Different groups in the state have sought permission for cultivating Marijuana for medical purposes
Cow slaughter is banned in the BJP-ruled Goa, but bulls and buffaloes are allowed to be slaughtered at certified abattoirs.
The BJP's Panaji Mandal organised a blood donation camp in its office to mark the occasion of Manohar Parrikar's birth anniversary.
Protests are growing against the three infrastructure projects: laying of electricity line, expansion of a national highway, and double-tracking of a railway line
The AAP volunteers were seeking clarification over projects to allow import and transport of coal.
Former Union Minister and stalwart BJP Leader Jaswant Singh died at 82 in Delhi this morning after prolonged illness.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said he is asymptomatic and has opted for home isolation.
The Chief Minister, however, said, that the CAA would have no impact on residents of Goa.
In the coming days, the BJP-led central government will take "many decisions" which are in the pipeline and after that, "no one will be able to replace" the dispensation led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sawant said.
Goa CM Pramod Sawant said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has successfully fulfilled the dream of Deendayal Upadhyay, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Atal Bihari Vajyapee of 'Ek Vidhan, Ek Nishan and Ek Pradhan'.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant wrote to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) stating that I-League should be India's top division championship. The AIFF has declared that Indian Super League (ISL) will be given the AFC Champions League slot, which makes it our country's top-tier competition.
Ten of the 15 Congress MLAs, led by Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar, switched sides and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.
Air India Bombay to Goa flight, which was initially scheduled to leave at 9.30 p.m. on Thursday, was delayed till 11.30 p.m. Sawant
A police complaint was registered at the Panaji town police station on Friday after unidentified persons flung a bottle at BJP's Sidharth Kuncalienkar’s car.
Sawant, 45, was sworn in as the new chief minister of Goa just before 2 am Tuesday, after hectic parleys between the saffron party and its allies to put a new government in place in the state.
Sawant said the new government had sought a floor test on Wednesday to prove its strength in the Assembly.
Sawant visited the family members of Parrikar at their private residence at Dona Paula near Panaji around 12 noon, before heading to the CM's Office at state Secretariat, Porvorim.
A dedicated RSS worker and two-time MLA from Sankhalim in North Goa, Goa CM Pramod Sawant was the Speaker of the state Assembly.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.