THURSDAY, MAY 02, 2024
NEW DELHI, NOV 23 The Supreme Court has held that elected candidates cannot be unseated by courts on the basis of frivolous petitions filed by defeated candidates who accuse the winner of adopting unfair electoral practices.
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, NOV 23 Defying separatists? boycott call, nearly 65 per cent of the five lakh electorate today exercised their franchise in six constituencies in the second phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections which was by and large peaceful barring sporadic clashes between rival groups.
BANGALORE, NOV 23 A Special Court has held 81 persons guilty of the 2000 serial church blasts in Goa, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh on Friday. Special Judge S M Shivanagoudar will pronounce the sentences later.
MUMBAI, NOV 23 Reeling under economic meltdown and falling passenger traffic, Jet Airways today proposed upto 25 per cent salary cut for engineers, pilots and other staff and a Voluntary Retirement Scheme for older employees.
NEW DELHI, NOV 23 In the wake of a network of Hindu terrorists infiltrating the Army, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Sunday set up a task force headed by the National Security Advisor to prepare a roadmap in 100 days for evolving a better security architecture.
MARGAO, NOV 23 In a shocking incident, an attempt was made to kidnap a Std 7 student of a Navelim school on Saturday evening at Rawanfond while returning home from school.
PANJIM, NOV 23 Assamese filmmaker Gautam Saikia, who was supposed to make a presentation during the Indian Panorama screening of his film at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Sunday, missed the event after being denied entry into the theatre.
PANJIM, NOV 23 Navelim Sporting Club edged past Verna Sports Club 5-4 via tie-breaker to advance into the quarter-finals of the Wilred Leisure Soccer 2008 played at Curtorim ground. None of the players could break the deadlock at the end of the regulation period.
PANJIM, NOV 23 Molocca, Merces defeated Gaumchem Bhatt, Merces 25-13, 29-28, 19-25, 19-25, 15-10 to emerge champions in the final of inter-ward Merces Village Panchayat Cup Volleyball tournament at Merces Volleyball court, recently.
Carrom tourney at Saipem PANJIM: (HSD) ? Saipem Sports Club of Candolim in association with Lions Club of Candolim and Goa Carrom Association will organise its ?All Goa Ranking Carrom Tournament? in the men?s singles category on November 29 and 30, at Saipem Sports Club hall, Candolim from 9 am onwards.
MARGAO, NOV 23 A fine triple strike by striker Sridhar Dable helped Sporting Clube de Goa to blank Vasco Sports Club 5-1 in the GFA?s Under-18 First Division League at Nagoa panchayat grounds, on Saturday.
MAPUSA, NOV 23 Friends XI Sports Club Vaddem registered an emphatic win over Aivao Sports Club, Dona Paula 10-0 in the inaugural match of GFA Under-16 Football League, at the Duler Stadium, here on Sunday.
MARGAO, NOV 23 Sarzora recorded an emphatic 3-0 win over Durga to enter the semifinals of Catherine Viegas Memorial inter-ward football tournament, organised by Union of Chinchinim Villagers, at Church Grounds, on Sunday.
BANGALORE, NOV 23 Netting the match winner in the dying minutes, ICF, Chennai, scored a thrilling 3-2 goal victory over Sesa Goa in the 30th Federation Cup preliminary knock out Group B match played at the Bangalore Football Stadium here today.
2nd Division League: St Savio SC v. Milagres SC, Duler ground, 4 pm.
MARGAO, NOV 23 Sporting Clube de Goa continued in their winning streak to inflict a 2-1 defeat on Air India, Mumbai in the 10th round match of 2nd ONGC I-League at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda on Sunday.
KOLKATA, NOV 23 Okolie Odafa?s brilliance helped Churchill Brothers defeat Mohammedan Sporting 1-0 in the 10th round encounter of ONGC I-League at Yuba Bharati Krirangan, here, on Sunday.
PANJIM, NOV 23 The branding of India?s most prestigious film festival is now a major issue of contention between the two bodies organizing it with both the Goa Government and Centre struggling to claim IFFI as their own baby.
It's a well-known fact that Mani Ratnam likes to shoot in complete isolation and at a stretch without any interruption.
Actor Sharman Joshi is mighty disappointed that he opted out of the sequel to 'Golmaal'- the smash hit 'Golmaal Returns'.
Among the many newcomers who made a lasting impression this year (2008) is the tall and sexy actress Sonal Chauhan.
PANJIM, NOV 23 Shantaram Naik, MP in a fax message to the Defence Minister A K Anthony has urged upon the minister to intervene in the matter of selection of floats for the Republic Day Parade of 2009 and ensure the inclusion of Goa float in the parade.
VASCO, NOV 23 The recent ?sting? operation conducted by an electronic media exposing open gambling activities in Vasco under the protection of police, has forced the gambling clubs to shut operations, atleast temporarily.
PANJIM, NOV 23 SGF manifesto of candidate Jose Lobo for 17 Pale by-election, issued here promises improved infrastructure, expanded avenues of employment and enhance literacy rates in the State. The manifesto also avers to protect Goan identity and implement migrant cut off date from 1968.
MARGAO, NOV 23 The IFFI celebrations kicked off in the Commercial Capital at the Costa grounds on Sunday evening with the screening of the popular Bollywood film Tare Zamen Par.
Realistic cinema is gaining popularity in India and what looks like an encouraging trend, Bollywood is witnessing a rise in films made on real subjects. Filmmakers are now wanting to experiment and actors now long for offbeat roles. Another addition to this series is the new Hindi film 'Thanks Maa' by debutant director Irfan Kamal.
BICHOLIM NOV 23 The Mayem gram sabha on Sunday witnessed an uproar over the mining issue as some of the villagers demanded as to why the Panchayat members stopped the mining trucks in the area on Saturday.
MARGAO, NOV 23 Uproar marked Sunday gram sabha of Nuvem Village Panchayat on the Pathepura housing project, with angry villagers demanding explanation on action taken against irregularities in the project.
MARGAO, NOV 23 The gram sabha of Ambelim Village Panchayat has decried the attempts by government departments to bypass the Panchayat body while issuing NOCs for water and electrical connections.
MERCES, NOV 23 With the Santa Cruz panchayat yet to get green signal for garbage dumping site and the villagers cornering the panchayat over uncollected waste, BioInfusion India offered a ray of hope to the growing garbage menace. The proprietor of BioInfusion India, in fact, told the panchayat and the gram sabha members present that the firm deals in treating garbage scientifically, which he said is environment-friendly and cost-effective.
MERCES, NOV 23 Noisy scenes were witnessed at the Santa Cruz gram sabha with the Alto Santa Cruz residents blaming the panchayat for non-collection of garbage, which they said has turned into an eye-sore and a health hazard.
MARGAO, NOV 23 A storm is brewing in Fatorda over the large presence of migrant construction labourers put up in cubicles reportedly by builders and labour contractors in areas such as Murida, Gogol etc.
PANJIM, NOV 22 Hoping to have created ?A-Star? in its latest hatchback, Maruti has termed it as the Global India car. The Maruti A-Star is an A-segment car, which is a five-door hatchback with a 1,000 cc petrol engine and has been engineered keeping in mind the trends and standards of the European market.
MUMBAI, NOV 23 Westinghouse Electric company, which is expected to supply AP-1000 type of 1100 MW nuclear reactors to India, said it would work closely with Indian industries for their supply chains.
JAMSHEDPUR, NOV 23 The actual closure of production in the Jamshedpur Commercial Vehicle Plant of Tata Motors due to heavy demand slump caused by the ongoing global financial meltdown and loan crisis will actually last for six days despite official announcement of only five days block closure.
PANJIM, NOV 23 Merchandising ? a concept still in the nascent stage in the Indian film industry, is emerging as a formidable revenue stream for film makers, according to panelists at the Confederation of Indian Industry?s (CII) ?The Big Picture? meet at Panjim on Saturday.
AHMEDABAD, NOV 23 In a boost to the roll-out of the much awaited Nano car, the Tata?s have received a go-ahead from the Gujarat pollution authorities to begin work on the project. A ?No Objection Certificate? (NOC) has been granted by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (PCB) so the Tata?s can start construction work at the site.
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, NOV 23 Top IT companies like Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Infosystems Ltd and some distributors of Microsoft are under the DRI scanner for alleged duty evasion to the tune of more than Rs 100 crore.
MUMBAI, NOV 23 Purchasing digital downloads has emerged as the most popular form of consumer e-commerce in India, a survey said. Seventy six per cent of respondents, the highest in the Asia-Pacific, said they had bought a form of digital entertainment over the Internet in the last 12-months, a Visa e-commerce tracking survey said.
PANJIM, NOV 23 The advent of the television, the comfort of the home, the prohibitive cost of going to a decent cinema and the pathetic infrastructure in the more affordable cinemas have contributed to the death of the ?movie-going culture? in India.
