Ahmedabad: SpiceJet will start two new flights from Sardar Patel airport in Ahmedabad. These new flights will connect Ahmedabad to Kolkata and Goa from September 6. The flight connecting Ahmedabad to Kolkata will take off at 21.15 hours from Ahmedabad and reach Kolkata at 23.45 hours. It will in return journey take off from Kolkata airport at 13.50 hours and reach Ahmedabad at 16.15 hours. At present Indigo airlines operates Ahmedabad - Kolkata direct flight. A direct flight to...Read More

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 -'Goa@60’, 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