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Behind The News

A big hole in the pocket!!

Nov 26th, 2011 | Category: Behind The News

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



Tiatr community ‘orphaned’?

Nov 19th, 2011 | Category: Behind The News

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.



Babush cases languishing with CBI

Nov 5th, 2011 | Category: Behind The News

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



CCP fails to act on its own notices!

Sep 10th, 2011 | Category: Behind The News

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



Migrants: Not worthy of healthcare?

Aug 20th, 2011 | Category: Behind The News

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.



Swami Rajneesh activities suspicious, says Barcem panchayat

Aug 6th, 2011 | Category: Behind The News

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



Ajab kachre ki ghazab kahani

Jun 11th, 2011 | Category: Behind The News

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.



Protect Goa’s natives

Jun 11th, 2011 | Category: Behind The News

ALL THE ‘great’ nations that have ‘progressed’ in the last 100 years have all been built on the annihilation of the original inhabitants and owners of the land. It appears as if India has aped the west, even to the extent of destroying the local people who were the guardians of the land and had preserved it for thousands of years.



Why force Mopa on locals?

Apr 9th, 2011 | Category: Behind The News

Although the government is bent on going forward with the Mopa airport project, the locals are determined to get it shelved.



Massage parlours going unchecked

Feb 5th, 2011 | Category: Behind The News

AMIDST concerns raised over the thriving prostitution racket that is functioning under the guise of numerous illegal massage parlours, specifically along the coastline in the state, government authorities have identified exactly a dozen spa/massage parlours of which, surprisingly, the authorities have chosen to inspect the premises of only four in the entire state.