In a late evening development on Sunday, Goa Governor Mridula Sinha appointed Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, leader of Bharatiya Janata legislative party as Chief Minister of Goa. In a communication released here late on Sunday by Raj Bhavan, the Governor’s letter said that Mr. Parrikar submitted evidence before her of support of 13 MLAs of Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), three MLAs […]
» Read moreThe Goa police on Friday filed a charge-sheet in the rape and murder case of perfume specialist Monika Ghurde. The police have filed a 283 pages charge sheet in a trial court in Mapusa in north Goa against the security guard Rajkumar Singh (22) of the residential complex, charging him under various sections of Indian Penal Code for robbery, murder […]
» Read moreThe Election Commission has announced Assembly election dates for five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur. While Goa and Punjab will have single-phase election on February 4, Uttarakhand will vote on February 15. Manipur will have two-phase election on March 4 and 8. Polling dates: Goa: 4 February Punjab: 4 February Uttarakhand: 15 February Manipur (two-phase election): […]
» Read moreA Jet Airways flight veered off the runway at the Dabolim airport in Goa while aligning for takeoff to Mumbai early on Tuesday and 15 passengers suffered “minor” injuries during evacuation. The incident took place at 5: 30 a.m. Flight 9W 2374, which had arrived from Dubai and was bound for Mumbai with 154 passengers and seven crew members, was […]
» Read moreA private Bombardier 5000 (GL5T) aircraft, headed for the BRICS summit in Goa on Saturday, had to be diverted to the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru due to bad weather. The flight landed at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Onboard the aircraft was a six-member delegation headed by Oleg Belozerov. head of Russian railways (RZD). After refuelling, the aircraft took off […]
» Read moreRussia and India will sign an agreement on Saturday for Moscow to deliver S-400 surface-to-air missiles to New Delhi, a Kremlin aide said on Thursday. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the agreement would be signed at an India-Russia summit due to take place in Goa.
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