The suave actor of the world, sometimes called the last of the Mohicans and familiar to students of cinema anywhere in the globe, acted in 14 Ray films and over 300 others, gracefully transitioning into commercial cinema in a variety of roles.
In a career spanning six decades, Chatterjee has acted in more than 300 films.
M C Mary Kom (51kg) and Shiva Thapa (60kg) were among the prominent names assured of medals as the host nation continued to dominate the ring in the US $100,000 India Open boxing tournament for men and women, in Delhi, on Tuesday.
A member of Sunanda Pushkar's family on Friday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into her mysterious death after a fresh report was submitted to the police by All India Institute of Medical Sciences doctors on the reasons for her demise that added a new twist to the controversy.
The party asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why a conspiracy was being hatched to destroy the minimum support price (MSP) system and snatch the livelihood of 62 crore farmers.
In her condolence message for Patel, who served as her political secretary for years and was the All India Congress Committee treasurer, party chief Sonia Gandhi said, 'In Shri Ahmed Patel, I have lost a colleague, whose entire life was dedicated to the Congress Party.'
The left-hander nominated nine people, including his Uttar Pradesh teammates Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Piyush Chawla, India hockey goalkeeper P R Sreejesh, Board of Control for Cricket in India vice-president Rajeev Shukla, singers Shreya Ghosal and Sonu Nigam to take forward the Challenge and urged them to continue the campaign.
Last month, at the Potomac Community Center in Maryland, Sham-E-Ghazal made its public debut to an audience including over 200 guests including Sanjay Sinha, minister, community affairs at the Indian embassy and his predecessor Anil Gupta, who was visiting Washington, DC.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the upcoming three-match T20I series against West Indies with an injury and was replaced by Kerala's wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson.
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Nikhat from Telengana was handed the fourth spot in the 51 kg category which already has the six-time World Champion MC Mary Kom, RSPB's Jyoti Gulia and Haryana's Ritu Grewal as other contenders.
A high voter turnout was recorded in West Bengal, Assam Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry assembly elections on Tuesday. The massive polling exercise following COVID-19 health protocol and involving lakhs of personnel began at 7 am and the last hour from 6 pm to 7 pm was set aside for COVID-19 patients and those under isolation. The counting of votes in the states will be held on May 2.
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Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde led the nation in paying tributes to the twenty bravehearts, who died in Tuesday's chopper crash while rescuing stranded people in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at the BJP, saying one has to refer to the state-wise election schedule to know when one will have access to the vaccine. The BJP, however, said health is a state subject and its manifesto is for Bihar, not for the entire country, where it has promised that the state will buy the vaccine for its people.
Monday was the fourth consecutive day, proceedings were washed out over the Rafale jet deal and Cauvery issues.
'Sushant Singh Rajput, a bright young lad who had a life beyond films, was probably too good for Bollywood.' 'To blame his death by suicide on a gang of Bollywood bullies is stretching the point too far,' argues Saibal Chatterjee.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the state governments have been asked to identify Rohingya refugees in their regions and collect their biometric details.
The crime scene presented a gory picture as blood had spread to other rooms.
The apex body for accountants, ICAI, on Friday said it will seek explanation from R S Lodha on the structure of his audit firms following a complaint for alleged breach of its Code of Ethics and flouting of Companies Act.
Yet another award for Amitabh Bachchan.
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'If you look at its melody, it's nothing.'
The appointment of private secretaries to three Union Minister including Home Minister Rajnath Singh has been put on hold, according to official sources.
The oath taking took place as the House witnessed a virtual slogan-shouting contest between treasury and opposition benches.
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The stupidity of someone buying impressions on people meters is like saying the BJP wins elections because the EVMs are rigged. I predict zooming TRPs for Republic TV, says Sudhir Bisht.
The veteran filmmaker passed away in Mumbai. He was 88.
'Dharamji, Jeetu (Jeetendra), Rajesh Khanna and Shashi Kapoor had unique dance styles. Manoj Kumar would just stand and that became his style. Dharamji was amazing. He is not a dancer at all, he doesn't know anything and yet he danced. I was shocked looking at him in the song Yamla Pagla Deewana. I was thinking, what is he doing? He was jumping and it was unbelievable.' Hema Malini gets candid.
Police investigating Sunanda Pushkar's death mysterious death on Friday night questioned a number of hotel staff and checked the CCTV footage of the lobby of the third floor of the luxury hotel where she was staying.
As part of its celebrations for the 125th birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru, the Congress will this week organise a conference bringing together many writers and historians, including Left leaning, to discuss freedom, equality, democracy and secularism in today's context.
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