Cairo: Egypt's state TV says the country's former president Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, has died at 91.

Mubarak, who was in power for almost three decades, was forced to resign on February 11, 2011, after following 18 days of protests around the country.

The Arab Spring uprisings had convulsed autocratic regimes across the Middle East. 

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Amritsar (PTI): Former Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal was shot at by a man while he was performing the duty of 'sewadar' outside the Golden Temple here on Wednesday. Badal, who was sitting in a wheelchair, escaped unhurt as the bullet hit a wall.

The man, identified as Narain Singh, was overpowered by some people standing outside the Golden Temple.