Ramesh Tawadkar

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

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

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'.

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

Several parents in Goa today blocked the main roads and bridges across the state and allegedly pelted some buses with stones while demanding English to be made the medium of instruction and government grants for every academic year.

Outrage over a Goa minister's remarks on centres for curing homosexuals today had an embarrassed Chief Minister Lakshmikant Parsekar say that the remarks were made in ignorance; "homosexuality is a natural gift."

After his controversial remarks over the LGBT community drew flak, Goa Sports Minister Ramesh Tawadkar today did a u-turn over the issue saying he was misunderstood and misquoted on the issue.

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has accused India of fomenting intolerance with its ban on gay sex amid uproar over a Goa minister's plans for centres to "make homosexuals normal".

The Goa government is planning centres to treat homosexuals and make them "normal", a minister, Ramesh Tawadkar, has said in a statement that has been received by many with outrage and disbelief.

The government in Goa will establish centres to treat LGBT youth and make them "normal", said a minister today.

Goa sports minister Ramesh Tawadkar told the Assembly on Thursday that the state-run Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) has already informed GCA that they will withdraw its recognition until the entire managing committee, including some office bearers indicted by a judicial commission in the scam, vacate office.

The Goa government has cancelled a controversial Rs 89-lakh junket by six legislators to Brazil at the end of this month to watch the FIFA World Cup that kicked off yesterday.

Six Goa MLAs who are at the centre of a major controversy over a Rs 90-lakh junket to Brazil, have now decided to pay for the trip at the end of this month to watch the FIFA World Cup.

Rescue teams today continued to rummage through the debris of an under-construction five-storeyed building, which collapsed yesterday afternoon at Canacona, 80 km from Panaji, killing 14 onsite labourers.

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

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

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'.

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

Several parents in Goa today blocked the main roads and bridges across the state and allegedly pelted some buses with stones while demanding English to be made the medium of instruction and government grants for every academic year.

Outrage over a Goa minister's remarks on centres for curing homosexuals today had an embarrassed Chief Minister Lakshmikant Parsekar say that the remarks were made in ignorance; "homosexuality is a natural gift."

After his controversial remarks over the LGBT community drew flak, Goa Sports Minister Ramesh Tawadkar today did a u-turn over the issue saying he was misunderstood and misquoted on the issue.

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has accused India of fomenting intolerance with its ban on gay sex amid uproar over a Goa minister's plans for centres to "make homosexuals normal".

The Goa government is planning centres to treat homosexuals and make them "normal", a minister, Ramesh Tawadkar, has said in a statement that has been received by many with outrage and disbelief.

The government in Goa will establish centres to treat LGBT youth and make them "normal", said a minister today.

Goa sports minister Ramesh Tawadkar told the Assembly on Thursday that the state-run Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) has already informed GCA that they will withdraw its recognition until the entire managing committee, including some office bearers indicted by a judicial commission in the scam, vacate office.

The Goa government has cancelled a controversial Rs 89-lakh junket by six legislators to Brazil at the end of this month to watch the FIFA World Cup that kicked off yesterday.

Six Goa MLAs who are at the centre of a major controversy over a Rs 90-lakh junket to Brazil, have now decided to pay for the trip at the end of this month to watch the FIFA World Cup.

Rescue teams today continued to rummage through the debris of an under-construction five-storeyed building, which collapsed yesterday afternoon at Canacona, 80 km from Panaji, killing 14 onsite labourers.