Everything you need to know about Panaji Ho: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Panaji Ho: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Panaji, June 18 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday alleged a scam in the proposed construction of a Sydney harbour-style bridge being built across the Tiracol river 50 km north of here.
Panaji, June 18 (IANS) Goa Governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo Tuesday said he was "extremely concerned" over a spate of crimes against women and minor girls here and has asked the state government to find a solution to the "perplexing problem".
Panaji, June 16 (IANS) Smoking cigarettes is not the only way to contract cancer. If one believes the Goa Forest Department, eating frog meat can also get you a date with cancer.
Panaji, June 15 (IANS) Former Haryana home minister Gopal Kanda's company Golden Globe Hotels, that owns the M.V. Leela casino ship, has sought joint inspection of the vessel and said that it is not a hazard.
Panaji, June 14 (IANS) The Bombay High Court's Goa bench Friday issued notice to the state government, asking it to explain the process of K.D. Row being chosen as chairman of the state public service commission (PSC). .
Panaji, June 14 (IANS) Goa may have a one-km buffer line around its forests, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Friday, adding that 25 mining lease areas are located within the proposed buffer zone which would ring the state's wildlife sanctuaries.
Panaji, June 13 (IANS) Sex education could soon be compulsory in Goa's schools, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Thursday.
Panaji, June 13 (IANS) The Prime Minister's Office will do everything possible to ensure that mining, currently banned in Goa on a Supreme Court ruling, is resumed in the state at the earliest, an aide of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Thursday.
Panaji, June 11 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will be in New Delhi Wednesday to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but is unlikely to meet disgruntled BJP stalwart L.K. Advani, a BJP leader here said Tuesday.
Panaji, June 11 (IANS) After being the first to pitch for Narendra Modi as the BJP's face for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was Tuesday the last among state party leaders to ask L.K. Advani to withdraw his resignation from all party posts.
Panaji, June 10 (IANS) The CBI will now probe the rape of a seven-year-old girl, five months after Goa Police failed to nab the accused, an official said her Monday.
Panaji, June 10 (IANS) A day after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was appointed chairman of the BJP's election management committee, a party legislator from Goa lambasted him for backing a religious conference which propagated a "Hindu nation".
Panaji, June 10 (IANS) BJP leaders in Goa Monday expressed shock over L.K. Advani's resignation from party posts.
Hyderabad, June 9 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Sunday said the BJP's fortunes would not improve with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi leading the party's campaign in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) The BJP-led NDA is the only credible alternative to a defunct Congress-led UPA and it is its duty to dethrone the ruling combine known for corruption, degradation of the economy and an assault on the federal spirit, said the political resolution passed by the BJP's national executive Sunday.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi took a veiled dig at union Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal Sunday, saying he has no knowledge of law, despite being a lawyer and law minister.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) Narendra Modi has been given the charge of the BJP's campaign for next general elections, a move some say is his unofficial donning of the party's prime ministerial candidate role, but past experiences tell a different tale.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) Youth of the country need to be given a direction so that India can reap its demographic dividend, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said here Sunday.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) Gearing up for his new role as the head of Bharatiya Janata Party's election campaign for the 2014 general elections, Narendra Modi Sunday said that political life was a medium to change the system.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) Goa has a special place in my life, BJP's man of the moment Narendra Modi said Sunday, shortly after being appointed the party's chairman of the election management committee.
Panaji, June 9 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister and the newly anointed poll panel chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked senior party leaders for their support.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) Shortly after he was named the BJP's 2014 poll campaign chief Sunday, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi spoke to party veteran L.K. Advani and sought his blessings -- and got it.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) After being named chairman of the BJP campaign committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Gujaraj Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday vowed to work for a "Congress-free India".
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) After much wrangling and dissent within, the BJP Sunday announced that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had been named chairman of the election management committee for the Lok Sabha polls.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) After much speculation, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was Sunday named chairman of the BJP campaign committee for the Lok Sabha election scheduled for 2014.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) After much speculation, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was Sunday named chairman of the BJP campaign committee for the Lok Sabha polls scheduled for 2014.
Panaji, June 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain on Sunday hinted at the possible elevation in the role for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the party cannot ignore expectations of BJP workers.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) Only the BJP and the Communist parties have internal democracy, BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said Sunday, drawing an unusual parallel between the Right and Left in India.
Panaji, June 9 (ANI): Asserting that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the only antidote to the 'poison' of the Congress, party spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the United Progressive Alliance-II (UPA) government, calling its four years of governance as four dark years.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) A reluctant L.K. Advani, who communicated to his partymen through 'sulk' and ill health for the first two days of the BJP conclave, on Sunday may have used metaphors to convey his feelings.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) A reluctant L.K. Advani, who communicated to his partymen through 'sulk' and ill health for the first two days of the BJP conclave, on Sunday may have used metaphors to convey his feelings.
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) "A good news will be given to the country soon," BJP spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said Sunday.
Panaji, June 9 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to make a big announcement on making Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its poll panel chief for the upcoming Assembly elections and the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Panaji, June 9 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive which discussed economic, foreign and other issues including the Maoists problem here yesterday expressed serious concern over the existing security situation in the country.
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) Condemnation of the recent rebel attack on a Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh reflected strongly in a resolution on security passed Saturday by the BJP's national executive here, as the party blamed the Congress for the escalating Maoism and terrorism.
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) The ties between BJP and ally JD-U appear to be fine for now as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Saturday that he was not concerned if Narendra Modi is made the chief of the BJP's campaign committee.
Amid the high voltage drama in the Goa conclave of BJP where Advani skip the meeting, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's supporters protested outside senior BJP leader L.K. Advani's house in the national capital.
Panaji (Goa), June 8 (ANI): Objecting to Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's recent comments against the Bharatiya Janata Party and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, party spokesman Prakash Javadekar said Saturday that both Pawar and his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) needed to set their "political" house in order first.
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) Two days after claiming that building a Ram temple at Ayodhya was not a priority for the BJP, party spokesperson Nirmala Sitaraman Saturday said that the issue was "very close" to the saffron party's heart.
Panaji (Goa), June 8 (ANI): In his inaugural address to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) national executive meeting here, party president Rajnath Singh said Saturday that everyone will go home "happy, energised and enthusiastic."
Panaji (Goa), June 8 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday launched a frontal attack on the Congress-led UPA Government over the delay in the coal scam probe, and mounted pressure on Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to step down from his post.
Panaji, June 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh on Saturday once again clarified that party veteran Lal Krishna Advani is not attending the national executive meet in Goa due to ill-health.
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will focus on the youth and women in its campaign for the next general elections, party president Rajnath Singh said here Saturday.
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) The BJP Saturday said that the NCP should "should look at their own affair and not advise us" after its chief Sharad Pawar remarked that euphoria about Narendra Modi would end soon.
Panaji (Goa), June 8 (ANI): A day before its National Executive announces its political and economic resolutions, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday accused the UPA Government of reducing the country's growth rate by half during its nearly decade-long stint in power.
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) Did the move in the BJP to isolate party stalwart L.K. Advani on account of his age begin in 2009? The comments of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar at the conclave here remind one of remarks he made four years ago.
New Delhi, June 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson, Prakash Javadekar, has stated that Lal Krishna Advani will not attend the BJP National Executive meet on Sunday as he had been advised rest by the doctors.
New Delhi, June 8 (ANI): Congress Party general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is not a factor important enough for his party, but could be for the BJP and the media.
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) Choosing between an assertive Narendra Modi and a sulking L.K. Advani is not the only item on the agenda of chief ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hitting Goa's shores this weekend.
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) After skipping the office bearers' meeting held Friday, an "unwell" L.K. Advani is set to miss the first day of party's national executive meet here Saturday as well.
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) The writing is on the walls of Panaji's Portuguese-style mansions and limestone edifices: Cut-outs, photographs and banners of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi far outnumber those of every other BJP leader.
Panaji, June 8 (ANI): The suspense over Lal Krishna Advani attending the second day of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive Meet continues even today as there has been no official word on whether the party veteran would be present in Goa where a decision is likely to be taken on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's elevation as the election committee chief.
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani, who missed the office bearer's meeting Friday, may not come for the Saturday meeting either, a source close to him said.
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) While much hype has been created around the selection of the BJP's campaign committee chief for the upcoming general elections, sources from the party said that a decision may be taken only by Sunday, though no official announcement was made.
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) As BJP leaders slipped into their first huddle on day one of a key party conclave, a string of leaders already appear to have given Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi a thumbs up as far as the road to the Lok Sabha polls is concerned.
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Friday condoled the death of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's mother.
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) Bull-fights should be allowed in Goa because male bovines anyway head-butt and fight before mating, Congress MP Francisco Sardinha said here Friday.
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) Using the idiom of war, BJP national general secretary Dharmendra Pradhan Friday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was the "best commando" the party could have in its political battle.
Panaji, June 7 (ANI): Sending out a strong message that there is no conflict within the outfit, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh on Friday said party veteran Lal Krishna Advani is unwell and will be attending the national executive meet tomorrow.
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) A string of advertisements released by the Goa government welcoming top party leaders to the weekend conclave of the Bharatiya Janata Party's national executive has irked Congress leaders.
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party Friday accused Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of doublespeak, and asked why was Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, if he had so much potential, not allowed to campaign in Goa in March 2012.
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) 'Poor health' of leaders appears to be taking a toll on the three-day BJP conclave in Goa, with three senior leaders either choosing to skip the opening day of the meet or dropping out of the event altogether.
Panaji (Goa), June 7 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is being touted as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) possible prime ministerial candidate and the one who will lead the party's 2014 general election campaign, was given a rousing welcome by BJP supporters and leaders soon after his arrival here on Friday.
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) BJP veteran L.K. Advani and many senior leaders will be missing from the meeting of the office bearers of the party here Friday ahead of the two-day national executive meeting over the weekend.
Panaji, June 7 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K Advani will not attend the BJP national executive meet in Goa today.
Panaji, June 6 (IANS) Gujarat chief minister and prime minister 'hopeful' Narendra Modi may not have arrived in Goa for the BJP national executive meet yet, but he has already 'spoken'.
Panaji, June 6 (IANS) The BJP said Thursday that its sweeping victory in Gujarat, where it wrested all six Lok Sabha and state assembly seats from the Congress, reflected the ground reality.
Panaji, June 6 (IANS) BJP stalwart L.K. Advani is neither supporting nor undermining any party leader, many of whom he and Atal Bihari Vajpayee have hand-held and nurtured into becoming political leaders of today, BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Thursday.
Panaji, June 6 (IANS) The contentious issue of building a Ram temple at Ayodhya will not be on the BJP's priority list when its leaders converge in Goa for the national executive meeting, party spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here Thursday.
Panaji, June 5 (IANS) A 33-year-old man, suspected to be mentally unstable, was detained here Wednesday for sneaking into the secretariat and trying to make a rush for Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's cabin, a minister said.
Panaji, June 5 (IANS) The Goa government has refused to give permission to Delta Corporation Limited (DCL) to start a new offshore casino in the Mandovi river here, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Wednesday.
Panaji, June 5 (IANS) Two days after the Central Information Commission (CIC) ruled political parties were within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, a Goa information crusader is already on the job.
Panaji, June 5 (IANS) Goa BJP leaders have repeatedly dodged questions related to the expenditure on preparations for the three-day national executive meeting beginning here June 7 but an activist has filed an RTI plea to get the details.
Panaji, June 5 (IANS) The Goa Congress Wednesday demanded the scrapping of a golf course project in the coastal village of Tiracol, in north Goa, whose villagers, the party says, are being forced to leave their homes to facilitate the "eco-tourism" project.
Panaji, June 4 (IANS) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will tie up with the Goa government to develop a model village, which will also host a centre for developing the skills of the local workforce, Atul Pai Kane, chairman of the confederation's Goa state council, said Tuesday.
Panaji, June 4 (IANS) Politicians from both the Congress and the BJP have been buying large tracts of land near a proposed airport site in north Goa, farmers protesting the project said Tuesday.
Panaji, June 4 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Tuesday welcomed the Central Information Commission (CIC) ruling that political parties come under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, paving the way for a legislation in this regard.
Panaji, June 3 (IANS) Some signals may be sent regarding the prime ministerial candidature during the BJP national executive meet later this month June, a Goa minister said Monday.
Panaji, June 3 (IANS) "Lies" spread on the social media has forced Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to make a comeback on Facebook after a long hiatus.
Panaji, June 1 (IANS) The Goa government will launch a special drive, before the new academic year begins later this month, against stationary shops selling sub-standard items to students, an official said Saturday.
Panaji, June 1 (IANS) Scrawny and gaunt from illness, American artist Scott Morgan wants to "live life's every moment" to the full before succumbing to terminal intestinal cancer. And when that does happen - he's been told three months from now - he wants to be cremated and his ashes to be scattered over a popular Goa beach village.
Panaji, May 31 (IANS) Corruption is a major hindrance for starting businesses in India, Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor said here Friday.
Panaji, May 31 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi's vision of "gram raj" is not realistic in the times we live in, union Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor said here Friday.
Miramar (Goa), May 31 (IANS) Lack of capacities, and not corruption, is one reason why government mechanisms have been unable to deliver good governance at the grassroots levels, union Human Resource Development Minister M. Pallam Raju said Friday.
Miramar (Goa), May 31 (IANS) Making children go to school is one of the biggest achievements of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister M. Pallam Raju said Friday.
Panaji, May 29 (IANS) The number of people speaking Konkani, Goa's official language, is decreasing, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Wednesday, while greeting the fellow Goans on the eve of the statehood day.
Panaji, May 29 (IANS) Goa Governor B.V. Wanchoo said Wednesday that crimes against women and girls can lower the state's image and name, and are causing him "worry and anxiety".
Panaji, May 29 (IANS) Women will get "equal opportunity" to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP vice president and TV acterss Smriti Irani said Wednesday.
Panaji, May 29 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president Smriti Irani said Wednesday she would take up with the Goa government the case of a minor rape victim, who is awaiting justice for the last four months as the accused is yet to be arrested.
Panaji, May 29 (IANS) The "indecently" dressed visitors to the 16th century Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa, a must-do on most tourists' itineraries, will now be offered shawls to cover themselves up before they enter the shrine, a priest said Wednesday.
Panaji, May 29 (IANS) Ram Jethmalani had failed to respond to a directive from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to explain his recent statements, leading to his expulsion, party vice president Smriti Irani said Tuesday.
Panaji, May 28 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday accused Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of cozying up to the offshore casino lobby, particularly to the Delta Corporation Ltd (DCL) chief Jaydev Mody, whose new casino vessel M.V. Horseshoe has triggered controversy.
New Delhi/Panaji, May 28 (IANS) Six bookies allegedly involved in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal were arrested by Goa Police Monday. Delhi Police picked up another two bookies from Hyderabad and one from Greater Noida late evening.
New Delhi/Panaji, May 27 (IANS) Six bookies allegedly involved in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal were arrested by Goa Police Monday.
New Delhi/Panaji/Lucknow, May 27 (IANS) Former India captain Ravi Shastri and BCCI treasurer Ajay Shirke are expected to be part of the three-member commission set up to investigate Chennai Super Kings chief Gurunath Meiyappan's alleged role in the sensational spot-fixing scandal which unravelled during the Indian Premier League (IPL). Monday saw six bookies being arrested in Goa and eight in Lucknow for running bets on Sunday's IPL final.
Panaji, May 27 (IANS) Six bookies were arrested Monday by Goa Police for accepting bets on Indian Premium League's (IPL) final match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings held Sunday night.
Panaji, May 27 (IANS) Six people suspected of being bookies involved in the spot fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL) have been detained in Goa Monday, a spokesperson said.
Panaji, May 26 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and former BCCI chairman Sharad Pawar Sunday said he has nothing to do with the Indian Premier League (IPL) anymore.
Panaji (Goa), May 26 (ANI): Goa has emerged as the favourite destination for Nepalese as hundreds get employment in the hospitality industry here.
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) A decision on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate will only be taken by the party's parliamentary board "when it is appropriate" and not when the national executive meets here next month, a BJP leader said Saturday.
