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UPA backed it, Goa Congress rejected it, Modi to launch it — the twisty story of Mopa airport

Rs 2,870-crore Mopa airport project is getting off the tarmac after decades of delay. PM Modi will inaugurate it Sunday and it will officially start operating from 5 January 2023.

Louis Berger scam in rear view, JICA wants ‘highest standards of ethics’ as it talks to Goa again

Japan International Cooperation Agency is in ‘early stage’ of discussions to finance Rs 2,000-cr power project in Goa, JICA India chief representative Saito Mitsunori has said.

Rift in Goa TMC? Party omits MP Luizinho Faleiro from new committee in his home state

The former Chief Minister is missing from TMC’s revamped Goa state committee. TMC MP calls him an "honourable man" but says their focus is now on growing "organically" in the state.

‘Congress chhodo yatra begins from Goa:’ 8 of 11 party MLAs resolve to join ruling BJP

The MLAs who called for the merger are former state CM Digambar Kamat, BJP turncoat Michael Lobo, his wife Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes.

8 of 11 Congress MLAs in Goa will join ruling BJP, claims state party chief Sadanand Tanvade

The assertion comes barely two months after the main Opposition got a scare in July when five of its MLAs went incommunicado before the Monsoon Session, but later joined proceedings.

Tulsi to strawberry—How desi gin from Goa is converting India’s vodka loyalists

Goa is where many gin makers are gathering. At least 10 homegrown brands operate here.

Sonali Phogat murder case: Goa Police arrests 2 more persons including restaurant owner

Police said they have arrested the owner of Curlies beach shack in Anjuna and a suspected drug peddler Dattprashad Gaonkar taking the total arrests in the case to four.

Sonali Phogat was forcefully fed a chemical substance, say Goa cops after arresting associates

The Goa Police had initially said the BJP leader and actor died of a heart attack, but the family registered a case of ‘rape and murder’.

BJP leader Sonali Phogat’s death is alleged murder, Goa Police files case against 2 people

Sonali Phogat was brought dead to a hospital on Tuesday morning in Goa. Early reports suggested that she died of cardiac arrest but her family members suspected foul play.

‘Closer to becoming a national party,’ Kejriwal on EC recognising AAP as state party in Goa

According to an EC letter shared by the CM, the poll panel has granted recognition to the AAP as a state party in Goa on reviewing the party's performance in the assembly polls. 

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.