Voter percentage: Goa expected to retain top place
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that Goa has always been at the top position in terms of voting percentage, joint chief electoral officer Narayan Navti Wednesday hoped the state will retain its position...
View ArticleGSM fully confident about MGP’s loyalty
NT NETWORK PANAJI Even though senior leader of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) Ramakrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar has not ruled out a post-poll alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Goa Suraksha...
View ArticleCong volte-face result of Dig-Vijai deal
NT NETWORK PANAJI The announcement by the Congress party that it will contest only 36 seats during the ensuing assembly elections has not gone down well with the party leaders and the cadre in the...
View ArticleGoa polls: Congress to contest 36 seats
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Congress party on Wednesday, the final day to file nominations for the February 4 Goa assembly elections, announced that it will contest 36 seats and not field candidates in...
View ArticleStar BJP campaigners to fire up poll in Goa
NT NETWORK PANAJI Stating that 26 out of the total 36 candidates fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party – that is around 75 per cent of the candidates – for the forthcoming state assembly election, will...
View ArticleGSM assures to ban EDMs, cancel casino licences if alliance wins
NT NETWORK PANAJI Coming out with the information that it will continue with the populist schemes introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party, while canceling all casino licenses on land and off-shore,...
View ArticleBJP to give priority to Startup India, Standup India, says Parrikar
NT NETWORK VASCO The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday informed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would give priority to ‘Startup India- Standup India’ action plan with an aim to...
View ArticleWoman dies in bike accident at Cortalim
NT NETWORK VASCO A 46-year-old woman Sherbanu Shaikh, a native of Sawantwadi died in an accident reported near Church Street at Our Lady of Perpetual High School at Cortalim on Saturday evening....
View ArticlePrestige issue for a prestigious constituency
RAMNATH N PAI RAIKAR | NT PANAJI The capital city of Panaji, which is going to witness a quadrangular contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (Sidharth Kunkalienkar), United Goans (Atanasio ‘Babush’...
View ArticleCongress-GFP deal off
NT NETWORK PANAJI Bringing an end to the flip-flop on pre-poll alliances, Congress high command Sonia Gandhi has decided to listen to the voices of its cadre in the state and contest the Fatorda...
View ArticleSilent voters hold key to fortune of 7 candidates
NT NETWORK CUNCOLIM Silent voters hold the key to the fortune of seven candidates in the Cuncolim constituency. In the 2012 year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had emerged victorious with Rajan Naik...
View ArticleDigital, cashless policy a worrisome phenomenon: Church
NT NETWORK PANAJI The Church of Goa through its social body, Council for Social Justice and Peace, Panaji, has issued certain guidelines to the Catholic community for the February 4 state assembly...
View ArticleBJP has extended support to Avertano: Sawaikar
NT NETWORK MARGAO Member of Parliament (MP) Narendra Sawaikar said that the BJP will win maximum seats in South Goa in the scheduled assembly election, capitalising on the disunity among its political...
View ArticleUGDP to support AAP candidates
NT NETWORK MARGAO General secretary of the United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) Anacleto Viegas said that his party will be supporting Aam Admi Party candidates in Goa as the ideology of the two...
View ArticleGoa to be first state to offer online postal ballots
NT NETWORK PANAJI Goa will become the first state in the country to opt for electronic transmission of postal ballots to service voters in the assembly polls, Chief Election Commissioner Dr Nasim Zaidi...
View ArticleCasinos to be under watch for cash: CEC
NT NETWORK PANAJI Taking a serious note of concerns over possible misuse of casinos for cash withdrawal and distribution, Chief Election Commissioner Dr Nasim Zaidi on Sunday said the state...
View ArticleDevelopment eludes St Cruz
SOIRU VELIP | NT Senior Reporter PANAJI The St Cruz constituency that neigbours the state capital has not seen much development and people of the assembly segment lament about the woes that have...
View ArticleNo curbs on freedom of expression in country: Venkaiah
NT NETWORK PANAJI Responding to the concern as expressed by the local Church towards freedom of expression of the people, Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said the...
View ArticleJoin MODI-‘Making Of Developed India’ movement, Naidu urges Goans
NT NETWORK PANAJI Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, on Sunday, said that Bharatiya Janata Party needs to be voted back to power for speedy development of the state and urged...
View ArticleCleanse Goan politics through broom: Kejriwal to Goans
NT NETWORK MARGAO Stating that Goans are in a revengeful mood against BJP, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founder and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Sunday, appealed to Goans to vote for AAP in the...
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