Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi said that media mogul Ramoji Rao resisted "undemocratic" attempts of the Congress when its government at the Centre harassed Telugu Desam Party founder NT Rama Rao and "unceremoniously" dismissed his government in the 1980s.
Last rites for industrialist and media mogul Ramoji Rao has started at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad on Sunday morning. The funeral rites are being made with state honours of the Telangana government.
"VP Jagdeep Dhankhar embarks on a visit to Tehran to attend the official ceremony to pay condolences on the tragic demise of President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister H. Amir-Abdollahian, of Iran," said MEA spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, in a post on X.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri has assigned a high-ranking delegation to investigate the case, state media reported.
Producer Ritesh Sidhwani, who is the co-founder of Excel Entertainment along with Farhan Akhtar and is known for producing several hits, lost his mother Leelu Sidhwani yesterday.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed grief over the demise of former Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi and was instructed to bring the mortal remains of Sushil Modi from Delhi to Patna by special plane.
This comes as the Iranian top general attended the funeral procession of military officer Mohammed Reza Zahedi on Saturday, vowing Iran would respond to the strike on its embassy consulate in Damascus that killed top figures from its Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Novosibirsk witnessed the highest detentions with 16 individuals taken into custody. Moscow, where Navalny was interred, saw at least 10 detentions, while Yekaterinburg and the Voronezh region had 10 and 14 detentions, respectively.