Veteran Bengali actor Manoj Mitra hospitalised, condition 'critical'
Kolkata (PTI): Veteran Bengali actor and eminent theatre personality Manoj Mitra has been hospitalised with old age-related ailments and his condition is “very critical”, officials of the medical facility said.
The octogenarian was admitted to hospital with breathing trouble, sodium- potassium imbalance among other health issues, they said.
“Mr Mitra’s condition is very critical. He is under observation,” one of the doctors treating him told PTI on Sunday evening.
Famous for his stellar performances in films like Tapan Sinha's ‘Banchharamer Bagan’, Mitra has also acted in legendary director Satyajit Ray’s classics ‘Ghare Baire’ and ‘Ganashatru’.
Mitra, 85, also featured in films of eminent directors Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Basu Chatterjee, Tarun Majumdar, Shakti Samanta and Goutam Ghose.
He has written over 100 plays.
Among several accolades, the thespian won the Sangeet Natak Akademy Award for Best Playwright in 1985.
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3.3 magnitude tremor hits Kutch in Gujarat; no casualty
Ahmedabad (PTI): A tremor of 3.3 magnitude hit Gujarat's Kutch district on Monday morning, the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said.
No casualty or loss of property was reported in the district due to the seismic activity, officials said.
The tremor was recorded at 10.05 am, with its epicentre located 12 km west-south west of Rapar, the Gandhinagar-based ISR said.
This is the fourth tremor of more than 3 magnitude recorded in the state's Saurashtra-Kutch region so far this month, the ISR data showed.
Earthquake risk is very high in Gujarat. It has suffered nine major earthquakes in the past 200 years, as per information provided by the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA).
The 2001 Kutch earthquake was the third largest and second most destructive earthquake in India over the last two centuries, it said.
On January 26 in 2001, Gujarat was struck by an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude with its epicentre located near Bhachau in Kutch that affected the entire state.
The quake had left nearly 13,800 people dead and another 1.67 lakh injured, as per the information provided by the GSDMA.
