Shilpa Naik

Latambarcem constituency may see a straight fight between outgoing member shilpa naik and independent candidate Sharad Shetye for the March 18 zilla panchayat polls

Four candidates from Bicholim taluka filed their nominations for the forthcoming zilla panchayat polls on Monday. The four candidates include BJP candidate Manisha Mangaldas Gawas and independent candidate Shubhecsha Shamba Gawas for Pale constituency. BJP candidate shilpa naik and independent candidate Sharad Shetye for Latambarcem constituency

BJP’s rising star and state secretary shilpa naik’s loss in Latambarcem to independent MLA Naresh Sawal’s candidate, had the MLA gloating

Sharan Metti was elected sarpanch of Sancoale village panchayat on Thursday morning. Metti had the support of former sarpanch Ramakant Borkar

Goa panchayat mahila shakti abhiyan (GPSMA) condemned the atrocities against women in the backdrop of the recent rapes and murders in Goa and submitted a memorandum to the chief minister and law commissioner on Saturday demanding a safer environment for women.

BJP spokesperson Pramod Sawant, while advocating the decision of the state government of imposing tax on goods-carriers from outside Goa, said the decision taken is right as it has been in the larger interests of the state even as some opposition members have “exaggerated” the issue.

Friday's Supreme Court order sent the dusty town of Bicholim in a tailspin only moments after the truck owners association had taken out a peaceful rally through it.

Eight panchas from the 11-member Sancoale panchayat, handed over a notice of no-confidence to Vasco BDO Mohini Halarnkar against their sarpanch, Ramakant Borkar.

Ramakant Borkar was voted out of office as sarpanch of Sancoale on Monday.

The BJP has announced its state executive committee for 2012-2014. State BJP president Vinay Tendulkar told mediapersons at the party office in Panaji that there will be six vice-presidents of the party unit in the state.

A 26-year-old woman from Mundhwa gave birth to conjoined twins at Sassoon hospital after a caesarean operation on Friday. However, the babies died within two hours after birth.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mahila morcha president Sulakshana Sawant on Saturday said there is not a single woman member with the morcha who could have been a candidate for the February 4 assembly elections.

Chief minister Manohar Parrikar said Goa could have attained Liberation much earlier than December 19, 1961, if Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had lived longer.

Bicholim: A group of around 60-70 locals from Sal, Bicholim, stopped the LED bulb distribution programme organized by BJP in protest against the electricity department due to frequent power cuts suffered by the village for a long time.

"Shripad bhau has taken up lot of development work in Bicholim constituency under MPLAD scheme. Bhau is also accepted by BJP supporters in Bicholim and he may be a consensus candidate for Bicholim seat," sources said.

Farmers in Latambarcem are aggrieved over the huge losses incurred due to the damage caused by the intrusion of wild animals.

The many public interest schemes the BJP has put in place after coming to power in the state is are having a unique consequence in Bicholim, where large crowds of people from remote areas throng the office of the mamlatdar to complete the requisite formalities.

ovid vaccination in pregnant women is picking up. However, vaccination in the first trimester of the pregnancy has remained on the lower side compared to the second and third trimesters, gynaecologists have observed.