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