Panaji: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who single-handedly scripted the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) victory in the recently held Goa polls, may soon be 'scripting' yet another success story. He is planning to pen down a memoir on his political life and the 56-year-old claims he has enough fodder to make it to the bestseller list. "I am now thinking of writing a book and I am sure it will be...
03:26 PM, May 14, 2012
Panaji: The state Election Commission has issued a notice to Manohar Parrikar-led government for violating model code of conduct, imposed due to the impending June 2 Cortalim by-poll. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had recently announced that the state will not go ahead with the proposed marina project in Sancoale village, which lies in Cortalim Assembly constituency. State cabinet had also announced regularisation of workers employed for eradicating malaria. Goa's joint...
11:29 PM, May 05, 2012
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will induct six more ministers on Sunday, in the first ever cabinet expansion since the new BJP-led government took over the reins in the state. Parrikar told that one ministry will be left vacant and a decision on it would be taken by April end. Goa Governor K Shankarnarayanan will administer oath to four BJP legislators Ramesh Tawadkar, Milind Naik, Dilip Parulekar and Mahadeo...
07:52 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Panaji: Slashing of petrol prices in Goa has resulted in massive boost in sales at fuel outlets in the state, officials have said. Various petrol pumps have registered almost two-fold increase in sales in the last two days. The State's new BJP-led Government had reduced VAT (value-added tax) on petrol from 20 per cent to mere 0.1 per cent. The decision, announced in the budget presented last month by Chief...
02:48 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Panaji: After several flip-flops, Goa has decided to go ahead with its proposed Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), a specialised unit conceived to combat any possible terrorist attack in the coastal state. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, emerging from the first ever high level meeting of the police department in Panaji, said the ATS is very much on cards as it is the requirement of modern day policing. "This is a specialised cell...
11:13 AM, Apr 02, 2012
In a step that will make petrol in Goa the cheapest in India, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday proposed a reduction in prices of the fuel by Rs 11 per litre in the state. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Panaji: Once having resisted offshore casinos tooth and nail as a moralistic opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government in its budget has both slapped and caressed the increasingly powerful casino lobby in Goa. In his budget speech, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday reduced the entry fee to offshore casinos from Rs 2,000 to Rs 500, clearly paving the way for increased footfalls to the gambling hubs, but...
12:14 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Panaji: In a step that will make petrol in Goa the cheapest in India, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday proposed a reduction in prices of the fuel by Rs 11 per litre in the state. Petrol for as cheap as Rs 55 per litre was one of the main promises of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) in its election manifesto for the March 3 Assembly polls. Parrikar said that...
10:09 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Panaji: If Mayawati stormed to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2007 riding on the electoral shoulders of Brahmins and Dalits, Manohar Parrikar has similarly rewritten the 'social engineering' primer for Goa. For the last four years now, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been desperately reaching out to the sizeable 23 percent-strong Christian community here, which has played a potential but hesitant suitor, thanks to the party's 'infamy' inherited from...
01:43 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Panaji: The Manohar Parrikar-led Goa government will table its first budget on March 21, and is expected to implement several of the election promises through it. Parrikar, who took the oath as Chief Minister on Friday, chaired the first cabinet meeting with all the five ministers present. It was decided that budget would be presented on March 21. "The presentation will be of the full budget, but we are going...
03:43 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Panaji: Addressing his first public meeting after taking oath of the office, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said that zero tolerance towards corruption would be the main agenda of BJP-led government. "Whatever promises that were made in the election manifesto would be fulfilled. I don't have a magic wand. I may take a little time," Parrikar told a gathering of around 5,000 people at the swearing-in function. "Zero...
01:50 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Panaji: Manohar Parrikar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa on Friday. This is Parrikar's third stint as the chief minister of the state. Top BJP leaders were present at the ceremony. Technocrat-turned-politician, Parrikar, is known for his clean image, blunt talk and development initiatives. Parrikar, 56, who had launched a campaign against the Congress-led government on the issue of illegal mining...
05:16 PM, Mar 09, 2012
New Delhi: Manohar Parrikar of the BJP will be sworn-in as the new CM of Goa on Friday evening. This will be the Parrikar's third stint as the chief minister of the state. A full 12-member Cabinet will also be sworn in. Top BJP leaders are expected to attend the ceremony. Technocrat-turned-politician, Parrikar, is known for his clean image, blunt talk and development initiatives. Parrikar, 56, who had launched a...
08:26 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Panaji: The BJP-MGP combine on Wednesday staked claim to form the government in Goa claiming support of 26 legislators as senior BJP leader Manohar Parrikar is all set to become the chief minister of the coastal state for the third time. Parrikar, who was unanimously elected as the leader of the state BJP legislature party, submitted a letter of support signed by the newly-elected MLAs to Governor K Sankarnarayanan. The...
07:51 PM, Mar 07, 2012
Panaji: The BJP managed to wrest Goa from the Congress with a decisive mandate. The party won a majority 21 of the 40 assembly seats as four in every five voters rejected the Congress. The party was decimated to the single digit of nine seats. Manohar Parrikar, the face of the BJP's campaign in Goa and the man set to become the Chief Minister believes it was a referendum on...
07:44 AM, Mar 07, 2012
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