CM Manohar Parrikar to return to Goa on August 29
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is currently admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai for a review health check-up, will return to his home state on August 29, his office said today. "Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to return to Goa on Wednesday," the Chief Minister's Office said in a single-line statement. CMO officials had refused earlier to divulge further details about his health.
Parrikar had undergone treatment in the US for three months
Parrikar had flown to Mumbai on August 23 and was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital. Earlier this year, Parrikar had undergone treatment in the US for nearly three months for a pancreatic ailment and returned in the last week of June. He went to the US again for a follow-up and returned to Panaji on August 22, and the next day flew to Mumbai.
Parrikar sought Modi's intervention to address mining sector crisis
Parrikar had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on August 7 and sought his intervention to address the current crisis in the state's mining sector.