Utpal Parrikar to contest Goa Assembly polls as Independent candidate from Panaji
Utpal Parrikar, son of late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, has quit BJP.
Jan 21, 2022, 18:44 PM IST
Congress should be blamed if BJP wins in Goa: Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut
Sanjay Raut alleged that Congress did not respond to Shiv Sena’s proposal to form a pre-poll alliance along with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Goa Forward Party (GFP).
Jan 21, 2022, 16:38 PM IST
Goa polls 2022: Shiv Sena, NCP announce alliance
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut and NCP`s senior leader Praful Patel said that the two parties had approached the Congress to extend Maharashtra`s Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance to Goa, but added that they did not receive a favourable response from the Congress leadership.
Jan 19, 2022, 16:52 PM IST
Congress leaders are not emperors of India: TMC sharpens attack amid alliance rumours in Goa
Mahua Moitra said the TMC is ready for an alliance in Goa as defeating the BJP is the "need of the hour", but added that the Congress should get off its "high horse" and wake up to its depleted strength.
Jan 13, 2022, 19:32 PM IST
COVID-safe elections in all 5 states, here're Election Commission guidelines- 10 points
The election to all five states, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa, will be held in seven phases starting from February 10 to March 7.
Jan 08, 2022, 17:34 PM IST
Goa polls: TMC not even in race, says Arvind Kejriwal, party calls him immature, desperate
Reacting to Kejriwal's assertions, the TMC said it is for the people of Goa to decide who should be taken seriously.
Dec 22, 2021, 18:18 PM IST
Goa polls: TMC promises Rs 5000 to every woman head of household
According to the party`s Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, the scheme, which has already been implemented by the party in West Bengal, would benefit nearly 3.51 lakh households in the coastal state.
Dec 11, 2021, 15:29 PM IST
AAP eyes women’s votes in Goa, announces cash assistance, remuneration hike
AAP has promised to increase the existing remuneration of Rs 1,500 provided to women under the state-sponsored 'Griha Aadhar Scheme' to Rs 2,500 if it comes to power in Goa.
Dec 05, 2021, 15:28 PM IST
GFP allies with Congress for 2022 Goa Assembly polls, irked TMC calls it 'unholy alliance'
GFP MLAs Vijay Sardesai and Vinod Palyekar, along with independent legislator Prasad Gaonkar, paid a visit to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at his residence in Delhi on Tuesday.
Dec 01, 2021, 17:09 PM IST
Goa polls: GFP working president Kiran Kandolkar joins TMC, says only Mamata Banerjee capable of defeating BJP
Kiran Kandolkar was welcomed in TMC by the party MP Mahua Moitra and TMC national vice president Luizinho Faleiro.
Nov 20, 2021, 18:04 PM IST
AAP to project OBC as CM face, Catholic as Deputy CM in Goa assembly polls 2022
Manish Sisodia also said that the OBC community in Goa, which is the state`s largest caste collective, had been deprived of political leadership in the state since 60 years of its Liberation.
Nov 11, 2021, 21:20 PM IST
Prashant Kishor takes swipe at Rahul Gandhi, says 'BJP won't go anywhere for next many decades'
Political strategist Prashant Kishor also took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for thinking that people will throw away the BJP immediately.
Oct 28, 2021, 17:02 PM IST
We can’t wait for Congress indefinitely to unite Opposition against BJP: TMC
Senior TMC leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said that his party chief Mamata Banerjee had approached Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi to forge an alliance with various opposition parties to take on the BJP but to no avail.
Oct 26, 2021, 16:09 PM IST
Every one thought AAP's CM candidate was my man: Parrikar
Manohar Parrikar on Monday said that in the run up to the February 2017 polls, there were apprehensions that AAP CM candidate was "planted" by him.
Nov 06, 2017, 18:45 PM IST
Winning candidates see lower vote share in Punjab, Goa polls
Winners saw their average vote share decline by as much as 8 per cent in the recently concluded assembly polls in Goa and Punjab, compared to the 2012 elections, says a report.
Apr 07, 2017, 16:58 PM IST
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley given additional charge of Defence Ministry
Arun Jaitley was given the additional charge of Defence Ministry on Monday.
Mar 13, 2017, 15:24 PM IST
Hung assembly in Goa: BJP fails to touch half-way mark, Congress wins 17 seats out of 40
The coastal state — Goa on Sunday headed for a hung Assembly with ruling BJP and opposition Congress unlikely to cross the half-way mark in the 40-member House, putting the spotlight on smaller parties in government formation.
Mar 11, 2017, 23:37 PM IST
PM Modi thanks people for their 'unprecedented support' in assembly elections
Prime Minister Modi took the occasion to thank the people of Punjab for giving the BJP-Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) alliance the opportunity to serve them for ten years.
Mar 11, 2017, 21:39 PM IST
BJP sweeps UP, Uttarakhand in historic mandate; Congress takes Punjab, hung house in Goa, Manipur
The BJP on Saturday stormed back to power in Uttar Pradesh with an unprecedented two-thirds majority and bagged Uttarakhand too, while the Congress achieved a similar feat in Punjab and emerged as the single largest party in Goa and Manipur which threw up a hung Assembly.
Mar 11, 2017, 20:59 PM IST
EC extends ban on exit polls for assembly elections 2017 till March 9
The Election Commission on Saturday extended the ban on exit polls for the assembly elections in Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh by a day to March 9, following the death of two contesting candidates.
Mar 04, 2017, 20:57 PM IST
