The cremation of former Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar, will be held with full state honour on Monday. The last rites are expected to be performed at 5 pm at Miramar. Goa will be observing 7 days mourning to grieve the loss of the late chief minister and the Centre already announced National Mourning on March 18.

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar (63) breathed his last on Sunday after a long battle with cancer. His health has been fluctuating for a year and took a turn for the worse in the past two days. He had been on life support system since late Saturday night. Parrikar had been the Cheif Minister of Goa since March 2017. He also held the same post from 2000-2005 as well as 2012-2014. He was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer last year and was in an out of hospitals in Goa, Delhi, Mumbai and New York.