August 22, 2010 – 3:59 pm
In a bid to shed its communal image and boost its minority vote base, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders will interact with Christian religious leaders, including the archbishop of Goa, the party announced Sunday. Addressing a press conference, BJP national secretary and in charge of Goa Arti Mehra, said: ‘The party feels there is a [...]
August 2, 2010 – 10:32 pm
Former Goa tourism minister Fransisco Mickey Pacheco on Monday moved breach of privilege motion against Chief Minister Digamber Kamat in the state Legislative Assembly. The motion referred to the statement made by Kamat categorically denied having spoken to NCP chief Sharad Pawar when Pacheco resigned as a tourism minister.
Speaker of Goa legislative assembly Pratapsingh Rane, however, [...]
Almost two months after a leader of an Orissa-based fringe Maoist group was arrested in Goa, a legislative panel has recommended setting up of a special cell to keep tab on Maoist activities in the state.
The ad hoc committee on home, chaired by Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar, also said that police needed to keep [...]
Former Goa tourism minister Mickey Pacheco who has been granted bail in the Nadia Torrado death case, on Wednesday said he will raise the issue of “injustice” meted out to him by the state police, in the ongoing session of the Legislative Assembly. ”Certainly I will raise the issue of injustice meted out to me by [...]
Opposition BJP today expressed concern over increasing tagging of Goa as a sex destination through misleading advertisements on websites and local newspapers.
Damodar Naik (BJP), raising the issue in Assembly during Zero Hour, referred to numerous online advertisements and print campaigns offering female escorts in Goa.
“This is maligning the state’s image as a clean tourism destination.”
“They [...]
After having brought the Congress party to almost the halfway mark in the state assembly and stabilising the position of the government by the re-entry of Mr Atanasio Monserrate, the Education Minister and Mr Vishwajit Rane, the Health Minister, the Congress leadership has now embarked upon fulfilling the promises it made to its legislators, particularly [...]
Ending speculations, Jose Philip D’Souza has been appointed as the president of Goa state NCP with immediate effect by the party supremo Sharad Pawar. In a communication from New Delhi, received from the office of NCP party president Sharad Pawar, Jose Philip D’Souza has been asked to resume the charge of the post of party President [...]
Pacheco resigned as tourism minister earlier this month following his alleged involvement in the suicide of a married woman Nadia Torrado.
A senior minister from the western state of Goa has said that the law will take its course in the Mickky Pacheco case and that the former tourism minister will have to face the people [...]
Call Centre of the Communication Department functioning in Goa ,which was closed a few years back, is going to be re-started and necessary tender process is on, said Mr Shantaram Naik M.P. while inaugurating 3G Mobile Service at Margao today. Mr Naik said that for effective use of landline or mobile services, call centre manned [...]
Goa Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane will soon be joining Congress. Congress sources said Vishwajeet, who had contested as an independent from Valpoi constituency, met Ahmed Patel, Political Secretary to party chief Sonia Gandhi, as also AICC General Secretary B K Hari Prasad yesterday.
Vishwajeet is the son of senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Pratapsinh Rane [...]
