Film and theatre actor Bharat Kapoor, best remembered as the manipulative antagonist in the surprise superhit ‘Noorie’ (1979) and as the amoral lover in the poignant tragedy ‘Bazaar’ (1982), died in Mumbai on Monday. He was 80.“I got a call from Bharatji’s son, Rahul, saying he passed away around 3pm due to cardiac arrest at…
Bengaluru: A property row escalated into alleged vandalism and an attempt by a woman and her family to torch the house of her brother at Byrasandra in south Bengaluru, police said Monday.Ashwini S, 35, a resident of 9th Cross, stated in a complaint to police that she and her husband, Umesh, stay with their children…
Chennai: Motorists heading towards Tidel Park on OMR need to be watchful while turning right near the Indira Nagar MRTS station as several vehicles take a wrong-side U-turn at the spot, leading to risk of collision with incoming vehicles.Soon after the L-shaped Madhya Kailash flyover was opened, traffic police installed a signal near the MRTS…
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy-led govt has decided to intensify its efforts to press for the CBI to start its inquiry into Kaleshwaram project, following legal opinion given to him that there are no legal impediments preventing CBI from undertaking an inquiry.Revanth held a high-level meeting with irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, top…
With DTCP stepping, priority is being given to clearing main carriageways, intersections and stretches Gurgaon: Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) has begun clearing demolition debris in Palam Vihar — days after a standoff with Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) over responsibility for the exercise.Officials said construction and demolition (C&D) waste, generated during the…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University held Internal Complaints Committee elections to choose undergraduate and postgraduate student representatives from the Arts, Science and Engineering faculties. In the Arts faculty, SFI won both seats, securing 850 votes in the UG category and 641 in PG. In Engineering, DSF emerged victorious in both categories with 1,776 votes for UG and…
Farmers staged a protest at the airport site on Saturday Noida: Several farmers who gave up land for the Noida International Airport project met Yamuna Authority CEO RK Singh on Monday, pressing for permanent employment for their children directly with the airport concessionaire, Yamuna International Airport Private Limited, rather than through third-party contractors.The meeting followed…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Monday directed the civil registrar of Salcete to register the marriage of an Indian man and a Russian divorcee according to the name in her passport, which contains her ex-husband’s surname.The couple had approached the HC after the civil registrar refused to register their marriage, as the woman continues…
Varanasi: Ghazipur police lodged separate FIRs against X handles of Samajwadi Party and Congress for certain posts over the death of a woman in Karanda area of Ghazipur district, terming them objectionable, inflammatory and misleading.Providing details of the fresh action, Ghazipur’s ASP (City) Rakesh Kumar Mishra on Monday said that Karanda police registered cases against…
Ahmedabad: A Gujarat high court judge on Monday asked an Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) student to leave the courtroom over what the court considered was improper attire, while hearing her petition challenging a semester-long suspension for alleged indiscipline. She was wearing jeans and a shirt for the hearing on her plea against the…
