Nagpur, Aug 12 (PTI) Media baron Vinod Maheshwari, chairman of the Nagpur-based Nava Bharat group, passed away in Mumbai on Monday morning, a source said.

He was 81.

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Maheshwari was not keeping well for the last five days. On Saturday, he was airlifted to Mumbai where he died on Monday morning, a person close to the family told PTI.

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