Tag: Parrikar
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Parrikar was like Abhimanyu trapped in a political battlefield: Biographer
"I did not want to trouble Parrikar with a phone call, because I was watching his political trajectory rise phenomenally. But I knew that it would not be possible to complete those conversations with him, when cancer gripped him."
March 17, 2021 -
AC jackets for Indian Special Forces soon: Parrikar
Trials for introducing air-conditioned jackets for the Indian Special Forces soldiers are on, former Defence Minister and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said. “In a Special Forces operation, there is extensive exercise. Body heats up, he (soldier) is very uncomfortable. At that time if he has an air conditioned jacket, he is more comfortable. …
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August 20, 2017 -
Sonu, Monu, Giru and Parrikar’s Panaji by-poll campaign
Sarcastic songs, fashioned after RJ Malishka’s now viral “Sonu song”, appear to have taken centrestage in the Panaji by-poll campaign, where Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is trying to book a passage to the state assembly. Parrikar, who was the country’s Defence Minister for three years before returning to state politics in March after the elections, …
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August 15, 2017 -
Media query prepared Army for surgical strike across LoC: Parrikar
A question put by a media person soon after Army's surgical strikes in Myanmar in 2015 eventually paved the way for subsequent strikes across the LoC in 2016, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday. "The Army was instructed to be prepared for surgical strikes on the western border, a day after surgical strikes …
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June 3, 2017 -
Goa government: Congress challenges Governor’s decision in SC
The tussle for government formation in Goa on Monday reached the Supreme Court, with the state Congress legislative party leader challenging the invitation extended by Goa Governor Mridula Sinha on Sunday to BJP leader Manohar Parrikar to form government. All India Congress Committee (AICC) Secretary Girish Chodankar told IANS late on Monday that Chief Justice …
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March 13, 2017 -
Fresh EC notice to Parrikar on bribery remarks
Overruling claims of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar that his election speech in Goa made in Konkani was incorrectly translated, the Election Commission today served him with a fresh notice on his reported bribery remarks and asked him to respond by Thursday. In its latest notice to the senior BJP leader, the Commission said the "CD …
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February 7, 2017 -
Service chiefs discuss pay anomalies with Parrikar
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, who heads the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC), on Wednesday said the three service chiefs have discussed in detail "anomalies" in the Seventh Pay Commission with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar who has assured them to resolve the issues at the earliest. A statement by Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, released …
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September 14, 2016 -
DRDO chief briefs Parrikar over Embraer deal
DRDO Chief S Christopher on Monday briefed Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on the USD 208-million Embraer Aircraft Deal of 2008 which has come under cloud over allegation of bribery. Christopher visited the minister’s office earlier in the day and briefed him over the matter. The DRDO has already approached the Brazilian company Embraer for an …
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September 12, 2016 -
Parrikar leaves for US, logistics deal on anvil
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday left for a tour of the US, where he will be meeting Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Monday, officials said. The two sides are expected to discuss the logistics sharing agreement during the visit, sources said, even as there was no official word on possibility of the deal being …
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August 28, 2016