People in News – M. F. Husain
M.F. Husain M.F. Husain, India’s one of the foremost modern painter and an internationally recognised artist, passed away on 9th June 2011 in London. He was 97. He was Born in Pandharpur in...
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Sunil Mittal Leading international business school INSEAD has honoured Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder, Chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises, with its Business Leader for the Whole Award. The...
View ArticlePeople in News -Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
Tiger’ Pataudi Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India’s greatest cricket captains ever, suffering from interstitial lung disease, a condition in which the passage of oxygen to the two lungs is less than...
View ArticlePeople in News – Binayak Sen
Binayak Sen Human Rights activist Binayak Sen has been made member of the Planning Commission’s Steering Committee on Health , which will advise the panel on the Twelfth Five year Plan (2012-1017). He...
View ArticlePeople in News – Ustad Azizuddin
Ustad Azizuddin Music maestro Ustad Azizuddin Khan Affectionately called Baba among his disciples passed away recently. He was an illustrious member of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Some of his noted...
View ArticlePeople in News – Shanti Tigga
Shanti Tigga 35-year-old Sapper Shanti Tigga joined the 969 Railway Engineer Regiment of Territorial Army (TA) becoming the first woman jawan. “Women are allowed to join the armed forces only as...
View ArticlePeople in News – Raj Rajaratnam
Rajaratnam Sri Lanka born Raj Rajaratnam, a billionaire hedge fund manager convicted in May on 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy, was handed a 11-year jail term by a Manhattan court which is...
View ArticlePeople in News – Abu Salem
Abu Salem The Portuguese high court ordered termination of extradition of underworld don Abu Salem for breach of agreement by India for slapping offences which attract death penalty. Salem tried in...
View ArticlePeople in News – Vijaya Lakshmi Emani
Vijaya Lakshmi Emani U.S. Presdent Barack Obama has honoured Indian-American activist Vijaya Lakhsmi Emnani posthumously with the Presidential Citizens Medal for her courage in overcoming and speaking...
View ArticlePeople in News – Bhupen Hazarika
Bhupen Hazarika Being a singer, poet, music director and lyricist, he was a doyen in Indian Music. He hailed from Assam and is known for writing strong lyrics with themes of communal harmony, universal...
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