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Manohar Parrikar

Manohar Parrikar

DOB: 13/12/1955

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.

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Kejriwal's tongue got bigger for speaking against PM, had to be trimmed: Manohar Parrikar

Politics | Sep 18, 2016, 09:54 AM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said Arvind Kejriwal’s tongue had to be trimmed as it had grown long due to speaking much against Prime Minister and him.

Manohar Parrikar

I am a ‘disciplined Swayamsevak’ of RSS: Manohar Parrikar

Politics | Sep 17, 2016, 02:53 PM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today downplayed the reports of rebel RSS leader Subhash Velingkar planning to float a political party in poll-bound Goa and said that in a democracy, anybody can launch a party.

Facilities given to Kashmiri separatists should be

Facilities given to Kashmiri separatists should be withdrawn: Manohar Parrikar

Politics | Sep 12, 2016, 07:22 AM IST

Amid reports that the Centre may scale down security cover of Kashmiri separatists and restrain various facilities enjoyed by the, in view of the Valley unrest, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said withdrawal of

Manohar Parrikar addressing media

Small group holding majority to ransom: Manohar Parrikar on Kashmir

World | Aug 30, 2016, 08:25 AM IST

Alleging that forces across the border are fomenting trouble in violence-hit Kashmir, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that "a small percentage" of people in the Valley are holding the majority to ransom. He said

Parrikar and Carter addressing a joint press conference

India, US become logistical allies but no setting up of military bases

World | Aug 30, 2016, 07:23 AM IST

India and the US on Monday signed a historical agreement that will make the two nations logistical allies and enable both the militaries to use each other's assets and bases for repair and replenishment of

If Pak is hell, why did Modi, Advani go there: Congress

If Pak is hell, why did Modi, Advani go there: Congress asks Parrikar

Politics | Aug 27, 2016, 06:24 PM IST

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday made a stringent attack on Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for his “Pakistan is hell” remark, asking him why he did not object when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior

Manohar Parrikar with Ashton Carter

Manohar Parrikar to meet US defence Secretary Ashton Carter at Pentagon on Monday

World | Aug 27, 2016, 03:13 PM IST

Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will be meeting his US counterpart Ashton Carter at the Pentagon on Monday.

Ex-French naval officer behind Scorpene submarines data

Ex-French naval officer behind Scorpene submarines data leak?

India | Aug 25, 2016, 08:47 AM IST

The leak of data related to India's Scorpene submarines created a stir on Wednesday, with Ministry of Defence seeking a report from the Indian Navy on the documents.

Manohar Parrikar

Manohar Parrikar curtails powers of his deputy, orders to route secret files directly to him

Politics | Aug 19, 2016, 04:13 PM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has cut down the powers of his deputy Subhash Bhamre. In an order issued on August 11, Parrikar has directed all departments of his high-profile Ministry that top secret files should be routed directly to him and not

Manohar Parrikar

Going to Pakistan is same as going to hell, says Manohar Parrikar

Politics | Aug 16, 2016, 04:26 PM IST

In yet another reflection of strained relationship between New Delhi and Islamabad, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that a visit to Pakistan is like a visit to hell itself.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar

‘What lesson is he going to teach minorities’: Uproar in RS over Manohar Parrikar’s remarks against Aamir Khan

Politics | Aug 01, 2016, 06:26 PM IST

A brief uproar erupted in Rajya Sabha today over remarks by Manohar Parrikar against actor Aamir Khan even as the Defence Minister denied having said what was been quoted to him. During the Zero

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31st July News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

India | Jul 31, 2016, 07:40 PM IST

Important news stories

Manohar Parrikar takes swipe at Aamir Khan

Manohar Parrikar takes swipe at Aamir's controversial remark, calls it 'arrogant'

Politics | Jul 31, 2016, 10:15 AM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday slammed Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan without naming him and said the lesson should be taught to those who speaks against the country in the same way that an “actor”

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar

Army must be allowed to fire, can’t use lathis: Manohar Parrikar

Politics | Jul 31, 2016, 08:38 AM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said that Indian army should be allowed to resort to firing to control activities like "transgression" and "incursion". “I don't want to train the army to use lathis,”

Manohar Parrikar

Missiles to be indigenously manufactured in 'one or two years': Manohar Parrikar

Jul 30, 2016, 11:32 PM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the country is just "one or two years" from indigenous manufacture of missiles as he claimed the DRDO scientists were on the verge of evolving seeker technology, which is

Manohar Parrikar

No Chinese incursion in Indian territory, Manohar Parrikar tells Parliament

Politics | Jul 28, 2016, 05:53 PM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today denied reports of Chinese incursion in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.

Manohar Parrikar

Some objects found, need to verify whether from missing AN-32 plane: Manohar Parrikar

India | Jul 27, 2016, 06:44 PM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that some objects have been found in the Bay of Bengal although it remains to be verified whether they belong to the ill-fated AN-32 aircraft which went missing with 29 defence personnel on board.

No trace of missing IAF AN-32

No trace of missing IAF AN-32, all leads have turned out to be bad: Manohar Parrikar

India | Jul 26, 2016, 11:35 AM IST

Massive search operation for the Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 aircraft that went missing with 29 people onboard entered its fifth day today with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar saying “all leads till now have turned out to be bad”.

No trace of missing IAF AN-32 aircraft

No trace of missing IAF AN-32 aircraft, Parrikar conducts aerial survey

India | Jul 23, 2016, 02:23 PM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will visit Chennai today to oversee search operations for an IAF AN-32 transport aircraft that went missing with 29 people on board on Friday.

Did Sachin Tendulkar lobby for friend involved in ‘scam

Did Sachin Tendulkar lobby for friend involved in ‘scam bigger than Adarsh’?

Cricket | Jul 20, 2016, 02:15 PM IST

The matter has now reached the CBI and the CVC with the complaint filed with the probe agencies claims it could be bigger than the Adarsh scam.

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