New Delhi: Bollywood celebrities tweeted Sunday, remembering renowned theatre personality Satyadev Dubey as an 'icon' and termed his death a 'huge loss' to the theatre fraternity. Shabana Azmi: "Theatre stalwart Satyadev Dubey passed away. Its been a terrible year for artists. He was a giant of theatre." Mahesh Bhatt: "Satyadev Dubey, the icon of the theatre world has passed away! Fond memories of our days of wandering invade me. Alvida...
01:50 PM, Dec 25, 2011
Mumbai: Renowned dancer and choreographer of Marathi film industry Subal Sarkar died here Saturday following a prolonged illness, a family friend said. He was 76. Sarkar breathed his last at his Dadar residence in the morning. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Sarkar, hailing from West Bengal, started his career as a choreographer with the Marathi movie 'Soyarik' in 1975. Since then, he never looked...
04:36 PM, Nov 13, 2011
HYDERABAD: Amidst the selection controversy, which has marred the Ranji teams preparations, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has made two good attempts to motivate the side before the start of the season. If last week, South African legend Jonty Rhodes was in the city to give tips on fielding, it was the turn of former chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar on Monday to motivate the Hyderabad boys. Vengsarkar had a...
08:43 AM, Nov 01, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's tightrope walk with the Naxals continues. Just days after announcing programmes and reforms in the Jangalmahal area to wean people away from the ultras - she has set the stage for talks with Naxals by announcing the release of two top Naxal leaders - Chandi Sarkar and Pradip Chatterjee. The government has also decided to release 50 other political prisoners. Mamata Banerje said,...
09:42 AM, Jul 21, 2011
Thane: Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who was moved from Rural Development to Science and Technology, on Tuesday likened the Cabinet reshuffle to a game of kho-kho. "It's kho-kho," he quipped when asked whether Tuesday's reshuffle is like a cricket match, referring to the popular field game. Asked by reporters whether he looked at the change in his portfolio as a demotion, Deshmukh said "getting a Cabinet berth at the Centre...
09:49 PM, Jul 12, 2011
Kalyani (WB): Distressed by the plight of her father in need of an urgent replacement of both eyes and her brother of kidney, a minor girl committed suicide leaving a note instructing that her organs be donated to the ailing at Jhorpara village in Nadia district. Mampy Sarkar (12) was often depressed seeing her father Mridul Sarkar, a daily labourer, suffer because of his decaying eyes and her brother Monojit...
07:24 PM, Jul 04, 2011
New Delhi: Chiki Sarkar, the former editor in chief of Random House India, has been appointed publisher of Penguin India, the largest English language trade publisher in the subcontinent. Sarkar has worked with best-selling authors including Jhumpa Lahiri, Anita Desai, Salman Rushdie, Mohammed Hanif, Daniyal Mueenuddin and Rujuta Diwekar. Before Random House, she worked for Bloomsbury Publishing in London for seven years. She is a graduate of Oxford University. "We...
03:05 PM, May 27, 2011
Hyderabad: A chargesheet was on Monday filed against right-wing activist Swami Aseemanand by the NIA for his alleged role in the conspiracy behind the 2007 Mecca Masjid blasts that left nine people dead. 59-year-old Nabakumar Sarkar aka Swami Aseemanand, who is also an accused in the Samhjauta Express bomb blast case, was arrested from Haridwar on November 19, 2010 where he was found hiding with fictitious name Swami Omkaranand. The...
06:45 PM, May 16, 2011
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Chief Minister Manik Sarkar condemned the incident in the state Assembly and ordered a CID investigation. ...
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