India News | PM Condoles Death of Ex Maha CM Nilangekar
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condoled the death of former Maharashtra chief minister Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar, saying he served the state diligently.
New Delhi, Aug 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condoled the death of former Maharashtra chief minister Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar, saying he served the state diligently.
Nilangekar died in Pune on Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 89.
"Shri Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Ji was a stalwart of Maharashtra politics. He served the state diligently, especially working for the welfare of farmers and the poor," the Prime Minister's Office tweeted quoting Modi.
"Anguished by his demise.My thoughts are with his family and supporters. Om Shanti," the prime minister said. PTI NAB DV DV 08050940 NNNNdy, the Lombardy derby will be a particularly poignant affair.
It was in northern Lombardy's provinces of Bergamo and Brescia where the outbreak erupted in late February. The provinces fast became ground zero of the European epidemic and together account for around a quarter of Italy's 35,000 official COVID-19 deaths.
Since even before the restart, Atalanta players have talked about bringing the smiles back to the faces of their supporters and they are keen to keep doing precisely that.
“It's the derby and for our supporters and I think we need to win this game because it's really important for our fans,” Atalanta midfielder Ruslan Malinovskyi said.
“They are not with us in the stadium but we feel them and they support us, and of course we try to win this game and take three points at home.”
Atalanta has gone from strength to strength since the restart and drew 2-2 at Juventus on Saturday to move to within a point of second-placed Lazio. Indeed, Juventus needed two penalties from Cristiano Ronaldo — including a 90th-minute equalizer — to prevent Atalanta from winning its 12th straight match in all competitions. Brescia, in contrast, lost 3-0 at Roma to leave it even more in trouble at the wrong end of the table.
It is now nine points from safety with six matches remaining, and some reports have described the players as already being resigned to their fate.
“We did what we had to do against a good team, we fought, we played ... so talk of a team which is already resigned seems rather exaggerated to me, I really didn't see it like that,” Brescia coach Diego López said.
“We still have hope, it wasn't the last resort. We have more matches where we have to play and get points and then hope, seeing as we are so far behind. Tuesday there will be another good team ahead of us and, being a derby, we have to go there with a lot of personality and try to control the match." (AP)
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