Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh, an outspoken critic of Hindutva politics, was shot dead in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Karnataka police chief R K Dutta said Lankesh was shot dead by unidentified assailants at the entrance of her residence in Rajrajeshwari Nagar. Lankesh, in her 50s, edited a Kannada tabloid Gauri Lankesh Patrike besides

Economist Dr. Rajiv Kumar has been appointed (August 5, 2017) as the new Vice-Chairman of the government think tank NITI Aayog. Present vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya had stepped down earlier this month. The Columbia University professor will be returning to the U.S. to rejoin academia.  Dr. Vinod Paul, pediatrician at AIIMS,

Dhrupad lovers will miss Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar, one of the foremost exponents of the Dhrupad tradition, who died on July 20, 2017 in MJM Hospital, Pune following prolonged illness. He was 78. Sayeeduddin Dagar is survived by his two sons. Known to his admirers as Sayeed Bhaai, the maestro

The 56-year-old, who was battling kidney and liver problems, breathed his last on July 20, 2016 at a Gurgaon hospital. He was part of the Vasudevan Baskaran-led Indian team that clinched the gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. India’s hockey legend Mohammad Shahid was one of the greatest players of

Eminent poet, litterateur and Jnanpith awardee C. Narayana Reddy, popularly known as CiNaRe, passed away in the early hours of June 12, 2017, aged 85. He was taken to a hospital following health complications and was declared dead. CiNaRe, born on July 29, 1931 in Hanumajipet of erstwhile Karimnagar district,