Goa has a ‘dangerous’ male-female ratio and the future seems bleak if immediate steps are not taken by the government and society itself to correct this serious malady.

Due to government and CCP laxity, Goa has yet to receive funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission scheme.

BLAISE COSTABIR relates how his father’s land, acquired by the government for the Verna Industrial Estate, has been allotted to parties by flouting GIDC norms.

CONTRARY TO the claims of Health Minister Vishwajit Rane that he has nothing to do with Karapur Agro Limited, whose registered offices were raided by Income Tax authorities on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, documents in the possession of Goan Observer reveal that Vishwajit P Rane is the chairman cum managing director of the company which was originally set up in 1982 by his father Pratapsingh Rane and his mother Vijayadevi Rane along with his uncle M Y Ghorpade.

The bhandaris of Goa have progressed by leaps and bounds and many of them are part of the creamy layer of society. Should or should not the government withdraw the reservation benefits from this segment of Goa’s bhandaris?

By Gary Azavedo
Rival factions and the government’s failure to address the Muslim community’s need for a larger kabrasthan could cost Digamber Kamat in the next Legislative Assembly elections.
MONTE Dongor, regarded as the stronghold of Chief Minister and Margao MLA Digamber Kamat, recently witnessed tension following a scuffle that broke out between two opposing groups […]

By Anwesha Singbal
Despite protests against the Sanatan Sanstha after two members of their group were killed in a bomb blast meant to detract Narkasur revellers, the Sanstha continues its campaign against Narkasur competitions.
THE SANATAN Sanstha came into the limelight last year after two of its members, Malgonda Patil and Yogesh Naik, were killed when […]

Leading mining companies continue to illegally encroach on forest land. They have also been accused of cutting down as many as 119628 trees for mining purposes.

It is the rapacious greed of the Transport Minister Sudin Dhavlikar and RTO officials which drove the General Secretary of the All Goa Private Bus Owners Association to blow the whistle on the mega kickbacks scam in the department.

The mining giant, Sesa is in a soup. It is alleged that the mining firm had sought to bribe the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) officials with expensive gifts. These officials were on a three-day visit to the state to attend a public hearing that took place on June 22 following strong opposition by the local residents to the decision of the mining firm to re-commence its operations at Pirna-Nadora in Bardez.