Manohar Parrikar To Be Given State Funeral Today; PM Modi Pays Respect

PANAJI:

Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who had been battling cancer for more than a year, died at his home in Panaji at the age of 63 on Sunday. His body will be kept at the BJP head office in state capital in the morning where people will pay their final respects to him from 11am to 4pm at Kala Academy.

The funeral procession will begin at 4pm and the last rites will performed at 5pm at SAG grounds in Campal, approximately 4km from Panaji.

Following the death of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, the Centre has announced a national mourning today and declared the National Flag will fly at half-mast across the country. Seven days of State Mourning will be observed throughout Goa from March 18 to 24 after the death of chief minister Manohar Parrikar.