Sunanda Pushkar's post-mortem begins at AIIMS; Shashi Tharoor out of hospital

January 18, 2014

Sunanda_PushkarNew Delhi, Jan 18: Union minister Shashi Tharoor, who had checked into the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) soon after his wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a south Delhi hotel on Friday night, has been discharged after the doctors said he was fine.

Tharoor had complained of uneasiness and chest pain. He was initially admitted to the ICU and was later shifted to a private ward when his condition stabilised. Doctors treating him said he was suffering from hypertension and palpitations and was feeling giddy.

On Saturday morning, Tharoor was discharged. A spokesman of the hospital said, “Everything is normal. The chest pain is normal now and his condition is stable”.

In the meanwhile, a panel of doctors of AIIMS is carrying out post-mortem on Sunanda’s body, which had been brought in on Friday night. Dr DK Sharma, medical superintendent of the hospital, had said the post-mortem would begin after the police submitted inquest report.

The process is likely to end by 2pm and a preliminary report is expected to be submitted later in the day. “But it depends on how clear the findings are. If the medical examination is not conclusive, we will have to wait for the lab reports," Dr Sharma told a news channel.

Police are probing accidental overdose of blood pressure pills as a possible reason behind Sunanda, sources said on Saturday.

Sunanda Pushkar’s creation would held in Delhi’s Lodhi Road crematorium, said Abhinav Kumar, private secretary to the minister. It is likely to take place at around 4pm Saturday.

Earlier, there were reports that body would be brought to Trivandrum, the minister’s constituency, for cremation.

Sunanda, the 52-year-old wife of the Union minister, was found dead on late on Friday at a seven-star hotel in Delhi where the couple had checked in a day earlier.

News of Sunanda's death emerged late on Friday evening, two days after her Twitter spat with a Pakistani journalist over an alleged affair with the minister.

"We will seek information from Twitter about any direct messages exchanged between Sunanda and others," said a police officer investigating the case.

Police sources also said that there was a minor altercation between Sunanda and the minister before they moved into the hotel.

They said that no suicide note was found and it could be possible that Sunanda died of tuberculosis which was diagnosed recently.

Sources also added that she died at least four hours before her body was recovered in the suite bedroom and said rigor mortis suggested that Sunanda died of a possible heart attack.

Sunanda was found dead in the bedroom of The Leela Palace suite number 345 around 8.15pm.

Meanwhile, PTI reported that Sunanda's body was shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for post-mortem examination early on Saturday.

The autopsy would be carried out around 12pm by a team of doctors and the report could be available later in the evening, the news agency said.

Pushkar and Tharoor were at the centre of a raging controversy when reports emerged that she was upset over reported text and tweet messages between her husband and Mehr Tarar.

A joint statement from the couple on Thursday said that they were "happily married" but distressed by "some unauthorised tweets".

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February 20,2020

Kanpur, Feb 20: Inspector general, Kanpur range, has ordered a probe into a woman's allegation that the cops misbehaved with her at Raipurwa police station when she went there with her father to lodge a complaint of harassment and eve-teasing.

The woman posted her complaint on the Twitter handle of Kanpur police.

The woman, 21, alleged that instead of listening to her complaint, Raipurwa cops asked her, "Zyada padh gayi ho, itna advance kisne bana dia hai, tumhare Papa ne?" (You are too educated. Who made you so advanced - your father?)

She further said that instead of taking necessary action on her complaint, the police forced her father to compromise with the accused, the son of her landlord, who harassed her on Monday.

The woman also stated that there were no female cops at the police station and she had to wait for several hours.

"Throughout my presence at the police station, I had to interact with male cops," she tweeted.

Inspector, Raipurwa, Sunil Kumar, however, has denied allegations.

"Her allegations are not true. Both the parties settled the dispute on their own," he said.

IG Range, Mohit Agarwal, meanwhile, said, "I have asked the SSP to initiate a probe in this regard and take action against guilty cops."

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February 11,2020

New Delhi, Feb 11: The government has decided to rename National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Faridabad, as Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, an official statement said on Tuesday.

Set up in 1993 as a registered society under the Department of Expenditure, NIFM trains officers of Finance and Accounts Services recruited by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as also officers of Indian Cost Accounts Service. The Union Finance Minister is the President of the NIFM Society.

"Aligning the vision and aspiration of the Institute for the future with the vision and contribution of late Arun Jaitley, the Government has decided to rename National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) as the Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management(AJNIFM)," the statement said.

NIFM has become a premier resource centre to meet the training needs of the central government for senior and middle level of management in the fields of public policy, financial management, public procurement and other governance issues for promoting highest standards of professional competence and practice.

Padma Vibhushan awardee Jaitley was the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs during May 26, 2014 to May 30, 2019.

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July 4,2020

Pune, Jul 4: Now that wearing mask in public places has become the new normal, a resident of Pimpri-Chinchwad of Pune district, Shankar Kurade has got himself a mask made of gold worth Rs 2.89 lakhs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"It's a thin mask with minute holes so that there is no difficulty in breathing. I am not sure whether this mask will be effective," said Kurade.

Kurade loves wearing gold ornaments and his hands and neck are loaded with jewellery.

This unique idea struck him soon after he saw a man wearing a silver mask on social media.

"I saw a video on social media of a man in Kolhapur wearing a silver mask and then an idea struck me to have a mask of gold. I talked to a goldsmith and he gave me this five and a half pound gold mask in a week," said Kurade.

"All my family members love gold, if they too demand it, then I will get it designed for them too. I do not know if I will be infected with coronavirus wearing a gold mask or not, but following all the rules of the government can prevent the spread of virus," he added.

Since childhood, Shankar is very fond of gold ornaments, that is the reason he wears gold rings in all the fingers, gold bracelets on his wrist and huge gold chains around his neck.

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