KTC has almost as many ‘scrap’ buses as functioning ones. Though there is a shortage of public transport during peak hours, no measures have been taken to replace the old buses.

Many feel that the abolition of house tax may spell doom for panchayats.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India have revealed that failure to implement the provisions of Electricity Act 2003 regarding cases of theft of energy has caused loss of revenue of Rs 2.78 crore. Reproduced below is an excerpt from the report. Collecting these arrears would be an added source of revenue for the government.

How often do you hear people grumble about being “packed like sardines” in a bus? Who is to be blamed?

‘Friendship clubs’ are often advertised in local dailies. Initially believed to be prostitution rackets, the majority of these are scams to cheat gullible men of lakhs of rupees.

The Crime Branch has transferred a complaint against the Chief Minister to the Vigilance department, even though Digamber Kamat holds the vigilance portfolio.

With elections to the state Assembly hardly a few months away, various political parties may find it hard to field ‘clean’ candidates in Goa.

The Pilerne Citizens Forum has condemned the Goa State Forest Policy as anti mining and has also censured Vishwajit Rane for criticising the Union Environment Ministry’s suggestion that the Mhadei sanctuary be declared a tiger reserve.

Saligaokars are fed up of Calangute using their village as its garbage dumping grounds.

Although officials at the Director of Education claim to have blacklisted the Saraswati Mahila Mandal after children who consumed food provided by them fell ill, information procured by GO under the RTI Act reveal that the Department of Education has not blacklisted any self-help groups.