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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicVishwajit Rane

Topic: Vishwajit Rane

Goa health minister’s outburst at doctor adds to CM Sawant’s troubles amid power tussles in state BJP

Since assuming office for his second term, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has been facing the heat from what his ministers have been voicing & infighting.

Cashew farmers, heat, wind — Goa’s forest burnt ‘like never before’ this month & everyone is a suspect

Goa’s forests blazed with 71 fires this March. While authorities point to farming practices and weather, environmentalists have raised questions about ‘laxity’, extent of damage.

Victorious leaders, top ministers — BJP has clear contenders for CM post in Goa & Manipur

The party has incumbent CMs in Manipur and Goa — N. Biren Singh and Pramod Sawant, respectively — and plausible alternatives from second-rung leadership.

In Goa politics, personalities matter more than party. These polls are more proof

There are numerous examples of leaders winning constituencies repeatedly, no matter which party they’re representing. Goa’s muddled political history is a reason why.

Rodeo rider returns to first love farming: Why Congress’ Pratapsingh Rane won’t fight Goa polls

Pratapsingh Rane, MLA since 1972 and 6-time CM, would have been pitted against daughter-in-law Deviya, BJP candidate from his old seat Poriem, had he chosen to contest.

BJP vs BJP in Goa as CM Sawant & Health Minister Rane keep squabbling over Covid surge

Vishwajit Rane has been openly criticising CM Pramod Sawant over oxygen shortage & delayed lockdown, but BJP calls it a mere ‘difference of opinion’.

On Camera

SC decision on menstrual leave is feminist. Rani of Jhansi didn’t use period as an excuse

Women officers in the forces routinely manage the physiological realities of menstruation. Making menstrual leave mandatory would be two steps backwards for them.

India-US trade deal to be signed after Trump administration decides new global ‘tariff architecture’

New Delhi is examining the legal implications of the latest set of American investigations into Indian exports under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, it is learnt.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.