Panaji |Β The Goa government will impose the amended Motor Vehicle Act in the state from midnight, which imposes severe penalties on traffic violations. State Director of Transport Rajan Satardekar told reporters on Thursday that the Road Transport Authority and police were fully geared up to impose the new regulations, which will witness a steep spike […]
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Goa to make ‘The Kashmir Files’ tax free
Panaji |Β Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday declared that the state government would make screening of Vivek Agnihotri directed, Bollywood film ‘The Kashmir Files’, tax-free. Sawant, along with his wife Sulakshana, attended a special screening of the film at the Inox multiplex in Panaji, amid allegations made by Hindu groups, that the management of […]
Almost all Goa MLAs crorepatis, 29 of 40 have criminal, serious criminal cases
New Delhi |Β Of the latest set of MLAs elected to the 40-member Goa Assembly, 40 per cent have criminal cases while 33 per cent have serious criminal cases against them. Except one, all other winning candidates are crorepatis with average assets of winning candidates being Rs 20.16 crore. As many as 21 of them – […]
Hung assembly predicted for Goa with no party getting clear majority: Exit Polls
Panaji |Β Even as majority of the exit polls gave BJP the edge, with some even predicting a majority for the party in the 40-member Goa Assembly, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant appears to be more circumspect in his prediction of a likely post-poll scenario. While the BJP had gone into the elections with its slogan ’22 […]
Son kills father for rejecting marriage proposal in Goa
Panaji |Β A 34-year-old man killed his father, after attacking him with an iron rod, after blaming the latter for rejecting marriage proposals, police said on Thursday. The accused Rajesh Gaonkar has been arrested under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code, Deputy Superintendent of Police in-charge of Ponda sub district Chetan Patil told reporters. […]
Goa student returns home from war-torn Ukraine
Panaji |Β Rupal Gosavi, a Goan student caught in war-torn Ukraine, arrived at Goa’s Dabolim international airport on Tuesday. Gosavi, who was studying at the Ternopil National Medical University in Ternopil, Ukraine, had reached New Delhi earlier on Tuesday via a rescue flight from Romania. “We were contacted by the Indian Embassy in Ukraine and assured […]
BJP releases second list of 6 candidates for Goa polls
New Delhi |Β The BJP on Wednesday released the second list of six candidates for Goa Assembly polls. With names of six candidates in the second list, the BJP has announced names of all 40 candidates for the state polls. In a statement, BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said, “The Central Election Committee (CEC) of […]
Day after Utpal Parrikar resigns from BJP, party urges him to reconsider decision
Panaji |Β A day after former Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar’s son Utpal stirred controversy by resigning from the BJP and stated that he would contest the upcoming elections as an independent candidate from Panaji, the BJP in Goa on Saturday urged him to reconsider his decision. “The party also had discussions and had given him […]
BJP shuts door on Parrikar’s son, offers ‘compromise’ seat to Speaker
Panaji |Β Closing its gates on former Goa CM late Manohar Parrikar’s disgruntled son Utpal Parrikar, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday announced the candidature of Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar as the party’s candidate for the Bicholim Assembly seat. “Patnekar will not just win the Bicholim seat, he will also be a Cabinet minister in the […]
BJP releases first list of 34 candidates for Goa polls
New Delhi |Β The BJP on Thursday released names of 34 candidates for Goa Assembly polls. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant will contest from Sanquelim assembly constituency. Former Maharashtra chief minister and BJP Goa election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis and national general secretary Arun Singh released the first list for Goa assembly polls to be held on February […]