Former finance minister Arun Jaitley dies at 66
NEW DELHI : Arun Jaitley, the former finance minister and one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s closest associates, died in ...
Sushma Swaraj passes away
New Delhi, Aug 7: Senior BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj passed away at the All India Institute of ...
Li Peng, China’s technocrat ‘communist warrior’ who rose to the top in chaotic times
Late premiers Li Peng and Zhou Enlai have come to occupy two very different places in the Chinese consciousness, one hugely ...
Theatre veteran Girish Karnad dead at 81
Girish Karnad, a playwright, writer, actor, activist and one of India’s most versatile theatre personalities, died in his home city ...
Hollywood icon Doris Day dead at 97
Doris Day, the US screen icon famed for her wholesome, girl-next-door appeal in a string of box office hits, died Monday at age 97, ...
ITC Chairman Yogi Deveshwar passes away
Kolkata , May 11 : Legendary corporate leader Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, who spearheaded multi-business conglomerate ITC group as its ...
Goa CM Manohar Parrikar dead
Panaji (Goa), March 18: Goa Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Manohar Parrikar died on Sunday evening after a prolonged battle ...
Former Defence Minister George Fernandes dies at 88
New Delhi, Jan 29 :Veteran socialist George Fernandes, who was the defence minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, died on ...
Siddaganga seer Shivakumara Swami passes away
Tumkur (Karnataka) , Jan 21 : Shivakumara Swami, the pontiff of Sree Siddaganga Matha, passed away here on Monday after a prolonged ...
Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar passes away
Eminent writer and journalist Kuldip Nayar passed away in New Delhi on Thursday following a brief illness. He was 95. Mr. Nayar, a ...