Friday, November 15, 2024
Advertisement
  1. You Are At:
  2. News
  3. Topic
  4. Lee Kuan Yew

LEE KUAN YEW NEWS IN ENGLISH

  • tricolour flown at half mast as tribute to lee kuan yew

    Tricolour flown at half-mast as tribute to Lee Kuan Yew

    India | March 29, 2015 23:24 IST

    New Delhi: As a tribute to Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, the government on Sunday observed one-day national mourning with the national flag flown at half-mast and no official entertainment, a home ministry official

  • lee kuan yew helped in financial development of ethnic

    Lee Kuan Yew helped in financial development of ethnic Indian community

    World | March 29, 2015 22:06 IST

    Singapore: Singapore's founder and first premier Lee Kuan Yew had helped the Indians in the country, especially women members of the community by encouraging them to work and help their families financially, a prominent Indian-origin

  • lee kuan yew eulogized as architect of singapore

    Lee Kuan Yew eulogized as architect of Singapore

    World | March 29, 2015 16:20 IST

    Singapore: Singaporeans bid farewell to longtime leader Lee Kuan Yew with an elaborate procession Sunday and a three-hour state funeral where his son, the current prime minister, eulogized the statesman and declared that the wealthy

  • pm modi arrives in singapore to attend lee s funeral

    PM Modi arrives in Singapore to attend Lee's funeral

    World | March 29, 2015 9:39 IST

    Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today arrived here to attend the State Funeral Services of Singapore's founder and first premier Lee Kuan Yew.  Lee, 91, died of severe pneumonia on March 23.  The Prime Minister

  • crowds pay last respects to late singapore s founder lee

    Crowds pay last respects to late Singapore's founder Lee Kuan Yew ahead of funeral

    World | March 28, 2015 14:50 IST

    Singapore: Thousands of people paid their respects on Saturday to the late Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at Singapore's Parliament House where his coffin was lying in state.Lee, 91, died on Monday at Singapore

  • singapore statesman lee to be given 21 gun salute at funeral

    Singapore statesman Lee to be given 21-gun salute at funeral

    World | March 28, 2015 8:00 IST

    SIngapore:Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew who died this week will be accorded a 21-gun salute at his funeral on Sunday, the government said even as thousands of people gathered outside parliament here to pay

  • bill clinton to lead us delegation to lee kuan yew funeral

    Bill Clinton to lead US delegation to Lee Kuan Yew funeral

    World | March 26, 2015 11:13 IST

    New Delhi: Former US president Bill Clinton will lead a high-level delegation to Singapore on Sunday to attend the funeral of country's patriarch Lee Kuan Yew.Members of the delegation include Kirk Wagar, US Ambassador to

  • thousands pay tribute to lee kuan yew on singapore s streets

    Thousands pay tribute to Lee Kuan Yew on Singapore's streets

    World | March 26, 2015 9:52 IST

    Singapore:Thousands of people chanting "We love you, Lee Kuan Yew!" lined Singapore's streets on Wednesday to pay tribute to the country's founding father, whose casket was taken to Parliament House for public viewing.The coffin, wrapped

  • pm modi to attend lee kuan yew s funeral

    PM Modi to attend Lee Kuan Yew's funeral

    World | March 24, 2015 15:44 IST

    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the funeral of Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on March 29.Lee, 91, died of severe pneumonia yesterday.The Prime Minister will be attending the funeral of

  • modi to visit singapore on march 29 to meet family of lee

    Modi to visit Singapore on March 29, to meet family of Lee Kuan Yew

    India | March 24, 2015 15:01 IST

    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Singapore on March 29 where he will meet the family members of late former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.It is also likely that Modi will attend the

  • week long mourning to mark lee kuan yew s death

    Week-long mourning to mark Lee Kuan Yew's death

    World | March 23, 2015 15:16 IST

    Singapore:Singapore has declared a week-long national mourning for former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, who died at the age of 91 on Monday.The former prime minister had been in hospital for severe pneumonia since February

  • obama un chief offer condolences over death of lee kuan yew

    Obama, UN Chief offer condolences over death of Lee Kuan Yew

    World | March 23, 2015 11:07 IST

    Washington: US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday mourned the death of former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and offered their condolences to his family."I was deeply saddened to

  • pm modi condoles death of singapore ex pm lee kuan yew

    PM Modi condoles death of Singapore ex-PM Lee Kuan Yew

    Politics | March 23, 2015 10:38 IST

    New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condoled the death of Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew whom he described as a lion among leaders."A far-sighted statesman and a lion among leaders, Mr Lee Kuan Yew's

  • singaporeans mourn death of founding father lee kuan yew

    Singaporeans mourn death of founding father Lee Kuan Yew

    World | March 23, 2015 7:44 IST

    Singapore: Singaporeans wept and world leaders paid tribute Monday as the Southeast Asian city-state mourned the death of its founding father Lee Kuan Yew.The government announced that Lee, 91, "passed away peacefully" early Monday at

  • father of modern singapore lee kuan yew dies at 91

    Father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 91

    World | March 23, 2015 10:18 IST

    Singapore: Lee Kuan Yew, who founded modern Singapore and was both feared for his authoritarian tactics and admired for turning the city-state into one of the world's richest nations, died Monday, the government said. He

  • singapore ex pm lee s condition critical

    Singapore ex-PM Lee's condition critical

    World | March 21, 2015 11:19 IST

    Singapore:Singapore former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew condition has worsened, the prime minister's office (PMO) said on Saturday.Lee (91) was the first prime minister of Singapore from 1965 to 1990, heading the island-country for 35

  • president wishes singapore ex pm lee speedy recovery

    President wishes Singapore ex-PM Lee speedy recovery

    India | March 18, 2015 13:11 IST

    New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday extended his best wishes to former prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, for his speedy recovery from illness."I write to express my deep concern over the health

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement