With that so shocking disclosure now made to the Supreme Court by the Narendra Modi government that the papers relating to the tarnished Rafale deal were stolen from the Defence Ministry, now only a custodial interrogation of Former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will reveal it all as to how those controversial files landed in the […]
Month: March 2019
GOA NOW UNDER BOUNCER RAJ
While the BJP is falsely and untrustworthily claiming that the very ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is ‘stable’, we all know that this now headless Government is virtually in the ICU and on its way to the morgue. It is very anguishing to see some devious Ministers hurriedly bulldozing their deceitful agenda with the aid […]
THE RTI ACT NEEDS TO BE STRENGTHENED
The Right to Information Act which came into force on October 12th 2005 was enacted to ensure transparency and accountability in governance. But the manner in which the government is subtly subverting the Right to Information Act is a matter of concern. While in the Opposition Manohar Parrikar wanted the Goa Raj Bhavan to come within the ambit […]
BYE BYE DGP MUKTESH CHANDER: YOUR CONDUCT AND THAT TRAFFIC SENTINEL DID NOT FOOL US
Today Goa gets rid of Director General of Police (DGP) Dr. Muktesh Chander, the worst that we have ever seen. Earlier Goa’s Police Force was captained by an IGP. And I have fond memories of then IGP of the early 1970s Mr. M.B. Kaushal. Had the privilege of interacting with every subsequent IGP and the […]
STUDENT ACTIVISM IN GOA NEEDS TO BE REKINDLED
Student activism encompasses student involvement in issues dealing with economic, environmental, political and social change on and off the campus. Having been closely associated with the very vibrant student movements in Goa witnessed in the 70’s and 80’s, it is extremely anguishing and very disheartening that the student activism today is virtually nonexistent in the […]