Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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Indian Women Don’t Have Multiple Affairs, Nor Do They Cry: Mike Pandey

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:34 AM PST

Indian women do not have multiple affairs, nor do they cry all the time, three-time Green Oscar winner Mike Pandey said Monday while making his case for creating a mandatory half an hour slot on private television channels dedicated to socially oriented short films and documentaries.

“The saas bahu serials on TV send wrong signals out to the society… Indian women do not cry all the time or have multiple affairs. I am glad the trend of these serials stopped following public opinion,” Pandey told reporters at a press conference in Panaji on the sidelines of the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

Hollywood/Bollywood actor Freida Pinto seen interaction with the media during the special press conference in regards to her film ‘You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger’.
at the media Centre during the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India in Panaji on Monday.

Mike Pandey seen during the press conference on the short film culture in the country at the media centre during the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India in Panaji on Monday.

Noted French film maker Jean Becker seen addressing the press conference on the retrospective on his films at the media centre during the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India in Panaji on Monday.

Courtesy:Daiji

Tribunal will frame apropriate issues on Mhadai ; MP ,Goa

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:13 AM PST

State of Goa will have to plead their case for framing of appropriate issues regarding their objection to the Karnataka Irrigation Project , before the tribunal , and that, Central Government ,has not , laid down any terms of reference in cases of tribunals constituted in the country so far , and therefore, in Mhadei case also,  the Government has not fixed any terms of reference, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal told Mr Shantaram Naik M.P., today.T

At the request of Mr Naik Mr Bansal organized a meeting in his office at Parliament House, in which,  besides Mr Bansal and Mr Naik, Secretary for Water Resources Shri U.N.Panjiar and Commissioner of Projects who deals with Mhadei Project Shri A.B.Pandya , were present.

Mr Bansal told Mr Naik that all the pleadings of the parties will be sent to the tribunal which will then look into the various aspect of the dispute.

Normally,  tribunals deals with the distribution of  water, however, since it is the case of Goa that Karnataka is attempting to obstruct the flow of river water , Goa can  plead for the removal of obstruction, Mr Naik was told at the meeting.

Mr Panjiar told Mr Naik that it is in case of Inquiry Commissions,   terms of reference are specifically  laid down by the government but , Tribunals being a judicial bodies, framing of appropriate issues are left to them.

Mr Naik in a statement issued from New Delhi, after his meeting with Mr Bansal, said that Goa Government's lawyers will have to effectively plead before the tribunal,  so that,  tribunal holds proper inquiry into the very legality of the construction of dam by the State of Karnataka.

It may be recalled that Mr Naik had earlier through his letter and subsequent meeting with Mr Bansal, had expressed apprehension that if proper terms of reference to meet Goa's objection to the project are not framed, Tribunal will not serve any purpose,  as far as State of Goa is concerned.

The Chief Minister of Goa Shri Digamber Kamat was to join Mr Naik in today's meeting but he had to cancel his visit to New Delhi at the last moment.

On the issue of Special Economic Zones, Mr Naik said that Union Commerce Minister Shri Anand Sharma is abroad and he will  be returning tonight. He will meet Sharma in a day or two,  to request him to denotify the three notified SEZs in Goa in view of the fact that the Panaji Bench of Bombay High Court has disposed of the petition pending on the subject , on account of which , Commerce Ministry had deemed it fit not to denotify the three SEZs.

Mr Naik said that since the  developers are are  now not having any land with them , the three SEZ proposals are deemed to  stand de facto  denotified,  and that,  only formal notification have to be issued by the governmet.
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