Mickey Pacheco

• Goa: Mickky Pacheco arrested, conviction upheld

  Former Goa Tourism Minister Fransisco Mickey Pacheco was arrested today after his conviction in an assault case was upheld by a court.

• Pacheco speaks out: Congress should respect alliance

  The man in the eye of the political storm in Goa, Fransisco Mickey Pacheco has finally broken his silence. Reacting to the furore triggered by his proposed re-induction in the Cabinet, the controversial NCP legislator today said it's the prerogative of his party to make him a Minister and Congress should not interfere in it."It's a prerogative of t...

• Can't have Pacheco in Goa Cabinet: Congress

  The Congress has refused to induct Nationalist Congress party (NCP) legislator Fransisco Micky Pacheco in the Cabinet, claiming his induction would be "problematic" for the Digamber Kamat-led government in Goa."I met congress legislators and ministers who told me that induction of Pacheco would be problematic for the state government," All India Co...

• Crisis in Goa Congress over Mickey Pacheco

  The political turmoil continues in Goa over NCP's Mickey Pacheco. Congress' Goa-in-charge B K Hariprasad has arrived in the state and will be meeting Chief Minister Digambar Kamat as well as the dissenting MLAs who are threatening to quit the party.The latest round of political crisis in the state began last week when a group of ten Congress MLAs, ...

• Congress MLAs opposed to Pacheco threaten to topple Goa govt

  NCP president Sharad Pawar's directive to Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat to re-induct controversial MLA Fransisco Pacheco in the ministry resulted in a group of 10 Congress legislators tonight threatening to topple its own government in such an eventuality.The government would be toppled within minutes if Pacheco, a former tourism minister, is s...

• Goa revenue minister booked for attacking legislator

  Goa revenue minister Jose Philip D'Souza was booked on Wednesday for assaulting party colleague and legislator Fransisco Mickey Pacheco, police said.Various offences including unlawful assembly and assault have been lodged against D'Souza, who is also NCP's Goa Unit president, DSP Rohidas Patre said.A non-cognisable complaint was also registered ag...

• This sailor was allegedly part of Pacheco scam

  When asked whether he's involved in money laundering, Mickey Pacheco glibly responded, "What is that... a service where you wash and throw money?" Pacheco, who resigned as Goa's Tourism Minister after his close friend committed suicide, would do well to hold onto his sense of humour. He's being investigated for an immigration scam. Pedro ...

• Ex-Goa tourism minister Mickey Pacheco denies involvement in money laundering

  Goa's former Tourism Minister Fransisco Mickey Pacheco on Sunday stirred clear of the controversy which embroils him in a major international money laundering and fake travel document racket."I am shocked to read what has appeared in the newspaper. My overseas employment agency has ceased to exist since last four years, since I separated from my wi...

• Goa minister Pacheco to surrender tomorrow: Lawyer

  Former Goa Tourism Minister Fransisco Mickky Pacheco, wanted in connection with the death of his friend Nadia Torrado, will surrender before the police on Saturday, his lawyer has said."Pacheco will make himself available to the Crime Branch tomorrow morning," his lawyer Amit Palekar told reporters in Panaji.Palekar said Pacheco's former officer on...

• Pacheco met Nadia for two days before she consumed poison

  Former Goa Tourism Minister Fransisco Pacheco had met his close friend Nadia Torrado for two days before she allegedly consumed poison on May 15, police said.The Crime Branch, investigating the death of the 28-year-old woman, said they have found several contradictions in the statements given by Nadia's family during the probe.The investigators are...