Thursday 12 September 2024

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Politics | Assembly '02

BJP now wants a vote to fight Pak

While Indian soldiers are countering Pakistani shelling along the border, the top politicians are busy here in a war of accusations on the issue of handling the Kashmir issue, obviously to make it a poll ... READ

Why Cong prefers defectors ?

Winning Goa state Assembly polls appears to be the matter of national prestige for the Congress, obviously by defeating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, as it is the first poll in the country after Gujarat ... READ

Governance better than Ayodhya: Advani

"I hope more elections in India are fought on the issues like good governance rather than emotional issues like Ayodhya or Indira Gandhi assassination". READ

Mauvin chargesheeted for disproportionate wealth

Mauvin Godinho, former Congress power minister accused in a multi-crore power scam, has been chargesheeted afresh by the state police in a case of possessing disproportionate assets. READ

Shripad quits union cabinet to fight Ravi

In a surprising development, union minister of state for shipbuilding Shripad Naik today tendered his resignation from the union cabinet and filed his nomination in Ponda to fight the Goa state Assembly polls. READ

Cong 'rewards' 14 defectors

After lots of halabaloo on cleansing the Indian polity, the Congress today announced the list of candidates for Goa elections, consisting of the same habitual and professional defectors, including three chargesheeted scam masters, to come ... READ

Ravi bird of the same feather : CM

With his deputy chief minister Ravi Naik quitting the Bharatiya Janata Party to contest as the Congress candidate, chief minister Manohar Parrikar claims it will improve party's clean image further. READ

Ravi quits BJP to join Cong

In a sudden twist to the whole political scene in Goa, Bharatiya Janata Party's deputy chief minister Ravi Naik today resigned from the government as well as the party, on the eve of Assembly polls ... READ

CWC letter over Mhadei creates flutter

Goa has demanded a thorough inquiry into the alleged misconduct of an official of the Central Water Commission, for indirectly favouring Karnataka in the ongoing water diversion dispute. READ

HC differs on Assembly dissolution

In a significant development, both judges of a division bench of the Mumbai high court today passed two diametrically opposite orders on the crucial issue of Goa's midway Assembly dissolution. READ

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