Election Commn planning Goa poll by June
27 March 2007 17:50 ISTIn the midst of mammoth poll preparations in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission is quietly working on meeting the deadline of conducting Assembly elections in tiny Goa where the term of the House ends on ... READ
Rebel K'taka JD(S) MLAs in Goa
21 January 2006 21:47 ISTRebel Janata Dal (Secular) legislators from Karnataka, led by H D Kumaraswamy, arrived in Goa on Saturday and headed for an undisclosed destination READ
Churchill to move court against channel
20 December 2005 21:38 ISTChurchil Alemao, the Congress member from south Goa who was one of the seven MPs caught in Star News channel's sting operation Chakravyuh into MPLAD's project allocation scam, Monday night alleged efforts were made to ... READ
'Goa Inquisition was most merciless and cruel'
14 September 2005 19:27 ISTRichard Zimler's novel, Guardian of the Dawn, documents the little-known Portuguese Inquisition in India, in 16th century Goa. He points out that, apart from their laws and religion, the Portuguese also imported and enforced their ... READ
Goa speaker fooled EC: BJP
19 August 2005 19:24 ISTControversy shrouds the Cortalim assembly seat in Goa, where by-elections are scheduled for September 28. Former United Goans Democratic Party legislator Mathany Saldhana, who was disqualified on August 8 by Goa Speaker Francisco Sardinha for ... READ
Mathany disqualified
09 August 2005 19:21 ISTMathany Saldhana, the sole legislator of the United Goans Democratic Party, was yesterday disqualified, two days prior to the monsoon Assembly session.Speaker Francisco Sardinha has disqualified him for disobeying the whip issued by the ... READ
SC disqualifies Arlekar-Mandrekar
27 June 2005 19:05 ISTTwo BJP legislators on Monday ceased to be members of the Goa assembly, with the Supreme Court refusing to extend a stay on their disqualification order.The court also issued notice to two Nationalist Congress ... READ
NCP insists on cabinet berth in Goa
11 June 2005 19:19 ISTInsisting that its legislator Micky Pacheco be inducted into the Council of Ministers, the Nationalist Congress Party Saturday said the coalition dharma has to be understood by both partners even as Deputy Chief Minister Wilfred ... READ
BJP threat subsides infighting
11 June 2005 19:03 ISTThe infighting between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party within the ruling Congress-led alliance cannot lead to the collapse of the six-day old Pratapsing Rane government as all the allies unanimously agree not ... READ
Won't pull out of Goa govt: Pawar
10 June 2005 19:16 ISTNationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Friday accused the Goa Congress of not observing the 'coalition dhrama'.He, however, said his party would not pull out of the government. READ
