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"What Legacy?": Manohar Parrikar Son's Rival Challenges Goa Seat Claim
Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate, the controversial BJP legislator whose announcement as the party's candidate from Goa's Panjim triggered a resignation by its stalwart Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar, on Tuesday said that he was the more deserving
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"Parrikar Never Objected": Goa Chief Minister On Mollem, But Records Say...
A controversy has erupted in Goa over Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's comment to NDTV, in which he said a former Chief Minister - the late Manohar Parrikar - had not objected to a contentious infrastructure project that is at the heart of citizens' protests
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Goa Officials Drop Plan To Name Road After Manohar Parrikar Amid Protests
Amid controversy, the municipal council of South Goa town Margao on Thursday deferred its decision to name a two km road after former Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar, Goa Forward Party President Vijai Sardesai, a prominent member of the ruling panel in the civic body, said.
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Goa Village Suspends "Swachhta Tax" On Tourists Taking Photos
Days after it asked tourists, as well as locals, to pay for clicking photographs, the panchayat in North Goa's Parra, the ancestral village of Union Minister Manohar Parrikar, has scrapped its controversial decision.
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"Lies Peddled By Rahul Gandhi": BJP's 10-Point Rebuttal On Rafale
The BJP today amped up its twitter blitz on the Congress with a list of what it said were "lies peddled" by party chief Rahul Gandhi. All concerned Rafale, which occupied headlines yesterday after a report by The Hindu cited an internal note of the defence ministry that expressed strong reservations about the "parallel negotiations" conducted by of...
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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Rejects New Allegations By Congress In Rafale Case: Highlights
Today it is clear that PM Modi himself had been carrying out a parallel negotiation with the French," Mr Gandhi said at a press briefing in New Delhi.
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"Unnecessary Controversy": Read Rahul Gandhi's Letter To Manohar Parrikar
Congress President Rahul Gandhi today wrote to Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar after he was accused of using his visit on Monday to Mr Parrikar for "petty political gains".
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Goa Minister Was Threatened By PM Modi, Amit Shah, Says Congress Leader
Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, who featured in a controversial audio clip where he says that files linked to the Rafale deal are in Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's bedroom, has been threatened with harm by top BJP leaders, All India Congress Committee General Secretary A Chella Kumar said on Tuesday.
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Manohar Parrikar "Knows A Whole Lot Of Things" About Rafale: Congress
Former defence minister and current Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who is suffering from pancreatic cancer, knows a "whole lot of things" about the controversial Rafale fighter jet deal, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Saturday.
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Manohar Parrikar Knows Rafale Deal Was Fudged, Says Congress
The Congress on Monday accused Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar of being silent on the controversial Rafale deal, saying he was aware of the violation of several norms linked to the purchase of the French military aircraft.
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Goa Bans Fish Imports From States Till Month End After Formalin Scare
The Goa government has banned the import of fish from neighbouring states until July end in the wake of a controversy over the use of formalin in fish consignments, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday.
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Had To Intervene As Goans Stopped Eating Fish, Says Manohar Parrikar
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.
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Manohar Parrikar 'Welcomes All' To Goa. He Has One Condition
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 on roads and add to the state's garbage woes.
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Statements Of Goa Government Expose Its 'Bhatkar' Mentality: Congress
The Congress in Goa today accused the state government of trying to harass the middle class people in Goa, through their controversial statements, to benefit a few people in the creamy layer in the tourism industry.
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Goa Yes To Padmavat, Says Manohar Parrikar As Rajasthan Stays Firm On Ban
If "Padmavat" has been given a censor certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), the Goa government does not have a problem to screen it in cinema halls, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday.
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"What Legacy?": Manohar Parrikar Son's Rival Challenges Goa Seat Claim
Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate, the controversial BJP legislator whose announcement as the party's candidate from Goa's Panjim triggered a resignation by its stalwart Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar, on Tuesday said that he was the more deserving
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"Parrikar Never Objected": Goa Chief Minister On Mollem, But Records Say...
A controversy has erupted in Goa over Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's comment to NDTV, in which he said a former Chief Minister - the late Manohar Parrikar - had not objected to a contentious infrastructure project that is at the heart of citizens' protests
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Goa Officials Drop Plan To Name Road After Manohar Parrikar Amid Protests
Amid controversy, the municipal council of South Goa town Margao on Thursday deferred its decision to name a two km road after former Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar, Goa Forward Party President Vijai Sardesai, a prominent member of the ruling panel in the civic body, said.
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Goa Village Suspends "Swachhta Tax" On Tourists Taking Photos
Days after it asked tourists, as well as locals, to pay for clicking photographs, the panchayat in North Goa's Parra, the ancestral village of Union Minister Manohar Parrikar, has scrapped its controversial decision.
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"Lies Peddled By Rahul Gandhi": BJP's 10-Point Rebuttal On Rafale
The BJP today amped up its twitter blitz on the Congress with a list of what it said were "lies peddled" by party chief Rahul Gandhi. All concerned Rafale, which occupied headlines yesterday after a report by The Hindu cited an internal note of the defence ministry that expressed strong reservations about the "parallel negotiations" conducted by of...
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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Rejects New Allegations By Congress In Rafale Case: Highlights
Today it is clear that PM Modi himself had been carrying out a parallel negotiation with the French," Mr Gandhi said at a press briefing in New Delhi.
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"Unnecessary Controversy": Read Rahul Gandhi's Letter To Manohar Parrikar
Congress President Rahul Gandhi today wrote to Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar after he was accused of using his visit on Monday to Mr Parrikar for "petty political gains".
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Goa Minister Was Threatened By PM Modi, Amit Shah, Says Congress Leader
Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, who featured in a controversial audio clip where he says that files linked to the Rafale deal are in Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's bedroom, has been threatened with harm by top BJP leaders, All India Congress Committee General Secretary A Chella Kumar said on Tuesday.
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Manohar Parrikar "Knows A Whole Lot Of Things" About Rafale: Congress
Former defence minister and current Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who is suffering from pancreatic cancer, knows a "whole lot of things" about the controversial Rafale fighter jet deal, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Saturday.
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Manohar Parrikar Knows Rafale Deal Was Fudged, Says Congress
The Congress on Monday accused Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar of being silent on the controversial Rafale deal, saying he was aware of the violation of several norms linked to the purchase of the French military aircraft.
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Goa Bans Fish Imports From States Till Month End After Formalin Scare
The Goa government has banned the import of fish from neighbouring states until July end in the wake of a controversy over the use of formalin in fish consignments, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday.
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Had To Intervene As Goans Stopped Eating Fish, Says Manohar Parrikar
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.
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Manohar Parrikar 'Welcomes All' To Goa. He Has One Condition
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 on roads and add to the state's garbage woes.
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Statements Of Goa Government Expose Its 'Bhatkar' Mentality: Congress
The Congress in Goa today accused the state government of trying to harass the middle class people in Goa, through their controversial statements, to benefit a few people in the creamy layer in the tourism industry.
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Goa Yes To Padmavat, Says Manohar Parrikar As Rajasthan Stays Firm On Ban
If "Padmavat" has been given a censor certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), the Goa government does not have a problem to screen it in cinema halls, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday.
