Panaji : Special prayers were held at Panaji’s Immaculate Conception Church on Saturday for the health of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is suffering from a pancreas-related ailment. Speaking to reporters after conducting the special religious service, Fr. Cleto Pereira said that prayers were made for Parrikar’s health and his quick return to office. “God […]
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Frail-looking Parrikar thanks Goa for prayers, presents budget
Panaji : In an emotional address to the people of Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who hours after being discharged from a Mumbai hospital made a dramatic appearance at the state legislative assembly on Thursday to present the annual budget, thanked the people of Goa for praying for his health. The Chief Minister said that […]
Parrikar stable, condition improving: Goa BJP
Panaji : Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, admitted in a Mumbai hospital since February 15 for a pancreas-related ailment, is “positively responding” to treatment and his condition is stable, South Goa BJP MP Narendra Savoikar said on Wednesday. “Parrikar’s condition is stable and improving. Doctors are constantly monitoring his health and he is positively responding […]
Goa Police asked to re-look at prostitution case involving actress
Panaji : The Goa Police, which is in process of closing a 2015 prostitution case involving a Bollywood actress, has been asked to take a re-look at it, the state assembly was told on Wednesday. “We will ask the department to inquire this case properly,” said Public Works Department Minister Sudin Dhavalikar, who was standing […]
Goa Church asks Catholics to pray for Parrikar’s health
Panaji : Goa’s Roman Catholic Church has asked its followers to fervently pray for the good health of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, hospitalised at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital since February 15 for pancreas-related ailment. In a statement here, Goa’s Archbishop Filip Neri Ferrao asked Goa’s Catholics to “pray for the fast recovery of our ailing Chief […]
Congress to seek detailed statement on Parrikar’s health
Panaji : The Congress will seek a proper explanation from Goa’s BJP-led coalition government about the exact nature and severity of the ailment of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar said on Tuesday. Talking to reporters at the state Legislative Assembly complex, Kavlekar said: “We will raise the issue of CM’s health. […]
Reports on Parrikar’s shifting to US baseless: Goa BJP MP
Panaji : Contrary to Goa Assembly Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo’s statement that ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar could be shifted to the US for treatment if required, South Goa MP Narendra Savoikar said on Monday that news on his treatment abroad were “false and baseless”. “Parrikar is admitted at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai and […]
Parrikar can be sent to US, if need be: Goa Deputy Speaker
Panaji : Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is being treated at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital for a pancreas-related ailment, can be shifted to the US for further treatment, “if need be”, Deputy Speaker and BJP MLA Michael Lobo said on Monday. “We want him. We will do everything we can. He could be taken to […]
Journalist who wrote about Parrikar’s health barred from Goa assembly
Panaji : A journalist was on Monday barred from entering the precincts of the Goa legislative assembly, two days after he sent across a message about Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s ill-health and later retracted it. Harish Volvoikar, who runs GoaJunction.com, was stopped by the security personnel on Monday morning, on the first day of the […]
PM meets ailing Parrikar in Mumbai hospital
Panaji/Mumbai : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who is admitted in Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital for treatment of “mild pancreatitis”. Modi, on a daylong visit to Mumbai, took time off his scheduled engagements to meet Parrikar, who was earlier Defence Minister in the Modi Cabinet, and asked after […]