The first all-party delegation led by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Wednesday and besought him to bestow special status on Goa. More>>

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday unveiled its road map to expand its base in Salcete and down South ~ considered the stronghold of its alliance partner, Congress, which was decimated in the 2012 polls. More>>

Saying that many secular minded people may be thinking of joining the party, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Nilkanth Halarnkar on Tuesday said that he cannot comment on whether MLA Vishu Surya Wagh will be the party candidate for the North Goa seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. More>>

Students in government schools and higher secondaries from Std VI to XII will be given a weekly dietary supplement of the Iron and Folic Acid (Vitamin B9) through pills as part of a Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme being initiated from this academic year onwards by the Directorate of Health Services. More>>

Goa Vikas Party supremo Mickky Pacheco on Monday fired a salvo at Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, questioning the inordinate delay in bringing the culprits involved in the illegal mining loot to book, even as he demanded that the government immediately de-notify the land acquired for the proposed airport at Mopa. More>>

A move is afoot to raise the retirement age of over five million central government employees from 60 to 62 years, citing the longer span of life enabling most to be fit to work, though ostensibly it may be keeping an eye on the Delhi Assembly elections due in November to influence over 80 per cent of them living in the capital. More>>

A suspended executive engineer has been booked by the Anti Corruption Branch for manipulating tenders in the Public Works Department. The documents were manipulated between 2009 and 2011. More>>

In an amusing case of human ingenuity, several policemen who were sought to be disciplined by subjecting them to physical proficiency test (PPT), have reportedly failed deliberately, so that they get three-month placement at Police Training School, Valpoi, their hometown, which will save them the arduous journey to Panjim. More>>

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PANJIM: The resolution demanding Special status for Goa under Article 371 of the Constitution of India and immediate commencement of legal mining in the state was put before the crucial national executive committee meeting of BJP, that concluded on Sunday. More>>