News in pics by Rajtilak Naik in Panaji
Daijiworld Media Network - Goa (MB)

August 24, 2007

Chief minister Digambar Kamat inspecting the St Anna Church at Talaulim. Also in the pic are (from left) church priest Fr Lourdino Pereira, secretary to Bishop Fr Loyola Pareira,  director of art and culture Prasad Lolienkar, St Andre MLA Francis Sylveira and others. The 16th-century church was in the news lately after a part of its belfry collapsed. Chief minister sanctioned a sum of Rs 2.6 crore for the renovation work.

Members of the Goa state committee of the All India Youth Federation staging a dharna near the Kadamba bus stand at Panaji, demanding job security for the contracted youth labours

Dead fish lying along the Caranzalem beach at Panaji. The fisheries department is in a process to find the exact cause of this incident

The Goa handicrafts department put up an exhibition of eye-catching bamboo artefacts at Kala Academy in Panaji

CEO of Entertainment Society of Goa Nandini Paliva briefing the media on the forthcoming International Film Festival of India, at a press conference at Panaji. Also seen is MD of ESG Nikhil Desai

CM Digambar Kamat lighting the lamp to mark the inauguration of the Conference on Marketing of Indian Iron Ore at Dona Paula. Also seen in the pic are (from left) Siddharth Rungta, FIMI president of FIMI R N Baldota, Chairman and Director of MMTC Sanjiv Batra, R K Sharma and others

Chief secretary J P Singh writing his views on a graffiti board at a function organized by the Goa AIDS Control Society and Inox in Panaji

One of Goa's Marathi dailies 'Navprabha' celebrated its 37th Anniversery

A truck transporting liquor from Goa to Mumbai met with an accident near the Merces Circle. However there were no casualties reported.