Goa Chief Minister
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CM asks legislator if he would sell medicines at night
National | Aug 18, 2014, 02:57 PM ISTPanaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today asked Independent legislator Naresh Sawal if he would sell veterinary medicines at late night, after the duo had an argument over availability of drugs during emergency. “I will
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'Girls not safe on UP roads after 6 PM', says Goa Chief Minister
India | Jul 25, 2014, 01:56 PM ISTPanaji: He meant to highlight the safety of his state, but Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has scripted a potential controversy by saying that girls "disappear" in Uttar Pradesh if they are out in the
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I would have done better than Modi post-Godhra: Parrikar
National | Sep 05, 2013, 07:58 AM ISTPanaji: "I would have ensured a better job than Narendra Modi in the post-Godhra riot phase in 2002," Goa's Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Wednesday.Parikar said this in an interview to New York Times' India
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I'm called Hitler, devil; it's a compliment: Parrikar
National | Aug 19, 2013, 02:56 PM ISTPanaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Monday said he was often called "Hitler" and "the devil", but he takes those terms as compliments, as people who used the terms were actually referring to his reputation
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CM slams green activists, says mining crucial for Goa
National | Mar 22, 2013, 08:55 AM ISTPanaji, Mar 22: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday came down heavily on environmentalists opposing mining, saying the activity is crucial for financial well being of the state."Goa benefited by Rs 5,000 crore in last
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Centre is not my boss: Goa CM
National | Mar 22, 2013, 09:04 AM ISTPanaji. Mar 22: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday defended his stand of rejecting the All India Services officers posted in Goa by the union government on the floor of the house, claiming that the
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Goa Opposition up in arms as Panaji mayoral poll deferred
National | Mar 21, 2013, 10:24 AM ISTPanaji, Mar 21: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has drawn the ire of the Opposition with the last-minute postponement of the mayoral election at Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) yesterday.The Opposition MLAs stalled the
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Goa CM quotes Vajpayee's poem, presents budget
National | Mar 19, 2013, 07:03 AM ISTPanaji, March 19: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Monday quoted a poem by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to open his budget speech in the state assembly.Presenting his second budget after assuming power in
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Parrikar announces financial package for mining ban affected
National | Mar 10, 2013, 06:45 AM ISTPorvorim, March 10: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Saturday announced a financial bonanza for those affected by the mining ban in the state on the anniversary of his government's first year in power."Those families dependent
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Endless wait for Goa lokayukta
National | Jan 04, 2013, 12:37 PM ISTPanaji, Jan 4: The wait for a lokayukta in Goa appears to be as endless and tiring as that in Samuel Beckett's landmark play "Waiting for Godot".After promising to institute a lokayukta in Goa 100
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EC asks Goa CM to defer induction of new minister
India | May 04, 2012, 07:21 PM ISTPanaji, May 4: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and the Election Commission are at loggerheads over the proposed induction of a new minister in the cabinet.While Parrikar today said he will induct Alina Saldanha in
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Goa Mining Scam, CM Meets Sonia
India | Oct 13, 2011, 01:59 PM ISTPanaji, Oct 13: In the backdrop of allegations pertaining to illegal mining, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the national capital, sources said today.Though Kamat government has been facing heat