Associated with all the major working class struggles in the country in the last three decades, Pandhe played a key role in bringing about the unity of the central trade unions.
A host of conspiracy theories followed, involving Indira Gandhi, her younger son Sanjay, his favourite small car project, secret funding of the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini and even the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States.
History books will document that the global economy experienced a sudden stop after September 15.
Union Minister Praful Patel was formally elected president of the All India Football Federation on Tuesday, thus bringing down curtains on ailing Priyan Ranjan Dasmunsi's 20-year reign at the helm. Patel, the Civil Aviation minister in the UPA government, was elected unopposed at the Annual General Meeting of the AIFF at its headquarters in Delhi.
AIIMS doctors said the BJP stalwart and former external affairs minister died of a cardiac arrest.
Noted civil rights activist K Balagopal died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Hyderabad, family source said on Friday
Ace stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, often referred to as India's own Warren Buffet, passed away at the age of 62.
Pop icon Michael Jackson had a lethal amount of Propofol, a powerful anaesthetic, in his system which may have caused his sudden death, according to leaked toxicology results.
The name of the painkillers emerged after police probing an injection, which apparently caused a cardiac arrest to the legendary star, talked to a doctor about the details.
Amid growing speculation over the cause of Michael Jackson's death, a doctor who lived with the 'king of pop' has gone missing, a report said today.
A recent study carried across five cities in India found that most women patients, suffering from coronary problems related to heart arrhythmia, sought treatment too late.Heart arrhythmia implies irregularity in pumping action of blood by the heart, which can cause coronary diseases, including sudden cardiac arrest."During the study, we found women to be in more advanced stages of heart disease than their male counterparts, which meant that they were late.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam chief Velupillai Prabhakaran pays his last respects to senior LTTE strategist Balasegaram Kandiah alias Brigadier Balraj, who died after a cardiac arrest at an undislosed location on Tuesday. The LTTE has announced a three-day mourning for him.
A massive public outcry across Andhra Pradesh followed the death of P Prabhakar and Naga Vyshnavi in Vijayawada and the state government was considering setting up a fast-track court to try the case of the "gruesome" murder of the girl.
Leading Kannada film actor Dr Vishnuvardhan passed away at Mysore in the wee hours of Wednesday following a cardiac arrest.
Former Tripura chief minister and sitting Congress legislator Sudhir Ranjan Majumder passed away on Sunday following a massive cardiac arrest. Majumder, 75, breathed his last in the wee hours after he was shifted to hospital late on Saturday night following a heart attack. He is survived by his wife.
Group Commander (coordination) B K Jha was admitted to the Central Armed Police Forces Hospital in Greater Noida after he contracted COVID-19 and breathed his last early morning.
Khan was arrested on Tuesday in the case, sparking massive country-wide protests by his supporters.
Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Pyarelal Khandelwal died in New Delhi on Tuesday, following a cardiac arrest at AIIMS.
The FIA investigators under Rizwan had detected Rs 110 billion earned by the sugar mafia during the rule of Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf rule through 'speculative pricing'.
Shriya Pilgaonkar, who has worked with Reema Lagoo in the serial Tu Tu Main Main, says it's a personal loss.
Russia's Nobel-wining writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died of cardiac arrest at his home in Moscow, state-run Vesti TV channel reported. He was 89.
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Michael Jackson had been taking a cocktail of seven prescription drugs that caused the fatal cardiac arrest, if reports are to be believed.
Jogi's neurological activity is "almost nil" and he is on ventilator support at the Shree Narayana Hospital, where the 74-year-old Janata Congress Chhattisgarh-J head was admitted on Saturday afternoon after he fell unconscious at his residence.
Health experts point out that it will take decades for India to reach the level of health education and infrastructure in developed countries. Our per capita health expenditure is estimated at $23, which is only 6.1 per cent of the gross domestic production.
Balasegaram Kandiah alias Brigadier Balraj died on Tuesday at the age of 42. An expert on different forms of warfare, Balraj is reported to have deployed varied tactics while planning and conducting operations for the LTTE.
Kedi director Kiran Kumar talks about the actor, who passed away yesterday.
Renowned orthopaedic surgeon Dr Pramod Karan Sethi, whose invention of artificial limb 'Jaipur foot' was a durable hero of medicine in helping lakhs of amputees around the world lead a normal life again, died of cardiac arrest in Jaipur on Sunday.
Janardhan Reddy, who was popularly known as PJR, was on his way from his residence at Gaganmahal to Greater Hyderabad Congress Committee meeting at Jewel Gardens in Secunderabad when he suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed in his car.
He became the Shiv Sena's first legislator in 1972, and was a close friend and confidante of party chief Bal Thackeray.
Police cited the final post-mortem report that said Ansari died due to cardiac arrest.
Portugal's shortage of health staff, especially those specialising in gynaecology and obstetrics, has led to the government considering hiring from abroad.
The singer received the tribute on what would have been his 51st birthday on August 29.
The Mohun Bagan goalkeeper claimed innocence saying he had no intention to hurt Cristiano Junior.
Granada and Bilbao complete match suspended after supporter's death
Michael Jackson, famously known as the 'Moonwalker' for his legendary dance moves, now has a crater on the moon named after himself.
Farah Khan pays her tribute to Micheal Jackson.
'One day, just like that, without even saying goodbye, he was gone.'
Referring to Swaraj as "didi" (elder sister), Irani expressed her shock at the untimely death of the former Delhi chief minister.
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