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.

January 24, 2022 15:49 IST
Though Rane said there was nothing special about his temple visit, Congress workers feel it may be an indication that Goa’s senior-most legislator may once again be ready to hit the campaign trail.
Mon, Jan 24, 2022
January 23, 2022 21:15 IST
Goa’s political parties have always tried to woo the numerically strong Bhandaris, with some seeking to champion reservation for the community.
Mon, Jan 24, 2022
January 22, 2022 21:52 IST
The Congress is desperately fighting a perception among voters in Goa that voting for Congress is the same as voting for the BJP. These voters have lost faith, thanks to large scale defections of party MLAs after the last elections.
Sun, Jan 23, 2022
January 21, 2022 23:21 IST
With EC extending ban on physical rallies and roadshows to 22 January, contestants in Goa battlefield are using various social media platforms aggressively to woo voters and take on their opponents ahead of 14 February polls
Fri, Jan 21, 2022
January 21, 2022 21:21 IST
Utpal Parrikar said that the battle ahead was going to be tough and the BJP no longer felt like the party his father, five-time MLA from Panaji, had strived to build in Goa.
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
January 20, 2022 15:45 IST
The BJP’s first list of 34 candidates for the 14 February Goa polls has 11 OBC, 9 Christian and 2 women candidates; the party has fielded Congress veteran Pratap Rane’s daughter-in-law Deviya Rane against him from his Poreim bastion.
Fri, Jan 21, 2022
January 20, 2022 13:51 IST
Along with the traditional contenders such as the BJP, Congress, MGP and GFP, a slew of other parties including the TMC, AAP and the indigenous Revolutionary Goans have entered the fray, setting the stage for a fierce electoral battle in Goa.
Thu, Jan 20, 2022
January 20, 2022 09:03 IST
Dsa is the fifth BJP MLA to resign from the party ahead of the Goa Assembly polls on February 14. He said, “Our constituency is a Catholic dominated constituency. It was my supporters’ demand that I contest independently.”
Thu, Jan 20, 2022
January 19, 2022 20:57 IST
Party names Micheal Lobo’s wife Delilah Lobo from Siolim; allots one more seat to ‘disappointed’ GFP
Thu, Jan 20, 2022
January 19, 2022 13:49 IST
🔴 Kejriwal had earlier said that the AAP’s CM candidate in Goa would be from the Bhanadari community.
Thu, Jan 20, 2022
January 18, 2022 23:57 IST
The TMC has fielded seven-time MLA Luizinho Faleiro from Fatorda, which is the stronghold of Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai.
Tue, Jan 18, 2022
January 17, 2022 22:27 IST
All non-BJP parties should support him if he contests from Panaji as Independent: Sena's Raut
Mon, Jan 17, 2022
January 17, 2022 14:32 IST
Says people of his constituency have asked him to join the Congress again; party’s decision awaited
Mon, Jan 17, 2022
January 17, 2022 03:27 IST
The TMC that entered Goa’s political race for the February 14 assembly polls in September, 2021, had so far inducted three sitting MLAs into the party – two who resigned from the Congress and one from the NCP.
Mon, Jan 17, 2022
January 16, 2022 17:50 IST
The AAP leader said if people vote for the Congress, those MLAs will eventually join the BJP. He added that former CM Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar, who aspires for a BJP ticket, is welcome to join the AAP if he wishes.
Mon, Jan 17, 2022
January 16, 2022 02:13 IST
🔴 Utpal, who wants to contest the Panaji seat that his father won five times, is not assured a ticket by the BJP.
Sun, Jan 16, 2022
January 13, 2022 23:54 IST
For the ruling BJP, conceding Utpal’s demand will not be easy given the claims made by other formidable Panaji aspirants; Fadnavis says the party does not give tickets to candidates just because they are leaders’ children; Utpal says Goa’s political situation is ‘not acceptable’
Fri, Jan 14, 2022
January 13, 2022 10:50 IST
For the ruling BJP in Goa, conceding Utpal’s demand will not be easy given the claims made by other formidable Panaji aspirants; Fadnavis says the party does not give tickets to candidates just because they are leaders’ children
Thu, Jan 13, 2022
January 12, 2022 00:00 IST
This came hours after he said he was still in discussions with his supporters over which party to join.
Wed, Jan 12, 2022
January 10, 2022 12:00 IST
Lobo is the first minister to quit the BJP government in Goa ahead of Assembly polls on February 14.
Tue, Jan 11, 2022
January 10, 2022 03:37 IST
🔴 Lobo may be the first minister to quit the ruling BJP ahead of the polls in Goa. Sources said he and his wife Delilah Lobo, Sarpanch of Parra Village Panchayat, are both expected to join the Congress.
Mon, Jan 10, 2022
January 09, 2022 15:44 IST
If Congress veteran Pratapsingh Rane, a 6-time CM and 11-time MLA, and his son Vishwajit, a BJP minister, face off in Rane’s decades-old bastion Poriem in the 14 February Assembly elections, it will mark another interesting chapter in Goa’s fascinating electoral history
Sun, Jan 09, 2022
January 09, 2022 00:40 IST
With both the ruling BJP and the principal Opposition Congress struggling to put their act together and new players entering the already-crowded battlefield, the 14 February Goa Assembly elections would be an unprecedented affair
Sun, Jan 09, 2022
January 08, 2022 05:05 IST
🔴 While the Congress has formed an alliance with the GFP, the TMC, a new player in the Goa fray, has tied up with the MGP for the upcoming polls.
Sat, Jan 08, 2022
January 07, 2022 04:01 IST
🔴 The Congress has once again declared Rane, who will soon be 83, as its candidate from the Poriem constituency, where he has been undefeated over the last five decades.
Fri, Jan 07, 2022


