Yakub Memon executed
as SC rejected his fresh plea in pre-dawn hearing
The State Government of Maharashtra has decided to hand over his
body to his relatives, after completion of formalities.
Eminent vocalist Vasundhara
Komkali died
She received training in Indian classical music by Pt. Kumar
Gandharva (her husband) and Dr. BR Deodhar.
Clive Rice, first
post-apartheid captain of South Africa Cricket team, passed away
He represented South Africa for the first time in Kolkata on 10
November 1991 as captain and last time in New Delhi four days later.
Dr. Suniti Solomon,
pioneering Indian HIV/AIDS researcher, passed away
She was the first person in India who documented the nation’s
first HIV/AIDS case in 1986 and later set up Y R Gaitonde Centre for AIDS
Research and Education (YRG CARE)
Noted Physicist P
Hariharan passed away
Hariharan had contributed in various researches including in the
design of a new 3-beam interferometer, first practical radial-shear
interferometer and double passed Fabry-Perot interferometer.
Santasilan Kadirgamar,
the veteran Sri Lankan historian, passed away
He was among those who were instrumental in setting up the
Movement for Inter-Racial Justice and Equality (MIRJE - Jaffna)
Former Indian
President APJ Abdul Kalam passed away
Considered as the People's President, Dr Kalam became the 11th
President of the country and occupied the post between 2002 and 2007 during the
NDA government headed Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
PR Chari, the nuclear
disarmament advocate, died
He was a former IAS officer who served two terms in the Defence
Ministry and was also a former Director of the Institute of Defence and Strategic
Analysis (IDSA) from 1975 to 1980.
Veteran Congress leader
Bijoy Krishna Handique passed away
Handique was first elected to Assam Legislative Assembly in
1972, he then became a member of All India Congress Committee in 1973.
Former Bihar Governor
Ramkrishna Suryabhan Gavai passed away
It was to Gavai’s credit that the Deekshabhoomi turned into a
world class memorial to Ambedkar and his historic conversion to Buddhism.
Longtime cartoonist
Tom Moore died
Moore began drawing cartoons while serving in the US Navy during
the Korean War.
Noted Hollywood actor
Olaf Pooley passed away
Pooley was most famous for his role as villainous scientist
Professor Stahlman in Doctor Who show, which he starred in during the
1970s.
Alex Rocco, the actor
known for his role in Godfather, died at 79
Rocco won the Emmy award as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Series for his role in sitcom The Famous Teddy Z.
Noted Urdu writer Dr
Bisheshar Pradeep died
Pradeep was a prolific writer who penned more than a dozen
fiction books in Urdu and was best known for his 'Afsana Nigari', the fiction
writing form in Urdu.
Uruguayan soccer
legend Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia died
Ghiggia won the goal in a stunning 2-1 victory over Brazil in
the final game of the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Veteran Telugu
playback singer V Ramakrishna died
Born in 1947, Ramakrishna sang about 5000 songs in a career
spanning nearly four decades.
Iconic musician Joan
Sebastian passed away
Born as Jose Manuel Figueroa, he was best known for his
sentimental love songs such as Secreto de Amor and Tatuajes.
Tamil music composer
Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan died
He had composed music for over 1700 films in Tamil, Malayalam
and Kannada and worked with three Chief Ministers MG Ramachandran, M
Karunanidhi and Jayalalithaa.
Former BSFI president
Pashupatinath Roy died
He was the secretary and advisor at BSFI for some time and later
went on to join the Asian body of the game as Secretary and President.
Renowned Urdu poet
Bashar Navaaz passed away
He was known as an Indo Pak shayar as his poetry is popular in
India as well as in Pakistan.
Legendary producer
Jerome Charles Weintraub died
He produced Nashville in the 1970s and other hits including Oh
God!, The Karate Kid and the immensely popular caper-comedy series Ocean’s
Eleven.
Renowned Urdu novelist
Abdullah Hussain passed away
He authored the bestseller and critically acclaimed novel Udas
Naslain, it is considered as a masterpiece of Urdu literature.
Hollywood actress
Diana Douglas died
Douglas was best known for her work in television in late 1940s
when she appeared in live dramas.
Former Chief Justice
of India Y K Sabharwal passed away
Born on 14 January 1942, Justice Sabharwal mainly practised in
civil and constitutional cases.
Adelaide Crows
football coach Phil Walsh died
Phil Walsh, 55, who turned to coaching after a long playing
career, was killed.
Keltron founding
chairman K P P Nambiar passed away
A native of Kannur in Kerala, Nambiar was credited with setting
up India's first state-run electronics venture Keltron and India's first IT
park Technopark.
Matti Makkonen,
pioneer of SMS technology, died
This Finnish tech pioneer pitched the idea of SMS messaging to
two colleagues in a pizzeria while at a telecommunications conference in 1984.
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