Vilasrao Deshmukh's funeral held at Latur; thousands including PM, Sonia Gandhi attend
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Wednesday August 15, 2012
Vilasrao Deshmukh's funeral was held at his village in Latur district of Maharashtra this evening. The Science and Technology Minister died in a hospital in Chennai on Tuesday. He had been diagnosed with liver cancer.
Vilasrao Deshmukh, Congress leader and Union minister, dies in Chennai
Edited by Mala Das | Tuesday August 14, 2012
Vilasrao Deshmukh, the man who had once famously said, 'I dream of turning Mumbai into a Shanghai' is no more. 67-year-old Mr Deshmukh, who made the incredible journey of a village Sarpanch to one of the big players in the power corridors of Delhi, d...