Goa Politics
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Pramod Sawant to become Goa chief minister for a second term, says BJP
The decision was taken at a Legislature Party meeting of the BJP.
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Goa: BJP leader Vishwajit Rane meets governor amid speculations on next chief minister
The BJP has the required numbers to form the government but is yet to stake claim. Neither has the state unit of the BJP elected its legislature party chief.
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Goa Congress moves SC against High Court order upholding Speaker’s decision to not dismiss 10 MLAs
The MLAs belonging to the Congress and two from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party had joined the BJP in 2019.
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Trending
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‘Not pro-life, just anti-women’: George Carlin’s 1996 set resurfaces as US overturns abortion rights
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Gujarat Police take Mumbai activist Teesta Setalvad into custody for alleged forgery
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Long before chickens were domesticated for food, they were regarded as exotica
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Arrested IAS officer’s son dies of bullet wounds, family alleges foul play
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The British government is offering farmers a lump sum payment to quit agriculture
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Bombay HC upholds Goa speaker’s dismissal of pleas to disqualify 12 MLAs who had defected to BJP
The Congress and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party had filed petitions after the MLAs defected from the two parties in 2019.
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Goa: Five leaders quit Trinamool Congress accusing it of trying to divide people on religious lines
The group includes former Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLA Lavoo Mamledar, who had joined the Mamata Banerjee-led party just three months back.
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Goa Congress’ former working president joins TMC
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee described Alexio Reginaldo Lourenco as the Goa Assembly’s ‘best performing MLA’.
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Video
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Watch: All through Pride Month, a museum in Mexico is highlighting queer community’s role in history
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‘She wants to go to ‘Howarts’’: Comedian Shraddha as ‘Mrs Kulkarni’, mother of a class three student
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Eco India, Episode 188: How to tackle waste, which is hidden in plain sight
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‘Plastic is forever’: Actor Pierce Brosnan and his son bring attention to plastic waste management
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Watch: Shah Rukh Khan as an anchor on a 1980s Doordarshan music programme
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Goa Congress working president quits as MLA, party’s strength in Assembly down to two
Last week, the party included his name in the first list of eight candidates for the Assembly elections.
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TMC should think about whether it is strengthening BJP in Goa, says Congress
‘Elections are not tourism’ and the Trinamool Congress needs to understand what they were fighting, the party said.
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Goa Assembly election: Mamata Banerjee urges Opposition parties to join forces to defeat BJP
The Trinamool Congress chief said that the people of the state have ‘suffered enough over the last 10 years’.
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The Reel
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Watch: Ranveer Singh tests his survival skills with Bear Grylls in Serbia
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Did a Marathi film released in May predict the current political crisis in Maharashtra?
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‘Shamshera’ trailer: Ranbir Kapoor plays a rebellious bandit in period drama
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‘The Girl From Plainville’ review: A cautionary tale of the power of suggestion
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‘Forensic’: A fleet thriller with a head-scratching twist
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Former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro quits Congress, says party not same for which he fought
Reports speculated that Faleiro might join the Trinamool Congress as he praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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Goa Congress to seek disqualification of 10 MLAs who defected to BJP
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar said a petition will be filed before the Assembly Speaker on Thursday.
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Goa: Four ministers, including three former Congress MLAs, inducted into state Cabinet
Chandrakant Kavlekar, Philip Nery Rodrigues, Jeniffer Monserrate and Michael Lobo were sworn-in as ministers at an event at Raj Bhavan at 3 pm.
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The Field
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Ranji Trophy final, Day 4: Rajat Patidar’s ton puts MP in command, Mumbai left hoping for a miracle
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Watch: Virat Kohli upper cuts Jasprit Bumrah for six in warm-up match ahead of Test in England
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Second T20I: Harmanpreet Kaur shines as visitors defeat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets to clinch series 2-0
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Hockey: Dodge them like Navneet Kaur
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Watch: Archery World Cup – Jyothi wins compound individual silver, mixed team gold with Abhishek