Nilesh Cabral, a BJP lawmaker from South Goa district’s Curchorem seat located in the heart of the mining belt and has been championing the cause of resumption of mining, while Milind Naik represents the district’s Mormugao seat. read more

Heavy rains lashed parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh killing six people and blocking roads, officials said on Monday. Many roads including several national highways have been blocked due to landslides across the state. The tourist town of Manali has been cut off after an overflowing Beas river submerged roads after torrential rain during the last 24 hours.

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Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Monday dropped from his cabinet D’Souza and Pandurang Madkaikar, both ailing and currently admitted at hospitals. read more

On Sunday, BJP president Amit Shah said there will be a cabinet reshuffle soon but the ruling party in the state would stick with Manohar Parrikar as the Goa chief minister despite his illness. read more

BJP president Amit Shah said Parrikar will continue on as CM despite illness, other portfolios to be changed. read more

Now, if India was a western democracy our media would have thrown all the resources it could muster to find out the truth about Sonia Gandhi and Manohar Parrikar and ensure it was fully revealed to the public. They would also have found out or accurately... read more

The move came days after the party staked claim to form an alternate government, contending that the BJP-led ruling alliance had lost majority in the Assembly. read more

Congress observer for Goa A Chellakumar said he received messages from people that they had received threatening calls from the state chief minister. read more

BJP leaders who emerged from discussions in New Delhi over a solution to Goa’s political impasse with the party’s national president Amit Shah on Wednesday said no decision had been made yet. read more

Governance, the Sena alleged, has come to a standstill in Goa. “The situation in Goa is such that government business is stuck. This political instability has led to uncertainty,” the editorial said. read more

Goa plunged into political turmoil with chief minister in Delhi for treatment and the Opposition Congress staking claim to form government. read more

Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar had initially expressed his inability to discharge his duties and sought that his workload be transferred to other ministers. read more

Congress claimed that the moment the name of a new chief minister was announced, replacing Manohar Parrikar, ‘many BJP MLAs’ will resign. read more

Goa Forward Party leader Vijai Sardesai said sis party is now waiting for the BJP’s decision on the current political situation in the state. read more

The much-awaited clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan is set to take place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Wednesday. While India’s stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma has said that the team is ready for the challenge, Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed believes that his boys need to bring out their best game against the arch-rivals.

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