Kolkata: Renowned film director Rituparno Ghosh, who made films like 'Chokher Bali', 'Unishe April' and 'Raincoat', died here Thursday. He was 49.
Ghosh, who was suffering from pancreatitis, passed away at his residence around 7.30 a.m., his colleague Gautam Ghosh told reporters.
Shocked colleagues and friends gathered at the home of the much awarded filmmaker as news of the death spread.
In one of his last tweets he talked about finishing the shooting of his next film 'Satyanweshi' in which Sujoy Ghosh was playing the lead role. He wrote, "Wrapped up the shoot of Satyanewshi, a crime thriller in the molten glow of the pensive falling afternoon."...
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11:03 AM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: Today, Rituparno Ghosh is not with us. He died of a heart attack in Kolkata this morning. He had to his credit National Award as best director twice, an impressive eight times in the best feature film category and once in the best screenplay category. We have compiled a list of scenes in which his Avant-Garde style of filmmaking is visible. ...
10:29 AM, May 30, 2013
Seoni: Madhya Pradesh Assembly Deputy Speaker and senior Congress leader Harvansh Singh died in the wee hours on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest. Singh, 65, is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter. The Deputy Speaker, also a former minister, suffered heart attack at his house in his ancestor village Barra of Seoni district, from where he was rushed to Chapara for medical aid, his family said. A doctor...
09:53 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Emissions from coal plants resulted in 80,000 to 1,15,000 premature deaths and more than 20 million asthma cases in 2011-12 in the country, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. According to a report titled 'Coal Kills - An assessment of death and disease caused by India's dirtiest energy source', the coal-based plants quantified additional health impacts, such as hundreds of thousands of heart attacks. The estimated monetary...
05:35 AM, Apr 30, 2013
The daughter of the hawker who died during an anti-encroachment drive led by Mumbai ACP Vasant Dhoble too died on Sunday of a heart attack. Radha Jaiswal had been admitted to the KEM hospital after the death of her father. ...
07:28 AM, Jan 21, 2013
Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble, who hit the headlines for his late night crackdown on pubs and restaurants in Mumbai, is back in the news again after a 50-year-old fruit hawker died of a heart attack on Friday evening during a raid conducted by Dhoble. A state Crime Investigation Department (CID) inquiry has been ordered and Dhoble has been transferred out of the area pending an inquiry. ...
11:40 AM, Jan 12, 2013
Former England captains Ian Botham and Nasser Hussain have led the tributes to their late predecessor, who died on Saturday at the age of 66. ...
11:59 PM, Dec 29, 2012
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08:40 AM, Dec 26, 2012
A 47-year-old cricket fan died late on Tuesday following a heart attack while watching the first India-Pakistan T20 match at the Chinnaswamy stadium here, a senior police official said. ...
12:30 AM, Dec 26, 2012
London: Testosterone shots not only can overcome low libido in men but also protect them against heart attacks, says a US study. A five-shot course of the hormone boosted male sex drive as well as their fitness levels, mood and their ability to concentrate. They also reported weight loss. The incidence of low libido dropped from 64 percent to 10 percent after treatment. The study was conducted on men with...
02:39 PM, Dec 10, 2012
London: Being out of work could up the risk of a heart attack and it could be worse for those who are fired or asked to leave. Matthew Dupre and his colleagues from Duke University, US, examined links between different stretches of unemployment and the risks for heart attack, known as acute myocardial infarction (AMI), in more than 13,000 Americans aged 51 to 75 years. Dupre said: "Although the risks...
03:14 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: There's new hope for terminal heart patients, with a new pumping device promising to provide rest to the worn-out heart and even recharge it - adding years and quality to a patient's life. The Ventricular Assist Device (VAD), or Heartmate II, is surgically inserted between the chest and upper abdomen and is powered by a battery. The titanium device is connected to a monitor worn outside the body...
10:57 AM, Oct 01, 2012
Two women died early on Sunday as massive crowds thronged the Radha Rani temple in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district. ...
01:48 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Mathura: Two women died early on Sunday as massive crowds thronged the Radha Rani temple in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said. "Two female pilgrims died separately, one of a heart attack, and another of injury caused by slipping on the stairs," Senior Superintendent of Police (Mathura), Padmja, told IANS. Thousands of pilgrims thronged the holy shrine in Barsana village on the birthday of Radha Rani, celebrated as Radha-Ashtmi all...
10:53 AM, Sep 23, 2012
Norfolk, Neb: Mark Abrahamian, the lead guitarist for the rock group Starship, died of a heart attack after a concert in Norfolk, Nebraska, his road manager said. He was 46. Road manager Scott Harrison said Abrahamian collapsed after a performance the previous night. "We had just finished the show. We were back in the dressing room eating. He apparently told the bass player he wasn't feeling well," said Harrison. Abrahamian...
12:05 PM, Sep 04, 2012
A sampling of the outpouring of love and memories from the Hollywood and sports worlds following the death of Michael Clarke Duncan, many of them on Twitter: - "I am terribly saddened at the loss of Big Mike. He was the treasure we all discovered on the set of The Green Mile. He was magic. He was a big love of man and his passing leaves us stunned." - Tom...
11:34 AM, Sep 04, 2012
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10:59 AM, Sep 04, 2012
Ahmedabad: A convict in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, where 59 people were burnt to death after a mob attack on Sabarmati Express, passed away in Vadodara Central Jail on Sunday following heart attack, police said. "Shaukat alias Bhano Farooq Patadia (33) complained of chest pain on Sunday afternoon and was rushed to the Sayajirao Gaekwad hospital. He died of heart attack," Jail Superintendent, Vadodara Central Jail, RF Sangada...
02:20 AM, Jul 16, 2012
Cairo: Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was being kept alive by life support after he was rushed from prison to a military hospital in a rapidly worsening condition, officials said. The 84-year-old ousted leader's health crisis added a new element of uncertainty just as a potentially explosive fight opened over who will succeed him. The state news agency MENA said Mubarak was "clinically dead" when he arrived at the hospital and that...
03:40 AM, Jun 20, 2012
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