Monday, July 19, 2010

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Goa govt forming so many panels are uncalled for: Opposition

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 07:43 AM PDT

Goa government is forming committees at an average of one a day to study various issues raised on different platforms, the Opposition pointed out on Monday. The record placed on the floor of the House reveals that since 2007, the state government has appointed 1,423 committees of which nearly half have not even met. Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar questioned the wisdom of having so many committees, “when they either don’t meet or don’t decide on the issues.”

He said that the Chief Minister himself is heading 25 committees. The issue was raised during monsoon session, which began on Monday at Porvorim, near Panaji. Chief Minister Digamber Kamat said that the senior officials can be contacted, if committees under them does not function.

BJP legislator Fransic D'Souza pointed out that there are several committees which are headed by Chief Secretary leaving him no time for his other administrative assignments.

Courtesy: hindustantimes

No bar to Facebook in Goa prison

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 07:29 AM PDT

Now prison bar is not the limit for the Israeli drug dealer David Driham alias Dudu for updating Facebook. Dudu, who was arrested for possessing a narcotics cocktail, had been updating his friends using Facebook mobile from behind prison bars.

Dudu had also uploaded several photos of his Valentine’s Day celebration with his fiance, which was incidentally a few days before his arrest. Accessing the internet or mobile phones is against prison regulations. The drug dealer is presently lodged in the Aguada Central jail, 12 km from Panaji.

When asked how an under trial could update his Facebook wall via mobile web when lodged in a prison cell, District prison officials rejected to comment. “The assembly session is on. We cannot say anything on the issue,” said a prison official.

Courtesy: oneindia

NSUI apprises Rahul Gandhi about drug nexus case in Goa

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 09:55 AM PDT

Goa unit of National Students' Union of India (NSUI) which has launched a campaign demanding handing over of police and drug peddler nexus case to CBI has apprised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about the menace. ”We apprised our leader Rahul Gandhi about the situation in the state and explained why we took up the signature campaign demanding handing over the enquiry on the nexus to the CBI.

He was shocked to know the facts behind the drug nexus,” Sunil Kawthankar, chief of Goa unit of NSUI told reporters today. The NSUI Goa chief met Rahul Gnadhi yesterday in Delhi at the National Executive meeting of the students’ body. ”Rahul Gandhi has taken the entire issue very seriously,” he said.

The NSUI chief said that he has full faith that Goa chief minister Digamber kamat would hand over the probe to CBI. ”Kamat has been working for welfare of the state.We have full faith that he will hand over enquiry to CBI,” he added. Seven policemen were arrested after Swedish Model Lucky Farmhouse had shot confession of her drug peddler boy-friend on spy cam in which he had bragged about his links with policemen.

Courtesy: dnaindia
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