Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar dies after long illness at 63

Parrikar returned to work in December, admitting that he was battling a "life-threatening disease", but said he would continue to work till his last breath

Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar died in Panaji on Sunday, succumbing to a pancreatic ailment that had slowed down the technocrat-politician. He was 63. 

"The chief minister died around 6.40 pm Sunday," a senior state government official told news agency PTI.

Parrikar admitted in December that he was battling a "life-threatening disease", but said he would continue to work till his last breath.

He presented the Goa budget in the assembly on January 30, wearing a tube in his nose. "Present circumstances have prevented me from delivering a detailed Budget speech, but there is a josh that is