Goa: The Prime Minister said, “It is true that tourism helps in boosting the soft power of a nation, while as a nation becomes stronger, the world wants to know more about that nation and is attracted towards it.” The Prime Minister further added that if one glances at India’s prosperous history, it was the centre of attraction for the entire world where scholars, travellers, businessmen, industrialists and students would come to India to know more about the land. The Prime Minister also...Read More

Ahmedabad: The government of Goa is holding year-long celebrations under the title of -'[email protected]’, to mark the liberation of Goa from Portuguese rule as well as its multifold progress across all segments. The events in this connection are being organized in six cities across the country including Ahmedabad during September 9 to October 16 this year. The government of Goa had started the Diamond Jubilee celebrating marking its Liberation last year in December, in the presence of the then Presi...Read More

Panaji: Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday accused Congress president Rahul Gandhi of using his courtesy visit to him for "petty political gains", asserting that there was no mention of the Rafale issue in their five-minute meeting. BJP president Amit Shah also ripped into Gandhi, charging him with "lying" in the name of a person fighting a disease and claiming that people of India are "disgusted by your reckless behaviour". Hours after meeting Parrikar at the Goa Asse...Read More

Tragic Loss for the entire MICA Community Two students of Ahmedabad based Mudra Institute of Communication and Advertising(MICA) died in Goa due to drowning. They were on study tour organized by the institute. MICA on its Facebook page said: It is with great sorrow that we share with you the news of the sad demise of two of MICA’s one year CCC (Crafting Creative Communication) Program students – Ms. Anuja Susan Paul & Mr. Gurram Chenchu Sai Jnaneswar. They were part of the CCC Field S...Read More

Ahmdabad: BJP candidate and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has won Panaji by-poll by a margin of 4,803 votes defeating nearest rival candidate Girish Raya Chodankar of Indian National Congress. Parrikar won 63.67% of total votes while rival Congress candidate could get 32.56% votes. Goa Suraksha Manch candidate Anand Shirodkar could get 220 votes which comes to 1.42 percentage while Independent Kenneth Ian Stewart Silveira could get merely 96 votes which comes to 0.62% of total. 301 ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Union Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar will resign from the ministry and stake claim to form government under his leadership in Goa. Parrikar govt will be supported by MGP and GFP along with two independents to complete the majority mark of 21 in 40-membet Goa assembly. Earlier on Sunday, newly elected BJP MLAs passed a resolution demanding the return of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar as the Chief Minister of Goa. The resolution was passed at a meeting of BJP MLAs at a meeting ...Read More

Panaji: Goa Church will issue guidelines to Christians to help them decide "the right candidate" to vote for in the next year's Assembly elections. The Church, however, clarified that it will not canvass for any candidate or the party. "Elections to the legislative Assembly are approaching and Church leadership in Goa will take up this duty bound task once again. "We do issue guidelines to our faithful on how to exercise their franchise and thus fulfill one of their sacred civic dutie...Read More

Panaji: A Jet Airways flight with 161 people on board veered off the runway at Dabolim Airport in Goa while aligning for take off to Mumbai early today, with 15 passengers suffering injuries during evacuation. Navy said its prompt response in rescuing passengers onboard the flight averted the incident from turning into a "catastrophe". The incident took place at around 5 AM when flight 9W 2374, which had arrived from Dubai and bound for Mumbai, was about to take off. When the evacuation...Read More