Ustad Zakir Hussain Passes Away

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died in a hospital in San Francisco, United States, his family said on Monday. He was 73. IMAGE: Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Hussain......

Anmol Bishnoi named main conspirator in Baba Siddique murder

The Mumbai police have named Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, as the main conspirator in the killing of NCP leader Baba Siddique. The police made the claim on......

'Zakir Bhai Loved Cricket'

'Zakir bhai, Bela, Edgar and I were supposed to bring the As We Speak global concert series to India in January-February 2025.''It would have been our first tour of India after our Grammy win and......

Siddique murder: Man held in Maha over financial support to other accused

The Mumbai Crime Branch on Sunday arrested a Gujarat resident from Akola in Maharashtra in the Baba Siddique murder case, taking the number of people held in the sensational incident to 25, an......

Corporates on their toes as rupee appreciation hits exports

Since it hit a low of 68.83 against the dollar in August, the rupee has appreciated about 11 per cent to 61.21 a dollar, hitting a large number of exporters hard. However, the recent appreciation......

'Bollywood is such a waste of time'

'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.' IMAGE: Rakesh Chaurasia and Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: Kind courtesy Rakesh Chaurasia Rakesh Chaurasia made history when he won......

'I travel the world with a piece of bamboo'

'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rakesh Chaurasia......

Rest Well, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passed into the ages on May 10. He was 83. Celebrities from the music fraternity paid their respects to Panditji at his State funeral in north west Mumbai. .......

SECRETS about Silsila you never knew!

'Amitabh practised Rang Barse well; the singing, movements, everything. And he got the inflections perfectly.' By 1980, when Yash Chopra launches Silsila, his composers (Hariprasad Chaurasia and......

Dalmiya set to be re-elected CAB president unopposed

BCCI interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya is set to be elected unopposed in a straightforward affair at the Cricket Association of Bengal's 82nd Annual General Meeting in Kolkata, on Tuesday.Dalmiya, who......

HP earn three points against Kerala

Having taken a massive 307-run first innings lead over Kerala, Himachal Pradesh gained three points in a drawn Group C Ranji Trophy tie on the fourth and the final day in Naduan, Himachal Pradesh.......

Andhra have Services reeling on rain-curtailed day

Andhra Pradesh started the new domestic season on a positive note, reducing Services to 73 for 5 on a rain-curtailed opening day in the Ranji Trophy Group C match, in Anantpur, on Friday. After......