Breach of privilege against home minister ?
16 July 1997 22:07 ISTThe Goa Assembly is in a process of admitting a breach of privilege, moved by the state opposition leader Dr Kashinath Jalmi (to whose party belongs the union law minister Ramakant Khalap) against union home ... READ
Govt presents Right to Info bill
13 July 1997 21:18 ISTThe Goa government has presented the Right to Information bill in the ongoing Assembly session, which would be now thrown open for a public debate, before it is discussed in the House.Being the second state ... READ
Zuari bridge on verge of collapse ?
10 June 1997 22:09 ISTThe Konkan railway, likely to be fully commissioned by the year end from Mumbai to Mangalore with a link upto Kerala, will bring fortunes to the whole western coast of the country. The combination of ... READ
Goa to have right to information act
04 June 1997 21:18 ISTGoa plans to be the second state in the country to enact a Right to Information legislation, a demand from all quarters of India. The bill will be presented in the coming monsoon Assembly session.The ... READ
Judiciary advocates uniform civil code for India
23 May 1997 22:09 ISTMajority of academicians support the uniform civil code for the country, but not the politicians, for the reasons best known to them. With the days of judicial activism, the judiciary is also now seems to ... READ
Justice Sawant advocates right to Info from private sector too
18 May 1997 21:19 ISTThe private sector, including all the multinationals and the business establishments, would be legally bound to disclose all the information to any citizen of India, when demanded, once the Right to Information bill comes into ... READ
Controversial police bill comes under fire
15 May 1997 22:10 ISTCan the concept of privatisation be stretched to such an extent that the law and order maintaining authority be also partially privatised ? Goa's newly enacted police act, which is still awaiting governor's assent, provides ... READ
India to adopt Portuguese civil code ?
12 May 1997 22:12 ISTTop legal authorities from India and Portugal are planning to sit in Goa for three days the next week to explore the possibility of extending the Portuguese civil code, existing in the former Portuguese colony, ... READ
Centre objects to private police in Goa
02 May 1997 22:13 ISTThe Goa government is under fire from the centre for giving policing powers to private agencies, in the new police bill the state Assembly has recently passed.While adopting certain provisions of the Singapore Police act, ... READ
Singapore style policing in Goa ?
19 March 1997 22:15 ISTIt would be a serious punishable offence if you spit, smoke, urinate, throw garbage, fly kites, fire crackers or even behave indecently in public places in Goa, a la Singapore, once the draft Goa Police ... READ
