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When Modi returns, photo of him with Pope Francis will stand out. Nothing else will matter

Modi leaves nothing to chance. Not when Goa elections are coming up, and India’s secular credentials are being questioned.

Ahead of Goa’s 2022 polls, alliance talks heat up, but Congress remains ‘susegad’

In 2017, Congress lost Goa govt to BJP despite emerging as the single-largest party, mainly because it had not stitched an alliance with other parties & Independents. 

2016 surgical strike was strong message that no one can interfere with India’s borders: Amit Shah

Addressing a gathering in Goa, the Union home minister said India gave a befitting reply to terrorist attacks under NDA rule which wasn't the case under ​the Congress-led UPA govt.

Trinamool planning to contest all 40 seats in Goa polls on its own, says former CM Faleiro

Faleiro, who joined TMC Wednesday, said the party would give tickets to 40 new faces. Mamata Benerjee is also expected to visit Goa during the ongoing 15-day ‘pitru paksh’ period.

Trinamool won’t be ‘sitting ducks’, Abhishek Banerjee says as Goa Congress MLA joins party

MLA and former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro was inducted into Trinamool Wednesday. At the event, Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee criticises Congress for 'letting BJP win'.

Senior Goa Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro could move to TMC as Mamata seeks expansion

Faleiro is a seven-term Congress MLA from Navelim constituency in south Goa. He could become the Trinamool face in Goa ahead of assembly polls next year.

Be aggressive to ensure ruling BJP’s defeat in Goa, Rahul Gandhi directs Congress leaders

Congress had won 17 out of Goa's 40 seats in the 2017 elections. BJP won 13, but managed to come to power through alliances with regional parties.

Why BJP and Congress are putting in all their might to win Goa, India’s smallest state

BJP and Congress send their political bigwigs to Goa as parties prepare for 2022 assembly polls. Though small, Goa is of political significance given its location, population and industries.

BJP’s former Goa allies want to take on party, but are having trouble finding partners

Goa Forward Party wants to ally with the Congress while Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party is planning to contest solo.

Navy cancels flag hoisting programme in Goa’s Jacinto Island after local residents object

Goa CM Pramod Sawant has said it was 'unfortunate and shameful' that some people on the island were objecting to the hoisting of the flag, & said anti-national activities will be dealt with an 'iron fist'.

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No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.