<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Goa on Monday morning to pay tribute to chief minister Manohar Parrikar who died of pancreatic cancer on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Modi left for Goa soon after the Union Cabinet meeting, which was convened to condole the demise of Parrikar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Goa chief minister's body has been kept at the BJP office in Panaji for the party leaders and workers to pay their last respects.</p>.<p class="bodytext">From there, his body would be taken to Kala Academy, around three km away, to allow the public pay their tribute to him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parrikar, a four-time chief minister, died at his private residence Sunday evening after battling a pancreatic ailment since February last year. The IIT graduate represented Panaji Assembly seat in the state for over two decades.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parrikar's final journey will begin after 4 pm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His last rites will be performed at 5 pm at the Miramar beach here, next to the memorial of Goa's first chief minister Dayanand Bandodkar, who was also cremated there.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parrikar would be accorded a state funeral with full military honours, according to the home ministry. The central government has announced national mourning on Monday.</p>
<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Goa on Monday morning to pay tribute to chief minister Manohar Parrikar who died of pancreatic cancer on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Modi left for Goa soon after the Union Cabinet meeting, which was convened to condole the demise of Parrikar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Goa chief minister's body has been kept at the BJP office in Panaji for the party leaders and workers to pay their last respects.</p>.<p class="bodytext">From there, his body would be taken to Kala Academy, around three km away, to allow the public pay their tribute to him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parrikar, a four-time chief minister, died at his private residence Sunday evening after battling a pancreatic ailment since February last year. The IIT graduate represented Panaji Assembly seat in the state for over two decades.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parrikar's final journey will begin after 4 pm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His last rites will be performed at 5 pm at the Miramar beach here, next to the memorial of Goa's first chief minister Dayanand Bandodkar, who was also cremated there.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parrikar would be accorded a state funeral with full military honours, according to the home ministry. The central government has announced national mourning on Monday.</p>