Inter Kashi manager Antonio Habas expressed frustration after a 0-3 loss to Punjab FC in the ISL, citing deep club issues and potential unpaid salaries. Club insiders denied financial trouble, pointing instead to ongoing legal battles with Churchill Brothers over last year’s I-League title. Inter Kashi currently sit eighth in the ISL standings.
AIFF Executive Committee member valanka alemao Churchill has accused top officials of harassment and suppression for questioning procedural irregularities. She claims her voice was deliberately stifled during the meeting on Sunday. The AIFF has denied these allegations, stating all proceedings are in line with established procedures and suggesting the accuser has vested interests.
The assembly elections may be two years away but PWD minister Churchill Alemao on Sunday sounded the bugle for the battle of votes opening the election office of daughter valanka alemao whom he once again portrayed as candidate of Benaulim constituency.
The petitioner has prayed for the disqualification of the Benaulim MLA on the ground that D'Silva had acquired a Portuguese passport and had now allegedly attained citizenship of that country.
Behind this successful club, lies, well, a woman. In the male-dominated world of professional football, valanka alemao is a rare breed, proving that she is more than woman enough to find her place.
valanka alemao, daughter of the public works department (PWD) minister Churchill Alemao, is now performing a new role in party politics.
It's barely 7am, yet several youngsters, or 'freshers' as valanka alemao calls them, are getting ready for the first meeting of the day with Congress's woman candidate from Salcete.
The Colva police have registered an offence against 'unknown accused' on charges of posting an objectionable picture of valanka alemao, daughter of former PWD minister Churchill Alemao, on a social networking site.
The elections to the executive committee of the state Youth Congress is turning out to be quite an eventful affair.
In a development that has set off some political turbulence in Goa, PWD minister Churchill Alemao's daughter and political heir-apparent valanka alemao was on Saturday disqualified from 'contesting any elections for any post in the Indian Youth Congress or National Students Union of India for a period of one year'.
"Vaz is a person of Indian origin (PIO) status.He is free to campaign for anybody," Alemao told TOI when contacted, adding that Vaz was his family friend.
Former PWD minister Churchill Alemao's daughter valanka alemao may face a tough time in getting elected as the president of Goa Pradesh Youth Congress (GPYC) as few a Congress MLAs, GPCC president Subhash Shirodkar, and office bearers have come together to defeat her.
This is not the first time Alemao and Coutinho have clashed.
Navelim MLA and PWD minister Churchill Alemao on Saturday refuted speculation in political circles that his daughter Valanka may approach the NCP for a party ticket.
Sardinha, when contacted, said that he met AICC general secretary in charge of Goa Digvijaya Singh in New Delhi but confirmation about his ticket was not forthcoming.
Former PWD minister Churchill Alemao on Thursday accused defence minister Manohar Parrikar of “exerting pressure” on the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) to pass an order in favour of Benaulim MLA Caetano ‘Caitu’ Silva.
valanka alemao, who was yesterday suspended as the chief of Goa Youth Congress, on Saturday alleged that she was "tortured and harassed" by the party officials who wanted her to resign.
Amid the uncertainty over the AIFF elections scheduled on August 28, the returning officer on Sunday rejected the candidature of valanka alemao and Manvendra Singh for the president's post after their respective seconders denied having signed any nomination paper.
This was stated by Utkarsha Rupwate, national secretary, Indian Youth Congress and AICC observer for North and South Goa Lok Sabha elections.
valanka alemao has been suspended from the post of president of the Goa Pradesh Youth Congress (GPYC), evoking a sharp reaction from her against Congress party leaders.
Ever since they received a severe drubbing in the last assembly elections, the Alemao brothers-former PWD minister Churchill Alemao and former urban development minister Joaquim Alemao-have been taking a sabbatical from the political field, despite their repeated come-back announcements.
The deceased resident of Tarir, Rajbag, was found with her clothes torn, murdered in the bushes at Mastimol, Canacona, on Friday evening.
valanka alemao, daughter of former PWD minister Churchill Alemao, is the frontrunner for the post of president of the Goa state Youth Congress, sources said.
A day after the Alemao brothers met senior Congress leaders Ahmed Patel and Jagmeet Singh Brar in New Delhi, PWD minister Churchill Alemao on his arrival in Goa declared that their resignations stood withdrawn.