Parrikar Govt on slippery grounds
29 January 2005 22:58 ISTThe Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Goa is on slippery grounds as two of its MLAs have resigned while two ministers supporting the government have also quit the cabinet.Congress MP Churchill Alemao, while confirming ... READ
Micky quits BJP within 2 days
29 January 2005 22:57 ISTMicky Pacheco, the third legislator, quit the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party today afternoon.He had joined the saffron brigade two days ago, merging his one-man party, the United Goans Democratic Party (Secular), into the BJP. READ
Cong awaits Guv response
29 January 2005 22:56 ISTFollowing the resignation drama of three ministers and ruling BJP legislators each, the Congress is now awaiting response from the Raj Bhavan.“We will wait for the governor to decide”, said Congress observer Margaret Alva, ... READ
I can prove majority: CM
29 January 2005 22:55 IST“I am still the chief minister of Goa and I can prove my majority on the floor of the House any moment”, said Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar.Following the resignation drama of his party ... READ
Micky joins BJP, Babush stripped off
28 January 2005 23:01 ISTIn a major political development, former minister Micky Pacheco joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party today.Subsequently, chief minister Manohar Parrikar stripped off lucrative portfolio of Babush Monserette, one of his ‘troubling’ minist READ
Babush quits BJP cabinet
28 January 2005 23:00 ISTBabush Monserette, who was stripped off by Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday, quit the cabinet today morning.In a sudden political move, he was stripped off the lucrative portfolio of town and country planning, ... READ
BJP preparing for ZP polls
22 January 2005 23:02 ISTWith the Zilla panchayat elections knocking door, the state Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) today issued instructions to all its party workers not to contest elections against each other.As the panchayat Raj act does not ... READ
Kapil Sibbal to visit Anarctica
20 January 2005 23:05 ISTAntartica continent will have unusual visitor in the first week of February, this year.Union minister of state for science and technology Kapil Sibbal will travel all the way to this icy continent to ``boost ... READ
Controversial VCD withdrawn
05 January 2005 23:11 ISTGoa’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led government has decided to withdraw the controversial video film on Goan Freedom Struggle the Goan church had objected to.The local BJP has been charged of pushing forward the Hindutva agenda ... READ
Every state a border state : Swami
01 October 2002 21:15 IST“With India fighting a proxy war with Pakistan, every state has become a border state today and anything can happen any time”, cautioned union minister of state for home I D Swami.Addressing a press conference ... READ
