Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear challenges filed by Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Goa to the award granted by the Mahadayi Interstate Water Disputes Tribunal.

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Updated on Feb 21, 2020 12:50 AM IST

Trance music playing in Goa night clubs is demonic: Former Goa Minister

Former Goa minister wants trance music banned in state night clubs as it may mislead youth.

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Updated on Dec 08, 2019 01:32 AM IST

Political parties huddle after Shiv Sena’s claims of ‘Maha Aghadi’ in Goa

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut announced in Maharashtra that the party will try to recreate their ‘magic’ in Goa.

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Updated on Nov 29, 2019 06:43 PM IST

‘We are going to Goa...’: Shiv Sena sounds alarm bells for BJP

Shiv Sena has joined hands with its former political rivals to form the government in Maharashtra

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Updated on Nov 29, 2019 06:05 PM IST

Row over Goa leader’s son getting ₹23.55L to scale Mount Everest

The grant came six months after he submitted a request to then chief minister Manohar Parrikar. At the time, the GFP was an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government in the state.

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Updated on Jul 26, 2019 04:04 AM IST

Row over Goa leader’s son getting ₹23.55L to scale Mount Everest

A sign shows the way to Everest Base Camp high in the Khumbu Glacier.

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Updated on Jul 26, 2019 07:55 AM IST

Portfolios to new Goa ministers on Monday; Chandrakant Kavlekar to be dy CM

Chandrakant Kavlekar, who was earlier leader of the opposition, would be designated as deputy chief minister, Sawant told reporters in Panaji on Sunday, but refused to divulge any further details.

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Published on Jul 14, 2019 02:51 PM IST

3 ex-Cong MLAs get Cabinet upgrade in Goa within days of joining BJP

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Governor Mridula Sinha with the four new ministers after they were sworn in on Saturday.

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Updated on Jul 13, 2019 06:07 PM IST

Goa CM Pramod Sawant asks 3 ministers to resign

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant

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Updated on Jul 12, 2019 10:35 PM IST

10 Goa Congress dissidents join BJP, reshuffle on cards

BJP working president JP Nadda with Goa CM Pramod Sawant and 10 Congress MLAs at BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday.

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Updated on Jul 11, 2019 11:39 PM IST

In Goa, 4 ministers may be dropped to make way for newly inducted MLAs

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant is likely to reshuffle his cabinet on Thursday to accommodate some of the newly inducted MLAs.

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Updated on Jul 11, 2019 10:25 AM IST

‘Only God can save this country’, says Goa Congress president says after 10 MLAs jump ship

Three of the ten MLAs are expected to be inducted in the cabinet at the expense of current ministers from the alliance partners of the BJP.

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Updated on Jul 11, 2019 08:32 AM IST

After Karnataka, Congress loses 10 MLAs in Goa. Its leader is one of them

Ten Congress MLAs resigned from the Congress party and formed a separate splinter group on Wednesday.

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Updated on Jul 10, 2019 08:15 PM IST

Goa CM Pramod Sawant offers midnight meal to flyers in delayed Air India flight

Stranded at Mumbai airport, protesting passengers of an Air India Bombay to Goa flight were offered a free meal from an airport restaurant at the instance of Goa CM.

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Updated on Jun 14, 2019 02:09 PM IST

10 Congress MLAs offered to join the BJP: Goa BJP president

Tendulkar, however, did not name the Congress MLAs who approached the BJP.

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Updated on Jun 12, 2019 06:15 PM IST

With Manohar Parrikar’s passing away, search for new Goa CM set to begin

With the demise of chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday, the BJP-led coalition in Goa has to search for a new leader to replace him.

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Updated on Apr 23, 2020 07:31 PM IST

Lok Sabha election 2019: Governance to be in focus this time in Goa

The Bharatiya Janata Party currently hold both the LOk Sabha seats in Goa.

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Updated on Mar 10, 2019 11:21 PM IST

Manohar Parrikar wanted to quit, BJP high command did not allow, says Goa minister

A Goa minister suggested the ailing chief minister, Manohar Parrikar, wanted to resign, but the BJP high command vetoed it.

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Updated on Nov 23, 2018 08:50 AM IST

Manohar Parrikar is our leader, says Goa BJP amid talks of leadership change

On Thursday afternoon, after a meeting with Amit Shah, chief of alliance partner Goa Forward Party (GFP), Vijai Sardesai had said that the BJP was “seriously considering the leadership issue”.

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Updated on Oct 19, 2018 11:15 PM IST

BJP ‘seriously considering’ leadership change in Goa, says minister after meeting with Amit Shah

The BJP’s central leadership is deliberating over the names of state health minister Vishwajit Rane, assembly speaker Pramod Sawant and state unit president Vinay Tendulkar, Vijai Sardesai said.

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Published on Oct 18, 2018 08:21 PM IST

CM Manohar Parrikar back in Goa, ally sends BJP video reminder on its ‘commitment’

A day after chief minister Manohar Parrikar returned to Goa, a minister from an alliance partner cautioned the ruling BJP against dissolving the state assembly even as the opposition Congress staked claim to form the next government.

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Updated on Oct 15, 2018 11:36 PM IST

Ailing Goa CM Manohar Parrikar to shed portfolios but retain home and finance

Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar informed his cabinet colleagues on Friday of his desire to let go of most of his portfolios as he undergoes treatment for a pancreatic ailment at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

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Updated on Oct 12, 2018 11:58 PM IST