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New Delhi, Mar 14: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay swearing in of Parrikar as Goa Chief Minister and ordered a floor test on March 16. The apex court also directed that Assembly session will be called at 11 AM and only business of the House will be the holding of floor test after swearing in of the members. Hearing the petition, the apex court said "You never mentioned you had support

New Delhi, Mar 14: The Congress, which won 17 seats+ in the 40-member Goa assembly, on Monday night moved the Supreme Court challenging governor Mridula Sinha's decision to invite the 13-MLA BJP, led by Manohar Parrikar, to form government, claiming that it violated the "established constitutional practice" of inviting the single-largest party in a hung Assembly. Chief Justice J S Khehar agreed to

New Delhi, Mar 13: Malaysian no-frills carrier AirAsia today announced discounted fares, starting as low as Rs 899 for travel within India and Rs 4,999 for international flights for a limited period. The special low fare offer is applicable for all the flights operated by AirAsia, including AirAsia India, AirAsia Berhad, Thai AirAsia and AirAsia X. The tickets under the offer can be booked from

Imphal, Mar 13: N Biren Singh was today unanimously elected leader of the BJP Legislature Party in Manipur, paving the way for his becoming the next chief minister. "N Biren has been unanimously elected leader of the BJP Legislature Party. He is the party's chief ministerial candidate," Union minister Piyush Goel told reporters. Biren will meet Governor Najma Heptulla and stake claim to form the

New Delhi, Mar 13: The BJP today sought to justify its claims to form governments in Goa and Manipur, saying it has both "legitimacy and the numbers" even as the Congress termed the attempts as a "murder" of democracy. "We have both the legitimacy and the numbers to form the government in Goa and Manipur," BJP spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao told Times Now news channel.In both these states, the

New Delhi, Mar 13: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was today given the additional charge of the Defence Ministry after Manohar Parrikar resigned to take on the new role of Goa Chief Minister. A Rashtrapati Bhawan communique said that the resignation of Parrikar as the Defence Minister, on advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been accepted with immediate effect. "Further, as advised by the

Panaji, Mar 13: Manohar Parrikar today resigned as the Defence Minister to take over the new role as Goa Chief Minister. "I have tendered my resignation as Defence Minister. The resignation letter has been sent to the Prime Minister's Office this morning," Parrikar told PTI today. Goa Governor Mridula Sinha has invited Parrikar to form the next government in the coastal state after he submitted a

Panaji, Mar 13: BJP leader Manohar Parrikar will be sworn in as chief minister of Goa tomorrow. "I have tendered my resignation as Defence Minister and have sent it to the PMO. I will be taking the oath (as Goa chief minister) tomorrow evening, along with the cabinet ministers," Parrikar told PTI today. Asked how many ministers would be sworn in, Parrikar said, "The decision on the number of

Chennai, Mar 13: Congress leader P Chidambaram today denounced the seven-phase election schedule in Uttar Pradesh and alleged that the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi used it to "polarise" voters. One of the reasons for the defeat of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh was the absence of a robust party organisational structure there, he said, a day after stating that Modi had emerged as the "most

Panaji, Mar 13: Despite being a runner-up behind the Congress, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) pulled off a coup on Sunday after its leader Manohar Parrikar was appointed as the Goa Chief Minister by Governor Mridula Sinha. Parrikar, who is currently serving as the Defence Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government at the Centre, will have to prove majority on the floor of the Goa