TOTAL ELEVEN CANDIDATES FILE NOMINATIONS FOR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTION
Panaji (GOA) Total eleven candidates have filed their nominations for the upcoming by-elections for Panjim and Valpoi assembly constituencies scheduled on August 23. Six candidates including Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar have filed nominations from Panjim assembly seat. Health Minister Vishwajit Rane and four others have filed nominations from Valpoi constituency. The nomination process ended today. The scrutiny of nominations will…
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SHIV SENA STRIKES AGAINST ILLEGAL FEE COLLECTION AT NETRAVALI
Sanguem (Goa): Shiv Sena in Goa has lodged their protest before Panchayat Director over illegally charged fee for the tourists who visit Netravali waterfall. Sena delegation led by its leaders including Jitesh Kamat and state spokesman Rakhi Naik meet Panchayat director on Friday with a memorandum seeking to stay this illegal collection. During their interaction with the director, Naik…
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GOA: VINAY TENDULKAR TO REMAIN PARTY CHIEF AS OF NOW
Porvorim (Goa): Just-elected Rajya Sabha member of parliament Vinay Tendulkar will continue to head BJP’s Goa unit till his party relieves him from the post. “I will continue to be Goa unit chief of BJP till my party wishes. Although I have become member of parliament in Rajya Sabha I will continue working for the party organization in the State….
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WHO DID IT? CONGRESS TO INITIATE PROBE TO IDENITFY DISSIDENT DURING PREZ POLL
PANAJI(GOA): Following major embarrassment during the President Election due to the party rebels, the Congress has initiated probe to identify the dissidents who cross voted during the poll. The CLP leader Chandrakant Kavlekar will be conducting the inquiry to identify the names of four legislators who cross voted during the President Election held on July 17. The names would…
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GOA: RS POLL VOTING BEGINS, 36 VOTED TILL NOW
Porvorim (Goa) Total 36 legislators voted for the long Rajya Sabha seat in Goa. A group of 18 legislators from ruling group incuding BJP, Goa Forward Party, MGP and Independents voted during the first hour of the polling. The Congress party legislators were huddled in the meeting since morning after the party reported cross voting during recently held poll for the…
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GOA: GET SET FOR RAJYA SABHA POLL TOMORROW, SHANTARAM VERSUS VINAY
Porvorim (Goa) The battle lines are drawn for the important Rajya Sabha election scheduled to be held tomorrow. The candidates in the fray are BJP Goa Chief Vinay Tendulkar and his Congress counterpart Shantaram Naik. The poll will decide whether Naik is able to retain the seat third time in the row. The sitting Rajya Sabha member is banking on…
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GOA: VOTING BEGINS FOR PREZ POLL IN GOA
Porvorim (Goa): The voting for the post of President of India began in Goa this morning along with other states. The MLAs had began queuing to vote since morning. Goa Forward Party’s Jayesh Salgaoncar, Vinod Palyekar, Congress’ Philip Neri Rodrigues, Ravi Naik, Digambar Kamat, Tony Fernandes and BJP’s Pramod Sawant, Pravin Zantye came first to vote. Total 38…
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NOW CHIEF SECRETARY WILL INVESTIGATE CDM SMITH BRIBERY SCAM
Panaji (Goa): Goa government has asked State Chief secretary Dharmendra Sharma to initiate inquiry into the allegations of bribery leveled by officials of US-based CDM Smith company. “The Public Works Department has handed over all the files pertaining to the communication between them and the company to Chief Secretary last evening,” State PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar told reporters today in…
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GOA: CHURCHILL ALEMAO MEETS KOVIND, LISTENS TO HIS SPEECH, GOES
Vasco (Goa): That was typical to Churchill Alemao. When NDA legislators met Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind today in Vasco, NCP MLA Churchill Alemao too came. Alemao who arrived late for the meeting also sat for the group photograph with all the legislators. But when he came out of the meeting, he said that he had only come because he was…
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GOA: CONGRESS DEMANDS IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF FPPCA CHARGES
Panaji (GOA): The Congress party on Friday gherod Chief Electrical Engineer Nilkanta Reddy demanding immediate withdrawal of Fuel Power Purchase and Cost Adjustment (FPPCA) charges that are recovered from domestic and industrial consumers in way of hefty power bills. Reddy assured the delegation led by All India Congress Committee (AICC) Girish Chodankar to put up note before Government for withdrawal of…
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