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  Manohar Parrikar should focus on national security: Congress

  Politics | July 19, 2015 17:08 IST

  Panaji:  The Congress in Goa on Sunday took potshots at Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for spending time in the state, meeting party workers, even as border tensions between India and Pakistan simmer.In a statement issued

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  Congress slams Parrikar's comment about graft in defence ministry

  Politics | March 16, 2015 9:33 IST

  Panaji: The Congress on Monday lashed out at alleged comments made by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at a poll campaign meeting in south Goa, where the latter has been quoted in the media as saying

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  Goa CM's son gives Congress leader 'last warning'

  Politics | November 12, 2014 13:15 IST

  Panaji: Goa's new Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar may have barely completed a day in office, but his son Rishi created ripples on Facebook by issuing a "last warning" to a Congress leader.Late Tuesday, Rishi took

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  Congress questions 'forceful viewing' of Modi's Sept 5 speech

  Politics | September 04, 2014 14:07 IST

  Panaji: Even as almost all Goa schools are gearing up to show live telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address on Teachers' Day tomorrow, Congress has questioned the "forceful viewing of the telecast.""Such action by

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  Congress lamblastes BJP for using terms like Negro, cancer and wild animals for Nigerians in Goa

  Politics | August 20, 2014 17:46 IST

  Panaji: After two Goa lawmakers termed Nigerians "cancer" and "wild animals", the state home ministry has referred to Africans as "Nigros" in an annexure submitted to the assembly.The annexure was submitted along with Chief Minister

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  Sack Goa minister, says Congress; no dress ban, says another minister

  Politics | July 02, 2014 17:42 IST

  Panaji: As the Congress called for expelling Goa's PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar who demanded a ban on women wearing mini-skirts to night clubs and bikinis to beaches, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar Wednesday said these dresses