Cruz High School premises in3 categories from Std I to Std X, from 10 am to 11 am. Prizesand gifts will be distributed to the participants.

    A ward wise 3-a-side tie-breaker for villagers above 50 yearsof age will be held from 10 am. Prizes worth Rs 3000, 2000,1000 besides gifts will be given to the participants.

    power shutdown

    SEPTEMBER 26

    OLD GOA: From 9 am to 2 pm. Areas affected are Navelkar Es-tate, Navelkar Hill City of Old Goa village.

    HERALD CORRESPONDENT

    PORVORIM, SEPT 25

    The Urban Health Centre, Ma-pusa, has directed theKadamba Transport Corpora-tion (KTC) to clear the garbagedumped in the premises ofKadamba bus stand at Mapusaand maintain cleanliness toavoid spread of diseases.

    In a letter to the KTC Manag-ing Director, Urban Health Cen-tre Health Officer Dr PratimaThali has stated that on inspec-tion of the KTC bus stand re-cently, they found that heaps ofgarbage was collected on therear side and on the right sideof the Sulabh toilet.

    Due to rains, the garbagerots and is littered all over theplace. The dirty water from thegarbage is spread all over theplace and gets stagnated infront of the KTC shuttle busservice shed, stated Dr Thali.

    To make matters worse,males urinate openly at thiscorner near the drainage. Therainwater mixed with urinedoes not flow freely throughthe drains due to improper gra-dient/garbage present in it. Asa result, strong stink of urineirritates the people, she said.

    The water sump is notclosed properly and thereforeprovides a source of breedingplace for mosquitoes, responsi-ble for the spread of the vectorborne diseases, added Dr Thali.

    The Urban Health Centre has

    also written a separate letterto the Deputy Collector Bardezstating that the corner of thebus stand near SulabhShouchalaya has been neg-lected and hence undue advan-tage is being taken by malesfor open urination, therebycreating nuisance to public.

    The Centre has suggesteddeputing police personnel atthe corner or convert the areainto a garden in order to pre-vent males from urinating inthe open, states the letter.

    The Bardez unit of Shiv Sena

    had brought the matter ofgarbage dumping in the prem-ises of KTC bus stand andmales urinating in the openarea to the notice of KTC.

    Philip DSouza had also statedthat several tourists, both Indianand foreign, visit the bus standand hence it was essential thatutmost cleanliness is maintainedat the bus stand. He had alsowritten a letter to the UrbanHealth Centre to look into thematter and advise the KTC andMapusa Municipal Council totake action immediately.

    Mapusa UHC directs KTC to clear garbage at bus stand

    Accumulation of garbage and males urinating at an open place atKadamba bus stand, Mapusa. Photo by Anil Shankhwalker

    Vice Chancellor of Goa Univer-sity, Dr Dilip Deobagkar felici-tates Sahil Naik. Also present arePresident Suraj Mantravadi, RajKhalap and Dipesh Makadia.

    HERALD NEWS DESK

    PANJIM, SEPT 25

    Sahil Sujan Naik of SaraswatVidyalayas PurushottomWalawalkar Higher SecondarySchool has been chosen as anoutstanding student in the aca-demic year 2009-2010 by theRotary Club of Mapusa as hehas secured 81 per cent at HSSCexams in Commerce stream. Heis also a national swimmer andhas represented Goa in swim-ming at Kolkata and Jaipur.

    Sahil chosen outstanding student

    Mashelkargiven send-off

    HERALD NEWS DESK

    PANJIM, SEPT 25

    Goa Civil Service Officer H DMashelkar was appointed inthe Directorate of Panchayatsas Addl Director of Panchayats-II in October 2007. He retiredon superannuation recently,after putting in 38 years ofservice in the government.

    A warm send-off was ac-corded to him at a functionheld at Directorate of Panchay-ats. Research Assistant K De-vadanam, working in thedirectorate on deputation, alsoretired on superannuation andwas given a send-off alongwithMashelkar. The function was at-tended by deputy. Director ofPanchayats of North and South,the Block Development Officersand the staff of the directorate.

    Merces ex-Sarpanch

    to reply on charges

    MERCES (HC): Merces ex-Sarpanch Prakash Naik will ad-dress a press conference in acity hotel on Monday, to replyto the charges levelled by theruling panel that it was duringhis second term that the illegalland filling activities had gainedmomentum.

    Speaking to Herald, Prakashinformed that he would notonly reply to all the queries ofthe press, but also bring alongwith him documents to provethe involvement of the rulingpanchas in undertaking illegalactivities in the village.

    Former deputy Sarpanch Yo-gita Kavlekar, panchas Arm-strong Braganza and MilgrinaRego are likely to be present atthe press conference.

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    Beach cleanup operations weretaken up along Salcetes coast-line on Saturday to mark the In-ternational Coastal Clean-upDay.

    At the Mobor beach, the LeelaKempinski, Goa commemoratedthe day by cleaning up the beachthis morning.

    An army comprising of theLeela employees, staff and man-agers joined hands to clean upthe beach stretch.

    L e e l a H R M a n a g e r,Sharad Joglekar said thatthe resort carries out beachclean up on a daily basis,adding that the exercise isbeing taken up on a biggerscale today to commemo-rate International CoastalClean-up Day.

    Saying that the beachesshould be free from pollution,Joglekar underscored the needfor educating the people onthe need to maintain thebeaches clean. The beach ispart of our Tourism industry.Everyone should make sure thetourist finds the beach clean.Its a natures gift to humankind and every human beingshould keep the beaches clean,he added.

    At Benaulim too, the beachwas taken up for cleaning bythe Coasta guard officials incoordination with the Be-naulim Panchayat and schoolchildren.

    Village Sarpanch CarmelinaFernandes informed that the en-tire beach stretch from Baywatchto Taj Exotica was cleaned upin todays operation.

    Coastal Clean-upDay held along

    Salcetes coastline

    BY HERALD REPORTER

    MARGAO, SEPT 25

    Samsung C&T Corporation haslaunched CFL lamps in the Goanmarket on Saturday.

    The Pleomax CFL lamps arebeing marketed by Delhi-basedSalora International, whichhave appointed Divdeep Appli-ances as the sole distributorfor Goa.

    Salora Internationals areasales manager RadheshamMishra said the Pleomax CFLlamps enjoy advantage overother CFL available in them a r ke t . H e s a i d i n b u i l tpower stabil izer gives 20

    per cent longer life underpoor electricity conditions.

    Replying to a question, hesaid Pleomax CFL are eco-friendly lamps, adding Pleo-max presents real solutionsfrom the perspective of cus-tomers and based on theirneeds. Pleomax uses HumanDynamics Technology, whichis a human-driven researchmethodology for the satisfac-tion of its customers, hesaid.

    Divdeep Appliances PartnersJyotendra Naik and T J Muruganwere present for the launchingceremony.

    Samsung launches CFL lamps

    3 convicted forseriously injuring

    Maina residentHERALD REPORTER

    MARGAO, SEPT 25

    The South Goa Ses s ionscourt on Friday sentencedto two years imprisonmentthe three accused personsw h o w e re c o n v i c t e d f o rcausing grievous injuries toone Joao Pereira, a residentof Maina.

    Judge Sherin Paul further di-rected each of the accused topay a fine of Rs 15,000, with di-rections to pay an amount of Rs10,000 to the victim.

    The judge, however, sus-pended the sentence for a pe-riod of 30 days.

    The three accused personsAgnelo Rebello, Antonio Re-bello and Lazario Fernandeswere charged by the MainaCurtorim police for assaultingJoao Pereira with rods and bot-tles.

    The prosecution had exam-ined 12 witnesses in supportof its case, informed Investi-gating Officer, PSI NavleshDesai.

    Chandor gramsabha today

    BY HERALD REPORTER

    MARGAO, SEPT 25

    The gram sabha of the villagePanchayat of Chandor will beheld on September 26 at9.30 am in the communityhall of the village Panchayatoffice.

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    STOCKHOLM,SEPT25

    A Pakistan International Air-lines Boeing 777 with about250 passengers flying fromCanada to Pakistan was evacu-ated after being diverted to Swe-den today due to a bomb threat,and police detained one man.

    A woman called Canadian po-lice after the plane had takenoff from Canada, saying a manon board had explosives withhim, Stockholm district policespokesman Janne Hedlund said.

    No explosives were found onthe man, who was detainedwhile passengers were being

    evacuated from the plane, Hed-lund said. His baggage and theplane were being searched, hesaid.

    The plane was diverted to Ar-landa, the Swedish capital's mainairport, after Canadian Policeinformed the pilot of the threatwhile the plane was in Swedish

    Pak plane diverted following bomb threat airspace.

    Passengers walked slowly inline to waiting buses. Armedpolicemen were seen taking upposition near the plane, al-though fog made it difficult tosee clearly what was happening.Police were still investigatingwhether the man had explo-sives.

    Pakistan International Airlinesspokesman Syed Sultan Hassantold Reuters that 243 passengerswere on board the flight. He didnot give numbers of crew mem-bers.

    The pilot only informed usthat he's landing there due tosecurity reasons. All passengersand crew members are well,he said.

    Our central control is intouch with the plane and Stock-holm but as far as securitychecks are concerned, they'resaying they are not going to tellus until they complete theprocess.

    At the airport, the plane wasstanding with its engines idlingat the end of a runway, about 2km from the airport terminalbuilding.

    Several police cars wereparked near the plane and alarger group of police vehiclesand fire engines were parkedfurther away.

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    CANACONA, SEPT 25

    Governor Dr S S Sidhu on Fridayevening inaugurated a uniqueexhibition on corrosion at In-tercontinental, The Lalit Resorts,Rajbag-Canacona.

    The Governor showed keeninterest in the exhibition andobserved with minute detailsthe different types of corrodedmetals displayed in the exhibi-tion, which was held along thesidelines of the CORCON-2010conference.

    The three-day conference onCORCON-2010 organized by Na-tional Association of CorrosionEngineer (NACE) commenced onThursday in Canacona at thehotel premises, where over 600delegates from most of the topentrepreneurs across the coun-try and overseas are taking part.

    Later, Dr Sidhu felicitatedabout 12 eminent personalitieslike engineers, students and sci-entists for their contributionstowards the cause of corrosion.

    According to the organizers,the country is losing somethinglike Rs 35,000 crore annuallydue to corrosion factor.

    Speakers at the inaugural

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    Governor Dr S S Sidhu glances at some of the exhibits at the COR-CON-2010 exhibition at Canacona. Photo by Kathy Pereira

    function felt that government should do something very seriousto avert the menaces eating on countrys economy.

    The corrosion factor is universal. It affects every body, includingcommon man as well the big-time players, stated the speakerswhile speaking at the inaugural function.

    Central Minister Prithviraj Chauhan, who was scheduled toattend the inaugural function on Thursday, could not do so re-portedly due to the situation in the national capital in view of up-coming Ayodhya order earlier supposed to be delivered on Friday.

    Opposition Leader Manohar Parrikar will also be addressing thedelegates on Saturday.

    However, except for a negligible few, not many delegates fromthe Goa are participating in CORCON-2010.

    HERALD REPORTER

    MARGAO, SEPT 25

    Claiming that the September 4Loliem kidnapping episode wasa ploy by the victims father toextort money from the villagers,Citizens of Loliem-Polem havedemanded that the police im-mediately register a case of ex-tortion against the victimsfather and return the money ofRs 1 lakh to the villagers.

    The Citizens warned of ahunger strike on October 2 ifthe police fail to act on theirdemands and threatened to holdpublic meetings in Loliem villagein the future.

    Addressing a press confer-ence here on Saturday in thepresence of former SarpanchasAjay Lol ienkar, MohandasL o l i e n ka r a n d V i s h w e s hAcharya, former student leaderPrashant Naik said the kidnap-ping episode enacted by VithuYamkar that his son was kid-napped by Ajay, Vishwesh and

    22 others was false with thepurpose of extorting moneyfrom the villagers.

    He pointed out that the 22people named in the kidnappingincident by the complainant hadpaid Rs 1 lakh to Vithu Yamkar

    in the presence of former MLAIsidore Fernandes. It was onlythe amount paid to Vithu thathe went to the Canacona policestation stating that his son hascome back home, he said, de-manding an inquiry into the en-tire episode, saying that theincident will set a bad precedentif people use the police machin-ery to extort money on the pre-text of kidnapping.

    Replying to a question, Naiksaid Vithu Yamkar filed a falsecase against the 22 persons after

    they had gone to question himover the issue of getting illegalcattle into the village fromacross the border. These peoplehad gone to him with the land-lord Dilip Prabhudessai andthere is no question of any tres-pass into Vithus property norany kidnapping, he said.

    He said the delegation ofLoliem villagers had called onthe Chief Minister, DigambarKamat and South Goa Superin-tendent of Police, Allan De Saand were assured of an inquiryinto the episode. He, however,lamented that no action hasbeen initiated by the policeagainst Vithu for lodging a falsecase of kidnapping and warnedthat the villagers will not takethings lying down if the com-plainant is allowed to go scot-free. We will not hesitate toclose down the highway as alast resort if the authorities failto move against the com-plainant, he warned.

    Book victims father for extortion: Loliem locals

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    HERALD REPORTER

    PANJIM, SEPT 25

    Has the Corporation of the Cityof Panjim missed the fundingunder the Jawaharlal Nehru Na-tional Urban Renewal Missionto complete a slew of projectsfor the capital city, including thecleansing of the St Inez nullahand heritage conservation?

    City residents, who have beenkeeping abreast of the issuethrough the media, feel the bu-reaucrats, ministers concernedand the different Governmentalagencies have failed to get evena single project approved in thelast four-and-half years.

    For now JNNURM seems tobe a distant dream even as theprecarious condition of the StInez nullah that may have got anew lease of life remains to beso.

    Information sought underthe Right to Information Act bycorporator Surendra Furtadoreveals in the last three yearsRs 67.07 lakh have been spenton consultants to prepare proj-ect reports, but till date not a

    Has CCP missed JNNURM funds?single project has been ap-proved.

    Furtado contends the Corpo-ration was supposed to receivea total of Rs 400 crore for severaldevelopment projects. The con-sultancy money was paid fromthe CCP coffers, but where isthe accountability for everypenny spent, he questioned.

    CCP Commissioner ElvisGomes admits there has beena long delay in getting proj-ects sanctioned under the mis-sion, but maintains nothingis lost as yet. The projectshave been placed before theCentral Sanctioning and Mon-itoring Committee. It is notlate. We still have two yearsleft to get funding for all theprojects, he says on an opti-mistic note.

    Sources reveal the Centralcommittee was to meet this Sep-tember 24 to accord sanctionto projects worth Rs 18 crore,however, due to the Ayodhyaverdict the meeting had to becancelled.

    As per the RTI Act, money

    paid as consultancy fees was forpreparation of DPR for waterbody preservation and hill slopeprotection (Rs 9.61 lakh), basicservices to urban poor (Rs 11.31lakh), comprehensive mobilityplan (Rs 11.35 lakh), municipale-governance (Rs 10.96 lakh),

    urban renewal parks and gar-dens (Rs 14.58 lakh) and her-itage conservation (Rs 9.24lakh).

    Online test easesprocess ofobtaining

    learners licence!HERALD REPORTER

    PANJIM, SEPT 25

    Getting Learning Licences (LL)from the State Transport De-partment has now become aneasy task with the introductionof online test.

    With the help of Goa Broad-band Network the entire proce-dure has gone online with a setof 200 questions randomly flashedfor the candidates to test his/herability to learn the vehicle.

    Officials from Transport De-partment confirmed that thesystem adopted by the depart-ment has the feature to conductOn-Line Tests for the applicantbased on the parameters (timeper question, total number ofquestions, etc) set by the de-partmental officials.

    The system has built-in setof 200 questions which form theQuestion Bank for the Test. How-ever, this bank can be modifiedand new questions can be addedif required, an official stated.

    Fully automated LL Test en-sures a totally unbiased process.Instant result declaration pro-vides faster completion ofprocess and leaves no scope forany tampering of results. Andthe licences can be instantlyprinted and given to the candi-dates, the official said.

    Apart from this, the vehiclescan also be registered onlinewith the internet connectivityreaching to the dealers too.

    Goa Broadband Network aunique ultra high speed networkwas set up in 2006 with veryhigh routers. It was inauguratedby Prime Minister Dr ManmohanSingh in December 2007.

    Presently more than 45 de-partments in Goa are using thebroadband services.

    Recruitment of constables

    in ITBP HERALD NEWS DESK

    PANJIM, SEPT 25

    The Directorate General, Indo Ti-betan Border Police, New Delhiwill conduct recruitment of con-stable (pioneer) for 171 posts andconstable (general duty) for 850posts in ITBP during 2010. The de-tails can be obtained by down-loading the advertisement fromthe ITBP website i.e. www.itbpo-lice.nic.in and www.itbp.gov.in.

    PTI

    NEW YORK, SEPT 25

    Brushing aside recent steppedup rhetoric from Pakistan, Indiatoday said it was ready to dis-cuss all issues with Islamabad,including Kashmir, but ruled outany third party intervention.

    "Everything that they want todiscuss and everything we wantto discuss with them will be dis-cussed" during Pakistan ForeignMin i s te r Shah MahmoodQureshi's possible visit to Indiafor talks, External Affairs Minis-ter S M Krishna told PTI here.

    He was reacting to questionson recent Pakistan Foreign Officestatement that there can be noresult-oriented discussions withIndia on Kashmir unless it stopstreating it as its integral partand Qureshi's remarks seekingUS intervention on the issue.

    Krishna, who is here for theUN General Assembly session,said he looked forward to host-ing Qureshi in India.

    "Well I was in Islamabad andwe did talk and I have invitedExcellency Qureshi to come toIndia and he has very graciouslyaccepted my invitation," Krishnasaid. "I am looking forward tohosting him in Delhi... and the

    India rules out thirdparty intervention

    on Kashmirdates have to be worked out."

    Krishna, however, underlinedthat despite recent statementsby Pakistan on Kashmir, talkswould continue.

    "India wants to keep Pakistan en-gaged in talks because we do notsee any other alternatives...Talks arethe only way to take this forward,"the Indian minister said.

    Separately, Krishna told an In-dian TV channel that New Delhihas always "consistently rejectedthe whole idea (of third partyintervention)."

    "I think when we are talking toeach other, intervention by anyother country may not be that ap-propriate... Well if you were notin talking terms at all, then perhapsintervention by third countriescould have been helpful but herethe case is quite different.

    "We are talking and we willcontinue to talk and the PrimeMinister Dr Manmohan Singhhas said that engaging with Pak-istan is one of our concerns andwe will certainly keep talkingto them," he told 'Times Now'in response to a question.

    Krishna said India has been avictim of terrorist attacks ema-nating from Pakistani soil, whichis a cause of concern to it.

    PTI

    SOMNATH (GUJ), SEPT 25

    Expressing surprise over theSupreme Court's decision oninterim stay on the final ver-dict in the Ayodhya case, BJPl eader L K Advan i todayvoiced hope that the apexcourt will give a go ahead tothe Allahabad High Courtnext week.

    He also appealed to thepeople and the BJP workersto maintain calm and respectthe courts.

    Speaking to reporters afteroffering prayers at the famousShiva temple here, the spot fromwhere he took out the rath yatrato Ayodhya on this day 20 yearsago, he said, "I am not able tounderstand the decision of theSupreme Court".

    Ayodhya: Advani

    surprised at SCs

    decisionKashmir gets Delhi balm

    but more needs to be done.Separatist groups maintained a studied silence. Hardliner Syed

    Ali Shah Geelani, moderates Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and JKLF ChiefYaseen Malik said they would react only after discussing the issuesamong their own parties.

    Among the decisions announced by Chidambaram is to appointa group of interlocutors under the chairmanship of an eminentperson to begin the process of dialogue with all sections of thepeople of Jammu and Kashmir, including political parties, groups,youth and student organisations, civil society organisations andother stake holders.

    The Centre also advised the state government to immediatelyrelease all students and youth detained or arrested for stonepelting or similar other violations of law and to withdraw chargesagainst such students and youths.

    The Centre would request the State Government to immediatelyconvene a meeting of the Unified Command and to review the de-ployment of security forces in the Kashmir Valley, especially Srinagar,with particular reference to de-scaling the number of bunkers,check-points etc. in Srinagar and other towns, and to review thenotification of areas as disturbed areas.

    A relief of Rs 5 lakh each will be paid to the families of thosekilled in the civil disturbances since June 11, 2010.

    The Government also announced that two Special Task Forces,one each for Jammu region and Ladakh region, will be appointedto examine the developmental needs of the two regions, withparticular reference to deficiencies in infrastructure and makesuitable recommendations.

    The Central Government will provide to the State Governmenta sum of Rs 100 crore as Additional Central Assistance in order tomake grants to schools and colleges for improvements and additionsto the existing infrastructure such as class rooms, auditorium,laboratory, library, play ground, toilets.

    Another bird-hit Later on September 17, another Air Arabia flight encountered

    a bird strike while landing at about 3 am. The aircraft had to begrounded for nearly three hours.

    Speaking to Herald, Airport Director D Paul Manickam acknowl-edged that bird strikes had increased in the last fortnight.

    Most of these incidents have occurred while landing and thattoo early in the morning, except for Fridays incident which occurredin the afternoon, Manickam said.

    While most aircraft have operated normally after a bit strike,the Kingfisher airline had to be grounded for nearly a day, hesaid.

    However, the ultimate responsibility lies with the Navy sinceit is a defence airfield and the Navy should take measures to curbsuch incidents, Manickam added.

    He informed that the Aerodrome Committee, comprising differentState Government agencies, Navy and AAI will meet on September28 to discuss the safety issue.

    The increasing bird strikes at the airport is also expected to bediscussed.

    Sri Sri takes Colva decade if everyone joins hands to serve the country.

    Expressing concern over issues such as pre-marital sex and therapid spread of AIDS and HIV in the country, he said he hasconvened a two-day conference of religious leaders in Bangaloreto deliberate and address these burning issues.

    Forgive others for their mistakes and carry on in life. Dont getcarried away with evil thoughts and deeds and you will receivetrue happiness, he said.

    His one-and-half hour-long discourse kept the audience spell-bound, and were seen wholeheartedly participating in the briefmeditation at the venue.

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    SINGAPORE, SEPT 25

    Fernando Alonso gave his For-mula One world title hopes abig boost by qualifying in poleposition for tomorrow's Singa-pore Grand Prix after topping

    the timesheets today.The Spaniard lapped the

    floodlit Marina Bay circuit in oneminute 45.390 seconds in hisFerrari, ahead of Red Bull's Se-bastian Vettel and McLaren'sLewis Hamilton.

    Alonso secures pole position APLONDON, SEPT 25Chelseas perfect start to its titledefense ended with a loss atManchester City on Saturday,Arsenal was beaten by WestBromwich Albion, and Liverpoolsalvaged a draw with Sunder-land after taking the lead witha contentious goal.

    Carlos Tevezs solo strikeclinched Citys 1-0 victory overChelsea, which had won five suc-cessive matches before falteringin its first big test of the PremierLeague season.

    Arsenals own unbeatenstreak was ended by PeterOdemwingie and Gonzalo Jarascoring within two minutes ofeach other as West Brom won3-2 at the Emirates Stadium.

    Liverpool, which drew 2-2with Sunderland, went aheadthrough Dirk Kuyt after Fer-nando Torres pounced on aloose ball, which SunderlandsMichael Turner had appeared tobe rolling back for goalkeeperSimon Mignolet to take a freekick.

    West Ham recorded its firstwin of the season by defeatingTottenham 1-0 and was replacedat the bottom of the standingsby Everton, which drew 0-0 atFulham and remains winless.

    Blackburn midfielder BrettEmerton scored in the thirdminute of stoppage time to se-cure a 2-1 victory over Black-pool, while Birmingham washeld to a 0-0 draw by Wigan.

    The first game of the day waslargely devoid of goalmouth ac-tion, but was settled by Tevezsmoment of individual brilliancein the 59th minute.

    The Argentina striker chargedforward after collecting YayaToures short pass on thehalfway line, jinked right andthen dispatched the ball throughdefender Ashley Coles legs and

    Chelsea, Arsenal taste defeatsin off the far post.

    Arsenal remains four pointsbehind leader Chelsea, givingManchester United, which is alsoon 11 points, the chance to takesecond place from the Gunnerswhen it plays Bolton on Sunday.

    Chris Brunt missed a first-halfpenalty for promoted WestBromwich, but Odemwingiefired the visitors ahead in the50th minute at the Emirates Sta-dium after sliding in to meetJerome Thomass cross.

    A gaffe by Arsenal goalkeeperManuel Almunia gifted WestBrom another two minutes later,when he knelt down to stopJaras shot but fumbled it intohis own net.

    Almunia was at fault againfor West Broms third in the73rd minute. He rushed out ofgoal, allowing Brunt to whip ina cross and Thomas, formerlyof Arsenal, to score into theopen net.

    Samir Nasri almost single-

    handedly hauled Arsenal backinto the game, as the Francemidfielder scored in the 75thand the first minute of stoppagetime.

    The match at Anfield startedin bizarre circumstances, whichled to Sunderland managerSteve Bruce accusing Liverpoolof unsporting behavior.

    Sunderland was awarded afree kick inside its own half andTurner gave the ball only a gen-

    tle knock in the direction ofgoalkeeper Mignolet, who wassome 30 meters away.

    But referee Stuart Attwelljudged the ball to be live, andLiverpools Torres pounced onit before Kuyt collected theSpaniards pass to score.

    Sunderlands Darren Bent lev-eled 20 minutes later from thepenalty spot and headed thevisitors ahead in the 48th, butLiverpool captain Steven Ger-

    rard nodded an equaliser in the64th.

    At Upton Park, Frederic

    Piquionne eased the pressure

    on manager Avram Grant by

    leaping high to power home

    Mark Nobles corner to score

    his first league goal.

  • HERALD FEATURES

    The most sought after mimicry artiste of the Konkanitiatr stage Sheik Amir will be releasing his firstaudio album Mimicry King Sheik Amir today Sep-

    tember 26 at 10.30am at the Kala Academys DMYKHall, Panjim. The album will be released at the handsof Prince Jacob during the staging of his tiatr KednamUttttolo?

    Sheik Amir has produced this album on the occasionof the completion of 25 years of his singing and

    acting on the tiatr stage. Amir bab is the onlyartiste from the Muslim community who has con-tributed immensely to the development of tiatrthrough mimicry.

    The album consists of songs, written and sungby Sheik Amir. The uniqueness of this album is that

    in all the songs he mimics different singers of the Konkanistage. The artistes whom Sheik Amir imitates in his albumare M. Boyer, Young Chico, Jacinto Vaz, Francis de Tuem,William de Curtorim, the Trio Kings Anthony, Junior Nelsonand Souza Boy, and Lorna. The music is provided by Rabinde Pietro.

    A different type of album indeed!

    HERALD FEATURES

    Goa was yet again entertained when a houseful atten-dance marked Konkani Rocks -Celebrating Lorna& More. The show was held on September 22at the Ravindra Bhavan, Margao and was attended

    by Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat, also a Lorna fan.Lorna regaled the audience by rendering some of her

    famous numbers penned by Chris Perry andother composers. The ecstatic audience cheeredand sang with Lorna as the evening unfolded, ex-pressing their love and admiration for the star

    who is also acclaimed as Goas Nightingale. Performing alongside Lorna were Blasco

    and Bosco, two of the famous MonsorateBrothers. The evening consisted of songsand dances presented by noted Konkanisingers, Sidhnath Buyao, Sonia Sirsat along

    with Nacch Sobhann- a troupe from Mangaloreformed by young artists. A 12-mem-

    ber brass band consisting of stu-den t s f rom the

    Manovikas School andtra ined by Et rudemusic academy pre-

    sented pure jazz themes. Lorna was given a standing ovation

    by the over 1,000-strong audience inthe presence of Goas CM, who latersaid, he supports a national accoladefor Lorna such as a Padma class award.The show was organised by KonkaniRocks, whose founder Armando Gonsalveshas nominated Lorna for this years Kar-maveer Puraskar.

    09:00 Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya 10:00 Chhote Ustaad 13:00 Main Hoon Na 17:00 IIFA Awards 201021:00 Chhote Ustaad 22:30 Jashn 2010 - Dhamaka Bollywood Ka

    09:00 Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega 12:00 Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo 15:30 C.I.D 20:00 3 Idiots

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