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Pawar roots for alliance in Goa to provide viable alternative to BJP ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Jan 20 2021 20:57 IST | ​ 0 Views Nationalist Congress Party President and grand-political leader Sharad Pawar.. Image Source: IANS News Panaji, Jan 20 : There is a thinking within the NCP to align with like-minded parties to form an alliance to provide a viable alternative to the BJP and provide a stable government in Goa, party supremo Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday. Pawar also said that the Nationalist Congress Party Vice President Praful Patel had been authorised to conduct parl...

Move over Maharashtra, Maratha politics is Goa's flavour of the season ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Fri, Jan 15 2021 18:42 IST | ​ 0 Views Goa Cm Pramod Sawant.. Image Source: IANS News Panaji, Jan 15 : Maratha, a word synonymous with Maharashtra politics, is increasingly gaining currency in Goa's political battleground against the backdrop of an ongoing sparring match between two Maratha leaders: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane. The edgy, behind-the-scenes tussle between Sawant and Rane over the setting up of an Indian Institute of Technology - Goa ca...

Goa Ministers differ on legal cultivation of cannabis ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Dec 30 2020 16:33 IST | ​ 0 Views Govind Gaude. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News Panaji, Dec 30 : Ministers in Goa appear to be a divided lot on regulated cannabis cultivation in the coastal state for medicinal purposes, a day after Law Minister Nilesh Cabral made a strong pitch for such endeavour. Speaking to reporters in Panaji on Wednesday, Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude said that that while the move could help generate employment, it could also lead to adverse social impact. ...

Goa Ministers differ on legal cultivation of cannabis (Ld) ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Dec 30 2020 23:27 IST | ​ 0 Views Pramod Sawant.. Image Source: IANS News Panaji, Dec 30 : Amid dissenting voices in the cabinet and criticism from Opposition parties, the BJP-led coalition government in Goa appears to have backed out of going ahead with a proposal to permit legal farming of cannabis for medicinal purposes. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant that the government was "not interested" in going ahead with the proposal. "At present the Goa government ...

Goa mulls allowing cannabis plantation for medicinal use   Tue, Dec 29 2020 08:43:06 PM Panaji, Dec 29 (IANS): The Goa government is considering a proposal to permit legal farming of cannabis in the state, strictly for medicinal purposes, Law Minister Nilesh Cabral said on Tuesday. Cabral said that the proposal was moved by the Health Department and added that "bhang" is being sold legally in other states, similar to liquor sale in Goa. "The file came to us from the law department. We have only vetted it from the legal perspective," he added. The proposal moots the possibility of allowing c...