Lee Kuan Yew
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Tricolour flown at half-mast as tribute to Lee Kuan Yew
India | Mar 29, 2015, 11:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: As a tribute to Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, the government on Sunday observed one-day national mourning with the national flag flown at half-mast and no official entertainment, a home ministry official
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Lee Kuan Yew helped in financial development of ethnic Indian community
World | Mar 29, 2015, 10:06 PM ISTSingapore: Singapore's founder and first premier Lee Kuan Yew had helped the Indians in the country, especially women members of the community by encouraging them to work and help their families financially, a prominent Indian-origin
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Lee Kuan Yew eulogized as architect of Singapore
World | Mar 29, 2015, 04:20 PM ISTSingapore: Singaporeans bid farewell to longtime leader Lee Kuan Yew with an elaborate procession Sunday and a three-hour state funeral where his son, the current prime minister, eulogized the statesman and declared that the wealthy
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PM Modi arrives in Singapore to attend Lee's funeral
World | Mar 29, 2015, 09:39 AM ISTSingapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today arrived here to attend the State Funeral Services of Singapore's founder and first premier Lee Kuan Yew. Lee, 91, died of severe pneumonia on March 23. The Prime Minister
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Crowds pay last respects to late Singapore's founder Lee Kuan Yew ahead of funeral
World | Mar 28, 2015, 02:50 PM ISTSingapore: Thousands of people paid their respects on Saturday to the late Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at Singapore's Parliament House where his coffin was lying in state.Lee, 91, died on Monday at Singapore
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Singapore statesman Lee to be given 21-gun salute at funeral
World | Mar 28, 2015, 08:00 AM ISTSIngapore:Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew who died this week will be accorded a 21-gun salute at his funeral on Sunday, the government said even as thousands of people gathered outside parliament here to pay
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Bill Clinton to lead US delegation to Lee Kuan Yew funeral
World | Mar 26, 2015, 11:13 AM ISTNew Delhi: Former US president Bill Clinton will lead a high-level delegation to Singapore on Sunday to attend the funeral of country's patriarch Lee Kuan Yew.Members of the delegation include Kirk Wagar, US Ambassador to
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Thousands pay tribute to Lee Kuan Yew on Singapore's streets
World | Mar 26, 2015, 09:52 AM ISTSingapore:Thousands of people chanting "We love you, Lee Kuan Yew!" lined Singapore's streets on Wednesday to pay tribute to the country's founding father, whose casket was taken to Parliament House for public viewing.The coffin, wrapped
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PM Modi to attend Lee Kuan Yew's funeral
World | Mar 24, 2015, 03:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the funeral of Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on March 29.Lee, 91, died of severe pneumonia yesterday.The Prime Minister will be attending the funeral of
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Modi to visit Singapore on March 29, to meet family of Lee Kuan Yew
India | Mar 24, 2015, 03:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Singapore on March 29 where he will meet the family members of late former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.It is also likely that Modi will attend the
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Week-long mourning to mark Lee Kuan Yew's death
World | Mar 23, 2015, 03:16 PM ISTSingapore:Singapore has declared a week-long national mourning for former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, who died at the age of 91 on Monday.The former prime minister had been in hospital for severe pneumonia since February
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Obama, UN Chief offer condolences over death of Lee Kuan Yew
World | Mar 23, 2015, 11:07 AM ISTWashington: US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday mourned the death of former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and offered their condolences to his family."I was deeply saddened to
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PM Modi condoles death of Singapore ex-PM Lee Kuan Yew
National | Mar 23, 2015, 10:38 AM ISTNew Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condoled the death of Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew whom he described as a lion among leaders."A far-sighted statesman and a lion among leaders, Mr Lee Kuan Yew's
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Singaporeans mourn death of founding father Lee Kuan Yew
World | Mar 23, 2015, 07:44 AM ISTSingapore: Singaporeans wept and world leaders paid tribute Monday as the Southeast Asian city-state mourned the death of its founding father Lee Kuan Yew.The government announced that Lee, 91, "passed away peacefully" early Monday at
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Father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 91
World | Mar 23, 2015, 10:18 AM ISTSingapore: Lee Kuan Yew, who founded modern Singapore and was both feared for his authoritarian tactics and admired for turning the city-state into one of the world's richest nations, died Monday, the government said. He
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Singapore ex-PM Lee's condition critical
World | Mar 21, 2015, 11:19 AM ISTSingapore:Singapore former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew condition has worsened, the prime minister's office (PMO) said on Saturday.Lee (91) was the first prime minister of Singapore from 1965 to 1990, heading the island-country for 35
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President wishes Singapore ex-PM Lee speedy recovery
India | Mar 18, 2015, 01:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday extended his best wishes to former prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, for his speedy recovery from illness."I write to express my deep concern over the health