Obituaries

Intel cofounder Gordon Moore passes away at 94

Gordon Moore, who helped start the company Intel in 1968 and predicted that computing power would continue to increase over time (known as "Moore's Law"), has passed away at the age of 94. Moore was an important figure in the...

Director Pradeep Sarkar passes away at 67

Pradeep Sarkar, a renowned filmmaker who directed successful movies like Parineeta and Mardaani, has passed away at the age of 67. He began his career in directing with the film Parineeta in 2005, starring Vidya Balan, and went on to...

Actor Sameer Khakhar who played role of Khopdi in ‘Nukkad’ passes away

Sameer Khakhar, an experienced actor who had worked in theater, television, and movies, has passed away. He is most remembered for his portrayal of the character "Khopdi" in the popular TV series "Nukkad." Sameer Khakhar's career spanned across various genres...

Veteran actor-director Satish Kaushik passes away at 67

Veteran actor-director Satish Kaushik passes away Veteran actor-writer-director Satish Kaushik has passed away at the age of 67. He was born on April 13, 1965, in Haryana, Kaushik was an alumnus of the NSD and the FTII, and started his...

Renowned Bengali litterateur Sasthipada Chattopadhyay passes away

Renowned Bengali novelist and short story writer Sasthipada Chattopadhyay has passed away. The creator of the famous ‘Pandav Goenda’ (five detectives) series was 82. Sasthipada Chattopadhyay on March 9, 1941, at Khurut in Howrah district, Chattopadhyay published his first literary...

Former Chief Justice of India AM Ahmadi passes away at 90

Former Chief Justice of India A.M. Ahmadi has passed away at the age of 90. Ahmadi was the chief justice from 1994 to 1997. His judicial career as a City Civil and Session Court judge in Ahmedabad, he was the...

Former diplomat, Padma Bhushan awardee Chandrashekhar Dasgupta passes away

Padma Bhushan awardee Chandrashekhar Dasgupta passes away Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, a former Indian diplomat and the Padma Bhushan Awardee (2008), passed away at the age of 82. He was born on 2nd May 1940 in Kolkata, West Bengal. Chandrashekhar Dasgupta was...

Classical dance legend Kanak Rele passes away

Classical dance legend Kanak Rele passed away at the age of 85. The Mohiniyattam exponent, who was awarded the first Guru Gopinath National Puraskaram of the Government of Kerala. Kanak Rele was the founding director of the Nalanda Dance Research...

Ex-Income Tax Chief Commissioner TCA Ramanujam passes away

Ex-Income Tax Chief Commissioner TCA Ramanujam passes away TCA Ramanujam, a retired chief commissioner of income taxes, lawyer, expert in Sanskrit, and BusinessLine columnist, passed away. He was 88. As Chief Commissioner of Income Tax until his retirement in 1992,...

Former Gujarat governor O P Kohli passes away at 87

Om Prakash Kohli Former Gujarat governor and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Om Prakash Kohli has passed away at the age of 87. He was the 19th governor of Gujarat from 2014 to 2019. While presiding as Gujarat governor,...