By Ila Sankrityayan New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) When the clouds of the Second World War were hovering, a young man from Peshawar was spreading his charm among English men and their wives with his…
By Sandeep Bamzai New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘Hello, Yusuf Bhai se baat karwayein?’ ‘Dilip Saab is not available right now, who is calling?’ This was the tonality of many conversations when I was at…
By Trinetra Bajpai and Anshula Bajpai With Yusuf Khan back in Mumbai and his Pune sojourn over, his major goal was to get gainfully employed or target new avenues of earning to share the family…
By Dilip Kumar The announcement of our engagement on October 2, 1966, reverberated with sensational and joyous tidings all over the country. It was an indescribable experience. The media was splashing the news all over…
By Khwaja Ahmed Abbas Dilip Kumar has many virtues and one of them is his frankness. After watching the premiere of ‘Gyara Hazar Ladkian’ (1962), he asked me a question in front of a crowd…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Yusuf Khan, alias Dilip Kumar — the intense, multi-faceted actor who rose to be not just a superstar but a supergiantstar — and inspired generations of future actors…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The eternal combination of music with films and stars, many a times their fate intertwined, with each giving a boost to the other, is considered a hallmark of…
Ajay Kumar Patna, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) In Bihar, there are three political forces — RJD, BJP and JD(U) — and whenever two have come together, they have formed the government in the state. It was…
By Sujit Chakraborty Shillong/Guwahati, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Over eight years ago the illegal coal mining, including the more dangerous practice of rat-hole mining banned by the National Green Tribunal after terming it as unscientific and…
By Saiyid Moziz Imam Zaidi New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) After the introduction of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill in the Rajya Sabha as a private member’s bill, the BJP’s stance in the House…
Kolkata, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths, probing the multi- crore teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal, have procured several clues from the statements of a brother of Trinamool Congress legislator and former…
Kalaburagi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Dandiya sponsorship row has taken a serious turn with BJP leader Manikanth Rathod lodging a complaint in Karnataka Lokayukta against Kalaburagi Police Commissioner Y.S. Ravikumar and his wife, authorities said…
Thrissur, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) For those interested in realistic life-size models of elephants — a quintessential part of Kerala, Thrissur holds the answer as a group of four youths here are engaged in creating such…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) After the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) attained a thumping majority in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election, the process to appoint the new Mayor is all set to begin….
Bhubaneswar, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day after party’s defeat in bypoll to Padampur assembly seat in Odisha, senior BJP leader Jay Narayan Mishra on Friday accused the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD of using huge amount of…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Congress slid to it’s lowest position in the recent Gujarat polls as it could not repeat it’s past performance. The party has blamed the AAP and the AIMIM for…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid disturbing disclosures about microblogging site Twitter blacklisting content and preventing disfavoured tweets from trending, the Indian government on Friday said that it may ponder on including provisions in the…
Gandhinagar, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and his cabinet tendered their resignations to Governor Acharya Devvrat on Friday to pave the way for the formation of a new government. The newly-elected lawmakers…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) While nearly 93 per cent winning candidates in Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls are crorepatis, about 41 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves, a report by Association for Democratic…
By Ajay Kumar Patna, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The result of Kurhani bypoll has come as a big jolt to the leaders of seven-party Grand Alliance, which formed the government in Bihar in August after Nitish…