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Why target timings of only Christian weddings in Goa?

Calangute MLA Michael Lobo while speaking to some media persons on Tuesday was heard giving his own justifications with regards to Goa State Pollution Control Board's recent decision of not allowing music after 10 pm for Goan weddings by claiming that his government was not at all trying to target Catholic weddings but was only following the Supreme Court's order in Goa. Well, the Supreme Court has passed many other orders in the past i.e. it has told to demolish all illegal religious structures by the roadside, has asked the state government to establish a tiger reserve in Goa etc. But has the government implemented these orders so far? Then why the BJP government is hell-bent on selectively implementing only this particular order? The BJP is playing it's own dirty communal politics by making minority leaders like Michael Lobo and Dr Levinson Martins to speak on matter of noise pollution and selectively targeting Christian weddings in the name of following Supreme Court's order in Goa. I think that if the minority BJP MLAs cannot force their own government to give some relaxations for our Christian weddings then they should immediately resign.




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MMC must act against growing stray menace

BRIAN DE SOUZA, Margao
Published Jan 28, 2026, 7:17 PM IST
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I am writing this letter on behalf of the residents of Hill Apartments and the entire neighbourhood along our lane to express our profound frustration and growing fear regarding the escalating stray dog menace in our locality. Despite the Supreme Court’s directives issued last year providing a clearer framework for animal birth control and management, the Margao Municipal Council’s response has been no response. While the authorities remain idle, the quality of life for…

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