Trust vote again or President's Rule?
01 March 2005 18:08 ISTGoa has once again plunged into the milieu of uncertainty as the 40-memebr state Assembly has reduced to 34 with 17 members divided equally on both the sides.Following resignations by the speaker as well ... READ
Neri decides to sit in the House
28 February 2005 23:59 ISTGoa Assembly may witness one more tamasha today as disqualified deputy chief minister Philip Neri Rodrigues has decided to try and enter the House, claiming that he has not received the disqualification order. READ
Speaker, Dy Sp resign, House adjourned sine die
28 February 2005 23:58 ISTThe Goa Assembly was adjourned sin die within minutes, with both speaker and the deputy speaker, belonging to the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, resigning from the posts.No trust vote was thus moved in favour ... READ
BJP demandes Rane's dismissal
28 February 2005 23:56 ISTThe Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded immediate dismissal of the Congress-led alliance government, claiming that chief minister Pratapsing Rane has failed to win the trust vote.Speaker Vishwas Satarkar, belonging to the BJP, today adjourned ... READ
Philip Neri disqualified
28 February 2005 00:01 ISTOne and a half hour before the crucial Assembly session, Goa speaker Vishwas Satarkar disqualified deputy chief minister Philip Neri Rodrigues, an independent legislator.Satarkar, at 1 pm, announced that Rodrigues has been disqualified under ... READ
Previlege motions against CM, Guv's OSD
08 February 2005 00:04 ISTGoa speaker has served notices of breach of privilege motion on chief minister Pratapsing Rane and Sebastian Zumvu, the OSD of Governor S C Jamir.The breach of privilege motions have been moved by two ... READ
Govt in quandary over Speaker's post
05 February 2005 00:05 ISTThe Congress-led ruling alliance is still undecided over what to take up first – election of the new speaker or the trust vote.The state Assembly, divided into 18-18, has created a situation where any ... READ
Cabinet expansion postponed till trust vote
04 February 2005 00:07 ISTFollowing demands from more quarters than the allotted quota of ministers, the Congress-led alliance today decided to postpone the cabinet expansion till they win the confidence vote.Congress observer Margaret Alva, who flew down from ... READ
Rane inducts 6 more
03 February 2005 00:09 ISTGoa chief minister Pratapsing Rane inducted six more ministers in his cabinet today evening.He was sworn in as the news chief minister last night, along with his deputy Philip Neri Rodrigues, after the 32-month ... READ
Jamir justifies dismissal
03 February 2005 00:08 ISTGoa governor S C Jamir has justified his action of dismissing the Manohar Parrikar government while blaming the speaker for converting the whole proceedings of confidence motion into a farce.A press communiqué released by ... READ
