India's First Lady Suvra Mukherjee passes away in this morning

President Pranab Mukherjee's wife Suvra Mukherjee, who has been ailing for some time, passed away on Tuesday. She was 74. The First Lady, who remained hospitalised for 11 days, breathed her last at 10.51 am at the Army Research and ReferralHospital in New Delhi. "It is informed with deep sorrow that First Lady Smt Suvra Mukherjee passed away this morning (August 18, 2015). She left for her heavenly abode at 1051 am," Rashtrapati Bhawan spokesman Venu Rajamony said in a statement. Suvra was admitted to the Army Hospital on August 7 after she complained of breathlessness and discomfort. Since then she was in the Intensive Care Unit. Source: PTI