Goa Prohibitory Orders

Even as the opposition parties have been targeting Chief Minister Pramod Sawant for prolonging the imposition of prohibitory orders in Goa, accusing him of clamping down on anti-government protests vis a vis the Mhadei inter-state water diversion issue, Mr Sawant on Wednesday said the prohibitory law would be lifted immediately after the 50th editi...

Defying prohibitory orders, hundreds of people protested in Panaji on Monday against a recent Supreme Court order banning mining in Goa, leading to a lathicharge by the police to disperse protesters who had disrupted traffic by blocking the main entry and exit points to the city.

Even as the opposition parties have been targeting Chief Minister Pramod Sawant for prolonging the imposition of prohibitory orders in Goa, accusing him of clamping down on anti-government protests vis a vis the Mhadei inter-state water diversion issue, Mr Sawant on Wednesday said the prohibitory law would be lifted immediately after the 50th editi...

Defying prohibitory orders, hundreds of people protested in Panaji on Monday against a recent Supreme Court order banning mining in Goa, leading to a lathicharge by the police to disperse protesters who had disrupted traffic by blocking the main entry and exit points to the city.