Michael Lobo
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BJP MLA blames 'idli-sambar', 'vada pav' for decline in international tourists in Goa
India | Feb 28, 2025, 01:46 PM ISTAddressing a press conference at Calangute in North Goa, Michael Lobo said the government alone cannot be blamed if fewer foreigners visit the coastal state as all stakeholders are equally responsible.
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After staving off split, Goa Cong files petitions with Speaker to disqualify MLAs Lobo, Kamat
India | Jul 11, 2022, 04:13 PM ISTGoa Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Patkar said disqualification petitions have been filed against Lobo and Kamat, adding that the Speaker had been informed about the party's decision to remove Lobo as Leader of Opposition in the Assembly.
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Goa: Congress moves its 5 MLAs to undisclosed location; Sonia rushes Mukul Wasnik amid crisis
India | Jul 11, 2022, 11:10 AM ISTCongress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday asked senior party leader Mukul Wasnik to rush to Goa to "oversee latest political developments" in the state after the party said five of its 11 MLAs in the state have gone "incommunicado".
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Goa Election Result 2022: Full list of winning candidates
Elections | Mar 11, 2022, 07:54 PM ISTGoa Assembly Election Results2022: Comfortably placed to retain power in Goa, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said it will take a decision on staking claim to form the next government in the state after a meeting of its newly elected MLAs on Friday. Here's the full list of winning candidates.
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BJP's 'carnival' in Goa
Elections | Mar 10, 2022, 09:16 PM ISTGoa election results 2022: BJP is all set to form the government in the coastal state after winning the elections. 3 independents, 2 candidates of the MGP who have also won, have extended support to the saffron party.
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Goa election 2022: Congress shifts flock to luxury resort in Goa amid prediction of March 10 results
Elections | Mar 09, 2022, 04:14 PM ISTGiven that the political stakes are very high and considering the quicksand of Goa politics, the party may not allow some candidates even to visit the counting centre on Thursday, a senior Congress leader said on Wednesday.
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Former BJP leader Michael Lobo, wife join Congress ahead of Goa assembly polls
Elections | Jan 11, 2022, 10:13 PM ISTLobo said that Congress would win a majority in the Assembly polls which are scheduled to be held in the state on February 14.
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'Party has changed after Parrikar's demise,' say two Goa BJP MLAs, quit party
Elections | Jan 10, 2022, 04:18 PM ISTReacting to the two resignations, the BJP in an official statement, that those who had quit the party ahead of elections had done so with "vested interests" in mind, and added that they should not use late Manohar Parrikar's name to gain sympathy for their actions.
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Goa Waste Management Minister slaps fine on Dharma Production for littering, seeks apology
News | Oct 28, 2020, 08:56 PM ISTGoa waste Management Minister Michael Lobo slaps fine on Dharma Productions for littering at shooting site in Goa. He said, "Everybody feels that Goa is a clean destination and you cannot litter in Goa and go.
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Animal bones found in stomachs of Goa stray cattle
India | Oct 22, 2019, 02:02 PM ISTKamlakant Tari, trustee of Mayem-based Gomantak Gosevak Mahasangh in North Goa, told IANS that chicken and mutton bones were found in the digestive system of the stray cattle from Calangute village that were brought to the shelter and were operated up on by the shelter's veterinarians.
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Goa BJP law-maker caught on camera leading attack on restaurants
National | Feb 25, 2015, 02:42 PM ISTPanaji: A Goa BJP legislator has been caught on camera allegedly leading a group of people that demolished two structures in Calangute-Baga coastal belt, claiming they housed dance bars and sex workers.Bar and restaurant owners
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No organised drug gangs in Goa: Manohar Parrikar
National | Aug 20, 2014, 01:30 PM ISTPanaji: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Wednesday said there are no "organised gangs" that distribute drugs in Goa."There are no organized gangs which specialize in distribution of drugs in the state," the chief minister said in
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Mohan Bhagwat's 'Hindu' remarks his personal view: Michael Lobo
National | Aug 19, 2014, 12:36 PM ISTPanaji: Senior Goa BJP leader Michael Lobo has said that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's controversial remarks that India is a Hindu nation were his personal opinion and feels the Centre does not endorse them. “I
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'Narendra Modi hasn't endorsed Bhagwat's Hindu Nation comment', says Goan MLA Michael Lobo
National | Aug 18, 2014, 04:30 PM ISTPanaji: Goa's BJP legislator Michael Lobo Monday dismissed RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's assertion of India being a 'Hindu Nation', and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not endorsed such comments.Speaking to reporters on the
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Alcometers outside Goa's bars, pubs soon: Manohar Parrikar
National | Jul 23, 2014, 04:17 PM ISTPanaji: Stepping out of a bar, tavern or pub drunk and driving home could soon be an expensive proposition in Goa as Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Wednesday promised the stationing of alcometers outside key alcohol