Goa CM distributes portfolios, retains home, finance

In his second term as the chief minister of Goa, Pramod Sawant has retained key Home and Finance portfolios while distributing ministries to his eight colleagues in the state cabinet. IMAGE: Goa......

Trouble for BJP in Goa as party differed over MGP support to form govt

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday held a meeting of his cabinet where it was decided to recommend dissolution of the current Assembly on March 14, while differences appeared to have......

Sawant, 8 ministers take oath in Goa, Rane among 4 dropped

Three-time MLA Pramod Sawant, who led the Bharatiya Janata Party to win 20 seats in the recently concluded elections to the 40-member Goa assembly, was sworn in as the state's chief minister for......

EC lets off Amit Shah over Nagpur, Nadia speeches

The Election Commission on Friday found no violation of model code or its instructions on armed forces in two speeches delivered by Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah in West Bengal and......

GST meet on June 12 will discuss tax exemption on Covid essentials

Currently, 5 per cent is levied on domestically manufactured vaccines, while it is 12 per cent for Covid drugs and oxygen concentrators. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Goods and......

GST cut on Covid drugs, equipment, retained for vaccines

The GST Council on Saturday slashed tax rate on Covid-19 drugs such as Remdesivir and Tocilizumab as well as on medical oxygen and oxygen concentrators but ignored demands for reduction in taxes on......