CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government has announced a five-day state mourning for former South African president Nelson Mandela who died on Friday.
An official statement from the public (protocol I) department of the state government, late on Friday night, said that, as a mark of respect to the departed leader, "state mourning will be observed" till December 10, starting late on December 6.
"The national flag will be flown at half-mast throughout the state where it is flown regularly and there will be no official entertainment," it said asking officials concerned to take all required action in these matters.
It also expressed "profound regret" over the passing away of the anti-apartheid icon, also a Bharat Ratna recipient.
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