Jharkhand Education Minister Jagarnath Mahto Passes Away
Jharkhand Education Minister Jagarnath Mahto passed away.
Jagarnath Mahto was a veteran JMM MLA from Dumri constituency in Giridih and was actively involved in separate statehood movement, led by Shibu Soren.
Apr 04, 2023
Former High Court CJ Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan Passes Away
Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan former Chief Justice of the Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Calcutta High Courts, passed away in Kochi.
He received his law degree from Kolar Gold Fields Law College, Kolar. He enrolled as an advocate in 1983 and started practising in Thiruvananthapuram. Later, he shifted to the High Court of Kerala.
He was appointed as a Judge of Kerala High Court in 2004 before taking charge as Chief Justice of Calcutta, Telangana, Hyderabad and Chhattisgarh High Courts. Besides being a judge in Kerala High Court from 2004 to 2017, he also held the office twice as acting chief justice.
Apr 03, 2023
Former India Cricketer Salim Durani Passes Away
Former India cricketer Salim Durani passed away. He was 88.
Durani played 29 Tests for India and took 75 wickets, with the best bowling figure of 10 for 177. With the bat in hand, he scored 1202 runs with the highest score of 104 against West Indies in 1962.
The former all-rounder was famous for his heroic performance in India's series victory against England in 1961-62. He scalped eight and ten wickets in the Kolkata and Chennai Tests to guide India to a 2-0 series victory.
Dropped for four seasons from 1967 to 1970, Durani was recalled to the Indian team for the 1971 tour of the West Indies, where he was chiefly instrumental in India's historic first series win there. He did not disappoint when skipper Ajit Wadekar tossed the ball to him; he dismissed left-handers Garry Sobers and Clive Lloyd, and India notched up a win in the Port of Spain Test and the series itself.
Noted Author Sara Thomas, Passes Away
Noted author Sara Thomas died due to age-related ailments. She was 88.
She is a two-time recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award.
Her noted work 'Narmadipudava' won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award in 1979. She was also awarded the academy's award in 2010 for overall contribution to Malayalam literature.
Seventeen novels and over 100 stories written by Thomas are an asset to Malayalam literature.
Four of her works have been made into feature films in Malayalam.
Her second novel 'Muripadukal' was made into a movie titled 'Manimuzhakkam' in 1976, which won several national and state awards.