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'Vijay Tendulkar was playwright of the millennium'

Dinesh Thakur is a veteran actor and directorwho heads theatre group Ank Production. He has done many of Vijay Tendulkar's plays. He speaks of the playwright who passed away on Monday.I first met......

Five arrested in Chhattisgarh gang rape case

A 20-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by five youths in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, police said on Wednesday The five accused were arrested on Tuesday in this connection. "The arrests......

63rd Republic Day: The gallantry award winners

President Pratibha Patilon Thursday conferredawards of 368 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others as part ofthe 63rd Republic Day Celebrations.This includes......

52 per cent polling in second phase of Bihar polls

Defyingthe call for a poll boycott by Maoists, around 52 per cent of the 98.44 lakh electorate cast their votes in 45 assembly constituencies in Bihar in the second phase of elections which was......

Sohrabuddin: CBI for shifting case outside Gujarat

The Central Bureau of India on Friday asked the Supreme Court to shift the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case outside Gujarat for a fair trial and placed before it records to back up......

He BLEW the whistle on Ranbaxy and got Rs 268 crore

Dinesh Thakur, the whistle-blower who put Ranbaxy in the dock, was heading the company's information technology division for research and development (R&D) until eight years ago.Thakur, a Bachelor......

Were Ranbaxy's directors AWARE of the malpractices?

The board of directors is said to be the brain of a company; independent directors are said to be its conscience keepers.Business Standard assesses how the board, especially independent directors,......

Religare's banking bid under Ranbaxy cloud

Singh brothers might be stopped by 'fit & proper' hurdle due to US drug norm violations; firm says confident of qualifyingThe promoters of Religare Enterprises will face an uphill task in......

Ranbaxy introduces whistle-blower policy

Trouble-hit Ranbaxy Laboratories has introduced a whistle-blower policy within the company to encourage transparency and address concerns internally, so that bigger problems could be averted.In his......

Daiichi was given all updates: Malvinder Singh

A day after Daiichi Sankyo, the Japanese owner of troubled drug maker Ranbaxy, alleged certain former shareholders had concealed and misrepresented critical information concerning the US Department......

Actor-director Dinesh Thakur passes away

Veteran theatre actor-director Dinesh Thakur, known for his character roles in Hindi films of the 1970s, passed away in Mumbai after prolonged illness.Thakur was suffering from kidney ailments and......

Kareena Kapoor turns 32!

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.Kareena Kapoor, whose new film Heroine is out in theatres now, celebrates her 32nd birthday today. The actress will spend the day with......

Ram Gopal Varma's 10 Best Films

Recently, Time magazine announced its list of the 100 greatest films of all time, and the eclectic selection includes five Indian films. While none would question the brilliance of the selected......

Aashirwad tugs at the heartstrings

Dinesh RahejaAll doting fathers of daughters: be forewarned. Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Aashirwad is bound to push you into bidaai mode and bring a lump to your throat.Hrishikesh Mukherjee must be......

Sparkling spitfireTanuja

Dinesh Raheja"Aye Guru, tu jab mar jaayega apni library mere naam likh jaana," joked a young Tanuja with Guru Dutt.She was not to know then how poignant those innocuous words would seem in......

150 Indian players sign up for World Series Hockey

150 Indian players, including top stars from the current national team have signed on and received advanced payments to play in World Series Hockey (WSH). Most of the players have signed 3-year......

Parimarjan Negi clinches National chess title

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi of PSPB clinched the National title after settling for a quick draw against Grandmaster Tejas Bakre in the final round of the REC National Premier Chess Championship in......

Ranji: Chahar claims 8, Hyderabad 21 all out

Hyderabad registeredthe lowest total in the history of the Ranji Trophy when they were dismissed forjust 21 runs by Rajasthan, as the new season began on a sensational note, in Jaipur, on......

Ranji Trophy: Agarkar, Salvi rattle Hyderabad

Ajit Agarkar and Aavishkar Salvi claimedfive wickets between themselves as defending champions Mumbai reduced Hyderabad to 223 for 7 on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A......

Ranji Trophy: Bowlers put Mumbai back on track

Left-arm spinners Iqbal Abdulla and Harmeet Singh scalped four wickets each as Mumbai crawled back into the game, trailing Himachal Pradesh by just eight runs with 10 wickets and two daysin hand,......

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Q. ....dara singh, rajesh khanna, preeti ganguli, a.k.hangal, yash chopra, dinesh thakur, joy mukherjee, b.r.ishara, jaspal bhatti, achla sachdev, kalpana mohan, ravi....what's common between these bollywood / TV personalities???
Ashok Sharma: A. more

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Q. ......doordarshan is going to play nice Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha, Dinesh Thakur starrer movie RAJNIGANDHA very soon at 1200 noon today....will u watch???
Ashok Sharma: A. all died in 2012. more

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Q. .....veteran theatre and cinema stalwart Dinesh Thakur (remember the cigarette-smoking bearded lead actor of film Rajnigandha and its song.....kayi baar yoon bhi dekha hai) passed away yesterday.....ur comments about his role in this film???
Ashok Sharma: A. Love the movie.. very very simple yet captivating.. wish I could.. but work does not permit :( more

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Q. quiz - name da cast & da crew of da movie Agni Pareeksha ? give da rite answer
Ashok Sharma: A. CastAmol Palekar Parikshat Sahni Rameshwari Veena Utpal Dutt Iftekhar Shreeram Lagoo Shekhar Kapur S.N. Banerjee Jankidas Nana Palsikar...... more

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Q. what should be the role given to indian team if they want to make shole
Seema Arora: A. Sachin : VeeruGanguly : JaiVirender Sehwag : Blind ManDhoni : ThakurBhajji : BasantiDravid : GabbarYuvraj : Dhanno (best character)Srees Nath :...... more

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Dinesh Thakur responds

As former British Prime Minister George Canning once quipped, you can prove anything by statistics except the truth. Indeed, one can find... ...

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Not all jugaad is fraud

It is likely this article will not be read in any other way, but I want to make it explicit it is not my intention to present it as a blanket... ...

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Gujarat CM's aide in Lucknow

Lucknow, June 12: Narendra Modi sent his trusted emissary, Amit Shah, to Uttar Pradesh today in the first step he has taken since assuming the... ...

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Narendra Modi now begins his 7 RCR yatra

PANAJI: Panaji once again turned out to be a key milestone in Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's political journey. He was appointed the... ...

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Corporate governance failure at Ranbaxy?

Ranbaxy's criminal guilty plea and $500 million in fines and penalties has brought back the spotlight on corporate governance. The criminal case... ...

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