Monthly Archives: March 2018

Slums to salons: New avatar for sex industry

Massage parlous and salons have been know for sometime now as new places to pick up women. Sex trade in Goa has been evolving for a while now and its time that admit to ourselves that it is taking a … Continue reading →

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MoEF to regularise projects that failed to obtain CRZ clearances

This can only spell more doom to our already fragile ecosystems. Then we wonder why we are faced with storms and rising sea levels. https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa-News/MoEF-to-regularise-projects-that-failed-to-obtain-CRZ-clearances/128140.html

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High-level meet today on escort service websites

Its about time the government does something to stop these freely advertising websites of escort services that have been thriving . http://www.navhindtimes.in/high-level-meet-today-on-escort-service-websites/  

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‘Most cops involved in drug nexus’

This is exactly the reason why only small time operators are getting caught here and there. and the larger fish are going scot free. If the nexus didn’t involve most cops then a lot more arrests of the kingpins would … Continue reading →

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Nearly 25,000 digital meters will be needed

Let us hope that whoever is awarded the bid also looks into th modalities of after sales services. Let it not be like the earlier meters that the taxis were mandated to install but had no service station to repair … Continue reading →

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Tourism officials asked to initiate action against erring shack operators

Strict action should entail banning of license for a season if the shack is in gross violations for the the rules and regulations of operations. http://www.navhindtimes.in/tourism-officials-asked-to-initiate-action-against-erring-shack-operators/  

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