India

18Nov

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RNR Manohar, Tamil Actor-Director

RNR Manohar, Tamil Actor-Director Tamil actor, writer and director RNR Manohar passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 61. The renowned personality was suffering from COVID-19 and was being treated for the last 20 days at a private hospital in Chennai. RNR Manohar acted in more than 50 films, including Mruthan and Teddy. He was the brother of DMK state council member NR Ilango. Manohar’s death has made the film industry grieve. Several Tamil-Telugu film actors have expressed grief over the director’s demise. According to reports, RNR Manohar was rushed to the city hospital in Chennai due to the severity of Covid-19 complications. The actor-director breathed his last on Wednesday morning. The 61-yeaar-old started his film career as Ravi Kumar’s assistant director and la...

30Oct

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Yusuf Hussain, Veteran Actor

Yusuf Hussain, Veteran Actor Veteran actor Yusuf Hussain passed away due to COVID-19 complications at the age of 73 on Saturday. He was being treated at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, where he died this morning, his son-in-law and filmmaker Hansal Mehta mentioned to the news agency PTI. Yusuf Hussain's death has left his family and friends in the film fraternity heartbroken. Hansal Mehta, who is married to Yusuf Hussain's daughter Safeena, mourned his father-in-law in an emotional Instagram post. He also shared a photo of Yusuf Hussain and wrote about how the late actor helped him to complete his 2012 film Shahid, featuring Rajkummar Rao, when he was "troubled" and his "non-existent career as a filmmaker was almost finished completely." Hansal Mehta shared that Yusuf Hussain was l...

Kaizzad Capadia, Fitness expert & K11 School founder

15Oct

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Kaizzad Capadia, Fitness expert & K11 School founder

Kaizzad Capadia, Fitness expert and K11 Founder Kaizzad Capadia, fitness expert and director of K11 Education Pvt Ltd, passed away in Pune on Wednesday. He was 49 years old. According to Sassoon General Hospital authorities, by the time Capadia was brought to the hospital, he was already dead. As per Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines, a rapid antigen test was also done on him. “The test was positive for Covid-19 and the cause of death on the certificate was declared as due to coronavirus disease,” a Sassoon official told The Indian Express. As per his relatives, Capadia had taken his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine already. On Wednesday morning, he felt some discomfort but passed away prior to being brought to the hospital. He is survived by his wife...

1Sep

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Buddhadeb Guha, Writer

Eminent Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha, author of many notable works such as `Madhukari' (Honey Gatherer) died of post-covid complications at a private hospital after a massive cardiac arrest. He was 85. According to reports, the writer, whose works of fiction reflected his closeness to nature and forests of eastern India, was suffering from post-Covid complications and had been hospitalised earlier this month after complaining of breathlessness and urinary infection, his family said. He had earlier suffered from Covid-19 in April and had been hospitalised for 33 days. Guha was predeceased by wife, eminent Rabindra Sangeet exponent Ritu Guha in 201, leaves behind two daughters. Born on June 29, 1936 in Kolkata, Guha had spent his childhood in Rangpur and Barisal districts of Ea...

28Aug

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Pt Subhankar Banerjee, Percussionist

Renowned percussionist Pt Subhankar Banerjee died after battling COVID-19 for two months at a private hospital in Kolkata, his family said on Thursday. He was 54. Banerjee who died on Wednesday is survived by his wife, son and daughter, they said. His son, promising percussionist Archik posted on Facebook “Lost”. Several classical musicians from Pt Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Pt Purbayan Chatterjee, Ustad Rashid Khan, Pt Bickram Ghosh are slated to attend Banerjee's last journey with COVID-19 protocols on Thursday from Sangeet Research Academy where his body was kept. Banerjee, who had done jugalbandi with all legendary classicists from Pt Ravi Shankar, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan to Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma had been admitted to the hospital on June 20 and was on ...

28Aug

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Jacob Mar Barnabas, Bishop

Rev Dr Jacob Mar Barnabas, metropolitan of Gurgaon-Delhi diocese of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, passed away in Delhi on Thursday. He was 60. The metropolitan was under treatment for post-Covid illnesses for the past four months. Dr Jacob Mar Barnabas was born on December 3, 1960, to Geevarghese and Rachel of Aerath family at Ranni in Pathanamthitta. After his schooling, he joined the Order of the Imitation of Christ in 1975. He has ordained a priest on October 2, 1986. The new priest was given charge of religious formation for pre-novices. He then went to Academia Alfonsiana, Rome, for higher studies in Moral Theology. During his priestly ministry, he held various positions including Superior, Bethany Ashram, Pune, Rector, BVP, Pune, Professor and Head of the Department of P...

22Aug

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Sangram Keshari Jena, Politician

Sangram Keshari Jena, a former Odisha youth Congress president and son of former party state president Jayadev Jena, succumbed to post-Covid complications at a hospital in Hyderabad on Thursday. Sangram (43), a popular youth leader, was on ventilator support in Bhubaneswar for more than three weeks after he tested positive in April. He was airlifted to Hyderabad in May for ECMO treatment. Sangram’s family members, quoting the doctors, said his condition deteriorated rapidly on Wednesday night. The doctors declared him dead in the early hours of Thursday. In 2014, Sangram had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha election from the Bhadrak seat on a Congress ticket.

3Aug

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Arun Dey, Politician

Former Balasore MLA and a firebrand leader Arun Dey passed away at a private hospital here on Monday at the age of 75. He was undergoing treatment for post Covid complications. Dey was admitted the Balasore district headquarters hospital after he suffered from cold and complained of difficulty in breathing. When he tested positive for Covid-19, he was shifted to the private hospital in Bhubaneswar on July 9. He had last contested assembly election from Balasore in 2014 on an Indian National Congress (INC) ticket. However, he lost to Biju Janata Dal’s Jiban Pradip Das by a huge margin. He had joined the BJD for only 10 days after being denied ticket to contest either Lok Sabha or assembly polls. He left the party ahead of the polls and joined the grand old party – Congress. ...

31Jul

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Debanand Patra, Athlete

Veteran athlete Debanand Patra 90, has passed away after a brief illness at his home in Phulbani town in Kandhamal district of Odisha. Patra, who was also a retired police officer is survived by three daughters and two sons. Quoting Phulbani Municipality Executive Officer Baladev Behera news agency PTO reported that he had tested positive for COVID-19 a few days earlier and was undergoing treatment at his home. He had participated in national events in various categories of athletics and was felicitated by the state government and Kandhamal district administration.

25Jul

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Pradeep Tara, Doctor

Dr Pradeep Tara Dr Pradeep Tara, a household name in East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar, died on Friday after a two-month battle against Covid-19. Dr Tara, a general physician and chest specialist set up his practice in Mayur Vihar in the 1980s. He was admitted to the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre with Covid-related complications in May and died on Friday. He was in his mid-sixties. “He was very well-known in all of East Delhi in fact. His patients remember him because of how sweet-spoken he was. He was also very intelligent and made it a point to stay up to date with developments in the profession. Lively and affectionate, he was popular in his social circle as well. He played tennis every day and we would swim together… He fought against Covid for two long months, and it was his stron...