As the bugle was sounded for the retreat, the Raisina Hill complex lit up in a riot of colours, the illumination provided by LEDs rather than the traditional incandescent bulbs.
Munjoy Mukherjee discloses his reasons for releasing his father's film.
Yogesh, who worked across generations with everyone from Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna to Amol Palekar and Shah Rukh Khan, passed away on May 29.
Photographs of Bihar Education and IT Minister Ashok Kumar Choudhary is arguing that the pictures that are circulating online are old and that he is against superstition.
Members of Pakistan's minority Hindu community staged a protest in southern Sindh province after a Hindu woman converted to Islam and married a Muslim man, according to a media report on Saturday.
'To this day, not a year passes when Bollywood does not head to Kolkata to train its cameras on the magnificence of the bridge and the flow of life that pulses along the river across which it spans,' says Saibal Chatterjee.
The assignment was earlier given to global audit firm EY. But it has now been reassigned owing to 'certain conflict of interest', the Bengaluru-based company said.
A fast-track court in Odisha on Thursday gave death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in the second capital punishment handed down to a rapist-killer in the country this week.
Three prominent Hindu businessmen were kidnapped, along with their driver, by unidentified armed men in Sindh province of southern Pakistan on Saturday.
'The world over, everybody is asking for the same medicines, same APIs, same KSMs.' 'However, there is just one supplier -- China -- for the entire world.'
A Dalit woman's nose was chopped off after she was accused of practicing witchcraft in a village in Bihar's Khagaria district on Wednesday, said the police. Nunu Dai was beaten up and her nose was chopped off in Kainzari village.
The West Bengal Human Rights Commission has directed the home, health and police departments to inquire into the alleged 'inhuman torture' on Asiad gold medalist Pinki Pramanik in police and jail custody and submit a report within two weeks.
In his fresh petition, Verma said he had filed a statutory complaint with the defence ministry, challenging appointment of Vice Admiral Singh as the next navy chief, and asked it to respond within 10 days.
'The 100-metre stretch from the opening of this tunnel is completely flooded with debris; the oxygen supply (through the pipes) too had gotten over and the chances of any survivors inside this tunnel are very bleak. Nobody has been able to talk to the people trapped inside'
Two headmasters of government run schools were beaten to death in Bihar allegedly by some powerful people in the last twenty-four hours.
Citing a column by noted writer-humourist Khushwant Singh, we asked readers to mail us their 'Life Sutras' -- principles to lead life to the fullest. Here is the first set of responses.
Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Legislative Council Ashok Kumar Agrawal charged with the killing of an employee of a petrol pump owned by him at Mirchaibari in the town, has been arrested.
The Madhubani school boy who was traced in Delhi with his girlfriend after being assumed dead triggering violence in the district, was on Friday produced in a court which send him to a remand home.
Every investor must have a clear game-plan and set financial goals based on certain pre-defined objectives with specified time frames.
The retired army colonel had been living a quiet life in his Noida home until a week ago, when the news from the Bangladesh government arrived. Colonel Ashok Kumar Tara is being felicitated as 'Friend of Bangladesh' by Dhaka. Priyanka reports.
The retired army colonel had been living a quiet life in his Noida home until a week ago, when the news from the Bangladesh government arrived. Colonel Ashok Kumar Tara is being felicitated as 'Friend of Bangladesh' by Dhaka. Priyanka reports.
Singh will succeed Admiral Sunil Lanba who retires on May 31.
Two army personnel were killed when a tank tumbled into a 20-ft-deep water-logged ditch during a military exercise near Phagwara in Punjab, police said on Wednesday.
The athletes, Mandeep Kaur, AC Ashwini and Sini Jose, who were part of the 4x400 metres relay gold winning quartet at the Commonwealth and Asian Games, and Jauna Murmu, Priyanka Panwar and Tiana Mary Thomas, tested positive positive for anabolic steroids in May and June this year and were suspended, and their Ukrainian coach Yuri Ogorodnik was sacked.
The probe team's chief at that time, R K Raghavan, in his new book, said it required "tremendous persuasion" to make Modi agree to a short recess. "This was possibly Modi's concession to the need for a respite for Malhotra rather than for himself. Such was the energy of the man."
Verma also sought quashing of a note issued by the defence ministry rejecting his plea against Singh's appointment.
The veteran actor-director passed away. He was 73.
The clamour may have been for Sachin Tendulkar, but the Sports Ministry has recommended hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand for the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civillian honour.
Former Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly says former telecom minister A Raja acted unilaterally in the 2G spectrum mess and that his Cabinet colleagues are not to be blamed. Speaking to Karan Thapar on CNN IBN's Devil's Advocate, Ganguly said it is not correct to apply the principle of collective Cabinet responsibility in the case related to the distribution of 2G licences on a first-come-first-served basis.
'The Raksha Mantri's day at sea'/
In this interview with Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier, Ashok Kumar E R, the CEO and co-founder of Scripbox shares some more interesting observations about the way Indian women make financial decisions and offers advice on how, with the apt guidance and information, they could do a lot better.
As his birth centenary approaches, we take a look at a different aspect of Ashok Kumar's talent -- his paintings.
The girls belonging to three families, were kept in one house by their parents, who had fled from the village following some personal rivalry, Additional Superintendent of Police (Gaya) Ashok Kumar said.
The show's called Classic Legends and will premiere at 7.30 on December 11 on Zee Classic.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Wednesday gave marching orders to cabinet minister Ashok Kumar Dohre for allegedly committing forgery and financial irregularities, it was officially disclosed in Lucknow.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has thrown into the fray two candidates to battle former Karnataka minister B Sriramulu. The BJP has not made a final decision on its own, but has asked two candidates to file their B forms to contest the Bellary Rural by-elections.
The death toll might rise as the condition of many injured people was "critical".
The trio will feature in Aye Dil Sambhal Zara, along with Paresh Rawal.
Media magnate Kalanidhi Maran, who is also the grandnephew of Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam President M Karunanidhi, has been summoned by the city police to appear before it on Tuesday in a cheating and intimidation case against Sun Pictures owned by him.
Indian hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand will be conferred with the 'Bharat Gaurav' Lifetime Achivement Award by NRI orgainsation Sanskriti Yuva Sangstha at the House of Commons inside the British Parliament of July 25.
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