New Delhi, March 20, 2012 The government on Tuesday heaved a sigh of relief as amendments moved by opposition to the President’s Address on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) were defeated in the Rajya Sabha, where the UPA is in minority, with the help of SP and BSP while ally Trinamool Congress absented. The government, which has 97 members in the 245-member House, had a smooth sail in the voting on the NCTC after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said nothing would be done ...
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THRISSUR, January 24, 2012 Sukumar Azhikode, veteran Malayalam writer, orator, scholar, Gandhian, former pro-vice-chancellor of Calicut University and ex-chairman of the National Book Trust, died at a private hospital here on Tuesday. He was 85. The end came around 6-35 a.m. He was shifted to the hospital on December 9 from another where he had been admitted on December 7 following complications from a fall in sodium level in blood. According to doctors, he suffered from ...
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NEW DELHI, June 9, 2011. M.F. Husain, one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and hailed as the "Picasso of India", died in a London hospital on Thursday after a heart attack. He was 95. Husain, who was forced to leave India in 2006 following death threats from right-wing Hindutva groups over his depiction of Hindu deities, had been living in London and Dubai. Last year, in an unprecedented gesture, Qatar offered him citizenship which he accepted though he insisted that India would ...
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KOLKATA, May 24, 2011 He was a pioneer of the film society movement in India Renowned film critic, historian and a pioneer of the film society movement in India, Chidananda Dasgupta, died at his residence here late on Sunday night. The father of actress and filmmaker Aparna Sen, Chidananda Dasgupta was born in Shillong in 1921. A close association with legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray led to the formation of the Calcutta Film Society in 1947 with Sergei Eisenstein's classic Battleship ...
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Bangalore, Feb 9: Veteran politician, writer, theatre personality, social activist, advocate, and former deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and multi-faceted personality, M P Prakash (71), breathed his last at Manipal Hospital here on the morning of Wednesday February 9. Matada Patil Prakash, who had scores of friends in all the political parties, is survived by wife, a son, and three daughters. Prakash, who had been admitted into the said hospital some time back because of ailments, ...
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Mother of Dr. Jagtar Singh Dhiman, Additional Director Communication passes away on August 7, 2010 after a brief illness. Mother Ved Kaur was cremated in Kartarpur District Jalandhar in which Vice-Chancellor of the University, Dr. Manjit Singh Kang and a number of staff members, teachers attended the funeral procession. S. Jagdev Singh Jassowal, Prof. Gurbhajan Singh Gill, Dr. Surjit Patar, Amrik Talwandi, Krishan Kumar Baba, Tej Partap Singh Sandhu, Kamaljeet Shankar, Nirmal Jaura, Dev ...
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PATNA: The state on Monday witnessed total bandh as part of the one-day Bharat Bandh call given by the BJP-led NDA and Left parties sepa-rately. The day passed off peacefully, except Khagaria where the police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the CPI-led bandh enforcers. Train services were disrupted and around a dozen trains were detained at various stations due to the bandh, as the bandh supporters, including women, either squatted on the railway lines or climbed on to their engines. ...
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Dr. J.S.Sawhney, former Senior Agronomist at PAU expired, today. A condolence meeting was held in the Department of Agronomy wherein the contributions of Dr. Sawhney towards strengthening of agronomy discipline at PAU were remembered by the faculty and students. Dr. U.S.Walia, Head of the Department described Dr. Sawhney as an industrious, helpful and committed worker who generated a number of farmworthy recommendations for the farmers. Dr. Manjit Singh Kang, Vice-Chancellor, PAU also ...
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CHANDIGARH: The long wait of construction of three underpasses in the city is almost over. This is evident as the special committee of UT administration, comprising chief engineers of UT, municipal corporation, Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB), chief architecture and a retired chief engineer, submitted the design of underpasses to the administration a few days back. Sources said the design had been approved and soon private companies would be asked to submit their financial bids, ...
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