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Pak's renowned Urdu novelist Abdullah Hussain dead

Pakistani Urdu novelist Abdullah Hussain who authored the bestseller and critically- acclaimed 'Udas Naslain' passed away here
He was suffering from blood cancer for the past one year and his condition deteriorated
He wrote famous novels - 'Baagh', 'Nadaar Loag' - and short stories 'Faraib and Nashaib
August 14, 1931 in Gujrat, Hussain did his schooling and also graduation from Zameendar College in the city

Veteran actress Diana Douglas, who appeared in dozens of films and TV shows including died of cancer in a retirement home on 2015 July 3
She appeared in dozens of films and TV shows including "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", "ER" and "The West Wing"
She began her career with Warner Bros, and modelled on the cover of Life Magazine in 1943
Diana Douglas officially retired from showbiz in 2008 at the age of 85

President Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated a 'Nakshatra Vatika' in the gardens of Rashtrapati Nilayam in Hyderabad
He was accompanied by Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh E S L Narasimhan and Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mohammad Ali
The garden will be open to public along with other gardens of the Nilayam in the first week of January 2016
A herbal garden already exists at the Nilayam Gardens and this will be the second specialised garden within the complex