The BJP lectures loud and sermonizes on Zero Tolerance to Corruption but has been acting right to the contrary. The latest is the selection of the grossly very tainted Rajendra Arlekar for elevation as a Minister. In that disproportionate assets case against Rajendra Arlekar he was let free by the Court on the technical ground […]
Month: September 2015
IS GOA NOW A DEATH DESTINATION FOR TOURISTS
Over the last ten years a record number of 157 tourists were reported dead at Anjuna, 69 in Pernem while 19 at Mapusa. This has been revealed in the information obtained under the Right to Information Act. In an attempt to find out how safe a tourist destination Goa has been, information was sought the […]
GOA’S REMAINS NEED TO BE SALVAGED
We need to laud and salute various persons and NGO’s more particularly the Goa Foundation led by Claude and Norma Alvares for toiling tirelessly over the years in dealing and highlighting issues concerning Goa’s environment and ecology including that illegal mining that ravaged Goa. Their efforts are finally bearing fruit. A ray of hope for […]
JUSTICE T.S. THAKUR MAY BE THE CURE FOR INDIA’S AILING JUDICIARY
The Senior most Judge of the Supreme Court Justice TS Thakur was in Goa and it was a wealth of information besides an enriching invaluable opportunity hear him speak. The very suave, gentle, affable yet very firm Justice Thakur spoke with command, confidence and mastery on the various issues raised and aptly dissected by him. […]
RTI REVEALS 71 TOURISTS DIE AT CANACONA OVER LAST DECADE
A record number of 71 tourists were reported dead at Canacona in South Goa over the last decade. This has been revealed in the information furnished under the Right to Information Act. In an attempt to find out how safe a tourist destination Goa has been, information was sought from the Director General of Police […]
MERIT ALONE AND NOT RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE THE WAY AHEAD
In this competitive age for India to stride ahead, it is time to do away with the skewed policy of reservations for jobs and in electoral politics as well. Admissions to all professional colleges have to be also strictly on merit. The Constitution of India provides for the Fundamental Right to Equality, without discrimination on […]
SPCA DIRECTS EXTORTION COMPLAINT AGAINST INSPECTOR DATTAGURU SAWANT TO PROCEED EX-PARTE
The Goa State Police Complaints Authority headed by retired Justice RMS Khandeparkar today directed that the proceedings in the extortion complaint against then Konkan Railway Police Sub- Inspector Dattaguru Sawant shall proceed ex-parte. When the matter came up for hearing Dattaguru Sawant who has remained absent for the last 12 hearings since August last year […]
TIME TO FREE OURSELVES FROM NARENDRA MODI AND THE BJP
After managing most of the print and electronic media, Narendra Modi to now also ensure that Face book, Twitter and WhatsApp is no longer free. Ironically Narendra Modi and the BJP made maximum use of the social media to usurp power. Now on the power throne they find the need to mask and cover up […]
CUTS – COMMISSIONS AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION
The famed Swedish Chemist and Innovator Alfred Nobel had said “Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked”. If you think kick-backs and commissions are a way of life for only politicians and bureaucrats, hold your breath….. Last week a lawyer […]
WANING NARENDRA MODI ON THE SLIDE
In yet more empty rhetoric Narendra Modi now vows that he will do in 50 months what others have not done in 50 years obviously referring to the Congress. But over the last 16 months he has only been blabbering and merrily touring the world. And for the next 34 months that is all he […]