Kelucharan Mohapatra
The proverbial sob-meister of Bengali filmdom, Sukhen Das, 66, who also directed popular flicks like Milan Tithi and Dadamoni, is dead.
New Journalism pioneer John Sack dies at 74. A war correspondent who reported every major US conflict, his Vietnam exposes brought him fame.
The first Jammu-Udhampur train will run this week. The 58.45-km route has 20 tunnels over 10.28 km and 158 bridges spanning 5.16 km.
President Chandrika Kumaratunga names Mahinda Rajapakse of her United People’s Freedom Alliance Party as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister.
Thomas Master, 85, whose euthanasia plea was rejected by the Kerala HC in ’01, kills himself.
