Denied ticket, Goa Congress legislator slams Sonia
February 11th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 11 (IANS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's double-speak on 33 percent reservation for women has been exposed, party leader and Goa's only woman legislator Victoria Fernandes said Saturday, ... Read more...
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One dead, one injured in goods train accident in Goa
February 11th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 10 (IANS) One person was killed and another was injured when they leapt off a truck being ferried on a goods train near Pernem railway station in ... Read more...
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End dynasties in politics: Medha Patkar
February 9th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 9 (IANS) Noted activist Medha Patkar Thursday called for a 'one family one elected representative' cap in Indian politics, saying the trend of dynastic rules was dangerous for ... Read more...
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Mamata wants Hong Kong style ‘financial district’ in Goa
February 6th, 2012 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 6 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may be opposed to special economic zones (SEZ) as well as foreign investment in civil aviation and retail, but ... Read more...
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Want transparency in mining lease allotments: Gadkari
February 5th, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) will ensure transparency in alloting mining leases in Goa if it is voted to power in the March 3 assembly elections, ... Read more...
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BJP announces poll alliance with MGP in Goa
February 5th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday announced a pre-poll alliance in Goa with the regional Maharshtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP).BJP president Nitin Gadkari, who was in ... Read more...
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Polls in five states a semifinal: Gadkari
February 5th, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 5 (IANS) The ongoing assembly elections in five states across India are a "semifinal", ahead of the general elections scheduled in 2014, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president ... Read more...
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Two new faces, 2 defectors in Congress list for Goa
February 4th, 2012 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 4 (IANS) The Congress Saturday released a list of 22 candidates for the March 3 polls in Goa to elect a 40-member assembly.The list contains only two ... Read more...
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Minister in trouble again, could alter poll pitch (Goa newsletter)
February 3rd, 2012 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) An income tax (IT) paper trail claiming controversial Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate got Rs.26.5 crore in kickbacks from shady real estate deals could change the ... Read more...
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MGP minister quits Goa coalition government
February 2nd, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 2 (IANS) A minister from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) resigned from the Congress-led coalition government in Goa Thursday as the regional party's coalition talks with the ... Read more...
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Poll spotlight on corruption: Remo
February 1st, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 1 (IANS) Corruption has taken centre stage ahead of every other issue in the five states where assembly elections are being conducted because of activist Anna Hazare, ... Read more...
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Finger printing, spot photos of all voters soon: CEC
February 1st, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 1 (IANS) Finger printing and spot photographs of all voters across India might soon be made mandatory if a pilot project commissioned by the Election Commission of India ... Read more...
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Quartet of ‘great economists’ has failed India: Venkaiah Naidu
January 31st, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 31 (IANS) A quartet of economists had failed India, where price rise and a slowing economy had severely affected common citizens, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader ... Read more...
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Kalmadi was made CWG scam scapegoat by Congress: BJP
January 31st, 2012 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 30 (IANS) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief Suresh Kalmadi was made the scapegoat in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Venkaiah Naidu ... Read more...
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Gadkari-Munde feud inspires a sequel in Goa
January 30th, 2012 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 30 (IANS) It is not just superhit films like "Dabangg" and "Don" which inspire sequels. The Nitin Gadkari-Gopinath Munde feud of 2011 seems to have inspired a ... Read more...
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Coalition talks delay candidates’ lists in Goa
January 25th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 25 (IANS) Prolonged coalition confabulations are delaying the announcement of ticket allocations for the March 3 assembly polls in Goa.Both the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Goa Congress likens illegal mining to ‘murder on the street’
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 23 (IANS) The Congress in Goa Monday compared the mega illegal mining scam to "a murder on the street", but claimed the Congress-led coalition government was not directly ... Read more...
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The real ‘Anthony Gonsalves’ no more
January 19th, 2012 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 19 (IANS) Anthony Gonsalves, a Goan orchestra maestro and the man to whom the legendary Bollywood song "My Name is Anthony Gonsalves" was dedicated, is dead.Gonsalves, 84, who ... Read more...
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Journalists flay poll officer in Goa
January 18th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 18 (IANS) Over 40 journalists Wednesday staged a sit-in outside the cabin of the Goa chief electoral officer, accusing the latter denying them information under "political pressure".The journalists, ... Read more...
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Three stone quarry workers killed in Goa
January 18th, 2012 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 17 (IANS) Three stone quarry workers died Tuesday following a sudden mudslide in Quepem, 60 km from the Goa capital, police said.The accident occurred in the afternoon when ... Read more...
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Congress facing dual incumbency in Goa: Jaitley
January 15th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 15 (IANS) The Congress is facing a "dual incumbency" factor in Goa, with both the Congress-led governments in the state and centre ridden with scandals and maladministration, ... Read more...
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Trinamool not to tie up with Congress in Goa
January 14th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 14 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress will not enter into a poll tie-up with the Congress in Goa, a party leader said Saturday.Speaking to reporters, Trinamool's state unit ... Read more...
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Rock Street Journal editor drowns in Goa
January 5th, 2012 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 5 (IANS) Amit Saigal, founder and editor of music magazine the Rock Street Journal, drowned while swimming off a Goa beach Thursday, officials said.Saigal was swimming with his ... Read more...
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Poll panel blocks 400 government jobs in Goa
January 5th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 5 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has declared as "null and void" over 400 jobs six Goa government departments recently awarded as the appointments violated ... Read more...
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Arrested Swedish army woman to be produced for remand
January 3rd, 2012 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 3 (IANS) A Swedish army woman, arrested at Goa's Dabolim airport a day ago for carrying a live cartridge while boarding a Mumbai-bound flight, will be presented ... Read more...
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Swedish woman arrested at Goa airport with cartridge
January 2nd, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 2 (IANS) A Swedish woman, reportedly an arms instructor with the Swedish Army, was arrested Monday at Goa's Dabolim airport for carrying a live cartridge while boarding a ... Read more...
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All roads lead to Goa on New Year’s Eve
December 31st, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 31 (IANS) All roads lead to Goa Saturday as lakhs of Goans and tourists head for beaches, pubs, churches and their homes to usher in the New Year.The ... Read more...
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15-year-old mentally challenged raped in Goa
December 19th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 19 (IANS) A 15-year-old mentally challenged girl was raped inside a toilet of a Church-run centre for the handicapped, police said Monday.According to police, the girl was lured ... Read more...
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Decentralise tourism in Goa: governor
December 19th, 2011 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 19 (IANS) Goa Governor K. Sankaranarayanan said Monday that the state should make efforts to decentralise tourism in order to prevent its beaches from getting dirty and overcrowded.In ... Read more...
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Dates for assembly polls within next few days: Quraishi
December 16th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 16 (IANS) The dates for the assembly elections in Goa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur would be decided within the "next few days", Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. ... Read more...
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Roadmap aside, urgent issues await Sonia in Goa
December 16th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 16 (IANS) Even as Congress president Sonia Gandhi, at her public rally here Saturday, promises to lay out Goa's roadmap for a quarter century ahead, there are ... Read more...
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Goa’s freedom fighters disillusioned, to boycott liberation’s 50th anniversary
December 16th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
(ATTN NEWS EDITORS: This is the second in a series of stories on the 50th anniversary of Goa's liberation Dec 19. This story is about the disillusionment of those who fought ... Read more...
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Black flags to greet Sonia Gandhi in Goa
December 15th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 15 (IANS) Intellectuals, literatteurs, educationists, retired bureaucrats and freedom fighters will greet Congress president Sonia Gandhi with black flags during her brief visit to Goa on Dec ... Read more...
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Ramdev cannot inspire Goans: Congress
December 12th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 12 (IANS) In a scathing attack on Baba Ramdev, a senior Congress leader Monday said that the yoga guru had no moral authority to inspire people because "he ... Read more...
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Goa Bachao group accuses Ramdev of being unethical
December 12th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 12 (IANS) A leading civil society group in Goa has taken affront to the name of a new anti-corruption movement started by Baba Ramdev here, accusing the yoga ... Read more...
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