Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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Surendra Sirsat appointed new Goa NCP chief

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 06:50 AM PST

Surendra Sirsat has been appointed the president of the Goa unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the party said in a statement Tuesday.

The statement added that the earlier state unit president, Jose Phillip D’Souza, has been relieved of his charge by party president Sharad Pawar.

D’Souza had earned the ire of his party high command after he was found involved in a public brawl against his party colleague Francisco Pacheco in the run-up to the recently concluded municipal polls here.

Sirsat, a former speaker of the Goa legislative assembly, is an academician and has worked as a lecturer in a local college.

Courtest:BN

Goa is lucky for me, says Ajay Devgn

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 05:14 AM PST

With all three of his Golmaal films making it big at the box office, Bollywood superstar Ajay Devgan feels that Goa is lucky for him.

The 41-year-old actor is riding high on his three consecutive successes this year — Once Upon A Time in Mumbai, Raajneeti, and Golmaal 3 — and an average fare in Aakrosh.

Latest hit Golmaal 3, directed by Rohit Shetty, was extensively shot in Goa and even the story of the film is based on the tourist state.

“You can say Goa is lucky for me. But it will be wrong to say that Goa is my success mantra as there are many people who work for the success of a film,” said Devgn, who was here to inaugurate the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

Courtesy:DNA

Goa: IFFI 2010-Day 1

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 08:16 PM PST

Photographic Glimpses of International Film Festival of India.

Union railway minister Mamta Banerjee seen lighting the ceremonial lamp to mark the inauguration of the 41st International Film Festival of India at the Dinanath Mangueshkar auditorium in Kala Academy at Panaji. Also seen veteran bollywood film maker Yash Chopra, Bollywood actors Ajay Devgan, Reema Sen, Chief minister Digambar Kamat and others.

Union railway minister Mamta Banerjee being escorted by the Chief minister Diagamabr Kamat to the main festival venue in Panaji.

Veteran bollywood film maker Yash Chopra seen along with the members of the International Jury.

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat seen expressing his thoughts on the ocassion.

Cultural dance performance ‘Sehar’ enthralled the crowd during the inaugural ceremony of the 41st International Film Festival of India at the Dinanath Mangueshkar auditorium in Kala Academy at Panaji.

Bollywood actors Reema Sen, Raima Sen, Divya Dutta and others seen minutes after the inaugural ceremony of the 41st International Film Festival of India at the Dinanath Mangueshkar auditorium in Kala Academy at Panaji.

Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan walks the Red carpet.

Pics by Applied Art

Courtesy: daijiworld

Goa: Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal formed

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 08:01 PM PST

After a long delay, the Union government finally issued a notification constituting a tribunal consisting of three judges to adjudicate the dispute between Goa and Karnataka over diversion of water from the Mhadei basin. The Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal would be headed by sitting Supreme Court judge, Mr Justice J M Panchal and Mr Justice Viney Mittal of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and a former judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Mr Justice P S Narayana, as members.

The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat confirmed that the notification constituting the tribunal was issued by the Union government and expressed happiness over the matter, which he said would help the state to seek redressal to its grievances. The headquarters of the tribunal would be at Delhi. The notification to this effect was issued on November 19.

The Goa government had been relentlessly pressing for constitution of the tribunal and the request was first sent way back in July 2002 to the central government under section 3 of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 to resolve dispute on water sharing between the state and Karnataka. The efforts by the Union water resources ministry to resolve the dispute through negotiations did not succeed.

Courtesy: Navhind Times
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