‘My first memory of him is everybody standing scared and so terrified of him’, Sutapa Sikdar remembers Nana Patekar on the ‘Khamoshi: The Musical’ set Nana Patekar, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 75, was a feared presence on the sets of ‘Khamoshi: The Musical’ in 1996. Dialogue writer Sutapa Sikdar, then…
New Delhi, Oct 08 (ANI): Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 57th meeting of the GST Council, in New Delhi on Thursday. (@FinMinIndia X/ANI Photo) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Thursday recommended a series of changes aimed at easing compliance, reducing procedural burdens and simplifying the GST regime, while…
Indian Contingent (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Officials of the Ministry Of Youth Affairs and Sports of India (MYAS) and the National Sports Federations (NSFs) will review India’s performance at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on October 13. India had picked 85 medals at the continental games to finish fourth in the medal tally, a…
LJP (Ram Vilas) looks to establish its electoral presence in Uttar Pradesh while remaining aligned with the BJP-led alliance. Chirag has indicated that contesting as part of the alliance is the party’s priority, although he has kept open the option of fighting independently. NEW DELHI: Union minister Chirag Paswan said that his Lok Janshakti Party…
GDP records strong growth, but why is Dalal Street tumbling? India’s GDP has surpassed estimates, clocking a 7.8% growth. The World Bank is betting on an even stronger year than it previously expected. Yet, Dalal Street is bleeding.So what’s happening? Why is the stock market crashing when the economy appears to be doing so well?Thursday…
Karnataka IT minister Priyank Kharge speaks about AI push for multilingual citizen services Bengaluru: Karnataka govt plans to leverage the Centre’s Bhashini artificial intelligence (AI) platform to make digital governance and citizen services more accessible to people in their preferred languages, including through voice-based interfaces.Information technology minister Priyank Kharge said the state would explore integrating…
Nana Patekar, 75, passed away on Thursday morning after a heart attack. He had severe chest pain at his home in Goa, and a medical team was sent to his flat. Nana Patekar was great at making his dialogues stay in people’s minds. He played an angry revolutionary, a strict police officer, a gangster and…
Bond yields may hold near 7.25% Government bond yields may remain under pressure in early trade on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised interest rates for the first time in nearly four years and changed its policy stance, signalling that more rate hikes could follow.The benchmark 6.94% 2036 bond yield is expected…
NEW DELHI: Weeks after the alleged suicide of a postgraduate medical student in Surat triggered fresh concerns over harassment and ragging in medical colleges, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has sought a para-wise report within 24 hours from MGM Medical College and MY Hospital, Indore, on allegations of mental harassment, public humiliation and academic intimidation…
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