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Anand Bakshi was a prominent lyricist who ruled the Bollywood for nearly half-century. He reigned supreme the Indian Hindi film industry by dint of his devotion to his work and sincerity to duties. Bakshi was born in 1930 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan but shifted to India after the Partition. Bakshi had the utmost desire to join in Hindi movies but the misfortune always enveloped him. But he was replete with the talent to sing and write songs that he had been doing from his early days and practicing whenever he got leisure. After a long tryst with destiny, Bakshi could be able to get an opportunity to materialize his dreams and ultimately the sun of fate rose for him in 1956 when he made debut in the Hindi movie as a lyricist to write four songs for Bhagwan Dada?s ?Bhala Aadmi?. He had come to Bollywood with the aim to become a singer but the fate made him a lyricist. He established himself as a versatile lyricist by composing scores of songs for many movies, which met with large success, thus helped him heightening his own career graph. For the astounding success and accomplishment, Bakshi has been bestowed with many awards and honours. Anand Bakshi?s deteriorating health forced his early departure from this physical world in 2002 but his memory will be eternal in the hearts and minds of his fans and lovers.
Shoojit Sircar's 'Piku' is truly a family comedy drama and we hear that some real life family drama took place on set too. According to sources, the cast and crew of the film received a pleasant surprise in the form of a visit from director Shoojit Sircar's kids.
After knocking off the music lovers with two breezy romantic tracks, makers of Shoojit Sircar's family comedy drama, 'Piku' have come out with a peppy title track that celebrates DeePiku!
Today (03-Apil-2015) 2 major movies releasing and expectations from these movies are high. Movies releasing today are Detective Byomkesh Bakshy and Paisa Ho Paisa. The movie Detective Byomkesh Bakshy is based on the fictional story created by Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.
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New Delhi, May 2 (Xinhua-ANI): India on Wednesday said that it would allow foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pakistan in a bid to increase economic engagement between the two countries.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) India and Australia will jointly set up a wool testing laboratory in Mumbai and collaborate in the production and trade of woollen products.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) India has in-principle agreed to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pakistan, a move expected to enhance commercial engagement and boost trade between the two countries, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said Wednesday.
Chennai, April 30 (IANS) India's Ashwin Vijayaraghavan, Saurabh Patil and Sidharth Rawat entered the second round in the MCC-SR Subramaniam ITF Men's Futures tennis tournament here Monday.
New Delhi/Raipur, Apr 30 (ANI): Describing the recent Maoist abductions by the Maoists as the work of different rebel groups, a senior journalist and columnist Anil Anand has claimed that the Maoists are not organized and don't work under one umbrella.
New Delhi, Apr 29 (ANI): Minister for Commerce and Industries Anand Sharma on Sunday said the ban imposed on cotton exports in March this year was to review its availability and demand situation.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) India and Japan will hold their first economic dialogue and sixth strategic talks Monday to impart a renewed momentum to burgeoning multi-faceted ties and to resolve issues for starting civil nuclear cooperation between them.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) "Crime Patrol Dastak" portrays real life crimes stories and many rue that it inspires people to commit crimes, but the show's anchor Anup Soni says one should look at the positive side of it.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) India and Japan will hold their first economic dialogue and sixth strategic talks Monday that are expected to impart a renewed momentum to burgeoning multi-faceted ties and explore ways to start civil nuclear cooperation between the two countries.
Mumbai, April 27 (ANI-Business Wire India): Tarun Anand quit his position of Managing Director Thomson Reuters, South Asia, to give his undivided attention to Universal Business School (UBS), an entrepreneurial education venture which he co-founded with two other top management professionals-Gurdip Singh Anand and Babulal Varma.
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Anand-Milind, who composed music for hits like "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak", "Anjaam" and "Dil", are making a comeback to Bollywood after six years with "Yeh Khula Aasmaan".
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Critically acclaimed actress-director Nandita Das, who took a sabbatical to take care of her baby, is set to be back with a bang - but says she would rather stay away from mainstream cinema.
Hyderabad, April 24 (IANS) The merger of Mahindra Satyam and Tech Mahindra will take between eight and nine months to complete, said Mahindra Satyam CEO C.P. Gurnani here Tuesday.
Doha, April 23 (IANS) India Monday urged Qatar to increase the supply of natural gas by 3 million tonnes to meet immediate requirements.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Books have not lost their mystical pull in the throng of digital extravaganzas, cinema, television reality shows and harsh publishing realities.
Lucknow, April 21 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided as many as twelve places in Lucknow Saturday in connection with the multi-million-rupee foodgrain scam which took place during the Mulayam Singh Yadav regime in 2004. The present Prisons Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya was food and civil supplies minister then.
Gurgaon, April 20 (IANS) After a heated argument with his wife over her work, a man murdered her and their two minor daughters before committing suicide earlier this week, police said Friday.
Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), April 20 (IANS) Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has said protection of the manufacturing sector is a major political consideration, even as India is trying to further integrate itself with the global economy.
Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), April 20 (IANS) Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has stressed the need for sticking to the Doha Round of trade talks and creating a 'level playing field' by removing impediments to trade.
Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) Resistance group Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), at its first conference here April 22-23, will demand an end to the anti-Maoist Operation Green Hunt and discuss how to turn the current economic crisis in the country into a revolutionary opportunity.
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Supreme court Thursday asked the central and Odisha governments to respond to a petition that sought to block release of 29 Maoists on bail in exchange for the ruling Biju Janta Dal's (BJD) legislator Jhina Hikaka, whom the rebels have taken hostage.
Bhubaneshwar, Apr 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to the Odisha Government and the Centre on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to restrain the state from releasing 27 Naxals in exchange for abducted Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Jhina Hikaka.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to the Odisha government and the Centre on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filled by a retired army officer, Major General (retd) Gangurdep Bakshi seeking to confine the state from releasing Naxals in exchange of safely freeing the captive BJD MLA..........
Ranchi, April 18 (IANS) A newborn girl was allegedly murdered by her father near this Jharkhand capital city Tuesday, police said. The man, a resident of Damari village near the city, is now on the run.
Jaipur, April 17 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here Tuesday.
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) Agnivesh Agarwal, a member of the founding family of the $11.4 billion-turnover diversified Vedanta group and chairman of Hindustan Zinc Ltd, has picked up 60 percent stake for an undisclosed sum in the city-based Primex Healthcare owning a chain of diagnostic centres, a top official said Monday.
Film: Neeku Naaku Dash Dash; Producer: Anand Prasad; Writer and Director: Teja; Cast: Prince, Nanditha, Benarjee, Teertha, Venu, Thanikella Bharani, Parachuri Venkateswara Rao and others; Music: Yashwant; Background Music: Anoop Reubens; Cinematography: Rasool Ellore; Rating: **
India and Pakistan announced to create a new opportunity in business tie up and are ready for exploring the possibilities of opening more routes
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Just a day after opening a new integrated check post at the Attari border, India and Pakistan Saturday said the countries were exploring the possibilities of opening more routes to deepen economic engagements.
New Delhi, Apr 14 (ANI): In response to India's decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pakistan, visiting Pakistan Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Saturday said it was a good initiative and will be taken in a positive manner.
Leading social site Facebook is likely to acquire Indian origin based developer Tagtile. Both the parties have welcomed the deal.
Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): Social networking giant Facebook is reportedly acquiring the team of Indian-origin developers behind customer-loyalty application Tagtile.
Attari (Punjab), April 13 (IANS) Business between India and Pakistan through the land border route is expected to go up almost 10 times with the formal inauguration Friday of a newly constructed integrated check post (ICP) at Attari, along the international border between India and Pakistan.
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Noted cinema and stage personalities, brothers Balraj and Bhisham Sahni were committed to the art of change in the late 1930s and 1940s that tried to the create a new social order to tide over human sufferings - and bring culture to the masses with a message.
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) Political parties and leaders in Punjab Thursday hailed the move of the union cabinet to approve the Anand Marriage Act, which will facilitate separate registration of marriages of Sikhs.
New Delhi, Apr 12 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the introduction of a Bill in the budget session of parliament to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 to include registration of marriages as well.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Registration of marriages is to be made compulsory irrespective of religion - largely to prevent the harassment of women in divorce cases - under two bills approved by the cabinet on Thursday.
An Ahmedabad court, which found 23 accused guilty and 23 accused innocent in Ode village Massacre case 2002, today sentenced its final verdict in which it pronounced life term imprisonment to 18 while five have been sentenced seven year jail.......
Ahmedabad, Apr 12 (ANI): Eighteen out of the 23 convicts in the Ode village massacre case that occurred during the 2002 Gujarat communal riots were given life imprisonment by a special court in Gujarat's Anand District on Thursday.
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Vibhor Anand, who filed a complaint against Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly lowering the reputation of parliament and being guilty of sedition, Wednesday told a Delhi court that he is being repeatedly warned to withdraw his complaint.
New Delhi, Apr 10 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said India would not allow additional cotton exports as of now though it could permit shipments already registered with the government after revalidating.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Pakistan Commerce Minister Mohammad Amin Fahim, accompanied by a trade delegation, will visit India this week to give a push to liberalisation of trade and visa norms.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood actor and theatre artist Raghubir Yadav will be seen in the role of a grandfather in "Yeh Khula Aasmaan" and says while shooting, he kept his understanding and encouraging maternal grandpa in mind.
Palampur (Himachal Pradesh), April 10 (IANS) Commerce Minister Anand Sharma Tuesday announced a multi-pronged project to boost production and export of tea produced in the Kangra valley that is known for its flavour and quality.
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Congress Monday did not comment on a Ahmedabad court verdict convicting 23 persons in a 2002 riots case, saying that it was not necessary to comment on every judicial judgment and appeals could be filed over the verdict.
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, Apr 9 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday welcomed the Gujarat's special court decision, which pronounced its verdict in the Ode massacre case of post-Godhra riots, in which 23 persons belonging to minority community were burnt to death.
A special court in Anand district of Gujarat Monday found 23 persons guilty in Ode massacre case, one of the nine biggest cases that held in the line of Gujarat communal riots in 2002 in which 1,044 people were killed and over 223 were reported missing........
Ahmedabad, April 9 (IANS) A special trial court here Monday acquitted 23 people, but also convicted 23 for the massacre of 23 people in Ode village of Anand district during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Shimla, April 8 (IANS) Young Congress legislators in Himachal Pradesh are leaving nothing to chance in the run up to the assembly polls later this year and trying to end the tussle for supremacy among senior leaders for ousting the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Panaji, April 4 (IANS) Two Russian women were molested and robbed and their male friends beaten up late Tuesday night near Varca beach in south Goa, police said. Two suspects were detained.
Srinagar, April 4 (IANS) History flowed down the Jhelum River in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital WEdnesday as the authorities started dismantling the six-decade-old Zero Bridge - said to be so named because it was constructed by a contractor who was deaf!
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The group of five emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) - Wednesday targeted almost doubling intra-group trade to $500 billion by 2015.
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Trade ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Wednesday agreed to make collective efforts to break the impasse on Doha round of the Word Trade Organisation (WTO) talks and push forward developing countries' agenda at the G20 meet.
India is ready to host the 4th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations summit scheduled to begin from March 29, 2012 with the theme 'Partnership for Stability, Security and Growth'.......
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Trade ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), representing over 40 percent of the world's population, will meet here Wednesday to discuss ways to remove barriers to trade and investment.
New Delhi, Mar 27 (ANI): As India is set to host the fourth BRICS Summit in New Delhi from March 29, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has expressed optimism on growth in BRICS countries.
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) India Monday expressed concern over the rise in rejection of US visa to its professionals, and asked American authorities not to resort to such protectionist tendencies.
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): A group of Afghan students are learning entrepreneurial skills in an Entrepreneurship Development Programme at the Technical Service Center of the government-run National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) Limited here.
New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Tuesday said the global economic slowdown has presented many lessons, and added that the financial sector, which has been identified as a 'high contagion' agent for the crisis must aid growth, not threaten it.
New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Tuesday said the global economic slowdown has presented many lessons, and added that the financial sector, which has been identified as a 'high contagion' agent for the crisis must aid growth, not threaten it.
Inaugurating the 27th edition of AAHAR: the International Food and Hospitality Fair, Shri Anand Sharma emphasized on creating an integrated value chain in the food processing and hospitality sectors to enhance India's shares in global exports....
Jakarta, Mar 7 (ANI): The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma has said India and Indonesia will reach target trade worth US 25 billion dollars by 2015 ahead of schedule.
Jakarta, Mar 7 (ANI): The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma has said India and Indonesia will reach target trade worth US 25 billion dollars by 2015 ahead of schedule.
Islamabad, Feb 28 (ANI): Alleged al-Qaeda member Major Haroon, accused of murder and kidnapping for ransom, may be released soon after most witnesses and complainants withdrew their testimonies.
New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): India and China have decided to promote export of Indian handmade carpets to China to diversify the trade basket and address the imbalance in the trade between the two countries.
Islamabad, Feb 17 (ANI): Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said that Pakistan's decision to grant India 'most favoured nation' status for trade is in line with the protocol of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement.
Islamabad, Feb 17 (ANI): Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said that Pakistan's decision to grant India 'most favoured nation' status for trade is in line with the protocol of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement.
Islamabad, Feb 16 (ANI): The visiting Indian Commerce Minister, Anand Sharma, has stressed on the immediate need to bridge the gap in trade ties between India and Pakistan for mutual growth and prosperity.
Islamabad, Feb 13 (ANI): Three agreements would reportedly be signed during Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma's three-day visit to Pakistan beginning on Monday.
Amritsar, Feb 13 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said that his visit to Pakistan would help to create strong bridges of understanding for enhanced bilateral trade between the two nations.
Diabetes Mellitus, a sweeten epidemic is absolutely curable in Ayurveda, as it needs holistic medicines that can eradicate the cause of the diseases and can heal the body internally, said Anand Srivastava.....
New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): With the Election Commission writing to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil against Salman Khurshid's minority-quota remarks, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Sunday said the Law Minister has explained his position in the past, and added that the Congress Party has always respected the constitutional mandate.
Diabetes Mellitus, a sweeten epidemic is absolutely curable in Ayurveda, as it needs holistic medicines that can eradicate the cause of the diseases and can heal the body internally, said Anand Sharma.....
New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): With the Election Commission writing to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil against Salman Khurshid's minority-quota remarks, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Sunday said the Law Minister has explained his position in the past, and added that the Congress Party has always respected the constitutional mandate.
New Delhi, Feb.11 (ANI): An 'India Show' organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is being organized in Lahore today. Nearly 150 Indian companies will exhibit their products at the show.
New Delhi, Feb 11 (ANI): Asserting that the country needed investment in the manufacturing sector, Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has said the cost of credit must be brought down as soon as possible.
Srinagar, Jan.26 (ANI): Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, celebrated the 63rd Republic Day on Thursday, despite separatists calling for a shutdown.
Lucknow, Jan 25 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sought a thorough inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to clarify and confirm the source of funding various companies floated by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's brother Kumar. enior BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, who often functions as the spokesperson of the outfit, alleged that Anand Kumar has registered 300 companies. And all this took place during the five years of Mayawati's rule since 2007 .
New Delhi, Jan 23 (ANI): Asserting that the industry needs investment, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Monday said that cost of credit needs to be brought down.
New Delhi, Jan 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved the participation of the Indian Senior Women Tennis Team to be headed by Sania Mirza in the Federation Cup, Asia-Oceania-Grade-I and II, scheduled to be held at Shenzhen City, China, from January 30 to February 4.
