Panaji: By stating that the BJP-led coalition government will last in Goa only if Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to power at the Centre, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has expressed doubts over Modi’s return to power, Congress spokesperson Trajano DMello said on Sunday. “The Chief Minister’s statement has expressed lack[Read More…]
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Goa Mining People’s Front starts 3-day protest in Delhi
Panaji: Members of the Goa Mining People’s Front, a collective of workers, truck and barge operators dependent on the now-banned iron ore mining industry, started their three-day protest in the national capital on Tuesday, demanding efforts from the state and Central government towards a quick resumption of mining in the[Read More…]
Goa: Congress releases list of candidates for assembly bye-elections
Panaji: The Indian National Congress on Friday, releases the list of candidates for Goa bye-polls. Sudhir Kandolkar has been named to contest from Mapusa constituency, while Mahadev Naik has been fielded from the Shiroda constituency. Earlier, in a politically significant development, two out of the three Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party legislators early[Read More…]
BJP wants Manohar Parrikar’s sons to join party, says state party president Vinay Tendulkar
Panaji: Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s sons Utpal and Abhijat, have been formally requested by the party high command to join the BJP, state party president Vinay Tendulkar said on Monday. “BJP national vice president Avinash Rai Khanna has requested both of Parrikar’s sons to join the BJP when[Read More…]
Goa’s Art and Culture Minister orders probe if site where Parrikar’s body kept ‘purified’
Panaji: Amid claims on social media that “shuddhikaran” (purification) was conducted at the site where late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s body was kept in the government-run Kala Academy for public to pay last respects, Goa’s Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude has ordered a probe into the matter. Gurudas Pilernekar,[Read More…]
Goa’s BJP-led coalition government faces floor test
Panaji: Newly appointed Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who heads a BJP-led coalition government, will face a floor test to prove his dispensation’s majority in the 36-member state legislative assembly on Wednesday. While Sawant told reporters on Tuesday that he is “100 per cent confident” of winning the floor test,[Read More…]
Who is Pramod Sawant, Goa’s new Chief Minister
New Delhi: Goa Assembly Speaker and BJP leader Pramod Sawant sworned in as the chief minister of the state at 2 am on Tuesday, after a political situation arose following the demise of Manohar Parrikar. Here’s all you need to know about the new Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Sawant[Read More…]
Goa: Pramod Sawant to be new Chief Minister
Panaji: Goa Assembly Speaker Pramod Pandurang Sawant will be sworn in as the new Chief Minister of a BJP-led coalition government on Monday evening by Governor Mridula Sinha, a senior BJP leader said. Sawant, who will be the 11th Chief Minister of the coastal state, will succeed his mentor Manohar[Read More…]
Goa’s new CM will be sworn in after 3 pm: Goa BJP President
Panaji: Goa’s new Chief Minister will be sworn in after 3 p.m., state BJP President Vinay Tendulkar announced on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Tendulkar, who was exiting a city resort with Assembly Speaker Pramod Sawant, one of the candidates for the Chief Minister’s post, said that all issues related to[Read More…]
B-Town celebs mourn Goa CM Manohar Parrikar’s demise
Mumbai: Bollywood names such as Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Anupam Kher have mourned the death of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who died aged 63. A slew of actors remembered Parrikar and called him a “gentleman, intelligent and a good soul.” Parrikar died at his private residence here on[Read More…]
