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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicIndian actors

Topic: indian actors

Pankaj Dheer, star of ‘Mahabharat’, ‘Tarzan: The Wonder Car’, dies at 68

Dheer, who was known for playing Karna in B R Chopra’s 'Mahabharat', died Wednesday morning following a battle with cancer.

Persis Khambatta, Indian model-actor who shaved her head for Star Trek, almost became Bond girl

Persis Khambatta rose to international fame in 1979 after playing Ilia in Star Trek, for which she shaved her head. Actor Kabir Bedi remembers her as 'a kind, sensitive person.'

IIT grad to OTT’s hottest doctor, Amol Parashar is all about ‘Besharam Aadmi’ now

As the idealistic Dr Prabhat in Gram Chikitsalay and bad boy Abhimanyu in Kull, Amol Parashar is OTT’s new heartthrob.

Veteran actor Manoj Kumar cremated with full state honours in Mumbai’s Juhu

Amitabh Bachchan & Salim Khan were among the prominent personalities from the entertainment industry present at the Pawan Hans crematorium in suburban Juhu.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.