Penalise HoDs for not providing suo moto Info: Coutinho
24 January 2014 22:01 IST
Adv Cleofato Almeida Coutinho, a constitutional lawyer, has suggested that heads of the government departments be penalized for not providing suo moto information to the people, under Right to Information Act. READ
Govt info is sometimes bunch of lies: Gadgil
24 January 2014 21:13 IST
Padmabhushan Dr Madhav Gadgil has charged the government authorities of telling bunch of lies by supplying either false information or no information when asked under Right to Information Act. READ
RTI not sufficient to clear the rot: Mehendle
23 January 2014 19:58 IST
Right to Information is not sufficient to clear the rot saturated in the government administration, feels Goa’s chief information commissioner Leena Mehendle, while appealing to the people to use the RTI tool effectively. READ
Franky Monteiro bags RTI activist award
22 January 2014 23:44 IST
Franky Monteiro from Loutolim is the first to bag the RTI activist award from Goa. READ
Opinion Poll had many Fathers; not One: Bhembre
17 January 2014 14:23 IST
Goa’s historic Opinion Poll did not have one but many fathers and those 1.72 lakh people who voted for independent identity of Goa are the ultimate fathers of Opinion Poll, said Adv Uday Bhembre, one ... READ
FIR against tourism minister to probe Communidade land scam
17 January 2014 12:08 IST
A local court on Thursday directed the police to file an FIR against the Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar in connection with an alleged land grab case. READ
Churchill booked for water tank scam
31 December 2013 16:45 IST
Former Goa Public Works Department minister and senior Congress leader Churchill Alemao has been booked in connection with a multi-crore tender scam. READ
Rane accused of producing fake docs for Statehood
20 December 2013 13:51 IST
A retired senior bureaucrat has alleged former Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane used "fake documents" to push for statehood to the then Union Territory way back in 1987, a charged rubbished by the latter. READ
Govt issues redrafted circular on Indian Citizenship
30 October 2013 19:18 IST
Goa government today issued a redrafted circular, making it mandatory under Right to Information Act that the applicant is Indian “citizen”, after withdrawing the old circular to swear an affidavit in this regard every time. READ
New front 'supports' Romi, opposes Awards
29 October 2013 23:12 IST
The newly formed Konkani Kruti Samiti has opposed separate literary awards for Konkani in Romi script, but has extended ‘support’ to literature in Romi script. READ
