It was an emotional journey, rarely seen in Assam, with scores of admirers and onlookers stopping the flower-bedecked truck at several places.

Actress Jaya Bachchan came along with her daughter Shweta Bachachan Nanda in the late hours to attend Manish Malhotra's father's funeral.

The woman identified as Poonam died under mysterious circumstances on Sunday and on receiving information from common friends, her father Rajpal and brother Satyavir reached her home in Chola Chauki village and found her lying dead on a cot.

The father-daughter duo saluted Sushma Swaraj amidst a swarm of leaders cutting across party ranks and files.

Sushma Swaraj had contested against Sonia Gandhi in 1999 from the Ballari Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka, but lost by over 50,000 votes.

The 20-year-old Mohammad Furqan was admitted to a private hospital on June 21 after an accident. He was declared dead on Monday, and his body arrived at his home in an ambulance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who died of pancreatic cancer on Sunday.

Oprah says her relationship with her mother was rocky because of a long separation.

PM Modi flew from Varanasi to Bengaluru on Monday night to pay his last respect to Union Minister Ananth Kumar.

Many people posted close-up images of the moment on Twitter, tagging it #RespectAriana.

The government has announced seven days of state mourning, and the national flag will be flown at half-mast for seven days across the country.

Vajpayee, who was the country's 10th Prime Minister, will be laid to rest at the Smriti Sthal on Friday afternoon.

"She looked like she was sleeping peacefully ... A sleeping beauty," 44-year-old Ashraf, from Kozhikode district in north Kerala, said.

The body of the 54-year-old, who died in Dubai on Saturday, was taken in a hearse that was covered with white flowers, the colour of mourning.