Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar died at his private residence here on Sunday evening after a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 63.The condition of Parrikar, diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer in February last year and in and out...

The Goa government will soon announce an employment policy aimed at ensuring job for every youth in the coastal state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday.Parrikar, who is currently in the US undergoing treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer,...

Drugs are not manufactured in Goa, but trafficking activity exists in the coastal state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday."As per records, no narcotics are manufactured in Goa," Parrikar told the state Legislative Assembly in a written reply...

The Justice M.B. Shah Commission's estimate of Goa's mining scam being a whopping Rs 35,000 crore is based on a wrong survey and its real extent is unlikely to be more than Rs 50 crore to Rs 100 crore, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday."The...

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said he had to intervene in the ongoing controversy over the use of formalin in preserving fish, because people in the coastal state have stopped eating fish."Yesterday, I was kept quiet. But since fish is a...

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday asked the people to be responsible with the use of plastic."Now that the new market has been inaugurated, I want to underline that it is our responsibility to keep it clean.We should stop throwing plastic bags...

In a bid to diffuse the controversy stirred by Goa Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai calling domestic tourists as "scum of earth", state Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that everyone was welcome to the state, provided they do not urinate...

Even as Goa readies for closure of its iron ore mines next month, following a Supreme Court order, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said it is not possible for governments to suddenly disrupt the economic trajectory of a state and all stakeholders,...

The Goa government has withdrawn the contempt petition filed before the Mhadei River Water Disputes Tribunal, following an assurance by Karnataka government, that it would not carry out any construction work to divert water till the dispute is resolved,...

Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "visionary leader" with his "feet on the ground", Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said even while Modi rubs shoulders with world leaders, he had the humility to enquire about the coastal state's open defecation-free...

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday ruled out setting up of a government-run mining corporation to run the state's mining sector, calling it "unviable".He hinting that auctioning of mining leases may be the only option before him, in order to kick-start...

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said that he had begun to fear the fact that even girls have started drinking beer now."I have begun to fear now, because even the girls have started drinking beer... the tolerance limit is being crossed."Not...

In a sarcastic barb targeting the media, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday compared the scenario of mining companies packing up machinery, operations and surrendering their traditional mining leases with US soldiers exiting Iraq.Parrikar, who...

Fresh mining leases could be issued tentatively within six months, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Thursday, a day after the Supreme Court cancelled all 88 mining leases in the state citing irregularities in the lease renewal process.He, however, refused...

Two months after offering to discuss sharing of drinking water from the Mhadei river to Karnataka on humanitarian grounds, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that only the interstate Water Dispute Tribunal appointed by the Central goevrnment...

After initially refusing to comment on the Supreme Court's decision to cancel all the 88 mining leases recently renewed by the state government, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said there was no cause for panic.Parrikar said a formal statement...

It is not possible to seek jobs and other means of livelihood and at the same time complain about pollution, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday, while flaying coal pollution-related protests in South Goa's Vasco port town, 35 km from Panaji.Speaking...

Over six lakh drivers, or nearly half of Goa's licenced riders, were fined in the last one year for traffic violations, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday.Speaking at the launch of the Road Safety Week in Goa, Parrikar also suggested that party-goers...

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said efforts were on to make Goa a scientific hub in India with focus on promoting scientific temperament in the coastal state."Our government seeks to reinforce Goa's status as a scientific hub of India, with...

All financial transactions conducted by the state government will go digital from September 30 this year, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday."Less cash, means less corruption and less evil, which leads to increase in state's income and decrease...