Urdu poet Munawwar Rana hospitalised
Lucknow (PTI): Acclaimed poet Munawwar Rana has been admitted to a hospital here and is on ventilator support, his family said Thursday.
The 70-year-old Rana has been admitted to the Apollo Hospital here after his health deteriorated following a surgery to remove gallbladder stones, his daughter Sumaiya Rana told PTI.
The poet was also suffering from throat cancer and undergoing dialysis.
Sumaiya Rana said her father had undergone a gall bladder operation at the hospital last Tuesday.
When he was brought to the hospital for dialysis, it was found that his gallbladder was damaged due to stones. He was operated upon but since then his health has been deteriorating, she said.
A native of Rae Bareli district, Rana was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014.
Rana, a prominent name in 'mushaira' circles, is one of India's most popular and admired poets who writes both in Hindi and Urdu. One of his most famous poems is 'Maa' in which he used the genre of 'ghazal' to extol the virtues of a mother.
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Delhi Capitals elect to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL
Bengaluru, Apr 10 (PTI): Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their Indian Premier League contest here on Thursday.
Delhi Capitals are the only unbeaten side left in the tournament as they have won each of their three matches so far, and are placed second on the points table. RCB are placed third with three wins and one defeat.
While RCB retained their playing XI, Delhi Capitals brought back Faf du Plessis in place of Samir Rizvi.
Teams:
RCB: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
DC: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel (c), Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.
🚨 Toss 🚨@DelhiCapitals won the toss and elected to bowl against @RCBTweets in Bengaluru.
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