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Goa: Congress demands arrest of right-wing speaker over 'objectionable' remarks against St Francis XavierA political storm has erupted in Goa after a right-wing speaker allegedly made offensive comments about Saint Francis Xavier. A video of th...
Indian Constitution 'forced' on Goa after liberation: Congress candidate Viriato FernandesViriato Fernandes, a supporter of dual citizenship for Goans who have opted for Portuguese passports, said that then-Prime Minister Jawahar...
BJP's Sadanand Shet Tanavade elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from GoaSadanand Shet Tanavade, the president of the Goa BJP unit, has been declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from the coastal state. T...
Goa defection mocks crisis-management skills of the GandhisThe two-third Congress MLAs' defection also mocks at the quality of crisis-management by the Gandhis and their designated political manager...
Manoj Parab's Revolutionary Goans rides local sentiment to win third highest vote share in GoaParab's party has similarities with how the Shiv Sena came into being. Like the Sena, the RG started demonstrating for getting jobs for "lo...
Goa's youngest party takes on heavyweights, fields candidates in 38 seatsDespite being a new entrant in electoral politics - the Revolutionary Goans - led by former AAP worker Manoj Parab, has fielded candidates ...
Will love for fish & football be enough to bridge the East-West gap as Mamata Banerjee attempts a foray into Goan politics?The TMC has been spreading its wings beyond Bengal, but has only achieved any real success so far in the east, with legislators in the Assa...
Congress will win Goa elections in 2022, LS polls in 2024: P Chidambaram"Let me say one thing from history...whoever wins Goa wins Delhi. In 2007 we won Goa...in 2009 we won Delhi. In 2012, we unfortunately lost...
How Manohar Parrikar changed Goan politicsParrikar was BJP's low command and the high command in Goa, and the void that he has left behind will be difficult for the party to fill.
ET Analysis: Rahul Gandhi’s 'Generals' struggle in Goa quicksandBJP managers tapped the ‘leadership vacuum’ in Congress to engineer defections of Congress MLAs and neutralised possible trouble from allie...
Congress in talks with others for stable alternative in Goa, says AICC in-chargeAICC Goa in-charge A Chella Kumar said the Congress is ready to provide a stable alternative government provided other parties are ready to...
Policy decision on combat role for women soon: Manohar ParrikarManohar Parrikar said that his ministry was examining how a combat role can be assigned to the women in the armed forces.
Coconut tree comes in the way of 'One Nation, One Poll'Goa Forward Party cited the party’s struggle in protesting against cutting down of coconut trees in Goa before it came to power with ally B...
Goa polls: Parties on a knife-edge as uncertainty prevailsIn the state elections so far, a tentative picture emerges in due course during the last week of polls, as to who could form the government.
50 years of opinion poll that gave Goa an independent identityGoa’s Opinion Poll, which was held exactly 50 years ago, on January 16, 1967, has barely featured in the state’s election politics.
Laxmikant Parsekar may lead BJP in Goa Assembly polls, hints Manohar ParrikarUnion Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar hinted that Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar will lead the party in the state elections due ne...
Goa CM Manohar Parrikar alleges 'political chicanery' over MLA's citizenshipChief Minister Manohar Parrikar said he will write to Union Home Minister seeking the order of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) related to a ...
Portugal may stop granting citizenship to Goa residentsPortuguese officials acknowledge that for most applicants, if not all, the objective of citizenship is entry into the European Union to try...
- Highest ever iron-ore exports from Goa ports this fiscal
Goa, a major exporter of Iron Ore, saw the highest ever exports during the financial year 2010-11 through its twin ports.
- BJP gives Pratibha a taste of Goan political curry
The BJP on Saturday took its battle for Goa to the Rashtrapathi Bhavan by parading 20 MLAs before President Pratibha Patil.