Panaji:Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar breathed his last at his private residence at Dona Paula near the city on Sunday after fighting a tough battle with deadly cancer for the last one year. The former Defence Minister of the country was tenth chief minister of Goa. He was 63 and battling advanced pancreatic cancer which was diagnosed in February last year. However, formal announcement about the disease was made in October last year. Parrikar, born on December 1955, was Chief Minister ...Read More

New Delhi: I have always believed that the perpetuation of dynasties negates the very concept of Democracy. Dynasties rely on a feudal mindset, personality cults, non-ideological positions and believe that only those belonging to a privileged family are entitled to rule. There is no place for merit, commitment and ability to deliver in a dynastic democracy. The other danger about dynastic parties and dynastic rule is that the aberrations of different generations of a dynasty become a part o...Read More

Panaji: Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday accused Congress president Rahul Gandhi of using his courtesy visit to him for "petty political gains", asserting that there was no mention of the Rafale issue in their five-minute meeting. BJP president Amit Shah also ripped into Gandhi, charging him with "lying" in the name of a person fighting a disease and claiming that people of India are "disgusted by your reckless behaviour". Hours after meeting Parrikar at the Goa Asse...Read More

Ahmdabad: BJP candidate and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has won Panaji by-poll by a margin of 4,803 votes defeating nearest rival candidate Girish Raya Chodankar of Indian National Congress. Parrikar won 63.67% of total votes while rival Congress candidate could get 32.56% votes. Goa Suraksha Manch candidate Anand Shirodkar could get 220 votes which comes to 1.42 percentage while Independent Kenneth Ian Stewart Silveira could get merely 96 votes which comes to 0.62% of total. 301 ...Read More

New Delhi: The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of Shri Manohar Parrikar, from the Council of Ministers, with immediate effect, under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution. Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, the President has directed that Shri Arun Jaitely, Cabinet Minister, shall be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Defence, in addition to his existing portfolios. Shri Parrikar will take oath as Goa Chief Minister tomo...Read More

Gandhinagar: Amid the ongoing debate over quality of food given to armed personnel following the viral video message of a BSF jawan, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that that the quality of food must be maintained and several steps were initiated in last 2 years for making it more satisfactory and he himself was monitoring it. Parrikar, who was here to participate in the valedictory session of the 8 the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, told newsmen on its sidelines here that...Read More