PM in Goa, pays homage to Parrikar, meets family

Panaji, March 18 

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.