Anand Sagar, 'Ramayan' creator Ramanand Sagar's son, dies

Anand Ramanand Sagar Chopra, son of legendary filmmaker Ramanand Sagar of Ramayana fame, passed away following prolonged illness here, his wife Nisha Sagar Chopra said.He was 84.He took his last breath at 10:37 am in the morning yesterday. The whole family was by his side. He went away...

An Indian student named Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a post-graduate at UC Berkeley from Karnataka, has gone missing and the Consulate General of India in San Francisco has expressed concern over it.The Consulate General is in touch with both the authorities and the boy's parents, and is helping locate...

Bangladesh's Election Commission has published a gazette of newly elected members of Parliament from the 13th general election, paving the way for their swearing-in, media reports said on Saturday.The gazette was published for 297 out of the 300 parliamentary constituencies late on Friday,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a historic landing at the Northeast's first highway Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) at Moran in Assam, arriving aboard a C-130J aircraft.The ELF, developed on the Moran Bypass under the Dibrugarh-Moran National Highway project, is the first such...

BSE has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India to launch derivative contracts on the BSE Focused Midcap Index. At present, the exchange offers derivatives only on the Sensex and Bankex indices. With the approval, its derivatives basket will widen to three...

The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has revised annual recovery charges (ARC) for connectivity and colocation (colo) services, offering a 50 per cent reduction in charges on Wednesdays and Thursdays across most message rate categories. The revised charges would be applicable from...

With wheat production and stocks expected to touch new highs in the coming season, the government on Friday approved exports of 2.5 million tonnes (mt) of wheat and an additional 500,000 tonnes of wheat products. Simultaneously, the government also permitted exports of 500,000 tonnes of...

Chaos marked a protest called by Left-backed student unions at the Delhi University on Friday evening.This after a protest called by the 'All India Forum for Equity' to observe 'All India Vanchit Adhikar Divas' at the Arts Faculty, Delhi University saw scenes of alleged violence.The students were...

A 26-year-old software engineer was injured after being hit by a stray bull while returning from work in Noida's Sector 168, police said on Friday.A CCTV clip of the incident has since gone viral on social media.The incident occurred on Tuesday evening under the jurisdiction of the Expressway...

Indian national Nikhil Gupta, accused of being involved in a murder-for-hire plot against a Sikh extremist on American soil, on Friday pleaded guilty to the charges.Gupta, 54, pleaded guilty to charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit money...

Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said action will be taken against local leaders in Chandrapur who backed bitter rival BJP in mayoral polls.Talking to reporters here, Raut said whatever happened in Chandrapur was not the position of party chief Uddhav Thackeray.No one in the party has...

Bangladesh Awami League president Sheikh Hasina has formally challenged the legitimacy of the February 12 elections, characterising the event as a disgraceful chapter for the nation's democracy.In a statement addressing the conduct of the polls, the former Prime Minister alleged widespread...