Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today demanded that the Goa Government immediately withdraw the unlawful ‘Z’ security cover given to Additional Solicitor General Atmaram Nadkarni. In a letter to the Chief Secretary, Adv. Rodrigues has pointed out that in an unprecedented, very high-handed and arbitrary decision the Goa Government by an order dated 20th September 2017 […]
Month: September 2019
DON’T FRITTER AWAY PUBLIC FUNDS ON MEMORIALS AND STATUES
The British statesman and political thinker Edmund Burke had said “The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse” It is absolutely despicable that a very cash strapped and heavy debt-ridden Goa Government has had the cheek to make a budget provision of a whopping ten crores to build a Manohar Parrikar memorial on the […]
GOVERNMENT JOBS CANNOT BE SOLD AND DOLED OUT BY POLITICIANS
The Government decision that all recruitment to Group ‘C’ posts will be done by the Goa Staff Selection Commission (GSSC) is a move in the right direction which was long overdue. But the proof of the pudding will be in ensuring that the GSSC is truly independent and absolutely transparent in its functioning. Ministers and […]
GOA’S ROADS TO HELL
With the government having miserably failed to live up to its promise that all the roads of Goa would be restored before Ganesh Chaturthi will the new deadline now be by Christmas. The roads across the State are in a very despicable state. Its cracks, potholes and craters galore while the roads have also become […]
THE LOOT AND PLUNDER BY ATMARAM NADKARNI AND DATTAPRASAD LAWANDE MUST BE PROBED
Perhaps the only laudable decision the Goa Government has taken is to put to pasture Atmaram Nadkarni and his close relative Dattaprasad Lawande. Atmaram Nadkarni over the last many years taking undue advantage of his very close clout with Manohar Parrikar had been mercilessly looting the state exchequer. There needs to be a thorough probe […]
INDIA’S JUDICIARY IN PERIL
We must all commend the brave Madras High Court Chief Justice VK Tahilramani for having tendered her resignation in protest against her very unfair, arbitrary and illogical transfer to the country’s smallest High Court in Meghalaya. With just over a year to retire Chief Justice Tahilramani was so humiliatingly sought to be shunted from a […]
VICTORIA FERNANDES AS I KNEW HER
In the death of former Santa Cruz MLA Victoria Fernandes our Goa has lost its ‘Jhansi ki Rani’. She was a former Minister and also held the position as Deputy Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly. Fondly known as ‘Mummy’ to all, she was a great source of motherly solace to all, especially the downtrodden […]
SALUTING MY VERY DEAR TEACHERS
It’s not just on Teacher’s day, but always that we need to remember our dear teachers for the role they play in moulding and shaping our future. All through school and up to the very completion of my Law degree, I was tremendously blessed with ever so caring and loving teachers who taught with a […]
PANAJI MLA BABUSH MONSERATTE HAS POLTICALLY SELFISHLY SMARTENED BUT OUR SINKING CITY IS IN UTTER DOLDDRUMS
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had summoned a public interaction of that beleaguered Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) with the citizens of Panaji on 28th May at the Menezes Braganza Hall in Panaji but at the last minute he abruptly cancelled it while publicly assuring us all that it would be very soon […]
GOA IS MILES AWAY FROM ATTAINING ODF STATUS
It is absolutely outrageous that the Goa Government has had the rank audacity to so deceitfully declare Goa as Open Defecation Free (ODF). The very sordid ground reality is there for all to see with people urinating and even defecating out in the open everywhere. In the hills, the fields and along the riverside across […]