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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik condoles Odissi dancer Laxmipriya Mahapatra's dem
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday expressed his condolences over the demise of renowned Odissi dancer Laxmipriya Mahapatra and announced a state funeral.
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Maharashtra to accord state funeral to pilot killed in Kerala plane crash
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Maharashtra government has decided to accord a state funeral to the late Wing Commander (Retired) Captain DV Sathe, who was flying the Air India Express flight which crash-landed at Kozhikode airport on August 7 and claimed 18 lives.
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Manohar Parrikar death: Centre announces national mourning on March 18
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): The Central government has announced national mourning on March 18 following the demise of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
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Why no state funeral for Ramakant Acharekar, asks Shiv Sena
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): The Shiv Sena hit out at the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government for not giving a state funeral to ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's coach Ramakant Acharekar.
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He taught me how to lead: Teary-eyed Bush eulogises his father
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], Dec 6 (ANI): Former United States President George W. Bush choked up while delivering the eulogy at his late father and former President George H. W. Bush's state funeral at the National Cathedral, and said that the latter was "close to perfect" and taught him how to
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Leaders gather to bid their last farewell to George H W Bush
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], Dec 5 (ANI): World leaders and scores of mourners gathered in Washington to bid goodbye to the late 41st President of the United States George H W Bush at the state funeral on Wednesday.
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Foreign leaders arrive to attend Vajpayee's funeral
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 17 (ANI): Foreign dignitaries have started arriving in India to attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He will be cremated today with full state honour at Smriti Sthal.
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Karunanidhi to be accorded state funeral
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 7(ANI): Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo M Karunanidhi's funeral will be held with full state honours.
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Former anti-apartheid activist Winnie Mandela laid to rest
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], April 15 (ANI): Former South African anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has been laid to rest in a state funeral on Saturday at Fourways Memorial park near Johannesburg in South Africa.
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BJP MP castigates Siddaramaiah for 'ignoring' late Kargil hero
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] April 10 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday castigated Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for not giving state funeral to a Kargil War hero.
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Sridevi provided state funeral on CM's direction
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar. 31 (ANI): Veteran Bollywood actress Sridevi was accorded full state honour under the instructions of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, an RTI query has revealed.
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Govt decides on who to give state funeral: Maha MLC
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar. 19 (ANI): A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray questioned as to why late Bollywood actress Sridevi was given a state funeral, Ram Shinde, a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, said that the government has the authorit
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