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Remo to play pied piper to young Goan voters

Remo to play pied piper to young Goan voters

/ February 4, 2012 12:38 pm

Panaji: Be it rustic troubadours like Sharda Sinha from Bihar or rock stars like Remo Fernandes from Goa, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is appointing “electoral icons” to inspire youngsters to exercise their vote in the March 3 assembly

Goa government suspends official for breaching code of conduct

/ February 3, 2012 8:14 pm

Panaji: Acting under Election Commission orders, Goa government has suspended a top official for breaching the code of conduct.Director of State Animal Husbandry Department, Siddhivinayak Naik, who had violated election code of conduct by offering job letters to certain candidates,

Goa, Kerala best states in which to be born in India

Goa, Kerala best states in which to be born in India

/ February 3, 2012 7:56 pm

NEW DELHI: Goa and Kerala seem to be the best place to be born in India, while Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha are the worst. According to the latest Union health ministry data, Goa recorded the lowest infant mortality

Polls 2012: ‘Involve Goa church to curb malpractice’

/ February 2, 2012 5:34 pm

BJP in Goa has requested Election Commission (EC) to involve the local church in spreading awareness about curbing malpractice during polls. A BJP delegation led by its State unit chief Laxmikant Parsekar today met Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi, who

Goa: Finger Prints, Spot Photographs of Voters to Be Taken

/ February 2, 2012 5:15 pm

Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to make the finger printing and spot photographs of voters compulsory for Goa assembly election of March 3. Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said here that “if Goa experiment is successful, the

I-T officers raids builders across Goa

/ February 1, 2012 5:57 pm

PANAJI: Income tax department on Tuesday seized crores of rupees in cash after conducting raids on offices and residences of some prominent builders in Panaji. Sources in I-T department said searches which started in the morning continued till late night.

Goa Polls: Congress likely to release final list by Feb 3

/ February 1, 2012 5:24 pm

Panaji: The final list of the Congress’ aspirants for the March 3 Goa Assembly polls is likely to be out in the next couple of days as the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) today scanned the shortlisted candidates. Goa state

4 secondary schools for every thousand students in Goa

/ January 31, 2012 3:33 pm

PANAJI: The Right of Child to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 speaks of a neighbourhood school for every child aged 6 to 14. But Goa’s school density figures have an entirely different story to tell. Goa has only

Goa minister Monserrate got Rs 26.5 crore payoffs for land conversion

Goa minister Monserrate got Rs 26.5 crore payoffs for land conversion

/ January 31, 2012 2:54 pm

Investigations into tax evasion by a former government official has unravelled that a minister in the Cabinet of Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat received huge payoffs from a complex nexus of land sharks who set up a web of fictitious

Attacks on women baffles Goa police

/ January 30, 2012 7:24 pm

Panaji: Disturbed by the spate of sex attacks on teenage girls, including rape of a two-year-old infant, Goa police is most likely to issue safety advisory for women.  The state recently witnessed two separate cases of rape, molestation and kidnapping