Goa polls: Officials wary as postal ballots not yet returned
With only one-sixth of the postal ballots for Goa Assembly polls being returned by voters so far, the state election office has warned political parties to refrain from pressuring or bribing government servants to cast vote in their favour.
Feb 17, 2017, 17:43 PM ISTGoa CM Laxmikant Parsekar rules out possibility of dissolution of assembly
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today ruled the possibility of dissolving the State Legislative Assembly and said the present government would continue to function ahead of the counting on March 11.
Feb 09, 2017, 13:02 PM ISTGoa CM rules out possibility of dissolution of assembly
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today ruled the possibility of dissolving the State Legislative Assembly and said the present government would continue to function ahead of the counting on March 11.
Feb 09, 2017, 12:53 PM ISTGoa elections: Re-poll at one Goa polling booth on February 7
The Election Commission on Sunday ordered re-polling at one booth in south Goa`s Margao constituency on February 7, after balloting was called off on Saturday due to alleged failure of election officials to follow the set procedure.
Feb 06, 2017, 11:25 AM ISTElection Commission to decide re-polling day for Margao in Goa
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will take the final decision on scheduling the re-polling day for the polling station no. 8 of Margao constituency of South Goa.
Feb 05, 2017, 09:02 AM ISTAssembly Elections 2017: Goa registers record 83% voter turnout, Punjab 75%
Traditional rivals BJP and Congress are locked in a keen electoral battle in the two states where Arvind Kejriwal's AAP has made its maiden foray.
Feb 04, 2017, 20:14 PM ISTAssembly elections: First time voters in Goa get pink teddy bears
Several first time female voters who cast their ballot in 40 selected polling booths in Goa, came away with more than just an indelible ink stain on their fingers.
Feb 04, 2017, 11:45 AM ISTGoa polls: Manohar Parrikar early voter; dodges questions on return to state politics
Amid speculation that he would return to Goa politics, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today kept everyone guessing by describing himself as a "party man" who will work as per the directions of party leaders.
Feb 04, 2017, 11:06 AM ISTGoa assembly polls underway, 15% voter turnout in first 2 hours
Goa recorded 15 per cent voting in the first two hours
Feb 04, 2017, 10:46 AM ISTWill win with ''complete and comfortable'' majority: Goa CM Parsekar
Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win with complete and comfortable majority.
Feb 04, 2017, 10:41 AM ISTAfter five years of wait, will Congress be able to grab power in Goa?
The Congress has promised five litres of free petrol per month to every college student, who has a valid driving license.
Feb 01, 2017, 16:06 PM ISTGoa Assembly elections: GSM-Shiv Sena combine assures to ban EDMs, rave parties
RSS rebel Subhash Velingkar-led Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) and Shiv Sena in their joint manifesto for Goa polls have promised to ban Electronic Dance Music (EDM) festivals in the coastal state even as it assured to discontinue government grants to English medium schools in a phased manner.
Jan 28, 2017, 13:38 PM ISTBoost for BJP ahead of Goa elections as Congress MLA Mauvin Godinho set to join the saffron party
It's a boost for BJP ahead of assembly elections in Goa.
Dec 14, 2016, 09:39 AM ISTGoa Assembly elections: Journalist, engineer feature in AAP's 5th list - Here are names of candidates
Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday released its fifth list of candidates for Goa Assembly elections.
Nov 22, 2016, 19:00 PM IST'Arvind Kejriwal fooling people of Goa by making tall promises'
The Congress in Goa on Tuesday accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of trying to fool Goans by making tall promises ahead of the forthcoming state legislative assembly elections.
Aug 23, 2016, 18:39 PM ISTIn Goa, Arvind Kejriwal says AAP has no money to fight elections
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has said that his party does not have money to fight polls in Goa.
Aug 22, 2016, 12:59 PM ISTArvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita takes VRS - Is one of these the real reason behind decision?
Soon after the news of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal taking VRS came to light, social media was flooded with speculations of her joining AAP.
Jul 14, 2016, 10:44 AM ISTKejriwal chides Goa CM over tainted relative
In August last year, Dilip Malvankar, a field officer at the government-run Goa Industrial Development Corp and Parsekar`s brother-in law, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau while accepting a Rs 1 lakh bribe to facilitate allocation of an industrial plot in Tuem village, 35 km from Panaji.