Finance secretary Udipta Ray on Saturday said that the centre has allowed a loan amounting to a maximum of Rs 850 crore for Goa for the purpose of constructing various projects.
Ray, who was speaking at a meeting of the ad hoc committee on finance during a public hearing, also alleviated fears of Fatorda MLA Damu [...]
The Congressmen, particularly the leaders, in Goa on Wednesday expressed shock and disappointment over the decision of the central leadership of the Congress party not to include any of the two Congress Members of Parliament, Mr.Shantaram Naik and Mr. Francisco Sardinha in the Union cabinet.
The state Congressmen were hoping that Mr Sardinha, who has been [...]
Dr.Manmohan Singh has been administered an oath as Prime Ministerby the President of India, Smt.Pratibhatai Patil .
Dr.Manmohan Singh is given an opportunity by the people of India to serve as Prime Minister. There are lots of expectation by the people of India from the Prime Minister and his Government to make the Country a force [...]
Goa Congressleaders have put forth Goa’s case for representation in the soon-to-be formed Union cabinet before the party high command in New Delhi and are keeping their fingers crossed on the outcome of their visit.
After the declaration of the Lok Sabha results, chief minister Digambar Kamat, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president , Rajya Sabha [...]
Arch rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as well as the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Tuesday vied with each other to offer support to the victorious Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, which needs just nine more MPs to get the 272 figure needed to form government.
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Goa threw no surprises. The Bharatiya Janata Party retained the North Goa (Panaji) constituency and the Congress maintained its hold in South Goa (Mormugao). Both newly elected MPs will be serving a third term in Parliament.
Former union minister of state for aviation Shripad Naik came through in North Goa on the BJP ticket, but with [...]
The GOA BLOG and Its Team along with People of GOA Congratulate Smt. Sonia Gandhi, President of INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS and Chairperson of UPA and DR.Manmohan Singh, Our Beloved Prime Minister for Excellent Victory in Parliamentary Elections.
We Wish Congress Party and Its Allies All the Best in their work for the Development of INDIA.
We also [...]
The Election Commission (EC) has ordered re-polling at a booth in North Goa Parliamentary constituency following a technical error in the electronic voting machine (EVM). “The re-polling in booth number 18 of North Goa Parliamentary constituency will be held on April 27 between 7 am and 5 pm,” officials in Goa`s Chief Electoral Office said [...]
The North Goa candidate of the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance, Mr Jitendra Deshprabhu on Thursday said that according to the larger conservative estimate predicted in the private survey carried out by him, around 2.64 lakh voters out of the total 4,86,983 voters in North Goa would cast their votes and from these, he would poll [...]
The Congress camp was in a celebratory mood on Thursday evening with chief minister Digambar Kamat and GPCC president claiming a sweep of both the Lok Sabha seats.
Just hours after the polling concluded, Kamat said that it was a foregone conclusion that the coalition partners, Congress and NCP, won both the seats. He even pointed [...]
