Oiling the wheels: Goa pushes to reform its much-reviled taxi services

The BJP government vows to bring in Uber and Ola to get the taxi unions to fall in line.

Pamela D’Mello

· Jun 19, 2017 · 07:30 am

‘Establish a Hindu Rashtra by 2023’: What 132 Right-Wing Hindu organisations demanded in Goa

The sixth All India Hindu Convention also asked for construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and a ban on cattle slaughter and religious conversions.

Pamela D’Mello

· Jun 18, 2017 · 07:00 am

‘We have to literally eat dust’: Cloud of discontent in Goa village as mining picks up pace

Following the resumption of iron ore extraction after a ban imposed in 2012, state walks a tightrope balancing the interests of residents and mining companies.

Pamela D’Mello

· Apr 30, 2017 · 10:30 am

Beef ban dominates political discourse in Goa ahead of impending bye-elections

The Congress says that the issue has been stage-managed to polarise people in the state.

Pamela D’Mello

· Apr 22, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Goa’s temples are losing their local features, and the rise of money power may be to blame

The Goa Heritage Action Group is fighting a valiant battle against turning historic sites in the state into concrete replicas of temples elsewhere.

Pamela D’Mello

· Apr 12, 2017 · 11:30 am

17 months after death of Goan activist priest, family may challenge order to bury his body

The family of Bismarque Dias has refused hold his last rites, demanding an impartial investigation into his mysterious death.

Pamela D’Mello

· Apr 06, 2017 · 06:30 am

Goa: 3,178 establishments may get affected by SC ban on liquor sale along highways

Shop owners feel the state was not properly represented in the case, while Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim were exempted.

Pamela D’Mello

· Apr 01, 2017 · 09:20 pm

Resentment within Goa BJP after coalition partners bag most cabinet berths, plum portfolios

Anger at the upturning of the election mandate continues to simmer on social media.

Pamela D’Mello

· Mar 25, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Goa floor test: BJP didn’t just win the trust vote – the Congress lost an MLA

Congress legislator Vishwajit Rane absented himself from the floor test and submitted his resignation to the pro-tem Speaker on Thursday.

Pamela D’Mello

· Mar 16, 2017 · 05:42 pm

Manohar Parrikar is #NotMyCM: Goans protest as BJP ministers take oath

Anger simmers in state as saffron party, which won only 13 seats in the 40-member house, forms government with support of regional entities, independents.

Pamela D’Mello

· Mar 14, 2017 · 10:46 pm

'Congress has ditched me twice before': Vijai Sardesai of Goa Forward explains why he has backed BJP

The leader of the regional outfit has long been a critic of the ruling party and shocked his supporters by offering his support to the government.

Pamela D’Mello

· Mar 13, 2017 · 06:07 pm

Goa's 'legally legitimate but morally illegitimate government': Anger in state as BJP stakes claim

Many who voted for the Goa Forward Party, which positioned itself as a secular organisation, feel let down.

Pamela D’Mello

· Mar 13, 2017 · 12:17 am