Tag: Manohar Parrikar Death

Manohar-Parrikar
'Parrikar's funeral paramount over coalition talks'

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s final rites were more important than a government formation, the coastal state’s BJP unit said on Monday, even as ongoing negotiations between allies and BJP leaders, including Nitin Gadkari and the party’s National Secretary B.L. Santosh, have appeared to hit a roadblock. Emerging from a night-long meeting with Gadkari, […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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Goa LoP meets Governor, stakes claim

Panaji: The Congress on Monday met Governor Mridula Sinha and staked claim to form the government in Goa, as it is the single largest party in the Legislative Assembly, Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar said. Kavlekar told reporters here that Sinha was handed a petition, stating the party’s intention to stake claim to form government. […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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Parrikar cremated with full military, state honours

Panaji:The last rites of Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who died on Sunday after suffering from pancreatic cancer for over a year, were held with full military and state honours at the Miramar beach here on Monday evening. Thousands of supporters and BJP workers accompanied the funeral cortege from the Kala […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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Pramod Sawant sworn in as 11th Goa CM

Panaji: Former Speaker of Goa legislative assembly and BJP MLA Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa on Tuesday. Vijai Sardesai from the Goa Forward Party and Sudin Dhavalikar from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, both alliance partners, have been inducted as Deputy Chief Ministers, Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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