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Saturday, April 27, 2024
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Topic: Goa

Never said Constitution forced on Goa, called for protecting Goanness — Congress’s Viriato Fernandes

South Goa candidate says Modi 'is lying' and he has challenged PM to a debate. Modi had called Fernandes' remarks, made at a public meeting, an ‘insult’ to Constitution & Ambedkar.

‘They want to break nation,’ PM Modi attacks Congress over candidate’s remark on ‘Constitution’

Modi was referring to Congress' South Goa candidate, Capt Viriato Fernandes' comments that the Indian Constitution was 'forced' upon Goans after its liberation from Portuguese rule in 1961.

ED arrests Chanpreet Singh, man who ‘managed’ AAP’s funds for 2022 Goa polls

Singh was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on 12 April. This is the 17th arrest in the case by the ED.

Gobi manchurian is a victim of Indian food colonialism. Goa town unleashes a culture war

The ban on the dish is threatening to unleash a culture war pitting local Goan cuisine against ‘outside’ influences. 

India to soon surpass China as largest driver of global oil demand driver through 2030, says IEA

According to the report released at the India Energy Week (IEA) 2024 in Goa, India is on track to lead an increase in oil demand of nearly 1.2 million barrels per day.

‘AAP holding talks on Lok Sabha seat from Goa as part of INDIA alliance,’ says Arvind Kejriwal

Goa has two Lok Sabha constituencies – North Goa and South Goa. However, Kejriwal did not specify which of the two seats the AAP was eyeing to contest.

Goa court extends police custody of Bengaluru CEO Suchana Seth by five days

Seth (39) was arrested from Chitradurga in Karnataka on 8 January while she was travelling in the taxi with her son’s body stuffed in a bag and brought to Goa.

Told to ‘sacrifice’, Goa BJP minister Cabral resigns to make place for Congress defector in cabinet

Aleixo Sequeira, one of the eight MLAs who defected from Congress in September last year, will be inducted into the cabinet Sunday evening.

Goa cashews in Haryana & Punjab kinnow in Goa: How a common platform for farmers aims to boost trade

Agri marketing boards of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Goa, Uttarakhand & Assam hold talks to provide logistics to facilitate selling of produce outside their states where demand is high.

Goa school principal suspended for allegedly taking students to mosque for workshop

The police complaint was filed by members of the VHP, alleging that some Class 11 students were taken to a mosque for a workshop and made to participate in religious rituals.

On Camera

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.