Kalra, who held titles like the 'Czar of Indian Cuisine' and 'Taste maker to the Nation', conferred upon him by eminent writer Khushwant Singh, was best known for his role as a culinary revivalist.
Accusing the government of large scale corruption, Opposition parties in the Lok Sabha on Thursday asked it to disclose the names of those who have stashed unaccounted money in foreign banks.
One of the big names facing off in Punjab's single-phase election on Monday is Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Singh, working as Director in the Internal Security wing of the Union Home Ministry, was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell on November 23 and is now lodged in Tihar Jail under judicial custody.
The hijab-row triggered protests in Karnataka spread across the state on Tuesday, with campuses witnessing 'conflict-like' situations marked by stone-pelting incidents, use of force by police and the Muslim girls standing their ground for wearing the headscarves, prompting calls for peace and calm both by the government and the high court, which is now looking into the students' plea for their right to their hijab.
The Maoists on Sunday began their two-day Bharat bandh by blowing up railway tracks in two districts of Jharkhand, even as the death toll in the Naxal attack on the convoy of independent MP and former assembly speaker Inder Singh Namdhari rose to 11.
Since he handled telecom, mining, shipping and transportation industries, we are looking into all his activities at the ministry. This could possibly be a case of industrial espionage," a senior police officer of the special cell, involved in the case's investigation told rediff.com.
An officer involved in the probe told rediff.com that his interrogation had led to another man by the name of Vineet, a businessman from West Bengal who is believed to have been acting as a middle man between the telecom company and Singh.
An IAS officer, who is suspected to have leaked information about government's telecom policies to corporate houses, is yet to be placed under arrest, a day after the police raided his house and office. Investigators say that Ravi Inder Singh may not have been alone in the 'conspiracy' with several officials of different government agencies being placed under the scanner.
Delhi Police have arrested a 1994-batch Indian Administrative Service officer, posted in the internal security division of the home ministry. Ravi Inder Singh, a deputy secretary of the West Bengal cadre, was under surveillance for over a month by the intelligence agencies.
Discus thrower Harwant Kaur, middle distance runner O P Jaisha and decathlete Bharat Inder Singh bagged a bronze each on the second day of the 19th Asian Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, on Friday. Commonwealth Games gold medallist discus thrower Krishna Poonia, however, failed to make it to the podium, finishing fourth.
'2020 will show whether India's troubled domestic economic and political house reveals a mismatch in their strategic association or whether closer strategic ties are yet possible,' says Anita Inder Singh.
A court on Tuesday sent suspended Indian Administrative Services officer Ravi Inder Singh, accused of leaking sensitive information, to judicial remand for 14 days, rejecting the plea of police which wanted to quiz him for three more days.
Ravi Inder Singh, a 1994 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, who was working as Director in the sensitive Internal Security division, was under surveillance of the Special Cell of Delhi Police and was arrested on Monday evening following which searches were carried out at his office and residence, sources said.
The 28 new ministers who joined the Chouhan cabinet on July 2 include 20 of cabinet rank and eight ministers of state.
In a curious case of mistaken identity that could cause serious embarrassment to national selectors, a Saurashtra Cricket Association official on Sunday claimed that little known Punjab player Ravi Inder Singh was thought to be prolific all-rounder Ravindrasinh Jadeja and got selected for the Challenger Trophy.
M P Arjun emerged the wrecker-in-chief after a six-wicket haul as Hyderabad bowled out hosts Punjab for a modest 221 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A Match in Mohali on Tuesday.
Riding on a 103-run second wicket partnership between Ravi Inder Singh (58) and Uday T Kaul (62), Punjab salvaged a draw against Mumbai in their Ranji Trophy Super League group A match in Chandigarh.
Ravi Inder Singh stood tall amid ruins with a gritty century as Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan ripped apart the Punjab batting line up to help Mumbai reduce the hosts to 242 for nine on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Super League match in Chandigarh.
Inder Singh, 31, director of the Drug Access program that is part of the Foundation's HIV/AIDS Initiative, took a unique business approach to a major global health problem, negotiating the price cut of an artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for malaria by a third while slashing the price volatility of artemisinin, a vital ingredient for the therapy, by 70 percent.
As the pandemic enveloped various parts of the US, Kinsa's app alerted its team and wherever possible, the company made the data public. Between March 1 and November 1, 2020, the company captured close to 15 million fever readings and 1.7 million symptom inputs on its app. Several researchers and The New York Times downloaded the company's data, which showed that it was in general three weeks ahead of the surge.
Inder Singh Namdhari is suspicious of the UPA and Left agitations.
Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibtey Razi on Monday night appointed Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee president and legislator Pradeep Kumar Balmachu as the officiating speaker of the state Assembly.
the SAD president said that the Prakash Singh Badal government had failed to control the law and order situation in the state, arising out of the Dera Sacha Sauda controversy.
The speaker told the representatives that the petitions seeking time would be under his 'active consideration'.
The new ministers include 20 of cabinet rank and eight ministers of state. The Chouhan ministry strength is now 34. Chouhan took oath as chief minister for a record fourth term on March 23, after Nath resigned from the post following rebellion by 22 MLAs of the Congress.
Virk was DGP, Punjab, when the Election Commission of India took cognizance of his conduct, in view of media reports exposing some property deals and directed the state government to remove him from the post.
Harbhajan Singh will lead Punjab in the Ranji Trophy match against Odisha at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali, from October 27 to 30.
Opener Karan Goel scored his maiden ton to help hosts Punjab score 214 for one on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy encounter against favourites Baroda.
They have also sought that the Speaker should restrain from dealing in any manner that adjudication proceedings on the pending disqualification proceedings against them.
Chatterjee had convened an all-party meeting last week at the end of which he had even suggested that a Presidential reference be made to the Supreme Court for opinion on its order.
Former BCCI president Inder Singh Bindra rebutted talk of a 'secret understanding' with the Jagmohan Dalmiya faction.
Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari on Thursday had announced the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government under controversial circumstances.
It is the kind of stuff you see only in Bollywood movies. A toddler goes missing and is found by a man who raises him as his own son. After sixteen years, the boy is reunited with his biological parents.
Their leader and assembly speaker has convened the House on Monday.
Chief Minister Babulal Marandi has questioned Namdhari's right to convene the House on his own initiative.
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