Cartoonist Sudhir Dar dies at 87

Dar often poked fun at the bureaucracy and the general corruption in Indian politics in his cartoons.

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· Nov 26, 2019 · 06:16 pm

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kailash Joshi dies at 90

The BJP leader was often described as the ‘saint of politics’.

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· Nov 24, 2019 · 02:03 pm

West Bengal: Former Left Front minister and RSP leader Kshiti Goswami dies at 77

He was the state public works department minister for more than two decades till 2011. He was also the state secretary of the RSP for a few years since 2012.

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· Nov 24, 2019 · 11:03 am

Stage and film actor Shaukat Kaifi dies at 91

Her memoir ‘Kaifi and I’ was turned into a theatrical rendition called ‘Kaifi aur Main’.

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· Nov 22, 2019 · 09:52 pm

Bhopal gas tragedy activist Abdul Jabbar, who led the fight for victims, dies at 63

Jabbar himself had a respiratory disorder and suffered from vision loss due to the gas leak.

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· Nov 15, 2019 · 11:34 am

‘When election commissioners were brave’: Politicians across India mourn TN Seshan’s demise

Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi described Seshan as a ‘seasoned civil servant’ who served as the cabinet secretary.

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· Nov 11, 2019 · 06:03 pm

TN Seshan, former chief election commissioner known for electoral reforms, dies at 86

Seshan’s family members said that he did not suffer from any illness, but died suddenly on Sunday night following a fever.

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· Nov 11, 2019 · 07:45 am

Poet and novelist Nabaneeta Dev Sen dies in Kolkata at 81

Sen won many awards, including the Padma Shri in 2000 and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1999 for her poetry and novels.

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· Nov 07, 2019 · 09:55 pm

CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta dies at 83

The Communist Party of India veteran had lung cancer.

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· Oct 31, 2019 · 10:28 am

Delhi: SAR Geelani, former DU professor acquitted in Parliament attack case, dies of cardiac arrest

He spent 22 months in prison before being exonerated by Delhi High Court in 2003.

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· Oct 24, 2019 · 09:57 pm

Ram Mohan, known as the father of Indian animation, dies at 88

He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2014.

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· Oct 12, 2019 · 01:06 pm

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, first person to walk in space, dies at 85

Leonov had made history in 1965 by exiting his capsule for 12 minutes.

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· Oct 11, 2019 · 07:57 pm