Friday, October 8, 2010

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Goa: Films from Australia, New Zealand to be screened at IFFI

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 07:30 AM PDT

Film lovers at the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held in Goa will be treated to movies from Australia and New Zealand this November. IFFI's 'Australian Indigenous Representations in Fiction Films' section will focus on two titles that achieved both critical acclaim and box office success - 2009 Camera d'Or winner Samson & Delilah and Bran Nue Dae. Shankar Mohan, Joint Director and Artistic Curator of IFFI said, "We hope that Australia, through its cinema, would find a platform in India to bridge the people of two nations."

Goa: IFFI 2010

Other films from the two countries to be screened at the fest from November 22 to December 2 include Boy, Animal Kingdom, Home by Christmas, Beneath Hill 60 and Mother Fis. Special invitees from the two countries are Beneath Hill 60 director Jeremy Sims and its producer Bill Leimbach. Producer of Bran Nue Dae, Robyn Kershaw, director David Michand and Animal Kingdom producer Liz Watts will also be present for the screening of their films.

"David Michod and I are delighted at Animal Kingdom's selection into this year's International Film Festival of India. As the country's oldest and most esteemed Festival, it's a great honour to be screening there and we are looking forward to the audiences' reactions to the film there!" Ms. Watts said. Her words were echoed by Bran Nue Dae producer Kershaw. "Indian and Australian cultures share much common history and contemporary interests and our futures are bound to be entwined. I can't wait to experience our film in front of the home of the world's leading force in dance and music filmmaking."

Courtesy: hindu

Goa serial killer gets seven years of imprisonment

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:53 AM PDT

A local court today sentenced alleged serial killer Mahanand Naik to seven years of imprisonment for raping a girl in 2009. Additional District and Sessions court pronounced the sentence in presence of the accused, who has also been charged for murdering 16 girls and slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on him.

Mahanand (40), was arrested in 2009 after the victim, his wife’’s friend, complained to the Ponda police that he was threatening her. The girl had claimed that he was raping her for over three years. The victim, belonging to a poor family, had said she was being “blackmailed” by Mahanand by showing her semi nude pictures.

During interrogation after his arrest, Mahanand had confessed of killing 16 women for over 15 years. The killer had confessed that he was murdering the girls using their dupatta after luring them for a date.

Courtesy: msn

Karnataka crisis: Overnight drama in Goa

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:53 PM PDT

Battleground Karnataka has moved to Goa where the rebel MLAs are camping at a five star hotel. It has taken a dramatic twist overnight when arch rivals, the JDS president HD Kumaraswamy and Yeddyurappa’s man Janardhan Reddy, came face to face. Both are firefighting to guard the MLAs. Kumaraswamy was heckled outside the hotel by BJP workers when he reached there. Goa Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar rushed into the hotel close to midnight along with supporters, breaking security barricades, to hold discussions with the Karnataka BJP legislators.

karnataka crisis in Goa

“They have some grievances but nothing against the party, they are ready to talk to a few people. What does Kumaraswamy’s presence here indicate? asked Manohar Parrikar, Leader of Opposition, Goa. Several Congress ministers were also at the hotel even though the Congress had said the rebellion was an internal matter of the BJP. ”It’s like they have kidnapped our MLAs, thery are not letting us talk to them,” said G Janardhana Reddy, Tourism Minister, Karnataka.

Even as Karnataka’s Crisis dissidence drama shifted venue to Goa where 13 rebel MLAs continue to stay put, another dissident, 4-time MLA from Mysore, Shankarlinge Gowda, was allegedly assaulted late on Thursday evening at the Legislators’ Home behind the Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore. It is not yet clear though whether Mr Gowda had attempted suicide, or if his own son attacked him, as is being alleged. Sources told NDTV that there had been pressure on Shankarlinge Gowda to return to the BJP fold and withdraw his protest letter.

A couple of days back, Gowda had lashed out at Yeddyurappa on TV channels calling him ‘mentally unstable’ and had also accused the chief minister of denying him a Cabinet seat despite having won elections on a BJP ticket all four times in what used to be a JD(S) bastion.

Courtesy: ndtv

Goa eyes Commonwealth Games visitors

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 12:32 PM PDT

With tourists in the country for the Commonwealth Games (CWG), India's best known sun and sand destination Goa can't be far behind. The state is busy churning out brochures and leaflets to attract visitors. Nikhil Desai, managing director of Goa Handicraft Rural and Small Scale Industries Development Corporation, said more than 30,000 brochures and 20,000 leaflets carrying information about the state will be distributed in a major advertising endeavour.

'The information is a blend of both Goa and Delhi. We have published both information about the Delhi Metro service as well as info about Goa and its various handicrafts,' Desai told reporters, adding the campaign would focus on busy thoroughfare sites as well as Metro stations in the national capital. 'What we also foresee is an increase in the traffic on our website where one can buy products online,' Desai said, adding that the plan was to create a buzz about Goa among CWG invitees.

Courtesy: calcuttatube
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