Chandrakant Kavlekar: News

Born on May 7, 1971, Chandrakant Kavlekar is an Indian politician affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party, who serves as the Deputy Chief Minister of Goa since July 2019. He holds the portfolio as the minister of Town and Country Planning, Agriculture, Archives, Archaeology, Factories, and Boilers under the Goa government. A four-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, Kavlekar represents the Quepem constituency as of 2021.

20 Oct 2020

Goa

Miscreants' job: Goa's Deputy CM after porn shared from phone

Chandrakant Kavlekar, the Deputy Chief Minister of Goa, courted controversy after a porn clip was sent to a WhatsApp group "Villages of Goa" from his phone. However, he has maintained it was the handiwork of some miscreants.

13 Jul 2019

Goa

Goa: Congress MLA, who joined BJP, to become deputy CM

Earlier this week, a setback hit Congress in Goa after 10 of its MLAs joined the ruling BJP. And the saffron party is all poised to reward the former Congress MLAs, accordingly.

11 Jul 2019

Karnataka

Amid Karnataka crisis, 10 Congress MLAs quit in Goa

While the Congress is dealing with an acute crisis in Karnataka, it suffered a major setback in Goa after 10 of its 15 MLAs quit to join the state's ruling party BJP.

17 Mar 2019

Manohar Parrikar

As Parrikar's health worsens, Congress stakes claim to form government

As Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's health took a turn for the worse, the Congress unit of the coastal state wrote to Governor Mridula Sinha asking her to dismiss his regime and invite them to form the government instead.

29 Jan 2019

Manohar Parrikar

Amid Rafale allegations, Rahul Gandhi meets Manohar Parrikar in Goa

Congress President Rahul Gandhi met Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today at the state Assembly complex in Panaji (Goa) and enquired about his health.

Goa mining: Several ministers, politicians to support GMPF's Delhi protest

Several ministers and politicians from Goa are expected to visit New Delhi to offer support to Goa Mining People's Front (GMPF), who is scheduled to begin a three-day protest tomorrow to press for the resumption of mining in the state.

19 Sep 2018

Goa

Congress claims it has numbers to form government in Goa

Congress today claimed that it has the support of over 21 legislators in the 40-member Assembly, giving it enough strength to form the government in Goa.

04 Aug 2018

Goa

It's no entry for Goans in casinos from next year

It'll be closed doors for Goans in the casinos from 2019.

18 May 2018

Karnataka

Goa: Congress writes to Governor to stake claim to form-government

In the aftermath of Karnataka rumble, the Congress today staked claim to form the government in Goa, being the single-largest party in the Legislative Assembly held in 2017.

25 Mar 2017

India

Goa Budget 2017: New CM Parrikar announces costlier petrol, beer

After a rocky government formation process, new Goa CM Manohar Parrikar doubled VAT on motor spirit from 7% to 15%, and hiked beer prices by Rs. 2-5 in the 2017-18 Goa budget.