EC not to implement SC order
06 May 2002 23:02 ISTThe Election Commission has decided not to implement the Supreme Court order regarding criminal background of candidates in Goa Assembly elections. READ
Khalap quits BJP to contest from Mandrem
06 May 2002 22:00 ISTRamakant Khalap, who had resigned as a minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party government last week, finally quit the saffron brigade to contest from his Mandrem constituency. READ
Furore over Cong calling Church anti-national
04 May 2002 21:59 ISTGoa's Church apparently means it when it appeals to the people to reject 'dirty' politicians like communals and defectors. READ
Will Goan politicians disclose their assets ?
03 May 2002 21:57 ISTThe election commission is still undecided whether Goa elections will follow the latest Supreme Court order, making it mandatory for every candidate to furnish details of assets, liabilities and criminal record, if any. READ
Church urges to reject 'dirty' politicians
02 May 2002 21:55 ISTGoa's influential Church has appealed to all the Christians to reject candidates who represent communal interest, who are habitual defectors and known to have been using money and muscle power. READ
Khalap resigns, but CM declines
01 May 2002 21:54 ISTFormer union law minister Ramakant Khalap, who was in the BJP cabinet in Goa, resigned as a minister today since the saffron brigade has rejected him party ticket in the forthcoming Assembly elections. READ
Gujarat's bad governance caused violence : CM
29 April 2002 21:51 ISTGoa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party, feels the cause of communal violence in Gujarat is bad governance. READ
Parties make hay while defectors shine
26 April 2002 21:50 ISTProfessional defectors - responsible for a decade-long instability in Goa - are likely to stage a comeback with frontrunner national parties intending to field them once again as their strong winnable candidates. READ
Court refuses to stall elections
24 April 2002 21:48 ISTAfter prolonged arguments for over a month on five different petitions of similar nature, the high court here denied to grant interim relief on the election process that has begun in Goa. READ
Cong-NCP to align in Goa
22 April 2002 21:46 ISTExploiting their so called secular credentials, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party are now also joining hands in Goa, to defeat the 'communal' Bharatiya Janata Party in the forthcoming Assembly elections. READ
