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We the members of Progressive Art & cultural Association, Curchorem,

deeply mourn the sad demise of our active member. A. K.

Gopi on 6th February 2017, and convey our heartfelt sympathies

to his bereaved family.May his soul rest in peace.

CONDOLENCEMR. A. K. GOPI

In loving memory of

CLARA CLAUDINA DE HEREDIA Vasco / Panaji

There will be an Eucharistic Celebration for the soul of our beloved Clara at 7.45 am on Wednesday, 8th February 2017,

at Sta. Inez Church, Panaji, followed by prayers and blessing of the grave offered by her sorrowful children,

grand children and great grand daughter.

Relatives and friends kindly accept this as the only intimation

SAD DEMISE

Dattakumar Ramnath Naik(Sanguem – Goa.)

Ex-teacher Gaurdian Angel High School(Curchorem, Goa.)

Husband of Chaya NaikFather/Father-in-law of Yatindra / Susheela NaikDeeti / Gaurish Borkar ; Diksha / Vishal Moye

Expired on 6th February 2017.Funeral will leave his residence. H.No. 80, Bamonsai, Sanguem, Goa. On 7th February 2017 at 11.00 a.m.

to Sanguem crematoriumNO CONDOLENCE VISIT PLEASE

Sou. Late Hemlata Ulhas Sinai Usgaonkar

Ganesh Prasad - Altinho, Panaji.

It is 2nd year since you left us on this day. Your untimely demise has left a big void in our life. Not a single day passes without remembering you.

May your soul rest in eternal peace.

Your loved onesHusband: Ulhas P. S. Usgaonkar

daughters/son-in-laws: Sou Smruti Rahul Prabhudessai, Sou Trupti Sandesh Shirodkar,

Grandchildren: Atharva, Aarush & Annanya& USGAONKAR FAMILY

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proper mechanism to check the authenticity of information provided by mobile phone users.

The verification has be-come more important in view of the fact that mo-bile phones are now be-ing used for banking pur-poses also, it had said.

The plea said that prop-er verification of mobile phone subscribers was necessary to avoid fake identities which caused

grave risk to national se-curity too.

The court had asked DoT and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to also respond to the letter written to them by the petitioner NGO giving suggestions on the mobile phone verifica-tion issue.

The petitioner had writ-ten the letter to DoT and TRAI on August 7, 2014, saying there was a grave risk to national security because of lack of verifi-

cation of mobile phone subscribers and had given suggestions for making systemic improvements to ensure the same.

In its petition before the apex court, the NGO has sought directions to DoT and TRAI to ensure 100 per cent verification of mobile phone sub-scribers with regard to their identity, addresses and that no fake or un-verified identity is ac-cepted for subscription of mobile phones.

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three-tier guarding sys-tem with a full-fledged police control room and a gazetteed officer on duty.

Naik said that if can-didates or their agents wish to visit and have a look at the site where the EVMs have been stored then they can do so as he has made arrangements for the purpose. “An AAP candidate has requested me for that… If they give us in writing then we can provide them a card and they can camp there at the site,” Naik said.

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from XYZ etc was in viola-tion of the rule,” the bench observed while not accept-ing Sibal’s plea that he should be given at least a minimum of two hours to explain that the apex court judgment against Sahara was “ex-facie erro-neous”.

“It’s a question of a core verdict,” the bench said, while referring to the Au-gust 2012 judgment by which the Sahara Group was asked to make refund to the investors.

Sibal said the court should refrain from pass-ing any order as the review petition against the Au-gust 2012 judgment was pending and he would demonstrate the “error on

the face of the records”.The bench, which was

not impressed with his contentions, said, “You talk about the attach-ment of the property. We have no option. You give the list of unencumbered properties which are good enough to bring Rs 14,000 crore. Then we will let you (take back) the Aamby Val-ley (property) and we will hear you.”

The bench also said the question of consideration of the interest amount would be taken up after the principal amount has been realised.

When the Sahara Group pleaded that it should be given an opportunity to explain its case to sat-isfy the court that its or-ders were erroneous, the

bench said, “There is no question of going back.”

Sibal submitted that there was a need for “breathing time” for mak-ing the payment and con-tended that no bank or investor was claiming the money from Sahara Group.

The senior advocate also raised the issue of demon-etisation and liquidity crunch in generating the money.

It was following this sub-mission, that the bench asked him to make effort for public auction of the unencumbered properties and expressed its inten-tion of seeking placing a list of properties which are free from litigation and mortgage.

While the bench was de-liberating on the issue of

the list of properties and wanted to know about the Aamby Valley, senior ad-vocate Shekhar Naphade, who is assisting the court as amicus curiae, and SEBI counsel, said the hill re-sort was approximately worth Rs 39,000 crore.

The bench noted that the SEBI counsel and Na-phade were of the view that the Aamby Valley property was substantial for realising the amount and they favoured its at-tachment as such a move would press Roy and other directors to endeavour for depositing the amount in the SEBI-Sahara account. This was opposed by Sibal.

However, the bench said, it was convinced that the property should be or-dered to be attached.

Palestinians run for cover as smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on a Hamas post in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday. Israel struck a number of Hamas positions in Gaza after a “projectile” fired from the Palestinian enclave crashed in a border area, the Israeli Army said

MOHAMMED ABED | AFP

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KABULAvalanches in Afghani-stan triggered by heavy snowfall across the country have killed at least 119 people in recent days, officials said on Monday.

Wais Ahmad Barmak, the state Minister for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Af-fairs, said that at least 89 people have been injured and 190 homes destroyed by avalanches in mul-tiple provinces. Those figures were expected to rise as rescue teams made their way through snow-blocked roads to afflicted areas.

Many of the most re-cent fatalities come from Nuristan province, near the Pakistani border, where two villages were buried in snow. Bar-mak’s spokesman Omer Mohammadi said res-cue teams have so far re-covered 48 bodies from

those villages and that more than 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of farmland have been destroyed.

Mohammadi said it would take some time to establish a clear picture of the full extent of the damage.

“This will take days for us to clean up all roads covered with snow in different provinces,” he said.

On Sunday, Afghani-stan’s government de-clared a public holiday due to the heavy snowfall across the country.

The United Nations has offered its assis-tance. “I commend the efforts of the Afghan government that has quickly mobilised to re-spond to the disaster,” said UN humanitarian coordinator for Afghani-stan Mark Bowden in a statement.

“The UN system stands ready to fully support the Afghan government in responding.”

Avalanches kill at least 119 people in Afghanistan

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NEW DELHIA moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.8 on Richter Scale on Mon-day hit Uttarakhand, trem-ors of which were felt in Delhi and other parts of northern India.

The epicentre of the quake was Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand, said J L Gautam, operations head at the National Seis-mological Bureau, a unit of

Ministry of Earth Sciences.“The depth of the quake

was 33 km and it occurred at 10.33 pm,” he said.

Uttarakhand, which falls in the Himalayan belt, is known for high seismic ac-tivities.

Tremors were felt across Punjab, Haryana and their common capital Chandi-garh also after which many people rushed out of their homes.

There were no immedi-ate reports of any loss of

life or damage to property. According to reports,

tremors were felt across Haryana and the National Capital Region.

People, especially those living in high-rise apart-ments and buildings, rushed to the ground floor.

Tremors were felt at various places in Hary-ana including Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak, Am-bala, Panchkula, Sonepat, Panipat and Karnal.

In Punjab, tremors were felt at many places includ-ing Mohali, Patiala, Ropar, Ludhiana and Jalandhar.

People felt the tremors also in neighbouring Noi-da of Uttar Pradesh.

“Bed started shaking and the ceiling fan was swinging a little,” Sohil Sharma, a resident of sec-tor 20 in Noida, said.

“I was lying on bed sud-denly it started shaking,” said Savita Gupta, resident of sector 21.

Quake hits Uttarakhand, northern India

WASHINGTONThe Trump administration should “levy costs on Paki-stan” for perpetuating ter-rorism, top US think tanks on Monday recommended, asserting America should no longer sacrifice its anti-terrorism principles in the region for the sake of pur-suing an “even-handed” South Asia policy.

“For too long, the US has

given Pakistan a pass on its support for some ter-rorist groups based in Pa-kistan, including those used against India. The US squandered a valuable op-portunity in the aftermath of 9/11 and the 2001-2002 India-Pakistani military crisis to alter the Pakistani military’s fundamental cal-culations on the use of ter-rorism for foreign policy

ends,” said the report pre-pared by eminent South Asia experts from nearly 10 top American think tanks.

“The objective of the Trump administration’s policy toward Pakistan must be to make it more and more costly for Paki-stani leaders to employ a strategy of supporting ter-rorist proxies to achieve re-gional strategic goals,” said

the report, which would be formally released on Friday.

“There should be no am-biguity that the US consid-ers Pakistan’s strategy of supporting terrorist prox-ies to achieve regional stra-tegic advantage as a threat to US interests. US policy must also pay attention to non-proliferation goals while dealing with Paki-stan,” it said. PTI

‘US should levy costs on Pak for perpetuating terror’

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sad dEMIsEGOPI A. K.Shirfod, Curchorem Goa

Husband of Durga, Father/Father-in-law of

Kavita, Savita, Rajesh and

Kalpana/Suhas DessaiPassed away on

Monday,6th February 2017

Funeral rites will be held on Tuesday, 7th February