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It’s time to be more humane towards police

A video that has gone viral on social media shows a couple from UP abusing a cop on duty just because the policeman had stopped their car and asked the couple to wear the mask. 

The cops are only doing their duty however many-a-times they are at the receiving end of irritated citizens. It must be said that during the pandemic and the lockdown, cops are the unsung heroes. 

These frontline workers have to do multiple tasks besides investigating crimes, chasing robbers, maintaining law and order, regulating the flow of traffic. 

During the lockdown the cops have to do the added duty of seeing that people remain indoors. They have to be on their feet throughout the night as they keep a check on those moving about in the night. This is no mean task. 

We as citizens can make the life of the men-in-uniform much easier by sticking to all the pandemic and lockdown related protocols.

We need to be more humane towards the law-keepers because of whom there is discipline in the society.


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Archbishop must keep the transfer of priests on hold

FELIX X GONSALVES, Quepem
Published May 2, 2021, 12:11 AM IST
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In May, the Church has a system of transferring their priests from churches and institutions spread out all over Goa. As per this system and the seniority of post, some priests are transferred after 4 years, some after 5 years and the Vicars in Churches after 7 years, as and when they complete their respective terms in that particular church or on allotted posts.This year around when the pandemic is taking its toll I would like to request the hierarchy of the Church ie the…

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