log on to thegoan.net FRIDAY JUNE 9, 2023 GOA @thegoaneveryday Facebook.com/thegoaneveryday The Goan (Playstore) 14 pages PRICE ` 8 PANAJI MARGAO GOA VOLUME VIII, NO. 352 Will shifting of Margao schools on land at Davorlim ease traffic, parking woes? 2 GOA Sawant advises caution while using mobile phones due to crimes 5 Monsoon hits Kerala, batters several parts Instagram.com/thegoaneveryday RNI: GOAENG/2015/65729 10 INFO Benefits of eating poha for breakfast SPORTS WTC Final: Top-order failure leaves India with mountain to climb 14 No power for 6 years; anganwadi gets supply hours after The Goan exposé Khandola p’yat also cleans area around anganwadi EXPERTS SAY CYCLONE MAY PLAY SPOILSPORT Rains in Kerala raise hope in Goa PANAJI: The monsoon finally hitting Kerala on Thursday, a whole one week later than initially forecast, has raised hopes that the skies will be kinder and come pouring down here in Goa even as the prolonged summer heat continued to be a source of discomfort for children in school as also adults. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) also said that the conditions were favourable for its further advancement to more parts of Kerala and also Karnataka further north. It usually hits Goa within a maximum of a week’s time from its arrival in Kerala and if conditions are favourable in about 3-4 days. Meanwhile the mercury continued to soar northwards with the maximum temperature recorded in the capital city topping the 35.8 degrees celsius mark. southwest monsoon has set in over Kerala today, June 8.” “The monsoon has advanced into remaining parts of south Arabian Sea and some parts of central Arabian Sea, entire Lakshadweep area, most parts of Kerala, most parts of south Tamil Nadu, remaining parts of Comorin area, Gulf of Mannar and some more parts of southwest, central and northeast Bay of Bengal today,” it added. However, experts are of the view that delay in onset of monsoon in Kerala is not a matter of concern as it is not the first time and expressed hope that the rains in the BOAT CAUGHT IN CYCLONE BIPARJOY OFF GALGIBAGA, RESCUED OFF COLOMB COAST >> See pg 3 and see how it unfolds”. “It is just the beginning,” he said. “We hope that the rain will catch up and whatever deficit has occurred due to the delay, will be compensated in the next 2-3 weeks,” he added. At the same time, he also said that the first Orange alert, after the monsoon was declared to have arrived in Kerala, was issued for Kozhikode. VASCO: Four persons were injured when a speeding SUV proceeding to Dabolim Airport on Thursday afternoon crashed against three cars along the Highway near Cortalim junction. The SUV was moving at high speed to pick customers who had already landed at the airport. 5 held for extortion, assault on student at Farmagudi  >> See pg 3 PONDA After having been deprived of power supply for six long years, the Anganwadi in Bagwada-Khandola was given power connection within hours after the plight of the staff and over 30 students had been highlighted in The Goan. The Anganwadi behind the Betki-Khandola Panchayat Office had been equipped with lights, fans and even an electric water purifier, but had no power supply since it THE GOAN I NETWORK The 2024-25 academic year will see the Class X curriculum of AI implemented for Class XI students. In order to provide flexibility to students, the Board has allowed them to choose between AI and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The circular further states that for schools or students opting for AI as the 7th subject in Class IX, the existing ICT assessment subject will be exempted and those not opting for AI will continue with ICT OLD GOA Old Goa police have arrested a person in Mumbai on charges of duping over a hundred youth on the pretext of providing jobs. According to the police, the accused Aniket Gaikwad from Ahmednagar-Maharashtra had allegedly collected money from many Goan youth promising them jobs in foreign countries like US, UK, Australia and New Zealand as also on passenger and cargo ships of foreign countries. “The Goan youngsters got attracted to the lucrative offers given by the accused through another accused from Corlim and collected money in lakhs of rupees,” the police informed. “Apart from the money, both the accused collected passports and other documents from the youngsters. They also called them to Mumbai for training, document verification, etc. but failed to provide jobs,” the police stated, while adding that the accused initially assured that they would return the money but later cut off >Continued on P5 >Continued on P5 Police book prisoner for escape attempt PANAJI: Anjuna police on Thursday arrested a 26-yearold Ugandan woman Prossy Mawejje Bukirwa for illegally staying in the State without possessing valid travel documents. Bukirwa was presently residing at Bamanwado, Siolim. THE GOAN I NETWORK was set up in 2017. After the issue was highlighted in The Goan, electricity officials visited the Anganwadi in the morning to take stock of the situation. Sources said an electricity meter was promptly installed at the Anganwadi in the afternoon and power supply was provided to the premises by evening. Incidentally, the Khandola panchayat also cleaned up the area around the Anganwadi. The swift action to provide power supply to the Angan- wadi has been welcomed by parents and locals alike. The Bagwada Anganwadi was constructed in 2007 for the benefit of children who were put up in a rented room at Bagwada. The children and staff were finally shifted to this new building only 10 years later. Since 2017, the Anganwadi has not been provided an electricity connection even though fans, lights and even a water purifier had been installed in the premises. As a result, these electrical appliances had been lying without being put to any use. “Ever since the children were shifted to the new building, efforts to have an electricity connection were initiated but the connection was not sanctioned. The parents had requested local politicians to resolve the issue,” said a source. “These children had to bear the hot summer without any fan and parents prefer to keep their children at home, instead of sending them to the Anganwadi”, the source added. Mumbai man kills partner; chops, boils her body parts 4 injured as SUV hits 3 cars near Cortalim Uganda woman held for overstaying The electricity meter that was installed at the Anganwadi in Bagwada-Khandola on Thursday. O N JU Mumbai man dupes over 100 from Goa with overseas job promise, arrested Half-burnt bones, flesh also found in buckets IN SHORT >> PANAJI: The Colvale police on Thursday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against an under trial prisoner, Pradeep Khalko for attempting to escape from the Colvale Central Jail. The FIR has been registered based on a complaint lodged by Jailor Mukund Gawas, alleging that Khalko tried to flee from the jail. 8 NEW DELHI The southwest monsoon finally hit India on Thursday with its onset over Kerala, a week later than normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced. There has been widespread rainfall over Kerala during past 24 hours. Several parts received isolated heavy rainfall with yellow alert being issued in nine districts of the State and orange alert in one. The IMD issued an orange alert for Kozhikode district for Friday. An orange alert means very heavy rains from 6 cm to 20 cm of rain and a yellow alert means heavy rainfall between 6 and 11 cm. But this onset is likely to be similar to a ‘soft landing’ and monsoon is expected to remain weak for at least one more week, thanks to the development of cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea. In a statement on Thursday, the IMD said, “The next 2-3 weeks would make up for the deficit at the beginning. Sekhar Lukose Kuriakose, member secretary of the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, said the monsoon has just set in the state and “we have to wait NE PTI LESSONS TO LEARN: Text books for students from Std I-VIII being stacked at Goa Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan Bhatulem, Panjim on Thursday four days after the new academic year kicked off. These books will then be distributed to schools taluka-wise.  Narayan Pissurlenkar AI subject for students this year THE GOAN I NETWORK PANAJI The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) has decided to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an additional subject for students in Class IX and onwards, starting this academic year. The decision has been taken in view of the increasing demand for skilled workers in the field of AI. A circular addressed to all secondary and higher secondary schools on Thursday has announced that AI will be incorporated into the cur- STUDENTS SWELTER: EDU DEPT TO TAKE UP MATTER WITH GOVT >> See pg 3 riculum of all schools, even those that do not offer National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) subjects. “The new subject AI has been introduced as an additional subject in accordance with the NSQF scheme, serving as the 7th subject for Class IX from the academic year 2023-24,” Board Secretary, V B Naik said in the two-page circular. & tubs; pieces found crushed in mixer too PTI MUMBAI A 56-year-old man was arrested after the chopped and boiled body parts of his livein partner were recovered from a flat in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Thursday. A court has remanded the man, Manoj Sane, in police custody till June 16, he said. A few of the pieces were crushed in a mixer and boiled in a pressure cooker, in what appeared to be a re-run of the Shraddha Walkar case. Neighbours also told the police that Sane had been feeding stray dogs for the past few days, something he had never done before. While a case has been registered against Sane under Indian Penal Code sections 302 (murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence), the motive behind the crime is yet to be ascertained, said the official from Naya Nagar police station. Victim Saraswati Vaidya (36) was in a live-in relationship with Sane, who works in a ration shop, and the couple VICTIM IS AN ORPHAN, HAD MET LIVE-IN PARTNER AT RATION SHOP „„The 32-year-old whose body was found in pieces after her murder, met the accused in 2014 at a ration shop „„56-year-old Sane worked at the shop... they soon started dating and moved in together „„The accused was not married... he has a house in Borivali, but he had been staying apart from his family „„Sane and Saraswati Vaidya lived together for the past five years „„Police sources said Sane has told them they used to fight frequently „„The couple largely kept to themselves; many neighbours learnt their names only after the murder resided in flat no. 704 on the seventh floor of Geeta Akashdweep building in Mira Road East for the past three years, the official said. Another police official said that a neighbour experienced a foul smell emanating from Sane's flat on Wednesday. Sane appeared nervous when he asked him about the stench. Sane then stepped out with a black sack and told the neighbour that he would be back by 10.30 pm. However, neighbours felt something was not right and they alerted the police. Police broke open the door after there was no response from inside. While Sane was in the flat, it reeked of an unbearable smell, said the official. In the bedroom, they found a plastic bag and a blood-stained saw. On the kitchen platform, police found boiled human flesh in a pressure cooker and in a few vessels with the woman's hair lying on the floor. Half-burnt bones and flesh were kept in the sink and in buckets and tubs, the official said. Row over float on Indira’s assassination in Canada Mamu Hage, Michael among IAS officers shunted out of Goa Cong questions PTI NEW DELHI video from Canada depicting a recreated scene of the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards has gone viral on social media and has sparked significant outrage in India. The video has been shared on the internet, in which a statue of Indira Gandhi can be seen drenched in blood in front of the two Sikh bodyguards pointing their guns at her. Behind this is a banner which reads, ‘Revenge Of Attack On Shri Darbar Sahib.’ According to several media reports, the parade was organ- Modi’s silence A The tableau depicting Indira Gandhi’s assassination that was part of a parade in Canada. ised by pro-Khalistan outfits. India on Thursday warned Canada against giving space to separatists and extremists elements, saying it was not good for the bilateral ties, days after a video of a float, depicting the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, at a parade in Brampton went NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday condemned the ‘glorification of the assassination of former prime minister Indira Gandhi at a parade in Canada and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why he hasn't spoken to his Canadian counterpart on the issue. viral on social media. At a media briefing, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said he has a similar message to the United Kingdom and Australia against allowing pro-Khalistani elements to operate from their territories. On the issue of around 700 Indian students facing deportation from Canada due to fraudulent admissions, the external affairs minister said India is in touch with Canada. Asked about the Brampton event, the minister said, “I think there is a bigger issue involved... we are at a loss to understand other than the requirements of vote bank politics, why anybody would do this.” “Because if you look at their history, you would imagine that they learn from history and they would not like to repeat that history. It is not only one incident,” Jaishankar said. THE GOAN I NETWORK PANAJI The top rung of Goa's bureaucracy got a bit of a shake up with the Union Home Ministry issuing transfer orders outside the State to five IAS and IPS officers among them the North Goa Collector Mamu Hage and GIPARD's director (training) Michael D'Souza. Hage, a 2017 batch IAS officer, has been transferred to Arunachal Pradesh and D'Souza, a Goa civil service officer promoted to the IAS cadre, has been posted to Ladakh. Former South Goa Collec- tor, Jyoti Kumari is the third IAS officer to be shifted out of Goa and is posted to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In addition, two officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre were also transferred out of the State. Shivendu Bhushan, IPS, who headed the Anti-Narcotic Cell and the Cybercrime Cell, has been transferred to Mizoram while SP (headquarters) Shekar Prabhudesai, IPS, has been shifted to Arunachal Pradesh. Bhushan is a direct IPS cadre officer while Prabhudesai is a Goa Police Service officer promoted to the IPS cadre. Meanwhile, two IAS officers who were in Delhi -- Sanjay Goel and Ankita Mishra -have been transferred to Goa. With Thursday's MHA order, Michael D'Souza, will join a bunch of Goa civil service officers who've left the State's shores following their induction into the elite AGMUT cadre. In September last year, two more home grown bureaucrats -- Sanjiv Gadkar and Yetindra Maralkar -- had similarly taken off to J&K and Ladakh respectively. Earlier in June last year, >Continued on P5