Double victory for Willy
18 August 1998 11:57 ISTIt is a double victory for Goa chief minister Dr Wilfred de Souza, whose 20-day old coalition government was caught up in constitutional battles since the time he was sworn in on 29 July, after ... READ
HC stays disqualification of Willy group
18 August 1998 11:55 ISTChief minister Dr Wilfred de Souza got a reprieve with the Bombay high court today morning staying the speaker's order disqualifying all ten members of his Goa Rajiv Congress. READ
Congress tumbling down like a house of cards
07 August 1998 23:50 ISTThe Congress is ruling the tourist state for almost two decades now. But today it is tumbling down like the house of cards.The split engineered by chief minister Dr Wilfred de Souza in the Pratapsing ... READ
Home Ministry asks for papers on Willy's installation
31 July 1998 23:51 ISTFollowing uproar in the Parliament yesterday over dismissal of the Congress government by the Goa governor, the union home ministry has asked for all the relevant papers from the Raj Bhavan here.The central government has ... READ
Churchill set to rejoin Congress
17 June 1998 23:52 ISTFormer MP Churchill Alemao, the controversial strongman and alleged smuggler from Goa, is all set to rejoin the ruling Congress party after over nine years, leaving his United Goans Democratic Party.After staging a coup in ... READ
Govt's priority to develop infrastructure
16 March 1998 23:53 ISTInfrastructural development through private participation seems to be the prime agenda set by the Goa government to develop the socio-economic conditions of the tourist state here.T R Satish Chandran, the newly appointed governor for Goa, ... READ
Cong wins, yet loses
06 March 1998 21:08 ISTThe ruling Congress party is in a deep trouble in Goa, with its large chunk of votes going to the Bharatiya Janata Party and Churchill Alemao’s United Goans Democratic Party. READ
BJP upsurge shakes up all parties
04 March 1998 21:08 ISTAll the major political parties in Goa are presently in a shocked state of mind. The reason, however, is not their poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls, but the sudden upsurge of the Bharatiya ... READ
Cong wins both seats, but with slander margin
03 March 1998 21:06 ISTIn a neck and neck fight till last minute of the counting, the locally ruling Congress ultimately won both the seats in Goa, but with a slander margin against the BJP, who unexpectedly swept the ... READ
More people vote, peacefully
28 February 1998 21:05 ISTGoa has maintained its tradition even this time of showing enthusiasm in exercising their democratic right of voting in a leisurely and peaceful manner, without a single untoward incident being reported in both the constituencies. ... READ
