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.

July 10, 2022 20:11 IST
AICC Goa in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao holds meetings with Cong MLAs amid speculation of eight legislators joining BJP
Mon, Jul 11, 2022
July 08, 2022 09:40 IST
Extremely heavy rainfall was recorded in Sanguem and Cancona in South Goa, the IMD said. While Sanguem received 233.4 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours, Cancona received 213.8 mm.
Fri, Jul 08, 2022
July 05, 2022 04:30 IST
On Saturday, Sonia Doohan, the 30-year-old national president of the NCP students’ wing, was held for allegedly using fake identification documents to check into a hotel in Dona Paula, where Shiv Sena MLAs who had rebelled against Uddhav Thackeray were staying.
Tue, Jul 05, 2022
July 04, 2022 19:05 IST
NCP leader ‘rescued’ 4 party MLAs from hotel during 2019 Maharashtra power tussle; in Goa, caught reportedly trying same
Mon, Jul 04, 2022
July 02, 2022 10:22 IST
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had said that since a session of the Assembly had been convened by the Governor of Maharashtra on July 3 and 4, his comrades would be leaving for Mumbai on Saturday.
Sat, Jul 02, 2022
July 01, 2022 02:07 IST
Hours later, they spoke with him through a video-conferencing facility. Soon after, videos of them dancing in a banquet hall surfaced on social media.
Fri, Jul 01, 2022
June 30, 2022 00:57 IST
After camping in Guwahati for days, the Shinde faction, which brought down the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, arrived on a special Spice Jet flight at Dabolim airport in South Goa.
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
June 29, 2022 11:47 IST
While the five-year tenure of some of the Panchayats had expired and was about to expire in others, the court directed the state government and the State Election Commission (SEC) to ensure that the elections are held and completed in “no later than 45 days”.
Wed, Jun 29, 2022
June 28, 2022 19:54 IST
On June 17, Sawant had said that records of the Assembly's first session in 1963, and up to 2000, were destroyed when the Assembly was relocated from Adil Shah Palace in Panaji to Porvorim in 2000.
Tue, Jun 28, 2022
June 28, 2022 17:01 IST
Two properties in which Lobo is a partner – Hotel Baga Deck and Nazri Resort – had earlier got notices for illegal construction, while the FDA claimed to have found violations at Pisco by the beach in Anjuna, owned by his wife and Congress MLA Delilah Lobo.
Wed, Jun 29, 2022
June 28, 2022 02:27 IST
The session was aimed at training and educating MLAs about the procedures and processes of the Assembly. Nineteen of Goa's 40 legislators are first-time MLAs.
Tue, Jun 28, 2022
June 26, 2022 22:39 IST
The state’s Town and Country Planning (TCP) minister Vishwajit Rane Sunday promised to expose “illegalities” of people in high positions.
Sun, Jun 26, 2022
June 26, 2022 22:19 IST
“Earlier the accused arrested by SIT, had revealed that they had forged documents of close to 70 properties of which majority of them were of the similar nature,” a government official said Sunday.
Mon, Jun 27, 2022
June 23, 2022 21:52 IST
In Goa, Sao Joao is an occasion for the family and the villagers to get to know their newly wed daughters’ husbands a little better.
Fri, Jun 24, 2022
June 22, 2022 09:13 IST
The investigations conducted so far have revealed that about 60-70 properties in North Goa have “been transferred in the name of prospective buyers by way of forged documents”. The alleged illegalities may run into hundreds of crores of rupees, the estimates suggest.
Wed, Jun 22, 2022
June 16, 2022 14:15 IST
Goa Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai said that the Raj Bhavan building, which was over 400 years old, is a national monument and would be preserved in its existing form.
Thu, Jun 16, 2022
June 12, 2022 03:49 IST
Taking note of the concerns raised for the wordings of the taxation law for virtual digital assets (VDAs), CBDT Chairperson Sangeeta Singh said they are "looking at those concerns" and the intent of the soon-to-be-released guidelines is to explain the issue further.
Sun, Jun 12, 2022
June 11, 2022 15:13 IST
After criticism from the Goa Forward Party, the state government clarifies that only one wine shop and two bars in Panaji were asked to close for six hours on the request of customs officials in view of the Union finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman's, visit.
Sat, Jun 11, 2022
June 10, 2022 23:07 IST
Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo claims he is being targeted after two hotels in which he is a partner received show-cause notices. ‘Not a witch hunt,’ responds minister Vishwajit Rane.
Fri, Jun 10, 2022
June 10, 2022 00:46 IST
Speaking at the ceremony, Justice Gavai said while he endorses having a university of global standard “as the Honourable Prime Minister always says ‘think globally, act locally’”, he has “some disagreement with the fetish for foreign faculties”.
Fri, Jun 10, 2022
June 07, 2022 18:21 IST
According to the police, Joel D’souza had posed as a masseuse and lured the woman to Sweet Water Lake in Arambol under the pretext of giving her a mud bath.
Wed, Jun 08, 2022
May 19, 2022 20:04 IST
The TMC arrived in Goa towards the end of September, 2021 and announced that it would be contesting the legislative assembly election in all 40 assembly constituencies in the state.
Thu, May 19, 2022
May 16, 2022 04:31 IST
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), which deals with operational projects, had entrusted the entire sum to a single British businessman and now faces $22 million in bad debts, as per a New York Times Report earlier this month.
Mon, May 16, 2022
May 09, 2022 21:28 IST
The midnight protest was staged days after the railway authorities started laying tracks at a village in South Goa.
Tue, May 10, 2022
April 29, 2022 21:37 IST
Cabinet approves 18 staffers, Rane wrote in with a list of 17 he wanted
Sat, Apr 30, 2022



