President condoles passing away of artist Tyeb Mehta

September 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Monday condoled the passing away of Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A large oil-on-canvas portrait of the 10th and last Sikh Guru - Guru Gobind Singh - will be up for sale at Sotheby's Indian Art auction in New York Sep 17. The work is one of the highlights of the early paintings on the sale and is estimated at $70,000.

September 2nd, 2009 RAMPUR - An unruly mob of over 500 villagers on Tuesday lynched a man accused of killing a teenage boy in Jharkhand's Rampur village. In Rampur village, about seven kilometres from Dumka, a youth named Bhupendar Mahato, alias Chotu, was shot with a country made pistol allegedly by Surjit Mehta.

August 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A rare piece of work by Tyeb Mehta, M.F. Husain's "Bewildered Brown" and a range of miniature Jataka paintings sourced from a private Indian collector will be the highlights of Sotheby's sale of Indian art in New York Sep 17.

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has condoled the passing away of Haryana Cabinet Minister Kartar Devi.

August 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Working with acrylic on canvas and paper with water Chandigarh-based Vinod Mehta can paint at an astonishingly fast speed - and produces a painting in just 45 seconds. He can actually produce remarkable paintings in a jiffy that have nature, religion and even moral issues as their theme.

August 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has condoled the passing away of Panakkad Shihab Thangal, the prominent Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader from Kerala.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vice President Hamid Ansari has deeply condoled the demise of Tyeb Mehta, renowned artist and recipient of Padma Bhushan. In his condolence message, Ansari said that a brilliant artist and recipient of many awards, Mehta contributed immensely to the world of painting and will ever remain a major source of inspiration to younger generations.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday expressed grief over the "sad demise" of noted painter Tyeb Mehta and said his death is a major loss to the art world. I am deeply grieved to learn of the sad demise of the renowned painter Tyeb Mehta, the prime minister said in a statement here.

July 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Noted artist Tyeb Mehta passed away at his residence here on Thursday morning. Mehta was suffering from a heart ailment.

June 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil has condoled the passing away of the Governor of Assam, Shiv Charan Mathur, who died after prolonged illness at a hospital in New Delhi on Thursday evening. In her message, the President said Mathur was closely associated with developmental activities at various levels in Rajasthan during his long public career.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta Tuesday condoled the death of former navy chief Admiral S.M. Nanda, a veteran of the India-Pakistan war of 1971.

April 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil has condoled the passing away of Puducherry Lt. Governor Govind Singh Gurjar.

March 27th, 2009 RAMESHWARAM - Chief of Naval Staff Suresh Mehta Friday denied that India was aiding Sri Lanka in its war against the Tamil Tigers. 'All such allegations are baseless,' Mehta told reporters here.

January 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Thursday condoled the death of veteran film director Tapan Sinha and said he would always be remembered. In her message, she said: 'An acclaimed film director, he shall always be remembered for his films such as 'Kabuliwala' and 'Ek Doctor Ki Maut', which touched on social issues of our times.' The Dadasaheb Phalke award winner, who died Thursday, had made over 40 films.