After a lacklustre outing in the 2017 Assembly polls, Kejriwal's AAP has rejuvenated its efforts to make a political dent in Goa for the upcoming 2022 state Assembly polls.
November 16, 2021"They are good salesmen. They sell dreams. Politicians should not sell dreams, instead, they should make dreams come true," Goa Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Damu Naik told a press conference on Wednesday.
September 22, 2021The Opposition in poll-bound Goa has also stepped up pressure on the state administration while accusing the police of trying to scuttle the probe into her death.
August 20, 2021After getting a nod from the Rajya Sabha to become an Act, the CAB attracted a nationwide protest which turned violent at many places.
December 24, 2019Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has arrived in Goa to forge a fresh alliance between the BJP and the legislators who were part of the coalition government headed by Manohar Parrikar
March 18, 2019Manohar Parrikar became the chief minister of Goa four times since 2000 but could not complete his term even once
March 17, 2019The former Union defence minister had been suffering from cancer; his condition turned "extremely critical" on Sunday
March 17, 2019According to reports, Parrikar met staff of his office, and held a meeting with the personnel department to review existing vacancies and other issues like promotions and transfers that needed urgent attention
January 1, 2019The BJP called the statement a result of Congress "frustration" and accused the party of lowering the political discourse.
October 29, 2018Sawant on Wednesday had said that the notice given in September by Congress lawmakers seeking his removal was "not maintainable".
October 4, 2018The Goa BJP on Thursday begged to differ with the recent “pro-Karnataka” comments made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah over the Mhadei issue during the poll campaign in Karnataka. Addressing a press conference at the party’s state headquarters in Panaji on Thursday, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and South …
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May 10, 2018Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who is undergoing treatment in the United States may return to India next month. A senior BJP leader told news agency PTI on Sunday that Parrikar “is responding positively to the treatment in the US” and will be “coming back to India in the second week of April”. The leader, …
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March 18, 2018The BJP in Goa is caught in a bind over its duplicity on the beef issue at the Centre and in states, Congress state President Shantaram Naik said on Monday. Naik also alleged that it was the RSS which was influencing the Goa government vis-a-vis prolonging beef shortage in Goa. Addressing the media here, Naik …
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January 8, 2018In a bid to step up pressure on the ruling BJP in Goa, coalition ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) said on Monday that the regional political outfit would weigh its options vis-a-vis supporting the BJP for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “Just because we are supporting the coalition government in Goa, does not mean that …
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October 23, 2017Newly-elected Rajya Sabha member from Goa Vinay Tendulkar will continue to head BJP's unit in the coastal state till the party relieves him from the post. “I will continue to be the Goa unit chief of BJP till my party wishes. Although I have become a member of the Rajya Sabha, I will continue working …
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July 22, 2017Former Congress MLA Vishwajit Rane, who quit the party and legislatorship in March, is all set to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, state BJP President Vinay Tendulkar told reporters on Wednesday. Tendulkar said that Rane, a former MLA from Valpoi, had been in talks with the party leadership for several days. …
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April 5, 2017BJP President Amit Shah would be felicitated in Goa on April 9 after the party, under his leadership managed to grab power in four of the five states which went to polls recently. BJP Goa unit would be felicitating Amit Shah on April 9 for leading the party and forming the government in four states …
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March 28, 2017