Friday, April 23, 2010

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Regional forensic Laboratory for Goa: Shantaram Naik,MP

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:37 AM PDT

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Mullappally Ramachandran told Mr Shantaram Naik M.P. in the Rajya Sabha today that under the Composite Centrally Sponsored Plan Scheme of 'Creation of Regional Forensic Science Laboratories and District Mobile Forensic Science Laboratories for States/Union Territories (UTs) with an outlay of Rs.100 crore it has been decided to set up 6 Regional Forensic Science Laboratories (RFSLs), i.e. one in each State/UT viz Arunachal Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Goa, Sikkim Uttrakhand & Puducherry

The government proposes to establish  and 52 District Mobile Forensic Units (DMFUs) in States/UTs  out of which two will be established in Goa, minister informed Mr Naik

For establishing Regional Forensic Laboratories,   a financial support of Rs.8 crore per RFSL would be provided to States during the current XIth Five year Plan towards the rent/construction of building for the RFSL as well as logistic and manpower support.

Minister replied that  for establishing District Mobile Forensic Units,  a financial assistance of Rs.1 crore would be provided for each DMFU to be set up in States/UTs.

Minister further informed Mr Naik that the essential features of the schemes are to provide for improved Forensic Science services support at Regional and District level by providing financial assistance for the capacity building, procurement of equipment and consumables and manpower costs during the 11th Plan period.

In case of Regional Forensic Labs, the cost of the building or that of hiring a building would also be provided for.  The Department Of Forensic Science will monitor and evaluate the performance of States/UTs for both the Schemes.

Goa to host European Union film festival

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:07 AM PDT

the 15th European Union Film Festival (EUFF) of India, an EU spokesperson said on Friday.

Speaking to reporters here, Sole Aizpurua Garzon, co-ordinator of the Spanish EU presidency, said the festival which gets under way Saturday will host 23 films from 22 countries in Europe.

“We have sourced films from Italy, Spain, Ireland, France and Slovenia among others. Ambassadors from several EU countries will be also attending the EUFF,” Garzon said.

She said internationally acclaimed films like “Cristavo Colombo O Enigma” (Portugal), “The Age of Stupid” (Britain), “Rooster’s Breakfast” (Slovenia) and “The Investigator” (Hungary) will also be screened.

“We wanted to show Europe that Goa is not only about beaches. The EUFF will be a great opportunity for us to show other aspects of Goa to Europeans like its heritage, culture, etc,” she said.

Garzon said Goa was one of the earliest regions in India to have a connection with Europe and referred to the discovery of Goa by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama.

The EUFF will also be complimented with several other side shows which include an art exhibition by leading Spanish artist like Matilde La Amor.

Courtesy:TOI
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