Somnath Chatterjee, Former Lok Sabha Speaker, Dies At 89
Kolkata : Somnath Chatterjee is no more. The former Lok Sabha Speaker and expelled member of the CPM died just after 8 am today at a ...
Iran’s ex-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani dead
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pugnacious political survivor despite his support for moderates, died on Sunday ...
Carnatic musician Balamuralikrishna passes away
Carnatic vocalist, playback singer and composer Mangalamapalli Balamuralikrishna, who burst into the music world as a child prodigy, ...
Prof M G K Menon dead
Prof. M G K Menon, an acclaimed physicist, who had played a prominent role in the development of science and technology in the ...
Goa’s ‘Iron Lady’ Shashikala Kakodkar passes away
Goa’s first woman chief minister Shashikala Kakodkar passed away on Friday at her Altinho residence in Panaji after prolonged ...
Philanthropist Parmeshwar Godrej dies in Mumbai
Parmeshwar Godrej, renowned philanthropist, socialite and wife of Godrej Group chairman Adi Godrej, passed away last night at ...
Uzbekistan buries late strongman Islam Karimov
Samarkand: Uzbekistan bade farewell to President Islam Karimov at a high-security funeral on Saturday, after his ...
Pramukh Swami built global faith on Vedic values : Hillary Clinton
Washington, Aug 20 : Pramukh Swami, the spiritual head of the Swaminarayan sect who passed away last week, built a global ...
Mahasweta Devi given state funeral in Kolkata
Eminent author and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who breathed her last on Thursday evening, was accorded a state funeral ...