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- Goa Bench of Bombay High Court refuses bail to Pacheco
- Goa: UGDP legislator joins Congress
- BJP to work out roadmap for 2012 Goa Assembly elections
- Goa roots for Portugal in World Cup football
| Goa Bench of Bombay High Court refuses bail to Pacheco Posted: 21 Jun 2010 09:27 AM PDT Goa Bench of Bombay High Court refused bail to former Goa Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco on Monday in connection with the death of his friend Nadia Torrado. The bail plea of his OSD Lyndon Monteiro was also rejected. Monteiro, Pacheco’s close aide and Officer on Special Duty, is also missing since June 6 after he was charged with destroying evidence in this case. The court observed that custodial interrogation is necessary since it is a serious case. Goa Police had registered a case accusing Pacheco of culpable homicide and destroying evidence. The investigation in this case, which initially began as a probe of attempted suicide, has revealed that Nadia was beaten up before she took poison. Pacheco in his earlier bail petition had claimed that he was being framed in the case related to the death of 28-year-old Nadia. Pacheco is on the run after he was questioned by the Crime Branch in connection with the case. Nadia had died on May 30 after being treated for almost 15 days in hospitals at Mumbai and Chennai. The postmortem report conducted by Chennai hospital on Nadia’s body has revealed that there were two serious injuries, possibly by blunt object, on her body. The court had noted that Pacheco’s presence in the house of the deceased on the previous night and even at the time when the deceased was taken to the hospital has not been properly explained during the interrogation carried out by the Crime Branch. Courtesy:NDTV |
| Goa: UGDP legislator joins Congress Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:36 AM PDT
Shirodkar said Monserratte’s entry into Congress was “unconditional.” He claimed the entire UGDP is merged into the Congress. “UGDP is merged into congress. Now there is nothing called UGDP existing in the state,” he said. Kamat said Monserratte’s entry will not disturb the current cabinet set up. “There will be no cabinet reshuffle,” he said. The legislator had refused to contest on a Congress ticket during 2007 state assembly elections. In that election, Monserratte was supposed to file his nomination on a Congress ticket. Courtesy: ptinews |
| BJP to work out roadmap for 2012 Goa Assembly elections Posted: 20 Jun 2010 11:04 AM PDT
The anti-government sentiments prevailing in the state would work in favour of the BJP, which is currently in opposition. He said the BJP, which ruled the state for four years until 2005, will be more aggressive in the coming days. Parsekar said during the Assembly session next month, focus would also be on members of the minority community who have been fed a “wrong impression” about the party. Courtesy: ptinews |
| Goa roots for Portugal in World Cup football Posted: 20 Jun 2010 10:52 AM PDT Legendary Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama would be a proud man if only he could come back from beyond to Goa’s shores once again, with the erstwhile Portuguese colony in the throes of World Cup football fever these days. Like in the case of most World Cup and European Cup tournaments before 2010, Goa has painted itself red and green, the colours of the Portuguese national football team. Thousands of fans, both lithe athletic youngsters and generously pot bellied, beer swilling mavericks, flaunt Cristiano Ronaldo-style football jerseys with equal ease. So why does Goa still root for Portugal, which is not really a top football team - despite the solitary presence of Ronaldo in the team now and Luis Figo in the past - in the presence of teams like Brazil, Argentina and Spain? “Everywhere you go, you can see the Portuguese influence - in our houses, in our lifestyle, in our dancing, in our music, cuisine - why should football be any different?” asks back Savio Messias, secretary of the Goa Football Association (GFA). He supports Portugal but is also a diehard fan of the Argentinean gentle-genius Lionel Messi. There are others like Titus Cruz, who breathlessly gush and swear by the Portugal team, which does have several talented players like Deco, Simao, Ricardo Carvalho and Maniche, apart from Ronaldo. “Viva Portugal. Portugal has the greatest players, they rock!” Titus screams. Brandon Fernandes, a 16-year-old rising football star from Goa who has been chosen by a South African football academy for a two-year-long training workshop, also picks Portugal as his favourite football team. But then Brandon also appears to have learnt the art of playing it safe and adds Brazil to his list of favourites. “My favourite teams are Portugal and Brazil,” he tells IANS. The patrons and football fans will probably be served fried and curried frog legs (illegally, of course) in the numerous nondescript bars and taverns spread across rural Goa to be munched along with beer, as they watch football matches relayed live on television. Entrepreneurs like Vito Gomes are trying to cash in on the football frenzy by telecasting it on big screens along with other live entertainment modules, for a fee of course. “There are also a lot of people who don’t play the sport, yet are ardent fans of the game. During the World Cup, hordes of football fans sporting jerseys of their favourite teams go out to restaurants, pubs and match screenings to catch their teams battle it out on the football field. A majority of Goans support Portugal which can be attributed to the Portuguese influence on our past,” Gomes said. Portuguese dictators may have colonised and ruled Goa with an iron fist for more than 400 years, but centuries of ill-will is forgiven, especially while watching a sublime swirling free-kick by Ronaldo, curling the jabulani ball past the outstretched hand of a rival goalkeeper, brushing the underside of the cross bar and kissing the net! Courtesy: mangalorean |
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