BJP releases second list of six candidates for Goa assembly electionsIn a statement, BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said, "The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the BJP has decided the names for ...
26 Jan, 2022, 04.53 PM IST
BJP announces its second Goa list; no ticket for Shripad Naik's sonThe party's first list of 34 candidates had similarly excluded Utpal, former chief minister late Manohar Parrikar's son. Joseph Sequeira, w...
26 Jan, 2022, 04.35 PM IST
Goa polls: Utpal Parrikar not in BJP's list of 34 candidates; party says he was given options that he didn't acceptWhile refusing to give a ticket to Utpal Parrikar from the Panaji constituency, which his father had represented for over two decades, the ...
20 Jan, 2022, 03.58 PM IST
Cong names 9 more candidates in 3rd list for Goa polls; ex-BJP minister gets ticketThe Congress on Tuesday released its third list of nine more party candidates for the February 14 Goa assembly elections and fielded leader...
18 Jan, 2022, 07.51 PM IST
Goa registers heavy 83 per cent voter turnout, polling peacefulAccording to EC sources, the poll percentage could further go up as there are long queues of voters at many booths across the state even af...
04 Feb, 2017, 06.03 PM IST
Consultants hired to promote tourism in Goan hinterlandsGoa Tourism Department has appointed project management consultants for identification of sites and development of tourism infrastructure.
05 Aug, 2015, 04.15 PM IST
Gopinath Munde was father of BJP-MGP alliance in Goa: LeadersThe current Manohar Parrikar-led government is a BJP-MGP alliance, the union of like-minded parties conceived in the year 1994.
03 Jun, 2014, 04.26 PM IST
Elections 2014: BJP maintains dominance in Goa's mining beltIn Sanguem, BJP polled 13,070 votes and Congress 5356, while in Bicholim the two parties got 12,959 and 6,268 votes, respectively.
18 May, 2014, 01.14 PM IST
- Pollution levels dip since mining closure in Goa: Data
Citing the data measured till Feb, Environment Minister Alina Saldanha told the House that the pollution levels showed a downward trend.
11 Apr, 2013, 11.15 AM IST
Pollution levels dipped since mining closure in Goa: DataPollution levels in the iron ore belts of Goa dropped considerably after mining activity was banned in September last, bringing them within...
11 Apr, 2013, 11.15 AM IST
Election results 2012: Congress faces setbacks in GoaCongress faced major setbacks in Goa as a number of its stalwarts lost to new faces fielded by BJP in the Assembly elections.
06 Mar, 2012, 12.44 PM IST
Team Anna to campaign in poll-bound GoaTeam Anna will campaign in poll-bound Goa from tomorrow with Justice Santosh Hegde, who had differences with the group, joining them.
27 Feb, 2012, 04.18 PM IST
Goa elections 2012: Congress's decision on four candidates still on holdThe Congress is yet to announce its four candidates even as the party is facing trouble from Trinamool Congress which is absorbing the rebe...
11 Feb, 2012, 03.42 PM IST
Goa assembly polls: BJP announces 6 more candidatesWith this list, the Bharatiya Janata Party has so far announced 28 candidates out of the total of 40 assembly constituencies.
09 Feb, 2012, 01.30 PM IST
- Illegal iron ore extraction activity in Goa on the rise
Huge demand for iron ore in the international market has increased illegal mineral extraction activity in Goa with about 40 such cases repo...
19 Aug, 2008, 02.54 PM IST
- Goa: Illegal iron extraction on rise
The huge demand for iron ore in the international market has increased illegal mineral extraction activity in Goa with the state government...
19 Aug, 2008, 02.40 PM IST
- Forest, local squad to curb leopard menace in Goa
Goa will form a joint squad of locals and forest officials to curb leopard menace that has been haunting the rural areas of Bicholim for al...
15 Jan, 2008, 03.33 PM IST