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Opposition parties in Goa have closed ranks to demand Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's resignation for "not taking a stand" over the Mhadei issue, days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks that the BJP has resolved the dispute.

BJP Government under Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has no right to continue in power and must resign immediately for murder of Mhadei, said Leader of the Opposition in Goa Assembly, Yuri Alemao.His reaction came after Union Home Minister Amit ...

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said the coastal state will win the battle for the Mahadayi river water as his government is making efforts on legal, technical and political fronts and leaving no stone unturned.

After the Goa Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to withdraw its consent to Karnataka to prepare detailed project reports for two dams on the Mahadayi river, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the state would stay together in their fight with the neighbouring state over the river issue.

State Minister for Archaeology, Subhash Phal Dessai, said on the floor of Goa Assembly that the government has plans to reconstruct some of the temples destroyed during the Portuguese rule in the coastal state.

Opposition members on Monday tried to disrupt Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai's address to the Goa Assembly on the first day of its winter session, demanding a statement from him on the Mahadayi river water diversion issue. The marshals later removed the opposition members from the House.

The Opposition MLAs, wearing black outfits, with placards in their hands with `Save Mhadei` message went into the well of the House and reiterated their demand that the governor should speak on Mhadei. 

The Goa Assembly's winter session will be held from January 16 to 19.Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao on December 26 had convened a meeting of all seven opposition MLAs (including him) to discuss joint floor management strategies to grill the ...

Dissatisfied over the decision of the Goa Assembly Speaker to hold a short duration of the upcoming winter session of the Legislative Assembly, the seven Opposition leaders met on Monday to discuss joint floor management strategies to grill the BJP led State government and submit a memorandum to the speaker.

Stating that the BJP government in Goa is scared of the opposition and hence has convened the winter session of Assembly for a mere four days, leader of opposition Yuri Alemao said on Wednesday that MLAs in the opposition rank will prepare a ...