Mayura is Deputy Associate Editor and covers the state of Goa. She joined the Indian Express in 2011 and earlier reported from Mumbai and Delhi. She has covered beats including law, politics and administration. She was City Editor, Mumbai before she moved to Goa in 2021.

August 15, 2022 12:47 IST
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant also said the Mopa International Airport would be inaugurated by PM Modi in the months ahead and added that his government endeavoured to ensure that each of its schemes reached the last beneficiary.
Mon, Aug 15, 2022
August 14, 2022 04:12 IST
Garad, who has a Master’s degree in Konkani, said her first book Kavya Parmal — a collection of her poems — won her accolades and her book on “Stories for kids” was on its way and was expected to be released next month.
Sun, Aug 14, 2022
August 09, 2022 17:44 IST
So far, 64 candidates have been elected unopposed across the 186 panchayats going to polls. Many MLAs have thrown their weight behind candidates even though the polls are not held on party lines.
Tue, Aug 09, 2022
August 02, 2022 04:50 IST
The property is owned by Goan locals Anthony D’Gama (who passed away in May 2021) and wife Merlyn D’Gama; the liquor licence was issued in Anthony D’Gama’s name.
Wed, Aug 03, 2022
July 30, 2022 04:17 IST
In their written reply, which pointed out that Anthony D’Gama was Merlyn’s husband, the mother and son said the allegations made in the complaint “are totally baseless and unsubstantiated”.
Sun, Jul 31, 2022
July 29, 2022 09:46 IST
Even as PSEB and TBSE confirmed the rollback to The Indian Express, states like Himachal Pradesh and Goa have decided to continue with the two-term exams for another year
Fri, Jul 29, 2022
July 28, 2022 18:43 IST
Govt recently said it has no record of how many temples were destroyed during the Portuguese rule but that it would work on information in the “public domain”
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
July 23, 2022 09:10 IST
The allegations of cross-voting in the Presidential election flew thick and fast among the Opposition parties after the results were declared on Thursday evening.
Sun, Jul 24, 2022
July 22, 2022 22:24 IST
To change one's name now, one will need to have their birth registered in Goa, and either a parent or a grandparent born in Goa.
Sat, Jul 23, 2022
July 22, 2022 08:01 IST
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said, “No one can erase or forget the history of Goa. There is no list [of destroyed temples] that is notified. Practically, everyone knows history. When you look at history, there may have been a temple at a certain location in the past."
Fri, Jul 22, 2022
July 22, 2022 03:52 IST
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, however, said the Archives and Archeology department would notify the list.
Fri, Jul 22, 2022
July 17, 2022 19:17 IST
Senior Goa Congress legislator Digambar Kamat faces a disqualification petition filed by the state Congress unit before the Speaker of the Assembly for “anti-party activities”.
Mon, Jul 18, 2022
July 17, 2022 19:07 IST
The move by Congress president Sonia Gandhi comes a week after the party’s Goa in-charge, Dinesh Gundu Rao, accused Kamat, a former chief minister, and MLA Michael Lobo of being involved in an attempt to split the legislative wing.
Mon, Jul 18, 2022
July 16, 2022 20:46 IST
Six other Congress MLAs, who were not flown to Chennai, include ex-chief minister Digambar Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Kedar Naik, Aleixo Sequeira and Rajesh Faldesai
Sun, Jul 17, 2022
July 15, 2022 20:15 IST
This is Gaude’s second stint as the art and culture minister. He also holds the portfolios of sports and rural development.
Sat, Jul 16, 2022
July 14, 2022 16:58 IST
The bungalow—a part of it formerly owned by Manish Munot, husband of BJP spokesperson Shaina N C—was a rallying point during the campaign for the Assembly polls in February.
Fri, Jul 15, 2022
July 13, 2022 19:41 IST
Digambar Kamat has now been accused by his own party of allegedly plotting with new entrant Michael Lobo and the ruling BJP to engineer the defection of eight of its 11 MLAs.
Thu, Jul 14, 2022
July 13, 2022 11:59 IST
Goa Town and Country Planning Minister Vishwajit Rane tables report that shows eco-sensitive areas were turned to developable areas in Congress MLA Michael Lobo’s stronghold
Wed, Jul 13, 2022
July 13, 2022 05:30 IST
Goa Congress: Cut up about being divested of his responsibilities, Digambar Kamat said he was the only MLA from the previous Assembly who was left in the Congress before the 2022 polls. “If I had to go (to BJP) I could have gone before the election,” he said.
Wed, Jul 13, 2022
July 12, 2022 14:47 IST
Ahead of Assembly polls, Congress did rounds of a temple, church, dargah, got candidates to file affidavits. Six months later...
Tue, Jul 12, 2022
July 12, 2022 02:10 IST
Party's in-charge for Goa Dinesh Gundu Rao had accused Lobo and former CM Digambar Kamat of hatching a conspiracy with the BJP to make at least eight of 11 Congress MLAs defect to the BJP.
Tue, Jul 12, 2022
July 11, 2022 16:38 IST
Seven-time MLA from Margao, Kamat was divested of responsibilities as the Congress put younger leaders in charge of the state unit
Tue, Jul 12, 2022
July 11, 2022 16:00 IST
The three-time MLA from Goa's Calangute, now at the centre of an alleged rebellion in the Cong, had left the BJP ahead of the February polls
Tue, Jul 12, 2022
July 11, 2022 13:40 IST
MLAs Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat were accused of conspiring with the BJP to engineer the defection of eight of its 11 MLAs in the state Legislative Assembly.
Mon, Jul 11, 2022
July 11, 2022 01:33 IST
Towards the end of a day marked by intense speculation and meetings with the MLAs, AICC Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao announced that Lobo had been removed from the position of the leader of the Congress legislature party and that action for anti-party activities would follow against him, Kamat and three other MLAs.
Mon, Jul 11, 2022

