
Mumbai: Yesteryear actress Achala Sachdev, who featured in the popular song 'Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen' from the film 'Waqt', has died following a prolonged illness. She was 88. For the last seven months, the actress was bed-ridden at the Poona Hospital and Research Centre (PHRC), Pune. "She passed away due to respiratory failure at 5.30 PM yesterday. She was bed-ridden for about six months after she suffered a cerebrovascular (brain...

05:48 PM, Apr 30, 2012

New Delhi: Bollywood actress Achala Sachdev died at a Pune hospital on April 30, 2012. Achala was 88 year old. Born in Peshawar, she made her Bollywood debut with 'Fashionable Wife' in 1938. The actress who was bed-ridden from past few months, worked in more than 130 Bollywood films. 'Haqeeqat', 'Waqt', 'Mera Naam Joker', 'Julie' are some of her most popular films. Her last Bollywood film was Hrithik Roshan starrer...

04:04 PM, Apr 30, 2012

New Delhi: Noted musician Ravi Shankar Sharma, popularly known as Ravi, died today at the age of 85 after prolonged illness. The musician was born in Delhi on March 3, 1926. One of the gifted musicians of the Hindi film industry, Ravi never had any formal training in music. He shifted to Mumbai in 1950 and got his first break in 1952 film 'Anand Math'. Soon his name started to...

10:00 PM, Mar 07, 2012

Bangalore: Sahara India withdrew its sponsorship of the Indian cricket team and Pune Warriors on Saturday hours ahead of the IPL auction for season five, after the BCCI turned down the franchise's request that the price of their marqueee player Yuvraj Singh be added to their overall purse for the auction. We really feel such one-sided emotional relationship cannot be dragged on any further. We are withdrawing from all cricket...

01:01 AM, Apr 19, 2008