March 20, 2019 01:23 PM IST
Twenty MLAs voted for the motion of confidence in the two-day old government, while 15 opposed it.
March 20, 2019 12:30 PM IST
The "shameless game of power" started even before Parrikar's ashes could merge with the land of Gomantak, the Sena said in an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana'.
March 20, 2019 12:24 PM IST
Governor Mridula Sinha has convened the special session, which at 11.30 am. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had said he will prove his majority in the House.
March 20, 2019 08:05 AM IST
The GFP, with three MLAs, is an ally in the BJP-led state government and its president Vijai Sardesai is one of the two deputy chief ministers in it.
March 19, 2019 07:53 PM IST
Governor Mridula Sinha has convened a special session of the Assembly at 11.30 am Wednesday to enable Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to prove his majority in the House, an official said.
March 19, 2019 04:42 PM IST
Pramod Sawant will have Narendra Modi’s full backing, but he would have to work out his own ways to reach out to his party men, allies and those sections of Goa voters who would look at the ‘BJP without Manohar Parrikar’ as an anathema.
March 19, 2019 03:53 PM IST
The BJP-led government in the coastal state claims support of 21 MLAs - 12 from the BJP, three each of allies Goa Forward Party (GFP) and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and three Independents.
March 19, 2019 01:33 PM IST
Sawant visited the family members of Parrikar at their private residence at Dona Paula near here around 12 noon, before heading to the CM's Office at state Secretariat, Porvorim.
March 19, 2019 08:45 AM IST
Sawant holds a Bachelor's Degree in Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery and served as the Assembly Speaker before becoming the CM of Goa
March 19, 2019 07:10 AM IST
BJP's Pramod Sawant has been sworn in as Goa's new CM after Manohar Parrikar passed away on March 17 after battling pancreatic cancer
March 19, 2019 07:10 AM IST
Goa Forward Party chief Vijai Sardesai and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party's Sudin Dhavalikar were made deputy chief ministers.
March 18, 2019 10:25 PM IST
The BJP managed to break the deadlock in Goa, offering key allies their pound of flesh, by accepting their demand for deputy CM's posts.
March 18, 2019 03:43 PM IST
The GFP and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party's three MLAs each, an equal number of Independents, and BJP legislators have been meeting since late Sunday night to reach a consensus on Parrikar's successor.
March 18, 2019 03:03 PM IST
After arriving in the coastal state, Modi reached the Kala Academy in Panaji where he paid his last respect to the 63-year-old senior leader. He met Parrikar's family members and offered his condolences to them.
March 18, 2019 01:45 PM IST
Kavlekar, who is Leader of the Opposition in Goa Assembly, led all his party MLAs to Raj Bhawan here uninvited to meet Governor Mridula Sinha to stake claim to form government following the demise of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
March 18, 2019 12:03 PM IST
The Goa chief minister's body has been kept at the BJP office in Panaji for the party leaders and workers to pay their last respects.
March 18, 2019 11:58 AM IST
The BJP-led coalition in Goa began discussions on Sunday night to find a new leader to replace Parrikar, who had died earlier in the evening.
March 18, 2019 09:17 AM IST
Senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari could not secure consensus between the saffron party and its alliance partners in the state.
March 18, 2019 07:56 AM IST
Gadkari, who had successfully managed to cobble together a coalition in the state under the leadership of Parrikar in 2017, will be holding discussions with the BJP Goa legislature wing during the night.
March 18, 2019 07:22 AM IST
While Gadkari was not available for comments, BJP MLA Lobo said Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLA Sudin Dhavalikar wanted to be the chief minister due to which the discussions came to a halt.
March 17, 2019 08:30 PM IST
Parrikar, 63, served the state four times as chief minister and had a three-year-long stint as Defence Minister in the Narendra Modi-led cabinet
March 17, 2019 07:26 PM IST
Parrikar, 63, was suffering from a serious pancreatic ailment and was at his private residence at Dona Paula
March 17, 2019 09:35 AM IST
Goa Power Minister Nilesh Cabral asserted that the meet did not deliberate on the leadership change issue.
March 11, 2019 10:30 AM IST
The move is likely to pit the regional party against the BJP in all the three Assembly seats of Shiroda, Mandrem and Maspusa, where by-elections will be held along with the Lok Sabha polls in the state on April 23.
March 07, 2019 08:06 AM IST
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) chief Girish Chodankar said Gandhi will address the workers at 'Jeet Ki Aur' function at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium near Panaji.
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