The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday seized assets including immovable property worth Rs.1.95 crores belonging to two former Goa Chief Ministers Digambar Kamat (Congress MLA) and Churchill Alemao (NCP MLA ) under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, in connection with Luis Berger Consultancy scam. The two leaders have been named accused in the scam. Alemao was out […]
» Read moreFormer Goa legislator Vishwajit Rane on Friday stepped up his attack on Congress general secretary Digivjaya Singh and said it’s time the veteran politician called it quits. Vishwajit Rane had on Thursday defied the party whip and abstained from voting during the trust vote. He later resigned from the Congress party. “Digvijaya should now take retirement from politics. The kind of […]
» Read moreCongress MLA Vishwajit Rane on Thursday submitted his resignation to the Speaker of the Goa State assembly and announced his decision to quit Congress. The legislator who had won the February 4 election from Valpoi constituency of North Goa said that he will contest the election afresh from Valpoi on the ticket of local outfit of Sattari Yuva Morcha and […]
» Read moreThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Goa smoothly won a crucial Supreme Court-mandated floor test today with 22 votes in favour of it in the 40-member Assembly. That gave the BJP-plus combine a majority – it needed 21 – and allowed the Manohar Parrikar-led government to continue. Parrikar claims support of 22 legislators, two more than the halfway mark […]
» Read moreA nude body of a 25-year-old Irish woman was found at an isolated open place in South Goa, police said on Wednesday. Police has started investigating the alleged rape and murder of the Irish tourist, who had arrived at Canacona sub-district, known for its popular beaches like Palolem and Agonda, from Arambol in North Goa. According to the police, the […]
» Read moreBJP leader Manohar Parrikar will be sworn in as chief minister of Goa on Tuesday. “I have tendered my resignation as Defence Minister and have sent it to the PMO. I will be taking the oath (as Goa chief minister) tomorrow evening, along with the cabinet ministers,” Parrikar told PTI on Monday. Asked how many ministers would be sworn in, […]
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