73% TURNOUT IN 15 VP WARDS FOR BY_POLLS
Panaji (Goa) The panchayat by-polls held in 15 wards recorded 73.43 percent turnout on Sunday. Total eleven panchayats will be going for counting on Sunday. The State Election Commission (SEC) office informed that 73.43 percent turnout was recorded in the 15 wards, with total 7801 votes being polled. The female turnout was recorded at the higher side which was 4098 percent, while…
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BJP NATIONAL PRESIDENT AMIT SHAH WILL GET WARM WELCOME ON HIS TWO DAY LONG GOA TOUR
Panaji (Goa) Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa is all set to welcome its National President Amit Shah in the State on his two-day-long tour beginning from tomorrow, July 01. The committee headed by BJP Goa Unit President Vinay Tendulkar, BJP’s National Joint General Secretary Santoshji, Union AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik, State General Secretary Sadanand Tanavade, State Treasurer Sanjiv Desai, heads…
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RAJYA SABHA ELECTION FOR GOA ON JULY 21
Panaji (Goa): The elections to elect the Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament in Goa would be held on July 21. (more…)
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GPCC TO DECIDE ON CANDIDATES FOR BY_POLLS; CLP DISCUSS NAME OF MONSERRATE & ROY
Panaji (Goa) The Congress Legislative Party (CLP) on Wednesday decided to hand over the responsibility of short listing the candidates for the Panjim and Valpoi by-election to the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC). The by-elections for Panjim and Valpoi are due in next three months. BJP has Manohar Parrikar contesting from Panjim and Vishwajit Rane from Valpoi. Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavalekar…
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PARRIKAR HELD REVIEW MEETING AHEAD OF AMIT SHAH VISIT
Panaji (Goa): Ahead of BJP National President Amit Shah’s visit to Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar held a review meeting with the party leaders on the preparedness even as security meeting with the police top bosses is scheduled shortly. Shah will arrive on July 1 on a two day visit, which is a part of the…
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CONGRESS MLAs FROM GOA TO MEET MEIRA KUMARI ON JUNE 30
Panaji (GOA): The Congress MLAs from Goa and Maharashtra would be meeting the UPA led opposition’s Presidential candidate Meira Kumari on June 30 in Mumbai. Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavalekar said that all the 16 MLAs from Goa along with the congress legislators of Maharashtra would be meeting Meira Kumari on June 30 in Mumabi. “Meira Kumari is meeting…
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IS IT PARRIKAR V/S MONSERRATE IN PANAJI & VISHWAJIT V/S ROY IN VALPOI??? CONGRESS TO DECIDE TOMORROW
Panaji (GOA): The Congress Legislative Party (CLP) will be meeting on Wednesday to shortlist the candidates for the Panaji and Valpoi by-elections, which are due in next three months. The meeting is going to the first interaction of MLAs with party president Luizinho Faleiro, who in his resignation tendered last week has blamed “some senior leader” for his decision…
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WE KNOW POLITICS IS DIRTY BUT WE PLUNGED INTO IT TO CLEANSE THE SYSTEM: GSM PRESIDENT ANAND SHIRODKAR
PANAJI (GOA): The nine-month-old political party, Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM), that drew a blank out of five constituencies it contested in the 2017 state Assembly polls, claimed it plunged into the ‘muck of politics’ to cleanse the system. “We know politics is dirty but we plunged into it to cleanse the system. Our focus will never be diverted,” GSM president Anand…
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IS SHANTARAM NAIK THE NEXT CONGRESS PRESIDENT IN GOA?
Panaji (Goa): Senior congressman and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Shantaram Naik is most likely to be the new Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) chief. GPCC president Luizinho Faleiro on Friday wrote to party national president Sonia Gandhi to relieve him from the responsibility. Naik tenure as Rajya Sabha member ends in July. He has been the lone RS member…
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51 CANDIDATES TO FIGHT FOR 16 VP WARDS ON JULY 1
Panaji (GOA): Total 51 candidates are in fray from 16 wards in eleven panchayat for the July 1 by-polls. A women candidate Leticia Miranda from ward III of Betalbatim panchayat is been elected unopposed. On Thursday, total six candidates withdrew from the election battle, leaving 51 in fray. There were 57 candidates, of which one is elected unopposed. The counting…
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