Panaji: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Pramod Sawant took oath as the Chief Minister of Goa in a ceremony held at 2 am today, as the saffron party managed to keep its allies together after hectic negotiations all through the day. Sawant will have two deputies — unprecedented for the tiny seaside State. One is from…
Activists stage demo against Goa CM
October 4, 2017Mysuru: Strongly condemning the Goa Government’s action of razing down homes of Kannadigas who were living in Goa for decades, nearly 50 Kannada activists under the banner of Mysuru Zilla Kannada Chaluvaligarara Sangha staged a demonstration in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s bust opposite the Law Courts Complex here this morning. The protestors hanged the effigy…
Parrikar wins floor test in Goa Assembly
March 16, 2017Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar won the trust vote in the 40-member Assembly with 23 MLAs backing him. One Congress MLA Vishwajit Rane abstained from voting, bringing down the required majority mark to 20. NCP’s Churchill Alemao also voted in favour of the BJP Government. Later, speaking to mediapersons, Parrikar said that the resolution motion…
SC clears Manohar Parrikar’s swearing-in as Goa CM
March 14, 2017Orders floor test on Thursday; Congress says it has the numbers In a big setback for Congress, the Supreme Court today ordered that a floor test in Goa be held on Thursday morning, refusing to stay the swearing-in ceremony of Manohar Parrikar as Chief Minister today evening. The BJP has been invited to form the…
Parrikar to take oath as Goa CM on Tuesday
March 13, 2017Manohar Parrikar, who resigned as Defence Minister, is expected to take oath as Goa Chief Minister at 5 pm tomorrow. He will have 15 days to prove his majority in the House. The press release from Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Governor’s Secretary, stated that Governor Mridula Sinha had appointed Manohar Parrikar, the leader of Goa BJP…
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