SATURDAY, 29 AUGUST 2026

Don't entertain those stoking communal flames

When one thinks Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant cannot get any lower, he proves us wrong with the recent statements where he tried to draw similar comparisons between Subhash Velingkar and Fr Bolmax.  The court reply in Subhash Velingkar anticipatory bail brought to rest that no parallels should be drawn between the 2 cases and Fr Bolmax statements included that Shivaji was a national hero and we need to honour and respect Shivaji;  and his statements did not insult or attempt to insult  any religion.  One would expect the CM to act maturely particularly in such kind of cases. Also while I appreciate and respect the good efforts/intentions  of some non-Goans towards Goa in various aspects, there are some non-Goans in Goa who are well known in constantly trying to stoke communal flames; as now being recently done in this case of St Francis Xavier. I request  Goans irrespective of religious backgrounds to please not entertain these troublemakers and Goa CM to please take tough action against them on an urgent basis.



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New cop strategies needed to arrest rise in thefts

RAJU RAMAMURTHY, Vasco
Published Oct 9, 2024, 9:31 PM IST
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Goa is now becoming a hub of theft and crimes. In last two months we saw daylight robberies and theft in temples, flats and shops . The daylight robbery by fake policeman asking ladies to give their gold ornaments by warning of risk of robbery and innocent ladies give their ornaments and the person flees on bike with wrong number plate. Another jewellery shop burglary in North Goa was carried out at midnight and  ornaments valued  worth lakhs of rupees were robbed.…

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