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Goa CM Pramod Sawant retains Home, Finance portfolios; Khaunte gets TourismSubscriber Only
April 3, 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.
Ambedkar chose Buddhism over Islam, Christianity since it’s closest to Constitution: Goa BJP leader
April 2, 2022 00:31 IST
State BJP General Secretary Satish Dhond asked BJP workers to hold programmes to mark Ambedkar’s birth anniversary in their respective constituencies on the April 14,
Former minister Ramesh Tawadkar elected Goa Speaker
March 29, 2022 13:09 IST
BJP's Scheduled Tribe (ST) Morcha leader, Tawadkar had earlier served as the minister of agriculture, sports and tribal affairs between 2012 and 2017.
Goa cabinet decides to provide three cooking gas cylinders free to households
March 29, 2022 10:22 IST
In a tweet on Monday evening, Sawant said, “Chaired the first meeting after taking oath as CM. The Cabinet has decided to formulate the 3 free cylinder scheme as promised in the BJP manifesto from the new financial year.”
Pramod Sawant takes oath as Goa CM for second consecutive termSubscriber Only
March 29, 2022 05:20 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.
Pramod Sawant set to take oath as Goa CM today; PM Modi, Rajnath Singh to attend function
March 28, 2022 07:19 IST
More than 10,000 people are likely to attend the event at the stadium, and the swearing-in ceremony will also be broadcast across the coastal state through various news channels.
Grand swearing-in ceremony for Goa CM on March 28; PM, top BJP leaders to attend
March 23, 2022 01:40 IST
Vishwajit Rane, who proposed Sawant’s name for top job, asks constituents not to visit him on birthday; will be out of town
BJP to declare Goa CM after legislature party meet at 4 pm today; Sawant, Rane top contenders
March 21, 2022 10:44 IST
While caretaker CM Pramod Sawant seems well-positioned to earn his second term, former health minister Vishwajit Rane's presence in Delhi on Sunday has fuelled speculations.
Govt formation: Goa, Uttarakhand CMs to be announced today
March 21, 2022 07:05 IST
On Sunday, top BJP leaders, including party chief J P Nadda, and Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid the ongoing exercise for government formation in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa.
BJP to declare CM, stake claim to form Goa government on Monday: Tanavade
March 20, 2022 18:31 IST
The state BJP chief said a meeting of the party’s elected MLAs will be held on Monday evening after which the name of the next chief minister will be declared. The date for the swearing-in ceremony is yet to be finalised
Goa’s caretaker CM Pramod Sawant, BJP leader Vishwajit Rane hold joint meeting with Amit Shah
March 20, 2022 12:38 IST
Both Sawant and Rane are being seen as top contenders for the post of chief minister in the state. BJP sources confirmed that in the recent past, Rane had expressed his desire for the CM's post.
Goa Congress says MLAs approaching party over govt formation, BJP must explain delaySubscriber Only
March 19, 2022 07:11 IST
BJP says govt formation in 4-5 days, Congress has no right to ask after squandering opportunity in 2017
Girish Chodankar resigns as Goa Cong chief after party’s poor show in Assembly polls
March 15, 2022 09:54 IST
The Congress managed to win 11 seats and its ally Goa Forward Party secured one seat, while the BJP emerged as the single largest party by bagging 20 seats.
Ganesh Gaonkar takes oath as pro-tem speaker of Goa Assembly
March 14, 2022 12:49 IST
The governor has summoned the Assembly session on Tuesday for the new members to take oath.
In Goa, no rift but uneasy peace between Russians, UkrainiansSubscriber Only
March 14, 2022 20:54 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.
Goa: Newly elected MLAs to take oath tomorrow
March 14, 2022 02:44 IST
Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai, who dissolved the assembly on Saturday, ordered the new Assembly to convene on March 15 at 11.30 am for administration of the oath of affirmation.
Revolutionary Goans: Homegrown party that grew silently, made assembly debut with more votes than AAP, TMCSubscriber Only
March 13, 2022 19:46 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.
Day after results, Goa Cabinet decides to recommend dissolution of assemblySubscriber Only
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.
Goa Assembly elections 2022: BJP set for third term with support, Congress blames split in votesSubscriber Only
March 11, 2022 07:39 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.
Congress’s CM contender, Digambar Kamat set to win seventh term from MargaoSubscriber Only
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.
In Delhi to meet PM Modi, CM Pramod Sawant says BJP will form govt in Goa
March 8, 2022 12:41 IST
CM Pramod Sawant said the BJP will also have the support of Independents in the state.
Congress changes its stand in Goa, says open to post-poll allianceSubscriber Only
March 8, 2022 12:56 IST
The latest stand marks a departure from the party's earlier position when it accused AAP and TMC of working at the BJP’s instance to damage it.
Goans see red finding mounds of toxic coal dumped in the open
March 3, 2022 02:59 IST
A spokesperson for the Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) said the coal belonged to the Vedanta Group and meant to be transported to Jharkhand.
Ukrainians in Goa gather in solidarity with compatriotsSubscriber Only
February 26, 2022 10:38 IST
A group of about 20 people held placards that read ‘Stand with Ukraine’ and ‘No war in Ukraine’. The group included both residents of Goa and Ukrainian tourists.
Goa Speaker right in not disqualifying 12 MLAs: HCSubscriber Only
February 25, 2022 01:58 IST
The court held that “the disqualification petitions filed by the petitioners were correctly dismissed” by the Speaker. It said the Speaker was justified in holding that the 10 Congress MLAs and two MGP MLAs “did not attract disqualification under the Tenth Schedule...”.
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