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Shripad gets nod in BJP’s list of candidates

Shripad gets nod in BJP’s list of candidates

/ February 4, 2012 6:27 pm

PANAJI: Fearing that the Bahujan Samaj may turn their back on the party in the March 3 polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday finalized the name of its North Goa MP Shripad Naik. He is among 24 candidates

Goa polls 2012: Digambar Kamat, Pratapsinh Rane figure in Congress list

Goa polls 2012: Digambar Kamat, Pratapsinh Rane figure in Congress list

/ February 4, 2012 6:05 pm

Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, Assembly Speaker Pratapsinh Rane and PCC chief Subhash Shirodkar figure in the first list of 22 Congress candidates for the state Assembly polls next month. While Kamat has been nominated from Margao, Rane has been

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

UK men & al-Qaeda conspire to blow up London Stock Exchange

/ February 2, 2012 5:12 pm

London: In a shocking revelation, four British men admitted that they indeed had conspired with terror outfit – al-Qaeda to blow up London Stock Exchange (LSE). The news came during a proceeding in Woolwich Crown Court, when four persons, who

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