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Spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba passes away

NEW DELHI: Spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba, who was hospitalized on March 28 following problems related to heart and respiration, passed away on Sunday morning.

Former Supreme Court chief justice and Sathya Sai Central Trust member PN Bhagwati announced in a press release that Sai Baba breathed his last at 7.28am.

Baba's body for darshan will be kept at Sai Kulwant Hall on Monday and Tuesday, Sathya Sai Central Trust announced officially.

Preparations for last rites are under way. Four lakh devotees from India and abroad are expected to arrive.

For the first time since Baba was admitted to Sathya Sai Baba super speciality on March 27, the doctors did not issue a morning bulletin on Sunday.

Sathya Sai Central Trust, which runs social service activities in India and abroad, is to hold a media conference at 11 am.

In the Saturday evening bulletin, the doctors had termed Baba's condition as very critical.

Fearing the worst, hundreds of devotees in the town broke down as their hopes for recovery of the 85-year-old spiritual guru appeared to be fading.

Major industries minister Geeta Reddy and senior government officials rushed to the hospital on Sunday morning and were holding meeting with doctors and trust officials before making an announcement.

The state government has gone on high alert.

More than 6,000 policemen were rushed to the town for deployment and to make arrangements for the visits of VIPs.

Singer Chitra's Daughter has passed away

 

 April 14th

The eight-year-old daughter of Indian playback singer K S Chitra drowned this morning after falling into a swimming pool at a private villa in Emirates Hills.

The incident happened at the home of the singer’s sister, where Chitra, along with her daughter, Nandana, and husband were staying.

“The doors leading to the pool were open at the friend’s house. She slipped into it and drowned,” said a source close to the family.

“They immediately rushed her to a hospital in Jebel Ali, but it was too late,” said the source, who asked not be identified.

“The singer is in complete shock,” he said.

Nandana, a child with special needs, was born to the couple after several years of marriage.

Confirming her death, the Indian consulate in Dubai said it was in touch with the family.

“We have assured them of all cooperation in completing the necessary formalities to take the body home,” said a spokesperson from the consulate.

The playback singer and her family arrived here on Tuesday afternoon from Chennai to perform at a tribute concert, A R Rehman Special Hits, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium this evening.

Concert organisers said the show, which will see popular singers — A R Rehman's sisters, Hariharan, Naresh Iyer, Sadhna Sargam and Benny Dayal — will go on as scheduled. Troupe members will start the show with a special prayer for the little girl.

“The show will happen this evening as planned,” said Sha Mohammed, the creative director of Media Factory, the show organisers. “There will be a prayer for the child before we start the show.”

“In fact, we had arranged for an executive room at a hotel in Bur Dubai. However, the singer was keen to provide her daughter with the comforts of a home. She wanted to ensure a safe environment for her daughter and opted to stay with her older sister in Emirates Hills,” said Mr Mohammed.

The girl’s body will be taken back to India.

Anna Hazare: From driver to driving force against corruption

When an Army jeep driver returned to this village after surviving strafing by enemy planes, being the driving force behind a mammoth anti-corruption campaign was not on his agenda.

But 72-year old Kisan Baburao Hazare, famously known as Anna Hazare, into the third day of his fast unto death for a stronger anti-corruption law, has become the most visible face of the movement that is garnering growing support. Hazare, who lives in a small room attached to the Yadavbaba temple in this village, has already tasted success, with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar quitting the Group of Ministers on corruption after the Gandhian called him corrupt. After pledging to serve society in his second lease of life, Hazare has over the last three decades brought Maharashtra’s political establishment to its knees, leading to resignation of ministers in both Shiv Sena-BJP and Congress-NCP governments. During his days in the Army in the 1960s as a truck driver, he spent a lot of time reading about Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Vinoba Bhave. Hazare returned to Ralegan Siddhi village in 1975, after seeking voluntary retirement from the Army and was faced with a village in the grip of drought, poverty, crimes and alcoholism. He inspired villagers to join him in building canals and bunds to hold rainwater which increased irrigation possibilities in the village. The only family members he has are two married sisters. One lives in Mumbai and another in Sangamner in Ahmednagar district. His mother Laxmibai died in 2002. After Mahatma Gandhi, Hazare is among those who have used hunger strike as a potent weapon. In 1995, Hazare's fast led to exit of two state Cabinet Ministers, labelled corrupt by the Gandhian and the Sena-BJP government was forced to drop them. Hazare did not spare the Congress-NCP regime either and in 2003, went on hunger strike against four ministers, Sureshdada Jain, Nawab Malik, Vijaykumar Gavit and Padamsinh Patiln, alleging they indulged in massive corruption. He also initiated a campaign for a legislation on the right to information. Hazare's persistent attack on those corrupt also earned him foes. In 2009, two persons arrested for killing Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar said there was a contract given out to kill the Magsaysay Award winner. However, there are also cases of foes-turned-friends as seen by Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray announcing his support for Hazare's hunger strike at Delhi. Not long ago, it was the same Thackeray who had taunted Hazare as 'Gandhi with a crooked face'.

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Common India.... 
Join with Anna Hazare.....
He is 72 years old man fighting for clean India....

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