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Najma Heptulla bereaved

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NEW DELHI :

New Delhi:

Akbarali A. Heptulla, noted manpower consultant and husband of Rajya Sabha MP Najma Heptulla, passed away on Tuesday.

Mr. Heptulla (75) complained of stomach ache around 2 a.m. and was rushed to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here, where doctors declared him brought dead.

Described by close friends as “the man behind the successful woman,” Mr. Heptulla is survived by three daughters. The burial will take place on Friday.

Mr. Heptulla, who held a licence to import newsprint from Russia, was among those instrumental in the establishment of the newspaper Patriot in the 1960s. — PTI

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National / September 05th, 2007

Najma Heptulla appointed Governor of poll-bound Manipur

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Najma A Heptulla | PTI
Najma A Heptulla | PTI

Former union minister Najma A Heptulla, who lost her cabinet post in the last reshuffle, was appointed Governor of poll-bound Manipur. She was one of the four new governors appointed by the Centre, along with those for Assam, Punjab and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. President Pranab Mukherjee issued the orders on Wednesday.

Heptulla had resigned from the Union Ministry on July 12, 2016 after crossing 75 years of age. She will now relieve V Shamuganathan, Governor of Meghalaya, who has been holding additional duties with regard to Manipur since September 30, last year.

Apart from Heptulla at Manipur, Banwarilal Purohit has been given charge of Assam, VP Singh Badnore made Governor of Punjab —which too is headed for Assembly elections next year— and Prof Jagdish Mukhi named Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in place of Lt Gen (Retd) AK Singh, said an official communique from the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Incidentally, the name of Tamil Nadu governor, whose terms comes to a close at the end of this month,  does not figure in this list, though there were strong rumours that the incumbent, K Rosaiah, could be replaced by BJP veteran from Karnataka, Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council D H Shankaramurthy.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Nation / by Online Desk / August 17th, 2016