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Bengaluru: Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa was laid to rest with full state honours on Monday. The 94-year-old former minister, who passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday, was cremated at the Kalleshwara Mill premises, following Veerashaiva-Lingayat traditions. Earlier in the day, Shivashankarappa's mortal remains were brought to his native Davanagere, where they were kept at the high school grounds for the public, his followers, and well-wishers to pay thei ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Nov 10 (Maxim News): Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy was deeply shocked to hear about the sudden demise of renowned poet and writer Ande Sri. The passing away of the great Telangana writer Ande Sri, who penned the popular Telangana state song; 'Jaya Jayahe Telangana', is a huge loss to the Telangana literary world. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp The Chief Minister said remembering the song Jaya Jayahe Telangana stood as the voice of crores of people during the Telangana movement and in ...Read More >
Protests have erupted across Assam following singer Zubeen Garg's death in Singapore. Demonstrations are demanding a swift investigation into the incident. Clashes have occurred as authorities attempt to move accused individuals. The state has imposed prohibitory orders and suspended mobile internet services. The Chief Minister has accused groups of politicizing the death ahead of elections. Protests have erupted across Assam nearly a month after singer Zubeen Garg's mysterious death in Singapo ...Read More >
Zubeen Garg's death in Singapore is under investigation ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to Zubeen Garg at the singer's cremation site in Sonapur * Gandhi recalled seeing Mount Kanchenjunga at age 17 during a mountaineering course in Sikkim * Gandhi linked Zubeen Garg's qualities to the transparent, unshakable nature of Kanchenjunga Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Guwahati: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reca ...Read More >
Guwahati: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday stressed the urgent need for a transparent investigation into the circumstances of Assam's beloved singer Zubeen Garg's death in Singapore. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited the Sonapur cremation site, on the outskirts of Guwahati, to pay tribute to the late singer Zubeen Garg. Following a meeting with Zubeen Garg's family members at Kahilipara in Guwahati, Gandhi spoke to reporters, expressing his profound sorrow. ...Read More >
Guwahati, Oct 17 (PTI) Leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is scheduled to arrive here on Friday to pay tribute to singer Zubeen Garg, who died in Singapore last month. Gandhi will visit Garg's resting place at Sonapur, on the outskirts of Guwahati, to offer his respects to him, a Congress leader said. He will also visit the singer's residence to convey his condolences to the bereaved family members, he said. Garg, 52, died in Singapore while swimming in the sea on Septem ...Read More >
Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], October 16 (ANI): Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, on behalf of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, paid floral tributes to Former Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, at Cochin International Airport in Kerala on Thursday. Governor Arlekar laid a wreath on the mortal remains of Odinga in the presence of his daughter Winnie Irmgard Odinga, the High Commissioner of Kenya in India, and senior officials from the Government of India and the State Gov ...Read More >
The Shillong Chamber Choir (SCC), one of India's most beloved and celebrated musical ensembles, delivered a memorable performance at the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 in Guwahati on Tuesday, September 30. Renowned for their soulful harmonies and genre-defying artistry, the choir presented a specially curated 8-minute set as part of the opening celebrations of the match. Their performance took place immediately after the toss and before the National Anthem, captivating audiences with a seam ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 30 (ANI): Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a transparent and urgent probe into the death of singer Zubeen Garg, who passed away in Singapore. The 52-year-old Assamese music icon died on September 19 following a scuba diving accident in Singapore. His mortal remains were first flown to Delhi and later transported to Guwahati on Sunday morning by a commercial flight. In his letter, Gogoi requested t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced a one-day state mourning on Wednesday following the demise of veteran BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra. Malhotra passed away on Tuesday morning. He was undergoing treatment at AIIMS for the last few days. Gupta expressed deep sorrow over his demise, calling it an "immense and irreplaceable loss". The chief minister said that the state government would ensure that his last rites are conducted with full honours. She visited his r ...Read More >
Assam Police warned against fake messages about an internet shutdown, assuring no such plans exist and vowing action against misinformation spreaders. This comes as the state mourns singer Zubeen Garg's mysterious death, prompting multiple FIRs and a SIT probe, with musician Shekhar Jyoti Goswami detained for questioning. Guwahati: The Assam Police on Friday warned against "fake messages" being circulated by mischief mongers about the internet shutdown in the state and said that people should n ...Read More >
Mysuru: Kannada's towering literary figure and Padma Bhushan awardee Dr. SL Bhyrappa was laid to rest on Friday with full state honours at the foothills of Chamundi Hills in Mysuru. The celebrated novelist, who passed away following a cardiac arrest on September 24, merged with the panchabhootas in an emotional farewell witnessed by family, admirers, and dignitaries. Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi attended the funeral as the official representative of the central ...Read More >
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Thursday conducted raids against Zubeen Garg's manager in Assam days after the singer's death, sources told India Today. Premises linked to Zubeen Garg's manager, Siddharth Sharma, were searched in Guwahati's Datalpara. According to sources, CID officials arrived at the complex in the morning and remained stationed outside the three-storey building for nearly two hours before initiating the raid. The search, conducted in the presence of a magistrate, targe ...Read More >
Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in Guwahati, the capital of the northeastern state of Assam, to mourn the death of singer-composer Zubeen Garg. Garg, 52, drowned on 19 September in Singapore, where he had gone to perform at a live concert. He was a cultural icon in Assam, singing in more than 40 languages and dialects in a career spanning 33 years. His hit Hindi language song Ya Ali from the 2006 film Gangster made him nationally famous. Garg's cremation will be held on Tuesday ...Read More >
Guwahati, Sep 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Assam on Tuesday bid an emotional farewell to music icon Zubeen Garg, who was cremated with full state honours at Kamarkuchi on the outskirts of Guwahati. In keeping with his wish, fans sang "Mayabini" - the song he once said should be sung when he passed away - as thousands joined the final journey under the blazing sun. The track, first featured in the 2001 Assamese film 'Daag', held a special place in the singer's heart. The funeral procession began from t ...Read More >
Guwahati [Assam], September 23 (ANI): In a deeply emotional moment, late singer Zubeen Garg's pet dogs were brought by his family to his funeral cortege in Guwahati. The late singer was known for sharing an immense love for dogs and the sight of his canine companions bidding their silent farewell came as a poignant reminder of their special bond. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to his X handle and shared the video, showing Garg's dogs being brought in. The late singer's wife, Gari ...Read More >
New Delhi: Months after India destroyed several terror establishments in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under "Operation Sindoor", a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander has admitted that the family of Masood Azhar, the terror group's top commander, was "ripped apart" in strikes on Bahawalpur. In a video that has now gone viral, a top Jaish commander, Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, flanked by security personnel, is seen acknowledging the losses suffered by the terror outfit and explaining how ...Read More >
New Delhi: For the first time, a top commander of the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has spoken of the ferocity of India's strike on May 7 that marked the start of Operation Sindoor. In a video that has now gone viral, Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, flanked by armed guards, is seen acknowledging the deaths of family members of the outfit's chief Masood Azhar in Bahawalpur. Azhar's family were "torn to pieces" in the May 7 attack on the Jaish headquarters - Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah - in Bahawalp ...Read More >
SHILLONG, Sep 15: Meghalaya on Monday bid an emotional farewell to one of its tallest political figures, former Chief Minister Donwa Dethwelson Lapang, who was laid to rest with full state honours. Leaders cutting across party lines, along with hundreds of mourners, gathered at Students' Field, Jaiaw, to pay their final respects during the state funeral. The solemn ceremony included the national anthem and a gun salute, after which the mortal remains were taken to the Jaiaw Presbyterian Church ...Read More >
Shillong: Four-time former CM Donwa Dethwelson Lapang, who passed away on Friday, was laid to rest with full state honours, including gun salutes, on Monday at the Jaiaw Presbyterian Church cemetery in the city.A state funeral was held before that at the Students' Field where final respects were paid to the veteran leader by CM Conrad K Sangma, leader of opposition Mukul Sangma, ministers, acting chief justice of Meghalaya High Court Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew, officials and general public.Descri ...Read More >
SHILLONG, Sep 14: Former Chief Minister DD Lapang will be laid to rest with full state honours on Monday. The state funeral will be held at Students' Field, Jaiaw, at 1 pm and is expected to be attended by Cabinet ministers, senior political leaders, and government officials. Thousands of people from across the Khasi and Jaintia Hills, particularly Ri-Bhoi, are expected to pay their respects to one of the tallest leaders of the state and the last surviving member of the first Meghalaya Assembl ...Read More >
SHILLONG, Sep 13: The Meghalaya government has declared three days of mourning as a mark of respect for five-time chief minister DD Lapang, who breathed his last on Friday. All official celebrations and major programmes have been cancelled for three days. A state funeral will be held at 1 pm on Monday, preceded by prayers at Lapang's residence at Lower Lachaumiere at 10 am. The NPP headquarters in Shillong was engulfed by grief on Saturday evening as party members, leaders, and well-wishers g ...Read More >
Shillong, Sep 13 (PTI) Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr DD Lapang was instrumental in granting Khasi the status of associate official language of the state, Prof Sylvanus Lamare, former principal of a renowned college here, said on Saturday. Recalling Lapang's contribution, Lamare said in 2003, when the demand for recognition of Khasi as an associate official language was at its peak, a delegation from the Khasi Authors' Society led by president WR Laitflang and secretary Phrikshon Kharshiing ...Read More >
Shillong, Sep 13 (PTI) From breaking stones as a road labourer in rural Ri Bhoi to occupying the chief minister's chair four times, Dr. Donwa Dethwelson Lapang's life was a saga of resilience and determination that continues to inspire generations in Meghalaya. Fondly called Maheh, Lapang's journey epitomised the rise of a grassroots leader. Born in 1934 to Donwas War and Elsibon Lapang at Nongpoh, he grew up in humble circumstances, helping his mother run a tea stall at Iew Mawlong and Umsnin ...Read More >
He was 93, and is survived by his wife Amethyst Lynda Jones Blah and two children | Image: Wikimedia Commons Veteran politician and four-time Meghalaya Chief Minister Donwa Dethwelson Lapang, fondly known as 'Maheh', died in a hospital here, his family said. He was 93, and is survived by his wife Amethyst Lynda Jones Blah and two children. The Meghalaya government will accord a state funeral to the former chief minister on Monday, officials said. Lapang had been suffering from age-related ai ...Read More >
Ranchi, August 4: A wave of mourning has gripped the nation following the death of JMM supremo and tribal icon Dishom Guru Shibu Soren. The Jharkhand government declared three-day state mourning in honour of former Chief Minister CM Shibu Soren, who died on Monday morning. The monsoon session of the Jharkhand Assembly was adjourned indefinitely on Monday to mourn the demise of Dishom Guru Shibu Soren -- a pioneer of the Jharkhand movement, founder of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, and sitting Raj ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Political leaders across party lines in Bihar mourned the death of veteran tribal leader and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren, who breathed his last at the age of 81 at a hospital in Delhi after battling a prolonged illness. Soren's death has plunged Jharkhand and the wider tribal political movement into deep mourning. A state mourning has been declared in Jharkhand, and several national leaders are expected to attend his last rites. One of the most inf ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], August 4 (ANI): The Jharkhand government declared a three-day state mourning, starting Monday, following the passing of the state's former Chief Minister and co-founder of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Shibu Soren. "In honour of the late Honourable former Chief Minister-cum-Rajya Sabha MP, the State Government has decided to observe 03 (three) days of state mourning from August 4 to August 6," the message from the Jharkhand government read. Also Read | Kerala Shocker: 47- ...Read More >
Ranchi, Aug 4 (UNI) The Jharkhand government today declared a three-day state mourning from August 4 to 6 following the demise of former Chief Minister and sitting Rajya Sabha MP Shibu Soren. According to an official notification, all state government offices will remain closed on August 4 and 5 as a mark of respect. The national flag will be flown at half-mast across government buildings during the mourning period, and no official functions or entertainment events will be held. Soren passed a ...Read More >
Jalandhar, Jul 20 (PTI) World's oldest marathoner Fauja Singh, known by the nickname 'Turbaned Tornado', was cremated on Sunday with full state honours here in Beas, his native village. Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, and Minister Mohinder Bhagat attended the funeral. Fauja Singh's son Harvinder Singh lit the funeral pyre. Fauja Singh was 114 when he was hit by a SUV being driven by Canada-based Amritpal Singh Dhillon on July 14. He was crossing the Jalandh ...Read More >
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