Rahul Aronoday Banerjee, Bengali actor, died on March 29 while shooting for his daily soap, Bhole Baba Paar Karega, in Digha. The actor’s last rites were performed on March 30. Several videos from the funeral and the whole of the Bengali film industry gathering to pay their tributes have been circulating online. One of the most heartbreaking videos from the funeral was Priyanka Sarkar’s son carrying his father’s ashes after the cremation.
India’s historic first gold medal at the Rowing World Cup is set to be removed from the record books after one member of the winning crew returned a positive doping test. Lakshay, who partnered Ujjwal Kumar Singh to victory in the lightweight doubles sculls event at the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, has tested positive for the prohibited substance Stanozolol. The sample was collected during an out-of-competition test conducted on May 25 earlier this year, before the World Cup took place.
Read more
Pralhad Joshi on Saturday was named the interim Union Education Minister after President Droupadi Murmu accepted Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, an official order stated.
Read more
