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Sunday, July 21st, 2019

 

Sheila Dikshit to Be Accorded State Funeral, Delhi Govt Declares Two-Day Mourning

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Several leaders including PM Narendra Modi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi visited her residence in Delhi to pay their last tributes. New Delhi: Three-time Delhi chief minister and Congress stalwart Sheila Dikshit, who gave the national capital its modern look, passed away Saturday afternoon at a private hospital here after suffering cardiac arrest. She was 81. Dikshit breathed her last at 3.55 pm at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, doctors said. She was brought to the hospital Saturday morning in a “critical condition with cardiac arrest”, a Fortis Escorts statement said. ItRead More


Lok Sabha Member and Lok Janshakti Party leader Ramchandra Paswan Dead

Ram Chandra Paswan

The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader passed away around 10.30 a.m. He was admitted to the hospital a week ago. New Delhi: Lok Sabha member Ramchandra Paswan, younger brother of central Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, died at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here on Sunday due to cardiac arrest, the family said. He was 56. The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader passed away around 10.30 a.m. He was admitted to the hospital a week ago. A four-time MP, Ramchandra Paswan represented Bihar’s Samstipur in the Lok Sabha. He is survived byRead More