Goa
Capital: Panaji
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Bomb threat emails hit Mumbai and Pune civic offices, and the searches find nothing
An email naming Mumbai's mayor office, a bank, a court, Amitabh Bachchan's Jalsa bungalow, Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the airport set off searches on Thursday morning. Pune Municipal Corporation received its own threat soon after. Nothing suspicious was found.
Arrogance of power: Rohit Pawar takes on Fadnavis as the NCP merger formula takes shape
Rohit Pawar accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of "arrogance" and of running a politics of blackmail over the NCP merger question. In the party, the formula under discussion gives Sharad Pawar the president post and Sunetra Pawar the working president post.
No eye on Gokul: Fadnavis says the amendment only unties a legal knot
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended amending the cooperative societies law, saying the government needed to end a statutory deadlock over the Gokul dairy chairmanship. Congress leader Satej Patil is going ahead with a November 9 protest, calling the move a trampling of the farmers' mandate.
Cancer bills fall from Monday: 137 drugs cut, some by 96%, ₹3,502 crore saved a year
Revised prices for 137 anti-cancer drugs take effect on Monday after the NPPA capped trade margins at 30% of the maximum retail price. Seventy-six companies have cut prices on 1,225 formulations, with 600 brands down more than half and the steepest cut at 96.45%. Estimated annual savings: ₹3,502.31 crore.
Ten thousand flagged land deals later, Telangana CID picks up four over the Dharani portal
Telangana's CID has searched the homes and offices of suspects in the alleged Dharani land records scandal and arrested at least four people, including a Bhu Bharati portal operator. The case turns on three acres in Kollur village, mutated in another man's name.
BREAKINGRs 81.5 crore in two days, and Netflix already has the papers: Suriya's Scene is on a run
Scene, the Tamil crime thriller with Suriya, Nazriya Nazim and Naslen, has grossed Rs 81.5 crore worldwide in two days. Reports say Netflix has bought the digital rights for Rs 88 crore, though no streaming date has been announced.
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Draft voter rolls out today in 13 states and 3 UTs; one month to challenge a deletion
The Election Commission's Special Summary Revision begins on Thursday, with draft electoral rolls published in 13 states and three Union Territories and claims and objections open till 11 December. Uttar Pradesh's draft roll has been pushed to 17 November. Final rolls for all these states are due on 4 January 2027.
Ravi Naik's old cabinet berth filled as Sankalp Amonkar takes oath
The BJP MLA took oath as a cabinet minister at Lok Bhavan on Saturday, in a berth vacant since former agriculture minister Ravi Naik died in October last year. The move is expected to shore up the party in Mormugao before the 2027 assembly polls.
Rs 53,866 crore for eight warships the Navy designed itself
The Defence Ministry signed contracts with GRSE and Goa Shipyard on Monday for eight Next Generation Corvettes, the first project where the Navy's own design goes to defence PSU yards picked through competition. GRSE shares rose over 4 per cent on Tuesday. The first ship is due in 2030.
Sawant looks to the Supreme Court to deliver an ST quota before Goa votes in 2027
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said his government is looking at every legal route, including the Supreme Court, to deliver Scheduled Tribe reservation in the state Assembly before the 2027 elections. He told reporters in Panaji that he had raised the matter with Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a meeting on Thursday.
Diwali stock turns to ash as fire guts 150 shops in Vasco market
A fire swept through the Sunday market in Goa's Vasco-da-Gama late on Wednesday, destroying more than 150 shops. Nobody was injured. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant visited the site after midnight and promised compensation, and the South Goa collector has barred public entry within 50 metres of the market until 1 November.
SIR screened 10 crore voters and found 1,600 'foreigners'. Congress wants the CEC out
The Congress on Thursday called the Special Intensive Revision a conspiracy run by the PM and home minister, and demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal. Jairam Ramesh said just 1,600 suspected foreign nationals were detected across six states after nearly 10 crore people were screened. The Election Commission has defended the exercise in a 248-page affidavit to the Supreme Court.
₹28,000 crore in transactions, 400 mule accounts: ED arrests an advocate at Mumbai airport
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested advocate Rashesh Upadhyay at Mumbai airport in a probe that began with one Goa woman losing ₹2.60 crore. Investigators say the network behind it handled transactions of nearly ₹28,000 crore through about 400 mule accounts.
Allies can't agree even on whether alliance talks have begun
Ahead of the 2027 assembly election, Goa's ruling allies have given conflicting accounts of whether BJP-MGP alliance talks have begun. CM Pramod Sawant said discussions started; minister Sudin Dhavalikar said they have not.
Two old rivals, one seat: Mandrem row puts Goa's BJP-MGP alliance under strain
Former Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar and his one-time rival Dayanand Sopte have joined forces to reclaim Mandrem, setting up a seat-sharing clash between the BJP and its ally, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, ahead of next year's election.
Rivals unite in Mandrem, setting up BJP-MGP seat-sharing row
Former Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar and his one-time rival Dayanand Sopte have joined hands against MGP legislator Jit Arolkar to reclaim the Mandrem seat, setting the stage for a row between the BJP and its ally ahead of next year's polls.
Ally trouble in Goa: BJP and MGP dig in over Mandrem as 2027 polls near
Two former rivals in North Goa's Mandrem have joined hands to take on the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party's sitting MLA, setting up a fresh row between the BJP and its ally ahead of the 2027 assembly election. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told the MGP to know its limitations; MGP leader Sudin Dhavalikar hit back.