Kolhapur: Padma Shri awardee, eminent educationist, former Governor and renowned philanthropist Dr Dnyandeo Yashwantrao (D Y) Patil passed away at his residence in Kasaba Bawada, Kolhapur, on Tuesday morning following age-related ailments. He was 91. With his demise, the country has lost one of the foremost architects of modern private education and healthcare, whose institutions transformed the lives of lakhs of students and patients across India. Born into a humble farming

Indian sport lost one of its finest champions on June 12, 2026, with the untimely passing of shooting legend and coach Jaspal Rana at the age of 49. His death has left a void that will be difficult to fill, not only in Indian shooting but in the hearts of countless athletes, admirers and young dreamers who looked up to him as a symbol of excellence, discipline and perseverance. Born in the hills of Uttarakhand, Rana emerged as a prodigious talent at an age when most children

Abdul Sattar Suleman Mithaiwala – the soft-spoken yet steely owner of the popular sweetmeat shop and a bakery on Mohammed Ali Road, passed away in the wee hours of Monday. ‘Sattarbhai’ – as he was known to all - was 79, and remained a friendly and familiar bearded figure in his tiny office behind the sweetmeat shop where he met visitors, lawyers, journalists and cops. After all, he was one of the most identifiable faces connected with the dual riots that rocked Mumbai – f

A. Krishnamurthi’s maiden Marathi film was inspired by Balasaheb Thackeray Mumbai: Renowned film producer A. Krishnamurthi, founder of Tina Films International (TFI), passed away early Friday following a brief illness. He was 98. He breathed his last at Lilavati Hospital, Bandra, where he had been admitted three days ago, his daughter Ramya Iyer said. “He is survived by his wife Mathuram, sons K. Ravi Shankar and K. Ramji, and myself,” an emotional Ramya Iyer said. In a fina

Legendary aviator, extreme sports lover, ex-Sheriff of Mumbai and industrialist, Dr. Vijaypat Kailashpat Singhania – former Chairman Emeritus of the Raymonds Group, passed away here late on Saturday. He was 87 and is survived by his wife Ashadevi, sons Madhupati and Gautam, daughter Shephali Ruia and their respective spouses, and several grandchildren. Taking the Raymond Group companies, especially the textiles businesses, to new heights and expanding to beyond clothing under

Dr Janardan Waghmare With the passing of Dr Janardan Waghmare on Monday (2 March) at the age of 91, Maharashtra has lost one of its brightest intellectuals. The architect of the famed ‘Latur Pattern’, Dr Waghmare was an eminent thinker, educationist, author and critic. Besides being the founder Vice-Chancellor of Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University in Nanded, Dr Waghmare was a former Member of Parliament, the only directly elected President of Latur Municipal Council,

Robert Duvall (1931-2026) Robert Duvall, who has died aged 95, was one of the last great craftsmen of American cinema. A man of many faces, he was, like his contemporary Gene Hackman, an ‘actor’s actor’ in every sense of the term. Duvall was admired not for volatility, glamour or visible virtuosity, but for something rarer and harder to teach - an instinct for truth. With absolute integrity to his craft, Duvall inhabited his roles in his long and varied six-decade career. His

Professor Madhav Gadgil: The man who taught India to listen to the mountains Prof. Madhav Gadgil (1942–2026) Mumbai: With the passing of Professor Madhav Gadgil, India has lost more than a world-class ecologist; it has lost its environmental conscience. A man who bridged the ivory towers of Harvard and the rugged rain-shadow forests of the Western Ghats, Gadgil spent his life proving that science is meaningless if it does not serve the soil and the people who toil upon it. Bo

Mumbai/Pune : Fighter pilot-turned-politician Suresh S. Kalmadi and enfant-terrible of Pune politics – who once chucked a shoe (1977) at the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai – passed away early today following a prolonged illness, party leaders said. He was 82 and breathed his last at a hospital around 3.30 am. He is survived by his wife Meera, a son, a daughter and other relatives. His body was kept for people to pay their last respects at Kalmadi House and later cremated

Veteran Congress leader and former union home minister Shivraj Patil Chakurkar, a towering figure in national politics for over six decades, passed away on Friday morning at 6.05 am at his residence, ‘Devghar,’ in Latur at the age of 91. Known as a close confidant of the Gandhi family, Shivraj Patil Chakurkar stood apart in national politics for one rare quality: absolute integrity. In a political career spanning 60 years, he carried no allegations, no scandals, and no hint o