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JAIPUR: Former Vice PresidentBhairon Singh Shekhawat diedtoday of cardiac arrest, two daysafter he was admitted to a hos-

pital here complaining of un-easiness and breathing prob-lems.

87-year - o ld Shekhawat

breathed his last at 11:10 am atthe Swai Man Singh Hospital,Dr Narpat Singh, Superintendentof the hospital, said. (PTI)

Ex-VP Shekhawat passes away

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, MAY 15

Chief Minister Digamber Kamattoday said the Chief Justice ofBombay High Court has assuredto have designated court to hearthe cases related to foreignersin Goa on a day to day basis. Ihad asked the chief justice tohave to a designated court tohear such cases, which heagreed. We want that the cul-prits involved in offences againstforeigners be punished, Kamatsaid.

The chief minister also saidthat the existing beach manage-ment safety scheme has beenextended till 11 p.m. so that thesecurity on beaches is not com-promised.

Kamat was addressing a gath-ering on the occasion of handingover patrolling vehicles to theGoa Tourism Department byWorld Travel and Tourism Coun-cil, India Initiative (WTTCII), thisevening.

Kamat said that offences

against tourists are unfortunateincidents which happen wheretourism is the backbone of theeconomy. The government istrying their best to nab the cul-prits and in many cases, the ju-dicial process has alreadystarted, Kamat said.

The chief minister askedTourism Secretary M Modassirand Director Nikhil Desai to en-sure that the vehicles donatedby WTTCII should not be mis-used. In the past there havebeen instances wherein ambu-lances donated were seen out-side theatres in the night, hecautioned.

The private players in thetourism field donated 15 jeepsand seven two wheelers to theTourist Security Force, an eliteforce that is being conceived tolook after safety of guests inthis coastal State. These vehicleswill patrol the coastline fromextreme South to North.

Chief Secretary Sanjay Sri-

Burglars strikeVasco flat

HERALD REPORTER

VASCO, MAY 15

In a daylight burglary, burglarsdecamped with gold orna-ments, electronic items andcash worth Rs 5.79 lakhs froma flat in Pushpanjali Building in

Bombay HC agrees to designated court: CM

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HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, MAY 15

Soliciting community participa-tion in tackling the Sonsodowaste problem, Fomento Greenand Waste Management Serv-ices has maintained that thewaste treatment plant at theSonsodo site would be opera-tional by March 2011.

The company, however, laidgreat stress on community par-ticipation, especially on the vitalaspect of segregation of wasteat source to deal with the dailygeneration of waste in the Com-mercial Capital.

Work on the setting up of thetreatment plant would begin fromOctober 1 this year. We hope tocomplete the plant in early 2011and the plant would be opera-tional in all respects by March2011, maintained the Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of Fomento Greenand Waste Management Servicesat an interaction with the citizensat the Ravindra Bhavan here onSaturday evening.

Incidentally, the company hassaid the proposed land fill sitecreated at Sonsodo will be cappedafter a period of five years and itwould be the responsibility of theMargao Municipal Council to iden-tify alternate land for the land fillsite to take care of rejects for thenext 25 years.

We as citizens of Margaoshould realize our responsibili-ties not only in respect of seg-regation of waste at source, but

Madgavkars should display theircollective will to solve the prob-lem, Kamat added.

He said Fomento would takeup temporary measures at Son-sodo immediately by cappingthe site with tarpaulin and buildsurface drainages to preventleachate flowing in the waterbodies. Sifting and sieving ofthe waste would be carried outsimultaneously by the companyat the site, Kamat said, whileasserting that waste segregationat source is mandatory if theproject has to succeed.

In his welcome address, Chair-man of Fomento Group, AudhutTimblo solicited the involvementand cooperation of Madgavkarsto make the project a big success.Unless the people of Margao arepassionate about their city, wewill not make much headway withthe waste management project,Timblo said, adding our journeywill be tough if Madgavkars doesnot come forward and cooperatewith the company.

Incidentally, Margao Munici-pal councillors were conspicu-ous by their absence at theinteraction. Only MMC Chief Of-ficer, Y B Tawde and two Mu-n i c ipa l eng inee r s wereconspicuous by their presence.

Though the exercise was tokeep the citizens abreast of theplans by Fomento at the dump-ing site, only a handful of citi-zens tu rned ou t fo r theinteraction.

Fomento seeks publichelp to tackle Sonsodo

HERALD REPORTER

VASCO, MAY 15

A truck driver and a cleaner wereinjured when the speedingpotash-loaded truck turned onits side at F L Gomes Road nearSt Andrews Church, Vasco, earlySaturday morning.

According to Vasco police,the accident occurred after truckdriver Ram Ashare lost controlover the truck (GA-02-T-7454).Both the driver and cleaner es-caped with minor injuries.

It may be recalled that thesharp turn at F L Gomes Roadhas become a death trap, as ear-lier speeding vehicles like am-monia tankers, coal trucks andoil tankers have turned turtle.

Considering the growing num-ber of accidents at the site, Rev-enue Minister Jose Philip DSouzahad suggested the disaster man-

Truck driver, cleaner hurt in Vasco mishap

Says waste plant to beoperational by March 2011

agement official from Sub-Divi-sional Magistrate office and trafficpolice to lay speed humps, whichare used in locations where lowspeeds are desired and used toreduce vehicle speed.

Ornaments,cash stolen

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, MAY 15

Unknown culprits decamped withgold ornaments and cash worthover Rs 1.5 lakh from a residentialhouse at Madel-Margao.

Margao PSI Suraj Gawas in-formed that unknown culpritsbarged into the house and de-camped with the valuables andcash.

The police have registered acase of theft.

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MARGAO, MAY 15

The Maina Curtorim police ar-rested two persons under thePrevention of Cruelty to AnimalsAct for organizing a bullfight atChandor on Saturday morning.

The police said they arrestedone Balu and Velino for allegedlyorganizing the bullfights. Theywere later released on bail.

Death condoled PANJIM, MAY 15 (HND) BJPGoaState mourned the demise of ex-vice president Bhairon SinghShekhawat.

The press release states thatShekhawat was a guiding figure andplayed a major role in building andshaping the present BJP. The countryhas lost a mass leader, a statesmanand a leader who always championedthe cause of poor people.

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PANJIM, MAY 15

The tussle over handing over of Campal Footballground continues with Urban Development Min-ister Joaquim Alemao claiming that he has noidea of the Corporation of the City of Panjim(CCP) moving file to take over the project.

They need to consult me before putting upany such proposal. Neither the corporation northe Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA)have given any idea about it, Alemao said.

He said that till date no such proposal is beenplaced before me by the corporation.

Alemao, who is also a chairman of Goa Foot-ball Association (GFA), said that SAG has alsonot approached him over any such letter fromCCP.

The corporation in March, 2010 had written aletter to the Sports Authority of Goa ((SAG) askingto hand over he football ground for the develop-ment. But the SAG had said that they have notreceived any such proposal.

If such proposal comes in near future, SAGwill completely oppose to it as it is maintainedwell by Goa State Infrastructure DevelopmentCorporation (GSIDC), SAG Director V M Prab-hudessai had told Herald earlier.

Meanwhile, a senior CCP official has said that

the role of the minister doesnt come into pictureas SAG is also an autonomous body.

The corporation can take its independentdecision. CCP has just written letter to hand overthe ground. If SAG agrees then the proposal willbe placed before Urban Development Ministrythrough Directorate of Municipal Administration(DMA), senior official said.

Alemao said that its not possible to take upthe developmental work of the ground as GFAdoesnt have enough funds. Even the corporationis going under same crisis, he added.

The corporation is planning to opt for fundsunder Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban RenewalMission (JNNURM) for carrying out the develop-mental work of the football ground.

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n They need to consult mebefore putting up any suchproposal. Neither thecorporation nor theDirectorate of MunicipalAdministration (DMA) havegiven any idea about it,Alemao said.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, MAY 15

Orlim villagers cried foul as directions by the Town and CountryPlanning Department to the Colva police to stop land filling atOrlim by a mega housing project builder went abegging since thelast five days.

It was on May 10 that Town Planner Rajesh Naik asked the Colvapolice to stop the land filling immediately and to direct the partyto clear the dumped mud from the property and restore the landto its original form since no permission has been obtained for themud filling.

Its five days now since the Town Planner wrote the letter to theColva Police Station incharge, but theres change in the groundsituation, claimed local villagers.

In fact, the villagers claimed that when they approached theOrlim police outpost, they were told by the men-in-uniform theycan stop the work on condition they receive the request from thepanchayat body.

We have knocked the doors of the TCP, the police and the Pan-chayat body, but the violations by the builders continue on theground. Why are the villagers made to run from pillar to postwhen the authorities ought to act on their own, remarked KimMiranda,

Incidentally, Town Planner Rajesh Naik had requested the Colvapolice to take necessary action as per the provisions of Section17-A of the TCP Act.

Interestingly, TCP officials say the police are supposed to actbased on the request made by the Town Planner, reminding thatland filling prior permission of the Chief Town Planner undersection 17-A of the TCP Act and that the violation of this provisionof the Act is a cognizable offense.

The Orlim villagers have been waging a battle against a megahousing project consisting of 66 flats in the village. In the past,the TCP had issued a notice to the builder to discontinue fillingor development in the low lying area. However, inspection by theTCP officials on May 10 revealed that the directions issued earlierwere literally thrown to the winds as evident by the developmentwork in the property in question.

Land filling: Orlimlocals cry foul over

police inaction

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, MAY 15

Asserting that his group has fivePanch members in the 11-mem-ber Davorlim Village Panchayat,PWD Minister and Navelim MLAChurchill Alemao has said thatthe ruling body does not oweallegiance to the Congress party.

A day after newly-elected Da-vorlim Sarpanch FranciscoSebestiao Dias claimed that hisruling is aligned to the LuizinhoFaleiro group; the PWD Ministersaid his group of Panchas in theDavorlim panchayat is with theCongress party.

I have five panch memberswith me in Davorlim panchayat.They are the Navelim block Con-gress president Leon Raicar,Mahila Congress president RajiniRaicar, Arcanjo, Fatima andMinguelina. My group did notcontest elections for the postof Sarpanch following the stayobtained by the disqualifiedpanch member. I will ascertainthe grounds for granting thestay by the court. My group willcontest the post after twomonths, Alemao asserted.

The ruling panchayat bodyis not with the Congress. Onlymy five panchas are with theCongress party, he reiterated.

A member of the Alemao

Ruling Davorlim VP bodydoes not owe allegiance to Cong, says Churchill

group in Davorlim panchayatLeon Raicar said the group didnot contest the polls after panchmember Martin Rocha obtaineda stay from the Supreme Courton his disqualification. He saidthe five-member group is solidlybehind the Congress and Ale-mao in Davorlim.

We did not contest becausethe opposite group had a ma-jority after the Supreme Courtgranted stay to Martin Rocha,he said.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, MAY 15

In a tragic incident, a first year BCom studentdied by hanging himself on Saturday.

Cuncolim police said the 19-year old youngster,Omkar Kumbarlkar, who was residing at Cuncolim,

was found hanging dead on the wooden frameof the kitchen door. He used a jute rope to hanghimself on the wooden frame, the police said.

The Cuncolim police have registered a case ofunnatural death. The police are conducting furtherinvestigations.

BCom student hangs to death

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, MAY 15

North Goa Bharatiya Janata Party MP Shripad Naik on Saturdaysaid the law and order situation in the State was deterioratingday after day and directly placed the onus for the situation onsenior police officers from the State cadre.

Naik reinforced his partys demand for having Indian PoliceService (IPS) officers in important postings such as district super-intendents and in the Crime Branch. Having IPS officers in key po-sitions will help the State in controlling the narcotics-relatedcrimes, he asserted.

Presently, the State with just two districts has three Goa PoliceService (GPS) officials holding three crucial posts, which includesposts of two district SPs and one SP Crime. The former BJP Presidentstressed on posting of IPS officers in these positions to tackle thecrime scene effectively.

A senior IPS official said the posts of district SP and SP Crimein the State have been held by IPS officers because they were lessprone to succumbing to pressure by politicians and also they havelesser local stakes or interests.

The official said the Home Ministry was using the State cadreofficers to put pressure on IPS officers thus holding them to ransom.

However, as of late, insiders in the police department are openlyspeaking about a rift between the state cadre and IPS officers.However, at a recent press conference Deputy Inspector Generalof Police, Ravinder Singh Yadav said all these were rumours andthere was no such rift. SP Crime Atmaram Deshpande, who waspresent, supported Yadavs comment.

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HERALD REPORTERVASCO, MAY 15

The renovated Childrens Parkof Mormugao Municipal Council(MMC) is serving as an idealplace of leisure for children dur-ing summer holidays.

The newly renovated park hasa colourful caricature paintingof Disney World and latest play-ing equipments, courtesy ZuariIndustrial Limited and City Coun-cillor Daji Salkar for his constantfollow-ups with corporate houseto take up the work.

During the last two years, thepark has undergone a majorfacelift that has attracted many

children to visit the park.As radio was part of the en-

tertainment in the park, whichwas abandoned nearly fourdecades ago, we thought of re-viving it to entertain the parents,who come along with their chil-dren in the park, said Salkar.

He appreciated the assistanceof ZIL for providing new addi-tional equipments and takingminor repair and painting workof the park.

The Childrens Park in theheart of Vasco city, which wasestablished in 1939, had limitednumbers of equipments.

It may be recalled that two

years ago, then MMC chairper-son Carlos Almeida had garneredhelp from ZIL and installed latestplaying equipments and carriedout renovation work.

During our childhood, wehad very limited equipments,but things have changed in therecent past, as number of play-ing equipments has attractedthe children, said Reshma Mam-lekar, who brings her two chil-dren for leisure activities at thepark.

She said the authoritiesshould maintain the park, as thisis the only park which has anumber of playing equipments.

Renovated MMC Childrens Park attracting many kids

HERALD CORRESPONDENTQUEPEM, MAY 15

Deputy Director of TransportPrakash Azavedo on Friday as-sured members of QuepemTaluka Mining Affected PeoplesFront (QTMAPF) that miningtrucks with planks will be di-rected to remove it from May17 or they will not be allowedto ply along the roads.

Azavedo gave the assuranceat a joint meeting with transportofficers and QTMAPF membersin Quepem DySPs office. Themeeting was called to discussand find a solution to overload-ing, over speeding and non-im-plementation of the High Courtorder.

The Front members broughtto the notice of the deputy di-rector of transport that all min-ing trucks operating in Quepemhave planks attached to thetruck.

The planks are attached inviolation of Section 52 of MotorVehicle Act 1988 and Section136 of Goa Motor Vehicle Rules1991, members told Azavedo.

They sought to know fromAzavedo whether the planksfixed are legal, to which hereplied: They are illegal.

The members demanded im-mediate removal of the planks

and those trucks not removingit should not be allowed to plyalong the road.

Azavedo assured the mem-bers that his department wouldenforce the assurance givenfrom may 17.

The Front members warnedAzavedo that if it is not imple-mented, then they will be forcedto take up the issue before highcourt.

The members questionedAzavedo why High Court orderregarding overloading of truckswas not implemented. Azavedosaid his department had issuedchallans for over 116 trucks foroverloading, but despite issuingchallans, the trucks are contin-uously overloaded.

There is shortage of enforc-ing off icers in RTO off iceQuepem and the number of min-ing trucks plying along the roadis more. Hence our officers can-not act on all the erring trucks,he said.

However, he assured themembers that the number ofenforcing officers in Quepemwill be increased in the days tocome.

The members also broughtto the notice of the traffic cellthat trucks are not regulatedproperly at the monitoring

point.Instead of releasing one

truck each from Cavrem andRivona side per minute, at least10 trucks are released in aminutes time from both thesides, claimed the members.

The members requested thedeputy director of transport tocarry out on the spot inspectionof mining trucks whether theyare overloaded or not. Azavedoand other officers agreed to in-spect and the spot was fixednear Cindio Apartments.

Media persons and memberswent forward and waited at thespot, but the traffic officer tothe surprise of the members andmedia persons instead of car-rying out inspection at CindioApartments went to Curchoremand did not turn up.

Quepem forum assured of resolving mining related woes

Retreat atParra

PANJIM(HND)

Salvation Ministry will be con-ducting a one day retreat onMay 19 at Emerald Lawns, Parra,from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm. BroAnil will preach on the Word ofGod. Come and experienceGods power, healing and deliv-erance and be blessed, says apress release.

case.To counsel H D Sharma's

question on how long shestayed at Ramkatha Kunjmanch (dais) after reachingthere for the first time, the IPSofficer said she was there onlyfor a few minutes.

"Within a few minutes ofreaching the dais Vinay Katiyarasked me to go to the police

control room and get the direc-tion of Advani's convoy, whichwas parked, changed," shesaid.

Gupta said when she re-turned to the dais, Katiyarasked her to bring Advani's carto Ramkatha kunj as the leaderwould face difficulty in reachingthe control room due to thepresence of a huge gathering.

At this point Sharma askedher to clarify whether afterreaching the dais she heardleaders announcing repeatedlyabout how and where the sym-bolic 'kar seva' was to be per-formed.

When asked by Sharmawhether 'bhajan' and 'kirtan'was being performed at thedais when she reached there,Gupta said, "When I reachedthere, speeches were being

given and in between slogansraised."

"The crowd present therewas swelling in numbers and itwas responsive towards pro-grammes being coordinatedfrom the dais. The crowd wasalso cheering the leaders," shesaid.

Gupta said when shereached the control room to

get the convoy's di-rection changed,she could hear

speeches being made.In reply to a question, the of-

ficer told the court that Advanialighted from his car near thecontrol room and walked all theway to Ramkatha kunj, whichwas 150 to 175 metres away.

Gupta said when shereached Ram Janambhoomicomplex at 10.15 am, thou-sands of people were alreadythere.

The defence counsel askedGupta if, during her to and fromovement between Ramkathakunj and the control room, shesaw people performing sym-bolic 'kar seva'.

"I saw some seers perform-ing religious rituals," she said.

Gupta said in none of the or-ders given to her by the districtadministration the word sym-bolic 'kar seva' was mentioned.

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PTI

NEW DELHI, MAY 15

Rejecting any differences be-tween the party and the gov-ernment on the issue oftackling Maoists, Minority Af-fairs Minister Salman Khurshidtoday said both are on thesame page on the issue.

"Government and party areon the same page over theissue ... there are no differ-ences of approach, only the dif-ference of words. Who sayswhat is also related to what isone's responsibility," MinorityAffairs Minister Salman Khur-shid told reporters here.

In the midst of the debateon the right approach to deal-ing with Naxalism, CongressPresident Sonia Gandhi has

said the "root causes" of theproblem need to be addressedwhile tackling it decisively.

"While we must address actsof terror decisively and force-fully, we have to address theroot causes of Naxalism", shesaid in the "Letter to the Con-gresspersons" in the first re-marks on the issue since acontroversy had broken outover Congress general secre-tary Digvijay Singh's article crit-icising Home Minister PChidambaram's handling of theproblem.

When Singh's comments hadtriggered a controversy in thewake of April 6 Dantewadamassacre, Congress distanceditself from them and said suchviews should be expressed in

party fora only.Asked about Gandhi's re-

marks, Singh said there was "nodifference" between the ap-proach of the party and the gov-ernment in tackling the issue.He suggested he had pennedthe article at a time when therewas talk of a "military strategy"to deal with Maoists.

Echoing similar views Khur-shid stressed that the contextin what something is saidneeds to be understood.

"When Congress Presidentwrites, she writes from anover-all view of anything.When Home Minister speaks,he speaks directly about HomeMinistry's responsibility. Whena general secretary of the partyspeaks, he tries to address a

large number of people," Khur-shid said.

Asked whether Gandhi's in-sistence on addressing the rootcauses of Naxalism points toany softening of the stand onNaxalism, Khurshid replied inthe negative.

"There is no shift. There isno softening of the stand. Con-gress President has spoken ex-actly what everybodyunderstands it (stand of Naxal-ism) has to be. Every persongives a view in a certain con-text. Congress President takesan over-all view. The contextshould not be seen as a shift. Itshould rather be seen as afocus. One person will focus onone dimension, the other onsomething else," Khurshid said.

No difference between party, govt on tackling Maoists: Khurshid

PTI

NEW DELHI, MAY 15

A Delhi court today orderedframing of charges againstCongress leader Sajjan Kumarin a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case re-lating to murder and spreadingenmity between two communi-ties.

Additional Sessions JudgeSunita Gupta allowed CBI's pleaseeking prosecution ofKumar under various sec-tions of IPC after findingprima facie evidence againsthim.

The court said that thecharges under Sections 302(murder), 395 (dacoity), 427(mischief to property), 153A(promoting enmity betweendifferent communities) will beframed formally on May 18.

The framing of charges willpave the way for trial in thecase. The Delhi High Court hadearlier issued direction to com-plete the trial within sixmonths of cases relating to

anti-Sikh riots.CBI had accused Kumar of

provoking people againstmembers of a particular com-munity during the carnage thatfollowed the assassination ofprime minister Indira Gandhion October 31, 1984, leadingto the killing of five persons inDelhi Cantonment area.

On the other hand, Kumar

had claimed the accounts ofCBI witnesses were not reliableas they had changed their ver-sions a number of times.

"There are contradictions be-tween different statements andaffidavits given by witnessJagdish Kaur. She did not nameSajjan Kumar either in her firststatement before police on No-vember 3, 1984, or before Jus-tice Rangnath MishraCommission and Jain-BanerjeeCommittee that inquired intothe riots," he had claimed.

The former Outer Delhi MPhad also contended that thecase against him could notstand as CBI re-registered iteven though a Delhi court hadgiven him a clean chit, accept-ing a cancellation report filedby Delhi Police.

The probe agency, however,had also sought framing ofcharges against Kumar for

being involved in sedi-tion saying he had in-cited people belonging

to one community against an-other.

Besides Kumar, other ac-cused in the case are BalwanKhokhar, Krishan Khokhar, Ma-hender Yadav, Captain Bhagmaland Girdhari Lal.

CBI had filed two chargesheets against Kumar and oth-ers on January 13 in the riotscases registered in 2005 on therecommendation of Justice G TNanavati Commission which in-quired into the sequence ofevents leading to the riots.

Framing of charges ordered against Sajjan Kumar

ANTI-SIKH RIOT CASE

Heroin worth Rs 97 cr seized

PTI

KALANAUR (PUNJAB), MAY 15

Heroin worth Rs 97 crore in theinternational market, pushedby Pakistani smugglers insideIndia, was seized by the BorderSecurity Force (BSF) at Indo-Pakborder in Gurdaspur sectortoday.

Patrol party noticed somesuspicious movements at about4 AM near Bohar Wadala checkpost fence from Pakistan side,Deputy Inspector General ofpolice (DIG) Gurdaspur S S Cha-trath told reporters.

The security force immedi-ately started search operationand saw two Pakistani smug-glers pushing the consignmentinto Indian side, the DIG saidadding our soldiers fired twoshots forcing them to flee.

19.750 kg contraband wasstuffed in 19 packets.

One China made pistol, twomagazines and 20 rounds werealso found in the consignment,Chatrath said.

PTI

RAE BARELI, MAY 15

An IPS officer, who said L K Ad-vani had made a provocativespeech in Ayodhya momentsbefore the Babri Masjid demo-lition in 1992 (rpt 1992), todaytold a CBI court that she wastwice sent away from the daisby BJP leader Vinay Katiyar, amove seen to keep her awayfrom the hub ofaction.

Anju Gupta,who was the personal securityofficer of Advani, was replyingto questions by the defencecounsel during the hearing ofthe Babri Masjid demolition

Katiyar sent me away from dais twice: IPS officer tells court

BABRI MASJID DEMOLITION

Another cop arrested in cartridges

racketPTI

BALLIA (UP), MAY 15

Another policeman was ar-rested here today in connec-tion with the cartridges racket,where arms and ammunition ofsecurity forces were being sup-plied to anti-socials and possi-bly naxalites.

Superintendent of police VK Shekhar said that Ram Kr-ishna Shukla, constable ar-mourer at the police lineshere, was arrested in connec-tion with the racket, beingrun by the police and CRPFpersonnel.

Is Deepika making SonamKapoor feel insecure? Yes, it'strue that this duo createdmagic together in Saawariya,but going by what Sonam hasto say; they might never cometogether on screen again.

Sonam is bagging on all thecompliments she is getting forher look in the upcoming IHate Luv Stories and is all ex-cited for the release of this film.

She also has some more soloprojects in her kitty likeAyesha with Abhay Deol,Come on Pappu with AkshayKumar, and Thank You, againwith Akshay Kumar and AbhayDeol.

Ranbir and Sonam gatheredaccolades for their romance inSaawariya but exactly the sameround when the movie re-leased, the paparazzi wentcrazy over the news of Ranbirdating Deepika, and it seemsRanbir took away the thunderfor this film which did not go

down too well with Sonam.Deepika and Ranbir's link

ups seem to be a hot topicwith the media and Sonam hasno intention to get involved inthis web. She is maintaining asafe distance from Ranbir whenit comes to films.

Sonam has learnt the traitsof the industry very soon andchooses to make a mark in theindustry on her own identity.

She has decided not to workwith Deepika because of somedifferences with the actressand has no qualms about it.Sonam and Deepika made theirdebut at almost the same time,but it seems Deepika has takenthe lead. Is this why Sonam isfeeling insecure?

Nevermind, we are sure thatthis Jr Kapoor will buck up re-ally quickly and deliver a hitsoon. As for her and Ranbircoming together again, the au-diences will just have to be pa-tient for now!

Is Deepika makingSonam feel insecure?

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15 rounded up in cop killing case

PTI

HYDERABAD, MAY 15

The police here have roundedup 15 persons for questioningin connection with the killingof an unarmed constable by sus-pected terror operatives in oldcity yesterday.

A constable attached toAndhra Pradesh Special PoliceU Ramesh (26) was killed whenone of the three motorcycle-borne assailants wearing masksopened fire at him in Shali Bandaarea under Hussaini-Alam policestation limits.

We have picked up 15 per-sons for questioning and gath-ering information from theshop-owners of the area whowere eyewitnesses to the inci-dent, a senior police officertold PTI.

The police suspect that a ter-ror operative Vicar Ahmed aliasVicaruddin, who has been ab-sconding for the last three years,could be the mastermind behindyesterday's incident, the officersaid.

The probe into the shootinghas been handed over to SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT), an ex-

pert probe wing of the city po-lice, he said.

Meanwhile claiming respon-sibility for yesterday's killing ofa constable here, a little knowncity-based group having allegedlinks with LeT and SIMI haswarned of more revenge at-tacks if perpetrators of theMecca Masjid firing were notbrought to book.

Police found a CD near theplace where the constable diedafter the firing by unidentifiedmotorcycle-borne assailants inthe Old City area here.

The CD contained neither anyaudio nor video, but had a letterin Urdu attributed to Tehrik-e-Galiba Islam warning of moreattacks if the government failsto order arrest of those respon-sible for police firing after May18 Mecca Masjid blast in Hyder-abad three years ago, policesaid.

The group said several inno-cent Muslims were killed in thepolice firing immediately afterthe blast, adding it would takerevenge if government failed toarrest those involved in the fir-ing.

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ISLAMABAD, MAY 15

Militants have regrouped inlarge numbers in Pakistan-oc-cupied Kashmir and are crossingthe Line of Control to sneak intothe Indian side of the Himalayanregion, local residents and po-litical leaders have said.

The militants have regroupedand launched jehadi activitiesin the Neelum valley on the Pak-istani side of the LoC, localpolitician Arif Shahid said. Localresidents and Shahid said themilitants were not from PoK.

"Jihadi activities have beenrestarted during the last fewweeks," said Shahid, the secre-tary general of the All PartiesNational Alliance.

"Most of the activities are con-centrated in the Neelum valleyalong the LoC," Shahid told the

BBC.Shahid, who had visited the

region with other APNA leaders,said the militants were basedthere in large numbers and hadset up camps in the area.

"The men are not locals theyhave long hair and beards. Mostdo not speak the local language,"he said.

Residents of Neelum valleybacked Shahid's assertions. "Weare scared... The armed men aremoving around the area and aretrying to cross the border," alocal resident said.

"We can make out from theirappearances and languages theyare not from any part of Kash-mir," the resident said.

Shahid said he believed thatmilitants are planning to sabo-tage ongoing peace negotiationsbetween India and Pakistan.

"They have set up camps inthe region and many are cross-ing the border... This is the startof another proxy war," he said.

Following a meeting betweenPakistan Prime Minister YousufRaza Gilani and his Indian coun-terpart Manmohan Singh lastmonth, the Foreign Ministers ofthe two countries recentlyagreed to meet in Islamabad onJuly 15 to nudge the peaceprocess forward.

Shahid's comments were sup-ported by Jammu and KashmirNational Liberation Front leaderShaukat Maqbool Bhat. "Thefighters are there and they areregularly crossing into India,"Bhat said.

Indian and Pakistani troopsregularly fought artillery duelsand exchanged small arms firetill a ceasefire was put in placealong the LoC in November2003.

Ex-UK minister attacked by eve

Reuters

LONDON, MAY 15

Former British minister and sen-ior Labour MP Stephen Timmsescaped death narrowly afterbeing attacked by a knife-wield-ing Muslim woman, a residentof his constituency.

The woman who was notidentified lunged at him andstabbed him twice in the stom-ach as Timms held a meetingfor his constituents in his EastLondon constituency yesterday,before one of aides bravely over-powered the woman, wearinga Muslim full dress and scarf,police said.

The arrival of the aide AndrewBazeley, 22, who had come tosee Timms' on an appointmentproved providential for one ofthe longest surviving and least

controversial member of theoutgoing Labour government,as he grabbed at the womanand wrestled to disarm her.

Unmesh Desai, an Indian bornelection aide of Timms and alocal councillor, said, "ThankGod. Andrew had the presenceof mind to take away the knifeand restrain the woman untilsecurity guards arrive."

Stephen Timms, who is theMP for East Ham and was re-elected to the Commons in therecent General Elections wasrushed to the Royal London Hos-pital and was said to be recov-ering.

Scotland Yard said a knifehad been recovered from thescene. The metropolitan policesaid investigations were inprogress.

Bombay HC agreesvastava, speaking on the occasion, lauded private players joininghands with the government over safety of tourists. Goa is a saferplace, government is very much interested in booking the culpritsand making this a safe destination, Srivastava said.

WTTCII Chairman Arjun Sharma said that the attacks on for-eigners in Goa shook not only international tourism but also do-mestic tourist inflow. He said that this is for the first time thatsuch an initiative has been taken in the country.

He said that some incidents of attack of foreigners are blownout of proportion which brought bad repute to the State.

Sharma said that this is first step towards imbibing safety oftourists visiting the State.

WTTCII Vice President Vivek Nair and renowned journalist, DilipCherian also spoke on the occasion.

Burglars strike Vasco flatVasco on Saturday afternoon.

According to Vasco police, some persons decamped with thebooty from the flat belonging to Narendra Mukundrai Rajani, agarment businessman from Vasco, between 10.30 am and 2.30pm.

Police informed that the occupant had gone to his shop at about10.30 am, while other family members are out of station. However,when Narendra visited his flat in the afternoon, he found the maindoor lock broken and the entire flat ransacked.

Vasco police said five gold chains, pendants, other gold itemsand some electronic items amounting to Rs 4.79 lakh were missing,besides cash of Rs 1 lakh was also found missing.

Police claimed that similar modus operandi was used by theburglars in other thefts and robberies in the port town earlier.

Vasco police pressed dog squad and finger print experts toprovide lead in the case.

However, after temples and computer shops, now the burglarshave reverted back to flats and houses, as barely one and halfmonth ago, two computer shops were broke open and about 21laptops worth Rs 10 lakhs were stolen.

China schoolattacker gets

death rap PTI

BEIJING, MAY 15

A Chinese court today sentencedto death a man who attackedand hurt 29 children and threeteachers at an eastern Chinesecity kindergarten last month.

The convicted unemployedman was the second to receivethe capital punishment after fiveseparate attacks on childrenacross the country in less thantwo months.

The Taixing Intermediate Peo-ple's Court found Xu Yuyuanguilty of "intentional homicide"after a half-day open trial, whichwas attended by 300 people,

Forty-seven-year-old Xu ad-mitted to the court his motivewas to vent his rage against so-ciety. But he appealed againstthe death sentence, saying thepunishment was too severesince no one died in the attack.

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There has been no informationon the whereabouts of seniorofficial of forest department,Vijay S Bardekar, who was al-legedly kidnapped by Bodo mil-itants in Arunachal Pradesh,where he had gone on a vaca-

Kidnapped Mrashtra forest official still missingtion, Maharashtra Forest Minis-ter Patang Rao Kadam saidtoday.

Chief Minister of the stateAshok Chavan is in constanttouch with his counterparts inArunachal Pradesh and Assamregarding the whereabouts ofthe missing officer, the minister

said.In a TV interview, Mr Kadam

said ''We are concerned over thereports of Bardekar and in thisregard the government is intouch with the security officials''.

In his early 50s, Bardekar, anofficer of the 1984 Indian ForestService (IFS) batch, is currentlythe Joint Director (Administra-tion) in the Social Forestry Di-rectorate in Pune.

Reports reaching here yestar-day indicated that Bardekar wasreportedly kidnapped from

Daimara village in West Kamengdistrict of Arunachal Pradesh,late Thursday night when hewas preparing to spend thenight there.

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Salgaocar memorial veter-ans soccer finals: Salgaocar'sVeterans v. Customs and Cen-tra l Exc ise , Goa, Nagoaground, 5 p.m.

Salgaocar memorial U-16soccer finals: Salgaocar SportsClub v. Bresources, Betalba-tim, Nagoa ground, 3.45 p.m.

U-19 I-League: Salgaocar SCv. Dempo SC, Duler ground,Mapusa, 4.30 p.m.

St Anthonys Super Soccerfinal: St Anthony, Colva v. Be-talbatim Sporting, Colvaground, 4.30 p.m.

Lakhanpal Novino GoldCup soccer quarters: AdarshYS v. FC Siolim, Dr. GustavoMonteiro stadium, Candolim,4.30 p.m.

Eslinda Alemao memorialsoccer: Mandopa SC v. GloriaSC, Mandopa ground, Nave-lim, 4.30 p.m.

Shooting Star soccer: Fr.Agnelo Paroda v. Varca SC, Am-belim ground, 4.30 p.m.

5th Al-Fatah T20 cricket fi-nals: Politics SC v. New Vad-dem SC, Chicalim ground, 2p.m.

1st control cricket, organ-ised by Jago Citizens WelfareTrust, near Rosary church, Fa-torda, 6 p.m.

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PANJIM, MAY 15

Goa girls defeated Vidarba by

37 runs to enter the finals of15th Sub-junior tennis ballcricket organised by Goa TennisBall Cricket Association in col-laboration with SAG at Nehrustadium, Margao on Saturday.

Vidarba scored 37 runs in 8

Goa girls in finals, boys in semisovers. Melissa of Goa took 3wickets. In reply, Goa scoredthe required runs in 4.4 overs.For Goa, Dhanashree topscoredwith 11, followed by Dixita andPooja 6 each. Goa will meet AIIBin the finals on Sunday.

Earlier in the quarter-finals,Goa trounced Rajasthan by 9wickets. Rajasthan scored 57 for5 in 8 overs. In reply, Goaachieved the target losing 1wicket.

In the boys section, Goa de-feated Rajasthan by 28 runs tomove into the semi-finals. Battingfirst, Goa scored 61 for 5. ForGoa, Subham topscored with 29,Atish 24. In reply, Rajasthan were

33 all out. Suyash claimed 3 for9 while Gourish and Tushantsnatched 2 wickets each for Goa.

Other results girls: Chattis-garh bt Madhya Pradesh, Vi-darba bt Uttar Pradesh, AIIB btJharkhand.

Boys: Madhya Pradesh btChattisgarh, Kerala bt Maharash-tra, Bihar bt Delhi, Jharkhand btJ&K, Assam bt Chandigarh,Orissa bt Himachal Pradesh, AIIBbt Telangana.

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Sporting Clube de Goa trouncedMusli Power Churchill Brothers8-1 in the U-19 I-League footballtournament at Duler ground,here on Saturday.

Sporting qualified for the 2ndphase in Kolkata after toppingthe Goa zone with 10 pointswith 3 wins and a draw.

A brace each by Joston Pereiraand Pedro Gonsalves helpedSporting to demolish Churchill.

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Churchill Alemao today took upthe matter of the change of su-pervising match officials inChurchill Bros v. Al Qadsia roundof 16 AFC Cup match in Kuwaiton Wednesday, with the AFC.

Churchill said that as per theofficial communication routedthrough the AIFF on April 12,the referee and the assistant ref-erees nominated for the matchwere all from Singapore, withthe fourth official being fromMaldives. How, these werechanged and Bahrain (refereeand assistant referees) and Qatar(fourth referee) officials nomi-nated for the match, is a mys-tery, disclosed Churchill andadded that these four were fromthe Gulf itself, just like Qadsia.

This major and suddenchange was not intimated to usand we came to know about itonly the previous day of the

Churchill flays change in referees for AFC matchl Singapore referees replaced by Bahrain trio for Qadsia match

PTI

IPOH (MALAYSIA), MAY 15

Drag-flicker Dhananjay Ma-hadik scored a hat-trick as de-fending champions Ind iacrushed Egypt 7-1 to enter thefinal of the Sultan Azlan ShahCup hockey tournament heretoday.

Mahadik (34th, 40th, 42ndminute), skipper Rajpal Singh(44th), Rupinder Pal Singh(48th) , Tushar Khandekar(49th), Sarvanjit Singh (70th)scored for India in what was

a must-win match, while AbdEl Hakim Ahmed (68th) wasthe lone Egyptian goal-get-ter.

India will take on Korea inthe summit clash tomorrow.

India had earlier made sixappearances in the final ofthe tournament and endedon the victorious side onf o u r o c c a s i o n s i n 1 9 8 5 ,1991, 1995 and 2009. Theyhad lost to Argentina in the2008 title clash by a goldengoal.

India in Azlan Shah final

PTI

MUMBAI, MAY 15

Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi todayresponded to the first showcause notice servedto him for alleged financial irregularities with astaggering 12,000-page reply, which accordingto his lawyers, will leave BCCI with no choice butto re-instate him in the post.

Modi, who had got an extension of five daysfrom May 10 deadline, submitted his reply throughhis lawyers, who brought in the papers in six car-tons amidst the media frenzy at the Cricket Centre,the Board's headquarters here.

BCCI Chief Administrative Officer RatnakarShetty received the papers and documents onbehalf of the Board and said all the concernedpeople will be given the copies.

Modi's lawyers Mehmood Abdi talked with thewaiting media for close to 30 minutes and saidthe reply had "sufficiently and fully addressed"all the allegations against his client.

He expressed confidence that BCCI would dropthe showcause and re-instate Modi as IPL Chair-man after going through the voluminous reply.

"We have given all clarification, nothing is leftfrom our side, except that the showcause noticemust be dropped immediately. All the allegationshave been sufficiently and fully addressed," Abdi

told reporters.Modi's lawyer said the BCCI will not find it dif-

ficult to read and scrutinise the voluminous replysince its President was himself a lawyer.

"According to me, the suspension should berevoked today and Mr Modi should be reinstatedas IPL Commissioner because the BCCI Presidentis a renowned lawyer and has the habit of reading1,000 pages in a minute. So, I feel he should nottake much time in reading our reply.

"There is no scope for BCCI to keep their chargesalive now. I am 100 per cent confident that BCCIPresident will be satisfied to drop all the chargesagainst Mr Modi.

"I feel it has been painful for Mr Modi tohear that he has brought disrepute to thegame based on oral allegations. Just few daysearlier he was the hero. He was the subjectmatter of studies in universities and in onemoment he was turned into a fall guy," hesaid.

"The BCCI gave us a 35-page showcause noticeand we have given a reply to that in 160 pages,including the covering. Our reply contains nearly8,500 to 9,000 pages and two copies have beenprovided to BCCI -- one for President ShashankManohar and the other for secretary N Srinivasan,"Abdi said.

Modi comes up withvoluminous reply

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BRIDGETOWN(Barbados), MAY 15

Australia's brutebatting force andconsistent bowlingwou ld be pu tthrough a stern test against aspirited England when the twoAshes rivals clash in the finalsof the Twenty20 cricket WorldCup here tomorrow.

Australia go into the matchwith sky-high confidence afterchasing down a seemingly im-probable 191 against Pakistanin the semifinals last night.

But it would hardly be a strollin the park for Michael Clarke'smen as England have playedsome outstanding cricket in thechampionship and just like Aus-tralia, they have been unbeatensince the Super Eights stage.

England, who were hardlyseen as title contenders beforethe start of the tournament,have been a revelation with anarray of attacking batsmen andbowling all-rounders.

They bat deep and havebowled with purpose and dis-cipline right through the com-

petition. Their fielding has beengood as well.

But Paul Collingwood's mencannot match the Australians intalent and versality despite hav-ing the tenacity and confidenceto take on their arch-rivals.

However, the fast and bouncyKensington Oval wicket willpose a challenge to the Englishbatsman, who haven't faced thekind of pace which Dirk Nannesand Shaun Tait generate, in thiscompetition yet.

The tearaway Australianquicks have consistently bowledat over 145 kph and have ex-tracted disconcerting bouncefrom the bone-hard surface.

But this being their first majorchampionship final in six years,England would be as keen asAustralia to take the title backhome. But to achieve that, theywould have to play their bestcricket yet.

Ashes rivalry renewed as England, Australia clash

TODAYS MATCHFinal

Australia v. England9 pm

Nadal, Venus in Madrid finalsRafael Nadal rallied pastNicolas Almagro of Spain4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Saturday toreach the Madrid Mastersfinal.Venus Williams reachedher first Madrid Mastersfinal by defeating ShaharPeer of Israel 6-3, 6-0.Nadal is 14-0 on clay thisseason, winning titles inMonte Carlo and Rome. Hehas lost only two sets dur-ing that run, and is lookingfor a record 18th Masterstitle. Nadal and AndreAgassi have won 17 each,while Roger Federer has16.Alonso wrecks Ferrari, to miss qualifyingFernando Alonso will starttomorrow's Monaco GrandPrix from the pit lane afterwrecking his Ferrari in finalpractice for the showcaserace of the Formula Oneseason.A Ferrari spokesman saidthe Spaniard, a two timeswinner in the Mediter-ranean principality withRenault and McLaren, haddamaged his chassis be-yond repair in the crashtoday morning and wouldnot take part in qualifying.Double world championAlonso is currently second inthe championship, threepoints behind McLaren's Jen-son Button after five races.Alonso ripped the rightfront wheel off the car andsmashed into the metalbarriers at Massenet on theapproach to Casino square.NZ women to clash with Oz in T20 finalSara McGlashan starredwith a 55-ball 84 as NewZealand beat hosts WestIndies by 56 runs to set upa summit clash against tra-ditional rivals Australia inthe Women's WorldTwenty20 here.Riding on McGlashan'sblazing knock, NewZealand, who finished run-ners-up at the last editionof the event, made 180 forfive in their 20 overs.In reply, the hosts couldonly manage 124 for eightin stipulated 20 overs lastnight. McGlashan was de-clared player of the match.Indian eves beat New Zealand A hattrick by striker Rani

Rampal enabled India tobeat hosts New Zealand 3-2 in the first women's Testat the Endeavour TrustTwin Turfs here today.India led 2-1 at half time asboth sides attempted toplay structured attackinghockey which resulted in avery tight game.Sunil, Lalithastrike goldSunil Kumar of Police andLalitha Babar of Railwaysstruck gold in the mensand womens 5,000 m tokick start the 50th NationalOpen Athletics Champi-onships at the MaharajasCollege Stadium today. Kaneria, Mervynarrested Pakistan leg-spinner Dan-ish Kaneria, and youngpacer Mervyn Westfieldhave been arrested byEssex police for allegedspot-fixing in Essex's Pro40match against Durham lastSeptember. Both the Essexcricketers were questionedbefore being released onbail until September 15,pending further inquiries,according to a report inthe Daily Telegraph.

match and that also through theMatch Commiss ionner inKuwait. With our rivals Qadsiabeing also from the Gulf region,it stands to reason that Gulf ref-erees ought not to have beenappointed even if the Singa-porean referees were not avail-able, only for the sake ofabsolute neutrality and impar-tiality, explained Churchill.

I have the entire matchrecording and one can see thatthe goal scored by Odafa afterour team was down 0-2 in thefirst half was a legitimate one.There is no case for calling foroff-side as the assistant refereedid not wave the flag. There isno case for pulling Odafa forany infrigment as the striker isin the clear. How and why theBahrain referee diasallowed thegoal remains a mystery, rea-soned out Churchill.

You watch the match record-

ing and it is obvious that therefereeing was biased, withChurchill Bros being at the re-ceiving end for most part of thegame. Since the referee issupreme and his decisions onpoint of facts are unquestion-able, we have lodged our protestagainst the change of the offi-

cials under the point of law thatreferees from the same regioncannot be listed for a match in-volving a team from the samecontiguous region, much moreso when referees from Singa-pore were assigned the task ascan be seen from the letter fromAFC, remarked Churchill.

Abdul Malik Bin Abdul Bashirwas listed as the referee, HajaMaidin Bin Peer Mohamed asassistant referee, Tanh Yew Munas assistant referee 2 (all fromSingapore) and Saleem Ali ofMaldives as fourth official,stated Churchill. There was alsoa change in the Match Commis-sionner and the Referees Ass-esor, Churchill added.

Churchill pointed out that theofficials were named much be-fore the final group matchagainst Kuwait Sporting Club inKuwait which decided the plac-ings and since there was achance that Churchill could finishon top, the AIFF was informedabout the Singaporean officialsas there was a chance that thepre-quarter final match could beplayed in Goa. The AIFF had eveninitiated its move for procuringthe visas for the officials if thematch was to held in Goa.

In any case, the appointmentof Singaporean officials for thematch ought not to have beenchanged, whether the match wasplayed in Goa or Kuwait, as thesewere not from the region fromwhere the teams were figuring inthe event. Appointing refereesfrom the same region have castdoubts more so as justice did notseem to have been done in ourcase as can be found out from theTV recording, stressed Churchill.

We have placed our case be-fore the AFC through the AIFF.We have asked for a replayunder neutral referees. Its forthem to decide now. Dependingon their reply, we shall decideabout the future course of actionwhich could be even disbandingthe team, since we feel that noteam should be the victims ofsuch a partiality and bias. Itscertainly not fair play. A similarsituation had also occurredwhen Dempo played in theAFC, Churchill pointed out.

Indias ambassador in Kuwait Ajay Malhothra witnessing the AFC Cuppre-quarter final match alongwith PWD Minister Churchill Alemao,Savio Alemao, Quelon Alemao, Frazer Alemao in Kuwait on Wednesday.

Photo: Peter Figueiredo

Arpora in semisnagoa cup

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CALANGUTE, MAY 15

Arpora Sporting Club defeatedFootball Club of Siolim 3-1 toenter the semi-finals of Nagoa-Arpora Panchayat Cup inter-villagesoccer tournament at Salt Lakeground, Arpora on Saturday.

Arpora dominated the initialproceedings and shot into leadthrough German Fernandes offPremanand Gadekar.

A move from German was wellconnected by Premanand whohad a crack at the goal but theball hit the crossbar and bouncedinto play. Rajesh Pomburpekarpounced on the opportunity tomake it 2-0 for Arpora.

Chang ing ove r, S io l immounted pressure on the Arporadefence and pulled one back inthe 55th minute through MayurToraskar off Anthony Fernandes.Siolim could have levelled thescore but a long lob by Mayurmissed the mark narrowly withthe Arpora goalkeeper beaten.With time running out, Arporaadded another goal throughPramod Mardolkar off AlistonLobo in the dying minutes.

lakhanpal cupHERALD CORRESPONDENT

CALANGUTE, MAY 15

United Club of Nerul prevailedover PVC, Parra 4-2 via the tie-breaker to enter the quarter-fi-nals of Novino Lakhanpal GoldCup inter-village football tour-nament organised by CandolimSports Club at Dr. Gustavo Mon-

teiro stadium, on Saturday.There was no score at the reg-ulation time.

In the ensuing tie-breaker,Denn i s D 'Souza , NewtonPereira, Avinash Pereira andMelvyn Lobo were on target forNerul while Lourencio Fernan-des and Joaquim Pachechofound the mark for Parra.

Nerul advancenerul cup

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CALANGUTE, MAY 15

Anjuna Gymkhana got the betterof Sangolda Lightning 4-3 viathe tie-breaker after the teamswere involved in a 1-1 draw toenter the quarter finals of 17thNerul Panchayat Cup inter-vil-lage football tournament organ-ised by Nerul Sports Club atNerul ground on Saturday.

Anjuna began the match ona positive note and forged aheadin the very 3rd minute throughSaprem Diukar off Gautams

cross. Stung by the reverse,Sangolda fought back and re-stored parity in the 10th minutethrough Nilesh Palyekar offJames Soares cross.

Changing over, the teamstried to outdo the other butfailed to add to the score. Inthe ensuing tie-breaker, Glad-stone Cardozo, Stanley Sequeiraand Saprem Diukar convertedfor Anjuna while Tome Alvaresand Devraj Tari scored for San-golda. Anjuna goalkeeper SomaKorgaonkar saved three spotkicks while excelling under thebar.

Anjuna in quarters

St Anthony upPANJIM (HSD) -- St Anthonys Colva trounced Chicalim Youth

Club 5-1 via the tie-breaker in Eslinda Alemao memorial footballtournament at Mandopa sporting ground, Navelim, on Saturday.The teams were level 1-1 at full time.

Salgaocarveterans final

todayPANJIM (HSD) -- Salgaocar Vet-

erans will lock horns with Cus-toms and Central Excise (Goa)in the finals of Salgaocar Memo-rial Veterans Soccer tournamentorganised by Prime Sports Clubat Nagoa ground, on Sunday.

Power Minister Aleixo Se-queira will be the chief guestwhile Nagoa Sarpanch, Domin-gos Dias and Caetano D'Silvawill be the guests of honour. Inthe U-16 finals, last year winnersSalgaocar will meet Bresources,Betalbatim.

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VASCO, MAY 15

Politics Sports Club will meetNew Vaddem Sports Club in thefinals of 5th Al-Fatah T20 Crickettournament at Chicalim ground,on Sunday.

In the first semi-finals, Politicsdefeated Tanzil XI by 4 wickets.Batting first, Tanzil scored 162.In reply, Rajesh Godge topscoredwith 74 followed by Abdul Farid

48 helped Politics achieve thetarget losing six wickets.

In the second match, New Vad-dem defeated Goa Police by 51runs. Although New Vaddem wonthe match, Goa Police made itsclaim that Vaddem violated thetournament norms by fielding sixoutstation players instead of five.The organisers have asked Vaddemto prove that six players are resid-ing in Goa by Sunday morning.

Politics, Vaddem in finals

PTI

NEW DELHI, MAY 15

Indian pacer Ashish Nehra todayrubbished media reports of play-ers being involved in a bar brawlin the West Indies after crashingout of the Twenty20 World Cup,insisting that no such incidentever took place.

"No one said anything to us.There were many fans from allover the world from differentteams but nothing happenedwith us," Nehra told reporters.

"There would be many fanswho would tell that somethinghappened but as far as myknowledge goes, no untoward

incident happened with us.

AGENCIES

WEMBLEY, MAY 15

Chelsea defeated Portsmouth 1-0 in the FA Cup final and com-pleted the Premier Leaguechampions first domestic dou-ble on Saturday.

Chelsea hit the posts fivetimes and Portsmouth missed apenalty before Didier Drogbacurled a free kick in off the postin the 59th minute for his 37thgoal of the season.

Salomon Kalou missed aneasy chance in the first half, hit-ting the ball against the crossbarsix meters (yards) out in frontof an open goal.

Portsmouth could have gonein front just before Drogbasgoa l when Kev in -P r inceBoatengs weak penalty kick wassaved by Petr Cechs legs. FrankLampard also missed a latepenalty for Chelsea, with theEngland midfielder dragging theball wide.

That Portsmouth survived solong without conceding was un-expected.

Chelsea took less than fourminutes to th rea tenPortsmouths goal, with Lam-pard shooting wide from theedge of the penalty area andseeing a dipping strike hit thegoal frame 10 minutes later.

But having upset the odds toreach the final, Portsmouth was-nt going to capitulate. And hav-ing survived intense Chelseapressure for 20 minutes ,Portsmouth was only preventedfrom taking a shock lead byCechs reflex save.

Boatengs deflected volleyreached Frederic Piquionne, butthe resulting shot from close

range was blocked by Cech.While fine goalkeeping de-

nied Portsmouth, Chelsea onlyhad dire finishing to blame fornot going in front in the 27th.

Ashley Cole forced James tocover the near post beforesquaring to the unmarked Kalou.The Ivory Coast forward had anunguarded goal to tap into fromclose range, but explicably liftedthe ball against the bar.

Then Chelsea captain JohnTerry headed against the barfrom Florent Maloudas free kick.

Chelsea midfielder MichaelBallack appeared to injure hisright ankle in a late challengefrom Boateng, one month be-fore he is set to appear for Ger-many at the World Cup.

While Ballack was receivingtreatment off the pitchhe waseventually replaced by JulianoBellettiDrogba thought hehad given Chelsea the lead witha long-range free kick. But Jamestipped the ball on to the under-side of the crossbar and itbounced down on the line andthe ball was cleared.

A post denied Drogba againjust before the break when hehit the bottom of one from atight angle under pressure fromJames.

Portsmouths chance came inthe 55th when Belletti concededa penalty by bringing downAruna Dindane. Cech wronglydived early to his right, but hislegs blocked Boatengs weakpenalty down the center .

Within minutes, Drogbastruck the post with a curlingfree kick that this time wentinto the net beyond the out-stretched James.

No brawl happened in Windies Pub: Nehra

Drogbas goalclinches FA Cup,

double for Chelsea

Ashley Cole, John Terry, Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard of Chelsealead the celebrations after winning the FA Cup on Saturday.

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