Gandhi holiday cancellation mars controversy
24 November 2001 21:46 ISTAmidst controversy over cancellation of Gandhi Jayanti holiday in Goa, the local Bharatiya Janata Party government has kept the notification in abeyance."I will go ahead with it once it is clarified whether the state government ... READ
Controversy over police training
14 August 2001 21:50 ISTOver 25 year-old police training school at Marol in Mumbai has been thrown into controversy with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena (having no MLA in the state) clashing over harassment meted out ... READ
Sardinha-BJP clash over Mayem
05 October 2000 21:50 ISTColonial hangover has become a bone of contention in the ruling coalition that has led to major differences between chief minister Francisco Sardinha and his partner – the Bharatiya Janata Party.In the struggle over demanding ... READ
Mayem : Evacuee protected, locals dejected
30 August 2000 21:51 IST"Forty years have passed for our liberation from the Portuguese, but we are still governed by them. The only option now is to wage yet another liberation struggle to get ourselves freed from the colonial ... READ
Language row may fizzle out
17 July 2000 21:52 ISTThe language issue appears to have fizzled out with no possibility of the much agitated over controversial amendment bills to the official language act coming before the ongoing Assembly session, which is coming to an ... READ
Konkani youth storm Panaji
05 July 2000 21:52 ISTOver 1000 students and youth, along with veteran Konkani writers and tiatriats, at a rally held in Panaji today issued a clear-cut warning to all the 40 legislators not to play with the future of ... READ
Cong-BJP approaches high command on language row
28 June 2000 21:53 ISTWith the major national parties literally divided on the ongoing language controversy in Goa, their high command is now being brought into picture to resolve the issue amicably.Former union law minister Ramakant Khalap, the Congress ... READ
BJP, MGP move bills for Marathi
20 June 2000 21:54 ISTThe ball of language row has started rolling in Goa with two parties moving separate notices to amend the Official Language Act in order to give equal status to Marathi along with Konkani, on the ... READ
Politics grips language issue
16 May 2000 21:55 ISTThe four-decade old language controversy of Goa has once again started moving around the political arena rather than linguistic philosophy, wondering whether it would lead to changing of the existing six-month old coalition government.With the ... READ
Five-member com of writers to monitor border issue
01 May 2000 21:55 ISTThey not only debated over the over-prolonged six-decade old border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra but even chalked out preliminary action plan to pressurise the central government as well as Maharashtra government to get the ... READ
