Liberation Day: Parents protest against Goa police for detaining their children
While the parents have maintained there was no protests but celebration of liberation , the police disagree. December 23, 2020 7:26:18 am
A 40-yr-old man was beaten up for allegedly harassing a woman and then taken around the village on a donkey with his face painted black, police officials said on Wednesday.
Parents of children and youth who were detained and ferried in a bus by Goa Police on Liberation Day on Tuesday voiced their anger as they demanded an ‘independent judicial inquiry’ in the case.
On December 19, when President Ram Nath Kovind visited the state and inaugurated a cultural event to mark the beginning of Goa’s 60th year of liberation from 451 years of colonial Portuguese rule several youth and children outside the Church Square were rounded in a bus and ferried to a police station. Police say this was done to ensure there was no “law
Goa supply to take hit if beef banned
Like vegetables, Goa is dependent on the neighbouring state for its beef supply – a major attraction for tourist meal plates and the local staple for the minority community in the state. December 11, 2020 2:19:20 am
The state cabinet had last week decided to promulgate the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance- 2020, which has now received the Governor s assent.
THE FIRST impact of the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill (2020), which was passed by the Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday, will be felt in Goa, with the meat traders’ association here saying it will “kill the industry”.