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Political Patrao / Can I have a copy please?

The fact that The Goan is not taken lightly became evident when a reporter was made a pretty unique request by Director General of Police Kishen Kumar.

Political Patrao / Can I have a copy please?

Kumar asked for the reporter’s notes so that hecould photocopy it and keep it for his records. An amused reporter gave a copyand told the State’s top cop that The Goan does not quote people out ofcontext and that this amounts to infringement of a journalist’s privilege. Thecops are taking their job a wee too seriously for comfort. Political Patraowonders for a force that has such abysmal intelligence records, why would DGPbe interested to read what he himself told the reporter?

HandsomeDotor and his Ugly friends

BJP’s press conferences in Salcette is as colourfulas its’ party colours. A fact best known to Political Patrao when he stumbledon to a press conference. The BJP, which wants to make a mark of Margao, wasled by BJP Vice-President Dr Wilfred Mesquita, who was seen defending coalitionpartner and Benaulim MLA Caitu D’Silva. Mesquita took pains to make reportersbelieve that Valanka Alemao has a very weak case against Caitu, in hisdisqualification over nationality case. A reporter quickly reminded him of hisrelationship with Churchill Alemao, whom he partnered in Save Goa Front,‘Dotor’ asserted that he always has an history and relationship with ‘all uglypeople’. Wonder what current partymen in BJP have to say about the handsome‘Dotor’ in this case?

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Goan roads turn into death traps

On an average one person dies every day; State has one accident every two hours

Team Goan
Published Aug 30, 2012, 12:44 PM IST
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On anaverage 300 people die every year in road accidents in the State. Even further,a small State like Goa has whopping 4,500 accidents per year, which shows thaton an average one accident takes place every two hours on Goan roads. “Accidents and consequential deaths happenonly when the driver of a two or four wheeler is not attentive and vigilant,” saidArun Desai, Director of Transport. He advised the drivers to be more vigilantand attentive when they were behind the…

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