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On making Goan women lakhpattis

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, while speaking at a training programme organised by a district and development agency in collaboration with Flipkart, a private agency, stated that the Goa government is implementing schemes to empower Goan women, to make them self-reliant and lakhpatis. For this, the government has teamed up with Flipkart to sell products made by women artisans on Flipkart’s online marketplace. A very ambitious scheme indeed, by any reckoning. By that time, there will hopefully be no need for various welfare schemes for women, such as the Ladli Lakshmi and Ladli Bahin, and with around 5,000 jobs in Goa waiting to be filled by the youth, Goa will then be the most prosperous state in the country, I guess.


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Suleman jail escape: History repeating itself?

KG Vilop, Chorao
Published Dec 19, 2024, 12:59 AM IST
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The dramatic escape of notorious fraudster Suleman Siddiqui Khan from police custody brings back memories of the infamous serial killer Charles Sobhraj. In some ways, it feels like history repeating itself, taking us back to Sobhraj’s world of daring escapes. This incident has sent shockwaves through Goa’s civil society, exposing deep flaws in the police security system and infrastructure. Many of us are fascinated by jailbreak scenes in films, where the hero or villain…

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