MONDAY, 31 AUGUST 2026
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Selective targeting and clear hypocrisy by ruling politicians

First and foremost I would like to state that no religious preachers/leaders of any  community including Catholic priests should preach any speech/sermon which disrespects/demeans any other religion; so no argument there!

Having said that however, is it not clear hypocrisy and selective targeting by ruling Goa politicians particularly the Catholic BJP politicians of speaking on the same only when Catholic priests are involved? Sometime back  a key person affiliated with Goa RSS from the beginning made a very provocative communal statement against a prominent Catholic Saint and right wing fringe organizations made worse communal statements at their national events organized in Goa; so why were the BJP politicians particularly the Catholic BJP ones silent then ? Have they compromised their values, integrity and fairness for “special perks/favours/commissions ” and political opportunities from the BJP?



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FM workers should push for revoking closure order

SRIDHAR D'IYER, Caranzalem
Published Sep 11, 2023, 7:30 PM IST
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It is shocking that the Prasar Bharati in its wisdom proposed closing of the iconic FM Rainbow channel of Akashvani (the erstwhile All India Radio) in various parts of the country viz., Bengaluru, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram and Goa. Rainbow is a colourful, popular and recall value FM channel of 3 decades that has given the private channels a run for their money. In Goa the Rainbow channel caters to all segments of the society and programmes are in 4 languages “ English,…

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