In a significant move, the Central government on Tuesday authorized the district collectors of North Goa and South Goa to exercise powers under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
The Congress party on Friday lodged a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, and several other Bharatiya Janata Party figures for allegedly spreading "misinformation" about its South Goa candidate Viriato Fernandes.
Strongly refuting Congress allegations that BJP would change the constitution if returned to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked the opposition party over remarks of its south Goa candidate pertaining to constitutional provisions coming into force in the coastal state
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in the country, Goa's Chief Electoral Officer Ramesh Verma highlighted that efforts have been intensified in the border areas and a total of items worth Rs. 12.89 crores have been seized till now.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant held a meeting with the BJP workers in Goa's Sankhali and expressed confidence that Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) will win both seats, North Goa and South Goa in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Goa Congress president Amit Patkar on Saturday said two senior MLAs of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are disinterested in contesting the South Goa Lok Sabha seat which indicates that the 'Jumla' party will face defeat.
"From the INDIA bloc, AAP and Congress have decided that both the seats from Goa, South Goa and North Goa, would be contested by the Congress. I want to thank the AAP leaders, Arvind Kejriwal, Sandeep Pathak and their Goa president Amit Palekar and their party workers who decided to come tog
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Goa may be small in terms of area and population, but it is rich in social diversity adding that it is a great example of Ek Bharat, Shreshth Bharat.