Friday, March 4 2005 15:23 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Panaji: Pratapsinh Rane Government in Goa today (Mar 4, 2005) won the vote of confidence in the Assembly.

In the voting on the confidence motion the result was 16-16 tie in the count of heads and the casting vote of the pro-tem speaker Fransisco Sardinha went in favour of the Government clinching the issue.

The speaker had earlier restrained United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP) member Mathani Saldanha from voting on the basis of a disqualification petition against him filed by Congress member Jitendra Deshprabhu.