Panaji, Sep 10 (TNN): Chief minister Manohar Parrikar returned home on Wednesday from his 10-day tour of Europe.
Sources said that soon after his arrival, he drove to the secretariat in Porvorim, where he began clearing files. He was at the secretariat till late evening.
Parrikar had left on a private foreign tour on September 1, his second since he took over the reigns of the state in March 2012, official sources said. Unlike in the past when there used to be much hype over chief ministers going on foreign trips, Parrikar's tour details were virtually kept under wraps, on the grounds that his tour was not at tax-payers' cost.
In Parrikar's absence, deputy chief minister Francis D'Souza held charge as the officiating chief minister.