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British Indian art dealer to raise funds for LGBTQ rights in India

British Indian art dealer to raise funds for LGBTQ rights in India

British Indian art dealer to raise funds for LGBTQ rights in India
Published on Jul 12, 2024 01:52 PM IST
PTI |

Subrata Roy: The dapper tycoon who enamoured film folk

The film folk, gravitating naturally to wealth and power, were briefly so enamoured of the dapper tycoon, known for his statement gifts, that when in Lucknow they would all offer the sahara pranaam by placing their hand on their hearts as opposed to the usual namaste

Subrata Roy: The dapper tycoon who enamoured film folk
Updated on Nov 16, 2023 07:56 AM IST
ByMeena Iyer

Sangrur jail superintendent, his deputy and warder booked for taking bribe to keep two inmates out of prison

Trio helped the prisoners by prolonging their stay outside the jail on the basis of false health reports despite them having completed their Covid-19 isolation period.

The Sangrur District Jail superintendent Balwinder Singh, his deputy Amar Singh and warder Gurpartap Singh were booked for giving facilities to prisoners after taking bribe.(HT file photo)
Published on Jan 08, 2021 10:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Sangrur | ByAvtar Singh

Ahead of Rajasthan govt’s report card, AICC manifesto panel to hold review meet on Friday

CM Gehlot is keeping his cabinet colleagues and senior bureaucrats on their toes as only eight days are left for the October 2 deadline for placing the government’s report card in public domain

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee chief Govind Singh and AICC general secretary Ajay Maken will also attend the review meeting on Friday.(ANI)
Updated on Sep 23, 2020 03:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent | Edited by Joydeep Sen Gupta

BJP candidate Zafar Islam set to win Rajya Sabha bypoll

Zafar Islam would add to BJP’s numbers in the Rajya Sabha at the cost of the Samajwadi Party whose MP Amar Singh’s demise in Singapore on August 1 necessitated the bypoll

With just Zafar left in the fray, the RS election process will not be stretched till September 11—the bypoll date.(AFP)
Updated on Sep 03, 2020 05:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By

Amar Singh and his unusual generosity, writes Karan Thapar

I’ll always remember him as a kind man who went out of his way to help virtual strangers. That’s a quality that can forgive a lot of faults.

Amar Singh showed why one should not judge a book by its cover(PTI)
Updated on Aug 08, 2020 06:17 PM IST

Amar Singh’s death mourned across parties

Amar Singh is widely credited with having played a role in saving the Congress-led United Progress Alliance government in 2008, by convincing Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party to support it.

Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan with Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lucknow on December 16, 2009(HT Archive)
Updated on Aug 02, 2020 05:25 AM IST
New Delhi/Lucknow | BySunetra Choudhury, Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Pankaj Jaiswal

Amitabh Bachchan mourns Amar Singh’s death: ‘The soul is no more, only prayers are left’

Amitabh Bachchan took to his blog on Saturday night to share his condolences on the death of Amar Singh.

Amitabh Bachchan and Amar Singh used to be close.
Updated on Aug 01, 2020 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Entertainment Desk

Amar Singh and the Bharatiya Janata Party - so near and yet so far

Singh’s warming up to the BJP was visible after the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in 2017, when he lashed out at Akhilesh Yadav for aligning with the Congress, accusing him of corruption and failing to offer development in the state.

By 2017, when signs of estrangement between him and his mentor Mulayam Singh Yadav were evident, he seemed to make the most of the speculation about his joining the BJP.(HT FILE PHOTO.)
Updated on Aug 01, 2020 11:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

‘One of the most colourful members’: Leaders condole Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh’s demise

Calling Singh an energetic public figure who witnessed it all, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Amar Singh Ji was an energetic public figure. In the last few decades, he witnessed some of the major political developments from close quarters.”

Amar Singh at the Parliament on the first day of the budget session on Monday, February 22, 2007. Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh died at a Singapore hospital on August 1, 2020.(Photo by Arvind Yadav / HT Archive)
Published on Aug 01, 2020 07:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Arpan Rai

‘Known for his friendships’: PM Modi remembers Amar Singh, condoles his death

Amar Singh passed away in Singapore while undergoing treatment.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his tribute to Amar Singh.(ANI Photo)
Updated on Aug 01, 2020 10:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Abhinav Sahay

Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh dies at 64

Amar Singh had tweeted a tribute to freedom fighter and educationist Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his death anniversary and also wished Eid Al Adha to all his followers.

Amar Singh’s Twitter profile indicates he was very active on social media despite his illness.(Subhankar Chakraborty/HT File)
Updated on Aug 01, 2020 10:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com| Edited by Aloke Tikku

Rude films by Vir Sanghvi: Bachchan- A life in chapters

One reason why Amitabh Bachchan’s popularity has lasted for nearly 50 years is because there have been many Bachchans through the years

Amitabh Bachchan has lived his life in phases. Once a phase ends, he moves on.(Getty Images)
Updated on Apr 26, 2020 03:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By

‘Regret my overreaction against Amitabh Bachchan’: Amar Singh

Diagnosed with a kidney ailment a few years ago, Singh has been undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore.

Amar Singh also posted a video on his Facebook page in which he talked about his friendship with Bachchan and their subsequent differences.(File photo)
Updated on Feb 18, 2020 11:26 PM IST
New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Rewari man commits suicide after police arrested his wife

The man, identified as Amar Singh of the same village, ended his life by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house after police arrested his wife Nirmla for not paying a bank loan of ₹44,000.

HT Image
Updated on Feb 13, 2020 11:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

On anti-CAA protests in Rampur, administration drops murder charges against 26

This comes days after a sessions court in Bijnor dropped charges of rioting and attempt to murder against two accused, and granted them bail.

Police personnel clash with protestors demonstrating against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Rampur.(PTI)
Published on Jan 30, 2020 04:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bareilly | ByHT Correspondent

Two key maker thieves arrested in Delhi

Chinmoy Biswal, deputy commissioner of police (south-east), identified the arrested men as Amar Singh, 45, and Jugnu Singh, 40.

The officer said that the duo was busted when they were called by a person in Garhi village to make a duplicate key of a cupboard.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 28, 2019 05:39 AM IST
New Delhi | By

Jaya Prada challenges SP leader Azam Khan’s election from Rampur

Jaya Prada alleged in the petition that at the time of his election, Azam Khan held the post of the Chancellor of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, which was an office of profit. She also alleged that Azam Khan made religious appeals to get votes.

The petition was presented in the registry of the court and will be placed before the chief justice for the nomination of the bench to hear the case.(Mohd Zakir/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jul 05, 2019 08:19 PM IST
Allahabad | ByPress Trust of India

Five first-time MPs elected from Punjab

Actor-turned politician Sunny Deol, 59, who entered politics by joining BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, won from Gurdaspur by defeating Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar

A Congress worker removing party flag in Faridkot(Sanjeev Kumar/Hindustan Times)
Published on May 25, 2019 12:27 PM IST
ByHT Correspondent

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: In Fatehgarh Sahib seat, ex-babus talk of experience, humble past

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: While the SAD candidate for Fatehgarh Sahib seat, Darbara Singh Guru has lost two assembly elections in 2012 and 2017, for Dr Amar Singh, the Congress nominee, it is his first ever electoral foray.

Congress’ Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha candidate Dr AmarSingh (left) and SAD nominee Darbara Singh Guru are both former bureaucrats.(Agencies)
Published on May 14, 2019 12:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Congress candidate from Fatehgarh Sahib LS seat, Dr Amar Singh claims to know people’s pulse

Among those supporting Dr Amar Singh, the Congress candidate from Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha seat, Amloh MLA Randeep Singh Nabha says Amar Singh is an educated candidate, who would be an asset for the party and Fatehgarh Sahib as a MP as he has the right connections in government of India.

Dr Amar Singh, Congress candidate from Fatehgarh Sahib LS seat.(HT Photo)
Published on Apr 22, 2019 12:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

Three killed as speeding auto hits divider on Mathura Road

According to the police, the auto driver, who was allegedly speeding, lost control of the vehicle while trying to simultaneously clean the windshield while driving. He fled the spot following the incident but was tracked down and arrested.

The New Friends Colony police said they received a call around 1.15am about a speeding auto crashing into a divider.(HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 20, 2019 06:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Three killed as speeding auto hits divider on Mathura Road

Three men were killed and another injured after an autorickshaw in which they were travelling overturned upon ramming a divider on Mathura Road in south-east Delhi, during the early hours of Friday.

The three men who died were identified as Ram Singh (40), Dev Raj (23) and Ashok (18).(Getty Images for representation)
Updated on Apr 19, 2019 11:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Action taken against my father because he’s a Muslim: Azam’s son

“The EC has taken cognizance of such statement, which does not refer to any name or gender (Azam’s remark on Jaya Prada). If Election Commission has decided that only the BJP wins, it should cancel the nomination of all other candidates,” said Abdullah Khan.

SP leader Abdullah Azam Khan was interacting with the media, in Rampur on Tuesday,(PTI)
Published on Apr 17, 2019 03:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By

Friends in real life, ex-babus turn political foes in Fatehgarh Sahib

The Congress on Saturday announced Amar Singh, a former IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, as its candidate against Shiromani Akali Dal’s Darbara Singh Guru, a former IAS officer of the Punjab cadre.

The Congress on Saturday announced Amar Singh (left), a former IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, as its candidate against Shiromani Akali Dal’s Darbara Singh Guru, a former IAS officer of the Punjab cadre.(HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 08, 2019 08:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Fatehgarh Sahib | By

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Jaya Prada, actor-turned-politician, joins BJP

Jaya Prada said she was joining the BJP as she was impressed with the work of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Jaya Prada joins BJP in New Delhi on Tuesday.(Mohd Zakir/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 26, 2019 04:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh allows RSS events to run from his UP home

An Rashtriya Seva Bharati (RSB) team is learnt to have visited the property earlier this month. Singh’s presence at the three-day lecture series by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat had stoked speculation that he could be preparing to join the BJP.

Rajya Sabha MP and expelled Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh has reached out to Rashtriya Seva Bharati (RSB), an offshoot of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to carry out their social work projects from his ancestral property in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh.(Subhankar Chakraborty/HT File PHOTO)
Updated on Nov 24, 2018 07:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Shivpal Yadav, UP’s newest political upstart, set to ‘reclaim honour’ in polls

A ‘sleeper SP organisation’, Shri Krishna Vahini, has been activated to further Shivpal Yadav’s political ambitions.

Samajwadi Secular Morcha founder Shivpal Singh Yadav plans to field candidates in Agra, Etawah, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Farrukhabad, Etah, Badayun, Kannauj and Aurraiya, which are part of the Yadav belt because of his family’s influence.(PTI/File Photo)
Updated on Oct 25, 2018 06:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Etawah/Mainpuri/Kannauj/Azamgarh | ByPankaj Jaiswal and Sudhir Kumar

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Epic Bromance?

It appears the loose-cannon and once one of the most influential men in the country, Amar Singh, has another modus operandi

(REUTERS)
Published on Oct 23, 2018 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByMalavika Sangghvi

30-year-old arrested for trying to rape woman in south Delhi park

A 30-year-old woman has alleged that a man tried to rape her when she had gone for a walk at a park in south Delhi’s Amar Colony on Thursday evening

A protestor stands with a placard during a protest against two recently reported rape cases as they gather near the Indian parliament in New Delhi, India(AP File Photo)
Published on Sep 24, 2018 03:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi
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