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goa legislative assembly news

After the Flames: Goa’s Party Season Faces a Reckoning

How log before Goa's party scene picks up again?
Published on Dec 12, 2025 07:00 pm IST

BJP MLA Ganesh Gaonkar elected speaker of Goa legislative assembly

Ganesh Gaonkar, the two-time member of the legislative assembly (MLA), succeeded Ramesh Tawadkar. (ANI)
Published on Sept 25, 2025 04:59 pm IST

Goa minister declines to answer 12 questions on sub judice issues; Oppn protests

Town and country planning minister Vishwajit Rane quoted sub-section 8 of Section 37 of the “Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Goa Legislative Assembly.” (Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jul 24, 2025 06:24 pm IST

Goa Assembly adjourned after ruckus over Congress MLA’s remark about Speaker

BJP MLA Krishna Salkar moved a breach of privilege motion against Congress’ Altone D’Costa, alleging that his comment was an insult to the Speaker and an insult to the House. (File Photo)
Updated on Jul 15, 2024 04:48 pm IST

Goa amends Bill to impose ‘deposit scheme’ on single-use plastic purchases

(Representative Photo)
Updated on Aug 09, 2023 08:47 pm IST

Two time former Goa Congress MLA passes away due to pneumonia

Deshprabu hailed from a royal family of local chieftains which was granted the title of Visconde de Pernem (Viscount of Pernem) by the colonial Portuguese regime.
Updated on Apr 22, 2020 10:28 am IST

Goa CM blames Nehru for ‘delaying’ Goa’s liberation, causes uproar

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant arrives to attend the State Finance Ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Updated on Jan 15, 2020 06:25 pm IST

Goa government bans single use plastic in offices from October 2

The ban covers government offices, meetings and functions including canteens located in the government offices.
Updated on Sept 26, 2019 11:27 pm IST

Goa to ask school teachers to double up as counselors: CM Pramod Sawant

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that school teachers in Goa would be trained to double up as counsellors to help arrest dropout rate in higher classes.
Updated on Aug 05, 2019 04:11 pm IST

Goa govt may reduce taxes for registering new vehicles

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 04:35 pm IST

‘Green activists should be banished from Goa’, says ex-CM Pratapsingh Rane

Goa’s mining industry came to a halt in March 2018 after the Supreme Court ruled that the mining lease renewals granted by the state government were not as per law.
Published on Jul 30, 2019 05:52 pm 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.
Updated on Jul 10, 2019 08:15 pm IST

Pramod Sawant, an ayurvedic doctor, takes charge in Goa after 2 am oath

Pramod Sawant was Goa assembly Speaker before he was chosen to succeed Manohar Parrikar as chief minister.
Updated on Mar 19, 2019 09:12 am IST