Goa Minister Deepak Dhavalikar

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today dropped his deputy Sudin Dhavalikar, hours after two lawmakers of ally MGP merged the party with the ruling BJP in another late-night political twist in the tiny seaside state. Mr Dhavalikar, the third lawmaker of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), had stayed away from the 2 am defection that was sancti...

Goa minister Deepak Dhavalikar, who said that his wife was never sexually harassed "because she wore and kumkum all her life," today said the media had misquoted him.

After there were reports of his wife's comments about Western culture causing rape, Goa Minister for Factories and Boilers Deepak Dhavalikar has reportedly defended her statement, claiming his spouse has never been eve-teased because she wears sarees.

India is already a Hindu nation and "all Indians in Hindustan are Hindus", Goa Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza said on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will develop India into a Hindu nation, a minister of the Goa Cabinet said in the state assembly today.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today dropped his deputy Sudin Dhavalikar, hours after two lawmakers of ally MGP merged the party with the ruling BJP in another late-night political twist in the tiny seaside state. Mr Dhavalikar, the third lawmaker of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), had stayed away from the 2 am defection that was sancti...

Goa minister Deepak Dhavalikar, who said that his wife was never sexually harassed "because she wore and kumkum all her life," today said the media had misquoted him.

After there were reports of his wife's comments about Western culture causing rape, Goa Minister for Factories and Boilers Deepak Dhavalikar has reportedly defended her statement, claiming his spouse has never been eve-teased because she wears sarees.

India is already a Hindu nation and "all Indians in Hindustan are Hindus", Goa Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza said on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will develop India into a Hindu nation, a minister of the Goa Cabinet said in the state assembly today.