Pastor Dominic with his wife Joan D’Souza.
Religious conversion cases in Goa: What the record shows
PANAJIGovernment data placed before the Goa Legislative Assembly in March 2026 shows that four cases relating to alleged illegal religious conversion or attempts were registered between 2021 and 2025. Two cases were recorded in 2022 and two in 2023, while no such cases were registered in 2021, 2024 or 2025.The fi
ANTI-CONVERSION BILL: THE POLL PLAY
The Goa government’s decision to bring an anti-conversion law has opened a political debate that goes far beyond the proposed legislation. With no apparent groundswell of public demand for such a law, its timing, ideological context and potential electoral consequences have come under scrutiny. As Goa heads towards another Assembly election, the Bill has raised a larger question: is it addressing a genuine problem, or creating a new political fault line?
‘Incompetence or connivance’ behind jail breaches: George
Retired IPS officer Bosco George, who served as Inspector General of Prisons, has called for tighter security and administrative reforms at Colvale Jail, citing possible staff connivance, weak accountability, low morale and outdated systems
Prison needs both security and reform, says Gomes
Former Inspector General of Prisons Elvis Gomes says the concerns at Colvale Central Jail should prompt a comprehensive review of Goa’s prison administration, with greater focus on security, accountability and correctional management
HC scrutiny raises questions over Goa’s prison reform
PANAJIGoa’s prison system has faced repeated High Court scrutiny this year, from illegal mobile phone use inside Colvale jail to the State’s preparedness to introduce an open-jail system.In March, the High Court came down heav
