Manmohan, Sonia pay last respects to R.K. Dhawan
New Delhi, Aug 8 : Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and other senior leaders paid their last respects to former Union Minister R.K. Dhawan at the Congress headquarters on Wednesday.
Dhawan died on Monday evening in a hospital after a brief illness.
The mortal remains of the Congress leader, once a powerful aide and confidant of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, were brought to the AICC headquarters on Wednesday afternoon in a flower-bedecked vehicle.
Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also paid tributes to Dhawan.
Among the other leaders present were Ashok Gehlot, Ahmad Patel, Motilal Vora, P. Chidambaram, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Raj Babbar.
As Personal Secretary to Indira Gandhi, Rajinder Kumar Dhawan wielded enormous clout with his presence in the PMO and the household, especially during the Emergency, by keeping a hold on who got access to the Prime Minister.
Dhawan had been a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and a party general secretary.
He was a member of Rajya Sabha twice -- from April 1990 to April 1996, and July 2004 to July 2010.
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Two Bangladeshi nationals staying illegally in Bengaluru held: Police
Bengaluru (PTI): Two Bangladeshi nationals, including a 17-year-old girl, who were residing illegally in the city, were held during a police verification drive, officials said on Thursday.
The girl who hails from Dhaka, and 23-year-old Mohammed Umar, who hails from Bagerhat district of Bangladesh, were working at Winsome Tree Community here, they said.
The duo, who lived in the K Narayanapura area, under the jurisdiction of the Kothanur police station limits, were caught on Wednesday during a police verification drive, a senior police officer said.
Following an inquiry, the two were handed over to the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) for further legal action, he said.
"Further verification and proceedings will be carried out in accordance with immigration rules. Currently, they have been shifted to a detention centre," he added.
These special drives are being conducted following the directives of Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara, who in February instructed the police department to conduct a state-wide drive to identify Bangladeshi nationals or other foreign nationals staying illegally here.
