Friday, October 1, 2010

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Ban SNSes like Facebook, Orkut, demands Goa Chief Minister

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:34 AM PDT

In the backdrop of fake accounts of ministers being created, Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat has demanded a ban on social networking sites (SNSes) including Facebook. The Chief Minister has recently written a letter to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, which functions under I&B Ministry, demanding a ban on the SNSes.

“Social networking sites like Orkut, Facebook, Hi5 etc, are adversely affecting the lives of people with unscrupulous elements using them to post defamatory, vulgar and obscene material to blackmail, defame, cause mayhem among the people and destroy the social fabric of a peaceful society like Goa,” he said in the letter. Innocent people fall victim to emails or “add friend” requests when they see email IDs belong to their friends or their acquaintances, he said adding therefore these sites should be banned. Two of Goa’s ministers Churchill Alemao and Atanasio Monserratte had filed a police complaint last week after their fake IDs were created on social networking websites.

Jobs damand for locals is justified: GOA , MP

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:12 AM PDT

Demanding jobs for locals is not anti-constitutional, and that even late Smt. Indira Gandhi had said that people should get jobs nearer to their homes, said Mr. Shantaram Naik M.P. at Margao on thursday.

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Mr. Naik, who was a Chief Guest at the function organized by Konkani Bhasha Mandal, at Ravindra Bhawan, Margao to celebrate its 48th Anniversary, further said that it is the duty of central institutions like Railways, Goa Shipyard, Mormugao Port Trust, Airport Authorities etc. to give necessary preference to the candidate belonging to the state, while making recruitments.

Those who say that demanding reservations for locals constitutes narrow mentality say so with ulterior motives, Mr. Naik said. Mr. Naik also said that it is most unfortunate that in spite of the announcements made by Goa Government that they will bring out a State Education Policy, the same has not seen the light of the day.

Mr. Naik said that a policy which will stress on Goan Culture its history, its people, land, rivers, is the need of the hour and that such a policy should be framed within the parameters of National Education Policy 1986 as amended in 1991.

Mr. Naik further said that if,  Konkani Bhasha Mandal,  which is basically devoted to school and propagation of Konkani literature, proposes to widen its activities by taking up social issues,  then, it is advisable that they establish a separated division or section within the mandal to take up such issues.

Former Presidents of Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Prof. Shyam Verekar, Shri Bhiku Bombi Naik, Dr. Francisco Colaco, Shri Gurunath Kelekar, Prof.Gunaji Desai, and Shri Narayan Mauzo , Shri Sadanand Kanekar, werealso present on the occasion.

At the outset, President of Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Shri Prashant Naik gave a welcome address. Literary, Service, Education and Journalism Awards as also Awards to those students who excelled themselves in Konkani Subject, were given at the hands of Mr. Naik.

Miss Anvesha Singbal and Mr. Anant Agni compared the proceedings of the function and Shri Chetan Acharya proposed a vote of thanks.
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