Aquem Baixo gram sabha resolves to delete the 662 army voters from the voter’s list

Aquem Baixo gram sabha resolves to delete the 662 army voters from the voter's list

Army voters in the recently concluded Goan assembly elections had caused a lot of flutter. The issue of contention as brought up by the opposition parties was that these army voters could be influenced into voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Aquem Baixo Gram Sabha in an effort to address the issue unanimously resolved to take […]

Postal ballots: What is the whole controversy about?

Postal Ballots

Goa’s Postal Ballots Goa over the past few days has witnessed different political parties criticising the Chief Electoral Office (CEO) of Goa over their conduct over the postal ballots.  Government servants from Goa, posted on duty on February 4 have yet to cast their vote through postal ballots. How many votes and why so significant? […]

Voting for Goa Elections is your right and duty

Goa Elections

With less than 24 hours to go before Goa Elections of February 4th, efforts are on to ensure that there is a large voter turnout. Chief Election Officer (CEO) of Goa, Kunal says that 40,000 first time voters have been registered for this election. A young Goa will also play a deciding factor in the […]

Goa goes to Polls

‘GADKARI PROMISES THE MOON TO GOANS’ ‘NEXT BJP GOVT WILL TAKE MORE EFFECTIVE STEPS AGAINST CORRUPTION’ ‘GOA HAS SEEN ONLY PALTY-VARTAN NOT PARI-VARTAN: Congress’ ‘AAP WILL END ERA OF CORRUPT POLITICIANS’ These are some of the slogans making headlines before Goa goes to the polls on 4th February. A historical day for Goa. Many projects […]

Night life in Goa down with Election Fever

election fever

After the highs of all-night Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties, the Election Model Code of Conduct has thrown a spanner in the works of the nightlife industry in Goa. Why? Due to the prohibition of alcohol sales post 11 pm. With all establishments refusing to sell alcohol after 10.45 pm, owners and party goers […]

Task force to keep tabs on movement of goods ahead of Goa polls

As Goa approaches the assembly elections the state’s Chief Electoral Office (CEO) has announced plans of setting up of a multidisciplinary task force. It will be responsible for making sure that goods aren’t used to affect the voter’s choices. Members of the task force will be choosen from Income tax (IT), Narcotics, Customs, Excise, commercial […]