Ex-CM Rane faked papers to push for Goa statehood: Ex-Secy

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 11:05

A retired senior bureaucrat has alleged former Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane used "fake documents" to push for statehood to the then Union Territory way back in 1987, a charged rubbished by the latter.

Rane will stay as Goa Leader of Opposition: Congress

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 20:42

Terming reports of discontent within the party a media creation, the Congress Wednesday ruled out any change in the leadership of its legislative wing in Goa.

Congress upset over limit on questions in Goa state assembly

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 20:05

The Congress high command began a troubleshooting exercise ahead of the Goa state legislative assembly session Wednesday due to strong differences which have cropped up in Congress Legislative Party over the number of questions allowed to be tabled on the floor of the House.

Goa mining scam: Two Congress ex-CMs named in FIR

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 00:28

Goa`s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday filed an FIR against two former Congress Chief Ministers Digambar Kamat and Pratapsingh Rane.

Cess from mining workers should be utilised in Goa: Rane

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 16:43

Leader of Opposition in Goa Assembly Pratapsingh Rane today demanded on the floor of the House that the money collected from the mining workers in the form of a cess should be ploughed back in the state.

`Goa is going WB way on poor financial situation`

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 18:02

Leader of Opposition in Goa Assembly Pratapsingh Rane today cautioned the state government of facing "West Bengal-like financial crisis" considering the escalating borrowings from the open market at higher rates.