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Goa Polls: AAP announces 8 point programme

Feb 04, 2022, at 07:11 pm

Panaji/UNI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday announced 8 point programmes for the welfare of people belonging to Scheduled Tribe (ST) community in Goa.

'Remain in your party but vote for AAP': Kejriwal tells BJP, Congress, GFP, MGP voters

Feb 03, 2022, at 08:42 pm

Panaji/UNI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged the voters of Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Goa Forward Party (GFP) and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) voters to vote for AAP candidates in the upcoming elections.

Election Commission appoints 15 special observers for poll-bound states

Feb 02, 2022, at 05:34 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India Tuesday organised a briefing meeting with the special observers who have been appointed for the current general elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh 2022.

TMC leader Luizinho Faleiro withdraws from Goa elections 2022

Jan 28, 2022, at 07:12 pm

Panaji/IBNS: Fuelling the rumours of a dismal situation in the Goa unit of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the party's vice president Luizinho Faleiro withdrew himself from contesting the upcoming state elections.

After quitting BJP, Manohar Parrikar's son to file nomination papers for Goa polls tomorrow

Jan 27, 2022, at 03:52 am

Panaji/IBNS: Utpal Parrikar, son of former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and announced that he would contest as an independent candidate from Panaji in the upcoming Assembly elections, will file his nomination on Thursday morning.

Goa: Ex-Goa CM Manohar Parrikar's son firm on Panjim seat after BJP refuses ticket

Jan 20, 2022, at 09:33 pm

Panjim/IBNS: BJP has denied a ticket to former Chief Minister of Goa, late Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar from Panjim and instead decided to field former Congress leader Atanasio "Babush" Monserrate.

Lawyer Amit Palekar AAP Goa CM candidate, announces Kejriwal

Jan 19, 2022, at 06:39 pm

Panaji/IBNS/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced lawyer and social worker Amit Palekar as his party's Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming Goa Assembly Elections.

Shiv Sena backs Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar in Goa elections

Jan 17, 2022, at 07:12 pm

Panaji/Mumbai/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s friend-turned political foe Shiv Sena will be backing late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar in the upcoming state elections if the latter contests as an Independent candidate from Panaji.

Goa Minister Michael Lobo quits ahead of polls

Jan 10, 2022, at 07:41 pm

Panaji/IBNS: In an apparent setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Goa Minister Michael Lobo quit on Monday.

Assembly polls: EC announces voting dates for five states, counting of votes to take place on Mar 10

Jan 08, 2022, at 10:00 pm

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh will vote in seven phases from Feb 10 to Mar 7 to elect a new Assembly,   Election Commission of India said on Saturday.

Congress appoints Elvis Gomes as President for AIPC's Goa unit

Dec 30, 2021, at 07:42 pm

Panaji/UNI: Ahead of the assembly elections in the state, the Congress appointed former bureaucrat Elvis Gomes as President of the Goa unit of All India Professional Congress (AIPC) Thursday.

Setback for Mamata as five Goa TMC leaders quit ahead of elections

Dec 25, 2021, at 07:29 pm

Goa/IBNS: In a setback for the Trinamool Congress (TMC), five of its primary members in Goa have resigned barely a few weeks ahead of the assembly elections in the coastal state, media reports said.

TMC stands nowhere in Goa race, says Kejriwal; Mamata's party hits back

Dec 22, 2021, at 10:59 pm

Panaji/IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Trinamool Congress, the two anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forces, have locked horns in the race to triumph over the saffron brigade in the upcoming state polls in Goa where assembly elections are due to be held early 2022.

Former Goa Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco joins TMC

Dec 21, 2021, at 06:59 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a jolt to the grand old party, Goa lawmaker Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco on Tuesday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), a day after deserting the Congress.

Former Goa Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco set to join TMC

Dec 21, 2021, at 12:57 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Former Congress MLA in Goa, Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, is all set to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC), IBNS has learnt.

Indian Navy joins Goa Liberation Diamond jubilee celebrations

Dec 20, 2021, at 08:13 pm

Panaji: The state of Goa celebrates Dec 19 every year as its Liberation Day.

Former Goa Minister Rohan Khaunte to join BJP

Dec 16, 2021, at 10:30 pm

Panaji/UNI: Former Goa Minister Rohan Khaunte on Thursday said that he would join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Dec 17.

Goa: Former minister Alina Saldana resigns as MLA, likely to quit BJP

Dec 16, 2021, at 10:27 pm

Panaji/UNI: Former Goa Minister Alina Saldana resigned as an MLA here on Thursday.

Goa assembly polls: Ahead of Priyanka Gandhi's visit, more Congress leaders leave party

Dec 11, 2021, at 02:25 am

Panaji/IBNS: Ahead of  Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's visit to Goa several leaders quit the party, leaving it in the lurch as Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool and Arvind Kejriwal's AAP battle to replace it as the de facto opposition party the state, media reports said.

Trinamool Congress forms alliance in Goa with local party MGP that helped BJP come to power in 2017

Dec 07, 2021, at 06:43 am

Panaji/IBNS: West Bengal's ruling party Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday stitched an alliance in Goa with Sudhin Dhavlikar-led Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, which helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to come into power in 2017.

Congress joins hands with Vijai Sardesai's party in Goa, upsets TMC

Dec 01, 2021, at 06:23 pm

Panaji/IBNS: In a new political equation, the Congress has stitched an alliance with the Goa Forward Party (GFP) in the run up to the 2022 state elections, stunning the emergent Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Goa will not host Sunburn this year: Pramod Sawant

Nov 24, 2021, at 08:43 pm

Panaji/UNI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said the government has not given permission for holding the Sunburn event this year.

TMC appoints MP Mahua Mitra as state in-charge of Goa unit

Nov 13, 2021, at 10:57 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC), which is aiming to make inroads in Goa, on Saturday appointed Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra as its state unit in-charge with an immediate effect. 

TMC nominates former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro to Rajya Sabha

Nov 13, 2021, at 07:14 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC), which is aiming to make inroads in Goa, has nominated former state Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro to Parliament's upperhouse, Rajya Sabha.

Viewing gallery on Goa's Zuari river bridge to be better tourist attraction than Eiffel Tower: Nitin Gadkari

Nov 02, 2021, at 07:39 am

Panaji/IBNS: The proposed viewing gallery on the upcoming bridge on Zuari river in Goa will be a better tourist attraction than the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris in France, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said Monday, media reported.

Free darshan of Lord Ram in Ayodhya: Arvind Kejriwal promises in Goa

Nov 02, 2021, at 04:24 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Aiming to reach out to Goa voters, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday that his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has established a firm base in Goa, where assembly elections are due next year.

Road to Polls: Tiatrist Francis De Tuem joins Goa TMC

Oct 30, 2021, at 11:09 pm

Panaji/UNI: Popular tiatrist Francis De Tuem on Saturday joined the Goa unit of TMC in the presence of party supremo Mamata Banerjee.

Only two or three businessmen benefiting from fuel price hike: Rahul Gandhi in Goa

Oct 30, 2021, at 08:37 pm

Panaji/UNI/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday said only two or three businessmen in the country were benefiting from the fuel price hike that has burned a hole in the common man's pocket.

Modi becoming stronger courtesy Congress: Mamata Banerjee in Goa

Oct 30, 2021, at 07:15 pm

Panaji/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was going stronger due to Congress.

Tennis icon Leander Paes joins TMC in Goa in presence of Mamata Banerjee

Oct 29, 2021, at 06:57 pm

Panaji/IBNS: Indian tennis icon Leander Paes joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) here in Goa Friday.