Best known for films such as “English Vinglish”, the actor lost the battle with cancer last night. She was suffering from fourth stage metastatic cancer (metastatis) and was admitted to Lilavati Hospital. “Her condition worsened day before yesterday at the hospital,” the insider said. Actor Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Sujata’s younger sister, also took to Twitter to […]
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The opposition in Punjab today targeted Navjot Singh Sidhu for attending the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, with the BJP describing his visit to Islamabad as “shameful”. It also asked the cricketer-turned-politician whether it was necessary to visit Pakistan at a time when India was mourning the demise of former prime […]
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The condition of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee remains critical and he continues to be on advanced life-support system, sources said. The 93-year-old BJP veteran was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion. […]
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A writer par excellence, M Karunanidhi began penning scripts as a 20-year old for plays which became a vehicle for propagating principles of the Dravidian movement. A voracious reader and prolific author, he went on to write screenplays and dialogues for over 50 movies, prominent among them being “Parasakthi” starring Sivaji Ganesan in 1952, and […]
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The Chief Justice of India is the “first among equals” and has the constitutional authority to decide allocation of cases and setting up of benches to hear them, the Supreme Court ruled today. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud dismissed a PIL seeking framing of […]
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A Nigerian and a college student were among three persons nabbed from Hyderguda area for allegedly trying to sell LSD and other drugs, police said. “Police seized 75 stamps of LSD ((Lysergic acid diethylamide), charas (30 gram), Heroin (one gram), three ganja packets (weighing about 40 grams) worth Rs 4 lakh and one car from […]
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Two persons, including an NRI, have been arrested for allegedly attacking a man over a property-related dispute at nearby Hardaspur village early today, police said. Amandeep Singh was injured in firing and was hospitalised here. Phagwara Superintendent of Police Parminder Singh Bhandal said Tarlochan Singh Bains, a Canada-based NRI, and Lakhvir Singh, a resident of […]
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Two persons, including a woman, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in cases of snatchings in West Delhi, police said today. On January 13, a woman complained to the Kirti Nagar Police that two bike-borne persons had robbed her of her purse. She was injured since as she was manhandled by them, they said. […]
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Two absconders, including one facing abduction and rape charges, were today arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said. Nisar Hussain, a resident of Manghota village, was arrested from Thanamandi after he evaded his arrest in a case related to kidnapping and rape of a woman in 2016, a police official said. The official […]
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