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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Vilasrao Deshmukh no more

Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. File Photo: R.V. Moorthy 

Union Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh passed away in Chennai on Tuesday afternoon. He was brought to the city by air ambulance on August 6 on ventilator support.

Hospital authorities had said Mr. Deshmukh was admitted for a liver-related ailment to Global Hospitals and Health City in Perumbakkam. Hospital authorities said earlier in the week that they were considering a liver transplant, provided his condition improved.

A team of doctors of several specialities, including noted liver transplant surgeon Dr. Mohamed Rela, have been attending on Mr. Deshmukh.

Mr. Deshmukh, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences is a former two-term Chief Minister of Maharashtra and hails from Lattur. He is currently a memeber of the Rajya Sabha.

PTI adds from Mumbai:
Funeral at native village
Mr. Deshmukh will be cremated at his native Babhalgaon village in Latur district on Wednesday, family sources said. 

The mortal remains of the departed leader will be brought to Latur on Wednesday and kept at his house in Babhalgaon from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for people to pay their last respects, his brother Dilip Deshmukh, said. 

The funeral procession will start at 3 p.m. and last rites would be performed at 4 p.m., he said.
Three-day state mourning
 
The Maharashtra government has announced a three-day state mourning from Tuesday over the demise of Mr. Deshmukh. 

The announcement was made by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, official sources said.
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