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Duty first: PM Modi returns to work hours after performing mother Heeraben’s last rites | Highlights

New Delhi, Dec 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben passed away at a hospital in Ahmedabad on Friday. It is noteworthy to mention, that PM Modi virtually flagged off the Vande Bharat express connecting Howrah and New Jalpaiguri, just an hour after laying his mother to rest.

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''A glorious century rests at God's feet," PM Modi said in a tweet.

Heeraben, also called Heeraba, lived at Raysan village near Gandhinagar city with PM Modi's younger brother Pankaj Modi. The prime minister regularly visited Raysan and spent time with his mother during most of his Gujarat visits.

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