Articles about Ashok Kumar
It is a twist of fate that India’s first superstar was a reluctant actor. Ashok Kumar preferred his job as a lab assistant at Bombay Talkies to being an actor but as fate would have it, an eloping episode involving the lead actors of ‘Jeevan Naiya’ in 1936 opened the doors of stardom for him. Born on October 13, 1911, in present-day Bihar, Ashok Kumar was born Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly. His father wanted him to become a lawyer but his heart was not in it. After the persuasion of his brother-in-law Sashadhar Mukherjee, his father let him work in Bombay Talkies. As they say, the rest was history. The 1943 film ‘Kismet,’ where he appeared as India’s first anti-hero, propelled him to stardom as it became the first Hindi movie to gross one crore. Kumar’s natural style of acting which was different from the then prevalent theatrical style made him instantly noticeable. His portrayal of Jogi Thakur in ‘Aashirwad’ (1968) won him both the National Award and Filmfare Award. In 1988, he was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. The country honored him with a Padma Bhushan in 1999 for his contributions.

03 Dec 2020
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29 Sep 2020
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03 Sep 2020
IndiaThe teen accused of murdering his junior inside the Ryan International School in Gurugram in 2017 was denied bail by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

01 Sep 2020
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29 Aug 2020
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18 May 2020
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26 Mar 2020
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27 Dec 2019
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30 Nov 2019
IndiaA day after the gruesome rape and murder of a Hyderabad veterinary doctor sent shockwaves across the nation, another woman's charred body was found on Friday.

01 Nov 2019
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15 Oct 2019
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21 Jul 2019
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21 Feb 2019
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10 Feb 2019
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20 Dec 2018
PoliticsThe BJP and Congress workers clashed over the Rafale deal issue at Congress Bhawan in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, yesterday.

10 Nov 2018
IndiaArindam Pal, a senior manager at the Faridabad office of Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Ltd (TSPDL), was shot dead on Friday afternoon by an employee who was fired about five-six months ago.

29 Oct 2018
IndiaThe Editor-in-Chief and CEO of Uttarakhand-based channel Samachar Plus was arrested from his Ghaziabad residence yesterday for allegedly putting pressure on one of his employees to do a sting operation on prominent politicians with an intent to blackmail them.

18 Sep 2018
IndiaA Class-10 girl was allegedly gang-raped by fellow students at a boarding school in Sahaspur in Uttarakhand's Dehradun district.

24 Aug 2018
IndiaIn a shocking incident, a teenage gang rape victim took her own life on Wednesday night, after the police allegedly questioned her character, in Uttar Pradesh's Badayun district.

23 Aug 2018
IndiaA 15-year-old girl committed suicide in Sainjini village of UP's Badaun district today after being allegedly gang-raped by three men, police said.

16 Aug 2018
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22 Jun 2018
IndiaThe Uttar Pradesh police have apologized for the viral image that showed a man being dragged by villagers in Hapur, after being lynched, in the presence of officers.

06 May 2018
IndiaTwo girls have dropped out of a government-aided school alleging sexual harassment by a youth at a village in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.

19 Apr 2018
DelhiA feud over a trivial issue resulted in a murder in Delhi on Tuesday.

12 Apr 2018
IndiaThree persons, including a woman, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in leaking the CBSE Class 10 Mathematics paper in connivance with a teacher arrested earlier from Himachal Pradesh, Delhi Police said today.

12 Apr 2018
IndiaRakesh Kumar, who allegedly leaked Class XII Economics Paper of CBSE, leaked Class 10 Mathematics paper too, said Delhi Police on Thursday.

08 Apr 2018
IndiaAfter the arrest of three people in the CBSE Class-12 Economics paper leak, police have revealed it all started because a Punjab housewife wanted a relative, a teacher, to help her son clear his exams.

12 Mar 2018
IndiaA youth is said to have committed suicide in Uttar Pradesh after the family of a girl, with whom he was in love with, rejected their marriage, the police said on Monday.

03 Mar 2018
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06 Feb 2018
IndiaIn a drastic turn of events, the bus conductor, initially the main accused in the Ryan School murder, has become a prime witness.

25 Nov 2017
IndiaLawyer Tanveer Ahmed Mir, who defended Aarushi Talwar's parents Rajesh and Nupur in the sensational double murder case, will defend the Class-XI boy accused of killing Pradyuman Thakur in the Ryan murder case.

24 Nov 2017
IndiaAfter being released, Ashok Kumar, the bus conductor of Ryan International accused of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur's murder, says he was administered injections and electric shocks, thrashed and forced to confess.

21 Nov 2017
IndiaAshok Kumar, the school bus conductor accused of the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur, has been granted bail.

14 Nov 2017
IndiaEarlier, the Gurgaon Police was blamed for allegedly forcing a bus conductor to confess to the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur.

13 Nov 2017
IndiaInvestigators have unearthed more details about the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur. For one, they have found that the accused juvenile and Pradyuman knew each other, contrary to the juvenile's father's claims.

11 Nov 2017
IndiaThe Pradyuman Thakur case seems to be far from solved. In another surprising development, reports have emerged that the CBI is examining the possible involvement of another student.

10 Nov 2017
IndiaAfter differing from the Gurgaon Police on who killed seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur, the CBI has reportedly found that police had planted the murder weapon on bus conductor Ashok Kumar.

09 Nov 2017
IndiaAfter the arrest of a Class XI student for the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur, the CBI sought his remand so it could reconstruct the crime scene.

08 Nov 2017
IndiaIn a surprising development in the Pradyuman Thakur murder case, CBI arrested a Class XI student of Ryan International. Thakur's parents have demanded the death penalty.

08 Nov 2017
IndiaTwo months after seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur was found murdered in his Gurgaon school, a Class XI student has been arrested by the CBI in the case.