Goa Speaker

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  Goa Assembly Passes Motion Congratulating PM Modi For Ram Temple Consecration

  Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar moved the congratulatory resolution during the ongoing budget session of the assembly.

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  Jio 5G Network Services Launched in 50 More Cities as Rollout Expands to 184 Cities in India

  Jio on Tuesday announced that it has expanded its 5G rollout to 50 new cities in the country. With the launch of 5G services in states including Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, customers can now access 5G services in 184 cities.

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  Goa Congress Legislature Party Merger With BJP Accepted By State Speaker

  Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Thursday said he had accepted the merger of the state Congress Legislature Party (CLP) into the ruling BJP.

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  BJP's Joshua De Souza Elected As Goa Assembly Deputy Speaker

  BJP MLA Joshua De Souza was today elected as the Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly.

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  Goa Assembly Deputy Speaker Election Today, Contest Between BJP, Congress

  Election for the post of Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly will be held today, and the fight is between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Joshua De Souza and the Congress's woman MLA Delialah Lobo.

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  "Technical Issues" Delaying Opposition Leader Appointment: Goa Assembly Speaker

  Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, Ramesh Tawadkar, on Friday said that a new Leader of Opposition in the House could not be appointed yet due to some 'technical issues'.

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  Goa Congress Move Against Mutiny: Wants Speaker To Disqualify Two Of Its MLAs

  Congress accuses Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat of a conspiracy in "total coordination" with the BJP

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  Touchdown Mumbai After 10-Day Power Trip: Sena Rebels Back As Victors But Not Home Yet

  Eknath Shinde's Sena of rebels returned to Mumbai from Goa, ahead of two-day assembly session for Speaker's election and trust vote

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  BJP MLA Ramesh Tawadkar Elected Goa Assembly Speaker

  BJP MLA Ramesh Tawadkar was on Tuesday elected Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly by defeating Congress candidate Aleixo Sequeira.

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  Court Upholds Goa Speaker's Order Dismissing Plea To Disqualify 12 MLAs

  The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld the Goa Assembly Speaker's order dismissing two petitions seeking disqualification of 12 MLAs who switched over from their parties to the ruling BJP in 2019.

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  Sharad Pawar Party Files Plea To Disqualify Goa MLA Over Trinamool Merger

  The NCP on Tuesday filed a disqualification petition before the Goa Assembly Speaker against MLA Churchill Alemao, a day after he claimed to have merged the party's legislature wing with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress.

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  "PM Modi Trusted Me...": Rajendra Arlekar Appointed As Himachal Governor

  BJP leader and former Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Rajendra Arlekar, who was on Tuesday appointed as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, expressed his happiness on assuming the new role.

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  Disqualification Pleas Against 12 Goa MLAs Who Joined BJP Dismissed

  In a major relief for the BJP government in Goa, Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar on Tuesday dismissed disqualification petitions against twelve MLAs including ten former Congress legislators who crossed over to the ruling party in 2019.

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  Ex-Goa Assembly Speaker Surendra Sirsat Dies, Chief Minister Pays Tribute

  Former Speaker of Goa Assembly Surendra Sirsat has died. Mr Sirsat, 74, had been unwell and was admitted to a private hospital in Mapusa town on Saturday.

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  Goa Assembly Speaker Appeals To All MLAs To Get Tested For COVID-19

  The Speaker of the Goa legislative assembly Rajesh Patnekar, on Thursday, appealed to all MLAs to get themselves tested for COVID-19.