Mayura is Deputy Associate Editor and covers the state of Goa. She joined the Indian Express in 2011 and earlier reported from Mumbai and Delhi. She has covered beats including law, politics and administration. She was City Editor, Mumbai before she moved to Goa in 2021.

September 28, 2021 18:12 IST
Faleiro, a seven-time MLA and former general secretary of the All India Congress Committee, submitted his resignation to the Speaker of the Goa legislative assembly on Monday and also resigned from the primary membership of the Congress.
Tue, Sep 28, 2021
September 28, 2021 04:47 IST
In letter to Sonia Gandhi, he writes Goa Cong has no hope or will to prevent collapse of party
Tue, Sep 28, 2021
September 26, 2021 02:10 IST
While speculation was rife over a senior Goa Congress leader joining TMC months before the elections, TMC sources said the party has been in talks with political leaders from not only the Congress but also the BJP and members of the civil society.
Sun, Sep 26, 2021
September 25, 2021 20:48 IST
Senior leaders of the TMC including a few MPs and MLAs are expected to be stationed in Goa for about five months in the run up to the assembly polls. The party is expected to announce its plans in October.
Sat, Sep 25, 2021
September 23, 2021 03:09 IST
The TMC is in talks with a senior Congress leader in Goa who may join the party, according to political sources. Assembly polls in Goa are expected to be held in February-March next year.
Thu, Sep 23, 2021
September 21, 2021 04:09 IST
Tejpal was accused of sexually assaulting a then colleague in an elevator of a Goa hotel on November 7 and 8, 2013.
Tue, Sep 21, 2021
September 19, 2021 04:26 IST
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the state government’s expert committee has opined that casinos, spas, massage parlours can reopen but major events such as the Sunburn music festival have not yet been permitted.
Sun, Sep 19, 2021
September 18, 2021 13:45 IST
Modi said over 425 vaccines were administered every second, over 26,000 every minute and over 15 lakh every hour on Friday, as a result of which India has successfully vaccinated over 2.5 crore people in a day.
Sat, Sep 18, 2021
September 18, 2021 03:41 IST
Tejpal case: This will also mean that Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who represented the Goa government in the appeal proceedings before the High Court in the virtual mode, can continue to argue the matter before the High Court.
Sat, Sep 18, 2021
September 17, 2021 09:26 IST
On the eve of Modi’s 71st birthday, Goa Governor announced financial aid to 71 institutions including orphanages and old-age homes
Fri, Sep 17, 2021
September 11, 2021 03:34 IST
Senior government officials said that as of September 6, there were 11,42,771 adults in the state, based on the Election Commission of India’s record.
Sat, Sep 11, 2021
September 09, 2021 09:55 IST
Court restrains Goa PWD from construction of proposed paver road in Mollem National Park
Thu, Sep 09, 2021
September 08, 2021 00:18 IST
“I personally do not agree with some of the guidelines that were issued in the SOP, especially the one stopping priests from going to individual households for puja. Ganesh Chaturthi is the most important festival in Goa and such rituals are an integral part of it,” Sawant said in a tweet.
Wed, Sep 08, 2021
September 06, 2021 01:16 IST
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who has been touring assembly constituencies ahead of the assembly polls slated next year, was taking questions from the public at the event.
Mon, Sep 06, 2021
September 01, 2021 03:51 IST
According to the prosecution, the accused Gulsher Ahmed (37) had raped the complainant in a hotel room in Canacona, South Goa by taking her there under the pretext of getting her a job.
Wed, Sep 01, 2021
September 01, 2021 03:04 IST
Goa will be the first state in the country to provide free water to its people, Sawant said in an address on social media.
Wed, Sep 01, 2021
August 31, 2021 04:10 IST
The Bill accords the status of bhumiputra (son of the soil) to persons living for at least 30 years in Goa. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told the House it would allow the “mool Goenkar (original Goans)” the right to stake claim to ownership of their house on land measuring up to 250 square meters.
Tue, Aug 31, 2021
August 28, 2021 22:32 IST
The autopsy report of another Russian woman, found hanging, is awaited.
Sun, Aug 29, 2021
August 17, 2021 22:38 IST
According to TTAG, Goa accounts for 92 percent of the charter flights coming into India.
Tue, Aug 17, 2021
August 13, 2021 03:57 IST
The Bill accords the status of Bhumiputra – the word that may now be replaced – to a person who has lived in Goa for at least 30 years.
Fri, Aug 13, 2021
August 11, 2021 03:56 IST
Tejpal’s counsel Amit Desai told the court that the proceedings in the case before the trial court as well as earlier proceedings before the High Court were also held in-camera.
Wed, Aug 11, 2021
August 04, 2021 02:05 IST
Goa CM Pramod Sawant: “The sentiments of many people are attached to the word Bhumiputra and the government is ready to drop this word [from the Bill]. I assure you that we will drop the word Bhumiputra from the Bill. It is possible to name it Goa Bhumi Adhikarini Bill,” Sawant said.
Wed, Aug 04, 2021
August 02, 2021 04:05 IST
The contentious law, that may now be renamed Goa Bhumi Adhikarini Act, 2021, however, continues to fuel a political storm in the poll-bound state.
Sat, Aug 07, 2021
July 30, 2021 21:58 IST
Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane had in May stoked a controversy after he claimed that a drop in oxygen levels in the Covid-19 ward of the government-run Goa Medical College (GMC) in the early hours of the day had led to deaths of several Covid patients.
Sat, Jul 31, 2021
July 29, 2021 09:14 IST
Pramod Sawant said that the land acquisition for the double-tracking project was being carried out by the Centre and the state government was only facilitating it.
Thu, Jul 29, 2021



