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'All India Radio Is No Underdog'

'The largest listenership for Vividh Bharati outside the country is in Spain.''The labourers who go there for the tomato-picking season feel cut off from their country and listen to Vividh Bharati......

Cong replaces 6 gen secretaries in major organisational revamp

In a major organisational revamp, the Congress on Friday appointed former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel as general secretary in-charge of Punjab and Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain......

'A Tsunami is coming on April 2': Oppn on Trump's tariff war

Opposition MPs on Thursday raised concerns over United States President Donald Trump's tariff threats, with senior Congress leader P Chidambaram asking the government to clarify India's response,......

At 12, Zakir Hussain got Rs 5 for first tabla show

Eight years ago, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain had narrated how his father Alla Rakha had welcomed him into this world by putting the musical instrument's rhythms into his ears when asked to recite......

The Global Ambassador Of Indian Music

He was a formidable musician but seemed utterly human, a Peter Pan who wore his genius with deceptive lightness. Sandip Roy remembers Ustad Zakir Hussain. IMAGE: Ustad Zakir Hussain at one of his......

After battering, telcos to charge more

Year 2012 was a turbulent one for the telecom sector. The Supreme Court's cancelling 122 licences, failed spectrum auctions, lower user additions, disputes over Interconnect charges, one-time fee......

'We Are The RRR'

'Post COVID, people are much more enthusiastic about going to concerts.''The live music scenario has suddenly become very relevant to people's lives.''They see that it is cooked on the spot.'......

Naan Mahaan Alla is almost perfect

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews the Tamil film, Naan Mahaan Alla. Chennai as the location, and an ordinary middle-class family as the plot-point have been handled numerous times in Tamil cinema, but it......

Eagerly awaiting Karthi's Naan Mahaan Alla

Karthi is on a golden run -- all his films Paruthiveeran, Aayirathil Oruvan and Paiyya are hits. Naturally, his fourth Tamil film Naan Mahaan Alla is eagerly awaited. Naan Mahaan Alla (I am......

Kajal returns to Tamil with Naan Mahaan Alla

After starring in a few forgettable Tamil films, Kajal Agarwal returns with yet another Tamil film Naan Mahaan Alla. The film also stars Karthi and is directed by Susinthiran of Vennila......

Second time lucky with Naan Mahaan Alla

It seems director Suseendran of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu has hit the jackpot again with his second Tamil film Naan Mahaan Alla. The film starring Karthi and Kajal Agarwal in the lead is doing......

Who's That With Ashwin?!!

IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin with A R Rahman. Photograph: Ravichandran Ashwin/Instagram Ravichandran Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik caught up with a fellow Chennai resident in Florida last week. Like the......

What PT Usha said in her maiden speech in Rajya Sabha

'We are yet to open our eyes to the doping in our country which was earlier confined only to the senior national level but has now reached the junior, college and district levels.' IMAGE: India's......

Sania-Garcia in Dubai Open pre-quarters

IMAGE: Sania Mirza is returning to action at the Dubai Open after recovering from a calf injury which cut short her campaign at the Australian Open in January. Photograph: Steve Bell/Getty Images......

Wimbledon: Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis ease into 3rd round

India's Sania Mirza, right, and Switzerland's Martina Hingis. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images India’s Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis entered the women's doubles......

Indian Wells: Mirza-Hingis suffer shocking loss

IMAGE: Sania Mirza, left, and Martina Hingis. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images. Defending champions Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis crashed out of the Indian Wells Masters after suffering a......