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Manohar Parrikar
Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar is an Indian politician and leader of Bharatiya Janata Party who has been Chief Minister of Goa since 14 March 2017. Earlier he was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014. He was born on 13 December 1955 in Mapusa, Goa. He studied at Loyola High School, Margao and completed his secondary education in Marathi. He graduated in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1978. He is the first IIT alumnus to serve as MLA of an Indian state. He had served as Defence Minister of India from 2014 to 2017. He is a former member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. Parrikar joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and became a sanghchalak at the age of 26. He was active in the RSS's North Goa unit, becoming a key organiser of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. As a member of the BJP, Parrikar was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Goa in 1994. He was leader of the opposition from June to November 1999. On 27 October 27 2018 the Goa government announced that CM Manohar Parrikar has pancreatic cancer.
Manohar Parrikar
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Assembly Bypoll Results: BJP wins Panaji, Valpoi bypolls; AAP ahead in Delhi's Bawana
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Goa by-poll results: Manohar Parrikar wins prestige battle in Panaji with margin of 4803 votes
National | Aug 28, 2017, 11:33 AM ISTParrikar, who returned to the state from the Centre after the assembly elections in February, defeated his nearest rival, Congress's Girish Chodankar, by 4,803 votes
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Assembly Bypoll Results: AAP retains Bawana; BJP wins both Panaji, Valpoi; TDP wins Nandyal
National | Aug 28, 2017, 02:21 PM ISTThe result of Panaji seat will decide the fate of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Vishwajit Rane, a former Congress leader who is now a minister in Parrikar cabinet
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Assembly bypolls: Counting of votes today; all eyes on Panaji, Bawana
National | Aug 28, 2017, 12:02 AM ISTThe counting of votes for four Assembly seats - Panaji, Valpoi, Nandyal and Bawana - spread across three states will be held tomorrow.
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Counting for Goa bypolls tomorrow; Parrikar's fate to be decided
National | Aug 27, 2017, 08:29 PM ISTThe electoral fate of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who contested the assembly bypoll from Panaji, will be decided tomorrow when the counting of votes is taken up.
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Will win Panaji by-poll with better margin, says Goa CM Manohar Parrikar
National | Aug 23, 2017, 12:01 PM ISTPanaji constituency which covers the state capital and adjoining areas has a voter base of 22,203 of which 17,339 had cast their vote during the last Assembly election.
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Assembly bypolls LIVE updates: AAP minister Imran Hussain booked for using 'objectionable' poster
National | Aug 23, 2017, 03:58 PM ISTThe bypoll became necessary after sitting AAP MLA Ved Parkash quit the Delhi assembly and returned to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the municipal elections this year.
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Goa CM Manohar Parrikar files nomination for Panaji Assembly seat
National | Aug 02, 2017, 12:11 PM ISTParrikar, a former Defence Minister in the National Democratic Alliance government, who was rushed to state politics in March, filed his nomination form after paying his respects at a temple and Church.
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Goa CM Manohar Parrikar to file nomination from Panaji seat on Wednesday
National | Aug 01, 2017, 10:10 PM ISTGoa CM Manohar Parrikar will tomorrow morning file his nomination from Panaji constituency for the August 23 bypoll.
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Israeli prisoners brainwashed Goa's serial desecrator, says Manohar Parrikar
National | Jul 19, 2017, 02:58 PM ISTThe Chief Minister told the Goa Assembly that Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Veerappan were Pereira's idols.
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BJP should make its stand clear on beef issue, says opposition
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VHP demands resignation of Goa CM Manohar Parrikar over beef remark
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The will be no shortage of beef in Goa, assures CM Manohar Parrikar
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There will be no shortage of beef in Goa, assures CM Manohar Parrikar
National | Jul 18, 2017, 08:23 PM ISTCM Manohar Parrikar assured the Assembly on Tuesday that there will be no shortage of meat in Goa and his government has kept open its option of importing it from Karnataka.
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Beef not banned in Goa, says Manohar Parrikar's minister
National | Jul 09, 2017, 08:05 PM ISTGoa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Sunday said beef is not banned in the state and tourists would get whatever dishes they want.
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PoK surgical strike was in planning for 15 months, says ex-Defence minister Parrikar
National | Jul 01, 2017, 05:25 PM ISTParrikar disclosed that the surgical strikes against PoK militants were planned 15 months in advance after the Manipur killings.
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Goa CM Parrikar order audit of EC’s reimbursement claim of Rs 16.86 crore
National | Jun 19, 2017, 09:46 PM ISTSpeaking to India TV, Parrikar, in a barb aimed at the Election Commission, said that constitutional authorities can become more corrupt than politicians when vested with absolute power.
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Goa govt to release common minimum programme on June 18, says Manohar Parrikar
National | May 30, 2017, 02:03 PM ISTParrikar said last month that the government will adopt a common minium programme in consultation with all the alliance partners - BJP, Goa Forward Party, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and Independents.
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Did Manohar Parrikar government in Goa just survive a coup?
National | May 14, 2017, 06:40 PM ISTThe loyalty of Congress legislators appear to be split between Kamat and Faleiro although the Congress formally has denied any rift and Faleiro has even offered to surrender his rank for the health of the party.
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Adityanath, Parrikar to resign as MPs only after presidential poll in July
National | May 14, 2017, 12:52 PM ISTYogi Adityanath and Manohar Parrikar are likely to resign from their parliamentary seats only after casting their votes in the presidential election.