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 06, 2022 16:06 IST
🔴 Goa’s minister for Ports, Science and Technology Michael Lobo, however, has maintained that he has said nothing about leaving the BJP. But he has also not said that he will contest the upcoming Assembly polls from the BJP.
Thu, Jan 06, 2022
January 05, 2022 09:48 IST
🔴 State Epidemiologist Utkarsh Betodkar said that testing figures would remain above 3,500-4,000 every day.
Wed, Jan 05, 2022
January 04, 2022 06:18 IST
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said: “We held a meeting of the task force (on Covid-19). We are thinking over a night curfew. There will be restrictions on schools. A detailed note will follow.”
Tue, Jan 04, 2022
January 03, 2022 20:08 IST
4 more Omicron cases confirmed in Goa; 66 on board cruise ship test positive for Covid 19
Tue, Jan 04, 2022
December 31, 2021 22:28 IST
🔴 No curbs on revelry; double vaccination or Covid-19 negative report required for entry to restaurants, pubs
Sat, Jan 01, 2022
December 31, 2021 03:40 IST
At a public rally Thursday in Mayem, North Goa, BJP election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis took a dig at the Congress and said Digambar Kamat, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, was the only MLA left in the Congress.
Fri, Dec 31, 2021
December 27, 2021 16:43 IST
The state government has so far only appealed to the public to follow Covid protocols like wearing masks and maintaining social distance but not issued any additional restrictions.
Mon, Dec 27, 2021
December 26, 2021 23:11 IST
🔴 Eyeing the anti-incumbency factor, Congress has been trying to put its act together in a bid to lock horns with the ruling BJP in the upcoming Goa Assembly elections, even as it accuses AAP & TMC of ‘denting’ its prospects
Mon, Dec 27, 2021
December 25, 2021 00:21 IST
CM says 3,500 foreign tourists in Goa but no case of Omicron detected; genome testing machine in Goa next month
Sat, Dec 25, 2021
December 24, 2021 04:30 IST
🔴 The opposition Congress alleged Thursday that this “fraud” was committed in connivance with government officials.
Fri, Dec 24, 2021
December 23, 2021 04:18 IST
Pratapsingh Rane's son Vishwajit Rane, state health minister and BJP MLA, had said Tuesday that it was time his father bowed out from politics or he would contest against him from Poriem and win it for BJP.
Thu, Dec 23, 2021
December 21, 2021 22:21 IST
Congress pins hopes on Pratapsingh Rane, six-time CM and 11-time MLA; son and BJP MLA Vishwajit says it's time he retires gracefully
Wed, Dec 22, 2021
December 20, 2021 16:04 IST
Lourenco's resignation comes just four days after he was retained as the candidate from the Curtorim constituency for the upcoming assembly elections. Congress is now left with two ex-chief ministers Pratapsingh Rane and leader of opposition Digambar Kamat in the assembly.
Mon, Dec 20, 2021
December 20, 2021 03:22 IST
🔴 Patel was instrumental in the integration of the country’s states into the Union of India after independence. He died in December 1950.
Mon, Dec 20, 2021
December 19, 2021 10:46 IST
While the day is always celebrated with much enthusiasm in the country’s smallest state, the celebrations are expected to have an added dimension this year with assembly elections just a couple of months away.
Thu, Dec 23, 2021
December 18, 2021 15:06 IST
Battle lines become clearer, it’s BJP versus Congress-GFP versus TMC-MGP versus AAP
Sun, Dec 19, 2021
December 17, 2021 10:11 IST
Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in the Goa Assembly, Digambar Kamat, will contest from Margao, while Congress' working president Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco will contest from Curtorim for the third time.
Fri, Dec 17, 2021
December 17, 2021 02:31 IST
🔴 It was Amonkar’s complaint against him, based on video, audio and WhatsApp chats as alleged evidence of sexual exploitation, that saw Naik submit his resignation to CM Pramod Sawant.
Fri, Dec 17, 2021
December 15, 2021 23:44 IST
🔴 Naik’s resignation may come as a major embarrassment to the BJP government in Goa in the run up to the legislative assembly polls slated for February, 2022. He is a three-time MLA and also served as the power and housing minister in 2012.
Thu, Dec 16, 2021
December 15, 2021 09:51 IST
Mamata Banerjee asserted her Hindu Brahmin identity at a joint rally with MGP at Panaji. She said, "We don’t go to the banks of Ganga for puja only when it’s time for voting. Modiji takes a dip in the Ganga, when it’s time to vote."
Wed, Dec 15, 2021
December 14, 2021 15:33 IST
Five-time MLA and ex-CM, Churchill Alemao, who has switched to Mamata Banerjee-led TMC from Sharad Pawar-led NCP, has won polls on multiple party tickets over the decades; he has varied interests ranging from soccer to real estate, hospitality to fishing trawlers
Tue, Dec 14, 2021
December 13, 2021 17:02 IST
Mamata Banerjee was addressing a crowd gathered in south Goa’s Benaulim at the induction of sitting MLA Churchill Alemao into the TMC.
Mon, Dec 13, 2021
December 13, 2021 08:24 IST
While the term of the assembly is nearing its end, the merger of the NCP legislative party with the TMC would give the latter its first sitting MLA in Goa.
Mon, Dec 13, 2021
December 12, 2021 14:24 IST
On Saturday, TMC leader Mahua Moitra said under a scheme titled Griha Laxmi, Rs 5,000 would be transferred to a woman of every household per month as guaranteed income support to counter inflation.
Sun, Dec 12, 2021
December 12, 2021 00:58 IST
🔴 “The list of names that came up is without anybody’s signature and is incorrect. I have found out from my department. I have told him (Monserrate) that it is not the correct list and he was okay with it. This issue has been resolved,” Rane said.
Sun, Dec 12, 2021




