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Ambala City bus stand to be renamed after Sushma Swaraj

Sushma Swaraj: extraordinary leader with many firsts

8:38 pm August 7, 2019

New Delhi: The last rites for Sushma Swaraj, the former foreign minister and a BJP stalwart, were conducted Wednesday to the sounds of ceremonial bugle and Vedic mantras, the widely different tunes emblematic of the woman herself who harmonised many different chords in her persona. Swaraj, one of India’s most high profile woman politicians who […]

Last rites of Swaraj performed with full state honours

7:16 pm August 7, 2019

New Delhi: The mortal remains of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj were consigned to flames on Wednesday at the Lodhi Road crematorium here. Hundreds of people, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and veteran party leader L K Advani bade her farewell. Swaraj, who also served as the Leader of Opposition […]

As external affairs minister, Swaraj enhanced India’s reputation: Shah

2:22 pm August 7, 2019

New Delhi: The untimely demise of Sushma Swaraj had left him as well as millions of party workers and her admirers in a state of shock, Union home minister and BJP president Amit Shah said on Wednesday, as he remembered the departed leader’s stints in various positions in the opposition and in different governments. Speaking […]

Foreign dignitaries, world leaders pay their tributes to Sushma Swaraj

2:01 pm August 7, 2019

New Delhi: World leaders, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and UNGA President Mara Fernanda Espinosa Garcs, on Wednesday condoled the death of India’s former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj. Leaders from across the globe remembered the veteran BJP leader, who died on Tuesday night after a massive cardiac arrest at […]

Telangana town offers last rites for poor at Re 1

8:36 pm May 21, 2019

Karimnagar (Telangana): Seeking to ensure a decent funeral for the poor, the civic body in Karimnagar town of Telangana will launch a scheme next month under which last rites can be performed for just one rupee. According to Karimnagar Mayor S Ravinder Singh, the ‘Antim Yatra Aakhri Safar’ would be launched on June 15 and […]

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