Celebrities from the music fraternity paid their respects to Panditji at his State funeral in north west Mumbai.
Veteran santoor player and music composer Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma died in Mumbai on Tuesday morning following a heart attack, family sources said. He was 84.
Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan and Santoor exponent Shivkumar Sharma were among the recipients of Sangeet Natak Akademy fellowship and awards given to 47 eminent persons by President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The duo performed at the Town Hall in NYC
Catch the legends live in concert as they celebrate 40 years of their music collaboration at the Nehru Centre Auditorium in Worli.
It isn't easy for a girl from Gopal Nagar to chase a dream. But Pinky was extremely determined. A force unto herself, she was going to go places. Literally. Till it abruptly ended one morning on the tarmac at Baramati airport.
Anup Jalota and Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt pay tribute to the late Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma.
Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said on Monday.
'When there was a match, he would be up all night watching it on his laptop with Kishori Amonkarji singing on the side.'
Amitabh Bachchan, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia were felicitated at the 6th Convocation ceremony of Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods International.
Artistes across the spectrum on Wednesday mourned the demise of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh describing him as a national treasure and a global ambassador of India's cultural heritage.
The state anthem was played on the last day of the budget session and BJP MLA Jibesh Kumar Mishra was seen remaining seated through it.
NCP leaders including, Praful Patel, Chhagan Bhujbal and Ajit Pawar were present at the Bada Qabrastan during the last rites of Baba Siddique.
Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Javed Akhtar will perform on the occasion of National Flag Day on August 31.
Nine out of 13 ministers in the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government in Chhattisgarh have suffered defeat in the state assembly polls.
'Amitabh practised Rang Barse well; the singing, movements, everything. And he got the inflections perfectly.'
'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.'
'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.'
Fantastical musical moments from the International Jazz Day concert in Mumbai.
Yet another award for Amitabh Bachchan.
A look at the film folk who attended the Zee Classic Timeless Asha concert.
Centre's move to form a 29-member panel on making the minimum support price (MSP) mechanism effective and keeping three positions vacant in it for SKM representatives has triggered strong disapproval from it.
Farmer organisations also called for boycott of mandis or wholesale markets in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Mahrashtra, leading to fears of shortage and price rise.
A countrywide call for a 'gram bandh' between June 1 and 10 is set to be centred on Mandsaur district of the state.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
An increasing number of young classical musicians are dabbling in fusion music, discovers Aditi Divekar.
Experts said many of the programmes started in the last one year have been dogged by poor implementation, something which the state seriously needs to answer as it faces a tough electoral battle in the months ahead.
'Who wouldn't want to dress up like a princess every morning?' Shweta Prasad Basu gets ready to play one in her new TV show.
A round up of the second day's play from the Ranji Trophy games being played across the country.
Jiwanjot Singh's brilliant century and captain Mandeep Singh's fluent half-century helped Punjab stage a great comeback to gain the upperhand against Delhi, on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Group A match in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
Round up of the Ranji Trophy games being played in different parts of the country.
Round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.
The actress released her statement recently, deriding irresponsible reporting of the incident.
The Ranji Trophy Group A match between Mumbai and Jammu and Kashmir was evenly poised at the end of the third day's play, with the visitors finishing on 58 for 1, chasing a modest target of 237 on a wearing track at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. A summary of Tuesday's action in the tournament at various venues across the country.
A round-up of the second day's play of the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
Round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.
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