By Matters India Reporter Panaji, May 19, 2022: A former Catholic priest who had fought for Goa’s causes won a case against an illegal construction eight years after his death. Bismarque Dias, who was known as Goa’s activist priest, had protested against a string of controversial, land intensive projects acrossContinue Reading
Panaji: Goa Forward, a member of the ruling alliance, on Friday accused Goa’s Roman Catholic Church of being selective in criticism of the BJP-led government and accused it of adding to the aggravating social tension in the state. Goa Forward spokesperson Trajano D’Mello also questioned the silence of the Church’sContinue Reading
Panaji: The Bombay High Court bench in Panaji on April 11 directed the Crime Branch of Goa Police to file an FIR in connection with the mysterious death of a former Roman Catholic priest Bismarque Dias. The Crime Branch has also been asked to submit a status report of theContinue Reading
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said on Thursday that his office would monitor the police investigation into the mysterious death of activist and former priest Bismarque Dias. “It (investigation) is being monitored by my office. I assure of fullest cooperation and assistance from my government in this matter,” Parsekar toldContinue Reading
Panaji: Supporters of former Catholic priest Bismarque Dias, who died in mysterious circumstances last week, have refused to bury his body, even as the opposition and civil society groups have demanded a more focused probe. The body of Bismarque, who had led a string of agitations against controversial real estate projectsContinue Reading
Mapusa: The body of Bismarque Dias – who had been protesting against a string of controversial, land intensive projects across Goa – was fished out from Mandovi river near St. Estevam island on Saturday, making opposition and civil society activists demand a probe into the mysterious death. The body of Dias,Continue Reading
