Hindustan Times
Last week two former colleagues suddenly passed away. Vidya Rattan, a top crime reporter of the seventies who worked for the now extinct Patriot newspaper and Sharad Saxena, ace photographer associated with the Times of India and India Today died of cardiac arrest. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Filed under Media, india · Tagged cardiac arrest, Crime Reporter, Hindustan Times, India Today, Nagarwala case story, Pandit Milkhi Ram Bhardwaj, Patel Chowk, Patriot newspaper, photographer, Sharad Saxena, Times of India, underworld, Vidya Rattan
Remember Jacqueline Lundquist, the vivacious wife of former US Ambassador to India, Richard Celeste who dominated the capital’s party scene in the late nineties and virtually inspired many newspapers to give form to their Page three dreams. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup · Tagged Bill Clinton, HIV aids, india, Jacqueline Lundquist, Letters from Vietnam, Roosevelt House, US, Vietnam, Vietnam war
I happened to see the much-publicized movie, No One Killed Jessica the other day. I had always wanted to see it since I have followed the killing of the model very closely and also the subsequent trial which first led to the acquittal of prime accused Manu Sharma and later his conviction by the High Court and the Apex Court. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Filed under Cinema · Tagged AIIMS, bina ramani, High Court, Jessica Lal, Manu Sharma, No One Killed Jessica, Rani Mukherjee, Sabrina Lal, Supreme Court, Vidya Balan
The decision of the authorities to restart the renovation work in Connaught Place and many other parts of the capital has not been well received by the common people. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Filed under New Delhi · Tagged CAG, Chief minister, commonwealth games, Connaught Place, CP, Delhi, Lt Governor of Delhi, national capital region, NCR, NDMC, New Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, Tejinder Khanna
