Lady Gaga loves the sitar: Fateh Ali Khan (With Images)
June 3rd, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, June 3 (IANS) Delhi-based sitar player Fateh Ali Khan, who performed with Lady Gaga, says that the Grammy award winning singer not only knows about India's classical instruments but ... Read more...
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Be choosy with the soundtrack of ‘Dangerous Ishhq’ (IANS Music Review)
April 28th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Film: 'Dangerous Ishhq'; Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya; Lyricist: Sameer Anjaan and Shabbir Ahmed; Singers: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Tulsi Kumar, Himesh Reshammiya, Anweshaa, Amrita Kak, Shreya Ghoshal, Shahab Sabri; Rating: ***Himesh ... Read more...
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Tihar Idol, a talent hunt in jail premises for inmates
April 8th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Confined within the high walls of Tihar Jail, inmates of the largest prison complex in South Asia, will soon have a chance to sing or ... Read more...
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Great music lost under modern sounds: Big B
March 25th, 2012 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Modern technology has overshadowed the feel of original music, rues Amitabh Bachchan, who is recording his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan's "Madhushala" in his voice. ... Read more...
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Talks for release of Italians remain inconclusive (Lead)
March 22nd, 2012 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 22 (IANS) Talks to secure the release of two Italians held hostage by Maoists remained inconclusive Thursday with the interlocutors named by the ultras insisting authorities to bring ... Read more...
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Odisha abduction: Talks delayed again
March 21st, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 21 (IANS) Uncertainty persisted Wednesday on the fate of the two Italians abducted by Maoists in Odisha last week with talks likely to be delayed as it was ... Read more...
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Hostage crisis: Maoists extend deadline, offer other mediators (Lead)
March 20th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 20 (IANS) Maoists rebels, who have abducted two Italian tourists in Odisha, Tuesday extended the deadline for the state government's acceptance of their demands to Wednesday evening while ... Read more...
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India, Russia bond over music
February 27th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A group of 50 Russian and Central Asian students and instructors of western music will perform at Teen Murti theatre Tuesday after a week of ... Read more...
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21 music artists come together for new ‘Vande Mataram’
January 25th, 2012 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) As many as 21 top-notch music artists, including singers Sonu Niigaam, Shankar Mahadevan and Sunidhi Chauhan and musicians like Amaan Ali and Pandit Vishwa ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu gives hope to Nuclear Power Corp on Kudankulam
January 23rd, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 23 (IANS) A team from the Indian nuclear establishment that met Tamil Nadu officials Monday went back with a positive feeling that the state government was looking at ... Read more...
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Hazare arrives in Mumbai
December 26th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Anna Hazare Monday evening reached Mumbai ahead of his three-day agitation for a strong Lokpal bill.Hazare, who looked fit and fine, is likely to halt ... Read more...
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Bhopal victims stripped, thrashed by police, say kin
December 22nd, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Dec 22 (IANS) Bhopal gas victims and their family members Thursday alleged that police beat up, stripped and illegally detained those arrested for rail blockade here earlier this month. ... Read more...
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Sarangi maestro Sultan Khan passes away (Lead)
November 27th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Noted Sarangi exponent and singer Ustad Sultan Khan passed away Sunday after prolonged kidney-related ailments, an associate said. He was 71."He passed away while on the ... Read more...
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Sarangi exponent Ustad Sultan Khan dead
November 27th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Noted sarangi exponent and singer Ustad Sultan Khan passed away Sunday. He was 71.A Padma Bhushan awardee, Khan gave his first performance at the All-India Conference ... Read more...
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Kudankulam row: Atomic panel head to meet state officials
November 3rd, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 3 (IANS) Top officials of the Indian nuclear establishment will meet Tamil Nadu officials Friday to discuss ways to allay the fears of villagers in Tirunelveli district who ... Read more...
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Update death toll in gas tragedy: Bhopal survivors
October 17th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 17 (IANS) Survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster have threatened a rail blockade if the state and central governments do not present correct figures of injury ... Read more...
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Government toed Union Carbide’s line on compensation: RTI
October 17th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 17 (IANS) Just months after the 1984 gas leak at Union Carbide's plant here, the Indian government agreed to the "terms" set by the company on compensation to ... Read more...
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Anti-Kudankulam nuclear project team to meet PM
October 5th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 5 (IANS) A 10-member anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) team is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday to press its demand for scrapping the project."We ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to probe car dealer’s ‘torture’ by revenue sleuths
September 28th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 27 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Tuesday ordered a probe into a complaint by a car dealer who accused the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) investigators of "torture" ... Read more...
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Bhopal gas tragedy feeds a people’s museum (Feature)
September 19th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 19 (IANS) Just four hours before the world's worst industrial disaster took place, Inayat Mohammad had gifted his wife Bano Bee a sari. The 45-year-old man died that ... Read more...
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To study security, minister goes to Britain
September 18th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 18 (IANS) Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil and a high-level delegation left for Britain Sunday to study security systems in London and other places.
During his fives there, ... Read more...
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Chidambaram meets Chavan on Maharashtra security
September 12th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram met Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, members of his cabinet and top police officers of the state Monday evening to review ... Read more...
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Anna ready to talk but with riders (Roundup)
August 21st, 2011 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) On the sixth day of his hunger strike, social activist Anna Hazare Sunday said the door for talks with the government was open but ... Read more...
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Shanker Raman, Alka Raghuram win Grant Open Doors award at Locarno
August 9th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Locarno (Switzerland), Aug 9 (IANS) Mumbai-based Shanker Raman and San Francisco-based Alka Raghuram were Tuesday night named the winners of the Grant Open Doors prize at the award ceremony at ... Read more...
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Locarno, where independent Indian filmmakers rise and shine
August 9th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Locarno (Switzerland), Aug 9 (IANS) As many as 12 independent filmmakers are in the spotlight at the 64th Locarno International Film Festival. From networking to meeting co-producers to having access ... Read more...
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‘Parallel Games for disabled if Dow sponsors London Olympics’
August 8th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Aug 8 (IANS) The Bhopal Gas tragedy survivors as well as those who support their cause worldwide have decided to protest Dow Chemicals' sponsorship of the London Olympics 2012. ... Read more...
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Bhopal gas victims to support Hazare’s campaign
August 8th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Aug 8 (IANS) Five organisations representing the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster Monday announced they will firmly support social activist Anna Hazare's fight for a stringent anti-graft ... Read more...
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Panel on uniform school syllabus to meet Jayalalithaa
June 27th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 27 (IANS) The nine-member experts committee set up to review syllabus and textbooks for rolling out uniform education system in Tamil Nadu is likely to meet Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Salim-Sulaiman launch Lady Gaga photo exhibition
June 18th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) After remixing two tracks from American singer Lady Gaga's new album "Born This Way", Indian music composers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant Saturday launched a photo exhibition ... Read more...
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Top officials transferred in Tamil Nadu
May 17th, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 16 (IANS) On its first day in office, Tamil Nadu's J. Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK government Monday transferred nine top bureaucrats and two police officers.The government appointed Debendranath Sarangi as ... Read more...
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Orissa cop’s two guards jailed for his murder
March 29th, 2011 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 28 (IANS) Two personal security guards of the state police's deputy inspector general were Monday sentenced to jail by a court in Orissa for his killing in "accidental ... Read more...
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Cop’s two security guards jailed for his murder
March 28th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 28 (IANS) Two personal security men of the state police's deputy inspector general were Monday sentenced to jail by a court in Orissa for his killing in "an ... Read more...
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Bhopal tragedy survivors demand probe into nuke plant projects
March 22nd, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 22 (IANS) Paying homage to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the survivors of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy Tuesday demanded a high level independent ... Read more...
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Bhopal activist gets award
March 19th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Satinath Sarangi, who has worked among the Bhopal gas disaster victims since 1984, has been awarded "The Week Man of the Year Award".
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Bhopal gas leak activist awarded
March 19th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) He gave up a promising engineering career in metallurgy to tend to the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. Satinath Sarangi's tireless crusade for ... Read more...
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