Anna Hazare, Medha Patkar plan national movement on Right to Information
19 October 1999 21:11 ISTAnna Hazare, the crusader fighting corruption in the Indian society, is now planning a national level movement for right to information, in association with several like-minded groups.A step has already been initiated in this regard ... READ
Smoking ban to begin with awareness campaign
02 October 1999 17:51 ISTA three-prone strategy has been chalked out by the government to implement the legislation regarding ban on smoking and spitting in public places, beginning from today.With prime thrust on public awareness, the crackdown on tobacco ... READ
Smoking is a crime in Goa !
01 October 1999 17:52 ISTThe last Gandhi Jayanti of the century would be worth remembering for Goans or all those lakhs of tourists, who will start flocking to the tiny coastal state from this month.Enjoying the beaches, temples, churches ... READ
Smoke, spit, urinate under cover
21 September 1999 17:52 ISTIt's not only in Rome you have to do as Romans do. Even in Goa, from the auspicious day of Gandhi Jayanti now, you have to do as Goans do. Otherwise find yourself behind the ... READ
Come to Goa, but No Smoking, please!
11 September 1999 17:53 ISTEnjoy Goa, ah, but be careful ! No smoking, spitting or chewing tobacco in public places now. You may simply lose thousands just paying the fines.Of course, the amount of fine - which ranges between ... READ
"Let beedi workers starve" : Anti-smoking front
31 July 1999 17:54 ISTThe beedi workers as well as tobacco growers should find alternate avenues of earnings, feels National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication, while welcoming the Kerala high court’s landmark judgement banning smoking in public places.In fact the ... READ
Winston man says NO to killer puff
04 July 1999 17:55 IST"Tobacco is a killer industry. How the Indian democracy allows its government to finance and promote such an industry", asks famous Hollywood star Alan Landers. He has made several valid suggestions to put curbs on ... READ
No to exhibition ground in the town
09 March 1999 22:01 ISTThe prestigious project of setting up a permanent exhibition ground on the lines of Delhi's Pragati Maidan in the tourist state has run into rough weathers with the Bharatiya Janata Party's local unit strongly objecting ... READ
CM warns centre to withdraw from AGMU over IGP issue
03 February 1999 22:02 ISTHeading for an open confrontation with the centre, the Goa government has decided to set up its own state cadre for the police, withdrawing its official consent for Goa's inclusion in the AGMU cadre, consisting ... READ
Goa's hawkers crying for justice
06 January 1999 22:03 ISTPublic streets and markets in Goa's major towns now look more spacious and clean, but at the cost of over 5000 hawkers and kiosk-runners being deprived of their livelihood, thanks to the high court intervention ... READ
