R.D. Mathur

Arunachal Pradesh governor Brig (Retd) BD Mishra on Tuesday said the need of the hour is to instil a sense of security among the people, particularly those living in the remote border areas of the state.

As a tribute to renowned producer-director Bimal Roy, whose socially conscious films such as ‘Do Bigha Zameen’ and ‘Sujata’ continue to make us question and contemplate, an annual show in Mumbai honours the tallest of stars as well as forgotten legends from behind the camera.

The oft-heard adage "Catch them young," holds true for PIE Education, an ISO 9001 certified IIT-JEE training institute. Last month, PIE had organised a free rehearsal test for students of class X, CBSE Board.

LUCKNOW: A division bench of the high court has reserved its verdict on the 'review petition' filed by the state government against the judgement and order by which the high court had quashed the 20 per cent reservation given to women candidates in the UP PCS (J) examination.

A team of personnel from Indian Air Force, Army and some civil mountaineers were on Wednesday airlifted to a location close to the crash site of an AN-32 aircraft in Arunachal Pradesh to look for possible survivors. The wreckage of the AN-32 aircraft of the IAF was spotted on Tuesday in a heavily forested mountainous terrain by an IAF Mi-17 helicopter.

The carefully manicured lawns and flowerbeds of Vijay Smarak next to the East Gate of the Army’s Eastern Command headquarters at Fort William will no longer be a no-go zone for the common people. After laying a wreath at the memorial on the occasion of the 48th Vijay Diwas on Monday, Lt Gen Anil Chauhan, GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, announced the Smarak will remain open to everybody on Sundays and public holidays.

A day after the wreckage of the missing AN-32 aircraft was spotted, 15 IAF, Army and civilian mountaineers were on Wednesday inducted by Mi-17s and Advanced Light Helicopters with all equipment for the final approach to the crash site.

Intent on securing the thick woods from raging infernos, forest department officials at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, which is infamous for its annual forest fires, has sought the assistance of Indian Air Force (IAF).

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Saturday visited Air Force Station in Jorhat to assess the ongoing search operations for the ill-fated AN-32, which went missing on Monday. "The IAF chief was given a detailed briefing about the operations and was apprised with the inputs received so far," defence PRO Lt Col P Khongsai said.

For the first time in the history of IIT-Kharagpur, 15 of its students have got regret letters from three top US IT firms.

The IAF reopened the Vijaynagar advance landing ground in Arunachal for military aircraft, even as the Army wrapped up an operational alert exercise in eastern Ladakh near the Line of Actual Control. The “all-arms integrated” exercise in eastern Ladakh witnessed participation by tanks, artillery guns, drones, helicopters and troops as well as para-drops by IAF aircraft.

With no headway in search operations six days since the Indian Air Force's AN-32 aircraft went missing, the IAF on Saturday announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for any information about its location.

There has been no breakthrough in the search of the AN-32 aircraft of the IAF that went missing with 13 people on board with operations continuing for 5th day on Friday amid inclement weather. Ground teams of Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police along with locals and district administration officials are searching areas around Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

When you recall the 1960 cult classic Mughal-E-Azam, the vision which instantly comes to mind is that of a bewitchingly beautiful Madhubala as Anarkali reflected in hundreds of fragmented mirrors, inviting Shahenshah Akbar's ire with her rebellious clarion call, Pyaar kiya to darna kya.

Few people perhaps know who was the cameraman of epic movie ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, or the man who shot cult films like ‘Sholay’. But for Doon based researcher Manoj Panjani, these behind-the-scenes technicians are the real heroes of any film. Which is why, the 54-year-old who is a research associate at the Doon Library and Research Centre, has spent almost a lifetime finding out details about these often unsung men and women of Bollywood.