After ousting Congress, BJP has to deliver on promises (Goa Newsletter)
March 24th, 2012 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 24 (IANS) The March polls marked a tectonic alteration in Goa's political topography, which for nearly three decades has been dominated by the Congress.The extent of the ... Read more...
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Russians nudge Britons from top in Goa
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 22 (IANS) Russian tourists have finally knocked off their British counterparts from the top of the tourist arrival figures in Goa, which is known for its sandy and ... Read more...
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Goa mourns its very own Jairam Ramesh-like green minister
March 21st, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 21 (IANS) Merely two days after announcing concrete measures to save Goa's forests and curb indiscriminate mining here, the state's very own 'Jairam Ramesh-in-the-making' Forests and Environment ... Read more...
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Foreign clubs should invest in India: Sesa Goa
March 20th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 20 (IANS) India's leading football club Sesa Goa, which is owned by mining major Vedanta Resources, wants popular foreign clubs not to treat India just as a commercial ... Read more...
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Government will root out Goa’s mining mafia: Governor
March 20th, 2012 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 20 (IANS) Goa Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Tuesday said his government would crack down on the illegal mining mafia in the state.In his address to the newly-elected assembly on ... Read more...
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Rajendra Arlekar elected unopposed as Goa speaker
March 19th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 19 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Rajendra Arlekar was Monday elected unopposed as the speaker of Goa's 12th legislative assembly.Arlekar, who was elected in the March ... Read more...
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Migration of Goans needs to be documented: commissioner
March 14th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 14 (IANS) The history of steady migration of Goans to other regions of India needs to be documented, outgoing head of Goa governemnt's Non Resident Indian (NRI) affairs ... Read more...
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Family raj, Catholic swing caused Goa loss: Congress
March 13th, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 13 (IANS) The Goa Congress Monday admitted that faulty distribution of tickets favouring the family members of legislators and a swing in the Catholic vote had contributed to ... Read more...
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Over 100 tombstones vandalised in Goa
March 12th, 2012 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 12 (IANS) Over 100 tombstones in Muslim and Christian graveyards have been vandalised in a mining town in Goa, police said Monday.The incidents took place in Curchorem, ... Read more...
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Parrikar’s innings at office begins with chaos at swearing in
March 9th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 9 (IANS) Elected to power on the plank of good governance and promise of administrative performance, newly-elected Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and his cabinet Friday had their swearing-in ... Read more...
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Parrikar sworn-in as Goa chief minister
March 9th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 9 (IANS) Manohar Parrikar was Friday sworn-in chief minister, heading a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government, at a ceremony here attended by top party leaders.Governor K. ... Read more...
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Kerala boat hit-and-run: Cargo ship sailor arrested
March 8th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 8 (IANS) A sailor of cargo ship M.V. Prabhu Daya was arrested by Kerala Police here Thursday in connection with a hit-and-run case involving fishing boat Don-1 off ... Read more...
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M.V. Prabhu Daya crew charged in fishing boat ramming
March 7th, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 7 (IANS) The Kerala police, probing the involvement of cargo ship M.V. Prabhu Daya in the hit-and-run case of fishing boat Don-1 off the Kerala coast March 1, ... Read more...
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PM, Sonia fail to garner votes for Goa Congress
March 7th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 7 (IANS) Assembly constituencies in Goa where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Congress president Sonia Gandhi campaigned have resulted in dismal returns for the Congress.Sonia Gandhi's rally at ... Read more...
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Probe report on boat hit-and-run likely Thursday
March 7th, 2012 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 6 (IANS) A report on the probe into the alleged involvement of cargo ship M.V. Prabhu Daya in an hit-and-run case off the Kerala coast March 1 is ... Read more...
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Former cop ’sacks’ Goa home minister
March 6th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Call it irony, but Goa's Home Minister Ravi Naik has just been 'sacked' by a former cop.Former deputy superintendent of police Lavoo Mamledar defeated the controversial ... Read more...
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BJP wins simple majority in Goa
March 6th, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday won a simple majority in the Goa assembly elections with 21 seats, and was poised to form the government ... Read more...
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Celebrations at BJP office in Goa
March 6th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Celebrations were on at the Bharatiya Janata Party's office here Tuesday as the party along with its alliance partner, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), won ... Read more...
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Kamat resigns as Goa chief minister
March 6th, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Digambar Kamat Tuesday resigned as chief minister of Goa and blamed his Congress party's sidelining him ahead of the assembly elections for the debacle ... Read more...
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Eight incumbent cabinet ministers lose polls in Goa
March 6th, 2012 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Eight of the 11 cabinet ministers who contested the assembly elections here have had to bite the dust after a massive anti-incumbency wave knocked out the ... Read more...
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Congress Waterloo in Goa due to family raj: Congress
March 6th, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Even before the final results are yet to be announced, Goa Congress spokesperson Ramakant Khalap has termed the party's poor showing as the Waterloo of ... Read more...
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‘BJP will form government in Goa’
March 6th, 2012 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will stake its claim to form the next government in Goa and would welcome the support of all independent candidates, ... Read more...
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Indian Coast Guard inspects M.V.Prabhu Daya
March 6th, 2012 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 6 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard has begun inspecting the suspect hit-and-run cargo ship M.V.Prabhu Daya at the outer anchorage of the Chennai Port, an officer said ... Read more...
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Counting begins in Goa
March 6th, 2012 - 9:45 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Counting of votes for Goa's 40-member assembly began at two counting centres at 8 a.m. Tuesday.Joint Chief Electoral Officer N.S. Navti said counting in Panaji ... Read more...
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Polling reaches 60 percent in Goa
March 3rd, 2012 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 3 (IANS) With less than two hours left for polling in Goa to end, over 60 percent of 10.26 lakh voters had already exercised their franchise in ... Read more...
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Polling begins in Goa
March 3rd, 2012 - 10:05 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 3 (IANS) Polling for the single phase Goa assembly elections began Saturday at 8 a.m.The total electorate numbering 10,26,306 (men 5,11,111, women 5,15,195) will seal the ... Read more...
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Congress faces BJP charge in Goa (Goa Curtainraiser)
March 2nd, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 2 (IANS) As Goa votes Saturday, vying for the attention of over a million voters in 40 constituencies will be 215 candidates. The real faceoff will be ... Read more...
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Communal literature at PM’s rally in Goa?
March 2nd, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 2 (IANS) Controversies surrounding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's election rally in Goa two days ago simply refuse to die.Election officials said they have asked police and other ... Read more...
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Congress in Goa will outperform Indian team Down Under: Shukla
March 1st, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 1 (IANS) The Congress will perform better in the March 3 Goa assembly elections than the Indian cricket team which was battered in Australia, said union minister and ... Read more...
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Gadkari skips questions on Yeddyurappa
February 27th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 27 (IANS) BJP president Nitin Gadkari Monday refused to take questions from the media related to former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's claim that incumbent Chief Minister ... Read more...
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PM doesn’t get even 25/100 in handling economy: Gadkari
February 27th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, though an economist by profession, doesn't even merit 25 marks out of 100 for his handling of the country's economy, BJP ... Read more...
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Goa should vote against dynastic rule: Gadkari
February 27th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 27 (IANS) Lashing out at dynastic rule, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Monday said the Gandhi family was now planning to initiate the children of ... Read more...
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Congress keeping Goa illegal mining report under wraps: Munde
February 26th, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday accused the Congress of keeping the Justice (retd) M.B. Shah report on illegal mining under wraps with an eye ... Read more...
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Lokayukta appointment to be our first action in Goa: Sonia Gandhi
February 26th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 25 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday said the first action of the Congress government in Goa, if the party is re-elected to power, would be the ... Read more...
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BJP fielding candidates of mining lobby: Kamat
February 26th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 25 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, himself accused of involvement in a mining scam, Saturday charged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with pandering to the mining ... Read more...
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