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Netizens have field day over pre-poll counselling in Goa ​ By IANS | ​ 0 Views Nilesh Cabral.. Image Source: IANS News Panaji, June 1 : The Goa government's resolve to make counselling of couples mandatory before marriage has triggered comic spin-offs on social media, with netizens wondering whether such counselling should also be made mandatory for legislators in the coastal state, who have a reputation for party hopping. On Monday, Goa Law Minister Nilesh Cabral had said that his ministry was tinkering with a policy to make pre-marriage counselling mandatory to stem the rising tide of...

The raging Covid-19 pandemic stokes debate about Goans vs outsiders.

Goa: Trouble in paradise, as Covid wreaks havoc Joydeep Sen Gupta/New Delhi Filed on May 15, 2021 Paramilitary soldiers patrol along a street during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against coronavirus in Goa. Photo: AFP The raging Covid-19 pandemic stokes debate about Goans vs outsiders. Why is Goa, the picture postcard and the tiniest coastal Indian state, in the headlines for all the wrong reasons? Trouble in paradise? The state, whose population is less than 60 per cent of Dubai at around two million (m), is in the throes of an unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic...