Obituary

Bhubaneswar: Veteran leader of Odisha and former Union Minister Debendra Pradhan, father of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, passed away on Monday following a prolonged illness. He was 84. The BJP stalwart, who was suffering from…
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Bhubaneswar: Noted Odia poet and former Chief Secretray of Odisha Ramakanta Rath passed away at his residence in Kharvel Nagar area in Bhubaneswar in the early hours of Sunday. He was 91. According to family members, he had been unwell…
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Bhubaneswar: Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former Odisha Minister Ananta Das passed away in the early hours of Sunday in Bhubaneswar following a prolonged illness. He was 85. Das, who had been suffering from age-related…
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Bhubaneswar: Uttam Mohanty, a veteran actor and one of the most loved icons of the Odia film industry, passed away on Thursday night while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in New Delhi. He was 67. He is survived by his actor-wife…
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Puri: Duryodhan Pradhan, a distinguished social worker and a pioneer of social justice from Satapada, Puri, passed away at the age of 83. He breathed his last on January 27 at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. A visionary leader,…
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Mumbai: Eminent physicist Rajagopala Chidambaram, who played a key role in the nuclear tests of 1975 and 1998 and initiating India’s indigenous development of supercomputers, died on Saturday, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) stated.…
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New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was cremated with full state honours at New Delhi's Nigambodh Ghat on Saturday. President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister JP…
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New Delhi: The architect of India's economic liberalization and the trailblazer of country’s new economic policy, Dr. Manmohan Singh, breathed his last late on Thursday. Economists around the world remember him for his brilliance and…
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New Delhi: Osamu Suzuki, an ingenious pennypincher who led Japan's Suzuki Motor for more than four decades and played a key role in turning India into a flourishing auto market, has died aged 94. He died on Christmas Day of lymphoma,…
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Bhubaneswar: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s family share a deep bond of over 30 years with Odisha through marital ties. His daughter, Daman Singh, is married to Ashok Pattnaik, a 1983-batch IPS officer from Odisha. The…
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