* The Rajya Sabha passed the Women’s Reservation Bill 186-1. The Bill has to be cleared by the Lok Sabha next.

* The business advisory committee of the Lok Sabha will decide when the Bill will be taken up for discussion, once the government indicates its readiness.

* If the Lok Sabha makes any changes to the Bill passed by the Rajya Sabha, it will have to go to the Elders again for appr

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PONDA: Cashew growers seem to be worried and have harboured fears as the cashew yield has decreased by around 30 per cent in Ponda taluka areas.

PANAJI: The government, in a month’s time, will insure around one lakh coconut trees in the state under the Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS) of the Centre. The Sum Insured (SI) will be based on the average input cost of the plantation and the age of the specific plant.

PANAJI: Employment in the gaming services occupation in Goa, which was projected to grow by 15 per cent in the first half of 2000, and one that was growing faster than average of all other occupations, has come to a virtual standstill.

PANAJI: The group comprising of seven MLAs (including three of Nationalist Congress Party, two of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, one unattached and one independent) called on the NCP president, Mr Sharad Pawar in Pune on Saturday afternoon and sought his guidance to sort out the ‘problems’ faced by it.

Right Yaaa Wrong
Cast: Sunny Deol, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Eesha Koppikhar
Director: Neeraj Pathak
Rating: ****

This being Sunny Deol’s comeback movie after the Big Brother debacle, expectations were high and the film lives up to all of them. The film beings with a bang just as Ajay Sridhar (Sunny Deol) gets shot. The film then goes into flashback mode where we are shown Ajay and

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