Manohar Parrikar to return to Goa from Mumbai hospital on Wednesday

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 in Panaji on Monday.

Parrikar, 62, had flown to Mumbai on August 23 and was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital there.

"Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to return to Goa on Wednesday," the Chief Minister's Office said in a single-line statement.

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 earlier this month for a follow-up.

He then returned to Panaji on August 22 and the next day flew to Mumbai.

CM Fadnavis chairs 'war-room' meeting; reviews ongoing state projects

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis chaired a 'war-room' meeting to review the progress of various projects underway in the state here on Monday.

Among the various projects accessed by the Chief Minister were the Mumbai Urban Transport Project-3, under which a new suburban corridor linking Nerul, Belapur, Seawood, Uran is being constructed, the Wardha-Yavatmal-Nanded railway line, the Ahmednagar-Beed-Parli-Vaijnath railway line, Wadsa-Gadchiroli line and issues related to Maharashtra Samruddhi Corridor.

The official Twitter handle of the chief minister's office later gave a peek at the progress of a few Metro projects in the state.

"CM @Dev_Fadnavis also reviewed progress of irrigation projects," they mentioned in a separate tweet.

MP CM birthday vow: Promises to bear education cost of disabled children

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday promised to bear the education cost of differently abled children.

He made this promise on his 59th birthday in Bhopal, which he along with his wife Sadhna Singh, celebrated with differently-abled children.

Chouhan said, "If these children want to get admission in medical college, engineering college, IIT, IIM, polytechnic or wherever they want; I will pay their education fee."

He further blessed them for their future.

The Chief Minister also cut his birthday cake with the children.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also extended birthday wishes to Chouhan.

"Birthday greetings to Madhya Pradesh CM @ChouhanShivraj Ji.

His humility has endeared him to all sections of society and his hardwork has transformed MP. I pray for Shivraj ji's long and healthy life," Prime Minister Modi tweeted.

End jungle raj', Siddaramaiah slams Yogi after UP CM's 'beef eater' barb

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday lashed out at his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath's earlier address in Bengaluru, and opined that the latter could "learn a lot" from him.

During Adityanath's ongoing visit to the state, Siddaramaiah tweeted, "I welcome UP CM Yogi Adityanath to our state. There is a lot you can learn from us Sir. When you are here, please visit an Indira Canteen and a ration shop. It will help you address the starvation deaths sometimes reported from your state".

Earlier in the day, Adityanath, while addressing a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in the garden city, accused Siddaramaiah of intermixing religion and politics, thus following the footsteps of Congress President Rahul Gandhi ahead of the assembly polls in Gujarat.

He further questioned Siddaramaiah on why he was "endorsing beef eaters" if he was a Hindu.

In an earlier tweet, Siddaramaiah lashed out at the UP Chief Minister, suggesting that he should primarily focus on ending 'Jungle Raj' in his state, and retrospect upon the increasing number of deaths of children in hospitals.

"Yogi Adityanath should first get rid of Jungle Raj in Uttar Pradesh and save children who are dying in the hospital. Let us understand then", he tweeted in Kannada.

On a related note, Adityanath is scheduled to take part in the BJP-led 'Parivartan Yatra' in the run-up to the Karnataka Assembly polls.
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