THURSDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2026
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Govt liquor policy needed to discipline tourists

Two men from Rajasthan, allegedly inebriated, were arrested late Sunday night for verbally abusing, threatening, and assaulting police personnel during a drunken brawl at Baga, which disrupted traffic along the busy Calangute“Baga road.Well, the root cause for the rise in such type of ugly incidents (especially in the night) is due to the free availability of alcohol every few metres in the state but no one seems to be really bothered in addressing this serious problem in Goa. I think that until and unless we don't bother to address this serious nuisance creating problem of alcohol first, do not pressurise the government of the day to come out with its own liquor policy and stop it from decorating the state with more liquor outlets every few metres to woo domestic tourists, we should not dream of bringing any improvement but get ready to witness many more such horrible incidents of drunken brawls everywhere & attacks on police personnel in the days to come in Goa.



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Majhe Ghar forms must be available on govt website

SADANAND RAIKAR, Colva
Published Oct 14, 2025, 7:02 PM IST
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The Pramod Sawant government's 'Majhe Ghar' scheme is revolutionary even though one may have reservations about it. It is more of a realistic scheme which aims to resolve the long pending issues by giving a legal solution. That is perhaps why the critics of this scheme in the Assembly also chose to share the dais with the Chief Minister of Goa during the scheme launch. It is learnt that the forms are numbered and are being distributed through Collector's offices. The…

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