
Panaji: Acting under Election Commission orders, Goa government has suspended a top official for breaching the code of conduct. Director of State Animal Husbandry Department, Siddhivinayak Naik, who had violated election code of conduct by offering job letters to certain candidates, was suspended last night, officials said on Wednesday. "Initially, we wanted to avoid suspension. But since the Election Commission recommended, we suspended the official last night," state chief secretary...

12:47 AM, Feb 02, 2012

Brisbane: Big-hitting opener David Warner is set to be among at least three debutants in Australia's team for the first Test against New Zealand, having been named on Saturday in a 12-man squad. The 25-year-old New South Wales opener replaces all-rounder Shane Watson, one of five players ruled out due to injury. Mitchell Johnson, Pat Cummins, Ryan Harris and Shaun Marsh are also sidelined for the Test starting from Thursday...

02:04 AM, Mar 25, 2008

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday said the Board of Cricket Control in India should decide when cricket ties with Pakistan can be resumed as the government couldn't dictate it to do so. That is something the BCCI will have to take a call. Government can only be a facilitator and it can't dictate to them as it is their domain, he told reporters here. The...

10:55 AM, Jan 17, 2008

Cong-NCP alliance loses wafer thin majority in House. ...

03:09 AM, Jul 26, 2007

CNN-IBN exposed the Russian land mafia involved in Goa's land deals. ...

12:36 PM, Jun 22, 2007