PM in Goa, pays homage to Parrikar, meets family

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IANS Panaji
Last Updated : Mar 18 2019 | 3:10 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Monday and paid floral tributes to Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer.

Modi met the family of the 63-year-old former Defence Minister at the Kala Academy where his body lay in state.

He offered his condolences to the two sons and daughters-in-law of the late leader. Parrikar would be accorded a state funeral with full military honours later in the day.

--IANS

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First Published: Mar 18 2019 | 2:56 PM IST

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