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.

April 26, 2022 15:22 IST
A Zilla Panchayat member, Kavita Kandolkar resigned from the party Monday, saying, “The people did not accept the TMC and my supporters and workers insisted that I should resign”.
Wed, Apr 27, 2022
April 25, 2022 21:52 IST
The court asked them to explain 'why despite all mechanisms, such incidents continue unabated'
Tue, Apr 26, 2022
April 25, 2022 20:07 IST
Ahead of the February Assembly election, the BJP govt had honoured the veteran Congress leader for his 50 years as MLA. A case in the HC now says it violated the 91st Amendment
Tue, Apr 26, 2022
April 23, 2022 14:30 IST
The Bombay High Court in Goa said deeper scrutiny of evidence is required in the 2013 sexual assault case.
Sat, Apr 23, 2022
April 15, 2022 12:57 IST
The plea argued that since the Congress leader “was capable of toppling the ruling party’s apple cart in Poriem, a mala fide strategy was adopted by the BJP to offer him a carrot not to contest the elections.”
Fri, Apr 15, 2022
April 13, 2022 19:06 IST
A division bench of Justices M S Sonak and R N Laddha was hearing the Goa government’s application seeking leave to appeal against the acquittal of Tejpal in the case of rape and sexual assault.
Thu, Apr 14, 2022
April 13, 2022 11:06 IST
The Goa Congress leader was arrested in an extortion case Monday and later granted bail by a Panaji court.
Wed, Apr 13, 2022
April 05, 2022 03:32 IST
The court was hearing a petition filed by an NGO, Living Heritage Foundation (LHF), urging the court to direct the Tree Authorities in Goa to perform their duties.
Tue, Apr 05, 2022
April 03, 2022 17:35 IST
Vishwajit Rane retained the Health and Women and Child Development portfolios and got other weighty departments like Town and Country Planning, Urban Development and Forests.
Sun, Apr 03, 2022
March 30, 2022 15:41 IST
Now the lone GFP MLA, Vijai Sardesai's party strength in the 40-member House has reduced to one from three in 2017, while the BJP has returned stronger with 20 of its own MLAs and support from five others.
Wed, Mar 30, 2022
March 29, 2022 10:40 IST
The Ministers in the Goa Cabinet include Ravi Naik, who joined the BJP ahead of the February 2022 state Assembly polls, and Vishwajit Rane, whose role in the party’s victory in the Poreim seat has led to his rise as another power centre in the state BJP.
Tue, Mar 29, 2022
March 28, 2022 10:36 IST
Vishwajit P Rane, Mauvin Godinho, Ravi Naik, Nilesh Cabral, Subhash Shirodkar, Rohan Khaunte, Govind Gaute and Atanasio Monserrate took oath as Ministers in the Sawant Cabinet.
Tue, Mar 29, 2022
March 21, 2022 18:59 IST
Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar, the saffron party’s central observer who arrived in Goa earlier in the day, announced Sawant’s name following a meeting of the BJP Legislature Party at the party’s state headquarters in Panaji.
Tue, Mar 22, 2022
March 20, 2022 17:58 IST
Party insiders say former Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has also emerged as a power centre in the state
Sun, Mar 20, 2022
March 18, 2022 20:41 IST
BJP says govt formation in 4-5 days, Congress has no right to ask after squandering opportunity in 2017
Sat, Mar 19, 2022
March 14, 2022 03:35 IST
A week ago, on the evening of mahashivratri, songs were sung in praise of Lord Shiva at a lodge near the Arambol beach in north Goa. Most people who sat in a circle around the singer were Russian.
Mon, Mar 14, 2022
March 13, 2022 18:00 IST
Among the many new players that entered the poll fray in Goa this time, the Revolutionary Goans Party was the only new homegrown party that took shape from a movement started by angry Goan youth out to “save” Goa.
Sun, Mar 13, 2022
March 11, 2022 23:17 IST
The BJP has yet to stake a claim to form the government. Sawant said the BJP’s central observers expected to arrive in Goa ahead of government formation had not yet arrived.
Fri, Mar 11, 2022
March 11, 2022 05:17 IST
The Aam Aadmi Party, which had first entered the Punjab poll arena in the 2012 Lok Sabha elections, went on to become the main opposition after the 2017 Assembly elections and has now swept the state with a record 92 seats.
Sat, Mar 12, 2022
March 11, 2022 03:50 IST
The BJP’s emphasis on winnability of candidates seems to have worked. It faced criticism for giving tickets to two couples, choosing defectors over its loyal cadre, but emerged as the single largest party.
Sat, Mar 12, 2022
March 11, 2022 03:33 IST
Despite a high-decibel campaign, a pre-poll alliance and the might of poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s iPAC, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was completely rejected by the Goan voter. It ended with no seats in the 40-member Assembly and a vote share of 5.21 per cent.
Fri, Mar 11, 2022
March 11, 2022 03:29 IST
A party of young Goans, aged between 25 and 35 years, mostly from the state's Bahujan Samaj, the RG sprang a surprise, not just because it won a seat, but also because it garnered over 3,000 votes in some other constituencies too.
Fri, Mar 11, 2022
March 10, 2022 17:13 IST
In Benaulim, AAP candidate Venzy Viegas unseated former chief minister and political heavyweight Churchill Alemao, who contested on a Trinamool Congress (TMC) ticket. In Velim, Cruz Silva defeated Congress’s Savio D’Silva.
Thu, Mar 10, 2022
March 10, 2022 13:45 IST
Sawant took over the reins after the demise of Manohar Parrikar in 2019. Often compared with Parrikar, Sawant led the BJP’s charge in the current Goa Assembly polls.
Fri, Mar 11, 2022
March 10, 2022 12:34 IST
In the BJP leaders’ speeches during election campaign this time, barbs were fired at Kamat and not any other Congress leader – a sign of his influence in the party.
Thu, Mar 10, 2022




