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Goa assembly sees disruptions as ruling MLAs reiterate demand for apology for statement on Speaker
Goa assembly sees disruptions as ruling MLAs reiterate demand for apology for statement on Speaker
Published on Jul 16, 2024 01:34 PM IST
PTI |
Opposition holds protest, walks out of Goa assembly over Manipur discussion
Opposition members said that if the Goa assembly could pass a resolution on a BBC documentary, it could certainly condemn violence in Manipur
Updated on Aug 04, 2023 05:27 PM IST
Goa: Opposition boycott LS Speaker Om Birla’s address in state assembly
Leader of the Opposition Congress MLA Yuri Alemao said the entire opposition “disassociate” itself from the event as “a mark of protest”
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 08:36 PM IST
HJT Correspondent
‘Incredible courage’: 10-yr-old boy who saved 3 friends gets ₹1 lakh from CM
Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao moved a congratulatory motion in the Goa assembly showering praises on the 10-year-old for his brave act and presence of mind
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 09:40 PM IST
Row erupts in Goa Assembly after Opposition MLA calls Speaker ‘employee of CM’
Opposition MLAs were due to meet the Speaker on Tuesday, seeking a Private Members' Day during the January session of the Assembly. However, Tawadkar refused to meet after Sardesai's remark.
Published on Dec 27, 2022 04:31 PM IST
Nisha Anand | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Karnataka govt planning construction of dams on Mahadayi river: Goa Congress
Karnataka govt planning construction of dams on Mahadayi river: Goa Cong
Published on Aug 09, 2022 07:59 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
'BJP cadre hasn't accepted me...': Atanasio Monserrate after winning Panaji
2022 Goa Assembly election: The ruling BJP is set to return to power in the coastal state, but will need some help from local outfits like the Goa Forward Party or the MGP.
Updated on Mar 10, 2022 01:18 PM IST
Goa election result 2022: Full list of winners
Goa Election 2022 Result Constituency-wise: People can check the full list of winners in the respective constituencies below.
Updated on Mar 10, 2022 06:07 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Goa: Congress to act swiftly to stake claim for govt formation
Polling for the 40-member House was held on February 14 and the counting of votes will be taken up on Thursday.
Published on Mar 10, 2022 06:33 AM IST
PTI |
Goa: BJP, Congress keep close eye amid possibility of hung assembly
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has expressed confidence of the BJP forming the next government in the state, while the hopeful Congress has asked its candidates to stay in a hotel.
Published on Mar 10, 2022 06:26 AM IST
ANI |
Goa Election 2022: BJP, Congress to go head-to-head, smaller parties may be key
Goa Assembly election: The Goa Forward Party, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, and the Trinamool Congress could emerge as kingmakers in a hung election result.
Updated on Mar 09, 2022 10:41 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Assembly polls: Multiple high-stakes battles in Goa contest
At the top of the list of key battles -- pitched as one for the “soul of the BJP” -- features Utpal Parrikar, the son of former Union defence minister and four-time Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar and the party’s officially nominated candidate Atanasio “Babush” Monserrate.
Updated on Jan 24, 2022 01:32 AM IST
Gerard de Souza, Hindustan Times, Panaji
Former Goa minister Michael Lobo joins Congress day after quitting BJP
Michael Lobo, who represented the Calangute Assembly constituency, said the voters told him the BJP is no more a party of the common people and that grass-root level workers were feeling ignored by the party.
Published on Jan 11, 2022 09:33 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Congress ready to align with any party willing to defeat BJP in Goa: Chidambaram
In the 2017 Assembly elections, the Congress had emerged as the single-largest party in Goa as it won 17 seats in the 40-member House.
Published on Jan 08, 2022 08:18 PM IST
Goa polls 2022: Single-phase voting on February 14, counting on March 10
Goa election 2022: Notification for assembly polls in the coastal state will be issued on January 21. There are total 40 assembly constituencies.
Published on Jan 08, 2022 06:31 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Pratapsingh Rane accorded permanent cabinet status by Goa govt
Chief minister Pramod Sawant said the decision to accord him the honour was taken as Rane has completed 50 years as a legislator in the Goa Assembly during the current tenure.
Published on Jan 07, 2022 09:25 AM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
'TMC doesn't stand anywhere in race': AAP's Kejriwal in Goa ahead of polls
"I think TMC doesn't have even a 1% vote share as of now. It came to Goa only 3 months back, democracy doesn't work like this. You need to work hard, you need to work among people," Kejriwal also said.
Published on Dec 22, 2021 12:23 PM IST
Goa Congress chief resigns as MLA, party's strength in House down to 2
Two more Congress leaders had recently resigned as MLAs in Goa, which is due for assembly elections early next year.
Published on Dec 20, 2021 04:11 PM IST
PTI | , Panaji
Goa passes budget in hurried session; opposition walks out, meets Governor
The monsoon session, which was curtailed to a single day in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, took a stormy turn no sooner the adjournment motion moved by the Opposition legislators was rejected by Speaker Rajesh Patnekar.
Updated on Jul 27, 2020 04:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza
Goa’s former health minister Dr Suresh Amonkar loses battle against Covid-19
Dr Amonkar was a two-term MLA, being elected to the Goa Assembly in 1999 and 2002, as well as served as minister in the first Manohar Parrikar cabinet in 2000.
Updated on Jul 07, 2020 08:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
MiG 29K aircraft on training sortie crashes near Goa, pilot ejects safely
The MiG-29K was on a “routine training sortie” when it crashed off the Goa coast.
Updated on Feb 23, 2020 03:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Goa Congress alleges corruption in beach cleaning tender; minister says process transparent
Congress legislator Reginaldo Lourenço, who had earlier raised the matter in the Goa assembly, alleged large scale corruption in the deal.
Updated on Aug 14, 2019 09:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza
Goa government wants to let you carry more booze on your way back
Chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday, while speaking in the Goa assembly, that the government hopes to cash in on allowing tourists to return with more liquor, something, he said, they were doing anyway, albeit illegally.
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 09:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza
Row over Goa leader’s son getting ₹23.55L to scale Mount Everest
In December 2017, the government sanctioned an amount of ₹23.55 lakh to Rahul Prabhudesai, a mountaineer attempting to scale Mount Everest in the 2018 spring-summer mountaineering season.
Updated on Jul 26, 2019 04:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza
Goa defections lead to deletion of 400 queries
The questions were deleted as the four lawmakers, who had tabled them, have since become ministers
Updated on Jul 16, 2019 12:04 AM IST
Panaji | Gerard de Souza
Parrikar aides express discontent over induction of Congress leaders
“Whatever has happened is not correct. This is not according to the principles and culture of the party we have set up. We will see what can be done to rectify it. I will take it up with the party president,” Rajendra Arlekar, a former environment minister in the previous Parrikar-led government as well as Goa assembly speaker, said.
Published on Jul 11, 2019 11:37 PM IST
Panaji | Gerard de Souza
10 Congress MLAs offered to join the BJP: Goa BJP president
After by-polls in the four assembly elections, the BJP has 17 legislators and the Congress 15 in the 40 member Goa assembly
Updated on Jun 12, 2019 06:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza
Updates: Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant faces floor test, House condoles Manohar Parrikar’s death
The BJP government in Goa led by new chief minister Pramod Sawant is facing a floor test to prove its majority in the Assembly. The floor test was necessitated after the demise of former chief minister Manohar Parrikar, which brought down the number of legislators in the house to 36.:
Updated on Mar 20, 2019 12:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
‘BJP has no allies now’: Congress stakes claim to form government in Goa
Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, 63, died at his Panaji residence on Sunday evening just over a year after he was detected with cancer. He was 63.
Updated on Apr 23, 2020 03:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza
‘Dismiss Parrikar govt’: Congress stakes claim in Goa, BJP in huddle
The Congress has staked claim in Goa to form government saying that the BJP-led coalition has lost majority in the state assembly.
Updated on Mar 16, 2019 09:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza
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