Panaji: Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai on Saturday said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was trying to wipe out former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s legacy, just as Nikita Khrushchev tried to wipe out his predecessor Stalin’s legacy in the USSR after the latter’s death. Sardesai’s comments came minutes after he was sacked from the Pramod […]
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3 Congress rebels, one BJP MLA sworn in as Goa Ministers
Panaji: Three Congress rebels — Chandrakant Kavlekar, Jennifer Monserrate and Filipe Nery Rodrigues — along with former Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo were sworn in as ministers during a formal ceremony at Raj Bhavan here on Saturday. The Congress rebels had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday. Kavlekar, a former leader of opposition, is […]
Goa Congress splits, 10 MLAs join BJP
Panaji: In a major coup, the BJP in Goa late on Wednesday engineered a split in the 15-member Congress legislature party and inducted the 10-member splinter group headed by the leader of opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar into the BJP. Kavlekar has blamed disunity among senior Congress leaders in Goa and lack of development in the Opposition […]
10 Goa MLAs split from Congress to merge with BJP
Panaji: Ten Congress MLAs out of 15 have split from the Congress and are going to merge with the BJP later tonight, Congress MLA Isidore Fernandes told reporters on Wednesday. “10 Congress MLAs are splitting from the Congress and joining the BJP tonight,” Fernandes said. Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar is the leader of the group […]
No privatisation, but private sector can operate some railway lines: Piyush Goyal
Panaji: Some sections of the Indian Railways could be opened up for investment from the private sector which could operate its own railway lines in return for licence fees, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday. Goyal also said that the private sector investment was necessary if the Indian Railways was to raise Rs 50 […]
Goa CM visits Amethi, Congress says he’s avoiding work
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday visited Baraulia village in Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh to pay condolences to the family of a BJP party worker who was shot dead in May, soon after the Lok Sabha polls. Criticising the visit, the Congress in Goa accused Sawant of running away from pressing issues […]
Cyclone Vayu has delayed monsoon in Goa: IMD
Panaji: Cyclone Vayu has passed from the state’s coastline and is heading towards the Gujarat coast, but the cyclone has further delayed the arrival of the monsoon in Goa, state Indian Meteorological Department Director K.V. Padgalwar said on Thursday. “The cyclone has crossed Goa and is heading towards the Gujarat coastline. Diu, Somnath, Junagadh and […]
Flight operations resume at Goa airport
Panaji: Flight operations at Goa’s Dabolim International Airport have resumed after they were temporarily suspended on Saturday afternoon after a detachable fuel tank attached to a MiG-29K aircraft got jettisioned inadvertently on the runway at about 1 p.m., spilling fuel and causing minor damage to the landing and take-off strip at . “FLASH…. Flight operations […]
Panaji MLA, Mayor, ex-Deputy Mayor booked for molestation
Panaji: Panaji’s Congress MLA, Mayor and former Deputy Mayor were on Saturday booked for allegedly molesting a woman during an anti-encroachment drive outside a casino office in the state capital on Friday. Congress MLA Atanasio Monserrate has said that the drive happened in a public space and there was nothing untoward which occurred at the […]
Indo-French naval exercise Varuna concludes off Goa
Panaji: The biggest Indo-French naval exercise yet, Varuna-19, concluded off Goa late on Friday with close range manouvers conducted by the carrier task forces of both the navies. “Dignitaries from both navies visited the French carrier task force and were briefed on the conduct of the exercise. An impressive flypast consisting of four Rafale, five MiG […]