Three members of the Asnodkar family while local BJP Morcha chief Vijay Chodankar and wife Namrata are contesting panahayat elections in the Porvorim constituency.

During the Congress rule, the Goa Forest Development Corporation had proposed that whitewater rafting activities be conducted in Sattari to boost eco tourism. The proposal was canned after members of the Goa Wildlife Board refused to accept that it was safe and viable.

Manohar Parrikar’s style of management has always been dictatorial. His first decision as chief minister was to upgrade the chief minister’s office which now has four officers of joint secretary rank.

The central and state government, between them, share 36% of the earnings on every litre of fuel sold.

Tiatrists are aggrieved as they do not have an auditorium to stage their shows- Gomant Vidya Niketan is under renovation while Ravindra Bhavan and Kala Academy will be hosting IFFI 2011.

Of the seven cases referred to the Central Bureau of Investigation by the state government, three involve Education Minister Babush Monserrate.

The CCP issued a closure order to Jovel Godinho’s washing centre, but failed to enforce it.

Migrants have no assurance in terms of access to healthcare. They forfeit their future with debts, a solution to their health problems — with the village quack, the private doctor or the public health system in the rural areas. These actions are those of medical refugees. Though this problem is not as acute in Goa, it does occur.

The Barcem-Quedem panchayat as rejected “Swami Rajneesh’s” application to put up babmboo huts, farmhouses, bathrooms, lavatories and bore wells.

GARBAGE! KACHRA! Cochro! You spot the word and you flip the page. The issue of garbage has become such a clichéd issue in Panaji that when people look into a newspaper and find a headline with the word ‘garbage’ in it, it’s either ignored or simply scanned through. It looks as though even the lay man has given up the idea of solving garbage issues in Panaji. Time and again, the government does seem to come up with solutions, but they seem to be short-lived.