New Delhi:29/6/21: Former Senior News Reader of the All India Radio (AIR) Upendra Kumar Pahadsingh passed away today evening. He was 84. He died of heart attack while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Paharganj area of New Delhi.Pahadsingh was quite popular among All India Radio listeners during 1990s for his wonderful voice modulation. Upendra Kumar Pahadsingh was a well-known voice in Odia households for his heavy, modular yet ringing voice during the 1990s, People of Odisha used to stick to radio sets at 7.15 AM & PM every day to hear those precious words of Upendra Pahadsingh as he used to begin reading the news with “Akashbani, Khabar padhuchhanti Upendra Pahadsingh.”