By Simran Sethi Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) Lata Mangeshkar was only five-year-old when her father Pt Deenanath Mangeshkar started giving her singing lessons. Pt Deenanath Mangeshkar was a well-known Marathi theatre artiste and Hindustani Classical…
By Durga Chakravarty Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) From her first song “Mata ek sapoot ki duniya badal de tu” in the 1943 Marathi film “Gajaabhaau” to “Lukka chhuppi” in 2006 for the film “Rang De…
By Vinayak Chakravorty Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) She is the diva of Indian playback who symbolises honour and success. Lata Mangeshkar turns 90 on September 28, with the buzz gathering that she is getting ready…
By Subhash K Jha Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) September 28 is playback legend Lata Mangeshkar’s 90th birthday. We go down memory lane and pick three songs from three different eras that define the versatility and…
BY VISHAL GULATI Chandigarh, Sep 27 (IANS) Abolition of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir versus unemployment and deteriorating law and order in Haryana will the main theme of issues when the two arch rivals…
BY VISHAL GULATI Chandigarh, Sep 27 (IANS) It is a tough road for two-time Congress Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to return to the helm in Haryana by wrestling power from the BJP in the…
BY VISHAL GULATI Chandigarh, Sep 27 (IANS) The BJP, which is aiming to retain power in Haryana, has a problem of plenty in terms of potential candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls, mainly because it…
BY VISHAL GULATI Chandigarh, Sep 27 (IANS) It will be a straight fight between the ruling BJP and the main opposition Congress for the 90-member Legislative Assembly in Haryana on October 21. Political observers say…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) cases against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar, his nephew Ajit Pawar and others, may have proved to be a blessing in disguise…
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) While differences have marred the seat-sharing talks between the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, the Opposition camp of Congress and NCP has declared that their seat adjustment pact has…
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) As Maharashtra gears up for the Assembly elections next month, all looks fine with the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena combine on the face of it but beneath the surface, differences persist on…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) The issues of Article 370, Ram temple, economic slowdown and farmers suicides are set to dominate the election campaign in Maharashtra for the upcoming Assembly polls. While the…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) It was with much fanfare that the other scion of Gandhi family Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined active politics in January this year, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with the…
By Anand Singh New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The young ‘turks, seen as close to a sulking Rahul Gandhi, are giving jitters to Congress at a time when it is grappling with the challenge of…
By Saiyed Moziz Imam New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The ‘durbari culture, which has almost become synonymous with the Congress, didnt find a place in the party till Indira Gandhi emerged on the scene and…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Congress has been run by a coterie in the past and Sonia Gandhi is only following the culture introduced by her late mother-in-law and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi….
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) With an angry Rahul Gandhi sulking and his mother Sonia Gandhi returning to take charge of the Congress, the syndicate of her coterie is back in the party and asserting…
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Rishabh Pant was always going to be a marked man. For starters, he has to replace one of the most decorated players in the history of the…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Considering the amount of cricket the Indian boys play in a calendar year across formats, the team management has been very particular about giving the players break from time to…
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) The buzzword for Team India this season has been ‘Misson 2020’ and increasing the pool of players keeping in mind the T20 World Cup next year. The Indian…