Bengaluru, Apr 29 : Former Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly Vijaykumar Khandre died in a Hospital at Hyderabad
on Monday, following cardiac arrest.
He was 60. He was survived by his Wife and two daughters.
He is the elder brother of KPCC Working President Ishwar Khandre and son of former Karnataka Minister Bheemanna Khandre. He was a prominent leader from Bidar District.
He had become a MLA in 1989 after getting elected as an Independent candidate and he joined Congress and got elected for the second term from Bhalki.
The last rites will be held on Tuesday afternoon in Bhalki, family sources said.
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, former Chief Minsiter Siddaramaiah and KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao have condoled the death of Vijayakumara Khandre.

A forward, Kannan played 14 matches for India and suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this month. There was a campaign on various social media platforms to raise funds for the family.

Kannan played 14 matches for India and suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this month.

Former India footballer Poongam Kannan, who was facing acute financial crisis, died at a city hospital Sunday evening following prolonged illness, family sources said.

He was 80. Kannan is survived by his wife Antoinette and two daughters.

“He breathed his last around 6 pm,” a family source said.

A forward, Kannan played 14 matches for India and suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this month. There was a campaign on various social media platforms to raise funds for the family.

According to his former teammates, Kannan in his heydays dribbled past defenders like a magician.

For about a decade, the former Mohun Bagan and East Bengal forward was diagnosed with “severe osteoarthritis” that compounded his misery as he was a heart patient and had stent-implantation.

Kannan lived with his two daughters and wife in a one-bedroom apartment in a narrow bylane of Jawpur road in Dumdum and the family had made several appeals to his clubs and the state government to foot medical bills of the star of yesteryear.

“We have written to both his former clubs as we needed Rs 5 lakh (in 2009) for his knee replacements. But the only help we got was from East Bengal who had given him Rs 50,000. That’s all. Nobody cares about him now,” Kannan’s wife, Antoinette had told PTI in an interview two years ago.

Kannan was one of the few players of extraordinary calibre to have come to Bengal and had plied his trade both in Mohun Bagan (8 years) and East Bengal (2) and represented India at the 1966 Bangkok Asian Games and 1968 Merdeka Cup before leaving the pitch in 1982.

He also won Santosh Trophy for Bengal twice in a row (1971-73) and was the top-scorer.

It was legendary German coach Dettmar Cramer who had given him the best appreciation by calling him ‘Pele of Asia’ in 1968 when he was invited by the AIFF to conduct a two-week coaching in Mumbai.

Born in Vandavasi in Tamil Nadu, Kannan also played in Bengaluru and Chennai.

He played for four years for Universal RC in the Chennai Football Association (CFA) senior division football league.

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Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 10 : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has condoled the demise of Kerala Congress (M) Chairman KM Mani, who was a member of the state legislature for 54 years.

Mani breathed his last in a Private hospital in Kochi on Tuesday.

The demise of Kerala Congress (M) leader had created an irreparable loss not only to the party but to the entire state, the Chief Minister said in a Facebook post.

KM Mani, who had created a space for himself in parliamentary politics, was an eminent legislator and efficient political leader, he added.

”His record of representing from the same constituency for 13 times was remarkable. This was possible due to his attachment with the people in his constituency”, he added.

J Mahendran, who is known for directing evergreen films like ‘Uthiri Pookal’ and ‘Mullum Malarum’, passed away today morning.

Filmmaker-actor J Mahendran, who is known for directing evergreen films like ‘Uthiri Pookal’ and ‘Mullum Malarum’, passed away today morning. He was 79.

The veteran director was admitted to a hospital in Chennai in a critical condition on March 27. 

John Mahendran, son of the ace director, took to social media to share the sad news about the passing away of the ‘Nenjathai Killathey’ director.

The legendary director’s sojourn as an actor in films like Theri, Nimir and Petta was received warmly. He was recently seen in the Atharvaa-starrer Boomerang.

Mahendran is credited for mentoring Rajini during his initial days in the film industry. During several occasions, Rajini has gone on to credit the legendary director for his success.

His mortal remains will be brought to his residence at 10 am, where it will be kept for the public to pay their respects. The funeral will be held at 5 pm.

The veteran director’s journey

Beginning his film career as a scriptwriter with the 1966 film Naam Moovar, he wrote the story and dialogues for classics like Thangappadhakkam and Aadu Puli Aatam before taking the directorial plunge with the 1978 Rajinikanth-starrer Mullum Malarum. His other collaborations with Rajinikanth in films like Johnnyand Kai Kodukkum Kai is widely considered as the films that best showcased the actor in the Superstar.

Many filmmakers like Mani Ratnam and Shankar, credit his 1979 film Uthiri Pookal as one of the finest Tamil films to be made and their inspiration to make films. Never relying on major stars for his directorials, Mahendran helmed a total of 12 films with Saasanam, the Arvind Swamy-Gauthami starrer, which released in 2004 being his last.

After taking a break from cinema for almost a decade, he returned as an actor, and was welcomed warmly. His turn as the primary antagonist in Vijay-Atlee’s Theri was widely appreciated. Mahendran went on to star in many big-ticket films like Seethakaathi, Nimir, and the recently released Boomerang.

Mahendran, who as an Economics student, caught the eye of the late Tamil Nadu CM MG Ramachandran for his bold speech on the commercial constraints in cinema, stayed true to what he espoused and made films that clearly remained on the right side of the line between parallel and commercial cinema, and made films that stood the test of time.

Recently, the filmmaker joined the Blue Ocean Film and Television Academy (BOFTA) in Chennai as the head of the filmmaking and direction course to hone the skills of the next generation of filmmakers.

In a sad development in Karnataka politics, Minister for Municipal Administration CS Shivalli passed away on Friday afternoon in a private hospital in Hubbali after he had suffered a cardiac attack earlier in the day. He was 56. For the last three days, he was overseeing the rescue and relief operations from the site of Dharwad building collapse which had killed at least 15 people.

Congress MLA from Hubbali Dharwad East seat, Prasad Abbayya and former Congress Minister Vinay Kulkarni visited the hospital.

The veteran Congressman was a three-time MLA from Kundgol assembly constituency in Dharwad district and was a key aide to former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Shivalli was inducted into the cabinet in the second round of appointment of ministers after a mini-rebellion in the Congress in December 2018. Legislators from North Karnataka had alleged that they were not being represented enough. He was also reportedly approached by the BJP to jump ship.

Expressing shock, Siddaramaiah tweeted, “I have been shocked by the death of my friend, the longtime minister of the state, CS Shivalli. Shivalli was a humble, simple personality, and popular leader.”V

“Shocked to hear the sudden demise of our minister Sri CS Shivalli. A truly grassroots, son of the soil politician who served the people with great simplicity and commitment. A great loss for the Congress and for the Dharwad region,” he tweeted.

Similarly, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao termed his death as a “great loss for the Congress and for the Dharwad region”.

Eshwar Khandre, the KPCC Working President also sent out a message of condolence for the family of the deceased.

“It is very sad news coming from Hubbali, our Colleague MLA and minister CS Shivalli passed away. My heartfelt condolences to the CS Shivalli family and followers may God give more strength to the family members to overcome this situation RIP sir,” he tweeted.

Panaji, Nasheman News : Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday offered his last respects to the mortal remains of late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar at the state’s BJP headquarters here.

Gadkari arrived in the coastal state late Sunday night to negotiate with regional parties and independent MLAs for the formation of a new coalition government following Parrikar’s death earlier on Sunday due to advance pancreatic cancer.

But party sources said that no breakthrough was in sight yet, despite the meeting continuing until 4.30 a.m.

After a brief stop at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters, Parrikar’s body will be moved to a state-run arts and culture complex to allow members of the public to pay their last respects.

It will be later moved to Panaji’s Miramar beach for the final rites. 

BJP state President Vinay Tendulkar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to arrive in Goa later on Monday, to offer his last respects to the former Defence Minister who served in Modi’s cabinet from 2014-17.

Nasheman News :  YSR Congress party leader and former Andhra Pradesh Minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy died of cardiac arrest on Friday, his family said. He was 68.

Vivekananda, also a former Lok Sabha member, suffered cardiac arrest at his residence in Pulivendula town of Kadapa district.

He was the younger brother of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and uncle of YSR Congress party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.

He is survived by wife and a daughter.

He was elected from Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency on Congress party ticket in 1999 and 2004. He was twice elected to Andhra Pradesh Assembly (1989, 1994) from Pulivendula, a family stronghold.

Vivekananda was also elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council in 2009 and served as Agriculture Minister in Kiran Kumar Reddy cabinet.

He remained loyal to Congress when Jaganmohan Reddy raised a banner of revolt against the party for not picking him as the successor of his father and Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy following his death in a helicopter crash in 2009.

Jagan Reddy had alleged that Congress tried to engineer split in the family by making Vivekananda a Minister. The young leader subsequently floated YSR Congress party.

Vivekananda contested 2011 bye-election to Pulivendula constituency against his sister-in-law and Jagan’s mother Y.S. Vijayamma, who contested as YSR Congress candidate and won the seat with a huge majority.

Vivekananda later quit Congress party and joined YSR Congress. He lost elections to the Legislative Council in 2017.

Nasheman News : Leaders from across the political spectrum, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday condoled the demise of renowned Hindi author and critic Namwar Singh.

The 92-year-old, who was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award passed away late on Tuesday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre.

“He gave a new direction to Hindi literature with his criticism,” Modi said.

Union Minister Rajnath Singh called the demise a “personal loss”. “Despite disagreements…, he knew how to respect and give people space. His passing away is an irreplaceable loss for the Hindi world and our society.”

Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury said the author and critic will continue to hold a “very special place in the literary world. His work and contribution will be inspiring many generations to come”.

Swaraj India National President Yogendra Yadav said Namwar Singh gave a special place to criticism and also to the Hindi language.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat also condoled Singh’s death.

Nasheman News : Former Defence Minister George Fernandes will be cremated on Thursday and the ashes will be buried in a Christian cemetery on Friday.

Giving this information, Leila Kabir, wife of Fernandes, who died here on Tuesday, said a memorial prayer service would be held at their Panchsheel Park residence on Thursday morning before the cremation at the Lodhi electric crematorium at 3 p.m.

The ashes will be buried at the Christian cemetery on Prithviraj Road on Friday morning.

The last journey to the crematorium will be in an Army vehicle and conducted by the Army in honour of the former Defence Minister. It will begin from his residence at 11 a.m. on Thursday.