The BJP-MGP combine will on Wednesday stake claim to form government in Goa, along with two Independent legislators.

BJP leader Manohar Parrikar, who led the party's campaign in the state, said seni

The counting of votes in the Assembly elections to the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa – considered some sort of a semi-final before the next general elections – beg

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday led in three seats and the ruling Congress in two as vote count began early Tuesday.

BJP candidates Ganesh Gaonkar (Sanvordem), Ramesh Tawadkar (Canacona)

Nearly 20 per cent voting was recorded in Goa assembly polls in the first three hours on Saturday with minor disturbances reported from some areas.

Polling began at 7 am at 1,612 booths spread acros

Elections to the 40-member Legislative Assembly in Goa would be held on Saturday, where 10.25 lakh voters will decide the fate of 215 candidates, including nine women and 74 independents in the fra

While the Election Commission is bent on ensuring that the Assembly polls in Goa are not influenced by alcohol, the strict deadline of 11 pm for serving booze at pubs and shacks are driving tourists a

Team Anna will campaign in poll-bound Goa from Tuesday with Justice Santosh Hegde, who had differences with the group, joining them.

The activists will attend ten public meetings and three pres

Veteran Congressman and Goa Assembly Speaker Pratapsinh Rane is subtly being promoted as the chief ministerial candidate by the Congress-NCP combine in the run-up to the March 3 Assembly polls.

In a

In a major gaffe, the Congress election manifesto on Monday has promised a bridge in Goa's Neura village -- which is landlocked with no river or rivulet anywhere near it.

The glaring error was pointe

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday publicly apologised for not fielding a single woman candidate for the forthcoming March 3 polls in Goa.

Replying to a question from a woman mediaperson here