Panaji: In a move which caught Goa by surprise on the first day of 2019, ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday visited the State Secretariat for the first time in months, where he was welcomed by ministers, party MLAs, and several BJP workers. Parrikar was accompanied by a team[Read More…]
Panaji: Heavy taxation post GST, infrastructure shortcomings, expensive tariffs and poor planning have resulted in a drop in tourist arrivals in Goa, according to Savio Messias, president of the state’s top body travel and tourism industry stakeholders. Messias, whose organisation, the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa, is one of[Read More…]
Though India got its independence in the year 1947, Goa had to struggle more in comparison and in 1961, it managed to achieve its statehood. The Portuguese began colonising Goa from the early 16th century and only after 450 years did their rule end. Brutal policies were imposed by the[Read More…]
Panaji: The Assembly results in five states, in which the BJP could not garner adequate votes, will have a “far reaching impact” on Goa’s politics, which is currently plagued by turmoil, state Congress President Girish Chodankar said on Tuesday. “This result will have far reaching impact on Goa’s politics and[Read More…]
In Goa‘s Calangute, police have arrested a drug trafficker during a raid on Saturday night. The police recovered cannabis with a worth of Rs 60,000 from the possession of a 21-year-old, Elias. Elias reportedly belongs from Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. According to Jivba Dalvi, Police Inspector from Calangute Police Station,[Read More…]
Panaji: The Panaji Bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday adjourned for the third time the hearing of a petition seeking clarity on the health status of ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. The state government has sought more time to respond to a notice issued by the court[Read More…]
Panaji: Uncollected garbage strewn on Goa’s beaches, and a tender to appoint an agency to clean them, triggered a row in the ruling BJP-led coalition government on Monday. Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar slammed Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo, who alleged a scam in a new tender[Read More…]
Panaji: The Goa government has virtually become non-functional and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is being self-centred in not letting go of the top post despite suffering from pancreatic cancer, former state RSS chief Subhash Velingkar said on Sunday. “People are being taken for granted. Had this happened in Bihar and[Read More…]
Panaji: In what could be a worrying sign for the Goa BJP, former state RSS chief Subhash Velingkar, an arch rival of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, on Sunday announced his plunge into electoral politics. The announcement comes at a time when the state BJP, as well as the BJP-led coalition[Read More…]
Panaji: Months after both the Goa BJP and the state administration refused to disclose Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s ailment, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Saturday finally admitted he was suffering from pancreatic cancer. The dmission came amid relentless demands from the opposition parties to know whether the Chief Minister[Read More…]
Panaji: The Congress on Friday demanded that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government in Goa prove that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer for nearly eight months and has not been seen in public since October 14, is fit to govern. Addressing a press conference[Read More…]
Panaji, Oct 25 (IANS) Goa Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai said on Thursday that he would press with the Centre to issue an ordinance resuming mining in Goa, banned by the Supreme Court since March this year. “The ordinance is the only way to resume mining. I am heading for Delhi[Read More…]
Panaji: Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said he could not share any update on ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s current condition. “I cannot give his (Parrikar’s) update. The Chief Minister is unwell and it is the prerogative of the family to give information. It is not for the Minister for[Read More…]
Panaji: The police in Goa have filed an FIR against two persons for allegedly raping their niece for over 10 years, an official said. According to a First Information Report filed at the Porvorim police station in North Goa district, the victim aged 23, has said that the two uncles[Read More…]
New Delhi: The two of the Congress MLA, Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar reached Delhi on Monday midnight and met the Bhartiya Janata party national president Amit Shah at his residence in the morning, amidst the speculation of joining BJP. If the speculation of two Congress MLA joining the BJP[Read More…]
Panaji: Goa Forward Vice President Trajano D’Mello resigned from the party after accusing the BJP-led government of brazenly backing the fish mafia in the state, adding to the state’s political turbulence on Sunday. Even as the BJP-led coalition in Goa battles to stay afloat amid Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s prolonged[Read More…]
Panaji: Goa’s Power Minister Nilesh Cabral on Sunday said he hoped for a miracle for Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who has been battling cancer for several months. “We only hope that he recovers fast, a miracle happens and that he leads us in the future. That is all we ask[Read More…]
New Delhi: Goa’s ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was being treated for advanced pancreatic cancer at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), was discharged from the hospital on Sunday, an official said. “Parrikar’s health condition deteriorated in the early morning on Sunday and he was shifted to intensive[Read More…]
Panaji: Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar should have stayed back at the AIIMS in New Delhi and nursed himself back to health instead of returning to the coastal state, a Minister said here on Sunday. Speaking to the media ahead of Parrikar’s arrival in Goa, Union Minister of State[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday accused the BJP leadership of creating a constitutional breakdown and crisis of governance in Goa with its refusal to replace ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar with at least a caretaker Chief Minister. Charging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership’s “sheer greed for power”[Read More…]
Panaji: Blind people are a mistake committed by the God and it is a miracle that those who cannot see can play, Goa Governor Mridula Sinha on Saturday said. Sinha was speaking as the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony at the Triangular T20 Series between India, Sri Lanka[Read More…]
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar cabinet drops two ministers informed the Chief Minister’s office (CMO) on Monday morning. BJP’s Francis D’Souza and Pandurang Madkaikar are not in good health and are receiving treatment in hospitals. Coincidentally, the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is also undergoing treatment for pancreatic ailment at the[Read More…]
Even as the ruling BJP-led coalition alliance looks for a new leader to replace ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, Congress MLAs on Monday staked claim to form a government in Goa. The leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar visited Raj Bhavan and submitted a letter to Governor Mridula Sinha’s office signed[Read More…]
The BJP central leadership’s attempts to form a consensus between party MLAs and alliance partners in Goa over alternate leadership due to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s illness remained inconclusive on Sunday. Allocation of portfolios held by Parrikar could take place in the next few days, a ruling alliance Minister said.[Read More…]
Panaji, Sep 15 (IANS) Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday headed to the national capital via a special chartered flight for further treatment and examination at the All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Parrikar, who is suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer, also held meetings with Speaker Pramod Sawant[Read More…]