Saturday, May 8, 2010

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Rane wants Government to crack down un drugs in Goa

Posted: 08 May 2010 07:24 AM PDT

Goa’s Speaker of Legislative assembly Pratapsingh Rane today expressed his dissatisfaction over Goa’s image being portrayed as drug heaven outside due to prevalence of narcotic trade in state’s tourism belt.

Rane, the longest serving chief minister of the state, also adviced Chief Minister Digamber Kamat to take non government organizations into confidence while destroying the drugs so that it is not pushed back into the market.

“Who supervises this destruction of drugs? We need at last two to three NGOs at the time of destruction so that it is not pushed back in the market,” Rane, former Goa chief minister, said participating in a seminar on media at International Centre DonaPaula.

He said that Goa’s image has been maligned to a great extend globally due to drug trade in the tourism belt.

Courtesy:DGGoa

Goa police asked to check if naxals using state as a shelter

Posted: 08 May 2010 04:56 AM PDT

On the wake of recent arrests of some naxal leaders here, the Goa government has asked the police to check whether naxals are using the state as a shelter to bide their time.

Chief secretary Sanjay Srivastava told PTI that home ministry has asked the police to submit a report verifying whether some of the ultras were using the state as a shelter.

The government’s action came in the wake of recent arrest of Sambu Beck, a Maoiwadi Trushul Manch leader from Orissa, who was taking shelter in the state.

One of his accomplice was also arrested by Goa police from Mapusa town and handed over to Orissa police.

Srivastava said that home ministry “wants to know whether there are other similar groups working here and what action the police are taking to identify them.”

Superintendent of police Veenu Bansal, who headed the operation to nab Beck this week, said yesterday that the naxal leader was in the state as ‘he wanted to lie low’.

Bansal said that Beck was also working in one of the industrial units in Goa and was hiding here for last one and half month before state police zeroed in on him.

State chief minister Digamber Kamat told PTI today that steps are being taken by police to verify antecedents of all those people who migrate here from other states.

“I don’t think that naxalites are trying to spread their roots in Goa. Their agitations are on various issues,” he said.

Courtesy:DNA

Indian ,Goa-origin MP Keith Vaz wins in British Elections

Posted: 07 May 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz held the Leicester East constituency for the Labour party in the British general election.

He defeated Conservative candidate Jane Hunt and Liberal Democrat candidate Ali Asghar.

Indian filmstar Sanjay Dutt had campaigned for Vaz in his constituency, that has a large population of South Asians, where he secured 53.8 percent of the vote. Vaz's parents were from Goa and the family migrated to Britain from Yemen in 1965.

Keith has been a member of parliament for Leicester East since 1987. On July 26, 2007, Vaz was elected chairman of the influential Home Affairs Select Committee.

Courtesy:Calcuttatube
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