'I tell the next generation of singers to take a leaf out of Lataji's book.' 'Be it Kavita or Alka, every time I give a song to a singer, I tell them, 'Dhyaan se suno, listen attentively, phir socho, Lataji isse kaise gaati'.'
But COVID struck and then his health deteriorated as he underwent a heart surgery which was followed by a brain surgery last year.
Days after being inducted as a minister in Rajasthan, Rajendra Singh Gudha has shot his mouth off comparing roads to the cheeks of actors Hema Malini and Katrina Kaif.
The stadiums at Qatar offer plenty of wisdom and chutzpah on how to take our own lives forward.
On the actress' fourth death anniversary, Subhash K Jha selects his favourites.
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'I still can't process that he is gone. It feels like a bad dream.'
Are we living in those primitive times when same-sex relationships qualified as stone-pelting offences, asks Subhash K Jha?
'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.'
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said the state should stand firmly behind people in the Marathi-speaking areas of neighbouring Karnataka and appealed to political parties not to behave in a way that would hurt them.
The only Indian woman to win two Olympic medals, P V Sindhu was accorded a warm welcome after she landed in her home town on Wednesday following her bronze-medal winning feat in Tokyo Games.
"We are disturbed at the recent verdicts. As a neighbouring democracy, India has been consistently supportive of the democratic transition in Myanmar," Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Arindam Bagchi said.
It was heartening to see so many women -- young and old, many in hijab and burqa shaking their bodies, raising their arms and singing with complete abandonment.
'If I had a chance to live it all again, I wouldn't change a thing.'
On Ashaji's 89th birthday on September 8, Subhash K Jha revisits some of her lesser-known classics.
New Everton boss Sean Dyche's reign began with a shock 1-0 victory over English Premier League leaders Arsenal.
All the Shiv Sena rebels who had resigned as ministers of the previous MVA government to join the Shinde camp were inducted into the new cabinet on Tuesday.
The much-delayed expansion of the 41-day-old Maharashtra ministry saw as many as 17 former ministers taking oath on Tuesday.
''He was extremely gentle, humble, soft-spoken, down to earth, giving respect to senior musicians as well as to budding ones.'
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Theek nahi lagta, a song written by Lata Mangeshkar's favourite lyricist Gulzar, was believed to have been lost.
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A Mumbai court on Wednesday issued summons to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and directed her to appear before it on March 2 in a case of allegedly showing disrespect to the national anthem during her visit to the city.
'People will teach a lesson to those who are compromising it for the sake of power and money.'
On Monday, Maharashtra reported 15,140 new coronavirus cases, 7,304 less than the day before, and 39 fatalities due to the infection, according to the state health department.
'Gulzarsaab's words are lucid and singing them is like painting a picture.'
Bappi Lahiri, who enthralled Hindi cinema lovers with his remarkable music in the 1980s and 1990s, was cremated at Mumbai's Pawan Hans crematorium in the presence of family, friends and fans on February 17.
'The Maharashtra government is not being very clear; they are keeping quiet.'
'I kept thinking the bedroom door would open any minute and Didi Atya would step out...'
'She brought so much craft, skill and spontaneity to her songs, it was almost impossible for me to match up to her voice on screen.'
'In a super ambitious industry, you stood out for your unfilminess. Thank you for giving my films your iconic voice.'
The relaxations will come into effect from Tuesday morning, said a government order.
'Kishoreda was very close to our family and offered a lot of support.'
'Mere Haathon Mein Nau-Nau Chudiya Hain showed how skillfully Shiv-Hari could weave into the commercial idiom.'
'There is a popular forward doing the rounds in Bangalore now, about Appu, that says, 'Kaanadanthe Mayavaadanu Namma Shiva, Kailasa Serikondanu' (our Shiva disappeared from sight and reached heaven.)' 'These are the words of a popular Kannada song that Appu sang as a child.' 'Nobody expected that he would actually live out the words of his song some day.'
A total of 435 people died in the country due to extreme weather events during the last three months of the southwest monsoon, according to the data compiled by the India meteorological department.
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