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Pramod Sawant to continue as chief minister of Goa for second term
On Monday evening, Sawant was unanimously elected the leader of BJP legislature party in Goa, clearing the way for him to take over as the chief minister for a second term

Goa Assembly elections: Felt bond of love shared by Panaji voters and my father during polls, says Utpal Parrikar
Utpal Parrikar, son of late Manohar Parrikar, contested as an Independent candidate from Panaji Assembly after the ruling BJP denied him a ticket and instead fielded sitting MLA and Congress turncoat Atanasio Monserrate

Goa Assembly Elections 2022: Instability and defections mark Goa's electoral history
Over the span of 31 years since Goa attained statehood in 1987, the state has had 18 chief ministers and three stints of President’s Rule

Goa polls: Shiv Sena drops candidate from Panaji to support Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal
Utpal Parrikar, son of former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, filed his nomination papers from the Panaji Assembly constituency on Thursday after BJP denied him a ticket

Goa Assembly polls: Request Utpal Parrikar to 'reconsider his decision,' says CT Ravi
Utpal Parrikar, the son of former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar, resigned from BJP's membership after being denied a ticket from the Panaji constituency

Goa Assembly Polls: Former Goa CM Laxmikant Parsekar to quit BJP after being denied ticket
Parsekar was selected to head the state after the then chief minister Manohar Parrikar was inducted into the Union cabinet as the Defence Minister

Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal missing from BJP's candidate list for Goa polls; talks on for another seat, says party
Utpal Parrikar is the son of Manohar Parrikar, the three-time chief minister and BJP's top leader of Goa, who passed away in 2019. He held the Panaji constituency for five terms.

All non-BJP parties should support Manohar Parrikar’s son and not field a candidate against him: Sanjay Raut
The Shiv Sena leader said that providing all support to Utpal Parrikar would be a befitting tribute to the late chief minister of Goa

Manohar Parrikar 66th birth anniversary: Leaders from across political spectrum pay tribute to former defence minister
During his tenure as the defence minister, he oversaw several crucial measures including the implementation of the One Rank One Pension scheme and the surgical strikes in Pakistan

Why political scenario in Goa resembles a fish thali ahead of Assembly election next year
The best-case scenario, which the BJP would be hoping for, is that none of the Opposition parties, especially the Congress, TMC, AAP and Goa Forward stitch together an alliance

Goa Zilla Panchayat Election results: BJP wins 11 seats, Independents four, Congress one; counting of votes underway
Goa's zilla panchayat polls were the first elections in the coastal state since March, when the COVID-19 pandemic began

Manohar Parrikar's birth anniversary: Pramod Sawant hails ex-defence minister as 'inspiration and guiding force'
The BJP's Panaji mandal organised a blood donation camp in its office to mark Parrikar's birth anniversary

Rafale lands in India: BJP leaders hail arrival of Dassault fighter jets, experts question 'wall-to-wall coverage'
In a tweet, the Indian Air Force described the arrival of the Rafale jets with the words 'Golden Arrows reach home!'

Books of the week: From Kate Elizabeth Russell's My Dark Vanessa to Tejaswini Niranjana’s Musicophilia in Mumbai, our picks
Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.

Centre renames IDSA as Manohar Parrikar Defence Institute of Analyses to 'honour commitment and legacy' of late defence minister
Parrikar steered the defence ministry 'through the tough challenges of attacks like Pathankot and Uri and responded to these with exemplary boldness', said a government statement

Padma Awards 2020: Jaitley, Sushma conferred Padma Vibhushan; Anand Mahindra, Manohar Parrikar get Padma Bhushan; Karan Johar gets Padma Shri
Padma Awards: The Padma Vibhushan for this year has been awarded to a total of seven prominent personalities, while 16 have been given the Padma Bhushan and 118 have been given the Padma Shri

Goa tourism minister denies granting permission for imposition of 'Swachhata Tax' on photography in Parra village, says 'will launch inquiry into this'
Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Thursday said his department has not granted any permission for the imposition of a 'Swachhta Tax' on clicking photographs in the scenic Parra village of North Goa district

Goa village imposes Swachhata Tax on photography, raising concern among locals about rule’s impact on tourism
Goa's Parra, best known as the ancestral village of late Union Minister Manohar Parrirkar, has started charging people for clicking photographs of a coconut palm-lined scenic landscape

IFFI 2019: Congress threatens to protest if Goan films not screened in Indian Panorama section
IFFI 2019 will be held in the state from 20 to 28 November.

Stray cattle issue, his nomination as UP CM, Hindi as official language: Full text of Yogi Adityanath's interview with News18
In an exclusive conversation with News18 editor-in-chief Rahul Joshi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath talked about tackling the issue of stray cattle, the state's immunity to economic slowdown and Hindi as a unifying language in India